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Topic: sda1 = "Irregular" = cdrom? Argh..., Boot from usb, but can't MOUNT it!?

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jshaw

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Posted: Mar. 04 2006,23:38

Actually, during the boot process, after DSL copies the contents toram, DSL says can't change to /cdrom2. It's not mounting the KNOPPIX image in ram, but rather still using what's on the usb drive. I've been having hell because of it.

josh

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vnb_tom

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Posted: Mar. 05 2006,19:29

hi,
I too have the same problem with the mounting tool but u can very well mount the pen drive using the mount command running on a terminal as root

roberts

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Posted: Mar. 05 2006,23:44

irregular means that the device is already mounted!
It is mounted under a different name than the typically used device name.

When booting from a pendrive sda1 is already mounted as /cdrom

Forcing an additional mount as root is not useful and may cause issues with other programs. You only need to have it mounted once.

jshaw

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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,00:04

Ok, but why isn't it unmounting the drive during boot?

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cbagger01

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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,03:05

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that it's because you don't have enough RAM available for "toram" mode, and/or you booted with the "frugal" cheatcode even if you didn't know it (frugal is added to the list of automatic cheatcodes during a pendribe USB install process).

The bottom line is:

If you are still using files on your USB drive, IE: /cdrom/KNOPPIX, then you will continue to be mounted for the entire time that you are up and running.

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