[NTLUG:Discuss] Formatting a floppy with ext3,

[Cameron, Thomas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Dahl [mailto:w.dahl4 at verizon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 4:38 PM
> To: NTLUG
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Formatting a floppy with ext3,
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 15:42, Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> 
> > ok, I haven't bought a floppy in years, and I suppose most 
> of mine now have
> > bad blocks.  I would try
> > 
> >       mke2fs -c /dev/fd0
> > 
> > or even,
> > 
> >       mke2fs -cc /dev/fd0
> > 
> 
> Ok, this worked.  Thanks Kyle.  Now, I have a different 
> problem.  I have
> successfully been able to transfer the driver files to the Smoothwall
> box to /tmp (the install is so minimal, it doesn't even have mkdir to
> create a netdrivers directory, as the Linksys instructions 
> recommend), I
> untarred them, then ran into another snag when running make.  I get an
> error that make does not exist.  How minimal can you get???  What if I
> decided to recompile the kernal?  It doesn't appear I could.  I'm
> leaning more and more to another firewall.  This is a 
> ridiculous amount
> of work just get the damned thing installed, much less configured.
> 
> Wayne
> 

Wayne -

I use plain old Red Hat and iptables to build firewalls, and have been very happy with it.

--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America

The opinions expressed in this message are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, Bank of America.