Linux-Misc Digest #183, Volume #25 Thu, 20 Jul 00 00:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: split (Kaz Kylheku)
Re: Lilo broken??? (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: Network is unreachable (Tanner Slayton)
Help on tar.gz (Daniel)
Problem: GMC with PAM or SU ("Colin W Holywell")
Re: Lilo broken??? (Dances With Crows)
Howto Hardware config? ("Paul (NCC/CS)")
sc400 bootloader (Jeff Say)
RedHat Apache Web Server with perl (Abel Romo)
quotas file ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Axent Defender + PPP (Christopher Browne)
Re: RedHat Apache Web Server with perl ("Jan Schaumann")
WebTV (Robert Young)
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! ("G-Loc")
Re: Xwindows (EMC Monitor) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Video Capture cards (Pete Zaitcev)
Re: RedHat and /etc/issue.net (MH)
Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition! ("Gordon McLachlan")
Re: Help on tar.gz (Joe Dumais)
Re: How do I read newsgroup with @home? ("Patrick Lam")
Re: newbie question - Linux kernel (David Steuber)
Re: Howto run 2.4* kernel? (David Steuber)
Re: capture screen output during booting (MH)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: split
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:22:42 GMT
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:42:29 -0400, viv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone have the source code for the split utility which splits a
>file into chunks which can be concatenated later.
This probably already came with your Linux distribution, it's called GNU split.
It's part of the GNU textutils package, if you are really looking for the
source code.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Lilo broken???
Date: 20 Jul 2000 01:26:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
"Brian Davis" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Hey Matt,
>
> This is an old BIOS, so I think your on to something. I haven't played with
> Linux/Lilo for a while, and I have a question:
>
> How does one "make sure that the kernel image and map file are under the
> 1024 cylinder limit"?
When you install created a partition of /boot first and make it only like
20 or 30 MB which will be way more then enough for the kernel and map
file.
The newest version of lilo has fixed the 1024 cylinder limit problem so
this may be an option.
- Justin
--
_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ = Justin Willoughby =
_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ = I use SlackWare!! =
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ = http://justinw.net =
_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ =--- Jesus Is Lord ---=
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From: Tanner Slayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network is unreachable
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:30:04 GMT
Tom Hoffmann wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:30:02 GMT, Tanner Slayton wrote:
> >Hello,
> > I am trying to get Caldera Open Linux 2.3 to work with my Windows NT
> >Domain using Samba 2. I am getting an error "Network is Unreachable"
when
> >trying to join the domain.
>
> "Network unreachable" errors are usually indicative of a routing
> problem. What does "netstat -rn" show?
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0
eth0
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0
eth0
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
lo
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.misc,linux.help,alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Help on tar.gz
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:38:46 -0400
I tried to install a few software with extension tar.gz, I follow the
instruction lthings like ./configure and install etc...
Most of them don't get to install.
Do I have to unpack these files to a speciify directory??
Thank you
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From: "Colin W Holywell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem: GMC with PAM or SU
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:45:57 GMT
When I su and run the Gnome Midnight Commander it doesn't inherit root privilages. I
have also
tried using PAM too and no go. It starts up and displays that "You are running the
Gnome file
manager as root" dialog box, but doesn't seem to have root access.
What am I doing wrong? Is GMC supposed to do this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Lilo broken???
Date: 20 Jul 2000 01:46:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 01:06:07 GMT, Bob Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>well, if the drive is less than 8 GB, you know it's under 1024 (in general
>that is)
>>
>> This is an old BIOS, so I think your on to something. I haven't played
>> Linux/Lilo for a while, and I have a question:
>> How does one "make sure that the kernel image and map file are under the
>> 1024 cylinder limit"?
Where exactly the 1024-cylinder limit is depends on the BIOS. Recent
BIOSes use LBA translation, which puts the limit at 8G. Older BIOSes
used "Large" or "Normal" translation, putting the limit at 2G and 504M
respectively. So try doing as another poster suggested and make a 20M
partition called /boot that's right at the beginning of the drive...
this will ensure that /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/map can be reached by your
old BIOS.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
"Depress the button," it said. Gloria looked at the button. "You're a
very ugly button," she began. --Phil Janes, _The Galaxy Game_
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From: "Paul (NCC/CS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Howto Hardware config?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:16:40 +1000
Hi,
I have to shift a linux disk (containing RH6.2 fully
installed) from one machine to onother. The change
of hardware is noted by linux program kudzu and I
go through the procedure of configuring for the new
box. ok. But it didn't seem to completely work. Seems
there are still IRQ conflicts. Ethernet card won't work.
Could someone point me at info/HOWTO's/doco
or suggest how I specify IRQ's and the like for the
kernel so it can work with this new hardware?
Much appreciated,
Paul.
--
____________________________________________
Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
National Climate Centre
Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
____________________________________________
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From: Jeff Say <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sc400 bootloader
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 22:26:09 -0400
I have sc400 (486) based embedded PC AT board,4M Flash and 16M DRAM SBC.
I do not
want to use any BIOS to load Linux. Board supports headless operation
(no keyboard, no display, no floppy/hard disk) - only serial port can be
used as a console). I need a bootloader to boot Linux. I am trying to
find a bootloader which graps binary linux image and copies to DRAM,
then boots from there.
does anyone knows how to that? if you interested in this project, I will
pay your consultation fee!!
serious guys only!!
TIA,
Jeff Say
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From: Abel Romo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat Apache Web Server with perl
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 02:30:07 GMT
I have a linux RedHAt 6.1 in my computer with apache web server 1.3.9-4 I
downloaded and installed mod_perl 1.21 but it says (in the installation
notes) that I must run a Makefile.PL which I can't find in the rpm I
downloaded.
Do I have to download something else or how can I run perl code in apache?
Thanx a lot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: quotas file
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 02:35:49 GMT
I enabled quota system on a mail server
currently there are about 1500 mail users on the system
everyone has 5MB mail quota on the file system /mail
Now, what I don't understand is /mail/quotas is very large
> ls -l /mail/quotas
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 3950617280 Jul 19 17:04 /mail/quotas
/mail/quotas is large as 3.9G
but /mail file system only has 4G
> /usr/ucb/df
/dev/dsk/c1t5d0s4 4129822 254529 3833995 7% /mail
the usage is only 254MB
Now I have 2 questions:
1) Why doesn't "df" command show the usage of /mail/quotas, is
the quotas file really occupies the disk space?
2) If the quotas file really occupies very large disk space,
is there any problem if I delete the file /mail/quotas manually?
Thanks!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Axent Defender + PPP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 02:59:43 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Justo M. Casablanca
would say:
>FYI, at my current job anyone who wants to log into the office
>remotely must use an Axent Defender card. At my previous job,
>a very similar method was used for remote logins. I suspect that
>more and more software development companies will adopt these.
>
>Hmmm, wouldn't it be nice if kpppd allowed one to interact with
>the resulting dialup "challenge" ? Windoze has this option, after
>all. Currently I have to use XISP from Linux in order to be able
>to use my Axent Defender card for my remote office PPP connection.
Note that Axent "has a vision"...
<http://www.axent.com/Axent/About/SODs/LinuxStatementOfDirection#3>
"Our vision is to adapt appropriate AXENT products to the Linux
platform"
Obviously, the "standard" scheme of using /usr/sbin/chat to script the
interaction won't do, as it provides no way of responding to the
challenge/response system that the Defender scheme provides.
The pppd suite included with Debian basically uses chat; it comes with
a sample Expect script designed for use with a "secure access key"
system similar to Axent Defender. I have fiddled with it,
unfortunately with less than scintillating success.
Personally, I couldn't care less about there being a GUI solution; I'm
happier with something that runs scripted, as that [generally] permits
automating the process. This obviously represents an exception, as I
need to be present to punch buttons on both Defender and PC.
At any rate, if you see any answers, please let me know.
--
If a logical expression is hard to understand, try transforming it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: "Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat Apache Web Server with perl
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:02:35 -0500
It was Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:30 PM, that Abel Romo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have a linux RedHAt 6.1 in my computer with apache web server 1.3.9-4
> I downloaded and installed mod_perl 1.21 but it says (in the
> installation notes) that I must run a Makefile.PL which I can't find in
> the rpm I downloaded.
Generally, the Installation-notes and README's are written for self-compilation.
If you install an RPM, you usually do not need to run any Makefiles.
I might be wrong here, though.
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
All right, let's not panic. I'll make the money back by selling one
of my livers. I can get by with one. -- Homer Simpson
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From: Robert Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WebTV
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:10:05 -0400
Hi,
Does anyone have any idea if it is possible to hack a WebTV to run Linux?
--
Robert Young,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "G-Loc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,rec.autos.simulators
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:20:21 GMT
Linux? Is he a member of Charles M. Schultz's Peanuts gang?
Uwe Schuerkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi folks,
>
> "Grand Prix Legends" by Papyrus (http://www.papy.com/) is arguably
> the best windows-only racing simulation available to date. Even
> though it is more than two years old no other racing simulation has
> yet managed to match the depth of the car physics available with
> GPL, or the pure excitement when racing human opponents over the
> internet.
>
> Because of this a Linux port of "Grand Prix Legends" would add
> greatly to the ever growing portfolio of Linux games; at its age it
> should not be too hard to persuade Sierra / Papy into maybe handing
> out the port to some third party like Lokisoft, maybe adding a
> couple of features here and there in the process and releasing it as
> GPLII.
>
> If you would like to see a great racing simulation for the Linux
> platform please point your browser to
>
> http://www.schuerkamp.de/cgi-bin/sign.cgi?function=list
>
> and add your name to 300+ signers to date.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time,
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Uwe Schuerkamp http://www.schuerkamp.de/
> uwe.schuerkamp at telemedia.de for direct mail (from: is spambox)
> PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Xwindows (EMC Monitor)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:23:02 GMT
Hello Tom,
I have tried all of these. And when I start my X. I get the following.
Hope this helps you to help me.
root> startx
The error message is as follows:
(---SVGA): mode "1024x768" needs hysn freg of 80.21khtz deleted
(---SVGA): mode "1280x1024" needs hysn freq of 81.73 khtz deleted
.
.
.
.
(---SVGA): mode "1800x1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 khrtz deleted
(**) Fontpath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/x11/fonts/local/,...."
(--)SVGA: PCI :Intel unknow chipset (0X7121 rev3, memory @0xd8000000,
0xdc000000
(--SVGA): unable to open /dev/agpgart : No such device.
Fatal server error:
Aborting.
Please help me to fix this problem, so that I run xwindows on my linux
system.
Regards
Ramkumar V
Display
Chipset
Intel 810 Chipset Graphics adapter
Memory Type
Uses System Memory PC100 SDRAM
Memory Size
Memory allocated by system as needed from 1 - 8MB
Bus
AGP
Resolution at Maximum Color Depth
1024x768/16.7 Million colors
Color Depth at Maximum Resolution
256 colors/1600x1200
Maximum Scan Rate/Resolution 96 Hz/1600x1200
===============================================
In article <8l4tg6$4b1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tom Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <8l4kf5$sfo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > I recently bought a EMC 17" monitor from best buy. I would like to
> > configure Xwindows in linux for the same. I am using a 810 Intel
> > chipset. If anyone has tried, and has a Xconfig file. Please send it
> to
> > me.
> > Any pointers to this will also be helpfull.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ramkumar V
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
> >
>
> Have you tried running "XF86Setup" or "xf86config" to configure
support
> for your video card?
>
> Peace.....
>
> Tom
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Zaitcev)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture cards
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:30:57 GMT
> Any good recommendations supported in the latest (stable) kernel? I'm
> looking to capture images from off a video feed (traffic cam) and then
> post the images to a INternet page. We're using something right now but
> it's not handling data well. Works but is kludged together.
> Willing to spend whatever on getting a good video line to a video
> capture card.
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
> KJ
> --
Use something based on Brooktree Bt848 chipset.
There is a list of known boards inside the bttv.c driver.
--Pete
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat and /etc/issue.net
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:42:38 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Conway Yee wrote:
>
> It would appear that RedHat scripts are doing something
> rather annoying.
>
> I would like to CHANGE the greeting on the login prompt in telnet.
>
> This occurs in /etc/issue.net. I noticed, however, that my changes
> were NOT permanent. I think I have tracked the problem to the
> system changing it BACK to the RedHat default during bootup.
>
> Where is my RedHat 6.2 system committing this atrocity?
>
> Conway Yee
Atrocity? Ever hear of hyperbole? Geez. You need to get out more.
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From: "Gordon McLachlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,rec.autos.simulators
Subject: Re: Please sign the "Grand Prix Legends" petition!
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:53:00 GMT
Linux is not an acceptable desktop operating system. It is useful as a web
server OS, but other than that it is an oddity, much like those who hype it
excessively.
Regards,
Gordon
"Uwe Schuerkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi folks,
>
> "Grand Prix Legends" by Papyrus (http://www.papy.com/) is arguably
> the best windows-only racing simulation available to date. Even
> though it is more than two years old no other racing simulation has
> yet managed to match the depth of the car physics available with
> GPL, or the pure excitement when racing human opponents over the
> internet.
>
> Because of this a Linux port of "Grand Prix Legends" would add
> greatly to the ever growing portfolio of Linux games; at its age it
> should not be too hard to persuade Sierra / Papy into maybe handing
> out the port to some third party like Lokisoft, maybe adding a
> couple of features here and there in the process and releasing it as
> GPLII.
>
> If you would like to see a great racing simulation for the Linux
> platform please point your browser to
>
> http://www.schuerkamp.de/cgi-bin/sign.cgi?function=list
>
> and add your name to 300+ signers to date.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time,
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Uwe Schuerkamp http://www.schuerkamp.de/
> uwe.schuerkamp at telemedia.de for direct mail (from: is spambox)
> PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
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From: Joe Dumais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.misc,linux.help,alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Help on tar.gz
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:47:37 -0700
Daniel wrote:
> I tried to install a few software with extension tar.gz, I follow the
> instruction lthings like ./configure and install etc...
> Most of them don't get to install.
> Do I have to unpack these files to a speciify directory??
>
> Thank you
As a rule, when I install a capability, I put the tar.gz file in
the /usr/local directory. I gunzip the file there and then
tar the file from that directory. The files that I get when
they are tar'd usually end up in a subdirectory of /usr/local.
>From the subdirectory I run ./configure, make, make install,
and make clean, in that order, and assuming that I have all of
the libraries and capabilities on my system that are needed
for whatever it is that I am building, the executable(s) ends
up in the /usr/local/bin directory. I make sure that that
directory is in my execution path. There could be lots
of reasons that your builds are not working. After you
run ./configure, edit the Makefile and make sure that the
root directory for the install is /usr/local (assuming that is
where you are putting your build). If that is the case, and
the make does not run properly, you should get some error
messages telling you what the error was in trying to build
the capability (e.g., compile error, link error, etc.). If the make
works, then the make install should work (assuming you have
a bin subdirectory, etc., in your root directory (e.g., /usr/local).
In some cases, you may also be installing libraries in a lib
subdirectory and man pages in a man subdirectory (some other
subdirectories are required in the man subdirectory (e.g., man1
etc.). You have to make sure that all of these subdirectories are
present before you run make install.
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Reply-To: "Patrick Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Patrick Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: How do I read newsgroup with @home?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:55:38 GMT
Thanks for all your help. It works!!
Patrick.
"Patrick Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all:
>
> I am trying to use @home newsgroup (appearently I am using another
> account right now) with my Caldera 2.3 box with kernel 2.2.16. The
> problem is that I am using a Win98 SE machine as the gateway
> (192.168.0.1) and the address of this linux box is 192.168.0.2. My
> win98 SE machine can use the @home account by just using "news" as the
> news server, but not the linux machine. I think I am missing something
> here .....
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
> Patrick.
>
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Subject: Re: newbie question - Linux kernel
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 04:00:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher) writes:
' On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:14:01 -0700, "dams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'
' >Hi,
'
' Hello back.
'
' > Is Lniux kernel based on BSD or SVR4?
'
' No.
'
' >Thanks,
'
' You are welcome.
If it wasn't for the ``You are welcom,'' I would have thought you a
Vorlon with your reply! True binary thinking there. ;-)
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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Subject: Re: Howto run 2.4* kernel?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 04:00:07 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
' Hi,
' Please excuse me if this is obvious...
' But how would you go about upgrading to one of the 2.4 beta kernels?
It is mostly the same for all system.
1) Grab the tarball from ftp.kernel.org.
2) su to root
3) Unpack it into a convinient directory, say /usr/src/linux-2.4.
4) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
5) make xconfig (or menuconfig or just config)
6) Choose your options. Choose wisely.
7) make bzImage
8) make modules modules_install
9) cp /boot/System.map /boot/System.map.bak
10) cp System.map /boot/System.map
[assuming Intel architecture here]
11) cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4
12) Edit /etc/lilo.conf to add the following section:
image = /boot/vmlinuz.2.4
root = /dev/hda3 <----- this should be your root partition
label = linux-2.4 <----- choose your name. Lilo will give you a
choice when more than one image is
availble
13) lilo
If all went well, then you should be able to boot to the new kernel.
If you like it, you can rename the directory that the Red Hat kernel
is in and create a symbolic link called /usr/src/linux that points to
/usr/src/linux-2.4:
14) ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4 /usr/src/linux
If you have your new image in /etc/lilo.conf as the first one in the
file, then it will be your default kernel.
You do not need to update libc or any other libraries. There is
always the small possibility that some software that makes system
calls like ioctl() may break, but I have not had that problem going
from 2.0.36 to 2.2.n. You can worry about such problems when they
crop up.
These are the steps I follow on a SuSE based system. I think Red Hat
is similar in having a /boot directory for the kernel image. It is
vital that you copy the System.map and bzImage files to the correct
place and edit /etc/lilo.conf correctly. Then you *must* run lilo so
that your system will continue to work.
With the method I've outlined above, your old kernel will still be
available incase your new one does not work. You can tell lilo which
one to boot. That is what the label is for.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hoplite&submit=Look+it+up
The problem with AI is that it has a mind of its own
--- Devon Miller
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: capture screen output during booting
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:59:10 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WesRight wrote:
>
> mikey wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a way to capture screen output from the kernel during
> > booting ??
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
>
> Greetings Mike, others have given you some good advice as far as the
> dmesg command goes, but here is something you may want to try.
>
> When the bootup is complete and you're sitting at the login prompt, hit
> the right <shift> and <pg-up> or <pg-down>. It must be the right shift
> key and then page-up or down will scroll all the way back to the beginning
> of the boot process.
>
Now that's cool. There have been many times when that little trick
would have come in handy.
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