On 2008-06-30, Rob privacy.net> wrote:

If I want to compile (and then boot into) a new kernel, is it
necessary that I make a new initrd too? Or can I stick with the
(working) initrd that came with my Linux distribution (SuSE 10.3),
which has been working just fine? (SuSE 10.3 installed a 2.6.22.5
kernel, and I want to compile a 2.6.25.6.

I ask this question because I've tried going with the old initrd and
my system hangs almost immediately after I select the new kernel from
the grub menu.

Hi,

I have an old laptop (HP Omnibook 6000) that currently has Win2K on
it.
I want to replace this OS with Kubuntu but am slightly limited seing
that
the laptop no longer has a CD/DVD drive.

What are my options (except for new cd drive etc...) ?

Thanks,
Leo

I've installed Centos 5.1 Linux to a USB drive and have set my laptop
to boot from the USB port. When I select the USB Drive as the boot
device it displays "No Boot Sector on USB Drive" then procedes to boot
from my internal HD with WinXP. Does anyone know how I get a boot
sector on my usb drive? I thought the linux installation would of
placed one on it, it was also suppose to install the grub loader.

Thanks,
Pete

I'm trying to install Centos 5.1 on an external USB drive. I have 17
gigs free space, 2 gigs ext2, 420 gig of personal data. I've backed
up the personal data incase anything goes wrong. During installation
it allows me to pick the USB hard drive but then I get a warning
message "You have chosen to remove all Linux partitions (and ALL DATA
on them) on the following drives. /dev/sda. Is this just going to
search for Linux partitions and erase the data on them or will it
delete all data from the hard drive. I'm hoping for the Centos
installation just to use the free space and ext2 partitions. The free
space is for the installation and the ext2 would be for the Swap.

Thanks for the help,
Pete

Has anybody succeeded to start the Debian
40r3-Sparc-Netinst CD (Etch 20080218-14:33)
on a Sparcstation 20?

Mine crashes after booting when it attempts
to load the SCSI driver module. The hardware
works on customised kernel (v2.4).

Any pointers how to change the kernel on the
netboot CD?

Netiquette 2007-08#1

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Errm, first a delicate point. Often users accessing a forum
like this for the first time don't realize that posts don't
show up immediately, certainly not for several minutes, and
maybe not for some hours. In the old days, it took as long
as the camel bearing the news took! So they tend to post
"test" messages. Please don't!

It really is a netiquette faux pas; it gets on the regulars'
nerves and will get you flamed. It's much like switching a
light switch on and off would get on the nerves of the people
in the room!

My PC has two interfaces. eth0 connected via wire and hub to other PCs
and eth1 via wireless connection to Internet provider.

eth0 can be restarted as root with command '/etc/init.d/network
restart'. How should eth1 be restarted?

I've got some RHEL 5 servers in a mixed environment where I'd like to
use Kerberos or Winbind for user authentication against an Active
Directory server, but seem to have trouble getting it to behave
correctly.

I've got two distinct installations, whose 'authconfig --test' looks
like this. Winbind is active for authentication and user information.
Very small changes in configuration make things fail rather
unpredictably. What I'd like to do is set these up so that the local
server controls the client's home directory and shell, by putting them
in /etc/passwd, and using Kerberos or Winbind for user authentication.
That works, but there's trouble with the "idmap uid" and "idmap gid".
Namely, they automatically wind up set like this in smb.conf:

idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
idmap gid = 16777216-33554431

I have noticed having and have red others having an unusual number of yum
problems.

It started for me with release 8 with the mix of 32 and 64 bit packages,
libraries and who knows what else.

When I upgraded to 9 some problems ended but new ones appeared.

After noticing that all I found after a reasonable search that all the apps
appeared to be 64 I took a flyer and did a fresh install last night.

I can't swear to anything this soon but overnight I did
# yum -y upgrade and in the morning it all went without a problem but that
happened on the 9 upgrade also.

If I forget to post again in a week someone ask if it did solve the problem.