Linux-Setup Digest #278, Volume #19 Sun, 30 Jul 00 14:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Lastest version of Red Hat? (Bit Twister)
Re: Modem Setup Difficulty ("Peter Panagakos")
Re: "linux single" won't work Can't boot. ("Dr. Tu Yu")
Hosed install. Techs messed up. Moving /usr? ("Michael Coulter")
partition mystery ("George")
Re: Hosed install. Techs messed up. Moving /usr? (Carl Fink)
Re: Install of New Kernel ("ne...")
Re: [Help] LILO doesn't boot from SCSI disk ("Dave Stanton")
Re: Console font / resolution ("ne...")
Re: Math Coprocessor problem - Linux won't boot (Xzera)
Re: Console font / resolution ("Jeffrey Hood")
Re: Hosed install. Techs messed up. Moving /usr? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modem Setup Difficulty (asage)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: Lastest version of Red Hat?
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:15:16 GMT
Here is a thought, look at http://www.redhat.com for the version they ship.
for hardware support http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/
And for wild card information http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.dejanews.com/
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 03:33:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
> What is the lastest version of Red Hat now? And it supports AT100
>hard disk? Where can I find information about Red Hat?
>
> Is there any Linux which supports AT100 hard disk now?
>
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From: "Peter Panagakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Setup Difficulty
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:19:19 -0400
Try setting it up in /etc/inittab with a respawn....
"David R. Betz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8lm35t$f78$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have recently purchased an Actiontec 56K modem to replace my ancient
28.8 modem. Until the installation of my new moden, I haven't had too many
problems getting my ppp connection to my ISP to redial after my connection
was closed, but now, I am having this difficulty.
>
> I am running a Linux box with kernel version 2.2.14. I am using the demand
dial option of pppd to bring up my connection whenever I need it.
>
> I have been noticing, with the new modem, that when I leave the connection
down for a long length of time (> 2 minutes - OK not "long" in some realms
of belief), my serial settings for my modem gets hosed. Currently, I run
setserial <device parameters> in my rc.serial script, which initializeds my
ttyS1 serial port that my modem is hanging off of.
>
> I can then initiate my ppp connection and everything is just fine. If the
link goes down ad I immediately attempt to re-establish my connection,
again, everything is just fine.
>
> The problem only occurs if I keep the link down after a few minutes or so
(only after the initial link has been established and disconnected).
>
> I did notice in my logs that it is running setserial without any
parameters (which is most likely where my serial settings are getting
trashed) just before the ppp link is brought back up, but obviously, nothing
happens until I reset the serial device to the correct parameters.
>
> The following is the exact message from my /var/log/messages...
>
> Jul 25 23:45:22 kokomaht kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial
optio
> ns enabled
> Jul 25 23:45:22 kokomaht kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
>
> Why is "setserial" being run again and where can I insert the parameters
so that when it does run setserial, it inserts the parameters that I want it
to?
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> David
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From: "Dr. Tu Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "linux single" won't work Can't boot.
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:26:24 GMT
When you booted off the rescue disk to search the /etc using " ls -la conf*
" did you see a conf.module.bak file which you can cp to conf.modules?
If non exist try " touch conf.module " which creates an empty conf.module
then reboot.
"J. Roe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ltjch$kbn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> After running sndconfig and modifying the conf.modules file I can't boot
> into linux from LILO. It freezes when attempting to load the sound
> module. I don't know what to do. I've tried linux single, linux rescue
> and nothing works. I'm running RH 6.2.
> There has to be a way I can get into my system and modify the
> appropriate file. I hope someone can help me.
>
> I've also tried to boot from the install CD running linux rescue, but, I
> don't know what to do once I've booted. When I go into /etc I don't see
> any config files.
>
> Please help.
>
>
> --
> Janine Roe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ...the more i learn, the less i know about before
> the less i know, the more i want to look around...
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Michael Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,iu.linux,linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Hosed install. Techs messed up. Moving /usr?
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:37:48 -0500
I let a local PC dealer setup a dual boot linux /win98 machine for me and it
cost a ton.
And they really goofed up with druid.
They let a 6 gig area of the disk go uninitialized as they thought it would
"grow". It turns out that is only at
install time, not during normal run conditions.
I found out the hard way. Loading Staroffice
So..I zapped the win D drive and made it into a linux partition and mounted
it first as /home
because /home is easier and I can do that.
(I use gnome to rename directories and cannot do that at linux text level)
I got a suggestion to mount instead /usr but /usr has all the xwindows stuff
and gnome and
then I cannot change the names of /nusr (the new usr dir) and /usr.
How does one change directory names aside from inside Gnome / properties?
Thanks
This it taking way too long.
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From: "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: partition mystery
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:47:09 -0600
I've been using Linux for years and have managed to run up against a new
wall. I installed a 40 gig maxtor drive. I initially set it up with "MAX
BLAST's EZ-Drive" to access all possible space. Since then I have
re-installed my whole system 3 times. My system includes Win98 and Linux.
My drive configuration is usually: Drive one is a 1.5 gig WD drive: hda1 =
primary fat 16 c:/ drive at 256megs with dos system boot files and system
commander. hda2 is a primary 128meg swap partition for linux and hda3 is
primary ext2 /boot for linux to boot from. Drive 2 is a 17 gig Maxtor.
hdb1 is a primary part with D: for windows98, hdb2 is logical and contains
hdb5, hdb6. Which are fat32 for Data archive, Applications and Games
respectivly. Drive 3 is a 4 gig WD that is not currently being used. Drive
4 is a new 40 gig Maxtor. Hdd1 is a primary fat32 10gig for Archive. hdd2
is extended for the remainder of space. Hdd5 is a 10gig ext2 / for linux.
hdd6 is a 10-20 gig ext2 not being used.
Because of problems I removed EZ-Drive from all drives. I reinstalled my
Win98 system and then installed Mandrake 7 Linux using Lilo at the MBR.
After verifing Linux was running correctly I rebooted with a windows98 boot
floppy, and installed System Commander. I have installed win98 and Linux
many times using this configuration without an trouble. During the linux
install I made no changes to Drive 2 (hdb), but after the install hdb drive
partitions had vanished, taking with it my Win98 system. During the first
boot with system commander the screen showed some reference to the EZ-Drive
boot dialogue. I have just reinstalled Win98, I started the linux install
but noticed that linux fdisk shows hdb with the correct partitions but the
file system is ext2!!! Dos fdisk shows this drive to have the proper fat32
file system in place.
My question (finally) is: Can I install linux using linux fdisk to setup
partions with outtouching hdb? (or will fdisk automatically change trhe mbr
to register hdb as containing ext2 filesystems?) Where should I install
lilo? If I cannot install linux safely, what can I do to rescue Drive 2
hdb? I am thinking that EZ-drive still exists on my drives and my bios
registers the drives as LBA but that some how ez-drive rares it's ugly head
and corrupt the mbr.
Any suggestions?
George
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,iu.linux,linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Hosed install. Techs messed up. Moving /usr?
Date: 30 Jul 2000 15:54:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:37:48 -0500 Michael Coulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How does one change directory names aside from inside Gnome / properties?
Why not just use the shell?
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install of New Kernel
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:10:15 GMT
On Jul 30, 2000 at 03:54, wizard2 eloquently wrote:
>Hi
>
>I am trying to install a new kernel 2.2.16 going from a resent
>install of Mandrake 7.1
>
>Everything goes well untill i go and try to compile I do bzImage
>and have tried zImage It runs the compile fine untill the end where
>i get a msg that it is leaving usr/src/linux/i386/boot/ it says it
>cannt find something like (AS86) and gives me 2 error codes 127 and
>2
Install the dev86 rpm.
[...]
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
What this country needs is a dime that will buy a good five-cent bagel.
12:05pm up 20 days, 15:17, 8 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.00
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [Help] LILO doesn't boot from SCSI disk
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:16:57 +0100
"Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
> I cannot get LILO booting from an SCSI disk. Can you give me some
> hints?
>
> This is the situation. I've just installed Linux Red Hat 6.2 on a Dual
> Pentium III machine equipped with:
> Mainboard: SUPERMICRO, SUPER P6DBE
> SCSI controller: Adaptec SCSI Card 29160
> SCSI disk: Seagate ST318436LW (17.5G)
> IDE disk: Seagate STS320430A (20GB)
>
> The IDE disk is only temporally installed, and it is going to be used
> only to hold data, no system files. All the system is installed on the
> SCSI disk. This is the partition table (generated with disk druid):
> --------------------
> Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2233 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 14 2233 17832150 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 14 906 7172991 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 907 1548 5156833+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 1549 1880 2666758+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda8 1881 2174 2361523+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda9 2175 2213 313236 82 Linux swap
> /dev/sda10 2214 2233 160618+ 83
> Linux --------------------
>
> and this an excerpt from /etc/fstab:
> --------------------
> /dev/sda10 / ext2 defaults
> 1 1
> /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults
> 1 2
> /dev/sda5 /home ext2 defaults
> 1 2
> /dev/sda6 /usr ext2 defaults
> 1 2
> /dev/sda7 /usr/local ext2 defaults
> 1 2
> /dev/sda8 /var ext2 defaults
> 1 2
> /dev/sda9 swap swap defaults
> 0 0
> --------------------
> So the /boot partition is (/dev/sda1) located at very beginning of the
> disk.
>
> The overall installation was straightforward. Only the LILO
> installation issued a warning:
> "Warning: /dev/sda1 is not on the first disk"
>
> But then, before booting again I changed the BIOS booting sequence
> setting SCSI on the first place and IDE on the second. After saving
> this, the booting is restarted. The BIOS displays:
> "Searching for Boot Record from SCSI..OK"
> And then only appears:
> "LI"
> and it gets frozen.
> According to LILO's User's Guide (pag. 44):
> "LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
> loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
> geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
> installer."
> Of course, I haven't moved /boob/boot.b. Since the disk is a large one,
> I used the "linear" global option in lilo.conf, but no luck. I've also
> tried without it, with the same lack of success.
>
> If I install LILO on the IDE disk, it works all right, but I don't like
> this solution because of the temporal condition of the disk.
>
> LILO's version is 21.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help to get the SCSI disk booting
> properly.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Cheers!
>
> Jos� Manuel
The only thing I can add to the excellent other post is to turn off the IDE
drives in your bios. Linux does not need the bios to detect IDE and tries to
use these as the boot drive if they are enabled.
Cheers
Dave
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Console font / resolution
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:18:25 GMT
On Jul 30, 2000 at 02:35, Jeffrey Hood eloquently wrote:
>Thanks... that definately answers my question... and raises another one...
>when I do a vga=ask, and then scan, I get a list from 0 to b (1-9,a-b)... I
>can type in either 9, or 0122 (I guess the hex value...) and have it load
>the resolution (in my case, 100x30...) but I can't seem to put
>either vga=9 or vga=0122 in the lilo conf file... it accepts them,
>but gives me an ask prompt during boot... are the only ones that I
>can use the ones that come up first, before the scan...
Did you run /sbin/lilo after chaanging the 'vga=' line??
>And one more... when I do get vga=788, etc to load (I guess my kernel must
>have had framebuffer support enabled already...) my console is flaked
>out after returning from a startx Gnome session... none of the modes
>seems to cure it, and I have to reboot to get a "clean" console...
If you have framebuffer support for your graf card,
you should use something like:
append="video=matrox:vesa:402"
This give that nice cute penguin image on bootup.
NOTE: vga=<value|ask> does not necessarily mean you
have framebuffer support in your kernel. If/when
your consol is messed up after exiting X, try
typing 'reset'.
[...]
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
If you analyse anything, you destroy it.
-- Arthur Miller
12:08pm up 20 days, 15:20, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
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From: Xzera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Math Coprocessor problem - Linux won't boot
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:21:38 -0500
Ok, looks like Slackware it is. I tried booting the 7.1 boot and root
disks, using mem=128mb no387 and managed to get it to work, then I
remembered that I had a Slackware 4 CD, and install it. To keep from
having to enter the parameters every time I wrote a batch file and use
Loadlin. Since my fastest Linux box prior to this was a P133, I am
astonished by the speed of this PIII 500! Can't wait to get Slak7 and
the Voodoo3 etc. support.
Thank you! I refused to believe that mathco had stroked out, but looks
like you were right, and since Intel chips are pricey, now I dont have
to replace it.
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 18:23:58 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:14:25 -0500, Xzera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Ok, I tried the card removal thing, no go. I tried the no387 mode, but
>>it hangs later because all the precompiled kernals need a math coprocessor.
>>I thought about the possibility the CPU had a stroke, but if so, why
>>does Windows still run great?
> Two possibilities exist in reguards to windows.
> 1. Windows does not care about a math-co.
> 2. Windows seeing your mathco is out to lunch is just using
>software emulation (the no387 equiv to Linux).
> Now to get linux up and running. get Slackware 7.1 and try
>that. again in the boot tell it no387 and see if the slackware
>bootdisk/rootdisk installer will work (Slackware usually has software
>mathco support enabled if the hardware support bombs. Myself am
>running slackware 3.9 as I don't want to deal with glibc. If you want
>to get it go to
>http://www.slackware.com which is the web page for slackware. They
>have slackware 7.1 and I believe 7.2 online there.
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From: "Jeffrey Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Console font / resolution
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:01:15 GMT
>>Thanks... that definately answers my question... and raises another
one...
>>when I do a vga=ask, and then scan, I get a list from 0 to b (1-9,a-b)...
I
>>can type in either 9, or 0122 (I guess the hex value...) and have it load
>>the resolution (in my case, 100x30...) but I can't seem to put
>>either vga=9 or vga=0122 in the lilo conf file... it accepts them,
>>but gives me an ask prompt during boot... are the only ones that I
>>can use the ones that come up first, before the scan...
>Did you run /sbin/lilo after chaanging the 'vga=' line??
yepper.... doesn't seem to make any difference... it is acting like the
options
_after_ doing the scan aren't available... putting in 0-6 works fine...
(those are
the ones on the initial display on vga=ask
>>And one more... when I do get vga=788, etc to load (I guess my kernel
must
>>have had framebuffer support enabled already...) my console is flaked
>>out after returning from a startx Gnome session... none of the modes
>>seems to cure it, and I have to reboot to get a "clean" console...
>If you have framebuffer support for your graf card,
>you should use something like:
>
> append="video=matrox:vesa:402"
>
>This give that nice cute penguin image on bootup.
>NOTE: vga=<value|ask> does not necessarily mean you
>have framebuffer support in your kernel. If/when
>your consol is messed up after exiting X, try
>typing 'reset'.
I do get the cute penguin on bootup with just vga=788, etc... but I will
try
the append line, although I would have no idea what to put on it... is there
something in my XConfig that would point to the correct value, or something
that I can see when X is starting ?
Thanks,
JH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,iu.linux,linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Hosed install. Techs messed up. Moving /usr?
Date: 30 Jul 2000 17:34:29 GMT
Hmm, maybe because he was askingus how to?
"mv" will change directory names, just like it does files. A couple of
warnings though:
-mv will not overite a target directory. "mv /nusr /usr" will create
/usr/nusr/ if /usr already exists.
-DO NOTE simply DELETE /usr, even if /nusr has everything in it already. You
have to be VERY careful with all the dynamic libraries locations listed in
/etc/ld.so.conf or you will find that all of a sudden none of your
executables will work anymore. I just checked my system and "mv," "cp" et
al. link to libraries in "/lib" so you'd probably be okay (though the GUI
stuff in X will definitely not run until you put the X libraries where they
belong and run "ldconfig" as root.
I'm afraid this was a little confusing, so post back with q's if I wasn't
clear.
Chris
In linux.redhat.install Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:37:48 -0500 Michael Coulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>How does one change directory names aside from inside Gnome / properties?
: Why not just use the shell?
: --
: Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
: <http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Setup Difficulty
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 13:55:28 -0400
Hi,
This is similar to something that was happening with pppd on my setup. I am
confused about what is meant by 'respawn' (it isn't in my books?)
TIA
> Try setting it up in /etc/inittab with a respawn....
>
> "David R. Betz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8lm35t$f78$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have recently purchased an Actiontec 56K modem to replace my ancient
> 28.8 modem. Until the installation of my new moden, I haven't had too many
> problems getting my ppp connection to my ISP to redial after my connection
> was closed, but now, I am having this difficulty.
> >
> > I am running a Linux box with kernel version 2.2.14. I am using the demand
> dial option of pppd to bring up my connection whenever I need it.
> >
> > I have been noticing, with the new modem, that when I leave the connection
> down for a long length of time (> 2 minutes - OK not "long" in some realms
> of belief), my serial settings for my modem gets hosed. Currently, I run
> setserial <device parameters> in my rc.serial script, which initializeds my
> ttyS1 serial port that my modem is hanging off of.
> >
> > I can then initiate my ppp connection and everything is just fine. If the
> link goes down ad I immediately attempt to re-establish my connection,
> again, everything is just fine.
> >
> > The problem only occurs if I keep the link down after a few minutes or so
> (only after the initial link has been established and disconnected).
> >
> > I did notice in my logs that it is running setserial without any
> parameters (which is most likely where my serial settings are getting
> trashed) just before the ppp link is brought back up, but obviously, nothing
> happens until I reset the serial device to the correct parameters.
> >
> > The following is the exact message from my /var/log/messages...
> >
> > Jul 25 23:45:22 kokomaht kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial
> optio
> > ns enabled
> > Jul 25 23:45:22 kokomaht kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
> >
> > Why is "setserial" being run again and where can I insert the parameters
> so that when it does run setserial, it inserts the parameters that I want it
> to?
> >
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > David
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