Sorry to sound so lost, but could you please put that last
message in more plain terms?
I dont know what procedure youre referring to by "busting out EZddrive disk
" and replicating E to F.........
Thanks, Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mount point installation error
>
>#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
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>--
>MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> --Axalon
>
