Linux-Misc Digest #819, Volume #24 Thu, 15 Jun 00 01:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: moving the kernel and modules... (Dances With Crows)
Re: vote on MS split-up (Vilmos Soti)
Re: fdisk \ dos (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Installing Linux past 1024 cylinder (C Sanjayan Rosenmund)
Re: where is www.linuxjournel.com?? (John McKown)
Newbie winning for help !!!! ("Daniel Pope")
using ssh in redhat (Tan Chee Sin)
Re: Newbie winning for help !!!! (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 ISO too big! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
can't mount cd-rom (Tan Chee Sin)
Re: Newbie winning for help !!!! (Dances With Crows)
run cgi on users directory (EMERGENCY-PLEASE) (behapy)
Re: using ssh in redhat (Dances With Crows)
Re: fdisk and dos ("David ..")
Re: using ssh in redhat ("David ..")
RedHat vs Slackware (Simon Lemieux)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 ISO too big! (Broccoli Puffs)
Re: New Linux user needs a better browser (Robert Surenko)
Re: does linux support dual/PII PC? (Floyd Davidson)
Re: NT 4.0, DOS, Linux -- Is It Worth It? (Wayne Watson)
Re: RedHat vs Slackware (d4588)
Environment in Bash (Kevin Brown)
Re: moving the kernel and modules... (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Samba problems (Chris Eldredge)
DNS problem (Mark)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: moving the kernel and modules...
Date: 14 Jun 2000 22:11:13 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:56:27 -0700, mrauscher
<<VKV15.770$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>This answers my question, I think. My concern is that something might be
>happening under the covers, but if it's just a matter of copying the
>modules, kernel, and system map file; no problem. I was also thinking there
>might be a variable I could change that would install the modules and kernel
>in a separate tree so that I just make a tarball out of the tree and
>wouldn't have to mess with copying things around, but this sounds simple
>enough. Thanx.
You can do this, but it requires editing /usr/src/linux/Makefile, adding
the lines:
INSTALL_PATH=/somewhere
INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/somewhere-else
>mention I'm a newbie :-), and then runs lilo. I'm running RH and the
>sequence I've always used to rebuild the kernel through the last 2 releases
>is: make mrproper xconfig dep clean bzimage modules modules_install install
The official kernel source from ftp.us.kernel.org does not have a target
for "install" in the main makefile. RedHat decided to enhance and extend
the experience, I guess... which may not be the best thing. If you
compile a kernel without ext2 filesystem support or ELF binary support[0]
and you do a "make install", will the system keep your old, working kernel
around so you aren't completely screwed when you try to boot?
[0] Done that. Twice. Fortunately, I keep a known working kernel
available all the time in /boot and /etc/lilo.conf so it wasn't too bad.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: vote on MS split-up
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 02:42:31 GMT
R.E.Ballard ( Rex Ballard ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Clear, cogent, relevant, and understandable to anyone...
>>
>> You're not from around here, are you?
>
> Actually, I've posted over 20 articles a week (average) for
> nearly 15 years.
Still too few. ;-) (Take it as a hint)
> My personal archive (my postings and responses to them) on
> mailing lists, newsgroups, and message centers like ZDNet
> total over 10,000 pages. I keep thinking I'd like to turn
> it into a book some day, but that would mean reporting on the
> past when I'd rather be causing the future.
If we don't know the past then how can we shape the future?
Knowing the problems of the past and the solutions to them
will help us avoid the same pitfalls.
Vilmos
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Subject: Re: fdisk \ dos
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 02:45:52 GMT
paul simdars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anyone used Linux fdisk to partition their dos drive? I have one
While I read many times that to create a partition for dos use the
dos fdisk, I consistently ignore this advice. I always use Linux' fdisk
to manage my partition table.
> drive which has only dos partitions on it but dos doesn't seem to be
> able to partition it correctly. It keeps adding an extra partition so I
> thought I'd do it with Linux. Anyone had any experience?
It is strange. If there is nothing important on the disk, and you want
to repartition it completely, then try erasing the MBR completely:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX bs=512 count=1
This will overwrite the MBR for the Xth drive. Sometimes it is important
to have a clean start.
Vilmos
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From: C Sanjayan Rosenmund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Installing Linux past 1024 cylinder
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 19:57:01 -0700
Richard wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:54:55 GMT, Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to install RedHat Linux 6.2 on a 20 gig drive. I put it on
> >the end of the drive past the 1024th out of 2500 cylinders. LILO
> >doesn't seem to like booting from here, it locks up halfway through the
> >printing of the LILO prompt. I have heard that lilo doesn't work past
> >the 1024th cylinder of the drive.
> >
> >I have tried using PowerQuest BootMagic to boot from that partition, but
> >it just locks up.
> >
> >If someone could tell me how to use LILO on this partition with or
> >without BootMagic or some other solution for this problem I would
> >appreciate it very much.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Kevin
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You can also look into using Loadlin. It boots linux from windows 98,
> which actually works out better than you would think (at least if you
> set up a multiconfig autoexec.bat - the icon on the desktop thing just
> seems cheesy to me)
What I recomend is a small partition (about 12 to 24 Megs at the start
of the drive. Mount this at /boot (this is where the kernel image
resides) and LILO should be happy. I've done this often on large
drives where a kernel rebuild may put the boot image past cylindar
1024. For LILO to work, the only thing that *must* be in the 1st 1024
cyls is the boot image (vmlinux). This can be accomplished with the
/boot partition that I recomended. Hope this is of some help.
Sanjay
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: where is www.linuxjournel.com??
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:05:51 -0500
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:39:36 +1000, Sam Wun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This website is vanished from the web, has it been changed name lately?
>I am just looking for some info about setting up my Oracle8i in Linux.
>
>Someone said that www.linuxjournel.com could help. Is there any other
> website contains
The URL is misspelled www.linuxjournal.com (you have an "e" instead of
an "a"). I just checked and the site is up as of 9pm US Central time
Wednesday 14 June 2000.
John
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From: "Daniel Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie winning for help !!!!
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:04:50 -0700
Please help me.!!!
I got Linux installed but I'm not able to execute any programs (even shell
script). I tried to use the chmod 777 (and indeed I can make the programs
executable) but the asterisc still doesn'at appear and every time I get the
message : Command not found !!!
I agree that is a silly thing but can anyone help me !!!!
Thak you very much !!!!
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:55:50 +0800
From: Tan Chee Sin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: using ssh in redhat
Hi all,
I'm new to Linux. Can anyone tell me how to configure Redhat Linux to
run ssh? Thanks a lot.
Chee Sin
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Subject: Re: Newbie winning for help !!!!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:17:52 GMT
"Daniel Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please help me.!!!
> I got Linux installed but I'm not able to execute any programs (even shell
> script). I tried to use the chmod 777 (and indeed I can make the programs
> executable) but the asterisc still doesn'at appear and every time I get the
> message : Command not found !!!
> I agree that is a silly thing but can anyone help me !!!!
> Thak you very much !!!!
Type something like './executable'. In other words, add a './' to the
front of the executable on the shell prompt.
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 ISO too big!
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:05:15 GMT
In article <MPG.13b1b4d6307f301d98968b@news-server>,
Broccoli Puffs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> Tell me, why can't Mandrake keep the size of their iso down to the
> "regular" limit of about 650M?
>
> The newest one is already two isos anyhow, why not make the 667.4M
> install iso just a little smaller??!!
>
Would you rather have more applications or more CDs to burn? ;->
Anyway, as Mandrake says on its website, you can setup a complete
system using the first ISO image alone (which takes up all of 650MB).
The second ISO image is just additional apps.
=====
Kichi
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:17:43 +0800
From: Tan Chee Sin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't mount cd-rom
Hi,
I ran fsconf, selected the entry: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660
clicked on the Mount button, then Yes, it reports "Mount successful",
but the fsconf window doesn't show that it is mounted, and I can't
access the cd-rom still. What's wrong?
Chee Sin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Newbie winning for help !!!!
Date: 14 Jun 2000 23:26:12 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:04:50 -0700, Daniel Pope
<<6JX15.5732$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Please help me.!!!
>I got Linux installed but I'm not able to execute any programs (even shell
>script). I tried to use the chmod 777 (and indeed I can make the programs
>executable) but the asterisc still doesn'at appear and every time I get the
>message : Command not found !!!
>I agree that is a silly thing but can anyone help me !!!!
Can you execute a program by giving the full pathname, like entering
"/bin/bash" at the command prompt? If so, read on... if not, you have a
different problem.
What does "printenv PATH" tell you? It should say something like this
for root:
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin:
and something like this for normal users:
/home/user/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:.:
The . in there means "current directory". root does not have . in his/her
path, because it's a security risk. If you want to execute a program in
the current directory as root, you should always type
./program
so you know exactly what's getting executed.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: behapy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: run cgi on users directory (EMERGENCY-PLEASE)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:32:34 +0900
/home/httpd/html/SOMETHING-DIRECTORY/a-cgi-script works fine.
but ~users/public_html/a-cgi/script doesn't work.
How do I make this works?
alreday included in access.conf
Options .... ExecCGI
alreday included in srm.conf
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
THANKS A LOT FOR THE RESPONSERS,
Geengun Guim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: using ssh in redhat
Date: 14 Jun 2000 23:32:13 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:55:50 +0800, Tan Chee Sin
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm new to Linux. Can anyone tell me how to configure Redhat Linux to
>run ssh? Thanks a lot.
0. Download ssh, usually in the form of a tarball called
"ssh1.X.Y.tar.gz".
1. tar xvzf ssh1.X.Y.tar.gz
2. cd ssh1.X.Y
3. less README* INSTALL*
(read the documentation. ALWAYS read the documentation. If you don't
understand the documentation, read it again. If you continue without
having understood the documentation, you deserve any bad things that
happen.)
4. ./configure (pay attention if errors occur, do what the error message
suggests)
5. make
6. make install (must be done as root)
Now you can ssh to a remote computer. For allowing remote users to ssh to
your machine, you must start the sshd daemon. I have a line in
/sbin/init.d/boot.local (Redhat uses /etc/rc.d/rc.local) that says:
/usr/local/sbin/sshd
which starts sshd, no problem. HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk and dos
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:23:38 -0500
"Lonni J. Friedman" wrote:
>
> "David .." wrote:
> >
> > paul simdars wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone used Linux fdisk to partition their dos drive? I have one
> > > drive which has only dos partitions on it but dos doesn't seem to be
> > > able to partition it correctly. It keeps adding an extra partition so I
> > > thought I'd do it with Linux. Anyone had any experience?
> > > Thanks.
> > > Paul
> >
> > This is a newsgroup not a chat room. This is your 4th posting of the
> > same question within 5 minutes. Relax and give someone time to answer.
>
> He did a forth? I kill filed him after #3, as have many others i'd
> imagine.
Actually he did 5 but not all in this group.
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: using ssh in redhat
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:26:02 -0500
Tan Chee Sin wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to Linux. Can anyone tell me how to configure Redhat Linux to
> run ssh? Thanks a lot.
http://www.openssh.com/install.html
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: Simon Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat vs Slackware
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:54:05 GMT
Hi,
I'm currently using RedHat 6.1 and thinks it's fine, but I've heard many
rumours that Slackware would be more Linux sided and would be overall better.
Could someone compare them to me and point me to a download location for the
best one?
My uses are essentially C++ programmation and OpenGL programmation.
Thanks,
Simon
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From: Broccoli Puffs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 ISO too big!
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:56:11 GMT
Hi,
> Broccoli Puffs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
> > Tell me, why can't Mandrake keep the size of their iso down to the
> > "regular" limit of about 650M?
>
> Would you rather have more applications or more CDs to burn? ;->
> Anyway, as Mandrake says on its website, you can setup a complete
> system using the first ISO image alone (which takes up all of 650MB).
> The second ISO image is just additional apps.
>
> -----
> Kichi
Oh, I like the additional apps just fine. What I'm complaining about is
too much stuff jammed into the installation iso which is actually 667M
and definitely too large for Nero 5 to write to a single garden-variety
CDR.
There are bigger CDRs, I'll have to look for a few and see if my burner
will work with that. Might not!
I think all the install CDs will be going to two per install soon enough,
anyway. So why not do so now, and spread the megabytes out a little more
evenly..
James
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Surenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Linux user needs a better browser
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:26:19 GMT
muzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jin Rid wrote:
>>
>> hi
>> No flame intend. I am used to Internet Explorer 5.x under Windows and I find
>> the Netscape Communicator 4.7x that comes with my SuSE6.4 not as friendly
>> and can't run some of the cocoon samples well. Is there a replacement for
>> Netscape browser?
>> Regards
> This older Linux user also wants a better browser!
> Netscape 6 is looking promising, although it is incomplete as yet (no
> news)
If that was all I could live with it.
I have problems with the Linux and DOS version.
I have to minimize the window to pull up a new web page... Irratating
but I don't always have to do that..
the big problem is the mail client is VERY unstable. I lost 2 weeks of
mail!
I went back to netscape 4.7.X. I'll switch back to 6.0 when I hear
the stability problems are fixed.
I don't mean to knock the mozilla people (too much) they got my support...
I just can't run the stuff in production yet.
> --
> Never trust a man in a suit --
> cll
--
=============================================================================
- Bob Surenko [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.fred.net/surenko/
=============================================================================
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: does linux support dual/PII PC?
Date: 14 Jun 2000 19:48:21 -0800
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I plan to buy a dual CPU PC, but I prefer Linux much more than W2K on it.
>
>I know NT&W2K support mutiple processor, I do not know whether linux dos.
>
>Thanks
I thought you might enjoy this. Below is the output from top, a
process/system monitoring program, which was run in another window
immediately after this command:
"cd /usr/src/linux; make -j2 'MAKE=make -j4' bzlilo"
which compiles the Linux kernel and allows make to run 2 jobs at
once at the top level (meaning it will compile in two different
sub-directories at once) and will run 4 jobs in the
sub-directories (meaning it will be compiling four different
modules at one time in each of the two subdirectories it is
working in).
... 9 users, load average: 13.08, 5.13, 2.17
156 processes: 133 sleeping, 22 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 122.6% user, 19.9% system, 0.0% nice, 61.3% idle
CPU0 states: 85.2% user, 14.2% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle
CPU1 states: 89.0% user, 10.4% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle
The load averages are interesting. Those are the average number
of processes waiting for a time slice, during the last 1, 10,
and 15 minute periods. Hence in the past minute there was an
average of 13.08 processes ready to run at any given moment.
This is a pair of old PII's running at 350Mhz. And that load
would have brought any computer I've owned previously (actually
any of the other half dozen I own now) to it's knees. In this
case I can notice the system is sluggish. (It is almost like
cheating to play xtetris while doing a compile... :-)
Dual cpu's on a server is a must, but on a personal workstation
it is just plain addictive.
Floyd
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: Wayne Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT 4.0, DOS, Linux -- Is It Worth It?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:22:02 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Lonni J. Friedman" wrote:
> Wayne Watson wrote:
> > I just purchased RedHat 6.2. I have a computer with DOS and NT 4.0 installed on
>it, and would like
> > to have all three available. I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth the trouble. I
>fired up the RH
> > install disk and eventually was confronted with a screen that asks "Where do you
>want to install
> > Linux?" and shows the following partitions:
> > hda1 500M
> > hda5 2G
> > hda6 2G
> > hda7 2G
> > hda8 1.4G
> >
> > The partitions correspond to my C:, D:, E:, F:, and G: drives. DOS is on C: and NT
>4.0 is on D:.
> > They are all partitioned as FAT.
>
> Well that is problem #1. Linux needs an ext2 partition. Would you try
> to install NT4 in a FAT32 partition??
I'm assuming that RD install will format the hda6 to a Linux compatible partition.
>
>
> >I suspect I want to tell the install program to start Linux at hda6
> >
> > or drive E:. I decided to call RH install support and they immediately suggested
>the NT How-To or
> > using Partition Magic 5.0. The How-To seems unnecessarily complex and I really
>don't want to buy
> > more s/w, especially if installing 6.2 with NT 4 .0 is going to be all that
>troublesome. That is,
> > this experience does not inspire me to believe I can do the dual (triple?) dance
>without getting
> > bit.
>
> THe HOW-TO is complex in order to cover all possibilities. Would you
> prefer that it was vague and incomplete? Read the HOW-TO, and then read
> it again twice more. If you still have trouble understanding it, ask
> specifically about what is confusing you here.
I guess what irks me about the How-To isn't necessarily the How-To. It's the attitude
of the RH tech
support that just points me to it as an answer. By now, I think they should know their
product better
and know what I should expect out of a DOS/NT/Linux install.They are all to quick to
point to the
How-to, and thus through the problem back to the user. My feeling, based on a previous
experience
install NT and Linux described in my original post, is that if I tell the install
program to start the
Linux install on hda6, all will be fine. I will likely be able to boot to DOS, NT or
Linux using Lilo.
In which case, there is no need to point a customer to the How-To. I will probably end
up trying this,
since if I screw up NT or DOS, it'll probably take me an hour or two to recover them
with a re-install.
>
> > BTW, why didn't Linux refer to the above partitions as hda1,2,3, ..., etc instead
>of hda1, 5,
> > 6...?
>
> Most likely because you have an extended partition which is holding
> hda5, 6, 7 & 8. Sounds like you need to become alot better acquainted
> with your computer if you are unaware how the HD is currently
> partitioned.
>
> > After pondering this for awhile and recalling that I did a similar installation
>with NT 4.0 and
> > Linux successfully a few years ago, I almost feel as I can push on with the
>install by simply
> > telling the install program to put Linux at hda6. I recall that I ended up with a
>Lilo boot, which
> > was fine. Eventually I got killed by creating a new NT partition beyond the Linux
>partition, and
> > could never boot Linux again. So for two years, I've stayed away from all this.
>However, the
> > computer that I'm attempting to install NT 4.0 and Linux on is not my primary
>computer, so I'm not
> > quite as concerned about a disaster over there. .
>
> The only way you'll have a disaster is if you muck around with your
> exteneded partition (hda2).
Most definitely.
--
When the One Great Scorer comes
to write against your name
He marks -- not that you won or lost
-- but how you played the game.
Grantland Rice (Dean of Sports Writers, 1880-1954)
Wayne T. Watson
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From: d4588 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat vs Slackware
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:38:53 -0500
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:54:05 GMT, Simon Lemieux
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm currently using RedHat 6.1 and thinks it's fine, but I've heard many
>rumours that Slackware would be more Linux sided and would be overall better.
>
>Could someone compare them to me and point me to a download location for the
>best one?
>
>My uses are essentially C++ programmation and OpenGL programmation.
>
>Thanks,
> Simon
I started out about 4 years ago using Slackware 1.2.13 and tend to
like the flexibility it gives me.I prefer *.tar files over rpm
files.Also I like being able to recompile my own kernel without having
to upgrade countless packages to satisfy Redhat.Dont get me wrong
Redhat is ok and it has its pluses....But my goal for starting to use
Linux was to learn Unix for career purposes.
I also have Solaris 7 and to me the structure of Slackware resembles a
commercial Unix more than Redhat.I have used the version 5 and 6.2
series of Redhat and for about six months but went back to using
Slackware becuase of the amount of control is gives me and actually
having to learn a little about the system instead of having the system
try to hold my hand.
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From: Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Environment in Bash
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:55:46 GMT
How do I define an environment variable using the Bash shell? I am used
to using csh on suns and sgis, and have recently begun working with bash
on linux machines. I tried setenv, but it isn't there.
Thanks,
Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: moving the kernel and modules...
Date: 15 Jun 2000 01:00:44 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dances With Crows wrote:
> it requires editing /usr/src/linux/Makefile, adding
> the lines:
> INSTALL_PATH=/somewhere
> INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/somewhere-else
If you are too lazy to edit the Makefile, you can pass arguments to make(1)
on the command line:
$ make INSTALL_PATH=/somewhere INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/somewhere-else
(On the other hand, editing the Makefile is a sort of documentation of what
you've done.)
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: Chris Eldredge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Samba problems
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 05:02:10 GMT
Here's a tip: please don't crosspost!
I don't think the passwd-sync was configured right on redhat 6.0... try
poking around www.samba.org
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To be really modern one should have no soul.
To be really Greek one should have no clothes."
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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: DNS problem
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:09:23 +0800
Hi,
I am setup a DNS server in Linux environment, but I got something wrong
when I use nslookup to check it as below:
> nslookup www.mydns.com
Server: mydns.com
Address: 192.168.0.210
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: dream.mydns.com
Address: 192.168.0.210
Aliases: www.mydns.com
Why this happened and how to solve it? Thanks for any helps!
Mark ^.^
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