Quoting Morgan Fletcher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I used the rescue->root disks from 2.2 to mount my partitions. I tried > using ae to uncomment the "alias net-pf-1 off" line, then touch > modules.dep to be newer than modules.conf, but I still can't get past > the basic problem of an endlessly-cycling error message on boot, right > when init is launched it looks like: > > modprobe: modprobe: cannot create /var/log/ksymoops/20010320.log Read-only > file system > > Over and over. > > The disk is fine, as I can mount its partitions from the instllation > screen, traverse its structure, manipulate files. I just can't get > linux (or LILO) to boot. I don't know what to do next. Any advice?
I'm not sure why this problem is a show-stopper. Several installation kernels were built without the unix.o module which is kind of unfortunate. But this normally is just a hiccup, e.g. Linux version 2.2.15 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Tue Apr 25 17:13:48 EST 2000 ... INIT: version 2.78 booting NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/unix.o: cannot create /var/log/ksymoops/2000072 3232449.ksyms Read-only file system Loading /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz Activating swap... Adding Swap: 32220k swap-space (priority -1) Checking root file system... Parallelizing fsck version 1.18 (11-Nov-1999) /dev/hda7: clean, 29337/106400 files, 86748/212680 blocks This one was just the same: Linux version 2.2.14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991103 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Sun Jan 16 13:48:57 EST 2000 Perhaps the problem is that unix.o is found above, whereas it isn't found in your /dev/hda3 because you built it in. I guess you just need to copy a kernel like your hard disk one (which contains unix.o as built-in) onto a (copy of a) rescue disk. It should easily fit as installation kernels are so bloated. Then you can work on fixing lilo. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
