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Grant wrote: |
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>>>> New problem: Booted into DSLinux, my HD does not appear so I can't |
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>>>> wipe it. blkid and fdisk -l only show the USB stick assigned to |
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>>>> /dev/sda which is how I accidentally wiped it in the first place. |
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>>>> I'll try another distro on the USB stick. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> |
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>>> If DSLinux is what I think it is, it may have been (on hindsight) |
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>>> rather obvious that it may not support the block device your system HD |
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>>> is on or the filesystem used. The DS, afterall, has fairly predictable |
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>>> hardware. |
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>>> Something like DBAN or SysResCD will have a better chance of |
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>>> supporting a wider array of hardware. |
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>>> Cheers, |
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>>> W |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> I'm not sure if he is wanting to just use this to wipe the drive and then be |
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>> done with it or what but couldn't he just put the Gentoo CD image on the |
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>> stick and boot that up? Would that work? It has the dd command I think and |
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>> would most likely recognize his hardware as well. |
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> The problem with that is there doesn't seem to be a Gentoo ISO which |
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> will fit on a 512MB USB key. I tried to make it work once and failed. |
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> The other thing is going through the entire Gentoo installation just |
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> to sell the laptop. I'm not sure if the graphical installer is |
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> working these days. |
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> |
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> - Grant |
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Oh, I was thinking about the 8Gb or whatever size it was. Isn't there a |
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old CD that didn't have a full blown setup that was sort of small? I |
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found this: |
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ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo/releases/x86/2008.0/installcd |
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It's a small one but a bit outdated. Of course, you don't want to |
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install from that I guess so it may not help any. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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