Linux-Misc Digest #930, Volume #27 Wed, 23 May 01 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk ("Michael Pye")
Re: Security Testing (Dan Hobbs)
Re: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk (Lew Pitcher)
USENIX 2001 Annual Technical Conference (Tiffany Peoples)
Re: Routing keystrokes through network connection ("Bas Nedermeijer")
Re: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk (Lew Pitcher)
linux ethernet driver for hp pavillion. (rajesh srinivasaraghavan)
vlock Password Problem (Skylar Thompson)
vlock Password Problem (Skylar Thompson)
Re: LILO and Operating System Missing ("LRW")
IPSec SWAN? (Louis LaBash)
bootpd and dhcpd (jm)
Re: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk (michael james obrien)
Re: Routing keystrokes through network connection ("Bernd Prager")
Re: vlock Password Problem (Vilmos Soti)
partition labels? in RH 7.1 (R S Prigan)
rh 7.1 driving me nuts ("alik blochin")
/var - device busy ("Jay")
Re: XWindows desktop not fully coming up. Please help? (LRW)
Re: LILO and Operating System Missing ("Peter T. Breuer")
libc5 on makdrake 8? (Ben Pearre)
SuSE 7.0 and PHP (Mike Hammock)
Re: rh 7.1 driving me nuts (Dave Uhring)
Re: partition labels? in RH 7.1 (Dave Uhring)
Re: rh 7.1 driving me nuts (Silviu Minut)
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From: "Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:59:16 +0100
OK, I ran LILO from a floppy because the linux partition on my disk falls at
about 12GB, too large for my BIOS to boot to it...
The disk is (physically) buggered. No, I don't have a rescue disk, but I do
have another functioning Linux machine and windows 98 on the machine with
the buggered disk.
I also have a boot disk (unnecessary) for the other machine. The two
machines run (very) different systems, the unbootable one is Redhat 7.0 the
other is Redhat 5 WITHOUT the 2.2.2 kernel update. Is there any way I can
rebuild my LILO disk?
Thanks
MP
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From: Dan Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Security Testing
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:32:35 -0400
Michael Pye wrote:
>
> Hmm. As asking a hacker not a bit risky. I'd rather the temptation to fuck
> up the machine wasn't there... ;P
>
Do not confuse hacker with cracker. A hacker, old school, will tell you
every possible way to mess up your box, show you how to plug it and will
not screw with anything you have not given explicit permission to screw
with.
Dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:35:01 GMT
On Wed, 23 May 2001 19:59:16 +0100, "Michael Pye"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>OK, I ran LILO from a floppy because the linux partition on my disk falls at
>about 12GB, too large for my BIOS to boot to it...
>
>The disk is (physically) buggered. No, I don't have a rescue disk, but I do
>have another functioning Linux machine and windows 98 on the machine with
>the buggered disk.
>
>I also have a boot disk (unnecessary) for the other machine. The two
>machines run (very) different systems, the unbootable one is Redhat 7.0 the
>other is Redhat 5 WITHOUT the 2.2.2 kernel update. Is there any way I can
>rebuild my LILO disk?
The command
/sbin/lilo -b /dev/fd0
should rebuild your LILO boot diskette
>Thanks
>
>MP
>
>
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Tiffany Peoples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USENIX 2001 Annual Technical Conference
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:40:46 -0700
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From: "Bas Nedermeijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Routing keystrokes through network connection
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:39:28 +0200
Telnet
- Bas
"Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:2HTO6.17475$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm not overly familiar with the networking side of unix or linux, so I
was
> wondering as follows
>
> Is there a way to manually open a TCP/IP connection and send (almost) all
> the communications manually. As in logging in to an FTP server and
entering
> all commands yourself rather than using a client to parse them for you.
> After all, that's how it was originally done isn't it?
>
> Thanks
>
> MP
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:41:48 GMT
On Wed, 23 May 2001 19:35:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
wrote:
>On Wed, 23 May 2001 19:59:16 +0100, "Michael Pye"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>OK, I ran LILO from a floppy because the linux partition on my disk falls at
>>about 12GB, too large for my BIOS to boot to it...
>>
>>The disk is (physically) buggered. No, I don't have a rescue disk, but I do
>>have another functioning Linux machine and windows 98 on the machine with
>>the buggered disk.
>>
>>I also have a boot disk (unnecessary) for the other machine. The two
>>machines run (very) different systems, the unbootable one is Redhat 7.0 the
>>other is Redhat 5 WITHOUT the 2.2.2 kernel update. Is there any way I can
>>rebuild my LILO disk?
>
>The command
> /sbin/lilo -b /dev/fd0
>should rebuild your LILO boot diskette
You could also
cd /usr/src/linux
make bzdisk
and get a non-lilo boot diskette
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rajesh srinivasaraghavan)
Subject: linux ethernet driver for hp pavillion.
Date: 23 May 2001 12:45:56 -0700
hi folks,
I have a hp pavillion with a 1207 D 10/100 ethernet card. I am unable
to make linux detect the card correctly. I am running red hat 7.1 (i
think it is a 2.4 kernel). I understand that the driver corresponding
to the card is a rtl1839 driver. I use insmod and lsmod to load and
verify if the driver is loaded and it is!. When i try to do an
ifconfig on the card i get the following error.
"SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource
Temporarily unavailable"
any suggestions. has it got anything to do with the bios set up. I am
using lilo to boot of a floppy. i also have boot magic installed (has
not been configured to detect linux yet.) i have a 19 G disk with
windows 98 running on another partition.
comments and suggestions appreciated.
please reply by email too to srajesh (at) iname.com
rajesh
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From: Skylar Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: vlock Password Problem
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 06:30:31 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having troubles with unlocking vlock. It accepts the mortal
user password just fine, but it does not accept the root password.
I think the problem is that vlock needs access to /etc/shadow, but
I am reluctant to increase permissions on it (it is currently 400).
I can get around the problem by going root in another console and
killing vlock, but it would be much more simple if root could do it
at its own password prompt in vlock. Is there any other way around
the problem, or is it safe for me to make the permissions on /etc/shadow
440?
--
--Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
`All that is gold does not glitter/Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither/Deep roots are not reached by the frost
>From the ashes a fire shall be woken/A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken/The crownless again shall be king.'
------------------------------
From: Skylar Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: vlock Password Problem
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 06:32:30 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having troubles with unlocking vlock. It accepts the mortal
user password just fine, but it does not accept the root password.
I think the problem is that vlock needs access to /etc/shadow, but
I am reluctant to increase permissions on it (it is currently 400).
I can get around the problem by going root in another console and
killing vlock, but it would be much more simple if root could do it
at its own password prompt in vlock. Is there any other way around
the problem, or is it safe for me to make the permissions on /etc/shadow
444?
--
--Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
`All that is gold does not glitter/Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither/Deep roots are not reached by the
frost
>From the ashes a fire shall be woken/A light from the shadows shall
spring
Renewed shall be blade that was broken/The crownless again shall be
king.'
------------------------------
From: "LRW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: LILO and Operating System Missing
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:59:28 -0500
Fascinating! I had no idea each letter of the opening LILO meant something.
=)
Now, what's "map installer"? =/
Thanks for the feedback!!
Liam
"joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:sXRO6.240636$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> From http://www.lug.udel.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/a1405.html
>
> LI : The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
> loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
> geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
> installer
>
>
>
>
> "LRW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9PPO6.225$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have WinME installed on /dev/hda1, and Linux on /dev/hdb1.
> > I set up the install the first time to accidently install LILO onto
/hda1
> > instead of /hdb1. No biggie, I just had to type "dos" at the LILO:
prompt
> to
> > boot up WinME.
> >
> > However, I had to reinstall Linux, and put LILO on /hdb1 and start from
> > floppy.
> >
> > Now when I boot up w/o the floppy, after the POST I get only "LI" of
> "LILO:"
> > and it stalls. With the floppy in I get the whole LILO: and it boots to
> > Linux fine, but if I try to type dos, it says partition doesn't exist.
> > During setup with Disk Druid, I made no changes to the FAT partitions.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > IF I have to reinstall WinME, it's no big deal. My WinME OS is partioned
> off
> > on a seperate partition from the other FAT drive, so nothing important
> > should be hurt. (Again, I didn't make any changes to the FAT drive.)
> >
> > My followup question then is if I have to reinstall WinME back onto
drive
> a,
> > will it change Linux on the drive b at all? I'm doubting it, since I
have
> a
> > boot floppy for it.
> >
> > And a last question, I tried to edit the lilo.conf (sp?) file that
> contains
> > what OS options to boot too, and while /etc (?) has it, I mounted and
> ls'ed
> > the floppy and there's nothing there. How can I edit it on the floppy to
> > make sure the "dos" aprtition is an option?
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > Liam
> >
> >
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Louis LaBash)
Subject: IPSec SWAN?
Date: 23 May 2001 13:01:57 -0700
Can a Linux-box use Free S/WAN and conventional networking
simultaneously?
In other word can I add SWAN to my current setup without a
loss. I'm on a LAN/WAN hooked to the Inet.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jm)
Subject: bootpd and dhcpd
Date: 23 May 2001 13:23:10 -0700
I have bootpd and dhcpd. When the diskless terminal server requests,
they (dhcp and bootpd) both (I tried both) reply, but the server never
gets the image. It just keeps requesting and getting a reply over and
over. I know this works on hp-ux, but I am trying to get it to work
on linux hp-ux 6.2. Thanks for any help. I also do not have tftpd
for linux, but I have the man pages. I don't understand that or the
relation to bootp.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (michael james obrien)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sort of urgent: Recreating boot disk
Date: 23 May 2001 20:43:32 GMT
Michael Pye ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: OK, I ran LILO from a floppy because the linux partition on my disk falls at
: about 12GB, too large for my BIOS to boot to it...
: The disk is (physically) buggered. No, I don't have a rescue disk, but I do
: have another functioning Linux machine and windows 98 on the machine with
: the buggered disk.
: I also have a boot disk (unnecessary) for the other machine. The two
: machines run (very) different systems, the unbootable one is Redhat 7.0 the
: other is Redhat 5 WITHOUT the 2.2.2 kernel update. Is there any way I can
: rebuild my LILO disk?
: Thanks
: MP
Get the redhat install disk. Put it in the machine you need a boot disk
for. at the LILO prompt type
linux root=/dev/hda2 ro
substitute whatever partition your root partition is on for hda2.
Should get you into your system. Then you can make a new boot floppy (see
man lilo for command line options).
-Michael
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Reply-To: "Bernd Prager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Bernd Prager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Routing keystrokes through network connection
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:47:58 GMT
perl module Net::Telnet should do it!
"Bas Nedermeijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9eh3lg$hg2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Telnet
>
> - Bas
>
>
> "Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:2HTO6.17475$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I'm not overly familiar with the networking side of unix or linux, so I
> was
> > wondering as follows
> >
> > Is there a way to manually open a TCP/IP connection and send (almost)
all
> > the communications manually. As in logging in to an FTP server and
> entering
> > all commands yourself rather than using a client to parse them for you.
> > After all, that's how it was originally done isn't it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > MP
> >
> >
>
>
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Subject: Re: vlock Password Problem
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:52:34 GMT
Skylar Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am having troubles with unlocking vlock. It accepts the mortal
> user password just fine, but it does not accept the root password.
> I think the problem is that vlock needs access to /etc/shadow, but
> I am reluctant to increase permissions on it (it is currently 400).
/etc/shadow should be readable only by root, so any programs reading
it need root privileges.
> I can get around the problem by going root in another console and
> killing vlock, but it would be much more simple if root could do it
OK, how do you go to another terminal while vlock is running?
> at its own password prompt in vlock. Is there any other way around
> the problem, or is it safe for me to make the permissions on /etc/shadow
> 444?
So you are reluctant to give vlock root permissions but would chmod
/etc/shadow to 444?
Vilmos
------------------------------
From: R S Prigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: partition labels? in RH 7.1
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:59:50 GMT
I installed RH 7.1 to try it out, and in the process gave some funky names
to partions in the setup procedure -- e.g. "will-be-usr" -- as original
mount points.
Now I find that strange names are somehow IN THE PARTITION TABLE ?! and
during boot up the fsck displays these names for partitions. (Once booted,
the appropriate names from fstab are used.)
In cfdisk, the odd names are displayed as "LABEL" for ea partition; but I
can't find where to edit.
Any ideas? Thanks.
------------------------------
From: "alik blochin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rh 7.1 driving me nuts
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:55:32 +0200
i am going just crazy... guys :
i am trying to install rh 7.1 for god knows what time
and still without success :
the installation gets stacked at the point of :
"transferring install image to harddrive"
and it gives the error
"it was an error, maybe you haven't got enough free space"
or something like that but that's not true:
i have a 14 GB allocated just for linux
512MB swap
/ 7GB
/usr all the rest
i tried all the option available :
disk druid
fdisk
with all options with those tools
nothing just helps
the system hangs on the point of
"transferring install image to harddrive"
it's driving me nuts....
what the hell i am suppose to do to get it work !!!!?????????
I know that if i turn to Red Hat
god knows when i'll get an answer....
if somebody knows something please help..
i need to install it...
and i don't want to mess with mandrake
mandrake just freezes on my machine...
Configuration:
900mHZ AMD
Chaintech motherboard 7AJA
20GB WD +
30GB Quantum : 14GB for linux
------------------------------
From: "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /var - device busy
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:43:53 GMT
Anyone know why during shutdown I get => /var - device busy failed
which completes successful the next 30 sec.
thanks
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From: LRW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XWindows desktop not fully coming up. Please help?
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:45:37 -0500
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> LRW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yeah, someone else told me /root/.xinitrc may need to be fixed. (I'm logging
>
> > exec gnome-session
> > Is that all it should contain? If I want it to run KDE instead, what should
> > I put there?
>
> Some command that starts kde. "startkde" is a usual candidate.
>
> > I have a working Linux box here at work, and it's running KDE just fine. I
> > looked for an .xinitrc and it doesn't have one. WHy might that be?
>
> Why don't you have blue socks on? There's no particular reason. Perhaps
> that person prefers chosing from a menu rather than specifying
> directly. Perhaps (rightly!) they don't run X as root (you SHOULDN'T!).
>
> Peter
Actually, I set this Linux box up here at work. =) No one else here even
really knows what Linux is.
The reason I asked why I asked why is because I'm confused about why
this box works perfectly right out of installation without a .xinitrc
when it sounds as though that file is necessary.
And I'm running as root because I'm having to do installations of
packages left and right so I thought I might as well stay as root. I've
been so busy getting the machine set up right that I haven't had time
yet to study up on user managing enough yet to create another account
for myself that has all the benefits but none of the risks root has.
Thanks for the feedback!
Liam
------------------------------
From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: LILO and Operating System Missing
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:34:44 +0200
In comp.os.linux.help LRW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fascinating! I had no idea each letter of the opening LILO meant something.
> Now, what's "map installer"? =/
"/sbin/lilo"
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Pearre)
Subject: libc5 on makdrake 8?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 May 2001 21:53:02 GMT
Hi!
I just installed Mandrake 8. It's got some problems, but the first one to
really stump me is this: I can't run any libc5 programs.
(0)diverge@/usr/local/bin% ls -Fla catdoc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8136 Nov 19 2000 catdoc*
(0)diverge@/usr/local/bin% ./catdoc
zsh: no such file or directory: ./catdoc
(1)diverge@/usr/local/bin% ldd catdoc
/usr/bin/ldd: ./catdoc: No such file or directory
(1)diverge@/usr/local/bin% ssh gradient "ldd /usr/local/bin/catdoc"
libc.so.5 => /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 (0x4000e000)
(0)diverge@/usr/local/bin% rpm -q libc5
libc5-5.4.38-3
(0)diverge@/usr/local/bin%
Yes, I've added /usr/i486-linuxlibc5/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run
ldconfig, which knows it's there.
Any other suggestions?
Please cc me on any replies!
Thanks very much :)
-Ben
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:02:49 -0400
From: Mike Hammock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 7.0 and PHP
Have installed SuSE 7.0 (Pro version). Standard install appears to
have
installed Apache and PHP. Doing a 'rpm -q -i apache' says that
apache has been installed with the PHP4 module, so I would think that
PHP should be available.... However, when we try to 'browse' a
xxx.php file, the browser tries to offer to download the file (as type
x-httpd-php) , rather than it being 'executed' on the server.
We did copy the php.ini to /usr/local/lib and verified that the
appropriate AddType commands are in httpd.conf.
What are we missing?
Mike
------------------------------
From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rh 7.1 driving me nuts
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:03:48 -0500
alik blochin wrote:
> i am going just crazy... guys :
>
> i am trying to install rh 7.1 for god knows what time
> and still without success :
>
> the installation gets stacked at the point of :
> "transferring install image to harddrive"
>
> and it gives the error
> "it was an error, maybe you haven't got enough free space"
> or something like that but that's not true:
>
> i have a 14 GB allocated just for linux
> 512MB swap
> / 7GB
> /usr all the rest
>
>
> i tried all the option available :
> disk druid
> fdisk
> with all options with those tools
>
> nothing just helps
> the system hangs on the point of
> "transferring install image to harddrive"
>
> it's driving me nuts....
> what the hell i am suppose to do to get it work !!!!?????????
>
> I know that if i turn to Red Hat
> god knows when i'll get an answer....
>
> if somebody knows something please help..
> i need to install it...
>
> and i don't want to mess with mandrake
> mandrake just freezes on my machine...
>
> Configuration:
>
> 900mHZ AMD
> Chaintech motherboard 7AJA
> 20GB WD +
> 30GB Quantum : 14GB for linux
Drop your memory bus speed from 133MHz to 100MHz for the install.
------------------------------
From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partition labels? in RH 7.1
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:05:36 -0500
R S Prigan wrote:
> I installed RH 7.1 to try it out, and in the process gave some funky names
> to partions in the setup procedure -- e.g. "will-be-usr" -- as original
> mount points.
>
> Now I find that strange names are somehow IN THE PARTITION TABLE ?! and
> during boot up the fsck displays these names for partitions. (Once booted,
> the appropriate names from fstab are used.)
>
> In cfdisk, the odd names are displayed as "LABEL" for ea partition; but I
> can't find where to edit.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>
>
/etc/fstab (?)
------------------------------
From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rh 7.1 driving me nuts
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:06:27 -0400
Did you actually format the partitions?
alik blochin wrote:
> i am going just crazy... guys :
>
> i am trying to install rh 7.1 for god knows what time
> and still without success :
>
> the installation gets stacked at the point of :
> "transferring install image to harddrive"
>
> and it gives the error
> "it was an error, maybe you haven't got enough free space"
> or something like that but that's not true:
>
> i have a 14 GB allocated just for linux
> 512MB swap
> / 7GB
> /usr all the rest
>
> i tried all the option available :
> disk druid
> fdisk
> with all options with those tools
>
> nothing just helps
> the system hangs on the point of
> "transferring install image to harddrive"
>
> it's driving me nuts....
> what the hell i am suppose to do to get it work !!!!?????????
>
> I know that if i turn to Red Hat
> god knows when i'll get an answer....
>
> if somebody knows something please help..
> i need to install it...
>
> and i don't want to mess with mandrake
> mandrake just freezes on my machine...
>
> Configuration:
>
> 900mHZ AMD
> Chaintech motherboard 7AJA
> 20GB WD +
> 30GB Quantum : 14GB for linux
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