Re: GRUB hangs

2007-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 29 May 2007 17:47:47 +1200 Rohit Grover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can you post the entry for the default kernel build ( there'll be a line, probably default 0, which is the first definition ) in /media/root/boot/grub/menu.lst? The default is set to 1 (the second entry in

Re: GRUB hangs

2007-05-29 Thread Rohit Grover
I copied over stage1, stage2 and e2fs_stage1_5 from Steve's tarball onto /boot/grub and used the grub shell to reinstall grub: [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the

Re: Weird booting problem with new kernel.

2007-05-29 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:18:04 am Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Tue 29 May 2007 07:04:41 NZST +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: Does this occur with another distro or kernel version? Looks like a kernel bug to me. No it does not occur with the revious kernel. As stated in previous post Ah

vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Searle
Hi, I am trying to complete the installation of vmware server on a kubuntu feisty install. I thought I had installed the required header or source files but to be honest have lost track of exactly which ones I have added. I do have gcc-4.1, linux-kernel-headers for 2.6.20-16 (-386 and

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 29 May 2007 8:43:58 pm Roger Searle wrote: . Anyone have any pointers? Cheers, Roger This is what you need. http://www.fisherfamily.orcon.net.nz/vmware_feisty.htm

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Kerry Mayes
And you don't need to patch anything. On 29/05/07, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2007 8:43:58 pm Roger Searle wrote: . Anyone have any pointers? Cheers, Roger This is what you need. http://www.fisherfamily.orcon.net.nz/vmware_feisty.htm

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Ben Ford
Hi Roger, I just set up vmware server myself on archlinux and had to jump through a couple of hoops, there's a post on the arch forum http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=251342 that explains. If you look at the AUR packages on the arch website it explains somewhat. In fact belay what I

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:00:42 pm Kerry Mayes wrote: And you don't need to patch anything. Yes you do. From the link below Note: As of right now VMware Server won't compile correctly on Feisty without patching the vmmon file. On 29/05/07, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue,

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Kerry Mayes
No you don't. The ubuntu commercial respository has vmware server that installs without patching anything. (Been there, done that). The links you are referring to are out of date. Kerry. On 29/05/07, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:00:42 pm Kerry Mayes wrote:

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:03:44 pm Robert Fisher wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:00:42 pm Kerry Mayes wrote: And you don't need to patch anything. Yes you do. From the link below Note: As of right now VMware Server won't compile correctly on Feisty without patching the vmmon file. This is

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:07:00 pm Kerry Mayes wrote: No you don't. The ubuntu commercial respository has vmware server that installs without patching anything. (Been there, done that). The links you are referring to are out of date. Ah! What is the repository you are referring to please?

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Robert Fisher
On Tue, 29 May 2007 9:15:26 pm Robert Fisher wrote: What is the repository you are referring to please? Answering my own question (for Roger's sake) http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-vmware-server-from-canonical-commercial-repository-in-ubuntu-feisty.html deb

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Kerry Mayes
From my notes, here's what I added to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main Kerry. On 29/05/07, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the repository you are referring to please?

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Searle
cool, thanks for all the speedy replies, am trying this option via adept first... Kerry Mayes wrote: STOP! vmware server is now in the Feisty repositories! (It's in the commercial one.) This is so much easier than the route you're taking - and updates come through normal channels. Kerry.

Re: vmware-config.pl failing

2007-05-29 Thread Roger Searle
nice, this works. and yes i have http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main as an adept repository. Thanks everyone Roger Roger Searle wrote: cool, thanks for all the speedy replies, am trying this option via adept first... Kerry Mayes wrote: STOP! vmware server is

Re: GRUB hangs

2007-05-29 Thread Rohit Grover
Hi, The problem has been resolved now. Had mostly to do with me rather than GRUB. My first bad: when configuring menu.lst to redirect grub to the serial console, I had used the settings: serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal serial This last setting meant that

scsi support compiled into kernel insufficient to mount / from a scsi disk

2007-05-29 Thread Rohit Grover
Hi, Could someone please elucidate on why the linux (2.6.21-3) won't be able to mount the root filesytem from a scsi disk at boot time even when scsi support has been compiled into the kernel? Using an initrd packaged with scsi modules works fine in this case. thanks, Rohit.

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2007-05-29 Thread Dave G
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