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Re: syslog messages NOT! - the last word?

Hrm.
I don't like that linking business very much,
but I have to admit I wouldn't set /boot aside
from root.  Thanks for the heads-up anyway.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


Greg W. Fiske wrote:
> 
> I  believe I have figured it out.  Here is a summary:
> 
> etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit makes three symlinks (lines 121-123) on every
> reboot.
> 
>         ln -sf /lib/modules/$mver /lib/modules/preferred
>         ln -sf /boot/System.map-$mver /boot/System.map
>         ln -sf /boot/module-info-$mver /boot/module-info
> 
> On my installation, System.map and module-info symlinks aren't being
> created, but /lib/modules/preferred is.  Now, at this point, only / and
> /proc are mounted (see around line 100).  Now, I have a seperate
> partition for /boot and since it isn't mounted when the /boot symlinks
> are created they get wiped out when /boot is mounted later.
> 
> So, I submitted that to developer.redhat.com/bugs (whose bug lists have
> been down for quite a while).
> 
> I fixed this by manually making the symlinks myself.
> 
> But, I'm still having trouble with signal 11 for pppd. Sigh.
> 
> >----------
> >From:  Jose M. Sanchez[SMTP:opjose ex-pressnet com]
> >Sent:  Thursday, October 29, 1998 9:34 AM
> >To:    redhat-install-list redhat com
> >Cc:    The recipient's address is unknown.
> >Subject:       Re: syslog messages NOT!
> >
> >Hmm...
> >
> >It's likely that Lilo is not using RH's (very own) minor number
> >nomenclature...
> >
> >Try copying the files to
> >
> >System.map-2.0.35-1 to System.map-2.0.35
> >vmlinuz-2.0.35-1 to vmlinuz-2.0.35
> >
> >/lib/modules/2.0.35-1 to /lib/modules/2.0.35
> >
> >then try rerunning lilo, reboot and see if the message still appears...
> >
> >-JMS
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Greg W. Fiske <gwf aero-optics com>
> >To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com' <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> >Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:59 AM
> >Subject: RE: syslog messages NOT!
> >
> >
> >>>Who's CD are you using?
> >>>
> >>>Redhat's 5.1?
> >>
> >>Yup. Ordered direct from Redhat about two months ago.
> >>
> >>>The default Redhat installation installs the map file, & the initrd file
> >as
> >>>well even if you do not have a scsi device on your system...
> >>
> >>but, as you can see from my listing below, I have those files. They have
> >>a 2.0.35-1 on the end of them.
> >>
> >>>This does not look like a "standard" RH install... did you check the
> >"Live"
> >>>directory on the CD for the missing files?
> >>>
> >>>-JMS
> >>>
> >>I tried to make my installation as "standard" as possible and thought I
> >>>succeeded.  There is nothing in /mnt/cdrom/live/boot that isn't in my
> >/boot
> >>listing.  What do you (or anyone else reading this) think is missing?
> >>Is there anyone else who did a standard Redhat 5.1 install that gets
> >>this message upon booting (and/or can shed some light on it's meaning
> >>>and consequences)?
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Greg W. Fiske <gwf aero-optics com>
> >>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com' <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> >>>Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 7:35 PM
> >>>Subject: RE: syslog messages NOT!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Booting from my boot floppy (made the standard Redhat way) also yields
> >>>>the same message "kernel: can't find map file" (but it does boot and
> >>>>there is a file called map on it).  So my oversize boot partition is not
> >>>>causing this message.  What is?
> >>>>
> >>>>>----------
> >>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske
> >>>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 8:48 AM
> >>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
> >>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
> >>>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages NOT!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>hmmmm....  Well, Jose, I actually do have those files in /boot anyway.
> >>>>>I did a standard installation off of the CD and haven't compiled a new
> >>>>>one so there isn't a map file in /usr/src/linux.  Here is my /boot
> >>>>>listing...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>total 795
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       104883 Jul 14 21:05
> >>>>>System.map-2.0.35-1
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          512 Sep 24 11:45 boot.0815
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         4536 May  7 12:05 boot.b
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          300 May  7 12:05 chain.b
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       204735 Sep 24 11:45
> >>>>>initrd-2.0.35-1.img
> >>>>>drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root        12288 Sep 24 11:24 lost+found
> >>>>>-rw-------   1 root     root        16384 Sep 24 11:45 map
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        11773 Jul 14 21:05
> >>>>>module-info-2.0.35-1
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          308 May  7 12:05 os2_d.b
> >>>>>-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       448295 Jul 14 21:05 vmlinuz-2.0.35-1
> >>>>>
> >>>>>So, what's going on? Why does the kernel say that it cannot find a map
> >>>>>file?
> >>>>>Does the fact that I have a separate boot partition have anything to do
> >>>>>with it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Ah, wait.  My \boot partition starts at the 1020'th MB of a SCSI disk.
> >>>>>And, I'm ashamed to admit, it extends to the 1028'th MB - that's 4MB
> >>>>>beyond LILO's limit.  8 MB was the available free size and disk druid
> >>>>>wouldn't let me use just 4.  But, I figured at the time "let's see if it
> >>>>>boots!" and it did.  As you can see above, there was only 1 MB of stuff
> >>>>>in the boot partition so I figured that I was a long way from going over
> >>>>>4MB.  OK, so this is a likely candidate for my problem.  Anyone out
> >>>>>there know if this is my problem for sure?  Also, is there a way to fix
> >>>>>this (shrink my boot partition) without redoing the whole installation?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>----------
> >>>>>>From: Jose M. Sanchez[SMTP:opjose ex-pressnet com]
> >>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 8:37 PM
> >>>>>>To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> >>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
> >>>>>>Subject: Re: syslog messages NOT!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>No, and YOU should NOT!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>If you do then you probably recompiled or installed a new kernel and
> >>>missed
> >>>>>>a step.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The file is normally located in the /usr/src/linux/System.map after a
> >>>kernel
> >>>>>>compilation
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>A copy of it must be moved to /boot with the same name as the kernel
> >you
> >>>are
> >>>>>>running...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thus if you are using a Redhat Kernel you need a
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>/boot/System.map-2.0.35-2
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>If you've installed your own kernel and are NOT using the RH (mis)
> >naming
> >>>>>>convention(s) it should simply be called
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>/boot/System.map
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>If you installed a RH Kernel RPM update, then you did not install ALL
> >of
> >>>the
> >>>>>>kernel RPMS as indicated in the eratta.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>-JMS
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske <gwf aero-optics com>
> >>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com' <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> >>>>>>Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 1:07 PM
> >>>>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I'll settle for a survey answering this single question:  does anyone
> >>>>>>>else get the message
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>kernel: can't find map file
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>in their /var/log/messages every time they reboot?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Please let me know yes, no or sometimes. Email me privately if you
> >want
> >>>>>>>and I'll post the results if anyone else cares.  Thanks in advance.
> >>>>>>>>----------
> >>>>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske
> >>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 3:30 PM
> >>>>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
> >>>>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
> >>>>>>>>Subject: RE: syslog messages
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Does anyone have a suggestion as to where I can find this
> >information?
> >>>>>>>>Another mailing list / web site / newsgroup / document?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>----------
> >>>>>>>>>From: Greg W. Fiske
> >>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 10:15 AM
> >>>>>>>>>To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
> >>>>>>>>>Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
> >>>>>>>>>Subject: syslog messages
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Can anyone shed some light on what these messages from
> >>>/var/log/messages
> >>>>>>>>>mean?  I'm aware that some of them ultimately suggest a hardware
> >>>>>>>>>problem.  I want to know what their immediate meaning is (for
> >>>instance,
> >>>>>>>>>what is a map file and is it bad if I don't have one?)
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>I get this after every reboot:
> >>>>>>>>>kernel: can't find map file
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>I've gotten the following a few times :
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>kernel: free_one_pmd: bad directory entry 00008000
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>modprobe: can't find module block-major-3
> >>>>>>>>>modprobe: can't find module block-major-22
> >>>>>>>>>also,
> >>>>>>>>>modprobe: can't find module block-major-14
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>and, finally, (what had me looking at this in the first place)
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>pppd: Fatal signal 11
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>pppd works for me mostly but sometimes fails with the above message.
> >>>>>>>>>I've already found http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11 page that talks
> >about
> >>>>>>>>>signal 11.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Thanks in advance!
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
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