Linux-Setup Digest #686, Volume #19 Sun, 24 Sep 00 02:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Linux Partition ("PlzBeMine")
Re: Installation problems with 40GB disk (E J)
Re: Installation problems with 40GB disk (Konrad Mierendorff)
Help: lilo.conf problem (edward doyle)
Re: Changing resolutions (Scott Rockstad)
Re: Found it! (Re: Ok..."Delaying eth0 initialization"?? (MIchael Erskine)
Re: Help: lilo.conf problem (Mark Hahn)
Kernel compilation (Andrew Overholt)
Re: Kernel compilation (E J)
help with pppd ("moz")
Re: Red Hat 7.0 beta and Mitsumi scroll mouse (jack)
which is best? ("Steve")
Firewall Testing -- HELP!! (Dodd)
X will not start (jack)
Re: Firewall Testing -- HELP!! ("David K. Means")
RH error (Anders Mattson)
RedHat 7.0? ("PAN")
Re: RH error (Glitch)
Re: X will not start (Glitch)
Re: suse 6.4 cannot execute binaries? (Glitch)
Re: Tape backup - freespace. (Glitch)
Re: RedHat 7.0? (E J)
R: Xfree86 4.01 installed but mouse very jerky ("Antonio Montagnani")
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 09:17:26 +0800
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Question : Should you partition your hard disk space to five specifying =
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/home
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Installation problems with 40GB disk
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:15:26 -0700
I also have problem with my 40G maxtor harddisk using RH6.2.
I have trouble formatting 20G at the end of the harddisk for linux. (My harddisk
started to formatting fine then bad smacking sound
and never formated 20G parition.)
I had to arrange my harddisk with 7G at the beginning for linux while 32G at the
end for windows, because of lilo
booting up windows beyond the 1024 cylinder.
I would recommend updating to the latest kernel and getting the latest lilo. (or
get RH7.0 when it is available)
Chris F Clark wrote:
> I just bought a new HP 9680C with Windows 98 2e installed. I'd like
> to make the system dual boot with Linux (I have Red Hat 6.0 on CD from
> my other machine.) I made space on the drive (see chart below).
> However, the Linux installation process cannot read the drive and thus
> refuses to put the Linux partitions on it.
>
> /dev/hda - Model Maxtor 94098U8
>
> C: 3GB fat32 win98
> - 1GB unformatted freespace (to put Linux /)
> E: 500mb fat
> Extended Partition 34.5GB
> 128mb swap
> 128mb swap
> 128mb ext2 (for /tmp)
> 128mb ext2 (for /var)
> 2GB ext2 (for /usr)
> 8GB ext2 (for /home)
> D: 24GB fat32
>
> The precise messages I get are
>
> If I pick disk druid:
> Fdisk error
> An error occured reading the partition
> table for the block device hda. The
> error was: No such file or directory.
>
> If I look at the screen that alt-f4 shows I see
>
> <4>hda: Maxtox 94098U8, ATA Disk Drive
> <4>hdc: CD-W54E, ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
> <4>hdd: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1302, ATAPI CD_ROM Drive
> <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x3f6 on irq 15
> <6>hda: Maxtox 94098U8, 39082MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=5293/240/63
> ...
> <4>Partition check:
> <4> hda: hda1 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 >
>
> If I pick fdisk:
> This is fdisk running on your hda hard drive.
> [and then nothing, it just quits]
>
> If I switch to the bash# prompt, and run:
> bash# fdisk /tmp/hda
>
> I get:
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 5293.
> This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g. LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g. DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Unable to read /tmp/hda
> bash#
>
> So, what do I do???
> -Chris
>
> *****************************************************************************
> Chris Clark Internet : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site : http://world.std.com/~compres
> 3 Proctor Street voice : (508) 435-5016
> Hopkinton, MA 01748 USA fax : (508) 435-4847 (24 hours)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: Konrad Mierendorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation problems with 40GB disk
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 03:23:23 +0200
Chris F Clark wrote:
> Extended Partition 34.5GB
> 128mb swap
> 128mb swap
> 128mb ext2 (for /tmp)
> 128mb ext2 (for /var)
> 2GB ext2 (for /usr)
> 8GB ext2 (for /home)
> D: 24GB fat32
The two seperate 128 MB swap partitions are no longer necessary as the
Linux kernel has supported larger partitions for quite a while. AFAIK it
has even a negative influence on the performance as the kernel uses the
two partitions similar two a raid0 device and thus produces a lot of
seeks.
> The precise messages I get are
>
> If I pick disk druid:
> Fdisk error
> An error occured reading the partition
> table for the block device hda. The
> error was: No such file or directory.
>
> If I look at the screen that alt-f4 shows I see
>
> <4>hda: Maxtox 94098U8, ATA Disk Drive
> <4>hdc: CD-W54E, ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
> <4>hdd: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1302, ATAPI CD_ROM Drive
> <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x3f6 on irq 15
> <6>hda: Maxtox 94098U8, 39082MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=5293/240/63
> ...
> <4>Partition check:
> <4> hda: hda1 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 >
>
> If I pick fdisk:
> This is fdisk running on your hda hard drive.
> [and then nothing, it just quits]
>
> If I switch to the bash# prompt, and run:
> bash# fdisk /tmp/hda
>
> I get:
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 5293.
> This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g. LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g. DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Unable to read /tmp/hda
> bash#
Did you really try to fdisk "/tmp/hda" ???
- Konrad
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From: edward doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: lilo.conf problem
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:24:38 GMT
Hello,
I was trying to get something working on my system and I edited my working
lilo.conf file so I can boot from /dev/sdb1 on my RedHat 6.2 system. It
didn't accomplish what I wanted it to, so I want to switch back booting to
/dev/sda1 so I can resume working.
Now, when I boot it tries to boot to /dev/sdb1 (there is no /dev/sdb1) and
then drops me into single-user mode to try and fix the problem. Here's the
problem: once I enter single-user mode and try to modify lilo.conf to boot
off /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sdb1, it says that / has been mounted
read-only and will not save the changes. If I do a 'mount', it shows / as
being mounted rw, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
How can I change my lilo.conf file back to my original configuration: to
boot off /dev/sda1?
Thanks for any help you can provide...
--
edward doyle, systems engineer, christy networks
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From: Scott Rockstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing resolutions
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:40:11 GMT
P-Body wrote:
>
> How do I change the screen resolution?
> I just recelntly installed Redhat linux so I know nothing about it I am in
> Winblows ME right now until I get a linmodem. I don't have any clue where to
> begin.
Try CTRL+ALT+(Keypad +) or CTRL+ALT+(Keypad -) while in X. Also, you
might want to think about reading the XFree86-HOWTO. HTH.
Regards,
Scott
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From: MIchael Erskine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Found it! (Re: Ok..."Delaying eth0 initialization"??
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 21:33:04 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Ok, found it. The bunch of RPMs I downloaded also included a kernel
> bump from 2.2-14 to 2.2-16. I hadn't updated my lilo.conf at all, so it
> was still trying to look for my modules in the 2.2-14 area and not
> finding them (I'd also lost my sound). Modified lilo to point to the
> new image and all seems well!
>
Nice work Duane. My response was only about half wrong :)
-m-
> > duane
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
If children don't know why their grandparents did what they
did, shall those children know what is worth preserving and what
should change?
http://www.cryptography.org/getpgp.htm
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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Help: lilo.conf problem
Date: 24 Sep 2000 01:53:01 GMT
> Now, when I boot it tries to boot to /dev/sdb1 (there is no /dev/sdb1) and
> then drops me into single-user mode to try and fix the problem. Here's the
the simplest solution is just to override the choice of
root FS partition that lilo wrote into the boot sector.
that is, enter "linux root=/dev/sda1" at the lilo prompt.
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From: Andrew Overholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel compilation
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 02:34:12 GMT
Hi,
Can I compile my kernel on another machine (ie. a faster one) and then
transfer it to my machine?
Thanks,
Andrew
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel compilation
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:09:53 -0700
Yes.
Andrew Overholt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can I compile my kernel on another machine (ie. a faster one) and then
> transfer it to my machine?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
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From: "moz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with pppd
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 04:38:31 +0100
Hi,
I successfuly connected and pinged my remote host after reading an excellent
read me on dial-up PPP (mail me and I will send it you).
However, I have come stuck. I cannot see further , or am not allowed past
the remote host. The readme says it's a problem with my 'defaultroute' but
as it does not go ito great length about this, I am at loss what to do next.
My ISP uses PAP - seems to work with the standard type and I am dialing in
through Xterm with all deamon and PPP activity logged in realtime.
My log seems to be without error (except a few 'Rej') and gets to displaying
local and remote IP's. In the PPP-options file I added the line:
'defaultroute' as it was not there and the readme said it needed to be.
Could anyone point me in the right direction to which files I should be
looking at and errors/log to watch for.
Cheers,
moz
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From: jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0 beta and Mitsumi scroll mouse
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 03:37:54 GMT
Change a line inside of your XF86Config line from PS/2 ---> IMPS/2
Restart X and see if that does it. I sounds like that mitsumi needs to
used the MS mouse protocol.
Jack
Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Howdy -
>
> Well, I'm stumped. I have a cheap Mitsumi ps/2 scroll mouse (it's
> really a button rather than a scrolling wheel) which worked perfectly
> under Red Hat 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2.
>
> Under Red Hat 6.9 (Pinstripe), if I set it up as anything other than a
> 2-button ps/2 mouse without 3-button emulation, it jumps to the upper
> right corner of the screen as soon as I move it under X.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thomas
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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: which is best?
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 03:46:12 GMT
I have redhat 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and mandrake 7.1. I want to install it with
win98 on an athlon 600 system. I have in the system an ATI rage video card,
SBLive value sound card, CD-RW, and 2 network cards. I also use this machine
to share the internet with 2 others. Any suggestions on the best version and
hints on the sharing thing are greatly appreciated.
Stay simple on the explanations as I am still new to Linux.
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dodd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Firewall Testing -- HELP!!
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 04:07:44 GMT
I wrote my first (and second, when the first didn't work) firewall,
but things don't seem to work. I even tried the firewall creation
script on Robert Ziegler's website. I get some traffic, but get
plenty of messages about host "" not valid or it refuses to let DNS
traffic thru (mildly inconvenient). Is there a utility out there that
will look through your firewall script and kick out obvious errors in
syntax? I know it won't know if I put the wrong IP in there, but
after looking at it for a while, everything just runs together.
Any ideas??
Dodd
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From: jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X will not start
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 04:16:39 GMT
Last night I installed the GL addons for Xscreensaver 3.23. They seemed
to work fine. This morning my system is totally locked up. Only way
out was to reset. After the reset everything comes up fine including
ipchains and masqurading but X will not start. Here is the error.
[root@ubr-165 /root]# startx
_XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
already running
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".
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
[root@ubr-165 /root]# mc
This is after a clean reboot logged in as root. The log says the same
thing. I do not use any graphical logins. I boot straigt to runlevel3
and then startx from there. There are no X processes running as far as
I can tell. This one has me stumped pretty good. I'm using Mandrake
7.1 with X 4.0.1 on a straight GeForce256. Its been running fine for
months. Is there some sort of lockfile that needs to go?
Jack
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From: "David K. Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall Testing -- HELP!!
Date: 24 Sep 2000 04:51:25 GMT
I'm not sure that a script would be up to that level of checking. You don't
say
if you are using ipfwadm or ipchains, but in either case, you might look at
http://www.digitalelephant.org/computing/fire/fire.html
for an explanation of the one good way to set up a masquerading firewall.
"Dodd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I wrote my first (and second, when the first didn't work) firewall,
> but things don't seem to work. I even tried the firewall creation
> script on Robert Ziegler's website. I get some traffic, but get
> plenty of messages about host "" not valid or it refuses to let DNS
> traffic thru (mildly inconvenient). Is there a utility out there that
> will look through your firewall script and kick out obvious errors in
> syntax? I know it won't know if I put the wrong IP in there, but
> after looking at it for a while, everything just runs together.
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Dodd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anders Mattson)
Subject: RH error
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 05:01:19 GMT
this is the error message that poped up and a little before that also when I was going
into the install of RH 6.2
(in paraenthesis are what I think or know what it is)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Partition Check:
hda : hda1 (my msdos FAT 32 drive)
hdb : hdb1 hdb2 <hdb5 hdb6> (hdb1 representing all my warez and mp3's in Fat
32 form, hdb2 which is my second parition which is logical which has my linux swap and
ext2 partition on
RAMDISK: compressed image found on block 0 (?)
crcerror VFS: cannot open root device 08:34 (something about my hard drive)
Kernel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:34 (something about main file system)
thanks
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From: "PAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 7.0?
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 07:37:22 +0200
Somebody said that a RH 7 w/kernel 2.2.17 should be released monday.
If you know something about it, if its true please let me know because it
solves a big prob 4me.
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:16:53 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH error
are you using LILO to boot and if so where is LILO located, on the MBR
or on a floppy disk?
u are getting a CRC error on your root device which isnt good. It means
something is corrupted although Im not sure what exactly.
Anders Mattson wrote:
>
> this is the error message that poped up and a little before that also when I was
>going into the install of RH 6.2
> (in paraenthesis are what I think or know what it is)
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Partition Check:
> hda : hda1 (my msdos FAT 32 drive)
> hdb : hdb1 hdb2 <hdb5 hdb6> (hdb1 representing all my warez and mp3's in Fat
>32 form, hdb2 which is my second parition which is logical which has my linux swap and
> ext2 partition on
> RAMDISK: compressed image found on block 0 (?)
> crcerror VFS: cannot open root device 08:34 (something about my hard drive)
> Kernel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:34 (something about main file
>system)
>
> thanks
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:19:35 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X will not start
jack wrote:
>
> Last night I installed the GL addons for Xscreensaver 3.23. They seemed
> to work fine. This morning my system is totally locked up. Only way
> out was to reset. After the reset everything comes up fine including
> ipchains and masqurading but X will not start. Here is the error.
>
> [root@ubr-165 /root]# startx
>
> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> already running
>
> 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".
>
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> [root@ubr-165 /root]# mc
>
> This is after a clean reboot logged in as root. The log says the same
> thing. I do not use any graphical logins. I boot straigt to runlevel3
> and then startx from there. There are no X processes running as far as
> I can tell. This one has me stumped pretty good. I'm using Mandrake
> 7.1 with X 4.0.1 on a straight GeForce256. Its been running fine for
> months. Is there some sort of lockfile that needs to go?
>
I do believe you are right in thinking there is a lockfile somewhere so
that in my opinion is the problem. However I can't recall where it is
located. It might be .Xlock but I doubt it. I'm pretty sure X does make
some sort of lock file though. Someone on here should be able to
provide you with much more information in order to help you but this is
at least a start.
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:33:44 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suse 6.4 cannot execute binaries?
Niels Paree wrote:
>
> "Christopher W. Aiken" wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:47:14 +0200, Niels Paree wrote:
> > ->"Christopher W. Aiken" wrote:
> > ->>
> > ->> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:29:38 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > ->> ->hi all.
> > ->> ->
> > ->> ->i've just downloaded StarOffice 5.2 ,but SuSE 6.4 won't execute this
> > ->> ->binary. (so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin). according to SUN, i should try to
> > ->> ->enter this (so-5_2 etc.bin) at the command line, but all i get when i do
> > ->> ->so is a a bash prompt saying "command not found".
> > ->> ->
> > ->> ->if i enter " . so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin at the command line, there is
> > ->> ->some activity for a minute of two, but afyer that all i get is a message
> > ->> ->that the binary could not be executed.
> > ->> ->
> > ->> ->i tried to download so5.2 twice, so I don't think the .bin is corrupted.
> > ->> ->
> > ->> ->does anyone know how i can get SuSE to execute this .bin, of is there
> > ->> ->another way i should try to install it?
> > ->> ->
> > ->> ->thx in advance,
> > ->> ->
> > ->> ->Niels
> > ->>
> > ->> Try adding "./" ( w/o qutes ) to the front of your bin file.
> > ->> (i.e. ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin )
> > ->>
> > ->thanks for the advice, that didn't work either.
> > ->the response was different this time: Permission Denied. quite strange,
> > ->being logged in as root, isn't it??
> > ->
> > ->is somebody else doing things on my pc i don't know about, or is it just
> > ->my being a newbie that causes all this?
> > ->
> > ->btw: I get the same message (cannot execute binary file) if i try to
> > ->install staroffice 5.1 (.tar.gz no .bin) instead of 5.2.
> > ->really strange, as i had no problems whatsoever installing it under SuSE
> > ->6.3...
> > ->
> > ->can somebody help me out?
> > ->
> > ->thx in advance
> > ->
> > ->Niels
> >
> > Sounds like your cdrom is mounted w/o exec permissions.
> > Look at your /etc/fstab file. Add exec to the options
> > on your cdrom device then mount your cdrom again.
> > Should work. If all else fails, just copy the file
> > off of the CD to you HD and try to install from your HD.
> >
> >
> thanks again for the advice, but the solution that someone (johan thx!)
> pointed out to me was to change che attribs with chmod. (chmod 0755
> whatever that may mean..)
>
it means you are giving it execute permissions just like Chris said was
the problem. Binaries are executable however the permissions also need
to be set properly for the process to work flawlessly, otherwise u get
errors like you have already seen.
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:37:51 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape backup - freespace.
Terrence Wong wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using tar to backup some directories within my linux box. I have a
> scis DLT 20/40 tape drive.
> My question is:-
> 1. How do I restore my files back from the tape drive?
the opposite way u saved them, 'tar -xvf filename.tar
locationofrestoration' (I know that untarring w/o specifying a place
will obviously untar in the current directory and as i dont use tar to
backup files myself i'm unsure as to how to specify a different
directory but I assume u just list it at the end of the command).
> 2. How do I know the freespace availability of the backup tapes?
df command should tell u, once the tape is mounted, otherwise i'm sure
there are utilities out there u can download that will help make
managing all this easier. As I haven't any experience with tape drives I
could be wrong here.
> 3. How do I excercise all 40GB of the tape within the DLT tape drive?
> 4. How do I verify my backup is working, any working steps?
>
> I am not planning to purchase third party backup tools yet!
>
> I am really very new to backup and appreciate any kind of assistance.
> terrence
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0?
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:55:55 -0700
Yes, RH7.0 is coming this monday. Prepare for traffic jams on the download
sites :(
Check this article http://www.maximumlinux.com/content/news/2000/09/21/11356
PAN wrote:
> Somebody said that a RH 7 w/kernel 2.2.17 should be released monday.
>
> If you know something about it, if its true please let me know because it
> solves a big prob 4me.
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From: "Antonio Montagnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,redhat.general
Subject: R: Xfree86 4.01 installed but mouse very jerky
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 06:06:36 GMT
The sdame problem, that I worked around with the command XSET M x y, where x
and y are the speed and the acceleration.(very similar to the slides of
graphic interface).
Try different values, maybe that you have some satisfying tuning of the
mouse (My mouse is working but I am not yet happy about movements: it seem
that automatic installation is erratic..
Antonio
"valkyrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi
>
> I have installed Xfree86 4.01 over Xfree86 3 using the install script but
> when I restart it loads up x and shows the gnome logon screen but as soon
> as I move my mouse it is erratic and jump all over the screen. Please
advise
> on what i am missing or where to correct this .
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Quentin
>
>
>
>
>
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