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NeddySeagoon
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Jerrac,
You need to choose the modules you want to build, In order of user friendlieness, try | Code: |
make xconfig
make menuconfig
make config |
The first one needs X, the second one uses ncurses to draw windows in the text console and the last one is a raw as it gets,
After you have chosen your modules, you run the two commands I gave in my last post. No need to reboot, no need to mount /boot or to copy the bzImage to /boot. No danger of messing up your working booting kernel either.
As these are filesystem modules, the mount command will load them when they are needed. In general, modules are prefered because they make debugging easier. The only exceptions are modules you need to boot. They must be built in.
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Jerrac
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I will try those two commands in a bit since I just checked the kernel config and the filesystems are already selected as M. 
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Jerrac,
If those modules were seleted that way when you last built the kernel they are already built and installed.
Try mounting a DOS or Windows floppy with | Code: | | mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy |
Then will show you the content of the floppy.
The mount point /mnt/floppy needs to exist beforehand.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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to merge two partition I think there is a way to do it with fdisk, i' ve never done it before , but it's worth a try..
fdisk /dev/hdx
then select the x option, ( x= expert)
there are some options to change the cilinders and sectors, I REPEAT, I' VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, SO DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME IF YOU SCREW UP YOUR SYSTEM!!
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Jerrac
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_c
mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel
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That is what I get after making sure that vfat and ntfs are included in the kernel. Do I need to reboot?
I ran
make modules
make modules_install
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Jerrac
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Eh, can't try floppy, I don't have one on my laptop.
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Jerrac
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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ok, I just rebooted and it still won't mount. Same message.
Side issue, my usb mouse won't work anymore....
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Jerrac,
No. You don't need to reboot - thats one of the good features of modules.
Do | Code: | modprobe ntfs
modprobe vfat |
and post any error messages.
If there are no errors, try your mount commands again.
should show vfat and ntfs modules loaded.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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did you add the entries in fstab?
your fat partition line should look something like:
/dev/hdc8 /mnt/compartido vfat rw,user,noauto
and fot ntfs, I don't know
i' m posting this because the first time I tried to mount fat32 filesystems on my gentoo i put this in fstab
/dev/hdc8 /mnt/compartido fat32 rw,user,noauto $
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| Jerrac wrote: | | Code: | root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c
mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel
root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_c
mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel
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That is what I get after making sure that vfat and ntfs are included in the kernel. Do I need to reboot?
I ran
make modules
make modules_install |
This is why I recommended compiling it directly into the kernel, as you don't need to deal with the modules. If you want to keep vfat and ntfs as modules, you can put them in /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-<version>. This will load the modules on boot so you don't have to worry about it.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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YopWongSapn,
With file sytem modules, mount should cause them to load when required. They do not need to be listed in /etc/modules.autoload.
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Jerrac
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Here you go:
| Code: | root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # modprobe ntfs
FATAL: Module ntfs not found.
root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # modprobe vfat
FATAL: Module vfat not found.
root@tux linux-2.6.4-gentoo-r1 # lsmod
Module Size Used by
sbp2 20872 0
ohci1394 29700 0
ieee1394 88372 2 sbp2,ohci1394
usb_storage 25728 0
hid 29888 0
ehci_hcd 23044 0
usbcore 86236 5 usb_storage,hid,ehci_hcd
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Jerrac,
The modules are clearly not there.
How many kernels do you have installed?
Its possible that you made and installed the modules for a kernel other than the one you are actually running.
tells you abou your kernel.
The modules can be found in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/... somewhere. They will be called vfat.ko and ntfs.ko.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I am happy. I compiled a 2.6.5 kernel with vfat and ntfs support and it works!
Now I need to figure out a few of the bugs in it... Um, is there a way to record the output from booting. Because there are several errors in it that I need to look at.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Jerrac,
Not unless the messages you need are in dmesg
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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I think there were some bugs or something in the 2.6.5 kernel. So I redid my 2.6.4 kernel and everything is working fine! Windows partitons are mounting, and I can enjoy my 38 hours of music!
Thanks all for all your help!
Now I just have to figure out the whole moving usr over to hda10 thing. I think I will leave that for another day.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | YopWongSapn,
With file sytem modules, mount should cause them to load when required. They do not need to be listed in /etc/modules.autoload. |
That's nice little tidbit, thanks for the correction. 
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