Linux-Setup Digest #173, Volume #19 Sun, 16 Jul 00 21:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Please help me evaluate this hardware's compatability with Linux ("Ez-Aton")
Re: NIS+ setup problem (blowfish)
Can't see all of entries in KDE menus??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to boot from CD-ROM? (blowfish)
Disk Partitioning for Linux ("Manjula")
Re: Disk Partitioning for Linux (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: partitioning question (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: Two problems (blowfish)
Re: dselect / apt problems (Mongolian Horde)
Re: ##CHanged SCSI card Redhat will not boot
Re: pppd trouble... (Bill Unruh)
Any distrib install from EXP pcmcia ext cdrom??? (DTi4565459)
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (blowfish)
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (blowfish)
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (blowfish)
Re: ##CHanged SCSI card Redhat will not boot (E J)
Re: PPP problem - chat aborts saying the serial link is not 8-bit clean (Bill Unruh)
Re: RH ppp dialer dials twice. (Michael)
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From: "Ez-Aton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help me evaluate this hardware's compatability with Linux
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:53:40 +0200
Psheuw! Lot's of mess you had there.
Most system, using standard or standard like hardware, will work with
updated kernels.
I have an AMD K7 with VIA MoBo, and never had any problem with it. Also,
winmodems, you'll find links (soft56 is supported) in www.linmodems.org .
You might not get it all out of the ATA66 HD yet, but still, it will work,
as well as the CDROM, the power supplier, the RAM, and any other thing.
Maybe you'll need to go to the company who manufactures your Sound Card
chips, and check the exact type.
Let's regard the 2.2.14 kernel, as it is both stable, and not the newest:
Realtek support {check} (It's one of the most common NICs in the world,
since it's cheap, and it does it's work)
HD {check} (IDE - will work. Maybe not ATA66, but it
will)
CPU+VIA chips {check} (works like charm)
Mem {check} (Duh!)
CdRom {chcek} (IDE, right?)
Video card {check} (S3 are all supported but the old Virge VX, God
bless their soal)
Modem (soft56) {Not sure} This might be a problem. I think that the only
software modem not supported (from the common models) is the Motorola SM56.
You have nothing to worry about.
Sound {Most likely} Sound chipsets don't just appear. If
it's cheap and common, there are drivers for it. Probably, it will work.
USB {The toughest part} Might work, but will require lots
of work.
DO NOT USE TEST KERNELS UNYIL YOU KNOW WHAT'S YOU'RE DOING!!!!
And you know what? Installation "out of the box" would have worked perfect.
You might want to recompile the kernel later, to enhance your system
performances, and to decrease the size of the kernel (it will just work
faster).
I'de suggest Mandrake (I preffer it on RH, sorry guys) as most non source
distributions are supported in RPM for RH (the great father of Mandrake).
Just install and see your system rox!
--
Ez
========================================
Smoking doesn't kill.
Cancer does.
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phil ossifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Help! I did a dumb thing. Bought a system intending to run Linux on it
> without checking out these groups first. I know I 've transgressed
greatly, but
>
> it is a bit late for recriminations.
>
> I have the system on 15-day appoval, but the approval ends Saturday and I
will
> lose internet access as well as be tied up on a family emergency until the
> Friday, so I am kind of frantic.
>
> Sorry to be so needy, but responses like "check this URL" or "call the
company"
> just won't hellp me. I've paionted myself in a corner and damn well know
it.
>
> I know from my experience helping C programming newbies out in the DOS
days the
> reaction to folks who ask but don't seem willing to work at an answer.
Sorry,
> but I can't help it now.
>
>
> The system is an Athlon Slot A Barebones system put together by Vextrec
> Technologies(VTI) and is sold specially through Fry's electronics. The
> motherboard is either an Epox 7KXA or a DTK computer VAM-0070 (some
confusion
> here - the bios identifier corresponds to an Epox 7KXA, but the
documentation
> with the system is for a DTK VAM-0070 board. The label on the box calls
it a:
>
> ATX DTK-VAM-0070 EP-7KXA VIA 133 AGP CHIPSET. FSB200 / ULTRA DMA 66 /
> ... / 1 AMR AGP SLOT 4X / AC97 AUDIO / 56 FLEX MODEM (almost certainly a
> winmodem) / 10-100 NET CARD / FLOPPY DRIVE.
>
> The BIOS is:
>
> Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
> 04/25/2000-8371-686A-6A6LKPAAA9C-00
>
> This is a _nice_ system. No crappy low-end misfitsting hardware, cheapie
parts,
> etc (except the winmodem, natch).
>
>
> I am very inclined to keep it, especially now that I got it up and running
DOS
> smoothly. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for an inexpensive high-end
> system ($399 for Case, MB, and Athlon 700MHZ (bare) CPU -- IF it turns out
the
> manufacturer doesn't stonewall the Linux development community!
>
> The biggest fly in the ointment so far: All configuration software
requires
> W95+. And certain features like "soft off" are documented to be available
only
> through W95.
>
> VIA had a DOS version of the Ultra 66 driver on their web site, but no
mention
> of Linux to be found on Vextrec's , DTK's, Epox's or Via's.
>
> Does anyone know if these manufacturers are under non-disclosure with MS?
Do
> you forsee any problems (other than the winmodem) getting the drivers or
at
> least the info to write drivers to use the features of this
> chipset/motherboard/BIOS?
>
> I hope to load Corel Linux (chosen because it is supposedly geared to
"easy
> install" to "learn the ropes" then move to either Suse, Mandrake, or
another
> "heavyweight" distribution later.
>
> But by Friday I will need to decide to keep the system or chuck a couple
of
> week's work and start from scratch. What would you knowledgeable folk
do?
>
> Some other bits:
>
> The network card actually mentions Linux on the software disk! Wonder of
> wonders. The source code for the driver is there (rtl8139.c by Donald
Becker.),
> but the only instalation instructions are Red Hat and Slackware. Is it
safe
> to presume that with some help from here it will install on Corel/Suse/
or
> Mandrake.
>
> The video cards I bought are Creative Labs Savage 4 AGP (S3 Savage 4
128-bit
> chipset) and KASER Trio-8 (S3 Trio3d/2d chipset). Neither manufacturer
> mentions Linux on their website nor would tech support offer any
information
> about Linux drivers. Is the information needed available to the driver
> development team(s) or is Creative and KASER stonewalling them? Would you
> suggest returning these?
>
> Could anyone recommend a PCI video card with good Linux support _and_
> drivers for Win3.x (I need this until I get fully up to speed on LInux.)
>
> The Hard Drive is a WD Ultra 66. No biggie, but I see their "break the
8GB
> barier" software recognizes W9x/NT/OS-2 as other possible partitions, but
no
> mention of Linux. Is there a possible problem here?
>
> The CDROM is a PINE PT-948A. Seems kind of standard, thing comes right
up
> under DOS ( and "old" DOS is supported! good sign, no?). But of course
no
> mention of Linux to be found in the documentation.
>
> If I had it to do over, the decision would be clear: research thoroughly
> first. But now I have over a hundred hours invested in this system, and
> cashed in a boatload of brownie points to get a really nifty hardware type
to
> help put the thing together.
>
> So, being a "programmer with a soldering iron",
> I'd really like to keep an already running system it if it will be
feasable to
> run Linux on it. Anyone have good experiences with
VTI/DTK/EPOX/AWARD/VIA
> regarding information disclosure to the Linux development community?
Anyone
> have any BAD experience?
>
>
> I know none of you can make the decision for me. Can any of you offer
guidence
> to help me make it?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: NIS+ setup problem
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:59:19 -0700
Fung Wai Keung wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I encounter the problem of "Domain not bound" error when I use ypbind in
> the local PC running Mandrake 7.1. My NISDOMAIN is
>
I don't use yp.
But you might want to check and see if your domain is listed properly in
the DNS. and in bind.
-Alex Lam / blowfish.
> root@acaepc53:/etc>domainname
> ACAE_RCL
>
> and my ypserver is running,
>
> root@acaepc53:/etc>rpcinfo -p
> program vers proto port
> 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
> 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
> 100004 2 udp 977 ypserv
> 100004 1 udp 977 ypserv
> 100004 2 tcp 980 ypserv
> 100004 1 tcp 980 ypserv
> 100011 1 udp 654 rquotad
> 100011 2 udp 654 rquotad
> 100005 1 udp 661 mountd
> 100005 1 tcp 663 mountd
> 100005 2 udp 666 mountd
> 100005 2 tcp 668 mountd
> 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
> 100009 1 udp 691 yppasswdd
> root@acaepc53:/etc>
>
> Here is my /etc/yp.conf
>
> # /etc/yp.conf - ypbind configuration file
> # Valid entries are
> #
> #domain NISDOMAIN server HOSTNAME
> # Use server HOSTNAME for the domain NISDOMAIN.
> #
> #domain NISDOMAIN broadcast
> # Use broadcast on the local net for domain NISDOMAIN
> #
> #ypserver HOSTNAME
> # Use server HOSTNAME for the local domain. The
> # IP-address of server must be listed in /etc/hosts.
> #
>
> domain ACAE_RCL server 137.189.101.53 <-- my local PC IP address
> #ypserver acaepc53.mae.cuhk.edu.hk
>
> when I run ypbind in debug mode, I get
>
> root@acaepc53:/etc>ypbind -debug
> cleared entry for domain ACAE_RCL: server 0.0.0.0, port 0
> parsing config file
> Trying entry: domain ACAE_RCL server 137.189.101.53
>
> parsed domain ACAE_RCL server 137.189.101.53
> bindto_server: domain ACAE_RCL, host 137.189.101.53
> domain ACAE_RCL not served by 137.189.101.53
>
> I don't knwo what I have missed in NIS+ setup. Please help.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Wai Keung, Fung
>
> Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
> The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
> Shatin, N.T.,
> Hong Kong.
>
> Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Can't see all of entries in KDE menus???
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:03:16 GMT
Hi, I am having a little problem. In some of my KDE menus, there are so
many items that the list goes from the top of my monitor to the bottom
and the rest are just below my monitor and I can't get to them. I do
have my resolution pretty high (1024x768). Now at one time I had my
menus so they were in alphabetical order and also when they got to the
bottom of the screen, there would be an arrow that you would push and it
would make a menu next to the last menu that would have the remaining
menu entries. And if it had more, it would make another arrow at the
bottom and so on. Well mine doesn't do that. I am not sure why. I
have KDE 1.1.2 installed.
What do I need to install to get that to work?
Plus I wouldn't mind finding one that also alphabatized my menus also.
David
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: How to boot from CD-ROM?
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 16:33:45 -0700
Chiefy wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 09:48:54 +0800, PasirRis did seek advice from the dudes:
> >OS: Redhat 6.0
> >Linux partition: /dev/hda7
>
> [snip]
> > But is it possible to boot from CD-ROM,
> >rather than from the floppy?
>
> Hello,
>
> It's very easy, simply cd to your CD-Rom and type;
> ezstart.bat <return>
>
> The install programme will ask you to confirm that you are not using a
> shell, it will then then request your CD-Rom drive letter.
> That's all you need to do, the installer will guide you through things.
>
> Good luck.
>
> LGB.
.bat, drive letter????
This is not windoz here.
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From: "Manjula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk Partitioning for Linux
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:33:44 GMT
I bought a copy of Open Linux eDesktop on Saturday. I'm new to linux
installation.
I initially used Partition Magic to partition my hard drive to
install Linux. Since its a 15 Gig HD, I wanted to devote roughly 7G
and 8G for windows and linux respectively. So I changed the
partition information during linux installation using the custom
mode. But windows still indicated the C: drive to have 12.5 GB even
though its supposed to have only 7 GB. So I probably did a dumb
thing by using the Gateway restoration CD and re-installing the OS
all over.
Afterwards, I went and deleted the linux and the swap partitions because I
wanted to start from scratch.
Now the fdisk window says the following:
There is only one partition left.
Partition Status: C:1
Satus: A
Type: PRI DOS
Volume Label: Gateway
MBytes: 7844
System: FAT 32
Usage: 53%
Total Disk Space is 14677 MBytes.
I'm not sure how to get back that lost space.
Manjula
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn Iwan)
Subject: Re: Disk Partitioning for Linux
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:42:22 GMT
....
>Now the fdisk window says the following:
>There is only one partition left.
>
>Partition Status: C:1
>Satus: A
>Type: PRI DOS
>Volume Label: Gateway
>MBytes: 7844
>System: FAT 32
>Usage: 53%
>
>Total Disk Space is 14677 MBytes.
>
>I'm not sure how to get back that lost space.
>
>Manjula
>
>
When you use Linux fdisk--or the equivalent routine provided
with your installation package (eg, Disk Druid for Red Hat)--you can
assign that free disk space to other partitions. For example, if you
have only one Windows partition (C:, or hda1), then you could assign a
linux swap partition to hda2, a linux root (/) partition to hda3, and
a linux home partition to hda4. Since you are dual booting, you may
want to keep all additional partitions as logical partitions in a
single extended partition. Although IDE drives allow 4 partitions,
one of which may be an extended partition, Windows/dos only understand
one primary partition and one extended partition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn Iwan)
Subject: Re: partitioning question
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:46:21 GMT
On 16 Jul 2000 17:00:45 GMT, Craig A Lebowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is my current partition table:
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 541 4345551 b Win95 FAT32
>/dev/hda2 542 1027 3903795 5 Extended
>/dev/hda5 542 733 1542208+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hda6 734 925 1542208+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hda7 926 1015 722893+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hda8 1016 1027 96358+ 82 Linux swap
>
>I'd like to remove Windows completely from /dev/hda1. Please note that this is the
>only primary partition on the disk. If I were to simply delete /dev/hda1 partition
>and add a linux partition as primary (or even extended / logical), would everything
>run well?
>
>Also, is it possible to resize my linux partitions? If I do this with Windows
>Partition Magic, will linux barf when I try to boot, or will it "sense" the changes?
>
>Please advise on striking Windows from this system! TIA
>
>craig
>
>--
>
IDE allows 4 primary partitions, ONE of which may be an
extended partition that contains logical partitions. Linux
understands this. DOS/Windows understands only one primary and one
extended partition. You cannot do two extended partitions. If you
want to redo partition sizes, then use the Windows program partition
magic before deleted windows. I have used it many times to resize
partitions. You probably need to keep to the one primary, one
extended partition (with as many logical partitions as you want) when
using PM.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: Two problems
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:06:37 -0700
Gary wrote:
>
> Hi !
> I hope someone can answer a couple of problems I've had installing Definite
> Linux 7.0.
>
> I bought a new 13gb hard disk to replace my current 1.2gb disk. I managed to
> get linux installed on the disk but I cannot get Windows on at all :-). The
> Windows start up disk and CD I have are for a preconfigured system. So I'm
> having to keep swapping hard disks while I get the 13gb disk working. How do
> I get Windows 95 in with my Linux ?
>
> I put Linux on first because my 13gb hard disk was having nothing to do with
> the Windows boot disk or cd.
>
> Problem 2. After having spent a couple of hours installing Linux, I booted
> up the pc Linux started ok but then I had to enter my username and password.
> I was fine with the password but at no point did I ever configure any
> username!!!!So I've been unable to get past the initial screen. Does anyone
> know how this can be and what the remedy is ?
> Thanks in advance!
> Gary.
I flushed Windoz down the toilet a couple years ago.
Anyway. Normally, to dual boot with Windoz, you install Windoz first,
then Linux.
Also, after your first reboot with linux, or bsd, login as root, then
create a new user,
or better yet, create two new users, add one of them to the 'su' group,
i.e.: root group
under linux, and 'wheel' group under *BSD.
And before you log out from root, see what kind of device you want to
have access to, without root or su priviledges. I think the CD drive is
a good candidate for everybody full access. (You play music CD with
your box too.Don't you? So, why make it hard on yourself, and have to su
or root to listen to music.) ;-)
-Alex /blowfish
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From: Mongolian Horde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dselect / apt problems
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:04:54 +1000
On 16 Jul 2000 21:15:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Chiefy) wrote:
>Try another ftp address in your sources.list.
That worked :)
>
>I tried the au site without success.
perhaps there should be a text file in the local mirrors indicating
the sources.list to use!
>
>ftp.debian.org works fine.
>
>LGB.
Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: ##CHanged SCSI card Redhat will not boot
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:18:50 GMT
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 22:21:04 GMT, PC Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have switched my SCSI controller from a Buslogic 454S to an Asus
>SC875 controller. When I tried to boot Redhat 6.2 it tried to load the
>Buslogic controller. It received a
>
>Kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modrprobe -s -k block-major-8, errono=2
>VSF: cannot open root device
>Kernel Panic unable to mount root fs
>
>What is the best way to reconfigure Redhat to use the new controller?
>
Make sure you have the same LBA setting as before.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: pppd trouble...
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:28:46 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Veronica Ancheva
Gerassimova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Thanks everibody for the valuable
]input. Thanks Mary P. for http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html it is
]good. I am still having problems but at least it's past the "not 8 bit
]clean connection".
]I used the command line:
]pppd /dev/modem 57600 modem crtscts defaultroute noipdefault user myname
]debug connect "chat -v '' AT OK ATDT3237000 CONNECT '\d\c' UQ '\c'
Try elimating this and everthing afterwards. first ( as per that web
page). I suspect that your system wants to use ppp right away, not login
authentication.
]ogin: myname word: mypassword nter '\c' address '\c' MTU '\c' . ppp"
Get rid of all of this (except the final ")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Subject: Any distrib install from EXP pcmcia ext cdrom???
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:28:47 GMT
I've tried several versions of RH, Caldera, and SuSE 6.4. No joy.
WOuld appreciate a clue..
TIA,
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:35:13 -0700
Alex Collins wrote:
>
> In article <[email protected]>, John Beardmore
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
> Hi There.
>
> >I'm about to inherit an old DEC Alpha box which has spent its corporate
> >life running NT4. I think it's 133MHz.
>
> Sounds like a Multia ? Small ? squareish ?
> >
> >I want to put Linux on it to perform the following tasks:
> >
> > IP ISDN gateway to ISP, maybe firewall, maybe proxy server, maybe IP
> > router,
>
NetBSD runs on almost anything. From Amaga to Dec Alpha.
> That's fine. should cause no problems. ISDN can be a pain to setup with
> Linux, and you will need a late version of Linux. - suggest RedHat 6.X
> if you don't already have the card, the BT Speedway works well for me.
SuSE has out of the box default set up for ISDN.
> >
> > Fax system, maybe offering network fax facilities to 95, 98, NT and
> > Win2k machines using either a modem or smart ISDN card.
>
> Sendmail can do this for you, but only for text. If you need more, use
> efax.
> >
> > Print spooler for HP LJ 4M+ PS600 and Epson Stylus Photo EX, offering
> > print services to 95, 98 NT and Win2k machines.
> >
> Comes as standard. Use ghost script printing. / Samba.
>
*BSD has Sharity. Works really good, much smaller footprint, and easier
to set up than Samba.
> > File server to 95, 98, NT and Win2k machines.
> >
> Samba again.
>
> >
> >Am I going to get lucky with any or all of this ? If so, what is the
> >best distribution to use, and where can I get it in the UK ?
> >
>
> RedHat - fairly well developed for the Alpha. and comes with everything
> that you need.
>
If you want to waste your time fixing everything. Go for Red Face.
NetBSD beats the craps out of everybody for cross-platform
competability.
It's opensource and free too.
I'd go for NetBSD for anything other than x86 platform.
> You can get RedHat from a variety of places. Where are you on this
> planet?
>
> http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk has offered me, and many others a very
> good service.
>
> I run a Multia / RedHat 5.2 that does everything that you need, except
> for the Faxing bit.
>
SuSE has the whole faxing thingie right out of the box, and easy config
through YaST2.
-Alex / blowfish.
> Take a look at my website
>
> http://www.par64.com/multia
> http://www.par64.com/linux
>
> or visit my machine direct ( evenings and weekends )
> http://par64.yi.org
> --
> Alex Collins
> Alex Collins Electrical Services
> www.par64.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:37:01 -0700
Mike N wrote:
>
> Red Hat does not work on any of the 3000 series alpha boxen.
>
Does RH *really* worked on anything without tons of patching by the end
user!!!???
- blowfish.
> Mike N
>
> On 10 Jul 2000 12:32:15 GMT, "Jeff Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >There is a special RedHat distribution of Linux 6.2 for the Alpha
> >processor. You can install straight from the CD - special floppies are
> >no longer required - though it probably best to upgrade the firmware
> >before you begin.
> >
> >See http://jungle.com/index.html for supply.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:46:41 -0700
John Beardmore wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike N
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >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.
>
> Two of us have just been given four of them, though we have still to
> collect the second pair, and none of them boot right now.
>
> >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).
>
> OK, does anybody know if any distributions will work on them ? And with
> SMP ?
>
> >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.
>
> OK. That sounds good in a way, but I assume it's not open source ?
>
> And tools will be extra, and I won't be able to write my own drivers
> easily ?
>
> In that case, it might almost be as well to go down the NT route... :(
>
Don't give up hope yet, until you've try NetBSD and FreeBSD. NetBSD runs
on almost everything. Not sure about SMP though, I know FreeBSD have
good SMP support, but not sure if it runs on Alpha.
All *BSD are EXTREMELY stable and solid, easy to maintain and upgrade.
VERY logically structured, and you don't have to deal with 'kernel de
jour' every other day like Linux does.
And 99% of the ports (apps, thousands of them) works correctly.
Both are opensource , but not GNU/GPL. (who cares... The important thing
is if it works.)
www.freebsd.org and www.netbsd.org
-Alex / blowfish.
> Cheers, J/.
> --
> John Beardmore
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: ##CHanged SCSI card Redhat will not boot
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:51:46 -0700
This is one way.
$ su -
password: <secret>
# cp /etc/conf.modules /etc/conf.modules.bak
# vi /etc/conf.modules
Add your scsi card in your /conf.modules
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
options aha152x aha152x=0x340,10,7,1
create initial ramdisk images for preloading modules
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.14-6.1.1.img 2.2.14-6.1.1
# cp /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf.bak
vi /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/fd0
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
prompt
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-6.1.1
label=linux
root=/dev/hda4
# ADD YOUR INITRD FOR YOUR SCSI HERE
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-6.1.1.img
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
PC Guy wrote:
> I have switched my SCSI controller from a Buslogic 454S to an Asus
> SC875 controller. When I tried to boot Redhat 6.2 it tried to load the
> Buslogic controller. It received a
>
> Kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modrprobe -s -k block-major-8, errono=2
> VSF: cannot open root device
> Kernel Panic unable to mount root fs
>
> What is the best way to reconfigure Redhat to use the new controller?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP problem - chat aborts saying the serial link is not 8-bit clean
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:54:10 GMT
In <iMmc5.35522$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Patrick Babb"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I'm a Linux newbie, so be patient with me. I'm running Slackware 7.1, and
]having trouble configuring the chat script for pppd to connect to my ISP
](regular 56k dialup). For brevity's sake, I'll just ask if the link
]mentioned previously (http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html) is usable
]in the version of pppd that comes with Slackware. If not, could someone help
Far as I know it is. If you have any other info, let me know.
]me troubleshoot this. Included is a summary of what's been done so far.
]A friend loaned me a "Running Linux" O'Reilly book which gave a sample chat
]script for Debian. I tried setting up the script (with my dialup number,
]username, and password, of course) and "chmod 755 chatscript" (Note: this is
]all being done from root, in case anyone was wondering). When I try to run
]the chatscript, I get a "file not found" error. I've tried setting the modem
Make sure that you put in everywhere the full path to /usr/sbin/pppd,
/usr/sbin/chat and to the chatscript.
This error is an operating system error not a pppd or chat error.
Also root needs the path to any script. So use ./script not just script.
Note that most of those scripts in those books are useless-- they assume
logon authentication which almost no ISP uses.
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: RH ppp dialer dials twice.
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:55:06 +1000
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Dave Joyce wrote:
> Hi all I also have the same problem with the rh dialer. I have the
> 2.3.11-4 version of ppp. I have given up so I have entered all the details
> into netcfg and dial through su from my own account. This seems to be the
> only fix I have found!! Or use a third party dialer such as Xisp or ezppp.
I have found a lot of dialer programs to be fairly fickle... from all of
them I have had good results from wvdial however.
--
Michael Ross
Shard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://shard.cjb.net irc.shadowfire.org
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