Linux-Setup Digest #336, Volume #19 Sun, 6 Aug 00 20:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie - Parition Sizes ("Julio C. Rincon")
ZIP Plus (250MB) and SuSE 6.4 Bootdisk (Dieter Buricke)
isdn ppp connection (Gary Jones)
Partitioning a 15GB Hard drive? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
pppd rejects "auth chap MD5" (Kyler Laird)
Re: Partitioning a 15GB Hard drive? (E J)
Re: kppp help, can't dial out unless as root (E J)
Re: Exchange Server for Linux?? ("djmiller")
Gatos with ATI AIW 128 and SB Live - can't get sound (Les Hazelton)
Re: Exchange Server for Linux?? ("djmiller")
RH 6.2 Installation Error (Harikiran Moosani)
Re: Linux only seeng half my RAM... ("Johannes Ettrup Larsen")
Re: colors in X (Manfred Bartz)
BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten (Ron Gaw)
Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem) (Bit Twister)
Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten (Bit Twister)
Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten (Manfred Bartz)
Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten (Andy Kinsey)
*very* slow FTP behaviour on Linux (Paul King)
partitioning q (Peter Whincop)
Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten (Stephen Biggs)
Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How do I move filesystem from ide to scsi drive (Denzil Kelly)
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From: "Julio C. Rincon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie - Parition Sizes
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:40:15 GMT
I'll be using the custom installation for RH6.2. I am assuming from your reply
that it would be much simpler just to do a workstation installation, I agree
with this but unfortunately I'm planning on installing Lilo on the Linux
partition and according to the RH docs I can't do this with a custom
installation so that is why I'm trying to get more info on partition sizes.
thanks,
Julio.
Michael Mitchell wrote:
> You didn't say which installation you were using. If your hardrive size is
> not a factor then setup a swap file, and a / and /boot partition and let
> linux set up its on partitions
>
> "Julio C. Rincon" wrote:
>
> > I am about to setup my partitions but I am having trouble figuring out
> > the recommeded sizes for each partition. Some websites seem to be out
> > of date and only talk about small harddrives, while other sites talk
> > about total usage. This is what I have so far:
> >
> > Partitions:
> > Swap 128MB (this is my current pc memory)
> > root (/) 150MB (I've seen recommendation of 100-200MB)
> > /home ?
> > /var ?
> > /usr 850MB
> > /usr/local ?
> > /boot 16MB
> >
> > I am setting aside 2GB of space on my harddrive for the Red Hat Linux
> > distribution.
> > I haven't been able to find much info on /home, /var or /usr/local
> > sizes. Most Install docs & books that I've looked at don't mention how
> > Linux configures the /home, /var or /usr/local partitions.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated!
> >
> > Julio.
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From: Dieter Buricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ZIP Plus (250MB) and SuSE 6.4 Bootdisk
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:35:40 +0200
Hello,
have SuSE Linux 6.4 and tried to install a IOMEGA ZIP Plus Drive after
booting with 'bootdisk' and disk 'modules'. Module 'imm.o' will not load
successfully. What's wrong?
Thank You
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Jones)
Subject: isdn ppp connection
Date: 6 Aug 2000 19:51:48 GMT
I thought I saw a HOWTO, mini-HT, or some such, ages ago, which detailed how
to setup isdn for an internet connection, but now I can't find it (and can't
seem to find anything useful at www.linux.org either). Was is my
imagination? Either way, how do I go about it (pointer to said HOWTO is a
perfectly valid answer!), please?
Thanks.
--
Gary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Partitioning a 15GB Hard drive?
Date: 6 Aug 2000 19:56:25 GMT
I'm really new to linux and I'm experimenting with setting up a server at
home to act as a file server, firewall, etc.
I'm aiming to run Apache webserver, an ftp server, samba, etc. It will
have 2 clients, one Win2k and one Win98.
I have no idea what kind of partitioning scheme I should be using. Can
anyone give me some insight? I don't expect to have any user accounts on
the system except one for myself and one for root.
--
-T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyler Laird)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: pppd rejects "auth chap MD5"
Date: 6 Aug 2000 20:10:10 GMT
I'm out of town and having trouble connecting with
AT&T. At home, the POP is an old IBM system. It
handles SLIP and does PPP with PAP. The system I'm
trying to use now appears to be something else and
only wants to do PPP with CHAP MD5.
I set up my chap-secrets file to be the same as my
pap-secrets, but when I try to connect, I get
Aug 6 15:00:32 pia00 pppd[1330]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0>
<magic 0xb15d85f6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 6 15:00:32 pia00 pppd[1330]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0>
<magic 0xb15d85f6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 6 15:00:32 pia00 pppd[1330]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1500>
<asyncmap0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Aug 6 15:00:32 pia00 pppd[1330]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <auth chap MD5>]
Aug 6 15:00:33 pia00 pppd[1330]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Aug 6 15:00:33 pia00 pppd[1330]: Modem hangup
What's up? I read that Linux pppd should be able
to handle CHAP MD5 without any problems. Am I
missing something obvious? I've tried using kppp
and linuxconf in addition to running this manually
and I don't know why it's refusing to do CHAP MD5.
Thanks!
--kyler
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning a 15GB Hard drive?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 13:24:39 -0700
Try this as a first step and if you want to add, change the partitions when
your needs change use something like Partition Magic.
We alway change the partition according to your needs, but what do you know
what you need?
/boot - 16 Mbyte within the 1024 cylinder.
/ -stuff else in here.
swap - the same size as your RAM memory.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm really new to linux and I'm experimenting with setting up a server at
> home to act as a file server, firewall, etc.
>
> I'm aiming to run Apache webserver, an ftp server, samba, etc. It will
> have 2 clients, one Win2k and one Win98.
>
> I have no idea what kind of partitioning scheme I should be using. Can
> anyone give me some insight? I don't expect to have any user accounts on
> the system except one for myself and one for root.
>
> --
>
> -T.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: kppp help, can't dial out unless as root
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 13:30:50 -0700
Yet Yu Lee wrote:
> I suid 'chmod 4755' all associated kppp files, still the kppp dialog
> disappears as soon as entering 'root' password. Here's the error I'm
> getting.
>
> h: /lib/cpp: No such file or directory
> kpanel: waiting for windowmanager
> kpanel: ok, commencing initialization
> AUDIT: Sat Aug 5 19:12:31 2000: 792 X: client 10 rejected from local
> host
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
>
> Anyone have idea why I can't use kppp as non root?
$ cd $HOME
$ # just in case you mess up your .bash_profile
$ cp .bash_profile .bash_profile.orig
$ # add the following to the end of your .bash_profile
$ vi .bash_profile
================cut start =============================
# add localhost to the list allowed to make connections to the X server
to prevent
# the following message:
#
# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
# Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
# kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
/usr/X11R6/bin/xhost + localhost
================cut stop==============================
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From: "djmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Exchange Server for Linux??
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:03:17 GMT
The answers to both above suggestions are: money. I have MS Office
already, so the cost of the client. I can't afford Exchange Server, let
alone the hardware or the OS that would run the beast. Domino, even if the
server were free for Linux (I don't know), would require Notes, which, last
time I checked, is not free.
I know, I sound like a scrooge, but I just bought a house and had a baby in
the same year, and I'm finally starting to understand what my dad said about
money not growing on trees.
"Craig Wiggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:UgAi5.14588$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Have you considered Lotus Notes with Domino server? Domino has a Linux
> build (tested on Redhat and one other, but I've got it running happily on
> Slackware 7 as well and it didn't take much deviation from the printed
> installation to do so). Notes requires Windows or Mac, but has all the
> funtionality of Outlook/Exchange and then some.
>
> Craig W.
>
>
> --
> Cristodyne Associates
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Timothy H. Schilbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8md9so$8vp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Why not add an NT Exchange server and use SAMBA to connect too it?
> >
> > --
> > Timothy H. Schilbach
> > Alpha Omega Design Inc.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 1-877-263-7094
> > Visit our website at www.aodinc.com
> >
> > Highspeed internet connectivity and web hosting services
> >
> >
> > "djmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:jQ5i5.56750$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Is there anything that functions like an Exchange server for Linux,
that
> > > will store calendar/contacts/e-mail/etc. and allow MS Outlook to
connect
> > to
> > > it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:12:53 -0400
From: Les Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gatos with ATI AIW 128 and SB Live - can't get sound
I am currently running Mandrake Linux v7.02 (Air) + upgrades with kernel
2.2.17pre4. The system is a 600 mhz Pent III with 128 meg ram. I have a
Creative SB Live sound card and just installed an ATI AIW 128 16meg PCI
graphics card.
I keep a Win98 partition for a second opinion on hardware configuration
etc.. The combination of sound card and ATI tv tuner works well in the
Win98 environment so I know the mechanical part of the configuration is
working.
The sound card works with Linux for Gnome sounds and playing midi files
etc.. The Gatos software runs the TV tuner just fine and I see the video
images, change channels etc without problem. The only thing wrong is I
can't get Gatos to provide both should and picture.
I was wondering if anyone else has this combination working correctly
and might provide some pointers. I assure you they would be GREATLY
appreciated.
Les Hazelton
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From: "djmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Exchange Server for Linux??
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:16:09 GMT
This looks like it might be exactly what I'm looking for. Hope the rumors
of running it for free on a permanent basis are true.
"David M. Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 03:39:59 GMT, djmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Is there anything that functions like an Exchange server for Linux, that
> >will store calendar/contacts/e-mail/etc. and allow MS Outlook to connect
to
> >it?
>
> HP OpenMail can act as a server for Outlook clients. Disclaimer: my
company
> partners with HP (not that I get anything out of the deal ;} ).
>
> For the propaganda see:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/products/linux_openmail/
>
> Dave Cook
>
>
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From: Harikiran Moosani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.2 Installation Error
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:30:10 GMT
Can anyone help me? I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 on PIII 733 MHz
system with 128 MB RAM, and 30GB harddrive.
I got a basic problem partitioning. When I try to create root patrition
("/"), I get patrition too big error. When I continue to create partitions
with /boot partition, the "partition too big" error on root disappears and
there is an error (same one) on /boot partition. Couldn't proceed furthur
because of this error. Tried to keep partition size to 1Mb (least size
allowed) but got the same error. Can anyone help me in this regard?
Thanks in advance.
Hari.
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: "Johannes Ettrup Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux only seeng half my RAM...
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:59:32 GMT
Hi
This was my problem since I bought a new motherboard and 128M Ram.
But I have just now solved my problem.
I went into 'LinuxConf - Lilo defaults - Extra options' and wrote in 'Boot
options': "linux mem=128M".
Now linux seeng my 128M RAM
A happy Johannes
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: colors in X
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 22:13:22 GMT
David Punsalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was wondering - where can I find a all the colors that I can specify in
> startup X scripts or .*rc files (e.g. .xinitrc) ?
They are listed in ``/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt'' or do a:
find /usr/X11R6/ -name "rgb*"
--
Manfred Bartz
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From: Ron Gaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:27:03 -0700
I believe I am in trouble. I have forgotten my systems ROOT password.
I normally stay away from login as ROOT to avoid causing trouble. I
mostly use my system for developing little apps and experimenting with
things like web servers, database servers and some engineering
applications. In general, these have not required me to use ROOT
access, and now I do not remember the root password.
In lieu of inviting a few individuals to break into my system and kindly
reset my root password for me, I wondered if anyone new a way for me to
reset the root password myself. I have thought of the following
methods:
1. Boot from a floppy created on another one of my household computers.
a. I can do this, but how do I reset the root password? What do I
need to do for the password to be reset on the current hard drives?
b. How do I shut down so the information is permanently saved? It
seems that if everything is in RAM for a floppy booted system, it must
somehow be transferred permanently to the hard drive.
2. Re-install the system (this is my least favorite solution)
a. How can I preserve my /etc. and other configuration files,
including my custom built kernels, on the root partition? I'd be
reinstalling / installing either a Mandrake or Redhat distribution,
which was my original base system installed well over two years ago.
(I've used root since then, but changed the password recently).
b. If I have the original installation disks, how can I do a complete
comparison of the entire system of files and programs to see which have
been updated compared to what was installed? Is such a thing possible.
I know this is a long shot, but I don't know where else to turn before I
risk mangling my last two years of work.
Ron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem)
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 22:31:48 GMT
Sorry, have not been following this thread.
Have you checked the bios. I had a problem where the port was set
as auto and would not work until I set com1 with the correct
io/irq.
Assumed you set the modem port with the "control-panel" utility.
Until you get minicom to get an OK from the modem, It has to be
the link in /dev, the mother board circuit, cable, or modem,
or an io/irq conflict.
to show io port address cat /proc/ioports
to show block devices cat /proc/devices
to show interrupts cat /proc/interrupts
On 6 Aug 2000 15:49:38 GMT, David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What doesn't the modem respond to? Have you tried using minicom?
>
>On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Kristofor Wiklund <long email snipped> wrote:
>>>> I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my new computer. I have found
>>that
>>>>my modem does not respond under Linux, but it does under Windows. As I
>>have
>>>>stated it is not a WinModem. It is 3Com 56K modem that I have used on my
>>>>old computer. On my old computer the modem worked fine under Linux and
>>>>Windows. Any ideas what the problem could be?
>>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 22:41:48 GMT
When you see the lilo prompt, hit the Tab key, then
linux 1 or linux single
when you get to the prompt, do a,
passwd root
new_pw_here
ver_pw_here
/bin/shutdown -r now
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:27:03 -0700, Ron Gaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I believe I am in trouble. I have forgotten my systems ROOT password.
< snipped a lot of stuff >
--
The warranty and liability expired as you read the message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.
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Subject: Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:03:43 GMT
Ron Gaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I believe I am in trouble. I have forgotten my systems ROOT password.
> I normally stay away from login as ROOT to avoid causing trouble. I
> mostly use my system for developing little apps and experimenting with
> things like web servers, database servers and some engineering
> applications. In general, these have not required me to use ROOT
> access, and now I do not remember the root password.
>
> In lieu of inviting a few individuals to break into my system and kindly
> reset my root password for me, I wondered if anyone new a way for me to
> reset the root password myself. I have thought of the following
> methods:
>
> 1. Boot from a floppy created on another one of my household computers.
> a. I can do this, but how do I reset the root password? What do I
> need to do for the password to be reset on the current hard drives?
> b. How do I shut down so the information is permanently saved? It
> seems that if everything is in RAM for a floppy booted system, it must
> somehow be transferred permanently to the hard drive.
1. Boot a floppy based system such as
<http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html>.
2. Mount your original root partition on /mnt, e.g.
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda1 /mnt
3. Edit /mnt/etc/passwd (or if you use shadow passwords edit
/mnt/etc/shadow) such that the root password is removed.
4. Unmount:
umount /mnt
5. Shutdown
6. Reboot and set a root password which you can remember :)
--
Manfred Bartz
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:26:48 -0400
Ron Gaw wrote:
> I believe I am in trouble. I have forgotten my systems ROOT password.
> I normally stay away from login as ROOT to avoid causing trouble. I
> mostly use my system for developing little apps and experimenting with
> things like web servers, database servers and some engineering
> applications. In general, these have not required me to use ROOT
> access, and now I do not remember the root password.
>
> In lieu of inviting a few individuals to break into my system and kindly
> reset my root password for me, I wondered if anyone new a way for me to
> reset the root password myself. I have thought of the following
> methods:
>
> 1. Boot from a floppy created on another one of my household computers.
> a. I can do this, but how do I reset the root password? What do I
> need to do for the password to be reset on the current hard drives?
> b. How do I shut down so the information is permanently saved? It
> seems that if everything is in RAM for a floppy booted system, it must
> somehow be transferred permanently to the hard drive.
>
> 2. Re-install the system (this is my least favorite solution)
> a. How can I preserve my /etc. and other configuration files,
> including my custom built kernels, on the root partition? I'd be
> reinstalling / installing either a Mandrake or Redhat distribution,
> which was my original base system installed well over two years ago.
> (I've used root since then, but changed the password recently).
>
> b. If I have the original installation disks, how can I do a complete
> comparison of the entire system of files and programs to see which have
> been updated compared to what was installed? Is such a thing possible.
>
> I know this is a long shot, but I don't know where else to turn before I
> risk mangling my last two years of work.
>
> Ron
Ron,
This is straight out of my RedHat Linux Secrets book:
1. At the LILO prompt, type the following:
linux single
2. at the bash# prompt, type the following:
passwd
3. change the password and re-boot normally.
Good luck.
Andy
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From: Paul King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: *very* slow FTP behaviour on Linux
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:29:06 GMT
I have two machines that are joined together by a twisted pair.
Their networks *appear* to have been set up properly, (ping and
telnet work), but FTP is abysmally slow (< 1k/sec) between these
two machines.
One machine ("A") is hooked up to the Internet, and the other
("B") is hooked up to the first machine. FTP download speed
from A to the internet are reasonable, while FTP speeds
between A and B are slow.
Machine "A" is running RedHat 6.2 (kernel 2.2.14), and "B" is
running Corel Linux 1.1 (kernel 2.2.14). I observed that Corel
appears to be running a different FTP daemon.
Paul King
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From: Peter Whincop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: partitioning q
Date: 6 Aug 2000 23:29:29 GMT
i hope this is the appropriate ng. system: piii733/256m/30G-ide, boot
and utility disk for w98 and linux, as well as a rh6.2 and w98
installation disk.
i had this partitioning table:
hda1 (w98) [w95 fat32 (0b)] 6G
rh6.2's disk druid did this (the logical partition might not quite be
right), with me not knowing where to grab an extra w98 data partition:
hda2 /boot [linux native] 10M
hda5 /swap [linux swap] 512M
hda6 /home [linux native] 6G
hda7 / [linux native] 6G
hda8 /lfs [linux native] 50M
hda9 /blah [w95 fat32 LBA (0c)] max
at various stages i recast hda9 as (0b), and i eventually deleted it with
linux fdisk, and shrunk the extended partition (hda3) with the nifty dos
utility presizer. back in linux i used fdisk to make:
hda4 /blah [w95 fat32 LBA (0c)] max (and now no hda9)
it all looked good in linux. dos presizer recognized everything. the big
problem was that, although w98 could see drive D: (hda4), my w98 data
partition, it could not format it. (hda1 was the active partition, no
problems there.)
was i doing something dreadfully wrong? is it permissible to have two
fat32 primary partitions and w98 recognize both? was it some >8.4G rule i
thought had been solved? (i'm using the latest release of lilo, and
kernel 2.2.14-5.0, w98 1st release, a genuinely license copy! yikes.)
this all worked before the addition of the fat32 lba partition for
data--the second 0b didn't show up under w98. i could do away with this
data partition, i suppose, but i believe that in order to allow linux to
access dos data while vmware under linux is running, a non-booted-w98
partition must be used.
i had a similar partition table, done by hand, not by redhat, but i don't
seem to be able to reproduce it if i want to use rh6.2, nor can it give
me an extended partition for linux, which i desire (and which rh6.2's
disk druid likes to do). there can of course be only one 05:
hda1 0b
hda2 83 (single partition including /boot)
hda3 82
hda4 05
hda5 0c (full size of hda4)
i know this is a jumble, and a little frivolous, since i can at least get
some kind of dual boot operating. but for vmware, i really want a
separate w98 data partition. perhaps i am wrong about this need? and,
can anyone possibly point out where i might have gone wrong in my whole
partitioning exercise, especially why w98 could recognize, but not format,
hda4 from my main scheme above. (something along the way, possibly the
failed formats, during which the system would get extremely sluggish, the
hdd light would blink only once or twice, then nothing, caused c: to be
corrupted, not too badly, but enough to require a re-install to snag those
few elusive files.)
i would _really_ appreciate any advice or tips here. my solution, i
think, will be to have two hdds (0b, 83:/boot, 05:[0c]) and
(83:/home, 82:/swap, 83:/, 83:/lfs). i'd rather not have to buy another
disk, though.
thanks,
peter
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Subject: Re: BIG mistake: Root Password forgotten
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Biggs)
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:50:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Kinsey) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Ron Gaw wrote:
>
>> I believe I am in trouble. I have forgotten my systems ROOT password.
>> I normally stay away from login as ROOT to avoid causing trouble. I
>> mostly use my system for developing little apps and experimenting with
>> things like web servers, database servers and some engineering
>> applications. In general, these have not required me to use ROOT
>> access, and now I do not remember the root password.
>>
>> In lieu of inviting a few individuals to break into my system and
>> kindly reset my root password for me, I wondered if anyone new a way
>> for me to reset the root password myself. I have thought of the
>> following methods:
>>
>> 1. Boot from a floppy created on another one of my household
>> computers.
>> a. I can do this, but how do I reset the root password? What
>> do I
>> need to do for the password to be reset on the current hard drives?
>> b. How do I shut down so the information is permanently
>> saved? It
>> seems that if everything is in RAM for a floppy booted system, it must
>> somehow be transferred permanently to the hard drive.
>>
>> 2. Re-install the system (this is my least favorite solution)
>> a. How can I preserve my /etc. and other configuration files,
>> including my custom built kernels, on the root partition? I'd be
>> reinstalling / installing either a Mandrake or Redhat distribution,
>> which was my original base system installed well over two years ago.
>> (I've used root since then, but changed the password recently).
>>
>> b. If I have the original installation disks, how can I do a
>> complete
>> comparison of the entire system of files and programs to see which
>> have been updated compared to what was installed? Is such a thing
>> possible.
>>
>> I know this is a long shot, but I don't know where else to turn before
>> I risk mangling my last two years of work.
>>
>> Ron
>
>Ron,
>
>This is straight out of my RedHat Linux Secrets book:
>1. At the LILO prompt, type the following:
>
> linux single
>
>2. at the bash# prompt, type the following:
>
> passwd
>
>3. change the password and re-boot normally.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Andy
>
>
>
This is so secure, no? This means that if anybody has access to your
physical box, they can become root with very little trouble? How do you
defeat this?
I would be willing to live with the fact that if I lost my root password I
should be punished by having to reformat the disk, or at least re-
install the OS... that's what you have to do in NT if you lose the
Administrator's password (unless you can hack it).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,linux.dev.c-programming
Subject: Re: Camera Application software run on Linux PC
Date: 06 Aug 2000 19:05:55 -0500
Hi,
I was attempting some USB camera work myself and I got the impression that
USB is not supported in Kernel 2.2 and I have to upgrade to 2.4 ( which I
am going right now). Anyway, is this right. Additionally, any one knows
where I can get a driver for a Intel USB camera?
Thanks a ton in advance,
Aseem
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From: Denzil Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: How do I move filesystem from ide to scsi drive
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:08:37 GMT
I've decided to install a scsi controller, and install scsi drives. What
is the best way to go about moving the filesystem from the current ide
drive to the scsi drive?
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