What processor and motherboard do you run? I'm asking because I'm considering adding a 256MB DIMM to my AMD K6-2 300 (on the VIA MP3 chipset), and I was wondering if it was compatible. Thanks in advance. -- Asheesh. On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, EagleIce wrote: > This sounds similar to the problems I had, look at the mails with these > headers: > > [expert] serious boot problem with 7.2 > > [expert] I fixed it!- was: serious boot problem with 7.2 > > The problem for me (NB: I'm not the only one who's had this problem) was in > the /etc/fstab file : instead of 'defaults' it read 'noauto,user,rw' which is > totally absurd. > > Check it out. > > ei > > > On Sunday 03 December 2000 11:22, Bill Thompson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I get the following error while trying to bootup a new 7.2 installation. > > > > INIT: version 2.78 booting > > > > Welcome to Linux Mandrake > > > > Press 'I' to enter interactive startup > > > > Mounting proc filesystem dup2: Bad file descriptor [FAILED] > > Setting default font dup2: Bad file descriptor [FAILED] > > " > > " > > " More of the same > > " > > " > > /etc/rc.sysinit: /dev/null: Read-only file system > > Checking root filesystem > > dup2: Bad file descriptor > > > > *** An error occured during the file system check > > *** Dropping you to a shell: > > > > I found messages about this on the web but no suggestions for a fix. > > I re-installed a second time but the same thing happened after a > > coupla days of use. On the second installation, I opted for lilo instead > > of grub/aurora. Using a boot floppy, I ran /sbin/lilo but it didn't > > help. > > > > Anyone have any ideas about this, > > > > > > Bill > > > > New Quantum 20.3-GB HD - 500-MB MS-DOS6.22/4DOS > > 20-MB /boot > > 16-GB / > > 130-MB swap > > (the rest is not partitioned or formatted) > > 256-MB RAM > > Matrox G400 32-MB > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- > > -- I HAVE to buy a new "DODGE MISER" and two dozen JORDACHE JEANS because my viewscreen is "USER-FRIENDLY"!!
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