From: barrett@aminet.uucp (Keith Barrett) Subject: .99pl7a problems Date: 1 Apr 1993 14:12:57 GMT
OK, I was able to upgrade and rebuild by system, and am now running pl7a.
I still have some problems/questions I really could use help with.
1. I created the /cua devices (with valid protection and ownerships),
but any attempt to use the cua1 device (my serial port) results
in a "device is inuse" error. How does one get around this, and
how does this "solve" my uucp/uucico bi-directional modem
problem. The /dev/ttys1 seems to work as expected.
2. I created a 512k ram disk when I rebuilt and do get a message
about it on bootup. How does one mount and use it though?
I tried to create a file system on it, but got a superblock error.
3. Any attempt to use the selection program results now in an IOCTL
error. This USE to work -- how do I fix it?
4. Is there ANY way to limit X windows to the vc that starts it?
It's TERRIBLE that you lose your vc's when X is running. How
about limiting XDM to a single vc?
5. I STILL can't build an interactive loader program. The version
of LILO I have only builds a loader that boots the first
partition in your config file and doesn't know verbs like
"prompt" and "message".
Franks Xia loader builds, but won't boot my linux partition
(hangs). I read somewhere about building a secondary loader in
a reserved area. If I need to do this, how do I do it when I
already have a system? I was fortunate enough to build my system
with a root using e2fs, but I took default answers (except for
file system size n blocks obviously). Can I build a secondary
loader without harming my existing system?
Thanks!!!
Keith
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