On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:38:11 -0500
Scot Jenkins <scot at thinkunix.net> wrote:

> I think you also need the 'exec' option in /etc/fstab to run binaries 
> from the cdrom; check the mount(8) man page.  I believe I ran into
> this sometime ago trying to run an installer program for applixware or
> something like that.
> 

That took care of the execute issue from cdrom.  Here's what I get now:

root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# df -k
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc3              1542188    253216   1288972  17% /
/dev/hdc5              5638600   1519856   4118744  27% /usr
/dev/hdc6              1542156     49100   1493056   4% /var
/dev/hdc7              2048188    238804   1809384  12% /home
/dev/hdc8              8192860     32840   8160020   1% /data
/dev/hdc1             20472816   8966704  11506112  44% /winme
/dev/cdrom              673248    673248         0 100% /cdrom
/dev/fd0                  1423         0      1423   0% /floppy
root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# ./makedisk adaptec.s adaptec.s/bzImage 
Making adaptec.s bootdisk from kernel image adaptec.s/bzImage.
Formatting the target disk.
Mounting the target disk on /tmp/mnt-1603.
Copying files over (ignore permission errors).
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
Rdeving -R /tmp/mnt-1603/vmlinuz 0
Rdeving rdev -r /tmp/mnt-1603/vmlinuz 49152
Rdeving -v /tmp/mnt-1603/vmlinuz -v
Rdeving /tmp/mnt-1603/vmlinuz /dev/fd0
Installing SYSLINUX.
Adding extra files (hope they fit :)
Bootdisk adaptec.s created.
root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# df -k
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc3              1542188    254656   1287532  17% /
/dev/hdc5              5638600   1519856   4118744  27% /usr
/dev/hdc6              1542156     49100   1493056   4% /var
/dev/hdc7              2048188    238804   1809384  12% /home
/dev/hdc8              8192860     32840   8160020   1% /data
/dev/hdc1             20472816   8966704  11506112  44% /winme
/dev/cdrom              673248    673248         0 100% /cdrom
/dev/fd0                  1423         0      1423   0% /floppy
root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# 


I don't recall having this big of a problem with Slack 8.0 cd's.....






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