I downloaded, RTFMed, booted and tried to get to the configuration
steps. Unfortunately, I received the message
"Can't stat directory /mnt/router"
This occurred to someone else who posted on the Freesco forum. The
answer was either a corrupted disk or low on memory. Both of these
are not too likely based on further testing. Perhaps someone in plug
has worked thru it. Here's the story:
Console log:
Starting [Linux]
Starting sys/klogd on tty3... done
Mounting boot device fd0... done
Can't stat directory /mnt/router
mnt /router/v_*: No such file or directory
exec: /mnt/router/rc/rc_init: no such file or directory
.: can't open /etc/system.cfg
@df
File System 1024-blocks used available capacity
mounted on
/dev/ram0 2548 15402 1046
59% /
/dev/fd0 1424 1373 50
96% /mnt
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Provlem solving done thus far:
1) I expanded the RAM from 8M to 20M, but no change, not even
/dev/ram0 numbers.
2) I tried same floppy on another system (16M) and it got past the
above and to the login prompt. However, that's my GNOME development
platform, not the router/fw/masquerade I'm building.
3) Yes, the computer looks suspect. No HD nor CDROM. It's a 486DX-
33 with a 1993 AMIBIOS. The Floppy controller is a SIIG model SI-
1132+. But, hey, isn't minimalism what this is all about?
4) I booted RH 6.2 install disk and ran as far as it asking which
language. The computer will also boot W98SE's Emergency disk and
create a C-drive (RamDisk), so it's not a total dog.
5) Yes, I will pursue a BIOS upgrade (ROM chip), but considering #4
above, I don't think that's the problem.
6) I looked in modules -027 for mention of an SIIG driver. No find.
Again, I consider #4 to point my suspicions elsewhere.
7) I'm surmising that I haven't gotten far enough thru the boot
process and uncompresses to have the report program available (as
proscribbed in the docs).
Obviously, I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.
Gene Holmerud
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