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#229462 - 03/08/2004 16:41 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: tman]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31602 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: The steps required are already on Roger's page so making a new builder image is possible. Or better yet, a menu option in Hijack: "Build new drives". Assuming the code to get that job done isn't particularly large... It's fun to invent ideas of things to add to hijack without having to be the guy who actually codes it. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#229463 - 03/08/2004 17:05 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Yeah. I'd love to hit that option accidentally. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#229464 - 03/08/2004 17:12 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: tfabris]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Don't think it is a good idea to integrate it into the kernel. It's only ever going to be called once per drive and the rest of the time it'll be taking up memory which could be put to better use.
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#229465 - 03/08/2004 17:23 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31602 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: Yeah. I'd love to hit that option accidentally. Clearly it could be designed so that accidental keypresses can't cause it to happen. Quote: t's only ever going to be called once per drive and the rest of the time it'll be taking up memory which could be put to better use. If it didn't take up that much memory, the convenience would be worth it. Assuming that one already had Hijack installed, then there's no need for any special kernels, the instructions would be simplified, it would be reliable and universal. Heck, if it could create the necessary folders, you might even be able to add a second slave disk drive in the field without needing a serial connection or even a PC at all. For someone doing a big upgrade that involved swapping a lot of disks back and forth, it might save them a lot of time and effort. I agree that if the code is huge, then it belongs in a special kernel. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#229466 - 03/08/2004 17:36 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Quote: Clearly it could be designed so that accidental keypresses can't cause it to happen. Clearly the rotary knob never screws up. Regardless, the code would be huge (in kernel terms, anyway). The kernel as is knows how to read an ext2 filesystem, but not how to create one. You'd have to embed most of mke2fs in the kernel since the kernel can't expect there to be valid data on the hard drive since the whole purpose is to delete all data on the hard drive and recreate its layout. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#229467 - 15/08/2004 20:03 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: Roger]
schofiel carpal tunnel Registered: 25/06/1999 Posts: 2993 Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK	Worked for me! _________________________ One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015
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#229468 - 15/08/2004 20:08 Re: Unable to format new drive [Re: MattVogt2]
schofiel carpal tunnel Registered: 25/06/1999 Posts: 2993 Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK	You should do it this way: - install your 80G as Master on the cable at position number 1 (closest connector to the motherboard) - flash the player with the Mk2 Builder image, and let it run - flash the player with the developer image, then follow the instructions in Roger's article to format the music partition and build the player directories - connect with emplode and allow the FSCK to run and get a built database together. You should be flying after this. _________________________ One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015
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