Well, MacOS can read FAT, right? Can it create FAT on anything other than floppies? :)
On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 11:22:47PM -0700, Roger Weinheimer wrote: > I thought I'd be clever. Hah! Boot into MacOS. Delete 'debian' directory > from sdc--I still have it on sdb. Run penguin from sdb. Mount sdc1. Mkdir > 'debian' on sdc1. That worked. Reboot into MacOS. Copy contents of > sdb/debian into sdc/debian--which I know I can see in linux. Only problem > is, I can't see 'debian' directory created in linux when booted in MacOS. I > obviously have a lot to learn about file systems. I thought maybe linux > would be able to create the directory such that it is readable in MacOS. Of > course the root of my problem seems to be that MacOS doesn't create a > directory readable in linux. What's a fella to do short of going out and > buying the cd? That would be too easy. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Weinheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 10:08 PM > To: Matthew Dalton > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 5:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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, [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. To subscribe to the > > list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > > subject `subscribe'. > > > > Bob > > -- > > _ > > |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
