longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Bruno,,For the moment,, here is the info .... will check the BIOS bbl ..... Password:[root@localhost dale]# fdisk /dev/hdbThe number of cylinders for this disk is set to 119150.There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,and could in certain setups cause problems with:1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hdb: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 119150 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hdb1 1 4063 2047720+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb2 4064 117123 56982240 5 Extended/dev/hdb3 117124 118545 716688 83 Linux/dev/hdb5 4064 12189 4095472+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb6 12190 32506 10239736+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb7 * 32507 46728 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb8 46729 60950 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb9 60951 75172 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb10 75173 117123 21143272+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help): q[root@localhost dale]# /sbin/lilo -b /dev/hdaWarning: LBA32 addressing assumedWarning: 'menu-scheme' not supported by boot loaderFatal: No images have been defined or default image doesn't exist.[root@localhost dale]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 And after a re-boot from checking the BIOS device 1 is floppy, device 2 is cdrom, device 3 is hdd0 and the /sbin command gives forth with this info ...... Password:[root@localhost dale]# /sbin/lilo -b /dev/hdaWarning: LBA32 addressing assumedWarning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return differenthead/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors fn 48: 47885 cylinders, 16 heads, 255 sectorsWarning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return differenthead/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81 fn 08: 1024 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors fn 48: 29437 cylinders, 16 heads, 255 sectorsWarning: 'menu-scheme' not supported by boot loaderFatal: No images have been defined or default image doesn't exist.[root@localhost dale]#but on the bright side..... I did not need the floppy to get to the OS/GUI this time so progress is being made ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Well, hdb does not looks as bad as I had expected . . . in fact it is looking pretty good . . . . only we want to take of the bootable bit of hdb7 . . . so: # fdisk /dev/hdb Then press A and then --> 7Then press P again to post the results . . . And press W to write the new table to diskThen REBOOTNow, just making sure I udersatand you well:The lilo is written to MBR and you can boot in Drake 9 and Windows using the lilo boot menu ????? Is this 100% sure and correct ?? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Bruno,,,,At present, I can boot into Mndrk 9.0 normally, no floppy required anymore. I also have the Lilo menu present where I can select either to go into XP or continue on and it boots into Enterprise (9.0). I still have the steady on hard drive activity light but at least I do not need the floppy any more. Here is results of your last instructions....Password:[root@localhost dale]# fdisk /dev/hdbThe number of cylinders for this disk is set to 119150.There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,and could in certain setups cause problems with:1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)Command (m for help): aPartition number (1-10): 7Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hdb: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 119150 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hdb1 1 4063 2047720+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb2 4064 117123 56982240 5 Extended/dev/hdb3 117124 118545 716688 83 Linux/dev/hdb5 4064 12189 4095472+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb6 12190 32506 10239736+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb7 32507 46728 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb8 46729 60950 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb9 60951 75172 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb10 75173 117123 21143272+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help): wThe partition table has been altered!Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.Syncing disks.[root@localhost dale]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 So you can boot XP too ??Did you reboot ??The output looks good ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Bruno....Yes I have the choice of either Mndrk 9.0 Enterprise if I let it boot up all the way through or at the Lilo menu I can select XP and boot into that... and yes I am posting this after the re-boot. So......what is the prognosis..... I have a new DVD rom on the way... ETA Wednesday, so hopefully that will take care of the cause of all this mess..... ... BTW ... I have sitting here waiting for install a brand new Slack 10 all 4 disks..... but I will wait .... what is the next step ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Hi Dale the next step is exploring what is on hdb1, hdb5 and hdb6 . . . so: # ls /mnt Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 This is surely not a whole lot of anything.......[root@localhost dale]# ls /mntcdrom/ cdrom2/ disk/ drake/ floppy/ hdb10/[root@localhost dale]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Well it is enough for our purpose # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/drake# ls /mnt/drake Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 ?????Password:[root@localhost dale]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/drakemount: /dev/hda1 already mounted or /mnt/drake busymount: according to mtab, /dev/hda1 is mounted on /[root@localhost dale]# ls /mnt/drake[root@localhost dale]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Sorry . . wrong command . . # mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drake# ls /mnt/drake Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Obviously... we are not supplying enough information to accomplish the assigne task [root@localhost dale]# mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drake/dev/hdb1: Input/output errormount: you must specify the filesystem type[root@localhost dale]# ls /mnt/drake[root@localhost dale]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Funny . . . . "you must specify the filesystem type" . . . that shouldn not be needed if it is a Linux partition . . . Try: # mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/drake Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Well...... so much for that one too..... and the next foopah is ??????[root@localhost dale]# mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/drake/dev/hdb5: Input/output errormount: you must specify the filesystem type[root@localhost dale]#the file system should be ext3 if I recall correctly ............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Very very suspicious . . . okay let us try this: # fdisk /dev/hdb Then press D and then --> 3Then press D again and press 7Then press W to write the new table to diskThen REBOOTAnd post again and tell me if the light of that dirve is still burning constantlyB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Bruno.....I have made those entries, but before I reboot... the activity light on the hard drive is no longer on steady... in fact it is completly out (like it normally was) ... so you still want a re-boot or no ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Yep I still want a reboot . . into Drake 9 . . . Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Okay.... back from the reboot.. still in Drake 9 ... hard drive activity light is acting normal now... and the next step is ??????????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Let us live dangerously and try to take a shortcut:Put in the Drake 10 boot CD . . and try to boot . . . . . . . :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Our father who are in heaven..... help us in your name ???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Go on do it !! .. . . . Let me see you booted Drake 10 without the slightest problem . . . :PB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 OUCH............. !!!! ... and the great father in heaven has smitten me with a rod and beaten me with a staff for attempting such a fool hardy task......Needless to say.... I am back in Mndrk 9.0...... could not boot from the 10.0 disk in either CDRW unit...gets to a place where is states it is mounting the root file system and then it goes ... ... and I get that repetitious output that is in one of my posts on either 19 or 20 .. ends up with a kernel panic line..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Hi Dale :(Put in your Drake install CD 1 . . . and at the question "Is this an install or an upgrade" you tick the box for upgrading Mandrake 10 and hit Next[/;b] . . . . and let it roll . . . the only thing you will have to do is change disks when it asks you to . . . all the rest will be taken care of automatically . . . . . . if it asks at the end if it should install Lilo . . you tell it to install it in the MBR ! BrunoPS: You will still have PCLos, SuSE and Slackware . . also Drake 9 and Windows . . the only thing lost will be Fedora . . . . now you know what to do with your Fedora disks ? You lay them on the floor and while upgrading Drake you go and Dance on them . . jump up and down . . crush them . . destroy them !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 I like that last part Bruno. They also make good frisbees at the beach!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Bruno......I don't have PCLos,,,, my own opinion is that I should wait until I get that new DVD rom installed. I fully believe that the problem is this CD/RW unit I have installed as I was testing it out to see if it was in fact a good unit. The Fedora install that was done on this machine was from a different DVD rom which I installed in a different unit and it is now gone. I think that I can re-install the Fedora just fine since the first time around all was good with no problems. That new unit well be here Wednesday, the only and main reason I am saying this is that maybe if I put in the Drake 10 install it may or may not work but we can try it and see..... what is the worst that can happen (go back to floppy 9) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 I like that last part Bruno. They also make good frisbees at the beach!Or ornaments on the Christmas tree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 There was a problem with Fedora Dale . . see here:   Device Boot  Start   End  Blocks Id System/dev/hdb1      1   4063 2047720+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb2     4064  117123 56982240  5 Extended/dev/hdb3    117124  118545  716688 83 Linux/dev/hdb5     4064  12189 4095472+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb6    12190  32506 10239736+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb7 *  32507  46728 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb8    46729  60950 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb9    60951  75172 7167856+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb10    75173  117123 21143272+ 83 LinuxIt made a primary partition ( hdb3 ) that came after the extended one ( hdb11 ) . . . look closely at the numbers "start" and "end" . . and you will see it. ( You can NEVER make a primary after an extended one ! . . And still Fedora did it ! )As soon as we removed hdb3 and the bootable 7 . . the lights of your HD went out and returned to normal.So my guess is that the upgrade of Drake 10 will go OKAY.The PCLos, SUSE and Slack are still on the other drive . . you can not boot them yet, but nothing has damaged them . . . so as soon as we have Drake 10 back to normal we will add them to lilo and you will see . . . Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 :'( Wellllll .... Okay... you is the mentor here.... so I will do that... since it will be an upgrade instead of a new install... what if anything is going to be changed......and I assume that it will go right over the current install... since there is a / , /usr and /home for that install (if I recall correctly) and you must mean that I will have Slack, Knoppix, and Suse .... no PCLos here.... but Slack 10 is here now and Drake 10.1 (test tube version) is on the way... just don't know where it is shipping from yet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Sorry, indeed no PCLos . . . but:hda8 ... 6.8 Slackwarehda9 ... 6.8 Knoppixhda10 .. 6.8 SUSEThey all are still there and will be included in the Drake 10 Lilo . . . . An upgrade will leave your /home intact . . also I hope that the /boot will not be changed . .and the lilo.conf might be unchanged . . Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted August 7, 2004 Author Share Posted August 7, 2004 Okay....... onward into that valley of Linux ..... I fear not for I have a large firearm to defend me.... upgrade ... here I come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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