Linux-Misc Digest #304, Volume #21 Fri, 6 Aug 99 00:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Would anyone be interested in... (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Kernel change problem (Simon Burley)
Re: mail server ("m")
Re: mail server (Nick Ruisi)
Re: All to change my hostname!! :-) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux reference OR bOOK ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Caldera 2.2 Linux Install was easy !!! ("Duy D.")
Re: mandrake bdflush warning! (HillBoy)
Kernel panic (Saqr Binghalib)
Re: character based word processor?? ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: root pw problem - URGENT (JoHn DoH)
Traditional tar.gz software building (Harry Putnam)
signal 11 during kernel compile -- will this solve it? (Eric Wyles)
How to download Linux? (Ted R Shoemaker)
Re: LILO with FAT32? (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: (no subject) (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Re: Must root and swap partitions be primary? ("Duy D.")
Re: tunneling (John Hasler)
Re: LILO with FAT32? (John Hasler)
Linux users group in Kansas City area - can't find one (Jeff Greer)
Arcserve Client for Linux...Diagnostic Message ("Mitch Conant")
keyboard timeout[2] ("Ronald J. Yacketta")
Re: HP CD-RW Supported by RH 6.0? (Keith Wright)
WHO IS THIS PERSON? please help (BIONICFLE)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Subject: Re: Would anyone be interested in...
Date: 5 Aug 1999 20:55:18 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 5 Aug 1999 19:12:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick LeBlanc) wrote:
>Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing Pentium
>or Pentium Pro optimized versions of the RH 6.0 RPMS.
Isn't that what Mandrake is?
--
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Member, Susquehanna Valley Amateur Astronomers
<http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/2999/svaa.html>
Personal Home Page: http://woodstock.csrlink.net/~jshaffer
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From: Simon Burley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel change problem
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:38:41 +0100
>From a stock RedHat 6 install, I've installed, patched, and rebuilt the
kernel and modules. Done this loads of times with 2.0.x, but this is the
first time with 2.2.x.....
Whenever I boot using the new kernel, it hangs Finding module
dependancies. The modules are present in the correct place.
If I build 2.2.5-15 unmodified, and install it and the modules, it's
fine.
If I build 2.2.5-15 with autofs patches, install it + modules, it hangs.
If I build 2.2.5-22 unmodified, it hangs.
Why is this? Something broken in RedHat 6?
Simon
--
/* "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes */
/* it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg." */
/* -- Bjarne Stroustrup */
/* Simon Burley, Double Negative Ltd, London. */
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From: "m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mail server
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 02:41:46 GMT
As a security precaution, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ip address) is not allowed.
You must use a fully qualified name. On the cable modem you should have a
fully qualified name, so find out what it is and set your machines name to
it (nslookup 1.2.3.4). Then you can send email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you don't get a domainname with the nslookup this is your opportunity to
get one. internic will be happy to serve you.
Jan van den Brink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi,
>
> I want to learn something more about web servers/ftp servers etc. I have
a cable
> modem with a static IP, installed a pop server (not for sure) a web
server and
> an anonymous ftp server, and I want any user to receive mail, like
> john@[ip-address]. I use RH6.0, Netscape and my hosts file looks like:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 194.85.238.82 local.domain mail.domain local
>
> Is this the correct way to do such a think? Should I use a DNS server,
> and how? I already read the howto's like NET-3, ethernetcard, etc., but
they
> where not of much help.
>
> My apache web server and the ftp server worked already after
installation. Very
> simple! Only my mail isn't working (yet). I installed the imap*.rpm
package, and
> I uncommented the pop and imap lines from /etc/services. The ipop3d and
imapd
> files are available in /usr/sbin.
>
> I've done a telnet mail.domain 110 and the message was OK... ready.
>
> What's the next step?
>
> Surfing on the web isn't a problem either.
>
> Should I setup Netscape with a POP server or with a IMAP server? Where is
the
> incoming mail located? Should I provide Netscape with this info? Can I
send
> messages with my own mail server?
>
> Sorry for such a newbie question, but we all have to learn it!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Newbie Jan from Holland
>
>
>
>
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From: Nick Ruisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: mail server
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 22:31:30 -0400
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Jan,
What you have to do next is just as simple, if you know how.
You have to tell your sendmail deamon where to hand off mail to, and where to look
for incoming messages. There is (most probably) a .conf file in /etc for this. I
have set up mail accounts on LAN's on linux machines, but the only experience I have
with setting up internet mail accounts is on the Win32 platform. The underlying
processes are identical. Your sendmail program needs to look for incoming messages
from your ISP's mail server. Your ISP's mail server should know (by way of the IP
address/Domain name associated with an email address) where to route the mail to.
There's a lot to configure, however. I'd look at linuxconf to see if it can be
managed via GUI... assume your IP is 1.23.045.006, your root account will be
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To test your sendmail, all you have to do is start up netscape and set your
preferences for the inbox "root@localhost" or "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
Jan van den Brink wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to learn something more about web servers/ftp servers etc. I have a cable
> modem with a static IP, installed a pop server (not for sure) a web server and
> an anonymous ftp server, and I want any user to receive mail, like
> john@[ip-address]. I use RH6.0, Netscape and my hosts file looks like:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 194.85.238.82 local.domain mail.domain local
>
> Is this the correct way to do such a think? Should I use a DNS server,
> and how? I already read the howto's like NET-3, ethernetcard, etc., but they
> where not of much help.
>
> My apache web server and the ftp server worked already after installation. Very
> simple! Only my mail isn't working (yet). I installed the imap*.rpm package, and
> I uncommented the pop and imap lines from /etc/services. The ipop3d and imapd
> files are available in /usr/sbin.
>
> I've done a telnet mail.domain 110 and the message was OK... ready.
>
> What's the next step?
>
> Surfing on the web isn't a problem either.
>
> Should I setup Netscape with a POP server or with a IMAP server? Where is the
> incoming mail located? Should I provide Netscape with this info? Can I send
> messages with my own mail server?
>
> Sorry for such a newbie question, but we all have to learn it!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Newbie Jan from Holland
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Jan,</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">What you have to do next is just as simple, if
you know how.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">You have to tell your sendmail deamon where to
hand off mail to, and where to look for incoming messages. There is (most
probably) a .conf file in /etc for this. I have set up mail accounts on
LAN's on linux machines, but the only experience I have with setting up
internet mail accounts is on the Win32 platform. The underlying processes
are identical. Your sendmail program needs to look for incoming messages
from your ISP's mail server. Your ISP's mail server should know (by way
of the IP address/Domain name associated with an email address) where to
route the mail to. There's a lot to configure, however. I'd look at linuxconf
to see if it can be managed via GUI... assume your IP is 1.23.045.006,
your root account will be [EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000">To test your sendmail, all you have to do is
start up netscape and set your preferences for the inbox "root@localhost"
or "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". </FONT>
<P>Jan van den Brink wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<P>I want to learn something more about web servers/ftp servers etc. I
have a cable
<BR>modem with a static IP, installed a pop server (not for sure) a web
server and
<BR>an anonymous ftp server, and I want any user to receive mail, like
<BR>john@[ip-address]. I use RH6.0, Netscape and my hosts file looks like:
<P>127.0.0.1 localhost
<BR>194.85.238.82 local.domain mail.domain local
<P>Is this the correct way to do such a think? Should I use a DNS
server,
<BR>and how? I already read the howto's like NET-3, ethernetcard, etc.,
but they
<BR>where not of much help.
<P>My apache web server and the ftp server worked already after installation.
Very
<BR>simple! Only my mail isn't working (yet). I installed the imap*.rpm
package, and
<BR>I uncommented the pop and imap lines from /etc/services. The ipop3d
and imapd
<BR>files are available in /usr/sbin.
<P>I've done a telnet mail.domain 110 and the message was OK... ready.
<P>What's the next step?
<P>Surfing on the web isn't a problem either.
<P>Should I setup Netscape with a POP server or with a IMAP server? Where
is the
<BR>incoming mail located? Should I provide Netscape with this info? Can
I send
<BR>messages with my own mail server?
<P>Sorry for such a newbie question, but we all have to learn it!
<P>Cheers,
<P>Newbie Jan from Holland</BLOCKQUOTE>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: All to change my hostname!! :-)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:55:47 GMT
On 02 Aug 1999 17:57:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GatonSon) wrote:
>Platform: Red Hat 6.0
>
i had exact same problems.
i solved them by adding an entry for my host to /etc/hosts and to
/etc/sysconfig/network
I also changed the value in /etc/HOSTNAME
i agree it is a pain in the arse .
the hostname should only need to be set once in one place as in NT.
A sedentary life, as I have already said elsewhere, is the real sin against the Holy
Ghost.
-Nietzsche
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux reference OR bOOK
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:55:42 GMT
On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 13:14:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Rod Smith) wrote:
>>I have. O'Reilly tends to leave their books for years without updating
>them, so they lose relevance over time. For instance, the O'Reilly book,
>
what about linux in a nutshell ?
i was thinking of buying it.
A sedentary life, as I have already said elsewhere, is the real sin against the Holy
Ghost.
-Nietzsche
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From: "Duy D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Caldera 2.2 Linux Install was easy !!!
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 22:01:21 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Maybe I was just lucky, but after 3 different systems,
> I found it to be easy.
>
> SYSTEM # 1:
>
> First I tried it on a exrta system we have at work.
> The install was quick and easy. The only problem
> I found so far was that the video driver has some
> bugs in it. about 75% of the time the system boots
> to a blank screen. Later on I'll try re-installing
> the system with another video board.
>
> SYSTEM #2:
>
> When I told my friend Paul how easy it was, he pulled
> out one of his extra "older" computers. That install
> was easy. So far he hasn't seen any problems.
>
> SYSTEM #3:
>
> For fun, I installed the system on my Hitachi notebook
> computer (4140). I really didn't expect it to work, but
> it worked !!! So far, I haven't seen any problems.
>
> After hearing of others spending days to weeks getting
> Linux running, I didn't think that it would ever be
> easy. Considering the fact that I know NOTHING about
> this stuff. <smile>
>
> Maybe others won't be as luckey as I was, but I
> believe that Caldera has made it a lot easier for
> people to put Linux on their systems.
>
> By the way, Caldera gave me a free copy of their
> software at the PC EXPO show (NYC). If I had known
> how good it would be, I would have gladly paid them
> for it.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Easy, but you don't get to choose software packages, which is a big NO
NO (atleast for me.) It's either a bunch of junks after the
installation or not enough stuffs.
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From: HillBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mandrake bdflush warning!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 02:43:22 GMT
On Mon, 02 Aug 1999, Bart Locanthi wrote:
>while being an otherwise fine distribution, it appears that mandrake 6.0
>somehow leaves out the bdflush daemon.
>
>this is a very serious omission, since it means that a mandrake system
>could have days or weeks old data sitting in buffer caches unwritten to
>disk.
>
>several people have experienced "linux fragility" as a result. any
>unplanned reboot can lose *major* parts of the filesystem.
>
>there are many trivial fixes, eg a crontab entry to run /bin/sync every
>minute:
>
> */1 * * * * /bin/sync
>
>of course having a working bdflush is the best solution - i don't see
>anything relevant on the linux-mandrake site..
Take a look at the updates to Mandrake 6.0. There are a number of patches for
this release. I was having numerous problems with PPP and KDE until I upgraded.
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From: Saqr Binghalib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel panic
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 19:13:07 -0700
HI,
Our Linux server running Redhar 5.2 was working perfectly till one day the mail was
not going through.
When did restarted the computer we got a message saying
KERNEL PANIC VFS : UNABLE TO MOUNT ROOT FS ON 03:01
Please help.. !!
Thanks
Saqr
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: character based word processor??
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 02:05:57 GMT
Geoff McCaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> - There is rumor of a text mode version of WordPerfect; this would be
>>> a Very Good Thing, if true. As far as I can tell, it's not.
>> It's bundled only with the server version ($500).
> Not true. I have the personal version of WP and it offers to install a
> text-only version, though I've never tried it.
I don't think that is accurate: their website says the character version
comes only with the server version (unless it's changed in the past month ;-),
the CDROM did not have the character version on it (though the install script
provides for it), and when asked, Corel replied that was the case.
(so tell me how well it works ;-)
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: JoHn DoH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: root pw problem - URGENT
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 02:20:26 GMT
> 1. deleting encrypted root password entry in /etc/shadow and replacing
> with nothing. Result: cannot login.
How can your read/write /etc/shadow if you are not root? If you are
root
why do you not change the password? This seems odd to me.
> 2. deleting encrypted root password entry in /etc/shadow and replacing
> with *. Result: cannot login.
That is used so that you cannot log in at all. So the user cannot log
in
for any reason.
> 3. to give someone root user/group access, tried changing user/group
> entries in passwd for the two logins we have (his and mine). Result:
> cannot login.
That really will not work
> 4. used pwunconv to move shadow pw entries into /etc/passwd and tried 1.
> and 2. agian. Result: cannot login.
Hmm not gonna work. You could shut down the system and grab your all
mighty
one floppy linux install - www.toms.net has one i believe. Now boot up.
Mount /dev/hda or what ever it is. Back up /etc/shadow and replaces
with the
one from the disk. Then the root user login is what it should be What
it was on
the disk. Bingo. Re boot and login as root. Cp the original back on
to the
replace metn /etc/shadow and runn passwd to change your password. Now
you will
have control back. Im sure there are better ways but this is how I
would do it.
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From: Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Traditional tar.gz software building
Date: 05 Aug 1999 18:29:41 -0700
While usually able to get software built in the traditional manner,
I'm still somewhat mystified by the process and how it really works.
When errors do comeup, I'm usually lost as to how to track them down.
The INSTALL and README files that come whith GNU software usually
contain enough to do the job, but not enough to learn trouble
shooting too. ( not the place for that, of course)
I'm hoping there is a HOWTO devoted to this or at least sections of
HOWTOS but the titles don't look too promising.
Where would one get a thorough description of how to build software
from sources and how to trouble shoot that process?
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From: Eric Wyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: signal 11 during kernel compile -- will this solve it?
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 19:11:49 -0800
I have an old 486 and I'm trying to recompile the kernel.
During the 'make zImage' I get a signal 11 with gcc.
I have:
1 - physically swapped out my RAM
2 - did mkswap on my swap partition followed by sync
3 - turned off the turbo button on the motherboard.
None of these have worked, and since I plan to get rid of
the machine in a couple of weeks, so I don't want to spend
too much more time (or ANY money) on this.
So, my question is this:
would it work to pop the hard disk in another machine long
enough to recompile the kernel and then put the disk back in
the original machine? I sure don't want to mess anything up
with the OS by doing so, but I would like to get this kernel
recompiled.
Does anyone know if this would be alright to do?
Thanks,
Eric
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From: Ted R Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to download Linux?
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 21:16:03 -0500
I'm new at this and have a couple of questions...
1. Somebody referred me to a website from which I can download linux.
I checked there, and the download is around 500 megs. That's not
realistic for me. Please tell me that most of that 500 megs is
"application", and only 20 megs or so is true "linux OS". If so,
how/where can I get the 20 megs of "true linux"?
2. Right now I'm running Windows 98. If I download linux onto my
windows-formatted HDD, how can I then use the linux? Or, in the
alternative, how can I format a HDD for linux ... *before* I have linux?
Thanks for any help.
Ted Shoemaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: LILO with FAT32?
Date: 6 Aug 1999 03:01:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jordan C. Hack wrote:
>Is it possible to get the following configuration to work:
>
>4 Gig drive, with one FAT32 partition containing Win95 and a
>1 Gig drive containing a 100 MB FAT16 partition, and the usual Linux
>partitions (i.e., swap, boot, etc.)
Sure. But if you want to boot it with LILO and you have a typical
BIOS, the 4 GB FAT32 partition will have to occupy less than 1024
cylinders.
>I've read the mini-Howto on LILO, and it doesn't say anything about
>FAT32 being a problem.
It was written before FAT32 was available, and I'm still gathering notes
to revise it. Hardly anybody has posted an annotated lilo.conf
for me.
FAT32 is not a problem for LILO.
>I have the partition on /dev/hda1 (the 4 gig drive) set as the active
>partition.
>I then configured LILO and installed it on the MBR of /dev/hda1.
>Upon reboot, I got the expected "Linux Win95" prompt. Selecting
>"Linux" worked fine. Selecting "Win95" did not work. It responded,
>"Loading Win95...", and then returned to the "Linux Win95" prompt.
That's weird. Post the output of
fdisk -l ; cat /etc/lilo.conf
>The same thing happened when I initially installed LILO to the MBR of a
>floppy.
That's even weirder. Post the lilo.conf you used, and ls -l on
the mounted floppy.
The biggest thing that has changed since the last Lilo mini-HOWTO came
out is any_d.b was retired. chain.b now does it all. do you have a chain.b?
>One other peculiarity is that after the LILO installation, /dev/hda1
>couldn't be mounted. The failure message said, "Invalid superblock on
>/dev/hda1".
>
>And annoyingly enough, when I used a Win95 boot disk and ran "fdisk
>/mbr" to restore the old MBR, it didn't solve the problem. I had to
>resort to issuing the following command in Linux to restore the MBR and
>be able to load Win95 again: "dd if=/boot/boot.0301 of=/dev/hda1 bs=446
>count=1".
That's very weird. Is there an EZ-Drive or an OnTrack Disk Manager
in this picture? Do the BIOS, Linux fdisk, and DOS FDISK all report
the same disk geometry?
>It seems that I have a fairly common hardware setup. Why is LILO being
>so difficult?!
There are always new variables. I just learned the other day that
Windows-NT 4.0 SP 1 will not install on a drive that previously
contained FreeBSD. I had to zero out the first hundred disk blocks.
Brand new Intel motherboard, latest BIOS.
Couldn't convince NT to use more than 2 GB, either.
Cameron
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 22:46:30 -0400
Phillip wrote:
>
> I am very new to Linux. i recently installed REdhat version 5.2 on my
> machine. I have tried to change the color depth, but it always seems to
>
> default to 8 bit color no matter what I seem to do. Ive opened the file
>
> /usr/lib/X11/XF86Config and changed the depth from 8 to 16 in the
> section Screen. However when I tried to start the Xwindows server, it
> said that the default 8 bit was unavailable, and thus it could not
> start. I am really not sure how to change this.
change the file back to what it was, and then start X with
"startx -- -bpp 16". this will get you into 16 bit colour. if you
want, say, 32 bit colour, just put 32 instead of 16. Also, in the
"Monitor" section of XF86Config, you can put "DefaultColorDepth
<whatever>" to make a particular colour depth the default.
hope this helps
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From: "Duy D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Must root and swap partitions be primary?
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 22:26:44 -0400
> You can't put LILO's boot block thingy on a logical partition.
>
> You *can* put it on an extended partition that *contains* logical
> partitions, but some Linux tools don't know about this and don't
> permit it (I remember a RedHat install not permitting this for
> example; don't know what version).
You *can* put LILO on a logical partition, but not an extended partition. You
can't write data to an extended partition.
>
>
>
> Each extended partition can contain up to four logical volumes itself.
> So, you should be able to get up to 16 useful partitions, if you have
> no primary partitions -- but I'd say it's not a good idea, as that
> configuration is pretty unusual and isn't going to have been as
> thoroughly tested.
You can have only one extended partition on a disk, and I'm pretty sure you can
have more than four logical partitions within the extended partition.
1 extended partition + 3 primary partitions = 4 primary partitions.
>
> --
> Doug DeJulio | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> HKS, Incorporated | http://www.hks.net/~ddj/
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tunneling
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 01:44:50 GMT
Anders Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it possible to tunnel ppp over ssh?
Look at pppd's 'notty' and 'pty' options.
> Like if you had a "virtual" modem...
pppd does not require a modem. It just needs something that looks like a
serial port.
> That would be nice!!!
For what?
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO with FAT32?
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 02:03:12 GMT
> Why is LILO being so difficult?!
hda is the drive. hda1 is the first partition on hda. You have put the
lilo boot loader in a partition boot sector. I don't think that is what
you want to do.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Greer)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,roadrunner.kc.linux
Subject: Linux users group in Kansas City area - can't find one
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 03:28:02 GMT
Hi,
Does anyone know of a linux users group in the Kansas City area?
I looked through dozens of web pages, but couldn't find one. If
there is not one in KC I am definately moving to a bigger city -
YEAH! Just finished by B.S. in computer science. I'M FREE!.
FREE!!! :^)
--
Jeff Greer
B.S. computer science, University of MO - Rolla
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Windows NT has crashed,
I am the Blue Screen of Death,
No one hears your screams...
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From: "Mitch Conant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Arcserve Client for Linux...Diagnostic Message
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 22:08:26 -0500
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out a good way to backup my Redhat Linux server to my
DAT tape drive on my Netware 4.11/Arcserve 6.1 server. I have the Linux
Client Daemon loaded on the server (loaded as root) and am trying to get to
it in the Arcserve Manager to do a backup. I can see the server on the list
of Unix Servers but keep getting the following message:
"Could not contact IP Agent at specified machine."
The other interesting thing is that in the Object Information tab an old IP
address seems to be associated with the Linux Server.
Has anyone here successfully brought up this client on a Linux Server?
Thanks,
Mitch
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From: "Ronald J. Yacketta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: keyboard timeout[2]
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 23:14:55 -0400
Hello everyone.
I have been running redhat 6.0 for a a good month now without a
glitch. I went and bought a new keyboard (compaq ps/2 from radio shack ;) )
and now I keep getting
errors on the console keyboard tiime[2]8
I would revert back to my old keyboard,but I hav alreaady given it away to a
friend.
2
is there a resolution to this problem ? other than shelling out another 20 -
30 bucks for a different brand name keyboard.
my prevous keyboard was the old non ps/2 style keyboard
thanxs in advancce
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From: Keith Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: HP CD-RW Supported by RH 6.0?
Date: 05 Aug 1999 23:35:39 -0400
Richard Scobie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Yes, but HOW, do you pass the "hdx=ide-scsi" to Lilo?
> > I put the line in the lilo.conf, but whenever I try to run lilo
> > I get a Syntax error near line 12 in file /etc/lilo.conf
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Possibly the line;
>
> appenrd = "hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> in your lilo.conf, may help.
But it might be even better to spell "append" correctly.
The real solution to this and similar problems is 'man lilo.conf'.
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-- Keith Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Programmer in Chief, Free Computer Shop <http://www.free-comp-shop.com>
--- Food, Shelter, Source code. ---
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BIONICFLE)
Subject: WHO IS THIS PERSON? please help
Date: 06 Aug 1999 03:47:00 GMT
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