Re: lilo on /dev/hdb to work as /dev/hda
On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 04:08:05PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > I have /dev/hdb that is a mirror of /dev/hda. It is not a image copy > > > though, so files may be in different sector/cylinder locations. > > > > > > I want to be able to pull the /dev/hdb and /dev/hda out; then replace > > > /dev/hda with this /dev/hdb. > > > > > > So when I do this I get Lilo's "L" error message. It can't find the second > > > stage boot loader. > > > > The easiest solution to this problem is to use software RAID-1 for the > > Thanks for the idea, but I don't want a real-time snapshot. > > Anyways, can lilo be used to setup a boot loader on /dev/hdb so that if > you physically move it to /dev/hda and boot it will boot successfully? Yes, this can be done. The trick is you need to tell lilo to install itself on hdb, boot the kernel on hdb, but pretend that everything is hda. The best way to do this is; mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt lilo -r /mnt -b /dev/hdb1 -M /dev/hdb where /dev/hdb1 is the hdb root partition, and you want to use a normal mbr with lilo installed in the boot record of that root partition. > Again, it seems like the bios= option is not relevant, because it really > will be /dev/hda. > > What is the most appropriate mailing list for lilo discussion? > > Can grub do what I want? Grub would make things a little simpler, because it delays any sort of locating of kernel etc on the disk untill boot time. It can do this because it is a whole little OS of its own that understands filesystems. Personally I find grub overkill. -- -- ABO: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info, including pgp key --
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Re: lilo on /dev/hdb to work as /dev/hda
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > Again, it seems like the bios= option is not relevant, because it really > will be /dev/hda. This is a shot in the dark, but could you use the bios option to install lilo onto that drive. Then use a boot disk to boot off of it. Once it's up, you could then change the bios option back to 0x80, and rerun lilo, and should be all set. I think I did something similar once, and it worked for me. -- Kevin
Re: lilo on /dev/hdb to work as /dev/hda
> > I have /dev/hdb that is a mirror of /dev/hda. It is not a image copy > > though, so files may be in different sector/cylinder locations. > > > > I want to be able to pull the /dev/hdb and /dev/hda out; then replace > > /dev/hda with this /dev/hdb. > > > > So when I do this I get Lilo's "L" error message. It can't find the second > > stage boot loader. > > The easiest solution to this problem is to use software RAID-1 for the Thanks for the idea, but I don't want a real-time snapshot. Anyways, can lilo be used to setup a boot loader on /dev/hdb so that if you physically move it to /dev/hda and boot it will boot successfully? Again, it seems like the bios= option is not relevant, because it really will be /dev/hda. What is the most appropriate mailing list for lilo discussion? Can grub do what I want? Thanks, Jeremy C. Reed http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/
Re: Kuvert Application Problem
(I think this really belongs on -user, so CC, full-quote, and reply-to) On Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:12:57 CDT, "Daniel J. Rychlik" writes: >I have recently installed the kuvert application from debian. I'm >running Debian testing on a 2.4 kernel. When I run the kuvert >application from command line, I get this error - > >Sh: /tmp/kuvert.0.26244/subprocess: No such file or directory >Cant clean /tmp/kuvert.0.26244: cant opedir/tmpkuver.0.26244: No such >file or directory. > >Any Ideas? I guess the permissions on your /tmp-directory are off, should be something like drwxrwxrwt8 root root 2048 Aug 6 11:17 tmp Also, which version of kuvert are you using? cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 /
So ... Re: Maildirs in Debian
Hello! It was a very interesting discussion about Mail Storage efficiency and finally made me look into ext3 and reiser - very cool. On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 05:15:55PM -0400, Loren Jordan wrote: ... > problems. This pine package also supports maildirs. The stock build of > Pine does NOT, last time I built it from scratch. > http://www.braincells.com/debian/sid/pine/ ... So I would like to come back to the primary issue: I would like to get a couple of people from here supporting a Debian Policy Proposal, where a standard way of expressing the installers preference about mbox or Maildir inbox delivery (system mailbox) gets drafted. If there is no better proposal it could be simply a file: /etc/default/maildelivery which could just contain one of the verbs: Maildir mbox MH Any packages treating with system mailbox handling, should use the first word in the first line of this file, to determine how to configure themselves. Now: I suppose the proposal should be acompanied by a transition guide, where all configuration issues with the most standard/frequent packages are treated. If anybody is willing to help get this going, please mail me off-list. Thanks in Advance, Jorge-León mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: So ... Re: Maildirs in Debian
> /etc/default/maildelivery > > [...] > > Any packages treating with system mailbox handling, should use the > first word in the first line of this file, to determine how to > configure themselves. Sounds very good, but are you sure this is feasible enough to implement? It would probably be quite easy to make the packages *install* a proper configuration file per debconf, for example, but making them react correctly to changes in the /etc/default/maildelivery file *after* installation could prove difficult. It would probably require heavy patching (making the configuration file readers understand conditionals, for example)? - Jarno
Kuvert Application Problem
Hello, I have recently installed the kuvert application from debian. I'm running Debian testing on a 2.4 kernel. When I run the kuvert application from command line, I get this error - Sh: /tmp/kuvert.0.26244/subprocess: No such file or directory Cant clean /tmp/kuvert.0.26244: cant opedir/tmpkuver.0.26244: No such file or directory. Any Ideas? Sincerely, Daniel J. Rychlik " Money does not make the world go round , Gravity does ."
Networking problem
My ISP: Road Runner Central Florida (cable) I had been able to connect with kernel 2.20 vanilla from woody, following the instructions given in http://home.cfl.rr.com/aawtrey/ , the connection was slow. After compiling and installing kernel 2.4.18, that dind't work any more. Here is an excerpt of my dmesg: eth0: 3c5x9 at 0x220, 10baseT port, address 00 60 97 5c c7 4a, IRQ 12. 3c509.c:1.18a [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.scyld.com/network/3c509.html Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre9 (Nov 6, 2001) PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0d.0 tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense. tulip0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. tulip0: Index #1 - Media 10baseT (#0) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block. tulip0: Index #2 - Media 100baseTx (#3) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block. tulip0: Index #3 - Media 10baseT-FDX (#4) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block. tulip0: Index #4 - Media 100baseTx-FDX (#5) described by a 21140 non-MII (0) block. tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 3100 status 7809 advertising 01e1. eth1: Davicom DM9102/DM9102A rev 49 at 0xe400, 00:80:AD:09:86:ED, IRQ 10. dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17) The cable modem is connected to eth1, here is my "interfaces" # Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information. # modificado por mi a mano auto lo eth1 iface lo inet loopback iface eth1 inet dhcp This I changed following instructions given in http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ (which by the way is very good!) I doesn't work either. Please help. Thanks, Debian User AR