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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 23:10:41 +0100
From: Ian Hinder <ian@advunit.demon.co.uk>
To: arm-linux@tardis.ed.ac.uk
Subject: Problems...
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I know it is in general considered to be polite to read a newsgroup/
mailing list for a couple of weeks before posting, but there doesn't
seem to be any traffic at all on this list...
I am attempting to install ARMLinux on my Risc PC. The spec is
RPC 600 with StrongARM, Risc OS 3.7, 2.6Gb IDE Quantum Fireball
hard disc.
I have initialised the drive to 3200 cylinders with HForm. I had to
specify the 'initialise' option rather than the 'format' option
because if I used the 'format' option it says 'format error on track
n' for n = 0 to infinity (until I abort). I initially formatted to
the complete number of cylinders as I didn't realise you needed
to use less. This worked, but it hung at the end after verifying.
So, I have initialised the disc to the correct number of cylinders and
Risc OS gets the right size and can access the partition perfectly.
I then run PartMan and enter ADFS and 4 in the boxes and press return.
I do not get the expected list of partitions. Instead I get
Partition Start sector End sector Size Type
----------------------------------------------------------
0 5008751 2446 MB Free
If I alter the geometry to give my new number of cylinders, 3200,
it gives
Partition Start sector End sector Size Type
----------------------------------------------------------
0 3225599 1575 MB Free
None of the dialogue boxes from the menu work;
Partition '1' -> Edit...
Partition '1' -> Delete
New...
all do nothing.
Has anyone else had any problems like these? I am tearing my hair out
because I can't think of anything else to try.
--
I a n H i n d e r
ian@advunit.demon.co.uk