Linux-Misc Digest #879, Volume #20 Thu, 1 Jul 99 15:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie: Needs help selecting distribution (Karl-Heinz Zimmer)
RedHat 6 and Kernel 2.0.36 (WPD mestrole)
Idea for new *nix site: yes or no? (Kris)
dir command at anonymous ftp login doesn�t show directories or files (Richard Walter)
Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux (Mircea)
Re: NT the best web platform? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Log out users automatically? (Helmut Katzgraber)
Cheap RH6.0 CD in UK? (Robert Peters)
LOCAL: Northern NJ Linux Users Group (Matthew Hoskins)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Greg Yantz)
Re: Slow NFS mount on SUSE 6.0 (Andreas Hinz)
chroot with ftp (Kareem Dana)
Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: Unmovable Files and Partitioning (Bob Horvath)
Tell me I'm wrong... (HellNo)
Re: What kind of ANSI terminal work best for telnet? (Chris Harshman)
Re: uninstall LILO from DOS ? (Bill Salopek)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? ("Anthony D. Tribelli")
Re: init running *wild* (Roland Latour)
test (stet)
Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux? (Jeremy Crabtree)
Help....After setting the Chinese Fonts... (Alleyoop Sam)
Re: Kernel question (Frank Riha)
Re: Kernel question (Lev Babiev)
Re: Filesystem for SCO OSR and Redhat Linux
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From: Karl-Heinz Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie: Needs help selecting distribution
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:55:48 GMT
Am 01.07.1999, 16:11:13, William Wueppelmann:
> While the concern for making Linux more accessible to
> newcomers is (IMHO) laudible, there's not a whole lot
> of point to using Linux if it's in a form that makes
> it essentially like Windows, only more stable (when
> MacOS X arrives, we will apparently have a new/casual
> user-friendly system built on a stable BSD core, so
> the casual user may be better served by that platform
> than by Linux, and there's also the BeOS for a similar
> setup). A similar system built around a Linux kernel
> is possible as well, and certainly there's nothing
> wrong with it, but any distribution of Linux that
> I've seen is still a hacker-oriented package.
^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So you obviously haven't seen easyLinux yet.
A look at http://www.eit.de/c/easylinux.html should convince you that=20=
at least this distribution is not at all hacker-oriented. In my=20
opinion others will follow that take care for making things as simple=20=
for the beginner as possible...
Karl-Heinz
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(posting privately)
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From: WPD mestrole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 6 and Kernel 2.0.36
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:09:35 +0200
Hi !
I have installed redhat 6 (very great!) but I need to work with
kernel 2.0.36 (realtime one).
Is there any easy way to make it work (will I have to reinstall
RH5.2 ? )
(for exemple I can't connect X server anymore, and several prog as
gnuplot fail, no printer anymore ...)
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kris)
Subject: Idea for new *nix site: yes or no?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:06:57 GMT
A while ago I had a look for a Linux-specific web site which had
collections of examples of Linux shell/Perl scripts for administration
and/or general useful things which I never thought of.
So, I seek some humble advice: would it be worth setting up a site which
was a simple archive of Linux/UNIX code which would be useful to admins,
casual or new users? It would contain Perl/shell scripts, C[++] source,
and general things which people do for specific tasks. All of this would
be useful for people who need examples/bases for their own projects, and
for people who will think "oh, that's cool!" and use them and/or adapt
them for other things (which could in turn be submitted).
As an example of the things which it could include simple things like...
repeat 5 echo `echo "Shutdown time! Log out now." | wall ; sleep 30` ;
halt
... or other things like this (untested):
#!/local/bin/perl
#
# A fork() demo. This program will sit in the background and
# make a list of the process which uses the maximum CPU average
# at 1 minute intervals. On a quiet BSD like system this will
# normally be the swapper (long term scheduler).
#
$true = 1;
$logfile="perl.cpu.logfile";
print "Max CPU logfile, forking daemon...\n";
if (fork())
{
exit(0);
}
while ($true)
{
open (logfile,">> $logfile") || die "Can't open $logfile\n";
open (ps,"/bin/ps aux |") || die "Couldn't open a pipe from ps !!\n";
$skip_first_line = <ps>;
$max_process = <ps>;
close(ps);
print logfile $max_process;
close(logfile);
sleep 60;
($a,$b,$c,$d,$e,$f,$g,$size) = stat($logfile);
if ($size > 500)
{
print STDERR "Log file getting big, better quit!\n";
exit(0);
}
}
# End
That last one was from "The unix programming environment" by Mark
Burgess which I found last night.
There was a shell script in a RedHat Linux Unleashed (I think) book
which watched /etc/passwd and could be easily changed to mail the admin
if users were added or removed.
I _know_ simple little things like watching /etc/passwd every hour could
be done easily given a spare hour to work things out, but for new users
or people who don't have the time, it could be brilliant. Also, it could
be useful to show the kind of things which can be achieved using a CLI.
I just need to know if people would...
a) contribute to such a site.
b) actually *use* it.
What do people think?
Cheers,
Kris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Walter)
Subject: dir command at anonymous ftp login doesn�t show directories or files
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 16:25:38 GMT
Hi all,
i want to set up anonymous ftp login to my linux box with SuSe 6.1.
When i login as anonymous, i can transfer files, but the dir-command
shows no directory or files, only "Port command successsful",
"opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls" and "Transfer
complete".
I have created the ftp subdirectories after reading the manual pages
for wu.ftpd and ftpd and put in modified group and passwd files in
~ftp/etc, also a ls command in ~ftp/bin.
Do i have to make changes in "/etc/ftpaccess" or do i have to set
pathes in certain files? I have read several FAQ�s but i have no idea,
what�s going wrong.
Perhaps this question was often posted, but i�m new with linux and
i�m in this newsgroup for the first time.
Perhaps anyone can help me?
Best regards
Richard
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:42:43 -0400
http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html
MST
Kareem Dana wrote:
>
> I've heard that Real Player G2 was available for linux, but i have yet
> to find it. I went to proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html and
> clicked Linux ELF as the OS and it says only real player 5.0 is
> available for your platform. Now my question, however, Is there or is
> there not a real player G2 for linux?
>
> Thank you
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:23:06 GMT
> > What is an HP KAYAK? What errors are you getting, specifically and
>>What network and video adapters are present?
>
> Oh lordie. The HP Kayak is one of the absolute *worst* PCs ever
> built. I wouldn't even install DOS on that puppy.
>
> The Vectra line is only a couple hundred more, and it *really* shows.
> --
> The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
Heh heh..Craig, perhaps you're confusing Pavilions and Kayaks? Most of
the Kayaks are more expensive than vectras. HP's line is now
Visualize ->Kayak->Vectra/Brio->Pavilion.
With the price dropping from Visualize to Pavilion.
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From: Helmut Katzgraber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Log out users automatically?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 09:54:20 -0700
look into /etc/security there into access.conf and time.conf. the
examples should be self-explanatory.
cheers, h.
btw: out of curiosity; why do you need that?
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From: Robert Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cheap RH6.0 CD in UK?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:29:52 +0100
Does anyone know of a cheap source in the UK for Redhat 6.0 CD. I do not
want to ftp download, nor do I want to pay in the region of UKP60 for a
free OS!
Cheers
Rob Peters
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From: Matthew Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LOCAL: Northern NJ Linux Users Group
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 13:32:18 -0400
NJ LUG: Passaic County Linux Users Group [/dev/plug]
Hello,
I have started a LUG in northern NJ. We are starting with about 10
people and have had a lot of interest. Anyone in the area is welcome to
our meetings.
See http://uptime.dynip.com for more information
Contact Info:
Matthew Hoskins
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 01 Jul 1999 13:55:37 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Oh lordie. The HP Kayak is one of the absolute *worst* PCs ever
> > built. I wouldn't even install DOS on that puppy.
> Heh heh..Craig, perhaps you're confusing Pavilions and Kayaks? Most of
> the Kayaks are more expensive than vectras. HP's line is now
> Visualize ->Kayak->Vectra/Brio->Pavilion.
> With the price dropping from Visualize to Pavilion.
The Kayak may cost more... but I have never heard anyone forced to
use a Kayak say good things about it. I've also heard some Very
Bad Things about them.
Take it with a grain of salt, but there is anecdotal evidence that
Kayak's seriously suck. I wonder if it's worth anyone's time to check
DejaNews...
-Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Hinz)
Subject: Re: Slow NFS mount on SUSE 6.0
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:42:16 GMT
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 10:22:20 GMT, Andreas Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
After my message I have found some error messages in the workstations
/var/log/messages.
I started a 'tail -f -n20 /var/log/messages' and a
'mount server:/tmp /mnt' at 16:17:59 and got the following:
Jul 1 16:18:01 ah kernel: portmap: RPC call returned error 111queued!
Jul 1 16:18:01 ah kernel: RPC: task of released request still queued!
Jul 1 16:18:01 ah kernel: RPC: (task is on xprt_pending)
Jul 1 16:18:06 ah kernel: portmap: RPC call returned error 111
Jul 1 16:18:06 ah kernel: RPC: task of released request still queued!
Jul 1 16:18:06 ah kernel: RPC: (task is on xprt_pending)
Jul 1 16:18:11 ah kernel: portmap: RPC call returned error 111
Jul 1 16:18:11 ah kernel: RPC: task of released request still queued!
Jul 1 16:18:11 ah kernel: RPC: (task is on xprt_pending)
This shows the delay i have noticed. After the last error the prompt
returnes.
I have searched the Web and found some messages regarding this problem in
kernel 2.1.59. One suggestion is to use then 'mount -o nolock' option.
I have done so and now it works. But why do I have to use this option?
--
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Andreas Hinz
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From: Kareem Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: chroot with ftp
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 18:03:10 GMT
I have a ftp/ftp user name that is a standard user but anyone can=20
login. Ive set the shell the /bin/false so they cant telnet,b ut i=20
want to know how to make it when they ftp to only stay in their home=20
directory and not browse the rest of the harddrive. I know chroot can=20
do something similar. Anyone willing to help?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 04:11:37 GMT
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:28:10 +0000, DHobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > Here is my comment for those who honestly believe that
>> > Microsoft has anything to fear from the "free (taxpayer
>> > supported) software" movement:
>
>Taxpayer Supported?? That's a new one.
>
>When did the tax payers start supporting Linux?
<warning type="FALLACIES" class="Believable to the gullible">
<item> The FSF is a charitable organization under IRS rules.
<reality-check>But their expenditures represent taxable income in someone's
hands, so there's only a brief loop of untaxedness. </reality-check>
<item> No licensing fees --> no profits --> no taxes paid.
<reality-check> Of course, if you pay $$$ to MSFT for licenses, that
represents a deduction from business income for business users that pay the
lion's share of licensing fees. After all, they just pirate the software
for home use, right? </reality-check>
<item> Tax $ --> NASA --> Donald Becker
<reality-check> And <emphasis/all/ that money gets paid to Donald Becker,
right? </reality-check>
Obviously a tax subsidy occurs when you use free software.
</warning>
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Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: Bob Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: mot.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Unmovable Files and Partitioning
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:16:56 -0500
Jeff Kirchman wrote:
> I haven't been able to find a solution to my problem, so I hope someone here
> might be able to lead me in the right direction.
>
> I've been trying to install Red Hat on a laptop (that already contains
> WIN95) by creating another partion, but I have been unable to allocate
> enough contiguous hard disk space. There is almost 200 MB of free disk space
> I can use, but I have a read-only/hidden file somewhere near the bottom of
> the hard disk space that prevents me to create a partition larger than 20MB.
> When I use MS's defrag I can see the "unmovable" block near the end of the
> hard disk, but I don't know what file it is. Is there any utilities out
> there that could help me determine what file it is so I could either move it
> or delete it?
Partition Magic from Powerquest, while expensive, might help you out. It seems
to be pretty smart about how to repartition and move things around.
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From: HellNo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Tell me I'm wrong...
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:39:40 GMT
I downloaded a copy of SYSLINUX (linux on a floppy) and ran it of my
floppy drive...
After loging in as root (*no password*) I had complete access to /root
after mounting my RH6.0 partition! It seems to have read/write/xecute
access to all dirs. I even managed to reboot the machine
using '/mnt/linux/usr/sbin/shutdown -r now' rather than using the
reboot file that comes with SYSLINUX. Has anyone tried this? Someone
please tell me I got it all wrong.
Any input is more than welcome.
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From: Chris Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What kind of ANSI terminal work best for telnet?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:55:54 +0000
I've had a very good experience using TeraTerm Pro
(do an http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no look for 'ttermpro')
on Wintel connecting into Lintel.
Regione Piemonte Settore Decentrato OO. PP. Cuneo wrote:
>
> Hi to all,
> I've got problems telnetting a Slackware 3.6 (2.0.35 Kernel
> ver.) with win95 telnet or Simple Term (some program doesn't work fine
> with them, or doesn't work at all). Anyone can tell me where look at
> for a good ANSI terminal (I want to work with no monitor on a linux
> box).
> Thanks
>
> Jan
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From: Bill Salopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uninstall LILO from DOS ?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 16:42:00 -0600
> That's a real FAQ (this was allready posted about 5 million times!)
Where is the UNINSTALL FAQ please? (I've looked everywhere.)
Thanks...
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ICQ: 20536257
No worries...
Business: http://www.DancesWithLight.com
Home: http://www.DancesWithLight.com/family
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From: "Anthony D. Tribelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 18:06:58 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Who are you to *demand* anything?
> More to the point, I really wish the US lusers would stop it with the "We
> pulled your ass(sp) out of the fire in WWII" bollocks.
You seem to be the equal of those 'lusers' you complain about, you merely
have the opposite polarity. While the US probably did not save Britain, we
certainly did save many British lives. Perhaps your father or grandfather?
Your nation would most likely still be with us, but perhaps you would not
be had it not been for US participation.
> The USA was *supposedly* an ally from BEFORE the war...
> So, Mr Taylor... What year was the start of WWII again??? 1939? Or 1942?
> WHERE WERE YOU LOT THEN?
Keeping Britain armed and fed. There was also our 'secret' war against the
German submarines that pre-dated Pearl Harbor.
Tony
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Tony Tribelli
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Roland Latour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: init running *wild*
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:09:55 -0700
Scott Moseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Running Slackware with 2.2.9 and KDE for weeks now on my new AMD 400 box.
> Just installed xfstt (truetype font server) and noticed that my "init"
> process seems to be sucking up almost 90% CPU constantly. I can kill xfstt
> and it still persists, so I do not know if that has anything to do with it
> or not. Rebooting and kill -HUP'ing the process does nothing. Anyone have
> this problem before? Or have any ideas? Thanks.
Init is busy doing something, probably respawning some process that's
exiting early. Check /etc/inittab and the syslogs. I bet you have a
getty that's respawning.
--
Retired TechSupport Engr. Linux@CDSnet:http://home.cdsnet.net/~rolandl
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the
urge to rule." -H. L.Mencken
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From: stet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: test
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:17:49 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
test
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Best sound card for use w/ Linux?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 15:31:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jeremy Crabtree allegedly wrote:
>Michel Catudal allegedly wrote:
>>David Fox wrote:
>>>
>>> According to listening tests at
>>> http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/index.htm the SB Live has
>>> only mediocre fidelity. Certainly not the best.
>>>
>>
>>Their emulation of SB16 is what sucks.
>>If ran under winblows it works great and sound good.
>
>Check the site. They DID run it under windows, the performance was still
>disappointing...and the digital I/O didn't work very well.
>
>>
>>My friend has been unable to get it to work under Linux so to
>>say that it is a good choice would be a poor judgment call.
>
>Well...there are drivers, and people have gotten them to work...but it
>still would be on my list of recommended cards.
^
not
YIPES!
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the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: Alleyoop Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help....After setting the Chinese Fonts...
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:23:18 +0800
I have followed the steps for install chinese fonts under Chinese
HOW-TO page, after make
Zip file and "mkfontdir" I can't check for the exsitance of the big5
font. Although I have
download the file sepcified and get some taipei fonts, I still can't
find the big5 fonts
installed. (Try the "xlsfonts | grep big5", but no outcome ah)
And it's even worse after I reboot the system, it halted with the
responce:
"According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running, but seems to
have been murdered mysteriously"
This made my monitor to blink for 10 times, (with the above string
printed on the screen for 10 times)
after that it shows:
"INIT: ld "x" respawing too fast: disabled for 5 mintues."
There after, my machine will start to run the gdm but the same responce
is shown for that, too.
Then, I have shutdown my PC.
Any help for that? I need your kindness help! pls.
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From: Frank Riha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel question
Date: 01 Jul 1999 14:22:00 -0400
"Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi guys!
>
> I am shure that someone has already face the problem like this. I installed
> RedHat 5.2 from CD, then recompiled the kernel. New kernel boots, but
> doesn't
> want to mount root filesystem. Error message looks like:
> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
> 03:01 are numbers of device hda1, major and minor.
> In the same time, the original kernel, which come with the distributive,
> boots normally, mounts all needed and works. Maybe it's because of LILO
> misconfiguration (LILO is installed in the MBR) or because of the large size
> of my hard disk (more than 1024 cylinders, but /dev/hda1 fits in 1st 1024),
> i don't know. If someone know how to cope with it, answer please.
>
> Alexander
make sure you did all the new kernel steps (make zImage (or bzImage),
make modules, make install, make modules_install, edit lilo.config,
rerun lilo) are the steps I normally run through.
I have forgotten to do all these a couple times and experienced
similar problems, but can't really remember 'cuz it's been a while. I
don't recall the major:minor numbers being reported, tho'.
Anyways, it's a good thing to double check. And don't remove the good
kernel from lilo.config, don't ask why I mention this :O
fdr
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From: Lev Babiev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel question
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 11:35:12 -0400
Most likely this happens because you didn't compile into kernel
something required
to access this partition. Thing I would look for: controller (IDE, SCSI
or whatever
you're using) and ext2 filesystem support, if SCSI also check SCSI disk
support.
Make sure that these are compiled into kernel, NOT as modules, since
modules aren't
acessible until the filesystem is mounted.
> I am shure that someone has already face the problem like this. I installed
> RedHat 5.2 from CD, then recompiled the kernel. New kernel boots, but
> doesn't
> want to mount root filesystem. Error message looks like:
> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
> 03:01 are numbers of device hda1, major and minor.
> In the same time, the original kernel, which come with the distributive,
> boots normally, mounts all needed and works. Maybe it's because of LILO
> misconfiguration (LILO is installed in the MBR) or because of the large size
> of my hard disk (more than 1024 cylinders, but /dev/hda1 fits in 1st 1024),
> i don't know. If someone know how to cope with it, answer please.
>
> Alexander
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Filesystem for SCO OSR and Redhat Linux
Date: 1 Jul 1999 15:00:09 GMT
In comp.unix.sco.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I am in the process of moving from SCO OSR 5.0.5 to RedHat 6.0.
: My machine dual boots between the two OS'es. My user's files
: are in a separate partition which is currently SCO OSR's HTFS format.
: RedHat 6.0 (at least as I configured it) does not "know" HTFS.
: I would like to copy the entire contents of that file system
: into another file system which both RedHat and SCO can access.
: The file system MUST support soft links.
: Does such a file system format exist? The only file systems I
: found common to the two are the generic UNIX S51K file system and
: DOS. Neither supports soft links.
Perhaps I need to clarify because I have gotten multiple response suggesting
I create a tar file on a DOS partition, then mount the dos partition in
Linux and untar. I am NOT interested in a one time copy from an SCO filesystem
to a Linux filesystem. I am interested in copying to a file system with
softlinks and 255 char file names so I can continue to use both OSes
over the next 6 months as I slowly migrate, each OS access the files
in the common file system.
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