[leaf-user] IDE install with linux?
Hello all- I am having a rather baffling problem with installing WISP/Bearing on to a 1.0G IDE harddrive. The funny thing is, I can get the drive to work if I partition it and format it in Windows, but I can't get it to work if I do the same in linux. Here's what I am doing in linux: 1)fdisk /dev/hda 2)add 50MB FAT16 (type 6) partition as /dev/hda1 3)toggle bootable flag to true on /dev/hda1 4)use mkdosfs to create a FAT16 file system on the /dev/hda1 5)syslinux /dev/hda1 (using v1.52, also tried the -s option to no avail) 6)mount partition to /wisp (mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /wisp) 7)unzip wisp-dist_2290_pkg_wdist.zip to /wisp 8)edit /wisp/syslinux.cfg 9)install disk in router box and boot it, but it never finds the MBR that syslinux should have installed (right?)... It just sits there saying "Invalid media or replace system disk" (or whatever that error says). The destination box is a Dell XPS P200s with 32MB, and I've installed full distros on this box (and drive) before without any issues. I know that I must be missing something totally obvious, but I can't figure it out. At this point it's purely academic, as I can get it to work when installed under windows, but being that I don't run windows any more (had to take over a coworkers box to do it) it's a matter of pride that I can get it to work under Linux ;) Thanks, Zack --- 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
Re: [leaf-user] IDE install with linux?
On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 07:08, Zachariah Mully wrote: > Hello all- > I am having a rather baffling problem with installing WISP/Bearing on > to a 1.0G IDE harddrive. The funny thing is, I can get the drive to work > if I partition it and format it in Windows, but I can't get it to work > if I do the same in linux. > Here's what I am doing in linux: > 1)fdisk /dev/hda > 2)add 50MB FAT16 (type 6) partition as /dev/hda1 > 3)toggle bootable flag to true on /dev/hda1 > 4)use mkdosfs to create a FAT16 file system on the /dev/hda1 > 5)syslinux /dev/hda1 (using v1.52, also tried the -s option to no avail) > 6)mount partition to /wisp (mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /wisp) > 7)unzip wisp-dist_2290_pkg_wdist.zip to /wisp > 8)edit /wisp/syslinux.cfg > 9)install disk in router box and boot it, but it never finds the MBR > that syslinux should have installed (right?)... It just sits there > saying "Invalid media or replace system disk" (or whatever that error > says). > > The destination box is a Dell XPS P200s with 32MB, and I've installed > full distros on this box (and drive) before without any issues. I know > that I must be missing something totally obvious, but I can't figure it > out. At this point it's purely academic, as I can get it to work when > installed under windows, but being that I don't run windows any more > (had to take over a coworkers box to do it) it's a matter of pride that > I can get it to work under Linux ;) > > Thanks, > Zack > Hmm. Only thing I can think of is to run syslinux _after_ unzipping the wisp package into the partition. Well, I suppose esoteric stuff like LBA could also screw it up, but you did put the fat12 partition into the first 1024 blocks, right? -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... --- 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
Re: [leaf-user] IDE install with linux?
Hi, Do you have DOS MBR on the /dev/hda itself? Jack Coates wrote: > On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 07:08, Zachariah Mully wrote: > >>Hello all- >> I am having a rather baffling problem with installing WISP/Bearing on >>to a 1.0G IDE harddrive. The funny thing is, I can get the drive to work >>if I partition it and format it in Windows, but I can't get it to work >>if I do the same in linux. >> Here's what I am doing in linux: >>1)fdisk /dev/hda >>2)add 50MB FAT16 (type 6) partition as /dev/hda1 >>3)toggle bootable flag to true on /dev/hda1 >>4)use mkdosfs to create a FAT16 file system on the /dev/hda1 >>5)syslinux /dev/hda1 (using v1.52, also tried the -s option to no avail) >>6)mount partition to /wisp (mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /wisp) >>7)unzip wisp-dist_2290_pkg_wdist.zip to /wisp >>8)edit /wisp/syslinux.cfg >>9)install disk in router box and boot it, but it never finds the MBR >>that syslinux should have installed (right?)... It just sits there >>saying "Invalid media or replace system disk" (or whatever that error >>says). >> >>The destination box is a Dell XPS P200s with 32MB, and I've installed >>full distros on this box (and drive) before without any issues. I know >>that I must be missing something totally obvious, but I can't figure it >>out. At this point it's purely academic, as I can get it to work when >>installed under windows, but being that I don't run windows any more >>(had to take over a coworkers box to do it) it's a matter of pride that >>I can get it to work under Linux ;) >> >>Thanks, >>Zack >> > > > Hmm. > > Only thing I can think of is to run syslinux _after_ unzipping the wisp > package into the partition. Well, I suppose esoteric stuff like LBA > could also screw it up, but you did put the fat12 partition into the > first 1024 blocks, right? -- Best Regards, Vladimir Systems Engineer (RHCE) --- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim 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
