--- Dennis Kibbe wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:55:52 -0700 (PDT) > ec wrote: > > > Recently, I have been unable to write to the hd at > > all!! I can 'install' an os, but then it wont do > > anything. This has been going on for a couple > weeks > > and is driving me crazy. > > > > I cannot get the box to the installfest as it is a > > tower and I have to take the bus. > > > > I have 'formatted' and tried all three formats, > > ext2,3,riser!!! Still looks good on the install, > but > > then nothing when I try to start up the install, > just > > hangs!!! > > > > I have 3 partitions and one swap. > > > > I am on knoppix right now, which doesn't need a hd > to > > run, just ramdisk and cdrom. Knoppix cannot write > a > > Kwrite txt to any partition.. > > > > I have been using the slackware 10 cd's 1 and 2. > > > > Hum. Never had any problem till lately. > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > Well, if you can format, partition and install an > OS, you've demonstrated that you certainly CAN write > to the HDD. > > Post your /etc/fstab and the output of "df -h". root@ttyp0[knoppix]# cat /etc/fstab /proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /sys /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 /dev/pts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/auto/floppy auto user,noauto,exec,umask=000 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hde1 /mnt/hde1 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hde5 none swap defaults 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hde6 /mnt/hde6 reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0 # Added by KNOPPIX /dev/hde7 /mnt/hde7 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0 root@ttyp0[knoppix]# root@ttyp0[knoppix]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/root 3.0M 1.1M 1.9M 38% / /dev/scd0 689M 689M 0 100% /cdrom /dev/cloop 1.9G 1.9G 0 100% /KNOPPIX /ramdisk 191M 3.1M 188M 2% /ramdisk /dev/hde1 5.9G 2.5G 3.5G 42% /mnt/hde1 /dev/hde6 9.6G 33M 9.5G 1% /mnt/hde6 /dev/hde7 12G 236M 12G 3% /mnt/hde7 I chose ext3 this time I reinstalled for hde7, the one I want to save to. The hd is a 30gb and I roughly split it into 3 parts. The above 'setup' of the partition was done with Mandy 9.2 > > Slackware doesn't do any automatic partitioning. Is > it possibe that you made a partition too small? Don't 'think so'..see the df -h hehehe. Plenty to 'waste' here. What's really strange is that the last install was slak 10 and I did tell it to format each of the Mandy setup partitions, All three, hde1, 6, 7 and when I rebooted, up came mandy. I had a bootdisk for slak and it only boots slak that way???? Weird, since I told it to 'format' hde1/6/7 each!! Oh, well that is another 'topic' so to speak. Not worried about that right this moment. > > dennisk > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ===== Cyclists should expect and demand safe accommodation on our public roads, just as does every other user. Nothing more is expected. Nothing less is acceptable! Long live Knoppix!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss