LT Grant wrote:
>
> People on the list;
> I have a big problem! My box (RH5.1, P166MMX, 32 Ram, 100 Swap, 2.5GB IDE
> HD) isn't booting. Before my last shutdown, I changed my sendmail
> configuration (using webmin (i think that was the name) to allow for more
> hosts (my dyn.ml.org thing). I also tried to change my /etc/host file from
> something like:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> to:
> 127.0.0.1 ltg ltg.dyn.ml.org
> and now when I attempt to boot, it mounts everything fine, then goes into
> the programs it is loading (the start-up, shutdown ones), gpm, sendmail,
> etc. It takes a real long pause (about 10 minutes) on
> Starting sendmail: sendmail
> and also takes a long pause (also 10 minutes) on
> Starting SMB services: smbd
> and after that, this message comes up (on the same line and next line) and
> the computer stops:
> Starting SMB services: smbd httpd: cannot determine local host name.
> Use ServerName to set it manually.
>
> To make things worse, my CD drive isn't working either, it was a factory
> reconditioned ($500, Hey, I'm a poor high school student), I think that may
> be the problem, and I can't get it to work. I was trying to re-install
> RH5.1 to fix the problem, but it is only doing the first half of the
> wwwhhhhrrr sound that happens when you load a CD, and it does it over, and
> over. Also, I can't send the box back because it has the only copy of my
> AP (advanced placement, college courses in high school) paper due next
> wednesday (1st day of school). I'm in a bit of a spot here, I need any
> help you can give me. I am trying to get mulinux, so I can boot using
> that, then mount my HD, then change my /etc/hosts back (i did copy it
> before manually changing it). Boy, and I was really starting to get to
> like Linux. Aaarrrgggghhhh!!
> I hope this gives you wizzes out there enough info.
> LT Grant
Quick!!! Go here;
http://www.sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/
grab a boot disk image (one that supports your hardware) and a root disk
image, use rawrite to make the disks. Then boot up with the disks, at
the boot: prompt type in;
mount root=/dev/hdb2 (or whatever).
Your system should boot, then you can change what you need. If this
doesn't work you may need something like cramdisk;
http://www.sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/images/
You need a working system to create the disks, maybe one of your buddies
can make them? (cramdisk creates a working linux system in ram-it
doesn't write anything to disk, from there you could mount your linux
partition and make the changes). Or you could nuke it and start over :-)
