hawklord

it was the UUID, all sorted now,

thanks tux99,

after nearly 3 years i still have a lot to learn,

i'll check the link out later, thanks

i am running mandriva 2008.1, fully updated,

i was running 2008.1 and i installed 2009.1 from the live cd, but kept my /swap and /home, i didn't like dolphin to much and it seemed a bit 'buggy',

i had made an image of my 2008.1 / partition (using partimage) and decided to image it back over 2009.1,

i have just noticed that my /swap does not mount at cold boot or a reboot but i can mount it through disk management,

if i logout and login it stays mounted,

does anyone know how i can fix this so my /swap mounts at boot

ta

thanks, it worked :D ,

i had a feeling it might be that, but i went with the default at drakboot - ah well

i am booting various o/s's from grub, mostly with no problems,

the only one i am having a little trouble with is linux on my ide secondary master - at the moment its mandriva 2009.1,

i boot into grub with mandriva 2009.0 on my primary master and windows on my primary slave,

i also have an entry in grub for windows on my secondary master - with this configuration i have no problem booting to any of the 4 operating systems (i have 2 x windows controlled by ntldr)

when i physically swap drives on my secondary master to 2009.1 all i get is a white screen

i added 2009.1 via drakboot,

i know that this is probably a minor issue but at the moment i can't seem to figure it out,

any ideas ?

(i know 2009.1 works as my motherboard supports the F11 boot options)

here is my menu.lst, its the last entry i am having headaches with

title linux

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 failsafe

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title Windoze

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

map (hd0) (hd1)

map (hd1) (hd0)

makeactive

chainloader +1

title play hdd

rootnoverify (hd2,0)

map (hd0) (hd2)

map (hd2) (hd0)

makeactive

chainloader +1

title desktop586 2.6.27.19-1mnb

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.19-desktop586-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.27.19-1mnb root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.27.19-desktop586-1mnb.img

title desktop586 2.6.27.21-1mnb

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.21-desktop586-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.27.21-1mnb root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.27.21-desktop586-1mnb.img

title linux-0

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.3-desktop586-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=linux-0 root=UUID=a913dfc7-91b9-4e2a-8eba-7843f00de8f0 UUID=a913dfc7-91b9-4e2a-8eba-7843f00de8f0 splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

decided to swap the usb adapter for a wireless pci card (don't tell the misses :D )

uninstalled the bcmrndis driver

problem number 2 - inserted the pci card, booted my pc, extracted the .inf and .sys,

installed the driver and - nothing,

rebooted my pc - black screen, and again, and again - finally got it to boot,

checked

ndiswrapper -l

pc locked up, reboot and black screen

tried again and this time it told me the driver was installed - but no card,

checked

lspci

and its listed,

went to set up a new connection and it says there is no device,

uninstalled the driver, took out the pci card, closed the case and inserted my ethernet cable,

no lock ups, no black screens, internet running fine, wireless in the bin,

problem solved and i'm happy

thanks for trying, i just got fed up with going over the same things

none of them worked,

i had already followed this link before i posted here,

any more ideas ?

i've got a usb wireless dongglything,

its a belkin g+ usb adapter, i have a belkin wireless g adsl gateway,

i connect by ethernet cable at the moment but i want to go wireless,

i have coppied the bcmrndis.inf and rndismpk.sys from the windows install disk and tried mmc to enable my adapter,

problem is it won't work, it says there is no interface,

i multiboot so i installed the adapter in windows and tried mmc using c/program files > > > .inf, but it still gives the same error

this is my ndiswrapper output

[dave@localhost ~]$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
Password:
bcmrndis : invalid driver!

another problem i have is that my mdv will not boot with the adapter plugged in, yet when its fully booted and i plug the adapter in it correctly recognises it,

i have -

ndiswrapper

bcm43xx-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter

all enabled

can anyone point me in the right direction

thanks

i understand that a little,

i replaced the {name-your-????-image-here} with the relevant images from boot/ in pclinuxos,

does it make any difference that i installed pclos 'fully' - ie. with no other disks installed and grub installed to the mbr,

so in reality i have 2 versions of grub - 1 x mandriva and 1 x pclos,

(if i boot via F11 and choose the pclos disk then i am presented with grub, with 2 options, pclos and failsafe)

so i would be booting from mdv's grub into pclos's grub - not straight into the operating system

could this be the confusing hd2 and hd0 ?

do i need to boot to pclos's grub from mandriva ?

be aware that i am no stretch of the imagination a linux expert - but i learn fast, and forgive me if i'm talking rubbish

thanks for all your help so far

progress so far,

i've been working on this a while now, this entry

title PCLOS

root (hd2,0)

kernel /boot/{name-your-kernel-image-here} root=/dev/sdc1 ro

initrd /boot/{name-your-initrd-image-here}

only gives me error 17, i have tried adding and editing lines - nothing works

when i use this entry

title pclos

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdc1 ro

initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

i can boot into pclinuxos without sound or networking (and maybe a few others, but i want to resolve this issue first)

is there anything else i should be adding to my entry in menu.lst

(ps, my disks are now all in order)

thanks

this is the message i got, there was quite a bit but this is the end

creating root device

mounting root filesystem

mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'

setting up other filesystems

setuproot: moving /dev failed: no such file or directory

setuproot: error mounting /proc: no such file or directory

setuproot: error mounting /sys: no such file or directory

switching to new root and running init

switchroot: /dev does not exist in new root

booting has failed

hi scarecrow,

i was just about to unmount my sata drive and new drive then re-mount as sdd and sdc,

the new drive is a 'mess around' drive, so i would like to keep the 2nd windows option (play hdd) as i know this entry works with windows on the drive,

would there be any problem keeping the entry ?

could i just edit menu.lst to add your suggestion to the end ?

would this same line work with any flavour of linux installed on the hdd ?

(with kernel image edited)

the pclos hdd has only the root partition mounted in mandriva, swap and home are not mounted,

[dave@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fstab
# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 / ext3 defaults 1 1
# Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=d9846411-a909-43f9-9c6f-8e52a67c80bf /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
UUID=50E40580E4056994 /media/sdb1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb2 :
UUID=F8ECF289ECF24204 /media/sdb2 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb4 :
UUID=DEF4F631F4F60B91 /media/sdb4 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb5 :
UUID=3D17240729781B1D /media/sdb5 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdb6 :
UUID=144AB0BE6EAEF003 /media/sdb6 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdc1 :
UUID=0C243CB2243CA09E /media/sdc1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdc2 :
UUID=6EE4732CE472F5A5 /media/sdc2 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sdc1 :
UUID=511f3434-2bf6-4739-a53c-dde5055fe400 /media/sdc3 ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab swap swap defaults 0 0

[dave@localhost ~]$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst							   
timeout 10																
color black/cyan yellow/cyan											  
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 failsafe
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title Windoze
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title play hdd
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title linux-0
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu BOOT_IMAGE=linux-0 root=UUID=511f3434-2bf6-4739-a53c-dde5055fe400

[dave@localhost ~]$ sudo fdisk -l											   
Password:																	   

Disk /dev/sda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1e281e27					 

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *		   1		1019	 8185086   83  Linux 
/dev/sda2			1020		4998	31961317+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5			1020		1528	 4088511   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6			1529		4998	27872743+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000001

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *		   1		2550	20482843+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2			2551		5130	20723850	7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3			5131	   16573	91915897+   5  Extended
/dev/sdb4		   16574	   24321	62235810	7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb5			5131		7693	20587266	7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6			7694	   16573	71328568+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x89108910

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *		   1		1019	 8185086   83  Linux
/dev/sdc2			1020		4998	31961317+   5  Extended
/dev/sdc5			1020		1528	 4088511   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc6			1529		4998	27872743+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001365e

  Device Boot	  Start		 End	  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1   *		   1	   12748   102398278+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdd2		   12749	   30401   141797722+   7  HPFS/NTFS

hi all,

i have just installed a hdd in my tower, installed pclinuxos 2009 and alls working ok,

the problem is when i boot into my mandriva i cannot add pclos as a boot option in my grub bootloader,

i've tried everything that seems reasonable in mandriva to add it but all i get is error 13,

i have booted into pclos but the sound and networking was not detected, so this is not an option

the hdd in question is on my secondary ide, set to slave and on the middle connector,

its showing as sdc (/media/sdc3) in my disk management

i cannot add this drive to my primary ide, as i dual boot windows already and my windows hdd is currantly on my primary/slave

my motherboard supports the F11 option (choose boot device), so i know that pclos is running ok,

but i would prefer to have the boot option in grub

any ideas

ta

after more headaches and configurations, i have finally solved the problem

believing that mandriva was not the problem, left me with one other option

i changed my graphics card for a radeon 9250, enabled compiz and it works,

configured compiz how i want it - changed back to the 9550, white screen only,

changed back to the 9250 - full compiz,

tried the 9550 in a pclinuxos box fully configured - white screen only

my conclusion is that i have a faulty radeon 9550 graphics card

this issue is solved,

thanks

hi,

i am running mdv2009 one from a fresh install of a 'live' cd, problem is my compiz is not working,

i have tried all the configurations i know but as soon as i go to system settings > desktop-system settings > configure desktop effects > general and tick the box,

log-out and log-in, i am presented with a white screen then a dark gray screen - with no desktop,

the only way i can get out of this is by logging out and logging back into kde3, unticking the above box, logging out and logging back into kde4 (with no compiz in kde3 either)

i have tried changing the driver from the default ATI one, but my system becomes unusable and i have to use knoppix to re-edit my xorg.conf

i have also tried control center > hardware > configure 3D desktop effects > advanced settings and choosing xgl

with this i get compiz, but its very slow and 'jerky', infact everything is slow and i have to change back to native support

any help or pointers would ease my headache

i have 1gb ddr400 ram, p4 3.4 cpu and a radeon 9550 256ddr graphics card

thanks

problem is now solved

i have reluctantly done a fresh install of 2009 one

problem is now solved

i have reluctantly done a fresh install of 2009 one

As I said install kernel-desktop-latest, as root

urpmi kernel-desktop-latest

ran this and it downloaded the package, it installed ok,

i re-booted but still had the same options in my grub screen, same desktop and same info in sysinfo,

i tried re-enabling virtualbox (just to check) and got the same message about 'spawning session' then it just hangs and i have to kill it,

thanks for your help so far

i only have desktop586 2.6.24.4-1mnb and desktop586 2.6.24.7-1mnb as extra boot options in my /grub/menu.lst,

i installed 2008.1 from a live cd, but had a lock-up problem so i upgraded via easyurpmi and a terminal and ran the update command after the upgrade,

everything else seems to be running ok (apart from no compiz for a while but i changed the driver)

i have upgraded my 2008.1 to 2009.0 but i seem to have a little problem,

i need to have sun virtualbox working but i need the 2009.0 kernel,

can anyone help me change/upgrade my kernel

i have p4 3.4 prescott cpu, 1gb ddr4 pc3200 ram and a radeon 9550 256mb ddr graphics card,

if it helps there is this output

 rpm -qa | grep kernel
madwifi-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-0.9.3.3-5.r3114mdv2008.1
fglrx-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-8.522-3mdv2009.0
madwifi-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-0.9.3.3-5.r3114mdv2008.1
madwifi-kernel-desktop586-latest-0.9.4-1.20081106.3.r3835mdv2009.0
nvidia71xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-71.86.06-1.20081106.5mdv2009.0
madwifi-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-0.9.3.3-5.r3114mdv2008.1
unicorn-kernel-desktop586-latest-0.9.3-1.20081031.7mdv2008.1
nvidia71xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-71.86.04-4mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-kernel-desktop586-latest-177.70-1.20081106.2.3mdv2009.0
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
vboxvfs-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-2.0.2-2mdv2009.0
hsfmodem-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-7.68.00.07-1mdv2008.1
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
slmodem-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-2.9.11-0.20070813.3mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
nvidia71xx-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-71.86.06-5mdv2009.0
kernel-desktop586-2.6.27.4-2mnb-1-1mnb2
nvidia96xx-kernel-desktop586-latest-96.43.07-1.20081106.5mdv2009.0
kernel-desktop586-latest-2.6.27.4-2mnb2
slmodem-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-2.9.11-0.20070813.3mdv2008.1
kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.4-1mnb-1-1mnb1
kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-2mnb-1-1mnb1
virtualbox-kernel-desktop586-latest-2.0.2-1.20081106.2mdv2009.0
vboxvfs-kernel-desktop586-latest-2.0.2-1.20081106.2mdv2009.0
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
hsfmodem-kernel-desktop586-latest-7.68.00.13-1.20081106.1mdv2009.0
unicorn-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-0.9.3-7mdv2008.1
kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-2.6.27.4-2mnb2
hsfmodem-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-7.68.00.07-1mdv2008.1
unicorn-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-0.9.3-7mdv2008.1
hsfmodem-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-7.68.00.13-1mdv2009.0
slmodem-kernel-desktop586-latest-2.9.11-1.20081106.0.20080817.1mdv2009.0
fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-8.471-3mdv2008.1
vboxadd-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-2.0.2-2mdv2009.0
fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-8.471-3mdv2008.1
nvidia71xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-71.86.04-4mdv2008.1
virtualbox-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-2.0.2-2mdv2009.0
madwifi-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-0.9.4-3.r3835mdv2009.0
kernel-firmware-2.6.27-2mnb2
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-177.70-2.3mdv2009.0
unicorn-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-0.9.3-7mdv2008.1
kernel-headers-2.6.27-4mnb2
kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-1mnb-1-1mnb1
nvidia-current-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-169.12-4mdv2008.1
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-96.43.07-5mdv2009.0
fglrx-kernel-desktop586-latest-8.522-1.20081106.3mdv2009.0
nvidia71xx-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-71.86.04-4mdv2008.1
kernel-desktop586-devel-2.6.27.4-2mnb-1-1mnb2
nvidia96xx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb-96.43.05-4mdv2008.1
slmodem-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-2.9.11-0.20070813.3mdv2008.1
vboxadd-kernel-desktop586-latest-2.0.2-1.20081106.2mdv2009.0
slmodem-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb-2.9.11-0.20080817.1mdv2009.0
hsfmodem-kernel-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb-7.68.00.07-1mdv2008.1
fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb-8.471-3mdv2008.1

thanks

[moved from Software by spinynorman]

thats right, i did an upgrade via easyurpmi and a terminal from 2008.1,

i'll start a new thread on how to upgrade my kernel - after i try a clean install of 2009.0 on a spare hdd i have,

thanks for your help

not to clever at the moment with kernels, but my guess is you mean my main linux kernel

i checked in my software and i have

kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.4-1mnb

kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-1mnb

kernel-desktop586-2.6.24.7-2mnb

all enabled,

and

virtualbox-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb

i don't have a virtualbox-kernel-2.6.24.?-desktop586-?mnb

(i was going to ask why my drivers are all 2008.1, is this related ?)

sorry if this is wrong and is not what you meant

hi,

i'm running mdk2009.0 one and i can't seem to get the version of virtualbox in my software running - all it gives me is the message 'spawning session',

is there an rpm of the full version around (free version) ?

i've been to sun but they only have a version for 2008, the same with rpmfind,

can anyone point me in the right direction - or even help get my copy working

thanks

thanks for the help,

i worked out that if i run XFdrake as root and change my radeon driver to xorg > ati,

log out and log in in drak3d,

change my options to compiz,

log out and log back in in kde,

3D is now working

i'm a little confused here,

this is what i have enabled in my software

dkms-fglrx v8.522 3.mdv2009.0

fglrx-control-center v8.522 3.mdv2009.0

fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb v8.471 3mdv2008.1

fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb v8.471 3mdv2008.1

fglrx-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb v8.522 3mdv2009.0

desktop586-latest v8.522 1.20081106.3mdv2009.0

fglrx-kernel-desktop586-latest v8.522 1.20081106.3mdv2009.0

x11-driver-video-fglrx v8.522 3.mdv2009.0

x11-driver-video-ati v6.9.0 1mdv2009.0

radeontool v1.5 8mdv2009.0

x11-driver-video-radeonhd v1.2.2 0.20080927.2mdv2009.0

i dont have the 8.542 thingy in my software (at least i can't find it)

and also i don't know how to change drivers :unsure: