Re: [SD4L-user] Questions about compiling Scramdisk from Source

[Jonathan C. <jco...@ro...>]

Answers in-line below...
Good luck.

On 11-03-03 07:47 AM, Stewart Millen wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 06:51 -0500, Jonathan Coles wrote:
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> Hi Jonathan,
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> I posted the output of $ make the orevious night, but because the post
> was 80k, the moderators are holding it for review for being too large.
>
> Didn't get home early enough to try your suggestions yet, but I figured
> I could clear up some things before I did.
>
>> I have experienced the same thing. Try running the make as
>> root.  That solved the problem for me. You might want to run
>> "make clean" first to make sure that everything gets rebuilt.
> When you say "trying running 'make' as root, do you mean:
>
> $ sudo make
Yes.

> ?
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> Or do you mean going into "Users and Groups" and enabling the root
> account? (Not logging in as root, but enabling a root account with a
> passphrase and then invoking it by the $ su - command).
>
>> You could even try starting your current ScramDisk -- the
>> one that has the problem -- as root. If it works, then there
>> really isn't another problem. Just remake the .deb as root
>> and reinstall.
> you mean:
>
> $ gksudo scramdisk
>
> I take it?
I use sudo when I need root powers. I'm not sure what the 
difference is between sudo and gksudo.
Usually I use the shell command sdmount to mount my container.
So, my test would have been "sudo sdmount ...."
If you prefer the graphical version, "sudo scramdisk" should 
work too.
>> Your .deb file will be owned by root and be read-only, but
>> that's not a problem for installation.
>>
>> I had to re-make ScramDisk last night because of a kernel
>> upgrade. If I recall correctly, I just ran "make deb"
>> without a plain "make" first.
> Thanks for the help, Jonathan.
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> Stewart
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