Re: [mu install/ tech] 2 surprises

From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2000 - 15:08:52 CET


On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 12:33:30AM +0000, Alfred Breull nicely wrote:
>
> I've installed mulinux 7r8 (no add-on) to the hd
> [IBM Thinkpad 340 CSE, 12 MB/ 340 MB] with a line
> in install.bat
> 'loadlin.exe mulinuz floppy=thinkpad initrd=ROOT ...'
>
>
> Problem 1:
>
> Having a DOS floppy in drive A I typed:
>
> /# mount /dev/fd0 /a
>
> which resulted in:
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 64
> floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation

Have you extracted the floppy during mounting intervall?

>
> Further, I couldn't 'halt' the system correctly (segmentation fault) ...
> and, after switching power off/on and rebooting, mulinux showed
>
> mulinux login: root
> ile rev.2.0.1
>
> S A T O R
> A R E P O
> T E N E T
> O P E R A
> R O T A S
>

This sentence is easy to explains: Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas;
you can read the same sentence along the rows and along the columns.

> /#
>
> 'shutdowwn -r now' and 'halt' don't work anymore.
>
> Do I need to re-install (which would be no problem) or is there,
> actually, no problem ?
>
> Should I install version 6r4 and say 'zimage floppy=thinkpad ...'
> in the install.bat ?

Sorry, explain me better: this is a floppy muLinux? If you reached
the prompt, it work.

Michele

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