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I've installed slackware 11 on a PC with already Ubuntu runngin. Therefore 've changed the menu.lst file in the follwoing way
Quote:
Title Slackware
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz 2.4.33.3
I've got only one hard disk with the following partitions
hda1 for Ubuntu;
hda2=hda5 is for the swap;
hda3 is for Slackware.
After a while the boot process ends like this
Quote:
this cannot find reserfs on ide 0(3,7) kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount nt fs on 03:07
I can run a bootable floppy disk, but the mouse isn't working.
From Ubuntu I don't know how to access the slackware partition.
And Linux Journal has an article about GRUB here http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4622. I don't know if these will help solve your problem, but they are a start, at least.
You need to add a bit more to your boot stanza. You have passed the root information to GRUB. You also need to pass it to the kernel.
Quote:
Title Slackware
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.33.3 root=/dev/hda3 ro
might work. If you are using a generic slackware kernel, you also need an initial ramdisk to boot reiserfs. See /boot/README.initrd.
If you can boot into ubuntu, you can mount your slackware partition by:
Quote:
su -
[provide root password]
mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/hd -t reiserfs
Edit: tuxrules types faster than I do!
Regards,
Bill
ro=read only. It is remounted rw during the boot process.
Generic kernel: If you can boot using the listed Slackware stanza, you don't have to worry about this.
Mounting Slackware partition: Mount the partition, then issue the command "chroot /mnt/hda3". This will set the system up so that /mnt/hd becomes /. This will allow you to troubleshoot as necessary. Probably not necessary since you can now boot into the Slackware partition.
Mouse problem: Usually caused by not having the right modules to load or loaded. Ensure that the modules directory in /lib/modules is consistent with your kernel version.
Regards,
Bill
Mouse problem: Usually caused by not having the right modules to load or loaded. Ensure that the modules directory in /lib/modules is consistent with your kernel version.
I just installed an usb mouse whereas I was supposed to set it up as ps/2 mouse. Now it works.
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