Linux-Setup Digest #627, Volume #19 Fri, 15 Sep 00 14:13:15 EDT
Contents:
sb.o in 2.4.0test8 (Alex Deucher)
Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux? ("Tom Tracey")
Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux? ("Andreas Vogel")
Re: Apache and Samba on Redhat Linux 6.2 (Martin)
help config eth0 AE-200PNP-C (Peter Bismuti)
Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux? (Rod Smith)
Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid (Richard Rogers)
Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs? (Tristan White)
Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs? (Tristan White)
Re: tape problem - Cannot detect End of Tape (Jonathan)
LILO and Win 2000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Specific ppp problem (Richard Fox)
Re: suexec wrapper (Wayne Pollock)
Re: IP Difficulties. Long live linux gurus! (Bill Unruh)
partition table and df don't match? (Ken Siersma)
Setting up cable modem and DHCP internet access ("Luc Van Bogaert")
Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition (Duncan Cameron)
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:13:20 -0400
From: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: sb.o in 2.4.0test8
Is support for the soundblaster 16 broken in 2.4.0test7/8. Whether I
compile sb support into the kernel or as a module, it always fails to
load. I have a non-pnp genuine soundblaster 16. The module always
fails to load saying that I specified the wrong io/irq/etc. The
parameters are correct though. The module loads fine with 2.3.99preX
kernels and 2.2 kernels. Has there been a change to the 2.4 kernels
that requires some special configuration for sound, or a change to the
modules.conf? If I compile sb support into the kernel and specify the
parameters to the kernel it also fails to detect the card.
I'm using modutils 2.3.16. I updated from 2.3.15 because 2.3.15 had
trouble finding the dependencies for usb modules. everything else works
fine.
Any thoughts?
Alex
Please send responses to me directly as I'm not subscribed to this
group. Thanks.
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From: "Tom Tracey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:19:16 GMT
In article <8psaq1$oe4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thursday, September 14, 2000 10:07
PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello!
I would agree with the previous (following!) comments, with one caution.
Please be sure you understan what Linux uses for naming conventions. They
are different than DOS / Windows and can be confusing to a first time
installer...
Linux will recognize your system configuration and may or may not fully
implement your Windows drive as a drive under Linux. I would recommend that
you read up a little on mount points so you understand how to configure your
system. Also, you may wnat to read ypo on partitioning as well. You can
find sources on http://www.linuxnewbies.org that should be able to help you...
Hope it helps!
Tom...
> Hi !
>
> Linux has a good multi-boot option. Ie, proceed with your RedHat
> installation, ( install linux on the 5GB part ). It automatically detects
> your Win98 Partition and even provides you a chouce to boot which OS first(
> if you do not press any key during boot).
>
> Ram Prasad
>
> In article <8pomou$f7o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I have Win98 SE running on my C: drive (Fat32).
>>
>> I want to install Linux (RH6.2) on my empty 5GB D: drive
>> (currently formatted as Fat32). I will be using a RH6.2
>> boot install CD that I downloaded from RedHat.
>>
>> I am new to Linux. What steps do I need to take to set up this multiboot?
>> Will RH6.2 take care of it for me?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
>>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
--
Tom Tracey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <=- Remove the NOSPAM to reply via E-Mail!
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From: "Andreas Vogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux?
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:38:34 +0200
Reply-To: "Andreas Vogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8pomou$f7o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have Win98 SE running on my C: drive (Fat32).
>
> I want to install Linux (RH6.2) on my empty 5GB D: drive
> (currently formatted as Fat32). I will be using a RH6.2
> boot install CD that I downloaded from RedHat.
>
> I am new to Linux. What steps do I need to take to set up
> this multiboot? Will RH6.2 take care of it for me?
1. Shrink partition size of C:\ to an appropriate value and install Windows.
2. During installation of Linux create partitions for /boot, /, and /swap
3. lilo, the linux boot loader, will boot windows or linux on demand.
Have fun
Andreas
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From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache and Samba on Redhat Linux 6.2
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:43:23 -0500
Do a web search for how-to. There is very good linux how-to......* surf'n *
I remember when you could do a search for how to and get 101 links to linux
how-to sections but now its just cluttered with junk :( Here are a couple of
sites to check the first one is probably your best bet I threw the second one
in for good measure.
http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/index.html
or specifically
http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/docs.html#howto
http://www.help.com/cat/2/191/226/537/index.html
Good Luck,
Martin
Venkat wrote:
> Hi all
>
> We have just added a powerful brand new pIII machine to our NT network to
> try Linux, then we have successfully installed Redhat Linux 6.2 with custom
> installation and carefully chosen Apache Webserver and Samba server and
> configured to work as a web server as well as file server. But, to our
> surprise, it runs only FTP server, the rest 2 are not working
>
> Can anyone of you help me as how to configure Samba and Apache on this
> machine
>
> Thanx
>
> Venkat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: help config eth0 AE-200PNP-C
Date: 15 Sep 2000 15:06:42 GMT
Hi, I have a Addtron ethernet adaptor model number AE-200PNP-C. REdhat6.1
did not detect it properly after a hardware rebuild. Can anyone give me a
little help setting it up?
Thanks!
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:19:11 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8pomou$f7o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have Win98 SE running on my C: drive (Fat32).
>
> I want to install Linux (RH6.2) on my empty 5GB D: drive
> (currently formatted as Fat32). I will be using a RH6.2
> boot install CD that I downloaded from RedHat.
>
> I am new to Linux. What steps do I need to take to set up
> this multiboot? Will RH6.2 take care of it for me?
First, clear your D: drive. Linux will reformat it to use its own
filesystem (ext2fs). Next, start the installation. I don't recall
precisely what Red Hat is using for partitioning these days, but you'll
need to either delete the D: partition or change its partition type
code from FAT-32 to ext2fs. (Actually, you'll probably want to delete
it and create at least two partitions in its place, one for Linux and
one for Linux's swap partition. You may want to create more partitions,
such as one for /home, where users' home directories go.) The installer
will then proceed to reformat the partition(s) and install itself. The
installer will automatically place a boot loader called LILO on the hard
disk, so you can select which OS to boot.
An "official" Red Hat CD should come with an instruction booklet that
covers this sort of thing, although I've not checked recent official RH
packages, so I don't know how good the current booklets are. You'll
also find detailed instructions in many books on Red Hat Linux,
although you'd do well to look for one that covers 6.2 specifically,
since the installation routines have changed since 6.0. My own book on
multi-booting (_The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook_,
http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/) covers multi-OS installation, but
it's more about how things work and get things done in general than
about providing step-by-step instructions for specific situations like
yours.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Rogers)
Subject: Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:28:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:22:21 +0200, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Richard Rogers wrote:
>>
>> Did you ever stop to think... and forget to restart?
>Restart???
>Now that's a nice windows attitude, but there's no need in linux
>usually. (unless you recompile your kernel)
>I fail to see why restarting would have changed anything, I sure don't
>hope to expirience something like that on my PC.
Hi Eric,
Didn't have to restart Linux, had to restart thinking. <G>
I was pointing to my /usr/ dir not my /bin/ dir for bash. It's funny
how you can look at the same line for hours on end and be absolutely
convinced it is correct when it's really quite ludicrous. Hence,
"stopped to think, and forgot to restart."
As for my Windows "attitude", I'm a Windows database developer, have
been for 14 years or so. Enjoying the heck out of Linux. Looks like it
might be a fun place to come do some work. So I'm starting at the
bottom and seeing how it all fits together. I have to do a lot of
Windows API stuff in my day to day work cycle and I gotta tell you,
what I've seen of Linux so far has got me fairly excited.
b. rgds.
Richard
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From: Tristan White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs?
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:31:29 -0400
What is lba32 and where do I add it to lilo.conf? Could you post a copy
of your lilo.conf?
Tristan
mike wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
> I was wondering if you can boot from a floppy. If you can I would
>
> try to get the new Lilo. I think it is version 21.5. It is available from
> ftp://ftp.metalab.org . All you have to do is untar it, I believe, in the
> /usr/src
> directory and go in to the new directory it just created and do QuickInstall
> It will compile and install it. It asks you questions along the way. I had to
> add
> lba32 to the lilo.conf file to accept my new 20 gb WD hard drive. I also
> changed the delay factor from 5 to 50 to be able to have more time
> to press the shift key on boot up to see the lilo menu. In my old computer
> whos bios wouldn't accept a large hard drive I added a Promise DriveMAX
> card that extends the bios to recognize up to 132 gb of hard drive.
>
> Mike
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From: Tristan White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs?
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:35:41 -0400
2 things... You can boot the setup floppy with the option:
linux x86_serial_nr=1
this will turn of the serial number probe and deactivate.
2nd, I am building a very similar system, but I'm having trouble with
linux not letting me install lilo into the mbr of my ATA drive
(/dev/hde). I don't have bootable drives on first or second ide port
(just cdrom and ls120. but I do have a scsi card which linux wants to
install its bootloader onto. How can I fix this?
Tristan
Richard Cornelius wrote:
>
> I have been putting together a couple AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" (slot A)
> systems with TekRam SCSI controllers. I got the same "CPUID Serial number"
> kernel panic when I tried to boot the SCSI drive with the 2.2.14 kernel
> installed with RedHat 6.2. The CPUID serial number is an Intel Pentium III
> "feature" that the kernel tries to disable in the AMD Duron cpu, obviously
> unsuccessfully.
>
> I got around both the CPUID-induced kernel panic and my inability to boot
> from the Tekram SCSI controller by installing an old slow 8 GB EIDE hard
> drive and building a new kernel as follows: Load the RedHat (6.2?)
> distribution onto the EIDE drive. When it tells you to remove the floppy so
> you can reboot from the hard drive, just leave the boot floppy in and reset
> the system. Boot the system in "rescue" mode, so it uses the Linux kernel
> from the install floppy, but uses the root file system from the hard drive.
> Rebuild the Linux kernel in /usr/src/linux with the drivers that you select
> for your system with "make config" (or "make menuconfig"...). The resulting
> kernel can then be mapped for booting by LILO. The LILO message you
> mentioned is in the LILO documentation -- the second stage boot loader
> failed. Some experimenting with "/etc/lilo.conf" and your partition layout
> can fix this problem. Since the system dual-boots with Windows, there is a
> good chance that your Linux boot partition is not within the 1024 cylinder
> limit. Again, the LILO documentation (even the mini-HOWTO!) is going to be
> a lot more helpful that I can be here.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> "Stephen Bridges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I put together a computer with a socket A motherboard and a Duron 700MHz
> > CPU
> > I installed Red Hat. And that did not work. If I turn my computer on
> > now the lilo prompt is for some reason getting stuck on LI. The boot disk
> > works, but only has a linux record in it.
> >
> > This sounds like the lilo probs with large disks from other posts on here
> > and i can probably deal; with it eventually. But I also have another
> > problem.
> >
> > The new linux partition doesn't boot. After loading the kernel in, it
> boots
> > and finds the Duron processor . . . .
> >
> > CPU: AMD AMD Duron(tm) Processor stepping 00
> > Enabling extended fast FPU save and restore...done.
> > Disabling CPUID Serial number...general protection fault: 0000
> >
> > Then lots of numbers and Stack numbers are printed in hex which i can copy
> > if they help. This all finishes with a kernel panic and the whole thing
> > hangs
> > Widget
> >
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tape problem - Cannot detect End of Tape
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:58:10 GMT
In article <8prpg3$52g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I cannot kill the task. Using Alt-F2, I can get another login
> window and issue commands from there. Ctrl-Z does'nt suspend the
> task either. "ps" shows the status of the task as "D".
>
> Arun
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Aaron Beckstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > We have Linux Redhat v6.2 on a Dell machine. It has a Python SCSI
> > > tape drive which is detected OK. I can write to the tape with "tar
> > > cvf /dev/st0 etc". Then when I rewind it and read it back in /tmp,
> the
> > > data (directory etc) is read back OK but the tar task does not
> > > terminate. It cannot be killed either. Tried ctrl-c & kill -9.
> > >
> > > Any ideas ?
> > > Thx in advance
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> > I have noticed with my SCSI tape drive Ctrl-C does not always
> work,
> > but Ctrl-Z suspends it just fine. From there you can kill the
process.
> > This may be a little different then what you are describing. Do you
> mean
> > you cannot kill the job itself, or you just cannot get back to the
> shell
> > to issue commands again?
> >
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
You might try 'ps -AH' to list the processes in hierarchical order and
kill -9 the parent process of tar.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LILO and Win 2000
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:43:17 GMT
Hi,
I've just installed Win 2000 and Redhat 6.2 on a new
machine and have read a lot of different opinions about
what to do with LILO. During the installation I chose not to
install LILO and am booting Linux from a floppy but I don't
want to always have to do that. On my previous machine, which
had NT 4 and an earlier version of Redhat, I put LILO onto
the MBR on a wing and a prayer and it worked. Should I use
the same conf file on 2000. Any suggestions / example
lilo.conf files?
TIA
-Gary
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Richard Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Specific ppp problem
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:57:38 GMT
Hi Folks,
I am setting up ppp but getting the following error message when I run
pppd
/usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
but I
/usr/sbin/pppd: couldn't find any secret (password) which would let
it use an IP address
I have ppp version 2.3.7
Here are my config files:
/etc/ppp/options
modem
lock
crtscts
defaultroute
asyncmap 0
mtu 552
mru 552
I can dial my modem manually with minicom, dial into my host computer,
login, and see ppp running on their side. Yet, I do not see in the docs
how to get by the problem above. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Richard
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From: Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suexec wrapper
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 12:56:00 -0400
You need to set the owner, group, and permisisons of the directories
in the path of your cgi-scripts directories for each user. Not to
mention the owner, group, and permisisons of the cgi scripts
themselves. I know it can be done as we had to set that up for
our students (for a cgi scripting course). The key is to
check the suexec_log file which will have details of what it didn't
like about your setup. Fix that, try it again, and check the log
again, until all the problems are resolved.
-Wayne Pollock
"Thorsten Ha�iepen" wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Having compiled the apache server with the suexec wrapper, now I have the
> following problem:
>
> whenever I put a "User ..." and "Group ..." into any virtual host directive,
> any cgi-script only returns an 500 internal error.
>
> as soon as I remove that directive ("User...") the script runs just perfect.
>
> What do I have to do to change/fix this ?
>
> My homepage-dirs are under /usr/home/[username] where under www/ the scripts
> shall be executed ...
>
> Thanks
> Thorsten
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: IP Difficulties. Long live linux gurus!
Date: 15 Sep 2000 17:32:50 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
writes:
]>]>
]>]>]Destination Gateway Genmask Flags ... Iface
]>]>]209.221.101.49 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH eth0
]>]>]209.221.101.32 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.224 U eth0
]>]>
]>]>As I understand it, an address is
]>]>bitwise ANDed with the Netmask. This is then compared with the
]>]>"destination" address and if they agree, then this is a matching route.
]>]>The U on that line says that this is supposed to be a subnet (rather
]>]>than UH for host and UG for gateway) Your netmask has the 1 2 4 8 and 16
]>]>bits 0 in the last byte, so any address in the range 32-63 should match
]>]>this and be sent out on the eth0 interface.
]>]>
]OK I have been reading up on this stuff and I understand what you guys
]are talking about here. Although I am still a little fuzzy when you
]guys say "bitwise AND" Basically I have 32 IPs, 29 useable after you
]take out .32(the network), .63(braodcast), and .33(router). I
]understand the concepts of ANDing, due to my C++ background. I also
]understand that as the number on my subnet mask goes down, my IP
]addresses on my subnet increase. I don't quite understand the
]difference between class A, B, and C networks just yet. I orignally
]thought that it had to octet(like 209.x.x.x is a class A and
]209.221.x.x is a class B and 209.221.101.x is a class C) but now I'm
]not so sure.
It used to be so. Now however, because of the address space crunch, the
network is defined by the netmask, and the classes have gone by the
boards. You can get just 4 or 8 on a subnet if you want-- or 2048.
It is stupid to gie you 256 addresses when you only need say 8 (or 32 in
your case).
]>]I have no networking. I can only ping myself. I previously had a 6.1
]>]mandrake install that worked fine. I now am using Mandrake 7.1 and
]>]the install was totally different. But I basically copied all my
]>
]>Ah. OK, now we can try to narrow things down.
]>What happens when you do
]>ping 209.221.101.33
]just sits there. The only thing thing I can ping is .49, .63, and
]32. I can't even ping my router which is .33. I can also resolve my
]own hostname buschman.net.
That is because it is probably in your /etc/hosts. Are you sure that
there are machines at say 33? If youcan ping 32, it sounds like that
machine, the router,is actually at address 32. (you should not get a
response to 32 unless it is actually coming from your machine 49).
Are you sure 33 exists? Is it a running machine? Try running arp -a to
see which machines on your net are reporting thier MAC addresses to you.
]I have called my host to verify that my numbers are correct and they
]are. My DNS, gateway, subnetmask, and ip addresses are all right on
]target.
What is your DNS?
]Someone mentioned a problem with the firewall. Now eventhough I
]haven't touched the firewall software is it possible that this is the
]problem? I mean Mandrake 7.1 has a lot more RPM's and a much larger
]install than did 6.1. I eventually want firewall and IP masquerading
]on this machine so I believe the packages are installed, but I have to
]have the machine up and running before I can consider getting knee
]deep into those major headaches. So do you guys think either of these
]packages could be causing me problems? If so how can I see if they
]are effecting my networking? How can I disable them?
No. But look in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d or rc5.d (what is your runlevel) to see
what is getting started up.
]>do you get a response. If so, do you get a response when you ping that
]>machine by name? If not then you have problems with your dns lookup
]>(look at your resolv.conf file for entries for nameservers.)
]>
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From: Ken Siersma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: partition table and df don't match?
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:23:22 +0000
Hello,
Somewhat new at this, and I have a 44 GB hard drive on my hands. In RH
6.1, I set up the following partition table:
Mount
Point Device Requested Actual Type
/ hde1 203M 203M Linux
native
/home hde5 20002M 20002M Linux
native
/usr2 hde6 10001M 10001M Linux
native
/usr hde7 2000M 2000M Linux
native
swap hde8 1027M 1027M Linux
swap
/tmp hde9 1004M 1004M Linux
native
/usr3 hde10 9734M 9734M Linux
native
After installing, I type df and see:
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted
on
/dev/hde1 202220 85283 106497 44% /
/dev/hde5 13788166 2248047 10823220 17% /home
/dev/hde9 1011928 56 960468 0% /tmp
/dev/hde7 2016016 1494872 418732 78% /usr
/dev/hde6 10080488 20 9568400 0% /usr2
/dev/hde10 9811764 20 9313332 0% /usr3
Why am I not seeing all of /dev/hde5 as specified in the partition
table? Should I reformat /home, /usr2, and /usr3?
Thanks,
Ken
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From: "Luc Van Bogaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Luc Van Bogaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up cable modem and DHCP internet access
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:38:55 GMT
Hi,
I'm new to Linux and I've just installed Linux Mandrake 7.1. I want to
setup internet access via DHCP and cable modem. Networking, tcp/ip etc.
is not installed yet. My NIC is recognized correctly by the system.
Could anyone please outline which steps I will have to take to get this
working. What packages to install? What configurations to make?, etc.
Thanks,
Luc Van Bogaert
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From: Duncan Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:38:33 GMT
Well, nothing's ever easy, but sometimes it works out. Thanks Eric for
the suggestion re 'parted', which seems to offersome potential for
resizing and moving under certain conditions.
I also looked at diskdrake, but since this is obviously a work in
progress, I certainly wouldn't trust it with my root partition. The
parted documentation also refers to "ext2resizer", which I haven't
looked at yet, but may offer some advantages.
Since my primary ms-dos partition is at the beginning of my drive, and
my (single) Linux native and swap partitions are at the end (the
extended partition lies in the middle), what I have done so far is to
delete the last logical ms-dos partition in the extended partition. With
hindsight, I probably could have saved a lot of bother, just by using
fdisk to change this partition to a Linux native one. Any way, this is
done now. After deleting this with fdisk, I went into Windows and used
Partition-it to see how Windows saw this. Like fdisk, it regarded the
space as unallocated space within the extended partition. I then created
a new Windows swap partition (logical)at the beginning of this
unallocated space. Presto, the end of this logical partition now forms
the end of the extended partition, as far as both Windows and Linux
fdisk are concerned, i.e. the extended partition has been shrunk.
Partition-it now reads the space between the end of the extended
partition and the beginning of the Linux native partition as
unpartitioned, unallocated free space. Fdisk in Linux reports the
unallocated space but refuses to create a partition on it.(? no more
logical partitions available?)
Since parted won't resize at the front end of the Linux partition, where
my free space is, my tentative plan is to move my swap file from
"behind" to "in front of" the Linux partition. According to the parted
docs, I can then expand the Linux native partition into the space
formerly occupied by the swap file (only 80 mb, but better than
nothing).
I am then going to play games with the unallocated space, to test the
capabilities of the various utilities and their reliability, with the
ultimate intention of reformatting this space into a new Linux native
partition. Assuming that I can do this, I will be back to see what I can
do about copying directories with the intention of turning this 400 mb
space into a new root partition and using the current big root partition
in some more flexible and efficient way. The assistance of anyone who
has any experience in doing this would be appreciated.
PS.
> The table looks like this now:
> /dev/hda1 1 65 6 FAT32
> /dev/hda2 321 543 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 544 553 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda4 66 262 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 66 129 6 FAT32
> /dev/hda6 130 193 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda7 194 244 6 FAT32
> /dev/hda8 245 262 FAT 16
> The free space is therefore between 262 amd 320.
> Thanks
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