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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Steve,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The compile went well, but when I reboot the new version (2.40) says:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>'Failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major3, errno=2'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>'VFS Cannot open root device 386 or 03:06'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>'please append a correct root= boot option'</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>What this all about :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dominic</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Steve Dobson [<A HREF="mailto:SDobson@manh.com">mailto:SDobson@manh.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 29 November 2002 15:56</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: 'sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [Sussex] Success!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dom</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On 29 November 2002 at 10:44 Dominic Clay wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You should be very proud! :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I am.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thanks to the good communication last night, I have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> successfully dual booted this damn laptop all on my lonesome :D</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've said this before and I'll say it again: "Unix IS a user- friendly operating system; it just chooses it's friends carefully" :-)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I installed WinXP, booted to a rescue prompt with RH7 install</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> CD.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I think this just goes to show how compatible the distros are. Linux is Linux - the distro's are just the icing - you get what you inversely pay for :-)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Mounted the / partition, then did a chroot to this partition. I then </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> added a section to lilo.conf for hda1 called it winxp. I added the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> menu thingy which was commented out at the top of lilo.conf (bit of a </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> panic before I spotted this as it just rebooted into Linux without </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> offering me a chance to choose :P) and Bob is your mother's brother!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Good job.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Did I do the right things?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm a great believer in "If it works for you then it must be right".</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On 29 November 2002 at 10:55 Geoff Teale wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On 29 November 2002 at 10:44 Dominic Clay wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > So, what do I do now to make it a pretty 'windowy', 'outlooky' type </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > environment?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You're going to need to install and configire XFree86, then a decent</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>window</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> manager (Your choice really.. but KDE is best for doing everything and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> wiping your bum afterwards, GNome is very purdy...). This shouldn't </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> take long on your nice big link at work.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> BTW, if you ever need access to a nice big pipe to pull things over </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> when you're outside work. Give me a shout, I have ADSL and plenty of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> spare</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ports</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> on my hub and I'm only a 2 minute walk from you.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Geoff is correct but I would add the following words. XFree86 can (esp on the older versions) be difficult to configure. The new version is much, much </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>easier. Unfortunally XFree86 4.2 didn't make it into woody (the current version of Debian, and the one you're running. So if you want this you'll have to compile it yourself.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Before doing this you'll need the latest version of the Linux kernel. First pull it from ftp.kernel.org and place the bzip2ed tar ball in /usr/src. Uncompress it: (tar -xvfj linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2 or whatever). Copy the kernel config (.config) file from the linux-2.2 dir, cd into the new directory and run:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2> # make oldconfig</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Hit return when it stops and prompts you, the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> # make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install Go get a cup of tea/coffee/booze. Go get another one. When finished copy the kernel to the boot area (cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/Linux-2.4) and an entry to /etc/lilo.conf [if you can add the winxp you'll figure out the entry from the one I created for Linux-2.2] and then run lilo to finish the install.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>If that kernel works then go back to the build directory and start trying to work out the graphics options. There is loads of help available in </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>the Documents directory.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you get stuck: Geoff is not far away and I gave you my card with my </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>mobil number on it (there's always the list). If you want we could meet up this Sunday [I've got to drive to NY again].</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Steve</FONT>
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