On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Linux Newbie wrote:

> [ NOTE: Cross-posted to PLUG and Newbie Lists. ]
>
> Hello everyone!  =)
>
> I need your help with the problems I encountered recently.  I'm using Mandrake 8.1, 
>Intel Pentium III 800 Mhz and 384 MB SDRAM.
>
> Problem No. 1:
>
> I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.16-9mdk.rpm and successfully did it.  But
> my problem is when I am about to reboot or shutdown my box, I
> encountered the error messages of:
>
> /etc/rc0.d/S01halt:  line -76: 54xx  segmentation fault  $*

this is probably an incompatibility with this kernel's APM implementation
not being compatible with your BIOS.

> What does it mean?
>
> Problem No. 2:
>
> How will I remove my previous kernel 2.4.8?
>

Don't. In case you need to fall back on an older kernel, it's still there
and handy.


> Problem No. 3:
>
> I already have StarOffice 5.2 installed in my box at /opt/soffice52
> and with no problem at all.  Last night I installed
> OpenOffice60-mdk.rpm at /opt/openoffice60 also in my box with no
> problem at all.  But when I tried to run OpenOffice 6.0, it can't?
> Why was that so?  Besides, I've noticed that only "soffice" and
> "setup" executable files were present in my /opt/openoffice60/programs
> directory.  So I've assumed that the "soffice" file was the right file
> to run OpenOffice 6.0.  Is it okay to install OpenOffice 6.0 and
> StarOffice 5.2 at the same box and under /opt?
>

Duh. Have not tried openoffice yet.

> Problem No. 4:
>
> I need some clarifications 'cause I'm still confused.  I installed
> before the Mandrake 8.1 with the default kernel 2.4.8 with the
> following partitions and filesystems:
>
> /boot - ext2fs
> /usr  - XFS
> /home - XFS
> /opt  - XFS
> /var  - XFS
> /usr/projects - XFS
> swap
> /     - XFS
>
> and when I installed the kernel 2.4.16-9 my / partitions was changed
> to ext2fs.  I've used the kernel-2.4.16-9mdk.rpm from one of the
> Mandrake Cooker Mirror Sites.  Why was that so?  Does it mean that
> when I upgrade my current kernel version my / partition will be
> changed to ext2fs or whatever FS of the new kernel version and
> regardless of what was the previous filesystem of my /?  And meaning,
> my other partitions were not upgraded?

It's more likely that you did not notice that you were using ext2 on your
/ before you did the upgrade.  A kernel upgrade cannot possbily
auto-migrate a file system to another format.


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