[pocket-linux] Beta testers wanted for GRUB boot disk instructions

David Horton dhorton at speakeasy.net
Thu Mar 11 16:25:52 CST 2004


gyuri kerek wrote:
>> <gyuriker at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Dave  Have tried
>> your instructions on the grub
>>disk.Used both sets of instructions.Used the kernel
>>from the lilo disk with a menu.lst.Worked first time
>>and all the help files too.Tried the root disk
>>too:but
>>it would only load the root disk read-only.This is a
>>phase6 root disk which works with the lilo boot
>>disk.	However in working with the phase6 root
>>disk
>>I hit a problem .The permissions intended for the
>>floppy has affected my host system(suse8.2-i586).The
>>result is that I am unable to log into root
>>applications from my desktop.The cdrom and floppy
>>drive is also affected.So far have been unable to
>>solve this.Have checked permissions for /bin/su ,but
>that is alright.Would appreciate some help with
>>this.Regards Gyuri

> Hi Dave      Further to my last massage, I have worked
> out why I was not getting anywhere-setting the s bit
> in the permissions.So panic is over for the time
> being.Thanks anyway.Regards gyuri --- gyuri kerek

I'm pretty confused on this whole thing.  Are you saying that you 
changed the permissions on your Linux distro instead of on the diskette? 
  If that's the case you might want to check with someone who has the 
same distro and version as you do and verify proper ownership and 
permissions.

Dave




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