Re: Install Log

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17.10.2005, at 17:06, Adrian Nida wrote:
> Has anyone used fdisk for such purpose lately?  Has anyone 
> *SUCCESSFULLY* gotten
>  it to do this task?  I tried and tried with all all my might and 
> could figure
> out this thing.  I got the size down with little trouble, but getting 
> it to use
> a set of cylinders, heads, tracks, etc. that didn't overlap the 
> already existing
> parition was an exercise in futility.  I tried all sorts of settings 
> but they
> would all overlap the existing one.  Maybe I don't completely 
> understand disc
> geometry, but when I see end cylinders/heads/etc. with lower values 
> than the
> start ones, I believe something isn't right.  I even tried plugging in 
> start
> values by hand.  The best I could get was it to ignore my settings and 
> use 0, 0,
> 0 for everything.

You shouldn't use CHS settings nowadays.  Just go with linear sectors 
and you're fine.  Unless... our fdisk doesn't support this.  Can't 
comment on this at the moment.

> Rather than screw things up, I decided to install ubuntu and use their 
> fdisk.
> After carving this out, DragonFly installed with no problem.

So either our fdisk should be more userfriendly or the installer should 
support creating slices.  I am really surprised to hear that it can't.

> However, the thing I've neglected to mention is that this computer's 
> only
> network connection is through a D-Link 520.  The GENERIC kernel 
> couldn't find
> the device.  No biggie I think, I'll just build LINT.

LINT is not really ment for running.  LINT is to touch as many code 
paths as possible when compiling.

> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE start including the src tree on installation 
> disks.

No.  Just download it as well.  Most people want to check out DragonFly 
and don't need the source tree right away.  And it adds bloat 
considering the fact that not even every snapshot will be downloaded or 
used.  On an official release, sure, but not on the snapshots.  Just 
download a source snapshot.  It's available as well.

> Compiling a kernel to support your only network card is SO much more 
> difficult
> when there isn't a tree to build from.  I was able to download the 
> source using
> ubuntu.  However, I encounter another problem.  Linux can't r/w ufs 
> drives, and
> DragonFly can't mount ext3 filesystems.

It should be able to mount ext3 filesystems as ext2.

> No biggie I think, I'll format some of
> the unused part with a format both can use.  First, I tried the old FAT
> filesystem because I figured that was the Lowest Common Demoniator.  
> However, I
> forgot how low FAT filesystems go.  Word of warning to those in my 
> shoes, our
> source tree uses files with different cases, these will clash on a 
> case-less
> filesystem (of which fat is one).  Also, some of the files have a 
> colon (:) in
> there name which causes FAT to freak.  Needless to say, it didn't 
> work...

Just put the .tar.bz2 (which you downloaded before) onto the FAT and 
extract to UFS.

> Only to have LINT print out a solitary '' after the Fred Menu.  ACPI 
> on/off,
> safe mode, doesn't make a difference.  The best I can do is drop to 
> the loader
> prompt and boot the old kernel.

As I said.  LINT is not for running, just for compiling.

cheers
  simon

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