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  1. Sorry it didn't work for you Dave, but as a parting shot, and only if you are desperate mind, you could always go here:

     

    http://www.xandros.com/products/home/home_edition.html

     

    It is a bit of an extreme tactic I must admit, I am not even sure that I would do it, but then my network is working.

     

    All the best anyway.

     

    Downloaded it, checked the md5 sum, burnt it to disk, didn't work, burnt it to a new disk, hung up halfway through. Burnt it to a 3rd disk with a different (new) drive. At 75% it told me there was an "Unknown Installation Error". Tried to save the details but machine hung completely. I have tried burning it with K3b in linux and Nero and Burn4Free under windows XP and Vista so I don't think that is the problem. There seems to be something very odd about my setup and as near as I can determine, it is not a virus and I don't know of any odd hardware. I should point out that around three quarters of electrical or electronic purchases I make need to be repaired or replaced within a week. In the last 3 years this has been: a food processor (died after 2 days) , Misubishi television (dead on arrival), sky satellite box (DOA), this computer (motherboard failure), kettle (electric shocks), DVD recorder (would not record), washing machine (died halfway through first wash), alarm clock (reset to 0 instead of sounding alarm). The problem could just be me! :D

     

    Thanks for all your help.

     

    Dave

  2. Don't blame me if it doesn't!!

     

    It didn't and I dont!, but thanks anyway.

     

    Many thanks to everyone who has offered advice and assistance. Today I disconnected the modem and shut down shorewall completely as given above. The results were exactly the same as before. I am knocking this on the head now as there appears to be some basic incompatibility here that seems impossible to resolve and I do not have the patience, time or resources to pursue it further. I do not understand why Windows is assigned DHCP addresses in both the public and private network range but linux only gets them in the public range from exactly the same equipment but I suspect this is at the heart of the problem. Tried also today to set up VPN but the system just freezes at the Installing Packages stage so have decided that is a non starter. My congratulations to everyone who has managed to get a linux network going. I seem doomed to be stuck with Windows, which would be less irritating if it had not been so easy to set up networking with it!

     

    Dave

  3. Thank you everyone for your help.

     

    On examining the Windows (both XP and Vista) configurations, I note that I get a DHCP Server address of 192.168.1.3 (within the range for local network provided by viking777) on both machines, additionally labeled as IPv4 from Vista, but it would appear from the output of ifconfig that there there does not appear to be any such address in either of the linux setups, which is probably the problem. Is there some basic step in the setup of the network under linux that I am overlooking? Not being particularly knowledgeable I have taken the advice of the configuration tool and just kept defaults, which I am sure said to use DHCP configuration anyway.

     

    Dave

  4. Don't know whether this will help, but this is the configuration from the Windows Vista machine, which is talking to the XP machine.

     

    Sufijo DNS específico para la conexión: indalotv.net

    Descripción: Controladora de Gigabit Ethernet Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E

    Dirección física: 00-19-21-78-34-51

    Habilitado para DHCP: Sí

    IPv4 Dirección IP: 88.148.50.222

    IPv4 Máscara de subred: 255.255.255.0

    Concesión obtenida: miércoles, 26 de marzo de 2008 11:43:14

    La concesión expira: domingo, 30 de marzo de 2008 10:19:53

    IPv4 Puerta de enlace predeterminada: 88.148.50.1

    IPv4 Servidor de DHCP: 192.168.1.3

    IPv4 Servidores DNS: 212.0.114.244, 80.58.0.33, 212.230.255.1, 80.58.0.33

    IPv4 Servidor WINS:

    Habilitado para NetBios a través de Tcpip: Sí

    Vínculo: dirección IPv6 local: fe80::b518:c010:de98:8a7d%8

    IPv6 Puerta de enlace predeterminada:

    IPv6 Servidor DNS:

     

    (Sorry this is in Spanish, Sufijo is suffix, Dirección is address, Puerta is port, Enlace is connect, Máscara is mask, Habilitado is enabled, Vinculo is link, Predeterminada is default, A tráves is over (via), Red is net (subred=subnet) and I think the rest are either fairly obvious or unimportant). Perhaps I should be doing this via VPN rather than Samba?

     

    Here are the XP machine details:

     

    Physical Address: 00-20-18-A1-58-7D

    IP Address: 88.148.50.33

    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

    Default Gateway: 88.148.50.1

    DHCP Server: 192.168.1.3

    Lease Obtained: 26/03/2008 9:31:58

    Lease Expires: 30/03/2008 8:08:38

    DNS Servers: 212.0.114.244, 80.58.0.33, 212.230.255.1, 80.58.0.33

    WINS Server:

     

    Hope this can help.

  5. I also notice you have iptables and shorewall services enabled and running on these machines, since they are in the list above. That means firewall is enabled, unless configuration is fully open.

     

    Output from /etc/firewall/drakx.rules

     

    ACCEPT net fw udp 137,138,139,445,1024:1100,631 -

    ACCEPT net fw tcp 137,138,139,445,1024:1100,631 -

    ACCEPT net fw icmp 8 -

     

    Is there anything else I can do? Incidentally, when shutting down I get the message "Warning DISABLE IPV6=Yes in Shorewall.conf but this system does not appear to have IPV6 tables". I can't find Shorewall.conf anywhere and have no idea how to disable IPV6 tables anyway.

     

    Dave https://mandrivausers.org/style_emoticons/default/wall.gif

  6. The 'lo' network device is loopback and is for linux PC's to talk to themselves (w/o leaving the machine). Its IP address is always 127.0.0.1.

    My guess (like ianw) is that both linux machines have the default firewall settings, meaning closed to smb (ports 137-139, 445). Check the logs (/var/los/messages and /var/log/samba/). You can open the firewall for samba by hand by editing /etc/shorewall/rules. You can do the same via the control center (security, setup personal firewall, select Windows file sharing). This will create /etc/shorewall/rules.drakx. Mine looks like follows for CUPS (631), Samba & SSH (22):

     

    ACCEPT  net	 fw	  udp	 137,138,139,445,1024:1100,631   -
    ACCEPT  net	 fw	  tcp	 22,137,138,139,445,1024:1100,631		-

     

    My experience with a windows client (98, 98SE & XP) and Mandriva server is that samba does not give appropriate error messages it if gets blocked by a firewall, be it on the server or on the client (windows or linux client should accept responses from the server).

     

    Another problem I have had with Samba is that of the workgroup name. Whatever you have put in /etc/samba/smb.conf behind workgroup = should match with what you have as workgroup on your windows PC (I forgot where you set it, but you can check in under control panel, system, computer name). If these do not match (I do not think case matters to windows), then (my conclusion was) clkient will not see server or vice versa.

     

    Thanks for you help. This is copied from yesterday's entries in /var/log/messages:

     

    Mar 25 15:47:34 localhost drakfirewall[7966]: configuring shorewall to allow ports: 137/tcp 137/udp 138/tcp 138/udp 139/tcp 139/udp 445/tcp

    445/udp 1024:1100/tcp 1024:1100/udp 631/tcp 631/udp 8/icmp

     

    and rules.drakx shows

     

    ACCEPT net fw udp 137,138,139,445,1024:1100,631 -

    ACCEPT net fw tcp 137,138,139,445,1024:1100,631 -

    ACCEPT net fw icmp 8 -

  7. I am not surprised because I am pretty sure that the 78. address is your public ip address not a private network one. I don't think you want to set up a home network based on that unless you have a very relaxed attitude to personal privacy. Private IP address ranges are 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255, 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 and your router should provide an address somewhere in one of those ranges for you to share a network on. I assume you are using a router to connect the machines or is this just a crossover cable?

     

    When I run ifconfig I get the private address as allocated from my router not the public one, I am not sure why you don't.(unless you have NAT turned off in the router config or it doesn't provide NAT, but I am really getting a bit out of my depth with NAT - I know how to switch it on and off and I know that in general it is a good thing but that is about as far as my knowledge goes).

     

    No, I don't get any addresses in the ranges above when I run ifconfig, no, I don't have a router I have a network switch and as far as I know it doesn't provide NAT (whatever that is) and no, it is deifintely not a crossover cable. When switching off (both machines) I get a warning message that "shorewall.conf (something) IP6 but this machine does not appear to have IP6 tables". Neither can I find shorewall.conf on either machine.

    I don't know if it is relevant but the 2 machines have different IP addresses. Downstairs has 78.136.120.20 and upstairs has 88.148.50.166. These are the inet addr from ifconfig, so it looks as if I only have 2 Internet addresses and no local ones, although, as I said, it was simplicity itself to set up under Windows.

  8. Can you post the results of this from both Linux machines, and also ensure that Windows doesn't have a firewall enabled on it's network connections.

     

    chkconfig --list | grep -i :on

     

    then we'll see what services are enabled in Windows and running, maybe seeing iptables or shorewall somewhere in this list or even mandi-ifw.

     

    OK, here is the output and my observations. The problem with disabling firewalls is that my setup gives both machines direct access to the internet via a switchbox . This connects to a telephony modem which also gives me my telephone service via a microwave link to my ISP (no wires here in rural Spain). The same connections via ethernet ports also allow the lan, so opening the physical local network port also gives access to the internet. I notice both machines show a second virtual interface (lo) but have no idea how this works. With Windows I just had to set up the shares and it was up and running, even the printer.

     

    This is from the Downstairs machine

     

    acpi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    avahi-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

    consolekit 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    dkms 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off

    fuse 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    harddrake 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    hcfpci 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    hsf 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

    mandi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    mdadm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    network-up 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    nfs-common 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    pcscd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    resolvconf 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    shorewall 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    system-tools-backends 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    vboxadd-timesync 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

    webmin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

    wine 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    [root@localhost ~]#

     

    I note that lisa is not listed downstairs. It is definitely installed, but I have no idea how to get it running - it all happened automatically using 2007.

     

    And this from the upstairs machine.

     

    [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list | grep -i :on

    acpi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    avahi-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

    crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    ct_sync 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    dm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off

    haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    harddrake 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    keytable 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    kheader 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

    lisa 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    mandi 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    network-up 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    numlock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    partmon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    resolvconf 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    rpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    rpcidmapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    shorewall 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    ucarp 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

    [root@localhost ~]#

     

    It seems impossible to switch the shorewall off completely. The GUI tool allows you to select "No firewall" and deselect eth0, but it doesn't seem to stay switched off - when I go back in, eth0 is checked again and the "No

  9. [root@localhost ~]# smb://78.136.120.20

     

    This won't work, of course. The smb virtual filesystem is accessible only via a KDE application, not the bash shell.

    (and you should not try such operations as root).

    Simply try again

    smb://78.136.120.20

    in the konqueror address bar, or the krusader one- not bash/konsole.

    @ ian1974:

    ntfs-3g is just one fuse module out of many. I was talking above about smbnetfs, which is a very easy way to access windows/samba shares as local files.

    Sorry, I assumed that anything displayed as "code" went into a cli. I did try it in konqueror anyway and all it brought up were the linux files on the local machine. This did also give me a route to the local windows directories but I had that anyway.

  10. Thank you for taking the time to answer.

     

    Windows will access Linux files only if samba server is running and properly configured.

    Linux clients should access windows shares without samba configuration via the KDE virtual filesystem ( smb:/ at a konqueror/krusader address line)

     

    This gives me the message:

     

    Unable to find any workgroups in your local network. This might be caused by an enabled firewall.

     

    With all firewalls disabled.

     

    What is a "fuse module", please?

  11. Thanks for your input. Result of ifconfig is:

    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:21:78:34:51

    inet addr:78.136.120.20 Bcast:78.136.120.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

    inet6 addr: fe80::219:21ff:fe78:3451/64 Scope:Link

    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

    RX packets:178228 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

    TX packets:48785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

    RX bytes:68098096 (64.9 MiB) TX bytes:5888725 (5.6 MiB)

    Interrupt:17

     

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback

    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

    RX packets:60948 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

    TX packets:60948 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

    RX bytes:10124600 (9.6 MiB) TX bytes:10124600 (9.6 MiB)

     

    Result of

     

    smb://192.168.1.100

    using these addresses on the 2008 machine is:

     

    [root@localhost ~]# smb://78.136.120.20

    bash: smb://78.136.120.20: No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# smb://78.136.120.20

    bash: smb://78.136.120.20: No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# smb://78.136.120.255

    bash: smb://78.136.120.255: No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# smb://255.255.255.0

    bash: smb://255.255.255.0: No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# smb://127.0.0.1

    bash: smb://127.0.0.1: No such file or directory

    [root@localhost ~]# smb://255.0.0.0

    bash: smb://255.0.0.0: No such file or directory

     

    As I said, I am probably missing something fundamental and glaringly obvious (but not to me!)

    I disable the firewall every time I start a new configuration attempt and both machines were running linux when I did this.

  12. Have you got the samba packages installed on the Linux systems? Also, you can check/test samba connectivity by opening nautilus (gnome) or konqueror (kde) and typing:

     

    smb://

     

    This gives me the result "Malformed URL smb://:"

     

    However, smb:\\ gives me the result "Timeout on server" It also shows the Windows icon in the location bar

     

    This is the same on both machines.

     

     

    rpm -qa | grep -i samba

     

    Reports:

    samba-client-3.0.25b-4.4mdv2008.0

    samba-server-3.0.25b-4.4mdv2008.0

    samba-common-3.0.25b-4.4mdv2008.0

     

    and

     

    samba-client-3.0.24-2mdv2007.1

    samba-server-3.0.24-2mdv2007.1

    samba-common-3.0.24-2mdv2007.1

     

    On the respective systems.

     

    So it looks as if all the relevant samba packages are installed. (I thought they were as it was the first thing on my checklist when I started)

     

    Here are some other configuration settings I have:

     

    Only samba (NFS not enabled)

    Shared folders:

    /var/lib/samba/printers/

    /var/spool/samba/

    /var/tmp/

    + 2 Users and guest account Documents directories (Guest account necessary for business)

     

    On the 2007.1 system, using KDE Control centre, users entered into the Users section in Samba do not "stick", ie when the Users section is viewed after leaving and re-entering the module, all entries have been deleted. This does not happen on the 2008 system. Security level is set to Share on both systems. Default host is set as /downstairs/, workgroup as mdkgroup

     

    I have been revisiting this setup for several weeks and still have no idea as to why it doesn't work. I know it can work or the Windows one wouldn't and that is even more frustrating.

  13. Skype has released new version 2.0 with a support for video calls. Has anybody tried it? Does it work with Mandriva 2008.0? I currently have version 1.4, what is the best way to upgrade?

     

    Installed it a couple of weeks ago on 2008, but can't get video to work at all, but have not yet managed to get webcam working with either 2007 or 2008.

     

    It states 1Ghz processor for minimum requirement but works fine for voice and chat on an 866.

     

    Dave

     

    If we had no governments, who would start the wars?

  14. I am sure I am missing something fundamental and glaringly obvious, but here goes.

     

    I have 2 machines, core 2 duo 1.8GHz, 2GB Ram, 300GB HDD, with Windows Vista Home Premium and Mandriva 2008 (Free), the other with a PIII, 866Mhz, 256MB, 30GB HDD with Windows XP and Linux 2007.1 Spring (free). The two windows systems talk to each other without any problems and the linux systems can access the windows files on their local machines. Here are the problems I have.

     

    1. 2008 cannot find any Windows system installed when I try to use the porting tool provided in MCC in 2008.

    2. Neither linux system can find the other nor the remote windows system.

    3. Neither Windows system can find any linux system, remote or local

    4. Boot messages say "Starting lisa.....[OK], but when I try to access the network from linux I get an alert that lisa is not running

    5. When I try to install a network printer using cups, the system freezes at the "searching for new printers" stage and needs a hard reset.

     

    I have ensured that the host names match (/downstairs/ and /upstairs/ in both windows and linux)

    I have tried to configure it with both the KDE tool and MCC with notable lack of success.

    The shares are set up on both Windows systems.

    I have installed ntfs-3g

     

    The configuration tools report 2 network interfaces on each machine, labeled as lo and eth0. I only have one physical interface on each machine so presumably lo is a virtual device, unless it refers to the network switch that both machines connect to each other and the Internet through. I am totally confused here.

     

    Also irritating (an admittedly off topic here) is that the graphical boot does not work on the PII machine, despite all the configurations looking correct. Not really important but suggestions here appreciated as well.

     

    All comments, suggestions and help, as always, much appreciated.

     

    Dave

  15. Thanks again, I now have it resolved. I checked /boot/grub/menu.lst and the pointers were all set to hda5. I reset them to hda6 and it worked. Still don't know how this happened as all I was doing when the system went down was using cups to try to install a network printer, but alls well that ends well. I have made a backup of menu.lst and called it menu.works and left it in the /boot/grub directory.

     

    Now to try to set up a network and install the printer.

  16. Add to /etc/fstab:

     

    /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1

     

    and see if it'll get your system booting again. Without this line, this is most likely why your system can't boot. Providing of course that it was ext3 when it was set up.

     

    Thanks, but no joy. From what I can see from the onscreen messages on bootup it appears to be looking for an ext3 system on hda5, which is the swap partition.

     

    Dave

  17. OK, escaped for a while. output as below.

     

    Output of /dev/hda

     

    Disk /dev/hda: 30.7GB 30735581184 bytes 
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3736 cylinders
    Units=cylinders of 16065*512=8225280 bytes
    Device		  Boot	Start	End		Blocks		Id	 System
    /dev/hda1	  *	 1	   1912		153581084		 c		  W95 fat32 (LBA)
    /dev/hda2		  1913	  3736	   14651280		5		 Extended
    /dev/hda5		  1913	  2044	   10602580		82		linux swap Solaris
    /dev/hda6		  2045	  3736	   135909584	   83		linux

     

    Output from more /etc/fstab

     

    Label=Linux / ext3 defaults 1 1
    /dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto umask=0, users, iocharset=utf8, noauto, ro, exec 0 0
    /dev/hdd /media/cdrom2 auto umask=0, users, iocharset=utf8, noauto, ro, exec 0 0
    none /media/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0, fs=exf2:vfat, --,umask=0, iocharset=utf8, sync 0 0
    /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat, umask=0, iocharset=utf8 0 0
    none /proc/ proc defaults 0 0
    /dev/ hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0

     

    I checked twice. There was no mention of /dev/hda6 from /etc/fstab. Don't know if this is relevant or not, but that is wher my linux system sits. I think the transcription is accurate. I have yet to learn the intricacies of dot commands. :unsure:

  18. Can you post the output of:

     

    fdisk -l /dev/hda

     

    so we can see the partition table layout. Also, contents of /etc/fstab would be good, so we can see where each partition goes in terms of mount point, etc.

     

    Will do as soon as possible. Due to circumstances (my wife) not within my control, I have to do some interior decorating today. :annoyed: Personally, I think she has far more flair for colour, light and shadow and a keener eye for application but I can't convince her she should do it.

     

    Had a quick look and there is a lot of stuff about bits not on boundaries on HDA1 (XP) and no device HDA6 (should be linux) HDA5 (swap) does not have a partition table. Will get the rest asap.

  19. I have just been hit with a similar problem. I had 2007.1 Spring (free) running on my old PIII 866Mhz with 256Mb and a 30Gb IDE HDD, and it has been really well behaved until yesterday. There was a power outage (yes, I keep promising myself a UPS) whilst I was configuring a new printer in cups and now it won't boot. I have Safe Mode, non-fb, the original install kernel and the latest kernel from Updates available from the Grub menu, but the only one that gets anywhere is Safe Mode, which takes me to a Single User bash shell but won't boot into X.

     

    The boot messages say can´t find ext3 filesystem on dev HDA1, tries without flags and again in read-only mode, then gives kernel panic, trying to kill init and hangs up.

     

    I have checked the partitons using Puppy linux from CD and gparted shows the swap and linux partitions exactly as I left them, and I can even access the folders and files without difficulty. Is there any way I can rescue the system without a complete re-install? All the kernels are present in the /boot directory, so it may well be a corrupt config file somewhere, but my knowledge of such things is limited to taking advice from others, I'm afraid.

     

    Windows XP Pro boots from its partition without any problems whatsoever, so it is likely the disk, although 8 years old now, is still working OK.

     

    All help, as always, much appreciated.

     

    Dave :mellow:

  20.  

    Thanks for your feedback. I used the sizes from the autoconfigure options for the HDD that were made when I installed 2007.1, hence the sizes, only just found the filesystem diagram on the board so may retweak in my next install. Don't know why Internet connection was not working until reboot as system

     

    I used the Free 2008, so never got the upgrade option, only a clean install. Logout screen for 1st install attempt only gave me end session, no othet options, despite "Logout options" being ticked in control panel. End session took me to some sort of shell where the only working option was to logout (to single user mode) or X. Could not even do a shutdown option (command not found) or su to root (command not found), Printer detup from printerdrake or control centre froze up completely, http://localhost:631 gave me Not Found, although listed as installed in Software management, hence the reinstall.

     

    No idea why the entire disk was scrubbed for second install. I /know/ I selected Use Existing Partitions. There are too many warnings to easily make mistakes at this level.

     

    4Gb was not enough for root with the rest configured automatically as /home. As I said, got insufficient memory error when doing updates. (late edit, sorry, that should read "not enough space on disk")

     

     

    Used CP/m from 1983 to 1994 (Memotech MTX), then forced to go the windows route from 1994 to 1997 for Uni compatibility. Tried Mandrake linux first in 2001 (don't know what release - it was in a yellow and black box) using the PIII machine that is still in use running 2007.1. Self taught Z80 programming in assembly (Rodney Zak's book). Had a program published by a major magazine in 1985. Have tried to avoid Windows, but it is not really possible at the moment as Linux is not fully of age yet.

     

    1 x 2007.1 Spring (Free) + Windows ME P3, 256Mb, 30Gb HDD

    1 x 2008.0 (Free) + Windows Vista + Windows XP, Core 2 Duo 4300 1,8Gz, 2Gb , 300Gb HDD

    Wired LAN via switchbox and telephony modem to microwave link to ISP. (Rural Spain)

  21. Having upgraded my kernel to a himem-capable one I notice in verbose mode on boot that several things seem to be missing. It all scrolls by a bit to quickly to be certain, but I think some have to do with hsfmodem or something similar. I can't find any record of these messages in the boot or any other logs. Any help on this? The system seems to be working fine without these uninstalled items whatever they are.

  22. All attempts using Live CD 2008. 1st install over the top of Mandriva 2007.1 Spring (Free), supposedly clean install, but many problems, mostly with the logout screen and adding printers. Second attempt over the top of 1st, selected use existing partitions but scrubbed whole hard drive and repartitioned it! Good job I backed up first. Third attempt (after reinstalling Windows Vista and XP), used auto configure for hard drive. Got insufficient hard drive space report when doing updates, auto had only allocated 4Gb out of 200 Gb available. 4th attempt, configured partitions by hand (4Gb as swap, 15Gb as /, 30Gb as /usr and 155Gb as /home) and it works! The Internet connection didn't work although it was reported as up on eth0 and the connection icon was ticked. Rebooted and it worked. No cups installed and 182 update files installed and I finally have a working system. Then I discovered that I am only using half the installed memory. Installed a kernel with himem support but now get a lot of not found messages on bot up. Don't know what they do as the system seems fine without them.

     

    Would not recommend this for the faint hearted! :wacko:

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