RE: "install operating system kernel and modules" problem
Ok. I tried manually mounting the /dev/sdb1 (which is hfs), and here's what
I see (# ls -al instmnt):
d... .
d... ..
-rwx... Desktop DB
-rwx... Desktop DF
-rwx... Finder
-r-x... System
-rwx... Where_have_all_my_files_gone? (literally)
-rw-... .rootinfo
dr-x... .finderinfo
dr-x... .resource
Drilling down into .finderinfo and .resource, I see the same directory
structure, only .finderinfo and .resource are not directories. I don't see
the debian directory that I created and exists in MacOS 8.1. If I can't see
my debian directory, I'm not surprised dbootstrap doesn't either. Is there a
trick I'm missing? At this point, I have a debian source directory on two
different macos drives (sdb1 and sdc1). These are the only hard drives
connected to the system other than the target (sda).
Back to the docs...
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Dalton [mailto:matthewd@research.canon.com.au]
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 5:48 PM
To: rogwei@home.com
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: "install operating system kernel and modules" problem
Is /dev/sdb1 mounted? What is the output of mount (with no arguments)?
You probably have to Alt-F2 to a new vt and mount /dev/sdb1 somewhere,
then specify the path to the debian archive from there. This is how I
installed the base system on my PC. In my case, the base_21.tgz file was
on a dos partition, which I had to mount manually first.
Matthew
Roger Weinheimer wrote:
>
> This is my question and Bob Hilliard's response. Unfortunately, neither of
> his suggestions worked. Is 'instmnt' a literal string or just a
placeholder?
> Can anyone help me with this. Many thanks.
>
> > Ok. Next stupid question:
> >
> > I'm hung up on the following step in the debian dbootsrap process. I'm
> > installing from a local disk. Mac68k.
> >
> > Partition table:
> > ...
> > /dev/sda2 no driver 4.3
> > /dev/sda3 yes linux swap
> > /dev/sda4 yes linux native /target
> > /dev/sda5 yes linux native /target/usr
> > /dev/sda6 yes linux native /target/home
> > /dev/sda7 no free
> >
> > /dev/sdb1 no hfs (debian archive is here)
> > /dev/sdb2 no partition map
> > /dev/sdb3 no driver 4.3
> > /dev/sdb4 no free
> >
> > I get to the screen where I'm supposed to give it the path to the debian
> > archive. No matter what I enter, nothing happpens. Are the following
> literal
> > strings? I'm not offered "choices" as the help file suggests. The screen
> > pops up with '/debian' as the default path.
> >
> > /instmnt/debian/.finderinfo
> >
> > /instmnt/debian/.resource
> >
> > /instmnt/debian
> >
> > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Then again, maybe I'll
> > answer my own question again.
>
> I haven't made a new installation in years (my last installation
> was for bo), and don't know anything about the current boot disks, so
> my guess may not be helpful. I would try `/instmnt/debian/dev/sdb1'
> or `/instmnt/dev/sdb1'. If neither of those work, try the same without
> the `/instmnt'.
>
> If these don't help, the best place to get help is the the
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>
> Bob
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