I dumped XFree86.0.log into /etc/X11/Xf86Config-4, erasing the lines with comments, keeping the autoconfiguration ones and adding to the device section relating the framebuffer device the entry
"BusID "PCI:1:0:0""
Finally X started with minor problem, not so cool to look at, and with no sound (i still have to arrange the last things in XF86Config-4)
And finally i found "Kformatter", that permitted me to format the floppy in dos fs (while NTFS is still saying "permission denied"), and then i mounted with
"mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy"
Now i can show you the logs with firefox via win2000 (no internet is in yoper yet):
MESSAGES
Dec 15 16:41:47 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Dec 15 16:41:47 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Dec 15 16:41:47 localhost kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.8.1-3
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Loaded 33165 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.8.1-3.
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.8.
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.6.8.1-3 (root@yos) (gcc version 3.4.1) #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 11:18:30 Pacific/Auckland 2004
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000014000000 (usable)
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: 320MB LOWMEM available.
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 81920
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Normal zone: 77824 pages, LIFO batch:16
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: DMI 2.2 present.
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: ACPI disabled because your bios is from 99 and too old
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: You can enable it with acpi=force
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Built 1 zonelists
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=YOS ro root=302 splash=silent
Dec 15 16:41:48 localhost kernel: Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PID hash table entries: 2048 (order 11: 16384 bytes)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Detected 496.786 MHz processor.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Using tsc for high-res timesource
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Memory: 320260k/327680k available (1884k kernel code, 6652k reserved, 732k data, 156k init, 0k highmem)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 980.99 BogoMIPS
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0387fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0387fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 512K
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU serial number disabled.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU: After all inits, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000040
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU0: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 1464.74 usecs.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: task migration cache decay timeout: 2 msecs.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: SMP motherboard not detected.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Using local APIC timer interrupts.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 496.0588 MHz.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ..... host bus clock speed is 99.0317 MHz.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Brought up 1 CPUs
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: CPU0: online
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: domain 0: span 01
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: groups: 01
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: domain 1: span 01
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: groups: 01
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 322k freed
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 16
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb370, last bus=1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: pnp: the driver 'system' has been registered
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PnPBIOS: Scanning system for PnP BIOS support...
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xb00fbf90
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PnPBIOS: PnP BIOS version 1.0, entry 0xf0000:0xbfb8, dseg 0xf0000
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:07' and the driver 'system'
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:08' and the driver 'system'
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PnPBIOS: 15 nodes reported by PnP BIOS; 15 recorded by driver
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX/ICH [8086/7110] at 0000:00:07.0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd8000000, mapped to 0xc4800000, size 3072k
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=4
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:8790
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: vesafb: scrolling: redraw
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: audit(1103128858.4294966453:0): initialized
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Supermount version 2.0.4 for kernel 2.6
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Initializing Cryptographic API
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Using cfq io scheduler
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8000K size 1024 blocksize
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PIIX4: chipset revision 1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PIIX4: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda

io, hdb

io
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc

io, hdd

io
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hda: ST315323A, ATA DISK drive
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hdc: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8160B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hdd: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hda: max request size: 128KiB
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hda: 30008475 sectors (15364 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=29770/16/63, UDMA(33)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 8192kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PM: Reading pmdisk image.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PM: Resume from disk failed.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 10, io base 0000e000
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ReiserFS: hda2: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ReiserFS: hda2: using ordered data mode
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 2
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ReiserFS: hda2: journal params: device hda2, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ReiserFS: hda2: checking transaction log (hda2)
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ReiserFS: hda2: Using r5 hash to sort names
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: pnp: the driver 'parport_pc' has been registered
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:0d' and the driver 'parport_pc'
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP(,...)]
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:12.0
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: Adding 667792k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:-1 extents:1
Dec 15 16:41:49 localhost kernel: ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
Dec 15 16:41:51 localhost kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
Dec 15 16:41:51 localhost kernel: agpgart: Detected an Intel 440BX Chipset.
Dec 15 16:41:51 localhost kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 263M
Dec 15 16:41:51 localhost kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
Dec 15 16:44:00 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Dec 15 16:44:00 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
CUT
Dec 15 16:44:04 localhost kernel: ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
Dec 15 16:44:04 localhost kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
Dec 15 16:44:04 localhost kernel: agpgart: Detected an Intel 440BX Chipset.
Dec 15 16:44:04 localhost kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 263M
Dec 15 16:44:04 localhost kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
Dec 15 16:44:11 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:12.0
Dec 15 18:37:23 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Dec 15 18:37:23 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
CUT
Dec 15 18:37:27 localhost kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
Dec 15 18:37:27 localhost kernel: agpgart: Detected an Intel 440BX Chipset.
Dec 15 18:37:27 localhost kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 263M
Dec 15 18:37:27 localhost kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
And here the contents of rcx.d dirs:
rc1.d:
K00cups
K34dhcrelay
K35dhcpd
K80sysklogd
K87portmap
K90network
rc3.d:
S10sysklogd
S15hotplug
S20network
S98local
S99cups
rc5.d:
S10sysklogd
S15hotplug
S20network
S50alsasound
S60crond
S90cupsd
S98local
S99kdm
Do you think the real problem is the "hotplug" command?
bye