Linux-Setup Digest #995, Volume #18 Sun, 25 Jun 00 22:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Emacs in lnx4win, Help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: After I shut down incorrectly X doesn't start (Andy Kinsey)
Re: Foxpro 2.6 for Unix/Linux & terminfo files (Thomas Dickey)
Re: After I shut down incorrectly X doesn't start ("Mingyi Liu")
Cannot install from SCSI CD drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cannot install Linux from SCSI CD-ROM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
setting up UMAX scanner with linux ("kevin lee")
Re: NT 4.0 bluescreens after installing over linux (Scott Fleming)
Re: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems (E J)
Re: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems (Rod Smith)
Re: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems (Rod Smith)
rpm files on cdrom: ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: not able to setup 3com card (Scott Brewster)
Re: NT 4.0 bluescreens after installing over linux ("Marc")
DHCP on i386 (PeteCool)
Re: Making A New Boot Disk \ Updated kernel (Kheng-Teong Goh)
Re: Caldera edesktop installation (Kheng-Teong Goh)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Emacs in lnx4win, Help!
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:56:58 GMT
Hello,
I recently installed Mandrake Linux, Linux for Windows (lnx4win), on
my laptop. I already had Windows 98 on my computer. The problem is
that several programs are not working correctly, the most important ones
being the editors, Emacs, Pico, and ed. I just get the message:
bash: emacs: command not found
I had an old computer with Mandrake Linux on it also (in which emacs
worked), and I have compared the old emacs and bash files, and I cannot
find out what is wrong. Please contact me if you can in anyway help me
solve this prolem.
Thanks, otiss05
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: After I shut down incorrectly X doesn't start
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:43:27 +0000
Mingyi Liu wrote:
> Hi, I'm relatively new to linux and X, and recently I accidentally (and
> mindlessly) shut down linux using ctrl-alt-del, which was a really bad idea.
> After that, my linux still started, but because I configured to let X start
> automatically, X would start load up after Linux's loaded, and it would give
> me a grey screen with mouse enabled, but it would not give me the login
> screen any more and I don't know how to get out of this screen. How can I
> return to console mode and re-configure X? Or do I need to reinstall X
> server etc. (or worst, my Linux? I've got too many customized
> option/software to give up already).
>
> Thanks a lot if any of you would kindly reply to this mesg!
>
> Mingyi
Mingyi,
At the LILO prompt, type the following:
linux 3
This will boot to runlevel 3 (text), and allow you to edit the /etc/inittab
file to reset the default. You can also fix your X window if it's broken.
Hope this helps.
Andy
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Foxpro 2.6 for Unix/Linux & terminfo files
Date: 25 Jun 2000 23:45:38 GMT
Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I would expect so. The configure script (for ncurses) has a help message:
>> configure --help
> In /usr/src/linux/scripts I ran a ./Configure --help which gave me 'permission
> denied'.
no - not the kernel (/usr/src/linux).
ncurses and gpm use a script named 'configure', which is part of their
respective source distributions. You probably don't have a source tree
for those programs unless you've downloaded them (there are source RPM's
as well as binary, though they're just wrappers around a gzip'd tar file).
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http://dickey.his.com
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From: "Mingyi Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: After I shut down incorrectly X doesn't start
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:43:05 -0500
Thanks a lot for your reply! I'm using Redhat 6.2. I agree that
ctrl-alt-del shouldn't make it go bad (in fact, I hit those combinations
after reading instructions on a book, thinking that nothing bad will happen,
but unfortunately it did!). I'll try to follow your instruction and see if
I can fix it.
Thanks again,
Mingyi
"J Bland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:25:38 -0500, Mingyi Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >Hi, I'm relatively new to linux and X, and recently I accidentally (and
> >mindlessly) shut down linux using ctrl-alt-del, which was a really bad
idea.
> >After that, my linux still started, but because I configured to let X
start
> >automatically, X would start load up after Linux's loaded, and it would
give
> >me a grey screen with mouse enabled, but it would not give me the login
> >screen any more and I don't know how to get out of this screen. How can
I
> >return to console mode and re-configure X? Or do I need to reinstall X
> >server etc. (or worst, my Linux? I've got too many customized
> >option/software to give up already).
>
> CTRL-ALT-DEL is a reasonably safe way to shut down Linux, It may not be
> necessary most of the time but CTRL-ALT-DEL should cleanly shutdown a
linux
> system unless it is configured to do otherwise. (I have my server here set
> up to ignore ctrl-alt-del reboots as I should be the only one issuing
> requests to reboot it).
>
> To return to a standard console use CTRL-ALT-F1 or any other Fn key up to
6.
> F7+ are generally used for X servers.
>
> It's a bit odd that resetting would prevent your Display Manager
> (xdm/kdm/gdm) from working. Which particular distribution are you using?
>
> From your config tool set your system to boot into a RunLevel which only
> uses text (which particular level to use is unfortunately, and annoyingly,
> distro specific) from where you can configure X.
>
> Safe to say your system should be totally fine. A little tweaking may be
> needed but you don't have to reinstall the whole system as Win people have
> to do.
>
> Frinky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cannot install from SCSI CD drive
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:45:20 GMT
Hi All:
For a new Linux installation, I built a PC with SCSI devices as follows:
SCSI ID # 0: Conner CF2107E (2.14GB)
SCSI ID # 2: Toshiba CD-ROM XM5701TA
SCSI ID # 3: HP DAT HP35470A
SCSI ID # 7: Adaptec AHA 2940AU (V1.34.2)
In BISO setup, I set all IDE drives to �NONE,� HDD sequence first
to �SCSI,� and boot sequence to �CDROM, C, A.�
Then I rebooted the PC with Debian original CD-ROM on the Toshiba drive
to install Linux.
Displayed the following messages on my screen;
SCSI ID: 2 TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA
A bootable CD-ROM is detected in your CD-ROM drive�
The boot selections on you bootable CD-ROM are:
0. default entry
Your CD-ROM drive is now assigned as drive A;. the original drive A;
has become drive B:.
SCSI ID: 0 CONNER CFP2107E �
SCSI ID: 3 HP�
Then ebded up with an error message,
�Missing operating system.�
What is going on? I don�t understand �The boot selections on you
bootable CD-ROM are:
0. default entry�
Help!
TAI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cannot install Linux from SCSI CD-ROM
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:52:11 GMT
Sorry took me a while to replace AHA 2940 with V1,34,2.
Still cannot install from CD-ROM. My SCSI is set up as follow;
SCSI ID # 0: Conner CF2107E (2.14GB)
SCSI ID # 2: Toshiba CD-ROM XM5701TA
SCSI ID # 3: HP DAT HP35470A
SCSI ID # 7: Adaptec AHA 2940AU (V1.34.2)
In BISO setup, I set all IDE drives to �NONE,� HDD sequence first
to �SCSI,� and boot sequence to �CDROM, C, A.�
Then I rebooted the PC with Debian original CD-ROM on the Toshiba drive
to install Linux.
Displayed the following messages on my screen;
SCSI ID: 2 TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA
A bootable CD-ROM is detected in your CD-ROM drive�
The boot selections on you bootable CD-ROM are:
0. default entry
Your CD-ROM drive is now assigned as drive A;. the original drive A;
has become drive B:.
SCSI ID: 0 CONNER CFP2107E �
SCSI ID: 3 HP�
Then ebded up with an error message,
�Missing operating system.�
What is going on? I don�t understand �The boot selections on you
bootable CD-ROM are:
0. default entry�
Help!
TAI
-Hiroshi
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >Hi All:
>
> >I am getting "Press any key to reboot" when I am trying to install
Linux
> >from CDROM. I made BIOS to boot from CDROM first, and also made SCSI
> >ID#2 is boot drive.
>
> >What else I have to change in order to install Linux from CDROM?
>
> >My new PC has SCSI Adapter AHA-2940AU (V1.21)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> [...]
>
> This BIOS version does not support booting from CDROMs at all,
> AFAIR. You'd need 1.26 or higher, so you'll probably have to use
> the boot floppy from the distribution you're using. If you don't have
> any, the needed tools and boot images to create one should be on
> the CDROM #1.
>
> Michael
>
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> Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
> Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: "kevin lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setting up UMAX scanner with linux
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:11:45 -0700
how can i set up UMAX scanner with liunx?
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From: Scott Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT 4.0 bluescreens after installing over linux
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:30:05 GMT
Hi Tom,
I have a system with a 20 GB HD that has been partitioned such that the
first partition is 2 GB FAT16, the second is 6 GB NTFS, the third is 6 GB
NTFS, the fourth is 5+ GB Linux EXT2 and the sixth is 125 MB Linux Swap. As
I understand it, this did not work for me because linux needs to have a
boot mount point within the first 8 GB. So, I used Partition Magic to trash
the Linux partitions, move the NTFS partions to the end, and add the linux
partions in partition positions 2 and 3. NT no longer booted because NT
relies on some sort of daisy chained view of partitions and it could not
understand the Linux partitions. This orphaned the NT partitions. I then
used partition magic to move the NT partitions back to where they were and
I was able to get back into NT again. I still do not have Linux up and
running though. It seems like you might be having a similar problem to
this. I am going to try to install it on another physical disk, and use
Boot Magic to get to it. NT is very ugly when it comes to fixing this kind
of problem. I have tried to edit my boot.ini file to get things working but
no such luck.
Sorry, I didn't solve your problem, but maybe you can get something from
what I have tried and learned (or not learned).
Scott
Tom Baldridge wrote:
>
> I have Linux installed and booting from lilo. I also have a bootable 100
> Mb active DOS partition that boots from lilo. Both work fine. I
> installed NT server from DOS. I got through th pointwhere all files are
> copied, and the system reboots to begin NT setup.
>
> After rebooting I get the lilo loader screen, selecte DOS, then see the
> NT loader screen listing Windows (my DOS boot drive) and Install Windows
> NT Server options. I select the Install NT Server option and get a
> bluescreen with the error:
> INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.
>
> I assume something's going on between the NT loader and lilo. Can anyone
> help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Baldridge
>
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:39:04 -0700
Next time, tell Compaq that you will buy a IBM next time because they
are supporting linux thoughout their product line from laptops to
mainframes in a few months time :).
I am suprised that Compaq is not give you the support for Linux. They
have linux for their iPaq handheld computers, and Alpha workstations.
Well the reason, you are not getting good support from Corel is that
they have laid off 1/5 of their staff and they might run out of money by
end of the summer. I hope they are still around, I like Word Perfect
for Linux.
About your video card, have you tried using Xfree86 4.0 from
http://www.xfree86.org/
Keep on plugging away at the sound. If you are stil having trouble, you
can try http://www.alsa-project.org/.
If that doesn't help and you have some money you can purchase the sound
drivers from http://www.4front-tech.com/. I heard they work well.
I remember my former coworker using the lucent driver on his laptop and
he said it worked fine.
Collene Pearce wrote:
> I bought a Compaq Presario 1200XL 119 notebook
> a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to install Corel
> Linux, since it's my favorite distribution, but the
> installer does not handle my graphics adapter well. :-(
> I went to the Corel website, registered my Corel
> software and left a support question. They NEVER
> answered my question -- never acknowledged that I'd
> left it. I'm told that this is typical and that
> Corel is known for lousy support. Wish I'd known. :-(
>
> I called Compaq support, to ask what type of devices
> are in this notebook and what distribution of Linux was
> recommended. The support person was aghast that I'd
> wiped out Win98 and was planning to install Linux on it. ;-)
> He told me he didn't know what the video adpater is (likewise
> modem & sound) and that he couldn't support me, since I was
> going to run Linux on it and that's NOT a supported configuration.
> So much for Compaq support..... ;-)
>
> So, although I wanted a debian kernel, I've gone on to
> install SuSE 6.4 on it and it installed beautifully, but
> the sound board and modem are not recognized.
>
> The built in sound board is a:
> VIA Technologies, Inc. -- VT82Cxxx -- Apollo.
>
> I need an object module, *.o file, for this soundboard,
> so that I can update the /etc/modules.conf file.
> Any suggestions about where to find one and how to configure
> this particular model?
>
> The built in modem is a: Lucent 56kb WinModem.
>
> I'm told modem help can be found at
> http://www.linmodems.org/ has the answer.
> It's binary-only; provided, but unsupported by Lucent.
> http://www.linmodems.org/linux568.zip
>
> Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> acp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:39:51 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8j5t7k$j91$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collene Pearce) writes:
> I bought a Compaq Presario 1200XL 119 notebook
> a couple of weeks ago.
...
> So, although I wanted a debian kernel, I've gone on to
> install SuSE 6.4 on it and it installed beautifully, but
> the sound board and modem are not recognized.
>
> The built in sound board is a:
> VIA Technologies, Inc. -- VT82Cxxx -- Apollo.
In my experience, the ALSA drivers (http://www.alsa-project.org) work
well, although they're a bit of a pain to install.
> The built in modem is a: Lucent 56kb WinModem.
>
> I'm told modem help can be found at
> http://www.linmodems.org/ has the answer.
> It's binary-only; provided, but unsupported by Lucent.
> http://www.linmodems.org/linux568.zip
>
> Anyone have any experience with this?
This driver does work, at least with the Mandrake 7.0 installation I've
got.
For more information on my experiences with a similar computer, see:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/presario/
--
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http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Compaq Presario 1200XL soundboard/modem problems
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:48:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Keep on plugging away at the sound. If you are stil having trouble, you
> can try http://www.alsa-project.org/.
> If that doesn't help and you have some money you can purchase the sound
> drivers from http://www.4front-tech.com/. I heard they work well.
I tried the OSS (4Front) drivers. Unfortunately, they locked up the
computer about 1/3 of the time. (This was on a Compaq Presario
1200XL-106, which presumably uses the same sound chipset as the
1200XL-119 used by the original poster.) The problem was no doubt due
to the fairly new status of the specific chipset driver, and/or
interactions with other components, not to the OSS drivers generally.
It might also have been fixed by now, but I received no reply when I
reported the problem to OSS. The ALSA driver works well for me, aside
from the occasional audio glitch (which I get in Windows, too -- it
seems it's just a cruddy sound chipset).
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: rpm files on cdrom:
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 00:44:02 GMT
My cdrom list files or packages as "name-version.src.rpm".
All the instructions I have on rpm package installation show the name
as "name-version.i386.rpm".
How do I go about installing packages from the cdrom with the above
titles?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Thanks again Bob.
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From: Scott Brewster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not able to setup 3com card
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 01:16:50 GMT
I dont know if you will find the answer here - but I have in the past
when I got the same error:
cd to /etc/sysconfig and examine the network file. Make sure there are
no typos, etc. If all looks ok here, cd to
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and examine the ifcfg-eth0 file. Again,
verify that there are no typos (mine somehow had eht0 instead of eth0 -
which in turn generated the "delayed" error msg) and that all info in
the file is correct.
Hope this helps figure out your problem.
scott
Mestre wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to setup my network card in Red Hat but it seems that it is not
> being recognized.
>
> The card is 3Com HomeConnect 3C450 on IRQ11 I/O Range Dc00-Dc7f.
>
> I have already used netcfg, linuxconfig, control-panel, ifconfig to set it
> up. It says that the card is setup successfully but when I try "ifup eth0"
> it says "Eth0 initialization delayed" or something like that.
>
> Regards,
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From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT 4.0 bluescreens after installing over linux
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:29:53 -0700
Scott,
I've run into a situation several times that I think is similar to yours.
When you move the NT part. then install Linux in the new spot, you have
(usually) created 2 partitions between your old NT location and the new one.
When I try this and boot to NT (through LILO --> dos) I get an error that
cannot locate the ntoskernel (or something like that).
What has happened is that the NT boot.ini is still pointing to the old NT
partition (say partition 4, for example) which is probably now the Linux
Native.
The simple fix in my case was to open the boot.ini file and change the
partition number. The following example shows the existing (wrong) partition
at (2).
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
Just change this to the correct partition number - probably (4) - and I'm
back on track.
If this has nothing to do with your situation then pardon my rambling...
Marc
"Scott Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Tom,
> I have a system with a 20 GB HD that has been partitioned such that the
> first partition is 2 GB FAT16, the second is 6 GB NTFS, the third is 6 GB
> NTFS, the fourth is 5+ GB Linux EXT2 and the sixth is 125 MB Linux Swap.
As
> I understand it, this did not work for me because linux needs to have a
> boot mount point within the first 8 GB. So, I used Partition Magic to
trash
> the Linux partitions, move the NTFS partions to the end, and add the linux
> partions in partition positions 2 and 3. NT no longer booted because NT
> relies on some sort of daisy chained view of partitions and it could not
> understand the Linux partitions. This orphaned the NT partitions. I then
> used partition magic to move the NT partitions back to where they were and
> I was able to get back into NT again. I still do not have Linux up and
> running though. It seems like you might be having a similar problem to
> this. I am going to try to install it on another physical disk, and use
> Boot Magic to get to it. NT is very ugly when it comes to fixing this kind
> of problem. I have tried to edit my boot.ini file to get things working
but
> no such luck.
> Sorry, I didn't solve your problem, but maybe you can get something from
> what I have tried and learned (or not learned).
> Scott
>
> Tom Baldridge wrote:
> >
> > I have Linux installed and booting from lilo. I also have a bootable 100
> > Mb active DOS partition that boots from lilo. Both work fine. I
> > installed NT server from DOS. I got through th pointwhere all files are
> > copied, and the system reboots to begin NT setup.
> >
> > After rebooting I get the lilo loader screen, selecte DOS, then see the
> > NT loader screen listing Windows (my DOS boot drive) and Install Windows
> > NT Server options. I select the Install NT Server option and get a
> > bluescreen with the error:
> > INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.
> >
> > I assume something's going on between the NT loader and lilo. Can anyone
> > help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Baldridge
> >
>
>
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From: PeteCool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP on i386
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 01:30:02 GMT
Hi
My "problem" is complex, to me at least, a Linux newbie, but maybe it
isn't for someone. I hope so! :) So here it is:
I have a 386, with 8 meg ram, a 164 meg HD and another of 80 meg. I must
set it up as DHCP server, and maybe also DNS server. I have problems
installing the distribution and having it working correctly. I had
troubles when the install was ran from CD directly on that sustem, so I
installed RH6.1 to the 164 HD from my 200 MMX. It runs OK on it, but it
doesn't work on the 386. I just discovered kernels are made specifically
for the machine running the setup :) I don't have enough space left to
install sources and recompile the kernel, and mini-distributions seem to
be the only (somewhat bad) solution for this unless some great guy (or
gal) out there helps me out :-) Is there a way to build that kinda thing
on that machine?
I also have another question: can the swap be on another drive than the
one holding the /root?
Please help me!
I know you can :)
Thanks,
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From: Kheng-Teong Goh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making A New Boot Disk \ Updated kernel
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:24:11 +0800
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> > I use a boot disk for starting Linux and can't figure out how to make
> > a new one that can see the updated kernel. All the how to's assume you
> > are using LiLo. I followed all the instructions, but after RAM disk,
> > they don't apply. My lilo.conf file only has what I type at the boot:
> > prompt, so editing it isn't possible. Thanks to all - Chris
>
> dd if=<kernel image> of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync
>
there's a possiblity that the kernel wll be bigger then 512 kbyte.
>
> This copies your kernel image directly onto the floppy, which then can
> act as a linux boot disk.
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From: Kheng-Teong Goh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Caldera edesktop installation
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:33:31 +0800
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> >
> >> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:38:31 +0800, Kheng-Teong Goh
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Ok, I tried installing caldera edesktop which I downloaded the cd image
> >> >of their homepage. But I get and error msg when booting from cd-rom. Let
> >> >me give a detail information about my box and what I did to get this
> >> >msg.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >@@Hardware Information
> >>
> >> >
> >> >@@What I did.
> >> >
> >> >I boot-up Caldera e-desktop from cd-rom (Asus /dev/hda).
> >> > A GUI came up asking me what type of installation mode I want to use.
> >> >Such as expert, normal and etc.
> >> >Which ever I choose. It gives me this error.
> >> >
> >> >Kernel panic : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:03.
> >> >
> >> I just tried booting my working installation of COL 2.2.5 using LILO.
> >>
> >> I copied vmlinuz-2.2.5-modular from the /boot directory of sdb1 to
> >> /boot while running Red Hat 5.2, then added the boot parameter of
> >> Caldera to the RH 5.2 lilo.conf as follows:
> >>
> >> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-modular
> >> label=caldera
> >> root=/dev/sdb1
> >> vga=274
> >> read-only
> >> append="debug=2"
> >>
> >> Lilo accepted the entry, and presented caldera at it's boot menu when
> >> I restarted the system. But when I selected caldera, it froze after
> >> loading the kernel and while booting it. with the message:
> >>
> >> "Kernel Panic VFS:unable to mount root FS on 08:11"
> >
> >I still have no idea what is wrong but this proof there's no typo with my
> >03:03.
> >=) I think this is an index which Cladera uses for it's support
> >troubleshooting.
> >Too bad I won't be getting support for them because I download the cd.
> >Hey can this be because there's a SCSI drive on board? (sudden
> >enlightenment) since both of us have a SCSI disk drive and IDE disk drive on
> >board. Anybody have any idea?
>
> Yes, I mentioned earlier that my problem, and possibly yours, might be
> caused by lack of scsi support at bootup.
>
> Following a suggestion from Eric, under Red Hat 5.2 I tried copying
> initrd.gz from /boot on sdb1 (the Caldera installation) to /boot
> (that would be the /boot directory on the Red Hat root partition,
> hda9 in my case, reinserted the line:
>
> initrd=/boot/initrd.ga
>
> as the last line of the Caldera boot section in lilo.conf
>
> and ran /sbin/lilo again, then restarted. That solved the problem.
>
> Just a guess, but maybe the CD-ROM boot process isn't providing SCSI
> support. Have you tried making the installation and modules floppies
> (you'll need the second for SCSI support) and trying the install from
> floppy? If not, that's what I'd suggest next.
>
> If that works, you may have to follow my example above to be able to
> reboot (ie. add COL to your Slackware lilo.conf, copy image and
> intrd.gz to slackware's boot directory).
>
> Good luck.
>
> Achim
>
> PS. You might try getting support from Caldera by entering a string of
> "0"s in the contract number field. That enables you to submit your
> query. It got me one e-mail response from tech support. The response
> I got was both clueless and useless, but maybe you'll have better
> luck.
>
> axethetax
Thanks a lot for your suggestion. I will try it out as soon as possible. Thanks
again.
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