The error you are getting is before it even begins to care what you did with tomsrtbt, it is purely an error formatting the floppy. -Tom
On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Hans Deragon wrote: > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:34:23 -0500 > From: Hans Deragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tom Oehser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, tomsrtbt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Space missing on floppy. > > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > >
