carl: the cd on both systems is a scsi cd, both at the "top" of the cd chain (id wise).
i did figure out, sorta, the user & root problem. both had passwords greater than 8 alphanumerics. when i changed them both to 8 or less, they worked. (i went to single user mode to change the passwords). now, i am trying to figure out how to not be limited to 8 charaters. so i've still got two problems.... :(( any thoughts are greatly appreciated..... On Monday 18 February 2002 10:14 am, Carl D. Blake wrote: > On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 23:31, Allen Wayne Best wrote: > > hello: > > > > i have had a most unusual problem when upgrading two different machines > > from redhat 7.1 to redhat 7.2. in both cases, i migrated to ext3 file > > systems from ext2. > > > > machine one: workstation > > uniprocessor amd 550mhz > > asus P5A mother board > > 3 ibm disks (DNES-309170W, DCAS-34333W, and DDRS39130D) > > 1 pioneer cdrom (DR-766) > > 1 scanner (astra umax 2200) > > 2 scsi cards (2940UW2 for drives, 2940 for scsi scanner) > > 1 Matrox Mystic (1064SG, rev. 3) > > 1 Ensoniq ES1371 audio card > > > > when this upgrade finished, it had put on two kernels, one for smp > > (default) and one for uniprocessor. the smp kernel would not boot; i > > could get the uniprocessor kernel to boot, so i made it the default, and > > moved on. then i tried to mount a cd (the rh 7.2 cd binary #2) with > > unexpected results, both from my normal user and root, same results: > > > > $ mount /mnt/cdrom > > mount: /dev/cdrom: unknown device > > (yes there is a cd in the drive.) > > > > appropriate line in fstab: > > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,owner,ro 0 0 > > > > $ ls -ld /mnt/cdrom > > drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 9 1998 /mnt/cdrom > > $ ll /dev/cdrom > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Sep 13 07:53 /dev/cdrom -> > > scd0 $ ll /dev/scd0 > > brw------- 1 root disk 11, 0 Aug 30 13:30 /dev/scd0 > > This may seem like a stupid question but is the cdrom drive a SCSI drive > or an IDE drive? > > > nothing stands out: > > > > meantime, i am upgrading my server, which is > > amd 350 mhz > > asus P5A > > NEC CD-ROM DRIVE 466 > > 7 IBM SCSI Drives (1 - DCAS-32160W, 6 - DCAS-34330W ) > > 1 Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller > > 1 Matrox Graphics 1064SG Mystique (r 3) > > 1 3Com Corporation 3c900 Combo [Boomerang] > > 2 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] > > > > after the installation completed on this machine, in addition to not > > having the use of the cd as in the case of the workstation, two of the > > users cannot log in (root and a normal user). the other normal user on > > that system logs in ok. > > > > the biggest question is how do i get the password problem fixed.... (uses > > shadow passwords)? > > > > and then the next question, is what happened to the cdroms.....? > > > > thanks in advance for any and all assistance..... > > -- > > regards, > > allen wayne best, esq > > "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" > > "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" > > Current date: 42:2:22::45:2002 > > > > Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. > > -- Herbert Hoover > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
