Linux-Setup Digest #182, Volume #19 Tue, 18 Jul 00 00:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: mounting fat32 partitions (Andy Kinsey)
x-window problem on IBM 760XL ("S.S.")
Problem with setting up printer ("Kevin N.")
Re: Problem with setting up printer (Prasanth A. Kumar)
mount diskette ("Carol Painchaud")
Re: Booting windows from second drive (Michel Catudal)
Re: Redhat linux mouse problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Gui Logon is Stopping System (Michel Catudal)
Re: Cannot type root password after linux install (Michel Catudal)
Serial port printer - flashing light on LaserWriter (justin)
Re: Cannot type root password after linux install (Patricia)
Mail Notification Question (Thomas Brewer)
Re: can't boot 98 (Michel Catudal)
Re: wvdial - modem not responding ... (Michel Catudal)
Re: mount diskette ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Mail Notification Question (David Efflandt)
Re: Error when trying to configure my SoundCard (AWE 64 Gold) (Sergey Gimanov)
Re: redhat 6.2 install problem with 10.2 GB hdd ("Philo")
simon compile kernel 2.4 test3 (chicheng)
Re: New "super-user" (Jan-Willem Vonk)
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting fat32 partitions
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:25:30 +0000
Paul Lucas wrote:
> Hi
>
> Could anyone please explain how to mount fat32 partitions in Linux?
>
> TIA
In /etc/fstab, change filesystem type to "vfat".
Andy
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From: "S.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: x-window problem on IBM 760XL
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:34:59 -0400
Hi folks, I need your help...
I got an IBM 760XL laptop, type 9547-U9C. The RH6.2 installation detected
Trident TGUI9660 video. However IBM said it has a TGUI 9385. The laptop
has 1mb vram...
I tried many setups, and pretty much exhausted whatever I could found on the
net on the XF86Config and still couldn't get the x-window help.. I'm
totally stumb!!!
Hope someone here might have a working 760XL or someone out there can help
me out.....
Sam
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From: "Kevin N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with setting up printer
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:31:12 -0700
Hi,
I've just installed RedHat 6.2. I want to
use Hp deskjet 660c with it. I used printtool
to set up. When I tried to test print it or
use lpr, the response is always "lpr : connect:
Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start
daemon". Most of the time, I can't print but
only twice I was able to print, one is a
postscript test page and one is a web document
using netscape. Can anyone give some help with
this? I am not sure if I install printer
support during installation. Now, how do I go
back install printer support?
Thanks
Kevin
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Subject: Re: Problem with setting up printer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:40:45 GMT
"Kevin N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I've just installed RedHat 6.2. I want to
> use Hp deskjet 660c with it. I used printtool
> to set up. When I tried to test print it or
> use lpr, the response is always "lpr : connect:
> Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start
> daemon". Most of the time, I can't print but
> only twice I was able to print, one is a
> postscript test page and one is a web document
> using netscape. Can anyone give some help with
> this? I am not sure if I install printer
> support during installation. Now, how do I go
> back install printer support?
<snip>
See if there is a related error message in your system log
(/var/log/messages).
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Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Carol Painchaud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mount diskette
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:42:39 GMT
I have a problem for mounting the diskette. Here what i did (when there is a
ok at the end of a line it mean that the command is working).
[root@localhost /]# fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 ok
[root@localhost /]# mkefs /dev/fd0
bash:command not found
same thing with mkfs -t ext2
[root@localhost /]# mkdir /floppy ok
[root@localhost /]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /floppy
bash: wrong fs type .. bad option, bad superblock
when i try to open the file /dev/fstab it's says that this directory doesn't
exist .
I need to open this directory so i can load the mounting point with
this command.
[root@localhost /]# /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
I want to know what's wrong and how can i achieve this(mounting the
disquette).
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting windows from second drive
Date: 17 Jul 2000 21:46:02 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit :
>
> I have 2 hard disks, wd 10.2Gb and 6.4Bb, I would like to have Linux
> installed on the IDE Primary Master and Windows on the Secondary Master
> and be able to boot to windows from the LILO promt.
>
> My Current configuration is as follows:
>
> /dev/hda WD 10.2Gb Drive Linux
>
> /dev/hdb Iomega Zip 250 Internal
>
> /dev/hdc WD 6.4Gb Drive windows
>
> /dev/hdd 40x ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
>
> If it is necessary I can rearange these Drives, I think that it has
> something to do wilth the bios = option and telling LILO to swap what it
> sees as Primary and Secondary Master.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> John
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Very easy to do, for a boot on the second drive
In lilo you'll have
other= winblows
loader = /boot/chain.b
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
table = /dev/hdb
hdc should logically be 0x82
so switching the correct information it should work.
If it doesn't work swap with the zip drive.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Redhat linux mouse problem
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:33:11 GMT
Hello,
I have the same exact configuration - 700 Mhz K7
with an Abit KA7 board, a MS Mouse connected via
a PS/2 mouse port and Red Hat Linux 6.2. I'm
also experiencing annoying mouse problems. Once
every couple of minutes, my mouse will jump to
the upper right corner of the screen and just sit
there for a few seconds. I cannot figure out the
problem, but I suspect it might be a problem with
Linux, Xfree86 or the /dev/psaux device. My
mouse works fine in Windows. Also, when I switch
to a Serial mouse on /dev/ttys1 it works fine.
I will continue to search for a solution - it
would be great if you could post a solution if
you find it. I tried installing Xfree86 4.01 and
I think it fixed the problem, but it cause a
multitude of other problems for me because it did
not support my video card.
-Sev
In article <8ksmbp$382$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a AMD 700 MHz on a Abit KA7 system
with a PS2 mouse. I have
> successfully installed Redhat 6.2 on it.
Everything was except the
> mouse. The mouse in Xwindows will hang after
awhile. It responded to
> motion but not clicks. I have to do a crtl-alt-
backspace to kill the
> Xwindow. After which, there is a core dump of
the program
> gen_util_applet.
>
> Anyone has idea what is happening here? What
is the purpose of
> gen_util_applet? I tried with Redhat 6.0 but
the result is same.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gui Logon is Stopping System
Date: 17 Jul 2000 21:51:15 -0500
Homer Jay a �crit :
>
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:39:51 GMT, James Hartwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >2 Questions:
> >1) How can I temporarily disable the GUI Logon as to get to the normal
> >command prompt.
> >2) Where can I change this setting so that it bots to the normal prompt till
> >I get the video issues worked out...
>
> Same answer. Edit the /etc/inittab and change: ``id:3:initdefault:'' to
> ``id:3:initdefault:''. To get into a text login in order to log in as
> root and do that, when the lilo prompt comes up type ``linux single''.
> If you don't have the `prompt' global in /etc/lilo.conf yet, then
> use a boot disk to get into inittab. Use Xconfigurator or XF86Setup to
> make a new XF86Config file that will hopefully work.
Pressing on ctrl alt F2 should bring you to a console prompt.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot type root password after linux install
Date: 17 Jul 2000 21:54:02 -0500
Pascal & Bianca a �crit :
>
> Help!!
>
> I'm installing linux on my computer, (redhat 6.0) and when it asks me to
> Pick a new Root Password my keyboard doesn't work ANYMORE. Before it did. I
> still can use tab and ENTER, but can't type any letters or numbers.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanx , Pascal
No character is echo for the password. Just type the password and press on return.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (justin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Serial port printer - flashing light on LaserWriter
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:53:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is the best way to permanently setup the serial port for an Apple
LaserWriter Pro 600 on a Linux system?
I'm using CUPS 1.1 for my print environment. I can print, but the
Ready/In_Use light continues to flash endlessly. This also prevents me
from sending jobs from my Windoze PC on the parallel port. Strangely,
if I send a Linux job, and then inspect the port using stty, the
printer light stops flashing and I can again send jobs from the
parallel port (whatever's causing the flashing doesn't prevent jobs
from RedHat 6.2). But another job from Linux results in flashing
again.
According to Apple, this LW will auto-switch from all three ports
(LocalTalk, Parallel, and serial)
A CUPS author suggested I edit the PPD file, but I don't agree -- the
last page of the job is printed, unlike where an EOF is needed when
the last page never doesn't eject.
Here's the output from stty (below). I'm not sure if I should try
CTS/RTS over XON/XOFF (the print docs don't list CTS/RTS, instead they
list ETX/ACK -- is that the same?).
Should I be attacking this at the PPD vs the serial port config?
Also, I would be using netatalk instead, except that I can't see the
printer through my LocalTalk bridge; and I definitly had netatalk
setup correctly -- I could see my Mac and it's shared printer, so I
beleive it was a problem with zones or phase1 vs phase2, ... (?)
Anyway, here's what happens. Any clues?
Thanx
Justin--
=====================================
Print something from Linux...
(Ready/In_Use light begins flashing, page prints,
light continues to flash...)
# stty < /dev/ttyS1
speed 19200 baud; line = 0;
-brkint -imaxbel
(Ready/In_Use light still flashing)
# lpr /etc/hosts
(Ready/In_Use light still flashing)
# lpq
lw600 is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job Files Total
Size
active root 31 hosts 1024
bytes
(page prints fine)
(Ready/In_Use light still flashing)
# lpq
lw600 is ready
no entries
(Ready/In_Use light still flashing)
# stty < /dev/ttyS1
speed 19200 baud; line = 0;
min = 1; time = 0;
-brkint -imaxbel
-isig -icanon -echo
(Ready/In_Use stops flashing)
(can send a job from Windoze)
(send a single job from Windozes or Linux)
(Ready/In_Use light remains flashing again)
...Repeat process... (sometimes -- other times I can't get the
flashing to stop at all until some timeout occurs, the jobs spill out,
and then I can halt the flashing with the stty command)
=====================================
To reply, remove: REMOVE.
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot type root password after linux install
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 05:01:13 +0200
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Pascal & Bianca wrote:
>Help!!
>
>I'm installing linux on my computer, (redhat 6.0) and when it asks me to
>Pick a new Root Password my keyboard doesn't work ANYMORE. Before it did. I
>still can use tab and ENTER, but can't type any letters or numbers.
>
>Please help.
>
>Thanx , Pascal
Pascal
when you type in the password, it is shadowed, this means noting is seen on the
screen.
Just type the password you want and press enter
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5:02am up 9:49, 3 users, load average: 2.34, 2.42, 2.41
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From: Thomas Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mail Notification Question
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 03:06:38 GMT
I use Caldera OpenLinux2.4 and Pine 4.21. Because I also use Netscape to
check my mail, Pine has placed a configuration file in
/var/spool/mail/$USER. Now, everytime when I open a terminal, I get the
rather annoying message "You have old mail in /var/spool/mail/$USER"
This changes to, "You have new mail....." when that is the case.
I know from other UNIX servers and RedHat that the login message is
usually, "You have mail" or "You have new mail". I can live with that. I
was wondering if anyone could please tell me how to change this message.
I have read everything I could find on the subject and nothing works.
I tried putting a blank ~/.hushlogin file in place and that does
nothing. This seems to be a common complaint in the newsgroups and no
one really seems to have an answer to it. Is there any way to right a
little program that detects the stock Pine configuration file and prints
nothing if that is the only thing in /var/spool/mail/$USER? It could
then print a mail message if there was anything else.
I have also tried a few other things I saw around the newsgroups but
nobody really states exactly which file these modifications should go
in.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. My users are on my back
about this and I would love to get it resolved. Thank you in advance.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't boot 98
Date: 17 Jul 2000 22:08:55 -0500
Svend Olaf Mikkelsen a �crit :
>
> Bob Bolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >kiss 98 goodbye). After getting everything set I decided to boot into
> >Windows to make sure it was still in good shape, and am leaving my email
> >on 98 for the time being (shared account with my wife, going to ease
> >her into Linux). The problem is, when lilo comes up and I type win98 it
> >just hangs for an indefinite period. I then ctrl-alt-del to reboot and get
>
> Change the ID (type) of the extended partition from 05 to 0F, or
> better, 85. According to the specifications, an extended partition
> type 05 cannot end after cylinder 1023.
> --
> Svend Olaf
How do you explain that it works on my system?
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 8001 a OS/2 Boot Manager
/dev/hda2 27 119 747022+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda3 2 26 200812+ 16 Hidden FAT16
/dev/hda4 120 1027 7293510 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 * 120 144 200781 6 FAT16
/dev/hda6 145 504 2891668+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 * 505 670 1333363+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda8 * 671 1027 2867571 b Win95 FAT32
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 859 909 409657+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb2 1 858 6891853+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb4 910 1757 6811560 83 Linux
/dev/hdb5 859 875 136521 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb6 876 892 136521 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb7 893 909 136521 82 Linux swap
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wvdial - modem not responding ...
Date: 17 Jul 2000 22:23:05 -0500
Krishnan Sridhar a �crit :
>
> I tried this posting this before but had problems.
>
> I have SuSe 6.3 loaded on my 90 Mhz pentium machine and
> I am trying to get ppp up and running. I am using wvdial
> for this. For some reason, I keep getting a message
> that my "modem is not responsing" when it tries to
> send the initialization string ATZ. I have tried changing
> the string but to no avail.
>
> Just to be sure that there was nothing wrong with my modem,
> I used minicom and manually dialed a number. The modem
> works fine. Also, I have used this modem before with
> Redhat 5.0 and had no problem getting ppp to work.
>
> Would appreciate if somebody can give me some insights
> into what migt be going wrong. Thanks in advance.
>
use yast to setup wvdial and then run it as root. After that you
should be able to run it as a simple user. You'll have to edit /etc/wvdial.conf
to remove the obnoxious line that tells it not to reconnect on line going off
by no fault of yours. And if you take to long to take a leak or to snack there is
a "idle 600" line in /etc/ppp/options that needs to get yanked out.
I got really pissed off on this one, it seems to take forever to
connect and my line would go off with no retry. I couldn't figure out what went
wrong with my Linux setup for screwing up like that. Normally in the past it would
always redial no question ask. As for disconnecting me without my permission this
is something I would have expected from winblows. For some reason pppd has that
bug enabling possibility. It's not the 5 cents for reconnection that upsets me
but when the line is hard to connect I don't like for some idiotic script to decide to
disconnect me.
When you run wvdial the first time it sets up the permissions for you. It's not
called an intelligent dialer for nothing. For some weird reason once in a while the
write permission for the group on /dev/ttyS1 gets reset when I force the line off
as it's connecting.
kppp is not a valid option to replace wvdial. wvdial is the best dialer I've seen so
far and kppp is the worst I've had to deal with. One time it converted my pap line
to upper case and after calling the ISP and trying to debug the system it became clear
that the error was on my side. I deleted the line in pap and reconnected under root
and the pap line was then set correctly. As to why kppp did this is a mystery. You
will also notice that kppp looks a lot like the winblows dialer, sickening that is!
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Date: 17 Jul 2000 23:18:48 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mount diskette
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Carol Painchaud;
CP> I have a problem for mounting the diskette. Here what i did (when
CP> there is a ok at the end of a line it mean that the command is
CP> working).
CP> [root@localhost /]# fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 ok
CP> [root@localhost /]# mkefs /dev/fd0
CP> bash:command not found
Wrong command. mke2fs
CP> same thing with mkfs -t ext2
CP> [root@localhost /]# mkdir /floppy ok
CP> [root@localhost /]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /floppy
CP> bash: wrong fs type .. bad option, bad superblock
CP> when i try to open the file /dev/fstab it's says that this
CP> directory doesn't exist . I need to open this directory so i can
CP> load the mounting point with this command.
fstab isn't in /dev, its in /etc
CP> [root@localhost /]# /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
CP> I want to know what's wrong and how can i achieve this(mounting
CP> the disquette).
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Mail Notification Question
Date: 18 Jul 2000 03:28:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 03:06:38 GMT, Thomas Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I use Caldera OpenLinux2.4 and Pine 4.21. Because I also use Netscape to
>check my mail, Pine has placed a configuration file in
>/var/spool/mail/$USER. Now, everytime when I open a terminal, I get the
>rather annoying message "You have old mail in /var/spool/mail/$USER"
>This changes to, "You have new mail....." when that is the case.
In pine press S, C and scroll down to where it says:
[ ] quell-folder-internal-msg
Read the help for it (press ?) and if you don't use IMAP, press <enter> to
check the box. Then make sure that /var/spool/mail/username is empty
(except for bogus message) and 'cp /dev/null /var/spool/mail/username'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergey Gimanov)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Error when trying to configure my SoundCard (AWE 64 Gold)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:17:29 GMT
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:00:21 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Computadora)
wrote:
>I have a Creative Labs AWE 64 Gold sound card, which appears to be
>supported by the Red Hat 6.2 Linux distribution that I recently
>purchased. I'm dual-booting my machine Win98/Linux. Under Win98, I
>checked the hardware stats on the sound card and this is what it says:
>
>Interrupt Request: 05
>Direct Memory Access: 01
>Direct Memory Access: 05
>
>Input/Output Range: 0220-022F
>Input/Output Range: 0330-0331
>Input/Output Range: 0388-038B
>
Well, first of all I'd like to say, that interrupts are not the same
undr different OS'es. Fr instance, under DOS I have IRQ 5, and under
Windows I've IRQ 10, but everything works just perfect.
>When I run sndconfig in Linux it goes through the process and seems to
>detect the soundcard ok, but then at the very end when it tells me
>that 'A sound sample will now be played to determine if your soundcard
>has been correctly configured' it gives me the following error
>message:
>
>The following error occured running the isapnp program:
> /etc/isapnp.conf:76 -- Fatal - resource conflict allocating 8
>bytes of IO at 300 (see /proc/ioports)
>
> /etc/isapnp.conf:76 -- Fatal - Error occcured executing
>request '<IORESCHECK>' --- further action aborted
>
>
And what is in line 76 in your /etc/isapnp.conf? As far as I know,
AWE64 is a PCI device?
>Can anyone help me fix this problem? I'm very much a newbie at linux,
>for which I apologize in advance. Any help will be very much
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
Perhaps you should try a stand-alone drivers?
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 6.2 install problem with 10.2 GB hdd
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:35:13 -0500
whenever i do a Linux installation i make sure i have a partition for it
FIRST.
then i go into the install and use disk druid to DELETE this partition, then
I add my Linux partitions...i would also recommend making a fixed swap
partition of at least 50 megs
Philo
Dhrakol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8kvvm0$f1d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> i have a 10.2 GB seagate hdd with win98 2nd edition installed on a primary
4
> GB FAT32 partition. i also have a 2.4 GB extended DOS partition with a
> logical drive occupying the whole of this partition.the remaining space is
> unallocated.
>
> while trying to install redhat 6.2 i first created a 15 MB /boot
partition.
> as windows took up only 6.5 GB i assume this would make the boot partition
> within 1024 cylinders(??). next i created a 3047 MB native partition. disk
> druid said i had 102 MB left so i created a 1 MB swap partition and set it
to
> be growable. i got an error message saying the partition is too big. i
tried
> various sizes of swap with the same error. even a 1 MB non-growable
partition
> was deemed to be too big.
>
> what could be wrong? my bios is not all that old and shows 1245 cylinders
and
> not 1024(which i read somewhere is what it would show if it were an old
> bios). i tried first creating the boot, then the swap and then the native
> partition. same error.while creating the /boot partition i set it to be of
> type 'linux native'. is this okay? there was another option for RAID but i
> didnt know what that meant..my bios is set to use LBA..if that is
relevant.
>
> i hope someone can help me. also i am not really sure what 'extended' and
> 'logical' drives are. if someone could explain that it would be a big help
> too.
>
> thanks
> Dhrakol
>
>
>
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From: chicheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: simon compile kernel 2.4 test3
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:12:03 +0800
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From: Jan-Willem Vonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New "super-user"
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:39:21 +0800
Hi Norm,
I know the "su" command and this is what I don't want.
In our company we have 3 persons who are allowed the superuser rights on 1
Linux server. Now they log-in as root. If they modify a file, the user is
always 'root'. I want to have a different name, who altered a file (this file
is off corse only changeable by the root).
Jan-Willem
Norm wrote:
> Jan-Willem Vonk wrote:
>
> > Does someone know how to add a "second root"
> > I mean is there a way to create a user with exact the same rights as the
> > 'root'?
>
> Hi Jan;
> Any user with the root password can have "super user" priviledges by
> issuing the "su" command, and then typing in the root password. Paat this,
> I am just learning System Administration also.
> Norm
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