Linux-Setup Digest #457, Volume #19 Wed, 23 Aug 00 11:13:12 EDT
Contents:
CDROM Error: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device ("Hor Jiun Shyong")
Re: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system ("ne...")
Re: Lilo Installing ("ne...")
Re: CDROM Error: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device (Davide Bianchi)
Lotus Mail ("someone")
Re: How to install StarOffice 5.2 in RH 6.2 (brian)
Which Linux for Powerbook 3400c? (Zoran Rakovic)
Re: Lotus Mail ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: upgrade mandrake 6.1 to 7.1 ("Paul R.")
i810 RPM file from Intel ("Rafael Zabar")
Re: MultiBoot Problem (Rod Smith)
Re: ATI RAGE FURY PRO HELP!!! (moonie;))
Re: KPPP Causes X display to Lock (Justo M. Casablanca)
Re: Boot Partition too big?? (Eric)
Re: upgrade mandrake 6.1 to 7.1 (Buschman)
Re: ABit motherboard hangs (moonie;))
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From: "Hor Jiun Shyong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: jaring.os.linux
Subject: CDROM Error: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:11:55 +0800
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hi
i've just upgraded my cdrom drive to Aopen 52X. now my linux 2.2.5
has problem reading cdroms.
it will display this message.
CDROM Error: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device
under win 95 with same system, everything is ok.
previously under an older cdrom drive, everything is ok.
pls help. thanks
junexion
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Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:11:04 GMT
On Aug 23, 2000 at 02:16, William E. Sadler eloquently wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>I am having a problem after installation with a ASUS A7V motherboard that
>has a 1GZ AMD Thunderbird processor in it. System has 512MB PC133 memory,
>Adaptec 29160 U2 SCSI, w/ Segate 9.1GB Cheetah drive. Matrox G400 32MB
>single head.
>
>The problem comes after the installation runs. Everything looks like it
>completes ok, after the system boots from lilo it always halts at the point
>where Linux is attempting to turn off the CPU serial number.
Go to deja and do a search. This problem has come up before
but I am not sure whether it was solved.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and
the instruction afterward.
9:09am up 44 days, 12:11, 9 users, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.00
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo Installing
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:14:54 GMT
On Aug 22, 2000 at 23:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>I didn't install it into /sbin. I unpacked the tar file in my home
>directory and compiled the stuff to get the lilo executable. I tried to
>run it from the same directory. Is that problem?
It could be. I am not sure what else lilo depends on
that should be installed. It looks like it is trying
to use the olde stuff you have installed instead of the
new stuff you have _not_ installed.
[...]
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
For 20 dollars, I'll give you a good fortune next time ...
9:12am up 44 days, 12:14, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Crossposted-To: jaring.os.linux
Subject: Re: CDROM Error: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:16:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:11:55 +0800, "Hor Jiun Shyong"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>hi
>
>i've just upgraded my cdrom drive to Aopen 52X. now my linux 2.2.5
>has problem reading cdroms.
>it will display this message.
>CDROM Error: /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device
>under win 95 with same system, everything is ok.
>previously under an older cdrom drive, everything is ok.
>pls help. thanks
Try to use the /dev/scd? or /dev/hd? device instead. Usually the
/dev/cdrom is only a simlink to the "real" device.
Davide
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From: "someone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Lotus Mail
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:15:57 +0800
Hi,
My company uses lotus mail server for their internal email needs. My problem
is this :- I'll be setting up a internet gateway on a linux box. Is there
anyway to setup a linux web-base email server to interface to the lotus
server so that I can read my mails anywhere in the world ?
Thanks a million in advance.
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From: brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install StarOffice 5.2 in RH 6.2
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:42:31 -0500
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Getting Started pointers:
The best choice is to install after logging in as the root user. This
is necessary to setup for network use, especially if you want to use
staroffice as a non-root user.
Run the Setup program by adding the options " /net", don't forget the
space before the forward slash.
You may want to run the Setup program again without the " /net" to set
up the root user (do not need to do this).
Logout and then login as the user who needs to use Soffice.
Run the Setup program for the user without the " /net" added.
More pointers:
If you have the option to load the program in the "/usr/local/office52"
directory do so. You should find the Setup program at this location in
the sub-directory "/program".
Switch to that directory (cd /usr/local/office52/program) to start the
setup program (setup).
Type at the unix terminal prompt: setup
Then press the enter key.
Follow onscreen instructions for the installation.
After the installation is complete, start an unix terminal, at the
prompt sign, change to the office52 directory in your home directory:
cd /home/myusername/office52
Be sure to change "myusername" with your user home directory.
Within that subdirectory, you will find the program link, soffice. Type
that program name and press enter. This will start the staroffice
program.
Be sure and set up printers after the program is up and running.
StarOffice prefers KDE and automatically sets up a menu for the
program. Gnome and other window manager users must manually configure
thier own menus.
Other pointers:
If you want to set up a fax printer, post a message at the newsgroup
today.
If you need to know how to decompress the tarball staroffice files, post
a message.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have the .bin files of StarOffice 5.2. How can i install it in RH
> 6.2? I'm new to Linux.
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<b>Getting Started pointers:</b>
<p>The best choice is to install after logging in as the root user.
This is necessary to setup for network use, especially if you want to use
staroffice as a non-root user.
<p>Run the Setup program by adding the options " /net", don't forget the
space before the forward slash.
<p>You may want to run the Setup program again without the " /net" to set
up the root user (do not need to do this).
<p>Logout and then login as the user who needs to use Soffice.
<p>Run the Setup program for the user without the " /net" added.
<br>
<p><b>More pointers:</b>
<p>If you have the option to load the program in the "/usr/local/office52"
directory do so. You should find the Setup program at this location
in the sub-directory "/program".
<p>Switch to that directory (cd /usr/local/office52/program) to start the
setup program (setup).
<p>Type at the unix terminal prompt: setup
<br>Then press the enter key.
<p>Follow onscreen instructions for the installation.
<p>After the installation is complete, start an unix terminal, at the prompt
sign, change to the office52 directory in your home directory:
<p>cd /home/myusername/office52
<p>Be sure to change "myusername" with your user home directory.
<p>Within that subdirectory, you will find the program link, soffice.
Type that program name and press enter. This will start the staroffice
program.
<p>Be sure and set up printers after the program is up and running.
<p>StarOffice prefers KDE and automatically sets up a menu for the program.
Gnome and other window manager users must manually configure thier own
menus.
<p><b>Other pointers:</b>
<p>If you want to set up a fax printer, post a message at the newsgroup
today.
<p>If you need to know how to decompress the tarball staroffice files,
post a message.
<p>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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<br><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>I have the .bin files of StarOffice
5.2. How can i install it in RH 6.2? I'm new to
Linux.</font></font></blockquote>
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:14:28 +1000
From: Zoran Rakovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Which Linux for Powerbook 3400c?
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I have tried installing both LinuxPPC 2000 and YellowDog Linux Release
1.2 on my powerbook at separate times. Installation has been on an
external SCSI hardrive as my internal ide drive is too small. While
installation has proceeded smoothly, once I reboot is when the problems
start. I usually get either of the following error messages:
a) INIT: cannot execute :"/sbin/mingetty"
ID "1" respawning too fast: disable for 5 minutes
no more processes left at this run level
or
b) scsi disk i/o error: dev 8:07, sector 4023
warning unable to open initial console
Kernel panic: No init found
Try passing init=option to kernel
Has anyone successfully installed and run a version of linux ppc on a
3400c 180mhz 603e processor powerbook? What is the trick?
Thanks in advance.
Zoran
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Lotus Mail
Date: 23 Aug 2000 13:45:17 GMT
In comp.os.linux.help someone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: My company uses lotus mail server for their internal email needs. My problem
: is this :- I'll be setting up a internet gateway on a linux box. Is there
: anyway to setup a linux web-base email server to interface to the lotus
: server so that I can read my mails anywhere in the world ?
?? If the lotus mail server supports pop or imap you can get email from
it anywhere anyway. Maybe lotus mail isn't mail. Doesn't it have a web
interface too? Just curious.
Peter
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From: "Paul R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: upgrade mandrake 6.1 to 7.1
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:12:22 -0500
Reply-To: "Paul R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(cc'd to author), but if anyone else could offer anything, I'd appreciate
it.
This is a follow up question to the above...
I am extremely new to Linux (about a week). I'm using Mandrake 7.1 at the
moment, but have tried various other "flavors" in the past week (Mandrake
7.0, Red Hat 6.2). My problem is this: As I am experimenting with
different distributions, I don't really keep files I would like to on the
hard drive, as I have been frequently been changing distributions.
I have been installing via burned ISO files (booted with a floppy). During
installation, I have cleared out the old partition and used the "auto
allocate" feature in the installers. As this machine is only being used for
Linux (and only one distribution), I am using the entire hard drive for
whichever distribution I am using.
So I guess this is where my real question comes in...
If I have everything I need stored somewhere in my /home directory, if I
install (say a new package...maybe Suse) and keep the old partitions, my old
data should be there? I'm trying to keep it as clean as possible, so if I
do just keep the existing partitions, will it also keep a lot of stuff that
will just end up cluttering up the package?
Thanks,
Paul
Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You should always back up files whenever doing an upgrade. The 7.1 disc
> offers you the option to upgrade as opposed to doing a new install. If
you
> don't have medium on which do back up your files, you should store them in
> your /home paritition. This way, you can do an upgrade OR a reinstall
> without losing any info. If you don't have a /home parition set up, I
would
> suggest that you do a clean install and create one. I use have used my
> /home and have never lost any info whether doing an upgrade or a clean
> install.
>
> Dale
>
>
> "Buschman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >
> > Hey guys I currently have a working mandrake 6.1 linux box. I got in
> > Mandrake 7.1 but don't know how to upgrade without whipping out all
> > the info already on this machine. The only irreplacable info on this
> > machine is telnet and some web files. Should I save them to another
> > machine or is the upgrade process safe? I would not be devistated if
> > I lost the info on this machine, but it certainly would suck!
> >
> > Any help on the Mandrake Upgrade would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Buschman
>
>
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From: "Rafael Zabar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i810 RPM file from Intel
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:07:40 +0700
I have installation problems with i810 using Linux 6.5 for xwindows. The
vga card is also built-in into the motherboard and I assumed a voodoo 3
generic as suggested by my supplier. But on specifying the monitor
properties, my monitor is not listed, so I went to choose the custom option.
The graphical display is not correct after installation.
Please tell me, how do I load this RPM after I downloaded this on the
xwindows?
Any help is much appreaciated.
Thanks.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: MultiBoot Problem
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:23:35 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"PhaSeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It seems i have an weird problem here.
> (Dual boot system using Mandrake 7.0 and WIN98)
>
> After the PCI-probing
> it does see my HD's etc,
>
> then it supossed to load the init script but,at that point
> the screen asks me "Enter Userlevel"
> What ever user level i use here don't matter it just says:
>
> Entering user level *
> no more (something) to load.
>
> then it hangs there...i can boot the comp up with :linux single and access
> the 4rd level ...but from there i can only go root and 3rd level and nothing
> else.I'm new to linux and so i don't really know where or what to look
> for.Some peeps tole me there's something wront with the init files,but since
> i'm new i have no clue what.
>
> Btw i resinstalled linux about 3 times with different options and everytime
> it will come up with this...any one have any ideas atall ?
If it's doing this on three fresh installations, then I'd say you most
likely have a hardware problem -- perhaps you've got some critical
component (like an EIDE controller) that's so new it's unsupported by
Linux; or maybe you've got some flaky RAM; or any of dozens of other
things. It's also conceivable that there's something wrong with your
partitioning layout, like a corrupt partition table. It's unlikely to be
anything to do with your subject (the fact that it's a multi-boot
setup). You might try posting a description of your hardware; somebody
might spot a problem component.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: ATI RAGE FURY PRO HELP!!!
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:30:21 -0400
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:04:23 GMT, "jade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I have tried using XF86 4.0 and 4.0.1 and they all recognize the card as
>>being there but am never able to get it configure correctly. Is their any
>>certain distro of linux besides redhat that readily supports this card?
>>
>>brad
>I've had mine working great under SuSE 6.4 and RH 5.2, both with XF4
Its not the distro its XFree86, you just need some pointers to get it working.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] if you could give "jade" some pointers, or your
XF86Config file that works with it.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: Justo M. Casablanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: KPPP Causes X display to Lock
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:29:39 GMT
NOTE: This post is just a marker so the posting will show up on my
CNET.COM help listing.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Partition too big??
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:46:42 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Weeks wrote:
>
> Hello
> I am having trouble installing windows 98 and redhat 6.0 on my athlon
> 700. It has a 20 gb hdd which i am told is the problem. I put windows 98
> on the first 10gb partition, and then went to install redhat on the rest
> of the disk, so i used disk druid and whenever i created the linux
> native partion after making the swap partition, it would'nt allocate the
> space for it, saying 'Boot partition is too big'. Now never having had a
> dual operating system before i did'nt have a clue. After doing some
> searching on some forums, i found the problem was that for it too work
> the /boot partition must be in the first 8gb of dick or the first 1024
> sectors, because of lilo apparently having this limitation. Some
This is not a lilo problem, it's a BIOS limitation!
> suggestions where too find the new version of lilo which does'nt have
> this problem, but i have not had any luck finding it, or even if it
> exists
search freshmeat.net, you'll have no problem finding it there, but
you'll
have to install linux first before you can upgrade LILO. This can be
done,
but if you don't know how, just follow the instructions at the end of
this message.
> and also by reformatting the whole hard disk and putting /boot
> at the start and then installing win98, and then linux but win 98 just
> wipes everything anyway so that is no good, and i cant't afford too buy
> partition magic which i am told will sort it out as well. So if anyone
> has had this problem, i would appreciate some help of any kind.
> Thanks later
The easiest way to go would be another partitionscheme for your HDD:
hda1 C: 6G <----install windows here first
hda2 /boot 10M <----use linux to create all the other partitions
hda3 D: 4G <----can also be in the ext'd partition if you
like
hda4 ext'd rest <----contains / and a swap partition
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: upgrade mandrake 6.1 to 7.1
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:51:08 GMT
How do you set that /home directory up? Will it hold my e-mail?
Buschman
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:19:13 -0400, "Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You should always back up files whenever doing an upgrade. The 7.1 disc
>offers you the option to upgrade as opposed to doing a new install. If you
>don't have medium on which do back up your files, you should store them in
>your /home paritition. This way, you can do an upgrade OR a reinstall
>without losing any info. If you don't have a /home parition set up, I would
>suggest that you do a clean install and create one. I use have used my
>/home and have never lost any info whether doing an upgrade or a clean
>install.
>
>Dale
>
>
>"Buschman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>>
>> Hey guys I currently have a working mandrake 6.1 linux box. I got in
>> Mandrake 7.1 but don't know how to upgrade without whipping out all
>> the info already on this machine. The only irreplacable info on this
>> machine is telnet and some web files. Should I save them to another
>> machine or is the upgrade process safe? I would not be devistated if
>> I lost the info on this machine, but it certainly would suck!
>>
>> Any help on the Mandrake Upgrade would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Buschman
>
>
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ABit motherboard hangs
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:07:57 -0400
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, timo raty wrote:
>Has anyone experienced mysterious hangups with ABit BE6 440BX
>motherboards and RedHat 6.1/6.2? This particular machine seems to have
>quite a lot of file system related problems with its UDMA66 disk.
>The UDMA66 disk is connected with an ordinary IDE cable so it should
>work as any IDE disk - right? Besides standard installation is there
>anything else? BIOS upgrade? Sorry, I don't have the BIOS date available
>right now.
>
> any hints?
>
> regards,
>
> timo
I do know that Maxtor drives sometimes have trouble if set at ATA66 when
running on ATA33 boards. The troubles I have experienced are random lockups.
Maxtor (or your HD manufacturer) has utilities to set the drive to ATA33. I
would do this first.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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