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kernel panic! Oh poo.
by Ricardo Campos 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

Today, as I booted my box, it said that the kernel was using the wrong compression format and halted. So I rebooted, and the dmesg came up with lots of: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Right at the end, we have: VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,0) It booted, but some files just weren't there anymore. i.e. it had mount, but not umount. So I thought, bugger that, saved the dmesg, and rebooted. I was greeted with:- Kernel Panic! VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01 It suggested to run e2fsck, so I did using a tomsrtbt rescue floppy. Fine. It 'fixed' a LOT on hda1. Reboot, Kernel Panic! no init found... SoI'm figuring that it's pretty much destroyed the data on hda1. Or, as I like to mount it, / Bugger. So I guess it's reinstall time for me, that way, I guess, I could possibly save /home . Or do people think it may be a hardware problem? Oh poo. TIA Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] UDMA 100, etc.
by Ricardo Campos 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

> have a box acting as an interface running nothing at all except internet > connection stuff, so that everything on the internal network is hidden > behind it. you might want to try apt-get install firestarter, if you're running woody (might be in potato). It's possibly the easiest firewall s/w you cound ever use (i.e. takes about 30 seconds). Of course, a custom hand-written script is best, but to get a home connection going I'd highly recommend it. You'll need a 2.4.x kernel, though, as it uses iptables. Of course, it's a bit overkill on dial-up! I tend to leave mine connected from friday 6pm to monday 8am (as it's free), so I use it 'just in case'. Also it means my laptop (which has no modem) can have net access. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] UDMA 100, etc.
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

Ricardo wrote: >Thanks, now I just need to find the cash. Does anyone >want to buy a grandmother? She's housetrained and very >knowledgeable about the war. I also have a spare kidney >(slightly damaged). ;) Sure, how much? Would you swap for a sack of soya beans? I've been reading about linux security, and apparently the best way is to have a box acting as an interface running nothing at all except internet connection stuff, so that everything on the internal network is hidden behind it. I had dreams of turning my current cobbled-together old box at home into the firewall beast, and buying a big fast shiny new computer and running a distro on it that I can start looking at desktop stuff on - I've only ever piddled around with command line so far really apart from mozilla. Then when our primary school decides to try linux I can sweep round and show the kids redhat running word editors or whatever :-) Anyone want to buy a broken motorbike? Buyer collects (from France). Jen.

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Re: [Alug] UDMA 100, etc.
by Ricardo Campos 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

> > Am I right in thinking that ATA100 hd's will work on a > > ata33 board? > > Yup. Thanks, now I just need to find the cash. Does anyone want to buy a grandmother? She's housetrained and very knowledgeable about the war. I also have a spare kidney (slightly damaged). ;) Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Apologies for Absence from Meeting of 14th
by John Seago 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

I'm afraid that I shall not be able to attend the next meeting of ALUG as I will be at a Field Shoot, (Archery), on that day. -- John Seago

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Re: RE: windows management
by Ben Norcutt 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

Hi, Yes not being able to run setup.exe from a cd was imagined. This certainly wasn't the case with the connect 2.4 networks that I worked with anyway. Cheers, Ben

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 15 Jul '02

15 Jul '02

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Re: [Alug] USB and SMB
by Chris Glover 14 Jul '02

14 Jul '02

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Chris Walker wrote: > Can somebody help me with a couple of problems I'm having? > > My PC using Mandrake 7.2 is networked to another machine running Acorns Risc > OS and which uses adfs as its filing system. I'm trying to samba mount the > drives on that machine - I can do it fine under Win98 but just can't seem to > get the syntax right under Mandrake. The name of ROS machine is Florida and > one of the shared drives is called HardDisc4. It's shared under Win98 as i: > with a mount of \\florida\harddisc4 and I thought I would be able to do > something similar, but I've got precisely nowhere. > Have you tried smbmount "\\<IP Address of Acorn>\root" <mount point> We have a lot of Acorn RISC PC's at work (Omnibus TV station automation) and this is how we connect to them. If your interested they run CBBC, CBeebies and BBC Choice! Chris -- Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris(a)glovercc.clara.co.uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon

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RE: windows management
by Ben Norcutt 14 Jul '02

14 Jul '02

>As someone that works as a network manager in a >secondary school in >Norwich >I can say that the IT support brach for the schools >has a hard enough >time >with windoze. > >Sorry - you've just discovered the M$ lie - Windows >was designed to 'protect the user from the operating >System'. However you still have to know what your >doing - a computer is a tool not a crutch - An >operating system will not turn you into a competent >network manager any more than a graphics editor will >turn you into an artist or a word processor turn me >into a coherent writer. If you dont know the >fundamentals it aint really gonna help. >Tom Hi Tom, I'm not sure but I think you just insulted me. When I said the IT support branch I was talking about the IT support from the LEA most schools aren't as fortunate as mine having someone who is there fulltime just to look after the IT system most have a teacher doing it. Next time you wanna have a pop do it privately if this is wrong then forigve me but right now I fell pretty pi**ed off with your lame response. Ben

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RE: windows management
by Ben Norcutt 14 Jul '02

14 Jul '02

> Like those RM Machines. Those were too easy to >hack :/ > >From what I've heard, RM machines manage to >effectively stop the system >admins and their chosen (non-RM) software contractors >from doing certain >tasks, yet don't seem to stop the students circumventing >them... Bizarrely, >they still have customers. Having worked with RM networks there was nothing in the RM security that stopped you as an admin doing anything you needed to do and yes there were always things certain knowledgable students could do to mess the system up but the bolt on security onto an otherwise unsecure win9x machine was good. There latest product is based on XP clients and 2K server and looks good. Ben

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