> Send Seawolf-list mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Seawolf-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re:Re: boot error still there ... said my filesystem Read-Only > (Steven J. Yellin) 2. Re:Please Help about Alpha & Linux installation > (Steven J. Yellin) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:04:00 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Steven J. Yellin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: boot error still there ... said my filesystem > Read-Only To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It may well be a hardware problem. If it's a software problem, the > easiest solution may be to reload the system. Otherwise... > Once you get to the point where you can get / to be writeable, look > for where you get into trouble booting by examining > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. >>From what you said, the problem seems to be somewhere between the line > action $"Setting hostname ${HOSTNAME}: " hostname ${HOSTNAME} > and the line > action $"Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: " mount -n -o > > remount,rw / > > You could try making executable files ("chmod +x <filename>") beginning > with "#!/bin/bash" and containing segments of the code in the region of > rc.sysinit where you get a hang. Run the segments one at a time. That > may help you find the hardware problem, and if you don't need the > hardware that hangs your system, you could try removing that part > from rc.sysinit before fixing your machine. I can't really say I > recommend doing this, but I really don't know how else you can get your > computer working. You need better advice than I can give. > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Alex Chau wrote: > >> I tried to remount it manually, and it works, it's not read only now >> >> but same, error still there >> even i tried /sbin/reboot (hang after sending all processes the KILL >> signal [OK]) >> i tried CTRL-D, same it hangs on checking new hardware >> >> what else can i do >> > > -- > Steven Yellin > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:50:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Steven J. Yellin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Please Help about Alpha & Linux installation > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Since you have not yet gotten a response, I'll comment based on very > little knowledge of how installation works, no experience burning CD's > or installing on an Alpha, and no experience with 7.1. I looked at > /sbin/anaconda on a 7.2 system, and the only exec statement is a line > exec "import %s" % mod > which happens only "if display_mode == 't':" instead of 'g', which is > gui. So if you use gui for installation instead of text perhaps you > would evade the problem. > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Hossein Mohammadi Zanjani wrote: > >> In the name of God >> >> Hi All, >> Please HELP me! >> I have a confusing problem with installing Redhat >> Linux 7.1 on my Alpha 21264 workstation. >> >> My workstation's mother board is UP1100 includeing a >> 21264A processor and I have included an IDE hard disk >> as primary master and an IDE cdrom as primary slave. >> >> I'm booting my system using two floppy disks produced >> with "dd" command and I'm doing booting using the >> followind command : >> boot dva0 -flags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 >> prompt_ramdisk=1" >> the boot process starts normally and goes . after >> selecting language and some other things it prompts me >> to choose media I'm going to install linux from it. >> I select CDROM and put Redhat linux 7.1 for Alpha's CD >> to CDROM the installation process tries to run >> "anaconda" but here it fails and says: >> running anaconda .... >> exec : permission denided. >> then it fails and reject's the operation. so I can not >> install linux.My question is that what kind of >> permissions can be in a raw computer having no >> operating systems ? >> why anaconda fails to run ? >> >> Please note that I have downloaded iso image files of >> redhat linux 7.1 for alpha from redhat's ftp site and >> I did this downloading using Windows2000 & download >> accelerator and then after downloading I've burned a >> CD from that image using "Nero CD burner". >> I tested the burned CD, I think it is all right >> because I could read it both in Linux & windows and I >> could boot my Alpha workstation using that CD and I >> reached to installation method choosing ( text only , >> rescue ,...) but after selecting ever of them I >> reached to the proposed error ( permission denided >> while running exec to invoke anaconda ) >> >> PlEASE HELP ME. >> >> Thanks & Best Regards, >> >> -- Hossein >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! 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