Linux-Setup Digest #237, Volume #19 Mon, 24 Jul 00 20:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: BTTV Problem (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Luis Domingo =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?=)
Re: How to modify the floppy boot disk after recompiling the kernel ("David ..")
Installing Corel linux on PC (Praveen Padala)
Re: How to modify the floppy boot disk after recompiling the kernel ("David ..")
Will FIPS work on WIN NT SP5 ? ("Dj Khanmamedov")
Re: Adaptec AVA1502 and Ricoh MP6200S CD-R/W (Guy Maskall)
Re: php+mysql RPM for Redhat 6.2? ("Xee")
Re: Dell Perc 2/si ("David ..")
LILO and multiple primary paritions (Stannon Yen)
Sendmail ("mary")
Re: Dell Perc 2/si ("Brian Boyd")
Re: Booting redhat Linux using LILO (Shashi Kiran)
Re: Booting from 1.68MB floppy (Mark Blain)
converint windows partition (Peter Bismuti)
Re: How can I recall my linux after re-install win98? (sven)
Re: LILO and multiple primary paritions (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: How to modify the floppy boot disk after recompiling the kernel ("Ross Xu")
Re: Booting redhat Linux using LILO (shashinux)
How to format? ("Adam H.")
Re: How to format? ("Adam H.")
Re: Booting from 1.68MB floppy (Clay Calvert)
Re: Linux Mandrake & Win 2000 & LILO (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: Cron help ("Boyd Teders")
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Luis Domingo =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=F3pez?=
Subject: Re: BTTV Problem
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:19:58 GMT
Hi John:
>
> Hello, I have a Miro PCTV with a BT8487 chip, which is actually
> very common.
>
> I attempted to have it run under Linux, but I cannot find anyway to do
> it.
>
> I naturally first recompiled my Kernel (2.2.16) and tried to include
> BTTV support into it. It worked, the card was properly detected, but the
>
> problem was that I could not tune. I was forced to reboot, start windows
>
> 98, tune and then reboot, load Linux and watch TV, that is a little
> absurd.
>
> Then I wondered if the tuner was set properly, so I decided to re-build
> my kernel with the BTTV driver as a module, the same problem arose.
>
> Finally I downloaded BTTV drivers from the net, built them and insmoded
> them, did not work either.
>
> Has anybody managed to have a PCTV run under Linux ?
>
> Thanx in advance
> John
I recently had sort of the same problem as the one you mention. Upgraded
from kernel 2.2.5 to 2.2.16 and, without any apparent reason, module tuner
did not load on startup as usual. When loading the old kernel the tuner.o
didn't load. Check if this is you case, and modprobe the tuner module.
Part of my /etc/conf.modules follows, just in case :
alias char-major bttv
pre-install bttv modprobe -k msp3400 ; modprobe -k tuner
options tuner debug=0 type=5
options bttv card=6 radio=1 pll=1 vidmem=0xe10
options i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0
With kernel 2.2.5 and bttv 0.6.4 this worked fine. After upgrading to kernel
2.2.16 I had to manually modprobe both msp3400 and tuner.
Jose Luis Domingo
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to modify the floppy boot disk after recompiling the kernel
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:11:40 -0500
Ross Xu wrote:
>
> Thank you very much, David.
>
> What is the difference between Emergency Boot Disk and Rescue Disk?
>
> I have made "Rescue Disk" according to your instruction.
> But I can't mount the disk I have just made. When I run:
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
The rescue disk will boot the kernel (vmlinuz) that you "cp" to it. It
is also set to read only for safety. vmlinuz isn't readable.
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From: Praveen Padala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing Corel linux on PC
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:30:05 GMT
Hi,
Recently i got a PC which has been preloaded with windows 98.. I wanted
to install linux on my m/c and order for a Corel linux CD.. My PC has the
following configuration.. 533 celeron, 63 MB Ram(+1MB video memory), 20 GB
HD.. My problem is when i reboot the m/c while keeping the linux
installation CD in my cd-rom, it boots up and shows the installation
process.. First of all it will say some thing like 'checking the hardware'
then 'verifying' and lastly it says 'installing linux'.. After that one
more screen comes up and mentions that 'Installing the GUI interface'..
That's it , after that the installation halts and the m/c reboots.. I don't
understand what the problem is.. I tried the same on another PC (windows
NT, 64 MB Ram), it worked fine.. But why it's not working on my PC..
Help me
Regards
Praveen
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to modify the floppy boot disk after recompiling the kernel
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:22:31 -0500
Ross Xu wrote:
>
> When I boot from the "Rescue Disk" created with your instruction, I got
> error message:
> :
> :
> request_module[block-major-33]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device 21:05
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 21:05
>
> I think I have to add an append parameter to the lilo file in the floppy
> disk. But I don't know how to do it.
What Flavor and version of linux are you running?
The Rescue disk doesn't have a "lilo" file on it. It is just the kernel.
If you are running X then try this.
Go to the /boot directory and open the vmlinuz file to see if you can
read it. If you can then close it and open the vmlinuz-x.x.xx file to
see if it can be read.
On my system I can read the vmlinuz-x.x.xx file but not the vmlinuz
file. On my system the symbolic link is from the vmlinuz-x.x.xx to
vmlinuz as follows.
ln -fs /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.xx /boot/vmlinuz
What you describe sounds like my system when I overlook compiling the
aic78xx module into the kernel instead of as a module.
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From: "Dj Khanmamedov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Will FIPS work on WIN NT SP5 ?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:40:52 GMT
Hi:
Does anybody know if FIPS .20 will work on partitioning WIN NT NTFS
Harddrive ?
Also, what is the defrag I should use for NT ? It doesn't seem to have the
defrag Win 95 has.
Please help !
Thank you in adavance,
Dj
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From: Guy Maskall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AVA1502 and Ricoh MP6200S CD-R/W
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:48:58 +0100
John McCabe wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McCabe) wrote:
>
> >Guy Maskall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>John McCabe wrote:
> >>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McCabe) wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've tried both these suggestions and they don't quite do what I want.
> >>> Would I be better off splashing out on a real AHA-1520? Will that be
> >>> detected properly?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards
> >>> John McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >>Hmmm...
> >>I can't comment on the benefit of getting a 'proper' aha1520. The fact
> >>that you can manually get the module to load implies that it's not a h/w
> >>problem so you wouldn't gain from a new card in that case.
> >
> >My main aim is to get it all working perfectly without having to
> >fiddle around with files I don't know much about. Basically I am
> >hoping that, if I can just replace the AVA-1502 with an AHA-1520, it
> >will automatically be detected and configured by the kernel without me
> >having to worry about it.
>
> I noticed in another message the use of "depmod -a" after editing
> conf.modules. Is this something that I should have done?
>
> Best Regards
> John McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
No.
There should be a line in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit (IIRC) that runs depmod to set
up the file /lib/modules/<kernel ver>/modules.dep, which is then used by
depmod when loading modules. When you compile a new kernel (in fact every
time you reboot) the modules.dep file is built anew.
Guy
If you're running,say, kernel 2.2.2001 and compile kernel 2.2.2002 and its
modules then you could run depmod -a to create the new modules.dep file.
However, as far as I can tell this would only be of use if you didn't have
depmod -a in a system start-up file (which would appear to be the default
with redhat at least and other's I'd imagine), you're welcome to do it but
it'll only get overwritten when you reboot.
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From: "Xee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: php+mysql RPM for Redhat 6.2?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:44:32 -0500
Go to rpmfind.net and look for a MySQL rpm with the mysql.so file in it.
Once you get that RPM, you'll have a compiled MySQL module for PHP. The
trick is installing it (actually extracting it). Use the RPM command to
redirect the /usr directory somewhere else (I think it's the --relocate
attribute or simething like that). Once you've done that, copy the
mysql.so file from the directory it was dumped to, into the real
/usr/lib/apache directory. Add a line to the php.ini file (next to the
other extension lines) and restart apache. If this is unclear, I'm sorry,
but I did it a while ago and don't remember the exact commands. But I
know that it worked!
-Louis
In article <8kmoik$2mu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello, I would like to install PHP with mysql database support on a
> RedHat
> 6.2 machine - I would like to use an RPM if possible so php may be more
> easilly removed in the future if someone desires this. Does any know of
> such an RPM and where I might be able to get it? Alternatively, is
> there a procedure for getting the php source rpm for RedHat 6.2, adding
> additional support (i.e. mysql) and re-creating a binary RPM and
> installing that?
>
> Thank you very much, Ivan Fetch.
>
>
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Dell Perc 2/si
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:51:12 -0500
Brian Boyd wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a Dell poweredge 2400 that I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 on. I
> am having a difficult time in trying to get the OS to recognize the Raid
> controller I am using.
> From what I have read, there is a way to get the Perc 2/si to be recognized
> by Linux. I was wondering if anyone has had success, and if so, where did
> they find the boot disk/ drivers for this card?
The drivers disk should be in the /images/drivers directory and named
something like gdth.img or gdth-drivers.img
That said, I don't know if it contains the Perc driver or not so no
flames.
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ID # 123538
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Subject: LILO and multiple primary paritions
From: Stannon Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:05:05 -0700
Hi,
I have a question regarding setup Linux with multiple
primary (DOS to be exact) paritions. My parition is as follow:
1. Windows NT 4.0
2. DOS 6.2
3. Windows 98
4. Extended
4a FAT16
I used to use PQBOOT to select parition 1, 2 or 3 to boot.
When one becomes active, the others become hidden. Now I added
Linux:
4b Linux
4c Linux swap
I installed LILO on MBR (I believe) so it boots first. And
I added parition 1-3 to lilo.conf.
But I can only successfully boot Linux and the last
active primary parition. Is there anyway to config LILO such
that I don't need to use PQBOOT at all?
Tin
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From: "mary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sendmail
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:21:10 +0200
How I forward any message just arrived on one email address to another
address? I use Sendmail and Linux OS.
Tank's
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From: "Brian Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Dell Perc 2/si
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:47:50 -0700
Answer from Dell tech support:
So if anyone is looking, here it is:
You may download the following files, PERC2DRV.ZIP (driver for the
embedded PERC) and PRC2DD21.ZIP (Install disk) from our website at
http://support.dell.com/us/en/filelib/
to install RedHat Linux 6.2. Please use the option to search by
specific file name.
"David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Brian Boyd wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I have a Dell poweredge 2400 that I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 on.
I
> > am having a difficult time in trying to get the OS to recognize the Raid
> > controller I am using.
> > From what I have read, there is a way to get the Perc 2/si to be
recognized
> > by Linux. I was wondering if anyone has had success, and if so, where
did
> > they find the boot disk/ drivers for this card?
>
> The drivers disk should be in the /images/drivers directory and named
> something like gdth.img or gdth-drivers.img
> That said, I don't know if it contains the Perc driver or not so no
> flames.
>
> --
> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
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From: Shashi Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting redhat Linux using LILO
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:10:05 -0500
This is a test mail.
Manjula wrote:
>
> I recently installed Redhat in my computer. I had a 14.6G hard drive and I
> partitioned it 7773.6 G for Windows 98 and the rest I reserved for linux.
>
> In linux I created:
> 125 MB swap partition
> 16 MB /boot partition
> Rest (6761 MB) for Linux.
>
> When I boot up I get LILO and two options. DOS and Linux.
> The DOS option works well. Windows start-up and run properly.
>
> But when linux start up I get the following messages and the computer
> freezes.
>
> Kernel panic: attempted to kill idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing.
>
> I'm not sure what the problem is. Please let me know if someone knows how to
> fix this.
>
> Manjula
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From: Mark Blain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Booting from 1.68MB floppy
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:53:35 -0400
I can't tell you how to set up LRP. I *do* know that it is possible. I have
successfully set up and used 1.68MB diskettes in msdos and windows with the old
program "fdformat", including ms-dos bootables. Since you have WinImage, you probably
don't need it.
http://www.patten1.freeserve.co.uk/utils/
http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/usenet/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/fdformat/index.html
I know that the automatic setup procedure for one form of linux-on-a-floppy, Tom's
Root-Boot, does use a 1.68MB floppy. There are both ms-dos (.zip) and linux (.tar.gz)
files available.
http://www.toms.net/rb/
The same page also contains links and descriptions of several other linux-on-a-floppy
distributions, including LRP. Perhaps you could find another one with better set-up
instructions.
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:44:16 GMT, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I,
>
>I have start to study Linux LRP (Linux on a floppy) and to put more
>informations (like BIND), i wish to use a floppy who can contain more
>than 1.44Mb.
>
>So I use WinImage in Win98 to format and copy a DOS bootable 1.44 LRP
>floppy to a new 1.68 floppy.
>
>Every thing are there but it refuses to boot. I receive a message like
>"boot error" because it cannot find the boot files (ldlinux.sys).
>
>How can I correct this situation^
>
>Serge Boisvert
>Victoriaville, Qc.
>Canada
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: converint windows partition
Date: 24 Jul 2000 22:47:10 GMT
I initially configured my machine to be dual-boot, but now I want to
use VMWare instead, so I'd like to take my old Windows partition and
convert it back to Linux partition. I have a basic idea of what I
need to do, but if anyone has some experience that they would like to
share it would be appreciated.
Thanks
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From: sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: How can I recall my linux after re-install win98?
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 01:07:38 +0200
You should have made a linux boot-disk during your first
linux-installation.
Boot linux from the disk and open the file /etc/lilo.conf and add the
win-system.... maybe like this:
images=/boot/vmlinuz ...your kernel instead
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1 ...your boot partition
read-only
other =/dev/hda2 ...your win-partition
label=win98 ...or whatever (nonsens bullshit maybethelastdos)
table = /dev/hda
after configuring the lilo.conf switch to a prompt and write "lilo"
lilo will be writen back to the master boot record from where windows
has removed it
now it should work
"Isaac J.Liu ( Liu Jian )" wrote:
> How can I boot to linux instead of re-install the whole box after
> re-install win98? I could not get the lilo prompt.
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO and multiple primary paritions
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:12:54 GMT
Stannon Yen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding setup Linux with multiple
> primary (DOS to be exact) paritions. My parition is as follow:
>
> 1. Windows NT 4.0
> 2. DOS 6.2
> 3. Windows 98
> 4. Extended
> 4a FAT16
>
> I used to use PQBOOT to select parition 1, 2 or 3 to boot.
> When one becomes active, the others become hidden. Now I added
> Linux:
>
> 4b Linux
> 4c Linux swap
>
> I installed LILO on MBR (I believe) so it boots first. And
> I added parition 1-3 to lilo.conf.
>
> But I can only successfully boot Linux and the last
> active primary parition. Is there anyway to config LILO such
> that I don't need to use PQBOOT at all?
>
> Tin
Yes, you can do that with Lilo's activate/deactivate options. See
/usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt for information on that.
As an example, the following is the /etc/lilo.conf file that I use on
one of my machines at work to triple boot Win95/Win3.1/Linux.
Note: The "change-rules" section and the "set=FAT16..." stuff below is
only used to hide/unhide a partition. You don't need that if all you
want to do is activate/deactivate.
boot=/dev/hda
vga=5
prompt
read-only
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
timeout=100
delay=50
compact
message=/boot/lilo.message
default=win31
change-rules
reset
type=FAT16
normal=0x06
hidden=0x16
other=/dev/hda1
label=win95
change
partition=/dev/hda1
activate
set=FAT16_normal
partition=/dev/hda2
deactivate
other=/dev/hda2
label=win31
change
partition=/dev/hda2
activate
partition=/dev/hda1
deactivate
set=FAT16_hidden
image=/zImage2034.3
root=/dev/hda6
label=lin
Tom
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From: "Ross Xu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to modify the floppy boot disk after recompiling the kernel
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:22:41 -0400
My Linux is Mandrake 7 whose kernel version is 2.2.14.
After "make bzdisk", I did:
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-1mdklinus
In /boot, there is a symbolic link file vmlinuz which links to
vmlinuz-2.2.14-1mdklinus.
I am not running X.
Ross
"David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ross Xu wrote:
> >
> > When I boot from the "Rescue Disk" created with your instruction, I got
> > error message:
> > :
> > :
> > request_module[block-major-33]: Root fs not mounted
> > VFS: Cannot open root device 21:05
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 21:05
> >
> > I think I have to add an append parameter to the lilo file in the floppy
> > disk. But I don't know how to do it.
>
> What Flavor and version of linux are you running?
>
> The Rescue disk doesn't have a "lilo" file on it. It is just the kernel.
> If you are running X then try this.
> Go to the /boot directory and open the vmlinuz file to see if you can
> read it. If you can then close it and open the vmlinuz-x.x.xx file to
> see if it can be read.
>
> On my system I can read the vmlinuz-x.x.xx file but not the vmlinuz
> file. On my system the symbolic link is from the vmlinuz-x.x.xx to
> vmlinuz as follows.
>
> ln -fs /boot/vmlinuz-x.x.xx /boot/vmlinuz
>
> What you describe sounds like my system when I overlook compiling the
> aic78xx module into the kernel instead of as a module.
>
> --
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Subject: Re: Booting redhat Linux using LILO
From: shashinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:47:25 -0700
I am trying to install Linux on a seperate disk drive.
I have a windows 95 with 1 Gig and dont want to install linux on
it.
So I bought a 30G hard drive (western digital ) and wish to
install RHat Linux on it.
The new disk drive was formatted with a software from Western Dig
and it did 15 partitions with 2 Gig each ( approx ).
I cannot setup 2 partitions using this software.
Now while installing Linux, right after the screen
with the different products will be installed, ( a fdisk
button is also shown )
the gui does not understand the hdb -which is the new one.
( hda is the first original disk)
and hdb is the newly formatted disk.
I get a popup saying that the disk was not readable ( i think )
and a retry/skip button is shown.
After 2 attempts, the gui with hda drive shows up.
So I go back to the product selection window and click fdisk
and proceed. This says that I have 3996 cylinders and I should
have 1023 cylinders for LiLo.
Now I am back the Windows 95, Setup. Configured to enable
LBA and setup the 'user' and cylinders to 1023 and
set up the sectors. for the new drive.
This still does is not supported.
Any body with ideas on how I can install Linux on a seperate
disk drive.
Thanks.
"Manjula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I recently installed Redhat in my computer. I had a 14.6G hard
drive and I
>partitioned it 7773.6 G for Windows 98 and the rest I reserved
for linux.
>
>In linux I created:
>125 MB swap partition
>16 MB /boot partition
>Rest (6761 MB) for Linux.
>
>When I boot up I get LILO and two options. DOS and Linux.
>The DOS option works well. Windows start-up and run properly.
>
>But when linux start up I get the following messages and the
computer
>freezes.
>
> Kernel panic: attempted to kill idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing.
>
>I'm not sure what the problem is. Please let me know if someone
knows how to
>fix this.
>
>Manjula
>
>
>
>
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to format?
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:24:09 +1000
Hi,
I've got Redhat 6.2 up and running fine. I've just dropped in another HDD,
and
partitioned it as a linux FS. I'd like to know what I need to do to format
this
partition.
I've tried Format and Prepare at the commad prompt, but linux doesn't know
these commands.
Please Help...
Adam
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to format?
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:28:37 +1000
Don't worry. (Don't you hate that. you try to find everywhere, then ask a
newsgroup,
and a minute after, you find the answer)
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb1
Adam
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From: Clay Calvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Booting from 1.68MB floppy
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:34:44 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:53:35 -0400, Mark Blain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I can't tell you how to set up LRP. I *do* know that it is possible. I have
>successfully set up and used 1.68MB diskettes in msdos and windows with the old
>program "fdformat", including ms-dos bootables. Since you have WinImage, you
>probably don't need it.
>http://www.patten1.freeserve.co.uk/utils/
>http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/usenet/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/fdformat/index.html
Hmmm. I just read Fdformat.doc, and it reads; "Note: You cannot
create a system disk, which cannot be read without FDREAD."
Here are the formats listed for a 1.44MB floppy that are listed as
bootable.
F720 720 kByte
F120 1.2 MByte
F12 1.2 MByte
F144 1.44 MByte
F14 1.44 MByte
F148 1.48 MByte
Soooo, you have created 1.68MB bootable diskettes with this program?
I've also tried with WinImage, also with no luck.
>I know that the automatic setup procedure for one form of linux-on-a-floppy, Tom's
>Root-Boot, does use a 1.68MB floppy. There are both ms-dos (.zip) and linux
>(.tar.gz) files available.
>http://www.toms.net/rb/
>The same page also contains links and descriptions of several other linux-on-a-floppy
>distributions, including LRP. Perhaps you could find another one with better set-up
>instructions.
>
>
>On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:44:16 GMT, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I,
>>
>>I have start to study Linux LRP (Linux on a floppy) and to put more
>>informations (like BIND), i wish to use a floppy who can contain more
>>than 1.44Mb.
>>
>>So I use WinImage in Win98 to format and copy a DOS bootable 1.44 LRP
>>floppy to a new 1.68 floppy.
>>
>>Every thing are there but it refuses to boot. I receive a message like
>>"boot error" because it cannot find the boot files (ldlinux.sys).
>>
>>How can I correct this situation^
>>
>>Serge Boisvert
>>Victoriaville, Qc.
>>Canada
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clay Calvert
Replace the "W" in my e-mail address with an "L" to reply.
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake & Win 2000 & LILO
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:48:39 GMT
Linux Newbie wrote:
>
> Hi Gurus,
>
> Ive a PII 233 MHz Sony Vaio
> w/ 4.1 GB hard drive partitioned into 2.5/ntfs, 1/ext2 (linux), .6/fat16
> 160 MB RAM
>
> Ive Win 2000 on 2.5G partition
> I was able to install linux-mandrake 7.0 on 1G partition
>
> but now when I boot up LILO only gives me two options
> 1) linux or
> 2) floppy
>
> I cant start win2000 anymore. I tried adding another entry to lilo but
> I dont know what partition (hda, hda1, hda2, hdc... etc) my win2000 is
> on. How do i fix this?
>
> Im a newbie to Linux and first time trying to configure LILO or any
> other boot loader.
>
> Please Help!
>
> Tejas Patel
Win2k is most likely on the first disk, so type this command as root
user:
fdisk -l /dev/hda (The -l is a lower case "L", not a one)
That will list the partitions on /dev/hda (the first disk). You should
be able to identify the 2.5 Gb partition based on the sizes shown for
the partitions.
Tom
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From: "Boyd Teders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cron help
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:02:36 GMT
Thanks For Responding!
Submit? I used "crontab -e" to create the new file and then saved it. Was
that not enough?
Boyd
Nathan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Boyd Teders wrote:
> >
> > I am running Red Hat 6.0 on one machine and 6.1 on another. I am trying
to
> > set a cron job to run. The text from the entry is below...
> >
> > 30 16 * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s 192.5.41.40
> >
> > My plan was to have this job synchronize the time every day. But it does
not
> > run. Am I doing some thing wrong. Could I do this differently? Any ideas
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Did you submit it to crond using crontab?
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