Linux-Misc Digest #293, Volume #24 Thu, 27 Apr 00 12:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: ati xpert128 video card problem (Michael Borgwardt)
RH 6.1 install says not enough memory (Graham Daniell)
Re: Should I ignore bootps/bootpc packets? (Manfred Bartz)
Re: Linux Business Oppurtunity (Kevin White)
Re: Realplayer plugin on linux (Robert Wiegand)
Re: Beeps when booting? (Svein Tjonndal)
linux connection to DSL (nick santilli)
Boot Problems (John Battle)
Re: ati xpert128 video card problem (Adam K Kirchhoff)
Re: Beeps when booting? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How can I reboot the system? (Jose Antonio Diaz Lago)
Re: ati xpert128 video card problem (Dances With Crows)
Re: microsoft word on linux (Bob Tennent)
Re: Linux newbie + Web server ("Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr.")
Re: Question about setting an X-only login using xdm/gdm in Slackware... ("Peter T.
Breuer")
Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory (Nicholas Clark)
Re: Question about setting an X-only login using xdm/gdm in Slackware... (Nicholas
Clark)
Re: Boot Problems (Dances With Crows)
Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms ("Richard Gaywood")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Borgwardt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ati xpert128 video card problem
Date: 27 Apr 2000 15:10:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Danny O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Where do you get xfree86 (any version)? How do you download and install
> it under Linux 6.1?
Could you please lend me your time machine? Or at least give
me a copy of "Linux 6.1"?
(Hint: Red Hat is *not* equal to Linux, the currently most recent
Linux is 2.5)
--
Michael "Brazil" Borgwardt --- Member of #WASHU# and Her would-be guinea-pig.
Untiring defender of Washu-chan, Asuka-chan and Elektra-chan.
A Homepage for Elektra: http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~borgward/
ANT - Animeclub fuer Deutschland: http://www.anime.no.tomodachi.de/
=============== Let`s shake the dew off this lily, shall we ? ===============
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From: Graham Daniell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:19:21 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to install Redhat 6.1 on a PC with a Pentium 100 processor,
32 MB EDO RAM, 256k cache, a 4 MB video card and a 3GB HDD with 2GB free
space.
Each time I install, it comes up with a message saying I don't have
enough memory, and drops from Graphical install mode to text install
mode. After the install, I find that startx and Xconfigurator are not
installed.
It seems that RH 6.1 thinks I don't have enough memory for graphics, but
it is MORE THAN adequate for Windoze, so why not for Linux?
Can anyone give me a clue why this is happening?
Graham Daniell
Perth, Western Australia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Should I ignore bootps/bootpc packets?
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:19:09 GMT
Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I use dhclient to maintain an internet connection to my local network
> via a cablemodem. I am using ipchains on my firewall machine. Every so
> often, my firewall log shows blocked packets using the bootps and bootpc
> protocols. So far I haven't experienced any problems due to blocking
> these packets. Is there a reason why I should allow these packets from
> the dhcp server to enter?
With those ports blocked, your IP-address lease cannot be renewed and
will eventually expire.
You only need to have the ports open for UDP, e.g.:
ipchains -I input -i $CABLE -p udp -s $DHCPHOST 67 --dport 68 -j ACCEPT -l
the output chain is always open I assume.
--
Manfred
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From: Kevin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Business Oppurtunity
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:20:31 -0400
Christopher Browne wrote:
>
[snip]
> The problem with such scams is that they tend to amount to schemes where
> you become a salesman spending your time trying to find someone to "scam."
>
Isn't this the definition of MLM?
--
Kevin White
Remove anti-spam center segment from domain
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Realplayer plugin on linux
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:01:52 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does any body have realplayer plugin working with Netscape (4.7)
> on Red hat linux 6.0 ?
> In my case, the plugin is loaded and even the song is downloaded
> but it just does not play the song. However the standalone
> realplayer (7) works fine.
>
> Any ideas?
You can set up RealPlayer as an application rather than as a plug-in.
When you click on a sound link it will open RealPlayer in a seperate
window and play the song.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Svein Tjonndal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Beeps when booting?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:36:12 +0000
Magnus H�rlin wrote:
>
> I run RedHat 6.2 on my Dell laptop and the beeps are very loud. How can
> I switch it off? What is the name of the device that makes them? I don't
> want my mashine to create any sound, under any cicumstance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Magnus H�lin
Disable the internal speaker. Open the box and physically disconnect the
wire leading to the stupid little internal speaker. Garantueed no more
sound, ever (well, unless you have a noisy modem).
--
Svein Tjonndal
Educational Consultant, Advanced Technical Program
Business Objects University
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
telephone: (33) 1 41 25 37 18
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From: nick santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux connection to DSL
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:30:12 GMT
I want to configure my new linux box to connect to the internet via my DSL
connection. (and then use the linux box as a fileserver on my in-home
network)
I can take care of the in-home network portion by myself (at least I am
pretty sure I can), but was wondering if anyone out there knows how to set
Linux up through DSL??
thanks to whomever has some input on the subject. It's MUCH appreciated!
nick
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http://www.help.com/
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From: John Battle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot Problems
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:23:17 -0600
I vrecently installed a new IDE drive on my Dell WS-400 Workstation
shich was set up to dual boot Linus/NT on its original 4-Gig SCSI
drive. According to Dell, there is no way to make the BIOS boot from
the SCSI if the IDE drive is turned on. I prefer not to re-install
Windows NT or Linux, since everything is working good now on both. I
tried copying the entire NT partition (using Partition Magic) to the IDE
drive, but when I try to boot from it now I get the Blus Screen of Death
if I choose NT and the good old LI... when I try to boot Linux. Any
ideas (besides reinstalling) Help!!!!!!!!
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From: Adam K Kirchhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ati xpert128 video card problem
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:39:49 GMT
Unless you have a Voodoo2 3d accel card that you want to use in a multihead setup, you
can safely delete:
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glide_drv.o
That should prevent the server from trying to load that module, which need Glide2
installed on your machine (which you probably wouldn't have if you don't have a
Voodoo2 :-) ).
Adam
In comp.os.linux.x Mike S. Nowostawsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried installing 4.0 to support my rage 128 BUT when I run Xconfigurator, it
> never finds a rage128 compatible server. I also get glide errors running other
> x config programs:
> Here are more details:
> I recently upgraded to Xfree v.4 but get the following
> output/error when
> trying to run
> "XFree -configure" to configure the X server (running Red Hat
> 6.2):
> *** cut ***
> XFree86 Version 4.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
> Release Date: 8 March 2000
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux 2.3.46 i686 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 22 12:18:44
> 2000
> (--) using VT number 7
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
> (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
> (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 0.1.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
> (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 0.1.0
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
> (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Rage 128 RF rev 0, Mem @ 0xe8000000/26,
> 0xed000000/14, I/O @ 0xe000/8
> List of video drivers:
> mga
> glint
> nv
> tga
> s3virge
> sis
> rendition
> neomagic
> i740
> tdfx
> cirrus
> tseng
> trident
> chips
> apm
> glide
> fbdev
> ati
> r128
> i810
> cyrix
> vga
> v4l
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o
> (II) Module mga: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glint_drv.o
> (II) Module glint: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
> (II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/tga_drv.o
> (II) Module tga: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.o
> (II) Module s3virge: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/sis_drv.o
> (II) Module sis: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 0.6.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/rendition_drv.o
> (II) Module rendition: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 4.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/neomagic_drv.o
> (II) Module neomagic: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i740_drv.o
> (II) Module i740: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.o
> (II) Module tdfx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/cirrus_drv.o
> (II) Module cirrus: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/tseng_drv.o
> (II) Module tseng: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/trident_drv.o
> (II) Module trident: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
> (II) Module chips: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/apm_drv.o
> (II) Module apm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glide_drv.o
> (II) Module glide: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.0
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module glide2x
> (EE) Glide driver:
> Could not load the shared library file for Glide: "libglide2x.so"!
> You need to have Glide installed to run the glide driver for
> XFree86.
> Also, you need to tell XFree86 where the libglide2x.so file is
> placed
> by making a soft link in the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules directory that
> points
> to the libglide2x.so file. For example (if your libglide2x.so file
> is in
> /usr/lib):
> # ln -s /usr/lib/libglide2x.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glide_drv.o
> (EE) Failed to load module "glide" (submodule could not be loaded,
> 2)
> No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
> *** end cut ***
> I have looked for a "glide" RPM on the CD to no avail, and can't
> find
> ANY
> glide files on my system either. Where can I obtain (download)
> glide
> from so that I
> can run the configuration utility?
> ON another note:
> I have also tried running xf86config and Xconfigurator, but even
> with
> Xfree
> v.4 which is SUPPOSED to support all RAGE 128 cards, I can't find
> anything
> in the list that supports RAGE 128 cards (I have an "ATI
> All-in-wonder
> RAGE
> 128" graphics/video manipulation card (AGP). I upgraded to Xfree
> 3.3.6
> earlier in the month as it was
> ALSO supposed to support RAGE 128 cards, but that didn't work
> either.
> What driver do I need to
> support my card? As it stands I can't get even the lowest
> resolution to
> work
> with any other drivers.
> Thx,
> --
> ===============================================
> Mike Nowostawsky:
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Home Page: http://www.internauts.ca/~mikenowo/
> Lachine (Montreal), Quebec, Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Beeps when booting?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:34:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Magnus =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F6rlin?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I run RedHat 6.2 on my Dell laptop and the beeps are very loud. How
can
> I switch it off? What is the name of the device that makes them? I
don't
> want my mashine to create any sound, under any cicumstance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Magnus H�lin
>
Have you tried the volume wheel of the laptop itself. Works on my
toshiba notebook.
greets,
erik.
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From: Jose Antonio Diaz Lago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: How can I reboot the system?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:41:25 +0200
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best solution.
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ati xpert128 video card problem
Date: 27 Apr 2000 11:49:57 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 27 Apr 2000 15:10:54 GMT, Michael Borgwardt
<<8e9l9u$anp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Could you please lend me your time machine? Or at least give
>me a copy of "Linux 6.1"?
>(Hint: Red Hat is *not* equal to Linux, the currently most recent
>Linux is 2.5)
<PEDANTIC> I think you mean 2.3.99-pre5. If you have 2.5.x, could I
borrow *your* time machine? </PEDANTIC>
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: microsoft word on linux
Date: 27 Apr 2000 15:49:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:11:12 -0700, Eugenio Rivera wrote:
>
>Is there a program that allows me to view (not necessarily edit)
>a microsoft word document under Linux?
>
Check out the TOM server at
http://wheel.compose.cs.cmu.edu:8001/cgi-bin/browse/objweb
Bob T.
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From: "Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux newbie + Web server
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:50:33 -0400
I am a fan of Red Hat Linux 6.x . been using their distro for 2+ years now,
good stuff.
Bobby
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Penn State University - Computer Science
Berks-Lehigh Valley College
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"It is better to regret the things that you do,
than to regret what you don't do.."
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"Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:30:04 GMT, ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I want to set up a web server on Linux, however, I am a newbie to both.
Is
> >there any suggestion for the distribution of the OS and web server.
>
> Apache for a start - www.apache.org
>
> You may want a version of apache which has mod_perl, and perhaps php (see
> www.php.net).
>
> Apache should be availble as an RPM package for your distribution, and
more than
> likely you'll be offered a choice of apaches or a choice of modules.
>
> Neil
>
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Question about setting an X-only login using xdm/gdm in Slackware...
Date: 27 Apr 2000 15:47:13 GMT
In comp.os.linux.help Scott Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> "Man init" would seem to be obvious. Please make sure that kdm or xdm
:> or gdm is installed You will find that slackwares rc.6 script makes a
:> nice selection between them!
: Actually, pardon me for being anal, but rc.6 is reboot. rc4 is X login.
: :) And yes, I had gdm installed... though it's a pain and will be
Yeah, sorry, misspoke. The mental calculation was "rh and sw differ by
one in the value of their X init state ..".
: switching to kdm. :)
:
: ... which I found out not a couple of hours after posting the question.
: :) Thanks anyway, though! :)
Have a look at rc.4. It's cute ...
if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
# GNOME's session manager is another choice:
elif [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
# If all you have is XDM, I guess it will have to do:
elif [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
fi
So switching to kdm amounts to _installing_ kdm :-).
Peter
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From: Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 install says not enough memory
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:00:31 GMT
Use Slackware. Redhat tries to start concurrent X sessions for
conviguration, IIRC, which is not good for low-ram people, especially if
your swap is not set up. Slackware, however, is a fully text-menu based
installation.
Graham Daniell wrote:
>
> I am trying to install Redhat 6.1 on a PC with a Pentium 100 processor,
> 32 MB EDO RAM, 256k cache, a 4 MB video card and a 3GB HDD with 2GB free
> space.
>
> Each time I install, it comes up with a message saying I don't have
> enough memory, and drops from Graphical install mode to text install
> mode. After the install, I find that startx and Xconfigurator are not
> installed.
>
> It seems that RH 6.1 thinks I don't have enough memory for graphics, but
> it is MORE THAN adequate for Windoze, so why not for Linux?
>
> Can anyone give me a clue why this is happening?
>
> Graham Daniell
> Perth, Western Australia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
-Nick
Fear is the path to the spoon side of the spork.
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From: Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Question about setting an X-only login using xdm/gdm in Slackware...
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:02:43 GMT
I _like_ XDM!
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.help Scott Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> "Man init" would seem to be obvious. Please make sure that kdm or xdm
> :> or gdm is installed You will find that slackwares rc.6 script makes a
> :> nice selection between them!
>
> : Actually, pardon me for being anal, but rc.6 is reboot. rc4 is X login.
> : :) And yes, I had gdm installed... though it's a pain and will be
>
> Yeah, sorry, misspoke. The mental calculation was "rh and sw differ by
> one in the value of their X init state ..".
>
> : switching to kdm. :)
> :
> : ... which I found out not a couple of hours after posting the question.
> : :) Thanks anyway, though! :)
>
> Have a look at rc.4. It's cute ...
>
> if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
> exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
> # GNOME's session manager is another choice:
> elif [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
> exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
> # If all you have is XDM, I guess it will have to do:
> elif [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
> fi
>
> So switching to kdm amounts to _installing_ kdm :-).
>
> Peter
--
-Nick
Fear is the path to the spoon side of the spork.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Boot Problems
Date: 27 Apr 2000 12:04:18 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:23:17 -0600, John Battle
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I vrecently installed a new IDE drive on my Dell WS-400 Workstation
>shich was set up to dual boot Linus/NT on its original 4-Gig SCSI
>drive. According to Dell, there is no way to make the BIOS boot from
>the SCSI if the IDE drive is turned on. I prefer not to re-install
>Windows NT or Linux, since everything is working good now on both. I
>tried copying the entire NT partition (using Partition Magic) to the IDE
>drive, but when I try to boot from it now I get the Blus Screen of Death
>if I choose NT and the good old LI... when I try to boot Linux. Any
>ideas (besides reinstalling) Help!!!!!!!!
Can you boot from a Linux boot floppy? If so, try this:
Create a small Linux partition on /dev/hda and mount it under /boot.
COpy your kernel image from your SCSI disk to the new /boot. Then, edit
/etc/lilo.conf so that it's like so:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/sdaX #change to whatever you have / mounted on
label=linux
other=/dev/sdaY #change to LoseNT root filesystem
table=/dev/sda
Now LILO is on the MBR of the IDE drive and it can get to the Linux kernel
files with no problems, so the machine should boot OK. Of course, you'll
want to partition the IDE drive so that Linux and NT can be happy using
its space, but I'm sure you know how to do that already.
--
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: "Richard Gaywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:05:00 -0000
"Mogens Kjaer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The easiest thing to do is:
>
> Make copies of /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6 and store them in a
> very, very safe place!
>
> Empty /usr/X11R6, remove /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
> Get the source files: You'll need X400src-[123].tgz. Unpack
> them on a directory on a filesystem with plenty of space.
>
> make World
> make install
Wahey! Some installation guides for idiots!
(Glances over his Linux hardrive with an evil look on his face)
Thanks!
> Now you have XFree 4.0 :-)
Or console mode only :o)
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-=R=-
SRGC SR1+ SR2++ SR3+++ h++ |
b+++ !B UB IE++ RN++ W- |
ri++ ma++ m+ gm+ M+ !P |
WoD have reviwed my first UT mutator and given it 4/5!
http://www.planetunreal.com/wod/screens/denforcers.htm
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