According to # Rayner Christopher: While burning my CPU.
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just installed Slackware from a CD-ROM bought with the SAMS Linux
> Unleashed book. I followed the installation instructions using 'mke2fs' to
> create the file system. I now cannot complete the installation since the
> file-system is now 'Read Only'. I have tried 'chmod' et al, and queried more
> params to the mke2fs but to no avail.
Surely if it is a Distribution CD-Rom which has a directory on it called
/bootdsks.144 and one called /rootdsks or maybe an equivelant, then booting
with the choosen disks will present you with the slackware login, after
typing 'root' you then can use fdisk to partition your disk, if it has not
already been done, now at the prompt type 'setup', which will take you into
the slackware software installer. Setup should ask about making filesystems
for you, if none are found.
If however you have slackware installed and are trying to make another
filessystem elsewhere, you will now need to mount it read/write.
Typicly doing 'mke2fs /dev/hdd1' is enought, when mke2fs has returned you
simply mount /dev/hdd1 with "something like";
'mount -t ext2 /dev/hdd1 /mnt'
I dont quite see why you are using mke2fs anyway to install slackware.
>
> Can anybody help.
> /Chris Rayner
>
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Regards Richard.
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