Very many thanks for your reply,
(forgive me, I'm confused , your name ? )
Sorry to be a nuisance,
you see there are two ways to look upon problems,
You can wish they were not there , and do nothing,
or say to yourself, well , this is my chance to learn something.
In this case it's the latter, both for me , and my son inlaw,
who was the cc addition, and like me is building identical computer,
and therefore has the same problem .
Anyway you asked me:-
Harddrive : hda1 ,203mb , linux boot
configuration : hda3 , 4.8gb , W2KNTFS
: hda5 , 4.8gb , spare NTFS partition,
: hda6 , 4.8gb , LM8.1 , /root
: hda7 , 1.04gb , Linux swap,
: hda9 , 4.8gb , Linux native spare,
: hda9 , 4.8gb , NTFS spare
: hda10,4.8gb , NTFS spare
: hda11,6.7gb , NTFS spare
and so,
hda1 is the boot partition (necessary for multiple
linux OS additions ,later,will be shared with
further Linux O/s's,as boot partition )
hda6 /root , the main LM8.1 install,
hda7 / swap partition, will be shared with any further Linux O/S's
hda9 /spare partiton for future additional linux O/S's,
not needed at this time
The aim is to keep abreast of future Mandrake releases
and install them alongside one another, overwriting the
oldest as we go.
many thanks,
John
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 04:52:55 +0000
From: g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello this,
John Richard Smith wrote:
> A few more thoughts,
ok... give me some time to read back thru these 2 and original post.
way things were set up, i want to combine your post to see just where
what is.
it appears, when you did install, you allow lm8.1 to partition drive.
please read back thru your post and verify partitioning. need to
know for sure what hda1, hda2, hda3, hda4 are use for. which physical
is extended?
i started you off close, but not complete. will rewrite instructions
> did an f1 rescue , enter ,
> cd /mnt/etc
>
> cat /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/ram3/ext2 defaults 1 1,
> /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto defaults, noauto 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults, noauto,ro 0 0
> /dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom auto defaults, noauto 0 09
>
> writer's note : this should have entries for
> /dev/hda6/ext2 defaults 1 1
> /dev/hda1/boot/bootext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
> Yes/no ?
yes. hda1, /boot and hda6, /root must be in fstab
> also
>
> cat /etc/mtab
>
> writers note : This is correct as far as it goes,
> however what about an entry for
> /dev/hda7 swap swap defaultts 0 0
> yes/no ?
no. this is rescue, minimal, and why /dev/ram3. mtab is a list of current
mount, so some how it got / and /boot correct. normally fstab is read.
> also what about Scsi emulation, entries in these files ?
needed for cdrom
> This suggests to me that Grub enties in fstab and mtab
> are all up the creek ?
>
> They need to be corrected from the command line, not sure how to do this
> please advise, do I need a text editor ?
no paddle or boat. happens a lot with grub. so, you want to hassle with
grub, or enjoy system with lilo?
please verify above, and i will working up a new rescue boot sequence..
> John (call me this)
i did. <g>
btw. remove '1' from 'newbie 1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'.
also, is there a reason to leave 'cc:' address in? had trouble sending,
so i left it off this round.
tc,hago.
g
.
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