Linux-Setup Digest #734, Volume #20 Fri, 2 Mar 01 00:13:11 EST
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Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1 ("Pavan")
Re: rewriting the MRB (subuno)
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:17:40 +0530
I've included my .config file. What I was referring to was not old ide
support. This is for the old hdd which came with PC-XT, etc.
I was referring to /dev fs support(CONFIG_DEVFS_FS). It is under
filesystems. Please note that I've disabled the support for this.
The reason I said this might be a problem is beacuse of some article
on the web. Don't remember the link but a search for "Wonderful World
of Linux 2.4" should lead you there. Here's a quote from the article
"Although taking place largely under the hood, there is one major
change that will have a drastic effect on the way Linux 2.4 handles
devices. Incidentally, it is also one of the new kernel's most debated
features: DevFS, the Device Filesystem. Although currently optional,
when enabled the new Device Filesystem will have two very major
effects on the way users and programs interact with hardware and other
devices. First and most obvious, nearly every "standard" device name
has changed. Instead of putting all devices essentially in the root
directory of the /dev tree, Linux 2.4's /dev tree leans towards having
a large number of directories corresponding to controllers or general
groupings with individual disks and other devices in those
directories. For example, what was "/dev/hda" is now likely to appear
somewhere under "/dev/ide0" This change dramatically increases the
available namespace for devices and allows for easier integration of
USB and similar device systems. The second major effect of the new
system is that device nodes will no longer be created by a user and
stored on a local disk. Instead, device nodes are created by the
drivers that use them, as they are loaded. This not only makes the
/dev directory cleaner, but it also allows Linux to use a root
filesystem that may not understand all UNIX semantics (such as a DOS
filesystem.) An additional userspace daemon, devfsd, will be
recommended so that the old style names will continue to work."
Also, though the compiler after the RH7 update does cause
"segmentation fault" or an "internal compiler error" quite often, I
just run the make again & more often than not the compiler goes
through that step.
Hope you can fix it.
-Pavan
Here's my .config file
=====================================================
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
# CONFIG_SBUS is not set
CONFIG_UID16=y
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
CONFIG_M586=y
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_USE_STRING_486=y
CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
# CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_VISWS is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
# CONFIG_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
# CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
# CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
# CONFIG_PM is not set
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
# CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set
#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_1284 is not set
#
# Plug and Play configuration
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
# CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
# CONFIG_MD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
# CONFIG_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
#
#
#
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set
#
# ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
#
CONFIG_IDE=y
#
# IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
#
# IDE chipset support/bugfixes
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
#
# SCSI support
#
# CONFIG_SCSI is not set
#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
#
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set
#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_TUN is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
# CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK is not set
# CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC is not set
# CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY is not set
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
# CONFIG_PPPOE is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
#
# Token Ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set
#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Input core support
#
# CONFIG_INPUT is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
# CONFIG_PRINTER is not set
# CONFIG_PPDEV is not set
#
# I2C support
#
# CONFIG_I2C is not set
#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
#
# Joysticks
#
#
# Game port support
#
#
# Gameport joysticks
#
#
# Serial port support
#
#
# Serial port joysticks
#
#
# Parallel port joysticks
#
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
#
# Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set
#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=y
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_I810 is not set
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
# CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
CONFIG_DRM=y
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_GAMMA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
#
# Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
#
# File systems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
# CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_JFFS_FS_VERBOSE=0
# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
# CONFIG_RAMFS is not set
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD is not set
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
# CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
# CONFIG_SMB_NLS is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y
#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 is not set
#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
#
# Frame-buffer support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CLGEN is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRACEINIT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_DMAP is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1816 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ACI_MIXER is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SB is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AWE32_SYNTH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI=m
CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI_LEGACY=y
# CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AEDSP16 is not set
#
# USB support
#
# CONFIG_USB is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
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Rake@Q3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:5Pln6.10686$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
> OK, it's 1:00 am in the morning and no, I don't have 2.4.2 kernel
running.
> This is what I've done so far:
> 1. Rebooted with the 2.1 kernel and fdisk'd the /dev/hda to
'rewrite' the
> partition table.
> Still would not boot 2.4.2 kernel.
> 2. . Rebooted with the 2.1 kernel and removed the RPM's 1.19 for
e2fsck
> and devel pkgs.
> Installed 1.18 e2fsck, then removed that , and reinstalled 1.19.
> Recompiled kernel 2.4.2, still no boot.
> 3. Read and reread the /Documentation on ide.txt, revealing no
clues at
> all.
> 4. Tried to recompile kernel with 'old ide' support. Nope, no go,
wouldn't
> even see the /dev/hda then.
>
> I asked Pavan to provide a /usr/src/linux/.config for me, and he
said he
> might be able to get it to me today. If any of you have one, please
send it
> to me, as some comparisons would help me discern 'what' I'm missing
or
> 'what' I shouldn't have added. Another thing that doesn't seem to
be
> working on boot is it can't find Stty0 (i don't know if I spelled
that
> right), and I don't know if that's important or
> not............aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggghhhh, I'm going to sleep.
> TIA and 'WE WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!' I will not be denied having a
2.4.2
> kernel!
> Thanks,
> Dylan sends
>
> "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:97in71$gs8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I found it was the broken version of gcc on
> > RedHat 7.0 - run a decent
> > > > stable one (gcc 2.95.2) - it solved the
> > problem for me.
> > >
> > > Eh, forgot to mention, that you should recompile
> > e2fsprogs - and the
> > > kernel too, I recommend.
> > >
> >
> > I managed to compile the 2.4.2 kernel without
> > problems & its running smoothly ( on a RH7 with
> > all the updates ). I did not have to recompile
> > e2fsprogs.
> >
> > Pavan
> >
> >
>
>
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From: subuno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: rewriting the MRB
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 04:03:47 GMT
I am running Win98 and RH7 dual but and booting into LILO no problem. I
had to rewrite my
/etc/lilo.conf file once because I selected the wrong hda to boot from.
I had selected hda3
to boot linux for some stupid reason(ignorance at the time) and found
out that I needed to
boot from hda(MBR). You can use your Linux boot disk which I hope you
made during installation
and boot Linux. Then go to your /etc/lilo.conf file and open it as the
"root" user in your favorite
text editor. If you see something that looks like this then it needs to
be changed:
boot=/dev/hda3 <--- This was what was wrong with mine. I changed it to
boot=/dev/hda and it worked:-)
default=linux <--- I just put the rest of this so that you could see
what to expect. Or something similar.
VGA=normal
read only
Hope this helps. I also found a lot of good articles by searching the
deja.com (now goggle) database and
that was how I figured it out.
subuno
Sebastian Wild wrote:
>
> Jeff Milton schrieb:
> >
> > can anyone tell me how to reinstall/rewrite the MRB for dual boot?
> First of all it is MBR ((M)aster (B)oot (R)ecord) and not MRB ;o)
> >
> > I inslatted win98, then linux, and everything worked fine. then
> > something evil happenned and now I get a "L"<freeze> when I boot. I
> > want to rewrite the MRB without reinstalling. Whatever happened,
> > happenned in windows because i was using windows when it died.
> yeah this is a known "feature" of Win98! If it is run and detects
> something in the mbr that is not from its own (e.g. LiLo) it eliminates
> it. Mostly the consequence of that is that the PC doesn't boot anymore
> :(
> If you boot from an old DOS or Win95 Bootdisk and run "fdisk /mbr" the
> mbr will be rewritten.
> Win98 should boot up again after that. Thr only way to boot Linux in
> such a System is to use
> 2 HDDs (and make the Linux HDD primary Master) or to run LiLo from
> Floppy ...
>
> mfg
> Wastl
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