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Scarecrow, tks for your reply. I know that I could use other boot loaders like GAG (In the remote part I've also used the OS/2 boot loader to wake up my multiboot desktop/laptop), but this time I was looking for a native linux solution to boot my Mandriva partitions. The matter was only understand if in the next future I should take much more care handling the loader after fresh Mandriva installations, installing the bootloader on a floppy, for example, and test it, before destroying my mbr. Anyway tks again for your reply. I think this thread could be closed now. Roberto p.s. I've got exactly the same problem installing both the Mandriva One 2009.1 Kde and/or the Mandrriva 2009.1 Free DVD

Hi All, after dozens of system reboot I've found an acceptable solution to boot all my Mandriva partitions. There is no way, at least up to now for me, to boot a Mandriva 2009 system using the Mandriva 2006 Lilo as loader (my current one). I'm always getting a kernel panic after attempting to load the root device and receiving error 22 at switchroot time. And I've non found a way to boot Mandriva 2006 using the Grub loader in the Mandriva 2009 partition, receiving also a kernel panic message. But the Mandriva 2008 Grub loader works for all the three Mandriva flavours. Only, configuring the menu.lst, I MUST use the root=/dev/hdxy to indicate the Mandriva 2006 root, and the ROOT=UUID=blablabla.... to indicate the 2008 and 2009 root partitions. Rgds Roberto

Hi All, I'm facing a strange problem after istalling Mandriva 2009.1 on my desktop. It has two Maxtor internal drives and is configured as follow: Hda1 Windoze Hda5 Mandriva 2006 Hdb1 Mandriva 2008.1 Hdb5 Mandriva 2009.1 I've been able to boot almost every system Windoze, Mandriva2006, Mandriva2008 up to now just adding a new stanza in the LILO conf but not the Mandriva2009 partition. The boot starts but at certain point it issues the message 'Waiting for root device to appear' and next I get kernel panic. Here is my lilo.conf # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file default="2617-1custom" boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/it-latin1.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-1mdkcustom label="2617-1custom" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.17-1mdkcustom.img append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-1mdk label="2617-1" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.17-1mdk.img append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/mnt/maxtor/boot/vmlinuz label="Mdv2008-1" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/mnt/maxtor/boot/initrd.img append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-15mdk label="2612-15" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.12-15mdk.img append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="resume=/dev/hda6" image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe resume=/dev/hda6" image=/mnt/systest/boot/vmlinuz label="Mdv2009-1" root=/dev/hdb5 initrd=/mnt/systest/boot/initrd.img append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent" vga=788 other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda To get the Mandriva2009.1 booting I've started the Mdv2008 image and then created a grub boot floppy able to boot both the Mdv2008 and the Mdv2009 partitions. I cannot replace this loader over the current LILO because up to now using this floppy I cannot boot the Mandriva2006 image :(., receiving a kernel panic on startup. I would prefer continuing to use my old lilo to boot ALL the systems, if possible. Any suggestion? Tks in advance Roberto

Hi, If you run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.31-pkg1 -x cmd you get a folder containing the Nvidia installer. looking here : NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.31-pkg1/usr/src/nv/precompiled you will find tons of precompiled modules for older kernels and distro (included several Mandrake starting from 8.2 release) so, at least officially, it seems that the 2006 distro in not considered too old to run the native nvidia driver. Thank Roberto

Hi All, I've got my ATI X700 PRO fired, and yesterday I bought an MSI Video card Nvidia 8400 GS based chip 512 meg. My linux box has 3 Os's : Mandriva 2008.1, Mandriva 2007.1 and Mandriva 2006.0 + Updates. Mobo is Asus A8N5X. Ive successfully downloades and installed the latest Driver from Nvidia site and both Mdv 2007 and Mdv 2008 are working ok. The Mdv 2006 OS lock the screen and the keyboard starting Xorg by using the nvidia driver. It works fine when using the Vesa driver at 1280x1024. The keyboard only accept alt-ctrl-del to restart the system which, in the meanwile, continues working fine if used from a remote ssh session. Xorg log says that Nvidia in an Unknowk chip type, but it start loading and get the lock starting the RENDER acceleration, just before loading glx libs. Any help? Does the Nvidia driver run on Mandiriva 2006 distro? I've seen into the Nvidia installer that even older Mandrake modules are available. My 2006 box has 3 Kernels: 2.6.12 2.6.15 and 2.6.17 and all of these get the black screen lock. Thanks in advance Roberto

Hi Ian, thanks for your time.... I've finally solved, even if I've non understood where the named.conf was buggy :-) I've dumped in the trash the Mandriva 2008.1 named.conf (and most of the related includes) // (oe) Loosely based on the document below and from production server configurations. // [url="http://www.cymru.com/Documents/secure-bind-template.html"]http://www.cymru.com/Documents/secure-bind-template.html[/url] // // $Id: named.conf 80849 2007-09-06 11:56:48Z oden $ // $HeadURL: svn+ssh://svn.mandriva.com/svn/packages/cooker/bind/current/SOURCES/named.conf $ // secret must be the same as in /etc/rndc.conf include "/etc/rndc.key"; controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { any; } keys { mykey; }; }; // Access lists (ACL's) should be defined here include "/etc/bogon_acl.conf"; include "/etc/trusted_networks_acl.conf"; // Define logging channels include "/etc/logging.conf"; options { version ""; directory "/var/named"; dump-file "/var/tmp/named_dump.db"; pid-file "/var/run/named.pid"; statistics-file "/var/tmp/named.stats"; zone-statistics yes; // datasize 256M; coresize 100M; // fetch-glue no; // recursion no; // recursive-clients 10000; auth-nxdomain yes; query-source address * port *; listen-on port 53 { any; }; cleaning-interval 120; transfers-in 20; transfers-per-ns 2; lame-ttl 0; max-ncache-ttl 10800; // forwarders { first_public_nameserver_ip; second_public_nameserver_ip; }; // allow-update { none; }; // allow-transfer { any; }; // Prevent DoS attacks by generating bogus zone transfer // requests. This will result in slower updates to the // slave servers (e.g. they will await the poll interval // before checking for updates). notify no; // notify explicit; // also-notify { secondary_name_server }; // Generate more efficient zone transfers. This will place // multiple DNS records in a DNS message, instead of one per // DNS message. transfer-format many-answers; // Set the maximum zone transfer time to something more // reasonable. In this case, we state that any zone transfer // that takes longer than 60 minutes is unlikely to ever // complete. WARNING: If you have very large zone files, // adjust this to fit your requirements. max-transfer-time-in 60; // We have no dynamic interfaces, so BIND shouldn't need to // poll for interface state {UP|DOWN}. interface-interval 0; // Uncoment these to enable IPv6 connections support // IPv4 will still work // listen-on { none; }; // listen-on-v6 { any; }; // allow-query { trusted_networks; }; allow-recursion { trusted_networks; }; // Deny anything from the bogon networks as // detailed in the "bogon" ACL. blackhole { bogon; }; }; // workaround stupid stuff... (OE: Wed 17 Sep 2003) zone "ac" { type delegation-only; }; zone "cc" { type delegation-only; }; zone "com" { type delegation-only; }; zone "cx" { type delegation-only; }; zone "lv" { type delegation-only; }; zone "museum" { type delegation-only; }; zone "net" { type delegation-only; }; zone "nu" { type delegation-only; }; zone "ph" { type delegation-only; }; zone "sh" { type delegation-only; }; zone "tm" { type delegation-only; }; zone "ws" { type delegation-only; }; zone "." IN { type hint; file "named.ca"; }; zone "localdomain" IN { type master; file "master/localdomain.zone"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "localhost" IN { type master; file "master/localhost.zone"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "reverse/named.local"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa" IN { type master; file "reverse/named.ip6.local"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "255.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "reverse/named.broadcast"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "reverse/named.zero"; allow-update { none; }; }; and reworked a little the old (clear) named.conf taken from the Mandriva 2006 box // generated by myself :-) from the Mandriva 2006 named.conf // secret must be the same as in /etc/rndc.conf include "/etc/rndc.key"; controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { any; } keys { mykey; }; }; options { directory "/var/named"; # forward first; forwarders { # 208.67.222.222; # 208.67.220.220; }; // Put pid file in working dir pid-file "/var/run/named.pid"; /* * If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want * to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source * directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked * questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged * port by default. */ // query-source address * port 53; }; // // a caching only nameserver config // zone "." { type hint; file "named.ca"; }; zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "reverse/named.local"; }; // workaround stupid stuff... (OE: Wed 17 Sep 2003) zone "ac" { type delegation-only; }; zone "cc" { type delegation-only; }; zone "com" { type delegation-only; }; zone "cx" { type delegation-only; }; zone "museum" { type delegation-only; }; zone "net" { type delegation-only; }; zone "nu" { type delegation-only; }; zone "ph" { type delegation-only; }; zone "sh" { type delegation-only; }; zone "tm" { type delegation-only; }; zone "ws" { type delegation-only; }; Now whatever interface I 'dig' my caching dns gives a correct reply. Thanks again for your help Roberto My Mandriva boxes: Mvd 2006 on Ibm Thinkpad T42 Mdv 2007.1 on Ibm Thinkpad T23 Mdv 2008.1 on Ibm Thinkpad T61 Mdv 2007.0 / Mdv 2008.1 / Mdv 2006 'Plus' (homemade merged with 2007.1) on home multiboot desktop

Sorry for my previous formatting. I'm not posting frequently into forums... Here it the result of the command: [root@Linux61 ~]# netstat -tunlp Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:30020 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4785/python tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4560/smbd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4128/rpcbind tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4324/X tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8979 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5652/wcstatusd tcp 0 0 10.37.129.2:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15781/named tcp 0 0 91.81.207.221:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15781/named tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15781/named tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4264/proftpd: (acce tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4174/sshd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4450/cupsd tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15781/named tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:58393 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4291/rpc.statd tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10555 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5643/wclientd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4560/smbd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:7741 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4073/lisa tcp 0 0 :::6000 :::* LISTEN 4324/X tcp 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 4174/sshd tcp 0 0 :::631 :::* LISTEN 4450/cupsd udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:514 0.0.0.0:* 3248/syslog-ng udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:137 0.0.0.0:* 4592/nmbd udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:138 0.0.0.0:* 4592/nmbd udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:651 0.0.0.0:* 4291/rpc.statd udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:44581 0.0.0.0:* 4785/python udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:818 0.0.0.0:* 4128/rpcbind udp 0 0 10.37.129.2:53 0.0.0.0:* 15781/named udp 0 0 91.81.207.221:53 0.0.0.0:* 15781/named udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* 15781/named udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:7741 0.0.0.0:* 4073/lisa udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:35916 0.0.0.0:* 15781/named udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:1900 0.0.0.0:* 4785/python udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* 4128/rpcbind udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:631 0.0.0.0:* 4450/cupsd udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:41338 0.0.0.0:* 4291/rpc.statd udp 0 0 :::35438 :::* 15781/named Thanks for your help

Hi all! I've just installed a couple of Mandriva 2008.1 boxes and I'm attempting to get BIND 9.5.0-P1 working as caching dns for my box. Here is the log at startup: named[15717]: starting BIND 9.5.0-P1 -u named -t /var/lib/named Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53 Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: listening on IPv4 interface ppp0, 91.81.207.221#53 Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: listening on IPv4 interface vmw0, 10.37.129.2#53 Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: default max-cache-size (33554432) applies Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: automatic empty zone: 127.IN-ADDR.ARPA Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: automatic empty zone: 254.169.IN-ADDR.ARPA Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: automatic empty zone: 2.0.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: automatic empty zone: 255.255.255.255.IN-ADDR.ARPA Jun 30 15:47:32 Linux61 named[15717]: automatic empty zone: 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0 and here my net interfaces: 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:2032 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2032 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:248339 (242.5 KiB) TX bytes:248339 (242.5 KiB) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:91.81.207.221 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:9572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9089 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:9742215 (9.2 MiB) TX bytes:988946 (965.7 KiB) vmw0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:FF:3A:C6:E1:E8 inet addr:10.37.129.2 Bcast:10.37.129.2 Mask:255.255.255.255 inet6 addr: fe80::2ff:3aff:fec6:e1e8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:31 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) PPP0 is the external interface. If I issue this cmd against the 127.0.0.1 nic all is ok: ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P1 <<>> @127.0.0.1 www.ibm.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28472 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.ibm.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.ibm.com. 325 IN CNAME www.ibm.com.cs186.net. www.ibm.com.cs186.net. 60 IN A 129.42.60.216 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: cs186.net. 600 IN NS ns.events.ihost.com. cs186.net. 600 IN NS ns1.events.ihost.com. cs186.net. 600 IN NS ns2.events.ihost.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns.events.ihost.com. 171554 IN A 129.42.3.200 ns1.events.ihost.com. 171554 IN A 129.42.1.200 ns2.events.ihost.com. 171554 IN A 129.42.5.200 ;; Query time: 3426 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Tue Jun 30 16:10:24 2009 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 194 the same anaingt the 10.37.129.2 nic gives: [root@Linux61 ~]# dig @10.37.129.2 www.ibm.com ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P1 <<>> @10.37.129.2 www.ibm.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached here are my routes: [root@Linux61 ~]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.64.64.64 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0 All this stuff acting locally. I've dropped down my firewall for a while, but getting no success [root@Linux61 ~]# telnet 10.37.129.2 53 Trying 10.37.129.2... Connected to 10.37.129.2 (10.37.129.2). Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. It reaches my nic, so non fw problem. I've an old 2006 Box working perfectly using the same interfaces and network config. any suggestion? Tks for any help