Greetings.
I tried the original distribution and it worked. However, if I add the following files to the 2/bin directory: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25212 Dec 12 22:23 hdparm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 524 Dec 12 21:47 snahbackup -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 372 Dec 12 21:47 worldbackup ...the installation complains. Here is the commands I entered: -----------------> [root@snah tomsrtbt-1.7.361.unpacked]# ./buildit.s gzipping... bzip2ing... 139 sectors free! Added zImage * Build done, "cd snah-tomsrtbt-1.7.365; ./install.s" to install it. [root@snah tomsrtbt-1.7.361.unpacked]# cd snah-tomsrtbt-1.7.365; ./install.s Don't forget to READ the FAQ. Insert a blank writable 3.5" floppy diskette then strike ENTER. About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB. Formatting ... done Verifying ... read: I/O error FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue... <----------------- Now the builtit.s says there are 139 sectors free remaining (comparing to the original 160 free before I added the files). Yet, I get the I/O error. Its looks like the original distribution ends about just at the right place and as soon as I add my files, wham; no space? I tried two diskette with the same result; its probably not the medium. I copied my /sbin/hdparm because I want to check if with tom I have DMA enabled (do not know if this will work or if hdparm is dependend of some library which is not part of tom). The 2 other files *backup are simple bash scripts. Since I am writing to this support group, I might explain why I want to modify the distribution. I have two 60G HDs of the same model, one being the backup of the other. I perform the backup using: dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb Now with the unmodified tom dist, it takes 8 hours. With my RH 7.1 dist on my HD, it takes 1.25 hour. I suspect DMA not being enabled under tom. Sincerely, Hans Deragon Tom Oehser wrote: > Basically all 1.44 floppy drives support the 1.722 format, did you try it? > > -Tom > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Hans Deragon wrote: > > >>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:16:22 -0500 >>From: Hans Deragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: tomsrtbt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [tomsrtbt] Space missing on floppy. >> >>Greetings. >> >> >> I have an old 1.44M drive, not a 1.772M. Thus, I changed the >>following settings in settings.s: >> >>FD=/dev/fd0h1440 >>SE=18 >>CY=80 >> >> Yet, I get the following when I try an install: >> >>----------> >>[root@snah snah-tomsrtbt-1.7.363]# ./install.s >> >>Don't forget to READ the FAQ. >> >>Insert a blank writable 3.5" floppy diskette then strike ENTER. >> >>About to fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 >>Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB. >>Formatting ... done >>Verifying ... done >>About to dd floppy image >>dd: writing to `/dev/fd0h1440': No space left on device >>2881+0 records in >>2880+0 records out >>About to verify floppy image >>cmp: EOF on /dev/fd0h1440 >> FAILED compare error Enter to continue... >><---------- >> >> I do not know how to fix it. Removing files fron the 2/bin does >>not help. Anybody have a clue what to do? >> >> >>Sincerely, >>Hans Deragon >> >> > >
