#include <std_disclaimer.h>
Ok bust out that ezdrive disk, replicate E onto F and then D onto E
Now when you install it should accept /dev/hdc1 as a valid mount point for /
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Jerry wrote:
> Axalon,
> I followed your advice and I successfully created a boot disk, logged in and
> ran
> the mini LInux installation.
> During the boot, I gleaned the following info:
>
> Hda Quantum Fireball (Hard drive 1)
> Hdc Maxtor (Hard drive 2)
> Hdd CD ROM (CD Rom drive)
>
> I also ran fdisk as you advised.
> The results:
>
> hda[EZD] [remap 0->1]
> hdc[PTBL][10227/25/63][hdc1 2 <hdc5, hdc6, hdc7>
>
> The above was printed after I typed the exact command you suggested
> fdisk -l /dev/hd/[abcd]
>
> After having actually logged in, I entered the same fdisk command as above
> and the following displayed: "Using /dev/hda as default device!"
>
> I them ran a list of the disk:
>
> Dev Boot Start End Blocks ID
> System
> /dev/hda1 1 1022 2060320+ 6 DOS
> 16-bit> = 32M
>
> Oh, by the way, Hda is the Primary (boot) Master and Hdc is the Secondary
> Master Drive.
>
> Can you help?
> Thnaks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
>
>
> >On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Jerry wrote:
> >
> >> Okay, you guys got me.
> >> H is the CD Rom Drive.
> >> NT is on D and E, F and G are empty.
> >> So, do I follow the FIPS procedure now?
> >> Why isn't the / Mount POint legal here?
> >
> >Well, you couldn't posibly have selected 'hdc', hdc1 hdc2 etc maybe but
> >never hdc, thats only used to reference a whole drive, eg cdroms.
> >
> >My understanding of your system is as follows
> >
> >hda Primary master. size irrelevent
> >hda1 win95
> >
> >hdb Primary slave. size 8.4 Gig
> >e: hdb1 <- How big are these partition
> >f: hdb5 <-
> >g: hdb6 <-
> >h: hdb7 <-
> >
> >The reason i ask is that the kernel image needs to be located somewhere
> >within the first 1024 Cylinders of the drive. Which is likely what caused
> >the illegal mount point error.
> >
> >in the directory images/rescue/ will be a compressed file, open it up
> >follow the floppy disk creation. This is a self contained mini linux
> >distribution, you can boot the computer with this disk and run
> >
> >fdisk -l /dev/hd[abcd]
> >
> >This will print out the partitions as linux sees them, once armed with
> >this information you might want to take another try at it.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Stuart Burbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 1:48 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
> >>
> >>
> >> >on 12:05 11/09/1999 -0600, Axalon Bloodstone,wrote
> >> >>On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Stuart Burbridge wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> It sounds like you are probably trying to mount your / directory on
> your
> >> CD
> >> >>> drive.
> >> >>> Your current hard drives will look like this in Linux
> >> >>> c: = hda1
> >> >>> e: = hdb1
> >> >>> f: = hdb2
> >> >>> g: = hdb3
> >> >>> h: = hdb4
> >> >>
> >> >>close but not quite, extended partitions start at hdX5
> >> >>so if you have one primary partition it'll look like
> >> >>
> >> >>e: hdb1
> >> >>f: hdb5
> >> >>g: hdb6
> >> >>h hdb7
> >> >>
> >> >Oops!
> >> >
> >> >>> on 22:31 10/09/1999 -0700, Jerry,wrote
> >> >>> >I have two hard drives.
> >> >>> >One is C drive with W95.
> >> >>> >Other is E F G H 8.4 Gig Maxtor with Windows NT installed on
> >> >>> >one of the partitions.
> >> >>> >I am having trouble installing mainly as I dont know how to
> >> >>> >make sure I install to right partition on second hard drive.
> >> >>> >When I select hdc instead of hda1 and type " / " for mount point
> >> >>> >I get an error message "illegal mount point "
> >> >>> >I have 2047 megs free on three of the four partitions.
> >> >>> >Any help appreciated.
> >> >>> >JDW
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>
> >> >>What's drive d: windows doesn't skip letters
> >> >I wondered that too.
> >> >
> >> >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >> >Multitasking in Windows allows you to screw up a several things at once.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
> >MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > --Axalon
> >
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