On Sunday 09 September 2001 23:52, David Guntner wrote: > Dan Hensley grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Sun, 2001-09-09 at 15:06, David Guntner wrote: > > > > What I ended up doing was copying the kernel from the rescue floppy > > (actually the MDK8.0 install floppy) onto /boot, then pointing lilo.conf > > to that kernel. From there I was able to boot up enough to be able to > > compile 2.4.9 from source (I had previously downloaded it). I compiled > > Reiserfs into the kernel (as opposed to as a module, which is what the > > Mandrake kernel RPMs do). From there I was mostly back up and running. > > > > Here's a quick synopsis (from memory, so it may not be perfect). > > > > 1. Boot the MDK 8.0 installation floppy, hit F1 and boot the "rescue" > > option. > > 2. Mount your /boot and /etc partitions (use symbolic links as > > necessary). > > 3. Copy the kernel from the floppy onto your HD and update lilo. > > 4. Reboot--you should be able to at least boot up, but X may or may not > > start. > > I didn't see your message until it was too late. :-) But I'll keep it in > mind, should there be a Next Time. (Isn't there *always*? :) > > > > > I'm still having the problem with being unable to generate a ramdisk > > > > using my 2.4.9 kernel (sounds like it's the same problem you have). > > > > If you find a resolution to that, I'd be very interested in hearing > > > > about it. I haven't had time to try to track it down. > > > > > > You're talking about the initrd.img file, or something else? > > > > That's what I'm talking about. I can't generate one from my current > > kernel that I compiled. It complains about not finding the reiserfs > > modules, even though I don't have reiserfs compiled as a module. It > > must be looking for some other file left over from a MDK kernel RPM, but > > I haven't had time to figure it out yet. > > I'll see what happens on this next go around. I goofed on something > (d'oh!) and am reinstalling again. But while I had it up the last time, I > did the "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.rpm" to install the new kernel, and > a reboot worked (I may still recompile from the source code once I've got > everything in place). Although I got a message about supermount not being > supported by the kernel. I have no idea what gives at this point, > hopefully it will turn out to be something simple - maybe even a kernel > compile will be able to add it properly. :-) After the compile, should I > do one, I'll see what a mkinitrd command turns up. > > --Dave Sorry, no. Supermount was removed at kernel 2.4.6 because it wasn't working satisfactorily. You would need the patch we used. 2.4.8-18mdk saw its return (read-only, for root only), snd beta 3 of 8.1 has itr working well. Civileme
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