OK, first dumb question. How and where do I store the machine name?
I'm running RH 7.1. Samba gets the server name from the host name.
Setting host name using "hostname" doesn't seem to last through a boot.
What is the proper procedure for permanently setting the host name?
Second dumb question is a bit harder. It's not my choice, but my work
laptop is W2K. I'd like to install Red Hat 7.1 on this machine, in
addition to Windows, but am having multiple problems. It's using NTFS.
I personally think W2K sucks just as much as W98SE (I think ME really
sucks) so from that perspective don't mind rebuilding, however
rebuilding is a ton of work. It has a 20Gb hard drive and was
preloaded by my employer. As it stands now, I used Partition Magic to
peel 2.5 Gb's off the end. However, they are beyond the 1024 limit, so
I can't set up a bootable partition. Between the 1024 limit and the
NTFS I seem to be out of choices.
What are my options here? I figured, whatever the heck it's called,
win4lin??? Is that the one where you execute a program in the
DOS/Windows environment and it boots up Windows? At any rate, the
problem is that you need a running system to create the DOS/Win
environment and I can't install RH 7.1 because it detects the 1024 limit
and the installation quits. My environment also leaves possible
problems with R/W to NTFS which I understand can only be mounted R/O.
The same would hold true if I tried a diskette boot, getting past the
installation watchdog, and diskette also wouldn't be my first choice.
Suggestions?
TIA, GGK
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