Linux-Setup Digest #428, Volume #19 Sat, 19 Aug 00 03:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: I will unplug windows drive before installing mandrake (Garry Knight)
Re: Fdisk or Cfdisk (Dennis L)
Linux for Windows ("Rafael Zabar")
Re: I will unplug windows drive before installing mandrake (DeAnn Iwan)
"Exception Occurred" installling RedHat 6.2 /usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py........etc
(Shaman)
Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X? (Rob Kroll)
Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X? (Rob Kroll)
Recommended partitions and sizes (Dave)
Re: Runlevel 1/S and passwords. (Dusty)
Re: 3C905-TX NIC ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Re: Modem "busy" (Cecilio Morales)
Re: SetSerial to IRQ 11 - setup? (MaryP)
Partition problem. (Terence Chan)
IBM PC 320 (Terence Chan)
Email configuration question ("Barry")
test please ignore ("Johnny Shum")
Re: networking problem ("Gary Walters")
access linux partition from windows ("sllai")
Re: Email configuration question ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
PHP3/4 on Apache
Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released (AI Nut)
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: I will unplug windows drive before installing mandrake
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 01:11:30 +0100
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>Hello, I'm about to install Mandrake 7.0 + Chinese Language Extensions 0.9
>I will unplug my windows 15GB drive during installation so as not to have any
>accidents [IDE primary]
>I will put Mandrake on IDE secondary 26GB drive [...]
And then when you plug your primary drive back in all your Linux partitions
will have changed their device names so you'll have to change your fstab, and
move your bootloader, and change any scripts that refer to the wrong device
names, and...
Unless you have another HD to plug into IDE1, that is.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:09:36 -0700
From: Dennis L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fdisk or Cfdisk
The fdisk file is not an executable file??
Marc Andre Selig wrote:
> Dennis L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Where do I get the Linux version? I have two distributions of Redhat
> > 6.1 and neither has this file.
>
> Both should have it. Look in /sbin. Note that neither program name
> should be capitalized, i.e. they are /sbin/fdisk and /sbin/cfdisk.
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From: "Rafael Zabar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux for Windows
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 07:54:21 +0700
I tried using DOS to autoboot and I got to the stage that I have to specify
the partitions using Disk Druid. I made some mistakes and I deleted the
partitions. It seemed that the hard disk was also erased. I had to
reinstall Windows 98 SE after that. Now I am starting again.
Any suggestions?
Regards.
Lemuel
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: I will unplug windows drive before installing mandrake
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:38:15 -0400
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Hello, I'm about to install Mandrake 7.0 + Chinese Language Extensions 0.9
> I will unplug my windows 15GB drive during installation so as not to have any
>accidents [IDE primary]
> I will put Mandrake on IDE secondary 26GB drive and intend to boot each time into
>either via a BIOS choice. Perhaps someone might
> elaborate on what choices to make during this process.
> Shall I devote a partition for a later different Linux distribution that I might
>want to try on the side... or
> can I do that any time and not regret having done it now?
....
You will have problems with this approach. If your second drive is set up
as slave on the first IDE controller, you have
to change jumpers to make it primary. If it is set up as primary on the second IDE
controller, and you later add a second device to
the first controller, then you may be unable to boot (many BIOS boot only the first
two IDE drives found, hda and hdb).
Moreover, when you add the Windows drive back, it will mess up your file
system table. That is, when you install to a
computer with one hard drive, linux labels this drive hda. If you later make that
drive into a second hard drive, linux will think it
is hdb. (hdc for third drive, and so forth). Since the installation will set up the
partitions as hda1, hda2, etc, but you will be
trying to read hdb1, hdb2, etc, nothing will get found properly. You can manually
change all the references yourself, starting in
/etc/fstab. But that may be a big chore for a newbie.
If you try to make the win drive your second drive, it won't boot at
all. It needs to be the first IDE hard disk (C:,
or hda), first primary partition.
If you are afraid of messing up your win drive, then you can a) learn more
so you don't--read the howtos, for example, b)
get the hardware to make the drives removable and switch them out, c) make a backup to
allow recovery from any errors. You have a good
backup anyway, right?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shaman)
Subject: "Exception Occurred" installling RedHat 6.2
/usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py........etc
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:24:09 GMT
Trying to install RedHat 6.2 to second hard drive. [Dual booting NT4
Server and Win98 on the first]. After the partition configuration,
keep getting the above message [see title]. Anyone have any ideas
what the problem might be? Could it just be that the install is not
finding the redhat files? Any help greatly appreciated.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [hold the 'nofrigginspam,
please. :o] Don't like spam. Oh, underline between the n and 1
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Kroll)
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 02:02:29 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wayne Pollock) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Adding the 'setled' commands in a loop in rc.local sets the Num Lock
>key on for all virtual consoles, but when X starts up, it turns off.
>I have tried 'xset' and have tried editing XF86Config to allow NumLock
>control, but I must have done it wrong because now I can't even turn
>on the Num Lock manually! (I'll have to restore XF86Config.) What's
>the magic to have Num Lock on at boot time?
>
>-Wayne Pollock, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
NumLock at bootup is controlled by BIOS. Go into the BIOS and enable it.
(Some BIOS's don't have the option, in which case you're SOL.)
To get in to BIOS, I've seen a number of ways, but the most common nowadays
are (In order of appearance)
Press DEL during the POST
Press F10 during the POST
Press CTRL-ALT-S during the POST
Press F2 during the POST.
HTH. I don't use X, so wouldn't know about the xset command.
-RK
rkroll(at)ottawa(dot)com
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Kroll)
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 02:02:29 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wayne Pollock) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Adding the 'setled' commands in a loop in rc.local sets the Num Lock
>key on for all virtual consoles, but when X starts up, it turns off.
>I have tried 'xset' and have tried editing XF86Config to allow NumLock
>control, but I must have done it wrong because now I can't even turn
>on the Num Lock manually! (I'll have to restore XF86Config.) What's
>the magic to have Num Lock on at boot time?
>
>-Wayne Pollock, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
NumLock at bootup is controlled by BIOS. Go into the BIOS and enable it.
(Some BIOS's don't have the option, in which case you're SOL.)
To get in to BIOS, I've seen a number of ways, but the most common nowadays
are (In order of appearance)
Press DEL during the POST
Press F10 during the POST
Press CTRL-ALT-S during the POST
Press F2 during the POST.
HTH. I don't use X, so wouldn't know about the xset command.
-RK
rkroll(at)ottawa(dot)com
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommended partitions and sizes
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:07:31 -0400
I'm looking for a recommendation on how to partition a disk for RedHat
Linux 6.2 and the recommended mount points
for both server and workstation class machines. For instance, I don't
want to use a /boot partition and one huge /
partition. I would like to create separate partitions for /usr, /var,
etc.
If anyone has any recommendation, that would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dusty)
Date: 19 Aug 2000 02:29:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Runlevel 1/S and passwords.
I couldn't find a line as such. The command that does everything is
/etc/rc.d/rc 1.
It runs through a bunch of scripts and then at the last line of the last
script, it says init S. After that, I get a shell prompt.
There are no commands in inittab that refer to runlevel S.
Good Luck,
Dusty
Registered with the Linux Counter
http://counter.li.org/
User #179723
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3C905-TX NIC
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 02:38:25 +0000
Dont know whats different, but mine just hangs when pump executes, using
both the built-in module and 3com's, so I sticked to fixed IP.
What module parameters did u have?
What configuration for the eth0 did u have? (DHCP, etc.)
Kenneth 'Redhead' Nielsen wrote:
>
> I use the 3com 3c905-TX-C with the prom boot on, and its on a dhcp net,
> thres no problems with that.. i told linux to use the 3c59x module instead
> of the 3c9x but appart from that, its setup to use dhcp and theres no
> problems with that..
>
> Kenneth
>
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Jesus M. Salvo Jr. wrote:
>
> > Herb,
> >
> > Im using one at the office and had the same problem. My conclusion was
> > that:
> >
> > * It uses the PROM to get the IP address (dual-booting with NT, the 3com
> > utility has the PROM enabled)
> > * pump (DHCP client) in linux does not work with such cards that uses
> > PROM to get its IP address
> > * Do not use DHCP on linux. Instead, assign a fixed IP address
> > * However, when dual-booting to NT, NT says "DHCP"
> > * Periodically check that the fixed-IP address on linux is the same as
> > the DHCP-assigned IP address on NT.
> >
> > Unless someone (there must be someone out there) knows how to make DHCP
> > and the NIC's PROM behave properly in linux, this is the only way I can
> > make the 3com card to work.
> >
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> > Herb Stein wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm on a short fuse with this one and RH 6.0 doesn't like the 3C905-TX card.
> > > Is there a simple answer? /etc/conf.modules shows a 3C59x at eth0.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Herb Stein
> > > The Herb Stein Group
> > > www.herbstein.com
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 314 215-3584
> >
> > --
> > Homepage: http://homepages.tig.com.au/~jmsalvo/
> >
>
> ---[ e ]--------- - - - - -
> ---[ "Freedom is not worth having if it doesn't include
> ---[ the freedom to make mistakes."
> ---[ -Gandhi
> - - - - - ------------[ http://www.redhead.dk ]---
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Homepage: http://homepages.tig.com.au/~jmsalvo/
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From: Cecilio Morales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem "busy"
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:33:02 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >link to /dev/ttyS1 (COM2) but every time I try to get the connection
> >going Kppp says the modem is "busy."
>
> Try if it is possible to disable the PnP support option at the BIOS level..
It didn't seem to be enabled.
Other ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP)
Subject: Re: SetSerial to IRQ 11 - setup?
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:57:40 -0600
In article <8ngl9b$jab$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I see to have a very similar situation and I have the setserial
> command for /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 11 in rc.serial. However, upon reboot,
> amongst all the other boot messages, I see a reference to "Wild
> Interrupts!" after the rc.serial file gets invoked.
and
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:58:22 +0100, Dogbert Dilbert
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I always have to change setserial to IRQ11 to get my modem working
> >(/dev/ttyS2 seems to be permanently set to IRQ 4); where should I go
> >to change this setting so that I don't need to type in "setserial
> >/dev/ttyS2 IRQ 11" every time I log in?
I put the line
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 IRQ 7
(which was the irq that worked for me)
in /etc/rc/d/rc.local
not in rc.serial.
See if that helps any, especially Dogbert. I kind of picked the rc.local
file hit-and-miss but works OK as a home for my setserial command.
tscloud, have you told your BIOS to pretend it is not working with a Plug
n Play OS? That helps me, as did disabling the unused serial port (2 in my
case) in the BIOS.
Mary P.
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From: Terence Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition problem.
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:20:51 +0800
I use Partition Magic 4.0 to free up space for Red Hat 6.2 Installation.
I can't start Partition Magic after I have installed RH 6.2 with
workstation installation option. I use Partition Magic 4.0 rescue disk
to check the partition
It reports an error #120, something about how Linux partition different
from DOS one. Does it casue any problem?
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-(^)-(^)- ! Terence Chan
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From: Terence Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM PC 320
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:28:05 +0800
I want to install Red Hat Linux on the old IBM PC Server 320
(8640-0Y0). I found the server option didn't install X. What's
wrong? Can Install it by hand? What packages should I include normally?
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-(^)-(^)- ! Terence Chan
b ! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Email configuration question
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 04:27:26 GMT
Hi all,
I am using sendmail on a Linux server that is an Internet mail server and
have a question: I would like users on my machine to have email addresses
that are different from their user names, for security purposes. For
example, my user name is BF4839432 but I would like my email address to be
something more readable like [EMAIL PROTECTED] . How do I redirect incoming
email for "barry" to the mailbox of "BF4839432" if "barry" is not an actual
user name on the machine?
Thanks in advance for all replies.
Sincerely,
Barry
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From: "Johnny Shum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: test please ignore
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 05:14:17 GMT
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From: "Gary Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: networking problem
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 23:08:46 -0600
When you telnet into the router you have to set up NAT entries in the
router. Depending on which version of CBOS you have it is set up
differently. You must be in enable mode to add NAT entries. The basic
layout is "set nat entry add {inside ip} {inside port} {outside ip} {outside
port} {protocol}".
So, if my router had an "outside" ip address of 199.99.99.99 and an "inside"
ip address of 10.0.0.1, and my linux machine had an "inside"(lan) ip address
of 10.0.0.2, I would use the following commands to enter a NAT entry into
the cisco router.
telnet 199.99.99.99 (if outside the lan) -or- telnet 10.0.0.1 (if inside the
lan)
User Access Verification
Password: *******
cbos>enable
Password: *******
cbos#set nat entry add 10.0.0.2 23 199.99.99.99 1023 tcp
cbos#write
cbos#reboot
After the 675 retrains itself you should be able to telnet to your linux
machine by doing the following: telnet 199.99.99.99:1023
Good Luck,
Gary Walters
"chris humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Actually, yes the modem is a Cisco 675, and it probably will work like a
> router, it does have dhcp capability (turned off right now) and other
> capabilities, but only one port . When I first got the modem, I did have
to run
> a setup application in windoze and setup the username/password for the
isp, and
> also created a password to get into the modem.
>
> I can telnet from outside, but end up having to enter the password for the
> modem, and I end up logged into the modem, not my machine.
>
> Sean wrote:
>
> > This is a bit unusual. Are you sure your DSL modem is really a modem and
not
> > a router?
> > If this is the case then it may be configured to firewall and reject
outside
> > IP's. And if so, you would need to configure it. This usually can be
done
> > through telnet but you will most likely need a username and password.
> >
> > chris humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am succesfully running on Mandrake 7.1, got my DSL running, and have
a
> > > small problem.
> > >
> > > I need to be able to run servers from my computer and want to be able
to
> > > connect to it from other omputers on the internet.
> > >
> > > The problem is when I ping my ip address, (or telnet) my DSL modem
> > > responds and does not forward the requests to the computer.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me if this is a linux setup problem or a modem setup
> > > problem? I am not sure where to start to figure out what is hapening.
> > >
> > > my DSL modem has all the parameters to log into the internet and how
to
> > > connect, there is no pppoe or anything like that here.
> > >
> > > Any help anyone could give would be very much appreciated.
> > >
> > > tia.
> > > -chris
> > >
> > >
>
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From: "sllai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: access linux partition from windows
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 13:44:56 +0800
How can I access linux partition from windows operating system
thanks
sllai
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Email configuration question
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 01:26:42 -0500
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Barry quoth:
~~ Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 04:27:26 GMT
~~ From: Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
~~ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.questions, comp.os.linux.misc
~~ Subject: Email configuration question
~~
~~ Hi all,
~~
~~ I am using sendmail on a Linux server that is an Internet mail server and
~~ have a question: I would like users on my machine to have email addresses
~~ that are different from their user names, for security purposes. For
~~ example, my user name is BF4839432 but I would like my email address to be
~~ something more readable like [EMAIL PROTECTED] . How do I redirect incoming
~~ email for "barry" to the mailbox of "BF4839432" if "barry" is not an actual
~~ user name on the machine?
/etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases are what you are looking for.
The exact location of the file should be found in the sendmail.cf
file, on a line that looks similar to this:
O AliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases
The format of the aliases file is:
alias: user1,user2
the alias part must be local, the addresses do not have to be.
so as per your example you could say:
barry: BF4839432
After adding aliases to this file you will have one of the following:
- newaliases
- sendmail -bi
- makemap dbm /etc/mail/aliases < /etc/mail/aliases
The topic of aliases is actually quite a bit more complicated as you can
define an alias for a file, or program, or even a mailing list. However
the above should get you started.
Regards,
anm
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~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
~ "Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow." - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. ~
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PHP3/4 on Apache
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 06:29:35 GMT
I am pulling my hair out trying to get the PHP mod installed on my Apache
1.3.9 running on Redhat 6.2. I have tried the Apache_Kit script from
Freshmeat.net that was supposed to install the mod, but it didn't work. I
read the apache.org documentation, the PHP.net documentation, and I still
cannot get PHP running.. HELP!
Thx
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From: AI Nut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 01:42:47 -0500
My sentiments exactly. I think SuSE is getting too greedy.
AI Nut
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> ... and it's bad news! They split the distribution in two versions:
> personal (for private, desktop users) and professional (server
> related). They are also more expensive, don't have any major release
> (neither kernel 2.4, KDE 2.0, etc.) because they're too soon. There's
> is no reason to upgrade to 7.0. Wait til kernel 2.4 is released ...
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> .. wrote:
> > -------------------SuSE Linux 7.0 released----------------------------
> > "...The optimised support for fully automated installation and SuSE's
> > new ALICE tool
> > (Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration Environment), allow
> > efficient configuration management for computer networks..."
> >
> > http://linuxpr.com/releases/2272.html
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
> > hands,
> > lives a very boring and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste
> his
> > time.
> > Simplicity rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee).
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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