On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
Replace the /dev/fd0u1760 with /dev/fd0u1722 in the original instructions
and all appears well. The 1722K format is what Microsoft used to use on
their installation disks. I suspect it would be universally supported.
I tried the 1722k
- uses a 1494kB format rather than 1440kB. This is still 18 sectors per
track, but 83 tracks. That gives you an extra 50k or so to play with,
but at a little risk that it will not work with all drives. If you want
to try a different format (such as 1722kB), then you just need to change
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Filippo Carletti wrote:
- uses a 1494kB format rather than 1440kB. This is still 18 sectors per
track, but 83 tracks. That gives you an extra 50k or so to play with,
but at a little risk that it will not work with all drives. If you want
to try a different
Okay, here's a solution (of sorts) for the reinstallation disk problem. I've
test on four completely different systems (mainly, different motherboards
and floppy drives) and it works. I'll leave it to someone else to either 1)
make a contrib to implement, or 2) add to the Mitel CD.
1. Format a
Okay, I needed to test that last step. 'cp' doesn't like non-standard device
sizes, so another copy method is probably needed -- rawread, perhaps.
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
Okay, I needed to test that last step. 'cp' doesn't like non
Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
It may be necessary to tweak the reinstall disk code
(I've not looked) just in case it does a format of the disk
It forces a bs=1440 disk in the dd command. I tried what I thought might
be obvious bs=1722k, but no go.
Regards,
--
Darrell
Darrell
You are correct. A fresh install fits on the floppy, but a lively production
system generates more data than the boot disk can handle. There is only
about 5K of free space on the normal boot disk and it doesn't take long to
chew that up. If the entire configuration file (or substantial
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
I believe we were the ones who requested the reinstallation boot disk.
I don't recall whether you requested it, or it was suggested by us to
satisfy a more general disaster recovery requirement that you had (I think
the latter), but the
Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Darrell
You are correct. A fresh install fits on the floppy, but a lively
production system generates more data than the boot disk can handle.
Thanks, good to be correct every now and then. You also raise some valid
points. Maybe the
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