Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

> It seems I can control the drive controllers and am now making some > progress. I can get GRUB to continue on, but I hit a kernel panic > that halts me later. any way to store the dmesg on a system that isn't booting properly? I get to VFS: cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

The default for gmail! On 5/28/07, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:11PM -0700, Alan Womack wrote: > > The drive I want to boot from is on the

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:51:44PM +0200, Tijnema wrote: > > > > Can you go in to the bios and play with the boot order, or tell it > > that the IDE drive isn't there ? (no guarantees linux will be able > > to find an IDE if the bios has disabled it, but very possible). > > > > ĸen > > You would

Re: Xog 7.1 Build Error

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 05:30:55PM -0400, Baho Utot wrote: > > I get the following > > checking for XFONT... configure: error: Package requirements (xproto xtrans > fontsproto fontenc) were not met: > > No package 'xtrans' found > No package 'fontenc' found > > Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFI

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

On 5/28/07, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read > text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > LOL, nice one :) > > Can you go in to the bios and play with the boot order, or tell it > that the IDE drive isn't there ? (no

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:11PM -0700, Alan Womack wrote: > The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. > > The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

On 5/28/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. > > The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have the IDE drive in the > system, it either hangs or the intel boot manager complains about the > cable. > > If I take it out

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

Alan Womack wrote: > The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. > > The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have the IDE drive in the > system, it either hangs or the intel boot manager complains about the > cable. > > If I take it out, then the scsi drive will loa

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

The drive I want to boot from is on the Adaptec 3940 which is a scsi drive. The other drive is an IDE drive. If I have the IDE drive in the system, it either hangs or the intel boot manager complains about the cable. If I take it out, then the scsi drive will load grub, but that changes the hd0

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

On 5/28/07, Alan Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working with stable 6.2 using the book on the live CD. > > My issue is trying to get my Dell Optiplex G110 to complete the boot into LFS. > > I have an adaptec 3940 card connected to an IBM drive that I want to > boot too. I can at least get

need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

I'm working with stable 6.2 using the book on the live CD. My issue is trying to get my Dell Optiplex G110 to complete the boot into LFS. I have an adaptec 3940 card connected to an IBM drive that I want to boot too. I can at least get to GRUB if I take the IDE drive off the system completely.