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["S. Barret Dolph" <wheds8 AT ms66.hinet.net>]

I tried fdisk /dev/scsi/hostO/busO/targetO/lunO/disc and got the message 
unable to open file or directory. If I redo the partitions without booting 
into the SM CD, then reboot, should I be able to proceed with the 
installation? 

Cordially,
S. Barret Dolph

I tried writing the ISO to a writable disc but it seems the ISO maybe too 
large. My writables are 650 and the read only are 700. (So I could make a sym 
link to change the partition sections for a SCSI drive.)


PS. Apolgies for sending this reply to you and not to the list. 

On Monday 19 January 2004 09:51, Hamish Greig wrote:
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> http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5555
> go make comments to help with the resolution of this please
> Hamish
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> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:30, Hamish Greig wrote:
> > Unfortunately I think this is a limitation of our installer, it
> > specifically uses /dev/discs/* but a scsi system using devfs would be
> > /dev/scsi/* You could manually partition by using the correct path from
> > the shell fdisk /dev/scsi/*/*/disc*
> > then mount it to /mnt/root (and any other partitions to /mnt/root/*)
> >
> > I am surprised this hasn't been noticed before.
> > I will file a bug that will hopefully get fixed in 0.9
> > Hamish
> >
> > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:53, S. Barret Dolph wrote:
> > > Dear sirs,
> > >
> > > When attempting to procede through the installation I cannot execute
> > > the partition phase. I get a flickering message that reads
> > >
> > >   use dev/discs no such file or directory
> > >
> > > If I go out to the shell I get the following message:
> > >
> > >   FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive
> > >           Press any key to exit cfdisk
> > >
> > > If I run fdisk /dev/sda I get....
> > >
> > >   Unable to open /dev/sda
> > >
> > > My box currently has Linux on it. Could I go out of the installation
> > > process, do my partitioning and then proceed?
> > >
> > > Cordially,
> > > S. Barret Dolph
> > > Taipei Taiwan
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