Does anybody know exactly what the HD optimization check mark during the
filesystem setup in the install do? Would this have anything to do with
it? I was thinking that all it would do is use hdparm...
On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> John....actually, windows is on another scsi drive, but dos is
> not, it's on the same drive. I agree that the error doesn't
> sound right, which is why I emailed Tom about it, here's his
> reply:
>
>
> Um... probably you have filetype features in use on the
> filesystem.
>
> I have a kernel that will fix it, the next time I upload one it
> will
> work. I suppose if you could turn off the filetype support in
> the
> filesystem, I dunno whether the circumstances are worth it for
> you.
>
> If you really want a tomsrtbt that supports it, you could just
> build
> one with 2.2.x instead of 2.0.x. I have a special patch for
> 2.0.x
> for it, but I haven't built it yet.
>
> -Tom
>
>
> So I figured I'd bugged him enough and instead, just sit here
> wondering what filesystem features I have inadvertantly turned
> on?!
>
> Alan
>
>
> "John D. Kim" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, mounting an ext2 fs worked fine. That error doesn't sound right.
> > Why in the world would it not support ext2fs? Are your dos/windows
> > filesystem on the same HD?
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > > John....did you actually mount an ext2 file system while booted
> > > on tomsrtbt? I have a 7895 built into my motherboard and when
> > > booted on tomsrtbt I can mount dos & windows filesystems but my
> > > ext2 filesystems error out saying:
> > >
> > > EXT2-FS: 08:07: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional
> > > features
> > >
> > > As to what the features are that are unsupported, I've no idea.
> > > I just installed the system with the install program (DrakX on
> > > Mandrake 7.0) and didn't pick any optional features that I was
> > > aware of.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> > > "John D. Kim" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My computer has an adaptec 2940u2w and Tom's dist worked fine. Check the
> > > > website. I do remember seeing the list of devices supported on the
> > > > website somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > > > > > Try the following URL:
> > > > > > http://www.toms.net/rb/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You could also plug your laptop into a network and run the installation
>from
> > > > > > a network.
> > > > > >
> > > > > I ran into a situation this weekend where Tom's root/boot
> > > > > disk might have helped... IF it supports SCSI. DOES Tom's
> > > > > Root/Boot disk support SCSI drives? I had some problems
> > > > > booting my system last weekend and wanted to run e2fsck on
> > > > > the SCSI drive, but didn't have my system boot floppy which
> > > > > has a kernel with SCSI support on it, and the RedHat boot &
> > > > > rescue disks don't support SCSI, so I was in trouble.
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > >
>
