Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: Your boot disk has to point to the root partition of the system it's booting on. What failure or error messages are you getting from the laptop when you try to boot? everything is smooth through the partition check and then I get: Invalid session number

InterMezzo and Debian

2000-10-31 Thread Mark Phillips
Is anyone using InterMezzo with Debian? It looks like quite a good system --- especially for connecting laptops with desktops. Are there plans to provide a Debian package for InterMezzo? Cheers, Mark. -- _/\___/~~\ /~~\_

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
Paul Schulz wrote: Drew, Is it the Xircom Realport card? (There are several known problems here..) No, it's a NetGear 510c. It says on the box that it's Linux compatable and I even got the customer service guys to reply to my e-mail with some helpful advice. (that's where I found out tha

Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your boot disk has to point to the root partition of the system it's booting on. What failure or error messages are you getting from the laptop when you try to boot? everything is smooth through the partition check and then I get: Invalid session number or

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
Paul Schulz wrote: Drew, Is it the Xircom Realport card? (There are several known problems here..) No, it's a NetGear 510c. It says on the box that it's Linux compatable and I even got the customer service guys to reply to my e-mail with some helpful advice. (that's where I found out th

Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread kmself
on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:56:26AM -0800, Andrew Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to roll a kernel for my laptop using my > desktop machine. I tried the usual: > > #make config > #make dep > #make clean > #make bzdisk > > and as I expected the boot disk d

Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread Joerg Braukhoff
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:56:26AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to roll a kernel for my laptop using my > desktop machine. I tried the usual: > > #make config > #make dep > #make clean > #make bzdisk > > and as I expected the boot disk does not work. Can >

Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread kmself
on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:56:26AM -0800, Andrew Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to roll a kernel for my laptop using my > desktop machine. I tried the usual: > > #make config > #make dep > #make clean > #make bzdisk > > and as I expected the boot disk

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Paul Schulz
Drew, Is it the Xircom Realport card? (There are several known problems here..) What version of the kernel are you running? (The module was renamed -> 2.4.x) For PCMCIA, have a look at /etc/pcmcia/config, and see if you can find your card in there. This (with cardmgr) is what looks after loading

Re: rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread Joerg Braukhoff
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:56:26AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to roll a kernel for my laptop using my > desktop machine. I tried the usual: > > #make config > #make dep > #make clean > #make bzdisk > > and as I expected the boot disk does not work. Can >

rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
Hi All, I'm trying to roll a kernel for my laptop using my desktop machine. I tried the usual: #make config #make dep #make clean #make bzdisk and as I expected the boot disk does not work. Can anyone give me any pointers on rolling a kernel on one machine for an other? thanks

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Paul Schulz
Drew, Is it the Xircom Realport card? (There are several known problems here..) What version of the kernel are you running? (The module was renamed -> 2.4.x) For PCMCIA, have a look at /etc/pcmcia/config, and see if you can find your card in there. This (with cardmgr) is what looks after loadin

rolling a kernel for a different machine

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
Hi All, I'm trying to roll a kernel for my laptop using my desktop machine. I tried the usual: #make config #make dep #make clean #make bzdisk and as I expected the boot disk does not work. Can anyone give me any pointers on rolling a kernel on one machine for an other? thank

Re: couldn't boot existing NT partition.

2000-10-31 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Hi, you are right, I didn't rerun lilo, will run it tonight. thank you all sooooo much for the generous help. best regards, Ben On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Greg Woods wrote: > "Benjamin F. Zhou" wrote: > > > > other = /dev/hda1 > > > label = dos > > > table=/dev/hda > > > > I did

Re: couldn't boot existing NT partition.

2000-10-31 Thread Greg Woods
"Benjamin F. Zhou" wrote: > > other = /dev/hda1 > > label = dos > > table=/dev/hda > > I did exactly like this, but still get the msg "no such image". when I > type , it shows only 'linux'. This almost certainly means that you did not rerun "lilo" after editing the lilo.conf file. -

Re: TPad-600E and kernel 2.4

2000-10-31 Thread Russell Coker
On 2000-10-30 04:11, Sale, Nigel wrote: >Just wondering if anybody has had any sucess using the latest debianised 2.4 > kernel source (test5 i think) on a Thinkpad 600E ? > >2.2.17 works fine, but when i use my 2.4.0 kernel i get hda errors, dma > errors and interrupt errors. I have kept the appro

Re: couldn't boot existing NT partition.

2000-10-31 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
Hi, you are right, I didn't rerun lilo, will run it tonight. thank you all sooooo much for the generous help. best regards, Ben On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Greg Woods wrote: > "Benjamin F. Zhou" wrote: > > > > other = /dev/hda1 > > > label = dos > > > table=/dev/hda > > > > I di

couldn't boot existing NT partition.

2000-10-31 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
>"G. L. `Griz' Inabnit" wrote: > The entry in /etc/lilo.conf SHOULD read: > > other = /dev/hda1 > label = dos > table=/dev/hda I did exactly like this, but still get the msg "no such image". when I type , it shows only 'linux'. it looks like the installation erased the label for

Re: couldn't boot existing NT partition.

2000-10-31 Thread Greg Woods
"Benjamin F. Zhou" wrote: > > other = /dev/hda1 > > label = dos > > table=/dev/hda > > I did exactly like this, but still get the msg "no such image". when I > type , it shows only 'linux'. This almost certainly means that you did not rerun "lilo" after editing the lilo.conf file.

Unidentified subject!

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
Drew Parsons wrote: lsmod displays loaded modules. -- lsmod gives: #lsmod Module PagesUsed by memory_cs20 ds 2[memory_cs]2 i82365 52 pcmcia_core

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:59:31AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > HI All, > I was trying to figure out how to look at which > modules I am running and if one is not running force > it to load. > > The module that I am specifically interested in is the > tulip.o module for my pcmcia card. > lsmod

Re: TPad-600E and kernel 2.4

2000-10-31 Thread Russell Coker
On 2000-10-30 04:11, Sale, Nigel wrote: >Just wondering if anybody has had any sucess using the latest debianised 2.4 > kernel source (test5 i think) on a Thinkpad 600E ? > >2.2.17 works fine, but when i use my 2.4.0 kernel i get hda errors, dma > errors and interrupt errors. I have kept the appr

couldn't boot existing NT partition.

2000-10-31 Thread Benjamin F. Zhou
>"G. L. `Griz' Inabnit" wrote: > The entry in /etc/lilo.conf SHOULD read: > > other = /dev/hda1 > label = dos > table=/dev/hda I did exactly like this, but still get the msg "no such image". when I type , it shows only 'linux'. it looks like the installation erased the label fo

detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
HI All, I was trying to figure out how to look at which modules I am running and if one is not running force it to load. The module that I am specifically interested in is the tulip.o module for my pcmcia card. thanks, Andy __ Do You Yahoo!? Yaho

Unidentified subject!

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
Drew Parsons wrote: lsmod displays loaded modules. -- lsmod gives: #lsmod Module PagesUsed by memory_cs20 ds 2[memory_cs]2 i82365 52 pcmcia_cor

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:59:31AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > HI All, > I was trying to figure out how to look at which > modules I am running and if one is not running force > it to load. > > The module that I am specifically interested in is the > tulip.o module for my pcmcia card. > lsmo

detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Andrew Dixon
HI All, I was trying to figure out how to look at which modules I am running and if one is not running force it to load. The module that I am specifically interested in is the tulip.o module for my pcmcia card. thanks, Andy __ Do You Yahoo!? Yah