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тАО02-17-2003 12:55 AM
тАО02-17-2003 12:55 AM
Linux boot problem keyboard freeze ze4145
I installed Mandrake Linux 9.0 on my ze4145. I am having problems with the keyboard.
Firstly, I cannot type the letter s at the boot prompt or in grub. The same problem happens with Red Hat Linux 8.0. I tried attaching a PS/2 keyboard, and still the same. I can type s once I boot into Linux or Windows though. Has anyone of you faced this?
The problem is that I did not cleanly shutdown linux, and now every time I boot, Mandrake checks the filesystem and asks me to run fsck and press Y/N. Then, the keyboard freezes, attached PS/2 keyboard also freezes, and I can't proceed.
Is there a way to bypass the filesystem check/fsck by specifying a boot option (preferably an option without the letter s in it)? I wanted to use the rescue disk, but I can't type the s in rescue. Please help.
Also, I've used ext2 for Mandrake Linux 9. Is that a problem - should we use ext3?
-Ravi
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тАО02-17-2003 04:12 AM
тАО02-17-2003 04:12 AM
Re: Linux boot problem keyboard freeze ze4145
i am not sure about this "s" problem. i would suggest you to boot from a CD and then try running fsck on all the partitions.
once you are through, use tune2fs to convert your ext2 filesystems to ext3.
dont forget to update ur /etc/fstab file after that.
hope that helps.
-balaji
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тАО02-17-2003 07:47 AM
тАО02-17-2003 07:47 AM
Re: Linux boot problem keyboard freeze ze4145
Bruce
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тАО02-17-2003 01:16 PM
тАО02-17-2003 01:16 PM
Re: Linux boot problem keyboard freeze ze4145
What I then did is I kept pressing the keyboard as soon as Linux began booting and somehow the keyboard didn't hang, and I could run fsck.
Now, the only problem is that while shutting down, Linux is unable to unmount something called netfs. I tried removing the entry from /etc/rc.d/rc6.d, but it still gives lots of error messages during shutdown, though it no longer reports an unclean unmount.
Thanks for your suggestions. I have the idebus option in lilo.conf now. Any idea where I can get BIOS upgrades for the ze4145?
-Ravi
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тАО02-17-2003 01:41 PM
тАО02-17-2003 01:41 PM
Re: Linux boot problem keyboard freeze ze4145
Try http://h20004.www2.hp.com/soar_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix214345en_US.html#BIOS
This may or may not be applicable to your hardware. Also you may need Windows to be able to use the bios file that HP provides.
Bruce
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тАО02-17-2003 04:08 PM
тАО02-17-2003 04:08 PM