Linux-Setup Digest #652, Volume #19 Tue, 19 Sep 00 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Compiled 2.2.17 = machine HALTS ("S. Umar")
Re: New Linux Install ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: modem initialization problem (Andrey Vlasov)
Need help with Xfree86 on ThinkPad A20m ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Need help with Xfree86 on ThinkPad A20m ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best time synch program for "official time" (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Upgrading and recompiling kernel - questions (Paul Kimoto)
Re: IP Masquerading (Christian Romano)
Configuring Terminal Window outside of X ("Joshua Stout")
Win 2000 always find new hardware after using Linux (Oggie Lee)
Making LILO wait? (please hold)
Re: kernel panic ("David ..")
Using ISDN & DSL together (mickey stein)
Helpful Linux Links for Newbies ("Nisi")
Re: New Linux Install (Josef Oswald)
Re: New Linux Install ("David ..")
Re: Kernel Panic ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Suse 7.0 (Javier Burguillo)
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From: "S. Umar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Compiled 2.2.17 = machine HALTS
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:12:37 -0500
Something went wrong with lilo....did you put everything like
System.map etc. into /boot directory. First you need to figure
out what went wrong.....to recover from such a situation I wrote
my instructions....after spending a whole day to figure them out.
Here they are...customize it for your system:
=====================
When the system is rebooted prematurely after an upgrade (forgetting to
do lilo -v) the boot hangs at the LILO prompt (L, LI, LIL, etc).
1. Reboot from RedHat 6.2 CD
2. Chooese "linux rescue" option to get to a ramdisk prompt. You are
now at a system created in the ram with very limited capabilities.
3. Have a copy of your "df" output to know what partitions are what
filesystems.
Below replace disk devices with ones corresponding to your system:
4. mkdir /boot
5. mount /dev/hda1 /boot - /dev/hda1 is the /boot filesystem on
the system disk
6. mkdir /s2
7. mount /dev/hda9 /s2 - /dev/hda9 is / filesystem on disk
8. cp /s2/etc/lilo.conf /etc
9. cd /dev
10. ln -s /s2/dev/hda hda - link the device file for entire disk
to /dev directory (to trick
lilo.conf)
11. ln -s /s2/dev/hda9 hda9 - ditto
12. /s2/sbin/lilo -v
NOTE: Steps 8, 10, and 11 are done so that device file names in
lilo.conf remain as they are, which they should. Depending on
your partitions you can change these
step.
--
Prof. S. Umar
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Tel : (615) 322-2459
Fax : (615) 343-7263
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
Date: 19 Sep 2000 16:39:24 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc James M. Luongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
: help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
Read the Partition-HOWTO.
http://ldp.iol.it/HOWTO/mini/Partition.html
http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/partition/Partition.html
This Linux Mini-HOWTO teaches you how to plan and create partitions
on IDE and SCSI hard drives. It discusses
partitioning terminology and considers size and location issues.
Use of the fdisk partitioning utility for creating and
recovering of partition tables is covered.
: LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
: sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
It'll be your bios that can't jump that far, if anything. Don't worry
about it, this is a triviality even if it occurs.
Peter
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: modem initialization problem
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:13 -0700
Hi Francis,
Did you try to boot into DOS and use any terminal program to try "AT"
command?
Just the modem has "ATX0/1/2/.." command which disable/enable output. If
you
occasionally disabled it - you will not get any output to screen. I guess
that I can be
wrong as you still get somehow "OK". But I guess that you can try to boot
from floppy
DOS and check that you will get response from modem. If you not - check
modem
commands in manual which you should get with you modem.
PS: Do not expect that COM3 will /dev/stty2 in my case I found modem as
/dev/stty1.
Linux will grab first available stty for modem. Easiest way to check is
#!/bin/bash
#
for port in "4 3 2 1 0"
do
echo "Checking port => /dev/stty$port"
setserial {your settings} /dev/stty$port #try to apply settings
setserial -g /dev/stty$port #read back settings
done
as only you will see that port accept your setting you just configured this
port and I guess that
it will your modem. Now put setserial command into you startup scripts and
it will stay there
permanently.
Andrey
Francis Tseng wrote:
> Hi, I have a Zoom external modem but have trouble initializing it upon
> boot. After my system is ready, I run minicom and don't get the "OK"
> prompt. If I type "AT" myself, I see nothing on the screen. The strange
> thing is that if I switch the power of my external modem off and then on
> again, I can get the modem to respond with "OK" when I type
> "AT". Does anyone know why this is happening? Oh, the modem is turned on
> during the boot process.
>
> I've gone through the suggestions in the Modem-HOWTO. ie. I've checked
> for IRQ conflicts. So far, everything in my system seems to be set up
> correctly.
>
> Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.
>
> --
> Francis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Need help with Xfree86 on ThinkPad A20m
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:07:38 GMT
I'm trying to get my first installation of linux running on an IBM
ThinkPad A20m, type 2628-4SU. I'm using Debian 2.2 and XFree86 version
4.0.1. When I run 'xinit' the screen blinks and I get the text below on
standard error. As a newbie, I have no idea what to do from here. Any
suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Kevin Zembower
========================================================
Text from xinit:
XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 1 July 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.15-urw1 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Sep 19 12:58:35 2000
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown.
(WW) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(**) |-->Screen "svga" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "IBM ThinkPad A20m"
(**) | |-->Device "Generic VGA"
(==) |-->Input Device "Implicit Core Pointer"
(==) |-->Input Device "Implicit Core Keyboard"
(**) XKB: disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type
1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr
/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Mach64 LM rev 100, Mem @ 0xf5000000/24,
0xf4200000/12, I/O @ 0x2000/8
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o
(II) Module ati: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 5.3.5
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 5.3.5) for chipsets: ati, ativga
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help with Xfree86 on ThinkPad A20m
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:09:25 GMT
I'm trying to get my first installation of linux running on an IBM
ThinkPad A20m, type 2628-4SU. I'm using Debian 2.2 and XFree86 version
4.0.1. When I run 'xinit' the screen blinks and I get the text below on
standard error. As a newbie, I have no idea what to do from here. Any
suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Kevin Zembower
========================================================
Text from xinit:
XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 1 July 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.15-urw1 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Sep 19 12:58:35 2000
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown.
(WW) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(**) |-->Screen "svga" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "IBM ThinkPad A20m"
(**) | |-->Device "Generic VGA"
(==) |-->Input Device "Implicit Core Pointer"
(==) |-->Input Device "Implicit Core Keyboard"
(**) XKB: disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type
1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr
/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Mach64 LM rev 100, Mem @ 0xf5000000/24,
0xf4200000/12, I/O @ 0x2000/8
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o
(II) Module ati: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 5.3.5
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 5.3.5) for chipsets: ati, ativga
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
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Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.best,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Best time synch program for "official time"
Date: 19 Sep 2000 13:17:51 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David .. wrote:
> Atomic clock server IP's or addresses are available here:
>
> http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/service/time-servers.html
When picking your time server(s), take a look at
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm .
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Upgrading and recompiling kernel - questions
Date: 19 Sep 2000 13:21:47 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and e-mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew P. Billyard wrote:
> I copied the bzImage to /boot as vmlinuz-2.4 and edited lilo.conf as
> needed (see below). Even though the modules konked out at first, I
> tried booting up to see if the new kernel worked and it did modulo no
> modules. After I corrected the module problem and recompiled, the new
> kernel wouldn't boot....Lilo just returned with "Error 0x00". After
> some time, I ended up moving the 2.2.14 kernel, 2.4 kernel and boot.b
> from /boot to /Newboot (boot is on /dev/hda3, whereas /NewBoot is on
> /dev/hda1 at the beginning of the disk) and the Error 0x00 problem
> disappeared. Out of curiosity (not the real reason for this post)
> anyone know what this was about?
(Perhaps the kernel images were beyond the 1024-cylinder [or whatever]
limit on /dev/hda3?)
> When I boot up with the new kernel, it *CANNOT* find the new modules
> (make modules_install installed them in /lib/modules/2.4.0-test9/). I'm
> sure that there is one final step that I haven't done
Did you update your modutils? See Documentation/Changes.
--
Paul Kimoto
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hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my
consent, and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: Christian Romano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP Masquerading
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 19:33:17 +0200
Martin Desrosiers wrote:
...
>
> Should I get anything when I type (because I don't) ?
>
> # ipchains -M -L
> IP masquerading entries
> #
I could suggest you to download the gfcc package. It will help you creating
your masquering rules because there are some ready-to-use config files (that
what I did ;-)).
> On my laptop, I have set the IP address to 192.168.0.3, the gateway to
> 192.168.0.1, dns server IPs and host name to the laptop name. As a
> domain name, I am not sure about that but I tried with my ISP domain
> name. Does it make sense?
>
I don't think so, because your work group doesn't have any sens outside your
local network. On my own network, I configured every machine with the label
"WorkGroup" for the work group.
Hope this will help you.
--
Celui qui d�place les montagnes
commence par enlever les petits cailloux.
christian
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From: "Joshua Stout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring Terminal Window outside of X
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:04:43 -0700
Can someone point me to the configuration file for the terminal session
outside of X? I want to increase the number of columns. Xconfigurator
modifies the X environment but what modified the normal terminal
environment?
I'm using Red Hat Linux 6.2
~Josh Stout
University of Washington
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From: Oggie Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Win 2000 always find new hardware after using Linux
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:40:57 -0500
Hi,
I have installed Mandrake 7.1, dual booting with Win 2000 Pro. I
installed Linux for doing some C++ programming for a CS course.
Installation went fine, most of the things that I needed are working
(no complain here). I can connect to the Internet using cable modem
with NetGear FA310TX. I also have a second NIC card 3com 3c509b that
works under Win 2000 but not with my Linux. However, I this is not an
issue since I can connect to the Internet using my NetGear card and I
don't need to get the 3com card working under Linux since I use it
only for occasional files/printer sharing and ICS using Win 2000 to my
laptop.
The problem is every time after I finish using Linux and restart back
to Win 2000 I can never connect to the Internet on the first reboot.
Every time I boot back to Win 2000 from Linux, the hard drive works
really hard and when finished Win 2000 always says that it has
finished installing new devices and asks me if I want to restart the
system.
I have to restart Win 2000 before I can connect to the Internet again.
This is a minor but annoying problem because my Win 2000 takes about 3
minutes to fully reboot. Therefore, it takes me about 6-7 minutes to
reboot twice in order to have a "working" Win 2000 system after using
Linux.
I have not been able to pin point what hardware or software causes
this problem. Can anybody please point what might be the problem? Is
it normal? What can I do to eliminate this problem?
In the past, I have tried Corel Linux and Caldera eDesktop 2.4 and all
caused similar problems with Win 2000 after using Linux. So, I am
pretty sure the problem is not particular to Mandrake. I also tried
Armed Linux beta 1.1 that resides on a FAT partition, and I did not
have this problem. However, Armed Linux doesn't come g++ compiler that
I need (or did I miss something here?).
The following is my hardware/software configuration:
Hardware:
- Generic PC with Celeron 366 with 128MB
- PC Chips M747 motherboard with onboard SIS 6326 video card 8MB
- Built-in SoundPro 3D chip CIM8330 (disabled with a jumper;
doesn't work with either Win 2000 and Linux)
- Sound Blaster 16 ISA (PlugnPlay I guess ??)
- Netgear FA310TX PCI NIC (connected to the external cable
modem)
- 3com 3c509b ISA NIC in PNP mode
- Generic Lucent 56k PCI Win modem (I don't use this anymore,
but is properly installed in Win 2000)
- A Seagate 10GB IDE HD
- A generic 40X IDE CD-ROM reader
- HP 7500i CD-RW (IDE)
Software:
- Win 2000 Prof
- Mandrake 7.1 Linux
- Atguard 3.22 (I only use it to get rid ads; I don't use the
firewall portion)
- Zone Alarm
- Nero 5.018 (No Adaptec software installed)
Thanks in advance,
Oggie Lee
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From: please hold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Making LILO wait?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:57:40 GMT
How can I make LILO wait until I tell it to boot?
In `man lilo.conf' I read this:
`prompt': forces entering the boot prompt
without expecting any prior key-presses.
Unattended reboots are impossible
if `prompt' is set and `timeout' isn't.
I took that to mean:
If
the keyword/verb `prompt' is present in lilo.conf
and
`timeout' is absent
then
LILO will not do anything
until
the user types something in.
But that is not what seems to have happened.
I took the `timeout' spec out of my lilo.conf
but LILO went right ahead
and booted the first boot image mentioned therein:
boot = /dev/hda4
prompt
default = redhat61
vga = normal
read-only
map = /boot/map
install = /boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = redhat61
initrd = /boot/initrd
root = /dev/hda4
other = /dev/hda1
label = windowsme
table = /dev/hda
How can I make LILO hold off until I tell it to boot?
Thank you.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:06:56 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I would like to know the reason of kernel panic.
> I installed the kernel 2.2.17.
> After booting,this messages comes.
> "Freeing unused kernel memory: 68K freed."
> "kernel panic: No init found"
> Try passing init=option to kernel"
>
> It seemes to me that it can't find init process.
Have you tried entering this at the lilo prompt?
linux root=/dev/hdaX # where X is the root partition
If this works then you may need to make an initrd image or like on my
system I have to compile the aic7xxx module into the kernel instead of
as a module.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: mickey stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using ISDN & DSL together
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:18:07 -0700
I've got DSL for home purposes and also I work from home using dial-up
ISDN to a private network at various businesses.
It'd be nice if I were able to have both connections working at the same
time. There's no problem in getting both interfaces up and running but
it seems that all routing must be done via individual "route add"
statements. That's ok for work because I only need 4 target IP's tops.
It works just fine for work, but for the internet, I basically need *all
of the IP's that I don't need for work, inotherwords, I can do a 'route
add' for my 4 IP's at work associating them with PPP1 which is my ISDN
hookup, but aside from doing zillions of 'route adds' to get to all the
internet addresses, I don't quite understand what type of statement to
use to make a general range of IP's associate with my DSL (which uses
rasppp0e thus winds up being eth0 thru PPP0).
Has anyone run into this sort of situation and have an answer? I'm
guessing it's not dissimilar from people using multiple NIC's.
I run Redhat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16, kde2 final beta and X4.0.1. The NIC for
DSL to the internet winds up being PPP0 (eth0 is the card of course) and
the ISDN modem associates with PPP1 and goes to work networks only.
tia,
Mick
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Helpful Linux Links for Newbies
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:30:58 -0400
There seems to be a whole lot of repetitive questions on the Linux
newsgroups lately. Most deal with networking, installation, or DSL/Cable
modems....because of this I have started to comprise a list of helpful links
to sites that supply howto's and other articles.
http://www.mindlessmayhem.com/links/linuxlinks.html
It is still mainly under construction right now, but should be finished
shortly.
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
From: Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:24:44 GMT
"James M. Luongo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
> help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
> LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
> sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
> true? Help!
If you install linux on one Disc all by itself, then you don't need to
worry because the set-up tool will determine everything.
If you do install it as a dual-boot then you would need to be careful
:-)
Since I have not installed Mandrake I am not sure but I guess that
there is certainly a tool for the install.
Also there are quite a few Internet sites ( for newbies) that deal
with all those questions, just put Linux and newbies in a
search-machine and you will be _pleasantly_ surprised at how many
sites are out there.....
deja.com too is a great resource of information as well...
hth.
--
Josef Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
registered-linux-user # 13.818 at http://counter.li.org
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:18:39 -0500
"James M. Luongo" wrote:
>
> I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
> help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
> LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
> sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
> true? Help!
The size of the partitions depends a little on the size of your hard
drive and/or how much space you are allowing linux to use. It also
depends on what you are wanting to install and use the system for. The
only partitions that are mandatory are the root ( / ) partition and the
swap partition.
Below is the output of "df -h" on my system.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 159M 31M 120M 21% /
/dev/hda7 787M 541M 206M 72% /home
/dev/hda5 3.9G 2.1G 1.6G 56% /home/ftp/pub
/dev/hda10 243M 145M 86M 63% /tmp
/dev/hda6 988M 818M 120M 87% /usr
/dev/hda11 152M 607k 143M 0% /usr/local
/dev/hda9 296M 5.9M 275M 2% /usr/src
/dev/hda8 387M 120M 248M 33% /var
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ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:20:38 GMT
I'm trying to install Linux. I've tried Redhat 5.2, Caldera OpenLinux
2, Storm Linux 2000, Redhat 6.1, TurboLinux Server, and Slackware 7.1.
All have failed and 3 have returned the same traces. The other 3
didn't return any error messages or traces. The trace is:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 20000030
Aiee, killing interrupt handler
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing
In other postings, someone with a similar problem used fsck to fix a
damaged file system. I have not yet tried that. I've tried using
the "boot.img" disk image from Redhat to boot from a floppy and then
install from the cd. That didn't work and I got the same trace. I
have a AMD K6 266 processor and a PCChips M585LMR system board. Could
Slackware 7.1 also have cpu serial nr detection enabled? It's supposed
to be compatible with most AMD chips. An aquaintence told me that it
sounds like a hardware problem. Maybe the memory is bad. Another
aquiantence said that maybe the memory timing settings in the bios are
not correct. Anyone have ideas?
In article <8pm17m$9me$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi !
>
> by default, the kernel used by redhat 6.2 seems to have cpu serial nr
> detection enabled. this of course only applies to pentium processors.
>
> to disable it, use the kernel parameter x86_serial_nr, as in:
>
> <--- snip --->
> lilo: linux x86_serial_nr=1
> <--- snip --->
>
> this should help.
>
> yours
>
> Stefan Marte
> ---
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In article <8pk831$5rp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > As you suggested, the boot disk didn't work out easily. I also
tried
> > what you mentioned, trying to tell LILO? the kernel? where the rest
of
> > the OS was, but that didn't work. Do you know who posted that info
to
> > you? Maybe they could give me some more info. Have you gotten a
> > chance to try a re-install?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Javier Burguillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Suse 7.0
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 20:39:44 +0200
I want to install Suse 7.0 �is there any mirror to download the complete
version?
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