Hello Karsten,
I will rewrite the problem to avoid context confusion.
First some background: My (prior) DNS server's disk went
out of order, and it was moved to an "unused" backup server.
I noticed that the "named" at that system crashed once in
a while, and therefore I tried to find out about what
was going on. Then, I failed to "dselect|upadate" and
"apt-get".
Problems:
- how to fix the lilo problem?
- which manual to read?
- any other clue what to do?
Good news:
- I can reboot it, and I have full remote access to the
system.
- ssh/sshd is available
- the named does not crash so often (about 1-2 times a week).
Bad news:
- the owner of that system is very busy. I have no idea
on why the CD-ROM is on IDA primary/master.
But I guess, that there was only a SCSI disk in the
beginning; the two additional IDE disks have been added
later.
- the system is 10000 miles away; I have no idea how
it looks like, or if the CD-ROM drive is still
attached.
- The system is "as is"; it was not me who compiled the kernel.
The problem: apparently it is still running 2.0.36;
thus lilo can not be updated?
Files:
--- message after running "dselect|update" --------------------
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/hda as a
block device
(may be `insmod driver'?)
update available list script returned error status 1.
--- sources.list ----------------------------------------------
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody non-US/main non-US/contrib
non-US/non-free
--- fstab ---------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda6 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda5 /var ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda7 /h1 ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdc1 /b1 ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdd1 /b2 ext2 defaults 0 2
---- part of messages ----------------------------------------
kernel: Memory: 256440k/262144k available (1136k kernel code, 384k reserved,
4184k data)
kernel: Linux version 2.0.36 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #2 Sun
Feb 21 15:55:27 EST
1999
kernel: ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57
kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7
kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf
kernel: hdc: Maxtor 53073U6, 29311MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=59554/16/63, UDMA
kernel: hdd: Maxtor 53073U6, 29311MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=59554/16/63, UDMA
kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 16/0
kernel: Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
kernel: <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
kernel: Module inserted $Id: cdrom.c,v 0.8 1996/08/10 10:52:11 david Exp $
--- lilo.conf --------------------------------------
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x81
disk=/dev/hdc
bios=0x80
boot = /dev/hdc
root = /dev/sda1
compact
delay = 5
vga = normal
# (extra note: /vmlinuz is a symlink of /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.6)
# (no error complain when running "lilo")
# (is this a BIOS problem?)
image = /vmlinuz
label = linux
read-only
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
label = 2036
read-only
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regards,
--
Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim - VLSM-TJT - http://rms46.vlsm.org
- AWAS IBRAHIM[tm] PALSU :^) Patent and Trade Mark Pending
