Re: on ZIP disk install problem
This mail was from, uh, a year ago, but I'm curious what has been
fixed and what not fixed.
Marvin Stodolsky <stodolsk@erols.com> writes:
> P0) Under Win95 on this laptop
> rawrit2 was not successful
> dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/fd0 ; sync
> was successful both on my desktop with LS120 drive
> dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/hdc ; sync
> and on this laptop after Linux installation
> dd if=resc1440.bin on=/dev/fd0 ; sync
I dunno. Is this problem still extant? Anyhow have a fix?
> beginning with Boot+root floppies, installation was OK until
>
> P1) menu Make Bootdisk call hung the script
> 2nd console was OK and I rebooted
I think this was fixed a while ago? We just use
superformat... perhaps a bug needs to be filed on superformat (isn't
that in the fdformat package?)
> But since floppy is ATAPI and ide-floppy support is not in linux kernel on
> the new boot floppy
> reboot was Painfully slow.
> RECOMMENDATION: The make boot script should give a warning with intent:
> "If this is a laptop, your floppy disk is quite possible of the
> ATAPI type.
> If so this Boot Floppy may not function or only boot very slowly
> because ide-floppy support is not included in the kernel "linux" on the
> floppy.
Wouldn't it be better to try to get, say, the idepci kernel to support
that ? Has anyone tried filing a bug against
kernel-image-2.2.18pre21-idepci to include that?
> P3) the letter keys under the menu were not functional
> Only TAB worked
> Ctl-C restarted the menu, but with the same problem
>
> The 2nd and 3rd consoles were OK for keyboard function. Thereon
Hmm. I've never heard of this one before. Do you have a non-std
keyboard? We'd need more information on how to reproduce this.
> had to
> P3) ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom
Ouch. This should happen automatically. File a bug against
boot-floppies if you can still reproduce this.
> had to
> P4) ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
> Note: apt-get install gpm
> DID NOT report availability of gpmconfig
> I consider this a Bug
Woudl be a bug against gpm, right?
> P5) still no letter key function under menu
> opened 2nd condole, ran
> /etc/init.d/keymaps.sh
> !!! Restored the keyboard under the Menu
>
> On an earlier install trial I got as far as the "Apt Configuration Menu"
Ah, is that a bug against console-tools perhaps?
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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