Hi...
I've managed to successfully install ARM Linux on a RPC 700 with a 812Mb
disc.
Now I seem to have multiplied the challenge and I'm trying it on a friends
StrongARM RPC, on which we have just installed a 8Gb disc with a new IDEFS
interface from APDL. It's an ideA interface, firmware version 3.25, "IDE
V6".
PartMan 1.11 brings up a dialogue box asking for the number of cylinders on
the disc. Unfortunately the dialogue will only allow 4 digits to be
entered, and I need to enter the five digit number 16383.
So, after reading the list archives, I've found the alpha version of
PartMan (1.13a13). This does a bit better, but I'm still stuck.
I can create two partitions using the ideA IDEFormat program (version
3.51), one 2Gb large for ARM Linux + swap, the other 6Gb large for RISC
OS. Now I start the alpha PartMan and enter IDEFS, :4 and :5 appear. If I
select :4, I get two FileCore partitions listed. Unfortunately it seems to
be impossible to change one of these partitions to Linux - if I delete one,
it disappears (I was expecting it to change to the "Free" type). The "Edit
^E" and "Initialise..." options are greyed out, as is the "New" option.
Selecting :5 instead and Partition type Filecore/Linux gives one Filecore
partition, and another partition, which is of the "Reserved" type and one
sector long. Selecting Partition type ICS IDEFS instead gives the following
nonsense display:
Partition Start End Size Type
- 0 970170187 61997MB Free
1 970170188 405816893 37002MB Filecore
(the start of the long start and end figures have been truncated by the
GUI).
OK - so I can delete one of the partitions using IDEFormat. Now when I
enter IDEFS, only :4 appears. Setting Partition type to ICS IDEFS and
choosing :4 just lists the one FileCore partition. Setting Partition type
to Filecore/Linux and choosing :4 gives the FileCore partition and another,
which is of the "Reserved" type, and 1 sector long. But there seems to be
no way of accessing the free space after the FileCore partition.
So! How can I create the Linux Native and Linux Swap partitions on an 8Gb
(Seagate, ST38641A Medalist) drive with an APDL ideA (I think, formerly
ICS?) interface?
Sorry for all the confusing detail - thanks very much for any help.
Ash.
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