Linux-Setup Digest #563, Volume #19 Wed, 6 Sep 00 10:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Intel ISP Memory ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help installing NT on dual boot Linux/Win98 (Demian Gutierrez)
Re: Good distr for Thinkpad 701C? ("norberto")
Re: RAID1 Boot fails with LILO Error L40 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Very Slow scandisk and defrag ("John")
Re: Linux installation "how-to" Web sites?, and a coupla questions ("Andrew P.
Billyard")
Re: Netscape Problem?? (Christopher W. Aiken)
In Sydney AUS, Daylight Saving Time in effect already ... glibc-2.1.3 (Chris Rankin)
help ppp sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <... (David. E. Goble)
Re: @home cable modem setup (Kevin Croxen)
Re: expired root password (SM McAllister)
Re: RH6.2 and kernel 2.2.16 (Mark Hymers)
Re: Very Slow scandisk and defrag (Damian Counsell)
Re: installation problem (Eric)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Intel ISP Memory
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:35:48 GMT
Hi !
I have a server (Intel ISP 2150) which has HTTPD(apache) and rsync running. I
see that memory usage is increasing everyday through the number of process
remain the same:
OS: Official redHat 6.2
apache : 1.3.12
rsync latest stable
What could be the problem.....
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Before you buy.
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From: Demian Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help installing NT on dual boot Linux/Win98
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:31:35 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'd like to install NT5.x in a partition on my hard drive, and have it
> peacefully coexist with Win98 and Linux. I currently use LILO to
> select either Win98 or Linux booting.
>
> After reading recent posts about problems fols have had with getting
> multi-boot systems to work, I'm hoping I can find someone who has done
> this before and provide a cookbook.
>
> I was planning on creating a new primary partition (or an additional
> logical partition) using PartitionMagic to install NT into, but am
> concerned this will wipe out the LILO information in the MBR and I'll
> be unable to boot Linux or Win98. How would I recover if this
> happened?
>
> PartitionMagic talks about using it to select an active partition,
> which will be booted, but I suspect this might also damage the LILO
> setup. Also, if you were to use this method to boot LINUX, how do you
> later boot a different partition when PartitionMagic is a Windows tool
> and doesn't run under Linux?
>
> Sorry for all the newbie confusion. Can someone shed some light?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Look, I have done it using lilo. For me is the best way to boot what ever
you want to boot (NT, W2K, W98, LINUX, etc). I had news about a guy that
booted W2K W98 and LINUX using W2K boot loader (but I have never done
it). So is it possible? I'm not sure.
If you have any throuble with lilo just write.
DMI: Please forgive my english
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From: "norberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Good distr for Thinkpad 701C?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:54:06 GMT
hi,
I just recently installed peanut linux. (http://metalab.unc.edu/peanut/)
The cause was its small size of the distribution , 48megs bz2.
Its small and runs just fine on my 701c, 40M, 700MB hard disk
For an NFS setup you�ll need to built a custom bootdisk, which recognizes
pcmcia and cardservices...
(To simplify this, I connected a parallel zero modem cable, and transfered
the required files for later setup)
Norbert
Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi
> I have a thinkpad 701C (the "Butterfly") with 24 MB of RAM and a 500
> MB HD. I have finally gotten the floppy drive for it and would welcome
> any advice as to a good distribution to do an NFS install of onto this
> machine. My goal is to set this up as a machine to run KDE, Organize, a
> word processsor, etc. Obviously the more disk space left for the
> applications the better. I can not easily get a CD-ROM hooked up
> directly to the machine. I have tried the RedHat and Suse boot disks and
> both recognize the Ethernet card, hence my determination to use an NFS
> install.
>
> --
> Thank you,
>
> Raymond Blum
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RAID1 Boot fails with LILO Error L40
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:54:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am trying to get a Redhat 6.2 system booting with 2 disks in
> >RAID 1 configuration.
> >As you would probably expect, it does not work ;-)
> >
> >Here are some system details:
> >
> >- HP Netserver LPr
> >- 2 original HP disks of 9.1G - SCSI
> >- Redhat 6.2 "out of the box install"
> >
> >The first problem I encountered was the stock Redhat 6.2 LILO
> >(sorry, do not know version anymore) said :
> >"can't handle device 0x0901".
> >
> >I figured it was a more recent LILO that I needed.
> >So, I installed the latest from MetaLab, version 21.5-1.
> >
> >Now I get a LILO error when booting:
> >L40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40...
> >
> >This error code indicates a "seek error" according to the
> >LILO readme.
> >
> >I also tried to specify disk geometry as reported by the
> >power-on selftest screen as C/H/S=1024/64/32,
> >without positive result.
> >
> >This is my current lilo.conf file:
> >Note: /dev/md1 is my root, /dev/md0 is swap.
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >boot=/dev/md1
> >root=/dev/md1
> >map=/boot/map
> >install=/boot/boot.b
> >prompt
> >timeout=50
> >linear
> >default=linux
> >
> >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0smp
> > label=linux
> > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0smp.img
> > read-only
> > root=/dev/md1
> >
> >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> > label=linux-up
> > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img
> > read-only
> > root=/dev/md1
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >when running LILO the reply is:
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >boot = /dev/sda6, map = /boot/map.0806
> >Added linux *
> >Added linux-up
> >boot = /dev/sdb6, map = /boot/map.0816
> >Added linux *
> >Added linux-up
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Strangely enough, I did almost the same thing with 2 IDE disks on a
> >homebuilt system and it works flawlessly with LILO 21.5 (also had
> >to upgrade the standard Redhat 6.2 LILO version).
> >
> >Should I escalate this problem to the LILO maintainer(s) ?
> >
> >What is screwing me here BIOS, LILO, something else ?
> >Please advise on this issue.
> >
> >Many thanks in advance.
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >--
> > Johan Severeyns
> > R&D Engineer, Network Administrator
> > IDCS N.V.
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Before you buy.
>
> I would say that your problem may be the fact that your /boot is in
the RAID
> array. The problem is that the system doesn't know how to use the
array before
> the kernel is loaded. I use a /boot partition to get around this
problem. I
> do believe there is a way to do what you want, and there is (I
believe) a
> how-to at www.linuxdoc.org, but I have found that using a /boot
partition
> alieviates many problems, including this one.
> --
> 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 ;)
>
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I did exactly the same thing with 2 IDE drives.
The root partition containing /boot is also on a
RAID 1 volume. This one works and boots flawlessly.
Something wrong with my new Server/SCSI disks ?
Not very likely IMHO, since booting with floppy
(extremely slow) gives a perfectly good running
system.
Does anyone know where to contact
John Coffman (maintainer LILO) ?
There is no email address in the docs.
Thanks.
Best Regards,
JS.
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Before you buy.
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Very Slow scandisk and defrag
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:05:05 GMT
Hi,
I have Windows 98 and Red Hat Linux on the same disk, ( different
partitions of course )
THe problem is that I noticed that scandisk and defrag are running very Slow
to the point of not finishing.
How is this happening? How can I fix this problem?
Thanks
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux installation "how-to" Web sites?, and a coupla questions
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:14:21 GMT
Chris wrote:
> In order to work correctly (at least from what I've read and my own personal
> experience) Win98 MUST be on C. DOS 6 would probably be next (hopefully
> someone with more DOS experience can jump in here). Next would be your Linux
This is not entirely correct. I have my windows drive as the primary
slave....it takes a bit of manipulation (ie. switching addresses of the drives
in LILO when you want to boot Windows). However, for a newbie, it is certainly
easier to keep Windows on the primary master.
--
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher W. Aiken)
Subject: Re: Netscape Problem??
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:34:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In comp.os.linux.setup, untoxik wrote:
->has anyone ever gotten a socks error when trying to use netscape in linux.
->
->I verified that the box is connected to the internet....with kppp...
->
->I can ping outside addresses....
->but when i open up netscape....same thing....SOCKS ERROR
->Netscape is set up for dial up not network..
->
->can anyone help??
->
->thanks.
->
Do you have /etc/resolv.conf setup?
--
---
Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA
chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com
Preferred O/S: FreeBSD 4.1
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From: Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: In Sydney AUS, Daylight Saving Time in effect already ... glibc-2.1.3
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:41:52 +1000
Hi,
I think that Sydney Australia has entered Daylight Savings Time early
because of the Olympics. At any rate, my current locale for Sydney has
not noticed the change. Is there an updated locale for glibc-2.1.3
anywhere?
Cheers,
Chris
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: help ppp sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <...
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:23:28 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
I can connect etc.. but I am having router problems (I think).
Once connected I try to ping the nameserver 230.48.5.1 or anyother ip
and it just sits there doing nothing until I press ctr-c. Then it says
it lost 100% packets... etc
I have narrowed it down to the;
sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <
sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 <
rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 <
Can anyone help, please :|
Sep 6 00:55:53 localhost pppd[701]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid
0
Sep 6 00:55:54 localhost chat[702]: send (AT^M)
Sep 6 00:55:54 localhost chat[702]: expect (OK)
Sep 6 00:55:55 localhost chat[702]: AT^M^M
Sep 6 00:55:55 localhost chat[702]: OK
Sep 6 00:55:55 localhost chat[702]: -- got it
Sep 6 00:55:55 localhost chat[702]: send (ATDT85534300^M)
Sep 6 00:55:55 localhost chat[702]: expect (CONNECT)
Sep 6 00:55:55 localhost chat[702]: ^M
Sep 6 00:56:14 localhost chat[702]: ATDT85534300^M^M
Sep 6 00:56:14 localhost chat[702]: CONNECT
Sep 6 00:56:14 localhost chat[702]: -- got it
Sep 6 00:56:14 localhost chat[702]: send (\d)
Sep 6 00:56:15 localhost pppd[701]: Serial connection established.
Sep 6 00:56:15 localhost pppd[701]: Using interface ppp0
Sep 6 00:56:15 localhost pppd[701]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Sep 6 00:56:16 localhost pppd[701]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic
0xcd2751fb> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic
0xcd2751fb> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04
00 00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp> < 11
04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 90 17 04>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04
00 00> <asyncmap 0xa0000> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 90 17
04>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <magic
0xcd2751fb> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru
1524> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru
1524> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1
user="erc" password=<hidden>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr
0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate
15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1
<compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 203.48.5.2>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1
<compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 203.48.5.2>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 11 05
00 01 04>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 11 05
00 01 04>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr
203.48.5.225>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr
203.48.5.225> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 <deflate
15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x2]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x2 < 11 06
00 01 01 03>]
Sep 6 00:56:19 localhost pppd[701]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x2 < 11 06
00 01 01 03>]
Sep 6 00:56:20 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr
203.48.5.225> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Sep 6 00:56:20 localhost pppd[701]: local IP address 203.48.5.225
Sep 6 00:56:20 localhost pppd[701]: remote IP address 203.48.5.2
Sep 6 00:56:20 localhost pppd[701]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started
(pid 704)
Sep 6 00:56:20 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x2]
Sep 6 00:56:24 localhost pppd[701]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished
(pid 704), status = 0x0
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: Terminating on signal 15.
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started
(pid 747)
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User
request"]
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: Connection terminated.
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: Connect time 2.5 minutes.
Sep 6 00:58:44 localhost pppd[701]: Sent 3141 bytes, received 359
bytes.
Sep 6 00:58:45 localhost pppd[701]: Waiting for 1 child processes...
Sep 6 00:58:45 localhost pppd[701]: script /etc/ppp/ip-down, pid
747
Sep 6 00:58:46 localhost pppd[701]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished
(pid 747), status = 0x0
Sep 6 00:58:46 localhost pppd[701]: Exit.
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: @home cable modem setup
Date: 6 Sep 2000 13:28:01 GMT
Many (not all) RH users have a very frustrating time trying to wring
DHCP-assigned addresses out of the DHCP server using RH6.2's pump program.
The first thing you could try is to dump pump and run a good current
version of dhcpcd (as root) manually from a prompt after bootup. dhcpcd is
available from the usual archive sources (e.g. sunsite.unc.edu) and offers
all of its configuration options via the command line when invoked. As a
first try, just invoke it specifying the interface the cable modem is on
(e.g. dhcpcd eth0). This argument will prevent the daemon from probing all
interfaces and mucking up the wrong ones. dhcpcd should return you to a
prompt in a couple of seconds, whereupon ifconfig eth0 should show the
cable modem interface set up with its dhcp-assigned address and netmask.
There is also a web site with scads of Linux & cable modem info. Check:
http://www.cablemodeminfo.com/linbasics.x.html-ssi
Cheers,
--Kevin
In article <gNgt5.46183$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patrick OConnor wrote:
>hi,,
>I am having a frustrating problem setting up my @home cable modem w/ red-hat
>6.2.
>Windows works fine,,, all i do is setup the correct host name, and let dhcp
>do the rest....
>When i boot to linux i set the host name correctly and setup the same nic
>for dhcp... I never get an address from the dhcp server. I also tried to
>setup my address statically, but with no success.. anyone have any ideas on
>why this doesnt work....
>I really wanted to setup a linux router,,, i was hoping to stay away from
>windows from now on except for some games... please help
>
>
>**Linux convert in training
>
>Cloudnj
>
>
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From: SM McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: expired root password
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:34:51 GMT
Thanks, I will try that...of course I have to hunt for that rescue
disk.....
Steve
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"J.T. Wenting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> log in from a rescue disk, switch to a terminal and you will have
> passwordless root-access.
> The distro is not critical for this.
>
> "SM McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8oo9mm$el2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have Caldera Open Linux 2.2. The root password has expired. I have
> > tried starting linux in single user mode ( lilo - linux single ). I
> > cannot change the root password. I get this error when typing
> > the "passwd root" command :
> >
> > PAM_pwdb[260]: user (root/0) update failed; pwdb: another process
has
> > locked resource
> >
> > This system is not critical, but I have invested alot of time
> > configuring it over the last year. I prefer not to lose that
investment.
> >
> > SM McAllister
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Hymers)
Subject: Re: RH6.2 and kernel 2.2.16
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:50:02 GMT
>I did the upgrade just this week, and I had no problem at all. Are
>your CDs IDE or SCSI ? Are you accessing them trought the ide-scsi
>emulation or what ?
Both CDs are IDE (there is an HP CDReWriter on hdc and a normal 44x
ATAPI CDROM drive on hdd - I'm just setting them up both as readers
for now so I'm not using the ide-scsi emulation yet). I've just
finished downloading the 2.2.17 kernel so I'll try that. I'll post
here the results of this upgrade.
Mark
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From: Damian Counsell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Very Slow scandisk and defrag
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:58:57 +0100
John wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Windows 98 and Red Hat Linux on the same disk, ( different
> partitions of course )
>
> THe problem is that I noticed that scandisk and defrag are running very Slow
> to the point of not finishing.
>
> How is this happening? How can I fix this problem?
>
> Thanks
This is probably nothing to do with your having Linux installed. I suspect
that, since you first installed Windows, the number of programs installed which
are intermittently accessing your hard drive in the background has increased
and that these are causing ScanDisk and Defrag to restart every time the hard
disk contents change. When you want to scan your drive CTRL-ALT-DEL to get the
Task Manager up and kill a few of these background processes, e.g. virus
programs, MS Office indexers. After you have forced as many *non-essential*
processes as possible out of memory as you can *then* start your disk
housekeeping. Defrag and ScanDisk will run a hell of a lot faster if they
don't have to keep restarting.
all the best
Damian
--
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Institute of Cancer Research direct: +44 020 7878 3850
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 16:09:56 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a Gateway 633c with a 15 gig hard drive. I partition my hard drive
> into one 10 gig drive for windows and a empty 4 gig drive for linux.
> i tried to install Red Hat Linux 6.1 but when i tried to assign a root
> partition, it gave me an error message "Boot Partition too big." Is there
> any way to get around this, other than buying a new hard drive?
> Please help, thanx.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Yes, but are you sure you want to?
The installer is warning you that you will not be able to boot linux
in the current setup, because the PC BIOS cannot access data beyond
cylinder 1024 (I agree, the message isn't very clear). So the best
solution would be to create a small (~15 MB) partition below this
boundary (usually around 8 G), or be willing to boot from floppy
(temporarily) and update the linux loader (LILO) or continue to boot
from floppy. If you insist on creating the partitions and boot from
floppy, you'll need fdisk to partition the disc, 'cause the partitioner
UI from RH6.1 won't let you do this.
Eric
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