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Legacy Forums => General Discussion (Legacy) => Topic started by: marcyinmontana on August 10, 2001, 12:51:48 AM
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I'm a newcomer to the world of e-smith and Linux. I used Unix many moons ago but most recent applications were windows based. On with the story... I have a situation where there is a NT network with an e-smith dedicated e-mail server. The machine running the e-smith has died and I'm trying to build a new one. I have a copy of e-smith 3.0, which is what they were running prior to the burn-out. The install completes and then during the reboot it hangs on:
checking root filesystem
/dev/hda6 was not clearly unmounted
check forced
It goes into a loop with the check.
each loop ends with the messages:
INIT: id 1 (1 through 6) respawning too fast:disabled for 5 minutes.
and then runs the sequence again.
I've tried downloading a new image. I've used ftp and http through my IE5. I end up with a file ~60MB instead of 335MB. The instructions that I found on rsync sounds like you need to have a Linux machine up and going.
Any suggestions? Just point me in the right direction and I'll do okay.
Thanks!
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You might try looking for the magazine "Linux Format" LXF16-july2001. It has E-smith included on its cover disk. Although you have to patch it a bit (there instructions are on the home page of this site).
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Marcy,
If you like i can make an image file in *any* format that suits you best. After that..eighter rar or zip them in 15MB sizes (dunno what connection you have but..).
Let me know..
Cheers
Peter
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Thank you - Peter and Ted!
I have 'found' a copy of 4.1.2! I'll be working on that install later this week. Hope all to go well. I appreciate your advice Ted - I was starting the search for a copy of the LinuxFormat magazine today - and now will not HAVE to have it. And Peter, thank you for the generous offer to copy and send it in 'bites' for me. I appreciate the help and will, probably, be soliciting advice again.
Wish me luck!
Marcy