Ok, the first thing you need to do is to be sure that the 4 gb drive is /dev/hda. If it is, do the following:
First, back up all the data you wish to save from the 4 gb drive by using the mv command to move all those files over to the 30 gb drive. Second, from the Oralux CD, use the fdisk tool. A detailed description of how to use this is given in its man page. Please be sure that you use it on the drive you intend to use it on, there is no checking before the device is opened and all your wishes become your computer's commands. Remember, you are root. Third, Divide up the small drive into two partitions, one which is the main partition for the OS and any additional packages you might want to install, and the second that is the swap space, set to two times the RAM you have on there. When you finish making sure that those are the only partitions you have on that small drive, change the file system type of /dev/hda2 to Linux swap. You will find out how to do this in the fdisk documentation. Fourth, quit the fdisk tool with the w option. This will write the new partition table to the small disk drive's partition table sectors. It will also be sure that the type of the first partition is Linux native and that the second one is swap. You might want to enter the Linux native code for the larger partition just to make sure. Fifth, Listen to see if the thing errors or not. Chances are that something might happen as the system calls ioctl to reread the disk tables. It is not a problem either way. Just use the Oralux cd to reboot. When you have rebooted and are back in Oralux, do this: Sixth, use the mkswap command on /dev/hda2, the smaller partition of the 4 gb drive you have just reformatted. This will put the swap space in place. Seventh, You are now ready to actually use the working part of the installer. This is the part that actually decdompresses the Oralux image on the fly and copies the individual files onto the hard drive. Please listen closely when the system tells you where you have this set or you will still lose your files. If you do this correctly and nothing happens, you will have an Oralux that boots from the hard drive in a few minutes. It will still recognize all your hardware components. I will say this right now. PLEASE BACK UP YOUR DATA, i TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENS HERE! tHIS IS EASIER DONE THAN DESCRIBED. i DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE NOR HOW TO GET THERE TO DO IT FOR YOU. yOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A SIGHTED PERSON, PREFERABLY, ONE WITH LINUX EXPERIENCE HELP YOU WITH THIS. Now, if that small drive is /dev/hdb, you will either have to have a sighted person take the two drives off and swap the jumpers for you, or set the BIOS differently so that it will boot from the second hard drive. PLEASE, and I restate, emphatically, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THIS PROCESS IF YOU HAVE ANY VALUABLE DATA!!!! Now, if the small drive is /dev/hdb, you can get sighted help to swap the physical jumpers on the drives before you start this. As I said, please take utmost care with this process if you value your files. I hope you have a cd burner. I hope to hear from you soon that all worked well. Please let the rest of the list know. Thank you for your question. -- Doug Smith: C.S.F.C. Computer Scientist For CHRIST! P.S. After you get the system successfully installed, use apt-get update to upgrade all your current packages. You can then install more software. _______________________________________________ Oralux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
