Though I can boot from my hard disk (HD), I can't
successfully mount a partition to /usr and swapon to
a different partition. When I boot from diskette, these
same partitions work swimmingly for /usr and swapping.
Note that I am trying to use extended partitions of
a SCSI drive for both /usr and swap.
I'm using an Adaptec 1542B, the root partition is on
/dev/sda2 (maj=8,min=2), I'm mounting /dev/sda9 (maj=8,min=9)
on /usr, and using /dev/sda8 (maj=8,min=8) for swap.
I'm working from Linux 0.97 boot and root images.
Here's what I get when I try to boot from the HD:
scsi0 : 1542.
Adaptec 1542scsi : 1 hosts.
sd0 at scsi0, id 0, lun 0 :
scsi : detected 1 scsi disk 0 tapes total.
sd0
part 1 start 133120 size 880640 end 1013759
Unable to read partition table of device 0801
part 2 start 67584 size 65536 end 133119
part 3 start 2048 size 65536 end 67583
part 4 start 32 size 2016 end 2047
Partition table ok.
331 buffers = 338944 bytes buffer space
Free mem: 7147520 bytes
bread failed
/dev/sda9 already mounted or /usr busy
scsidisk I/O error
dev 0808, sector 0
Unable to find swap-space signature
swapon: /dev/sda8: file or device not configured
Now, when I boot the same bootimage from diskette, here's
what I get (notice, no errors):
scsi0 : 1542.
Adaptec 1542scsi : 1 hosts.
sd0 at scsi0, id 0, lun 0 :
scsi : detected 1 scsi disk 0 tapes total.
sd0
part 1 start 133120 size 880640 end 1013759
Logical part 5 start 133152 size 65504 end 198655
Logical part 6 start 198688 size 339936 end 538623
Logical part 7 start 538656 size 65504 end 604159
Logical part 8 start 604192 size 32767 end 636927
Logical part 9 start 636960 size 376800 end 1013759
part 2 start 67584 size 65536 end 133119
part 3 start 2048 size 65536 end 67583
part 4 start 32 size 2016 end 2047
Partition table ok.
339 buffers = 347136 bytes buffer space <-- I don't know why this changes
Free mem: 7147520 bytes
/dev/sda9 on /usr/type minix (defaul...
