Subject: Re: new 1.2BETA /i386 install floppies and kernels
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Webmaster Jim <jspath@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/05/1996 00:16:16
On Sep 3, 5:09pm, Jason Thorpe wrote:
} jspath@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us (I) wrote:
} > It found the hard drive and cd fine; the jaz drive is there but
} > not readable yet -- I'll dig some more on that.
} the jaz drive will/should work ... they don't support the MODE SENSE scsi
$ df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/wd0a 25624 13098 11244 54% /
/dev/wd0e 242506 194458 35922 84% /usr
/dev/sd1a 1013743 137 962918 0% /j
I made up a disktab entry, newfs, mount and voila! I think this is
wonderful! This is probably a FAQ, but here's my disktab for the jaz
drive:
jaz1gb|Iomega Jaz 1GB: \
:ty=winchester:dt=ESDI:se#512:nt#64:ns#32:nc#1021:rm#3600:\
:pa#:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#512:ta=4.2BSD:
} You may want to build a kernel with "options INSECURE" to allow the X
} server to get at the framebuffer ... Or, you can load the XFree86
} Aperture Driver as an LKM ...
Running the "generic-adp" kernel fixed that :-)
Now, how do I tell what options are compiled into a kernel (besides
`strings' of course)?
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