Linux-Hardware Digest #216, Volume #13 Tue, 11 Jul 00 17:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Install Lockup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan? (David C.)
3ware Escalade IDE RAID controller ? ("Margus")
Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system overcoming 8GB DOS
limit (phil ossifer)
Re: Clustering on Multiple platforms. (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7
Re: Help! Parallel port ZIP drive errors (Krzys Majewski)
Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: hp colorado 20gig under linux (jon bird)
Recognizing 3C509B NIC (root)
Re: Clustering on Multiple platforms. (Varma)
Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Some questions about /dev (Jerry Shenk)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux Install Lockup
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:01:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Don Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having a problem installing RH Linux on a dual boot with 98 on one
> drive and putting Linux on another.
>
> Unfortunately, after about 6 attempts I looked and saw that my AMD K6
> 400 and mother board have known problems with installation lockups (No
> solutions in RH 6.1/6.2 hardware help).
> drive and putting Linux on another.
I have had this same problem..On two systems I solved the problem by
removing the Win98 Hard Drive For some reason the two hard drives
caused a problem. And removing all partitions on the future Linux drive
using fdisk.
I can then install linux on a -single drive- after removing all windows
partitions with no problem.
>
> Unfortunately, after about 6 attempts I looked and saw that my AMD K6
> 400 and mother board have known problems with installation lockups (No
> solutions in RH 6.1/6.2 hardware help).
>
> How do I clean up the linux partitions off my second drive and get rid
> of lilo? Just want to wipe my system of all Linux traces. I think
lilo
> -u /dev/hdb1 would clean up my MBR but since the install never worked
I
> cant get to a linux prompt to run it. When I use the boot disk
provided
> by RH it always goes into the installation routine without ever
letting
> me access a linux prompt. I need to remove the Linux partitions then
> remove lilo somehow.
I have found one way to remove linux partitions a utility called
delpart.exe you can find it on the internet by doing a search for
delpart. This should be able to remove any Linux partitions and NTFS
patitions. Then you can go in and re-fdisk the drive.
I hope this helps
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Linux home server: Clean-slate hardware plan?
Date: 11 Jul 2000 14:16:38 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter) writes:
>>
>> Fortunately, the firewall computer can be really cheap. Cable modems
>> are fast compared to modems, but they're slow compared to Ethernet.
>> A 486 with two 10M ethernet cards will work fine in this capacity.
>> In case you're curious, here's what my firewall has:
>> - Generic "Deep Green" 486 motherboard with AMD 120MHz CPU.
>> (8 ISA slots, 3 with VLB extensions. No on-board devices.)
>> - 40M RAM
>> - Generic VLB controller for serial, parallel and single-channel IDE
>> - Generic VLB S3 805-series video
>> - 1G WD Caviar IDE hard drive
>> - Generic (Nucom) IDE CD-ROM drive
>> - E-Link 16 (NE-2000 clone) 10M Ethernet card
>> - 3Com Etherlink II/16 10M Ethernet card
>> - Generic keyboard
>> - No mouse
>
> You don't even need that much.
I know. That's just what I'm using. I built it one afternoon from
nothing but spare parts in my closet.
The original plan was to use this box as an e-mail/web server, and
another box (486/80, 16M RAM, no hard drive) as the router/firewall.
But I found that I'm all out of spare power supplies, and getting a
replacement power supply for a baby-AT/XT desktop case (what I have
lying around) costs more than a whole new case. So the 486/120 became
the firewall. I'll go back to the original plan when I can scrounge a
power supply from somewhere, or buy a new case or something.
> (Yeah, Fast Ethernet is overkill for a cable-modem connection, but
> it's what the other machines on the LAN are already running, and the
> cards are so cheap that it's not worth bothering with the slower
> stuff.)
The main reason for the two 10M cards is that I had them. No other
reason. If I was buying cards, I'd probably get a 10M card to connect
to the DSL box, and a 10/100 card for the LAN.
> I'd agree that running a GUI on a server is a waste of processor time
> and that the cheapest card you can get will be good enough (my server
> uses a Hercules-compatible card going into a TTL mono monitor...when's
> the last time you saw one of those?).
Got one under my desk. A Princeton Graphics Max-12. CGA, EGA or Mono
signals feeding an amber tube.
It works with my old ATI VGA Wonder card (512K DRAM, 16-bit ISA). The
card's analog output can go up to 1024x768x16 or 800x600x256. The TTL
output can do Mono, Herc, CGA, or EGA.
I would still recommend VGA as a minimum, though. 50-line text mode is
convenient for the console.
> I'd disagree about the on-board video part, though, if it's of the UMA
> variety (like most SiS chipsets support). UMA will drag down the
> overall performance of the computer.
Even for text-mode? OK. That surprises me.
-- David
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From: "Margus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3ware Escalade IDE RAID controller ?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:18:27 +0200
Did someone have an experience with that controller?
Thank You for help
Margus Leoste
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (phil ossifer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system overcoming 8GB
DOS limit
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:42:23 GMT
Sorry if this is a FAQ. If it is, a pointer would be appreciated (for some
reason comp.os.linux.answers is empty on my ISP's server (primenet).
I'm going to set up a new system (128MB 700 MHZ Athlon) as a dual DOS/WFW3.11
and Linux system. It has a 30GB Western Digital hard drive (and a Zip drive).
Though it will eventually become a Linux-only system for quite a while I must
get work done using the DOS/WFW software I'm familiar with. My current problem
is the DOS 8GB hard drive barrier. I would like to have DOS programs be able to
read Linux's files and Linux be able to read the dos data files.
I got the WD "cure", but it seems to muck with the MBR and/or do other things
that make me feel their solution is likely to interfere with Linux or at least
make the DOS partitions unavailable to Linux programs.
I can't be the only one who wants to run Linux and DOS on a large drive. Anyone
have a more transparent solution then WD's Data Lifeguard Tools? (I am quite
experienced with DOS's way of doing things, but a total newbie to Linux, so
please be gentle.) I'm sure that just running Linux with DOS emulation and
perhaps some WINE is in my future, but for now I must have a DOS working system
while I ease up to speed with Linux. Can anyone suggest a partition layout for
the DOS/WFW partitions (at least 8GB) that will let me smoothly add Linux
partition(s) at a later time while having both systems access each other's data
files?
Thanks in advance
Phil
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clustering on Multiple platforms.
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:57:57 +0200
Varma wrote:
> Does anyboy used Enfuzion, which ebables clustering on multiple
> platforms? or does anybody know a better way or a better product for
> clustering in multiple platforms like Unix,Linux, Windows NT??
I'm not familiar with Enfuzion. I have searched for some clustering
technology, but still haven't tried it myself.
> We have 4 Unix AIX 4.2 Servers and 5 VA linux servers. Our parent
> processes will genetate many child processes and use to run for
> hours. What we are trying to achieve is to submit the parent process
> in the Unix machine,distribute thsese child processes to Linux
> machines and get the result back to the Unix machine.
Maybe Linux Virtual Server would be useful for this?
> Enfuzion is a product (Turbo-Linux) which allows this kind of
> clustering. It works without dedicated servers or workstations and
> integrates transparently into your current Linux, UNIX and Windows NT
> environment. But it's expensive.
Linux Virtual Server is free. However, you will need one dedicated
server which distributes the work to the real servers. This dedicated
server probably doesn't have to be a powerful machine, however it needs
two network cards.
> So, if anybody has a better idea or knows about a better(and
> cheeper) product, please let us know.
Some keywords to search for:
Linux Virtual Server
Ultramonkey
Piranha
Most documentation that I have found is about clustering web- and
ftp-servers. However, I think that this technology whould work on any
tcp service.
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:49:26 GMT
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:05:04 +0100, Dave McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm using Linux Mandrake 7 and Windows 2000 and
>am looking to buy a DVD player and a new mouse,
My recommendation for DVD drives would be: Pioneer.
Their slot loading mechanism is ultra spiffy. It also
seems to not suffer from some of the side effects that
a tray might have under certain automounters (like
mandrake's).
[deletia]
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as your sole personal property is to place some sort of market
barrier in front of your customers and to try and trap them.
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help! Parallel port ZIP drive errors
Date: 11 Jul 2000 19:07:22 GMT
OK, it works if I reformat the disk in windows. -chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7
Date: 11 Jul 2000 19:28:28 GMT
In alt.os.linux Dave McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: maybe I should have explained myself a bit better, I will only need to use
: DVDs with files on them under Linux, I will watch movies in Win2000.
DVDs for work, what a concept! 8-)
Actually this was how I justified getting a DVD (for the mass storage caps and
keeping up with technology) but really I just watch movies with it under
Windows.
I got a low end Toshiba and it hasn't given me any grief. I haven't used it
as a DVD drive in linux though, only as my primary CDROM drive and as my
"linux stereo." (My computer speakers are MUCH better than any other
speakers in my house)
The official word in the CDROM-HOWTO is:
========
6.21 Does Linux support DVD-ROM?
SCSI and ATAPI compliant DVD-ROM drives should work under Linux for reading
discs formatted with an ISO-9660 file system. In other words they will work
as a (possibly large) CD-ROM drive.
========
They continue to mention UDF support as being in devel., but following the
recommended link makes it look pretty far along:
see http://trylinux.com/projects/udf/
The decoder card should be completely irrelevant to linux (you asking about
decoders in linux is what triggered my DVD rant), especially if you're not
planning on watching films. But my (again low-end) Hollywood+ doesn't seem
to cause anything nasty to happen.
So count me as a data point that says "cheap DVD seems ok" for linux.
Chris
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From: jon bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.tape
Subject: Re: hp colorado 20gig under linux
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:24:33 +0100
In article <8kctt4$549$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andreas Oppermann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>jon,
>I have the same problem with the 14gig one. The colorado 14 GB was
>running with the older kernels until 2.2.10 (SuSE 6.2.)
>The problem seems to be an odd behavior to config the IDE interface.
>But I don�t also know what had been changed exactly.
>
>My traces stopped with the error message:
>kernel: proc_ide_write_settings(): parse error
>
>Also if I tried to get an info via hdparm I got the error messages:
>
>Output of hdmarm for the hp colorado 14 GB tape:
>
> HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Input/output error
> HDIO_GET_NOWERR failed: Input/output error
> BLKRAGET failed: Input/output error
> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument
>
>/dev/hdb:
> I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
>
>Let�s hope to find anybody who can fix this ether in an update of the
>firmware or patch the kernel for that problem.
>Andreas Oppermann
I'm pursuing this on a couple of fronts. Firstly, its been suggested the
last working version of 'ide-tape.c' (for these drives) was 1.14 (last
shipped as part of what I'm not sure). According to the source that
comes with my SUSe 6.4, the version is 1.16f BUT in the kernel sources
shipped with Kernel 2.2.16 its marked as 1.15. I've just upgraded to
this kernel on suggestion from SUSe to no avail. So either SUSe are
using a later version post 1.15 that has these problems or it was
introduced in 1.15.
I may try reverting back several kernel versions or building a new one
using the 1.14 tape driver. Not sure which yet.
--
== jon bird - software engineer
== <reply to address _may_ be invalid, real mail below>
== <reduce rsi, stop using the shift key>
== posted as: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
== email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recognizing 3C509B NIC
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:46:52 -0400
Hello everyone,
I've been having loads of trouble trying to get Linux to recognize my
3COM ethernet card, 3C509B. I have tried everything and looked
everywhere, but I can't seem to find the cure.
I have turned off PNP mode, and the card is set to I/O 300 and IRQ 10,
with no conflicts. It works fine on Win98, and it worked fine with
RedHat 5.1... but now that I have installed the new Linux Mandrake 7.1,
it just doesn't seem to want to find it. There is not even an eth0
listed in the /dev directory, if there is supposed to.
Any hints would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to screwing around with
this stuff and this problem has been the only major annoyance. Thanks.
Derek
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From: Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clustering on Multiple platforms.
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:33:13 -0700
Thanks a lot Spammer.
Varma
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: recommended DVD players and mice for Linux Mandrake 7
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:03:08 GMT
Where can I find the Pioneer drive?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:05:04 +0100, Dave McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >I'm using Linux Mandrake 7 and Windows 2000 and
> >am looking to buy a DVD player and a new mouse,
>
> My recommendation for DVD drives would be: Pioneer.
>
> Their slot loading mechanism is ultra spiffy. It also
> seems to not suffer from some of the side effects that
> a tray might have under certain automounters (like
> mandrake's).
>
> [deletia]
> --
> The only motivation to treat a work derived from Free Software
> as your sole personal property is to place some sort of market
> barrier in front of your customers and to try and trap them.
>
> |||
> / | \
>
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:10:18 -0700
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Hi Phil,
I'd recomend to read next HOW-TO before starting doing anythig
(if do not know this information yet)
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html
There are some limits in DOS which you will not able to overcome and probably you
have to keep DOS partion as first partion on the disk as it also has a limit to
boot system. In case of Linux and upgrading to latest lilo you can overcome most
limitations. But there is another solution to use system boot loader like "system
commander" http://www.v-com.com company. This software allow you put linux on any
cylinder and write lilo boot sector on same partion.
You can not read Linux files from DOS as DOS doesn't have idea about Linux
partition but you can get access from Linux to DOS partition without any problem.
Please format you disl in LBA mode as it will simplify many problem.
Config one: IDE disk (Partition 2 and tree are extended) and we use lilo as boot
manager
Partion 1 DOS (C:) (/dev/hda1)
Partion 2 Linux boot sector before 1024 cylinder (/dev/hda5)
(with new lilo there is no this limitation)
Partion 3 WFW (D:) (/dev/hda6)
All what you need to do in Linux to mount DOS (Windows95/98 FAT32)
1. create mount point for DOS partion (name can be any - WINOWS)
root# mkdir /mnt/DOS
2. mount DOS partion
root# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS
3. use DOS partion
cp ... ....
rm ... ...
4. unmount partion
umount /mnt/DOS
Config two: you can put partitions in any order but you have to use 'System
commander' or similar software to boot OS. Use same commands as before with
changing partition names according your sheme, only put lilo boot sector on same
partiotion where you keep linux (not requered but a good step).
If your disk UltraDMA66 or UltraDMA100 you have to use patch for kernel 2.2 or use
kernel 2.3/2.4.
After patch you can improve performance of the disk (not works in some cases) by
using hdparm command. Basic command looks like
1. Check performance
hdrarm -Tt /dev/hda
2. Switch DMA, read 8 sectors at once, 32 bit access, and keep setting on error
hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -m 8 -k 1 /dev/hda
3. Check performance agin
hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
if system works stable after switching to UltraDMA mode put thic command into
startup script
/etc/rc.local or similar (you can make separate script in /etc/rc.d/init.d to start
or stop UltraDMA mode)
Good luck
Andrey
phil ossifer wrote:
> Sorry if this is a FAQ. If it is, a pointer would be appreciated (for some
> reason comp.os.linux.answers is empty on my ISP's server (primenet).
>
> I'm going to set up a new system (128MB 700 MHZ Athlon) as a dual DOS/WFW3.11
> and Linux system. It has a 30GB Western Digital hard drive (and a Zip drive).
>
> Though it will eventually become a Linux-only system for quite a while I must
> get work done using the DOS/WFW software I'm familiar with. My current problem
> is the DOS 8GB hard drive barrier. I would like to have DOS programs be able to
> read Linux's files and Linux be able to read the dos data files.
>
> I got the WD "cure", but it seems to muck with the MBR and/or do other things
> that make me feel their solution is likely to interfere with Linux or at least
> make the DOS partitions unavailable to Linux programs.
>
> I can't be the only one who wants to run Linux and DOS on a large drive. Anyone
> have a more transparent solution then WD's Data Lifeguard Tools? (I am quite
> experienced with DOS's way of doing things, but a total newbie to Linux, so
> please be gentle.) I'm sure that just running Linux with DOS emulation and
> perhaps some WINE is in my future, but for now I must have a DOS working system
> while I ease up to speed with Linux. Can anyone suggest a partition layout for
> the DOS/WFW partitions (at least 8GB) that will let me smoothly add Linux
> partition(s) at a later time while having both systems access each other's data
> files?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Phil
>
>
--
== System Development & Support Systems ============================
Andrey Vlassov Phones: +1-(604)-482-5792
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Hi Phil,
<p>I'd recomend to read next HOW-TO before starting doing anythig
<br>(if do not know this information yet)
<p><A
HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html">http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html</A>
<p>There are some limits in DOS which you will not able to overcome and
probably you have to keep DOS partion as first partion on the disk as it
also has a limit to boot system. In case of Linux and upgrading to latest
lilo you can overcome most limitations. But there is another solution to
use system boot loader like "system commander" <A
HREF="http://www.v-com.com">http://www.v-com.com</A> company.
This software allow you put linux on any cylinder and write lilo boot sector
on same partion.
<br> You can not read Linux files from DOS as DOS doesn't
have idea about Linux partition but you can get access from Linux to DOS
partition without any problem. Please format you disl in LBA mode as it
will simplify many problem.
<p>Config one: IDE disk (Partition 2 and tree are extended) and we
use lilo as boot manager
<br>Partion 1 DOS (C:) (/dev/hda1)
<br>Partion 2 Linux boot sector before 1024 cylinder (/dev/hda5)
<br>
(with new lilo there is no this limitation)
<br>Partion 3 WFW (D:) (/dev/hda6)
<p>All what you need to do in Linux to mount DOS (Windows95/98 FAT32)
<br>1. create mount point for DOS partion (name can be any - WINOWS)
<br> root# mkdir /mnt/DOS
<br>2. mount DOS partion
<br> root# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS
<br>3. use DOS partion
<br> cp ... ....
<br> rm ... ...
<br>4. unmount partion
<br> umount /mnt/DOS
<p>Config two: you can put partitions in any order but you have to use
'System commander' or similar software to boot OS. Use same commands as
before with changing partition names according your sheme, only put lilo
boot sector on same partiotion where you keep linux (not requered but a
good step).
<p>If your disk UltraDMA66 or UltraDMA100 you have to use patch for kernel
2.2 or use kernel 2.3/2.4.
<br>After patch you can improve performance of the disk (not works in some
cases) by using hdparm command. Basic command looks like
<p>1. Check performance
<br> hdrarm -Tt /dev/hda
<br>2. Switch DMA, read 8 sectors at once, 32 bit access, and keep setting
on error
<br> hdparm -c 1 -d 1 -m 8 -k 1 /dev/hda
<br>3. Check performance agin
<br> hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
<p>if system works stable after switching to UltraDMA mode put thic command
into startup script
<br>/etc/rc.local or similar (you can make separate script in /etc/rc.d/init.d
to start or stop UltraDMA mode)
<p>Good luck
<p>Andrey
<p>phil ossifer wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Sorry if this is a FAQ. If it is, a pointer
would be appreciated (for some
<br>reason comp.os.linux.answers is empty on my ISP's server (primenet).
<p>I'm going to set up a new system (128MB 700 MHZ Athlon) as a dual
DOS/WFW3.11
<br>and Linux system. It has a 30GB Western Digital hard drive (and
a Zip drive).
<p>Though it will eventually become a Linux-only system for quite a while
I must
<br>get work done using the DOS/WFW software I'm familiar with. My
current problem
<br>is the DOS 8GB hard drive barrier. I would like to have DOS programs
be able to
<br>read Linux's files and Linux be able to read the dos data files.
<p>I got the WD "cure", but it seems to muck with the MBR and/or do other
things
<br>that make me feel their solution is likely to interfere with Linux
or at least
<br>make the DOS partitions unavailable to Linux programs.
<p>I can't be the only one who wants to run Linux and DOS on a large drive.
Anyone
<br>have a more transparent solution then WD's Data Lifeguard Tools?
(I am quite
<br>experienced with DOS's way of doing things, but a total newbie to Linux,
so
<br>please be gentle.) I'm sure that just running Linux
with DOS emulation and
<br>perhaps some WINE is in my future, but for now I must have a DOS working
system
<br>while I ease up to speed with Linux. Can anyone suggest a partition
layout for
<br>the DOS/WFW partitions (at least 8GB) that will let me smoothly add
Linux
<br>partition(s) at a later time while having both systems access each
other's data
<br>files?
<p>Thanks in advance
<br>
Phil
<br>
<br> </blockquote>
<p><br>--
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From: Jerry Shenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Some questions about /dev
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:13:33 GMT
Ok, no amazing results so far....except a lot of wasted time!!
I booted from a boot disk (Tom's root 'n' boot), mounted hda1 as mnt
(mount /dev/hda1 /mnt), went to /mnt/dev and created the carachter
device (mknod /mnt/dev/console c 4 0). I think set the permissions to
666 (chown 666 console). That has the permissions right and the
ownership right (root) but the group is also root and the group is
supposed to be (I think) 5 (which makes no sense to me). So, I edited
my /etc/group and created a group 5 and then made console owned by the
group 5 (chgrp 5 console). ....one minor problem....it still doesn't
work.
I also tried booting from an emergency floppy and that doesn't work
either.
I also tried booting from my boot.img floppy and doing a selective
install...just the dev*. Well, that didn't work either 'cuz it says
that /dev/hda1 is not a root partition.
My next shot - I'm gonna try to upgrade to 6.1.....wish me luck!!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roelof Knibbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system crashed a while ago. It used to work fine.
> (RH6.0, Lilo dual boot.)
>
> I've tried several LILO options like:
> linux single
> linux root=....
> linux /bin/sh
>
> These options all produce the same error. I do not get a
> kernel panic
> error.
> It says:
> ....
> VMS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 60 k freed
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>
> In the SUSE support database I read that tty1 could be erased. I think
> this is the case.
> When I startup with a rescue image I can mount the root (/dev/hdb1)
and
> create a console (mknod ...).
> After rebooting the system still halts but I do not get the 'unable to
> open an initial console' warning.
>
> When I look on the mounted disk, /dev is empty, except for the
console I
> created. (In fact /dev didn't
> even exist at first.)
>
> My questions:
> What could have happened to /dev? Did I lose data from harddisk?
> Can I somehow copy /dev from rescue floppy to my hard disk? How?
> If not, any suggestions?
>
> I would be grateful if someone has some useful suggestions.
> Thanks
> Roelof
>
>
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