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On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> > |
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> > Tell me about it, gotta drag this old machine all the way up to the |
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> > forth floor. It was an inexpensive choice for a file server, and I was |
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> > happy to see the Gentoo Minimal CD booting (cause then I was sure it |
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> > would work). |
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> > Anyway, I had to go (I'm on the road right now) and left it compiling |
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> > a new kernel (manually this time), that I'll test tomorrow. |
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> > Is there any way to copy the LiveCD kernel and initrd so I can boot |
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> > the EXACT kernel the CD is using? This way I can troubleshoot this |
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> > damn thing without a LiveCD and chroot every 5 minutes... |
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> There may be a way to copy those setting and such but I'm not sure how. |
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> If Knoppix can do it there has to be a way. I read you can put Knoppix |
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> on a hard drive too. |
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> I can say one thing about the server, it has great cooling for a old |
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> rig. I think they made it big and heavy so the fans would not push it |
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> across the floor. LOL |
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> I wonder if I can copy that to the floppy? I think the floppy works. |
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> I'll check on that in a little bit. May save me from dragging that |
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> thing in the house. |
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Well, thanks for the help guys. |
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When installing, I used the config from the LiveCD to build my own. It |
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seems that, somehow along the way (probably oldconfig?!) some serious |
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support was removed or marked as module. I mean the console support... |
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I'm pretty sure I didn't messed up with that part, and still, it |
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wasn't there. Well, 7 hours wasted on this, gosh... |
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Thanks again. |
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Daniel da Veiga |
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