Try "fdisk -l /dev/sda" and tell the partitions it lists. For ram, add "mem=64M" to boot arg list.
You might want to partition from inside dsl with cfdisk, just to see what names get assigned..
What do you mean with using frugal would need recognizing the ethernet card?I'll try the things you mentioned. DSL is not recognizing my ethernet card. Would I not need that addressed first?I tried inserting "mem=64M" in my "options.txt" file and received the following error:
kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root ff on 01:00
I reloaded with previous parameter in options txt and checked the "fdisk -l":
[/home/dsl]# fdisk -l /dev/sda Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)
Disk /dev/sda: 4512 MB, 4512701440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 548 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 x 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System /dev/sda1 * 1 141 1132551 6 FAT16 /dev/sda2 142 548 3269227+ 5 Extended
Is there a way of pasting from the root shell to a floppy? My typing is not so fast. ThanksHmm.. seems your extended partitions have disappeared. Make new ones from inside DSL.
output to a file:
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command &> file or fdisk -l /dev/sda &> file
And then you can move that file to the floppy.
For getting the ethernet card to work, of course that can be done after install too..I have the disks back. I used the HD-install program to copy everything to sda6. I did not install lilo or grub. I have a feeling something wiped out my disks probably me. I rebooted the same way with loadlin and I changed the root=/dev/sda6 but it still loaded everything from sda1 and into ram. On the bright side the diske sda5 and sda6 were still there when I did a "fdisk -l /dev/sda". Any ideas on how I can boot the image on sda6 without sda1 getting in the way. Do I have to delete the knoppix from sda1?Next Page...
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