Linux-Setup Digest #93, Volume #19 Thu, 6 Jul 00 06:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Warning: unable to open initial console (Eric)
Re: Can't install Win98 after I've installed Linux. Help. (Eric)
Re: I need some step-by-step instructions on mounting a FAT partition (P.T.Gowadia)
Re: Linux partition and Windows NT (Mario Frasca)
Gnome: how to set global menu (Morris M M Law)
Re: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus. ("Brian")
Re: IPCHAINS sample script for 3 NICS ("Thierry")
Re: Mouse works during install, not after (Eric)
Re: RH 6.2 random rants and raves -- HEY REDHAT! -- Open letter.
DHCP with two NICs PLEASE HELP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: newbie question: printer setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NOTHING COMPILES (Oystein Johnsen)
Re: System Performance - HELP (ido� ki��er�)
share disk with NT,W98 (Colin Bannister)
New folder: permissin denied (felix)
How to re-install windows whithout spoiling Linux (BO)
Kernel Panic on a bi-processor ("Sergio")
connectivity issues......... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[?]how to shrink libc? how to shrink libc according to selected applications? thx in
advanced!:) please also reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jauming)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Warning: unable to open initial console
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 06:52:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Roelof Knibbe wrote:
>
> HELP!
>
> The other day my system crashed, so I could'nt shutdown properly.
> Linux has'nt come back since. I use RedHat 6.0, with LILO dual boot.
> It used to work fine.
>
> I've tried several LILO options like:
> linux single
> linux root=....
> linux /bin/sh
>
> These options all produce the same error. I do not get a kernel panic
> error.
> It says:
>
> ....
> VMS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 60 k freed
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>
> I can boot with a rescue image. The other suggestion I found was to use
> mknod (forgot the rest of the command). This didn't work either, it
> coud'nt
> find dev/tty1. I can mount the root however (dev/hdb1) or perform
> e2fsck.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion?
> Thanx
> Roelof
Just some things to try,
Have you done a e2fsck on the / and /boot partitions?
Did anything show up in lost+found?
Did you tried re-running lilo
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't install Win98 after I've installed Linux. Help.
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 06:39:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
C.J. wrote:
>
> >That file is the exact reason why I doubt it'll work, it tells the
> >system where all the files are located and needs to be changed defore
> >you can boot from HDD again.
>
> I would think you could boot, but your additional mounts aren't likely to work
> correctly. But is is certainly possible that I'm wrong about this.
>
> >other=/dev/hdb1
> > label=win98
> > map-drive = 0x81
> > to = 0x80
> > map-drive = 0x80
> > to = 0x81
> > table = /dev/hdb
>
> Do the map-drive commands above change how the drives appear to Win98? I
> didn't know about that command in LILO. It seems like a fairly elegant way to
> handle things. Do utilities that want to access the drives directly work ok,
> with drives swapped like this?
I'm not 100% sure about this, but the hex-codes are they way HDD's are
referred to by the BIOS, so I suppose this is telling the BIOS that all
accesses made to drive 0x80 (normally /dev/hda) should be redirected to
drive 0x81 (normally /dev/hdb) The BIOS numbers are not really related
to the actual positions like /dev/hdX are, but are assigned when the
drives are recognized by the BIOS. So /dev/hdc can be 0x81 too, it
depends on your local setup.
I never heard of anything to function incorrectly after setting up like
this, but I'm not running a system that uses this myself, so I'm not
sure.
Eric
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From: P.T.Gowadia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I need some step-by-step instructions on mounting a FAT partition
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 07:30:05 GMT
After the computer has started up,login as root.Then run the command
fdisk.This will bring out another prompt,type m for help or p for the
partition table.Note down all the details paying special attention to the
line containing 'msdos'.That is your Windows partition.Now open /etc/fstab
in gnp and note the syntax of the file.make an entry for Windows using the
info from the fdisk.I am not going into a lot of details,because I am a
newbie too,but I faced the same problems and succeeded in mounting the
Windows partition.I also do just like you in that I download files to
Windows and then move them to Linux.
Read the other advice and try it out.
Best of Luck.
Computadora wrote:
>
>
> I'm brand new to linux, so I apologize for myself in advance. I just
> installed Red Hat 6.2 onto my system. I have a 20 gig drive, 10 gigs
> devoted to windows 98 and 10 gigs devoted to linux. The installation
> went ok, but I cannot figure out how to read files that are in my
> windows partition in linux. My ISP uses a PPPoE client for the DSL
> connections. The linux PPPoE client software is too big for a floppy,
> so I need to download it from Windows 98 and bring it into linux.
> Again, I am very new, so I really need step-by-step instructions on
> how to do this... i'm using the GNOME XWindows system. If someone can
> point me to anything on the web that's for total beginners it would be
> much appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mario Frasca)
Subject: Re: Linux partition and Windows NT
Date: 6 Jul 2000 07:24:16 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Shane R. Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>[...]
>I was able to mount both NTFS partitions in Linux and would like
>to be able to view the Linux partition in NT. Is this possible?
>[...]
you find the answer at the bottom of the page
http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/ntfs/
or you can directly browse to
http://www.chat.ru/~ashedel/ext2fsnt/
ciao,
Mario
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Morris M M Law)
Subject: Gnome: how to set global menu
Date: 6 Jul 2000 07:24:36 GMT
First, thanks for reading this.
Our laboratory installed several PC workstations running Linux with Gnome.
As all students will use the Gnome interface and application software
installed in them, I would like construct a common popup menu for them.
How to build it so that every users can use it by right click or left
click on the desktop. I can do this in CDE by modifying /etc/dt/config
/sys.dtwmrc. Which is the equivalent file in GNOME?
Thank you in advance.
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Science Faculty Tel : (852) 23395909 Fax : (852) 23395862
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus.
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 07:50:26 GMT
C.J. wrote in message <396410dc$0$8315$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>While this isn't comp.os.linux.advocacy I had to put in my $.02
>I've worked with:
> MS-DOS 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x
> IBM-DOS 4.x, 5.x
> DR-DOS 4.x on up
> A few other DOSes that the "old timers" would recognize.
> Windows 3.0, 3.1, 95, 98, NT 3.50, 3.51 and 4.0
> Netware 2.x, 3.x, 4.x, and 5.0
> For Linux I've only tired Slackware 3 and 4 and RedHat 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2
Seems you be happy with Redhat - works for me!
My first home computer was a Processor Technology SOL-10/20 - Intel 8080,
S-100 bus, 64k static memory maxed and 4k static memory video buffer - it
was and is a beautiful computer with solid walnut sides. Believe it or not,
Bill Gates was selling these great tiny BASIC interpreters as well as a
powerful assembler/emulator that ran on the SOL microcomputer; That was ~25
years ago - I still own two! My first version of Windows was Windows 386 but
I had worked with version 1 - just a graphical task switcher and an iconized
filemanager but lots of fun. I remember when Microsoft was Micro Soft.
>By worked with, I don't mean that I've simply used a PC with these O/Ses on
>them. I mean I've installed them on completely blank systems and ran them
on
>my own systems (server or workstation.) I've set them up for others and
>managed all sorts of networking combinations in them. I've done
installation,
>maintenance, and troubleshooting as well has help-desk and end-user
training.
>I've done programming on many of the above (exception being Netware since I
>never took the time to learn how to make .NLMs)
Same deal - seemed to me Novell wanted as much to train you as they wanted
for their software, which was plenty! Is their history a train wreck or
what?
>I choose Linux as my OS of choice (I say hypocritcally as I use a Win95
news
>program.) I do know what I'm doing with Windows. I know how to baby it so
it
>keeps running more than 6 months (sometimes as much as 8) before it needs
to
>be rebuilt.
I run W98 with all upgrades and IE/OE-4.72 with all upgrades - lasts about
8-12 months! I have 12 nodes at home and 2 dual-boot to Windows - damn
games!
>I know how to fix a lot of things without rebuilding Windows
>too... including some of that infurating speed loss that creeps in during
>normal use over time. (Note I said some... it eventaully still slows to a
>crawl.) But still I choose Linux.
Agreed - totally.
>I choose linux because once I set it up it stays set up. Even if something
>gets messed up (which, unlike Windows, rarely happens "spontaniously") I
can
>usually fix it without any kind of full re-install or reconfig. I can
count
>on my desktop icons staying on my desktop. I can count on my system files
and
>programs not spontainiously corrupting or being replaced by older versions.
Excellent point - because Windows is a black-box operating system, it is
impossible to trouble-shoot. According to Microsoft, you are not even
permitted to reverse compile Windows even if it's to correct errors.
Bear in mind that Microsoft could very easily publish it's source code and
still maintain the copyright - as a matter of fact it would certainly change
my stance as regards their products; The benefits they would reap would be
amazing!
<clipped for brevity>
>When they can get almost all the same services under Linux as they get
under
>Windows (plus some non-Windows services.) They won't care what OS they
get.
>Then we'll hear the dreaded "I'm thinking of buying a new computer. What
do
>you think I should get." We'll recommend Linux.
There are many utilities, services and facilities under Linux that have no
equal on any Windows OS - they just require something of a learning process.
Earlier in this thread you mentioned that Windows doesn't have a telnet
service but I ask you, what could you do with a CLI telnet session in a
predominantly GUI OS? Windows is a single-user OS - Unix/Linux is a
multi-user OS with all the power that facility endows.
Just one guy's opinion.
Best regards,
Brian
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From: "Thierry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.security.firewalls
Subject: Re: IPCHAINS sample script for 3 NICS
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:04:04 +0200
I checked your page but it seems you only use eth0 and ppp0. I would need
one more connection.
Also, we're hosting mail, web servers and DNS servers. So I would need a
more detailed script.
But your script is very good for a ppp connection :-)
Thiebaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thierry a �crit :
>
> > Can someone point me to an ipchains firewall script that supports for 3
NICs
> > (1 for Internet, 1 for LAN and 1 for DMZ) ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thierry.
>
> Here's my contribution :
>
> http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~tbilger/linux/firepage.html
>
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse works during install, not after
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 07:45:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eric Longman wrote:
>
> I've encountered a weird problem while installing RedHat 6.2:
>
> During installation, Linux will properly detect my mouse, and it works fine
> for the graphical installation. BUT, after the installation is complete and
> I boot into X, the mouse doesn't work. I'm running a generic 2-button
> serial mouse. What might cause Linux to detect it OK for install, but not
> configure it properly for the installed system???
I don't have clue on why it fails, just know it does this sometimes.
Open /etc/X11/XF86Config, and look for the pointer section. There's
probably something setup incorrectly for your mouse there.
Eric
> Any comments appreciated...
>
> Regards,
> Eric Longman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 random rants and raves -- HEY REDHAT! -- Open letter.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 08:48:08 GMT
In article <8k11rb$vdc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Edward A. Falk wrote:
>
>[Posting this because Redhat doesn't have a "feedback" form that I can
>find on their web page, and because I'm curious to see who else
>shares these views.]
>
>
>In article <8jt61t$1q7o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Edward A. Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>I think the thing that bothers me the most about the RH 6.2 upgrade
>>procedure is that it chose to arbitrarily change so many defaults.
>>If I'd *wanted* underlined text to be drawn in yellow instead of
>>underlined, I'd have changed the defaults myself. If I'd *wanted*
>>"ls" to have the "--color==tty" option set, I would have set it
>>myself. If I'd *wanted* the backspace key to generate some key other
>>than backspace, I would have changed it myself. Etc., etc., etc.
>
>
>OK, I just spent half an hour or more futzing around with vi, trying
>to figure out how to turn *off* all those goddamned bells and
>whistles.
>
>DAMMIT REDHAT! I'm not a windoze user. Don't presume to know
>better than I do what working environment I want.
>
>I've been tuning my work environment for fifteen years under Unix.
>I know what I want. I DON'T need you changing all the goddamn
>defaults because some clown thought that his personal settings were
>the be-all and end-all of productivity.
>
>Yes, I'll admit that there were some neat features in the latest
>version of vim. I may even start using some of them. But just
>make a "sample" vimrc file and point me to it. Don't just assume
>that I *want* every single gee-whiz feature turned on.
>
>
>Geez. And I *still* haven't figured out where the
>
> alias ls='ls --color=tty'
>
>default is specified. What did you do, hard-code it into tcsh?
>
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/etc/profile.d/colorls.csh I think is what you seek.
I am still trying to turn stuff off in vim.
korthals
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DHCP with two NICs PLEASE HELP
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 08:37:09 GMT
I have a DHCP running on a linux box and another linux box which
requests its IP adresses (two NICs, eth0 and eth2) from DHCP.
The systems are redhat 6.1, server running kernel 2.2.12-20 and the
client 2.2.16.
The problem is when I try to bring up the second interface I never get
the IP address allocated. For example:
When I start eth2 on the client, on the server in /var/log/messages I
get DHCPDISCOVER, DHCPOFFER, DHCPREQUEST and then DHCPACK messages, the
etherent and IP addresses are correct. When I do ifconfig on the client
eth2 is UP the ethernet address is displayed but there is no IP address.
If I ifup eth2 before eth0 it works and vice versa but I can't get both
at the same time.
TIA
Mark.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: newbie question: printer setup
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 08:47:13 GMT
OK,
I managed to get rid of the first problem. The problem was that
I used to get only the first line of the document. I got rid of
it by selecting "Send EOF after job to eject page" and to
select "Fix stair stepping text". With this the printouts are coming
fine.
The second problem still exists. I get two copies of every page.
Even if I select in the command line the number of copies as #1, it's
no use.
Can anyone please tell me what do I have to specify to get one
copy only for every printout.
thanks
Ashok
> >
> > > 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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> >
> >
>
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From: Oystein Johnsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NOTHING COMPILES
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:11:13 GMT
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 08:52:18 +1000, Bone Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is there something you want to talk about? :)
> Running a compile job is very heavy on the CPU, so an over-clocked
> machine that otherwise runs fine can start falling over when it is given
> a real heavy work load.
That can be testet, just by starting up MS Office. If you can do that
without having a hang, you can do anything, I suppose... :) That's my
experience anyways. I tried overclocking my Celeron 300 to 400 and
450, but the computer hung both times when starting Office. The boot
up into Windows worked fine though. But I *did* however manage to
clock it up to 308 MHz and keep it stable. I didn't notice any
difference in speed, but it looks impressive... :D
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ido� ki��er�)
Subject: Re: System Performance - HELP
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:22:09 GMT
I sure hope someone knows of something, I sure could use this as
well...
Anyone? Bueller? :)
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000 21:04:54 GMT, Clif J. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote, in a fit of jealous rage:
>I'm in need of a utility and or script that I can use to monitor a
>systems performance on an ongoing basis at the process level. I know
>top, vmstat, iostat, ps, etc., but I need something to take information
>found in each of those utilities, put it all together and tell me what's
>going on from time to time. For example, what's http doing throughout
>the day to memory, cpu, swap, disk io, etc.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Bannister)
Subject: share disk with NT,W98
Date: 6 Jul 2000 09:19:20 GMT
We are happily using a triple boot machine (Redhat 6.2, NT4.0, W98),
but now want to add a large harddrive. We would like to be able to
acess this disk from all O/Ss, linux and W98 being the most important.
After reading the FileSystem HOWTO, it seems using the linux FS (Ext2)
to format the disk, and then using 'ltools' to access files from NT/W98
is the most promising option. However, the README file in the distribution
warns that the file writing is experimental, and may trash files.
I would like to hear from people with experience of sharing disks between
O/Ss, even if it is negative. Any comments on 'ltools', or suggestions
of better alternatives ? Is read-only' the only safe option ?
Thanks,
Colin
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From: felix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New folder: permissin denied
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:30:04 GMT
When I access my web site through ftp using Explorer or dreamweaver, I am
unable to add new folders. I get "permission denied" message.
Help please!!!!!!!!
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From: BO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to re-install windows whithout spoiling Linux
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:30:03 GMT
Hi Gurus,
I have Windows98 and Caldera installed in my machine. Now my windows got
screewed up because i did a windows update. So i have to re-install
windows. If i re-format my windows partition and re-install windows, will
it over-write my LILO and make my Linux un-usable or still i can use both
like it is now?
Please give me advice about how to go about it?
Thanks
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From: "Sergio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic on a bi-processor
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:18:14 +0200
Hi!
I've tried to install many Linux's distribution on a PC with two processor
(Salckware 7.0, Mandrake, Corel , RedHat 6.2, Suse6.4), but all of them,
when booting, give me this message:
<register and memory dump>
Attempted killing the idle task
If I boot with the monoprocessor kernel everything goes right.
What's the problem?
Thank you for helping me.
PS: sorry for my bad English :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: connectivity issues.........
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:46:56 GMT
ive got a generic modem on ttyS2 set to irq3 that my linux (redhat
6.1) refuses to connect with.looked up the FCC ID, and it is not a
winmodem.i get "failed to initalize" error when i try to use dial up.
i wonder if anyone knows where i can get a generic device driver for
this modem, as this is the only thing i can think of why it doesn't
work.
]
SPECS:
ISA modem
56K
Texas insturments chipset
FCC ID H8NITA-31778-M5-E
model# FB V1456VQH-X
P/N 91791546
if anyone has any other information, or suggestions, please feel ferr
to let me know!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you all for your help
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From: jauming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [?]how to shrink libc? how to shrink libc according to selected applications?
thx in advanced!:) please also reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:36:47 GMT
[?]how to shrink libc?
how to shrink libc according to selected applications?
thx in advanced!:)
please also reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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