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Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12
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Devon |
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Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12 |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 13:23:46 -0500 |
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On Sunday 17 March 2002 11:48 am, Gordon Buzowetsky wrote:
> Thanks Martin...and you're right!!! Winzip quite happily unzipped the
> files directly to floppy. I still can't install tho, and think I've
> actually found something useful this time. I keep getting the error
> 'can't mount floppy'. I used several floppies, all formatted using
> format a: in dos. There's where the problem lies; I never did try a
> mke2fs on the floppy, but I switched to VT2 and managed to mount the
> floppy with 'mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'. But then what?? It
> rejected all other efforts using msdos, ext2 and just 'mount
> /mnt/floppy'. Is the original script looking for something other than
> a 'vfat' floppy??
Hrmm. Formatting the floppy with mke2fs will work.
The filesystem type isn't specified in the mount command.
Try :
boot, cd scripts, nano setup.sh
At ~line 446, add -t vfat to the mount command.
It should then mount without difficulty.
I'll see what I can do about a work around.
- -D
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- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, (continued)
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Martin Stricker, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/16
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Martin Stricker, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12,
Devon <=
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Devon, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/17
- [Rule-list] rawrite and dd [was: non-ide cd PC #12], Martin Stricker, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12, Martin Stricker, 2002/03/17
- [Rule-list] PC #12 insmod anyone?, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] PC #12 insmod anyone?, Devon, 2002/03/18