Linux-Misc Digest #333, Volume #20 Mon, 24 May 99 21:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: [Q] PPP-strange error!! (Randy Crawford)
Re: CD Burner (Rod Roark)
Re: Good 10/100 Mb ethernet cards for Linux (Paul Kimoto)
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Mike Willett LADS LDN X7563)
Re: IRC RFC ? ("J. S. Jensen")
Re: Security: Messages in /var/log/secure (Robert Valliant)
limit of command line arg numbers (Tae-Yeoub Jang)
Re: /etc/issue ("J. S. Jensen")
[OT] Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (James Youngman)
Re: Pro-Unix vs anti-WinTel (was: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system?)
(Johan Kullstam)
Re: limit of command line arg numbers (Frank v Waveren)
Re: limit of command line arg numbers (Herb Stein)
Background Colors (Kathi Morgan)
Re: ATI Rage 3 Video Card ("Zoran Bebic")
Squid vs IP Masquerading (Gaston Carmichael)
Re: Cannot compile kernel in RH 6 (Brandon)
Re: please suggest a smaller WWW browser. (James Lee)
Re: RH6, Gnome & RealPlayer not quite right ("Michael J. Saletnik")
Re: Binary of XFree86 3.3.3.1 (Howard Mann)
Re: [OT] Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Kenneth P. Turvey)
Re: Rebuilding SRPMs (Michael McConnell)
Re: Linux and Win98 dual boot. (Scott Prive)
Re: kernel config and make problems (Matt Starnes)
Re: Will a SupraExpress 56i modem run under linux? (brent verner)
ATI Rage 3 Video Card (Nik Gibson)
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From: Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Q] PPP-strange error!!
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 14:07:40 -0500
Janusz Kawczak wrote:
>
> Hi everyone:
> I've upgraded from RH5.2->RH6.0 and now I am getting some strange
> looking error messages.
[...]
>
> 2) when I try to connect via ppp, I get
>
> May 18 22:29:52 localhost pppd[704]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
> May 18 22:30:27 localhost pppd[704]: Serial connection established.
> May 18 22:30:27 localhost pppd[704]: Using interface ppp0
> May 18 22:30:27 localhost pppd[704]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: LCP: timeout sending
> Config-Requests
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: Connection terminated.
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: Connect time 0.6 minutes.
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
> clean:
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
> May 18 22:30:58 localhost pppd[704]: Exit.
I believe this generally means that you're running your pppd login in a
shell script, but because the script lacks a <CR> after one or more lines
in the login process, the shell continues to process the incoming/outgoing
stream of characters, and since the shell trims off the 8th bit of input
characters, your input is not 8-bit clean. The fix is desdcribed below
(basically, make sure you place <CR>s after each login line to instruct
the script to stop processing input). BTW, the <CR> usually appears at
the *beginning* of each line in the script and not at the end.
According to the PPP FAQ:
"
18.3 The syslog says "serial line is not 8 bit clean..."
There are variations on this too - such as serial line looped back etc., and the cause
can be one
(or a sequence) of a number of things.
To understand what is going on here, it is necessary to grasp a bit of what is going
on behind the
scenes in pppd itself.
When pppd starts up, it sends LCP (link control protocol) packets to the remote
machine. If it
receives a valid response it then goes on to the next stage (using IPCP - IP control
protocol
packets) and only when this negotiation completes is the actual IP layer started so
that you can
use the PPP link.
If there is no ppp server operating at the remote end when your PC sends lcp packets,
these get
reflected by the login process at the far end. As these packets use 8 bits,
reflecting them
strips the 8th bit (remember, ASCII is a 7 bit code). PPP sees this and complains
accordingly.
There are several reasons this reflection can occur.
You are not correctly logging into the server
When your chat script completes, pppd starts on your PC. However, if you have not
completed the
log in process to the server (including sending any command required to start PPP on
the server),
PPP will not start.
So, the lcp packets are reflected and you receive this error.
You need to carefully check and correct (if necessary) your chat script (see above).
You are not starting PPP on the server
Some PPP servers require you to enter a command and/or a RETURN after completing the
log in
process before the remote end starts ppp.
Check your chat script (see above).
If you log in manually and find you need to send a RETURN after this to start PPP,
simply add
a blank expect/send pair to the end of your chat script (an empty send string actually
sends
a RETURN).
[...]
"
--
Randy Crawford
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dying is easy; it's debugging parallel code that's hard.
-- Anon
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Burner
Date: 24 May 1999 21:46:28 GMT
Erb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a HP 7200i CD-Writer and would like to use it under Linux. I do
>not have the time to search all over the web for sites which explain how
>to set everything up for CD Burning so does anybody know about a site
>where it is all explained?
>The device is IDE and I have been able to mount it easily.
Unfortunately it's nontrivial.
Start with http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html.
Definitely go with xcdroast which includes cdrecord and other necessary
software. You'll need ide-scsi support in your kernel, which usually
means a kernel recompile.
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
======================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Good 10/100 Mb ethernet cards for Linux
Date: 24 May 1999 14:37:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> What are good 10/100 Mb ethernet cards for Linux?
>
> On kernel 2.0.36 with tulip.c 0.89H
Have you tried the newer drivers (0.90, 0.91) from
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html ?
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED],m.com (Mike Willett LADS LDN X7563)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: 24 May 1999 13:19:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Hey, but who cares about accuracy? The anti-gunners have an agenda to
>promote, which is disarming the populace so that people may be either
>subjected to or dependent upon the whims of the government.
Oh no you've spotted us. We're not interested in building a
better society. We want all the populace to be controlled by the
govt - we're secretly plotting the use of mind drugs with the
help of aliens from a distanct planet.
However, it may just be possible that someone who disagrees with
you may not be evil. Unless of course you're a facist bigot
but I don't beleive that of you.
Also, have you thought that there maybe other ways to control
the govt ?
Maybe if people thought about this question it might help.
Mike
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: IRC RFC ?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 14:20:45 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> And BTW does anyone know of a web-based search engine for RFC's
> so that I could do this sort of search myself ?
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/information/rfc.html
--
J. S. Jensen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.Paramin.COM
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From: Robert Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Security: Messages in /var/log/secure
Date: 24 May 1999 12:26:08 -1000
You might also want to try the Linux Administrators Security Guide at
https://www.seifried.org/redhat-5.x/
--
Robert Valliant
Center for Russia in Asia, University of Hawaii at Manoa
www.hawaii.edu/shaps/russia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 808.956.2682 Tel: 808.956.7814
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From: Tae-Yeoub Jang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: limit of command line arg numbers
Date: 24 May 1999 23:33:11 +0100
I need to handle a directory which contains 11000 data files.
But I just can't put all the files as command line input arguments.
For example:
BASH> ls dirname/*
BASH> bash: /bin/ls: too many arguments
None of shell commands and other programs are working. What should I
do? It doesn't seem to be the problem of BASH, my shell, as I tried
with another shells like 'tcsh' to no purpose.
My platform is "Redhat Linux5.2 with BASH 1.14.7. There should be a
solution as I hadn't met this problem with the unix machine with the
same BASH shell in my office.
Thanks a lot.
Tae.
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uchi.comp.unix
Subject: Re: /etc/issue
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 14:22:55 -0600
Alex Jacoby wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, I think the script copies /etc/issue.net
> to /etc/issue at each reboot.
Nah. We need two issues for net and local.
--
J. S. Jensen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.Paramin.COM
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: [OT] Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: 19 May 1999 21:07:55 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth P. Turvey) writes:
> Statistics don't bear you out. The most successful way to defend
> against rape is with a handgun. This does increase the risk of
> accidental shooting, and the risk of the `hoodlum' getting the gun (from
> zero to something finite), but the risk of rape drops dramatically.
Of course it does.
After you pull out the miniature .22 and the would-be rapist shoots
you dead with your own handgun, he probably doesn't rape you
afterwards.
:-)
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pro-Unix vs anti-WinTel (was: Re: Is Unix a single user operating system?)
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 May 1999 19:22:31 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (r j huntington) writes:
> >emacs doesn't run on freebsd? looks like i ain't gonna try it any
> >time soon. ;-)
>
> Of course emacs runs on freebsd. There's a great port that installs
> easily, or one could build whatever version they want.
>
> Silly idea, something unixly not running on some unix. ;-)
i wrote that comment (the double > > one about emacs perhaps not
running on freebsd). it is of course a joke. please notice the
smiley! the poster i replied to had maligned the one true editor![1]
> p.s. I love them all!
nod nod nod nod nod!
[1] no flames please - use whatever you want.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: limit of command line arg numbers
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00:11 GMT
The problem is that bash expands "ls dir/*" to "ls dir/file1 dir/file2 ...",
and that's just to much for most programs. In the case of ls you could just
do "ls dir/". You could always use the bash "for" to exec a program for each
file... This will take quite a bit longer though...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tae-Yeoub Jang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I need to handle a directory which contains 11000 data files.
> But I just can't put all the files as command line input arguments.
>
> For example:
> BASH> ls dirname/*
> BASH> bash: /bin/ls: too many arguments
>
> None of shell commands and other programs are working. What should I
> do? It doesn't seem to be the problem of BASH, my shell, as I tried
> with another shells like 'tcsh' to no purpose.
>
> My platform is "Redhat Linux5.2 with BASH 1.14.7. There should be a
> solution as I hadn't met this problem with the unix machine with the
> same BASH shell in my office.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Tae.
>
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herb Stein)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: limit of command line arg numbers
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:03:28 GMT
And, although I've forgotten the systax, look up xargs and find the the man
pages. One of them will do what you want.
In article <fKl23.2543$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v
Waveren) wrote:
>The problem is that bash expands "ls dir/*" to "ls dir/file1 dir/file2 ...",
>and that's just to much for most programs. In the case of ls you could just
>do "ls dir/". You could always use the bash "for" to exec a program for each
>file... This will take quite a bit longer though...
>
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Tae-Yeoub Jang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> I need to handle a directory which contains 11000 data files.
>> But I just can't put all the files as command line input arguments.
>>
>> For example:
>> BASH> ls dirname/*
>> BASH> bash: /bin/ls: too many arguments
>>
>> None of shell commands and other programs are working. What should I
>> do? It doesn't seem to be the problem of BASH, my shell, as I tried
>> with another shells like 'tcsh' to no purpose.
>>
>> My platform is "Redhat Linux5.2 with BASH 1.14.7. There should be a
>> solution as I hadn't met this problem with the unix machine with the
>> same BASH shell in my office.
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Tae.
>>
>
--
Herb Stein
The Herb Stein Group
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314 215-3584
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kathi Morgan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Background Colors
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 18:34:15 -0400
How can I set up each tty to have a different background color?
How can I do this so that the color is set automatically at startup?
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From: "Zoran Bebic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 3 Video Card
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:49:30 GMT
What type of card is that exactly. When I was installing drivers for my Rage
Pro I saw an alternate name as ATI Rage 3 means Rage Pro. But then I could
also be wrong....(can't remember precisely).....Did you try with any other
older driver, 'cos with ati it just may work, or not, anyways it's worth
trying...
Nik Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have been searching and searching and I can't find a driver for my new
> ATI Rage 3 Video card. The card is so new that it wouldn't surprise me
> if it takes a bit of time for a driver to come out.
>
> But I was wondering if any one had already gotten it to work? Or if
> anyone has heard of a driver being developed?
>
> Thanks
>
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From: Gaston Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Squid vs IP Masquerading
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:34:37 -0400
I want to have my two systems share my Internet cable connection. IP
Masquerading would let me achieve that. A few weeks ago, I saw a
message saying that Squid was an even better solution to this challenge.
Reading about Squid, I found that it does not support protocols such as
POP, NNTP, Real Audio and others (as per Squid doc of sept. '97). On
the other hand, IP masquerading supports just about every protocols,
with a few exceptions.
So, why would someone prefer Squid over IP masquerading?
Could the Squid doc. be out of date, and the current version of Squid
effectively supports these protocols?
Thank you,
Gaston Carmichael
Quebec, Canada
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:16:14 -0400
From: Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cannot compile kernel in RH 6
Peter Caffin wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Jim Orfanakos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem is with 'make boot'. It finishes with the error:
> > 'System is 612K'
> > 'System is to too big'
> > 'Try using bzImage or modules'
> > Any Ideas?
>
> To suggest the obvious, use `make bzImage` or else reduce the kernel size
> by using modules.
>
> Better yet, use `make bzlilo` to make the image and automatically have it
> installed with LILO.
even with simple error messages that actually tell how to solve the
problem people still need help ....dont they read?
--
"Bill Gates?, I dont know any Bill Gates. Oh, you mean 'by putting
every conceivable
feature into an OPERATING SYSTEM, whether you want it or not, is
innovation' Bill
Gates? Yeah, I know the monopolizer"
http://web.mountain.net/~brandon/main.htm
For Beginners in Linux, Emulation, Midis, Playstation Info, and
Virii.
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: please suggest a smaller WWW browser.
Date: 24 May 1999 18:25:24 -0500
John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: If neither of the above holds or you're still looking for a software
: solution, I'd suggest the Opera browser under Win3.1; I think it does
: javascript but not java (most sites use javascript if anything though).
: Lookit www.operasoftware.com .
I have tried opera with win3.11 on a 486-33 with 8M, and it was ok.
It's annoying part is its penchant for opening a lot of windows, that
obviously is not suitable for a 486.
I just use lynx with the 486 under Linux.
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From: "Michael J. Saletnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6, Gnome & RealPlayer not quite right
Date: 24 May 1999 19:06:48 -0400
Thanks, everyone, for all your help. Now, about this 'esddsp'
wrapper... I see /usr/bin/esddsp, I've tried it with --help, but it
tells me nothing useful...
-Michael
--
Michael J. Saletnik, PE Tufts E'91 G'93 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Software Engineer, Thomson Financial Services
Registered Professional Structural Engineer
AIM: msaletni, ICQ: 24238794, www.tiac.net/users/icarus
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Binary of XFree86 3.3.3.1
Date: 22 May 1999 04:22:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Using ftpsearch.lycos.com, I could only find source rpms of XFree86
> 3.3.3.1. Is there a site which has a binary available? If not what
> version is the latest for which the binary is offered? And which server
> should I use with an ATI Rage II card--Mach64 and SVGA seem the most
> likely.
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM
I believe the Mach64 works, but try a Power Search for more information.
Cheers,
--
Howard Mann
http://www.newbielinux.com
(a LINUX website for newbies)
Smart Linuxers search at: http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth P. Turvey)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 15:31:01 -0500
[Followup-To: set to poster, we should let this thread die]
On 19 May 1999 21:07:55 +0100,
James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Of course it does.
>
>After you pull out the miniature .22 and the would-be rapist shoots
>you dead with your own handgun, he probably doesn't rape you
>afterwards.
Or he just runs away (a far more likely scenario if the potential
victim is well trained).
I should note:
I am in no way advocating that a society full of people running around
with concealed weapons. The number of gun related accidents would
certainly increase. I am simply recognizing the fact that the
government cannot protect all of its citizens all of the time, and some
of those citizens have a legitimate need for arms for their own
protection. The best judge of whether those arms are necessary will
always be the individual in question.
For me this is a secondary reason for the right to bear arms. For many
it is of paramount importance.
--
Kenneth P. Turvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
================= http://www.tranquility.net/~kturvey
The only two things that are infinite in size are the universe and human
stupidity. And I'm not completely sure about the universe.
-- Albert Einstein
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rebuilding SRPMs
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 17:18:41 +0100
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Michael McConnell wrote:
> On 22 May 1999, Thomas Svenson wrote:
>
> > I am trying to figure out how to write the best rtc/rpmrc file for compiling
> > SRPMs on my computer.
> >
> > I have a AMD K6 and have been searching the net for info on what "optflags" I
> > shall use to best optimize the binaries for my system.
> >
> > Anyone that can give me some hints or point me to a place on the net where I
> > can find more info about it?
>
> Try pgcc, at http://www.goof.com/pcg/
>
> The compiler flags are: -march=amdl6 -mcpu=amdk6
That should, of course, be -march=amdk6 :)
Oops.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Scott Prive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,iupui.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Linux and Win98 dual boot.
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:15:45 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm having an error, same as this fellow: Kernel Panic: VFS
I don't have a Linux boot disk because Linux isn't installed. I have only the
install floppy and install CD for each of Windows 98 and Red Hat 6.
I have a primary HD on IDE#1 which is 17.5 GB. There is no secondary on IDE#1.
On IDE#2 I have a 2.5 GB IDE drive, and a CD-ROM slaved off it.
I can't even boot off the Linux boot floppy to fix whatever is wrong with boot, and
DOS/Win's "fdisk /mbr" doesn't seem to help. The drive "used" to have installed
onto it a Maxtor patch that allowed my older (no longer in use) motherboard to
support drives beyond 8.4 GB.
The Award BIOS in my Tyan 1590/AMD K62 450 does not have a format hard drive as far
as I could tell.
ANY working dual-boot configuration would make me happy, but preferrably I would
not use the second hard drive for either OS since I may build a second computer
with it.
Any help is most appreciated. I had a working Linux configuration on this system
for 6 months, but then I had to lose it by reinstalling Linux and Windows 98 (I
wanted to reinstall because of the new CPU, and because I no longer needed the damn
hard drive boot patch). Now I'm dead in the water. :(
Thanks,
Scott Prive
TMussnig wrote:
> "J. Merritt" schrieb:
>
> > I'm trying to set up a dual boot system with Red Hat and Win98
> > I used a mini-how - to posted at
> > http://www.eskimo.com/~praxis/win98.html
> >
> > it has you create a few batch files and a menu that asks for the OS to load.
> > It seems to load but I get the following errors while linux is loading:
> >
> > VFS: cannot open root device 08:22
> > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:22
> >
> > any ideas? I have two HD's the first is 4.3GB and is solely for WIN98. The
> > second is a 1.2GB that
> > is entirely partitioned for Linux. The problem is I can not recall what
> > partition it was on. Right before the error
> > it lists:
> >
> > hda1, hda2, (hda5)
> > hdc1, hdc2, (hdc5), (hdc6)
> >
>
> I suppose, that you have both disks installed as a primary master, in which I
> suppose, you have
> your Win98 Harddisk installed on the first IDE-Controller, (/dev/hda)
> and your Linux on the second IDE-Controller (/dev/hdc).
>
> If you don't know on which partition your root-filesystem is, check this out:
> c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root = /dev/hdc2 ro (if it's the root)
> ^^^^^^^^^^ -> change this line in your
> linux.bat - see below
> else try /dev/hdc1. (with the edit.com etc...)
>
> >
> > in the linux.bat file there is a command:
> >
> > c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root = /dev/hda3 ro
> > ^^^^^^^^
> > it says to substitute the hda3 for what ever partition linux is installed
> > on. I originally didn't have loadlin or vmlinuz on the c: so I copied them
> > from the CD. In WIN98 I am unable to see the second drive but it shows up
> >
>
> If you copy the kernel (vmlinuz) under DOS to different locations, you won't be
> able to
> get it started, because DOS inserts CR's at each end of line, so you destroy
> your kernel.
> Do it under linux with the cp command and NO CR's were inserted.
>
> > in the start up. I just can't access it with windows explorer et al. Any
> > ideas would be greatly appreciated...
> >
>
> Windoze knows ONLY itself (M$), no other file-systems, so it's "normal" :)
> Linux is quite different, 'coz Linux CAN handle more than itselves... See your
> ReadME, etc.
>
> > Please CC me in reply
> >
> > John Merritt
> > Indianapolis, IN
>
> Be sure, if you want to boot Linux, that NO DOS programmes will be executed
> before,
> initrd might have problems.
>
> I solved this problem with a boot menue:
> Put this in your
> CONFIG.SYS:
>
> [menu]
> menuitem A=MS-DOS V7.0 & Win'98
> menuitem B=Linux V5.3
> menudefault=A,5
> rem means: for Standard boot item A (Win) in 5 secs. while no key pressed
> rem otherwise select what you want to boot with your cursors - you got 5 sec.
>
> [A]
> DOS=HIGH,UMB
> shell=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /e:4096 /p
> FILES=60
> BUFFERS=60,0
> DEVICE=C:\WIN98\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\WIN98\EMM386.EXE ON noems
> devicehigh=C:\WIN98\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
>
> [B]
> rem ....really.... here's nothing.... ;-))
>
> AUTOEXEC.BAT:
>
> @ECHO OFF
> PATH C:\WIN98;C:\WIN98\COMMAND
> SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
> SET TMP=C:\TEMP
> goto %config%
>
> :A
> LH C:\WIN98\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CD0
> lh C:\WIN98\COMMAND\DOSKEY.COM /INSERT
> mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WIN98\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
> mode con codepage select=850
> goto end
>
> :B
> c:
> cd\loadlin
> linux hdx
> rem (were x stands for your Linux-partition) i.e. hdc, hda, etc...
> goto end
>
> :end
>
> If this will NOT operate on your system, please post me the details what Linux's
> fdisk has found.
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas
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From: Matt Starnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.act.kernel,linux.redhat.devel,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: kernel config and make problems
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:16:09 -0500
darrin wrote:
> using redhat 5.2 linux, kerenel 2.2.3, i type make config and if i pick
> certain things like scsi = y, it goes into this loop and no matter what i
> press i can't get to the next question. another problem (after picking no
> and as few options as possible) i was able to make config, make dep, and
> then make where i get this error -
>
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/linux/joystick.h:168: warning:
> `MODULE_SUPPORTED_DE
> VICE' redefined
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/linux/module.h:212: warning: this is the
> location o
> f the previous definition
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/linux/joystick.h:176: parse error
> In file included from mem.c:18:
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/linux/i2c.h:90: parse error
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/linux/i2c.h:112: parse error
> In file included from mem.c:17:
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/linux/joystick.h:164: conflicting types for
> `spinlo
> ck_t'
> /usr/src/linux-2_2_3/include/asm/spinlock.h:19: previous declaration of
> `spinloc
> k_t'
> make[3]: *** [mem.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2_2_3/drivers/char'
> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2_2_3/drivers/char'
> make[1]: *** [_subdir_char] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2_2_3/drivers'
> make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
>
> any ideas?
> please reply by e-mail,
> thanks,
> darrin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you tried "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" from inside X. Menuconfig
will work without X.
Matt
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From: brent verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Will a SupraExpress 56i modem run under linux?
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:43:07 -0500
yes.
brent
Ozzy wrote:
>
> Anybody running this modem under linux?
> successfully?
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From: Nik Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: ATI Rage 3 Video Card
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:57:28 GMT
I have been searching and searching and I can't find a driver for my new
ATI Rage 3 Video card. The card is so new that it wouldn't surprise me
if it takes a bit of time for a driver to come out.
But I was wondering if any one had already gotten it to work? Or if
anyone has heard of a driver being developed?
Thanks
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