This might have been the problem when I was using the gui (KDE in Mandrake), but when I had started using my leaf box, a couple times I had tried to mount /dev/fd0 it caused all sorts of problems & generally wouldn't allow me to even read the floppy if it even mounted. Ever since then the only way I mount floppies via console is mount -t msdos /dev/fd0u1680 (or 1440, etc).
Thanks for the suggestion though :) Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patrick Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 2:36 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] 1680 floppy is not working for me! :( > On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Patrick Teague wrote: > > > Hello, > > Hi, > > I've encountered this problem too, and my mistake was that > i mounted with /dev/fd0, and, the corect way is to mount it with > /dev/fd0u1680. > > > > > > I'm currently using Bering v1.0-rc3 & it works great... when it works. > > Anytime I want or need to make a change it's ok until I have to save to a > > floppy & then this causes all kinds of problems. I can change 1440 floppies > > fine between all 5 of my computers with no problems. However, when it comes > > to 1680 I get all kinds of screwy things... here's the worste - on my > > mandrake 8.2 system I can format the floppy as 1680 no problem & dd the bin > > file no problem (as long as the floppy doesn't have a problem with 1680, > > this tends to require a 2 hour search through unformatted floppies). Now > > comes the idiotic part.... > > > > 1. whether I unmount the floppy or not, I remove it from the Mandrake 8.2 > > system > > > > 2. flip the read-only tab over so nothing can write to this floppy > > > > 3. put it in my leaf box & boot the computer > > > > 4. boot *usually* works fine (seems like 99% if created from linux box > > rather than windows) > > > > 5. eject floppy & switch read-only tab back so it's writable > > > > 6. insert into Mandrake 8.2 system (remount if I umounted) & do a dir.... > > contents of floppy is now completely unreadable, all garbage (like a dos > > system with a fs virus). It also means I have to reboot the computer at > > this point to get it to unmount the floppy drive.... Mandrake can't reboot > > by itself, I get to go walk over to the box & press the reset button. > > > > Strangely enough the floppy will still boot the leaf box... If instead > > format & install the bin file, then proceed to modify the floppy (ie remove > > various lrp files I don't need & copy the needed lrp files to the floppy) > > I'm able to do so, but as soon as I try to use this newly modified floppy to > > boot the leaf box it gets to "loading linux....." & then says boot failure. > > The other message I get after having modified the floppy this way is the > > following - > > > > Unknown keyword in syslinux.cfg > > Unknown keyword in syslinux.cfg > > Unknown keyword in syslinux.cfg > > Unknown keyword in syslinux.cfg > > Unknown keyword in syslinux.cfg > > Missing parameter in syslinux.cfg > > Loading linux................Ready. > > > > At which point it doesn't do anything & I have to go hit the reset button. > > This is after a long line of trying all sorts of things to get it to write > > correctly directly on the leaf box, but I get all sorts of problems with > > that... Everything from grsec problems when trying to load various packages > > to getting such things as root.lrp (!nf) (instead of the /dev/fd0u1680 that > > I should be getting). > > > > how can I go about making a 1440 bootable floppy for Bering ? I went & > > downloaded syslinux off of kernel.org & tried using that with the kernel > > file from the floppy, but when I booted that it said it was booting SYSLINUX > > 1.75 Mandrake 2.4.something or other. > > > > Any help with this would be much appreciated, thanks for letting me ramble > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
