This is an e-mail example that I've received today.
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De: Dennis Robertson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Enviado el: lunes 29 de noviembre de 1999 13:09
Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asunto:Re: [newbie] Kernel Update
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote:
>
> > Hello list,
> > I have been absent during a re-install of L-M6.1 to try to cure my
> > problem with kppp disabling my desktop. I decided to go for broke and
> > updated the kernel etc with the Mandrake update function on the desktop.
> > All went well except for some annoying unintended consequences.
> > Firstly, it takes exactly one minute for sendmail to start in the boot
> > process, compared to a blink of the eye in the old configuration.
> > Anyone know how to speed this up?
>
> Make sure your ip/hostname are correct and functioning properly
>
> > Second, when I use the dreaded kppp I get :
> > Error - This kernel has no PPP support, neither compiled in nor via the
> > kernel module loader. To solve this problem see your system
> > administrator (me) or install a kernel with PPP support. I click OK,
> > the warning disappears and a fully functioning kppp panel appears. How
> > do I fix it to get rid of the warning?
>
> I no longer have facilities to do ppp testing :(
>
> > Third, I installed the mount update which is supposed to solve the
> > floppy mounting problem, but it doesn't. I had to amend /etc/fstab to
> > read:
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto,rw,exec 0 0
> > and it works.
>
> I'm not familiar with the bug in question, but it stands to reason one
> need manualy update fstab (we avoid this as much as posible)
>
> > Last question. How do I create a boot disk for the new kernel? The
> > install CD wouldn't let me. Do I amend the old boot disk or, since I
> > have kept the old kernel, add the new kernel to the old boot disk?
> > Thanks for any help.
>
> man mkbootdisk,
>
> mkbootdisk `uname -r`
>
> --
> MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> --Axalon
Hello Axalon,
Thanks for your input. I arbitarily changed the hostname and it
corrected the sendmail problem. Why the new kernel would have changed
an area of linuxconf that I have not dared to enter I don't know.
Also I read man mkbootdisk and through trial and error rather than clear
assistance I entered: mkbootdisk --device /dev/floppy 2.2.13-22mdk and
it worked. Each time I made an error I got a clue about what to try
next. Better than Riven!
Surely it is possible to write a floppy mounting program that works? If
you are not familiar with the problem try an install of L-M6.1 and then
try to mount msdos and ext2 floppies. The default Fstab floppy entry is
far removed from what is required.
As for kppp, surely it would feature largely in a linux site to rival
the Windows 98 Annoyances site.
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