??? not sure. I just reformatted with each of the
listed previously with fdisk being the last. Did that
from cdrom running K3.7.
If that is the problem, how do you do that without any
installed os? i.e., running from knoppix. Wife is
'protective' of her 'puter.
She's asleep now, soooo getting to it is impossible at
the moment. Also, with the 'mess' here space wise,
getting it out of her room into or near this machine
is almost impossible. it is 'box decor' here. I am
taking care of a 33+ year friend that is sick and all
his junk is here also.
--- Michael Sammartano <
volinaz@cox.net> wrote:
> Almost sounds liek you have no write permissions to
> the drive. Check the
> perms, also what format are the partitions
> filesystems, have file
> systems been created?
>
> 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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