On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Filippo Carletti wrote:
> > - uses a 1494kB format rather than 1440kB. This is still 18 sectors per
> > track, but 83 tracks. That gives you an extra 50k or so to play with,
> > but at a little risk that it will not work with all drives. If you want
> > to try a differ
> - uses a 1494kB format rather than 1440kB. This is still 18 sectors per
> track, but 83 tracks. That gives you an extra 50k or so to play with,
> but at a little risk that it will not work with all drives. If you want
> to try a different format (such as 1722kB), then you just need to chan
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
> Replace the /dev/fd0u1760 with /dev/fd0u1722 in the original instructions
> and all appears well. The 1722K format is what Microsoft used to use on
> their installation disks. I suspect it would be universally supported.
I tried the 1722k fo
"Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> It may be necessary to tweak the reinstall disk code
> (I've not looked) just in case it does a format of the disk
It forces a bs=1440 disk in the dd command. I tried what I thought might
be obvious bs=1722k, but no go.
Regards,
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Darr
> -Original Message-
> From: Charlie Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:24 AM
> Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] reinstallation disk errors
>
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
>
> > Okay, I needed to test t
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
> Okay, I needed to test that last step. 'cp' doesn't like non-standard device
> sizes, so another copy method is probably needed -- rawread, perhaps.
Or perhaps cp doesn't like to copy device nodes .. or does like to copy
devices nodes and no
Okay, I needed to test that last step. 'cp' doesn't like non-standard device
sizes, so another copy method is probably needed -- rawread, perhaps.
-Original Message-
From: Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo]
Okay, here's a solution (of sorts) for the reinstallation disk problem. I've
test on four completely different systems (mainly, different motherboards
and floppy drives) and it works. I'll leave it to someone else to either 1)
make a contrib to implement, or 2) add to the Mitel CD.
1. Format a 17
"Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Darrell
>
> You are correct. A fresh install fits on the floppy, but a lively
> production system generates more data than the boot disk can handle.
Thanks, good to be correct every now and then. You also raise some valid
points. Maybe t
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
> I believe we were the ones who requested the reinstallation boot disk.
I don't recall whether you requested it, or it was suggested by us to
satisfy a more general disaster recovery requirement that you had (I think
the latter), but the deve
Darrell
You are correct. A fresh install fits on the floppy, but a lively production
system generates more data than the boot disk can handle. There is only
about 5K of free space on the normal boot disk and it doesn't take long to
chew that up. If the entire configuration file (or substantial p
NOTE: I have forwarded this as a separate message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just reporting that I find a configured SME 5.1.2 server fails to create
the reinstallation disk. It appears we run out of room when writing the
ks.cfg file. I've tried multiple floppies all freshly formated and find the
sa
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