if you are able to login as root properly then:-
try running
e2fsck
and if that doesnt work then try
e2fsck -f {to force a check)
If login doesnt work properly then boot in linux rescue mode and try a check
there
Arvind
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTE
I think rupesh missed out a few steps here, lemme fill in :-
1) Use your Linux Installation CD to boot & choose Rescue Mode
2)type #fdisk -l /dev/hda to see wether the partitions are intact.This will
show you the complete list of partitions.
If fdisk does not show any linux partitons th
Check for other Xwindows related commands like Xconfigurator and XF86config
. If these work then it means that x server has been installed on the system
and due to some reason startx is missing. Try to locate the rpm containing
startx and force install it on your system. Try the man pages for st
I am also using a similar system , in fact much lower than this, i got AMD
350 + 128Mb + 40gb seagate IDE(much slower than 7200 rpm).
On my system linux 7.2 runs faster than windows 98 and 2000.
Please check the type of FS on which you installed linux .If it is on Fat
then change it to ext2 or
oops !!
iso9660 if the file system for cd-roms, sorry for
the mistake.
to edit the vendor and device id use the
file
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
Arvind
- Original Message -
From:
Arvind
Narayanan
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 2:53 AM
I was also experencing the same kind of problem
when i installed RH7.2
you have to link the /dev/cdrom
file to /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc(might even be /dev/hdc1
or hdc2) depending on how many cdroms you might have.
To do this you have to edit a file called
/etc/fstab
In the fstab file the
