Re: upgrade kernel from 2.2 to 2.4

2002-10-23 Thread Arash Bijanzadeh
ut the 2.4 mount initrd.img as root so meanwhile the changing the root to actuale one it couldn't write on it. Any tips? > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:29:02PM +0330, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote: > > I got to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 > > It is ok but because 2.4 using initrd

Re: upgrade kernel from 2.2 to 2.4

2002-10-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:29:02PM +0330, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote: > I got to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 > It is ok but because 2.4 using initrd.img so there is some problems init > proccess. I tgives some errors about ReadOnly file system and also couldn't > find mta

Re: upgrade kernel from 2.2 to 2.4

2002-10-23 Thread will trillich
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:29:02PM +0330, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote: > I got to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 > It is ok but because 2.4 using initrd.img so there is some problems init > proccess. I tgives some errors about ReadOnly file system and also couldn't > find mta

upgrade kernel from 2.2 to 2.4

2002-10-23 Thread Arash Bijanzadeh
I got to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 It is ok but because 2.4 using initrd.img so there is some problems init proccess. I tgives some errors about ReadOnly file system and also couldn't find mtab. Anybody have information about this matter? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Kernel 2.2 to 2.4 on a laptop

2002-10-15 Thread Keith O'Connell
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:44:57 -0700 Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did a web page that kindof summarizes the differences between 2.2 > > and 2.4 on >a laptop. > > http://www.milagrosoft.com/products/software/debian-woody.html I will give this a try at the weekend! Thanks very

Re: Kernel 2.2 to 2.4 on a laptop

2002-10-14 Thread Eric Richardson
Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with my laptop which I would appreciate some guidance with. It is a >Dell Inspiron 3700 (hardly cutting edge now!) > > I installed Woody on it with the default 2.2 kernel and the various packages I want >and it runs fine. I then use dselect to

Re: Kernel 2.2 to 2.4 on a laptop

2002-10-13 Thread Keith O'Connell
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:29:34 -0400 Seneca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > > I have a problem with my laptop which I would appreciate some guidance with. It is >a Dell Inspiron 3700 (hardly cutting edge now!) > > > > I installed Woo

Re: Kernel 2.2 to 2.4 on a laptop

2002-10-13 Thread Seneca
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > I have a problem with my laptop which I would appreciate some guidance with. It is a >Dell Inspiron 3700 (hardly cutting edge now!) > > I installed Woody on it with the default 2.2 kernel and the various packages I want >and it

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
reason somewhere... now my curiosity is peaked. - Steve -Original Message- From: Michael Heldebrant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:08 PM To: Stephen Nosal Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel I'm inter

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 03:10:28PM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Mike - > > so the initrd showed up in the kernel-image package along with instructions. > > Perhaps I should try this again and see if I'm missing something. Otherwise, > I guess I'll just have to compile my own... Hmm. Looking

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 2:11 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel > > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:49:09PM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > > so, is it possible that the standard build requires a ra

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 02:09:51PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:50:39AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > In this case, the difference is whether you're installing a debian > > kernel-image or compiling your own. The kernel images require an > > initrd. When you c

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 2:11 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:49:09PM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > so, is it possible that the standard build requires a ramdisk, but if you > 'rol

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel Not sure how to make one. There should be a faq somewhere. What do you need in it is the real question. Maybe you can steal it from the root disk from the installation set. I checked the initrd man page and I'm still wondering how to use it.

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:49:09PM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > so, is it possible that the standard build requires a ramdisk, but if you > 'roll your own' it is not necessary? > > If the above is true, and I wish to install the standard build kernel, how > do I go about putting together this ram

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:50:39AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > In this case, the difference is whether you're installing a debian > kernel-image or compiling your own. The kernel images require an > initrd. When you compile your own, it is of course up to you whether > you use an initrd or no

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
L PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 12:19 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel > > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:04:51AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > Interesting. My lilo.conf has no line ab

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
ional line in lilo? What creates the 'initrd-2.4.4-686' file? - Steve -Original Message- From: Michael P. Soulier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 12:19 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel On Mon

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 12:19:05PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:04:51AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > Interesting. My lilo.conf has no line about initrd and dmesg reports > > nothing on ramdisks for my 2.4.7 system. What type of systems need a > > ramdisk t

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:04:51AM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > Interesting. My lilo.conf has no line about initrd and dmesg reports > nothing on ramdisks for my 2.4.7 system. What type of systems need a > ramdisk to boot initially? I understood that all 2.4 kernels do, but I suppose i

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
Interesting. My lilo.conf has no line about initrd and dmesg reports nothing on ramdisks for my 2.4.7 system. What type of systems need a ramdisk to boot initially? --mike On 06 Aug 2001 11:51:33 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 08:47:59AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 08:47:59AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:18:49AM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > > Folks - > > > > I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good > > potato installation to the new woody > > distribution including the 2

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
What does the boot init (read quickly ;>) say when it gets to ide devices? Perhaps your root disk is now on something else. Especially if you are using devfs (not sure if it's in the prebuilt 2.4 kernel) it may have moved to /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2. Try that as a root parameter w

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Laurent PETIT
> Mark - > > I've performed the apt-get dist-upgrade without the kernel change. Then, > rather than compiling the kernel, I'm apt-get install ing the new > kernel-image. The configuration has been my down fall. It proceeds normally, > but then the reboot fails with a kernel panic that it can't find

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread mark
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:54:18AM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Mark - > > I've performed the apt-get dist-upgrade without the kernel change. Then, > rather than compiling the kernel, I'm apt-get install ing the new > kernel-image. The configuration has been my down fall. It proceeds normally, >

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
Original Message- From: Michael Heldebrant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:52 AM To: Stephen Nosal Cc: 'Debian "User List (E-mail)'" Subject: RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel What type of controller is the hard drive on at the

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
bject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:18:49AM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Folks - > > I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good > potato installation to the new woody > distribution including the 2.4 ker

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
/dev/hda2. There is no boot prompt to pass the process additional > parameters. > > - Steve > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Heldebrant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:34 AM > To: Debian User List (E-mail) > Subject: Re:

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread mark
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:18:49AM -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Folks - > > I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good > potato installation to the new woody > distribution including the 2.4 kernel. Each time I attempt to install the > kernel, I get a statement regar

RE: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
brant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:34 AM To: Debian User List (E-mail) Subject: Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel What does the error say? Has the new 2.4 kernel been installed and booted? --mike On 06 Aug 2001 10:18:49 -0400, Stephen Nosal

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
Ooops. Disregard all that stuff on raid. I haven't had enough coffee yet this morning. --mike On 06 Aug 2001 10:18:49 -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Folks - > > I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good > potato installation to the new woody > distribution includin

Re: dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Michael Heldebrant
What does the error say? Has the new 2.4 kernel been installed and booted? If so, is raid compiled in or made available as modules? --mike On 06 Aug 2001 10:18:49 -0400, Stephen Nosal wrote: > Folks - > > I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good > potato install

dist upgrade potato to woody 2.2 to 2.4 kernel

2001-08-06 Thread Stephen Nosal
Folks - I've been having a terrible time attempting to upgrade my perfectly good potato installation to the new woody distribution including the 2.4 kernel. Each time I attempt to install the kernel, I get a statement regarding initrd, and the upgrade fails. I've looked high and low for documenta

Re: New device names after kernel update from 2.2 to 2.4

2001-07-30 Thread Guy Geens
> "Herbert" == Herbert Pirke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> As far as I know, some block device names changed with the Herbert> 2.4 kernel, so I wonder if that changes a lot. Maybe some Herbert> changed/added simlinks fix the problem. Normally, you shouldn't need to change anything. The

New device names after kernel update from 2.2 to 2.4

2001-07-25 Thread Herbert Pirke
Hi, I have a general question about the possibility of updating from 2.2.18 to a 2.4.x kernel without reinstalling everything. A lot of things changed in the new release and I just wanted to know if updating in this case means a complete new installation or if it is just another make, dep, clean,

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
>> After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing >> kernel...OK' text and then nothing happens, the system >> just hangs and i have to reboot it. any ideas!? >> >> My system is a P200 MMX with 128MB RAM. Debian 2.2 >> fully upgraded with a > > Do you still have the config file that you u

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-25 Thread Casper Gielen
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:23:48PM -0400, Paul Wright wrote: > > Yeah, the kernel keeps on growing, it's almost like another OS I'd heard > of once... > Just like pretty much any other software. I challenge you to find 3 programms under active development for over a year that didn't grow. With

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Wright
On Thu, 24 May 2001 23:05:52 BST, Patrick wrote: > > Changing to testing/unstable did the trick. Its booted. > > Actually, this 200MMX with its 128MB RAM and 8 Gig hard drive was my pride > and joy once upon a time. when I moved it from NT Server to Linux, most > felt I had passed up on a super

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Patrick Kirk
Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 6:21 PM Subject: Re: 2.2 to 2.4 | On Thu, 24 May 2001 17:18:30 BST, Patrick wrote: | | > | > After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing kernel...OK' text | > and then nothing happens,

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Paul Wright
On Thu, 24 May 2001 17:18:30 BST, Patrick wrote: > > After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing kernel...OK' text > and then nothing happens, the system just hangs and i have to reboot it. any > ideas!? > > My system is a P200 MMX with 128MB RAM. Debian 2.2 fully upgraded with a > s

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread ray p
Do you still have the config file that you used for your 2.2 kernel? If so put it in the 2.4 source tree named .config and run make oldconfig. That will make sure that you have all of the same config settings that you had before and either confirm that is is a configuration problem or prove that

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Patrick Kirk
rom: "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 5:36 PM Subject: Re: 2.2 to 2.4 | > After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing kernel... | > OK' text and then nothing happe

Re: 2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Hall Stevenson
> After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing kernel... > OK' text and then nothing happens, the system just hangs and > i have to reboot it. any ideas!? > > My system is a P200 MMX with 128MB RAM. Debian 2.2 fully > upgraded with a... Did you change the kernel's processor (CPU) selec

2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-24 Thread Patrick Kirk
After compiling the new kernel, I get the 'uncompresing kernel...OK' text and then nothing happens, the system just hangs and i have to reboot it. any ideas!? My system is a P200 MMX with 128MB RAM. Debian 2.2 fully upgraded with a sources.list as follows: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sta

Re: NW Driver - Porting from RedHat to Debian, Kernel-2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-22 Thread Colin Watson
NewBie Debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, I am porting a Network driver from Redhat 6.2 to Debian. And also >from kernel2.2 to 2.4. Since the GCC is not changed till RH6.2 version, >I need to change only the kernel 2.2 to 2.4 changes. > >I followed the following links

NW Driver - Porting from RedHat to Debian, Kernel-2.2 to 2.4

2001-05-22 Thread NewBie Debian
Hi, I am porting a Network driver from Redhat 6.2 to Debian. And also from kernel2.2 to 2.4. Since the GCC is not changed till RH6.2 version, I need to change only the kernel 2.2 to 2.4 changes. I followed the following links to port kernel2.2 to kernel2.4. But the driver does not work. Can I

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:04:24 -0600, you wrote: > >It tells you exactly which upgrades you need. In my case for a 2.4.1 >kernel I needed - >modutils 2.4.0 >e2fsprogs 1.19 >on a stock Potato box. you need to update pppd too Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chandler.u-net.com

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Thanks kent This Proggie is realy the best i ever saw absolutly great!!! Thanks alot. That solves also much other problems i have. cheers, Raffaele On Sunday 11 February 2001 17:00, ktb wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:36:29PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > Hi > > > > Yes, ok, i wil

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:36:29PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Yes, ok, i will forget rpm. > > I tried your way over apt-get all worked fine until the compile process > started. Here is the output of apt-get: > > > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > Need to g

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi Yes, ok, i will forget rpm. I tried your way over apt-get all worked fine until the compile process started. Here is the output of apt-get: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Need to get 977kB of source archives. dpkg-buildpackage: source package is e2fsprogs dpkg-buildpac

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:31:44PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for that help. > > I got the modutils rpm from kernel.org and installed it with no probs. > > Now i downloaded the e2fs source files from the depian ftp. I got 3 files. > The main file, a diff file and a .dsc fil

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:21:15PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi, > > I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to the > 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i have to look at some special issues or > can i compile it the same way i did it with the 2.2? Do i need som

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Le dim, 11 fév 2001 14:36:24, Sebastiaan a écrit : > On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to > the > > 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i have to look at some special > issues or > > can i compile it

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, AFAIK, you only need modutils=>2.4. Search the web for it, I do not know an official .deb package. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi, > > I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to the > 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i ha

Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to the 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i have to look at some special issues or can i compile it the same way i did it with the 2.2? Do i need some special Progs? cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Moving from kernel 2.2 to 2.4

2001-01-28 Thread Damon Muller
Hi Alec, Quoth Alec Smith, > I understand a large portion of the kernel 2.4 networking code was updated > and/or completely replaced. Under 2.2 I have ipchains configured to do > basic masquerading for my local LAN. Is there a straightforward guide which > describes how to do masquerading and

Re: Moving from kernel 2.2 to 2.4

2001-01-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Alec, anyway take a look on http://www.sentry.net/~obsid/IPTables/rc.scripts.dir/current/rc.firewall.iptables and http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/ Seeya At 20:31 28/01/2001 -0200, you wrote: On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:24:25 -0500 Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand a large

Re: Moving from kernel 2.2 to 2.4

2001-01-28 Thread Christoph Simon
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:24:25 -0500 Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand a large portion of the kernel 2.4 networking code was updated > and/or completely replaced. Under 2.2 I have ipchains configured to do > basic masquerading for my local LAN. Is there a straightforward guide w

Moving from kernel 2.2 to 2.4

2001-01-28 Thread Alec Smith
I understand a large portion of the kernel 2.4 networking code was updated and/or completely replaced. Under 2.2 I have ipchains configured to do basic masquerading for my local LAN. Is there a straightforward guide which describes how to do masquerading and firewalling with 2.4 after moving up