Re: Cant read root disk

2001-10-04 Thread emarkham
>From what I've generally heard, the "making of the floppy disk" is fraught with peril, and for some laptops, it takes repeated tries. Also, are you seeing it boot with root=/dev/fd0 ,or do you really have a bad boot disk to rescue?

Re: Cant read root disk

2001-10-04 Thread emarkham
>From what I've generally heard, the "making of the floppy disk" is fraught with peril, and for some laptops, it takes repeated tries. Also, are you seeing it boot with root=/dev/fd0 ,or do you really have a bad boot disk to rescue?

Re: Hostname

2001-07-02 Thread emarkham
ENGLISH: Not understanding Italian too well, but here goes. (PS: using Babelfish) What is contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf? Is computer configured to use DNS for name lookups? ITALIAN:

Re: Help: Screwed up Partition + - Won't boot

2001-04-26 Thread emarkham
- F I can't imagine that you can't do a straight(startup/install) boot from the CD, so going on from that assumption: Boot frm CD into install exit to shell fsck primary linux part(hda2?) - if that's usable go on, if not your DOA-SOL make mount point ( I use /tmp/root or t

Re: Help: Screwed up Partition + - Won't boot

2001-04-26 Thread emarkham
- F I can't imagine that you can't do a straight(startup/install) boot from the CD, so going on from that assumption: Boot frm CD into install exit to shell fsck primary linux part(hda2?) - if that's usable go on, if not your DOA-SOL make mount point ( I use /tmp/root or

Re: ThinkPad 356XD

1999-11-04 Thread emarkham
I've had the same problems on a 760EL, never really got it fixed, but use the boot from dos so far. Sorry I can't help more, but work gets in the way of fun. Will be interested in anwers. >Finally decided to try Debian for the first time, and have run into a >major problem. When "loading

Re: ThinkPad 356XD

1999-11-04 Thread emarkham
I've had the same problems on a 760EL, never really got it fixed, but use the boot from dos so far. Sorry I can't help more, but work gets in the way of fun. Will be interested in anwers. >Finally decided to try Debian for the first time, and have run into a >major problem. When "loading