Linux-Setup Digest #148, Volume #19 Thu, 13 Jul 00 08:13:08 EDT
Contents:
How many ethernet card can i set on a PC? (TurboLinux User)
Re: Kscd only as root? ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (Mike N)
Re: RedHat is slow (Frank Samuelson)
ISP Server configuration (Jamil Khatib)
Re: compilation problem ("chao cheng")
Re: compilation problem ("chao cheng")
Re: RedHat is slow (Homer Jay)
apache_server config ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
big ass partitiions ("Steven Farlie")
Avermedia TV 98 ("Mimo")
Re: outputting the boot messages on the console to a printer ("Jon Finley")
RH 6.1 Won't install (Stan)
Re: xwindows with EGA (Valentin Guillen)
redhat6.2 in 20g harddisk (ktlau)
Re: RedHat is slow (luke skywalker)
Re: FSTAB, accessing a windoze partition ("sllai")
Re: printing from netscape (Bob Martin)
Graphical to Command Line Login (Ben Popoola)
Soundcard problem RH 6.2 (Creative soundblaster 16 PnP (WDM)) (Sverre Torjussen)
Attempting to install Xfree86V4 (Richard Halford)
Uninterruptible sleep Process and Reboot ("Ronaldo Mercado")
RH6.2 + ProFTPd: 'service not available' ("berco")
Another RH/monitor install problem (Rayster)
Re: big ass partitiions (Hal Burgiss)
Re: FSTAB, accessing a windoze partition ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: Lilo Problem ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: redhat6.2 in 20g harddisk ("Jonathan G. Campbell")
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From: TurboLinux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How many ethernet card can i set on a PC?
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:32:00 +0800
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Kscd only as root?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:46:22 -0400
"David J. Topper" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Running on an HP Omnibook 6000 w/ DVD rom. Slackware 7.1 (kernel
> 2.2.16) and X 4.0.1.
>
> NOTE: have had the same setup on other machines (eg., HP Omnibook 4150,
> and desktops) without this problem.
>
> I can only run kscd as root. My /dev/hdc and /dev/cdrom are chmod'd
> 777. I do notice:
>
> pawn:~$ ls -l /dev/hdc
> brwxrwxrwx 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 13 18:19 /dev/hdc
>
> I'm not sure what the preceeding "b" is all about. Perhaps that's the
> problem?
The b stands for a block device. THat is normal. Have you checked the
permissions on kscd?
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From: Mike N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 06:01:51 GMT
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:52:41 +0100, John Beardmore
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>It turns out that the boxes we have been given are 2100 servers, type
>A500MP. I don't know anything about them yet. Can I assume 500 MHz
>twin CPU ?
>
>This is the first machine I've owned that's big enough to parallel
>park !
>
Those are very nice (and big!!) machines, I own 3 of them myself.
Unfortunatly RH Linux will not run on them. I have tried in spite of
the Red Hat docs saying incompatible. Also, there is no SMP support
(IIRC).
Digital UNIX (aka Tru 64) is a great choice for the box, there is a
non commercial version available from Compaq for like $99.00.
Cheers,
Mike N
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From: Frank Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: RedHat is slow
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:55:49 -0500
>
> Frostie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:C7j15.2763$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I've just installed RedHat 6.2 for the first time.I'm new to Linux.I'm
> > running RedHat with the Gnome desktop on a 150 pentium with 16 mb of
> > ram.Even with just the desktop running and nothing else,it's using 95% of
> my
> > memory and some swap!Things are slow!Is this normal with only 16 mb. of
> > memory?What can I do?I will be adding more memory when I can.
I ran across this problem as well. Gnome/Enlightenment is a memory hog.
I ran it on a machine similar to yours and it was extremely slow because
of swapping. I threw on 8 more meg of ram and it ran about 8 times
faster. I guess 24MB crossed the threshold where it no longer had
to swap.
Use a smaller, faster window manager like twm or fvwm.
You can do this by putting their names in your .xsession file.
Frank
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From: Jamil Khatib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISP Server configuration
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:53:15 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I have few questions about starting and ISP server
1. In order to let others connect to my PC via PPP should I run the pppd
on the server or what should I do?
2. How can I check the total connection time of a user and so to
disconnect him if he exceeds the maximum time?
Note: I am using Slakeware 7
Regards
Jamil Khatib
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From: "chao cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: compilation problem
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:38:22 GMT
Thanks!!
"michael.fengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0007121047550.402-100000@tunix...
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, beo wrote:
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I am trying to recompile my suse 6.2, but I received the followng error!
> >
> >make: ***NO Targets. STop.
> >
> >can somonw please help me on this? thanks
>
> Well, I *assume* you tried this in /usr/src/linux ... However:
> Suse does *not* (by default) install the kernel sources, so make
> sure you have them. Once they are in place, check /usr/doc/howto,
> there ought to be Installation-HOWTO.gz , Kernel-HOWTO.gz
> (probably in the "en" directory) and lots of other info (These
> files can be displayed with "less Kernel-HOWTO.gz", e.g.)
>
> That should get you started, I hope.
>
> mike
>
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From: "chao cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: compilation problem
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:38:22 GMT
Thanks!!
"michael.fengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0007121047550.402-100000@tunix...
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, beo wrote:
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I am trying to recompile my suse 6.2, but I received the followng error!
> >
> >make: ***NO Targets. STop.
> >
> >can somonw please help me on this? thanks
>
> Well, I *assume* you tried this in /usr/src/linux ... However:
> Suse does *not* (by default) install the kernel sources, so make
> sure you have them. Once they are in place, check /usr/doc/howto,
> there ought to be Installation-HOWTO.gz , Kernel-HOWTO.gz
> (probably in the "en" directory) and lots of other info (These
> files can be displayed with "less Kernel-HOWTO.gz", e.g.)
>
> That should get you started, I hope.
>
> mike
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Homer Jay)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: RedHat is slow
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 01:39:22 -0600
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:55, Frank Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Frostie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:C7j15.2763$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > I've just installed RedHat 6.2 for the first time.I'm new to Linux.I'm
>> > running RedHat with the Gnome desktop on a 150 pentium with 16 mb of
>> > ram.Even with just the desktop running and nothing else,it's using 95% of
>> my
>> > memory and some swap!Things are slow!Is this normal with only 16 mb. of
>> > memory?What can I do?I will be adding more memory when I can.
>
>I ran across this problem as well. Gnome/Enlightenment is a memory hog.
>I ran it on a machine similar to yours and it was extremely slow because
>of swapping. I threw on 8 more meg of ram and it ran about 8 times
>faster. I guess 24MB crossed the threshold where it no longer had
>to swap.
>Use a smaller, faster window manager like twm or fvwm.
>You can do this by putting their names in your .xsession file.
>Frank
I completely agree. And, you can take GNOME out of the picture altogether
by replacing the contents /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients with just the window
manager command, e.g. ``exec fvwm2''.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: apache_server config
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:10:17 GMT
Hello Everyone
i recently installed redhat Linux 6.2 with squid and Apache server ver
1.3.12.
>From windows Pc i am unable to connect to Apache web server ,it is not
even showing "It worked". I am wetting error message "403 forbidden you
dont have permission to access on this server.
I am unable to get connectivity. can anyone help
thanks in advance
ssp99
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From: "Steven Farlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: big ass partitiions
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:23:43 +1000
Today my 1.7Gb Seagate HD decided it doesn't really like me all that
much anymore. I was wondering if there was any way around this 1Gb
limit that I seem to encounter with ext2. What other filesystems
would allow a 20Gb or so partition and integrate with Linux as well as
ext2?
Thanks
Steven
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Reply-To: "Mimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Mimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Avermedia TV 98
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:32:34 GMT
Does anybody know how to configure an Avermedia TV 98 Capture (Bt878 Chip)
to work under Linux?
Thanks a Lot
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From: "Jon Finley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.hp.hpux
Subject: Re: outputting the boot messages on the console to a printer
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:23:19 -0700
dmesg redirected, and cat /etc/rc.log redirected will give you the messages
you're after.
Jon
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>
> Is there an easy way of doing it?
>
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From: Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.1 Won't install
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:08:32 -0700
I amhaving an amazing amount of bad luck trying to install Linux on my
AMD k6-2 system.
Finally got it to the point where it has accepted my video card, then go
to monitor selection, and nothing works. Whether I probe or don't probe
the video card, even when I try the lowest possible resolution on my
monitor 640*480 (monitor will do 1024*768)
Any ideas what I am doing wrong here.
I am using RH 6.1 I got with a Dummies book; the dummies book is pretty
much a waste of time - not enough help whjen I got into trouble, though
the Linux docs on CD1 heleped me get a little farther along.
I am using a 540mg HD with a 50 meg partition used for dos (no windows)
and the rest assigned to linux partitions.
Any help would be great! Thanks in advance
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: xwindows with EGA
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:03:59 -0600
Damir,
If you can do it, here's how I would proceed in attempting.
Check the documentation for your distribution of GNU/Linux to see what
the procedure is to do a TEXT-mode installation. Proceed normaly with
the installation, but you will probably need to select an advanced, or
Expert-mode setup, so that you can ensure you can select the packages to
be installed. You need to be able to ensure that you install a
Text-Mode configuration utility for configuring X.
Run the text-mode configuration, indicating during the configuration
that this is an ega video card, or alternately, specifying the video
resolution to be used as 640x400, and NOT 640x480, which is VGA mode.
Many of the popular video configuration utilities will install many
video modes with lots of timings to chose from for each resolution.
These would be immediately visible when examining the XF86Config file.
You could open up your config file and "comment out" or disable any
resolution information, except for the 640x400 lines. Also, when
specifying the maximum vertical refresh frequency, specify 60hz and for
the horizontal scan rates, indicate the range of 25~32kHz
This will cause the vid config utility to write a config file with data
for frequency rates the ega card can handle.
Regards,
Valentin Guillen
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address
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From: ktlau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat6.2 in 20g harddisk
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:01:26 +0800
Dear All ,
I have found problem when I install Redhat6.2 to my new 20G harddisk.
My harddisk already have partition of window98 and extenion used about
10G space.
the problem found when I normally install Redhat6.2 by the bootable
cdrom.
During the installation , it haven't show me the screen to let me
install the LILO to
select default boot OS.
And when I finish the installation , it have removed my MBR but havn't
show me
the LILO or directly boot to the linux OS. Instead , it just show me the
hanged screen(haven't do anything ) when i bootup.
I don't know what's wrong , please help.
Thanks!!
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From: luke skywalker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: RedHat is slow
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 03:41:33 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homer Jay wrote:
Linux is also slow on my machine:( I'm running a celeronA 450 w/ 64megs of ram
and kde... I just installed rh6.2 And the video is really funny looking,
windows video was much better.. I'm using a velocity 128 8 meg video card w/ the
nvidia chipset... WHY SO slow?? windows was as fast as this!
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:55, Frank Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Frostie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> news:C7j15.2763$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> > I've just installed RedHat 6.2 for the first time.I'm new to Linux.I'm
> >> > running RedHat with the Gnome desktop on a 150 pentium with 16 mb of
> >>
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From: "sllai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FSTAB, accessing a windoze partition
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:15:03 +0800
Thanks, I can use this line
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win vfat auto,user,rw 0 0
to access in one of the linux machine.
However when I try to do this on another machine the error below occurs
mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel.
I have no idea on how can this can happen.
any idea on how to solve this problem
thanks
sllai
"David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> snafulife wrote:
> >
> > I dual boot win98 and Caldera's OpenLinux 2.3 with KDE. I
> > recently set up access to a win partition following Using the
> > July 2000 edition of Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com).
> >
> > I modified /etc/fstab with:
> >
> > /dev/hda5 /mnt/win vfat auto,user,rw 0 0
> >
> > Then I created the /mnt/win dir. This works great with one down
> > side. I can only change or add files with root. I can't get it to
> > allow any groups or users other than that one.
> >
> > If anyone can point me to what I am doing wrong I would
> > appreciate it. If I haven't supplied enough info to go on I
> > apologize, I just don't know what other info to give.
>
> The line below will allow all users to access the /mnt/win partition.
> Any user will also be able to delete any and or all files on the
> partition and subsequently destroy the windoz partition.
> YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
>
> The two lines below should be on one line in fstab.
>
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/win vfat
> user,owner,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 0 0
>
> --
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> ID # 123538
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printing from netscape
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:47:27 +0000
"H.A.J. van Niekerk" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to print from Netscape 4.73 but it doesn't work. No
> matter if I want to use an HP LaserJet 1100 or a Star LC-20 (NX-1001),
> it doesn't work. What should I do?
>
> Huub
You might want to post exactly what you are doing. Printing from
netscape works fine for me.
--
Bob Martin
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From: Ben Popoola
Subject: Graphical to Command Line Login
Date: 13 Jul 2000 09:54:45 GMT
HI,
How can I change from a graphical login to a command line login?
I am currently using TurboLinux 4.0 and gnome is my default window manager.
Thanks
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From: Sverre Torjussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Soundcard problem RH 6.2 (Creative soundblaster 16 PnP (WDM))
Date: 13 Jul 2000 13:07:00 +0200
Hello,
I have a Linux RH6.2 dual boot PC with two speakers and a Creative
soundblaster 16 PnP (WDM) soundcard. Although this soundcard is not
"supported", I wonder if there is a way to make it work. On NT W2K,
no problems (although it did not work before I connected the speakers).
I have used sndconfig to set up the PC to use SB 16. And this seems to
be successful (plays a sound). The sound services (three kinds) starts
up with status OK at boot time.
However, I am neither able to play mp3 files or other audio formats,
(like .au). Hissing or scratch sounds (basically noise) is all I am
able to hear. I do not use a separate MP3 player.
I have tried several MP3 supported products (front ends), e.g.
mpg123, xmms, splay etc without any luck. For example, xmms seem to
play the MP3 songs (can see the time elapsed etc) but I am not able
to recognise any songs (only low noise).
Any suggestions?
%wmosl1wi0305:~ {127} $ more /etc/conf.modules
alias eth0 3c59x
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=0 mpu_io=0x330
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Sverre Torjussen
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet: www.wmdata.no
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Halford)
Subject: Attempting to install Xfree86V4
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:11:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on my PC and installed Xfree86 v4.0.
On start up, once X has started, the PC seems to go into a loop just
switching resolution over and over again. I assumed at first it was
simply X testing the resolutions/depth/frequency settings, but it was
doing this for 20 minutes.
I atempted to fix it by removing all settings except 800x600x16bpp in
an attempt to at least get the desktop up and running, but to no
avail.
Has anyone come accross a similar problem before?
My next stage is to install the Voodoo 3 driver, but AFAIK I am
currently using just the SVGA driver.
It all seemed pretty stable under various V3 variants of Xfree, but
seems stuffed under Xfree 4.
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Regards,
Rich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Ronaldo Mercado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Uninterruptible sleep Process and Reboot
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:38:25 +0100
I read a thread that explained that the only way to get rid of
an 'uninterruptible sleep Process' is to reboot.
Can I dump a core from a user process independent from the uninterruptible
one,
and restore the process from that core once the machine has restarted?
Thanks for your input.
R.Mercado
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From: "berco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.2 + ProFTPd: 'service not available'
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:27:00 +0200
Hi,
RH6.2 + proftpd gives "Sevice not availabe, remote server has closed
connection".
I did the following:
proftpd.conf changed ("ServerType inetd")
inetd.conf changed ("ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/proftpd proftpd"
added)
killall -HUP inetd to re-read the file.
Any ideas?
Berco.
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From: Rayster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Another RH/monitor install problem
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:30:03 GMT
I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux v6.2. It failed with the 6.0 install
and I thought it might be an issue with the VGA adaptor, but the 6.2
install recognizes my video card chipset and RAM (Rage 128/16Mb) fine,
just not the monitor (Proview/EMC Multisystems 768M). Since the specific
montor isn't listed, I'm choosing generic, with the default refresh
settings of 31.5 hz horizontal, 60 hz vertical. I've tweaked with the
setting, knocked the refresh down to the minimum the manufacturer says the
monitor will do, and the best I get is either a black screen or an
extremely distorted screen when I attempt to test the video settings.
Obviously it CAN work since the graphical install screen runs OK. Anyone
have any success with this particular monitor or know what the correct
settings should be?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: big ass partitiions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:46:03 GMT
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:23:43 +1000, Steven Farlie
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Today my 1.7Gb Seagate HD decided it doesn't really like me all that
>much anymore. I was wondering if there was any way around this 1Gb
>limit that I seem to encounter with ext2. What other filesystems
>would allow a 20Gb or so partition and integrate with Linux as well as
>ext2?
There is no 1 Gig limit. Are you talking about the 1024 cylinder
BIOS/Lilo limit? The FS limit is much larger -- over a Terabyte IIRC.
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FSTAB, accessing a windoze partition
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:58:33 -0400
> Thanks, I can use this line
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/win vfat auto,user,rw 0 0
> to access in one of the linux machine.
> However when I try to do this on another machine the error below occurs
> mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel.
>
> I have no idea on how can this can happen.
>
> any idea on how to solve this problem
You have to rebuild your kernel with VFAT support included.
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo Problem
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:05:52 -0400
> Obviously I did something wrong when I recently
> loaded Linux Mandrake. I didn't get a lilo
> prompt. Using my boot disk I reran lilo only to
> get an error message reading: "warning: device
> 0x030c exceeds 1024 cylinder limit.
> "geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big
> (2203>1023)"
> I know lilo has to go before the 1024 limit and
> for the life of me I don't know how I messed up
> the install. Can lilo be installed? Or do I
> have to do a full re-install?
You haven't showed us your partition table. Is the partition that holds
your kernel, the one you're booting from, contained within the first
1024 cylinders of your disk? If not, you have to either repartition or
get a newer version of lilo. The newer versions of lilo get around the
1024-cylinder limit, if your BIOS supports it, or so I've read on this
newsgroup.
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From: "Jonathan G. Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat6.2 in 20g harddisk
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:07:49 +0100
ktlau wrote:
>
> Dear All ,
> I have found problem when I install Redhat6.2 to my new 20G harddisk.
> My harddisk already have partition of window98 and extenion used about
> 10G space.
> the problem found when I normally install Redhat6.2 by the bootable
> cdrom.
> During the installation , it haven't show me the screen to let me
> install the LILO to
> select default boot OS.
> And when I finish the installation , it have removed my MBR but havn't
> show me
> the LILO or directly boot to the linux OS. Instead , it just show me the
> hanged screen(haven't do anything ) when i bootup.
> I don't know what's wrong , please help.
I'm a most unlikely giver of advice on Linux, but I've just been through
two days of related problems, and have solved a similar set ofproblems,
so here goes ...
My hardware: Dell Dimension XPS T600, approx. 30GB disk.
It came with Windows; however, I decided to redo everything while
installing Linux.
My first try, via both Windows FDISK and RH 6.2 FDISK was:
Partition 1: Windows FAT32, 8GB (or 1024 cylinders -- ironically)
2: Linux 3 GB
3: Linux swap
I installed Win98, then Linux. And just as you say, when booting Linux,
I got the dreaded ... "LI".
It turns out that Linux cannot see beyond 1024 cylinders for its
bootable area.
So, the current solution:
Part.1: Windows FAT32, 4GB
2: Linux / 3 GB
3: Linux swap 250MB
4: Windows Extended D: 10GB, E: 11GB
(incidentally, I have another Linux machine, this one is primarily for
Windows).
If you scan other recent messages, I think you'll see also advice
regarding placing a small '/boot' partition in the early part of the
disk.
Maybe relevant, and I'd be interested in comments ... When I remade
part. 1 as 4GB (using both Windows and RH FDISK), it seemed that Windows
still saw it as 8GB -- this aftern making sure to write the new table,
restart the machine etc. Then, it appeared that LILO was still on the
MBR! So, I tried (Windows) FDISK /MBR, followed by another round of
repartitioning, and that worked.
If any expert can provide some summarising guidelines/principles on
problems of this sort, I'd be grateful.
There were other problems (the total experience lasted two days!), but I
put those down to total carelessness and anxiety on my part.
BTW, when you're in real trouble you find out who your friends are: I
have a number of books on Linux -- some bought because they seemed to
match my (low) level of systemes admin. expertise; however, regarding
the problem under discussion, they gave no help whatsoever, just
repeated whatever configuration they had -- usually excluding dual boot.
It was only Welsh, Dalheimer and Kaufman, Running Linux, 3rd ed.,
O'Reilly that gave any worthwhile help on partitioning for dual boot.
Minor gripes about RH 6.2 installation menus:
- you are invited to click on a button 'Do not install LILO' (default
unset); now if I was to look at that 100 years, I'd click on it -- even
though I want LILO installed. I think there is a general
user-interface/programming principle -- avoid negative booleans/flags.
- the invitation to select FDISK is very easy to miss.
Hope this helps,
Jon C.
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of Belfast, BT7 1NN Tel +44 (0)28 90 274623 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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