Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 That will not work you need root permissions to change itCan you log out and log back in as root in Xandros ?? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 I'll give it a try and hopefully still be in touch with you. Just a sec! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Maybe # kate /etc/lilo.conf ???? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Hi Bruno!I'm back in root! Will try kedit /etc/lilo.conf and let you know.Thanks for your patience by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 No problem . . . . if kwrite does not work you cat go by GUI to /etc/lilo.conf . . click on the file and make the changes . . ;) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ok! kwrite /etc/lilo.conf is working, will need a minute or so to make the RIGHT changes. Will let you know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Good . . . just be careful and accurate !! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 It looks good Bruno:rejean55:~# cat /etc/lilo.confboot=/dev/hdainstall=/boot/cboot.bmessage=/boot/splash.lilotimeout=300map=/boot/mappromptfix-tablelba32read-onlydisk=/dev/hda bios=0x80disk=/dev/hdc bios=0x80image=/vmlinuz label=[]s_Desktop_2.0 vga=0xf04 root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-x1.gz append="rw acpi=on noagp "image=/vmlinuz label=Safe_Video_Mode vga=0xf04 root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-x1.gz append="3 rw acpi=on noagp "image=/vmlinuz label={}ure_(Expert) vga=normal root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-x1.gz append="single rw acpi=on noagp "image=/boot/drake/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB label=Mandrake root=/dev/hdb8 initrd=/boot/drake/initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.img append="acpi=ht splash=verbose" vga=788 read-onlyother=/dev/hda1 label=MS_W<>rejean55:~# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Great . . now in a terminal: # /sbin/lilo And let me see what you get . . Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ok just a little booboo which I can change!rejean55:~# /sbin/liloAdded []s_Desktop_2.0 *Added Safe_Video_ModeAdded {}ure_(Expert)Fatal: Not a number: "/dev/hdb8"rejean55:~# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I made a small mistake !!! open the /etc/lilo.conf file angain in kwrite and change: label=Mandrake root=/dev/hdb8in label=Mandrake root=/dev/hda8:D . . see the b in an a ?? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 (edited) Great!It looks perfect Bruno!rejean55:~# /sbin/liloAdded []s_Desktop_2.0 *Added Safe_Video_ModeAdded {}ure_(Expert)Added MandrakeAdded MS_W<>rejean55:~#Now I should probably create my boot CD before I go back in and add the Ubuntu as we had done a few weeks back! I have to get supper soon also.Thank you so much!P.S. Thanks to your good advice and all your tutorials I had seen the error right away and new EXACTLY how to fix it. You are great man. You sure deserve your title of "Le Professeur". Edited January 5, 2005 by réjean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 We will NOT add Ubuntu here Réjean !! . . And my day is done !I need you to really promise me NOT to make any changes until we both are back on tomorrow . . . no matter the pressure by others and temptations are !!Then I want you to think about this:Xandros is fine, but it gives us no editor in user mode . . . and NO option to make a boot CD . . . these are serious handicaps !! That is why I have to advise you to start using the Drake Lilo after we made a Drake boot CD tomorrow. ( You need the boot-CD from the distro you use LILO !!! )We also will have to switch kernel in Drake because that is the wrong kernel . . but we will fix that !We will also add Xandros and Ubuntu to the Drake lilo and then we are ready for SUSEB) BrunoPS: You should however be able to boot Windows and Mandrake now . . . maybe Mandrake will not run perfect because of the wrong kernel . . but like I said we will fix that tomorrow ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Last and final reply for tonight!Sounds good to me Bruno. I will feedle around a little bit in Xandros (like using single click instead of double click), will see what is going on in Mandrake and maybe change a few things like font sizes and maybe addins my bookmarks to Mozilla but nothing too too drastic.Thank you so much my friend. Greatly appreciated!Love you,Rejean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 See you tomorrow Réjean . . . :DDid you get this part I added later: ??You should however be able to boot Windows and Mandrake now . . . maybe Mandrake will not run perfect because of the wrong kernel . . but like I said we will fix that tomorrow ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Little problem here:rejean55:~# kwrite /etc/lilo.confXlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by serverXlib: No protocol specifiedkwrite: cannot connect to X server :0.0rejean55:~# What teamwork! Great going guys! I knew you were in good hands, Réjean.Just one comment about the difficulty you were having above. Here's how to get around that error temporarily:# exit$ xhost +localhost$ su Password: # kwrite /etc/lilo.conf Then you should have no problem! SUSE does this too; it has something to do with security but I forget the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hey!Thanks for the suggestion Jason! It could have saved us a few headaches. I was lucky enough to go into "root" easily but I do not really feel comfortable being there. If I am under your guidance, or Bruno, Julia or other knowing people it's one thing but by myself I am "scarry" as our little niece used to say when she was a child.Thanks for the info, going straight to the notebook!Rejean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi RéjeanI got some homework for you that you can do while waiting for me to get online Boot into Mandrake and do these commands . . . and post the results: # cat /etc/lilo.conf # ls -al /boot Then the boot CD: mkrescue --iso --initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.img  --kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB This one should place a "rescue.iso" in your /home/rejean . . . rightclick the file and choose "Actions" --> "Brun cd image with k3b" . . . After the CD is burned test it if it works. :DThen the next set of commands . . . . please stop ( don't do the next one ) as soon as one of these report an error: ( make a separate post from these results . . that makes it easier to read :"> ) # mkdir /mnt/hda6# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6# cp -r /mnt/hda6/boot  /boot/xandros# ls -al /boot/xandros So, that will keep you busy for a few minutes . . see you later when I get back from work Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi Bruno!Thanks again for helping me. I am in Drake using Konqueror. Here is my little home work: root@localhost real]# cat /etc/lilo.conf# File generated by DrakX/drakboot# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this filedefault="linux"boot=/dev/hda8map=/boot/mapkeytable=/boot/us.kltpromptnowarntimeout=100message=/boot/messagemenu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bwimage=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent" vga=788 read-onlyimage=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5" read-onlyimage=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5" read-onlyother=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda[root@localhost real]# and the other one: [root@localhost real]# ls -al /boottotal 2196drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 7 11:00 ./drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jan 7 11:00 ../-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 6 11:36 boot.0308lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jan 7 11:00 config -> config-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60326 Oct 1 06:38 config-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5032 Oct 6 10:42 diag1.img-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16796 Oct 6 10:42 diag2.imgdrwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:18 grub/-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85686 Jan 6 11:36 initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.imglrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 6 11:36 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.imglrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jan 7 11:00 kernel.h -> /boot/kernel.h-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537 Jan 6 19:20 kernel.h-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw------- 1 root root 124928 Jan 6 11:36 maplrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 6 11:36 message -> message-graphic-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62997 Jan 6 11:36 message-graphic-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116 Jan 6 11:36 message-textlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 6 19:20 System.map -> System.map-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 545727 Oct 1 06:38 System.map-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256 Jan 6 11:36 us.kltlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jan 6 11:36 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1277216 Oct 1 06:38 vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB[root@localhost real]# Now I'll go and see if I cancreate a boot CD and after that I will try to install Firefox either from a fresh download or if I can retrieve it from where I stored it on Windows. It's the same one I used for Xandros. I can either copy it on a CD-RW or maybe get it from Xandros if I can figure out Samba. Thanks again!Rejean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi Bruno!Icreated the iso file and I can see it but cannot figure out what to do with the right click. All I see are;Open in New Window,Open in New Tab,Cut,Copy,Rename,Move to Trash,Delete,Open with, and Archive.When I was in Terminal mode I read that I could burn the file with the following command:cd record [options] [device] ...and there was something else.I cannot even figure out how to start a new session as root.I cannot figure out the CD recording software. It seems to me that the previous versdions of Drake were a lot more user friendly for explorers.Will keep fiddling around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Rejean.....Right click -> Actions -> K3B-iso...... should be what you are looking for..... :)Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi RéjeanWe do not want you to log in as root :DJust do : su< password > and you are root ;)Now, for burning on the commandline we first need to know: # dmesg | grep CD And post me the result Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Here Bruno[real@localhost real]$ suPassword:[root@localhost real]# dmesg | grep CDhdd: SONY CD-RW CRX230ED, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drivehdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20[root@localhost real]#Ross I don't see any Actions when I right click on the iso file. This is why I thought I might have to go in as root, which I would rather avoid if I could.Thanks!P.S. I'll be gone for a few hours but should be back in 2 or 3 hours, around 4 PM New-York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 OkayThis is the command to burn the CD # cdrecord  dev=/dev/hdd  rescue.iso I will see you back later . . I will post further instructions for when you get back Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi RéjeanI take it that that command did burn the CD okay . . and that you tested the CD . . . So for when you come back I have here the next set of commands: # mkdir /mnt/hda8# mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/hda8# cp -r /mnt/hda8/boot /boot/xandros# ls -al /boot/xandros Also I would;d like you to go to "Menu" --> "System" --> "Configuration" --> "Configure your Computer" . . . . and then after giving your root password you get a GUI that we call the "Mandrake Control Center" ( MCC ) . . There is a section "Software" and in that section there is "Install" . . . . if you call that up you see a box where you can type:kerneland do a search . . . . now I want you to post me what kernels it finds ( if you click on a kernel in the left pane you see it appear in the right pane too . . from there you can copy and paste )Just making sure you don't get bored :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 (edited) Hi again Bruno!The Boot CD works A1. Will work on the other instructions now.Ross! If you have a chance to read this I just hope that I didn't give you the impression I was telling you that you didn't know what you were talking about. I didn't see the "Actions" entry when I right clicked on the .iso file but I created a folder called Firefox, where I downloaded FF 1.0 installer (I know. I've tried other links that people suggested a few weeks ago and was told the page couldn't be found so I took a chance. Of course it's not working but I hope that when we change the kernel with Bruno's help I might have a better chance). Will keep you posted.Thanks for your help, my friend.Ok! Back to work Rejean. Edited January 6, 2005 by réjean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi Bruno!There might be a little problem, then maybe not. Maybe just some redundancy. You'll know better than me. Here is what I did as suggested: [real@localhost real]$ suPassword:[root@localhost real]# mkdir /mnt/hda8[root@localhost real]# mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/hda8[root@localhost real]# cp -r /mnt/hda8/boot /boot/xandroscp: cannot copy a directory, `/mnt/hda8/boot', into itself, `/boot/xandros'[root@localhost real]# ls -al /boot/xandrostotal 2196drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 7 15:49 ./drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 7 15:49 ../-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 7 15:49 boot.0308lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jan 7 15:49 config -> config-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60326 Jan 7 15:49 config-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5032 Jan 7 15:49 diag1.img-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16796 Jan 7 15:49 diag2.imgdrwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 7 15:49 grub/-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 85686 Jan 7 15:49 initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.imglrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 7 15:49 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.imglrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jan 7 15:49 kernel.h -> /boot/kernel.h-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537 Jan 7 15:49 kernel.h-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw------- 1 root root 124928 Jan 7 15:49 maplrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 7 15:49 message -> message-graphic-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62997 Jan 7 15:49 message-graphic-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116 Jan 7 15:49 message-textlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 7 15:49 System.map -> System.map-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 545727 Jan 7 15:49 System.map-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256 Jan 7 15:49 us.kltlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jan 7 15:49 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1277216 Jan 7 15:49 vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB[root@localhost real]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi RéjeanIf that is a Firefox with installer . . . . don't bother getting it . . . you absolutely need the one without the installer !!! ;) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 LINK: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...efox-1.0.tar.gzThat is the Firefox you need !! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi Bruno!There might be a little problem, then maybe not. Maybe just some redundancy. You'll know better than me. Here is what I did as suggested:[real@localhost real]$ suPassword:[root@localhost real]# mkdir /mnt/hda8[root@localhost real]# mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/hda8[root@localhost real]# cp -r  /mnt/hda8/boot  /boot/xandroscp: cannot copy a directory, `/mnt/hda8/boot', into itself, `/boot/xandros'[root@localhost real]# ls -al  /boot/xandrostotal 2196drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Jan  7 15:49 ./drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Jan  7 15:49 ../-rw-r--r--  1 root root   512 Jan  7 15:49 boot.0308lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    32 Jan  7 15:49 config -> config-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r--  1 root root  60326 Jan  7 15:49 config-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5032 Jan  7 15:49 diag1.img-rw-r--r--  1 root root  16796 Jan  7 15:49 diag2.imgdrwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jan  7 15:49 grub/-rw-r--r--  1 root root  85686 Jan  7 15:49 initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.imglrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    36 Jan  7 15:49 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB.imglrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    40 Jan  7 15:49 kernel.h -> /boot/kernel.h-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r--  1 root root   537 Jan  7 15:49 kernel.h-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-------  1 root root  124928 Jan  7 15:49 maplrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    15 Jan  7 15:49 message -> message-graphic-rw-r--r--  1 root root  62997 Jan  7 15:49 message-graphic-rw-r--r--  1 root root   116 Jan  7 15:49 message-textlrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    36 Jan  7 15:49 System.map -> System.map-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r--  1 root root  545727 Jan  7 15:49 System.map-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r--  1 root root   256 Jan  7 15:49 us.kltlrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    33 Jan  7 15:49 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1277216 Jan  7 15:49 vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-12mdk-i586-up-1GB[root@localhost real]# You are in Mandrake Réjean ???let me see # ls -al /boot Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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