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00:00.01murbleHuhn: and this happens after first reboot?
00:00.08Huhnit's really weird, last time we couldn't mount combo drives
00:00.13Huhnmurble: yeah, it does
00:00.25Leedsmorning Huhn
00:00.26murblewhat bootloader are they using?
00:00.54Huhnhi Leeds
00:01.07Huhnmurble: we're using grub on a working (!) suse installation
00:01.23murbleHuhn: oh what boot line are you trying to use?
00:01.35JD20:40:44 < daf> Riddell: you can't use 2.4 kernels earlier than 2.4.21 on an R40e
00:01.54Huhnmh, I can't check now I think it was definitely with acpi=off
00:01.55JDfrom this evening
00:01.57Huhnand nothing else
00:02.22murblenothing like root=... blah blah blah initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.blah.gz
00:02.29HuhnJD: it's a 2.4.21-99
00:02.52Huhnah, lemme think, it was sth with /dev/hda6 in it, which is the correct partition
00:03.00Huhnwant me to boot into suse and check grub config?
00:03.17murbleHuhn: oh are they not using the same grub install?
00:03.20JDHuhn: then I'm out of ideas
00:03.31JDhave you checked linux-laptops.net
00:03.33murbleHuhn: you should be able to read the other grub config from insdie grub
00:03.37JDor what ever he site is called
00:03.37HuhnJD: it could be sth with the bootloader
00:03.47HuhnJD: we have checked everything, suse is running fine on that machine
00:03.54Huhnit's just fucking Mandrake, heap of shite
00:03.57murbleif you go to command mode then cat (hd0,whatver)/boot/grub/whatever
00:03.58Huhnsorry
00:04.11Huhnmurble: on the mandy or on suse?
00:04.19murbleI think formi is our resident mandy user.
00:04.27murbleHuhn: hmm how do you have grub installed?
00:04.39murbleand mandrake.
00:04.48murbleare you in the grub cmd prompt?
00:04.54Huhnmurble: I think we haven't installed grub on the Mandrake, only on the suse, that could be one prob
00:05.15murbleHuhn: how are you trying to boot mandrake?
00:05.44Huhn/boot/grub/.. and several files there
00:05.52HuhnI'm a lilo person, never used grub before
00:06.09murbleon the mandrake or suse partition?
00:06.14Huhnmandrkae
00:06.15murbleHuhn: grub does tab complete
00:06.36Huhnmurble: ?
00:06.54murbleHuhn: at the grub prompt you can type (hd0,<tab> and it gives you all drives etc.
00:07.09Huhnmurble: which prompt are you talking about?
00:07.24Huhnwant me to reboot?
00:07.52murbleHuhn: oh are you in suse?
00:08.02Huhnno, I'm in Mandrake
00:08.13murbleoh it boots?
00:08.27Huhnsince X is not working (no mouse, but know how to fix that prob) I'm on the console
00:08.30Huhnmurble: yes, sorry, whyt we have is:
00:08.38RevRobanyone in the Tooting/Balham area of London that wants a ride to the meeting tomorrow?
00:08.41Huhnmurble: me too, sorry, I'll try again, ok? ;)
00:08.47murble'k
00:09.02Huhnwant to move to a query and not bother the rest of the channel?
00:09.08murblefine
00:10.06wethring'night all
00:11.06Huhnnn wethrin
00:12.06Leedsnight