Linux-Setup Digest #214, Volume #19 Fri, 21 Jul 00 11:13:11 EDT
Contents:
setup of a postscript printer (christophe dore)
Re: Mandrake won't boot! ("Gary")
redhat 6.2 won't boot kernel ("Eric Harrison")
Gnome Panel GONE! (hakata)
Re: Linux for an i 386 (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: mke2fs problem - Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while setting up
superblock ("Jeffrey S. Kline")
Re: Video Capture cards ("Jeffrey S. Kline")
free isp (George)
Re: via82cxxx fails (Rod Smith)
Re: ZIP (:))
Netscape icons poked (Sean Gardner)
Caveat emptor Re: Linux for an i 386 (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Remote CDROM Problem :( (Leon Garde)
Re: Netscape icons poked (Raffael Herzog)
Re: Gnome Panel GONE! (ray)
autoinstall linux red hat 6.2 from CD ("wayne")
Re: Gnome Panel GONE! (hakata)
Re: PPP and eth0 (Gustin Kiffney)
Linux dialing up to a NT server (Jimmy Navarro)
Re: terminal is not fully functionnal ???? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Cottalorda)
Re: Gnome Panel GONE! (Raffael Herzog)
Re: Caveat emptor Re: Linux for an i 386
Re: free isp (Jimmy Navarro)
Re: Problems installing Suse 6.4 (Kevin Croxen)
Re: Linux for an i 386 (Nathan Davis)
Re: ftp sees real user as guest (P&C)
Promblems with SCSI in RH 6.2 (Chris Sutcliffe)
Re: Help needed to add an user (Nathan Davis)
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:06:22 +0200
From: christophe dore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setup of a postscript printer
Hi,
I am new to linux (4 weeks), so I hope there is no problem for a newbie
question.
I am using a Canon printer/fax/... system. it works well as a generic
postscript printer on a lpr port, but I'd like to have the system take
benefit of the ppd file to access to special features (such as being
able to choose the tray, to fax, to print both sides of the sheet, ...)
How can I setup this ?
Regards,
--
Christophe Dor�
Audientia - Core Engineering
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel : +33 1 46 22 94 57
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From: "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake won't boot!
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:06:07 +0100
You can make a boot disk from Lilo on the CD
Rgds,Gary
"Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8l2tdi$l78$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Sounds as though something's wiped out lilo -have you got a boot disk?
> If so boot using it and run /sbin/lilo to recreate lilo. If you haven't
> got a boot disk I don't know how you are going to get into it.
>
> Pete
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I partitioned my HD for Windows and Linux. installed boot magic.
> > Everything, Linux and Windows, worked fine. (both OS booted)
> > Quit using linus because of difficulties. About 4 months of inactivity
> on
> > linux side. Went to boot it to start using it again and will not
> boot.
> > I choose linux on the bootmagic screen---then i get the prompt
> stating,
> > "Preparing to load Linux"----it does nothing else! Have to hit
> cont-alt-
> > del to get out of it. Windows still runs fine. Dont want to
> re-install,
> > any help would be greatly appreciated. Looked at the partition info
> in
> > windows (where Partition magic is installed) All 3 partitions are
> still
> > there and have no errors using the PM tool. help!
> >
> > Thanks--------J
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Eric Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: redhat 6.2 won't boot kernel
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 04:25:45 -0700
i have recently installed RedHat 6.2 on an AMD K6/2 400 machine. I had to
remove both my nic's and my sb live! for it to install. The kernel would
stop loading after the IDE Detection. I tried all diffrent combinations of
slots and cards and nothing seemed to help. i am new to linux and not sure
where to go. I have a 3com 3c509b, Realtek 8039, Creative Graphics Blaster
(Ria TNT) and SB live on a FIC motherboard. Any ideas why it would lock up?
Thanks
Eric
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From: hakata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Gnome Panel GONE!
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:37:43 +0100
I've just installed LinuxPPC and went to create New User. What happened,
though, I hadn't had much sleep(!), is that I removed the Gome panel
bar, by selecting it and pressing romove! It went. I can't get it back,
and I did it all as Root (obviously).
There is obviously a way to remedy this - but I want good advise before
I do.
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for an i 386
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:58:00 -0400
There are several specialty distributions written to fit on 386s
with <4MB RAM--but I don't know what/where they are. Check out places
like Woven Goods, looking for small distributions. The current kernel
uses ~5MB RAM, so one has to trim it a lot to run on smaler machines.
Jane Seidl wrote:
>
> Are there any distributions of Linux that I can use on my old IBM PS/1 386sx
> 2mb RAM 80mb HDD?
> If so, where can I download it?
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jeffrey S. Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mke2fs problem - Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:06:59 -0500
The only things I can think of are do you really have the proper amount of
space on the device?? Also, shouldn't you be creating an extended partition
and then create logical drive(s) inside that??? I filled up an 18 gig drive
using the extended partitioning scheme and it's been happy ever since.
Cheers;
Jeff
root wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Dear All,
> Please can anybody explain the above message I am getting when
>trying to format a newly added Linux partition on a 8GB IDE HD? The HD
>is setup as follows;
>
>bash-2.02# fdisk
>Using /dev/hda as default device!
>
>Command (m for help): p
>
>Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1024 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 510 4096543+ b Win95 FAT32
>/dev/hda2 511 1024 4128705 83 Linux native
>
>Command (m for help): q
>bash-2.02# mke2fs /dev/hda2
>mke2fs 1.12, 9-Jul-98 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
>/dev/hda2: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while setting
>up superblock
>bash-2.02#
>
>My hda1 is a Win98 'C Drive' and the HD is a Quantum Fireball, from the
>kernel;
>
>hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 10, 9787MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1024/255/63,
>DMA
>
>My system is Suse 6.0 with kernel 2.0.36.
>
>TIA
>
>Mina
>Dept. Physics, RHUL
>University of London
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From: "Jeffrey S. Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture cards
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:09:02 -0500
I have a Hauppauge Wincast PCI TV/Video card and it uses the BT848 chipset
on it. Works great under Linux, BeOS, FreeBSD, and obviously Winblows...
Cheers;
Jeff
Kerry Cox wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Any good recommendations supported in the latest (stable) kernel? I'm
>looking to capture images from off a video feed (traffic cam) and then
>post the images to a INternet page. We're using something right now but
>it's not handling data well. Works but is kludged together.
>Willing to spend whatever on getting a good video line to a video
>capture card.
>Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>KJ
>--
>
>/-----------------------------\ /--------------------------\
>| Kerry J. Cox |__| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
>| System Administrator KSL __ (801) 575-7771 |
>| http://www.ksl.com | | ICQ#37681165 |
>\-----------------------------/ \--------------------------/
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:17:18 -0400
From: George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: free isp
I have found a replacement for the now defunct freewwweb. It is
freeatlast. The following works for me:
server assigned IP address
primary DNS = 216.67.14.5
secondary DNS = 216.67.31.254
primary WINS = 0.0.0.0
secondary WINS = 0.0.0.0
use IP header compression
use default gateway on remote network
Does anyone know of another free isp for linux?
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: via82cxxx fails
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:47:48 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <0uOd5.2201$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Frank Isaacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm running Caldera OpenLinux eServer 2.4, on a box with an ABit VA6
> motherboard (the Via chipset). On boot, when loading the default modules, it
> fails on loading the via82cxxx module.
>
> Is this important? If so, how do I fix it? (Even if it's not important, any
> idea why it is happening?
That's the driver for the sound feature in some recent VIA chipsets. If
your motherboard doesn't include sound output hardware, or if you're
using another sound board in the computer, you can ignore the messages,
or try removing the module and tracking down what's trying to load it
(probably something in /etc/modules.conf).
If you want to use the VIA sound features, I recommend NOT using the
standard kernel modules, but instead using the ALSA
(http://www.alsa-project.org) drivers. These can be a bit tedious to
install, but they work better than the standard kernel drivers for the
VIA sound features, in my experience.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (:))
Subject: Re: ZIP
Date: 21 Jul 2000 12:55:06 GMT
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> I am using Mandrake Linux 7.0, does it has support for Zip Drives? My
> zip drive is connected through the parallel port. If it has support for
> Zip Drive, how should I configure?
modprobe ppa
mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
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From: Sean Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape icons poked
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:20:09 +0200
I am a Linux newbie running Mandrake 7.1. Everything is running really
well except that my icons in communicator (eg. "Get Message", "New
Message" etc) are all black. It's as if my screen res is really low.
However I am running everything else in 24 bit colour no problem.
How do I fix this?
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Caveat emptor Re: Linux for an i 386
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:21:49 +0000
Jane Seidl wrote:
> Are there any distributions of Linux that I can use on my old IBM PS/1 386sx
> 2mb RAM 80mb HDD?
> If so, where can I download it?
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If this system uses the old IBM proprietary motherboard connections, not ISA,
then not all distros will support it. Check in advance or you will lose too
much hair.
Have fun
Stanislaw.
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From: Leon Garde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote CDROM Problem :(
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Jul 2000 23:27:14 EST
In aus.computers.linux John Mravunac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Here at work I've got a machine dedicated to DHCP Serving which does not
An entire computer to answer dhcp ?
you must have a big network :)
> have a CDROM drive. I need to install some UPS software onto it from CD.
> What would be some ways I would be able to do this? This machine is running
> RH5.1 and the one with the CDROM drive is running RH6.1. I've tried ftping
> the files across, but must have missed some as it didn't work :(
> Thanks,
> John Mravunac :^)
cp /dev/cdrom ups.iso
< ftp ups.iso -> dhcpd machine >
mount -t iso9660 -o loop ups.iso /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
./setup
Or set-up nfs as in appropriate HOWTO's.
leon
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From: Raffael Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape icons poked
Date: 21 Jul 2000 15:38:43 +0200
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Sean Gardner stated:
> I am a Linux newbie running Mandrake 7.1. Everything is running
> really well except that my icons in communicator (eg. "Get Message",
> "New Message" etc) are all black. It's as if my screen res is really
> low. However I am running everything else in 24 bit colour no
> problem.
>
> How do I fix this?
This is a bug of Netscape. You'll have to run X either with 32bit or
16bit.
--
Raffael Herzog
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May the penguin be with you!
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From: ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome Panel GONE!
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:42:16 GMT
hakata wrote:
> I've just installed LinuxPPC and went to create New User. What happened,
> though, I hadn't had much sleep(!), is that I removed the Gome panel
> bar, by selecting it and pressing romove! It went. I can't get it back,
> and I did it all as Root (obviously).
> There is obviously a way to remedy this - but I want good advise before
> I do.
Try opening a term, and type panel &, then do a save settings.
Yes, darn these 'puters, they do exactly what we tell 'em. :)
--
Ray R. Jones
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
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From: "wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: autoinstall linux red hat 6.2 from CD
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:04:29 -0700
Ok here it is. We are doing class project to autoinstall linux red hat 6.2
from a CD.
1)we have set up a floppy with kickstart to implement a autoinstall with red
hat 6.2 and it seems to work.
2) we had to change the syslinux.cfg and ks.cfg files on the floppy to get
it to work.
3)we have downloaded the boot.iso and burned it on a CD it works
Question?
Will burning the syslinux.cfg and ks.cfg work on a CD (with Red Hat rpms)
to implement a auto install and what paths would we need to set up, for the
files to work with the red hat 6.2 rpms?
Next problem is the hardware. We are supposed to get this to work with any
system haha. The best Idea we have is to reboot after the installation and
run KUDZU.
need help with scripting info for reboot and implementation of KUDZU.
Thanks,
Wayne
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From: hakata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Gnome Panel GONE!
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:58:48 +0100
Ok, it sounds promising, but how do I find a term and open it? Will there be
a choice of them? And I type "panel &" exactly?
ray wrote:
> hakata wrote:
>
> > I've just installed LinuxPPC and went to create New User. What happened,
> > though, I hadn't had much sleep(!), is that I removed the Gome panel
> > bar, by selecting it and pressing romove! It went. I can't get it back,
> > and I did it all as Root (obviously).
> > There is obviously a way to remedy this - but I want good advise before
> > I do.
>
> Try opening a term, and type panel &, then do a save settings.
> Yes, darn these 'puters, they do exactly what we tell 'em. :)
>
> --
> Ray R. Jones
> Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
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From: Gustin Kiffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP and eth0
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:55:23 GMT
[posted and mailed]
Right now your routing table looks something like this, when ppp is not
running:
route -n
Destination Gateway Genmask Iface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 eth0
where the destination of 0.0.0.0 means the default route - where Linux
sends packets for which it doesn't have a specific route.
When ppp is running, ppp then becomes the default route, and your
eth0 connection is technically called 'messed up' - everything goes
out the ppp connection, and eth0 is lonely and ignored.
You don't want that. If your local network is 192.68.128.0, you want
route -n #this should give you the following
Destination
192.68.128.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 eth0
The way you set this up varies dramatically from one distribution to
another. If you have 'linuxconf', try to set it through there, or
using whatever network configuration tool they gave you. You don't
want eth0 to be the default route - you give it a specific network
number for your network. Then all will be fine.
"Alan Metcalf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> If I have the eth0 network card enabled I find that my internet
connection,
> both UKLINUX and Demon connections report within Netscape that there
is no
> route to host!
>
> If I disable eth0 the internet connection will work ok!
>
> I have RedHat 6.0 using the default kernel.
> It is a dual boot system with Win98SE on a pentium II 350 using an
Motorola
> Voice SUFR modem on Com1.
>
> Any help is much appreciated
>
> TIA
>
> Alan
>
> replies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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Before you buy.
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From: Jimmy Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Linux dialing up to a NT server
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:08:26 -0700
I was trying to connect at my work's NT server based modem pool, I get
this persistent error 'PPP-logfile':
//--
Jul 21 06:53:39 localhost pppd[860]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Jul 21 06:53:39 localhost pppd[860]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 21 06:53:39 localhost pppd[860]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Jul 21 06:53:43 localhost pppd[860]: Remote message: E=691
Jul 21 06:53:43 localhost pppd[860]: PAP authentication failed
Jul 21 06:53:44 localhost pppd[860]: Connection terminated.
Jul 21 06:53:44 localhost pppd[860]: Exit.
//--
Any idea?
--
I am using another Red Hat 6.2 clone -- Gentus Abit Linux Release 3.0!
Visit http://www.gentus.com for more about this Linux distribution.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Cottalorda
Subject: Re: terminal is not fully functionnal ????
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:15:54 +0200
The message I get is : "WARNING (I forget it, sorry) Terminal is not fully
functional"
I apologise
S�bastien
S�bastien Cottalorda wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Each time I want to see manpages or want to "vi" a file, I get such that
> message.
> It become impossible to vi any file, but concerning manpages, after that
> message, I manage to see the man file.
>
> I've a PC Pentium 100 16 Mo mounted as a router with RedHat 6.0 (Minimal
> service)
>
> May be I've missed install some package(s) ?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> S�bastien
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From: Raffael Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome Panel GONE!
Date: 21 Jul 2000 16:18:31 +0200
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] stated:
> Ok, it sounds promising, but how do I find a term and open it? Will
> there be
> a choice of them? And I type "panel &" exactly?
Depending on the WindowManager you're using it's somewhere in the
menus. If you don't find one, try this:
Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch from X to the console. Log in. Type
export DISPLAY=:0
exactly like this. Then type
panel &
or
panel&
or
panel &
The important thing is the & at the end of the line. It tells the
shell to start the panel in the background.
To logout in the console type
exit
or
logout
Note : This will also kill your panel again. Make shure to save your
session BEFORE you log out. The best would be to save the session and
immediatly restart X.
Hope this helps!
> [...]
--
Raffael Herzog
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May the penguin be with you!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Caveat emptor Re: Linux for an i 386
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:23:06 GMT
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:21:49 +0000, Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jane Seidl wrote:
>
>> Are there any distributions of Linux that I can use on my old IBM PS/1 386sx
>> 2mb RAM 80mb HDD?
>> If so, where can I download it?
>>
>> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>If this system uses the old IBM proprietary motherboard connections, not ISA,
>then not all distros will support it. Check in advance or you will lose too
>much hair.
The PS1 was an isa box, IIRC.
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From: Jimmy Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: free isp
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:14:27 -0700
Huh, I was also using freewwweb.com, now I'm gonna switch back my
friends back to regular ISPs as well. I was though wonder what was the
catch why I couldn't even get any ad banner while in freewwweb.com
unlike Juno.
George wrote:
> I have found a replacement for the now defunct freewwweb. It is
> freeatlast. The following works for me:
>
> server assigned IP address
> primary DNS = 216.67.14.5
> secondary DNS = 216.67.31.254
> primary WINS = 0.0.0.0
> secondary WINS = 0.0.0.0
> use IP header compression
> use default gateway on remote network
>
> Does anyone know of another free isp for linux?
--
I am using another Red Hat 6.2 clone -- Gentus Abit Linux Release 3.0!
Visit http://www.gentus.com for more about this Linux distribution.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: Problems installing Suse 6.4
Date: 21 Jul 2000 14:05:04 GMT
Sounds like one bootable disk is not going to do
it in this case --after booting the disk and selecting
YaST1, you need to tell YaST to load the CD and LAN
card modules necessary for accessing your hardware
as part of the installation process. You will need
to create from the CD a standard Suse 6.4 boot floppy,
and then a second floppy "modules" using either
rawrite or dd (consult Suse's docs for details). Then
having booted the Suse 6.4 install diskette and chosen
YaST1, when you are presented with the menu one of
whose selections is install "hardware modules," choose
this selection and
load the appropriate controller and ethernet
modules for your hardware from the modules diskette you
prepared. Then proceed with having YaST mount the CD and
install.
--Kevin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Raffael Herzog wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Frank Dohrmann outgrape:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Some days ago, I installed Suse 6.0 on my computer - my first
>> contact with linux. The installation worked absolutely
>> fine. Yesterday I tried to install Suse 6.4 on the same maschine -
>> a friend told me, that the newer version is much more comfortable
>> - escpecially for beginners. But I ran into the following
>> problems:
>>
>> I cannot boot Suse from the CD, because my computer seems to be
>> too old to do so. So I started the computer with a bootable disk
>> and ran the setup.exe from the first CD. Unfortunately Suse seems
>> to have mayor problems with my hadware: it doesn�t know my
>> SCSI-Controller (Adaptec 2940) and cannot start my network card
>> (3Com 509). It seems, as if suse cannot start any component at
>> all! Therefore it is currently impossible to install Suse 6.4 on
>> my computer.
>>
>> Is there any parameter I have to give the installation program, so
>> that it works with my old hardware? (As I already said, Suse 6.0
>> works fine!)
>>
>> Here is a list of my hardware:
>> - Pentium I (90MHz)
>> - 32MB RAM
>> - Elsa Winner 1000 (S3 Trio64)
>> - Adaptec 2940
>> - 2 SCSI-Disks
>> - 1 SCSI-CD-Rom
>> - Soundblaster 16
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea, what might go wrong?
>
>If your SuSE 6.0 installation is still running I would suggest to
>update using YaST1. Normally, you can start YaST1 by booting from
>CD2 instead of CD1. I think, it should also be possible to start it
>using the SuSE boot disks.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>BTW : There is a SuSE newsgroup (alt.os.linux.suse)
>
>
>--
>Raffael Herzog
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>May the penguin be with you!
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From: Nathan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for an i 386
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:27:35 -0500
Jane Seidl wrote:
>
> Are there any distributions of Linux that I can use on my old IBM PS/1 386sx
> 2mb RAM 80mb HDD?
> If so, where can I download it?
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a distribution called DragonLinux. One of its goals is to take
very little disk space, while providing a fairly complete distribution.
It's at www.dragonlinux.org. FWIW it's based on slackware.
Also, I am working on producing a CD that will act as the root fs for a
linux box. If I ever get it working (I have posted my troubles to this
newsgroup), I could help you create your own for this system.
Another option would be to try installing linux on the HDD by hand.
I've never done this, but I would start by taking a look at the linux
boot-disk howto. You also might be able to learn something by taking a
look at the linux router project, and similar projects.
--Nathan Davis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P&C)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: ftp sees real user as guest
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:37:24 GMT
A linux newsgroup? By the way I'm having to beg for answers for this
os... you'd think I was in Barbie newsgroup. <total frustration
showing here!>
Ok, lets assume I'm not a complete idiot and can actually boot my
computer. I can use ws_ftp (been doing so for years). I can log in
to the linux server and I can upload files to my personal directory.
What I can not do is upload files to the httpd/html or httpd/cgi-bin
or httpd/icons directory. Apparently I don't have rights to those
directories and I don't know how to set those rights. I don't have
XWindows installed on this box so I need to do this the hard way.
I did edit the /etc/ftpusers file and add my name to it but that
didn't help.
>You probably need to reconfigure your ws_ftp client to log in with your
>real user name.
>Since this is a Linux newsgroup, you probably have to go somewhere
>else for step-by-step instructions.
>The answer you got refers to a Linux ftp client.
>
>-Joe
>
>P&C wrote:
>>
>> huh? I'm a windows person and have no earthly idea what you meant.
>> I'll be using ws_ftp. What can I change on my server side?
>>
>> >
>> >use "ftp -n <host>" or better yet, "ncftp -u <username> <host>"
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >P&C wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I need to log into my ftp server and upload files to my html directory
>> >> but when I log-in I am logged in as a guest. As such I can not create
>> >> or write/update any files.
>> >>
>> >> Please help
>> >> p c a t n t a d m i n d o t c o m
>>
>> p c a t n t a d m i n d o t c o m
p c a t n t a d m i n d o t c o m
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From: Chris Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Promblems with SCSI in RH 6.2
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:38:03 GMT
Hi All,
I'm trying to get my Adaptec 2940 SCSI card to work under properly
under RedHat 6.2 (using aic7xxx module). Redhat detected the card just
fine, the module is loaded at boot, however, when I access the drives, I
keep getting an interruption. I noticed once that the SCSI bus was
getting reset.
Anybody have any ideas how to fix the problem?
Thanx!
Chris
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From: Nathan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed to add an user
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:39:08 -0500
> "K.C.RajKumar" wrote:
> >
> > Hi EJ,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. I am running linuxconf and useradd as root.
> > I am using RH 6.1. I am also using shadow password feature. I added 3
> > users at the time of installing the system and found the three users were
> > assigned with the same name and id in the group file.
> >
> > For example
> >
> > UserName: user1 UserId:500 GroupName:user1 GroupId:500
> >
> > If the /etc/group file got corrupted, how I can fix it. Is there any
> > command or only from backup??
> >
This is what's supposed to happen. When a new user is added, a new
group for that user is also added (with the same id if possible). This
is so that the user has a "private" group as a default group to
associate files with. Given only this information, I would not suspect
that your /etc/group file is corrupted.
--Nathan Davis
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