Linux-Setup Digest #889, Volume #19 Mon, 23 Oct 00 22:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Faster Linux on 486 ("David N. Haney")
Configuring linux bootup and behavior (Keyk)
Re: RH7 Network Problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie help with uninstallation ("Schooly")
Re: Where are the drivers to be put in a rescue diskette ("Stuart D. Gathman")
Re: LILO doesn't work (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: SBLive and Linux ("Don")
linux redhat 6.1 install problem (jon germano)
install on old laptop (curious)
Re: install on old laptop (Jim Jerzycke)
Epson Sytlus Color 880 and Linux? ("Eric B. Marquez")
Re: easy question on Gnome ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Eureka I did it!!!! RH on a 486 3 meg ram ("Rachelle Elenes")
Re: AMD Athlon Thunderbird and Asus A7V Mobo running Linux???????? (Thomas
=?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F6ller?=)
Help! PCMCIA and Mandrake 7.1 (Spenser)
Re: Eureka I did it!!!! RH on a 486 3 meg ram
Re: stoping auto start x (jenaknight)
Re: acces to internet (jenaknight)
Re: HELP: SuSE Linux hangs while booting (Nick Bishop)
Re: install on old laptop (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: installing Suse 7.0 with YaST2 (Nick Bishop)
Re: root/ Locked Directory: Is there a way out of this please- kfm shwing this on
status line (Nick Bishop)
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From: "David N. Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Faster Linux on 486
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 16:30:44 -0700
Linux Gurus:
I am installing Linux on an old 486 (actually AMDs 486/Pentium 133).
I have tried both Caldera and Red Hat. The problem that I run into
is that they seem VERY slow, not only in graphics mode but just in
text server mode. I was wondering if there is a streamlined version
of Linux that runs better on the older 486s. I thought I would make
this a firewall/mailserver/printserver, but with the speeds that
I have been able to get, it is much better as a Windows machine.
Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keyk)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,it.comp.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Configuring linux bootup and behavior
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:57:44 +0100
I work for a school that has just installed a big Windows NT Terminal
Server (4.0.) All the computers around the school (including Macs, PCs,
and NetStation (these are TV type cable boxes that are based on Acorn
system)) have been setup to to run a program called "Citrix ICA Client"
which basically allows the user to log into the WindowsNT server and have
a session (this is just like logging into a linux box remotely using X
windows etc.)
Now, the problem is the computers in the library are very old and are
currently running the ICA Client ontop of Window 3.x which makes
everything very very sluggish. So we have decided to install linux on all
these machines and run the linux ICA Client on them. However, we need to
configure the system so that:
- When the system boots up it should, if possible without requesting a
login, run the ICA Client (which automatically brings up the WindowsNT
login screen.)
- When the user quits the ICA Client, the program should be restarted
(showing the login screen again) automatically.
- A user should not ever be able to reach the command line. But an
administrator should be able to, say, get access to another run-level
where he/she get a login prompt and then a shell.
- The linux system should be cut down to the bare essentials, that is,
core system, network, and graphical support for the ICA Client.
I need some help in understanding what needs to be running/loaded for the
graphical interface to be available? In my full installation of RedHat 7.0
if I run the ICA Client from run-level 3, I get a "Can't open display"
error. Running the program from within Gnome (in run-level 5) however runs
the program great. Now how can I avoid Gnome being visible and accessible?
Is it possible to load up the graphical support (X server?) and then just
run the ICA Client from the command line?
I've kind off understood how to control the boot up process using the
symbolic link files in the rc.d folder. But do I need to write a script to
run the ICA Client or just make a link to it?
Any help would be very much appreciated, thank you,
Keyk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH7 Network Problem
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:45:32 GMT
Here is the output of chkconfig --list:
anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
arpwatch 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ipchains 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
kdcrotate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
linuxconf 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
lpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mars-nwe 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
identd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
postgresql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rstatd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rusersd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rwalld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rwhod 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
yppasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ypserv 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
xinetd based services:
finger: on
linuxconf-web: off
rexec: off
rlogin: on
rsh: on
swat: off
ntalk: off
talk: off
telnet: on
tftp: off
wu-ftpd: on
And here is the content of /etc/modules.conf:
alias eth0 3c90x
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias sound-slot-0 es1371
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
I didn't modify the kernel or install any modules. I thought if
the bootnet disk can recognize my NIC then RH7 should recognize it
too. During boot time there is a message saying "Delaying eth0
initialization." Any idea what's happening? Thanks.
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From: "Schooly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie help with uninstallation
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:06:06 +0100
Thanks to everyone who helped out. Problem solved!
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From: "Stuart D. Gathman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Where are the drivers to be put in a rescue diskette
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:21:05 -0400
Ezio PAGLIA wrote:
>
> I backuped my Linux system onto a tape that obviously my RH6.2 treats
> very well. I made a rescue diskette with the compressed kernel and a
> numer of utilitities. Everythig would go quite well, but how can you
> make the booted system understand the presence of a tape on /dev/st0
> after the boot from diskette ? Adding /dev/st0 to the diskette and
> making the correct mknod is not enough. Where are the drivers to be
> installed in the rescue diskette ? I apologize for my intrusion and
> incompetence. Thank you in any case.
You need to locate the kernel modules needed for the tape. Runing
'lsmod' before and after accessing the tape should help with this. If
you put the kernel modules on your rescue diskette along with insmod
(and other module utilities), you can manually insert the tape modules
and restore the tape. I did this with no problems.
It would be nice to have the rescue diskette automatically load the tape
modules, but I haven't figured out what is required for this.
It would be escpecially nice to have a "restore" diskette that
automatically loads the tape modules and runs a script to present the
user with menu options offering to format/partition/restore backup.
On AIX, mksysb creates bootable backups which offer to overwrite all
attached disk drives with the restored system. While our users have
accidently done this a few times, it just sets them back a day :-)
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO doesn't work
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:46:45 +0200
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I installed slackware7.1 and configured LILO. I installed LILO into the
> superblock of the root linux partition (/dev/hda1) and make the
> partition is bootable. But it doesn't work. Do I have to put LILO into
> MBR?
Without an installed bootloader in the MBR, the box won't boot. So you
have to install a bootloader in the MBR - if you do not want to use boot
disks for the rest of your life :-)
> BTW, there is other OS in the machine. Linux is the only one.
If Linux is the only OS on the box, I would definitely put lilo in the
MBR.
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From: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SBLive and Linux
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:15:45 GMT
Hey Mike,
This should fix your problem.
Disable PNP support (or something like that) in your BIOS.
As soon as I did that the sound worked.
BTW, let me know what you find out about the ethernet/network problems.
I'm
trying to setup up my ADSL internet with Roaring Pengiun and have no luck.
Thanks.
"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello Don:
> I've been having the same problem EXACTLY with my Sound Blaster Live
> MP3+. What the hell is up?
>
> Also, my DFE-530TX card doesn't work, even with the help I've used on the
> dlink.com web site. I would appreciate any info anyone has on helping us
> get this thing working.
>
> Also, if anyone knows how to get the NIC working, please message me...it
> is the same type of error as the SB Live (resource busy and all that).
>
> Thank you everyone for all the help you give,
> Mike
>
>
> Don wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I was hoping that I could get some help with configuring my SB Live
> Value II
> > card with Mandrake Linux 7.1. From what I see it work automatically for
> > most people, but not for me.
> >
> > My sound card is automatically recognized by linux but the sound doesn't
> > work. I tried installing the latest driver modules from Open Source
> > Creative and it still doesn't work. Upon linux bootup or during any
> attempt
> > to play or configure my sound card with DrakConf I get a message
> indicating
> > that the emu10k1 module/resource is busy or something else that I can't
> > remember right now.
> >
> > Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone make suggestions as to how I
can
> > get my soundcard to work?
> >
> > BTW, my sound card works well in Windows with no faults at all.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Donald
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: jon germano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux redhat 6.1 install problem
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:30:05 -0000
I think this is a partition problem but I am not sure how to fix it I have
tried to create new partions using fdisk but I still get an error at the
point where I am choosing to install gnome workstation that says something
to the effect that it can't install the software because the hardware is
not set up for it. I am not sure how to get this going any help would be
great. The system I am running is a abit bp6 mobo, 128mgs ram, voodoo3,
sblive, 15 gig maxtor hard drive, 3 gig maxtor hard drive. Currently the
3 gig maxtor drive which is the one I want to do the linux install on is
on a seperate ide slot and is listed as a secondary master.
thanks for the help
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From: curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: install on old laptop
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:30:05 -0000
I have an old gateway laptop. It is 100 mhz, with 16 megs of ram, and I
want to install linux on it so that it might have some use again!!! The
only problem is that the sucker is soooooo old that it is one with the
swapable cdrom and floppy drive. My delima is that
1. If I boot with a linux floppy I cannot insert the cdrom without
removing the floppy drive. By removing the floppy drive I force the
computer to powerdown.
2. The bios has no option to boot from a cdrom.
is there a way to make the harddrive bootable into linux(similar to the
bootdisk before instal)? Or does anyone have a better alternative? I am
open to anything so throw it at me
thanks in advance to all that took the time to read this, and many more
thanks to the ones that respond.
john3
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From: Jim Jerzycke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install on old laptop
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:48:15 +0000
If it has a PCMCIA slot, you can always get a 10Base-T card, and install
from another machines CDROM. The cards cost about $50, and are well
worth it.
Regards, Jim
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From: "Eric B. Marquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Epson Sytlus Color 880 and Linux?
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:56:32 -0700
Does anybody know if the Epson 880 works with RH 7.0, and Kernel
2.2.16-22 .
I was unable to find any 860's anywhere. Has anybody been able to get
this printer to work?
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: easy question on Gnome
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:51:07 GMT
Just what I was looking for!!! Thanks!!
Dan
In article <IQOI5.5548$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"pl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > KDE has an Autostart folder...is there an equivalent in Gnome??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan Allen
>
> I don't use KDE so I'm not 100% sure on what the autostart folder is
capable
> of, but I'd imagine that the session-management feature is what you
are
> interested in?
>
> In gnome, you can configure it in the control-center->Session->Startup
Programs
>
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From: "Rachelle Elenes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Eureka I did it!!!! RH on a 486 3 meg ram
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:57:03 -0700
I't slow, but all there!!!!
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From: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F6ller?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Thunderbird and Asus A7V Mobo running Linux????????
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:28:32 +0200
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Hi, I have the same configuration, A7V, and an disk connected to ATA100.
When installing SuSE 7.0, the HDD is not detected, only if I pass the promis's
ide
adress, the HDD is detected, but then the system halts on the Partition check (I
waited for 5 min, then I did a reset.
SuSE Support says, that the Promise Chip is supported, but on "some"
Bios-Versions of the A7V, installation does not work.
There must be an solution.....
tosh
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Hi, I have the same configuration, A7V, and an disk connected to ATA100.
<br>When installing SuSE 7.0, the HDD is not detected, only if I pass the
promis's ide
<br>adress, the HDD is detected, but then the system halts on the Partition
check (I waited for 5 min, then I did a reset.
<p>SuSE Support says, that the Promise Chip is supported, but on "some"
Bios-Versions of the A7V, installation does not work.
<br>There must be an solution.....
<p>tosh
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From: Spenser <redsoxfan05*nospam*@icqmail.com.nospam>
Subject: Help! PCMCIA and Mandrake 7.1
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:25:05 GMT
I've installed Linux Mandrake 7.1 on my laptop. I've read just about
every HOW-TO I can find and followed the instructions, but I must be
missing something. Linux sees the PCMCIA ethernet adapter, but I
still cannot access the Internet. I'm trying to install the
pcmcia-cs-3.1.21 package. When I type "make config" the next prompt I
get it is to enter the Linux source directory. I don't know what to
enter! What do I enter?
Also, I run DrakConf and check the Hardware condiguration. under
"Other" my PCMCIA socket is listed as "Texas Instruments PCI -1250"
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Eureka I did it!!!! RH on a 486 3 meg ram
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:29:44 GMT
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:57:03 -0700, Rachelle Elenes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I't slow, but all there!!!!
>
W/ a 128M swapfile, you could run a full blown gnome/e/x desktop. I doubt
it would be able to boot up in under 8 hours.
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From: jenaknight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stoping auto start x
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:30:04 -0000
Eric wrote:
>
> David .... wrote:
> >
> > jenaknight wrote:
> > >
> > > is ther a way to stop the x enviroment to automatically start,
because i
> > > need to make some changes with the xf86config and i think it would
be
> > > better if i do it without the graphical enviroment around!
> >
> > Edit the "/etc/inittab" file and change the 5 to a 3 in the line below.
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> > --
> > Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> > Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> > ID # 123538
>
> And you can always change the runlevel your in by `init RUNLEVEL_NR`
> This way you don't need to change the defaults. But, if you're going to
> mess with XF86Config, you'd better change inittab too (just in case you
> mess up)!
>
> Eric
Is there a way to start in some sort fail safe mode, because i messed wit
xf86config and now tells me there are problems with the video modes i
choosed!
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From: jenaknight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: acces to internet
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:30:06 -0000
David .... wrote:
>
> jenaknight wrote:
> >
> > I just installed Mandrake 6.0 and it works fine, but then installed one
> > external modem wich in fact conects to internet but once it's conected
i
> > cant browse with netscape it tells me tha there is a problem with the
sock
>
> Did you setup /etc/resolv.conf with your ISP's DNS servers?
>
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> --
> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
sound easy but wich ip should i write there, if it not too much trouble
and abiously i know nothing about this.
otherwise directme to some place with all the answers
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From: Nick Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: SuSE Linux hangs while booting
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:26:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> http://www.linuxarkivet.nu/mlists/suse-linux-e/0008/msg02384.html
>
> This may be the same problem you have.
(flat CMOS battery inside computer)
I'm not convinced. It works OK booting the rescue system, with exactly
the same step being executed. However, it was worth a look. Thanks.
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install on old laptop
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:33:11 +0200
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, curious wrote:
> I have an old gateway laptop. It is 100 mhz, with 16 megs of ram, and I
> want to install linux on it so that it might have some use again!!! The
> only problem is that the sucker is soooooo old that it is one with the
> swapable cdrom and floppy drive. My delima is that
> 1. If I boot with a linux floppy I cannot insert the cdrom without
> removing the floppy drive. By removing the floppy drive I force the
> computer to powerdown.
> 2. The bios has no option to boot from a cdrom.
>
> is there a way to make the harddrive bootable into linux(similar to the
> bootdisk before instal)? Or does anyone have a better alternative? I am
> open to anything so throw it at me
> thanks in advance to all that took the time to read this, and many more
> thanks to the ones that respond.
> john3
You could boot with a DOS disk with a cdrom driver. Most linux distros can
boot directly from dos.
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From: Nick Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing Suse 7.0 with YaST2
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:38:17 GMT
In article <8t1rd8$kb2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"steveFarris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When i boot from cdrom, the install program is in character mode, and
when
> install is
> complete KDE is not configured. From the looks of the manual. the
install
> process is a GUI that defaults to KDE.
I had similar problems SuSE 6.4 & SuSE 6.3 + more serious problems. I
got around them by putting "linux mem=63M" (or variant "manual mem=63M")
at the boot: prompt. I have 64M of memory.
What you can try is something similar: take the amount of memory you
have, subtract 1M (or so ...) and use that as the number.
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From: Nick Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: root/ Locked Directory: Is there a way out of this please- kfm shwing
this on status line
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:44:16 GMT
In article <8t1r02$20k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"A-Need-to-Learn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello folks,
> I've somehow managed to lock my root directory and now cannot function
in
> the root logonn.
If you have a rescue boot disk, try booting on that. If not, get the
distro CD, and boot from that, and see if you can start a rescue system
from there.
Then you make some directories, mount the hard disk partition(s) on
them, and make the required fixups. ...
The SuSE linux CD has a rescue system, don't know about other distros.
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