Linux-Misc Digest #62, Volume #24 Thu, 6 Apr 00 20:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Redhat 6.1 Installation Floppy (Leonard Evens)
Re: Creating a new filesystem in a new partition (Leonard Evens)
Re: Bash shell ----- Help ??? (Robie Basak)
Re: Checking whether an application is running. (Robie Basak)
PPP through TCP? (Timothy J. Lee)
Re: non destructive partition utility ("Jie Ding")
Re: Creating a new filesystem in a new partition (Dances With Crows)
Re: STARTING ISP CABLE MODEM (Young4ert)
Re: ? comp.os.linux.announce ? (Young4ert)
Re: SCSI and IDE disk problems (JA)
Re: non destructive partition utility (GENE)
Re: Redhat 6.1 Installation Floppy (Dances With Crows)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (Robert Heller)
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (Robert Heller)
Re: Need linux for MIPS (Robert Heller)
Re: Bloody clock is an hour fast (Robert Heller)
Re: BOOKS ON LINUX ? (JA)
Hardware SCSI RAID 1 controllers (Spike)
Re: boot up MBR problems (Duy Duong)
Re: I have overwrite MBR ! Help!Please (Dances With Crows)
Re: Did I kill my monitor?? (Joe Schottman)
Printer prints 3 pages every time (Countryboy)
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 Installation Floppy
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 13:48:38 -0500
Tim Hicks wrote:
>
> I bought a copy of RH6.1 and have installed it on my computer... I then lost
> my rh floppy boot disk, and I am having trouble installing onto a different
> computer now. Is there a way to download another copy of the files that
> were on the boot floppy so that I can finally put linux onto my lowly 486?
>
> I have tried to simply copy the files (in windows if that makes any
> difference) that were on the disk back onto a different one, but I get an
> error saying 'non-system boot disk' (or something like that) when I try to
> use it. What am I doing wrong?
>
> I'd appreciate any help
>
> tim
There is a copy of the installation boot floppy on the CD.
It is in the images subdirectory. It is called boot.img.
You can copy this to a floppy using the dd command or you
can do it under Windows using the rawrite.exe program.
This is all explained in documentation on the CD or in your
running system. But the dd command is (assuming you are in
the images directory)
dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
However, I STRONGLY recommend getting the two updated disk
images for the Anaconda installer on the RedHat web site under
Errata. It explains there how to use them. You can also
get these from mirror sites. The original installer had
numerous bugs.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creating a new filesystem in a new partition
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 13:53:46 -0500
Chris Stump wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I have 3 gigs of freespace on my 12 gig HD. I would like to
> partition this space and make it available to both my Red Hat 6.1 OS and
> my Win98 OS. Therefore, it has to be a FAT32 filesystem. I can't use
> fdisk in windows to do this because it doesn't recognize linux. In
> other words, windoze fdisk shows 5 gigs of free space when this is
> definately not true, linux is taking up 2 gigs. I don't want to use the
> win fdisk in fear of it screwing up my linux system. Cfdisk in linux
> shows the proper HD setup with the correct amount of freespace, so I
> would like to use this program. My question, however, is which type of
> filesystem should I format the drive in?..it doesn't seem to write
> FAT32 filesystems, only FAT16 versions. Can I choose any FAT16 version
> and write that filesystem so that windoze recongnizes it, and then
> reformat the partition (new win drive) into a FAT32 from inside windoze?
> How should I go about accomplishing this task without screwing anything
> up? Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> I thank everyone who helps in advance = )
I think you can make the partition with Linux fdisk, specifying
its type to be FAT32, and then it should be visible to Windows
as a drive with some letter, say d:. Then you should be
able to format it under with Windows with the format command,
e.g. format d:
That should put a FAT32 file system on it. But adding a new
drive to Windows can mess up the letters which designate other
block devices such as your CD or a zip drive. This can be
fixed with Windows if you are determined enough.
I am pretty sure I have done this on several occasions, but it
was a while back, so I am not entirely sure of the details.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Bash shell ----- Help ???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6 Apr 2000 18:43:55 GMT
I'm sorry, I didn't see the question, but if you are asking about
backing up a directory (which is what is looks like), then be warned
that symbolic links and the like may not copy straight. There is an
option to cp for this, but I prefer to do:
find /home/john/ftp/current | cpio -p /home/john/ftp/backup
Robie.
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 15:25:56 GMT, Andy9701 said:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Say we have two directories /home/john/ftp/current
>and /home/john/ftp/backup
>>
>> The file would look something like this.
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> cp /home/john/ftp/current/* /home/john/ftp/backup/
>
>It might be easier to use this instead:
>cp -r /home/john/ftp/current /home/john/ftp/backup/
>
>The -r argument says to copy recursively, so everything in current,
>even any subdirectories and their contents will be copied.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Andy
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Checking whether an application is running.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6 Apr 2000 18:47:19 GMT
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:18:49 GMT, Bjorn Beheydt said:
>Penpal International wrote:
>>
>> How can I check whether an application is running and if so, turning it
>> on?
>try this:
>ps aux | grep programname
Warning: as the grep command has 'programname' in its command line,
and ps aux shows the command line, ps aux may show grep in the listing
(as the shell starts all programs in the pipeline at once). On the
other hand, it may not (ie. it sometimes does, sometimes doesn't).
This will give you false positives sometimes. Do:
ps aux | grep -v grep | grep programname
to avoid this.
>[...]
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: PPP through TCP?
Date: 6 Apr 2000 18:47:58 GMT
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
Are there PPP programs for Linux and Microsoft Windows that can
send the PPP through a TCP connection (instead of the serial port),
like how the user-level ppp program in BSD can?
Motivation: to be able to do PPP through TCP through ssh port
forwarding.
--
========================================================================
Timothy J. Lee timlee@
Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com
No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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From: "Jie Ding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: non destructive partition utility
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 14:56:27 -0400
Partition Magic 5.0.
Jie
Kirk R. Wythers wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I need to re-partition a 30 gig win98 disk so that I can install linux.
>I don't want to have to re-install win98. Is there a non-destructive
>partitioning utility in the public domain?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>krw
>
>--
>Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Forest
Resources
>Tel: 612.625.22611530 Cleveland Ave. N.
>Fax: 612 625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Creating a new filesystem in a new partition
Date: 06 Apr 2000 15:05:49 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 12:09:59 -0500, Chris Stump
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> I have 3 gigs of freespace on my 12 gig HD. I would like to
>partition this space and make it available to both my Red Hat 6.1 OS and
>my Win98 OS. Therefore, it has to be a FAT32 filesystem. I can't use
Linux fdisk. Make sure that this partition is a logical partition--that
is, a partition within an extended partition. DOS doesn't deal at all
with more than one primary FAT partition on a disk. The partition type
should be "b" or "c"... I'd guess "b". Once you have created the
partition, just "mkdosfs -c -F32" it. mkdosfs has had FAT32 support for
a while now.
>other words, windoze fdisk shows 5 gigs of free space when this is
>definately not true, linux is taking up 2 gigs. I don't want to use the
Make sure the types of your Linux partitions are set to 83 (ext2) and 82
(swap). If your Linux partitions are even visible under DOS, that is
bad. FDISK.EXE is almost totally incapable of handling non-DOS
partitions.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: STARTING ISP CABLE MODEM
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 12:11:44 -0400
Guys,
You all are pathetic. The first thing the person needs is the
information on how to do it. Then, he will need a lots of $$ to invest
should he decide to go for it.
Patrick Goupell wrote:
>
> Not true. First he need LOTS of money.
>
> David Turley wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 21:30:07 GMT, madman apparently wrote:
> > > I am interested in starting a Cable modem ISP in my area, and I need help.
> > >
> > > I need to know:
> > > 1. What kind of server computer will I need?
> > > 2. I think that I would need a T1. But is there any thing cheaper?
> > > 3. Is there any other info that I should know?
> > > 4. Is the servers computer the same as what you would use for a dial-up
> >
> > Well, first you would need to run cable to all your subscriber's houses. :-0
> >
> > David Turley
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> Patrick Goupell
>
> www.nite.org
> www.noneusa.org
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ? comp.os.linux.announce ?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 12:12:57 -0400
Robert Hampf wrote:
> =
> Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h=E9lt =FEessu fram:
> : Hiya-
> :
> : I've always enjoyed reading comp.os.linux.announce. Starting a coupl=
e
> : of weeks ago (?) it seems to be missing.
> =
> Mee too :-(
Me 3 ;-(
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JA)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: SCSI and IDE disk problems
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 15:08:53 -0400
A 5% defect (DOA) ratio is not unheard of in the hard drive
business..Return it!
Most new drives are under a 3 to 5 year waranttee and good companies are
so cooperative they usually don't even ask for a receipt..They just check
the MFG date of the drive based on the serial number and make amends from
there...Usually an exchange..
In article <4k5bc8.e92.ln@localhost>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Knut A. Nilsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : The power supply theory is interesting - never thought of that. The computer
> : is allready stuffed with tape drive, CDRom, Zip drive etc - I'll look into
> : that.
> :
> : However, as a test, I took the new IDE disk (/dev/hdc) home this weekend and
> : tried to run fdisk and mke2fs on it on my own PC (running Slackware 7) which
> : has much less hardware on it. Got the same errors when running mke2fs on it
> : there - so I have to assume that the brand new unused drive is toast...? And
> : that it's just a coincidence that this new drive was broken at the same time
> : as I found out about the problems with the other, older drives (/dev/sda and
> : /dev/hda)....?
>
> It's not unheard of for something to not work right out of the box. It's also
> a bit of a coincidence that the other drive doesn't work, either. Maybe the
> new IDE disk is broken, and that it's pulling down the power supply?
>
> : Or am I doing something wrong setting up the disk?
>
> Doesn't look like it.
>
> Stu
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From: GENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: non destructive partition utility
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:14:03 GMT
Have you tried to find FIPS, which comes in the Linux distros? I have
used it to squeeze fat16 and fat32 partitions down, to make space
for Linux, and fips saved all the M$ stuff thereon.
Works for me...
Gene Montgomery
Jie Ding wrote:
> Partition Magic 5.0.
>
> Jie
>
> Kirk R. Wythers wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I need to re-partition a 30 gig win98 disk so that I can install linux.
> >I don't want to have to re-install win98. Is there a non-destructive
> >partitioning utility in the public domain?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >krw
> >
> >--
> >Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota
> >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Forest
> Resources
> >Tel: 612.625.22611530 Cleveland Ave. N.
> >Fax: 612 625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108
> >
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 Installation Floppy
Date: 06 Apr 2000 15:18:53 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 17:35:09 +0100, Tim Hicks
<<k23H4.1984$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I bought a copy of RH6.1 and have installed it on my computer... I then lost
>my rh floppy boot disk, and I am having trouble installing onto a different
>computer now. Is there a way to download another copy of the files that
>were on the boot floppy so that I can finally put linux onto my lowly 486?
(slides first RH CD-ROM into drive, formatted floppy into other drive)
$ mount /mnt/cdrom
$ cd /mnt/cdrom/images
$ dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
...bingo. This, or something similar, should work for all distros that
come on CD.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:24:21 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
In a message on 06 Apr 2000 08:57:28 GMT, wrote :
z> David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
z> >snip<
z> : It is a bit different from asking the DOJ to do it. And the Court is
z> : really not supposed to be a part of the government per se. If the court
z> : is part of the government, then the prosecution is playing with a stacked
z> : deck.
z>
z> The court has always been part of the government, albeit with a
z> prescription that allows them to more easily steer clear of
z> political motives.
z>
z> : Oh. I see your point.
z> : OK. Why don't we grab our guns and attack Microsoft in a truly
z> : effective way?
z> :
z> : I think Microsoft is going to do themselves in. Free Software (in the GNU
z> : sense) exists because of sufficient annoyance with proprietary software.
z>
z> Debatable. "Free" software has been around long before GNU and will
z> likely be around long after. Free does not imply non-proprietary
z> nore does for-cost imply proprietary.
z>
z> If this was another group, I'd also startup the long unsolved
z> argument that GNU/FSF's idea of "free" has little to no relation to
z> what the rest of the human race thinks of when they hear the word,
z> "free". Woops, I guess I just did anyway... :-)
z>
z> : I think that in time, people and businesses will become sufficiently
z> : annoyed with Microsoft to look at the alternative, eg Free Software. With
z> : luck, this will include the hardware vendors who we really need on our
z> : side. It takes software to make hardware work, and that software should
z> : be Free.
z>
z> From the look of things, nearly everyone is pushing this direction.
z> -Well, open standards and the non-relevance of the OS; "free"
z> software is another story, which I don't think is really being
z> bought into much nore should it be. Now, Open Source software,
z> that's another issue.
z>
z> : I think we will also find a need for Free Hardware Standards. Not that I
z> : have anything against Intel, but how are we to move on from the 80's PC
z> : architecture if we don't?
z>
z> The PC architecture has been freely available, and extensively
z> documented, since the very first IBM PC was shipped. We aren't
z> moving off it because of a) reverse compatibility and b) the freely
z> available architecture of the PC has enabled an insane amount of
z> competition between clone makers and thus has dropped the cost
z> through the floor.
z>
z> Hardware has shown to work better when it evolves, not when it tries
z> for a revolution. We're nearly off ISA and many platforms are
z> adopting PCI (PC, Mac, Sun Sparc, any others?).
DEC/Compaq Alphas.
z>
z> --
z> -Zenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Hey, are you one of those Linux coders?"
z> "Nyet. Linux coder in next office."
z> "Good man. Ignore the screams."
z> --www.userfriendly.org
z>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:24:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell),
In a message on 5 Apr 2000 15:02:40 -0500, wrote :
LM> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
LM> Grant Edwards <grant@nowhere.> wrote:
LM> >
LM> >>Come to think of it, isn't the US Gov required by law to have multiple
LM> >>vendors? Isn't the DOD? If so, then perhaps there is legal recourse
LM> >>to force the gov to obey the law.
LM> >>
LM> >>As another poster pointed out, we have POSIX for a reason. The gov
LM> >>should be required to use POSIX compliant systems.
LM> >
LM> >They often are. If you add enough crud to NT, you can make it
LM> >minimally Posix complianc (to what level I don't know). That
LM> >is apparently enough to let various agencies buy NT and stay
LM> >within regulations.
LM>
LM> Does anyone happen to know why posix doesn't specify fork()?
LM> And what other posix-compliant system besides NT doesn't
LM> have fork() with its expected semantics? (In other words
LM> was it left out as a special consideration for someone?)
VMS maybe? Also SYS5 vs. BSD. fork() vs. vfork().
LM>
LM> Les Mikesell
LM> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LM>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need linux for MIPS
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:24:23 GMT
Uri Raz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on 5 Apr 2000 11:36:02 GMT, wrote :
UR> I'm assigned to write drivers for linux on MIPS, and need thus look
UR> for linux port to MIPS, and most specificaly for MILO (LILO for MIPS),
UR> preferably a version that can boot over a network (e.g. download the
UR> kernel over TFTP).
UR>
UR> Please help.
Visit the URL <http://lena.fnet.fr/>: The Linux/MIPS FAQ.
UR>
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UR> +----------+----------------------------+------------------------------+
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UR> | TCP/IP Resources List http://www.private.org.il/tcpip_rl.html |
UR> | Tarot Resources List http://www.private.org.il/tarot.html |
UR>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bloody clock is an hour fast
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:24:25 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Ferraretto),
In a message on Wed, 05 Apr 2000 13:01:11 GMT, wrote :
MF> I'm running Mandrake 7.0. Daylight Savings (summer time) finished here a
MF> couple of weeks ago and ever since, my PC has been booting up an hour fast!
MF> I run date to set the time back and all is OK until the next reboot!
MF>
MF> I'm running a Toshiba laptop and it doesn't let me set the clock in the BIOS
MF> so date's the only way to go. I'm running NTP but it dies because the variation
MF> is too great.
MF>
MF> Any ideas?
It is the BIOS/Hardware clock. The BIOS/Hardware is still on Daylight
Savings (summer time), but your linux system does not know this. You
can either have fun & games with the BIOS Setup screens or you can boot
up Linux, reset the clock and use the hwclock command:
# /sbin/hwclock -w
to fix the hardware clock. Don't forget to do this when Daylight
Savings (summer time) comes back in season!
(man hwclock for more detailed info)
MF>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JA)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: BOOKS ON LINUX ?
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 15:24:30 -0400
Most Unix books apply..
I think "Unix Unbound" by Harley Hahn is an excellent one as a second
book,(the first being the intro to whatever distribution you may have).
In article <8ciap4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johannes Nix
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve) writes:
>
> > On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:09:37 +0200, Luca Marchese wrote:
> > >ALL THE BOOKS ON LINUX IN THE WORLD ARE HERE
> > >
> > >SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS GUIDE
> > >
> >
> > Are they all written in block capitals?
> >
>
> Muahahaha!
>
> I think that the problem with books about Linux is that the subject is
> changing far to fast for most books being useful for more than one or
> two years. At least newbies should read first the users' guide and
> then most howtos and then they should ask around to borrow some really
> good books which will last for twenty years or more. They are
> recommended in various reading lists which are floating around.
>
> But from someone who doesn't respect the basic rules for the usenet I
> wouldn't even dream to expect that he has grasped enough Unix and
> network culture to sell ONE good book about Linux.
>
> Johannes
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From: Spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware SCSI RAID 1 controllers
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:31:00 GMT
May I please have some opinions of the best controller card to work a
SCSI RAID 1 solution driving a pair of Seagate 9.1GB 10,000 rpm drives
on a PIII550 running RedHat 5.2 (to be upgraded to 6.1)?
TIA
--
Spike Parker
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Duy Duong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot up MBR problems
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 14:46:59 -0500
Dan wrote:
> I have two HDs on my system.
> hda a 20 GB with win2K
> hdb 8 GB which I put mandrake 7 on, on Tuesday.
>
> I used to have win 98 and redhat 6, and used both partition magic as a
> boot manager, and system commander.
>
> However, I cannot install PM5 on win2k, and system commander cannot
> access the MBR now that win2k is on it.
>
> Does anyone know of a way around this? As booting linux with a floppy
> every time is both tiresome and slow. (and its annoying having forked
> out money for these programs, and not being able to use them...)
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> (and I don't want to use LiLo as boot manager either...)
>
> --
> Dan
> UK
> Shaolin ICQ #37847165
> THE AGHLTFC NG SITE
> http://www.aghltfc.co.uk
> "You hip hop you hip it to the hop and you hip hip hop
> and you don't stop rockin to the bang bang boogie
> say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogada beat."
>
> "Okay brain you don't like me and I don't like you, but
> lets get through this and I'll get back to killing you with beer"
> Homer Simpson
In linux, do this:
dd if=/dev/hd?? bs=512 count=1 of=/linux.boot
Copy linux.boot to a floppy, then reboot to win2k and copy linux.boot to
c:\
Add c:\linux.boot="linux" to c:\boot.ini.
Then you should be able to boot linux from win2k boot manager.
This works in NT4, and should work in win2k since they're similar.
There's a dual boot NT/linux HOWTO somewhere.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: I have overwrite MBR ! Help!Please
Date: 06 Apr 2000 15:47:59 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 09:29:27 +0400, rus
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>What shoud I do in that case - I had overwrite MBR and now I can not
>start my Linux.
0. Which distro is this? A lot of problems can have distro-specific
answers (not this one, but still...) and generally the more info the
better.
1. Get a boot floppy. You should have one. If you don't, there's one on
your distro CD in the /mountpoint/images/ directory. dd it to a floppy or
use RAWRITE.EXE (in the /mountpoint/dosutils directory) to write it to a
floppy. Or get Tom's RootBoot at http://www.toms.net/rb
2. Boot from this floppy.
3. Mount your root partition under /mnt (or somewhere) and make sure your
/etc/lilo.conf (now /mnt/etc/lilo.conf) is OK. Since the filesystem is
mounted under /mnt, you will probably have to edit the lilo.conf so that
each filename mentioned has a /mnt in front of it.
4. /mnt/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
5. Cross fingers, reboot from hard disk.
6. Whatever you did, *don't do it again*. Fixing it is no fun.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Joe Schottman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Did I kill my monitor??
Date: 6 Apr 2000 14:24:45 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now a solution, if you're up to it you can CAREFULLY remove the cover, do
> not bend the circuit boards by yanking, look through the side with a
> flashlight if necessary. The power is unplugged of course, take a screwdriver
> and CAREFULLY turn EVERY trim pot (small knobby thing on the board, I mean no
> offence by this) back and fourth and RETURN it to EXACTLY where it came from.
Be VERY carefull working with electronics if you don't know what you're doing.
Even with no power, there can be capacitance that takes a long time to
discharge.
Joe Schottman
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From: Countryboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer prints 3 pages every time
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 19:37:25 GMT
I have just set up a printer over a network. It works great.. Accept
that every time I print something it prints 3 pages. I have the
printtool set to print one page.
Im using RH 6.1. Its a fujisu printer using HP 4 driver. (which the
manual says you can use. Any thoughts?
thank you
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(sc7wille)
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