FW: [techtalk] Redhat Linux 7 Crashes
I didn't see anything in the system log that might help trace the problem. The first hiccup was a complaint that the file system was not unmounted cleanly (which seems appropriate considering the file system was reported 'busy' during shutdown) followed by a long list of errors from fsck complaining about dead inodes, invalid timestamps, etc. This was followed by a list of missing devices, drivers and modules. Based on the symptoms I've seen, my gut reaction was a hardware problem and I initially replaced the NIC since the symptoms were always preceded by a loss of all network connections. It happens every two to three weeks, but I could never duplicate it with Redhat Linux 6.1 or Windows 2000. I'm beginning to suspect it may be something in Redhat Linux 7.0 because we just lost the email server with a similar crash after updating it a few weeks ago. I just finished installing Progeny Debian Linux at home so we'll see if it holds together any better. > Are you getting any messages in the system log (/var/adm/messages) when > this occurs? This will help all of us provide a better answer. > > -Melissa > > -- > /* > /* Melissa Plunkett > /* System/Network Administrator > /* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /* College of Education > /* University of Missouri - Columbia > /* 111 London Hall > /* Columbia, MO 65211 > /* Phone: (573) 884-6835 > /* Fax: (573) 884-5158 > */ ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] Mandrake and DiskDrak
I'm trying to get into DiskDrak to resize my partitions so that I can install win98 (to play Everquest with my husband:) . Anyone know where it's stored??? I've tried everything I can think of to find it (but I'm a newbie, so therefore I probably missed something *obvious*:) . When that's done... is there a good LDP doc on resizing partitions that anyone knows of? Thanks in advance! Melanie ___ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: FW: [techtalk] Redhat Linux 7 Crashes
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:31:51AM -0700, Lothan wrote: > I didn't see anything in the system log that might help trace the problem. > The first hiccup was a complaint that the file system was not unmounted > cleanly (which seems appropriate considering the file system was reported > 'busy' during shutdown) followed by a long list of errors from fsck > complaining about dead inodes, invalid timestamps, etc. This was followed by > a list of missing devices, drivers and modules. Based on the symptoms I've > seen, my gut reaction was a hardware problem and I initially replaced the > NIC since the symptoms were always preceded by a loss of all network > connections. It happens every two to three weeks, but I could never > duplicate it with Redhat Linux 6.1 or Windows 2000. > > I'm beginning to suspect it may be something in Redhat Linux 7.0 because we > just lost the email server with a similar crash after updating it a few > weeks ago. I just finished installing Progeny Debian Linux at home so we'll > see if it holds together any better. I saw *exactly* the same situation a couple of months ago, and eventually traced it to bad RAM. Yeah, I know that doesn't seem to make much sense, but replacing the bad stick fixed me up. -- Dr. David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net Linux Documentation Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] Collection Editor & Coordinatorhttp://www.linuxdoc.org Finger me for my public key Go away! Stop bothering me with all your "compute this ... compute that"! I'm taking a VAX-NAP. logout ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Mandrake and DiskDrak
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 09:40:32AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to get into DiskDrak to resize my partitions so that I can > install win98 (to play Everquest with my husband:) . Anyone know where it's > stored??? I've tried everything I can think of to find it (but I'm a newbie, > so therefore I probably missed something *obvious*:) . > > When that's done... is there a good LDP doc on resizing partitions that > anyone knows of? There is no specific `resizing' HOWTO, but the subject is covered in some of the Linux+$(OSen) HOWTOs. You should also look at the docs for DiskDrake. They're probably your best bet since they cover the specific utility you're using. -- Dr. David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net Linux Documentation Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] Collection Editor & Coordinatorhttp://www.linuxdoc.org Finger me for my public key No hardware designer should be allowed to produce any piece of hardware until three software guys have signed off for it. -- Andy Tanenbaum ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
