Linux-Setup Digest #657, Volume #19 Wed, 20 Sep 00 10:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Install question - newbie- Laptop (Garry Knight)
Re: boot question (Cory Phillips)
Re: Module Problems (Josef Oswald)
Re: Module Problems ("Duane H�bert")
Re: failed redhat 6.2 installl now can't fdisk (Leonardo DellaPietra)
Re: Can't install LILO when Linux > 8 GB limit with PC with BIOS restriction
(Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: make modules_install is blowing up in 2.4.0-test8 kernel (ray)
Re: lilo-ide drives and win/linux (Scott Nolde)
Getting X (XF86Config) to working on a Dell Inspiron 3200 Notebook?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Mandrake 7.0 & 7.1 Install Failure - Is There a Fix? (Bruce LaZerte)
Getting desktop on to machine with only server files installed ("Marcus")
Netscape 6 (Andrew Lee Stubbs)
X help! (Jamie)
Re: Netscape 6 (Christopher W. Aiken)
Re: Linux/W98 to Linux/W2000 (Michael Alan Wentzel)
Re: failed redhat 6.2 installl now can't fdisk (Eric)
Extended partition trouble (peracchi)
still can't upload via anonymous ftp (Don)
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Install question - newbie- Laptop
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 01:58:50 +0100
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>In alt.os.linux.mandrake Gerardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: 1. Can I format the hard drive in my laptop with the Linux partition system
>: using a DOS program from a small DOS partition in my hard drive? What
>
>I don't know of such a DOS program.
Ranish Partition Manager will let you set up Linux partitions, but it won't
format them. However, Mandrake it will format any existing Linux partitions
during the installation.
<URL: http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/> Ranish partition manager
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Garry Knight
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 06:27:23 -0500
From: Cory Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot question
Look into downloading (or getting from CD) Loadlin.exe and VMLinuz boot image.
The challenge will be figuring out which partition to boot from. For instance
I boot from
/dev/hdb1
Read up on Loadlin and you will understand more.
robert zhang wrote:
> I have both w98 and linux on my pc, now what happens is something went wrong
> with w98 and i had to reinstall it but after that i can't seem to boot into
> linux, the thing is i don't have the boot floppy disk (lost), could anyone
> give me help on that issue?
>
> thanks a lot!
>
> -robert
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Zhe Zhang, Ph.D.
> Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets
> 3242 Digital Computer Lab
> 1304 West Springfield Avenue
> Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: (217) 333-8954
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Cory Phillips
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Subject: Re: Module Problems
From: Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:29:33 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm new to the linux environment. I'm running Red Hat 6.0 and I'm trying to
> get it to recognize my network card. I found the module for my card and
> used the command 'insmod /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net/3c509.o'.
Hi:-)
Did you compile the kernel? If so maybe you overlooked the option
use Kernel module-loader in the Loadable module support...
You can check it (as su or root) cd /usr/src/linux type make
menu config and you can see if you enabled the option, just so no when
asked to save the new configuration....
> Thanks
> -Obanion
>
--
Josef Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
registered-linux-user # 13.818 at http://counter.li.org
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From: "Duane H�bert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Module Problems
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:29:50 -0700
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:n%Yx5.6037$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm new to the linux environment. I'm running Red Hat 6.0 and I'm trying
to
> get it to recognize my network card. I found the module for my card and
> used the command 'insmod /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net/3c509.o'. I set up all
> of my network settings and everything works fine. When I restart the
> computer, I have to type the insmod command again to get it back going.
> Once that command is issued, shouldn't it stay in the kernel even after I
> reboot? I basically want to set up my system so that I don't have to add
> the module every time. Does anybody have any suggestions? Any help is
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks
> -Obanion
How about linuxconfig?
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From: Leonardo DellaPietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: failed redhat 6.2 installl now can't fdisk
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:33:38 +0200
Deb wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> Toshiba laptop
> 1 primary dos partition with Win98 (C - 2 gig)
> 1 extended dos with two logical (D & E - 1 gig each)
> attempted to install redhat 6.2 to E - not enough space - tried to increase
> space - got back to install window - clicked install -failed - rebooted to
> Win98
> E drive now gone, D drive still 1 gig - nothing else changed
> Booted to floppy to run fdisk but it fails after asking about large drive
> support, so can't fdisk, so can't go on with Linux installation until I get
> the other half of my drive back
>
> What have I done wrong?
>
> deb
Well, this is my first help post, so be careful, I'm not so sure about
what I'm telling you.
I installed Suse and then wanted to reinstall Windows & put linux in a
second partition, but fdisk didn'work.
I had to use delpart.exe (I found it somewhere on the net) to rebuild my
partitions.
Did you try that?
Ciao, Leo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can't install LILO when Linux > 8 GB limit with PC with BIOS restriction
Date: 19 Sep 2000 22:44:15 -0400
In article <L6Gx5.125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Wouter Bovelander <wbovelander@*nospam*antares.nl> wrote:
>hmmm,
>
>the bios restriction is really no problem for linux once it is running. it
>will only bother you when linux boots. the linux boot partition has to
>reside below cylinder 1024 if i'm not mistaken. all other partitions (swap,
>root, etc.) can live anywhere you like on the disk.
it depends on the BIOS. some BIOSes don't have this restriction. but
unless you are sure about your bios it's safer to make an extra
partition just for the kernel(s)
>i have redhat myself (6.0) and it didn't force me to do anything. redhat
>uses diskdruid to let you choose the partitions where you want to install
>your stuff. just make sure you create your /boot partition below cylinder
>1024 of your harddisk.
depends on what you are trying to do: i recently had to set up a few
machines for dual boot (both linux). on one machine it worked fine,
on the other lilo woudn't boot into the second system.
>maybe you should try and get some support on diskdruid or read it's manual
>thouroughly.
when you select "advanced install" it gives you the choice between
diskdruid and fdisk. if you have a potential bios / lilo / disk size
problem, fdisk is the better choice. diskdruid seems to always move
the last partition you defined to the start of the disk and move
everything else into a secondary partition without giving the user any
control about where to place them. even if you set up your partitions
before the install it will happily ignore and overwrite your setup (at
least i didn't find any way to prevent it from doing it). btw,
chosing "advanced installation" seems to be the only way to use fdisk.
> ...
hs
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From: ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: make modules_install is blowing up in 2.4.0-test8 kernel
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:10:37 GMT
stu wrote:
> I recieve the following error when trying to to do "make
> modules_install" with the 2.4.0-test8 kernel.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test8/arch/i386/lib'
> cd /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8; \
> mkdir -p pcmcia; \
> find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{}
> pcmcia
> if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.4.0-test8;
> fi
> /sbin/depmod: invalid option -- F
> Usage: depmod [-e -s -v ] -a [FORCED_KERNEL_VER]
> depmod [-e -s -v ] MODULE_1.o MODULE_2.o ...
> Create module-dependency information for modprobe.
>
> -a, --all visit all modules
> -d, --debug run in debug mode
> -e output unresolved symbols
> -i ignore symbol versions
> -m, --system-map <file> use the symbols in <file>
> -s, --system-log use the system log for error reporting
> --help display this help and exit
> -v, --verbose run in verbose mode
> -V, --version output version information and exit
> make: *** [_modinst_post] Error 1
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Do I need a newer version of depmod? Do I need to edit the makefile?
> Any feedback would be great.
>
> -Stuart
I had a LOT of trouble with -test7 until I upgraded modutils. It's now clear
that the
/lib/modules/`uname -r has changed structure. Is that what you are seeing? Dunno,
but
upgrading modutils is going to be a good idea, anyway.
--
Ray R. Jones
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo-ide drives and win/linux
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:33:11 GMT
bzzzt... try another configuration. You're not far off, but it is
easier to keep linux as the master drive and the win drive as the
slave. I have a similar configuration. Here's my section that concerns
windows:
other=/dev/hdb1
label=win
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
Reconfigure your hard drives (linux=/dev/hda, win=/dev/hdb), boot into
linux, and use the above lines in your /etc/lilo.conf. Run lilo. Run
lilo again.
If you can't boot using the hard drive, use your rescue disk, and do the
above.
The map-drive function can be found in the lilo user's guide.
- Scott
Jerry Jaskierny wrote:
>
> hey. i just got an extra ide hard drive. i've had linux running fine on the
> primary drive for some time. so i decided to install windows98 to my new
> drive. here's my lilo.conf..
> -----------------------------
> boot=/dev/hda
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> prompt
> default=linux
>
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda7
> read-only
>
> other=/dev/hdb1
> label=win
> table=/dev/hda
> ---------------------------
> i took out my linux hard drive and installed on my new hard drive as the'
> primary drive. then i made it the slave and installed the linux drive again.
> i made the necessary adjustments to my lilo.conf. i re-ran lilo. however,
> when i reboot and enter "win" to boot, i get an "L?" and my computer freezes.
> can anybody point out something i may have done wrong? i've done it this way
> before, but i can't seem to get it to work again. thanks. jerry
--
Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
glaze! |
8:25am up 1 day, 13:56, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Getting X (XF86Config) to working on a Dell Inspiron 3200 Notebook?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:31:25 GMT
Getting X (XF86Config) to working on a Dell Inspiron 3200 Notebook?
Will I got it working but it looks very bad. can someone please send me
a good XF86Config file?? or help me out
Please email me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce LaZerte)
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake 7.0 & 7.1 Install Failure - Is There a Fix?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:51:48 GMT
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:07:00, Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Another observed:
> illegal division by zero
The Mandrake web site has a patch for V7.1 install failures.
Maybe it will help...
(another OS/2 user testing the Linux waters)
======================
Bruce LaZerte
Muskoka,Ontario,Canada
mail at fwr dot on dot ca
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From: "Marcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting desktop on to machine with only server files installed
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:04:55 +0100
Hey,
I am running mandrake 7.0 as a server on a i586 system, it didn't install
any form of GUI could some one tell me the rpm's that I would need to
install and how to go about configuring ??
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From: Andrew Lee Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape 6
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:28:43 -0400
I have recently installed netscape 6 on my machine, and it works fine
other than the fact that I have to change to that directory every time
that I want to run the program. How do you point a link to that script
file to get it to run? Thanks
Andrew Lee Stubbs
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jamie)
Subject: X help!
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:30:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I need some help getting X started with a new Red Hat 6.1
install....After logging in as root and try to startx I get:
Server doesn't exist, can't continue
tried to use../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_VGA16
execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno2)
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno:111
giving up.
xinit:Connection refused (errno111):unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Any advice??
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher W. Aiken)
Subject: Re: Netscape 6
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:40:24 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:28:43 -0400, Andrew Lee Stubbs wrote:
->I have recently installed netscape 6 on my machine, and it works fine
->other than the fact that I have to change to that directory every time
->that I want to run the program. How do you point a link to that script
->file to get it to run? Thanks
->
->
->Andrew Lee Stubbs
->Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
->Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
->
See: man ln
--
---
Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA
chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com
Preferred O/S: Debian Linux 2.2
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From: Michael Alan Wentzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux/W98 to Linux/W2000
Date: 20 Sep 2000 13:43:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone upgraded a dual boot WIn98/Linux system
> to Win200/Linux system. I've got to help a friend
> who needs to run some of MS servers for testing
> but wants to keep his Linux didstro. I was
> wondering if there are any known porblems getting
> the programs to co-exist. He has BootMagic taking
> care of it now but I heard that Win2000 will
> overwrite it. any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks Falcon.
The way I achieved this, from NT4 to 2000AS, was just
installing 2000 then using my boot floppy to get to
linux boot(since 2000 so generously rewrote my MBR
without asking) reconfigured LILO and ran it. Can
say much for BootMagic but LILO worked like a charm.
--
Michael Alan Wentzel
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: failed redhat 6.2 installl now can't fdisk
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:46:17 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deb wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> Toshiba laptop
> 1 primary dos partition with Win98 (C - 2 gig)
> 1 extended dos with two logical (D & E - 1 gig each)
> attempted to install redhat 6.2 to E - not enough space - tried to increase
> space - got back to install window - clicked install -failed - rebooted to
> Win98
> E drive now gone, D drive still 1 gig - nothing else changed
> Booted to floppy to run fdisk but it fails after asking about large drive
> support, so can't fdisk, so can't go on with Linux installation until I get
> the other half of my drive back
>
> What have I done wrong?
>
> deb
use the RH install CD to remove the partitions you created for linux
(probably /dev/hda6 and up), then you can use dos FDISK.EXE to recreate
your E:
BTW. your C: is /dev/hda1 in linux,
your D: is /dev/hda5 in linux (1st logical inside /dev/hda2)
Eric
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From: peracchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Extended partition trouble
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:41:57 GMT
Hi everbody, Please help, I've got myself in a bad problem. ANY comments/help
is much appreciated. In short, I installed win98se in one partition
(primary), a few days later, i installed linux (eDesktop 2.4) in a logical
partition inside a extended partition. System Commander controls the boot
process. After boot in linux, the system will not boot anymore unless i use
some program to mark the first primary partition as active. � Now, if the
above isn't enough to catch the problem here are the details: � I have a
Fujistu 12GB HD that is partitioned as bellow:
| primary | primary | primary | extended (9397MB) (hda4) | | 604MB |
604MB | 902MB | 101MB | 3004MB | 2000MB | 4290MB | | Win98SE |
Win98SE | WinME | linux swap | linux ext2 | linux ext2 | fat32 | | hda1
| hda2 | hda3 | hda5 | hda6 | hda7 | hda8 |
When i choose boot the linux in hda7, System Commander marks hda4 (extended)
and hda7 as bootable. After i reboot the system, System Commander don't
appear anymore. Instead i receive a message asking for a boot/system disk. I
need use SCDISK from System Commander to mark hda1 as bootable to the system
boot again and System Commander take control. Another way is run cfdisk in
linux before reboot to mark hda1 as bootable.
What is wrong? In other situations i already use System Commander with a
configuration like this and have no trouble. Lilo is installed on hda7.
Thanks for help!
P.S.: sorry for my poor english! ;^)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: still can't upload via anonymous ftp
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:02:09 -0400
Ok, I'm waving the white flag. After upgrading to wu-ftp 6.1 and
modifying my ftp access file according to the docs, I still can't
upload, i.e., I am getting "permission denied on server" error messages
when I try yo upload to the /home/ftp/pub directory. Does someone have
an example ftpaccess file I can look at? Here is mine so maybe you can
spot the problem.
Thanks in advance,
Don
===========================================
class all real,guest,anonftp,anonymous *
email root@localhost
loginfails 5
readme README* login
readme README* cmd=*
message /welcome.msg login
message .message cwd=*
compress yes all
tar yes all
chmod no guest,anonymous
delete no guest,anonymous
overwrite no guest,anonymous
rename no guest,anonymous
class anonftp anonymous *
upload /home/ftp /pub yes ftp ftp 0440 nodirs
noretrieve /home/ftp /pub
log transfers anonymous,real inbound,outbound
shutdown /etc/shutmsg
passwd-check rfc822 warn
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