On Sunday 07 September 2003 18:13, Tomas Taylor wrote:
> It takes two mounts. First time it gives the error: "can't read
> superblock." The second time it mounts.
A Linux command does the same thing every time.
"Can't read superblock" on your first try likely means that you need to wait a
few more seconds after inserting the disk before you mount it.
>But I don't get an icon on
> the desktop. The command is: mount -t hfs /dev/hcd4 /mnt/cdrom. I
> made a ext2 file system on a ZIP an copied a file to it (the BASH man
> page text). I can read it fine from BASH with a cat, but no desktop
> access.
You mean no icon access. If it was visible from a shell, it would have been
visible in Konquerer, if you had looked.
>
> I have discovered that while in MacOS, I can change drives while
> the system is running, I am better off, in Linux, to Shutdown first.
There are very few changes in Linux that _require_ a reboot. This isn't one of
them. I frequently hot swap my CD and Zip drives.
>So,
> on reboot, Bamboo discovers that I have swapped drives and reconfigures
> appropriately. The Hardware profiler shows it as a ZIP Drive: /dev/hdc and
> the desktop cdrom is gone.
Linux isn't the Mac OS, and many things work differently. KDE Desktop Icons
aren't supposed to disappear and reappear. If you want an icon for the Zip
Drive, make one. Or better yet, make two, one for hdc4 and the other for
hdc1. The icon(s) will remain on your desktop at all times. Then either a
single (or a double, depending on your configuration) click on the desktop
icon will mount the drive and open it in a Konquerer window. A right click
err... F12 will get you a menu which includes "Unmount", and should include
"Eject", although I have seen some problems with that in the past. YMMV.
You should probably disable Bamboo on startup after that, so it doesn't mess
with your setup. If you want automatic mounting of media, "man automount".
> In the Boot section of Control Center one can create a "Boot Disk",
> so I'm thinking of making a bootable ZIP disk for emergencies and for
> running fsck, but with a bunch of extra stuff on it. For making CD images
> one uses ISO, what is used for ZIP images?
A boot disk is normally a floppy containing at least the following files:
boot.msg initrd.img ldlinux.sys syslinux.cfg vmlinuz
You already have an emergency boot disk in the installation CD. Boot from the
CD, and at the prompt type "linux rescue"... IIRC, I haven't needed it in a
long time :-)
You need to keep in mind that your Powerbook system is a rare beast. Most
people who use Linux don't use PPC's, of those, most don't use Powerbooks,
and there is a huge variation in hardware just between the various Powerbook
models. Expect it to require some customization and tweaking.
