Re: Problems with Fedora over RedHat 9.0

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Date: 01/29/04 

Date: 29 Jan 2004 19:52:48 GMT

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:52:58 +0100, Andreas Tretow
<andreas.tretow-ng@gmx.de> wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:38:27 +0000, Zalek Bloom wrote:
>
>> I got a Fedora CD from Linux Expo in NYC and installed it over RH9.0 - and
>> it totally screwed my Linux.
>> All installation went smooth without any warnings. During the Fedora boot
>> I got many messages like:
>> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-0
>> modprobe: Can't locatemodule sound-slot-1
>> modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
>> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
>
>This line suggests that you are still using the RH9 kernel.
>
>> I lost access to my Win partitions.
>> When I try to mount a Win partition I am getting:
>> mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel.
>>
>> When I boot from emergency floppy - everything is OK - Fedora works fine.
>>
>> When I posted message before it was suggested to reinstall the Kernel.
>> When I enter the command: "rpm -q kernel" - in both cases (boot from a
>> floppy and from HD) is says "kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl".
>>
>> Any ideas what happened?
>
>What is the output of 'uname -r' (copy&paste please)?
>
>What is the output of 'ls -al /boot/'?
>
>Consider submitting your boot-loader configuration file.
>
>The kernel installation probably went bonkers. To remedy this, install a
>new kernel, which you should do anyway (consider installing apt and
>synaptic):
>
>ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/i386/
>
>Then reboot with the new kernel, check whether everything works as
>expected. If this is the case, you can delete the old kernel.
>
>HTH
>Andreas

FYI,

I have the same problem with SUSE 9.0 Pro, Clean install.
looks for 2.4.21-99-default and I have 2.4.21-99-smp4g
uname -r = 2.4.21-99-default
ls -al /boot/ references 2.4.21-99-smp4g
Any input?

Thank You

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