On Monday 15 January 2001 11:44 am, you wrote:
> On Sunday 14 January 2001 07:42 pm, s wrote:
> > Had the same problem with the boot up errors about the vfat and I had
> > compiled it in. I can still access my windows partition tho.
>
> Vfat/dos support hasn't been a default in any of the 2.4's I've
> compiled, you have to select it during make (x)config.
I did choose it. ? (Well, it went fine on my main computer. That was just
a practice run on a test machine there.)
>
> > How do I get my neato graphical boot up? I miss the happy (well
> > sometimes sad) penguin! (aurora still checked in startup under
> > drakconf).
>
> lilo needs to have the 'vga=xxx' line added to the 2.4 section, then
> run lilo
If I have that, it won't boot. I have to put vga=normal. No biggie. (Maybe
if I try a lower number? It was 788.)
>
> > Pmfirewall broke. Need I say more? I didn't use the new ipchains
> > replacement (whatever it was called) during compile. Should I have?
>
> It's called iptables. You can select support for 2.2.x/ipchains
> during make config.
Yep, found that now. Thanks. It's working now.
>
> > What's the cure for the supermount? I thought I had read one back
> > before I tried the new kernel out and now I can't find it. I did
> > choose auto mount in the compile, but I really think that had more to
> > do with nfs.
>
> Dunno, I've tried several 2.4's both ready made and compiled from
> source. If I manage to get supermount in the kernel, I get a kernel
> panic on boot. I was thinking it was a problem with ReiserFs
> compatibility (?)
Don't use that. ?
-s
