On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 01:55:37PM -0800, sanjeet bose wrote: > Sir/Madam,
Please ... NOT needed on Lists ! > I installed Linux 7.1 (Red Hat) and it went very well. > When I boot my system the penguin comes up asking me > to choose from linux or dos booting (default in my > computer is DOS). Now when I opt for linux it starts > zthe booting process but abruptly stops at a > message as follows :- > > "starting kmpswap v1.2" (something of that sort) ; > > and from here my system doesn't respond at all. Then > I restart again and boot to dos, thus not use linux at > all for the last two days. > There seems to some major problem with your installation. This kmswap thing is NOT a kernel message. There is a thing called "kswapd" which is necessary to be run before modules can be loaded. Probably your kernel image is co- rrupt. You need to boot through your boot/ rescue floppy and copy the kernel to /boot. If it is kmpswap, then disregard above. I do not know. > Please help with the prob urgently as I have an exam > coming up on linux in the next two days. > You cannot learn Linux in 2 days. I have NOT learnt it in the last SIX years ! Still groping with basics ! Bish : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Linux Commands (#1) LOST #021 No consolidated command list. Do an ls for the following dirs: /sbin, /usr/sbin ... for system related commands /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin ... for user commands /usr/X11R6/bin ... for X program commands ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
