If there is better support for the things that I am trying to do, I would be
quite interested. Also, I have one machine set up as a Windows ME / Linux test
system that I could also do testing on. (I have an Linux experiment in flight
on the system, but I have options.)
I have cable modem access.
On another note I put together a little script to build ide device nodes. I am
attaching it if you are interested in looking it over and telling me if I
properly understand how to go about building ide devices.
> Well, folks, it is that time of the development cycle where we traditionally
> (actually this is a brand new tradition) seek a few brave souls to act as
> testers for our next distro.
>
> This time, all you need is bravery and a computer system to try this out on.
> We are finishing testing protocols which will lead you through the testing
> steps; we have software that phones home with your tester number and your
> hardware configuration, and we are building a web site to post results and
> opinions.
>
> For the first time, we are looking for more than bugs to fix. We are looking
> for ratings of functionality that we can share with the community, and with
> the developers and maintainers of the packages, even those we do not do
> ourselves.
>
> To enroll, just email me. Tell me whether you have a fast connection and if
> not, send a postal address. Oh, and make sure you are able to dedicate a
> little time the month of Valentine's Day.
>
> Well the pay isn't great ($0) but you do get my personal assistance via email
> to configure your computer to the next release.
>
> Civileme
> --
> QA/Software testing
#!/bin/bash
# By: Jason Snyder
# Name: hdbuild
# Purpose: Build a master / slave set of device nodes.
# Tested Environments: mdk 7.2.
# Usage: hdbuild [arg1:(root device name of master i.e. hda)]
#Declare Local Variables
MINORRANGE=0
DEVICERANGE=0
MAJORNO=0
MAJORFOUND=0
MASTER=$1
SLAVE=0
if [ "$#" -eq "1" ]; then
#Examine root master to deturmin which major device to use
case $1 in
hda)
MAJORNO="3"
SLAVE="hdb"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdc)
MAJORNO="22"
SLAVE="hdd"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hde)
MAJORRNO="33"
SLAVE="hdf"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdg)
MAJORNO="34"
SLAVE="hdh"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdi)
MAJORNO="56"
SLAVE="hdj"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdk)
MAJORNO="57"
SLAVE="hdl"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdm)
MAJORNO="88"
SLAVE="hdn"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdo)
MAJORNO="89"
SLAVE="hdp"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hdq)
MAJORNO="90"
SLAVE="hdr"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
hds)
MAJORNO="91"
SLAVE="hdt"
MAJORFOUND="1"
;;
esac
if [ "$MAJORFOUND" -eq "1" ]; then
#Set variables for master
MINORRANGE=0
DEVICERANGE=1
#Create root hd device for master
mknod -m 660 /dev/$MASTER b $MAJORNO $MINORRANGE
chown root /dev/$MASTER
chgrp disk /dev/$MASTER
let MINORRANGE=$MINORRANGE+1
#Create partition devices for master
while [ "$DEVICERANGE" -le "16" ]; do
#Create partition devices on hd device
mknod -m 660 /dev/$MASTER$DEVICERANGE b $MAJORNO $MINORRANGE
chown root /dev/$MASTER$DEVICERANGE
chgrp disk /dev/$MASTER$DEVICERANGE
let MINORRANGE=$MINORRANGE+1
let DEVICERANGE=$DEVICERANGE+1
done
#Set variables for slave
MINORRANGE=64
DEVICERANGE=1
#Create root hd device for slave
mknod -m 660 /dev/$SLAVE b $MAJORNO $MINORRANGE
chown root /dev/$SLAVE
chgrp disk /dev/$SLAVE
let MINORRANGE=$MINORRANGE+1
#Create partition devices for slave
while [ "$DEVICERANGE" -le "16" ]; do
#Create partition devices on hd device
mknod -m 660 /dev/$SLAVE$DEVICERANGE b $MAJORNO $MINORRANGE
chown root /dev/$SLAVE$DEVICERANGE
chgrp disk /dev/$SLAVE$DEVICERANGE
let MINORRANGE=$MINORRANGE+1
let DEVICERANGE=$DEVICERANGE+1
done
else
echo "Error: Master device not valad! Valid set is {hda, hdc, hde,
hdg, hdi, hdk, hdm, hdo, hdq, hds}"
fi
else
echo "This script builds a master / slave set of device nodes"
echo "Usage: command [arg1:(root device name of master i.e. hda)]"
fi
