Ryan S Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> > > tried just about every combination possible and still no luck. Is there > > > some step I need to be sure and do in order to guarantee the system is > > > patched? > > > > No, it should work. I've tested it.. > > Maybe because I have to pass more kernel options (ide2=... ide3=...) it > doesn't work? Also, I had to download the patch.pl using a windows PC > it could be a <CR><LF> problem? It does go and act like it loads I don't think so.. maybe the error could come from the fact that you have more than one RAID array (Pixel, do you think your patch should work with 2+ RAID array's?). > something off the floppy, but I get the same result when I reboot. The > logs say "PATCHED" during this stage. So at least the patch seems applied. It should work :-(. > Anyway, I removed the "/" from raided partition and broke it up into /, > /opt, and /var all 2.7 Gb in size. I then rebooted off the rescue CD > mounted the partitions and fixed the /etc/raidtab. It was as follows: > > <<<original>>> > /dev/md3 > device /dev/hdg6 Hum this looks like the contents of an /etc/raidtab *without* the patch??.... [...] > The machine now boots! (small victory!). Now I have found that neither > urpmi nor rpmdrake seem to work. The processes seems to hang w/o any > CPU activity. I think I found a thread to fix this issue. The rpm db is probably locked. Double check you have no rpm process, then do "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__*" and "rpm --rebuilddb". > Since I installed with out the PCMCIA controller installed, I assume > I'll have to install: > pcmcia-cs-3.2.0-3mdk.rpm > pcmcia-cs-x11-3.2.0-3mdk.rpm > In order to get the card to work. Humm there is also the detection step.. I don't know if harddrake can do that after the install. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
