[From nobody Fri Jan 16 06:38:47 2004 Return-Path: <pocket-linux-bounces@ufo.chicago.il.us> Received: from rly-na01.mx.aol.com (rly-na01.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.230]) by air-na03.mail.aol.com (v97.14) with ESMTP id MAILINNA33-2d1d4005cc16348; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:09:10 -0500 Received: from flynn.zork.net (tastytronic.net [69.17.22.194]) by rly-na01.mx.aol.com (v97.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINNA11-b4005cbfa110; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:08:43 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by flynn.zork.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Agu8A-0002wH-00; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:08:58 -0600 Received: from mail1.speakeasy.net ([216.254.0.201]) by flynn.zork.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Agu86-0002w9-00 for <pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us>; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:08:54 -0600 Received: (qmail 26559 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2004 23:08:34 -0000 Received: from dsl017-072-248.spk0.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO megsinet.net) (dhorton@[69.17.72.248]) (envelope-sender <dhorton@megsinet.net>) by mail1.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for <pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us>; 14 Jan 2004 23:08:34 -0000 Message-ID: <4005CCD5.90802@megsinet.net> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:12:21 -0600 From: David Horton <dhorton@megsinet.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030701 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Support for Pocket Linux Guide <pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us> Subject: Re: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2: Some suggestions for newbie like me References: <15E8A117.25391DEC.02E9EEFD@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <15E8A117.25391DEC.02E9EEFD@netscape.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Support for Pocket Linux Guide <pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us> List-Id: Support for Pocket Linux Guide <pocket-linux.ufo.chicago.il.us> List-Unsubscribe: <http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pocket-linux>, <mailto:pocket-linux-request@ufo.chicago.il.us?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://tastytronic.net/pipermail/pocket-linux> List-Post: <mailto:pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us> List-Help: <mailto:pocket-linux-request@ufo.chicago.il.us?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pocket-linux>, <mailto:pocket-linux-request@ufo.chicago.il.us?subject=subscribe> Sender: pocket-linux-bounces@ufo.chicago.il.us Errors-To: pocket-linux-bounces@ufo.chicago.il.us X-AOL-IP: 172.18.151.230 ARKKIMEDE wrote: > Two weeks ago a started with Pocket Linux Guide and I met severals errors > solved with the help of a friend (mamomc.tin.it). > Now I would like to share this help. > > - Diskette > If you use unformat disks, probably you don't have problems. > If you use, like me, old disk used under dos/windows, the command > "mke2fs -m0 /dev/fd0" could have some problems to realize a correct > ext2 file system. In fact, when you try to mount the floppy > ("mount /dev/df0 /mnt"), probably in the file /etc/fstab is specified how the > floppy must be mounted. Usually is specified in auto mode > (the system verify if the floppy is formatted vfat[windows] or > ext2[linux] and mount vfat of ext2). > For this reason, old data not erased by the command mke2fs could cause that > you mount the floppy with a fs vfat. In this situation there are problems when > you try to use the command mknod obtaining that the operation is impossible > (to check this you can verify if in /mnt there is the directory lost+found or using > fdisk /dev/fd0/ or with the command mount). > To obtain a more clean solution, you can format the floppy before to use > mke2fs with the command "fdformat /dev/fd0". > Good point. I have never come across this because I don't have any entries for /dev/fd0 in my /etc/fstab. Another good way to erase diskettes is to use 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k count=1440'. It takes some time, but it wipes everything. > - The kernel > About the kernel, the guide suggest to include support for > 386 processor > floppy disk > ram disk > console on virtual terminal > but you have also to include other features like ext2 file system, etc. > In a first time I followed exactly the guide and the boot process stopped. > Using also the ext2 fs I arrived just to the message of kernel panic reported in this > mail list. For setting the kernel options you can use "make menuconfig" but you need the > ncurses library installed or, if you have a X session, you can use "make xconfig". > The solution is check EVERY item in the kernel and, also using the help, decide > to include or not the feature. > If someone want to try without spend time, I can send him a configuration file that can be read by make menuconfig or xconfig. > > Arkki If you have kernel configs that you would like to share I am sure that it would be appreciated by many people. If you have some that you can post on your webspace I will certainly add a link to it on the Pocket Linux Resource page. Dave _______________________________________________ Pocket-Linux mailing list Pocket-Linux@ufo.chicago.il.us http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pocket-linux ]