Linux-Setup Digest #252, Volume #19 Wed, 26 Jul 00 21:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: "Remote shell with root? (J Bland)
Need to shrink linux partition. (Steve Mading)
X on compaq Elite 4/40C laptop? need help (Richard J. Freedman)
Best dual boot? ("Bill Crocker")
Re: binutils ("dale hites")
Kernel reconfig for 2Gb causes x to not load ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH 6.1 goes nuts with hda: read_intr: error: 0x10 (Neal Rhodes)
Re: "Remote shell with root? (Zebee Johnstone)
Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot (Chas2K)
Win 95 wont come up after installing Linux RH 6.2 (shashinux)
Re: shared internet (Lassi =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rytel=E4?=)
Re: 3com 3c509b driver (chipper)
Re: A question about gateway setting. (Lassi =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rytel=E4?=)
Token Ring Network card on Linux ("Simon He")
Re: Best dual boot? (alram83)
Re: Large IDE drive and dualboot (Mike Stevens)
Re: Need to shrink linux partition. (Andy Kinsey)
Math Coprocessor problem - Linux won't boot (Xzera)
Re: What is proper sysntax for combined logging? (ljb)
Re: Best dual boot? (James Alan Brown)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: "Remote shell with root?
Date: 26 Jul 2000 21:44:12 GMT
>I want to be able to remotely administer my Redhat workstation connected to
>the internet. Can I do this through a remote shell?
Yes, install ssh on both machines and use
ssh -l root ip.address
Don't use Telnet, it's not secure.
Frinky
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need to shrink linux partition.
Date: 26 Jul 2000 21:57:36 GMT
I have an interesting problem. Often people talk about
how to shrink a Windos partition with FIPS to make room
for installing Linux, but I need to go the other way
around. I have a machine that was preconfigured for
Linux by Dell, and it used the whole hard drive for
the / and /usr partions and I'd like to shrink one of
them and make room for a small partition for a minimal
windows installation. Is there an analogous tool to
FIPS that does the same thing for ext2 partitions -
shrinking the partition without destroying data?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard J. Freedman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: X on compaq Elite 4/40C laptop? need help
Date: 26 Jul 2000 22:00:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone know how to setup X on the subject computer? I have no idea
what video chipset is in the beast.
--
Dick Freedman
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From: "Bill Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best dual boot?
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:02:52 GMT
I'm considering setting up a dual-boot Win98SE / Linux system, probably
using SuSE 6.4. I have two 30-GIG physical hard drives. I've been
considering Lilo, System Commander, or Boot Magic. I'm open to suggestions
based on your experience, both good, and bad.
Thank you,
Bill Crocker
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Reply-To: "dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "dale hites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: binutils
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:02:27 -0500
Sylvain,
If you can handle RPM's, the Red Hat site has what you're looking for. Also,
check your install disk.
Dale
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kernel reconfig for 2Gb causes x to not load
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:18:14 -0700
I reconfigured the kernel to support 2Gb RAM. The new kernel loads but
after
Loading system font: [ OK ]
it doesn't bring up the x-interface.
When I change the BIOS to see only 256Mb RAM the new kernel loads the
x-interface with no problem.
Also, any word when the kernel will support 4Gb RAM?
Thanks
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:35:16 -0400
From: Neal Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.1 goes nuts with hda: read_intr: error: 0x10
I've got a redhat 6.1 system running on a P-133 32MB motherboard,
basic single IDE drive.
Occasionally when doing other things but ALWAYS when trying to
compile the kernel the disk access will fail with messages like:
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 {driveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: read_intr: error: 0x10 {SectorId Not Found}, LBAsect=3071585,
sector= 9999999
The above messages repeat, scrolling off the screen; the 3071585
seems constant, the 9999999 number changes a bunch.
Any ideas on cause? Perhaps the LBA business? When I run HW
diagnostics the disk checks out fine.
[neal@loopy neal]$ df -v
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 1464352 956780 433184 69% /
/dev/hda1 17534 2647 13982 16% /boot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zebee Johnstone)
Subject: Re: "Remote shell with root?
Date: 26 Jul 2000 21:58:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In comp.os.linux.setup on Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:50:19 GMT
Steve Buxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to be able to remotely administer my Redhat workstation connected to
>the internet. Can I do this through a remote shell?
>
yes. Best way is:
Set up an ssh server on your RedHat system, and have an ssh client program on
the machine you want to be typing at.
create a PGP identity with passphrase for a user on your redhat
system, and get that ID and phrase over to the other machine.
Set the server to disallow root access, disallow rsh and rhosts,
disallow empty passwords, disallow password access.
Then ssh into the Redhat box as the user, su as root, and do your
thing.
Of course this means that you have to cope with not using GUI tools.
If you really can't handle your system without them, then you set up a
passphrased ssh identity for root, and ssh in as root. ssh will then
display the X window on the remote machine *if* the machine can do
that sort of thing.
Meaning if it's another unix box. While there are ways to make
Windows mr Mac boxen do it, they are either commercial or painful.
Learn to use the command line :) I admin servers all over the world
using that method, and there really isn't much to it.
If the system has been properly set up then the amount of admin
requiring root is minimal and you don't have to learn many commands
honest :)
Zebee
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From: Chas2K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:01:38 -0700
Hi Rod.
Excellent book. I've been recommending it as a fairly straight forward
HOW-TO on the subject. Helped me a lot.
To all: Get the book, read it, do what it says. Make Rod wealthy beyond
his wildest imagination. %^)
Chas2K
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <8lmdio$mkp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> ****____****Diaper Changer****___**** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I would *like* to set up Win98, NT4, Win2k and Mandrake-Linux 7.2.
> >
> > My goals:
> >
> > 1) To get each OS's basic files on it's own partition, and format that partition
> > "optimally" for each OS
> > 2) To share temp file space and swap file space, each OS would use the same
> > partition for temp files and each OS would use the same partition for swap file
> > (obviously needs to be FAT16)
> > 3) Have space for installation of games, data, and applications separate from
> > each of
>
> You may want to check out my book, _The Multi-Boot Configuration
> Handbook_ (http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/). It covers all these
> topics, and more.
>
> > It *seems* like I shouold be able to do it. Am I correct in thinking that each
> > of the MS OS's will install their basic boot files to the primary partition on
> > drive 0, then I can set each OS to install to a different folder on whatever
> > drive.
>
> In theory, this will work. In practice, I've seen a lot more problem
> reports from people who try to install multiple Microsoft OSs on one
> partition than from those who use multiple partitions. With precisely
> three Microsoft OSs, you can (barely) dedicate one primary partition to
> each, and use a boot loader to choose between them.
>
> > I have read in places that NT has restrictions on where you can install it.
> > Something about being within the first 4 GB or something. Not sure if I'm
> > correct or not.
>
> Yes. It's a 2016MB limit. I believe that Win2K does *NOT* suffer from
> this problem. NT also has a problem installing to EIDE hard disks
> bigger than 8GB, but there's a workaround (you've got to get an updated
> EIDE driver). I describe all this in my book, pp. 246-249.
>
> > I also read that I have to use an "updated" driver so NT will recognize that my
> > drive is bigger than 2 GB (or is it 8 GB that NT can read normally?)
>
> Bigger than 8GB. It's at:
>
> ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-unsup-ed/fixes/nt40/atapi/ATAPI.EXE
>
> > 1) Is it *possible* to do this, or am I way off?
>
> Yes, it's possible.
>
> > 2) If it is possible, does this seem like a viable plan, or is there a "much
> > better way" to do it?
>
> As I said, I'd put each Microsoft OS on its own partition. You can
> juggle partitions around to suit your needs, of course.
>
> > 4) Will I be able to assign I: as the temp file for each OS and d: as the
> > swapfile for each OS?
>
> With 36GB, the benefits of sharing a few megabytes for swap and temp
> space are probably not worth the bother. If you really must, the swap
> space can be shared. I describe the process briefly in my book (p. 535).
> Temp space presents more problems, at least for Windows/Linux sharing,
> because some Linux programs may assume that they can do things to the
> files that they can't on a FAT partition. If you really wanted to do
> this, you might be able to do it by using the umsdos filesystem, but
> again, with 36GB of disk space, why bother?
>
> > 5) Linux don't care where it's installed, and LILO will now be able to access
> > all of those drives (version 21 and before couldnt' go past 8 GB or something,
> > right?
>
> Most distributions still ship with a version of LILO that requires the
> Linux kernel fall below the 1024th cylinder, which generally works out
> to about 8GB. More recent versions of LILO aren't hindered by this
> limit, but I don't know the details. You can install Linux at the start
> of your second drive in order to avoid the problem.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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Subject: Win 95 wont come up after installing Linux RH 6.2
From: shashinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:09:11 -0700
I installed RH Linux 6.2 on my win 95 machine on a seperate
external drive.
The original drive is a 1.2Gig HD and has windows 95 on it.
The seperate drive is a 30G Western Digital drive.
After installing Linux on this new HD , ( I chose workstation
class of installation - this automatically configures the
Lilo) windows 95 wont start up correctly.
Now after installing Linux and a reboot - comes up with
boot: and I have 2 choices
dos and linux.
If I chose linux - Linux is easily accessible.But If I chose
dos then windows 95 startup window comes up,
and all the application on the window panel show up.
But the mouse and the keyboard are inactive.
I cannot track any application/select an application with my
mouse on this windows 95 main panel!!!!!!
The kybrd seems to be stuck too.
I tried rebooting and shutting off the PC to start windows
the way it was before - but no help.
I configured while installing linux that the mouse is a 2 button
PS/2 mouse and the Keyboard as a 101-generic.
Did I miss something ?
Any help is appreciated.
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From: Lassi =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rytel=E4?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: shared internet
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:19:47 GMT
Hi
lekker lekker wrote:
> hi
>
> I have:
> 2X windows
> 1x corel linux
>
> in a network.
>
> its al linked bij a switch
>
> and I have a internet conection by cable modem, wat is connected bij de
> switch....
>
> I can connect all computers one by one to the internet, but how can I
>
> make linux server, ftp, internet shared bij this computer.
> To share your Internet you should set the default gateway on your windoze
> machines to point to your cable modems IP address or if you want to route
> all traffic through your Linux box enable ip routing on your kernel (may
> need to compile kernel) an make default route there as your cable
> modem...
>
About creating a ftp server it depends of your ISP. It may disable incoming
connections (ie. you can connect anywhere, but nobody can connet to your
server) anyway be careful, it is quite easy to become a warez heaven (and
make your ISP to cancel your Internet connection)
>
>
> I would like to here tips or how to do,.....
- Lassi
>
>
> thanx for you time
>
> risj
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (chipper)
Subject: Re: 3com 3c509b driver
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:33:00 GMT
Compile the kernel?? Boy I have a lot to learn :)
IRQ is in w98 9 and io is 210 but in linux it says 10
I've tried setting them but then the interface doesn't come up at all
thanks anyway
chipper
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 04:13:11 -0400, "A.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Chipper:
>If you know irq and io of 3c509(b) card then try supplying this info by
>appending following to the kernel boot command at the end:
>ether=irq,io,0,0,eth0
>e.g., if irq=5, io=0x210, and you have only one ethernet card then this is
>what you supply
>ether=5,0x210,0,0,eth0
>This should work if you have compiled ethernet drivers in the kernel.
>After booting do dmesg | less at the prompt and check if eth0 actually came
>up.
>
>AP
>
>
>
>
>"chipper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Thanks Raffael for your input
>>
>> However it still doesn't work. Whatever I do (which doesn't amount to
>> much since I've only got like 3 days since I've begun linux) not a
>> single packet gets viewed by the os.
>>
>> help!!!
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Chipper
>>
>> On 24 Jul 2000 17:52:33 +0200, Raffael Herzog
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> >> Micromans,
>> >>
>> >> Good can you tell me what driver u used? Help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >put
>> >
>> > alias eth0 3c90x
>> >
>> >in your /etc/modules.conf
>> >
>> >> [...]
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Raffael Herzog
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >May the penguin be with you!
>>
>
>
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From: Lassi =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rytel=E4?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A question about gateway setting.
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:37:29 GMT
Hi
Paul wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My machine (a linux box) is located inside a campus LAN which use
> DHCP for configuration. And the IP address I get is a valid
> IP address on Internet (Not IP addresses for internal use).
> However, I still have to set the proxy setting in netscape in
> order to browse the internet. And I am not able to telnet
> from the console. When I use "ping www.yahoo.com" on the console,
> it just says ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com.
>
It looks like you are behind a firewall with a http proxy server
>
> I am new to network. But since I have a valid IP address and
> the right gateway setting, it should be able to connect to
> the internet directly. And this shouldn't happen. Am I right?
>
Nope, direct Internet connection has nothing to do with IP address (if
it is not visible to the outside world, what seems to be the case)
>
> -Paul
- Lassi
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From: "Simon He" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Token Ring Network card on Linux
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:49:51 +1000
Hi,
I was trring to setup Red Hat Linux 6.2 on a Token Ring Network, somehow the
token ring card could not be initialized at bootup even after editing the
conf.module file. The error message I'm getting is:
localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-12/net/ibmtr.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy
localhost insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-12/net/ibmtr.o: insmod tr0 failed
localhost kernel: ibmtr: register_trdev() returned non-zero.
I have tried both ISA and PCI card but to no avail, could anyone provide me
with solution to this problem ?
Simon
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Subject: Re: Best dual boot?
From: alram83 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:00:11 -0700
Right now, I boot from safe mode DOS, and run a Debian based
distro from metalab.unc.edu/peanut. Good experience...as with
most systems I've used (including MacOS), Netscape is still
somewhat of a problem; though in Linux, you can simply kill it,
delete a lock file and restart it without rebooting the PC. Also,
my Compaq IJ 900 printer is a redesigned Lexmark (?model) printer
that only works in Windows, but I've overcome that problem with
Explore2fs and Staroffice for Linux. Otherwise everything works
fine, including 3d acceleration and the WWW surfing is (in most
cases) much better than Windows.
You're welcome! :)
Alex R.
http://trak.to/tazzola
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From: Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Large IDE drive and dualboot
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:55:45 GMT
In article <8lnc7n$nu1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've been trying to install a dual boot Win98/Linux system. And gettin
> really confused and frustrated. Basically my goals are to create a
dual boot
> system using lilo as my loader. I have a 15G Maxtor Harddrive and I'd
like
> to use half the drive for my Windows OS and half the drive for my
Linux OS.
> The problem I'm having seems to revolve around the 1024 cylinder
limitation
> of the loader and boot drive of Linux.
[snip]
There is a lilo out that will boot above the 1024 cyl limit. Sorry, I
don't have a URL, but a search on freshmeat ought to turn it up. I'm
using it on a Maxtor 27GB disk and it works for me.
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need to shrink linux partition.
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:21:45 -0400
Steve Mading wrote:
> I have an interesting problem. Often people talk about
> how to shrink a Windos partition with FIPS to make room
> for installing Linux, but I need to go the other way
> around. I have a machine that was preconfigured for
> Linux by Dell, and it used the whole hard drive for
> the / and /usr partions and I'd like to shrink one of
> them and make room for a small partition for a minimal
> windows installation. Is there an analogous tool to
> FIPS that does the same thing for ext2 partitions -
> shrinking the partition without destroying data?
Partition Magic ($$$)...
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From: Xzera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Math Coprocessor problem - Linux won't boot
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:17:23 -0500
Help!
Linux won't boot anymore - I don't get it.
it hangs up on the math coprocessor part -
"Checking 386/387 coupling :<3> failed
trying to reset .. failed
trying to reset.. failed
trying to reset failed
and on and on. If I give it the boot command : linux no387 it will go along just fine
- except that all new kernels need a math coprocessor so it will hang up a little
later.
What I've got is a PIII 500mhz - with Gigabyte GA-6VX MoBo. (VIA chipset - 5 PCI slots
- onboard stuff disabled) I installed linux on it and it worked fine - then I went to
add cards to make it usable, ie network, sound, SCSI, and now it's doing this! Help!
If I can't use a network card, etc. I might as well use Win98, which, by the way,
boots up and runs just fine on it, cards and all.
Anybody got any ideas???
TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: What is proper sysntax for combined logging?
Date: 27 Jul 2000 00:18:29 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am trying to log to both the local drive an remotely.
>
>Currently I am doing this as such:
>authpriv.* /var/log/secure
>authpriv.* @111.222.333.444
>
>This works.
>
>I would like to do something like this:
>
>authpriv.* /var/log/secure;@111.222.333.444
>
>But when I do, it creates a file called /var/log/secure;@111.222.333.444
>
>Does anyone know the correct way to do this?
You do. The first one is correct, the second isn't. Each line
in syslogd.conf specifies a single destination.
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From: James Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best dual boot?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:30:05 GMT
Bill Crocker wrote:
>
>
> I'm considering setting up a dual-boot Win98SE / Linux system, probably
> using SuSE 6.4. I have two 30-GIG physical hard drives. I've been
> considering Lilo, System Commander, or Boot Magic. I'm open to
suggestions
> based on your experience, both good, and bad.
>
> Thank you,
> Bill Crocker
>
>
Its very easy to do with SuSE 6.4 Use Yast1 and select "expert mode" to
creat your partitions. On the First hard Drive with no partitions installed
use
Yast1 and creat a Primary Partition (from 1-2) just the smallest size the
mount point will be "/boot" the partition "/dev/hda1" . When you have
created that partition exit Linux install then boot from your /Windows
floppy boot disk have fdisk and format on it. Now do a Fdisk and create a
Primary partition do not say "Yes" to using all the drive. Next created a
DOS- extended partition with the remainder. then make two logical drives so
you end up with a C: a D: and an E: Dont forget to make C: the active
partition.
Next Format c: d: and e: and then install your windows 95/98 on drive c:
use drive D: for your work/data files so that you can share them with
Linux. Use drive E: as a back-up drive. (Just get Windows running and
booting you can set things up after you have your Linux and LILO set-up)!
After you have windows up and running then add second hard drive and
partition/format and set your mount points for linux.
That first partition "/boot" is where LILO will be installed and it will
enable you to dual boot. use one primary as a mount point "/" (root)
and the next "/opt" and make a 64Meg (no larger than that unless your going
to run a large network) for your Linux Swap partition,.
More info if you need it!
Regards,
James
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