Re: "install operating system kernel and modules" problem
Bah, that looks like a mac harddrive...
On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 10:08:29PM -0700, Roger Weinheimer wrote:
> 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
> > mailing list, `debian-user@lists.debian.org'. To subscribe to the
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> > subject `subscribe'.
> >
> > Bob
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