Just a thought: is there a filesystem on hde1? After you make the
partition, you need to mkfs to make a filesystem, similar to a dos
format. I don't know what knoppix allows/requires, but I presume ext3
would work ok. (I'm assuming that knoppix requires a pre-existing
filesystem).
An example of the mkfs command might be:
mkfs -t ext3 -c /dev/hde1
ec wrote:
> Continued from previous message re.
>
> I just used kwrite on this other machine and saved a
> test message, shut down, reopened kwrite and went to
> it and opened it. But the other machine..the
> reformatted on, gives errors when attempting to do
> that..
>
> So I think something in the 'setup' of the hd' on
> reformatting it, is messed up, but what??
>
> I have tried 3 different programs to reformat and save
> the new partitions and it still wont write to that hd.
>
> 1. The gui based one in Mdk9.2, but shutdown when it
> gets to the install point. Done that before to
> 'splitup' existing hd's with no problems.
>
> 2. Qtparted...reformatted and saved...I think
>
> 3. Fdisk, which I have used before.
>
> ???
> --- Mark Jarvis <mark.jarvis@pvmail.maricopa.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>Have you tried Mepis?
>>
>>-mj-
>>
>>ec wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Wife wanted me to wipe out the hd. We copied
>>
>>(twice)
>>
>>>to cdrom 'her files'.
>>>
>>>I used three different partition managers and
>>
>>cannot
>>
>>>get even Knoppix to write to them.
>>>
>>>Knoppix will 'save config', make swap file, but
>>
>>will
>>
>>>not write from OO.o or kwrite.
>>>
>>>This is a Gateway kludge in that apparently there
>>
>>is a
>>
>>>secondary disk controller similiar to this
>>
>>machine. It
>>
>>>is built in whereas this one is an addon card for
>>
>>a
>>
>>>modern hd (not one of the old pio3/4 types). the
>>>reason I believe it has a secondary controller is
>>>several fold.
>>>1. First drive (primary) is hde1 not hda1 and all
>>>'logicals' are hdeX also.
>>>2. That is the way this ole 350 denotes drives
>>
>>also
>>
>>>with its secondary controller. (like that promise
>>>ultra 66 card that was given away at eastside
>>>thursday.)
>>>
>>>Well, 'the power to be', er, the wife, doesn't
>>
>>want an
>>
>>>installed system, but rather a 'poorman's install'
>>
>>of
>>
>>>knoppix.
>>>
>>>Knoppix boots from cd, but wont copy to hd.
>>>
>>>Strange that BEFORE I resized and reformatted the
>>
>>hd,
>>
>>>she had no problems booting to Knoppix3.6
>>
>>'poorman's
>>
>>>install' version. It had a crippled w98 on hde1
>>
>>and a
>>
>>>one disk Suse 9 on one partition.
>>>
>>>I cannot get it to reinstall even that 'poor
>>
>>man's'
>>
>>>mirrored iso image! It just skips the 'knoppix
>>>cheatcode' to do so!
>>>
>>>Strange!
>>>
>>>May have to drag it down to ASU Saturday, but
>>
>>would
>>
>>>love to fix it here.
>>>
>>>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!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Cyclists should expect and demand safe
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> Nothing less is acceptable!
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