From: J.R.Jagger@sheffield-hallam.ac.uk Subject: Help I don't know who I am !! Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:26:25 GMT
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Hi, I've grabbed SLS.98.5 and installed it (all except X, which I'll
do next). I've created a new non-root user for myself using adduser
(or was it useradd) The trouble is that even though I specify when
my password is to expire, I always get a message saying that
my 'password will expire in 0 days'. Also, setting my prompt to '\u'
causes the above subject line message. Can anyone help?
I am also having trouble compiling C programs as this new user. Will
this problem go away when I know who I am?
Lastly, I too have been having trouble with LILO and SLS. It just
won't work. I have set ROOT_DEV in the make file, recreated my image,
changed the /etc/lilo/install script and I keep getting a message
saying that there is an invalid LILO signature in the first boot
sector.
In case I don't need to upgrade to LILO 0.7 here's what I'm trying
DRDOS partition on /dev/hda1
LILO partition on /dev/hda2
LINUX partition on /dev/hdb1
the LILO parttition is the only one flagged as bootable, and is very
small. I did it this way to avoid having to change my master boot
record. Call me paranoid. This setup worked with HJ's disked setup.
Also all Partition Id's have had to be changed from 81->41 (fs) and
82->42 (swap) or else DR-DOS 6.0 gets all in a muddle.
Can anyone help?
Lastly (really this time) a couple of observations from using SLS.
The readme says to alter super.c (if you want to lose fs features)
but this should read filesystems.c. Also if you don't want SCSI there
is a line saying to remove scsi from the SUBDIRS line in the makefile.
Since this line reads SUBDIRS = scsi I just commented it out. But
this fails, since SUBDIRS in then inherited from the 'parent' make. I
should have just commented off the scsi bit so it read
SUBDIRS =
Obvious really. Just thought I'd mention it.
Cheers
JJ
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