Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install via network (USB problem)

[François Pons]

Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Francois -> when you changed the menu of isolinux, you forgot to
> handle the case when people want to select alt0, alt1 or alt2
> kernels, or when you want to full menu (I had written a such
> message in make_boot_img (it's in a previous version, in the CVS)
> some 2 weeks ago).

No, it should have work (visible on second help page) but second help page is
not visible (which is the real problem).

François.

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install via network (USB problem)

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

Gogita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I wanted to install 9.0 beta 3 through my network and it appears that the 
> install has USB problems.
> 
> I wrote an network IMG to floppy, booted from it, pressed RETURN (on my USB 
> keyboard), then it gives me a choice of sources, but by then the keyboard 
> didn't work anymore, even numlock didn't work and had to use the reset 
> button.

Yes, there is not enough space on the network img floppy to have
the usb modules. Please use the CDROM, press F1, select "alt0"
and from there you will have the full menu with network installs
available.

Francois -> when you changed the menu of isolinux, you forgot to
handle the case when people want to select alt0, alt1 or alt2
kernels, or when you want to full menu (I had written a such
message in make_boot_img (it's in a previous version, in the CVS)
some 2 weeks ago).


-- 
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[Cooker] beta 3 install

[Hamster]

Hi,

If you choose F1 for more options at the first stage you get presented with a screen 
where you are given a choice of different install types.
At the bottom of the screen there are three function keys listed - F1, F2 and F3.
I encountered two problems here

1. Pressing F1 works, all that pressing F2 does is give you a second "boot: " prompt 
and F3 does nothing at all.

2. Typing expert returns the error "count not find kernel image: ". It then sits there 
for about a minute before suddenly continuing with the install process.

H

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install - SB Live 5.1 - Cisco VPN Client

[Serge Plüss]

At 8/20/2002 11:16 AM, you wrote:
>Serge Pluess wrote:
>
>>Now, this installed and ran fine on Mandrake 8.2. No warnings and no errors.
>>I then 'upgraded' the 8.2 to 9.0 Beta3 and the vpnclient still works 
>>properly.
>>Only if I install a clean copy of 9.0 Beta3 then try to install and start 
>>the vpn client it fails.
>
>
>On the same kernel ? (ie were you running a 2.4.19 mandrake kernel on your 
>8.2-9.0beta3 box?).
>
>--
>|Registered Linux User #182071-|
>Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager


Installed the vpnclient on a clean Mandrake 8.2 with kernel 2.4.18-6mdk 
stock kernel. No warnings and no problems running the vpnclient

Upgraded that Mandrake 8.2 installation with Beta 3 and it installed kernel 
2.4.19. After that upgrade the vpnclient is still functioning properly.

Then wiped out the partitions and did a clean install of Beta 3 with that 
same 2.4.19 kernel. Trying to install the vpnclient I get the mentioned 
warnings and failure to install the module. The vpnclient_init also fails 
with a segmentation fault and at boot time with a kernel panic.

Greetings

Serge Pluess

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install - SB Live 5.1 - Cisco VPN Client

[Serge Plüss]

At 8/20/2002 11:16 AM, you wrote:
>Serge Pluess wrote:
>
>>Now, this installed and ran fine on Mandrake 8.2. No warnings and no errors.
>>I then 'upgraded' the 8.2 to 9.0 Beta3 and the vpnclient still works 
>>properly.
>>Only if I install a clean copy of 9.0 Beta3 then try to install and start 
>>the vpn client it fails.
>
>
>On the same kernel ? (ie were you running a 2.4.19 mandrake kernel on your 
>8.2-9.0beta3 box?).
>
>--
>|Registered Linux User #182071-|
>Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager


Installed the vpnclient on a clean Mandrake 8.2 with kernel 2.4.18-6mdk 
stock kernel. No warnings and no problems running the vpnclient

Upgraded that Mandrake 8.2 installation with Beta 3 and it installed kernel 
2.4.19. After that upgrade the vpnclient is still functioning properly.

Then wiped out the partitions and did a clean install of Beta 3 with that 
same 2.4.19 kernel. Trying to install the vpnclient I get the mentioned 
warnings and failure to install the module. The vpnclient_init also fails 
with a segmentation fault and at boot time with a kernel panic.

Greetings

Serge Pluess

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install - SB Live 5.1 - Cisco VPN Client

[Serge Pluess]

On Tuesday 20 August 2002 02:16 am, you wrote:
> Serge Pluess wrote:
> > Now, this installed and ran fine on Mandrake 8.2. No warnings and no
> > errors. I then 'upgraded' the 8.2 to 9.0 Beta3 and the vpnclient still
> > works properly. Only if I install a clean copy of 9.0 Beta3 then try to
> > install and start the vpn client it fails.
>
> On the same kernel ? (ie were you running a 2.4.19 mandrake kernel on
> your 8.2-9.0beta3 box?).

On 8.2 I was running Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk (Stock kernel from 8.2)
Installed and ran the vpn client fine.

Upgraded 8.2 to the Beta3 CD which installed kernel 2.4.19.
Installed VPN client still functioned properly.

Wiped the drive and did a clean install of Beta3 with that same 2.4.19 
kernel, but now I get a few warning on install and then the crash/panic
when trying to launch the vpnclient_init

Serge Pluess

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install - SB Live 5.1 - Cisco VPN Client

[Buchan Milne]

Serge Pluess wrote:

> Now, this installed and ran fine on Mandrake 8.2. No warnings and no errors.
> I then 'upgraded' the 8.2 to 9.0 Beta3 and the vpnclient still works properly.
> Only if I install a clean copy of 9.0 Beta3 then try to install and start the 
> vpn client it fails.
> 
> 


On the same kernel ? (ie were you running a 2.4.19 mandrake kernel on 
your 8.2-9.0beta3 box?).

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[Cooker] Beta 3 Install - SB Live 5.1 - Cisco VPN Client

[Serge Pluess]

Hi

installed 9.0 B3 on a Abit KT7A motherboard with a 
Soundblaster SB Live 5.1 (not the value card).
During install the card is not detected. The card was
detected properly with 8.2, Beta 1 and 2

Tried to install Cisco System VPN Client 3.5.2. During
install I get the following warning:

Making module
interceptor.c:101: warning: excess elements in array initializer
interceptor.c:101: warning: (near initialization for `interceptor_devs')
frag.c: In function `queue_fragment':
frag.c:55: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is 
deprecated
frag.c:62: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is 
deprecated
frag.c:78: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is 
deprecated
frag.c: In function `have_all_fragments':
frag.c:122: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is 
deprecated
frag.c: In function `need_reorder_frag':
frag.c:202: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is 
deprecated
frag.c: In function `handle_fragment':
frag.c:257: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is 
deprecated
Copying module to directory "/lib/modules/2.4.19-3mdk/CiscoVPN".

Now when I try to run the vpnclient_init file I get the following error (or if 
it is run during boot it will panic):

/etc/init.d/vpnclient_init: line 129:  2880 Segmentation fault  
/sbin/insmod ${PC}/${VPNMOD}
Failed (insmod)

Now, this installed and ran fine on Mandrake 8.2. No warnings and no errors.
I then 'upgraded' the 8.2 to 9.0 Beta3 and the vpnclient still works properly.
Only if I install a clean copy of 9.0 Beta3 then try to install and start the 
vpn client it fails.

[Cooker] Beta 3 install via network (USB problem)

[Gogita]

I wanted to install 9.0 beta 3 through my network and it appears that the 
install has USB problems.

I wrote an network IMG to floppy, booted from it, pressed RETURN (on my USB 
keyboard), then it gives me a choice of sources, but by then the keyboard 
didn't work anymore, even numlock didn't work and had to use the reset 
button.

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bugs - X Window configuration

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

"Jeff Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> During install of Beta 3 (expert mode, full install) on a Dell system with
> an Intel 810 video chip, I was presented with a huge array of resolution
> choices at X configuration time, up to something well above 1600 by 1200.
> Clicking the highest resolution did not give me a 'Would you like to test
> this resolution?' dialog - it went straight to 'Would you like to start X

Because this video is marked as unsafe to test X during install.
It can lock your box solide.

> when you boot your system?'.  It then showed the 'Installation complete'
> screen.  Clicking on the 'Configure X Windows' button on the left side of
> the screen at that point caused the installer to display a mesage 'An error
> has occurred.  Do you really want to exit the install?'.  I wound up
> completely redoing the install.
> 
> Issues:
> - Monitor was never queried for. (On 2 other B3 installs on other systems,
> it was).

It was probably auto detected. Your /root/drakx/report.bug{.gz}
could probably confirm that information.

> - Restarting X configuration fatal.
> - No confirmation given for bogus resolution choice.
> 
> Jeff Dickey
> Seven Sigma Software and Services
> Phone: +1 661 588 2917
> Phone: +1 425 885 6280
> Pager: +1 800 931 4233
> Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred)
> Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Home page (with résumé): http://www.seven-sigma.com/
> PGP key fingerprint: 6BAC 8806 2480 BC1B 0388 2521 CB5B 552F
> 

-- 
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[Cooker] Beta 3 install problem - Epson printer

[Jeff Dickey]

While installing Beta 3 on a Dell system with an Epson Stylus Color 740
printer attached, the printer was initially detected correctly on lp0.
However, the driver selection screen showed options for an ESC 860 instead..
.someone just flipping through accepting defaults at that stage (since this
worked fine in B2) would have a major misconfiguration.

Jeff Dickey
Seven Sigma Software and Services
Phone: +1 661 588 2917
Phone: +1 425 885 6280
Pager: +1 800 931 4233
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred)
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home page (with résumé): http://www.seven-sigma.com/
PGP key fingerprint: 6BAC 8806 2480 BC1B 0388 2521 CB5B 552F

[Cooker] Beta 3 install bugs - X Window configuration

[Jeff Dickey]

During install of Beta 3 (expert mode, full install) on a Dell system with
an Intel 810 video chip, I was presented with a huge array of resolution
choices at X configuration time, up to something well above 1600 by 1200.
Clicking the highest resolution did not give me a 'Would you like to test
this resolution?' dialog - it went straight to 'Would you like to start X
when you boot your system?'.  It then showed the 'Installation complete'
screen.  Clicking on the 'Configure X Windows' button on the left side of
the screen at that point caused the installer to display a mesage 'An error
has occurred.  Do you really want to exit the install?'.  I wound up
completely redoing the install.

Issues:
- Monitor was never queried for. (On 2 other B3 installs on other systems,
it was).
- Restarting X configuration fatal.
- No confirmation given for bogus resolution choice.

Jeff Dickey
Seven Sigma Software and Services
Phone: +1 661 588 2917
Phone: +1 425 885 6280
Pager: +1 800 931 4233
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred)
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home page (with résumé): http://www.seven-sigma.com/
PGP key fingerprint: 6BAC 8806 2480 BC1B 0388 2521 CB5B 552F

[Cooker] Beta 3 install issues

[Jeff Dickey]

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went mostly pretty well.  Thanks to the folks who recommended killing the
mysqld processes when software package installation is complete, so CDs can
be changed - got bit by that a couple of times.

One seriously irritating problem immediately visible on restart - with the
SiS 620, in either regular or non-fb mode, there are two horizontal white
lines being drawn below and to the right of the cursor.  When booting
linux-nonfb', the lines sometimes disappear for a few seconds - usually
after the mouse is clicked on a GNOME-based app or dialog.  (We strongly
prefer KDE as a desktop).  The problem appears in all resolutions and color
depths from 640x480 at 256 colors on up to 1024x768 at 32-bit.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Jeff Dickey
Seven Sigma Software and Services
Phone: +1 661 588 2917
Phone: +1 425 885 6280
Pager: +1 800 931 4233
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred)
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Re: Winbind setup during isntall? (Was Re: [Cooker] beta 3 install)

[Digital Wokan]

Actually, that sounds like a good candidate for a post-install
configuration tool (at least until any major kinks are worked out).

Pixel wrote:
> 
> Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Would it be possible to try and add winbind support to chkauth to have it winbind
> > support available? The only complication is that the box must be "joined" to the
> > windows domain, which requires smbpasswd, and the user to supply a domain admin
> > username and password. Of course, some changes have to be made to smb.conf (see
> > sample configuration entries already included) and pam.d/system-auth (see example
> > system-auth-winbind file in samba-winbind package).
> >
> > I can work on chkauth to add this functionality, any chance of including it at some
> > stage (maybe too late for 8.2).
> 
> do it, i'll check the diff, and include it in 8.2 chkauth.
> 
> *but* I won't modify any GUI config tool (it's too late to modify them).

Re: Winbind setup during isntall? (Was Re: [Cooker] beta 3 install)

[Pixel]

Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Would it be possible to try and add winbind support to chkauth to have it winbind
> support available? The only complication is that the box must be "joined" to the
> windows domain, which requires smbpasswd, and the user to supply a domain admin
> username and password. Of course, some changes have to be made to smb.conf (see
> sample configuration entries already included) and pam.d/system-auth (see example
> system-auth-winbind file in samba-winbind package).
> 
> I can work on chkauth to add this functionality, any chance of including it at some
> stage (maybe too late for 8.2).

do it, i'll check the diff, and include it in 8.2 chkauth.

*but* I won't modify any GUI config tool (it's too late to modify them).

Re: [Cooker] beta 3 install

[Pixel]

Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> -using ldap option during install still results in duplicate ldap entries in
> hosts, passwd and group section of nsswitch.conf

i fix it.

[Fwd: Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install report]

[Luc Roseberry]

>
>
>On Wednesday 20 February 2002 07:42 am, you wrote:
>
>> Gateway 9150Xl notebook - Xircom Realport (RBEM-56G) card
>>
>> 1)  I have a DSL account through T-Online here in Germany.  I have a
>> Linksys 4 port router which runs DHCP.   During install I am never asked
>> about hostname
>

I have a Linksys 4 port router running DHCP and I am asked, when doing a 
fresh install, the hostname, IP address, etc. But I am not with T-Online 
in Germany and my Linux server is given a static IP address. The DHCP is 
only for my laptop and other desktops.

Luc

-- 
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Consultant Tivoli certifié / Certified Tivoli Consultant
Facilité Informatique Canada 



-- 
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Consultant Tivoli certifié / Certified Tivoli Consultant
Facilité Informatique Canada 

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install report

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

David Eastcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > 1)  I have a DSL account through T-Online here in Germany.  I have a
> > Linksys 4 port router which runs DHCP.  During install I am never asked
> > about hostname - and it aparently gets a domainname from the T-Online
> > host (result of command hostname:  localhost.BS1.srv.t-online.de) - but
> > an entry in the /etc/hosts file is not there - and therefore Squid
> > fails!  This is directly after a fresh install!
> 
> gc,
> 
> That stage 1 dhcp patch I sent you a while ago may be of interest for this.

Argh, i've not looked at it yet :-(..


-- 
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[Cooker] Beta 3 Install report

[Robert Fox]

Gateway 9150Xl notebook - Xircom Realport (RBEM-56G) card

1)  I have a DSL account through T-Online here in Germany.  I have a
Linksys 4 port router which runs DHCP.  During install I am never asked
about hostname - and it aparently gets a domainname from the T-Online
host (result of command hostname:  localhost.BS1.srv.t-online.de) - but
an entry in the /etc/hosts file is not there - and therefore Squid
fails!  This is directly after a fresh install!

[root@localhost rfox]# hostname
localhost.BS1.srv.t-online.de
[root@localhost rfox]# hostname -d
hostname: Unknown host
[root@localhost rfox]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain localhost
[root@localhost rfox]#

2)  Xircom card still initializing in half-duplex mode (but during
install it's full-duplex) - also, there is NO DHCP initialization of the
card - I have to perform a manual "ifup eth0" before I can use the
network (after a fresh install) - This was not happening before.

3)  MCC - Logs tool is broken (as reported earlier)

Cheers,
R.Fox

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[joel gaury]

- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug



W2k can boot from non-primary partitions, I'm not sure for nt4

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"Jason Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> >
> > i can't find any "TABLE not allowed" error in the source
>
> Sorry, per my original message, the actual error was "Installation of
> bootloader failed.  The following error occurred:  TABLE may
> not be specified near line 33 in file /etc/lilo.conf."

i don't really understand what table= is for. But lilo doesn't like it for
non
primary partitions. So i don't put it anymore for non-primary partitions.

anyone know if NT or Windows can boot from non-primary partitions?

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Jose_Jorge]

W2k can boot from non-primary partitions, I'm not sure for nt4

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"Jason Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> >
> > i can't find any "TABLE not allowed" error in the source
>
> Sorry, per my original message, the actual error was "Installation of
> bootloader failed.  The following error occurred:  TABLE may
> not be specified near line 33 in file /etc/lilo.conf."

i don't really understand what table= is for. But lilo doesn't like it for
non
primary partitions. So i don't put it anymore for non-primary partitions.

anyone know if NT or Windows can boot from non-primary partitions?

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Jason Dyer]

- Original Message -
From: "Pixel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug


> "Jason Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > lilo.conf is the file that lilo complained about when trying to install
> > bootloader on the MBR.  Note that the "table=" line is under the windows
> > section (which I later omit, because it's not really bootable.)
>
> did you get "Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda7 does't have a valid boot
> signature" ?
>
> i can't find any "TABLE not allowed" error in the source

Sorry, per my original message, the actual error was "Installation of
bootloader failed.  The following error occurred:  TABLE may
not be specified near line 33 in file /etc/lilo.conf."

-Jason

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Jason Dyer]

- Original Message -
From: "Pixel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug


> "Jason Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > When I choose MBR, it refused and gave me the "TABLE not allowed" error.
>
> i'd be interested with having the lilo.conf that makes lilo yell
> "TABLE not allowed"

One clean install later...

lilo.conf is the file that lilo complained about when trying to install
bootloader on the MBR.  Note that the "table=" line is under the windows
section (which I later omit, because it's not really bootable.)

lilo.conf2 is the file that got generated when I selected the linux
partition option.  To make that work I had to change the "boot = /dev/hda5"
line to "boot = /dev/hda" (as I mentioned before.)

-Jason


 lilo.conf2
 lilo.conf

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Pixel]

"Jason Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> When I choose MBR, it refused and gave me the "TABLE not allowed" error.

i'd be interested with having the lilo.conf that makes lilo yell
"TABLE not allowed"

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Jason Dyer]

- Original Message -
From: "Pixel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

> - when you don't choose MBR installation, i can't switch bioses as i don't
> know which drive is first.
> - when you choose MBR installation, i suppose the system will boot on it
and
> it will be the first bios drive (0x80)

But it was the MBR installation that didn't work...  Here's how I installed.

I have an onboard raid IDE, which doesn't work with Linux, so I *disabled*
it in the bios.

The "other" drive, which now looks like the only IDE on the system has a
Linux type 85 (ext3?) partition AND a Windoze Fat32 partition.  The
installer doesn't like that at all, so I used your previous advice of
booting with "linux readonly=1".

When I choose MBR, it refused and gave me the "TABLE not allowed" error.
When I choose the Linux partition, it put it there, but then I had to move
it because BootCommander (which boots from the raid drive) doesn't recognize
the new partition type.

So, has any more thought been given to not using the linux extended
partition (or at least having the option not to use it)?

-Jason

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Pixel]

"Jason Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> All I had to do was change "boot = /dev/hda5" to "boot = /dev/hda" and run
> lilo.  Part of my problem is that BootCommander doesn't recognize the type
> 85 partition, so I have to put the linux boot on the mbr of my secondary IDE
> (the non-raid drive that linux sees as hda.)
> 
> I did not see the TABLE entry that the error message refered to, but then
> again I had to choose a different setup before I could continue, so it
> certainly got overwritten...

- when you don't choose MBR installation, i can't switch bioses as i don't
know which drive is first.
- when you choose MBR installation, i suppose the system will boot on it and
it will be the first bios drive (0x80)

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Jason Dyer]

- Original Message -
From: "Pixel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug


> Jason Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > went into rescue mode and fixed up lilo.conf
>
> what did you do precisely?

All I had to do was change "boot = /dev/hda5" to "boot = /dev/hda" and run
lilo.  Part of my problem is that BootCommander doesn't recognize the type
85 partition, so I have to put the linux boot on the mbr of my secondary IDE
(the non-raid drive that linux sees as hda.)

I did not see the TABLE entry that the error message refered to, but then
again I had to choose a different setup before I could continue, so it
certainly got overwritten...

-Jason

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Pixel]

Jason Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> went into rescue mode and fixed up lilo.conf

what did you do precisely?

[Cooker] Beta 3 install bug

[Jason Dyer]

I've got beta3 up and running (and infact I'm sending this mail message from 
it), so please don't assume I'm a drooling idiot that needs advice.

During the installation (new install to replace the existing partition) I got 
the following message when it tried to install the bootloader:

"Installation of bootloader failed.  The following error occurred:  TABLE may 
not be specified near line 33 in file /etc/lilo.conf."

This may have something to do with the fact that this is yet another disk 
with a Linux extended partition and a multi-fat extended partition.  Because 
of that, I had to start the install using "linux readonly=1".  (The system 
also has hw raid on the mobo, but I had already disabled that in the bios.)   
After I told it to put the bootloader on /dev/hda5, I was able to proceed and 
(after it failed to boot) went into rescue mode and fixed up lilo.conf.  Not 
a big deal to me, but not particularly user friendly.

Other than that, I'd say this was about the easiest Mandrake install I've 
ever had.  Even the X configuration worked reasonably well, which is 
something of a first for me.

One other slight grumble:  Why is it that the IBM POWERDisplay is no longer 
in the list of monitors??  I happen to have one and I'm used to seeing it 
(although a generic setting is working well enough.)

-Jason

Re[2]: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install Failure (Linux Raid & DiskDrake)

[Rob Hall]

Hello Guillaume,

Friday, April 06, 2001, 4:25:54 PM, you wrote:

>> After taking a backup of the system I then decided to try and perform
>> a fresh install of Beta 3 on the same machine. Diskdrake fails when it
>> tries to create the raid array just before formatting should take
>> place. The error message is simply mkraid: failed.

GC> Should be fixed by latest drakx boot kernel.

Installed no problem with latest drakx boot kernel, but now I get a
Kernel Panic on reboot with an unable to mount VFS root error

Note I am using 8 Beta 3 RPMS with latest drakx so if the problems
been fixed in a later package please ignore :-)

-- 
Best regards,
 Robmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re[2]: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install Failure (Linux Raid & DiskDrake)

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

Rob Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello Guillaume,
> 
> Friday, April 06, 2001, 4:25:54 PM, you wrote:
> 
> >> After taking a backup of the system I then decided to try and perform
> >> a fresh install of Beta 3 on the same machine. Diskdrake fails when it
> >> tries to create the raid array just before formatting should take
> >> place. The error message is simply mkraid: failed.
> 
> GC> Should be fixed by latest drakx boot kernel.
> 
> Installed no problem with latest drakx boot kernel, but now I get a
> Kernel Panic on reboot with an unable to mount VFS root error
> 
> Note I am using 8 Beta 3 RPMS with latest drakx so if the problems
> been fixed in a later package please ignore :-)

yes. latest "mkinitrd" package fixes.


-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install Failure (Linux Raid & DiskDrake)

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

Rob Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


[...]

> After taking a backup of the system I then decided to try and perform
> a fresh install of Beta 3 on the same machine. Diskdrake fails when it
> tries to create the raid array just before formatting should take
> place. The error message is simply mkraid: failed.

Should be fixed by latest drakx boot kernel.



-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

[Cooker] Beta 3 Install Failure (Linux Raid & DiskDrake)

[Rob Hall]

Hello,

Beta 3 seems to have major problems handling Linux RAID configs.

I tried to upgrade a Mandrake 7.2 system (Linux RAID configured) to
Beta 3 and the installer failed with an error along the lines of
getlist returned empty list at the HD detection section (please note
this is from memory as I didn't take notes :-])

After taking a backup of the system I then decided to try and perform
a fresh install of Beta 3 on the same machine. Diskdrake fails when it
tries to create the raid array just before formatting should take
place. The error message is simply mkraid: failed.

I have tried many different permutations with no success. Mandrake 7.2
creates the RAID array on the same hardware configuration with no problem
whatsoever so I don't think it's hardware related? For your info my
drive config is as follows:-

5x4Gb Seagate SCSI II drives on an Adaptec 2940 controller
4Gb IDE as Master on Secondary channel
40Mb IDE drive as Master and /boot

PS: After the failure of Linux RAID I had a brief 'play' with setting
up an LVM system and this also failed (although I must admit to
knowing little to nothing about LVM :-])?

-- 
Best regards,
 Rob  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install will not get past File System

[G. Fischbach]

I am finding that I get an error on the partition check :
HDA: HDA1 HDA2  "G. Fischbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >   I am using a WD 20.5 G hard drive (205BA) . I also have a Maxtor  8. g hard
> > drive set up with a windows file system as a secondary drive. The 20.5 primary is
> > on a removable rack so that I can switch back to windows. I have removed the
> > secondary drive and still have the trouble . I have even went to the point where I
> > wrote all zeros to the 20 G drive. I have used rescue and reformatted the drive
> > and I still have the trouble. .
>
> is the kernel yelling anything on console 4 (ctrl-alt-F4) ?
>
> could you try with cooker?

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install will not get past File System

[Pixel]

"G. Fischbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>   I am using a WD 20.5 G hard drive (205BA) . I also have a Maxtor  8. g hard
> drive set up with a windows file system as a secondary drive. The 20.5 primary is
> on a removable rack so that I can switch back to windows. I have removed the
> secondary drive and still have the trouble . I have even went to the point where I
> wrote all zeros to the 20 G drive. I have used rescue and reformatted the drive
> and I still have the trouble. .

is the kernel yelling anything on console 4 (ctrl-alt-F4) ?

could you try with cooker? 

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install will not get past File System

[G. Fischbach]

  I am using a WD 20.5 G hard drive (205BA) . I also have a Maxtor  8. g hard
drive set up with a windows file system as a secondary drive. The 20.5 primary is
on a removable rack so that I can switch back to windows. I have removed the
secondary drive and still have the trouble . I have even went to the point where I
wrote all zeros to the 20 G drive. I have used rescue and reformatted the drive
and I still have the trouble. .

 Gerry Fischbach

Ray wrote:

> What kind of hard drive is it failing on? I have the same problem and if I go
> to diskdrake it will show one drive not partitioned. But under 7.1 it reads it
> just fine.
>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > I downloaded  7.2 Beta 3 ISO  and burned  myself a copy of the
> > install CD. I could not get past the " Set up file system " . I keep
> > getting the message Disk Drake failed to read correctly the partion
> > table continue at your own risk .. An error  occurred  Ask from list :
> > Empty list.  I had no trouble with 7.1 version. Does any one have any
> > idea what is wrong ?  I have A Tyan 1598 mother board with AMD K6-350 ,
> > 128 megs of memory and a Philips CDRW.
> >
> >
> >  Gerry Fischbach

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install will not get past File System

[Franco Silvestro]

Start in installer with "rescue" and check with fdisk, may be you find your 
disk has partition problems (I've seen that with a 'bad' partitions created 
from dos and/or windows...;o)
 
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, G. Fischbach wrote:
> I downloaded  7.2 Beta 3 ISO  and burned  myself a copy of the
> install CD. I could not get past the " Set up file system " . I keep
> getting the message Disk Drake failed to read correctly the partion
> table continue at your own risk .. An error  occurred  Ask from list :
> Empty list.  I had no trouble with 7.1 version. Does any one have any
> idea what is wrong ?  I have A Tyan 1598 mother board with AMD K6-350 ,
> 128 megs of memory and a Philips CDRW.
>
>
>  Gerry Fischbach

-- 
-
Franco Silvestro
c/o CeSIA - Universita' degli Studi di Bologna

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install will not get past File System

[Ray]

What kind of hard drive is it failing on? I have the same problem and if I go
to diskdrake it will show one drive not partitioned. But under 7.1 it reads it
just fine.

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> I downloaded  7.2 Beta 3 ISO  and burned  myself a copy of the
> install CD. I could not get past the " Set up file system " . I keep
> getting the message Disk Drake failed to read correctly the partion
> table continue at your own risk .. An error  occurred  Ask from list :
> Empty list.  I had no trouble with 7.1 version. Does any one have any
> idea what is wrong ?  I have A Tyan 1598 mother board with AMD K6-350 ,
> 128 megs of memory and a Philips CDRW.
> 
> 
>  Gerry Fischbach

[Cooker] Beta 3 Install will not get past File System

[G. Fischbach]

I downloaded  7.2 Beta 3 ISO  and burned  myself a copy of the
install CD. I could not get past the " Set up file system " . I keep
getting the message Disk Drake failed to read correctly the partion
table continue at your own risk .. An error  occurred  Ask from list :
Empty list.  I had no trouble with 7.1 version. Does any one have any
idea what is wrong ?  I have A Tyan 1598 mother board with AMD K6-350 ,
128 megs of memory and a Philips CDRW.


 Gerry Fischbach

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install

[Walter Lee Queen II]

Civileme wrote:

> Denis HAVLIK wrote:
>
> > :~>  The alert window that appears after choosing an expert install says:
> > :~>"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be allowed to make powerfull but
> > :~>dangerous things here".
> > :~>
> > :~>  How about something like:
> > :~>"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be required to
> > :~>make some powerful, yet dangerous decisions here".
> >
> > blbl... I Am Not A Native Speaker (tm), but "allowed" sounds more
> > apropriate to me since most of the things have nice default values.
> >
> > :~>  A comment on the first CD alert window:
> > :~>It sounds as if there should be more than one extra CD from the tone of the
> >
> > There will be in our Power-Packs and similar installs.
> >
> > :~>"Change your Cd-Rom!
> > :~>Please insert the Cd-Rom labelled "Extensions CD (x86)" in your drive and press
> > :~>Ok when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel to avoid installation from
> > :~>this Cd-Rom."
> > :~>
> > :~>  Can it be rephrased something like this without the "Change your Cd-Rom!"
> > :~>line? That sounds like yelling.
> > :~>"Please insert the "Extensions CD (x86)" into your drive and press
> > :~>"Ok" when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel."
> >
> > Yup, this sounds reasonable to me.
> >
> > cu
> > Denis
> > --
> > -
> > Dr. Denis Havlik
> > Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
>
> I agree with "allowed" but I would prefer "decisions" or "choices" in place of
> "things"  All are technically correct, but "things" is less descriptive and
> sounds(tm) less professional without adding any cordiality.
>
> Civileme
>
> --
> BETA testing KDE2 and Konqueror

actualy it should say,"it will allow you to.", but this is just my humble
opion...:) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install

[Phil]

Hi Chmouel,

> >   I'm still having problems with the USB mouse. The mouse works fine during the
> > installation, but not after. It has worked once or twice after some ftp
> > installs from Cooker, but not since. This is the message that sounds troubling:
-- snip --
> please send the /etc/sysconfig/usb file and be sure MOUSE=yes, try to
> run also a depmod -a before.

  Thanks, tried it but still doesn't work. /etc/sysconfig/usb appears OK:
MOUSE=yes
KEYBOARD=no
ZIP=no

  I then performed a new install on another machine with the same USB mouse
and it works properly, guess it's a just a personal problem ; )



Cheers,
-- 
Phil Lavigna
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install

[Civileme]

Denis HAVLIK wrote:

> :~>  The alert window that appears after choosing an expert install says:
> :~>"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be allowed to make powerfull but
> :~>dangerous things here".
> :~>
> :~>  How about something like:
> :~>"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be required to
> :~>make some powerful, yet dangerous decisions here".
>
> blbl... I Am Not A Native Speaker (tm), but "allowed" sounds more
> apropriate to me since most of the things have nice default values.
>
> :~>  A comment on the first CD alert window:
> :~>It sounds as if there should be more than one extra CD from the tone of the
>
> There will be in our Power-Packs and similar installs.
>
> :~>"Change your Cd-Rom!
> :~>Please insert the Cd-Rom labelled "Extensions CD (x86)" in your drive and press
> :~>Ok when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel to avoid installation from
> :~>this Cd-Rom."
> :~>
> :~>  Can it be rephrased something like this without the "Change your Cd-Rom!"
> :~>line? That sounds like yelling.
> :~>"Please insert the "Extensions CD (x86)" into your drive and press
> :~>"Ok" when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel."
>
> Yup, this sounds reasonable to me.
>
> cu
> Denis
> --
> -
> Dr. Denis Havlik
> Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---oOO--(_)--OOo-

I agree with "allowed" but I would prefer "decisions" or "choices" in place of
"things"  All are technically correct, but "things" is less descriptive and
sounds(tm) less professional without adding any cordiality.

Civileme

--
BETA testing KDE2 and Konqueror

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install

[Denis HAVLIK]

:~>  The alert window that appears after choosing an expert install says:
:~>"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be allowed to make powerfull but
:~>dangerous things here".
:~>
:~>  How about something like:
:~>"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be required to
:~>make some powerful, yet dangerous decisions here".

blbl... I Am Not A Native Speaker (tm), but "allowed" sounds more
apropriate to me since most of the things have nice default values.

:~>  A comment on the first CD alert window:
:~>It sounds as if there should be more than one extra CD from the tone of the

There will be in our Power-Packs and similar installs.

:~>"Change your Cd-Rom!
:~>Please insert the Cd-Rom labelled "Extensions CD (x86)" in your drive and press
:~>Ok when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel to avoid installation from
:~>this Cd-Rom."
:~>
:~>  Can it be rephrased something like this without the "Change your Cd-Rom!"
:~>line? That sounds like yelling.
:~>"Please insert the "Extensions CD (x86)" into your drive and press
:~>"Ok" when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel."

Yup, this sounds reasonable to me.

cu
Denis
-- 
-
Dr. Denis Havlik
Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
---oOO--(_)--OOo-

Re: [Cooker] Beta 3 install

[Chmouel Boudjnah]

Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>   Just completed a fresh install with the new ISO's and it very went well with
> one hardware problem to report.
> 
>   I'm still having problems with the USB mouse. The mouse works fine during the
> installation, but not after. It has worked once or twice after some ftp
> installs from Cooker, but not since. This is the message that sounds troubling:
> 
> May 24 02:42:34 dual modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/modules.dep
>   I'll attach a more complete version if interested.

please send the /etc/sysconfig/usb file and be sure MOUSE=yes, try to
run also a depmod -a before.

-- 
MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
In travel.--Chmouel

[Cooker] Beta 3 install

[Phil]

Hi,

  Just completed a fresh install with the new ISO's and it very went well with
one hardware problem to report.

  I'm still having problems with the USB mouse. The mouse works fine during the
installation, but not after. It has worked once or twice after some ftp
installs from Cooker, but not since. This is the message that sounds troubling:

May 24 02:42:34 dual modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksmp/modules.dep

  I'll attach a more complete version if interested.


BTW- Can I suggest some grammar changes to a couple parts of the installer?

  The alert window that appears after choosing an expert install says:
"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be allowed to make powerfull but
dangerous things here".

  How about something like:
"Are you sure you are an expert? You will be required to
make some powerful, yet dangerous decisions here".

  A comment on the first CD alert window:
It sounds as if there should be more than one extra CD from the tone of the
question (sorry, I forget to write down the exact words). Since there is only
one additional CD, could it be rephrased like:
"If you have the CD in the list below, click "Ok". If you do not have it,
select "Cancel" and you won't be prompted for it during software installation."

  And then there is the second CD alert window during software installation
that says:
"Change your Cd-Rom!
Please insert the Cd-Rom labelled "Extensions CD (x86)" in your drive and press
Ok when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel to avoid installation from
this Cd-Rom."

  Can it be rephrased something like this without the "Change your Cd-Rom!"
line? That sounds like yelling.
"Please insert the "Extensions CD (x86)" into your drive and press
"Ok" when done. If you don't have it, press Cancel."

  Sorry if this sound petty, I mention it because they are in prominent
areas of the installer.



Thanks,
Phil Lavigna

Sent from Mandrake 7.1 Beta 3





May 24 02:42:32 dual rc: Starting postfix succeeded
May 24 02:42:32 dual kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub 
May 24 02:42:32 dual kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.228 $ time 14:48:39 May 10 2000 
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May 24 02:42:32 dual kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports 
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May 24 02:42:32 dual kernel: usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 
May 24 02:42:32 dual kernel: hub.c: USB hub found 
May 24 02:42:32 dual kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected 
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May 24 02:42:32 dual usb: Loading USB interface succeeded
May 24 02:42:33 dual kernel: usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2 
May 24 02:42:34 dual kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse 
May 24 02:42:34 dual modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than 
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