Re: Progress?
From: Paul Smith (paul_at_rostrevor.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 12/02/03
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Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:56:32 +0000
OK I have installed a minimal (no x) install of RH9.0 on the 1GB disk,
by removing the second 6GB hard disk (hdc). This installation still
boots when hdc is plugged back in as long as kernel option
hdc=noprobe is added from GRUB
consequently hdc is not recognised.
Also I can use my old Mandrake boot floppy with the following options at
LILO prompt
linux raid=noautodetect root=/dev/hda2
to boot using the old kerel but most of the RH config and recognise both
disk drives,
Or I can boot the Mandrake floppy defaults to use the old installation
on hdc.
Any one got any ideas how to fix RH9 / GRUB config to run properly and
recognise the hdc?
Paulk Smith
Paul Smith wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
>
>> Saw a magazine last night with Slackware 9.1 and a bootable CD of Suse
>> Linux 9.0. Thought I'd give them a go.
>>
>> Slackware installation from CD fails with similar though different
>> message to RH installation:
>>
>> "error screen dump ends with Kernel Panic: Attemt to kill init!" as
>> for RH. But helpfully the error message at the top of the screen is
>> written before the dump. The message comes after detection of the 2
>> hard drives and CDROM and reads:
>> "Unable to handle Kernel null pointerdereference at virtual address
>> 00000000
>> printing EIP"
>>
>>
>> Bootable Suse disk requires SmartBootLoader on a floppy to start the
>> boot, then gets stuck at the same place.
>>
>> I'm starting to think that I need to use an old linux distribution on
>> this machine or else buy a new moterboard and processor.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>
> Removing the Zip Disk and second hard drive removes the error.... I
> vaguely remember having to "fix" the bios or boot sector to support the
> 6GB harddrive on this old motherboard/bios .....
>
> Plugging in Second hard drive as hda and CDROM as hdd and the problem
> returns. I seem to be limited to using a 1GB drive, yet I previously
> used the larger 6GB together with the 1GB drive under Windows 95 and
> Mandrake 7.2....
>
> Any ideas what to try next?
>
>
>
>
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