I've seen this error on several USB devices I'm working on, also. It
appears that mkfs.msdos needs an actual drive geometery, not just a sector
size and number of sectors.
If anyone knows an easy way around this, I'd like to know it too.
Matt
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 10:19:17PM -0600, Martin Li
Anyone know what the problem could be here?
root# mkfs.msdos -F 32 -I /dev/scd1
mkfs.msdos: unable to get drive geometry for '/dev/scd1'
mkfs.msdos 2.2 (06 Jul 1999)
scd1 is a DVD-RAM drive. What's weird is it doesn't happen
in all cases. Also, creating a ext2 fs on that device
works just
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Hactar wrote:
> I know somebody who had an all-SCSI Linux system
... ya mean there's systems that *ain't*?!
-Kenny
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Alan Cox wrote:
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> > > > The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
> >
> > True. The root fs has to be on a non-SCSI device, yes?
>
> False. You can have everything on scsi
I mean for now, until the problem gets fixed. I know somebody who had
an all-SCSI Linux system, so I know it
> > > The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
>
> True. The root fs has to be on a non-SCSI device, yes?
False. You can have everything on scsi
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Alan Cox wrote:
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> > "Mark A.Tagliaferro" wrote:
> > > If I install LILO to floppy disk instead of Master Boot Sector will the
> > > standard kernel be able to boot?
> >
> > The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
True. The root fs has to be on a non-SCSI device, yes?
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In your message on you write:
> Andrew,
>
> I cannot help on the maintainer, but someone last week pointed me to the
> sistina site that had a work around you can try for this problem.
> http://www.sistina.com/gfs/howtos/fibrechannel_howto/node7.html
>
Mike,
We did some code reading and compar
> "Mark A.Tagliaferro" wrote:
> > If I install LILO to floppy disk instead of Master Boot Sector will the
> > standard kernel be able to boot?
>
> The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
Thats not true. The kernel needs to be on whatever the BIOS decides to boot
Alan
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Andrew,
I cannot help on the maintainer, but someone last week pointed me to the
sistina site that had a work around you can try for this problem.
http://www.sistina.com/gfs/howtos/fibrechannel_howto/node7.html
I personally run the driver from the qlogic site which seems to have
worked better fo
"Mark A.Tagliaferro" wrote:
> If I install LILO to floppy disk instead of Master Boot Sector will the
> standard kernel be able to boot?
The kernel has to be on a non-SCSI device (for now).
> Could I add an IDE device to the system, boot the standard kernel from there,
> build a new kernel that
Mark A . Tagliaferro wrote:
> >Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03
> >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> >> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
> >>
> >> ...could
>Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
>> VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
>>
>> ...could this be because the kernel has to be told
> request_module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device "803" or 08:03
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:03
>
> ...could this be because the kernel has to be told to load the SCSI module, or
> that I have t
I am installing SuSE linux 7.1 on a system with the Adaptek 19160 SCSI
adapter. I found the modules for the card on the modules floppy (used
autoload modules option). The installation works fine, (I'm using the good old
YaST v 1) and I install LILO on the Master Boot Record of the disk. When I
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