On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:07, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Thursday 18 September 2003 14:30, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > I erased that other semi-OS as I hadn't been using it. Then I created an > > new home directory and all my data was transferred to it automagically, > > as you say. Amazing what MCC can do ! > > In MCC I tried to make some adjustments and deleted the w* entry so that > > my computer boots Linux only. However, I'm not sure if I did the right > > thing. I see there are other options: linux-fb, failsafe and floppy (if > > I'm not mistaken). Is that why it still waits for me to choose one of > > these options ? > > I was asked to install a package called arpci. I'm not sure if that's > > its name...Maybe I checked some box I shouldn't have checked as I doubt > > if it is installed by default. > > > > TIA > > By MCC I take you mean "diskdrake". > A word of warning though: Diskdrake has some funny quirks, I ran across one > today again. Sometimes diskdrake renames partitions and writes that to > /etc/fstab whereas either "fdisk" or "cfdisk" see a different naming scheme. > At the worst this could prevent a successful reboot...."diskdrake" is wrong!! > > In my case "diskdrake" saw /dev/hda6 as my swap partition which it wasn't, it > should've been /dev/hda5 and hda6 an unused ext3 partition. > I only noticed because I started checking why the machine had been getting so > slow to bootup:o/ > This change was brought on by diskdrake due to moving and resizing existing > partitions about like you just have. Double check /etc/fstab and the > disk-geometry before rebooting. > > Good luck, > HarM
Yes, Diskdrake. The partitions are OK and fstab was changed accordingly. Thanks.
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