Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Ian Kelly wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: Ian Kelly wrote: At 05:03 AM 3/3/03, you wrote: Ian Kelly wrote: Hi, I just did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0 and my computer freezes up when I try to boot from the hard drive. It gets as far as the message INIT: Loading version 2.83 (just before the interactive mode message would normally appear) and then it dies. Booting failsafe I get the same problem, but my boot disk works fine. I have an Athlon 750 (or thereabouts; been a while since I looked at it) with 128M of RAM. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks, Ian Kelly Could this be anobiospnp problem, if so add it to the append= line, between the , ensuring there is a space between each seperate command. John Thanks, but this didn't help. I don't think my bios is the problem because I used to have Mandrake 7.1 on this computer, and it would boot just fine. (And no, I don't think the upgrade from 7.1 has anything to do with the problem because I did an install, not an upgrade.) Ian fair enough. So the boot floppy works fine but the normal lilo boot does not. Odd. Is there anyway you could look into the floppy with a text editor to see if it passes anything to the kernel for booting ? Did you change anything, maybe a bios setting , a piece of hardware, or something between M7.1 and M9.0 ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] The boot disk's syslinux.cfg file reads: default linux prompt 1 display boot.msg timeout 100 label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/hda5 devfs=mount mem=128M This doesn't contain anything extraordinary and doesn't differ significantly from my lilo settings. The kernel in /boot and the one on the floppy also have the same size and md5sum, so I don't think that's the problem. I haven't changed anything else between 7.1 and 9.0. It's starting to look like this problem is going to be very difficult to diagnose, and I'm going to have to either live with the boot disk or just switch to a different distro. But first I'm going to try reinstalling, and maybe I'll try out 9.1rc2. Ian Kelly Interesting, so boot floppy passes mem=128M to kernel, do you have this in your Append= line, if not add it and try that. also it has . initrd=initrd.img I'm wondering whether in fact your boot script is sending the wrong initrd instruct .Take a look at /boot directory and check on what the correct initrd.img file name is? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
At 05:03 AM 3/3/03, you wrote: Ian Kelly wrote: Hi, I just did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0 and my computer freezes up when I try to boot from the hard drive. It gets as far as the message INIT: Loading version 2.83 (just before the interactive mode message would normally appear) and then it dies. Booting failsafe I get the same problem, but my boot disk works fine. I have an Athlon 750 (or thereabouts; been a while since I looked at it) with 128M of RAM. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks, Ian Kelly Could this be anobiospnp problem, if so add it to the append= line, between the , ensuring there is a space between each seperate command. John Thanks, but this didn't help. I don't think my bios is the problem because I used to have Mandrake 7.1 on this computer, and it would boot just fine. (And no, I don't think the upgrade from 7.1 has anything to do with the problem because I did an install, not an upgrade.) Ian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Ian Kelly wrote: At 05:03 AM 3/3/03, you wrote: Ian Kelly wrote: Hi, I just did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0 and my computer freezes up when I try to boot from the hard drive. It gets as far as the message INIT: Loading version 2.83 (just before the interactive mode message would normally appear) and then it dies. Booting failsafe I get the same problem, but my boot disk works fine. I have an Athlon 750 (or thereabouts; been a while since I looked at it) with 128M of RAM. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks, Ian Kelly Could this be anobiospnp problem, if so add it to the append= line, between the , ensuring there is a space between each seperate command. John Thanks, but this didn't help. I don't think my bios is the problem because I used to have Mandrake 7.1 on this computer, and it would boot just fine. (And no, I don't think the upgrade from 7.1 has anything to do with the problem because I did an install, not an upgrade.) Ian fair enough. So the boot floppy works fine but the normal lilo boot does not. Odd. Is there anyway you could look into the floppy with a text editor to see if it passes anything to the kernel for booting ? Did you change anything, maybe a bios setting , a piece of hardware, or something between M7.1 and M9.0 ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
John Richard Smith wrote: Ian Kelly wrote: At 05:03 AM 3/3/03, you wrote: Ian Kelly wrote: Hi, I just did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0 and my computer freezes up when I try to boot from the hard drive. It gets as far as the message INIT: Loading version 2.83 (just before the interactive mode message would normally appear) and then it dies. Booting failsafe I get the same problem, but my boot disk works fine. I have an Athlon 750 (or thereabouts; been a while since I looked at it) with 128M of RAM. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks, Ian Kelly Could this be anobiospnp problem, if so add it to the append= line, between the , ensuring there is a space between each seperate command. John Thanks, but this didn't help. I don't think my bios is the problem because I used to have Mandrake 7.1 on this computer, and it would boot just fine. (And no, I don't think the upgrade from 7.1 has anything to do with the problem because I did an install, not an upgrade.) Ian fair enough. So the boot floppy works fine but the normal lilo boot does not. Odd. Is there anyway you could look into the floppy with a text editor to see if it passes anything to the kernel for booting ? Did you change anything, maybe a bios setting , a piece of hardware, or something between M7.1 and M9.0 ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] The boot disk's syslinux.cfg file reads: default linux prompt 1 display boot.msg timeout 100 label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/hda5 devfs=mount mem=128M This doesn't contain anything extraordinary and doesn't differ significantly from my lilo settings. The kernel in /boot and the one on the floppy also have the same size and md5sum, so I don't think that's the problem. I haven't changed anything else between 7.1 and 9.0. It's starting to look like this problem is going to be very difficult to diagnose, and I'm going to have to either live with the boot disk or just switch to a different distro. But first I'm going to try reinstalling, and maybe I'll try out 9.1rc2. Ian Kelly Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Ian Kelly wrote: Hi, I just did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.0 and my computer freezes up when I try to boot from the hard drive. It gets as far as the message INIT: Loading version 2.83 (just before the interactive mode message would normally appear) and then it dies. Booting failsafe I get the same problem, but my boot disk works fine. I have an Athlon 750 (or thereabouts; been a while since I looked at it) with 128M of RAM. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks, Ian Kelly Could this be anobiospnp problem, if so add it to the append= line, between the , ensuring there is a space between each seperate command. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives)
Thanks for the help. BUt no. Still had the smae problem. NO biggy. I'm going to reinstall, try ReisserFS why I'm at it. :) I'll let you know how it goes. -Paul R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives) Paul Rodrguez wrote: Yes, I've run fsck, ound no problems. I might have to reformat and reinstall. Any last minute ideas? -Paul R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives) Paul Rodrguez wrote: Hi, I still can't get this resolved. When I try to boot I get an error that /dev/hda9 and /dev/hda8 are already mounted, can't continue, and drop's me to root for maintenance with password. Once there, I can't unmount /hda8 because it is in use. If I switch runlevels to single user mode, I can unmount both drives, but whatever I do, the same thing happens when I reboot. Please help! -Paul R Paulhave you run fsck on them after you've gotten them unmounted in single user mode? -- Alan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Paulyes, try the following before you reformat. In single user mode, after getting them both unmounted do as below (example is from my system): [root@obi-wan /root]# fdisk /dev/hda Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 787 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 104209632+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda2 105 787 13769285 Extended /dev/hda5 105 231256000+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 232 235 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 236 239 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 240 243 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 244 247 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda10 248 251 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda11 252 255 8063+ 83 Linux /dev/hda12 288 787 1008000 83 Linux Command (m for help): Then copy all of the info from the lines of /dev/hda8 and /dev/hda9. Then do a 'd' (delete) command on partitions 8 and 9. Finally recreate them with the 'n' command using the data you copied down. The two new partitions should be intact containing all of the original data and hopfully not containing the problem. I don't remember for sure if they'll still be 8 and 9, if they're not there's a command in the x (expert) menu called 'f' (fix partition order). Good luck. -- Alan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives)
Yes, I've run fsck, ound no problems. I might have to reformat and reinstall. Any last minute ideas? -Paul R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives) Paul Rodrguez wrote: Hi, I still can't get this resolved. When I try to boot I get an error that /dev/hda9 and /dev/hda8 are already mounted, can't continue, and drop's me to root for maintenance with password. Once there, I can't unmount /hda8 because it is in use. If I switch runlevels to single user mode, I can unmount both drives, but whatever I do, the same thing happens when I reboot. Please help! -Paul R Paulhave you run fsck on them after you've gotten them unmounted in single user mode? -- Alan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives)
Paul Rodrguez wrote: Yes, I've run fsck, ound no problems. I might have to reformat and reinstall. Any last minute ideas? -Paul R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives) Paul Rodrguez wrote: Hi, I still can't get this resolved. When I try to boot I get an error that /dev/hda9 and /dev/hda8 are already mounted, can't continue, and drop's me to root for maintenance with password. Once there, I can't unmount /hda8 because it is in use. If I switch runlevels to single user mode, I can unmount both drives, but whatever I do, the same thing happens when I reboot. Please help! -Paul R Paulhave you run fsck on them after you've gotten them unmounted in single user mode? -- Alan _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Paulyes, try the following before you reformat. In single user mode, after getting them both unmounted do as below (example is from my system): [root@obi-wan /root]# fdisk /dev/hda Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 787 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 104209632+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hda2 105 787 13769285 Extended /dev/hda5 105 231256000+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 232 235 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 236 239 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 240 243 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 244 247 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda10 248 251 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda11 252 255 8063+ 83 Linux /dev/hda12 288 787 1008000 83 Linux Command (m for help): Then copy all of the info from the lines of /dev/hda8 and /dev/hda9. Then do a 'd' (delete) command on partitions 8 and 9. Finally recreate them with the 'n' command using the data you copied down. The two new partitions should be intact containing all of the original data and hopfully not containing the problem. I don't remember for sure if they'll still be 8 and 9, if they're not there's a command in the x (expert) menu called 'f' (fix partition order). Good luck. -- Alan
[newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives)
Hi, I still can't get this resolved.
When I try to boot I get an error that /dev/hda9 and /dev/hda8 are already
mounted, can't continue, and drop's me to root for maintenance with
password.
Once there, I can't unmount /hda8 because it is in use. If I switch
runlevels to single user mode, I can unmount both drives, but whatever I do,
the same thing happens when I reboot.
Please help!
-Paul R
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Altoine B.
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] error mounting drives (already mounted)
Paul Rodrguez wrote:
Sorry to repost. But I thought maybe I should clarify my question. How
can
I unmount _all_ filesystems? Also, how can I make sure they are all
unmount
when I start my system?
: ) Thanks.
-Paul R
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Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:55 PM
To: Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. Com
Subject: [newbie] FW: error mounting drives (already mounted)
Hi, everybody. Not sure what I did (don't think I did anything), but my
system is refusing to start properly. When it gets to the stage where it
mounts the file systems (in read-only mode i think), it says /dev/hda8
already mounted cannot continue, same for /hda9. It drops me back to
shell,
as root I try to umount hda8 (tried with the -v, -f, -a, and -n tags) but
it
won't unmount (says it's in use). hda9 unmounts fine. (incidentally,
hda8
is my /usr partition) I'm assuming umount is running from /usr or using
libc on that partition, and thus cannot unmount it. How do I unmount it
then? And why would this have happened in the first place? When I
restart,
both hda8 and hda9 are already mounted already (again). Any clues?
-Paul
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[newbie] Boot problems
Last week I had help installing Mandrake 7.2 to replace an old 6.1 set up with Samba support as Linux machine and file server... However, a few days later, the machine crashed, I had to reboot and Mandrake could not find it's etc directory... I assumed that the disk was messed up and reinstalled Linux, however this week I had to power down and when I restarted, I got the same symptoms, despite a proper powerdown... So I am beginning to assume that Lilo has not managed to find the right parameters to boot the machine. I tried an "upgrade" but that seems to keep getting stuck and does't get me anywhere... I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake just shot past the option without even letting me make one) but it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't Mandrake at least check :-( So anyway, what do I do? Rgds Martin Martin Cleaver MCTranslations/Spot Software phone: +31 20 6162224 fax: +31 20 884 1230 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cleaver.nl www.spotsoftware.nl - Original Message - From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 February 2001 00:09 Subject: Re: [newbie] Text out of the screen (console mode) Gigi Giorgi wrote: Hi all, I've just installed 7.2 and almost all goes well but when I switch to console text mode some characters at left side are not visible because they are out of the screen (about two characters are outside the monitor). X works just fine on my Millenium G400. Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor english. Gigi Gigiit sounds like you may have an older non-digital monitor (the kind with analog adjustment wheels). If so then when adjusting your screen settings you may have to arrive a happy medium between the gui and the console because one setting applies to both modes. Some digital monitors also have this problem, but not as often as the older analog ones. -- Alan
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Martin Cleaver wrote: Last week I had help installing Mandrake 7.2 to replace an old 6.1 set up with Samba support as Linux machine and file server... However, a few days later, the machine crashed, I had to reboot and Mandrake could not find it's etc directory... I assumed that the disk was messed up and reinstalled Linux, however this week I had to power down and when I restarted, I got the same symptoms, despite a proper powerdown... So I am beginning to assume that Lilo has not managed to find the right parameters to boot the machine. I tried an "upgrade" but that seems to keep getting stuck and does't get me anywhere... I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake just shot past the option without even letting me make one) but it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't Mandrake at least check :-( So anyway, what do I do? Rgds Martin Martinyour descriptions of the assorted problems are somewhat incomplete, but it sounds as if you have some hardware issues with that system and mdk 7.2. So one solution would be to restore the box to the way it was when it was working. To troubleshoot the system as it is, you need a rescue floppy like tomsrtbt. You can download the latest version (BETA 1.7.205) from: http://www.toms.net/rb/ This download installs into an entire Linux system on a floppy and you can then use that floppy to boot your system and then use the Linux console tools it contains to view and edit your directories and files on your hard disk in your current Linux filesystem. In the process you will hopefully determine what is wrong and possibly be able to correct it. -- Alan
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake just
shot past the option without even letting me make one) but
it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't Mandrake at
least check :-(
Martinyour descriptions of the assorted problems are
somewhat incomplete, but it sounds as if you have some
hardware issues with that system and mdk 7.2. So one
solution would be to restore the box to the way it was when
it was working.
That's a bit difficult. It worked with Mandrake 6.1, but I formatted that
off to install 7.2... whiocvh installed without making a boot floppy {???}.
it seemed to work, until I unplugged the machine... and missed the boot
floppy. The second time I persuaded it to make a boot floppy, but that
turned out to be corrupt {???}
As it is I am installing again for the third time and will have to check the
lilo details by hand... to make sure I won't be caught out again if the
power is or has to be turned off...
To troubleshoot the system as it is, you need a rescue floppy
like tomsrtbt.
I couldn't make the floppy under DOS ... so I shall have to try a new
installation again :-(
(Not that a newbie like me could troubleshoot anyway... :-(
RGds
Martin
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Martin Cleaver wrote:
I had made a boot floppy this time (last time Mandrake
just shot past the option without even letting me make
one) but it would appear to be corrupt... (shouldn't
Mandrake at least check :-(
Martinyour descriptions of the assorted problems are
somewhat incomplete, but it sounds as if you have some
hardware issues with that system and mdk 7.2. So one
solution would be to restore the box to the way it was
when it was working.
That's a bit difficult. It worked with Mandrake 6.1, but I
formatted that off to install 7.2... whiocvh installed
without making a boot floppy {???}. it seemed to work,
until I unplugged the machine... and missed the boot
floppy. The second time I persuaded it to make a boot
floppy, but that turned out to be corrupt {???}
As it is I am installing again for the third time and will
have to check the lilo details by hand... to make sure I
won't be caught out again if the power is or has to be
turned off...
To troubleshoot the system as it is, you need a rescue
floppy like tomsrtbt.
I couldn't make the floppy under DOS ... so I shall have to
try a new installation again :-(
(Not that a newbie like me could troubleshoot anyway... :-(
RGds
Martin
Martintest your boot floppy at the first opportunity and
if it's bad then (as root) make one with the console command:
mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.17-21mdk
Also download the linux version of the tomsrtbt floppy
creation program and see if you can get it (the tomsrtbt
floppy) made. Then you'll have some tools to work with if
things go bad again.
--
Alan
[newbie] Boot problems...
Hello all I have a problem with my computer... I just installed LM7.1 over my old 7.0 version. I have a dual boot system with 7gig hd, 128mb ram, (this is a laptop). After the install, when I went to reload, I was presented with some odd message lik: stage1 stage2 error something like that... AFter a while, I loaded thru a floppy into boot magic and reactivated it(do'nt ask me how it got turned off) and I am now able to load into windows fine. However, in Boot magic, even when I create a new entry for linux, I am not able to load linux w/0 my boot disk. I'm not sure where I went wrong here... I would ultimatelly like to be able to have one of the boot loaders work (grub or boot magic, i'm not picky) How can I do this w/o killing my whole system.? can I just delete bootMagic and will grub take over? Thanks in advance for any help. sorry for the length of this post :) -- Joe :) - - "You should never give up until the end." Trowa Barton Gundam Heavy Arms Pilot -
Re: [newbie] Boot problems...
Joseph Brault wrote:
Hello all
I have a problem with my computer... I just installed LM7.1 over my old 7.0
version. I have a dual boot system with 7gig hd, 128mb ram, (this is a
laptop). After the install, when I went to reload, I was presented with some
odd message lik:
stage1 stage2 error
something like that... AFter a while, I loaded thru a floppy into boot magic
and reactivated it(do'nt ask me how it got turned off) and I am now able to
load into windows fine. However, in Boot magic, even when I create a new entry
for linux, I am not able to load linux w/0 my boot disk. I'm not sure where I
went wrong here... I would ultimatelly like to be able to have one of the boot
loaders work (grub or boot magic, i'm not picky) How can I do this w/o killing
my whole system.? can I just delete bootMagic and will grub take over?
Thanks in advance for any help. sorry for the length of this post :)
{snip}
Joeyou need to install lilo on your / partition's (unless
you have a /boot partition - if you do, use it instead) first
sector. To do this, as root, edit your /etc/lilo.conf file to
indicate the location of your / partition like this:
boot=/dev/hda6
(the 6 is mine, replace it with the correct number for your
system) or with the location of your /boot partition if you
have one. Then, still as root, execute this command:
/sbin/lilo
After this your Boot Magic should recognise your Linux
partition as a bootable one and allow you to include it in the
boot menu.
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Altadena, CA USA --Alan
Re: [newbie] boot problems
I have American MegaTrends and I can boot from CD. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. P.S. I would like to apologize for so late a response on this but I have had MAJOR probs here with a Packard 'Barf' Bell with a Conner CFA859A HD. It died, lucky to have a WD84A 8.4gig HD with some of the software I needed. Have had to install a new O/S (DO$) so my Wife can have a system of her own again. At the present time having to share my system until I have hers fully up again. One other thingy, have a friend that works on CPU's and says he has 13 1.2gig Conner H/D's that just died suddenly, that is normal for the Conner H/D's. So would not recommend using the Conner any more. thanks, d On Thu, 11 May 2000 21:05:13 -0400 "Andy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes some the BIOS most likely has an option to boot from cd - Original Message - From: Hank Ingram To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] boot problems Does your bios allow you to boot the CD? --- Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED]Blacksburg, Va Virginia Tech - Administrative Information Services - HR http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/H/hingram/ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] boot problems
Ron,
Thanks for the idea...tried that
and the CD-Rom drive is not recognized...what really is getting me pissed about
this whole thing is that the boot floppy is not being recognized...I've even
tried to use my other box to burn off another one and it does not work
either...I either get a "Library 2" error or a can not load library 16
error
So, I guess the best thing to do at
this point is to try to create a boot disk that has a cd rom driver on it so I
can boot up dos with the cd and run the install from there. Anyone know where I
can get such a utility?
If that does not work I'll chant
f*ck Linux as I throw the box out the window and revert to my previous NT
ways...
Thanx
- Original Message -
From:
Ron Greer
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:52
AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] boot problems
Well, I'm not sure why that's happening, but if your
cdrom is working in DOS, you can always boot to dos, go to the cdrom drive
(Ex, drive d:) and
cd
\dosutils\autoboot
and
run autoboot.bat
-=Ron=-
-Original Message-From: F. E. Schaper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent:
Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:46 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject:
[newbie] boot problems
Hey Guys,
I'm getting a strange error
here. I originally setup my box to run Windows 98 and a Linux
partition...the problem is that I didn't like the loopback it was way to
slow for the setup I needed. So, I reformatted the hard drive (it's now a
DOS drive) and attempted to reload Linux using a boot floppy (which I got
with the software) and the cdI checked the BIOS and have it set to boot
A,C in sequenceof course now I can't get Linux to boot up...it won't
recognize the boot disk and I am stuck with DOS!! (Which I am pretty sure
won't work too well as a web server :-))
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Fritz
Re: [newbie] boot problems
AHA! After preparing myself to treat my office as if I were Johnny Depp in a hotel room I realized all I needed to do was make a Windows 98 boot floppy...load the cd-rom driver and boot Linux manually from there In the middle of the install now. - Original Message - From: Ron Greer To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:52 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] boot problems Well, I'm not sure why that's happening, but if your cdrom is working in DOS, you can always boot to dos, go to the cdrom drive (Ex, drive d:) and cd \dosutils\autoboot and run autoboot.bat -=Ron=- -Original Message-From: F. E. Schaper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:46 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] boot problems Hey Guys, I'm getting a strange error here. I originally setup my box to run Windows 98 and a Linux partition...the problem is that I didn't like the loopback it was way to slow for the setup I needed. So, I reformatted the hard drive (it's now a DOS drive) and attempted to reload Linux using a boot floppy (which I got with the software) and the cdI checked the BIOS and have it set to boot A,C in sequenceof course now I can't get Linux to boot up...it won't recognize the boot disk and I am stuck with DOS!! (Which I am pretty sure won't work too well as a web server :-)) Any ideas? Thanks, Fritz
RE: [newbie] boot problems
Other
things I would suggest would be to get another floppy to boot from... will the
system boot from the floppy at all? Is it JUST your mandrake disk?
If so, replace the disk. (Read the readme in /images/ on the CD on how to
write another disk).
If
it's ALL disks, check cables and connections/make sure the floppy cable is
turned correctly, etc. I hope I'm not insulting you with this, it's just
standard procedure.
-=Ron=-
-Original Message-From: F. E. Schaper
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000
9:28 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re:
[newbie] boot problems
Ron,
Thanks for the idea...tried that
and the CD-Rom drive is not recognized...what really is getting me pissed
about this whole thing is that the boot floppy is not being recognized...I've
even tried to use my other box to burn off another one and it does not work
either...I either get a "Library 2" error or a can not load library 16
error
So, I guess the best thing to do
at this point is to try to create a boot disk that has a cd rom driver on it
so I can boot up dos with the cd and run the install from there. Anyone know
where I can get such a utility?
If that does not work I'll chant
f*ck Linux as I throw the box out the window and revert to my previous NT
ways...
Thanx
- Original Message -
From:
Ron Greer
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:52
AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] boot
problems
Well, I'm not sure why that's happening, but if
your cdrom is working in DOS, you can always boot to dos, go to the cdrom
drive (Ex, drive d:) and
cd
\dosutils\autoboot
and run autoboot.bat
-=Ron=-
-Original Message-From: F. E. Schaper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent:
Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:46 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject:
[newbie] boot problems
Hey Guys,
I'm getting a strange error
here. I originally setup my box to run Windows 98 and a Linux
partition...the problem is that I didn't like the loopback it was way to
slow for the setup I needed. So, I reformatted the hard drive (it's now a
DOS drive) and attempted to reload Linux using a boot floppy (which I got
with the software) and the cdI checked the BIOS and have it set to
boot A,C in sequenceof course now I can't get Linux to boot up...it
won't recognize the boot disk and I am stuck with DOS!! (Which I am pretty
sure won't work too well as a web server :-))
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Fritz
Re: [newbie] boot problems
Fritz
This is an off the wall suggestion but if you have a Windows sart-up disk
try booting from it. It will load a driver for your CD-Rom, and then see if
it will let you run your Linux install.
- Original Message -
From: "F. E. Schaper" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems
Ron,
Thanks for the idea...tried that and the CD-Rom drive is not
recognized...what really is getting me pissed about this whole thing is that
the boot floppy is not being recognized...I've even tried to use my other
box to burn off another one and it does not work either...I either get a
"Library 2" error or a can not load library 16 error
So, I guess the best thing to do at this point is to try to create a boot
disk that has a cd rom driver on it so I can boot up dos with the cd and run
the install from there. Anyone know where I can get such a utility?
If that does not work I'll chant f*ck Linux as I throw the box out the
window and revert to my previous NT ways...
Thanx
- Original Message -
From: Ron Greer
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] boot problems
Well, I'm not sure why that's happening, but if your cdrom is working in
DOS, you can always boot to dos, go to the cdrom drive (Ex, drive d:) and
cd \dosutils\autoboot
and run autoboot.bat
-=Ron=-
-Original Message-
From: F. E. Schaper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:46 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] boot problems
Hey Guys,
I'm getting a strange error here. I originally setup my box to run
Windows 98 and a Linux partition...the problem is that I didn't like the
loopback it was way to slow for the setup I needed. So, I reformatted the
hard drive (it's now a DOS drive) and attempted to reload Linux using a boot
floppy (which I got with the software) and the cdI checked the BIOS and
have it set to boot A,C in sequenceof course now I can't get Linux to
boot up...it won't recognize the boot disk and I am stuck with DOS!! (Which
I am pretty sure won't work too well as a web server :-))
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Fritz
RE: [newbie] boot problems
Their is such a place but offhand I can't remember the URL. Thoe if you search for boot disk you will find the site. It has various boot disks to download. I assume you can't use your Win98 to make a disk as that supports CD-ROMs?
RE: [newbie] boot problems
Does your bios allow you to boot the CD? ---Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blacksburg, VaVirginia Tech - Administrative Information Services - HRhttp://fbox.vt.edu:10021/H/hingram/
Re: [newbie] boot problems
Yes some the BIOS most likely has an option to boot from cd - Original Message - From: Hank Ingram To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] boot problems Does your bios allow you to boot the CD? ---Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blacksburg, VaVirginia Tech - Administrative Information Services - HRhttp://fbox.vt.edu:10021/H/hingram/
Re: [newbie] boot problems
On Thu, 11 May 2000, F. E. Schaper wrote: So, I guess the best thing to do at this point is to try to create a boot disk that has a cd rom driver on it so I can boot up dos with the cd and run the install from there. Anyone know where I can get such a utility? If that does not work I'll chant f*ck Linux as I throw the box out the window and revert to my previous NT ways... Too bad you are running into so many problems. You should be able to find a cd driver either on a diskette that came with the CD drive or from the site of the manufacturer. Good luck! Paul
[newbie] BOOT Problems.
I recompiled my kernel in the following manner: make xconfig ...checked the stuff I needed make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install make install Everything was placed in the correct areas but when my computer boots the new kernel, it hangs at Finding Modules and does nothing. Now I can't even boot the old Kernel. It hangs at the same place in the boot order. What did I do wrong to cause this catastrophe and how can I correct it? Thanx, SA __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] BOOT Problems.
I had the same problem. First I booted with my thrusty floppy ( You made a boot floppy whe you first installed right??). After booting my machine I deleted /lib/modules/2.2.9mdk-27 Then do make modules_install again Sean Armstrong wrote: I recompiled my kernel in the following manner: make xconfig ...checked the stuff I needed make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install make install Everything was placed in the correct areas but when my computer boots the new kernel, it hangs at Finding Modules and does nothing. Now I can't even boot the old Kernel. It hangs at the same place in the boot order. What did I do wrong to cause this catastrophe and how can I correct it? Thanx, SA __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problems w / dual-processor system
Hey people.. I am running an AMD K6ii 350 with 64meg ram. I am running both win98 and Mandrake 6.0(venus) I am getting a 699 rating on this computer. Would memory be my best investment for this machine? I only have 1 64meg chip in it right now.. so I could go and put a 128 and bring me up to 192meg? is that the best idea?? The machine runs fine otherwise. - Anyway to get a theme for KDE that will do a machine busy cursor? you know so when you click on an Icon you know that it is doing something? James
[newbie] Boot problems w / dual-processor system
I don't know if this is a "newbie" question or an "expert" question, so I'm asking in both... I'm hoping someone here can give me a suggestion -- I can ONLY boot off my floppy that I made at install. I am running Mandrake 6.0 (have not upgraded from what is on the CD yet.) My system hardware is as follows: Dual-PPro 200 mhz on a Micronics W6-LI motherboard 192 Megs RAM S3 Virge GX (Aopen PT75 Plus II) video card w/ 4 megs RAM Advansys ABP940-UA Ultra SCSI Hard drives: 1 x 850 meg Conner/Seagate, 1 X 10.5 GIG (only formatted out to 8.5 GIG for some reason) Seagate (full-height 5.25") SCSI drive. USR "Big Picture" Video Phone capture card (PCI) The problem is as follows: If I take my boot floppy out of the drive, it just sits there at boot with a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. However, if I put the floppy IN the drive, it boots off the floppy VERY slowly -- I can watch each separate letter of "LILO" be typed. This doesn't seem right any suggestions?
[newbie] boot problems
Wondering if anyone else has had the problem where, when linux is installed to a partition (i.e. hda1) nothing happens after the "linux" image is chosen in LILO. I've reinstalled multiple times and nothing happens. It's like the hard drive won't 'kick in' and my computer sits stupidly, doing nothing. The only time I actually encountered an error message is when I tried running the setup via lnx4win on the first mandrake CD. It reported an error initializing hdax (where x was whatever number partition I had it on that time...) , but I haven't had problems with any other OS but linux. I tried using the 'linear' mode for the hard drive, but it still didn't work. The partition was within the first 1024 cylinders so should be bootable. Most of the components of the machine are fairly new (K6-2 350, 128 MB PC100 RAM, Microstar MS-5169 Motherboard, Voodoo 3 2000 AGP, SB PCI 128, 8.4 GB Fujitsu HDD, DLink 528CT NIC, Generic 36X CDROM, Memorex 2x2x6 CD-RW). Booting from a floppy results in the same thing. LILO comes up fine but when it's told to boot to linux the system just sits there. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Somehow the following three messages ended up going directly to Axalon instead of to the newbie list, sorry. Alan 1)--- Axalonthanks for trying. I tried copying the initrd.img from the floppyto /boot and rewriting the 'initrd=' entry in lilo.conf toinitrd=/boot/initrd.img, but this didn't help. I checked and the'alias_scsihostadapter aic7xxx' line was in the /etc/conf.modules file, sothat isn't the problem. So, I'm gonna' back up some directories andre-install tomorrow. )-: Thanks again for the assistance.Alan 2) Axalonyep, sure did run lilo, since one must run lilo every time achange is made to lilo.conf.I know the sequence of events leading up to the problem. I upgraded Win98with Win98 SE. during the install Win98 SE wrote over the MBR of sda withthe microsoft boot loader. I ran lilo to overwrite the microsoft bootloader with lilo and got an error message that there was no /etc/lilo.conf(you later pointed out that /boot/initrd.img was also missing).So I attempted to write a lilo.conf to replace the missing one. Iaccidentally put sda1 in the boot= line and wrote a copy of lilo on thefirst sector of Windows98's primary partition overwriting Windows98's bootprogram. To get Windows to boot again, I ended up completelyrepartitioning, formatting and reinstalling Windows. I also installed BootMagic to avoid repeating the mistake I'd just made. Anyway, the only waythe existing Linux installation would boot was with it's own boot disc, nomatter what I tried (with your help). So I repartitioned, formatted andinstalled mdk 6.0 and now all is well again.The only isapnp.conf on my system (after I installed the new sox and the newsndconfig and then installed my PCI128) is in the /usr/doc/isapnptools-1.18directory. I don't believe it says anything about my system as the filedate is 2/14/99 (or 14/2/99) and I've done everything on this system in Juneand July. Should I have one elsewhere?Alan 3)-- Axalonhere is the cat /proc/pci:PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 2). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xf808]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 2). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=136. Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Nobursts. Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.Latency=64. I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1]. Bus 0, device 7, function 2: USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable.Latency=64. I/O at 0xef80 [0xef81]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Bus 0, device 14, function 1: SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7895U (rev 4). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8. I/O at 0xe800 [0xe801]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebff000]. Bus 0, device 14, function 0: SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7895U (rev 4). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8. I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebfe000 [0xfebfe000]. Bus 0, device 20, function 0: Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq AudioPCI (rev 1). Slow devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=12.MaxLat=128. I/O at 0xee80 [0xee81]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: ATI Mach64 GB (rev 92). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.Latency=64. Min Gnt=8. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd00 [0xfd00]. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeaff000 [0xfeaff000].[root@localhost /root]#Alan
[newbie] Boot problems
Himy system consists of two scsi drives. sda is dedicated to Windows98 and has a single fat32 partition (sda1). sdb is dedicated to Mandrake Linux 6.0 and has 3 partitions (sdb1 is /boot, sdb5 is swap and sdb6 is /). Boot Magic is installed on the windows partition and boots Windowsproperly. But when it boots lilo Linux appears at first to be booting normally until the following error occurs: Partition check: request-module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 08:16 Kernal panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:16 Then the system freezes. ctl-alt-del will reboot it. Linux boots just fine with a floppy boot disc. The floppy boot disc's lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/fd0timeout=100message=/boot/messagepromptimage=/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 initrd=/initrd.imgimage=/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=rescue append="load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1" root=/dev/fd0 initrd=/initrd.img The lilo conf in sdb6 /etc/lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/sdb1map=/boot/mapinstall=/boot/boot.bprompttimeout=50image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 read-onlyother=/dev/sda1 label=dos table=/dev/sda What is wrong, any ideas? Alan
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Check "man initrd" for more information then just about anyone could ask for. Basicly your booting from scsi, notice the initrd= on the floppy is missing from the harddisc. i suspect if you look in /boot/ you'll find a initrd-2.2.9-19mdk, add initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdk if so. My guess is linuxconf rewrote lilo.conf posiblely looseing the line. If it is however not there you can create it with "mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdk 2.2.9-19mdk" On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Himy system consists of two scsi drives. sda is dedicated to Windows98 and has a single fat32 partition (sda1). sdb is dedicated to Mandrake Linux 6.0 and has 3 partitions (sdb1 is /boot, sdb5 is swap and sdb6 is /). Boot Magic is installed on the windows partition and boots Windows properly. But when it boots lilo Linux appears at first to be booting normally until the following error occurs: Partition check: request-module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 08:16 Kernal panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:16 Then the system freezes. ctl-alt-del will reboot it. Linux boots just fine with a floppy boot disc. The floppy boot disc's lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/fd0 timeout=100 message=/boot/message prompt image=/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 initrd=/initrd.img image=/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=rescue append="load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1" root=/dev/fd0 initrd=/initrd.img The lilo conf in sdb6 /etc/lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/sdb1 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 read-only other=/dev/sda1 label=dos table=/dev/sda What is wrong, any ideas? Alan
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Himy system consists of two scsi drives. sda is dedicated to Windows98 and has a single fat32 partition (sda1). sdb is dedicated to Mandrake Linux 6.0 and has 3 partitions (sdb1 is /boot, sdb5 is swap and sdb6 is /). Boot Magic is installed on the windows partition and boots Windows properly. But when it boots lilo Linux appears at first to be booting normally until the following error occurs: -- The floppy boot disc's lilo.conf is: -- boot=/dev/fd0 The lilo conf in sdb6 /etc/lilo.conf is: -- boot=/dev/sdb1 -- this must be a device, not a partition i.e if you install it in MBR it should be /dev/sda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 read-only other=/dev/sda1 label=dos -- table=/dev/sda -- same as here! What is wrong, any ideas? Alan the rest should be ok I suppose... bye, willy
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Wilhelm Bertalan wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Himy system consists of two scsi drives. sda is dedicated to Windows98 and has a single fat32 partition (sda1). sdb is dedicated to Mandrake Linux 6.0 and has 3 partitions (sdb1 is /boot, sdb5 is swap and sdb6 is /). Boot Magic is installed on the windows partition and boots Windows properly. But when it boots lilo Linux appears at first to be booting normally until the following error occurs: -- The floppy boot disc's lilo.conf is: -- boot=/dev/fd0 The lilo conf in sdb6 /etc/lilo.conf is: -- boot=/dev/sdb1 -- this must be a device, not a partition i.e if you install it in MBR it should be /dev/sda It's installed on sdb1 because his primary bootloader Boot magic is installed on sda's mbr map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 read-only other=/dev/sda1 label=dos -- table=/dev/sda -- same as here! What is wrong, any ideas? Alan the rest should be ok I suppose... bye, willy
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
Willythanks for the suggestion, but lilo is not in the MBR of sdb, it's in the sdb1 partition of sdb, so it's gotta' say sdb1 there. I'm pretty sure on this, but I've still not got it to boot yet )-: Alan - Original Message - From: Wilhelm Bertalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot problems Alan Shoemaker wrote: Himy system consists of two scsi drives. sda is dedicated to Windows98 and has a single fat32 partition (sda1). sdb is dedicated to Mandrake Linux 6.0 and has 3 partitions (sdb1 is /boot, sdb5 is swap and sdb6 is /). Boot Magic is installed on the windows partition and boots Windows properly. But when it boots lilo Linux appears at first to be booting normally until the following error occurs: -- The floppy boot disc's lilo.conf is: -- boot=/dev/fd0 The lilo conf in sdb6 /etc/lilo.conf is: -- boot=/dev/sdb1 -- this must be a device, not a partition i.e if you install it in MBR it should be /dev/sda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 read-only other=/dev/sda1 label=dos -- table=/dev/sda -- same as here! What is wrong, any ideas? Alan the rest should be ok I suppose... bye, willy
Re: [newbie] Boot problems
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Axalonthanks. The problem is I did exactly what you said to do (both add the line [initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdk] in lilo.conf and create an initrd-2.2.9-19mdk in the /boot directory) and Linux still failed to boot and hung with the same error message. RATS!! Any other ideas? Alan Sorry this is where my knowledge of the scsi boot process fails, I only have access to a controler no disc's, so i assumed somethings wrong maybe. Does useing the initrd.img from the floppy help? What does the /etc/conf.modules look like, supposed to have a line to the effect of "alias scsi_hostadapter0 module_driver" conf.modules is critical for correct function of mkinitrd Is bootmagic critical? [standard remove non critical debug proceedure] - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot problems Check "man initrd" for more information then just about anyone could ask for. Basicly your booting from scsi, notice the initrd= on the floppy is missing from the harddisc. i suspect if you look in /boot/ you'll find a initrd-2.2.9-19mdk, add initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdk if so. My guess is linuxconf rewrote lilo.conf posiblely looseing the line. If it is however not there you can create it with "mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdk 2.2.9-19mdk" On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Himy system consists of two scsi drives. sda is dedicated to Windows98 and has a single fat32 partition (sda1). sdb is dedicated to Mandrake Linux 6.0 and has 3 partitions (sdb1 is /boot, sdb5 is swap and sdb6 is /). Boot Magic is installed on the windows partition and boots Windows properly. But when it boots lilo Linux appears at first to be booting normally until the following error occurs: Partition check: request-module[block-major-8]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root device 08:16 Kernal panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:16 Then the system freezes. ctl-alt-del will reboot it. Linux boots just fine with a floppy boot disc. The floppy boot disc's lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/fd0 timeout=100 message=/boot/message prompt image=/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 initrd=/initrd.img image=/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=rescue append="load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1" root=/dev/fd0 initrd=/initrd.img The lilo conf in sdb6 /etc/lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/sdb1 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk label=linux root=/dev/sdb6 read-only other=/dev/sda1 label=dos table=/dev/sda What is wrong, any ideas? Alan
