Jim -- You need to "mount" a file system where the VistA database can be located. Assuming you booted up with your USB drive plugged in, Knoppix will create an icon for it, labelled something like "Hard disk partition /dev/sda1". Right click on it and choose Mount. Right click again, and choose something like (I am reciting this from memory, so excuse errors) Actions / Mount read-write (the default mount is read-only), and then say Yes when it asks whether you are sure you want to mount it read-write.
An alternative would be to start a shell, and type something like "sudo mount -t auto -o rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1" (it may be /dev/sdb1 and /mnt/sdb1, depending on your hardware configuration). Once you have mounted the partition, in a shell type: "sudo /usr/local/OpenVistA/vista --install /mnt/sda1/myVistA", and say Yes when you are asked about creating directories. This will install the database to /mnt/sda1/myVistA/g/mumps.dat and take you to the GTM> prompt (from where a Halt will take you back to the shell) all set to run VistA as distributed. At this point, my expertise runs into a brick wall, and someone else on this list will have to help. Subsequently, you can just type "sudo /usr/local/OpenVistA/vista --run /mnt/sda1/myVistA", since you will have already installed the database. You have come to the right forum with your questions. Regards -- Bhaskar On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 15:26 -0500, Jim Drash wrote: > I know what I am doing in many OS (Linux, Windows, other *ixs) and I > can't figure what I need to do to make the latest VivA from the open > vista pages in sourceforge. I have live-DVD and it boots up knoppix > just fine. I want to "run" the application using my usb thumbdrive. > I fire up a shell, cd to /usr/local/OpenVisa and then run ./vista I > pick "run" from the dialog box and then nothing happens for a very > long time. Then a dialog box pops up asking me for a directory. I > tried /mnt/sda1 (my usb drive). I get an error saying that > /mnt/sda1/d/..... missing > > I am really not dense but not sure what to do. > > plz help a Vista newbie > > thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
