knoppix 5.01 mkdosswapfile 2208
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Hello, I have this 300GB external HD which can connect via USB as well via IEEE1394 to my laptop, running a brand newly installed, and updated via yum, Fedora 5. It has been formatted as...
Actually, not so much duh! I'm not sure whether NTFS access really works now, although mkdosswapfile seems to think so. However, it won't detect *anything* at this point, because it's out of date. I was just trying out Knoppix and couldn't figure out myself why it wasn't working. The culprit seems to be line 48, which reads:
for i in `awk '-^--dev--(hsdub)a-z.*--mnt--(hsdub)a-z-{print $}'etc-fstab`; do
This is supposed to look inetc-fstab to find all the hard drives (which should have been autodetected). Unfortunately, it seems Knoppix now puts all of the mount points inmedia, notmnt. So, try changing this to
for i in `awk '-^--dev--(hsdub)a-z.*--media--(hsdub)a-z-{print $}'etc-fstab`; do
Of course, until the next version of Knoppix comes out (with this bug fixed, hopefully) or unless you're willing to remaster the CD, the change won't stick. Which is fine if you want to leave the swap file lying around. Alternatively, you can create the swap file by hand as follows, as root (hope this isn't more detail than necessary).
# mountmedia-PARbreastION # if not already mounted # swapfile=-media-PARbreastION-knoppix.swp # dd if=-dev-zero of=$swapfile bs=1K count=$((NOMEGS * 1024)) # mkswap $swapfile # answer yes, you are deliberately using a regular file # swapon $swapfile
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:37:51 +0100, Robert Hull Ok ok, funny word game. Yet still I think my english is not sooo bad, not being...
Replace PARbreastION and NOMEGS with the appropriate values. Well, maybe just editing mkdosswapfile would be easier. Decide for yourself. In any case, once you have a knoppix.swp in an available parbreastion, Knoppix will automatically detect and activate it on future boots.
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:27:15 GMT, Dan C staggered into the Black Sun and said: I Think You Meant "How can I create a filesystem that's writable from Knoppix?" not "a swap file...
If you can't use the HD, you could try other things, like maybe a USB key? (Not the best choice, as it's easy to yank it out at any time, and I believe even 2.0 is slower than a HD; but if there's nothing else...)
Okay, enough blathering. I'll see if I can get the word to Klaus.
-- Daniel Dawson