On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > What exact machine do you have again ? An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz. [snip] > > set <minor> <flag> <on|off> > > minor is the partition, starting at 1, flag is the flag, (prep in this case) > and on|off is obvious. > > It simply sets the prep flag, which is then translated as a 0x41 partition > type. I think this is a deficiency in the parted/libparted API, but well, > there is not much we can do about that unless a major libparted change. Cool. That's good to know. [snip] > Yep, d-i uses devfs, still partitions start at 1. Ok. Oops > > I see how much more time I can buy with this machine. It may need to > > go back into storage this week if I can't make it run. Not fun. > > What about donating it to debian or something such ? I'd love to however it's not mine to donate. It's the companies (They have 2 actually, I might try the other one since it has slightly different hardware). The problem is: at work, I can't netboot. There is no server that will respond and I can't set one up. I had the machine at home for the holidays and thus can boot it from my LAN. If I can't get it to self-boot before I have to take it back to the office - then I'm stuck. If I can get it to boot the system (even from floppy or cd) I will have it to help test stuff. Otherwise it goes back under the desk where it came from. MikeMartin
