Repost: used dd_rescue to image a partition of failing harddrive-unable to mount badpartition.img using -o loop

I am reposting this in hopes that someone has an idea or two what I did wrong thanks tripolar wrote: >Hello >I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7 >/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img >I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive >/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then

Re: how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: >2005/7/25, tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image >>file badpart.img >>How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device? mount -o loop >>Any help

how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image file badpart.img How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device? mount -o loop Any help would be appreciated -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

used dd_rescue to image a partition of failing harddrive-unable to mount badpartition.img using -o loop

Hello I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7 /mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive /mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then pulled out the failing harddrive and replaced it with a new harddrive /mnt/hdc . I have tried to follow these directions " Th

how to recover data even when unable to mount?

It appears my 120G harddrive is near-death. Being unable to boot I used a knoppix cd to run smartd and /sbin/badblocks. my hard drive 3 partitions I wish to make backups of. After googling I have found several options- one being dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb conv=noerror,sync I have a new 160G hard

Re: ok, here goes nothing...

One more link that was helpful to me http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-create-floppy Cecil wrote: Ok, I got my toshiba libretto. No cdrom. What do I need to do to be able to install this thing? I am guessing I could wipe the system and just install dos. But I

Re: ok, here goes nothing...

Hi Cecil, A few months back I installed Debian on a Toshiba Satellite laptop with a trashed dvd-rom. I used floppies from here- http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/ I actually chose the bf2.4 floppies and all went well with network install. I changed

Questions about /etc/profile ulimit -Hn and /etc/initscript & /etc/security/limits

When running java w/ another program I get this error message- java.io.IOException: Too many open files I was told 1) change /etc/profile to add ulimit -Hn 65536 2)create /etc/initscript as described in man initscript, including ulimit -Hn 65536 Someone else mentioned /etc/security/limits. Now I h

Re: 2.6.6 Kernel + Adaptec aic7890/91 = Kernel panic

Ishwar Rattan wrote: Where can I get 2.6.6-debian kernel sources or kernel-image deb? -ishwar On Mon, 31 May 2004, Ralph Bergmann wrote: Also try apt-cache search kernel- will give you many options. You might want to check around on apt-cache search to see how to fine tune it. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: 2.6.6 Kernel + Adaptec aic7890/91 = Kernel panic

Ishwar Rattan wrote: Where can I get 2.6.6-debian kernel sources or kernel-image deb? -ishwar On Mon, 31 May 2004, Ralph Bergmann wrote: In Debian the name of the packages you want to install are kernel-image-2.6.6 . I have an athlon so mine is kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 . The lazy way to do it i

Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya "quadpolar" :-) On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote: I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( service subseven) but going to a different outside IP. post

Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya "quadpolar" :-) On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote: I dont think so- The only thing I know of is firestarter (firewall). I received some more messages the same except this time ports 1234 ( service subseven) but going to a different outside IP. post

testing

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Re: bad thing Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus-

Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya tripolar On Thu, 27 May 2004, tripolar wrote: What logs? /var/log/{messages,syslog,debug,warn} here are a few lines from "hit" list time:May 27 21:22:29 in: out:eth1 port:12345 source:192.168.1.1 dest:81.53.*.* len:44 tos:0x00 protocol:tcp service:netbu

Re: Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

Paul Johnson wrote: tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I see hits from my debian machine to 81.53.*.* port 12345 - under service it says "netbus" I dont think I installed netbus. Could my machine be compromised? I doubt it. Are you using PortSentry or some other port m

Compromised-machine?? netbus- request from my debian-sid machine to outside IP to port 12345

cablemodem>hardware firewall/router>debian-sid machine on LAN running firestarter (GUI firewall program). I see hits from my debian machine to 81.53.*.* port 12345 - under service it says "netbus" I dont think I installed netbus. Could my machine be compromised? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: installing debian with floppies on laptop

s. keeling wrote: Incoming from tripolar: I need to install debian on a laptop ( no OS installed ) with a bad dvd-rom drive. I would like to get network up to do network install. Laptop is Toshiba satellite 1805-s203. Etherfast 10/100 PC Card Linksys ( PCMPC100 ) That should be supported

installing debian with floppies on laptop

I need to install debian on a laptop ( no OS installed ) with a bad dvd-rom drive. I would like to get network up to do network install. Laptop is Toshiba satellite 1805-s203. Etherfast 10/100 PC Card Linksys ( PCMPC100 ) Orinoco Gold Lucent ( PC24E-H-FC ) wireless Which Floppies should I use? I h

shell script question

I would like to download all files from an ftp site. probably 250 files some between 25-50 Megs.I am wondering about using wget with shell ( bash) script to login, download all files, if one is found on harddrive ignore and goto next one. one file at a time to prevent using too much of their bandwi

How to find new url's for sources.list?

Recently when doing apt-get update I get failures from deb http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib I chose that mirror when I did the install because it is near. How do I find other sources? Preferably a .edu in wisconsin, minnesota or illinois. I have go

Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...

On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 14:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: > Hello everyone, > After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple > questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers > available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome > to 2.2,

Should I upgrade from 2.4.22 to 2.6.0-test11?

I just posted about compiling error with 2.6.0-test11 which got me thinking if 2.4.22 is working well ( not perfect) should I even update to 2.6? Currently almost all USB devices work the exception being a linksys wireless network adaptor. Though because the system picks it up with a vendor & produ

make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

I am compiling linux-2.6.0-test11 kernel (patched with patches from kernel.org) unpacked in /home/user/ cd ~/linux-2.6.0-test11 $make menuconfig $fakeroot make-kpkg clean $fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=.261217 kernel_image at the end of that process I get these errrors drivers/built-in.o(

after compiling,rebooting, fsck fails

After compiling kernel, updated grub,then rebooted getting the following error ooops dont have it verbatim something about fsck failed /dev/hda6 doesnt exist or invalid use #mount -n -o remount,rw I hit ctrl-d hoping it would continue to boot but no such luck, rebooted this time booted into old k

Do I use 2.4.22 or nvidia-kernel-common?Re: was "Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review"

I do to get Nvidia stuff working? I hava an ABIT NF7-M board with nForce-2 chipsets. Thanks On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 18:18, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 00:07 GMT, tripolar penned: > > I am familiar with compiling kernel #make menuconfig #make dep && make >

Re: Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review(should be able to solve now)

Was given another link. even better :-) http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 18:07, tripolar wrote: > I am familiar with compiling kernel > #make menuconfig > #make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules &&a

Re: Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review

found this link kernel howto especially for debian :-) http://www.e-aiyama.com/~toshi/Computer/Linux/KernelCompile.html On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 18:07, tripolar wrote: > I am familiar with compiling kernel > #make menuconfig > #make dep && make clean && make bzImag

Kernel-HOWTO has been removed for review

I am familiar with compiling kernel #make menuconfig #make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install does this process work for debian? I usually download kernel from kernel.org but I will use apt-get install new kernel if I am confident that I wont break anything :

Re: Sound issues-no sound from cd players

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 08:48:37PM -0600, tripolar wrote: > > $ playsound english.au > /dev/dsp > > did work then I tried cd players again- both gnome & kde cdplayers. each > > cd player picked up my music cd but played no sound. > > Is your CD player connected to yo

Sound issues-no sound from cd players

$ playsound english.au > /dev/dsp did work then I tried cd players again- both gnome & kde cdplayers. each cd player picked up my music cd but played no sound. I then tried to listen to linus again $ playsound english.au > /dev/dsp this time "bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy" this is what fu

Re: Installing on a GRUB system?

David what installer are you talking about? woody installer? I used the newer sarge one and I didnt notice any option but lilo because sure would have appreciated installing grub instead. Instead will have to install & configure grub after the fact. On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 22:48, David Palmer. wrote

Re: problems installing java

were encountered while processing: j2re1.4 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) any ideas? On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 17:56, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 15:03, tripolar wrote: > > it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games , yeah she is >

what kernel to use?

package listing on debian is down. I am using Linux version 2.4.22-1-386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.2 20030908 (Debian prerelease)) #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 cpu- AMD 2700+ Athlon ABIT NF7 Nvidia chipset Nvidia Nforce2 I want to recompile or try new kernel ( if it would be better)

Re: apt-get "waiting for headers" problem

ooops apparently every address in my source.list was down added another source and it works fine On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 11:20, tripolar wrote: > at #apt-get update > gets me > "0% [Waiting for headers] > I have net access. > how to clean out apt-get after using ctrl-C to s

apt-get "waiting for headers" problem

at #apt-get update gets me "0% [Waiting for headers] I have net access. how to clean out apt-get after using ctrl-C to stop it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: x only works for root

Thanks a million both gnome & kde work now as regular user Paul Morgan wrote: /tmp should be owned by root and open to everyone: drwxrwxrwx9 root root 4096 Nov 30 14:14 /tmp as root, do chown root:root /tmp chmod 777 /tmp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: problems installing java

it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games , yeah she is addicted ;-) and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for her before I went out of state :-( no such luck. will have to try again when I get back thanks Kristian Niemi wrote: Hmm ... Strange. I do ha

Re: x only works for root

r/bin/kde3 ']' + '[' -n yes ']' + exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- kde3 mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied .xsession-errors /etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: running: sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtm

x only works for root

figure out mutt ;-) ) I have messed with permissions in /tmp what user & group should /tmp be? at this time the only twm for regular users though I cant open any apps like kmail or evolution or mozilla $kmail trying to creat local folder:Permission denied failed to create /tmp/ksocket-trip

Re: problems installing java

llow it to show java pages. So all of this didn't do me any good, I'll have to wait until debian starts updating their 'unstable' packages again. Heh. I'd imagine Mozilla doesn't have a bug like this. Krisse tripolar wrote: having problems installing java first

problems installing java

having problems installing java first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install? 2) any tricks to have konqueror, mozilla,& netscape find java? 3. Any links I should set up and how? I have main non-free & contrib in my sources.list unstable thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

questions/comments about new sarge installer & LILO

I have used the new sarge installer alot in the last week and am pretty impressed. Thanks to all responsible. A few things that seem different are 1) the way discs are labeled in lilo for example: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc I am guessing because Debian is the Universal OS and all the dif

Re: messed up mbr- unable to boot

Thanks to all who tried to help. I lost patience and re-installed. I am going to post comments/questions about new sarge installer & LILO On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 19:23, Mark Haney wrote: > > can I use knoppix live-cd to fix mbr to be able to boot sarge & m$XP? > > lilo is installed on sarge. grub ma

messed up mbr- unable to boot

can I use knoppix live-cd to fix mbr to be able to boot sarge & m$XP? lilo is installed on sarge. grub maybe also installed though not configured. no boot floppy :-( used new installer and dont remember the option to make boot floppy thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

how do I fix xserver remotely?

during an install on my parents pc I chose wrong xserver "fbdev" because I didnt know there video card at the time. since then I found out it was s3 savage. First I was locked out because of root password problem. fixed now with help from this list :-) Their pc is running knoppix live-cd ( so sh

lost root password

while installing sarge on my parents pc using new installer ( sweet!!) when it came to typing in root password I typed it twice in same line but didnt notice until it came for me to verify my typing again. I left the second line blank thinking when i rebooted there would be no password and could

dselect makes me feel like an idiot

I open dselect and search / for nvidia 3 choices come up. i enter return a few times, get to "install" enter then this comes up Why are all these kde programs being removed? Am I not doing something right? Thanks "Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following package

x & kde only run as root

gdm starts, if I log in as root, kde starts & run fine. if I log in as anyother user x fails with various messages /etc/X11/xsession : line 7 xrdb: command not found any ideas? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

installing debian though compiling most everything.....

I recently tinkered with another GNU/Linux distro Gentoo. I was impressed with several features- especially having everything run super fast compared to other distros. I am sure there is a simple answer to this though I must ask to get it :-) I would like to go back to debian though start with a

auto repair shop software on linux

Sorry about the lack of info in the last post. I dont have all the info yet- only that he runs windows in his autorepair shop and is getting tired of crashed and dataloss. so at this point any software that he can use on linux- accounting customer database repair records etc. Thanks -- To UNS

Auto-Repair shop software on linux?

Hello All Can anyone help me out in finding software for a small auto repair shop that runs on Linux? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]