Re: Random partitioning questions

[Orion the Hunter]

Quoting Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Yes, i realize this is something a lot of people disagree on. Which is why
> i hope to get a lot of opinions!

OK, you asked for it...

I would save 500-750MB for later experimentation with other setups (for
exaple, debian potato).  You don't need to make a partition with this
space right now, just set some space apart for later.  You could
probably take that space from /home and /usr.  I would also mount the
root partition in hda1 and all the others as logical partitions (hda5,
hda6,...) within an extended partition (hda2). 

Re: Mounting a floppy drive

[Orion the Hunter]

Quoting Malcolm Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Similar thing here:
> 
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> FAT bread failed
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/fd0, or too many 
> mounted file syste,s
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> 
> Any ideas?

Bad disk?  Does this disk work with DOS?  Have you tried another disk?
Try to run mdir (from the mtools package).  You don't need to mount
the floppy in order to read it with mdir.  Hope it helps,

Hermano Cabral