From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (3112 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:47:17 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id TAA12128; Sun Nov 5 19:46:12 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA06756 for ; Sun, 05 Nov 2000 19:46:34 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001105194717.007b7e30@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 19:47:17 -0600 Subject: Re: installed rh 6.2 from talking bootdisk, but it's kernel refuses to work properly when copied in from the bootdisk In-Reply-To: <006b01c0478d$e0f223e0$3aa50e18@muskgn1.mi.home.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20001105123742.007b2100@mail.ufw2.com> <3.0.6.32.20001105155947.007b3220@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: Exactly. the install kernel is too, how could I slip the speakup patch in without mounting drives, tough. At 08:07 PM 11/5/00 -0500, you wrote: >This is the exact error I was having atempting to mount disk drives. Let me >guess, the kernel that boots is version 2.2.1450. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brent Harding" >To: >Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 4:59 PM >Subject: Re: installed rh 6.2 from talking bootdisk, but it's kernel refuses >to work properly when copied in from the bootdisk > > >> No, it boots, having dad help me the first time, the nonspeakup kernel it >> installed booted, but the speakup kernel gives errors, and gives a message >> saying enter root password for maintenance or press ctrl-d to start >> normally. Pressing that says automatic reboot in progress, and it does so. >> This was using loadlin with the kernel of the rh boot disk. When I try to >> mount once I get to maintenance mode, it says /dev/fd0, wrong major or >> minor number. It does this with any partition I choose to mount, including >> my dos one. >> At 08:38 AM 11/6/00 +1100, you wrote: >> >Hi: >> > >> >hmmmm. OK, does it actually end up booting or does it grind to a halt? >I >> >would have thought that you'd need to do a rdev on the kernel so that it >> >would use the hard drive as the root device as opposed to the floppy, but >> >I've never used redhat. You out there, Bill? >> > >> >Geoff. >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Geoff Shang >> >ICQ number 43634701 >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >