Linux-Misc Digest #57, Volume #27 Thu, 8 Feb 01 11:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Setting up a shell server (Terence Hoosen)
Re: iproute2 + wrr: compilation problems (unresolved symbols) (Atanas Dinev)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Mark Bratcher)
Re: How to remove LILO ? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Setting up a shell server (rev) (Terence Hoosen)
Re: From an ex Microsoft devotee (Roger Blake)
Re: What the '.tar.gz' is going on??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Robert Surenko)
Re: Performance monitoring tool (Dustin Puryear)
problem with lurkftp ("WK")
O'Reilly: SSH book published (Daniel Barrett)
Re: Lilo ("Neil West")
Re: Lilo ("Neil West")
Re: What the '.tar.gz' is going on??? (Xavier ROCHE)
Re: USB -> CompacFlash -> fstype? (Chris Webster)
Re: Which distribution? ("Chaz")
Re: Mandrake and RedHat (Rod Smith)
Re: libc on bootdisk ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: Which distribution? (Rod Smith)
Which is the linux for me? (webqueen, queen of the web)
Re: VIA AC97 sound trouble (Rod Smith)
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From: Terence Hoosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up a shell server
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:44:48 +0000
Dan Kulpa wrote:
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for setting up a full-featured
> linux-based (FreeBSD, RedHat, Debian, whatever) shell server?
Hi
This seems a very broad question, as others here might construe many
interfaces as being tehnically shells, but I'm going to assume that you
want to setup a system whereby you or others can login to this server
and then be presented with a text bash (or some other "equivalent")
prompt. I'm also going to assume that you want this server t
This can be achieved with either a telnet server or an ssh server. Both
of these can be found on any linux distribution and probably, from a
completely unfounded extrapolation, on any BSD distribution. A user can
then login to you system with either a telnet client or ssh client
respectively.
From my experiences with RedHat (if you can call it experience) tell me
that setting up such a facility is as straightforward as installing the
RPM package. I assume (again, unfoundedly) that this would be true of
almost any package based system (either RPM or deb based).
Of course, as with all things linux/BSD related, the devil is in the
details. The main issues are security ones. Telnet as far less seure
than ssh (an abbreviation of Secure SHell, nonetheless) since all
information sent over a telnet connection is sent as clear text. ssh is
far more secure, and while not perfect (as there is no such reality as
perfect security, except in some sysadmin nirvana), the security issues
are far more subtle and require more skill (or at least better
script-kiddie tools) to exploit. Don't get me wrong, ssh is *very*
secure, as it is a necessity that the exploiteur be on your internal LAN
for these exploits (at which point some hacker can jump right in and
tell me I'm talking bollocks).
You will also need an understanding of user/password/permissions based
security that is the bedrock of Unix systems' security. Also an
understanding that some distributions have many unwanted services
installed that are not just excess baggage, but may be seurity hazards.
A long exposition, I know. Tell me if all of this is below you/way over
you head. And tell me how you get on!
-Tez
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From: Atanas Dinev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: iproute2 + wrr: compilation problems (unresolved symbols)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:46:54 GMT
Hi,
I have running WRR machine with proxyremap support acting as a router
(not bridge), and it works fine.
I had similar problems compiling Redhat's 7.0 kernel 2.2.16 with QoS
enabled. Try to "make mrproper" before building the kernel.
Don't forget to save your .config (if any) before that.
Get the latest kernel-2.2.18 distribution, it also should work.
Cheers,
Atanas
In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102031700390.12301-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to setup a linux server with iproute2 and wrr (weighted
round
> robin queue) but I have problems in the first step: compiling the
kernel
> for QoS support. When I'm going to create the first queue, I get:
>
> [root@servidor rc.d]# tc qdisc add dev eth2 root handle 8000: cbq
> bandwidth 10MBit allot 1514 cell 8 avpkt 1514 mpu 64
> RTNETLINK answers: Argumento inv=E1lido
> [root@servidor rc.d]#
>
> It's because a dependancy problem between QoS kernel modules:
>
> [root@servidor rc.d]# depmod -a
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/cls_route.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/cls_u32.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/emu10k1.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_cbq.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_csz.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_prio.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_red.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_sfq.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_tbf.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_teql.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.14-
12/misc/sch_wrr.o
> [root@servidor rc.d]#
>
> I've compiled many times, and read compilation and QoS docs, and
reviewed
> the added/changed kernel files for wwr queue support, but... :(.
>
> The author of wrr code said me that it's sure to be a compilation
problem,
> not a qos/wrr problem. Could anyone of you suggest some
solution/idea? If
> you need more info please ask me. Thanks in advance
>
> =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09Adri=E1n
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:03:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Geoffrey Tobin wrote:
>Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>> Now, if somebody would compare Bill Gates to Hitler, we can officially
>> declare this thread deceased.
>
>OK, Bill Gates is to Adolf Hitler, as the Staten Island Ferry
>is to the Titanic.
>
Actually there is one interesting correlation:
The country's leader can get away with whatever he/she wants as long
as the people believe they are well taken care of economically.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: How to remove LILO ?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:36:44 GMT
In article <95t8et$snh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric Chow wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Is it possible to remove LILO from other OS ?
>I delete the Linux NAtive partition. And formated the hard-disk. But
>when reboot, it still open the LILO, how can I disabled the LILO ?
>
>Best regards,
>Eric
>
fdisk /mbr
--
Mark Bratcher
Director of Software and Electrical Engineering
Torrey Pines Research
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Terence Hoosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up a shell server (rev)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:53:35 +0000
Terence Hoosen wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> This seems a very broad question, as others here might construe many
> interfaces as being tehnically shells, but I'm going to assume that you
> want to setup a system whereby you or others can login to this server
> and then be presented with a text bash (or some other "equivalent")
> prompt. I'm also going to assume that you want this server t
>
I don't seem to have finished my first paragraph!
The last sentence should say
"I'm also going to assume that you want this server to be accessible
over the internet."
And somewhere there's a typo; "seurity" should be read as "security".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake)
Subject: Re: From an ex Microsoft devotee
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:57:41 GMT
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:58:41 +0100, Nils O. Sel�sdal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>HAH.. You have the development tools, but not an IDE. And i do NOT write
>software
>in some text editor like vi/emacs...not in a business world...
Well, I've been doing it that way (primarily using text editors such as
ed, vi, or edt) for over 20 years now, still works just fine for me. I've
found using an IDE is like trying to do programming in a straight-jacket.
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What the '.tar.gz' is going on???
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:51:52 GMT
On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 16:32:24 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>How do you extract a '.tar.gz' file?
>I can extract a '.tar' file!
A .gz file is a file which has been compressed with the gzip program.
You can decompress it with either 'gzip -d' or gunzip. You will be
left with a .tar file.
Gord
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From: Robert Surenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:02:49 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Steve Mading wrote:
> :> True. That has no bearing here, where you are using incorrect
> :> definitions (hint, no other dictionary agrees with Websters
> :> on this). Regardless of the definition being used, to apply
> :> a belief to a group of people who don't hold it is a strawman.
> : If you believe in the existance of god(s), then you area theist.
> : If you believe in the non-existance of god(s), then you are an atheist.
> : If you have no belief either way, you are an agnostic.
> : I'm not proscribing your belief, I'm merely telling you what it's name is.
> If your definition were the correct one, then the vast majority of
> those who label themselves atheist would all be wrong. Normally,
> it is entirely possible for a majority of people to be mistaken, but
> not in this case, given that word definitions are arbitrary - what
> the majority of atheists say the definition is, it is.
Cool,
I'm finally a Martian! All I have to do is get lots of
people to agree that they (and I) are too.
What the majority of Martians say the definition is, it is.
Gotta go, I'll be in the street handing out little "Earn $1... You and I
are Martians, Right?" cards.
No arguments... you ain't a Martian.
--
=============================================================================
- Bob Surenko [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.fred.net/surenko/
=============================================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: Performance monitoring tool
Date: 8 Feb 2001 15:01:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:51:51 +0100, Nils O. Sel�sdal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>"dm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Anyone know of a performance monitoring tool for Linux (or other UNIX
>> variants) similar to the Windows NT/2000 Performance Monitor? I need to
>> monitor several "counters" over a period of time, and log them to a file
>> for later analysis...
>If you use kde2 then ksysguard is what you are looking for.
Alternatively, I would imagine that somewhere someone has written tools to log
performance data over a time-range. I know I have. Currently, I use a series
of scripts that log information concerning CPU, VM, memory, load, network I/O,
disk I/O, and other assorted goodies to various log files. I can then import
these files as CSV's into Excel and look at the pretty graphs.
Alternatively, you could easily parse this data using perl or even awk and
create scripts to monitor for dangerous trends.
Curious?
There are also commercial packages that do this.
Regards, Dustin
--
Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: "WK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with lurkftp
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:59:21 +0100
When I monitor FTP Site using anonymous account, it works ok.
But when I want to monitor FTP Server logging on user, using password like
this:
lurkftp user:password@ftp_server /pub - it crashes and telling :
Segmentation fault, (core dumped).
I don't know what's wrong.
Walet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Barrett)
Crossposted-To:
comp.security.ssh,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: O'Reilly: SSH book published
Date: 8 Feb 2001 10:25:30 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We are pleased to announce that our new book, "SSH, The Secure Shell: The
Definitive Guide," has just been published by O'Reilly & Associates.
Full information, including some early reviews, may be found at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sshtdg/
Note: Amazon.com lists the book incorrectly as "available in 4-6 weeks" and
having only 225 pages. This is not the case: the book is available now and
has 558 pages.
Followups are directed to comp.security.ssh.
--
Dan Barrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Richard Silverman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Neil West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:35:04 -0500
Thanks
The adding lba32 to the lilo.conf helped. It now works perfectly
Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Neil West wrote:
> >
> > Here are the results of some further queries:
> >
> > Command (m for help):
> > Disk /dev/hda2: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> >
> > Command (m for help):
> >
> > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4863 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 1 2550 20482843+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> > /dev/hda2 * 2551 2552 16065 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda3 2553 4863 18563107+ 5 Extended
> > /dev/hda5 2553 2999 3590496 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda6 3000 3446 3590496 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda7 3447 3479 265041 82 Linux swap
> > /dev/hda8 3480 4863 11116948+ 6 FAT16
> >
> > Thanks
> > Neil
>
> Your first partition takes up more than half the disk, so the second
> partition (/boot) would start beyond cylinder 2400, which is certainly
> beyond cylinder 1023. But the latest version of lilo allows you
> top boot from a partition beyond cylinder 1023 if your BIOS allows
> it. (This shouldn't be a problem with any but an ancient BIOS.)
> You also have to specify the lba32 option in /etc/lilo.conf. (If
> there is a linear option, remove it.) Get
> the up to date version of lilo and try it.
>
> If you are using a version of Linux supporting rpm packages, look
> at www.rpmfind.net. Otherwise get a tar archive from
>
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
>
> But there is something I don't understand about your original message.
> Lilo reports an error with device 0x0304. But this should be
> partition /dev/hda4, and you don't have such a partition.
>
> >
> > Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Neil West wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When trying to run lilo -v -t I get the error "device 0x0304 exceeds
> > 1024
> > > > cylinder limit". After running the "df" command I get the following
> > output:
> > > >
> > > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > > > /dev/hda5 3534096 1672048 1682524 50% /
> > > > /dev/hda2 15554 2464 12287 17% /boot
> > > > /dev/hda6 3534096 1779860 1574712 54% /home
> > > > /dev/fd0 1412 1084 256 81% /mnt/floppy
> > > >
> > > > The /boot partition is clearly under the 16 meg limit. My theory is
> > that
> > > > because it does not occurr first on the drive, it crosses over the
1024
> > > > cylinder limit.
> > >
> > > You have a weird theory.
> > > Why do you think it's not on the first drive?
> > >
> > > Besides that, there's no size limit like 16M for /boot.
> > > I have no idea where you got that idea.
> > > The problem is probably that hda1 (I suppose you windows C: drive?)
> > > exceeds cylinder 1024 (Just as lilo says)
> > >
> > > Either update lilo, or continue booting the way you do now.
> > > Which way is that? I would really like to know. From floppy by any
> > > chance?
> > >
> > > And are you sure about the error mesage you got?
> > > Does it really complain about hda4 (0x0304) or did it say 0x0302
> > > What OS is on hda4? post `fdisk -l /dev/hda` if you want more input
> > >
> > > Eric
>
> --
>
> Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Neil West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:35:15 -0500
Thanks
The adding lba32 to the lilo.conf helped. It now works perfectly
Neil West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:95rn97$rub$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Here are the results of some further queries:
>
>
> Command (m for help):
> Disk /dev/hda2: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>
> Command (m for help):
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4863 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 2550 20482843+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2 * 2551 2552 16065 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 2553 4863 18563107+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 2553 2999 3590496 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 3000 3446 3590496 83 Linux
> /dev/hda7 3447 3479 265041 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda8 3480 4863 11116948+ 6 FAT16
>
>
> Thanks
> Neil
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tauno Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:3Qag6.3516$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > "Neil West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:95pntl$ru6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > When trying to run lilo -v -t I get the error "device 0x0304 exceeds
> 1024
> > > cylinder limit". After running the "df" command I get the following
> > output:
> > >
> > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > > /dev/hda5 3534096 1672048 1682524 50% /
> > > /dev/hda2 15554 2464 12287 17% /boot
> > > /dev/hda6 3534096 1779860 1574712 54% /home
> > > /dev/fd0 1412 1084 256 81% /mnt/floppy
> > >
> > >
> > > The /boot partition is clearly under the 16 meg limit. My theory is
> that
> > > because it does not occurr first on the drive, it crosses over the
1024
> > > cylinder limit. THanks in advance for all of your help.
> > >
> >
> > The listing does say anything of the /boot partition location. The 1024
> > cylinder limit applies to *all* of the /boot partition.
> >
> > Please do a listing using fdisk:
> >
> > fdisk /dev/hda
> > p
> > q
> >
> > The limit comes primarily from BIOS disk access: the system does not
have
> > any other disk drivers but BIOS until the kernel is in. On the newer
> BIOSes
> > there are cylinder address extensions the newer boot programs (LILO,
Grub)
> > are able to use. To by-pass the 1024 cylinder limitation *both* BIOS and
> the
> > loader must understand the new addressing scheme.
> >
> > Tauno Voipio
> > tauno voipio @ iki fi
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Xavier ROCHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What the '.tar.gz' is going on???
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 16:32:17 +0100
> A .gz file is a file which has been compressed with the gzip program.
> You can decompress it with either 'gzip -d' or gunzip. You will be
> left with a .tar file.
Or on some tar versions,
tar xvfz xxx.tar.gz
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From: Chris Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB -> CompacFlash -> fstype?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 08:46:27 -0700
> >Anyone know what the fs type is for these cards?
>
> I have not used USB, but -t vfat should work. In a pcmcia adapter
> it shows up in my logs as /dev/hde, and /dev/hde1 is the device I mount.
> (my CF was originally used in Cassiopeia and also Win95/98)
vfat didn't work, turns out msdos is the ticket.
--Chris
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From: "Chaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which distribution?
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:50:57 -0000
Could i use freebsd?
"Steve Ackman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 01:20:56 -0000, Chaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi i want to install linux on a pc with 2meg of edo ram and a 386 25mhz
cpu.
> >The hard disk is 10meg. I would like to know what version/distribution i
> >should install. Thanks in advance.
>
> You can't run Linux in 2MB RAM. You need, at a bare minimum,
> 4MB of RAM. Check out several mini-Linuces which do not run
> from a ram disk.
>
> --
> Steve Ackman
> http://twovoyagers.com
> Registered Linux User #79430
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Mandrake and RedHat
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:54:46 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have instaled RH and Mandrake on my computer but there is one bad
> think about Mandrake. Hardrive speed is 4 times slower than in RH. I
> set in both hdparm -c 1 -d 1 /dev/hda
> How to correct things in Mandrake. I have UDMA 100 on CUSL2 mainboard
This could be a kernel issue. If the Mandrake kernel doesn't include an
optimization for whatever your EIDE controller is, then you'll see
lower disk performance. You might be able to insmod an appropriate
module, or you might need to recompile your kernel. You might also try
using the Red Hat kernel in Mandrake (you'll need to copy over the main
kernel file and all its modules, and hope it's a different version so
it doesn't conflict with the regular Mandrake kernel in case there are
problems). I'm not familiar with the motherboard you mention, so I
can't offer specific suggestions of what to try if you try to insmod
kernel modules or recompile the kernel, but this is an avenue of
investigation.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libc on bootdisk
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:57:33 GMT
"Chris West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am building a set of Linux boot disks.
> I currently have a boot disk which boots via lilo and contains an ext2
> filesystem, and a root disk which contains a compressed ext2 filesystem
> image
> I set the kernel ramdisk word to look for the root filesystem at block
zero
> on the second disk.
> I'm a bit short of space on the root disk whereas I've got loads of space
on
> the boot disk, so I'd like to transfer something eg libc to the boot disk.
> Does anyone know of a way I can do this and still use the compressed
> filesystem on the root disk (I'm uncompressing it to ramdisk)?
>
The instructions how to handle the startup RAM disk image are in the
Bootdisk-HOWTO.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Which distribution?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:58:06 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <9smg6.9741$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi i want to install linux on a pc with 2meg of edo ram and a 386 25mhz cpu.
> The hard disk is 10meg. I would like to know what version/distribution i
> should install. Thanks in advance.
There might be some very old distribution that will run in as little as
2MB of RAM, but all modern distributions require at least 4MB, and often
more than that. Similarly, 10MB of disk space is insufficient for
anything but a micro-distribution. You might be able to press this
system into service as a small dedicated router or something, but for
serious use as a workstation or server, it's inadequate.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: webqueen, queen of the web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which is the linux for me?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:49:06 GMT
hi..
I just finished a new 1Ghz Athalon system with RAID (ATA KT7A). I want
to choose a linux build in which I can configure in PHP, Secure/Regular
Apache Server, SSLEAY, MySQL at build time without having to add them
later from an RPM or tarball. (If that's possible from RH7 I couldn't
figure out how to do it- from what I can tell on their site they are
only directly available with commercial releases)..
I'm doing hardware RAID so that's proably not a major concern.
2.4 kernal would be nice too but from what I've read only one (was it
mandrake?) build offers it so far. I've read pages like
http://lwn.net/current/dists.php3
but the information is pretty sketchy- most like "this is a good release
for a business.." and that sort of advice.
Any recommendations are appreciated..
Hug!
WQ
PS: I'd also heard that on some builds for Athalon we have to disable
the CPU ID or the system won't work? Ack... That sounds like fun.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: VIA AC97 sound trouble
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 16:00:21 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <95suar$ifngq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello!
>
> Using Suse 6.4, Kernel 2.2.14 with a VIA AC97 soundchip I have some
> problem with sound under linux.
You've multi-posted this to at least two newsgroups. In the future,
please post to as few newsgroups as possible, and when you must post to
more than one group, cross-post it, don't multi-post it. (Multi-posting
is posting it separately to each group. Cross-posting is listing the
several groups on one Newsgroups: line, separated by commas.
Cross-posting reduces wasted bandwidth and lets people in all groups see
the replies, thus reducing wasted time composing redundant replies.)
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Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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