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Re: [Oberon] Partition.Tool can't do sdx: for 2009 Netbooks
by peasthope＠shaw.ca 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

From: Chris Glur <easlab(a)absamail.co.za> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 > Peter Easthope wrote:- In case someone wonders how they missed that, it is in the OCP forum. Oberon Community Platform Forum > Development > AOS > Mounting a home filesystem brought from ETHNO. > ... running the LNO ... > ... format-AoFS one CF partition. > But Partition.Tool only knows about IDE > How can I solve this problem? If LNO doesn't handle CF, you might incorporate the capability with guidance from the code for ETHNO from Josef Sedlacek. Desktops.OpenDoc "http://carnot.yi.org/OberonPage.html#ATADisks" It's a small addition. > PS. I hope to get on the forum. Definitely better to reply to a forum entry in the forum. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. bcc: peasthope ... shaw.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/ " "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary "

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Partition.Tool can't do sdx: for 2009 Netbooks
by Chris Glur 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Peter Easthope wrote:- > In > http://www.ocp.inf.ethz.ch/wiki/Documentation/Configuration#toc22.. > we read > "File Systems......... > Example: The command FSTools.Mount ... by calling DiskFS.NewFS with... > the just create Volume object as parameter. " > The sentence is somewhat garbled. I read "with the Volume object > just created" but will leave correction to the author > > So my home file system from ETHNO on a CF card might be mounted with > this, assuming IDE device and partition numbers are correct > FSTools.Mount HOME NatFS IDE2#1 ~. Bernhard wrote: > Hi Peter, > although I am not really shure, but most probably you should be able.... > to use > VirtualDisks.Install NO "/dev/partition" ~ > to access your files in a native oberon partition as NO:* > BTW: The ISO images are created under WinAos by creating a virtual > disk and converting that to ISO format I've installed LNO on a netbook's CF, because LNO can run without X, using a FrameBuffer. But this netbook shows all <storage> as /dev/sd*. So far I've been running the LNO from linux files, but now I want to have a proper N-O/AosFS partition, like I can do on my PC. For this I need to format-AoFS one CF partition. But Partition.Tool only knows about IDE How can I solve this problem? With difficulty I could probably run A2-CD via the USB. Would that allow me to make a N-O type partition on the /dev/sd* ? Thanks, == Chris Glur. PS. I hope to get on the forum. It's annoying having to jump-thru-hoops again, since I already paid my mail-list membership in 199?

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Re: [Oberon] LNO revive.
by peasthope＠shaw.ca 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

From: Chris Glur <easlab(a)absamail.co.za> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 > These minature CF are amazing, but I don't know how reliable > they are for long term running of code, with the need to > continually read/write. Was this topic mentioned a few years ago? In any case, I've used a working partition in a Kingston 512 MiB CF on ETHNO for roughly 5 years. It's read much more than written. During this time there have been two or three occasions where the directory was broken. On each occasion, after reformatting and restoring data from backup, the card contiuned to work normally. A key benefit for me is that the one primary copy of data stays with me at home and at work. There is never a question of which of multiple copies is the latest. Backups are kept at both sites of course. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. bcc: peasthope ... shaw.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/ " "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary "

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