Linux-Misc Digest #772, Volume #24 Sat, 10 Jun 00 22:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Random lockups on RH 6.1 (Bob Martin)
Colorado Backup (possibly stupid question) (J. Otto Tennant)
Re: Duplicate a diskette of unknown format exactly (Scott Alfter)
How to play .aif audio files? (Patrick Berge)
Re: pppd 2.3.10a does not put in default route (Bob Martin)
recieved signal 11... help please (Richard Murphy)
Re: Boot Messages - Would like to capture (Bob Martin)
Re: recieved signal 11... help please (Hal Burgiss)
ps-to-printer.fpi change: RH 5.2 to RH 6.1 Why? (Robert Heller)
Printing PS & PDF (BuDMaN)
Re: democracy? (John Hasler)
Re: Linux USB support ! (dondon dimaano)
Does IPmasq drop packets? Too much hype? (Andrew Purugganan)
WCPUID Equivalent for Linux? (Eusebio Garate)
Re: democracy? (David Steuber)
Re: Bash shell problem (Philip Ng)
linux downloads on dos diskettes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux-2.2.16 Crashed When Modem Hamgs Up (Young4ert)
Re: No answer from freewwweb (Was Re: connect LINUX to Free ISPs?) (SGTRUCK)
Re: linux downloads on dos diskettes (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Filesystem for Linux AND Win9x? (Doc Shipley)
Re: Bash shell problem (Akira Yamanita)
LILO: minor update to 21.4.4 (John in SD)
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Random lockups on RH 6.1
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:09:34 -0500
Ron wrote:
>
> I installed RH 6.1 on a Pentium II machine, but am experiencing random
> lockups which require a hard reset to get out of. It required several
> attempts just to get linux installed on the machine, and it won't run for a
> full hour before locking up. The hardware itself should be ok, as the same
> machine has been running Windows 95 for the past two years with only the
> typical occasional (and bothersome) Windows crashes!
>
> The system consists of an Asus P2L97 motherboard, Award BIOS, Intel Pentium
> II/233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Trident Super VGA card, and 3Com 3C905 network card.
> I do not have a sound card, and I experience the same problems in runlevel 3
> (i.e. not running X windows). This is a clean installation of RH 6.1 & all
> current updates on a linux-only machine.
>
> Could this be some type of BIOS setting or motherboard problem? Has anyone
> else had similar problems?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Ron
Yes, RH installs the power management daemon and it is enabled in their
kernel. Check your BIOS and see if power management is tunred on, if so
turn it of. That may be enough to fix it, but I also disabled it in the
kernel and stopped the daemon from starting. Had the problem for a few
days before I got around to looking at it, none in 8 months since.
--
Bob Martin
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Subject: Colorado Backup (possibly stupid question)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. Otto Tennant)
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:15:30 GMT
Is there a utility which will read Colorado 1400 backup tapes
made using MicroSoft software?
A program I have under OS/2 can read the tape directory, but
it cannot actually restore the file. (It seems to go off into
some nether region when it finds the directory to restore.)
Colorado softare, using my Caldera DOS system, complains about
inadequate RAM.
Help would be appreciated. (My father wants his geneaology
files restored.)
--
J.Otto Tennant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.
Charter Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: Duplicate a diskette of unknown format exactly
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:15:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
>' On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:45:06 +0800, Lee Tien Huat
>' <<8hscv8$for$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>' >I have one diskette of unknown format (maybe someone created for his/her
>' >own use, so there is no program to format it). How do I duplicate this
>' >diskette exactly?
>'
>' Can you mount the disk in some way, shape, or form? And what hardware
>' platform is this on?
>...
>
>Could dd be used to simply copy an exact image of the device to a file
>and then the file back to another floppy disk? Just a though.
That ought to work...unless the disk is a 3.5" DSDD floppy from an Apple II
or Macintosh, or a 5.25" floppy from an Apple II. The encoding system used
on the disk is completely different from what x86 hardware uses (GCR instead
of MFM). 3.5" DSHD floppies from these machines use MFM encoding and should
be readable with dd. (If you've compiled HFS support into the kernel, you
should even be able to mount the floppy and see what's on it. There's no
ProDOS filesystem support, though (or support for other Apple II
filesystems, for that matter). There's also a small exception for 1.6-meg
DSHD floppies generated by Applied Engineering's AEHD floppy drive since
they used GCR, but these are rare.)
As for disks from non-x86 and non-Apple platforms...your guess is as good as
mine.
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (remove Voyager's hull number for email address)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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From: Patrick Berge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to play .aif audio files?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:21:07 GMT
I was trying to play some .aif files from an enhanced CD. The movie
files (mpg with mtv or mov with xanim) play fine. When I try "xanim"
to play an .aif I get :
IFF: unsupported FORM Type: AIFC(41494643)
Error: Shell widget xanim has zero width and/or height
With "play" (from the "sox" package) I get
sox: AIFF 'FORM' chunk does not specify 'AIFF' as type
"cat filename.aif > /dev/dsp" makes lots of really harsh noise.
Does anyone know of a player for .aif files? or should I ask the xanim
guy to add support?
Pat
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd 2.3.10a does not put in default route
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:16:25 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've been using 6.0 for quite some time and tried to update pppd from 2.3.7
> to 2.3.10a.
>
> Well , I found that now I have to say "noauth" to prevent it from trying to
> authenticate the remote end. Taken care of.
> Then I find that it does not modify the default route !!
>
> oookay....Now the old one did so and I am wondering if this not changing the
> default route is something over looked or is it deliberate.
> Of course, I can use the ip-up.local script to set the table on my own but,
> I'd like to know why 2.3.7 did it and 2.3.10a did not.
> Or is 2.3.10a a bad one to use ?
>
> TIA.
> joseph
Do you have the defaultroute option in /etc/ppp/options ? I have 2.3.10
and it works as expected.
--
Bob Martin
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From: Richard Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: recieved signal 11... help please
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:31:40 -0600
My file system got trashed a while back and I am trying to reinstall RH
6.0. When I get to the "initializing CDROM" I get the signal 11 and get
kicked out of the install.
I didn't have anything on the system I can't live without or don't have
backups for so I would like to just do a fresh install. But I can't
even reformat the entire drive or get into fdisk (dos). Any
suggestions?
Rich
to e-mail remove no.spam
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Messages - Would like to capture
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:20:35 -0500
Kevin Carpenter wrote:
>
> I have RH5.1 and RH6.0
>
> Can anyone tell me how to caputure the bootup messages into a file for later
> viewing?
>
> thanks,
Already done. /var/log/messages
--
Bob Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: recieved signal 11... help please
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:32:19 GMT
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:31:40 -0600, Richard Murphy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My file system got trashed a while back and I am trying to reinstall RH
>6.0. When I get to the "initializing CDROM" I get the signal 11 and
>get kicked out of the install.
>
>I didn't have anything on the system I can't live without or don't have
>backups for so I would like to just do a fresh install. But I can't
>even reformat the entire drive or get into fdisk (dos). Any
>suggestions?
A good chance it is faulty hardware:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1.html
(this would be relevenat to 6.0 too I believe)
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ps-to-printer.fpi change: RH 5.2 to RH 6.1 Why?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:29:46 GMT
I recently changed from using my printer directory on my RH 5.2 box to a
print server I put together, which is running RH 6.1. I noticed
something interesting: the ps-to-printer.fpi filter plugin that comes
with RH 5.2 sends the output of ghostscript directly to stdout, but the
version that comes with RH 6.1 sends its output to a file in /tmp, and
then cat's that file to stdout once ghostscript finishes.
Why the change? The docs (such as they are) don't say why.
Everything works OK, except since the print server is a lowly
'486DX2-66, there is a long wait between queuing up a print job and the
output starts. Also, there is the file space issues with /tmp -- I fear
that if I queue a really long document, I might fill / up (needlessly).
--
\/
Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
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From: BuDMaN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing PS & PDF
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:12:39 -0300 (BRT)
How can I print a Postscript or a PDF file in a Epson printer? I try to
print it using gv but it prints a lot of text commands instead of the real
document. What should I do?
--
Ginger snap.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: democracy?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:06:49 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Wonder how long before government witnesses start disappearing or dying
> off from mysterious causes?
The US government regularly deals successfully with people who really do
attempt such things. Besides, it wouldn't help: all the testimony is
already on record (and most of it is documentary anyway).
David Steuber writes:
> It is odd that a company such as Microsoft hasn't taken that step sooner.
Monopoly gets your company broken up. Murder gets you life in prison (or
dead). I know of no reason to believe that anyone at Microsoft takes money
that seriously.
> It is just as odd that the people who have been trampled by Microsoft
> haven't done something similar to Microsoft employees or officers.
No it isn't. They understand that it is only money.
> While all that is going on, Microsoft has a chance to organize affairs so
> that a break up won't hurt Bill Gates.
Some Wall street analysts believe that a breakup won't hurt any Microsoft
shareholders. So what? Do labor under the delusion that the point of the
suit is to punish someone?
> Carnegie kept getting richer after Standard Oil was broken up.
Not surprising, since as far as I know Carnegie owned little if any
Standard Oil stock.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: dondon dimaano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux USB support !
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:30:03 GMT
Christopher Browne wrote:
>
>
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when dondon dimaano would say:
> >What distribution(s) of Linux supports USB hardware
> >(mouse/keyboard/etc.) ?
>
> Won't be happening until Linux version 2.4 is released, as the USB
> code is in the 2.3.x versions, and distributions normally use
> stable (right now 2.4.x) versions.
>
thanx 4 the reply. im a newbie to linux and i suppose that what u are
mentioning is the kernel version of linux. how do u know what kernel
version your linux uses ??? I got this CD distribution of Caldera's
OpenLinux version 2.2 . What kernel version is that ?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Does IPmasq drop packets? Too much hype?
Date: 11 Jun 2000 00:26:54 GMT
My linux is the gateway and the Winblows machine that shares its dialup
connection occasionally suffers from 'server not found', even though the
Linux box is well connected and can surf
Is it the ISP's fault when the problem appears to be between the gateway
and the Windows machine? The ping will report the normal .07ms
successively and then after so many dozens of that suddenly swings to the
thousands ms, stay roughly like that, then swing back down. The browser
then wont find whatever URL its looking for (this is on the Win box)
BTW, I switch from one ISP to another frequently on the Linux box, both
of them are free heh :-)
--
jazz annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
Registered linux user no. 164098
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: Eusebio Garate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WCPUID Equivalent for Linux?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 17:46:59 -0700
Hello,
Is there a program that runs under Linux that is equivalent to WCPUID? I
have an Athlon and I want to see details about the cache speed since I
plan to try to overclock the CPU and will likely change the cache speed
setting.
Thanks for any help,
Eusebio
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: democracy?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:00:00 GMT
"Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' > Carnegie kept getting richer after Standard Oil was broken up.
'
' No reason why he shouldn't have. Carnegie had invested in oil, but sold his
' interests in the 1860's, before Standard Oil became a force in the industry.
' Carnegie's major wealth came from steel. He sold his interest to J.P. Morgan
' in 1901 for $480 million, making him the world's richest man.
Wait a sec, I think it was Rockefella (sp) that owned Standard Oil.
Carnegie owned US Steel.
So many millionaires. Not one of them me :-(.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: Philip Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bash shell problem
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:58:35 +0800
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Thanks for your detail procedure description.
However, after I use what you suggested, it shows me another error : "Bash:
./Configure: No such file or directory"
In fact, I login as root and try to install Apache and I am in the "src"
directory of Apache source folder. According to the installation guide, I
only need to type run the Configure script.
Should I use other shells? Or do you linux experts have any suggestion for
this newbie?
Thanks a lot,
Philip
ray wrote:
> Philip Ng wrote:
>
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I am a newbie in Linux world. Whenever I try to execute script in
> > console, it returned the following error :
> > "Bash : Configure : Command not found"
> >
> > I tried to run the Configure script. (It is executable) I also tried :
> > "/bin/bash < Configure"
> >
> > In that case, some error messages showing that some commands in the
> > script are not found. Is it a correct method to use to "<" to direct
> > the script to the bash shell?
> >
> > How can I run the script successfully? Any other shell that I can use?
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Philip
>
> MAYBE, this will help. Linux, like winders, has a "path" that affects
> where things are looked for. UNLIKE winders, there is NO default to "the
> current directory". There's a way to achieve that, but not a good idea. If
> you try to execute something NOT in your "path", bash cannot find it, as
> it can only search the path. Now, to execute things not in the current
> path, use ./ like this : ./configure. You might have a dozen "configure"'s
> on the machine, but once you say ./configure ONLY the one you are looking
> at can run. Exactly what we wanted, right?
>
> --
> Ray R. Jones
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
> Ray's Linux gordo.penguinpowered.com 2.3.99-pre9
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Thanks for your detail procedure description.
<p>However, after I use what you suggested, it shows me another error :
"Bash: ./Configure: No such file or directory"
<p>In fact, I login as <b>root</b> and try to install Apache and I am in
the "<b>src</b>" directory of Apache source folder. According to
the installation guide, I only need to type run the Configure script.
<p>Should I use other shells? Or do you linux experts have any suggestion
for this newbie?
<p>Thanks a lot,
<br>Philip
<br>
<br>
<p>ray wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Philip Ng wrote:
<p>> Hi, all,
<br>>
<br>> I am a newbie in Linux world. Whenever I try to execute script
in
<br>> console, it returned the following error :
<br>> "Bash : Configure : Command not found"
<br>>
<br>> I tried to run the Configure script. (It is executable) I also
tried :
<br>> "/bin/bash < Configure"
<br>>
<br>> In that case, some error messages showing that some commands in the
<br>> script are not found. Is it a correct method to use to "<"
to direct
<br>> the script to the bash shell?
<br>>
<br>> How can I run the script successfully? Any other shell that
I can use?
<br>>
<br>> Thanks a lot,
<br>> Philip
<p> MAYBE, this will help. Linux, like winders, has a
"path" that affects
<br>where things are looked for. UNLIKE winders, there is NO default to
"the
<br>current directory". There's a way to achieve that, but not a good idea.
If
<br>you try to execute something NOT in your "path", bash cannot find it,
as
<br>it can only search the path. Now, to execute things not in the current
<br>path, use ./ like this : ./configure. You might have a dozen "configure"'s
<br>on the machine, but once you say ./configure ONLY the one you are looking
<br>at can run. Exactly what we wanted, right?
<p>--
<br>Ray R. Jones
<br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br><a href="HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com">HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com</a>
<br>Ray's Linux gordo.penguinpowered.com 2.3.99-pre9</blockquote>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux downloads on dos diskettes
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 02:16:26 GMT
I'm a newbie to linux and would like to further my education by
compiling my own kernel, installing drivers etc. Now to my question.
The only internet access I have is on a windoze machine. Can I
download binaries and compiled code using windoze, onto a dos formated
floppy and then install these files into my linux box to be compiled.
Buying the hardware to make my linux box internet accessible would be
a burden right now. Will this work?
Thanks,
jerbear
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From: Young4ert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux-2.2.16 Crashed When Modem Hamgs Up
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:26:09 -0400
Hi,
I have just upgraded to Linux-2.2.16 kernel and have been experiencing weird
problem with my system, an AMD K602 400MHz running SuSE-6.4 Distro with
ppp-2.4.b2 package. The Linux system dials to FreeWWWeb.com and makes
connections with not problem. As mater of tact, I can get 5.3Kbytes/s average
on download. However, when the connection gets disconnected, i.e. the modem
hangs up, the whole system becomes frozen and has to be reset.
Does any have such problem? BTW, this also happens with ppp-2.3.11 package as
well as the Linux-2.4.0-test1 kernel. I have no clue whatsoever. Any help is
certainly appreciated.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SGTRUCK)
Subject: Re: No answer from freewwweb (Was Re: connect LINUX to Free ISPs?)
Date: 11 Jun 2000 01:24:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew Purugganan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: alram83 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: : I connect to freewwweb using pppsetup. Simplifies building the
: : actual scripts by prompting you for the info, and the generated
: : scripts can be modified in any text editor. I inserted the DNS
: : addresses manually in /etc/pap-secrets. My version came with
: : Peanut Linux from metalab.unc.edu/peanut.
: Does freewwweb use PAP CHAP or something? I normally use "EXPECT ogin:"
: "SEND username" "EXPECT sword:" etc to login to other ISPs, but I saw
: freewwweb send "System password:" when I was EXPECTing "ogin:"
: How did you make it work?
It depends on the different access points you dial into. The one I use
from home is login: password: whereas the one at work is "system password:"
and no username. I haven't tried the one at work yet.
--
Mike,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: linux downloads on dos diskettes
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:25:00 GMT
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 02:16:26 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm a newbie to linux and would like to further my education by
>compiling my own kernel, installing drivers etc. Now to my question.
>The only internet access I have is on a windoze machine. Can I
>download binaries and compiled code using windoze, onto a dos formated
>floppy and then install these files into my linux box to be compiled.
>Buying the hardware to make my linux box internet accessible would be
>a burden right now. Will this work?
Yes, no problem. But once you copy it into linux, you will have to be
careful of file permissions. You can make binaries executable with
'chmod +x <file>'.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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From: Doc Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Filesystem for Linux AND Win9x?
Date: 10 Jun 2000 20:27:40 -0500
Zach Pardos wrote:
>
> I am running a dual boot Linux 2.2.14/Win98 computer with Linux as the
> primary OS.
> I will be adding a 70GIG HD soon for storage of various web log files.
> Although I'll be using the drive under Linux for 80% of the time, I
> still have to be able to read/write to the disk from Win98. Is there an
> optimal FS for this situation? Performance is a priority over features
> as the disk will be accessed by many users simultaneously under Linux.
> Permissions, Owners, Special files and Links are not necessary. I would
> only like to be able to link TO a file on the new drive from an existing
> ext2fs if possible. All suggestions appreciated.
>
In my experience, Windows9x access time suffers greatly with partitions
>6G . If possible, use ext2, run only Linux on that box, and serve the desired
>filesystems via Samba. If it's necessary to read the files in Win98 on that same
>machine, I'd recommend the above + VMWare. If you stay in Linux 80%, VMWare would
>probably better meet your needs than a dual-boot all around.
I also tend to advocate several smaller drives over one large one in
any case.
--
Doc Shipley
Network Stuff
Austin, Earth
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bash shell problem
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 01:33:30 GMT
Philip Ng wrote:
>
> Thanks for your detail procedure description.
>
> However, after I use what you suggested, it shows me another error :
> "Bash: ./Configure: No such file or directory"
>
> In fact, I login as root and try to install Apache and I am in the
> "src" directory of Apache source folder. According to the
> installation guide, I only need to type run the Configure script.
>
> Should I use other shells? Or do you linux experts have any
> suggestion for this newbie?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Philip
Are you actually typing ./Configure? The file is in lowercase from
the tar ball I just downloaded. You need to type it exactly as you
see it. ./configure
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO: minor update to 21.4.4
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 02:01:06 GMT
LILO version 21 by Werner Almesberger has been updated to support booting
from large capacity disks using a new 'lba32' option (-L new command line
switch). Dubbed version 21.4, the source code is available for download
from:
ftp://sd.dynhost.com/pub/linux/lilo (developer's site)
ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo (an alias)
Or from the main distribution site:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
The lilo-21.4.4 release is a maintenance release for those using RAID.
In general, there is no need to upgrade from 21.4.3.
The 21.4.4 release changes the following:
1. Additional RAID patches from http://www.elliott-turbo.com/lilo
2. The effects of the LARGE_EBDA patch, which reduced the maximum size of
zImage kernels from 512k to 448k is reversed. bzImages were never affected.
3. The serial line support now asserts DTR/RTS at initialization.
4. The DISK.COM utility now assembles without the need for the 'nasm'
distribution. Use "make floppy" as before.
5. Small bugfix in the numeric conversion routine affecting the K suffix.
===========================================================================
The lilo-21.4.2 release fixes problems that have affected a few people:
1. The command line passed to the kernel was truncated at 78 characters if
the LARGE_EBDA (Extended BIOS Data Area) compile-time option was used.
(With today's big kernels, this was the default.)
2. If both 'linear' and 'compact' were specified, the second stage loader
would encounter disk I/O error 0x40.
Enhancements include:
3. The boot loader now understands octal. The kernel has always understood
octal, decimal, and hexadecimal, but prior boot loaders only supported the
last two.
4. All patches from the RedHat 6.2 distribution have been applied. This
includes the RAID support.
This version of LILO will boot from partitions beyond the 1024 cylinder limit.
To do this it requires a post-1998 BIOS with support for the EDD packet call
interface. Older systems may employ "soft" BIOS support for these calls with
hard disk boot software such as EZ-DRIVE(tm) or MaxBlast(tm).
--John Coffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
EZ-DRIVE(tm) is a registered trademark of Micro House International, Inc.
MaxBlast(tm) is a trademark of Maxtor, Inc.
LILO version 21.4.3 (06-May-2000) source at
ftp: sd.dynhost.com dir: /pub/linux/lilo
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