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hi steven,


ok, thanks. i didn't know that "-e" means "exists".
everything else you explained i was able to figure out myself.


but i'm still wondering why the

(qemu) change floppy0 DISK2.TGZ

command is not working. any ideas?
any qemu people out there?

-monz


--- On Sun, 6/21/09, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org> 
wrote:

> From: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [BL] bl3 in qemu - boot problem with floppy2
> To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 1:07 AM
> Message from Steven
> ===================
> monz wrote:
> >
> > When i boot from floppy1 and stop the boot at that
> point,
> > and take a look at /etc/rc, i see this line:
> > 
> > until [ -e /fd/disk2.tgz ]; do
> >
> > What exactly does "-e" mean?
> 
> It is a conditional based on whether the file
> disk2.tgz exists in directory /fd.  The until
> loop will continue until disk2.tgz appears.
> disk2.tgz will appear when you insert the 
> floppy containing disk2.tgz and it is mounted
> at /fd.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven