. Our daughter has sent the following note to request some assistance from the PLUG group on the issue described below. Please copy any response to this message directly to her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] as she is not currently on the PLUG mail list.
I am attempting to install backtrack 2 to an 80 G Ipod and make it bootable via either GRUB or LILO. In theory the ipod is just a fancied up external USB hard drive. These are the (fruitless) steps I've done so far: fdisk /dev/sda1 I made three primary partitions and formated one of them in hex as a linux swap. my boot table then looks like this /dev/sda1p1 * 1 2 128268 83 Linux /dev/sda1p2 3 5 9831780 82 Linux Swap /dev/sda1p3 156 1024 55841940 83 Linux I then try to use the mkfs ext3 command which executes successfully but blows away my partition table. I have a feeling it is because I am using the syntax mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 which I guess it is thinking the whole hard drive. However when I try to mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1p1 it cannot find the device. I've tried everything I can think of and can't get it working, however I know my Linux foo is not strong so I humbly beg your help . Or if anyone knows of a simpler way to skin this cat I am all ears. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
