December 18, 2004 4:36 PM

jsiceloffj said:

I have an upgrade for a SAT T60 revision 3.1.0C2. I have tried many times to create a new disk without success. The last time I got an error message when it starts to bake:
Mount: No medium found /etc/rc.d/rc.s:/cdrom/.live/bin/PTVbake: no such file or directory. I have reread and reread the instructions. I'm obviously over looking something. Anyone help me???

The error you are getting is an indication that the CDROM you are using is not mounting properly. Firstly, make sure that it is connected as your primary slave device. If you have more than one CDROM/DVD device in your computer, disconnect it temporarily, as that may also cause a problem.

If you try these things and continue to have a problem it may be that your CDROM is not compatible; if you have a different one, or can try a different computer, that will likely solve the problem.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

January 30, 2005 8:12 AM

Mount of CDRom Failing

I'm sorry to have my first post be a question, but I'm stuck, and can't seem to find an answer here or at DealDatabase. Basically, I keep getting the error that /dev/hdb is an "unknown device". Here are the particulars.

PC is an HP Pavillion a410e. I did read in another thread here that someone else was having issues with an Pavillion, but they said a reformat of their new drive helped, which doesn't make any sense to me.

I've verified, per the Instant Cake instructions, that my CDRom is connected as Primary slave, and my new hard drive (160 gig) is connected as secondary master. I've set the jumper pins appropriately as well as connecting the appropriate cables. I went into my system's BIOS and confirmed that this is how the PC is seeing the two drives.

I'm booting from the PTV Boot / Utility CD that includes LBA48 support. After boot-up, I switch to my Instant Cake CD (which is also bootable--although I made a non-bootable version and it too doesn't work), and run "PTVbake-special".

It fails indicating "mount: /dev/hdb: unknown device". If I simply type mount to ensure the CD isn't arleady mounted, I get "/dev/fd2 on / type minix (rw)" and "none on /proc type proc (rw)".

I am trying to Expand a 4.01b image with the Special Bake, with the intention of doing the 4.x on RID upgrade as outlined at deal database. Of course this is the first step, and I'm getting nowhere...except very frustrated.

Thanks in advance for any help!

January 30, 2005 1:39 PM

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I only have on PC. I just set up the CDRom as primary master, and the new drive as secondary master and tried again, with the same result.

So, I ran "cdrom". Then I typed "mount". The CD-Rom is now mounted on hde, which makes no sense to me. I know you can alter the Instant Cake script to deal with a CDRom in a non standard location, but I'm unsure of how to do this. I guess more research is in order.

January 30, 2005 2:13 PM

e30mpwrd said:

Well, I ran Special Bake again, and since hde was mounted, the script found the TiVo image. However, when it tried to mount hdc, it also failed. I got a message saying "Restor failed: Unable to open destination device for writing."

I was fooled because just below it says "CONGRATULATIONS! Software installed..." But I'm guessing this isn't the case, since it had no idea where to install it.

So now I need to figure out how to run Special Bake given that my hard-drive is likely hdg. I'll start searching, but would appeciate any pointers!

You can edit the PTVbake-special script using "vi"

I think the PTVbake-special is in /bin; you can copy it to /tmp and use "vi" to change the variables from hdb and hdc to what you'd prefer. Then save the file and run the copy (don't reboot your computer after you've edited the file since its all in memory at that point.)

Not sure what is up with these pesky HP Pavilions; we'll put a modified PTVbake-special on the next release of the CD which lets you specify your device IDs manually.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

January 30, 2005 2:55 PM

e30mpwrd said:

That worked. Thank you very much!

Please disregard the ticket I created on your support site.

There you go. Don't worry about any tickets you created - we don't offer private support for DIY stuff - that is why the forums are here.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

February 13, 2005 6:47 PM

kuja said:

I am having similar problems as others in this thread, I am not able to get my system to recognize or tell me where the HD is mounted? When I run mount I am not able to see any mounted drives.
on the primary IDE channel i have a CD drive
on the secondary IDE channel I have a 250 gig Maxtor put in the master channel.
Any help would be greatly appreciated all I need to do is get the script modified to find the HD. I can get it to find the cdrom its on HDF. :)

Thanks in advance...
A Frustrated installer

Well, if you can't tell what device the hard drive is connected to, there is really no way anyone else is going to be able to tell you. Best bet is to experiment, and make sure you disconnect your system drive so you don't actually erase it.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread