Linux-Setup Digest #596, Volume #19 Sun, 10 Sep 00 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: What is the maximum swap space? Max RAM? (Hal Burgiss)
Second Try:Install Linux on IBM Netvista S40? (Ben Klausner)
Re: What is the maximum swap space? Max RAM? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Davicom drivers and Mandrake (redhat) linux ??? (Michael Perry)
Re: ACCESS TO THE INTERNET THROUGH WINDOWS 98 (Mike Walsted)
Kernel question (Greg Goossens)
Re: My Lan card can't determinie IP information (Ermanno Sartori)
Re: how to configure PPP ("Jack Kessler")
Re: @home NIC install/config (pm)
Re: Help with booting mandrake7 (aj)
Re: triple boot possible? (Rod Smith)
Re: triple boot possible? (Rod Smith)
XFree86 4.01& i810 ("Filip Atanassov")
RAID problem - md version? ("Daniel Foster")
Re: how to configure PPP (Bill Unruh)
Boot disk from a GNU version CD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ed: command not found -- Help (Gerardo Rincon)
Re: X Server trouble (Norman Levin)
Re: What are all these daemons in run level? (Norman Levin)
Re: Boot disk from a GNU version CD ("Christopher A. Stevens")
ReiserFS and new kernels? (Justin M Ward)
Serial port problem (Slava Shklyar)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What is the maximum swap space? Max RAM?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:18:54 GMT
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:09:41 GMT, Arctic Storm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the maximum swap space? Max RAM?
>There are many web sites, including RedHat, that seems to imply that the
>maximum swap space is 128 MB. They never say that it cannot be larger than
>128 MB; they simply say that it can handle up 128 MB of swap space.
>I have 194 MB RAM, and I'm under the impression that larger the swap space,
>the better, so I chose 384 MB of swap space (2x RAM). My RedHat Linux 6.2
>runs without problems, but is this an overkill, or, is there something wrong
>that I'm not aware of?
See the mkswap man page. Depends on kernel version and mkswap version.
This is what the confusion is over. It used to be 128M, but now is 2G
IIRC. As to how much you need, it depends on what you do, and how long
you do it. X seems like it eats swap here. After 3 or 4 weeks, I restart
X to reclaim some swap. What you are doing sounds like a reasonable
starting point. Watch the swap and if you get close to maxing it out,
add more. If you never get close to maxing it out, you could cut back if
you wanted.
>By the way, what's the maximum RAM supported by RedHat Linux 6.2?
>Thanks,...
2G IIRC. There are patches around that go up to 64G.
--
Hal B
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From: Ben Klausner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Second Try:Install Linux on IBM Netvista S40?
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:08:32 GMT
Tried this once before, but got no responses:
> Trying to install Linux on an IBM NetVista S40. Tried RedHat 6.1,
> Mandrake 7.1, Debian, and Storm, but none could complete booting from
> the CD.
>
> According to one of the IBM web pages, several distributions are
> supposedly supported, see
>
http://www.pc.ibm.com/europe/europeglobalnetvista/netvista_s40_the_tools
> _you_nee.html. But there is no indication of special drivers, hints,
or
> anything else.
>
> Has anyone solved this? Suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ben Klausner
> Redmond, WA
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
--
Ben Klausner
Redmond, WA
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: What is the maximum swap space? Max RAM?
Date: 10 Sep 2000 22:18:46 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What is the maximum swap space? Max RAM?
: There are many web sites, including RedHat, that seems to imply that the
: maximum swap space is 128 MB. They never say that it cannot be larger than
: 128 MB; they simply say that it can handle up 128 MB of swap space.
They probably don't even say that. They should be telling you that that
WAS the maximum for a SINGLE swap file or partition back in the 2.0.*
days. Nothing stopped you having more than one back then.
: I have 194 MB RAM, and I'm under the impression that larger the swap space,
: the better, so I chose 384 MB of swap space (2x RAM). My RedHat Linux 6.2
Umm, well, actually, it's not.
: runs without problems, but is this an overkill, or, is there something wrong
It's an overkill. You should be quite happy with 96MB of swap, and
194MB to be completely safe. You see, you don't want to use swap
except to hold things that you don't want to use. So the "optimum"
for your system is to have none at all, and to always kill stuff you
don't want to use instead of suspending it.
: that I'm not aware of?
: By the way, what's the maximum RAM supported by RedHat Linux 6.2?
Read mem.txt in the kernel Documentation directory and find out. Or
simply compile a kernel and read the help for the memory splits available
in make config.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Davicom drivers and Mandrake (redhat) linux ???
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 14:36:02 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 17:43:25 +0100, David Yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You will find the driver and full instructions on the CD that came with
>the motherboard.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Dave.
>
>
>peter wrote:
>
>> I'm using Mandrake 7.1 and everyone is saying that the Davicom lan
>> (dm9102) on my Amptron 599lmr (PCCHIPS) should be auto-detected...and
>> that it can also be setup with netconf, the only problem I have with
>> the netconf command is that I don't know what the name of the driver
>> is, the file is "dmfe" but nothing like that is listed in the Kernel
>> Module setting.
>>
>> Can someone help me setup this lan, step by step.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter
>
My issue with my motherboard with an integrated davicom card is that the
drivers are way old! On my redhat 6.2 box, all I did was to use linuxconf
to basically add a line to /etc/conf.modules which says "alias eth0 dmfe".
This produced a working eth0 for me on the next reboot. The drivers which I
found with redhat 6.2, installed as modules, were much newer than the ones
which came on cd. In fact, the cd drivers would not even install on a 2.2
kernel.
Try simply writing an alias command in /etc/conf.modules like "alias eth0
dmfe".
--
Michael Perry
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From: Mike Walsted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ACCESS TO THE INTERNET THROUGH WINDOWS 98
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:57:28 GMT
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, Sany Sam wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I had 2 computers. One of them has windows 98 installed and has access
>to the internet through modem-cable. Another one has redhat linux 6.1
>installed and want to connect to windows 98 and want to have access to
>the internet through windows 98. I tried to make it work for the last 3
>days. Any help or hint for this problem will be very appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
>Sany
Try proxy from AnalogX at
http://www.analogx.com
It was real easy to set up.
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From: Greg Goossens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat
Subject: Kernel question
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:40:12 +1000
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I have a question regarding a problem I have that I need to find a
simple solution for I am hoping that someone has a neat workaround for
this.
I need to setup an IBM Netfinity 6000 with Redhat 6.2 but the kernel in
the ISO image I have is a 2.2.14 kernel and the only kernel that
supports the RAID adapter is a 2.2.16-3 kernel. I can install redhat
using the device driver provided from IBM but when I reboot after the
initial install the system hangs. As I have said IBM say I need the
2.2.16-3 kernel.
Is the solution as simple as getting another release of redhat that has
the correct kernel in the original install (if possible ) or do I have
to build a redhat install on another disk upgrade that kernel and
somehow move the entire load to another disk using dd of a similar util.
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From: Ermanno Sartori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: My Lan card can't determinie IP information
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 01:32:30 +0200
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You have to check in /var/log/messages if device eth0 was succesfully
installed
at boot time.
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From: "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: how to configure PPP
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:00:08 -0700
That certainly is the conventional wisdom and all the right buzzwords and
credentials. Yet connecting to an ISP in Windows consists of clicking on an
icon, entering a phone number, and when prompted, one's username and
password, and it works every time. In Linux one follows Unruh's 16 page
HOW-TO line by line and may or may not get connected. (In my case still
not.) By contrast, Linux has several busy newsgroups devoted to frustrated
users trying unsuccessfully to connect. Sneering at paperclips does not
make unfriendly software better than software that is easy to use. Is an
operating system that puts users like Nishat Shah through "a nightmare" in
order to use it, really all that useful?
Do you think it is an accident that Red Hat has to provide 30 days of
installation support with each copy of its OS and Microsoft doesn't?
William Palfreman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Nishat Shah wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have recently installed linux and ppp was a nightmare until I
discovered
> > RH ppp dialer it somehow automatically configures everything for u (some
> > geeks may not like this). Using linuxconf and several of the other ppp
tools
> > got me nowhere.
> >
> > I would like to point out that I was given linux to install on my new PC
at
> > home as an alternative to Win 98 and so far I'm not impressed with what
I
> > see from the user friendliness point of view. There may be a lot of
> > undiscovered features and benefits that Linux has to offer.
>
>
> You may not be impressed. Linux is a fully featured UNIX operating system
> with pre-emptive multitasking, complete POSIX compliance and industrial
> strength stability. It has no talking paperclip. You will also find there
> is a bit of a shortage of anti-virus software. This may be have something
> to do with there not having been a virus found in the wild since 1988,
> three years before Linux came into existence. At the end of the day it is
> a trade off between paperclips and usefulness.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Redhat-ppp-list mailing list
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From: pm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: @home NIC install/config
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:06:03 GMT
check conf.modules to see if you have alias and options for ethX. If its
there your card should be working. In redhat theres an xwindows proggy
called netcfg that shows all the network cards and their status, dunno if
this is normal for all flavours of linux or not, might want to see if its
on your system.
btw: My @Home DHCP server requires me to change the ifup-eth0
HOSTNAME=xxxx entry to DHCP_HOSTNAME=xxxxx before it'll work. Oh and also
it initially had my hostname and domain which the dhcp server didn't
recognize. Had to erase the domain portion.
Carlos Hernandez Fisher wrote:
> Just got Corel Linux installed a few days ago, but haven't made any
> headway getting my @home internet connection to work. I've gone
> through Corel's Control Center and set all the host name, subnet
> masks, DNS addresses, etc using the data I could glean from my W98
> setup through winipcfg, and I've tried running both with DHCP and
> static IPs, but nothing works.
>
> I'm left wondering whether my NIC is even setup and installed properly
> for Linux. Under Windows the card is listed as "NDC 10/100 Fast
> Ethernet PCI Adapter (MX-A) [MX987x5]". How would I go about checking
> if Linux is even "seeing" my card and installing the proper drivers in
> the event that it isn't.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> chf.
>
> PS As long as I'm here, is there any way to get NumLock to stay on
> after I reboot. I know it's a tiny thing, but it's annoying when I go
> to type out an IP address and find the damn thing's been turned off.
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 18:22:07 -0600
From: aj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with booting mandrake7
Sarah Morgan wrote:
> Hi
> i am using mandrake7 and win 95 wiith system commander2000 to dual boot.
> everything was fine until i installed a cd writer,now i cant boot linux.
> it starts phase1 then stops with no errors or nothing,just stops.
> ive tried uninstalling sys commander & reinstalling but its the same :-(
>
> Any ideas?
>
> sarah
Have you just installed your cd writer( put in your box)? If so remove it
from your system, set it up they way you had it before you installed the cd
writer. If it boots, then you may have set the slave/master pins incorrectly,
or you may of installed the cd writer on the IDE (I am assuming) port where
the drive that held your root patrician. Example on boot the computer is
looking for the root file system on /dev/hda but you may of accidentally moved
it to your second port of the primary IDE controller so the root file system
is know on the /dev/hdb device.
Good luck
Aaron
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: triple boot possible?
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:26:21 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <FETu5.4135$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Andy,
> Your solution seems to contradict the "official instructions" by RedHat.
> According to RedHat, you *must not* place the LILO in the MBR. Here's a
> direct quote from RedHat regarding WinNT/Linux installation.
> "install LILO on the first sector of the root partition, not the MBR"
The sentence you quote can be interpreted in many ways, most much less
dire than your "must not" interpretation. Chances are it's meant as
advice to head off problems down the road, because some Microsoft OSs
have the nasty habit of re-writing the MBR when they install
themselves. Therefore, if you need to re-install a Microsoft OS and
have LILO on the MBR, you'll find yourself unable to boot Linux. This
problem can be easily overcome if you've got a Linux boot floppy, but
it's a bit of a nuisance.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: triple boot possible?
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:33:12 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <f9Ru5.3404$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I already know that dual boot is possible.
> Is triple boot possible?
> Windows 2000, Windows 98 SE, and RedHat Linux 6.2.
> Has anyone actually tried triple boot?
> What are some issues that I need to deal with?
Triple booting isn't a real problem. It's probably best to install in
the order Win98-Win2K-RH. I recommend putting Win98 and Win2K each on
its own primary partition. Linux can then go on logical partitions. Be
sure all the OSs' boot partitions fall entirely below the 1024-cylinder
limit (usually about 8GB); although there are ways around this limit,
some may not work "out of the box." There are also scads of other
optimization and cross-OS configuration issues, but little that's
likely to stop you dead in your tracks or damage your data if you don't
know about it ahead of time. If you want it all in one place, you might
want to check out my book, _The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook_,
http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/. FWIW, I provide a description in
that book of a system that boots *EIGHT* OSs (counting two different
Linux distributions as two OSs).
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Filip Atanassov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 4.01& i810
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:43:48 GMT
Hi, did someone managed to make the XFree86 4.01 working with the Intel 815
chipset? Are there any tricks ;-)
Regards,
Filip
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From: "Daniel Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID problem - md version?
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:13:53 +0100
I'm trying to set up a RAID-LINEAR array, and have my raidtab as
follows:
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level linear
nr-raid-disks 3
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/hda3
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hdb1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/hdc1
raid-disk 2
When I run 'mkraid /dev/md0' I get the error message:
'cannot determine md version: No such file or directory'
Which means nothing to me. I had a look in /dev and there were no md
devices, so I did 'mknod -m 600 b 9 0' which I found off a search on
Google. I still get the same error though. Any ideas?
--
I will never cease to be amazed by the human capacity for hyperbole.
- Data
Daniel Foster - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: how to configure PPP
Date: 11 Sep 2000 01:40:02 GMT
In <8ph763$5uu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]That certainly is the conventional wisdom and all the right buzzwords and
]credentials. Yet connecting to an ISP in Windows consists of clicking on an
]icon, entering a phone number, and when prompted, one's username and
]password, and it works every time. In Linux one follows Unruh's 16 page
]HOW-TO line by line and may or may not get connected. (In my case still
]not.) By contrast, Linux has several busy newsgroups devoted to frustrated
]users trying unsuccessfully to connect. Sneering at paperclips does not
]make unfriendly software better than software that is easy to use. Is an
]operating system that puts users like Nishat Shah through "a nightmare" in
]order to use it, really all that useful?
I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. MS connects like that because ISPs
spend hours making sure that Windows will connect to their systems--
giving away programs to do it to the customers if necessary. Those same
ISPs will then set up their systems so that connecting with Linux is
made as difficult as possible, usually through incompetence. In the
Linux case you are on your own. In the Windows case, the ISP will bust
their asses if if does not work. Ie, it is not the software that is
unfriendly, it is the ISPs in general. Thousands connect with Linux with
no trouble and never read my "16 page article". A few keep running into
connectivity roadblocks set up by their ISP.
]Do you think it is an accident that Red Hat has to provide 30 days of
]installation support with each copy of its OS and Microsoft doesn't?
Interesting point of view. I assume that you refuse to buy a car with a
warentee as well as they are obviously worse than cars with no warentee?
And did you install your own Windows or did you buy it ready installed.
have you ever talked to your neighbourhood computer maker whenever a new
version of Windows comes out, to see how easy Windows is to install? And
what their feelings are about MS refusing to support their OS, but
rather dumping it all back on the installer? Maybe you should do so.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Boot disk from a GNU version CD
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 01:34:24 GMT
I've got an old 386 that I want to upgrade
from Redhat 5.2 to Redhat 6.2.
However, the Redhat 6.2 is GNU CD without a floppy
to boot from.
The 386 has no option in BIOS to boot from
CD.
I tried this:
mkfs /dev/fd0
mount /dev/fd0
dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/boot.img of=/mnt/floppy/.
I get a response that the floppy is full and cannot
write the whole boot.img
What am I doing wrong?
Is there a better way to do this?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:36:15 -0400
From: Gerardo Rincon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ed: command not found -- Help
I am trying to install Acrobat Reader. I un-tar the file and launch the
install by typing ./INSTALL, and everything goes OK until a ponit where
I get:
./INSTALL: ed: command not found
ERROR installing /usr/local/acrobat4/bin/acroread
It looks like my Linux does not understand the command ed
I have Mandrake 7.1 2.2.16-9 mdk
What do I do now?
Thank you,
Gerardo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 15:05:04 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: X Server trouble
Stephanes St-Pierre wrote:
>
> Hi ! guys a just installed linuxPPC 1999. It's a reinstall on a brand
> new quantum fireball 15gig ls.
> So I did a full install. Everythings went alright but a can't get
> Xwindow to serve me.
> As I login as root, didn't try any other user login'in - anyway - I got
> this message :
>
> execue failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
>
> X11TransSocketUNIXConnect:
> can't connect : errno=111
> giving up
> xinit : Connection refused (errno 111)
> unable to connect to X Server
> xinit : No such process (errno3):
> Server error
>
> end of messages.
> Have any clue?
> I haven't changed anything so far execpt :
>
> last line of inittab :
> "x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon"
> config the PREF in Xclients :
> I wrote for GNOME "gnome-session"
> changed the mod for 755
> X starts at runlevel 5
** why the hell do people think the natural state of things
is X? After reading these groups, doesn't anybody every LEARN
that getting X is akin to a black art? And you ONLY get X running
after you tested it out? You do NOT install and have X as you login
process. You login at a tty 0 (say /dev/tty1) and then you stry
'startx'. And from there, you get yourself into trouble. Anything
else shows either great faith, or stupity. I am NOT picking you. Your
append was just a classic. BTW - I make NO pretense to being able to
solve your problem. But I certainly know how to NOT get into that
problem in the first place. So, try at the lilo prompt, "linux single"
and fix your /etc/inittab to so you come up to run level 3. Then play
games with X. Never screw around with X at a sensitive, crucial time like
boot time.
e
--
Norman Levin
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 15:10:31 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What are all these daemons in run level?
"Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
>
> Forgive this extremely nebulous question....but....
>
> I recently upgraded to Red Hat 6.2 (from 6.1) on my ADM K6-2/500 (128
> Megs of RAM) and noticed that the bootup sequence shows quite a number
> of daemons starting up. Being a Linux Novice I just stare at it with
> the same level of understanding as a cat has when the owner is screaming
> at it to stop scratching the furniture.
>
> I examined the scripts in the /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory and read the
> some of the corresponding man's and although some of the processes seem
> necessary, I can't figure out why I need others. If someone could list
> all of the possible services that can be brought up at boot up, along
> with why you'd need them....just kidding.
** hey, don't kid. This is an excellent question. In fact, in the Red Hat
/etc/inittab, it says that runlevel 4 is NOT used. Any idiot can see that
there are a variety of processes that ARE brought up in runlevel 4. How
the hell does red hat get away with blatant MIS-documentation?
How about there book for 6.1 that still talks about a kernel deamon?
Or there screw up on page area size? I worked for IBM for year, and this
sloppiness and inaccuracy would never be permitted.
> However, if there is a really
> good website geared for Newbies describing what things you need at
> bootup, etc., I'd appreciate the location.
>
> --
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Norman Levin
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From: "Christopher A. Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot disk from a GNU version CD
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:03:36 -0400
I take it you are trying to create a boot and/or root floppy. The
*.img files are a complete binary "image" of the floppy. You don't copy
these to a file system. Instead do this.
Put floppy in drive, but do not mount it.
Then do dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=18k
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8phcr0$qpd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got an old 386 that I want to upgrade
> from Redhat 5.2 to Redhat 6.2.
> However, the Redhat 6.2 is GNU CD without a floppy
> to boot from.
> The 386 has no option in BIOS to boot from
> CD.
>
> I tried this:
> mkfs /dev/fd0
> mount /dev/fd0
> dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/boot.img of=/mnt/floppy/.
>
> I get a response that the floppy is full and cannot
> write the whole boot.img
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> Is there a better way to do this?
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Justin M Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ReiserFS and new kernels?
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:04:14 -0400
OK. So I got SuSE 6.4 the week it came out in the states, and I've been
pretty happy with things. I decided I'd go cutting edge and have my main
filesystems (/usr, /var, /tmp, basically everything but the very root)
ReiserFS instead of ext2. Everything's great.
Now I'm trying to grab a new kernel. And lo and behold, there's no
ReiserFS support.
Does this mean I'm basically at the mercy of SuSE to release their own new
kernels, lest I want to redo my filesystems? Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance
Justin
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From: Slava Shklyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Serial port problem
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 04:34:08 +0200
Hi,
I have USR 56k Internal PCI modem under Redhat 6.1.
/etc/rc.d/*rc.serial:
setserial /dev/ttyS1 port 0xe800 irq 10 baud_base 115200 uart 16550A
autoconfig spd_vhi
stty -ixon crtscts line 115200 < /dev/modem
So, after startup i can connect, but get only 19200 bps, when under
another OS (win98/NT) i able to connect on 45333 bps.
Maybe i have any mistake in rc.serial ? Or maybe it's not serial port
problem and something asle ?
Thank you,
Slava Shklyar.
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