You could try mounting the drive as a vfat drive and creating the long dir that way. I'm not sure if that will work or not (probably won't if the drive is formated by DOS) but it's worth a try.
Rob On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks a tremendous lot for all the help. It really helps keeping my spirit > up as a newbie. > I managed to mount the dos partition allright, but it seems like dselect > wants an exact copy of the ftp-site, which is a problem since I can't make > the directory "binary-i386" with only 8 characters allowed in dos. > Seems like I'm gonna have to borrow a cd-drive off of somebody and try to do > the installation from there, alternatively (re)install the winbastard in the > dos-partition to be able to use longer names. Damn. > Anyone got any brilliant ideas for a (masochist?!) newbie?! > Regards > Vitux > > Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer... > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 8. juni 1999 19:15 > > Til: Wichmann, Viggo > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Emne: Re: A little further: Short newbie question > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Ok, now I got a little further: I typed /dev/hda and dselect asks: > > > Enter filesystem type for dev/hda: > > > What's linuxian for a dos filesystem? > > > Vitux > > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > > > Fra: Wichmann, Viggo > > > > Sendt: 8. juni 1999 16:24 > > > > Til: 'debian user' > > > > Emne: Short newbie question > > > > > > > > Hi Debians > > > > Whats the "partition's block device name"? > > > > I'm trying to install Debian from the dos-partition using dselect. > > > > I copied alle the files from the ftp(main, etc.)-archives and put them > > > > into the dos partition. > > > > I believe Linux should be able to "see" the dos-part., but I don't > > know > > > > the path to it in linux-speak. (It worked fine a week ago, in my first > > > > attempt, but that was only the "base" system). > > > > I tried putting /dev/hda1/ but got the error: /dev/hda1/ is not a > > block > > > > device. > > > > What am I doing wrong? (Yes I did check the "Installing debian > > gnu/Linux" > > > > manual, but found only basic inst. info., which I am getting familiar > > > > with...) > > > > Regards > > > > Vitux > > > > > > > > "Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer." > > > > Since it worked before during a base install, I about half-wonder if that > > partition > > didn't get clobbered somehow during that base install. Can you still boot > > into > > DOS/Windows okay? If so, then the partition is still fine. If not, then > > perhaps you > > need to verify that you are using the correct specification. > > > > To do this, get to a VT screen (if you're in the installer program, you > > can press > > Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to the second virtual terminal). Then run cfdisk (or > > fdisk for > > a more cryptic version); this program will show you what partitions you > > have where > > (you've already run this once during the base install, so it should look > > familiar). > > > > If everything looks fine, you might try mounting the partition manually. > > Again, from > > a virtual terminal, as root, type something like this: "mount -t vfat > > /dev/hda1 > > /drivec" > > > > You'll need to use whatever cfdisk showed as your dos partition in place > > of the > > "/dev/hda1", and the "/drivec" directory must already exist. If not, you > > can create > > it with "mkdir /drivec". (Alternatively, use "/mnt" instead of "/drivec"; > > it probably > > already exists.) > > > > One final idea; do an "ls -l /dev/hd* | more" command. This will list all > > the > > hd* items in the /dev directory. You should see one named /dev/hda1 (or > > whatever your > > dos partition is on) and the first character on the line should be a "b" > > (next to the > > "rw-r-----" type stuff, which means it's a block device; c means it's a > > character > > device, etc). If it's missing or doesn't have the "b", report it to this > > list so the > > more experienced folks can help you out. > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > ======================================================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1998-99 Aka Khyron the Backstabber : ICQ# 2325055 Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh "Happiness comes in short spurts. Don't be fooled." =======================================================================