Linux-Setup Digest #82, Volume #19 Wed, 5 Jul 00 11:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Intial setup of RH 6.2 ("Silly Rabbit")
RH6.2 + ethernet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH6.2 + Intel Ethernet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
newbie question: printer setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Graphics card problem (Dominic Williams)
Re: LILO/ NT Boot Loader experts ("Bent")
Re: Wrong major or minor number --but it's wrong (greg)
Re: I am a newbie and I need help. (DeAnn Iwan)
how to 1 machine and 2 names (joel)
Re: Problems partitioning 40Gb drive w/ SuSE 6.4 (Eric)
Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to reset root password (slackware) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH6.2 + Intel Ethernet (Gernot Fink)
2 PCMCIA cards (Alex)
Re: Wrong major or minor number --but it's wrong (Eric)
Re: newbie question: printer setup (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Xterm Keyboard Problem on HP Terminal (Thomas Dickey)
Gateway - Kadoka - Not for Linux - ????? (Chris Barone)
Re: Which partition do I install linux to? (Xiang Long Huang)
Removing Users--How? (Lorne Beckman)
new to linux (sylvain hutchison)
newbie question (sylvain hutchison)
newbie (sylvain hutchison)
Re: new to linux (Hexdump)
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From: "Silly Rabbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intial setup of RH 6.2
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 07:16:57 -0500
I checked and found X wasn't installed with the server option, so I
reinstalled with the Gnome workstation option. I've run Xconfigurator and
got my resolution set right. When booting, the only failure I get is my
network card. Eth0 fails. I ran linuxconfigurator and it is showing eth0,
so I entered my info for host name, dns server and name server 1 and 2. I
then accepted and went to the shell and used ifconfig and I don't get the
correct info. I was following another @home users website install help
guide and it says to use 3coms utility to change the NIC from PNP to ISA. I
haven't tried that, but I did see a linux driver on the 3com site. What is
the correct way to get my NIC (3C905) to work in Gnome. Also, where can I
set up my soundcard?
Thanks
Silly Rabbit
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH6.2 + ethernet
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 12:13:39 GMT
Dear,
I installed RedHat 6.2 using Server configuration. It booted up fine, detected
the ethernet card, assigned a fixed IP.
However, when I ping other machines on the network, it takes a long time
(>30sec). What did I do wrong? How should I fix it?
Please help!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: RH6.2 + Intel Ethernet
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 12:11:00 GMT
Dear,
I installed RedHat 6.2 using Server configuration. It booted up fine, detected
the ethernet card, assigned a fixed IP.
However, when I ping other machines on the network, it takes a long time
(>30sec). What did I do wrong? How should I fix it?
Please help!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: newbie question: printer setup
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 12:18:55 GMT
Hi,
I am newbie so I hope the following description suffices to
understand what the problem is.
Iinstalled redhat 6.2 on my HP-Vectra machine and am having a problem
with printing normal text files. With some help I did the following,
- I got the control-panel up.
- Selected printers;
In "Input Filter" ->"Selected" the printer (Hp LaserJet)
Now my machine is on the network and all that, I can print to the
printer, but only the first line of the file gets printed on the page
and I get "two" copies of each page in the same manner.
I cant figure out what is wrong with my machine and how it is to be
configured. Any help or suggestion will be great.
Thanks and Regards
Ashok
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From: Dominic Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Graphics card problem
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 12:30:03 GMT
I'm a complete novice! I'm running winlinux, but there are two lines going
down the screen, suggesting that it is the wrong driver. Any suggestions
as to how to change the driver? The card is an 8MB rage pro.
Thanks.
Dominic.
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From: "Bent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO/ NT Boot Loader experts
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:43:12 +0200
Hi
I have the same "LI" problem. My linux partition is at the end of a 20GB
disk and beond the 1024 cyl restriction in LILO. I have seen this patch
earlyer and now I cant find it. The patch is at least half a year old and
should therefore be spread all over internett.
Bent
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8ipqjd$m09$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Yes, the "Lil" problem is because if the 1024 cyl restriction.
> You can install LILO in the MBR and still have the same problem because
> of NT. There is a patch for this as I read in an older issue of the c't
> magazine... Other than that you could organize your harddisc to have
> all boot partitions within the first 1024 cylinders and add additional
> partitions (for data, applications, ...) behind in extended (logical)
> partitions.
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Tim Lindquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have the following configuration:
> >
> > 20G drive, Win2K on first 10G partition,
> > RH6.2 installed on second half of drive,
> > well above 1024 cyl limit. Installation would
> > not allow me to create a /boot partition at all,
> > I assume because I was past the 1024 cyl limit.
> > I installed LILO on the linux root partition.
> >
> > Q1. If I use the NT boot loader, and have that
> > boot linux, then am I still constrained by the 1024
> > cyl limit at that stage ie are we still relying on the BIOS
> > once the NT boot loader has started.
> >
> > Note, I used the NT Boot Loader HOWTO, and
> > stripped the boot sector from the linux root partition
> > to a file bootsect.lnx, which I then copied to C:\.
> > Boot.ini poinst to this for the Linux boot option.
> >
> > However, when I go through the NT boot loader, it
> > fires off LILO, but only goes as far as 'LI'.
> >
> > Is this because it is still relying on BIOS and cant
> > get to the kernel etc which reside in the root partition
> > above 1024 cyl limit.
> >
> > Q2. If that is the problem, can I create /boot under
> > C:\ and have either the NT boot loader use this?
> > What do I do?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>
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> Before you buy.
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From: greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wrong major or minor number --but it's wrong
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 05:55:35 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You can't mount hdb5 and hdb6 either?
> And what about hdb1? (as a primary that should at least work, right)
> Are you sure the partitions are formatted with the correct FS?
>
> These are just some things to check and report back to us,
No, I can't mount any of them.
I just did a complete reinstall of 6.2 with kernel-2.2.14 and everything
was fine. I could mount all my partitions without any problems.. Then
I installed kernel-2.2.16 and I lost them again.
And like I said, I've rebuilt 2.2.16 half a dozen times now, thinking
I've been doing something wrong. I've built it with the fat, msdos and
vfat filesystems built in and also as modules. Same thing. I'm sure I
installed it correctly.
I haven't tried rebuilding without the OpenWall Project security patch,
I'll try that, but it doesn't seem like this patch would effect the
filesystem part of the kernel.
This is what the OpenWall patch adds with the default selections:
Security options
Non-executable user stack area (CONFIG_SECURE_STACK) [Y]
Autodetect and emulate GCC trampolines (CONFIG_SECURE_STACK_SMART) [Y]
Restricted links in /tmp (CONFIG_SECURE_LINK) [Y]
Restricted FIFOs in /tmp (CONFIG_SECURE_FIFO) [Y]
Restricted /proc (CONFIG_SECURE_PROC) [N]
Special handling of fd 0, 1, and 2 (CONFIG_SECURE_FD_0_1_2) [Y]
Enforce RLIMIT_NPROC on execve(2) (CONFIG_SECURE_RLIMIT_NPROC) [Y]
Destroy shared memory segments not in use (CONFIG_SECURE_SHM) [N]
--
greg :: Bodhisattva with a real bad attitude
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I am a newbie and I need help.
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 09:23:28 -0400
Phillip Oliven wrote:
> I just recently bought another computer just so I could install Linux and
> play around with it. I bought a copy of "Linux for Dummies" so I would have
> the operating system and something to help walk me through its
> operation........
> . Is it possible to
> download Xfree86 onto a floppy and have Linux read the disk even though it
> is DOS? I would appreciate the help quite a bit but I would really
> appreciate a text file or a url where I could DOWNLOAD a manual or something
> so I could find this information for myself. I have found a couple of online
> manuals but that doesn't do me much good considering the two computers are
> at opposite ends of the house. Any Linux newsletters or really good
> homepages for beginners would be a tremendous help also.
>
> Thanks
> in advance
> Phillip
For getting stuff from one computer to the other: it is possible to
set up a connection over a serial line or parallel port line to move information
from one computer to the other. But it will be somewhat difficult for a newbie
to do this...and the windows side can be more difficult to set up than the Linux
side. If you can afford a new computer, perhaps you can also afford two NICs
(network interface cards) and an ethernet cross over cable to link the two
machines. If you hunt around, you may be able to get new NICs (PCI or ISA) for
~$10 US each, and a long cable for about the same (try Computergate).
Try getting a newer OS version. There have been a LOT of
improvements since RH5.2 (which is about 2 years old now). You can get SUSE
(which comes with a good manual and around 6 CDs of software) for $30 US at
CompUSA. You can get the GPL part of most major distributions for about $2 US
plus shipping and handling from on-line houses such as Cheapbytes.
Some winmodems are starting to provide linux drivers. Yours might be one of
these....it's worth checking out.
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Subject: how to 1 machine and 2 names
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (joel)
Date: 5 Jul 2000 09:22:19 -0400
i have one linux rh6.2 machine40.subdomain.domain.com
but now setingup registred domain fantastic.com for a same machine
please this is a urgent
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems partitioning 40Gb drive w/ SuSE 6.4
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:32:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
skeeter wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 00:39:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.) wrote:
>
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (skeeter)
>wrote:
> >>>Try using the plain vanilla fdisk from Linux. I had basically the same
> >>>problem you are having when I used Disk Druid from RedHat v6.1 to create
> >>>partitions. When I created them manually using fdisk, I was able to assign
> >>>them and install just fine.
> >>
> >>
> >>For my next dumb question, how can I do that in DOS from a Linux disk?
> >>Since I don't have a linux to run, how do I go about it? Do I fire up
> >>a bootable floppy? Is a DOS "runnable" fdisk found somewhere in the
> >>SuSE 6-disk distribution?
> >
> >You may be able to access it while booting from one of the Install CDs or
> >there may be diskette images you can use in your distribution. When you boot
> >from CD, see if you can use Alt+F2 (or F3,etc) to switch to a terminal window
> >at any point and run fdisk from the command prompt there. If not, and you
> >aren't sure where to get the bootable images or how to make the disks, post
> >again and let me know and I'll send you URLs for everything you need and some
> >directions for doing what you are after.
>
> I tried what you suggested but the fdisk still indicated that the disk
> had 1027 cylinders. I'm not really sure where to proceed at this
> point. Should I change the modes of the disk from within the BIOS? I
> don't really want to try that for fear of screwing something up. The
> current setting in the BIOS is AUTO so it can decide on the mode to
> use. My mobo is an ABIT KA7.
Hi skeeter,
when you boot linux from the disc the lilo prompt appears, then you can
pass disc geometry data to the kernel (Cylinder heads and sectors) (You
may need expert mode or something like that, I don't know Suse) You can
find more specific info on the web about what exactly you need to pass
(search for HOW-TO's and on deja.com). I don't know the exact syntax
(it's something like hdc="Cyls,Heads,Sectors"), but I hope you will be
able to find the solution with these pointers.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: 5 Jul 2000 10:00:21 -0400
In comp.os.linux.hardware Gareth Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've managed to get my IDE ATAPI CD-RW working .. well, sortof.
> I followed the HOW-TO (recompiled kernel with generic SCSI support etc
> etc), and I'm
> now able to burn CD's to my heart's content.
You can burn with only SCSI support and the generic SCSI driver (and maybe
the vendor extensions). On the other hand, to read from it (mount it) you
will need SCSI-CD-ROM support too.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to reset root password (slackware)
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:04:06 GMT
I figured out how to attempt to reset my root password from other
messages in this forum, but to no avail. I'm joing to reinstall slack
and and choose to NOT change my root password during install, and see
what happens. The unfortunate part is that the machine I'm installing
it on has no CDROM drive, and the install won't recognize the network
card.
Can you say "24 floppy disks"? I knew you could.
Sigh.
Thanks anyway, gang!
Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: RH6.2 + Intel Ethernet
Date: 5 Jul 2000 14:19:06 GMT
In article <8jv8kb$3ao$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Dear,
>
> I installed RedHat 6.2 using Server configuration. It booted up fine, detected
> the ethernet card, assigned a fixed IP.
>
> However, when I ping other machines on the network, it takes a long time
> (>30sec). What did I do wrong? How should I fix it?
It could be a nameresolving problem.
Check your /etc/resolv.conf if there is a nameserver wich is not aviable at
the moment.
The 30 sec are the timeout.
>
> Please help!
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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MFG G.Fink
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: 2 PCMCIA cards
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:20:54 +0200
Hi all,
I have Toshiba Tecra8100 laptop with RH6.2 installed. I have 2 PCMCIA
sockets availiable. I need one for ethernet card and another for serial
(actually GSM card). Each of them work fine, if it is alone.
I use 3com589 (network) and Psion Gold Card GSM (serial).
I tried Ericsson DC23 GSM card as well.
In case of 2 cards I have a problem with IRQ. I couldn't use
second card at all.
After booting with 2 cards:
#cardctl config
Socket 0: irq10
Socket 1: no information about irq...
If only one card inserted, it always gets irq10.
I have also followinf HW: com1(ttyS0), Yamaha sound, PS/2 mouse,
Lucent V.90 modem (I guess winmodem).
What could I do in order to get irq for second card?
Any help will be appreciated,
Alex
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wrong major or minor number --but it's wrong
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:43:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I really don't know what could be wrong here, but did you by any chance
enable the loopback devices? If so try to make a file and format that
with a FAT FS and mount it on a loop device. See if you can do that. It
would at least rule out problems with the FS modules.
Eric
greg wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > You can't mount hdb5 and hdb6 either?
> > And what about hdb1? (as a primary that should at least work, right)
> > Are you sure the partitions are formatted with the correct FS?
> >
> > These are just some things to check and report back to us,
>
> No, I can't mount any of them.
>
> I just did a complete reinstall of 6.2 with kernel-2.2.14 and everything
> was fine. I could mount all my partitions without any problems.. Then
> I installed kernel-2.2.16 and I lost them again.
>
> And like I said, I've rebuilt 2.2.16 half a dozen times now, thinking
> I've been doing something wrong. I've built it with the fat, msdos and
> vfat filesystems built in and also as modules. Same thing. I'm sure I
> installed it correctly.
>
> I haven't tried rebuilding without the OpenWall Project security patch,
> I'll try that, but it doesn't seem like this patch would effect the
> filesystem part of the kernel.
>
> This is what the OpenWall patch adds with the default selections:
>
> Security options
> Non-executable user stack area (CONFIG_SECURE_STACK) [Y]
> Autodetect and emulate GCC trampolines (CONFIG_SECURE_STACK_SMART) [Y]
> Restricted links in /tmp (CONFIG_SECURE_LINK) [Y]
> Restricted FIFOs in /tmp (CONFIG_SECURE_FIFO) [Y]
> Restricted /proc (CONFIG_SECURE_PROC) [N]
> Special handling of fd 0, 1, and 2 (CONFIG_SECURE_FD_0_1_2) [Y]
> Enforce RLIMIT_NPROC on execve(2) (CONFIG_SECURE_RLIMIT_NPROC) [Y]
> Destroy shared memory segments not in use (CONFIG_SECURE_SHM) [N]
>
> --
> greg :: Bodhisattva with a real bad attitude
> ---------------------------------------------------
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question: printer setup
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 10:35:33 -0700
I'm a newbie myself, and unfortunately I don't have an answer for you. But
I'm having a printer problem myself, and I was ondering how did you manage
to setup your printer? My machine is also on the Network, but I haven't a
clue on how to connect it to the printer. I'm trying to use printcap, but it
ain't working. Can you tell me how you did?? Thanks a lot for any
information, I appreciate it!!
chalo bye, (Do you speak Hindi, cuz I've got a friend whose name is also
Ashok and he is Hindi)
Sly.
> I am newbie so I hope the following description suffices to
> understand what the problem is.
> Iinstalled redhat 6.2 on my HP-Vectra machine and am having a problem
> with printing normal text files. With some help I did the following,
> - I got the control-panel up.
> - Selected printers;
> In "Input Filter" ->"Selected" the printer (Hp LaserJet)
>
> Now my machine is on the network and all that, I can print to the
> printer, but only the first line of the file gets printed on the page
> and I get "two" copies of each page in the same manner.
>
> I cant figure out what is wrong with my machine and how it is to be
> configured. Any help or suggestion will be great.
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Ashok
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Xterm Keyboard Problem on HP Terminal
Date: 5 Jul 2000 14:31:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup NorbertSchmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a used HP Entria X-Terminal, which I want to use as a Terminal
> for a SUSE 6.4 Server.
> The Problem is:
> I set up the Hardware to use a German Keyboard. It works fine. I've got
> the @ and | signs on the right keys where they belong to. On the KDE
> Desktop everything is ok except for the xterm and all programs in xterm.
> I can't get the AltGr-Q to give me an @ or AltGr-< to give me an |.
> It looks to me that it is a terminfo or termcap problem beacause when I
> type in tset -s -q I get:
> xterm-hp
> TERM=xterm-hp
no - not terminfo/termcap (it has to be down lower, in xkb, for instance)
--
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http://dickey.his.com
ftp://dickey.his.com
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From: Chris Barone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.,alt.linux
Subject: Gateway - Kadoka - Not for Linux - ?????
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:37:13 GMT
Here is a response from the Gateway techs about turning off PNP, as a
possible solution to my sound problems. I have been trying for three
weeks to get my SB Live! card to work. All the drivers seem to be
there, and trying to work. I have tried them all, OSS \ Alsa \
Emu10k1. Maybe this isn't the problem, I don't know. If anyone knows
something I'm missing, PLEASE - let me know. The system can see my
Brooktree tuner card, 'sndconfig' see's the right sound card, but
that's as far as I can get. It doesn't see my PCI modem either, but I
don't care! My ethernet card works great.
"The Kadoka motherboard that you have there is only compatible with
Windows 98 and 98 SE. We have it listed as a "can't build" with
Windows 95 and Windows NT. All versions of the BIOS are set up to
work with Windows 98 only, and none of them contain the Plug and Play
OS option (Sorry for the bad information in the first message.
Gateway doesn't install Linux with any of our systems so we have not
tested this motherboard with Linux. Judging by the limited operating
system compatibility of this motherboard, I would say that it's not
going to work with Linux."
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From: Xiang Long Huang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which partition do I install linux to?
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 10:37:56 -0400
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I am a beginner too. But as I know, you should have the Linux /boot partition
at the first 1024 clusters.(all of
the partition) . Say, if the cluster size is 4k you should put the boot
partition in the first 8G of your hard disk.
Some thing like the following:
1. primary: 2G Windows system
2. primary: 16M Linux Ext2 /boot
3. extended: 1. 256M Linux swap
2. 5G Linux Ext2 /
3. 12G Windows app. and data
If you need to repartition your hard disk and want to preserve your data, you
will need partitionMagic at
www.powerquest.com
Long
Rich S wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm getting a 20 GB h/drive and am going to partition it for Win98 and
> Linux.
> Basically I want first 2gb for Win. Other than that I am going to have 5gb
> for linux and the rest for data/apps (will be a windows partition).
>
> The question is this, I read somewhere that it is important that linux
> resides in a partition below a certain cluster number of the h/drive. Hence
> this would affect the layout of my partitions. Could someone please clarify
> this for me.
>
> I tried installing linux before and ended up killing a windows partition,
> windows couldnt cope and it trashed my h/drive. So I am being v. careful
> this time. I am thinking of going for SUSE6.4, any comments/other ideas?
>
> Cheers
> Rich.
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Long
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I am a beginner too. But as I know, you should have the Linux /boot partition
at the first 1024 clusters.(all of
<br>the partition) . Say, if the cluster size is 4k you should put
the boot partition in the first 8G of your hard disk.
<br>Some thing like the following:
<br>1. primary: 2G Windows system
<br>2. primary: 16M Linux Ext2 /boot
<br>3. extended: 1. 256M Linux swap
<br>
2. 5G Linux Ext2 /
<br>
3. 12G Windows app. and data
<p>If you need to repartition your hard disk and want to preserve your
data, you will need partitionMagic at
<br>www.powerquest.com
<p>Long
<p>Rich S wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<br>I'm getting a 20 GB h/drive and am going to partition it for Win98
and
<br>Linux.
<br>Basically I want first 2gb for Win. Other than that I am going
to have 5gb
<br>for linux and the rest for data/apps (will be a windows partition).
<p>The question is this, I read somewhere that it is important that linux
<br>resides in a partition below a certain cluster number of the h/drive.
Hence
<br>this would affect the layout of my partitions. Could someone
please clarify
<br>this for me.
<p>I tried installing linux before and ended up killing a windows partition,
<br>windows couldnt cope and it trashed my h/drive. So I am being
v. careful
<br>this time. I am thinking of going for SUSE6.4, any comments/other
ideas?
<p>Cheers
<br>Rich.</blockquote>
<pre>--
Long</pre>
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Subject: Removing Users--How?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lorne Beckman)
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:53:14 GMT
Greetings,
I can't figure out how to remove users from my mail server. Linux
version 2.0.0.
"Userdel / deluser" does nothing (command not found). (I use "adduser"
to add.)
Looked through lots of documentation, but have come up emptyhanded.
Obviously I pretty much have no clue what I'm doing.
Can you help?
Lorne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new to linux
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 11:01:06 -0700
Hi, I've got a very simple question, but might be simple in practice, I
want to change the name of my computer, cuz the guy that installed linux
for me entered the wrong name, so the IT guy asked me to change the name
of my computer, how do I do that without re-installing linux all over
again??
Thanks,
Sly.
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie question
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 11:02:17 -0700
Hi, I've got a very simple question, but might be simple in practice, I
want to change the name of my computer, cuz the guy that installed linux
for me entered the wrong name, so the IT guy asked me to change the name
of my computer, how do I do that without re-installing linux all over
again??
Thanks,
Sly.
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 11:02:54 -0700
Hi, I've got a very simple question, but might be simple in practice, I
want to change the name of my computer, cuz the guy that installed linux
for me entered the wrong name, so the IT guy asked me to change the name
of my computer, how do I do that without re-installing linux all over
again??
Thanks,
Sly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hexdump)
Subject: Re: new to linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:02:32 GMT
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 11:01:06 -0700, sylvain hutchison wrote:
>Hi, I've got a very simple question, but might be simple in practice, I
>want to change the name of my computer, cuz the guy that installed linux
>for me entered the wrong name, so the IT guy asked me to change the name
>of my computer, how do I do that without re-installing linux all over
>again??
>
>Thanks,
>Sly.
>
IIRC, you just need to edit "/etc/HOSTNAME".
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