Re: Uzix installation on Novaxis SCSI

[Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha]

        Hi,

> We (Manuel Bilderbeek & Eric Boon) are trying to install Uzix
> on a ZIP disk using the Novaxis SCSI interface.
> partition selection command: 'echo hello' <-- We don't need a command
>     to select the partition. Entering nothing gave an error :-/

        Thanks for this. I'll fix the installation program...

> But, when the installation program started to make directories and
> wanted to install all the programs on them, we got errors like this:
>     cd /etc
>     failure exit

        When something goes wrong during installation an error message is
displayed on screen. Can you tell me what error message was displayed? It can
help us a lot to discover what's happening.

> The, back in the installation script, A: on partition 1 was selected as
> boot partition (obviously), UZLO installed and ran ok, but reported
> 'partition is not UZIX' (or similar).

        I'll check UZLO installer... I think there is an error there...

> 2nd try:
> Looked pretty much the same but UZLO hangs after showing
> 'Loading uzix................'
> Advanced settings were let alone: none of the option were selected.

        Try selecting the following options:
        - Force stopdrive workaround
        - Disable stopdrive countdown

> fsck did not reveal any failures though ! ??

        It's not an error on filesystem. It's an error on the kernel. The kernel
didn't boot yet.

> We guess that UZIX doesn't handle any Novaxis' partitioning scheme
> well enough...

        As I said, we need more 'fine tunning' to get UZIX running on a Novaxis.
Remember: I don't have a Novaxis (neither my friends). If you both, boys, have
patience, we will succeed in this challenge.


Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha                 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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