Linux-Setup Digest #568, Volume #19 Wed, 6 Sep 00 23:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Renaming mount points...possible?? ("John Mravunac")
Re: Renaming mount points...possible?? ("John Mravunac")
Re: super mounting not working ("ascii_superstar")
Re: Sorry guys, another X problem ("ascii_superstar")
i need to parttion (andrew cool)
Serial speed (Adrian Hicks)
Re: super mounting not working (John Travis)
Begginer questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: New linux setup. (Bit Twister)
VirtualHost disables main server!!! ("Devon Harding")
Mandrake 7.1 and Trident 3DImage975 AGP (Ken Williams)
HELP: XFree86 compilation woes. (johnny B)
Help YPDomain (Law Ka Hing)
Re: HELP! -- Grub tutorial? -- answer ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: Newsgroup Servers ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: linux boot problem ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: @home cable modem setup (Mike Walsted)
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Reply-To: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Renaming mount points...possible??
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:41:17 +1100
Thanks... that worked like a treat :)
One other issue now...the group squid owns the wrong partition as does the
news group. How do I define which user group has permisions on the
This is what they are like now:
drwxr-xr-x 52 squid news 4096 Sep 6 15:56 cache
drwxr-xr-x 5 news squid 1024 Aug 27 12:38 cache-nntp
This is what they should be like:
drwxr-xr-x 52 squid squid 4096 Sep 6 15:56 cache
drwxr-xr-x 5 news news 1024 Aug 27 12:38 cache-nntp
Help please :)
John :^)
"Manfred Bartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I've run into some trouble here at work...one of our proxy machines had
run
> > out of inodes. This seemed strange, so after some investigation I
noticed
> > that the person who had originally set up this machine had make a small
> > slip, which is now causing many troubles.
> >
> > This is how the system should have been set up:
> > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/md0 1.7G 991M 646M 61% /
> > /dev/hdc1 4.0G 1.7G 2.1G 45% /cache
> > /dev/hda7 200M 152M 25M 86% /cache-nntp
> > /dev/md1 194M 11M 173M 6% /var/log
> >
> > But instead this is how it actually was:
> > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/md0 1.7G 991M 646M 61% /
> > /dev/hdc1 200M 1.7G 2.1G 45% /cache
> > /dev/hda7 4.0G 152M 25M 86% /cache-nntp
> > /dev/md1 194M 11M 173M 6% /var/log
> >
> > The size of the two cache partitions have been swapped by accident (I'm
> > assuming).
>
> In your /etc/fstab you would have these lines:
> # <fs> <mnt pnt> <type> <options> <dump><pass>
> /dev/hdc1 /cache ext2 ? ? ?
> /dev/hda7 /cache-nntp ext2 ? ? ?
>
> change them to:
>
> /dev/hdc1 /cache-nntp ext2 ? ? ?
> /dev/hda7 /cache ext2 ? ? ?
>
> then stop nntpd and do:
> umount /dev/hdc1
> umount /dev/hda7
> mount /cache
> mount /cache-nntp
> check with:
> mount
> Then cross-move your files as appropriate, restart nntpd.
>
> If you have trouble unmounting, use ``lsof'' to check which apps have
> files open on those partitions.
>
> If the number of inodes is critical then you should consider making a
> new filesystem with ``mke2fs -T news'' (or specify a blocksize of
> 1024), but then you loose all files on that partition.
>
> HTH
> --
> Manfred Bartz
>
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Reply-To: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Renaming mount points...possible??
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:56:57 +1100
I've found it out myself, the good old:
chown squid /cache
and
cdgrp squid /cache
did it for me :)
"John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:PuBt5.13$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks... that worked like a treat :)
>
> One other issue now...the group squid owns the wrong partition as does the
> news group. How do I define which user group has permisions on the
>
> This is what they are like now:
> drwxr-xr-x 52 squid news 4096 Sep 6 15:56 cache
> drwxr-xr-x 5 news squid 1024 Aug 27 12:38 cache-nntp
>
> This is what they should be like:
> drwxr-xr-x 52 squid squid 4096 Sep 6 15:56 cache
> drwxr-xr-x 5 news news 1024 Aug 27 12:38 cache-nntp
>
> Help please :)
> John :^)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Manfred Bartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > I've run into some trouble here at work...one of our proxy machines
had
> run
> > > out of inodes. This seemed strange, so after some investigation I
> noticed
> > > that the person who had originally set up this machine had make a
small
> > > slip, which is now causing many troubles.
> > >
> > > This is how the system should have been set up:
> > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted
on
> > > /dev/md0 1.7G 991M 646M 61% /
> > > /dev/hdc1 4.0G 1.7G 2.1G 45% /cache
> > > /dev/hda7 200M 152M 25M 86% /cache-nntp
> > > /dev/md1 194M 11M 173M 6% /var/log
> > >
> > > But instead this is how it actually was:
> > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted
on
> > > /dev/md0 1.7G 991M 646M 61% /
> > > /dev/hdc1 200M 1.7G 2.1G 45% /cache
> > > /dev/hda7 4.0G 152M 25M 86%
/cache-nntp
> > > /dev/md1 194M 11M 173M 6% /var/log
> > >
> > > The size of the two cache partitions have been swapped by accident
(I'm
> > > assuming).
> >
> > In your /etc/fstab you would have these lines:
> > # <fs> <mnt pnt> <type> <options> <dump><pass>
> > /dev/hdc1 /cache ext2 ? ? ?
> > /dev/hda7 /cache-nntp ext2 ? ? ?
> >
> > change them to:
> >
> > /dev/hdc1 /cache-nntp ext2 ? ? ?
> > /dev/hda7 /cache ext2 ? ? ?
> >
> > then stop nntpd and do:
> > umount /dev/hdc1
> > umount /dev/hda7
> > mount /cache
> > mount /cache-nntp
> > check with:
> > mount
> > Then cross-move your files as appropriate, restart nntpd.
> >
> > If you have trouble unmounting, use ``lsof'' to check which apps have
> > files open on those partitions.
> >
> > If the number of inodes is critical then you should consider making a
> > new filesystem with ``mke2fs -T news'' (or specify a blocksize of
> > 1024), but then you loose all files on that partition.
> >
> > HTH
> > --
> > Manfred Bartz
> >
>
>
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: super mounting not working
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 02:00:13 +0100
I have included automount as a module in my new kernel.
I have checked and I have the file supermount.o in /lib/modules/2.2.17/fs
But if I place the supermount entries in the fstab file, it says "Disabling
Supermount" during boot up and the entries are removed.
I dont know quite what to do now.......
Its strange
Please help!
sergio
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Sorry guys, another X problem
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 02:08:07 +0100
I just though, why dont the drivers support 32 bit color!
Its a disgrace :-)
sergio
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (andrew cool)
Subject: i need to parttion
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:40:59 -0400 (EDT)
any tips? i'm told to use rom disc 3 with boot up disk wich is a floopy
but it won't read right.
2000
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Hicks)
Subject: Serial speed
Date: 7 Sep 2000 01:41:48 GMT
I've set up Redhat 6.2 as a basic dial-in server for PPP connections.
Currently it's working at the default port speed of 38400.
I've read plenty & subsequently set both the mgetty line in inittab and
done setserial spd_vhi to get 115200 but have not been able to connect
after making these changes. Set it back to 38400 and it works again.
Anybody know what I've missed?
Thanks.
Adrian Hicks.
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From: John Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: super mounting not working
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 01:46:38 GMT
In alt.os.linux.mandrake ascii_superstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have included automount as a module in my new kernel.
>I have checked and I have the file supermount.o in /lib/modules/2.2.17/fs
>But if I place the supermount entries in the fstab file, it says "Disabling
>Supermount" during boot up and the entries are removed.
>I dont know quite what to do now.......
>Its strange
Hmm... What happens if you "modprobe supermount?" Do you get any errors? If
not you can try adding supermount to /etc/modules so it is loaded at boot. Or
you can add "modprobe supermount" to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
jt
--
Debian GNU/Linux
Storm [Hail]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Begginer questions
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 01:58:39 GMT
Have a couple of questions for the experts here.
I pretty much have decided on Mandrake Linux 7.1 release, but...
a) should I pay the $50+ or downloaded it for free. What is the
difference in contents?
b) Which websites will allow me to download applications?
I am a systems engineer working in the flight simulation business, have
done C, C++ and MFC programming a couple of years back, and am wiling
and eager to dip myself into a few ongoing Linux projects.
Saying so, where can I find relevant information on such projects?
Is there any good book on Linux programming, ie, kernel, low-level
calls, exception handling, memory management, etc?
RRF
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New linux setup.
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 02:11:23 GMT
MAIL:
I did a Workstation Custom install with Pick Packages and made sure I
picked up the sendmail, netcfg, dhcp modules. I then edit
/etc/sendmail.cf and search for DS and put my ISP mail domain after it
Example:
DS grlnd.tx.home.com
after that I can do a
mail -s "subject text" someone@someware < some_file
or use netscape to mail messages.
DISK:
I sliced up mine with 4 gig partitons.
I installed the Delux 7.1 Mandrake. Used almost 3g because I loaded
just about everything (3 or 4 window mgrs, databses, staroffice,...).
LOGS:
/var/log/ is the location, just do a cat or more on each and look
in sub directories.
2'nd NIC:
You can set the module for the nic in linuxconf (DrakConf icon)
if the install does not pick it up.
FIREWALL:
Nothing but minmum apps are to be run on a firewall.
This built me a tight ipchain firewall rule set
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
I used DENY, hardcoded external addresses, logged everything.
As part of the instruction and if you read the script, it will
give several suggestions as to where you install the firewall
and turn on IP Masquerading.
You might want to read Armoring Linux
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html
and http://www.securityportal.com/lskb/articles/
and http://www.securityportal.com/lasg/
and http://www.cert.org/advisories/
COMPILING:
I did not have to compile anything.
>From what you have supplied, Playing with kernel is the last thing
you want to try. Please read everything about building the kernel.
Here is my make instructions.
Read the last four lines of this post, I'll wait ............
You can cd /usr/src/linux then run
make xconfig to save the current config
file to a safe place. make mrproper wipes out the config file.
It can be instructive just to click help on each item
just to find out how much you do not know.
Sorry I have not updated this or TRIED IT for 7.1 Mandrake
Read the last four lines of this post, I'll wait ............
# ------------ start of make.inst -----------------------------
# kernel make instructions Red Hat 6.0 linux 2.2.2-15 (133mh 64k mem IDE disk)
cd /usr/src/linux
make mrproper # rm .config's and stale *.o's [one time only]
make xconfig # see /usr/local/doc/xconfig.ans
make dep # set up make dependencies (15 seconds)
make clean # (2 seconds)
make bzImage # create a compressed kernel image (7min 24sec)
#
# install new image files
# and vmlinuz to MBR
cp System.map /boot/System.map_bzImage
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
lilo
cp /vmlinuz /dev/fd0 # create new rescue boot disk
#
# create modules, save old ones,
# install them and set dependencies
#
make modules # build loadable modules (16min 30sec)
make modules_install # (2 seconds)
/sbin/depmod -a # set module dependencies (1 second)
# ignore errors if this is the first build
/sbin/shutdown -r now # reboot system to see if it works
# and if it`s ok, then do the following:
/bin/rm /boot/System.map
ln -s /boot/System.map_bzImage /boot/System.map
/bin/rm /boot/vmlinuz
ln -s /boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
# ------------ end of make.inst ----------------------------------
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:53:24 GMT, Buschman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>OK I know this is long but any advice on any or all of these problems
>would be much appreciated. Basically, using Mandrake 6.1, I was able
>to get linux up and running and get telnet, ftp, pop, and web services
>running off of it.
>
>Now I want to wipe the machine and rebuild it with Mandrake 7.1. here
>are the issues I am dealing with.
>
>1) My pop services never ran 100% under 6.1. It would send but not
>all the time. I never had any problem popping the machine to receive
>mail, but trying to send proved unreliable at best. I installed the
>RPM package popt-1.3-2mdk. My inetd.conf entry looks like this:
>
>pop-3 stream tcp nowait uucp /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d
>
>I do not know how to use logs to find out what is happening. I don't
>know how to start them or where they are being stored. Any
>suggestions about logging or advise specific to my setup would be
>helpful.
>
>2) Currently I am running off of a 2 GB hda1 and a 1GB hdb1. I don't
>think I am using the hdb1 drive at all. What I want to do is replace
>that 1 GB drive with an 8 GB drive or higher. What filing system
>should I use for 8 GB drives and higher? Can I use the DOS format? I
>know about the 8.3 rule. That does suck, is there a system that will
>be better and not limit me to 8.3 filenames?
>
> I would like to store all the web files on the 8 GB drive as well as
>the e-mail files if that's possible. I read somewhere that I have to
>make the 2 GB drive the / (root) drive and make my 8 GB the /home.
>
>Is this right? Is this something I want to do during the 7.1 setup?
>Is it just that simple? Then linux will start storing usr info on the
>8 GB drive instead of the 2 GB drive?
>
>3) I wanted to experiment with IP Masquerading. I am planning on
>installing the second NIC card(identical to the first) right before I
>install 7.1. Now I have been told that I need to unload the source
>code of the kernel to the hard drive, then alter it, then recompile
>it.
>
>This sounds super difficult. Granted I am going to ghost the disk
>before messing with the kernel. But I need advice about unloading the
>source code, recompiling it, and then tricks to get IP Masq working.
>I have done lots of reading about it, but I still feel fuzzy on how
>the kernel works and what effect my alterations will have. By the
>way, I am not considering dynamic or static masq'ing. I just want to
>be able to run all my internal machines off of one IP address. I
>don't care about pinging or any of that. I just want one machine that
>does all my unix needs(i.e. firewall, ip masq, telnet, ftp, pop,
>e-mail, web server)
>
>
>
>I know this is a bunch of shit to read but I truely appreciate your
>help. Anyone that is able to help me out is granted an open invite to
>a beer on me if they are ever in the DC/MD area ;)
>
>Buschman
>
>How easy would it be to make this machine a legitimate firewall? Can
>a firewall also be a web/telnet/e-mail/pop server?
--
The warranty and liability expired as you read this message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: VirtualHost disables main server!!!
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:18:51 -0400
When I enable VirtualHost in httpd.conf, request to the main site is being
redirected to the VirtualHost site. I have to create another VirtualHost
for the main site. Take a look at my httpd.conf:
Note: I have to use dns name for NameVirtualHost because the adapter on that
ip is obtained by dhcp
### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
#
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them.
# Please see the documentation at <URL:http://www.apache.org/docs/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
#
# If you want to use name-based virtual hosts you need to define at
# least one IP address (and port number) for them.
#
#NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80
NameVirtualHost venus.domain.com
#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
#
#<VirtualHost ip.address.of.host.some_domain.com>
# ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.some_domain.com
# ServerName host.some_domain.com
# ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error_log
# CustomLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access_log common
#</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost _default_:*>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost venus.domain.com>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ServerName siresol.domain.com
DocumentRoot /www/docs/siresol.domain.com
ErrorLog logs/siresol.domain.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/siresol.domain.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost venus.onedesigns.com>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /home/httpd/html
</VirtualHost>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Subject: Mandrake 7.1 and Trident 3DImage975 AGP
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 02:31:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Folks,
I sure hope someone can help with this. I'm trying to use Mandrake
7.1 with a Trident 3DImage975 AGP video card with 4 MB. My Monitor's
a CTX PL-7a and I can't find a configuration that will work. It
should work if I select the video card and set the monitor to high
frequency SVGA 1024 X 768 at 70 Hz (actually it should be able to do
better than that). This comes out outside the monitor's frequency
range.
Anyone else solved this problem? Is there an update?
Thanks,
Ken Williams
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 05:03:53 +0200
From: johnny B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: HELP: XFree86 compilation woes.
hi
i've downloaded XFree86 version 4.01 and i'm trying to compile it. I
keep getting errors similar to the following:
===================================================
gcc -c -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -ansi -pedantic -Wall
-Wpointer-arith -I../.. -I../../exports/include -Dlinux -D__i386__
-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE
-D_SVID_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DX_LOCALE -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO
-DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -DMALLOC_0_RETURNS_NULL
-DHAS_SNPRINTF -DLIBX11 -fPIC LabGcLC.c
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h: In function `__signbitf':
In file included from /usr/include/math.h:348,
from LabGcLC.c:37:
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:117: warning: ANSI C forbids specifying
structure member to initialize
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:117: initializer element for `__u.__f' is
not computable at load time
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h: In function `__signbit':
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:122: warning: ANSI C forbids specifying
structure member to initialize
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:122: initializer element for `__u.__d' is
not computable at load time
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h: In function `__signbitl':
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:127: warning: ANSI C forbids specifying
structure member to initialize
/usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:127: initializer element for `__u.__l' is
not computable at load time
make[4]: *** [LabGcLC.o] Error 1
===================================================
All the errors seem to stem from mathinline.h. what can i do about this?
i've read the documentation. it says that it's preferable not to use GNU
make, as, and ld. Could this be the problem? If it is, what other
versions of make, as and ld can i get? (ie non GNU versions)
thanks
ali
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From: Law Ka Hing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help YPDomain
Date: 7 Sep 2000 02:50:48 GMT
I have a linux(suse) server and a unix(irix) server running on a network.
Recently the linux server keeps giving warning message "YPDomain not
found". And finally the unix server got hang up as well. After reboot
both servers, everything seems fine. The linux server can map path
exported by unix server, user list etc.
How do i prevent this in future? It has happen few times already.
which file should i checked ??
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: HELP! -- Grub tutorial? -- answer
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:50:49 -0400
"Edward A. Falk" wrote:
>
> In article <8p41v1$11en$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Edward A. Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi all; yesterday I tried to remove Caldera technology preview from
> >my system and install redhat. The redhat install aborted (my
> >mistake) and now when I reboot I get this "grub" prompt and can't
> >get any further.
>
> A bit more web browsing found the answer. The commands I was
> looking for were:
>
> chainloader (hd0,0)+1
> boot
>
> My, how very obvious. Not.
>
> At least I got my machine back up, with another OS installed now.
>
> Between the eight-hour install procedure, and this POS booter,
> and the broken x86 config, I'm never touching Caldera again.
Perhaps if you had bothered to read all of the documentation before
plunging in you wouldn't have run into these problems in the first
place.
You were most certainly doing ALOT wrong if it took 8 hours to install
COL. I've done it many times and the longest that it ever took was an
hour on an old 486 with 32MB of RAM.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with GRUB, its just not LILO. Don't
read the docs, which you ended up finding when you made the effort, and
of course its confusing as all hell.
I haven't the foggiest clue what you seem to think is broken with
xf86config, XF86Setup or lizardx. They all work as advertised, assuming
that you know what it is you're trying to do. The first 2 are standard
with ALL linux distro's that use XFree86 for an X server, so you'll
never escape them if you plan to use linux again.
So, it seems that the biggest problem here is between the keyboard &
chair. Maybe you should try Corel Linux. I hear that they've dumbed it
down enough to the point where its just about as inflexible and
miserable to use as M$ windoze.
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newsgroup Servers
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:54:18 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am looking for a newsgroup server for running an internal (within our
> org) newsgroup.
> We are especially interested in the following
> features:
> 1. Ability to support 2000 - 3000 users.
> 2. Web based access.
> 3. Ability to include attachments (such as word doc, gif file)
> 4. Costs less than $2500.00.
> 5. Ability to run on Windows NT/Solaris/Linux.
>
> Could anyone please suggest a few products to try?
>
> Is DNEWS server a good choice?
Are you looking for a server or a client?? Certainly you don't want a
news server installed on 3 different OS's simultaneously do you?
One of the best NNTP servers is inn, and its 100% free.
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux boot problem
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:56:28 -0400
You have to specify the location of / not any other directory or
partition. Thus, sdb5 is invalid as that's not where / exists.
Marble Head wrote:
>
> Can anybody tell me why the kernel would panic, saying "init not found,
> try using init="
>
> I am able to boot without trouble, using "root=/dev/sdb1" but when I try
> using "root=/dev/sdb5" the problem happens.
>
> /dev/sdb5 does contain /bin /etc /sbin and /dev, so the files /sbin/init
> and /sbin/telinit definitely exist. specifying the boot option
> "init=/sbin/init" makes no difference.
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From: Mike Walsted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: @home cable modem setup
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 03:04:06 GMT
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000, 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 may have sent this out already, but here goes: My cable installer said that
although the ip address is technically a dynamic address, it never changes.
The result is you can set the computer up with an assigned address instead of a
dynamic address.
>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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