OK, more than a cpl of guys helped me out on that, and thanks a lot for ur help.... I followed everything u said, and I did manage to get back my Linux.... But, newer problems arose after that.....
first off, since i just reinstalled GRUB from my HDD, instead of the CDs, I have Grub 1.5 now, instead of the earlier GRUB 2.... Dunno if thats any source for concern. Secondly, my Linux takes near about 5 mins, for the GUI, and about 3 mins, for the console now! Syslog takes a loooong time ot load, and sendmail and sm-client take the better part of two minutes, themselves! This never happened earlier, when Linux was 'uncontaminated' by Win98! I checked the syslog msgs, and there are a couple of msgs that are repeated PLENTY of times.... The msgs - "Nov 1 13:55:37 FALLENANGEL modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-33 Nov 1 13:55:37 FALLENANGEL modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-33 Nov 1 13:55:37 FALLENANGEL modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-34 Nov 1 13:55:37 FALLENANGEL modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-34 " AND THAT CONTINUES ANOTHER 10 TIMES... and finally gives.... " Nov 1 13:55:38 FALLENANGEL kernel: xd: Out of memory. Nov 1 13:55:38 FALLENANGEL insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/block/xd.o: init_module: Cannot allocate memory Nov 1 13:55:38 FALLENANGEL insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg Nov 1 13:55:38 FALLENANGEL insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/block/xd.o: insmod block-major-13 failed Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 0 Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 2 Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 4 Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Nov 1 13:55:39 FALLENANGEL kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 6 Nov 1 13:55:42 FALLENANGEL kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Nov 1 13:55:42 FALLENANGEL kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd), sector 0 Nov 1 13:55:42 FALLENANGEL kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0)" AND THAT GOES ON FOR ATLEAST ANOTHER 20-30 lines!!! AFTER all this is done, once the GUI FINALLY loads, it takes bout 2.5 mins to give me the desktop! After which, anything I try to open, takes atleast 30-40 seconds after I click on it, to actually open! I got online, looked around for xd, and found that it was a module for old XT HDDs.... so, since I wouldnt be needing it anyway, I just went ahead and deleted the module itself! This made all the errors go away, but still, the system itself would take time to boot... Sendmail still took ages, so I just disabled it, until I figure it out.... And the GUI still wouldnt respond.... I thought maybe the HDD params had got messed up (I still dunno where xd came from!)... so I edited the harddisks file and enabled DMA and EIDE modes..... Mine is a brand new 80GB Barracuda drive, so Im sure both are supported...... Still no change.... I tried to run XF86Config, and surprisingly, I couldnt even find the damn thing! Its not present on my HDD at all! Dunno where that went off..... Finally, Im just considering reinstalling it from scratch, because I just dont have enough Linux knowledge to troubleshoot it so much! If any of u have seen this problem before, and can help, pls lemme know..... thanks, Karthik __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
