Linux-Misc Digest #24, Volume #24 Sun, 2 Apr 00 14:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Dual-booting between DOS/Win and Linux (Robie Basak)
Re: Linux database newsgroups (Neal)
Re: A simple (I hope ) make question (Robie Basak)
Re: RedHat Linux v6.2 (Villy Kruse)
Re: tripwire question (Villy Kruse)
Recommendations Please (Andy)
Updating a linux system (SuSE 6.2) when multiple devices are used (Joerg Spilker)
redhat 6.1 vs PostgreSql ("Kenny Leong")
book floppy woes (John Roberts)
Auto Login (Jeff Hall)
ppp not compiled in kernel?? ("LeeRoy")
2.2 Kernel vis a vis login process (Dave Brown)
Re: Recommendations Please (Rod Smith)
Re: Auto Login ("J. C.")
Re: ppp not compiled in kernel?? (Patricia)
Re: LINUX or not? (Jeff Hall)
Re: Getting CPU speed (Andy Furnell)
Re: redhat 6.1 vs PostgreSql (Bit Twister)
Re: book floppy woes (Neil Koozer)
Re: DVD-Player and Linux ? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Recommendations Please ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Windows fonts (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Dual-booting between DOS/Win and Linux (Robert Heininger)
pppd dies from SIGHUP ("Kurt V. Hindenburg")
Re: book floppy woes ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Dual-booting between DOS/Win and Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 Apr 2000 15:13:01 GMT
[Newsgroups trimmed]
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:48:48 +0100, Tom Craig said:
>I have a 50MHz 486 with 20Mb RAM, a VESA local bus, PnP support, a 340Mb
>FAT16 hard disk, 1Mb VESA local graphics and a 4x Toshbia CD-ROM running
>Windows 95. I have DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 installation disks, and a CD of
Gosh - how do you run Windows 95 on that without bashing your head
against the wall?
>SuSE Linux 6.3 (kernel 2.2.13). I want to dual-boot between DOS/Windows and
>Linux. What should I install first, and how do you install Linux? Is there
>anything I should know about before installing?
Do you mean DOS/Windows 95 or DOS/Windows 3.1? You'll have to think a
bit about partitioning that disk space - 340Mb for Linux _and_ Windows
95 may be a bit tight; I'd say that 200Mb would be a minimum for
Windows and although 140Mb will be fine for Linux, it's a bit tight
especially if you don't know which bits you don't need. What do you
intend to do in Linux? If just learning then you'll want to install
most packages to play around with, a bigger hard disk would be useful.
Robie.
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>--Tom Craig
>
>
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From: Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux database newsgroups
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 15:15:15 GMT
Are you lying again?
Just joking; thanks.
Pete Lamasney wrote:
> Neal wrote:
> >
> > Why aren't there any Linux database newsgroups?
>
> There's
> mysql.general
> on
> news.netimages.com
>
> Pete
> Everything I say is factual unless I'm wrong or lying.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: A simple (I hope ) make question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 Apr 2000 15:15:25 GMT
Looks quite complicated to me. Try posting _without_ MIME.
Robie.
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000 22:22:24 -0500, Jim McKean said:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux v6.2
Date: 2 Apr 2000 15:17:49 GMT
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000 13:27:30 -0600, Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Could apply to any version.
>>
>> I just upgraded from v6.1 to v6.2 and have the following error display in
>> my "messages" file.
>>
>> Apr 1 11:48:32 server inetd[533]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> --
>> Posted via CNET Help.com
>> http://www.help.com/
>
>I don't know what caused that, but are you sure you should be
>running bind?
>
That is unrelated to the question.
The problem also exists in RH6.1 if you run the service auth both from
inetd and as a standalone server started from /etc/rc.d/init.d/identd.
The word "bind" refers to the daemon (inetd) is trying to bind the port
"auth" as requested by inetd.conf and if identd is already running
and listening on the auth port then the bind operation will fail.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: tripwire question
Date: 2 Apr 2000 15:21:26 GMT
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000 16:22:51 GMT, David Turley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>(no answer in linux.security)
>
>After editing my boot scripts, I expected Tripwire to complain, but it did
>not catch the changed files. Here's the section from my policy file:
>
> (rulename = "Boot Scripts")
>{
>/etc/rc.d/RC.samba -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>/etc/rc.d/rc.0 -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>/etc/rc.d/rc.4 -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>/etc/rc.d/rc.6 -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>/etc/rc.d/rc.K -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>/etc/rc.d/rc.M -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>/etc/rc.d/rc.S -> $(SEC_CONFIG);
>}
>
>As a test I modified rc.0 and rc.4, yet here's the output from TW:
>
>Rule Name Severity Level Added Removed Modified
>--------- -------------- ----- ------- --------
>
>Boot Scripts 0 0 0 0
>
>What am I doing wrong here?
>
>
The names in these directories are usualy symbolic links and will therefore
not be changed when you edit the file. The real files are usualy in
/etc/rc.d/init.d, although some distributors might put the files somewhere
else.
Villy
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From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommendations Please
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:33:45 +0100
I am looking at purchasing either RH6.1 Linux or SuSE Linux. Which do
people prefer? What is the manual/documentation like with each product?
Thanx in advance, Andy
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From: Joerg Spilker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Updating a linux system (SuSE 6.2) when multiple devices are used
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:53:59 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
has anyone experience with the update of a linux base system (i=B4m
currently using 6.2) when partitions except of / are on multiple devices
(raid0, /dev/md0 to md3)? I can=B4t do the update. Before trying to updat=
e
the base system, i am asked about my root partition which is /dev/sdb1.
When yast (the SuSE packet and installation manager) tries to load
/etc/fstab from the root partition, it asks me about the md devices and
whether to activate support for it. Of course i said yes but this
doesn=B4t seem to work. yast only mounts the root partition. It then
begins the update of packages which are not placed on the root partition
(like perl) which means the new directories are created on root which
should have been mounted as md devices. After this "base" installation,
no other packages are recognized as updatable (of course because the
partitions are not mounted). Now the newly installed kernel is booting
and NOW the MD support is enabled and the missing devices are mounted.
This means the some of the installed updates is now hidden by old
packages when the mounts came into effect. For example, yast now means
that the base system is 6.2 again and not 6.3.
How can i do this update? I don=B4t really want to copy all partitions to=
non md drives and then make the update. =
Greetings, J=F6rg Spilker
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From: "Kenny Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: redhat 6.1 vs PostgreSql
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:59:20 +0800
Reply-To: "Kenny Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have a Linux Redhat 6.1 box installed as Server option. Can anyone
tell/point me what to do next(point some link to linux guide/docs would be
better)? In most documentation always mention the path '/usr/local/pgsql'
but when I check it wasn't there by default Redhat 6.1 installation. What
should I do?
Your help is very appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Kenny Leong
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From: John Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: book floppy woes
Date: 2 Apr 2000 16:01:45 GMT
Greetings all:
I just loaded Slackware 7 and was given a small but frustrating problem.
I load Linux from a floppy. ( have been for years ). In the past, I never
conserned myself with LILO because either I never used it or it was
written onto the floppy during zdisk generation. Now I must use the
command *make bzlilo* after I *make bzdisk*.
Make bzlilo fails. Error statement says:
request_module [ide-disk] : Root fs not mounted
hdc: driver not present
VFS: can not open root device 16:01
kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs 16:01
I know what the error says, what I don't know is what to put in the
/etc/lilo.config file. Just put the 16:01 statement in and try to fool
the make file or....??
TIA
--
John Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jeff Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Auto Login
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:00:34 -0500
I currently have X start at bootup, always using KDE. How can I get the
sytem to login with KDE without user input?
Many Thanks!!
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From: "LeeRoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ppp not compiled in kernel??
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 10:16:55 -0600
Ok I recently well just a week ago got redhat 6.0 installed. I recompilled
kernel so I could use it for ip masq for my win 9x boxes. Ok i got dns dhcp
everything configured however when I try to connect it tells me that ppp is
not compiled in the kernel. however it is. the original kernel was working
with ppp but know even it is now telling me that ppp is not compiled in the
kernel and I know its the original. any one else have this problem?
any fixes? I can't find anything on this.
any help appreciated thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: 2.2 Kernel vis a vis login process
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 Apr 2000 11:19:07 -0500
On Linux (in the 2.0 kernel days), and on other unixes,
the behavior I'm familiar with is that the login process
starts the user's login shell, renames it -bash or -ksh
or whatever, gives the login shell to the init process
(pid 1) for adoption, and then exits.
I've noticed since using RH 6.0, 6.1, etc., that the
login process does not exit, but hangs around, and that
it stays the parent process of the login shell. Is this
a bug?
I've also noticed that every new window seems to get a
shell which is named "-bash", which on other unixes and
on the "old" Linux, only login shells got that name.
This may simply be a bug in the login process, (or I suppose
something that whoever hacked PAM into it), but certainly
not the behavior of login that I was taught.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Recommendations Please
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:19:46 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am looking at purchasing either RH6.1 Linux or SuSE Linux. Which do
> people prefer? What is the manual/documentation like with each product?
Personally, I rather dislike SuSE; too many features appear to be broken
(like log rotation, which I've never gotten to work with SuSE). RH 6.1 is
now old news; the latest version is 6.2. The latest RH I've used was 6.0.
For my comments on several distributions, see my web page:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: "J. C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Auto Login
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:20:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Hall
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I currently have X start at bootup, always using KDE. How can I get the
: sytem to login with KDE without user input?
:
Linux is a multi-user system -- each user is required to log in at a
console or at the graphic prompt. I think that's what you're asking --
you want to boot up and log yourself in automatically. You could
probably create or modify an init script to to this, but why? The
script would have to be world-readable, and your password would have to
be in it. This is generally not conisidered The Right Thing To Do.
--
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ppp not compiled in kernel??
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 18:21:29 +0200
On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, LeeRoy wrote:
>Ok I recently well just a week ago got redhat 6.0 installed. I recompilled
>kernel so I could use it for ip masq for my win 9x boxes. Ok i got dns dhcp
>everything configured however when I try to connect it tells me that ppp is
>not compiled in the kernel. however it is. the original kernel was working
>with ppp but know even it is now telling me that ppp is not compiled in the
>kernel and I know its the original. any one else have this problem?
>
>any fixes? I can't find anything on this.
>any help appreciated thanks.
This is a bug in RedHat.
You must upgrade Kppp and pppd
or you can use this Hack
as user
type su -c "pppd <> /dev/modem"
type root's password
and after a second or two, press Ctrl-C to interrupt pppd.
the result is visible in /var/log/messages:
ppp0 registered
After this, you can start kppp just as usual, and it will *not* complain
--
HTH :)
Patricia
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15
6:21pm up 1 day, 3:39, 2 users, load average: 0.25, 0.47, 0.39
Sun Apr 2 18:21:57 CEST 2000
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From: Jeff Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX or not?
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 10:31:02 -0500
th499 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a long time user of Windows 98, I'm thinking about ditching the OS for
> Linux. Frankly I don't know which version of Linux I should buy. I'm not
> an expert user on Linux, more of a newbie type. Can you recommend the
> version of Linux I should get? Is Mandrade 7.1 any good? Thank you for
> your answer.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
As a newbie to Linux, I highly suggest "Linux Mandrake 7.0
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From: Andy Furnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,alt.os.linux,comp.local.linux
Subject: Re: Getting CPU speed
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:57:15 GMT
[This followup was posted to alt.os.linux and a copy was sent to the
cited author.]
In article <8c7kb7$3j3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Is there a system call to retrieve the CPU speed in Linux ?
cat /proc/cpuinfo
--
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: redhat 6.1 vs PostgreSql
Reply-To: The news group
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:01:31 GMT
You could add it to /etc/profile
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:59:20 +0800, Kenny Leong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a Linux Redhat 6.1 box installed as Server option. Can anyone
>tell/point me what to do next(point some link to linux guide/docs would be
>better)? In most documentation always mention the path '/usr/local/pgsql'
>but when I check it wasn't there by default Redhat 6.1 installation. What
>should I do?
--
The warrenty and liability expired as you read the message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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From: Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: book floppy woes
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 09:10:12 -0700
John Roberts wrote:
>
> Greetings all:
>
> I just loaded Slackware 7 and was given a small but frustrating problem.
> I load Linux from a floppy. ( have been for years ). In the past, I never
> conserned myself with LILO because either I never used it or it was
> written onto the floppy during zdisk generation. Now I must use the
> command *make bzlilo* after I *make bzdisk*.
I don't see why you 'must' use *make bzlilo* unless you want lilo.
> Make bzlilo fails. Error statement says:
> request_module [ide-disk] : Root fs not mounted
> hdc: driver not present
> VFS: can not open root device 16:01
> kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs 16:01
> I know what the error says, what I don't know is what to put in the
> /etc/lilo.config file. Just put the 16:01 statement in and try to fool
> the make file or....??
One approach would be to run liloconfig.
Another would be to start with 'man lilo.conf'
Also be aware that lilo has a big README in /usr/doc/lilo-21
Neil.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: DVD-Player and Linux ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:14:44 GMT
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:13:53 +0200, Erik Mortensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Joey Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> when you receive any informations, please email me, I m not thinking
>> that I will check back here.
>
>According to DVDCCA a licensed player is in the works. I wonder if that
>is true.
I think so. I saw the announcement from the company doing it in several
places (forget the name right now).
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommendations Please
Date: 2 Apr 2000 17:12:37 GMT
Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: [Posted and mailed]
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:> I am looking at purchasing either RH6.1 Linux or SuSE Linux. Which do
:> people prefer? What is the manual/documentation like with each product?
: Personally, I rather dislike SuSE; too many features appear to be broken
: (like log rotation, which I've never gotten to work with SuSE). RH 6.1 is
It's actually not so bad. I estimate that about 5% of the number of bugs
present in redhat are present in SuSE. Logrotate in particular appears
to rok just fine in the suse 5.3, 6.2 and 6.3 distros that I have on
various machines. Manpages was about all that seemed to be broken in
suse 5.3 (for anyone but root). Cured by replacing this silly modern
man binary by my trustly old slackware stuff - and complaining
to the author.
: now old news; the latest version is 6.2. The latest RH I've used was 6.0.
: For my comments on several distributions, see my web page:
: http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
My comments about redhat, given experience from 4.0 to present day, can
be summed up as a resounding "no". There hasn't been a single RH
without amazing, astounding, showstopping bugs, visible to anyone who
cares to open half an eye. I tried to install RH 6.1 on a 1GB portable
a few weeks ago (transatlantic trip) and encountered at once the
bugs that make it unable to count installation space correctly, the
bugs that make it impossible to go forward with the installation once
trapped in the wrong space calc loop, the bugs that made it unable
to NOT install X support, the bugs that made it unable to produce
a consistent package choice, or to let the user override its
choices (yes, I was in "expert" mode, and using fdisk), etc. etc.
I installed suse 6.3 as soon as I got off the plane.
Slackware 7.0 is on the portable by my side. Debian 2.2 in my
workstations. I've run slack since s/w 2.1 at least. RH since 4.0.
Those are my credentials.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Windows fonts
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:15:46 GMT
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 12:24:32 +0200, Uffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is it possible to use windows fonts in Linux?? like verdana and many
>others that are on many webapages... how?
TrueType, yes.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU.html (De-uglification)
http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf
http://216.78.198.27/xstuff/xfs.html
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Heininger)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Dual-booting between DOS/Win and Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:11:17 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `MBP' wrote:
>get a bigger hard drive and put all your files onto the big one then
>experiment with linux on the little one. try the install and if it says
>anything about something valled LILO or anything about dual-booting then go
>ahead as planned. 6.4GB should only cost you anywhere between $100 and $200
Good luck finding a 6.4gb hdd, and if you do, they shouldn't cost any more
than $50-$60usd. Heck, one can pick up a 20gb ide drive for less than $200usd.
Visit some local computer shops. I've heard of some giving away used 1gb
drives if you spend some $ on their wares, and you should be able to pick a
used, sizeable drive pretty cheap, otherwise.
>> Tom Craig wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a 50MHz 486 with 20Mb RAM, a VESA local bus, PnP support, a 340Mb
>> > FAT16 hard disk, 1Mb VESA local graphics and a 4x Toshbia CD-ROM running
>> > Windows 95. I have DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 installation disks, and a CD
>> > of SuSE Linux 6.3 (kernel 2.2.13). I want to dual-boot between DOS/Windows
>> > and Linux. What should I install first, and how do you install Linux? Is
>> > there anything I should know about before installing?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time.
>> >
>> > --Tom Craig
I would install DOS and Win3.x on a 60-70mb partition, first, and use the rest
for Linux. Don't even begin to consider using the X Window System, because
you will not have enough disk space for it. If you had the room, X would
run fine on that machine by using one of the lightweight window managers,
instead of Gnome or KDE which are rather lofty and require a bit of horse
power to make them go. Setting up a box without X, is a *great* idea if you're
interested in _learning_ how to use Linux from the command line, and is
somtheing that I very highly recommend.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Don't use Windoze.
--
Robert Heininger __
# / / __ _ _ _ _ __ __ #
(o- # / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / #
//\ # /____/ /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ #
v_/_ # The Choice of the GNU Generation #
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From: "Kurt V. Hindenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pppd dies from SIGHUP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:21:20 GMT
I'm running Slackware7.0 with pppd 2.3.10.
For some reason I lost connection for
apparently no reason. log/messages has :
Apr 2 12:01:30 cherrycoke pppd[1459]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Apr 2 12:01:30 cherrycoke pppd[1459]: Connect time 1.3 minutes.
Apr 2 12:01:30 cherrycoke pppd[1459]: Sent 18265 bytes, received 174392 bytes.
Apr 2 12:01:30 cherrycoke pppd[1459]: Exit
Any ideas?
Kurt
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: book floppy woes
Date: 2 Apr 2000 17:26:28 GMT
John Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Greetings all:
: I just loaded Slackware 7 and was given a small but frustrating problem.
: I load Linux from a floppy. ( have been for years ). In the past, I never
: conserned myself with LILO because either I never used it or it was
: written onto the floppy during zdisk generation. Now I must use the
: command *make bzlilo* after I *make bzdisk*.
Interesting. Are you sure? I boot bzImages just fine from floppies!
I make bzImage, and then copy the bzImage to the floppy. I can of
course also make a small standard boot floppy, with /etc and /boot
and /dev directories, and the kernel image, and a lilo bootstrap.
: Make bzlilo fails. Error statement says:
: request_module [ide-disk] : Root fs not mounted
Err ... I actually have no idea what make bzlilo does (and I don't
feel like looking at the makefile, since I don't have any problems).
Would you mind looking and see if it does something like ..
mke2fs /dev/fd0
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/dev /mnt/etc /mnt/boot
cp /boot/*.b /mnt/boot/
cp ...bzImage /mnt/boot/
mknod .... b ... /mnt/dev/hda
...
echo blah blah > /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
/sbin/lilo -r /mnt
: hdc: driver not present
: VFS: can not open root device 16:01
: kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs 16:01
Eh, this is from trying to BOOT the disk. I thought you said
these were errors at create time?
: I know what the error says, what I don't know is what to put in the
: /etc/lilo.config file. Just put the 16:01 statement in and try to fool
: the make file or....??
No. The errors you rpesent are inconsistent with what you are saying.
They are boottime errors. Not configure errors. They indicate that
you are trying to mount /dev/hdc1 as / and that the kernel does not
have suuport for IDE or the roor file system type (ext2fs?) compiled
into it.
Please compile ext2fs and IDE into it.
Peter
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