Linux-Setup Digest #555, Volume #19 Tue, 5 Sep 00 12:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: ATI Video Problem (Judah Milgram)
Re: Serial port problems on 486 (Arturo C)
Help needed with wierd FTP problem (Quak)
Kernel compile (jbkelly3)
bigphysarea patch not running (Christoph Schuetzenhofer)
Re: Installation of Linux onto a Win 98 PC/ Hardware Issues. (Rod Smith)
Re: Expanding the partition size (Eric)
Re: installing NE2000 on debian potato
setting up a ras???? (Marcos)
boot drive for embedded system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NT/Red Hat 6.2 (Alex)
Red Hat 6.2 & SB Live ("Jeroen")
Installation hangs at end (RedHat 6.2) ("Bob Nemeth")
Surprise ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to configure root to be used remotely? ("Thelonious Georgia")
Re: I need to get X version 4.0, the hell off my system... ("ascii_superstar")
NT/Red Hat 6.2 on large disk (dmpeca)
Re: cannot get the post install to complete properly ("Glasco Taylor")
Re: Clearing MBR (The Contact)
Re: how to setup internal modem card under linux? (The Contact)
Re: Installation hangs at end (RedHat 6.2) (The Contact)
Re: Expanding the partition size (David Lee Lambert)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Judah Milgram)
Subject: Re: ATI Video Problem
Date: 5 Sep 2000 07:10:31 -0400
In article <8p2ilv$6nm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The
>> Videocard is an ATI XPERT 128 that I would like to keep since my
>machine
>>
>> has to be doublebootable with Win98. Is there any workaround for this
>> particular Videocard so I can setup Linux too???
>>
>I'm assuming that you are using Xfree 3.3.6 and that this is a rage 128
>chipset card (judging from the name). I'm also assuming that whatever
>automatic configuration utility you are using is failing to detect the
>card. There are two roads to go down.
Another option: just use the framebuffer device. It'll be slower than
you like but it should work. I have this same card and used the FB until
finally upgrading to XF86 v. 4. You have to compile in framebuffer support
and boot with vga=791 (or similar), then look at the XF86Config-fbdev
that comes with Slackware (or maybe RH has one too).
Huw's right, upgrading to 4.0 isn't so traumatic. It broke something
in a minor way but I've already forgotten what :)
Judah Milgram
--
Judah Milgram milgram at eng umd edu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arturo C)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: Serial port problems on 486
Date: 5 Sep 2000 11:09:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 01:08:02 -0600,
mail.dlcwest.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I did a minimal installation of redhat 6.2 on a 486. There is nothing
>special about this installation or box. However, the modem/serial port
>works erraticly. On some bootups it works, others it doesn't. Of course in
>dos it works all the time. I have tried a variety of base/irq combinations
>as well as tried different modems. (both modems work fine in another box) I
>have just recently upgraded the kernel to 2.2.16-3 to no avail.
Are they External modems? If not, disregard the rest :)
If so check the UART that is displayed by
setserial /dev/ttySX
X being 0-3 whereever our port is.
If the UART _not_ a 16550A or better, then you'll have to find an add
on serial port card that does have 16550A's or better.
16450's and below just dont work worth a damn for 14,4k- 56k modems.
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From: Quak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed with wierd FTP problem
Date: 5 Sep 2000 03:25:39 -0700
Hi,
I am having a wierd FTP problem here, my setup is:
Server: Kernel 2.2.13 with proftpd-1.2.0rc1.
Client: LeechFTP 1.3.1.207 & Ws_FTPpro using both passive and active connection
methods
When I login with some user any try to do a file upload, the FTP server screwes
randomly with the messages "upload not allowed" "port failed" "transfer aborted
by server" and so on.
here is a log of one session, with IP and file names changed:
< 257 "/" is current directory.
~ Login completed.
> PORT 10,10,1,162,6,127
< 200 PORT command successful.
> TYPE A
< 200 Type set to A.
> LIST
< 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
< 226 Transfer complete.
~ Disconnected
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/1.html).
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/2.html).
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/3.html).
! Upload failed on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/4.html). (transfer aborted by server)
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/4.html).
! Upload failed on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/5.html). (upload not allowed)
! Upload failed on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/5.html). (PORT failed)
! Upload failed on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/5.html). (upload not allowed)
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/6.html).
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/7.html).
~ Upload complete on xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (/8.html).
And so on, and so on.
As you see the files 4 & 5 had troubles uploading with those creepy messages. I
have NO idea what that could be :( In addition to that once the FTP tools
retries to upload it is usualy succesful from 2nd - 4th time.
The wired thing is that if I ftp from the server to itself using same ID /
Password, I can upload files without any problem, tonns of those. It is only
when I am coming from remote, this problem appears. I have tried 3 different
ISPs all of which have good connection to other ftp servers.
Could some help me out here please ?
Rergards
Quak
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From: jbkelly3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel compile
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 11:52:57 GMT
I have Redhat 6.1 on a cyrix 686 166mz
I am trying to compile a new kernel but but during 'make bzImage' an
error is encountered and process is aborted. I am following the process
outlined in the redhat manual.
In reading the Kernel readme file as well as 'Changes' I have checked to
see that I have all the required libraries etc... . THe only discrepency
in those reauirements is the RedHat libc 5 library. It is listed as libc
5.3.12 , and per the 'Changes' documentation libc 5.4.46 is recommended.
before I go thru the trouble of installing the latest libc 5 I would
like to get others experience in compiling the RedHat packaged linux
kernel.
The compile aborts do not occur in the same place when I retry after a
new mrproper, xconfig, etc...
-- jbk
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Before you buy.
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From: Christoph Schuetzenhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bigphysarea patch not running
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:36:52 +0200
i installed the bigphysarea patch 2.4.0 on suse linux 6.4, wrote to the
lilo.conf - append="bigphysarea=1024" - and reinstalled the kernel.
after reboot i tried - cat /proc/bigphysarea, but the command was not
found.
has anybody an idea why the patch wasn`t implemented or what i made
wrong. i would be thankfull for any suggestions.
with best regards
christoph schuetzenhofer
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Installation of Linux onto a Win 98 PC/ Hardware Issues.
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:10:12 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <viYs5.24638$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Earthlink News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Next, I really am confused on which version of Linux to choose. I am curious
> as to what other people recommend for flavors of Linux.
There's a lot of personal preference on that score. For my own rundown
of various distributions, check:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
> Also, I have
> componets such as a 3Com WinModem and a UMAX Parallel Astra 2000 scanner. I
> read in the HTML docs that these were not supported. I can understand the
> WinModem, but I don't understand the scanner.
Nobody's written a driver for it. If I'm not mistaken, UMAX uses
proprietary protocols for their parallel-port scanner, so it'd take a
lot of dedication and work to get it working under Linux.
> So, which flavor of Linux do you recommend to the Linux newbie and is the
> eaisiest, most hardware supported and has pretty cool GUIs and can
> administrate thing sort of like Windows can.
Give or take a bit, all Linux distributions support precisely the same
hardware. The reason is that most hardware drivers are in the kernel,
which is common across all distributions. A few distributions do patch
their kernels with experimental or development drivers, but those
drivers can be added to any distribution. A few devices, including
scanners and printers, don't rely on drivers in the kernel, but in
separate programs (like SANE or Ghostscript). (FWIW, I describe all this
in detail in my book, _Linux Hardware Handbook_,
http://www.rodsbooks.com/hardware/.)
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Expanding the partition size
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:14:50 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
choon tat wrote:
>
> hi, my linux partition is running out of space in the initial created
> partition of 1800MB,
> my harddrive still have 2300MB free unpartition free space, how can i
> configure
> linux to use the the remaining 2300MB of space or expand the 1800MB
> linux partition to 3000MB.
> this setup is on a 12 GB harddrive dualboot with WIN ME
> hda1 Windows ME 7.5GB
> hda2 Linux 1.8 GB
> hda3 Linux Swap 300MB
> Free Space 2300MB
Easiest would be to make a new separate partition for /usr (or /home ,
wherever you expect to use most space).
procedure:
use fdisk to make a new partition (I'll assume it to be hda4)
mke2fs /dev/hda4
mkdir /mnt/tmp
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda4 /mnt/tmp
cp -dR /usr /mnt/tmp
umount /mnt/tmp
edit fstab, include the following line:
/dev/hda4 /usr ext2 defaults 0 0
mv /usr /usr_old
mount /usr
That's it
After you've confirmed that all works well, you can rm /usr_old
Eric
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing NE2000 on debian potato
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:28:55 GMT
The Black Unicorn wrote:
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm trying to install a NE2000 compatible network card on debian
potato,
> > but the system tells me there is a IO or IRQ problem. My card is
> > configured to io=0x2E0H, but whenever I enter that as command line
> > argument the bootstrap program tells me that it cannot recognize
the 'E'.
> > Is there a different way of entering this address ? I prefer not to
> > reconfigure my card to a different IO because I'm running Windows on
the
> > same machine and it is configured to that IO...
>
> try small letters, maybe ? and leave out the 'H' at the end too
> 0x2e0 may work
>
That did the trick ! Thanks
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From: Marcos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: setting up a ras????
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:07:48 GMT
hi,
i have a cyclades multiport card (8ports) connected to a local
server. 4 ISDN modems and 4 BASIC modems are connected. i use mgetty and
works fine.
but know i have a problem. i want to add a ISDN-128 modem to the
server. (not in the cyclades card) i guess i can put it in com2 (o
not??) can i?? how can i do it?? any more suggestions?? so i would like
also to know about the mgetty configuration. nowadays my inittab is
like:
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
s0:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 /dev/ttyC0
s1:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 /dev/ttyC1
s2:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 /dev/ttyC2
s3:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 /dev/ttyC3
s4:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 -s 115200 -m '"" AT&FS0=1'
/dev/ttyC4
s5:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 -s 115200 -m '"" AT&FS0=1'
/dev/ttyC6
s6:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 -s 115200 -m '"" AT&FS0=1'
/dev/ttyC5
s7:45:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty -D -x2 -s 115200 -m '"" AT&FS0=1'
/dev/ttyC7
in /etc/ppp i have these files:
pap-secrets -> contains the customers username
options.ttyC1
........
options.ttyC7 -> something like this:
-chap
+pap
login
debug
proxyarp
nodeflate
nopcomp
novj
novjccomp
server-public-ip:public-ip assigned to that port (for example for ttyC7
-> 195.33.45.57, for ttyC6 -> x.x.x.56 ...... )
so.. i think that adding a modem to com2 that should work... but i would
like to hear more solutions.
the server is connected to a public lan.
but... what about adding a 128-ISDN modem to this computer??
i will be pleased to heard as many suggestions as you will have.
thanks in advance,
marcos
--
m a r c o s @ i v a l . e s
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: boot drive for embedded system
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:34:40 GMT
I need to set up a hard drive as a bootable drive
such that I can remove it from my machine, put it
in an embedded sytem (or any other system) and
have it boot up.
I have a root image tar for the drive, but no
install.
Currently I have the drive installed as a second
drive in a RedHat 6.2 system.
The two drives are NOT the same type, size, etc.
The kernel and root image on the second drive
will be completely different than the first drive.
Can LILO help me? The docs suggest it, but I
haven't found the right config settings yet.
How else could I do it? Is there a way to
use 'dd' to copy an appropriate MBR from the
first to the second? Floppy boot?
Maybe the real question here is how to make a
bootable Linux system with only a root image?
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT/Red Hat 6.2
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:40:07 +0200
dmpeca wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How to install NT 4.0 and Red Hat 6.2 on same disk (3 partitions; 2NTFS and
> 1 Linux).
> Is it possible?
>
> If yes, how?
>
> The problem is that after (in that order) NT is installed, and after that
> Linux, LILO loader hangs us.
>
> Peca
No problem at all. I have 3 Os total.
I installed NT first, then Win98, and the last was RH6.2 in extended dos
partition.
I use NT loader to boot all OS.
In this configuration don't forget to make RH boot disk during
installation and don't install lilo in MBR.
You have to put all (Win98, RH6) boot sectors as files in WinNT
partition.
Read howto about it.
Aleks
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From: "Jeroen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 6.2 & SB Live
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:10:32 +0200
Hi,
Does RH 6.2 recognises a SB Live during setup?
Is it possible to get any sound from it by choosing another driver if it
isn't recognised? I just want to play wav/mp3, no recording, spdif etcetera
Thanks
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From: "Bob Nemeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installation hangs at end (RedHat 6.2)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:20:55 -0400
I'm installing RedHat on a couple of old machines laying around the office
(Pentium 100's). On one of the machines, the installation goes fine, except
that at the end, after all the packages are installed, it hangs while
"Performing post install configuration...".
Does anyone have any ideas??
Thanks.
Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Surprise
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.magic-cap,comp.os.minix,comp.os.misc,comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.apps
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:19:43 +0200
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From: "Thelonious Georgia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to configure root to be used remotely?
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:31:57 -0400
Hey all-
I have a red hat linux box that I want to use as a firewall, but I only have
the one monitor and keyboard/mouse setup from my regular machine, so the
linux box will have to live without any direct way to access it. Problem is,
I need to have root access to it for kernel upgrades, etc. Out of the box,
it does not allow root access remotely, and I cannot figure out how to
enable it. Any ideas?
Thanks
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: I need to get X version 4.0, the hell off my system...
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:06:05 +0100
What does X say when you try to start it.
There will probably be an error message somewhere on the screen.
You'll know it when you see it
Oh, by the way, I know the feeling
I HATE linux when it doesnt work as you expect.
But when I get it working...well thats a differnet story.
Just when I think I have got the hang of the basics I mess it up and
uninstall it in a fit of madness only to reinstall it the next day......
:-)
But its all good
sergio
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From: dmpeca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NT/Red Hat 6.2 on large disk
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:53:39 +0100
Hi,
I have to problem to set up dual boot (NT/Linux) on large disk. 15GB
The partions are laid out as
/dev/hda1 * 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 * 278 1940 12572280 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 278 887 4611568+ 7 FAT16HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 888 1870 7431448+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1871 1940 529168+ 82 Linux swap
lilo.conf is as follows
boot=/dev/hda6
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
linear
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
In boot.ini for NTFS the pointer to file (bootsect.lnx) with first 512
bytes of /dev/hda6 is added. bootsect.lnx is created with
dd if=/dev/hda6 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
It has been transfered to floppy with mcopy command.
When I select Linux option from
NT Server
NT Server (VGA mode)
Linux
LILO hangs up in LI
NT works fine and Linux can be boot from floppy.
Do you any suggestions why LILO hangs up with LI
Sincerely,
Peca
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From: "Glasco Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot get the post install to complete properly
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:53:21 GMT
It simply hangs...no error messages...
I reboot the box and everything is on the drive...except to see that I had
to use a Linux boot floppy.
It simply hangs...
thanx for any helpp in advance
"Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Glasco Taylor wrote:
> >
> > I have been attempting to install RedHat 6.2 for days and have not been
able
> > to get the post install to complete. Does any one have a clue as to why
> > this is?
>
> Please share your symptoms with us. Error messages, events, whatever
tells
> you that it isn't working.
>
> --
> Larry Ebbitt - Linux + OS/2 - Atlanta
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From: The Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clearing MBR
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:56:46 GMT
Crix wrote:
>
> I have a drive which previously contained Corel Linux. I would like to
> put WIN2000 on it. The problem I have is that I can't boot from a
> floppy to run fdisk. It boots from the hard drive every time, even if
> I set the bios to ignore ide(0) during boot sequence.
Have you already tried to (not ignore ide(0)) set fd0 as first boot
option? Otherwise, you can try 'lilo -u /dev/hda', which will uninstall
lilo from the mbr-sector.
--
The Contact
"Ones and zeros represent more than just the binary count.
They represent the mass knowledge we know as Internet."
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From: The Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to setup internal modem card under linux?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:58:39 GMT
jedy wrote nothing...
If it is a WinModem, you will fail at all attempts (see
http://linmodems.org). Otherwise, RTFM
(http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html).
--
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"Ones and zeros represent more than just the binary count.
They represent the mass knowledge we know as Internet."
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From: The Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation hangs at end (RedHat 6.2)
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:02:42 GMT
Bob Nemeth wrote:
> I'm installing RedHat on a couple of old machines laying around the office
> (Pentium 100's). On one of the machines, the installation goes fine, except
> that at the end, after all the packages are installed, it hangs while
> "Performing post install configuration...".
Try the text-only installation. Could be the Xserver hanging.
--
The Contact
"Ones and zeros represent more than just the binary count.
They represent the mass knowledge we know as Internet."
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From: David Lee Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Expanding the partition size
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:03:30 -0400
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Eric wrote:
> choon tat wrote:
> > hi, my linux partition is running out of space in the initial created
> > partition of 1800MB,
> > my harddrive still have 2300MB free unpartition free space, how can i
> Easiest would be to make a new separate partition for /usr (or /home ,
> wherever you expect to use most space).
> procedure:
>
> use fdisk to make a new partition (I'll assume it to be hda4)
> mke2fs /dev/hda4
. . .
> mv /usr /usr_old
> mount /usr
>
> That's it
> After you've confirmed that all works well, you can rm /usr_old
This is exactly the sort of system I have:
(hda1=WIn95, hda2=/, hda3=swap, hda4=/biggy)
However, it isn't a perfect setup. I probably would have been better off
making /dev/hda2 my swap and /dev/hda3 into one big ext2fs partition.
It's much harder to keep from running out of free space on two partitions
than on one, and it's also harder to take care of things like remounting
root read-only during shutdown.
In fact, that's a problem for which I'm seeking advice. I have a
Debian/Slackware mix that I've hacked into (mostly) working order, but,
among other things, it has this problem: the 'shutdown' procedure
doesn't unmount my biggest partition, so fsck checks it every time I
boot. That takes about three minutes. Between that and timeouts by
programs looking for DNS, rebooting is something that I have to walk away
from. I traced the problem to this: umount always says that that
partition is busy, even during the shutdown script. I've tried 'umount
-o remount,ro /biggy', but that doesn't seem to help either.
Any suggestions?
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