[Rule-list] non-ide cd PC #12

[Devon]

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On Sunday 17 March 2002 11:48 am, Gordon Buzowetsky wrote:

> Thanks Martin...and you're right!!!  Winzip quite happily unzipped the
> files directly to floppy.  I still can't install tho, and think I've
> actually found something useful this time.   I keep getting the error
> 'can't mount floppy'.  I used several floppies, all formatted using
> format a: in dos.  There's where the problem lies;  I never did try a
> mke2fs on the floppy, but I switched to VT2 and managed to mount the
> floppy with 'mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'.  But then what??  It
> rejected all other efforts using msdos, ext2 and just 'mount
> /mnt/floppy'.   Is the original script looking for something other than
> a 'vfat' floppy??

Hrmm. Formatting the floppy with mke2fs will work.
The filesystem type isn't specified in the mount command.

Try :
boot, cd scripts, nano setup.sh
At ~line 446, add -t vfat to the mount command.
It should then mount without difficulty.

I'll see what I can do about a work around.

- -D

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