Linux-Misc Digest #776, Volume #25 Sat, 16 Sep 00 08:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: 2 drives, windowsnt with linux....how? (Josef Oswald)
inetd.conf--someone changed the file? (Hypnotist)
Swapfile problem (Fung Wai Keung)
Re: Kernel Panic?!?!?!?! (Fung Wai Keung)
Re: umounting depending on login (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
Re: Clock won't stay set right (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
Re: lightweight "linux shell" available for win98? ("Doug")
Re: a few questions (Matthew J Zukowski)
Re: inetd.conf--someone changed the file? (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
Solaris emulation (solemul)????? (Daniel Wetzler)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: Help Question? (Tony Lawrence)
msdos fdisk does not see linux swap partition ("Gerard H. Pille")
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From: Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2 drives, windowsnt with linux....how?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:33:39 GMT
Hi :-)
Actually you really don't need to worry ( I run a dual boot box with
win98 and Linux SuSE 6.2)
Since you want to install them separately you only must watch out when
you select the drive for Linux i.e. hda would be your first drive and
hdb your second if you use EIDE drives if they are SCSI then it is sda
and sdb.
It would be a good Idea to put Linux on the second Drive unless NT is
able to boot from the second drive.
To boot you system ( for the time being) you could use a floppy and
when you know more about Linux you can use Lilo or loadlin or any other
boot manager that would boot linux.
This way the there is only one entry in the MBR. Not to forget to change
in the BIOS C to A-drive at start up.
Since you install a SuSE :-) one more tip there is a installations
option install as server do _not_ use this option because SuSE will be
using _both_ HDD's....
Other then that I don't really see any problems installing your Linux
:-)
Have fun <- as your Linux team would say :-)
acerbus_dae schrieb:
>
> Im planning on buying a new Dell system with twin 10gig drives, and Id
> like NT installed to one disk, and suse/other on the next...Trouble is
> Ive never had to do that before, and even though I dont think there
> will be any serious problems, Id just like to know if theres anything I
> should expect to deal with...
>
> LILO will need to still be on the first drive correct? Anything I
> should worry about along the way?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Josef Oswald
- on missing SIG line one recognizes the WinXX box it deserves none..:-(
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From: Hypnotist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: inetd.conf--someone changed the file?
Date: 16 Sep 2000 09:35:19 GMT
i changed the setting in /etc/ineted.conf and it worked as intended.
but strange thing happened. the file suddenly changed back to what it
was like before i edit it! for example, i commented out the finger
service and did a "killall -HUP inetd", 12 hours later it became uncommented.
same thing happen to /etc/issue.net.
i don't think anyone has access to my sistem, so what exactly is going on?
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From: Fung Wai Keung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Swapfile problem
Date: 16 Sep 2000 10:07:14 GMT
Hi,
I increased my swap size by creating tempoarary swapfile according to the
man page of mkswap. However, I forgot to disable the temp swapfile before
reboot the system. After reboot, the temp swapfile disappear in ls
directory but it still allocate disk space (as shown in df). How can I
release the unused disk space?
Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Wai Keung, Fung
Department of Automation and Computer Aided Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong
Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Fung Wai Keung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic?!?!?!?!
Date: 16 Sep 2000 10:03:46 GMT
Hi,
Get a boot disk and rescue disk. Boot from boot disk and enter into
rescue mode. Then we should not have kernel panic and you can do what you
want to do.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: i tried. i put in the rescue disk and it loads the kernel, then it
: loads the ramdisk. however, i get the same kernel panic. the only
: interaction i have is during lilo and i don't know anything about boot
: options.
: In article <8pt327$oih$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Fung Wai Keung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Hi,
:>
:> You can boot into rescue mode and recover the symbolic link you've
:> deleted. Remember to mount your filesystems w/ read-write mode.
:>
:> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:> : OK, i made a boo boo. i was upgrading my system (redhat 6.0) to
: glib
:> : 1.2.6. I upgraded using the RPM, however the links weren't set up
: for
:> : the programs to use it. so, i was going to update the dynamic
: loader
:> : by 'ln -s /usr/i386-glibc2-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-
:> : linux.so.2@' however, me the idiot, deleted /lib/ld-linux.so.2@.
: no
:> : commands were interpreted, and i couldn't do a damn thing. so, i
:> : rebooted. it halts: Warning, unable to open an initial console.
:> : Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to the kernel.
:> : i'm not too familiar with passing options to the kernel, so i'm
: LOST.
:> : any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
:>
:> : Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
:> : Before you buy.
:>
:> --
:>
:> Regards,
:> Wai Keung, Fung
:>
:> Department of Automation and Computer Aided Engineering,
:> The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
:> Shatin, N.T.,
:> Hong Kong
:>
:> Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
:> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:>
: Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
: Before you buy.
--
Regards,
Wai Keung, Fung
Department of Automation and Computer Aided Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong
Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: umounting depending on login
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 07:11:48 -0400
mike wrote:
> I have a couple people (besides myself) which log onto my machine. By
> default all disks are mounted when the machine is booted up. I'd like to
> fix it so that when these other two log in some of the disks are umounted.
>
> How can I do that automatically?
>
Are you sure you are not doing something wrong? It is not that you could not
figure out how to do this, but if you wish to deny access to some files or
file systems, would not the way be to do it with file permissions? What if
you are logged in and want those partitions mounted, and someone else is also
logged in for whom you want the partitions unmounted? Linux, unlike some
other operating systems, is not a single-user operating system.
> --
> .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
> /V\ Registered Machine 73926.
> /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
> ^^-^^ 7:06am up 38 days, 14:33, 2 users, load average: 2.09, 2.19, 2.17
>
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clock won't stay set right
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 07:19:14 -0400
"Prasanth A. Kumar" wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester) writes:
>
> > For some reason, my clock system clock gains about 30 minutes every week,
> > and I have to continually reset it.
> >
> > I don't recall this happening back when this computer used to run
> > windows... is it a Linux problem, or a "replace your battery, stupid"
> > problem?
> >
> > --
> > -- Fester
> >
> > We like Roy.
> > ======================================
>
> Not sure what could be the problem but I personally run 'xntp3' which
> synchronized the system clock to a bunch of more accurate clocks on
> the net. It is pretty easy to setup.
Is this now sweeping the dirt under the carpet? While synchronizing your clock
to another more reliable one on the Internet is probably a good idea, if your
clock gains 30 minutes per week, something else is wrong and should be tracked
down and fixed.
It is not a Linux problem, in the sense that neither of my two machines have
it. This machine loses about 3 seconds a day. My other machine, I cannot tell,
because it synchronizes itself with this one about once an hour, and is never
off by more than one second.
It might be a Linux problem, in a way, if your /etc/adjtime file may be messed
up. The easiest way to fix that is to just delete it. It will be replaced with
another one that is initialized to something that is much less likely to have
your system gain 30 minutes per week.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 7:12am up 38 days, 14:39, 2 users, load average: 2.19, 2.23, 2.19
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From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lightweight "linux shell" available for win98?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 22:33:54 +1000
"Cevat Ustun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is there a windows (command line) shell that imitates some
> of the functionality of a linux shell? Being forced to work with
> win9x after a long time, I'm frustrated at not being able
> to do ls, grep, vi, head, cut (and pipe the outputs)...
>
Sounds like you're after the Cygnus port of the GNU tools including bash to
Win32.
Try http://www.cygnus.com
Doug
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From: Matthew J Zukowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: a few questions
Date: 16 Sep 2000 11:13:11 GMT
Trumpy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hello whoever reads this. This message is more of a list of things which
: are keeping me from using Linux as my primary OS. I have been using SuSE
: Linux (6.3 and 6.4) off and on for a little while now. I don't like
: Microsoft products any more than anybody else here, but for now Windows is
: what I have to use to get what I want out of my computer.
: Now I HAVE worked on solving the "problems" listed below. Please do not
: think I'm not putting any effort into this. I have read through many help
: sites and books. Perhaps my problems come from a misinterpretation of the
: proposed solution.
: Here goes...
: --------------
: I have a Lexmark 5700 printer. It does not appear on any basic printer
: setup list. On the SuSE CD's there is supposed to be some kind of utility
: to get this printer working. Despite my best efforts, I cannot get it to do
: anything.
Can't help you there. Never been a fan of these soft printers my self,
but I have always based my HW choices on the ability to run on multiable
systems. I'm not just talking linux.
: --------------
: Is there any application to copy mp3's to a Diamond Rio 300? I fear this
: will never happen now that S3 owns Diamond and they don't seem to care much
: about Linux anything.
Couldn't help ya there.
: --------------
: Quake3. This is very important. Has id Software released anything so you
: can use the Win32 CD? If not, where is a good place to get the Linux
: version cheap?
No worries. Linux is not the ideal platform, however.
: I cannot seem to get my microphone working in Linux. I would really like it
: to work so I could use dialpad (www.dialpad.com/). I have an old ISA
: Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16, which gets automatically configured when I
: install SuSE 6.4
Dialpad doesn't support linux, unfortunatly.
: --------------
: What is the best program for ripping CD's to MP3's under Linux?
Don't know that one, but I'm sure there is one.
: How well does Netscape 6 beta2 run under Linux? Is it worth installing
: this, or should I just be content with Netscape 4.whatever?
I have NO problems with Netscape 6 beta2. With flash I can navigate the
vast majority of the net. The flash plugin works well.
Linux isn't for everyone, and it's sad the fact that HW companies are less
inclined to support it.
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: inetd.conf--someone changed the file?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 07:24:27 -0400
Hypnotist wrote:
> i changed the setting in /etc/ineted.conf and it worked as intended.
> but strange thing happened. the file suddenly changed back to what it
> was like before i edit it! for example, i commented out the finger
> service and did a "killall -HUP inetd", 12 hours later it became uncommented.
> same thing happen to /etc/issue.net.
> i don't think anyone has access to my sistem, so what exactly is going on?
Sounds to me as though someone has set up a daemon (perhaps by setting up a cron
job somewhere) that is changing it back. Perhaps you are mistaken and someone
does have access to your system and cracked it. Better check all the files
referred to in /etc/crontab as well as all the files in /var/spool/cron and
maybe /var/spool/at. Be sure to look at ALL of them; i.e., even (especially)
those whose names start with a dot. Do ls -la.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 7:18am up 38 days, 14:45, 3 users, load average: 2.15, 2.17, 2.17
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From: Daniel Wetzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,de.alt.linux
Subject: Solaris emulation (solemul)?????
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:50:45 +0200
Hi,
I'm using Red Hat 6.1 on a sparc based mashine.
I would like to emulate solaris to use some little solaris-based
programs.
I already copied the required files from my solaris 7 system to
/usr/gnemul/solaris/
But it seems that my linux kernel doesn't own the solaris kernel module
:
[root@dawe-sparc10 /]# insmod solaris
insmod: solaris: no module by that name found
[root@dawe-sparc10 /]#
Does someone know where to get a (precompiled) solaris-kernel module ?
Greetings,
Daniel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: 15 Sep 2000 23:19:04 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, RogerB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Crap. For years Ms has been the only produce because
>the stores sell nothing else. The average user gets a PC pre-installed
>and couldn't install windows any easier than linux. Out here in the
>country I have to drive twice as far for a loaf of bread than a pc
>with windows. The masses don't want choice they want a a loaf of
more likely: they want or need a computer, go to the next store and
get told that ms is the only thing available. not being experts, they
believe the advice of the dealer whom they erroneously believe to know
what he is talking about, and settle for what he sells them.
over the years i had numerous talks with people who complained how
lousy the computer they had to work with is. when i told them about
available alternatives, they were genuinely surprised that such
alternatives even existed. the only alternative most some were aware
of was apple.
> ...
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: 15 Sep 2000 23:27:58 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:59:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RogerB) wrote:
>
>> Crap. For years Ms has been the only produce because
>>the stores sell nothing else.
>
>Bull shit. There has *never* been a time when MS didn't have
>any competition. Claiming "they only came out on top because
that is debatable. true enough, there always was something available,
but you had to know about it and be very persistent to get it.
practically all stores and direct sellers offered ms and nothing else,
didn't bother to inform potential customers that anything else was
available. there was a period where dr-dos had a chance. just check
the court documents about how ms took care of that problem
>the stores sell nothing else" is as stupid as the crap Ray Lopez
how many stores do you know who sold something else, or were even
willing to look into it when you demanded it (which most newbies
couldn't simply because nobody told them)
> ...
hs
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 08:03:34 -0400
Hartmann Schaffer wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:59:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RogerB) wrote:
> >
> >> Crap. For years Ms has been the only produce because
> >>the stores sell nothing else.
> >
> >Bull shit. There has *never* been a time when MS didn't have
> >any competition. Claiming "they only came out on top because
>
> that is debatable. true enough, there always was something available,
> but you had to know about it and be very persistent to get it.
> practically all stores and direct sellers offered ms and nothing else,
> didn't bother to inform potential customers that anything else was
> available. there was a period where dr-dos had a chance. just check
> the court documents about how ms took care of that problem
>
> >the stores sell nothing else" is as stupid as the crap Ray Lopez
>
> how many stores do you know who sold something else, or were even
> willing to look into it when you demanded it (which most newbies
> couldn't simply because nobody told them)
>
> > ...
>
> hs
Most of the folks I know in the retail business don't know how to
operate anything but windows. The technicians may know how, but the
money is in working on MS boxes. It's a "volume" thing.
--
Rinaldi]$
"The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people,
too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the
Constitution." --Ronald Reagan
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Question?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 08:06:20 -0400
Summerlill wrote:
>
> Please list two operating systems and their strong points !!!!
Please list two schools where they let you have other people
do your homework.
--
Tony Lawrence ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SCO/Linux articles, help, book reviews, tests,
job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com
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From: "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: be.comp.os.linux,linux.debian.user
Subject: msdos fdisk does not see linux swap partition
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 14:06:24 +0000
Hello,
Don't tell me I'm posting to the wrong newsgroup. Here at least, I
stand a chance of getting an answer.
I had three normal partitions on my drive, NT, Linux, W98, and an
extended partition for Linux Swap.
I went into W98 to add an extra partition for it. Fdisk (and foolish
me) did not notice the linux swap, and would only allow a 1.9Gb of the
13Gb that were available. I created the partition, killing the Linux
Swap. Well, I remade the swap space, and Linux is running happily on
the UDMA66 disk, thinking it is on ide0 (boot append
ide0=0xd400,0xd802).
W98 however, is not that happy. When booting, it assigns all available
drive letters, C & D are ok, but E=C and F=D, and G=C and H=D, ... up
to Y=C and Z=D. This disables the use of the CDROM, so I can't
reinstall. W98 gives a warning: logical drives past Z exist and will be
ignored.
Before the error, W98 ran without problem on this configuration.
Shall I delete the extended partition and start over?
Any idea will be greatly appreciated, I know some of you have one now
and then.
Gerard
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