** Reply to message from Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:39:48 -0400
> On 2007/11/01 19:52 (GMT+0200) Stan Goodman apparently typed: > > > I do not know how you got the log file to get all that detail. The one I > > have > > All that detail is because I have more partitions than you. Otherwise, > they're the same output, with mine reduced somewhat by manual editing. That's what I meant by "my hardware is much simpler than yours". > > is much simpler, even allowing for the fact that my hardware is much > > simplet > > than yours. Given its size, I think it's OK to just post it here. Here is > > the > > file: > > > P-Geo Disk 1 Cyl : 16383 H: 16 S:63 Bps:512 Size : 0x09962B80 = 78533.4 > > MiB > > Geometry D1 from : LVM info (DLAT) sector at 0x3e > > L-Geo Disk 1 Cyl : 10011 H:255 S:63 Bps:512 Size : 0x0996055B = 78528.7 > > MiB > > BIOS Int13 limit : 1024, I13X support needed beyond : 8032.5 MiB > > MBR crc 054b4eb9 : 0x0c8ca699 = DFSee generic MBR, English messages, I13X > > > DFSee OS/2 9.02 : executing: fdisk -r- > > +---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+ > > |ID |Dr|Type, description|ux|Format |Related |VolumeLabel|LVM Volume|Size > > MiB| > > +---+--<disk 1></dev/hda >--------+--------+-----------<[ D1 ] > > >--------+ > > |01>| |Prim 0a IBM-BMGR | 2|BMGR |LVM |I13Xneeded |., BootMan| > > 7.8| > > |02 | |Log 82 SunS/SWAP| 5|SWAP |LinuxV1 |SWAPSPACE2 |, LinuxSwa| > > 502.0| > > |03 | |Log 83 LinuxNatv| 6|XFS |Linux | |SuSE, SuSE| > > 50007.0| > > |04*| |Log 83 LinuxNatv| 7|EXT2 |GRUB | |SuSE v10.2| > > 7.8| > > |05 | |FreeSpace Logical| |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -| | > > 21987.4| > > |05*|C:|Log 07 Inst-FSys| 8|HPFS |IBM 4.50|ECS |eCS v1.1, | > > 1004.0| > > |06 |D:|Log 35 Warp-LVM | 9|JFS |IBM 4.50| |OS/2 Apps,| > > 1506.1| > > |07 |H:|Log 35 Warp-LVM |10|JFS |IBM 4.50|INFO |Info, Info| > > 2502.3| > > |08 |W:|Log 35 Warp-LVM |11|JFS |IBM 4.50|DATAFILES |DataFiles,| > > 1004.0| > > +---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+ > > > Despite what the heading says, I HAVE registered it, but not yet put the key > > file in -- I am leaving the country in three days, and am panicked with > > things > > left to do, which is why this could not have happened at a worse time. > > > Jan has explained to me that DFSee calls ALL disks e.g. "hda" rather than > > "sda", because it doesn't see the interface anyway. I did not ask him what > > happens in a system with both serial and parallel HDs. > > When run from Linux, DFSee can easily tell the difference between PATA and > SCSI, but I'm not sure about telling the difference between SATA & SCSI. > > > If I have misunderstood your instructions, please give me more detailed > > ones, > > and I will follow them as well as I can. > > This was close enough, except that you didn't include /etc/grub.conf. That's because I didn't know how to get it, since I have no access to SuSE. I am very new in Linux, as you have surely detected. In the interest of saving time, which is at a premium right now, if I can retrieve a few things that are not backed up, I think it might be best to just reinstall v10..3 from scratch. I have a Ubuntu v6.06LTS disk, and as I understand it I can boot with it, and gain access to the /home directory where those small things reside. Or I could do the same with a Rescue boot from the 10.3 DVD. Can I impose on you, or Joe, or anybody else, to let me run past you the actions I need to do to accomplish the retrieval of these files? Joe Morris gave me some hints about using Rescue for a different purpose: ***** >> mount the root partition of the drive, i.e. mount /dev/md0 /mnt >> (Not sure if these are still needed in 10.3 or not) >> mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc >> mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev >> mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys >> cd mnt >> chroot /mnt ***** That was for using YaST. Which of the above "mount" lines are necessary for the different purpose I have now? Now I want to access the /home directory and also a JFS partition that I use for transfer between SuSE and OS/2. In normal SuSE operation, that partition is, "/mnt/transfer", so I would add the line "mount -o bind /mnt /mnt/transfer". Have I generalized correctly from Joe's notes? I would also add a line like "mount -o bind /home /mnt/home", which would cover any subdirectories. I would copy the needed files. Being root, I would not have to deal with permissions. Is all that correct? so I would add another line to the above as follows: <mount -o bind /min> Thank you for the advice below. I will apply these hints when I reinstall the OS. > I don't know what went wrong with the install, or what is wrong now. What > first I'd do if it was here would be to delete ID 4 and immediately recreate > it as 200MiB instead of 7.8MiB. Kernels and initrds have gotten so large that > such small /boot partitions are not safe at upgrade time, or certainly if > wanting multiple kernels and/or initrds to be available. The RedHat/Fedora > installer will scream and holler at so small a boot partition, recommending > at least 75M be allocated to it. I used to allocate 78M for /boot, but now do > 200M. > > Anyway, after recreating it, you need to rescue boot or boot a Linux live CD > and run resize2fs on /dev/sda7 to enable access to all of its new size. After > doing that, I'd try a rescue boot mode attempt to reinstall grub, either > --batch using the /etc/grub.conf file, or manually from the grub prompt. If > that wouldn't work, I'd do a reinstall. > > Because you have so much freespace, it would be prudent to use some for a new > ext3 partition to use from a rescue boot to copy all of /home. That way you > could do an install from scratch of either 10.2 or 10.3. Ext3 is accessible > via an OS/2 boot by using the ext2 driver from Hobbes. AFAIK, neither XFS nor > ReiserFS have OS/2 drivers, and certainly Linux LVM does not. > > If I was starting nearly all over, I'd first back up /home as above, then > delete all linux partitions except the /home backup. Then I'd make the > logical first Linux partition a *primary* ext2 of 200M, next a logical swap > (sda5), then a much smaller root (sda6, minimum 4G, up to maybe 10G, more if > you're a developer), then permanent /home (sda7). > > I'm not sold on the idea that any other type is better than ext3 for the > average user. > > Also because you have so much unallocated freespace, you could easily > allocate 4-10G for another SUSE installation, which could be used as a rescue > system if nothing else. On future upgrades it could be a fallback when > installation malfunctions. Or like many do, always have two. Use the oldest > as the fallback reserve. When a new release comes out, upgrade the older, > using the previous newer as the fallback. They're usually a lot easier than > "rescue" boots from CD/DVD. > -- > " A patriot without religion . . . is as great a > paradox, as an honest man without the fear of God." > John Adams > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. 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