Linux-Setup Digest #527, Volume #19 Thu, 31 Aug 00 18:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Installing hdparm utility (and compiling it) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware.. (Jonathan Grobe)
Re: installing linux ("Nisi")
Re: Samba connection problems ... ("Nisi")
Re: Calling Linux Gurus familiar with Partition Magic ("Nisi")
Re: bootproblem after compiling kernel ("Nisi")
Re: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Yamaha YMF-214/OPL3-SAX in Linux (Kevin Brown)
Re: Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware.. ("Dakai")
Re: Anyone feel like helpin me out? - AGP + XF86 = DDD :o( (Dirk Frieborg)
CD-rom won't work ("Digigod")
Re: unable to PING using the "hostname" (Steve Martin)
Re: CD-rom won't work (Steve Martin)
Re: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help! (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: might as well spin down linux disks when in windows, but how? ("Larry Yocum")
Re: scsi bus resets with aic7xxx (David C.)
Re: unable to PING using the "hostname" (Colin Watson)
Re: Installing hdparm utility (and compiling it) (Paul Kimoto)
restore ("PW")
Re: Partitionless install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Playing music CDs, No sound (Chris Rankin)
Re: X-Win install on an I810 (D G)
Re: Adding more disk space to Linux (ray)
Re: Linux, Windows and huge IDE drives? ("Shawn Mann")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Installing hdparm utility (and compiling it)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:07:25 GMT
I'w working on COREL LINUX 2.2.12
In order to use hdparm utility (to increase transfert speed on my hard
disk) I've downloaded that tool (from sun site). I've made the "tar"
and it created me a complete directory (/usr/src/hdparm-3.9) with
hdparm.c, hdparm.8, Makefile, etc ...
After that I should process a "make" order but I don't succeed in doing
it (because there seems to be no "make" on my PC).
HOW COULD I BUILD THE BINARY hdparm ? HOW TO USE THE MAKEFILE ?
Thank you for help.
Bye
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Grobe)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware..
Date: 31 Aug 2000 17:21:55 GMT
Reply-To: <>
In article <8oju8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ..wrote:
>
>> What errors do you get? Signal 11 or 7 can mean you have a bad memory
>chip
>> in RAM or cache.
I am getting Signal 11 and installation aborting when I try to
install Mandrake. How do I test memory?
--
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:05:51 -0400
Go to www.linuxnewbie.org
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
Michael Rosel wrote in message <8ohggd$2pl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello everybody!!!
>
>
>I am very much new to Linux and I want to have informations about it.
> --What do I need
> --limitations
> --how to
>
>Can anyone refer me to a very informative site.
>I am planning to install linux on a Compaq deskpro 5120 (pentium 120Mhz)
>series and on a Deskpro 4000 (pentium 166) series.
>
>
>
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba connection problems ...
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:09:08 -0400
Make sure Samba is set up to allow your username and password to access
those files. Check the permissions.
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
Simon wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>OpenLinux 2.4 Desktop....
>
>Having setup Samba I can connect to the 'public' and 'tmp' shares -
>read/write ok.
>
>Can't connect to users home directory, I can see it !!!
>
>Each user has a Public folder created with ownership assigned to the
>use.....
>
>'Incorrect password or unknown user name for username:'
>
>Workstation is NT 4, encrypted password set to yes...
>Username and password for samba are set.
>
>Any idea why I can't connect
>
>
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Calling Linux Gurus familiar with Partition Magic
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:15:08 -0400
Check out this
http://nuintari.net/linux/mistakes/part.shtml
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
PlzBeMine wrote in message <8ogs31$ntt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello Linux Gurus,
>
>Planning to Install Redhat Linux on my PC. Currently I have partitioned
>my HDD via Partition Magic 5.0 My current partition is 1 primary and 1
>extended with 2 logical drives. I am intending to partition another one
>for my Linux OS.
>
>Creating a partition will ask me to choose if I intend to use it for an
>OS installation (primary) or use it as a data (logical) drive only. As
>far as I know Linux can be installed on a logical drive as well. Which
>one will you advise me to use? Will I need to create 2 partitions, 1
>for Linux Ext2 and 1 for Linux Swap... or just create one partition and
>leave the swap partition during Linux installation?
>
>Umm... do you by the way understand what I am trying to explain here???
>Duh.. sorry... I am one of those stupid linux (trying to be) beginner.
>Teeheeheee... Anyone interested in email chatting one-on-one with me???
>Come on.. pleaseeee =)
>
>Best regards,
>PlzBeMine
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bootproblem after compiling kernel
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:16:49 -0400
Did you remember to run:
make modules
make modules_install
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
lily blancke wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I compiled a new kernel(2.2.16), but when i tried to boot with the new
>image, i got following error-message:
>
>'kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -h binfmt=464c, errno = 8'
>it fills the whole screen, so i don't know if it is preceeded by some
>other interesting messages.
>
>
>I run Debian 2.2 with a 2.2.15-idepci kernel.
>the compiling itself went fine(i even remembered running lilo for a
>change).
>I've got no idea what could be causing this, so i can't think of more
>relevant info i could give...
>
>should i use some sort of idepci-kernel, if so, where can one find
>these?
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help!
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:56:19 GMT
In article <8oll1e$ath$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> While trying to install Win98SE and RedHat Linux 6.2, I
> partitioned/formatted the drive many times, using fdisk and format.
> After numerous repartitioning/deleting using fdisk, and installing
both
> Win98SE and RedHat 6.2, I got to a point where the system boots to
> RedHat Linux, only, without giving me an option to choose the OS.
> After that, I deleted some partitions, and now the drive may be
damaged.
>
> There's a primary DOS partition.
> There's an extended partition.
> When I try to delete the extened partition, I get an error saying that
> because there's a logical partition, I can't delete the extended
> partition.
> When I try to delete the logical partition, it says that there is no
> logical partition.
Are you using microsoft fdisk? If so it has an option to delete a
non-dos partition. If you can boot up Linux, use the linux version of
fdisk to re-partition. It is not as particular to MS filesystems as
it's MS counterpart. Also, if you can boot linux and since you have
access to the internet, read about re-configuring LILO to allow you to
boot into windows. Modifications can be made through linuxconf
(in Xwindows) or just by modifying the /etc/liloconf file and then
running /sbin/lilo -v Be careful with this however. Also look for an
backup of liloconf in the /etc directory such as liloconf~ or
liloconf.bak or something. It might hint at the previous state of your
LILO configuration.
BTW Installing Win98 almost always wipes LILO from the master boot
record (MBR) thereby ridding your system of it.
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Before you buy.
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From: Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yamaha YMF-214/OPL3-SAX in Linux
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:28:58 -0400
I am trying to use a noname sound card that has the Yamaha DS-XG chip
on board with RedHat 6.2. When I run sndconfig, it finds it as a yamaha
YMF-214 or something like that, and then says that the card isn't
supported. Does anyone know how I can find a driver for this thing or
talk sndconfig into letting me keep it but select a different driver
that will work with it?
Thanks,
Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Testing bad memory: was: why lots of bad hardware..
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:32:01 -0500
Most computer shops can test memory for a small charge.
"Jonathan Grobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <8oju8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ..wrote:
> >
> >> What errors do you get? Signal 11 or 7 can mean you have a bad memory
> >chip
> >> in RAM or cache.
>
> I am getting Signal 11 and installation aborting when I try to
> install Mandrake. How do I test memory?
>
> --
> Jonathan Grobe Jonathan Grobe Books. Used & out-of-print books:
> Search or browse subject catalogs: <http://showcase.netins.net/web/grobe>
> For millions of used/out-of-print books try <http://www.abebooks.com>
> <http://www.bibliofind.com> <http://www.bookavenue.com>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Frieborg)
Subject: Re: Anyone feel like helpin me out? - AGP + XF86 = DDD :o(
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:46:53
Hi scottmorgan!
> i have an SiS 6326 AGP card that doesnt seem to like redhat 6.1
> when i start it up, it just gives me a black background ...
I'm writing about SuSE 6.4, but perhaps with RedHat it's similar
because the X servers shouldn't differ that much, I think...
I have a DIAMOND Speedstar A70 AGP, and I've gone through a lot of
troubles so far to get it working properly. Then, somewhere in doc's
and HOWTO's, I found out:
If graphics cards with SiS 6326 are equipped with 8 MB video RAM, they
must be treated as if they were having only 4 MB.
Try to set this option in your X configuration file.
--
That's it/95...
... Dirk Frieborg ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Interested in kerosene lanterns by Petromax[R], Geniol[R], AIDA[R]
and Aladdin[R]?
-> www.petroleumstarklicht.de
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From: "Digigod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-rom won't work
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:53:56 +0300
My cd-rom won't work even when i try to mount it. It can be detected at
startup but i just can't access anything in there. Help.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: unable to PING using the "hostname"
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:51:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am unable to ping using the hostname.
> * If I ping from (computer-2) with the IP address 193.139.100.1
> it's pinging perfectly
>
> ** If I ping from (computer-2) with the name www.gct.com it hangs **
Just because you have the name www.gct.com equated to 193.139.100.1
in computer number 1's "hosts" file does *not* mean computer 2 can see
it.
Do you have a hosts file set up on the Win95 box? Look for a file
called "hosts.sam", copy it to a new file called "hosts" in the same
directory, and edit it to give the proper lookup information. You
should then be able to ping, telnet, whatever using a hostname lookup.
(Oh... and make sure DNS is *not* enabled in the TCP/IP properties.)
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CD-rom won't work
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:54:24 GMT
Digigod wrote:
>
> My cd-rom won't work even when i try to mount it. It can be detected at
> startup but i just can't access anything in there. Help.
A little more information, please...
Do you have the proper support enabled in your kernel (IDE CD-ROM if
the drive is IDE, otherwise SCSI CD-ROM)?
What is the exact command you're using to mount the drive?
What message does the system give on boot-up when it sees the drive?
(You can call that up with the "dmesg" command.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help!
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:08:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>While trying to install Win98SE and RedHat Linux 6.2, I
>partitioned/formatted the drive many times, using fdisk and format.
>After numerous repartitioning/deleting using fdisk, and installing both
>Win98SE and RedHat 6.2, I got to a point where the system boots to
>RedHat Linux, only, without giving me an option to choose the OS.
>After that, I deleted some partitions, and now the drive may be damaged.
[...]
No, it isn't. What happened is that the partition table is hosed,
and what you should do is booting with a Linux boot floppy (a
rescue floppy) or from the CDROM - in case it offers a rescue boot
function (SuSE does, don't know for RH or Mandrake). Then , at
the command line, type
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
This will overwrite the first 512 bytes with 0, and effectively erase
all partition tables and/or its remainders. It also means, of course,
that _all data_ on the drive will be lost. But it will bring back
your drive into existance, even in cases where e.g. Windows/DOS won't
even "see" the drive anymore. I used this quite often, especially
on drives where the enabling of e.g. DMA transfers in the Windows
DeviceManager caused the drive to hang during the reboot, with
the result that DOS "fdisk.exe" wouldn't even touch the drive
anymore, rendering it absolutely useless with Win* (well, that
doesn't mean that the drive would have had any use running any flavour
of Win*, anyways...).
Michael
--
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Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: "Larry Yocum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: might as well spin down linux disks when in windows, but how?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:04:34 -0400
You're probably better off letting it spin. The wear and tear on a drive
comes from power down and power up, not the constant spinning. I've had
hard drives at home die much quicker if they're powered down every night
than if I just leave them on all the time...
Best Regards,
Larry Yocum
Quality Engineer, FAO Quality Information & Analysis
Global Concern Definition, Quality Strategy & Technology
Ford Motor Company (313)24-88938
"Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take your eyes off
your goal." -- Henry Ford
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: scsi bus resets with aic7xxx
Date: 31 Aug 2000 16:51:34 -0400
vlado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> ...
>
> The chances are more towards a bug/undocumented feature of the
> AHA2940UW controller and/or a related aic7xxx driver behaviour.
>
> Anyway, things and solutions of the sort of no_resets does not cure
> the problem of the occuring bus timeouts.
Strange.
I'm also using a 2940UW (with an IBM 9G UW drive - model DGHS09U). Once
I got the cables short enough, my problems went away. I'm using the
drive's on-board termination. My OS is RedHat 6.2, with the 2.2.16-3
kernel upgrade installed. It's installed in a Micron Millennaia Pro2
(Micronics W6Li "Lightning" motherboard (Rev A), dual Pentium Pros at
200MHz, 64M RAM - if any of this helps.)
Using your SCSISelect utility, make sure the card's termination is set
up to terminate both the high and low parts of the bus. Don't use
auto-termination - it sometimes guesses wrong.
Make sure all the other SCSISelect parameters look OK. Make sure the
card resets the SCSI bus at boot time. (This setting sometimes turns
itself off for no apparent reason on my system. I don't know why.)
Check that the other settings make sense.
Check your SCSI BIOS revision against the latest rev at Adaptec's site.
If you don't have the current release, try upgrading it. After doing
so, double-check all SCSISelect parameters, in case the upgrade changed
something.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: unable to PING using the "hostname"
Date: 31 Aug 2000 19:47:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am unable to ping using the hostname.
>
> * I don't have a net connection.
> * I have "computer-1" running RedHat 6.2 & "computer-2" running win95
> * IP address of the "computer-1" 193.139.100.1
> * IP address of the "computer-2" 193.139.100.2
> * /etc/hosts (computer-1)
> 193.139.100.1 www.gct.com
> 193.139.100.1 www.psg.com
> * /etc/host.conf (computer-1)
> hosts ( Iam not using a DNS server)
>
> * If I ping from (computer-2) with the IP address 193.139.100.1
>it's pinging perfectly
>
> ** If I ping from (computer-2) with the name www.gct.com it hangs **
/etc/hosts controls what computer-1 thinks the mapping from hostnames to
IP addresses is. It doesn't get published across the network, so the
contents of /etc/hosts have absolutely no bearing on what computer-2
thinks.
I believe there's a (not very well-documented) Windows equivalent of
/etc/hosts: c:\windows\hosts. Either that or you could set up a DNS
server on your Linux box and have both computers use that.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
If I had mayonnaise I'd be dangerous.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Installing hdparm utility (and compiling it)
Date: 31 Aug 2000 17:14:36 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8olubf$mt3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'w working on COREL LINUX 2.2.12
>
> In order to use hdparm utility (to increase transfert speed on my hard
> disk) I've downloaded that tool (from sun site). I've made the "tar"
> and it created me a complete directory (/usr/src/hdparm-3.9) with
> hdparm.c, hdparm.8, Makefile, etc ...
> After that I should process a "make" order but I don't succeed in doing
> it (because there seems to be no "make" on my PC).
>
> HOW COULD I BUILD THE BINARY hdparm ? HOW TO USE THE MAKEFILE ?
You need to install a (possibly) large number of "development" packages.
You can start by installing the "make" .deb package.
--
Paul Kimoto
Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.
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From: "PW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: restore
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:30:07 +0200
J'ai une archive sur un Colorado 8 go fait par la commande Tar -cvz -f
/dev/ht0
comment faire ,suite � un crash, pour remettre sur un disque neuf vette
archive.
J'ai fait linux rescue mais le Colorado ne d�marre pas "/dev/ht0 Cannot
Open"
j'ai fait linux rescue insmod ide-tape mais �a ne marche pas
Help !!!!!!!
Merci
Philippe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Partitionless install
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:18:51 GMT
See my post in dejanews.com's redhat.general -- search for "loadlin"
and "partitionless" under my name.
HTH
Crystal
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bill Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aloha all,
> I am trying to learn Linux. Instead of doing the "partition
> shuffle", I decided to install it to a pre-existing DOS/Windows
> partition as the book says I can. It seems to have worked as the
> installation ran to completion and now I have two files there called
> redhat.img and rh-swap.img. The $64 question is HOW DO I START IT??
>
> If possible, please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Mahalo,
> Bill
>
>
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From: Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc>
Subject: Re: Playing music CDs, No sound
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 08:33:24 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tip. I've just tried it out. In fact I've
> tried unmuting and turning up the volume on absolutely
> every channel. It still does not work. Gloom!
Be careful when turning *everything* on; mine had a "loopback" option
which effectively silenced the sound-chip when enabled. Make sure that
you can still play WAV files before you try playing CDs.
Chris
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X-Win install on an I810
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:34:16 -0700
Rafael Zabar wrote:
>
> Dear D G,
>
> Glad you brought this up and thank you for your suggestions. It seems that
> XFree86 version should also be 3.3.6. Mine's 3.3.5 and when I specified
> Generic VGA, the results are still unsatisfactory. My xwindows stare at me
> and it is larger than the physical screen. I will try to find a 3.3.6.
>
> Any suggestions?
On my i810 system, the XFree86 3.3.6 works only with the agpgart from
the intel website (support.intel.com). According to Intel, XFree86
3.3.5 should also work fine.
XFree86 4.0.1 on the other hand only worked (partially) with the new
agpgart (version 0.99) found in the RedHat kernel 2.2.16-3. I didn't
test the 2.4 kernel, since I'm waiting for the official release. I
think the RedHat agpgart module is the same as the 2.2.16 agpgart patch
at utah-glx.sourceforge.com.
If I use any other combination and I got AGPIOAQUIRE (or something)
errors.
As far as xwindows being larger than the physical screen, that has to do
with your virtual screen size (which defaults to the highest resolution
if you don't have it set). Try 'man XF86Config'.
Clear as mud?
>
> Regards.
>
> Lemuel
> D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Gerald Batten wrote:
> > >
> > > Downloaded and installed the latest 4.x version of X, and it still
> > > doesn't recognize the Intel 810 video chipset. any ideas?
> >
> > It recognized fine for me. Maybe you need the new agpgart module? It
> > should come with the 2.2.16-3 or 2.2.14-12 kernels in RedHat. The
> > 2.3.99+ or 2.4 kernels will give you better results though.
> >
> > Although it recognized my card fine, I had problems: everywhere the
> > mouse would go, the screen would get distorted.
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding more disk space to Linux
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:44:36 GMT
Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> I am using RedHat 6.2 on Dell I5000. I want to install staroffice 5.2.
> But there is not enough disk space in the extended parititon where Linux
> lives. But I have more unused disk space not belonging to any partition.
> How can I add these disk space to Linux?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -Zhihui
Like everything Linux, this has a number of answers. Mine has been LVM. It
is in the 2.4.0 series of kernels, and allows resizing of "drives"
on-the-fly. Use a search engine for "linux lvm" for details, software.
--
Ray R. Jones
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
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From: "Shawn Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux, Windows and huge IDE drives?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:46:41 -0500
The M919 VIP is a 456 PCI board, isn't it? If so and you have a free PCI
slot, I have had good luck with Promise Ultra66 add on controllers. If I
remember correctly there is supposed to be beta linux drivers for these
controllers from promise (www.promise.com) They are reasonably priced
(<$25) if you do your homework, so you wouldn't be out too much money if it
didn't work. An even cheaper alternative would be get a newer motherboard
off of E-Bay or a local computer shop. The local shop in my town gives away
Pentium motherboards to save the trouble of throwing them out.
Good luck to you
Shawn
"Donald Newcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8olqq2$i8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I know this is a common problem, so a pointer to the appropriate FAQ
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> My present system is built on an old M919 VIP mothercard with an AMI
> BIOS dated about 10-10-94. It supports LBA but not huge disks. It has
> two integrated IDE interfaces. The bios will allow you to lie to it
> about the configuration of the disks on the first IDE interface but the
> second interface seems to take whatever the disk tells it. I want to
> run both Windows95 and Linux (RH 6.0). I have had a Maxtor 7.2 GB disk
> on the first interface and an old WD 1.2GB on the second as my Linux
> disk. I recently decided I needed a way to back-up my Windows disk and
> figured that these new WD 30+ GB drives were cheaper than tape. So, I
> bought one.
>
> This is where the problems start. We (including myself) now understand
> the problem of using huge disks with a BIOS that does not support them.
> You have to use this program called EZ-BIOS that loads itself onto the
> boot sector of the disk. I've been using this on the Maxtor drive for a
> while. The problem is that EZ-BIOS does several things I don't
> understand. It seems to bootstrap itself into memory where it takes
> over the function of the ROM BIOS to permit OSs like Windows to deal
> with the big disk. OK, that's good. But it also seems to doctor the
> partition table so that only Windows-like OSs can use it. Perhaps I
> just don't understand what's going on.
>
> I understand why having a program on the boot sector can screw up LILO.
> For the sake of simplicity, let's assume I'M NOT USING LILO. I'll boot
> Linux using either loadlin or a boot floppy.
>
> The best thing I've found for it, so far, is to lie to the BIOS and
> tell it that the 30 GB slave on the first interface does not exist.
> Linux loves it this way. It seems to get the configuration directly
> from the drive and reports CHS=59598/16/63. No need to set any jumppers
> that tell the disk to misreport its size or anything like that.
> However, when I do this the disk becomes invisible to Windows. Not
> exaclty what I had in mind. In other configurations (where the disk is
> visible to Windows, lies about it's true size and is managed by EZ-
> BIOS) Linux can't read or write to the disk.
>
> Right now, I think that a hardware solution would be best. Either a new
> mothercard (one that supports huge disks and a somewhat less less
> bucolic CPU rate) or a third disk (they're cheap). One main Windows
> disk, one Linux drive (Excluded from the BIOS setup) and one Windows
> backup drive on the second interface. But I'd actually like a way to
> make this thing work the way it is. I think that there has to be a way
> to get Linux can access a large disk that set up to be managed by EZ-
> BIOS. Perhaps, I can pass an explicit configuration for hdb to Linux at
> boot time so that it will ignore what the BIOS and disk are telling it.
> Is there any way that the EZ-BIOS on the first (Windows) disk can carry
> the configuration of both disks. This way, I could continue to tell the
> ROM-BIOS that the second disk doesn't exist. This may permit this disk
> to be accessable to both Windows and Linux. Does that make sense?
>
> Comments and suggestions appreciated.
>
> --
> Donald R. Newcomb
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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