Linux-Misc Digest #532, Volume #18 Sat, 9 Jan 99 13:13:17 EST
Contents:
Re: Root Password Not Working - Pls Help (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: INFO: compatibility between win95 & linux (Brett W. McCoy)
Re: Star Office Installation help needed ! ("jimmy")
suid root (Rob)
Re: Scanner on parallel port (HOW) (William Burrow)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Robin Becker)
Re: serial setup error :Input/ouput error..... using setserial (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (Wisquatuk)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Robert Barnes)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Johan Kullstam)
lilo not working (sector size > 1024?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on iDot computers? ("Dana Rodeghiero")
Logging a user (Rob)
Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? ("Its great when your straight,
yeah")
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Kastrup)
Re: suid root (Paul Griffiths)
Re: How to build chat room with in Linux? ("eprom")
Re: LINUS Can Suck My Hairy Cock .. or Newbie Needs Linux Help ... (Tom Fawcett)
Re: how often do you -really- need to upgrade (David Steuber)
Re: Mounting FAT32 filesystem, newbie help (Ian Hay)
Re: Remove LILO (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Multiple NIC Cards.. HELP!! (Shane Bearham)
Re: Partitioning - NT WON'T BOOT! (root)
Re: Partitioning - NT WON'T BOOT! (root)
Re: Which version of Xfree86 3.3.3 should I download? (Mark Brown)
Re: specific newsgroup for S.u.S.E. ? (Mark Brown)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Root Password Not Working - Pls Help
Date: 8 Jan 1999 17:16:38 -0800
>I had changed the Root password and now can't get back in. Any ideas,
>please help.
The method for "shimming" in depends on the distro you are using. With
RedHat, the best bet is:
Lilo: linux init=/bin/sh
[bootup messages]
$ mount -n -o remount,rw /
$ passwd root
New UNIX password:
Type in new password again:
$ mount -n -o remount,ro /
$ sync
$ sleep 30
$ sync
Then reboot the system, making sure not to forget the root passowrd this
time.
- Sam
--
Email address here: http://www.samiam.org/ssi/mailme.shtml
Music I write here: http://www.mp3.com/sam http://www.samiam.org/mp3
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett W. McCoy)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux
Subject: Re: INFO: compatibility between win95 & linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:55:45 GMT
On Fri, 08 Jan 1999 21:45:47 -0500, Hassoun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>do the win95 applications run on linux?
Not natively. You can run *some* applications through an emulator.
--
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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From: "jimmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: jaring.pcbase
Subject: Re: Star Office Installation help needed !
Date: 9 Jan 1999 12:45:55 GMT
Type ./setup, otherwise you will be starting the Redhat setup. The .
indicates
that the executable file is located in the current directory
goolias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> After d/l , I untar to a new dir.
> Then from there there'e new dir /so5
> Inside /so5 there are /office_50 , README /install_doc,
> ....( Forgot)
>
> Well, I browse thru all subdir only find that /office_50 content
> more useful files, and seem like it's the one to start with,
> most important is that I saw few files with the name 'setup'
> in there.
>
> Well, there I go in that subdir, then I type setup,
> funny though, RedHat configurator pop up ( I'm in
> console mode ), seem like I'm invoking RedHat system configurator coz I
saw
> Xconfigurator included at the menu.
>
> By the way, I'm using damn PcTel Winmodem.
> I know I won't stand a single chance to get it detected in Linux.
> Here comes the q, how am I register the star office 5.0
> online, if I maneged to get it install later ?
>
> I wasn't able to go further, coz I'm lost.
> Anybody can offer some helps on this ?
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob)
Subject: suid root
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:51:43 GMT
Hello
Im having trouble finding out how to set an executable file to su to
root when run. For example, I want my ppp dialing scripts to run as
root so a normal user can execute them.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Rob ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Scanner on parallel port (HOW)
Date: 8 Jan 1999 23:35:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 08 Jan 1999 09:22:21 -0800,
Gene Markozen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just bought a Digital Research parallel port (EPP) high
>resolution scanner.
>
>Is there a way to get it to work in Linux?
Write your own driver. Otherwise, no.
>I downloaded
>the SANE package, but it looks like the package doesn't
>support using the printer/parallel port. It seems that
>the package is targeted at SCSI scanners. There is a
Correct.
>It may be the case that I have to write my own driver.
>Does anyone know where I can find the TWAIN protocol
>documentation/specification?
My understanding is that TWAIN is a driver-application interface, not
a hardware-driver interface. You need detailed hardware specs for the
scanner. Good luck finding any.
Umax sells a cheap SCSI scanner, though they will not support you in
any way manner or form. Just mentioning Linux trashes any hope of
getting any help.
--
William Burrow, VE9WIL -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 05:16:49 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>On 08 Jan 1999 01:57:01 +0100, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
>>"Netnerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> The consumer has spoken, but will this affect Penfield Jackson�s
>>> rulings? Of course not, a biased and angry Penfield will rule
>>> against Microsoft on every count and impose the most severe penalty
>>> he believes possible. But not to worry, there is a contingency plan
>>> in place regardless the DOJ trial and appeals outcome. Long live
>>> Microsoft.
>>
>>Well, in *our* country court cases are decided by the law, not by
>>public votes, but of course, in the land that has made lynching
>>popular the procedures might be different.
>
>This from the country that made mass-gassing and ovens popular.
>
>glass houses..? stones..? throwing..?
It's unwise of Americans to talk about genocide. Europeans carried out
genocide in the New World long before Adolf.
--
Robin Becker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: serial setup error :Input/ouput error..... using setserial
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:01:22 GMT
"randymale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>But when I #setserial /dev/ttys2 (modem location) I get the same
>response....
No surprise. The port is ttyS2 , not ttys2 .
> I am assuming that the links are wrong.?.? Important note serial port
>(ttys1) is on motherboard. Does this matter ? I assume it must be a
>configuration problem since the modem works fine....
> The modem is a newcom 56ifx pnp or jumpered setup(even has references to
>linux setup in manual) . And as I said the serial port is on the motherboard
>and is configured automatically or manually from the bios.
>ttys1=com2
>ttys2=com3=cua0=modem
No. ttyS2 == cua2 , ttyS0 == cua0 .
Michael
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Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
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From: Wisquatuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NOSPAM in addresses..
Date: 9 Jan 1999 02:06:50 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> How about a happy medium. The purpose of putting nospam in your
> return address is to keep from getting spam. I think a standard of
> <nospam.realuserid@realdomain> would meet this requirement.
> Everyone would know who sent the message.
Including the spammers. My problem with that approach is that it
would do nothing to stop spam, and yet -still- be a (minor) irritation
to people trying to do e-mail replies.
> But just addiing this to a mailing list would not work.
I think the point of the thread was that 'nospam' is simple for a
computer to remove and tedious for a human. I may disagree with the
argument that there are no benefits to munging addresses, but that's
just me...
> It should then be illegal to remove the nospam prefix for purposes
> of adding the user id to a mailing list.
a) That would involve getting the government in on this, which, given
their general lack of morals, I would rather not do.
b) I'd rather not receive any spam-mail at all than spend all my time
reporting spammers to the cops.
Is there a real solution? Naturally, I can't say for sure. However,
if it -does- become illegal to send spam-mail, people with enough time
on their hands to do so could set up special e-mail accounts designed
specifically to catch people doing so (perhaps by forwarding all
incoming mail to the FCC), and post to usenet with them.
OTOH, I don't pretend to know very much about politics, either in real
life or on the net. I just live with whatever happens, I guess, and
defend myself in the meantime.
--
Wisquatuk (myname[1..4]@netrover.com to e-mail)
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From: Robert Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 09:41:25 -0500
Poison Ivan wrote:
>
>
> In what sense are consumers overpaying for software? Most consumers get
> Win98 for about $90 (the retail upgrade price). If I remember right, OEMs
> pay about $70. Compared to most popular software, this is pretty darn cheap.
> Especially considering that an OS enables the user to run all his other
> software.
All version of M$-DOS went for around $39 (which was "state of the
art" at that time). Heck, even WinNT 3.50 only cost $45. So why
does Win95/Win98 (which are still based on the old DOS code base,
and thus only upgrades of the original DOS) cost 2 to 3 times as much
as DOS did?
-bob
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Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Jan 1999 09:25:14 -0500
Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's unwise of Americans to talk about genocide. Europeans carried out
> genocide in the New World long before Adolf.
why is it unwise? the americans largely suceeded!
--
Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: lilo not working (sector size > 1024?)
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 15:18:29 GMT
Actually i am not sure about the size number, but anyway here is the whole
problem. I just got a 13 gig drive and partitioned it into 4 partitions 1st
was fat, 2nd was ntfs (am using win NT 4.0), 3rd was linux swap, 4th was
linux native. I installed everything haivng a few problems along the way
(like formating size or something to that effect) but everything installed
but when i tried to install linux it warned me that lilo might not like the
fact that something about the fact taht my sector <i think that was it> size
was larger than 1024. well sure enough lilo didn't seem to like it, but i am
able to boot from a lilo boot disk but not from the hard drive... any ideas?
thank you in advance.
-Gaiko
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dana Rodeghiero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux on iDot computers?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:32:38 -0500
We sell modems that aren't winmodems and are register compatible with USR
for less than $60!
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Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 17:18:54 +0000
From: Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logging a user
Hello
Is there anyway I can log all of a specific user's movements, such as
what commands they have run?
Thanks
--
Rob Barnes
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Page : Brother wrecked it, last time I let him use FTP..
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From: "Its great when your straight, yeah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:49:39 -0000
John Morris wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I just don't understand why anyone would want to
>play a game on ANY operating system tho?? Why not
>use a dedicated device like a Sony Playstation??
>
>Since I do not play games anyway... am I missing
>something here? <G>
Can you play a playstation online with a group of other users?
Maybe thats why people want to play games on a PC,/unix/linux box.
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From: David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 09 Jan 1999 17:30:58 +0100
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It's unwise of Americans to talk about genocide. Europeans carried out
> > genocide in the New World long before Adolf.
>
> why is it unwise? the americans largely suceeded!
Well, the Germans succeeded much too much with regard to genocide as
well. A lot of Jewish life in German has ceased to be. Many of those
that have survived are now living in the reservation Israel,
conveniently located away in Asia.
At least the Germans have acknowledged their guilt, paid reparations
and try to have good relations with current Israel, as well as to
support Jewish culture and congregations where they indeed want to
return and develop again in Germany. It is very little in comparison
to what has happened, but at least it is a matter in public
conscience.
Extreme nationalist parties in Germany get election results of about
2-4%. Contrast this with France with has a current ratio of Front
Nationale of about 30% (if I remember correctly).
Considering the general enthusiasm for nationalism all over Europe at
the beginning of the century, it looks somewhat like "lesson
learned". Somewhat. Immigration is still good for cheap propaganda
even among the right-leaning non-extremist parties.
--
David Kastrup Phone: +49-234-700-5570
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49-234-709-4209
Institut f�r Neuroinformatik, Universit�tsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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From: Paul Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suid root
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:49:40 +0000
Rob wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Im having trouble finding out how to set an executable file to su to
> root when run. For example, I want my ppp dialing scripts to run as
> root so a normal user can execute them.
>
> Can anyone help?
suid root doesn't work on shell scripts, because of the security
implications. Write a small C program to issue the commands via system()
calls, and set the uid on that, by issuing:
chmod u+x dialupscript
HTH
--
Paul Griffiths
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Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.networking
From: "eprom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to build chat room with in Linux?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 05:05:29 GMT
try: http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software.html
his chat program called "party" runs on alot of platforms including
FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS, and BSDI (and probably many more)
if you telnet://grex.org (which is a public access UNIX system)
you can try it out :)
Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> If you're really adept at this Linux stuff, set up an IRC server. You
> can download ircd from Redhat's contrib site.
>
>
>
> Christian Marcelo C Pinheiro wrote:
> >
> > There is a lot of free chat services on the net, or you can install a
chat
> > server either.
> > Try finding the MAGMA Chatserver in Yahoo...
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like to know this as well. Anyone?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I have a home server with RH 5.1 and I'm running apache on it. I
would
> > > > like to setup a chatroom for my friends to chat in my server. Does
> > > > anyone know where I can grab some info about this topic?
> > > >
> > > > Kelvin
> > > >
> > >
> > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network
==----------
> > > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your
Own
>
> -- Bryan Scott
> -- CTR Online Systems Administration (www.ctronline.com)
>
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From: Tom Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUS Can Suck My Hairy Cock .. or Newbie Needs Linux Help ...
Date: 09 Jan 1999 11:46:43 -0500
PalmII@<remove>.com (soume yoeung guih) writes:
> Linus is such a pansy mother fucker. He needs real balls like bill
> gates. Linus says "Hey Im a gay boy and give my shit away." Bill says:
> "I own you linus mother fucker." Linus is a fuckin retard. Who else
>[etc.]
Overall troll score: C-
Specific demerits:
Not cross-posted to rec.pets.cats
Reliance on profanity to provoke
No misc.test follow-up redirection
-Tom
kids these days, eeesh
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how often do you -really- need to upgrade
Date: 08 Jan 1999 22:57:58 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams) writes:
-> What have you guys seen over the years? How often do yo do any kind
-> of upgrade? More than a new kernel? -steve
I'm still a newbie with Linux. But after my time with Windows, I have
to say that my new philosophy is, "if it works, don't mess with it."
The only reason to upgrade is to fix a bug or to get a new feature.
If everything you need works, there is no point in changing things
just for the sake of change.
Having said that, I plan to upgrade when the 2.2 kernel is stable.
There are some new features I want such as video for linux.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
"Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate, private, and publicly owned
computer systems, infecting them with viruses and stealing materials
for their own ends. These people, they're, they're terrorists."
-- Secret Service Agent Richard Gill
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From: Ian Hay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Mounting FAT32 filesystem, newbie help
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 12:38:49 -0500
Jess Canada wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm new to Linux. I'm using RH 5.0 and I use System Commander for a
> dual boot with Win98. I need to know how to mount my FAT32 filesystem in
> Linux. I looked for /dev/hda1 in etc/fstab, but it's not there, and there
> isn't anything with an msdos filesystem. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
Amazing. Two responses to your question, both wrong.
The key here is that you're using RH 5.0, which contains the 2.0.32
kernel, which does not support FAT32. You'll have to update to at least
2.0.33 (or 34?) to get FAT32 support.
There might be a packaged kernel upgrade at RedHat's errata site. Once
you -do- have a more recent kernel, you mount it using the "vfat" mount
type option. You can either mount it like this:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/whereever
or add this line to your /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/whereever vfat defaults,noexec, 0 0
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remove LILO
Date: 9 Jan 1999 17:44:27 GMT
Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Vialli Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:> Can I still boot my window95 directly from harddisk after I remove the
:> LILO from the master boot record (MBR)?
: No absolutely not. You must restore the Win95 MBR using the LILO
: uninstall or install a new Win95 MBR. For details see FAQ.
If you use Dos's fdisk and do a "fdisk /mbr" that installs a default
MBR which will boot the first parition.
--
Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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From: Shane Bearham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Multiple NIC Cards.. HELP!!
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 04:46:16 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How do I do that?
>
> PDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message ...
> >if you plan on using two nic cards of the same type, you need to re-compile
> >your kernel to use the driver directly IN the kernel, not as a module
Sorry I disagree with that.... as I have personally built a linux box with 8
nics
yes 8 NICs... and the drivers are loaded as modules
and it works perfectly
the cards are RealTek NE2000 clones
4 x PCI
4 x ISA
Shane ()
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Partitioning - NT WON'T BOOT!
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 17:48:00 +0000
"A.G." wrote:
>
> I installed a couple of new linux partitions on my HD, and NT refuses to
> load now.
> It says that ntoskrnl.exe is corrupt or missing.
>
> I have NT4 SP4 installed on first primary FAT16 part'n, master HD on primary
> controller.
>
> I inserted 2 more primary partitions right after it (Linux SWAP and Linux
> Ext2). There is another extended FAT32 partition with data. I used Partition
> Magic, so I don't think there were any partitioning errors. I have
> partitioned HDs many times, so I don't really think that's the case.
>
> One thing that I noticed, and that alerted me: when I installed Linux after
> that, it reported the linux swap partition to be the first on the HD, and
> the FAT16 -the second, whereas it should be the other way around. But PQ
> Magic shows FAT16 to be the first.
>
> BTW, LILO is installed in the Linux partition, not in the master boot
> record.
>
> Win98 boots alright *from the same partition* and I am able to browse all NT
> directories, everything seems OK. I even overwrote ntoskrnl.exe from the SP4
> CD to make sure the file is not corrupt, but I thing that the problem lies
> somwhere else.
>
> Could it be that the partition number changed and the boot manager tries to
> load NT from a wrong partition? But then how come the same boot manager
> loads Win98 without problems?
>
> How can I manually edit boot manager's configuration? Is there a file I can
> check?
>
> Do I have to reinstall NT?
>
> If so, will the setup keep configurations like Start menus and registry? If
> no, which directories should I backup before reinstalling.
>
> Thanks a lot for any input!
>
> A.G.
Change the file boot.ini to point to the new place of the partition.
It is a hidden file and a text file. You should be able to edit this
file from Linux. If not boot from a dos diskette and use attrib to
change the attribute and edit it.
Partition magic seems to have the partition numbering backward to
what NT or Linux see them. I would assume that this is your only
problem.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Partitioning - NT WON'T BOOT!
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 17:50:14 +0000
"Nicola� Kisselhoff" wrote:
>
> Its look like the letters of your partition are changed.
> A swapp or linux native partitions are invisible for dos, windows and
> NT.
> In your case, Linux give the hand to the partition who has the HT boot
> loader. The boot loader find win on the good partition but not NT
> because his partition name changed.
>
> Loock at the win root directory for a file boot.ini or something like
> that, idont remember. It is systeme readonly file, change the attribute
> and change the letter of NT. Change the attribute.
>
> It has to bot bust NT doesn't find all his file because it is not on his
> drive. You can save some stuff.
> But you must install NT back.
>
> I don't know better way, it exists maybe.
>
> Good luck.
> Nicola�.
He doesn't need to reinstall. The drive name doesn't change since the
other partitions can't be seen by NT. The only problem is the boot.ini
which tells it to boot at the wrong partition.
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From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which version of Xfree86 3.3.3 should I download?
Date: 09 Jan 1999 05:11:49 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> * binaries/Linux-ix86-libc5/ binaries for Linux on Intel hardware
> * binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/ binaries for Linux on Intel hw (with glibc)
> Is the file I need one of these, or am I way off? I have Red Hat 5.2. I
> know I need to use the XF86_SVGA server, but I am lost. If anyone could help
> me find the correct file to download I would greatly appreciate it.
RedHat 5 is glibc based, so look in the second directory.
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From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: specific newsgroup for S.u.S.E. ?
Date: 09 Jan 1999 05:17:48 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams) writes:
> Is there one? -steve
Not that I know of. They do have quite a few mailing lists for their
various products - for Applix at least the mailing list is the primary
support forum. Take a look at their web site for the exact details.
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