From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout01.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.80]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14lYbb-0007jg-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:56:59 -0600 Received: from fwd01.aul.t-online.de by mailout01.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14lZZ8-00075q-04; Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:58:30 +0200 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.225]) by fwd01.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14lZZ6-192OLgC; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:58:28 +0200 Received: (qmail 6377 invoked by uid 0); 6 Apr 2001 19:41:55 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gentoo.org) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 6 Apr 2001 19:41:55 -0000 Message-ID: <3ACDEF40.636D9EFD@gentoo.org> From: AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Help w/Install References: <20010406012151.A592@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <3ACDC974.9711788D@gentoo.org> <20010406102230.A14246@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <3ACDCEC9.93F7D151@gentoo.org> <20010406110846.A386@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <3ACDD930.937CB586@gentoo.org> <20010406113828.A530@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <3ACDE22E.C877F341@gentoo.org> <20010406120738.A695@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <3ACDE5F0.C0199AEC@gentoo.org> <20010406123852.A806@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Apr 6 09:57:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:30:56 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: f76a727d-ce30-4be7-bdb2-ce4dd566b352 X-Archives-Hash: 4210e85bee0bfa06f9b64f46d782ac19 "Jerry A!" wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 05:51:12PM +0200, Achim Gottinger wrote: > : "Jerry A!" wrote: > : > > : > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 05:35:10PM +0200, Achim Gottinger wrote: > : > : > : > : If you can boot from a floppy and concurrently acces your cdrom, I can > : > : make you a modified version > : > : of linuxrc that only probes your unmapped cdrom device. Making a floppy > : > : from images/boot-grub.? creating > : > : the device on that floppy and replacing linuxrc should work. Replacing > : > : the kernel on that floppy with a > : > : one that has support for your network card build if the above solution > : > : works should give you the posiibility to > : > : grab the sys.tbz2 via ftp and install it instead of the one on the iso. > : > > : > Okay, I'll go ahead and do that. I'm also dd'ing a tomsrbt disk right > : > now as well. Dammit, I'm gonna have Gentoo before the end of the > : > weekend. I need my fix!!! > : > > : > So, where's the sys.tbz2 that I should be using? > : > : I'm building it right now should be available in an hour. Hope you don't > : get a cold turkey till then. > : Your unmapped cdrom is on /dev/floppy or what? > > The unmapped cdrom is recognized as fd0. There is no /dev/floppy. true, just my alias under devfs > However, this is only to boot. Once the kernel starts up the cdrom will > be probed and recognized as /dev/hdc. If I have the usb floppy > attached, that will be proved and recognized as usb mass storage device > /dev/sdb. Sounds strange, I will make a linuxrc that scans /dev/fd0, hope that works if you don't add any kernel options. > > The more I think about it, the more I may be getting bit by this whole > flakey loop device bug (which is of course fixed in 2.4.3). I don't think this loop device flakeyness is the cause. In this situation your cdrom whould be detencted but could not be mounted. So in this case the install process hangs. But in your situation it should repeate the scan endless. BTW: is there a mkreiserfs on tomstbr? If not I'll upload a statically linked version too. achim~ > > --Jerry > > name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a > phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... > email: jerry@thehutt.org || ...It's much more important > || than that! > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev