Linux-Misc Digest #545, Volume #26 Thu, 14 Dec 00 10:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: bootting linux (Stefano Ghirlanda)
new Q -> multiple Repositories ("Noah Roberts")
Re: Mount fat-partition!!
Re: LINUX MANDRAKE HELP
Re: bootting linux
Re: tulip.o plz (Jeffrey Rose)
Re: Restore windows backup under linux
Re: bootting linux (Jeffrey Rose)
Re: Kernel
Re: Need Help with PASSWD! Urgent! (Michael Heiming)
Re: Hard drive crashed; trying to recover
Default Printer font.. (Jeffrey Hood)
Re: RH Linux 7.0 Install Killed DOS -- HOW? (Bob Simon)
Re: Kernel (Chris Ahlstrom)
how to send AT commands to mobile phones (kajo)
Re: Moving files w/ same extension ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
X11 Support for ATI 264 VT ?? HOW (George)
Re: Mount fat-partition!! (Robert Heller)
Re: how to send AT commands to mobile phones (Frank da Cruz)
Re: blindly accepted net advice--> blew away filesystem (Andrew Gabriel)
Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: where is boot.b ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modem Strangeness (David Efflandt)
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bootting linux
Date: 14 Dec 2000 11:13:16 +0100
"Anurodh Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi, i have a win95/linux dualboot system. As expected linux is
> stable but win95 crashes all the time and i have to reinstall
> it. The problem is since i have linux on the same HDD on seperate
> partitions, when in install win95, grub no longer loads. I cant
> figure out how i can boot linux after that.
Form the Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO:
[If] you have a working Linux box and are forced by some power to
install Windows 95 Windows 95 WILL overwrite your MBR, and thus crush
LILO. You have two options: use loadlin.exe to load your kernel, and
use that to run Linux, or boot Linux using a floppy and/or loadlin,
then re-install LILO.
--
Stefano
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From: "Noah Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Noah Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new Q -> multiple Repositories
Date: 14 Dec 2000 02:40:44 -0800
Answered the other Q myself by pure luck. The docs must be out of date.
There is an option in the config file in CVSROOT to keep it from
checking system passwords, and leaving the password part blank does NOT
work as described...using the perl script generated garbage worked.
On to the next Q....
I have a laptop and desktop running linux....I want to use both
from time to time to work on projects, and I want to share with
another friend developer down the road....so put the cvs root on
the laptop, easy....however, down the road is WAY down the road
so updating will not be that easy unless I use some sort of remote
setup (I have a dialup on a modem)...I have a sourceforge account
with cvs, I would like to use it as well. The source is pretty big
and I would like to do the initial checkout over a faster line...
namely from the laptop...and then use sourceforge and the desktop
as cvs servers to the same tree.
The docs (the out of date ones) say this is not possible without
editing CVS/Repository, and I tried that and found that it is needed
in EVERY subdirectory! Simply not fair! Short of a script which
replaces those files with the right information for whichever
cvs I want to update with, is there any way to use a single working
directory with multiple repositories? Seems to me like a reasonable
thing to do when you have both LAN and dialup connections to workstations.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount fat-partition!!
Date: 14 Dec 2000 02:44:57 -0800
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Flo wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> But with umask,uid,gid I can just set the access permissions from the
>> whole partition (or?) but I need differrent permissions for differrent
>> directiories.
>>
>
>That's correct.
>Don't use FAT for this, or make it two different partitions.
>I suppose the first won't help, because you want access from windows
>too.
>So turn to the latter solution.
>It's really your only choice I think.
Might be able to use UMSDOS for this....makes a FAT partition act
sort of like a 'real' filesystem in linux....gives you permissions
but I think you loose long file names and it might not work with
FAT32.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX MANDRAKE HELP
Date: 14 Dec 2000 02:46:33 -0800
Daniel Bechard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I'm new at Linux
>
>I had install Corel Linux and I would like to remove it and install
>Linux Mandrake 7.2.
>
>How should I do this? Should I delete the Corel Partition and
>reformate the disk for Mandrake?
Nah, the setup program should reformat it...and it 'should' be
the right kind of partition.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bootting linux
Date: 14 Dec 2000 02:53:00 -0800
Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Anurodh Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> hi, i have a win95/linux dualboot system. As expected linux is
>> stable but win95 crashes all the time and i have to reinstall
>> it. The problem is since i have linux on the same HDD on seperate
>> partitions, when in install win95, grub no longer loads. I cant
>> figure out how i can boot linux after that.
>
>Form the Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO:
>
>[If] you have a working Linux box and are forced by some power to
>install Windows 95 Windows 95 WILL overwrite your MBR, and thus crush
>LILO. You have two options: use loadlin.exe to load your kernel, and
>use that to run Linux, or boot Linux using a floppy and/or loadlin,
>then re-install LILO.
Except I think 'grub' is a different boot manager....however, the
concept is the same. You should be able to reinstall your boot
manager, there must be some documentation that explains how to
set that up. Or if there is not then use LILO, I rarely see a box
that can't boot from lilo.
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From: Jeffrey Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tulip.o plz
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:46:16 +0100
kevin wrote:
>
> Sudhakar R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If anyone has a working version of the tulip.o module for RH 7.0/kernel
> > 2.2.16-22 kindly mail it to me.
>
> > I am in desperate need of this.
>
> Works for me, I have a Linksys Network Everywhere NC100
However... not all Linksys chipsets are what they say they are!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here is a snippet of a chat I had with Alan Cox on this topic:
> Subject: Re: A Better Way? [Fwd:Re: Driver location help <- I'm starting to
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:38:04 +0100
> From: Jeffrey Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: http://ChristForge.SourceForge.net/
> To: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: Alan Cox<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> References: 1
>
> Alan Cox wrote: [Regarding the output of /sbin/lspci ]
> >
> > > 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Bridgecom, Inc: Unknown device 0985 (rev
> > > 11)
> >
> > Ho.. your chip doesnt seem to be a lite-on as you said, but a bridgecom.
> > Yet another tulip almost clone. From the 0985 I guess thats an ADMtek 985
> > in disguise
>
> Last one on this thread for the reader's ease ...
>
> This *is* the card I physically pulled out of a shrink-wrapped Linksys
> box that said "Instant Etherfast 10/100 PCI Series, Model No.LNE100TX
> Version 4.1" and the bold penguin logo: "Tested with Linux"(*) on the
> cover. "Linksys" is on the primary chip ... but may need to pull it
> again to make sure of others ... (?)
>
> (*) = Linux drivers may not be supplied on the provided disk(s). [Hah!]
>
> "Specs" only mention IEEE 802.3 and 802.3u compliance ... otherwise
> "standard".
>
> $19.00 + zero tax (US Army base purchase in Wurzburg ;-)
>
> Bottom line: With the Vanilla RH 7 installed mess ('uname -r' =
> 2.2.16-22 ;-) ... the Becker test 'tulip.c' and Bryan Smith's
> 'if-you-read-the-docs-and-know-the-specs-you-can-fix-it-this-way' did
> the trick!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
I have posted many times the past 24 hours these two links on this
ongoing 'problem':
<previous thread>
> FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: Try this method:
> See http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/leaplist/2000-October/006698.html
> Don't forget to check the messages for this problem at:
> http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html which mentions:
> "Special instructions for Red Hat 7.0"
</previous thread>
Jeff
--
"The real reason for UNIX's popularity? Many hacker's feel that UNIX is
the Right Thing -- the One True Operating System. Hence, the development
of Linux by an expanding group of UNIX hackers who want to get their
hands dirty with their own system." - Matt Welsh, "Linux Installation
and Getting Started Guide 2.3" (1994)
Crunch 'em if ya got 'em!
http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tmsummary.php3?team=12258
Team: eLUG
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Restore windows backup under linux
Date: 14 Dec 2000 02:59:10 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>does anybody here know of a way to restore a backup under linux which
>was created under windows using Adaptec ez-scsi (or was it the standard
>windows backup ?). The device is a hp c1533a.
>I played around with dd a bit and the first invocation (after rewinding
>via mt) gives me 512 Bytes beginning with HEADERQIC113.
I have seen stuff like that at the beginning of some backup and other
programs....it is probably information used by the backup program to
tell it things about the files.
The following
>invocation gives a raw-dump with some cleartext data, so I assume I used
>hardware compression, but other tapes may be created differently (other
>software, other settings).
>
>I tried taper -T scsi, but it says "This is not a taper archive" :(
>Any ideas ? I'd hate to install windows just to restore some files.
>
Unless someone has already done it, your going to have to reverse
engineer the backup in question. If your lucky there are documents
explaining the file format. It might be compressed, then again it might
just be a bunch of files mushed together with a table of contents.
>
>Sent via Deja.com
>http://www.deja.com/
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From: Jeffrey Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bootting linux
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:56:16 +0100
Anurodh Pokharel wrote:
>
> hi,
> i have a win95/linux dualboot system. As expected linux is stable but win95
> crashes all the time and i have to reinstall it. The problem is since i have
> linux on the same HDD on seperate partitions, when in install win95, grub no
> longer loads. I cant figure out how i can boot linux after that. Usually i
> just reinsatll linux and it recognises win95 and sets up grub to boot both
> linux and windows. But theres gotta be a better way.
> thanks
Go to this link and *bookmark* it! ;-)
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto/mini/
Here is the specific mini-HOWTO another person in this thread quoted
from:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto/mini/Linux+Win95
Cheers,
Jeff
--
"The real reason for UNIX's popularity? Many hacker's feel that UNIX is
the Right Thing -- the One True Operating System. Hence, the development
of Linux by an expanding group of UNIX hackers who want to get their
hands dirty with their own system." - Matt Welsh, "Linux Installation
and Getting Started Guide 2.3" (1994)
Crunch 'em if ya got 'em!
http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tmsummary.php3?team=12258
Team: eLUG
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel
Date: 14 Dec 2000 03:06:40 -0800
If Linus renamed 2.4.0test12 to 2.4 would that make
>you feel any better, whether he said it was offical 2.4 or not?
>
>you people are too picky it seems
Actually, I don't go by release #s.....I go by bug reports. I wait
until the reports of unstability get down to a crawl...THEN I upgrade.
Usually the first few releases of a "stable" kernel are not stable so
I wait....unless there is something I want like writable CDROM devices,
that patch will probably apply to a real release....I wasn't able to
get it to stick to the devel tree.
So yeah, your right....version numbers are arbitrary :P
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need Help with PASSWD! Urgent!
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:15:22 +0100
Hi,
why do you crosspost so much?
I don't know about RH6.2 with Win4Lin kernel (shock)
Your problem could be related to different UID/GUID for the users on the
machines?
However you should not use rlogin anyway, it's unsecure as hell...
Use ssh instead!
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
Hong Xie wrote:
> I have encountered the similar problem. I am using
> RH6.2 with Win4Lin kernel. I found that I can only
> telnet or rlogin to my account with the root password.
> When using the individual password setup for each
> account, the telnet said "login incorrect".
> I have tested all other accounts I created, they
> are behaving in the same way. This problem happens
> no matter where you are telneting from, local host
> or not.
>
> However rlogin works if you specify the user name
> on the command line, eg
>
> rlogin hostname -l username
>
> Otherwise the username and password combination will
> not work.
>
> Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Hong
>
> "JP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:qrTW5.22$5e2.462@client...
> > We are running Slackware kernel 2.0.38 (?). Lately, a lot of users having
> > trouble logging to the server to extract email.
> >
> > For some user account, when I trying to telnet to the Linux box as usual,
> > it keeps saying login incorrect even if the account has been deleted and
> > re-created. I checked the password and shadow files and did not notice
> any
> > problems. Now more and more users are getting this problem.
> >
> > What should I do? Please give me some advice. Thanks.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard drive crashed; trying to recover
Date: 14 Dec 2000 03:12:12 -0800
Unfortunately, I don't remember which
>partitions went on which mount points. fdisk tells me this:
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/tmp/hdc1 1 174 82183+ 92 Unknown
>/tmp/hdc2 175 3503 1572952+ 83 Linux native
>/tmp/hdc3 3504 6832 1572952+ 93 Amoeba
Use the install floppies (if they have a shell - some distros don't
for some odd reason) or a floppy linux to mount the partitions and
look at them.....maybe that will give you an idea about where they
belong in the filesystem.
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From: Jeffrey Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Default Printer font..
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:21:32 GMT
How can I change the font that prints on an HP 5L laser printer... It
prints fine under RedHat 6.2, but I need to change the font (mainly using
lpr) from 10 cpi to a smaller font...
Thanks,
JH
--
Jeffrey Hood
HM Consulting, Inc.
jhood [you-know-why] at hmcon.com
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From: Bob Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH Linux 7.0 Install Killed DOS -- HOW?
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:43:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen) wrote:
>
> According to another message you removed the Linux partitions, and now
> they are there?
Yes. After removing all Linux partitions, I was able to boot to DOS.
This proved that *something* was wrong with my Linux partitions but, I
couldn't determine what that something was. Then I reinstalled Linux to
see if the problem was reproducable, which it was.
> Anyway, the partition tables are cyclic. This is a result of the type
> of the extended partition being wrong.
> Boot to Linux and change the type of the extended partition from 05 to
> 85 using the Linux fdisk t command. Save the change using the w
> command. Then the problem is solved.
I made the change and, of course, it fixed the problem. Thanks very
much!
As you may recall, I had used the RH 7.0 Disk Druid to create these
partitions. Apparently, this application incorrectly typed the extended
linux partition as extended DOS. I consider this a pretty serious bug,
don't you? Have you seen this type of behavior in earlier versions of
Disk Druid? Finally, can you tell me how to execute Disk Druid from the
prompt?
> --
> Svend Olaf
Bob Simon
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From: Chris Ahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:52:24 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > well, in my judgement we are up to 2.4, whether its beta or not. It does
>
> Then your judgement is wrong, because we are then also up to glibc
> 2.2.I_don't_know, gcc 2.9.7.I_don't_know and so on.
>
> > EXIST and it is usable on my laptop.
>
> But it's unusable on mine. So?
>
> Peter
Linux Magazine says that Linus has said the new 2.4 kernel should
be posted by the end of December at the latest.
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From: kajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to send AT commands to mobile phones
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:59:22 +0000 (UTC)
Hi,
I have tiny question - how to send AT commands to mobile phones?
I have a list of commands to my mobile phone(Siemens x35) but I don't know
how to write an appplication which would send a command to phone via serial
wire and phone would execute it and return the response.
Any suggestions and source codes are very welcome.
thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Moving files w/ same extension
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:18:32 GMT
Joshua Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I was wondering if there is a simple way to move multiple files with the
[snip]
You want the mmv (aka Multiple Move) command.
It should come with your distribution.
Regards,
Friedhelm
--
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
===================================================================
Friedhelm Mehnert, Berliner Allee 42, 22850 Norderstedt, Germany
phone + fax: +49-40-5236562 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===================================================================
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From: George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X11 Support for ATI 264 VT ?? HOW
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:06:24 GMT
RH 7.0 informes me that the builtin graphics on my Intel MB
(ATI 264 VT) is not supported and I cannot setup the system.
RH 7.0 scans the pci and finds the ATI on its own.
How can I install a generic Super VGA support driver?
or
Where can I find a graphics driver and have Xconfigurator
find it ?
George
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount fat-partition!!
Date: 14 Dec 2000 08:10:38 true
Flo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:43:20 +0100, wrote :
F> Hi
F> But with umask,uid,gid I can just set the access permissions from the
F> whole partition (or?) but I need differrent permissions for differrent
F> directiories.
Correct. There is no way to control the ownership and permissions of
specific files or directories on a FAT file system. It is the way a
FAT file system is -- complain to Microsoft... The umask,uid,gid
options allow Linux to 'fake' a global set of ownership and permissions
for a FAT file system. Linux expects ALL file systems to provide
*something* for the ownership and permissions fields (st_uid, st_gid,
st_mode) of the stat struct returned by stat()/fstat() and this info is
simply missing with the FAT file system, so the msdos/vfat fs module
uses the umask,uid,gid options as the values for these values on a
fs-wide basis.
F>
F> but thx anyway
F> flo
F>
F> Robert Heller wrote:
F>
F> > Flo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
F> > In a message on Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:18:24 +0100, wrote :
F> >
F> > F> Hi
F> > F> I want to mount a fat partiotion with a directory (daten and musik). to
F> > F> daten should only my account have permission (read,write,execute) to
F> > F> musik should an guest account have only read permission.
F> > F> I dont know how to do this with mount (or can't i do that)
F> > F>
F> > F> How can I solve my problem Please help me.
F> >
F> > Since the FAT file system does not implement ownership or protections,
F> > Linux 'fakes' it with mount options:
F> >
F> > (from man mount):
F> >
F> > uid=value and gid=value
F> > Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the
F> > uid and gid of the current process.)
F> >
F> > umask=value
F> > Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that
F> > are not present). The default is the umask of the
F> > current process. The value is given in octal.
F> >
F> >
F> > F>
F> > F> thx flo
F> > F>
F> > F>
F> >
F> >
F> >
F> >
F> >
F> >
F> >
F>
F>
--
\/
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: how to send AT commands to mobile phones
Date: 14 Dec 2000 14:12:36 GMT
In article <91ag7a$677$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
kajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have tiny question - how to send AT commands to mobile phones?
: I have a list of commands to my mobile phone(Siemens x35) but I don't know
: how to write an appplication which would send a command to phone via serial
: wire and phone would execute it and return the response.
: Any suggestions and source codes are very welcome.
:
Use Kermit:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
It handles all the low-level API details for you and lets you write your
application at a high level, in its scripting language.
- Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Gabriel)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.security.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: blindly accepted net advice--> blew away filesystem
Date: 14 Dec 2000 14:19:50 GMT
In article <916aa7$59d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here's an example of what happens when you go blindly ahead and
> execute well intentioned netnews advice. What this message in big5 Chinese says
> is that
> he wanted to remove his many "core" files, and the respondent forgot to tell him
> to add '-name' after 'find /' ... and indeed his entire filesystem was wiped.
> Don't let it happen to you.
I recall an operator who looked after a SVR3 minicomputer some 20 years
ago. One morning, he went to clear /tmp as he usually did, but got a
slight mis-type in the command:
rm -rf / tmp
;-)
--
Andrew Gabriel
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: LILO-Problem after adding a HD
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:44:33 GMT
"John in SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If this is the problem, then use the LILO options:
>
> disk=/dev/hda
> bios=0x80
> disk=/dev/hdb
> bios=0x81
> disk=/dev/sda
> bios=0x82
>
> to get LILO in step with the BIOS setup.
>
> Remember, LILO uses BIOS calls to load the system. If the BIOS assigns
device
> codes in a creative manner, LILO cannot guess what they are. TELL lilo
what
> they are.
>
Except that many BIOSes refuse to support other drives than 0x80 and 0x81.
There is little help of the drive 0x82 if the LILO cannot use it through the
BIOS.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: where is boot.b
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, i just ran into this myself
if boot.b is deleted, re-install lilo
in other words, get the rpm off the cd and type rpm -Uvh lilo* --force
re-config your /etc/lilo.conf
run /sbin/lilo -t -v to verify that you lilo script is good
if it is, run /sbin/lilo -v
boot.b is the lilo boot sector
i hope this helps
charles
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:49:52 -0800, "mark"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>I compiled the kernel today and when i tried to run lilo i got this error
>message:
>Fatal: boot.b no such file or directory.
>I may have deleted this file by accident from /boot.
>is there is a way i can recreate this file ?
>what is the way out ?
>
>note: i am running redhat 7.0
>
>thanx
>mark
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Modem Strangeness
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 05:27:14 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:50:02 -0800, Brian & Colleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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>I'm using KPPP to set up my Internet access. When I first log in and run
>KPPP, and tell it to "Connect" it goes as far as "Initializing modem"
>and eventually times out. If I "Cancel" and try again, it connects just
>fine. This isn't a once in a while thing, it's every single time. Tonite
>I ran minicom first to look at something else. When I ran KPPP, it
>connected on the first attempt. The modem is a Cirrus 33K. Can anyone
>shed any light on this?
You don't say which Linux distro. RedHat 6.1 had a problem where pppd
only worked every other time and printing did not work at all unless you
added something to /etc/conf.modules. Have you done any and all errata
updates? Has RH ever released a version that worked out of the box
without many errata updates?
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