Linux-Setup Digest #42, Volume #21 Fri, 13 Apr 01 20:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Where to d/l SuSE 7.1? (mfh)
Re: RH installed on a very small flash IDE (J Hayward)
HELP !! - mkswap mistake
Re: SuSe Linux 7.2 or Redhat??? (mfh)
Re: SuSe Linux 7.2 or Redhat??? (mfh)
Resizing a Linux ext2 partition??? (P.S.)
Redhat 7.0 install problem, unable to initialize eth0 ("Richard Fox")
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on (Adlai Gibson)
Re: Resizing a Linux ext2 partition??? (J Hayward)
Re: Xconfigurator help. ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: Clock Drift (Martin Shepherd)
Re: HELP !! - mkswap mistake ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Resizing a Linux ext2 partition??? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Redhat 7.0 install problem, unable to initialize eth0 (Craig Kelley)
gedit says: Wrong uri (Henrik Farre)
Re: Kernel 2.4.1 and StarOffice ("Garry Knight")
Re: fsck stops me booting ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Suse 6.4 to 7.1 (future) upgrade. (Kevin Croxen)
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("AS")
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From: mfh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to d/l SuSE 7.1?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:11:05 -0400
Did you find it yet ?
thanks
Brian Kang wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to find the latest SuSE 7.1 on SuSE's web site but nothing came up.
> Can someone point to me where I can find SuSE 7.1 ISO?
> TIA
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH installed on a very small flash IDE
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:15:40 -0700
Hello Vince,
Very interesting question. Unfortunately I never tried any installs that
small, however I forwarded your question to one of the Redhat mailing lists
I'm a member of to try and get an answer for you. I will let you know or if
you want you can subscribe to list I forwarded it to here:
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
This is a busy list. You might want to use a e-mail account just for it.
Regards,
Jim H
Vince Banes wrote:
> I need to install RH 6.x on a system using a small (128Mb)
> IDE FLASH drive. I cannot use a regular hard drive since
> this system will be placed in a high altitude balloon with
> no presureized or heated cabin for the hard drive.
>
> For development, I can attach a floppy and network drop to
> the flight hardware. I used the RH 6.1 bootnet.img floppy
> install method and got as far as installing the various
> packages. The intall stops as says I need more disk space.
> I turned off all possible packages, but it still needs at
> least 135Mb. Remember, there is only 128Mb total.
>
> I need for the system (Pentium based CPCI based system) to
> boot up, load a couple kernal device drivers and then run
> one program without any operator intervention. The data
> will be collected and written to the FLASH drive and
> transmitted via radio to the ground station.
>
> The development will be done on another system and the final
> executable files transfered to the flight system. Thus, I
> do not need any development support tools on the flight
> system.
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP !! - mkswap mistake
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:23:18 +0200
I inadvertently typed in :
mkswap /dev/hda3
where /dev/hda3 was my main Linux partition with a lot of my data /
installations on it - is there any way to get it back ?
i.e. to remove the swap and get the partition back to normal ?
Hope someone can help me out. Cheers,
Andrew
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From: mfh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: SuSe Linux 7.2 or Redhat???
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:29:11 -0400
what distribution you are using then ?
Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 23:14:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >Keep your hands clean. Go for Debian!
> >
>
> No thanks. Not to start a flame war, but I would never consider changing
> to Debian. Why? Certainly not for technical reasons. I am sure it is a
> great distro. Certainly has some great people involved, and some great
> ideas behind it. But it also has the 'my shit doesn't stink and yours
> does' crowd too. And a number of FUD artists as well, who spend oh so
> much time knocking someone else down, just to make themselves look
> taller.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
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From: mfh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: SuSe Linux 7.2 or Redhat???
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:37:34 -0400
Just curious !
Did find an answer to your original question? If so let me know
thanks
TD wrote:
> I'm considering purchasing a retail version of Linux. Is there a preferred
> or recommended version of this software? Comp USA has Mandrake, SuSe,
> Redhat.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> TD
>
> --
> Sandy Valley Ranch ~ Your Western Adventure
> www.sandyvalleyranch.com
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From: P.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Resizing a Linux ext2 partition???
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:00:16 +0100
Here is the scenario:
I need to rezise hda2. When i freeup some space from hda1 ou 5 ou 6
the freeup space isn�t available to grow hda2,
using partition magic 5??
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 378855 297212 66001 82% /
/dev/hda2 398156 358191 19402 95% /var
/dev/hda5 97556 2535 91998 3% /usr/local
/dev/hda6 19485 13 18869 1% /tmp
/dev/hda7 1377153 173224 1132766 14% /home
How can i do this, and using what program??
Greats
Thanks in advance for your help
P.S.
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From: "Richard Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Redhat 7.0 install problem, unable to initialize eth0
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 20:02:09 GMT
Hi folks, TIA for any help you may offer here
I have a 2 computer lan, NT laptop and Dell desktop previously running
Redhat 6. I upgraded my Dell to Rh 7, and my ethernet device initialization
is failing now. When I boot, I get
bringing up eth0 interface: delaying eth0 initialization [FAILED]
running "ifconfig eth0" results in
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
"ifconfig -a" only shows loopback device lo
So my hardware is not even recognized. Yet if I run
Programs->System->Network configuration->Interfaces, there it is, eth0
assigned IP 192.168.0.229, proto no, atboot yes, inactive. I am unable to
activate it here. Basically if I activate it nothing happens, network still
doesn't work.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart gives same error message as at boot time,
i.e. bringing....[FAILED]
I am sure my ethernet hardware works as I just booted NT on same computer
and ethernet works.
It is not an ethernet card, interface is on the Dell motherboard. It is a
rather old computer, a Pentium II 450 but was bringing up eth0 fine under RH
6.
Here is linuxconf info:
Basic Host info
Hostname: thor
Adapter 1
Enabled
Manual
IP Addr 192.168.0.229
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Netdev: eth0
Kernel mod 3c59x
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.229 thor
192.168.0.224 zeus
Any ideas how I can further troubleshoot this?
Rich
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From: Adlai Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 20:32:46 GMT
Hi all. I'm a complete Linux newbie, but I had a very similar error pop up
when trying to install SuSe 7.1 last night. The solution was two fold:
1. Make sure the root directory was identified in the /etc/fstab file
2. Type the following at the boot prompt:
linux mem=128M
where 128 is the amount of RAM in my machine. Put in the number that's
appropriate for to you.
After doing this, installation went through super smooth. I'm not sure if
this is helpful, but I thought I'd pass it along just the same.
Adlai Gibson
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Resizing a Linux ext2 partition???
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:45:07 -0700
Hello,
Try GNU Parted
http://www.gnu.org/directory/gnuparted.html
Regards,
Jim H
P.S. wrote:
> Here is the scenario:
> I need to rezise hda2. When i freeup some space from hda1 ou 5 ou 6
> the freeup space isn�t available to grow hda2,
> using partition magic 5??
>
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 378855 297212 66001 82% /
> /dev/hda2 398156 358191 19402 95% /var
> /dev/hda5 97556 2535 91998 3% /usr/local
> /dev/hda6 19485 13 18869 1% /tmp
> /dev/hda7 1377153 173224 1132766 14% /home
>
> How can i do this, and using what program??
>
> Greats
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
>
> P.S.
>
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Xconfigurator help.
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:55:25 -0400
i was able to find the line.
thank you.
"Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:1cFB6.166$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> i cannot find that line in my XF86Config line.
>
> > edit the XF86Config file in ect/ uncomment the NO_ACELL option> in you
> video driver bit SAVE IT and restart Linux and presto it should work
> > great!!!!!
> > Littlefish
> > "Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > hello,
> > > > we just upgraded to from 6.2 to 7.0.
> > > > the thing would not display properly. we are trying to use
> Xconfigurator
> > to
> > > > fix the problem. it appears that the monitor is being detected but
> when
> > we
> > > > type startx the
> > > > screen does not refresh properly. the icons are there but you have
to
> > put
> > > > the mouse over them for them to appear. there are also lines all
over
> > the
> > > > screen. looks like the tile effect in win98.
> > >
> > > 7.0 uses XFree86 4.0.2, while 6.2 uses XFree86-3.x -- you may want to
> > > downgrade your X11 server to the older one so that it works again.
> > >
> > > --
> > > It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX
> videoboard
> > > Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Martin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clock Drift
Date: 13 Apr 2001 14:06:46 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephane) writes:
> Le Sun, 08 Apr 2001 18:32:56 GMT, None A ecrit:
> >I'm trying to correct the clock drift in my system.
> >It drifts 32.5 seconds a day. I run ntpdate once
> >a day to correct this. I also edited the /etc/adjtime
> >file to set the drift correction to 32.5. This didn't
> >seem to have any affect... Is there something I need
> >to restart ? The clock faq infers that the kernel will
> >use this value to adjust the for the drift.
>
> ntpdate is good to have the correct clock a boot, you have to run it
> only one time (you need to have a link with Internet during boot).
>
> During the live of your system, you have to run ntpd who will correct
> your clock drift permanently.
>
> If you want to adjust clock of your hardware, it is possible to put this
> in the crontab of root.
>
> 0 0 * * * /sbin/clock -w
Or alternatively put this in your crontab
0 0 * * * /sbin/hwclock --adjust
if you want to use /etc/adjtime (see the man page for hwclock(8)).
Note that /sbin/clock is just a symbolic link to /sbin/hwclock (at
least under RedHat 7.0).
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP !! - mkswap mistake
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:41:00 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I inadvertently typed in :
> mkswap /dev/hda3
> where /dev/hda3 was my main Linux partition with a lot of my data /
> installations on it - is there any way to get it back ?
Yeah, run e2fsck with a secondary inode map as argument. E.g.
e2fsck /dev/hda3 -b 8193
e2fsck /dev/hda3 -b 16384
e2fsck /dev/hda3 -b 32768
(nobldy really knows where these superblocks are .. I'm just quoting
the man page .. read the ect2 docs if you really want to know).
> i.e. to remove the swap and get the partition back to normal ?
Uh, no. You lost data. The question is how much.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Resizing a Linux ext2 partition???
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:44:55 +0200
P.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is the scenario:
> I need to rezise hda2. When i freeup some space from hda1 ou 5 ou 6
> the freeup space isnt available to grow hda2,
It most certainly is! But I doubt if you can "grow" a partition
downwards.
> using partition magic 5??
Translate it downwards, then grow it upwards.
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 378855 297212 66001 82% /
> /dev/hda2 398156 358191 19402 95% /var
> /dev/hda5 97556 2535 91998 3% /usr/local
> /dev/hda6 19485 13 18869 1% /tmp
> /dev/hda7 1377153 173224 1132766 14% /home
> How can i do this, and using what program??
Using practically any program at all - all you have to do is move
the bytes. "tar" springs to mind, after a brief bout with fdisk :-)
Do you really have something against using the obvious utilities for
backing up, fiddling the table, then restoring?
Peter
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 install problem, unable to initialize eth0
Date: 13 Apr 2001 16:25:26 -0600
"Richard Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi folks, TIA for any help you may offer here
>
> I have a 2 computer lan, NT laptop and Dell desktop previously running
> Redhat 6. I upgraded my Dell to Rh 7, and my ethernet device initialization
> is failing now. When I boot, I get
>
> bringing up eth0 interface: delaying eth0 initialization [FAILED]
>
> running "ifconfig eth0" results in
> eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> "ifconfig -a" only shows loopback device lo
>
> So my hardware is not even recognized. Yet if I run
> Programs->System->Network configuration->Interfaces, there it is, eth0
> assigned IP 192.168.0.229, proto no, atboot yes, inactive. I am unable to
> activate it here. Basically if I activate it nothing happens, network still
> doesn't work.
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart gives same error message as at boot time,
> i.e. bringing....[FAILED]
>
> I am sure my ethernet hardware works as I just booted NT on same computer
> and ethernet works.
>
> It is not an ethernet card, interface is on the Dell motherboard. It is a
> rather old computer, a Pentium II 450 but was bringing up eth0 fine under RH
> 6.
>
> Here is linuxconf info:
>
> Basic Host info
> Hostname: thor
> Adapter 1
> Enabled
> Manual
> IP Addr 192.168.0.229
> Netmask 255.255.255.0
> Netdev: eth0
> Kernel mod 3c59x
>
> /etc/hosts:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.0.229 thor
> 192.168.0.224 zeus
>
> Any ideas how I can further troubleshoot this?
As root run `lsmod` and see if the module is loaded for your card (for
lack of a better term). Check /etc/modules.conf for this line:
alias eth0 3c59x
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Henrik Farre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gedit says: Wrong uri
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:49:15 +0200
Yello
I'm using Mandrake8.0beta3 (And loving it) and have a _small_ problem
with gedit:
If I try to open a file, I get a error message saying that I have to
make sure that the file exits.
If I try running gedit from a xterm i get:
gedit test.txt (the file is in my home directory, and I have
read/write/exe rights)
Wrong URI: test.txt
Gedit is version 0.9.6-1mdk
I have tryed to reinstall it.
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
-If I where God, I would recompile the penguin with --enable-flying.
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From: "Garry Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.1 and StarOffice
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:03:22 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <9aq804$div$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Colin Pinkney"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> StarOffice refuses to save to either the win98 partition or
> zip disks, yet has no problems saving to any ext2 partitions.
Just a long shot, but what are your fstab entries for these partitions?
Do you have 'user' in the options field?
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fsck stops me booting
Date: 13 Apr 2001 23:09:22 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> how can i get linux to automatically run fsck if it find problems
> without me having to be at the server and give the root password
> or type Control-D?
In your boot up script (probably /etc/rc.d/rc.boot) there is a line that
executes something like `fsck -A -a', `a' meaning automatically repair
file system without any questions. That doesn't work always. In case of
severely damaged file system, this option won't do anything and you will
be forced to log in and fix it. If you log in as root and start fsck
manually, you will get asked for every little fix to answer if you want
to do it or not. There can be hundreds or thousands of these questions.
Here comes option `y'. If you use this option, answer to all question is
`yes'. So it looks like a logical choice just to replace `a' with `y' in
the above command line. That's what I did on my machine and it works
fine, but I don't know what the bad side of that is. Does anybody else
use this option? I know that if you do it totally manually, you can save
some files, that might be damaged and lost otherwise, but even when I
was doing it manually I had never recovered anything during this kind of
repair. Does anybody know what the real implications of doing this are?
Damir
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: Suse 6.4 to 7.1 (future) upgrade.
Date: 13 Apr 2001 23:47:12 GMT
An awful lot gets rearranged between SuSE 7.0 and 7.1. In particular
locations of init scripts and such. At first I tried an automatic
upgrade between 7.0 and 7.1, and found a constant wave of niggling
frustrating problems, one after another, over a period of several
weeks. Trying to get VMWare modules to load properly at boot in the
changed /init.d structure was the final straw. Backed up, wiped
everything, and did a clean install of 7.1.....Slackware 7.1
that is. Then package upgraded to Slack-current with slackUp and
reinstalled the necessary apps and restored the required data.
Should have gone back to Slack a long time ago.
Had I realized that the change from SuSE 7.0 to 7.1 was likely
to be so traumatic, I would have left the machine at the 7.0 level.
In particular since I had already made the transition on 7.0 to running
2.4.x kernels compiled from ordinary vanilla source and had already
switched to XFree86 4.0.2. VMWare was particularly problematic on 7.1.
If you rely on VMWare and are happy with the way it runs on SuSE 6.4,
then leave your machine alone.
--Kevin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mfh wrote:
>Hi Peter
>
>I had the same question like you, but I wonder how will you normally
>upgrade, will you go to the store and by the new SuSE 7.1 package or you
>will download and recompile the kernel ?
>
>thanks
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> I have been running Suse 6.4 for a while now, and I'm very happy, but I
>> would like to get kernel 2.4 + Nautilus on my desktop, so I think
>> upgrading to Suse 7.1 would be in order. Can anyone tell me how safe it
>> is to upgrade? I would prefer upgrade, without reinstalling, because I
>> have a few VMWare virtual machines set up and backing up would be real
>> pain... Would 7.1 perform automatic upgrade?
>> Thanks for any help!!!
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> P.S. I realize that 7.1 is not out there yet, but maybe someone is
>> closer to the developers and knows....
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com
>> http://www.deja.com/
>
>
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From: "AS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:07:38 GMT
I have double checked the lilo.conf and it has:
boot=/dev/hdb4
root=/dev/hdb4
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=20
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
label=2.2.18
read-only
My all previous kernel booted fine. I started with 2.0.14 went up to
2.2.18 thru the time, and no problems until the new 2.4.2 kernel.
I have also taken out the 'usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb' from the
/etc/fstab, nothing changed.
ls -l /dev/* |grep "3,[ ]*44"
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 3, 44 Feb 22 1999 /dev/ttyrc
ls -l /dev/hdb*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 64 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 65 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 74 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 75 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 76 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 77 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 78 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 79 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 80 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb16
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 81 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb17
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 82 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb18
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 83 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb19
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 66 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 84 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb20
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 67 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 68 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 69 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 70 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 71 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 72 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 73 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdb9
Kernel panic I am getting by trying root=/dev/hdb4 and linux
root=03:68 during boot are exactly the same.
Thanks for the all the help again...AS
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter T. Breuer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Naww. If it's really 3:44, then that's /dev/hda44 !!!!!!!
>
>> Which isn't created by default. And I'm not sure if the driver can
>> handle it. (It probably can use up to 63 partitions max. but I'm not
>> sure)
>
> I believe ide devices can have up to 63 partitions. Never tested.
>
>>> Highly improbable. Perhaps he has miswritten the entry in lilo?
>>> Writing hda44 where he should have written hdb4?
>
>> That's an option I didn't consider.
>> But it's a possibilty (if the OP didn't c'n'p his lilo.conf)
>
> Yes, he must have mistranscribed something. But his log looked genuine,
> no? Ask him to show the message again, paying particular attention.
>
>>> And what is the "boot=" line in lilo.conf?
>>>
>>> > <extract from your lilo.conf>
>>> > boot=/dev/hdb4
>>> > root=/dev/hdb4
>
> If that is TRUE, then he has mistranscribed the log message, and nothing
> can be construed from it.
>
>>> > And I looked through your first post. I never used devfs before. Did
>>> > you try leaving that out?
>>>
>>> One tends to have to leave it out at boot, if one wants to retain ones
>>> sanity. It's something like "devfs=noboot" (don't quote me) as a
>>> bootup parameter if you want to disable it then. Check!
>
>> Then I suspect this to be the problem, as the devfs message appears
>> just before the root FS is mounted
>
> Likely. It's "devfs=nomount".
>
> Peter
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