[Hardhats-members] OK, I can't seem to figure this out

2005-03-08 Thread Jim Drash
I know what I am doing in many OS (Linux, Windows, other *ixs) and I
can't figure what I need to do to make the latest VivA from the open
vista pages in sourceforge.  I have live-DVD and it boots up knoppix
just fine.  I want to "run" the application using my usb thumbdrive. 
I fire up a shell,  cd to /usr/local/OpenVisa and then run ./vista  I
pick "run" from the dialog box and then nothing happens for a very
long time.  Then a dialog box pops up asking me for a directory.  I
tried /mnt/sda1 (my usb drive). I get an error saying that
/mnt/sda1/d/. missing

I am really not dense  but not sure what to do.

plz help a Vista newbie

thanks


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Re: [Hardhats-members] OK, I can't seem to figure this out

2005-03-08 Thread Mark Street
From the Xdialog box I believe you have to 'install' onto the thumb drive 
before you can 'run'.

On Tuesday 08 March 2005 12:26, Jim Drash wrote:
> I know what I am doing in many OS (Linux, Windows, other *ixs) and I
> can't figure what I need to do to make the latest VivA from the open
> vista pages in sourceforge.  I have live-DVD and it boots up knoppix
> just fine.  I want to "run" the application using my usb thumbdrive.
> I fire up a shell,  cd to /usr/local/OpenVisa and then run ./vista  I
> pick "run" from the dialog box and then nothing happens for a very
> long time.  Then a dialog box pops up asking me for a directory.  I
> tried /mnt/sda1 (my usb drive). I get an error saying that
> /mnt/sda1/d/. missing
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RE: [Hardhats-members] OK, I can't seem to figure this out

2005-03-08 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Contr AFRL/IFSE
The thumbdrive is not automounting try mounting the thumb drive and you
should be able to select the directory that it is (I believe) trying to
install into.

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>From the Xdialog box I believe you have to 'install' onto the thumb drive 
before you can 'run'.

On Tuesday 08 March 2005 12:26, Jim Drash wrote:
> I know what I am doing in many OS (Linux, Windows, other *ixs) and I
> can't figure what I need to do to make the latest VivA from the open
> vista pages in sourceforge.  I have live-DVD and it boots up knoppix
> just fine.  I want to "run" the application using my usb thumbdrive.
> I fire up a shell,  cd to /usr/local/OpenVisa and then run ./vista  I
> pick "run" from the dialog box and then nothing happens for a very
> long time.  Then a dialog box pops up asking me for a directory.  I
> tried /mnt/sda1 (my usb drive). I get an error saying that
> /mnt/sda1/d/. missing
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Re: [Hardhats-members] OK, I can't seem to figure this out

2005-03-08 Thread Bhaskar, KS
Jim --

You need to "mount" a file system where the VistA database can be
located.  Assuming you booted up with your USB drive plugged in, Knoppix
will create an icon for it, labelled something like "Hard disk
partition /dev/sda1".  Right click on it and choose Mount.  Right click
again, and choose something like (I am reciting this from memory, so
excuse errors) Actions / Mount read-write (the default mount is
read-only), and then say Yes when it asks whether you are sure you want
to mount it read-write.

An alternative would be to start a shell, and type something like "sudo
mount -t auto -o rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1" (it may be /dev/sdb1
and /mnt/sdb1, depending on your hardware configuration).

Once you have mounted the partition, in a shell type:
"sudo /usr/local/OpenVistA/vista --install /mnt/sda1/myVistA", and say
Yes when you are asked about creating directories.  This will install
the database to /mnt/sda1/myVistA/g/mumps.dat and take you to the GTM>
prompt (from where a Halt will take you back to the shell) all set to
run VistA as distributed.  At this point, my expertise runs into a brick
wall, and someone else on this list will have to help.

Subsequently, you can just type "sudo /usr/local/OpenVistA/vista
--run /mnt/sda1/myVistA", since you will have already installed the
database.

You have come to the right forum with your questions.

Regards
-- Bhaskar

On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 15:26 -0500, Jim Drash wrote:
> I know what I am doing in many OS (Linux, Windows, other *ixs) and I
> can't figure what I need to do to make the latest VivA from the open
> vista pages in sourceforge.  I have live-DVD and it boots up knoppix
> just fine.  I want to "run" the application using my usb thumbdrive. 
> I fire up a shell,  cd to /usr/local/OpenVisa and then run ./vista  I
> pick "run" from the dialog box and then nothing happens for a very
> long time.  Then a dialog box pops up asking me for a directory.  I
> tried /mnt/sda1 (my usb drive). I get an error saying that
> /mnt/sda1/d/. missing
> 
> I am really not dense  but not sure what to do.
> 
> plz help a Vista newbie
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
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