[ale] First time trashing Linux

[Geoffrey]

Neal Wilkinson wrote:
> I can get Tom's disk. My wifes machine has linux as well. Is this it?
> http://www.toms.net/rb/

Yes.  He has versions that will build from both windows and real OS's.

Also the errors taken from the boot.log are:
> 
> /etc/rc5.d/S13partmon:line1 /usr/bin/partmon: no such file or directory
> 
> /usr/sbin/fndsession:line12:perl: command not found
> 
> /etc/rc5.d/S85numlock:line25:setleds: command not found
> 
> kheader: /ect/rc6.d/k20kheader:line1dirname: command not found

Are these all of them?  You're missing partmon and perl???

Are there any errors regarding the filesystems in the log files?

This is too wierd.  I don't understand how installing some software 
package could touch all these files.

I would get toms r/b, boot with it.  From there you can mount your 
filesystems and do some research.

Thing is, this is probably not something for someone who is new to Linux 
to be doing. :(

Do you know if you have multiple partitions?  You probably do if this is 
a Mandrake install.  You'll have to figure out which partition is the 
/usr slice if you have multiples.  First thing to do once you get it 
booted with the boot disk is:

fdisk /dev/hda

You can then record the number of filesystems, sizes of each and type. 
 From that info, it should be pretty easy to determine where /usr is, 
which is the filesystem that's apparently having problems.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Neal
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Geoffrey
>>Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 6:14 PM
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: Re: [ale] First time trashing Linux
>>
>>
>>First off, you should get your hands on a copy of Tom's root/boot linux
>>bootable floppy.  No one should be without it.  Should be a law.
>>
>>That might be difficult at this point, as your box sounds pretty hosed.
>>
>>Have you attempted a rescue via the Mandrake 9.0 cd install?
>>
>>If you can provide more specifics regarding the error messages you're
>>getting that might help as well. (references to files in /usr/bin...)
>>
>>Neal Wilkinson wrote:
>>
>>>I'm a new Linux user and am running Mandrake 9.0. I've run it
>>
>>several months
>>
>>>without many problems. I upgraded my Mozilla to 1.3a and
>>
>>everything was fine
>>
>>>until I had a sudden urge to use online banking. I had
>>
>>originally installed
>>
>>>without having Personal Security Manager for some reason. It
>>
>>seems like the
>>
>>>first time the install wasn't run from a GUI so maybe that is
>>
>>why and I just
>>
>>>missed the switch. Anyhow that was several weeks ago and it has
>>
>>worked fine.
>>
>>>I downloaded the most recent "nightly build" and ran the
>>
>>install. It was GUI
>>
>>>and had PSM checked by default. The first time I tried to
>>
>>install it I got
>>
>>>about 7 error messages but they were really blank buttons, no real info
>>>gleaned here except the install didn't work. The next time it
>>
>>went fine but
>>
>>>did ask me to uninstall the copy on the system. It did this for me
>>>supposedly. After the install it wouldn't run so I rebooted under the
>>>thought that doing something totally irrevelant might fix the
>>
>>problem. When
>>
>>>I boot I get a couple of error messages that I haven't had before both
>>>related to files in /usr/bin which is where the install and removal were
>>>taking place. I then go right to bash and never make it to KDE.
>>
>>Of course I
>>
>>>have no emergency boot disk. I created a boot floppy from
>>
>>another system but
>>
>>>it provides the same results. I have run fsck without it fixing
>>
>>anything but
>>
>>>it seems to run awfully fast. I'm not really sure where to go
>>
>>next and would
>>
>>>welcome a hint or two. Being still very Linux stupid I don't have the
>>>mindset yet to troubleshoot effectively. The dir command won't
>>
>>work anymore
>>
>>>which I found odd but that may be something simple. ls works
>>
>>fine. Any idea
>>
>>>on where I should start? I'd be happy to provide more specific
>>
>>information
>>
>>>error messages etc. if it might help. It appears to me that the
>>
>>boot process
>>
>>>isn't finishing for some reason. Since I can't imagine how
>>
>>Mozilla could do
>>
>>>this I'm thinking that something must be corrupt. Thanks.
>>>
>>>Neal
>>>
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>>
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>>
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