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Java to Firefox Linking Problem

Posted: 29 Nov 2005 10:52 AM PST

Tim wrote:
 

Using the Shell Konsole I had opened a new session using the pulldown
Menu options of "Session==> New Root Shell" which I thought gave me a
root session. Then again I've had Linux installed for all of 2 days now. 

That worked just fine and I really appreciate the help. I just need many
more hours of RTFM under my belt.

cYa
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Posted: 29 Nov 2005 03:29 AM PST

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pmwiki.org (my favorite)
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community.

GRUB Loading Stage2Read Error

Posted: 28 Nov 2005 10:05 PM PST

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:05:08 +0100, alan <com> wrote:
 

Seems alarming, because it looks like it fails during the load of stage2.
The problem I point at below with grub.conf should only affect what happens
after stage2 is loaded.

[...]
 

^^^^^^^^^^

Numbering starts at zero. With only one stanza below, there is no default one.

I don't know if this explains the error message you get, but I would try to
put "default=0" and see if it makes a difference.
 

It does not work to boot from grub when grub is running under a kernel.
The only purpose of running grub under Linux, is to issue "setup" commands.
(Which is what grub-install does for you.)
 

The error message is of course silly, but the overall behavior is
perfectly expected.

 

No, what happens is that when running under Linux, the program allocates
about 100 000 bytes in order to *simulate* the boot environment. This is
of course not enough to load a kernel and an initrd.
 

Looks correct to me.
 

OK, but should not make any difference.
 

The feeling I have is that something is going wrong during grub-install,
and I wonder if the fact that you are running grub-install under a chroot
environment could trigger a bug in grub.

Grub-install tries to find out if you have a separate /boot partition,
and what partition holds your root file system. For this it uses the "df"
command. "df" uses /etc/mntab, but when running under a chroot, "df" does
not have access to a valid /etc/mtab, and might get confused by that.

Do you have a floppy drive on your computer? No? Argh, when the world for
once goes forward and drops that unreliable beast, then you need it.

(If you can boot off a floppy, copy the files /usr/share/grub/*/stage[12]
to a floppy (obs obs obs don't copy them as files into a fat-formatted
msdos floppy, copy them to a raw floppy block device, eg.

cd /usr/share/grub/*
cat stage1 stage2 > /dev/fd0

then boot off the floppy. You get a grub prompt, which permits you to

Grub> find /grub/stage2
(hd0,0)/grub/stage2
Grub> root (hd0,0)
Grub> setup (hd0)

take out the floppy and any cdrom, and reboot.)

Not having a floppy, try to run grub without chroot.

Check if you have grub-install and grub in your path on the rescue cd

sh-3.00# type grub
grub is /sbin/grub
sh-3.00# type grub-install
grub is /sbin/grub-install

If you don't have it, add the sysimage directories to the path:

sh-3.00# PATH="$PATH:/mnt/sysimage/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/bin"

Run grub-install with the --debug option, to see what it ends up
doing. You probably also need to use the --root-dir option since you
are running from a CD.

sh-3.00# grub-install --debug --root-dir=/mnt/sysimage /dev/hda

You should see it assign values to "grubdir" and to "grub_prefix", and there
should be a call to "install_boot_block (hd0,0) (hd0)".

If this went well, you should now be able to boot your new system.

If not, a last attempt: from the rescue cd, run grub's setup command
directly:

sh-3.00# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup --stage2=/grub/stage2 --prefix=/grub (hd0)
grub> quit

Again, you should now be able to reboot.

-Enrique

Installation of Mandriva-Linux Limited edition 2005

Posted: 28 Nov 2005 02:23 PM PST

"co.uk" <co.uk> writes:
 
 

? If you set it up with C and D then there is no free space. You will have
to erase one of those in the Mandrake setup (choose expert) and then tell
mandrake to make one swap and at least one partition in that freespace.
 

Just tell Mandrake to remove one of the partitions. If you are already
using both for windows, you have not left any room for mandrake and cannot
install it. YOu need some disk space to install Mandrake on.
 
 

why 6 ttys in /etc/inittab?

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 07:05 PM PST

On 28 Nov 2005, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.setup, in article
<dmfke1$2aq$itservices.ubc.ca>, Unruh wrote:
 
 

Assumptions not defined: core dumped
 

Depends on how many gettys you are running out of /etc/inittab. Many of
the distributions default to six, as in

# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
[...]
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

but some run other numbers - most of our servers run only two, while our
standard workstation install runs six. We have several individuals who
have customized installations, with up to eleven gettys for some obscure
reason. The 'return to X' is on the next function key beyond the last
getty you are running.
 

Don't have network access? Originally, we'd telnet (or, for more security
horrors, rsh/rlogin) in, but sane people use SSH today, with access very
explicitly limited to the local LAN (or even specific hosts on that LAN).

Also, have you tried 'Ctrl+Alt+Backspace' to shutdown (and restart if you
are using a GUI login) X?

Old guy

FC4: How do I get Apache working ?

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 02:42 PM PST

> Cannot seem to get Apache working. 

Okay I have Apache working now :)

I followed some of the following instructions :-

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html

Aaron

Grub hangs - two hard drives and a CD

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 12:55 PM PST

imotgm <com> writes:
 
 
 
 

It all depends on the bios. Some bioses cannot read from all drives. Since
on booting the system MUST use the bios to read the disks, lilo,grub,
windows, whatever cannot boot from disks that the bios cannot read from.

And some bioses demand that the first disk be the master on the first ide
controller.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Can grub run on NTFS partititons?

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 06:07 AM PST


"mst" <org> wrote in message
news:org... 

He didn't ask that. Grub is a boot-loader. The important bit is usually put
at the beginning if the hard drive, in a bit of space set aside for exactly
that, and it should be able to boot a Windows box just fine. It will
normally replace the Master Boot Record or MBR created by your Windows
installation, and if you un-install Linux later you may need to use a
Windows CD or other means to replace the boot loader.

The part that goes in /boot on the Linux operating system is the rest of it,
but the critical bit for grub or lilo is the bit that goes in the master
boot record.

FC4 on Dual Pentium III

Posted: 26 Nov 2005 11:47 AM PST

> From experience, it generally installs *BOTH*. The information about which 

Thanks for the info.

Aaron