Linux-Setup Digest #768, Volume #19 Thu, 5 Oct 00 15:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: Implications (Robert Clayton)
Re: disabling the X screen saver (Damien Mattei)
Re: How do I make Gnome (or Enlightenment) forget about me? (Mike Oliver)
SCSI Drivers (Carlos A. =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=E1zaro?= Carrascosa)
Re: What is fat32x?? ("D F")
Win2k, WinMe, Linux Red Hat 6.2 ("LeleDxt�")
No setup signature found... ("Patrizio Pesciaioli")
Re: How do I make Gnome (or Enlightenment) forget about me? (Mike Oliver)
Re: How do I get text-only login? ("bluster")
Re: What is fat32x?? (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
S3 Virge setup (zentara)
Re: SCSI Drivers (-ljl-)
My Installtion Plans (from ZipDisk) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Raid Problems rh6.1 - 2.2.14 kernel HP-LXr8500 with a NetRaid Card ("Haniel G.
Mercedes")
Redhat 7.0 Kernel won't compile? (Andrew Wallace)
Re: RH7 & /etc/fstab ("ne...")
Re: PLEASE HELP..............HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ("Andy")
user password change??? ("Michael Erb")
Recommended tape drives for backup? (Professor Bruno)
ftp setup help - Redhat (Zhihui Zhang)
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From: Robert Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt,comp.ai.gentic
Subject: Re: Implications
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 14:54:02 -0400
Oh no, I spelled beginning with an "i".
I see about twenty correctional posts coming to me...
Robert Clayton wrote:
> Not to disagree with you (I fail to see the connection also, and I have
> thought the whole thing was amusing from the biginning), but DNA is not
> made up of 4 different RNA's as I recall. DNA is made up of four
> different nucleotides, these being represented by the letters T, G, C, and
> A
>
> But I know what you mean...
>
> Robert
>
> JosB wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 10:15:45 GMT,
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > DNA --> RNA --> Proteins (function)
> > >
> > > And
> > >
> > > Grass --> Bull --> Manure
> > >
> > > Another similarity for your "equation".
> >
> > The DNA -> RNA -> Proteins is not the correct way of dealing with this
> > situation.
> >
> > Lets take DNA. This is a combination of 4 different RNA's (afaik). And
> > these RNA's are built of different proteins.
> >
> > So, the Protein is the base of all (and should be taken as
> > startingpoint). From the Protein, i can figure out what RNA I'll get,
> > from the different combinations of RNA i can build DNA.
> >
> > In this case, DNA is a result of Proteins, not the other way around.
> > I cannot figure out the connection with the software part of the story.
> >
> > Correct me if I am wrong...
> >
> > Jos Buurman
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> --
> /************************************************
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> ** Systems Administrator
> ** ACTiX USA
> ** Visit us on the web
> ************************************************/
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From: Damien Mattei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disabling the X screen saver
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 17:18:58 +0200
bluster wrote:
>
> Hi Damien,
> As it turns out there are two different screen blankers for
> X11 windows, (as well as a third for the text console). One
> built into the XServer which is controlled using the xset command,
> (check out "man xset") and a second blanker called xscreensaver which
> is controlled using the "Control Center" application in Gnome.
>
> The XServer blanker is the only blanker running when the xdm/gdm
> login screen is up. The xscreensaver blanker is started after
> logging into the machine. On my box (RH6.2) xscreensaver is smart
> enough to turn off the XServer blanker and use the "Control Center"
> settings, so there are no conflicts between the two blankers after
> logging in.
>
> To set the blanker for the xdm/gdm login screen add the
> xset commands to the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 file, this script
> is executed every time the xdm/gdm login screen is displayed.
> I have mine set to display a pattern instead of a blank screen
> to avoid the same thing that is happening to your users.
>
> To turn off the blanker add these two commands to the
> bottom of /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0:
>
> xset -dpms
> xset s off
>
> My /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 commands look like this:
>
> # screen blanker setup commands for blank to pattern
> # turn off EnergyStar Display Power Management System
> xset -dpms
> # set time to wait before blanking in sec.
> xset s 900
> # turn screen blanker on
> xset s on
> # set blanker to use pattern instead of blank screen
> xset s noblank
> # blank the screen right now (optional)
> xset s activate
>
> Hope this helps!
> Bluster
>
> Damien Mattei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > i want to disable the blanking screen at login when using xdm or gdm,
> > the main reason is that newbies come see the blank screen and power off
> > the cpu thinking that windows is not started (the computer is in free
> > access in a classroom)
> >
> > thanks to answer
> >
> > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks you Bluster !
now it works , i had already use ,at home ,the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
file with xdm but i didn't know that it was working with gdm too...
bye
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email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I make Gnome (or Enlightenment) forget about me?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 08:42:18 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ray wrote:
>
> Mike Oliver wrote:
>> So clearly Gnome (or perhaps Enlightenment) has a database
>> somewhere with corrupt information about me. If I could just
>> remove that (those?) entries and start over, I should be OK.
>> But I don't know where the database is. Does anyone?
>
> Not sure, but look for files like .gnome and friends. There will be
> several, and some are directories. If these are simply renamed, gnome
> will fall back to all defaults. After that, you can move stuff over from
> the renamed places to the new ones it built. Many times, you can recover
> most, if not all, of your original setup configs.
If you mean files like .gnome in my *home* directory, no good. I
tried it having wiped out my entire home directory (including
files starting with .).
Gnome is obviously keeping information about me somewhere else,
and I don't know how to find out where.
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From: Carlos A. =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=E1zaro?= Carrascosa
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc.development.apps
Subject: SCSI Drivers
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 17:03:52 +0200
Anyone know if exists any driver for the:
Future Domain Corp
TMC-850MEX (pt)
SCSI card ?
And, of course, where i can get it ;-)
thanks in advance.
Carlos.
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is fat32x??
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:08:23 -0400
Svend Olaf Mikkelsen wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Fluri Dave
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>Okay, then, how does either of you explain the attached hd
>>layout from my own box? Note that the third primary
>>partition extends past 1024, is bigger than 1024 and is
>>labeled as type 0b.
>
>>Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2637 cylinders
>>Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>/dev/hda1 1 511 3863128+ b Win95
FAT32
>>/dev/hda2 * 512 514 22680 83 Linux
>>/dev/hda3 515 1721 9124920 b Win95
FAT32
>>/dev/hda4 1722 2637 6924960 85 Linux
extended
>>/dev/hda5 1722 1762 309928+ 83 Linux
>>/dev/hda6 1763 1780 136048+ 82 Linux
swap
>>/dev/hda7 1781 2187 3076888+ 83 Linux
>>/dev/hda8 2188 2637 3401968+ 83 Linux
>
>It is a bug in the partitioning software used, or an error
if the
>partition type was set manually. Your data will be damaged
if you do
>not change the type of hda3 to 0C.
>--
>Svend Olaf
Okay, this had me concerned so I went directly to the MS
website (yech!), figuring they should know from FAT. Here's
what they say (all valid partition types for Win9x listed;
reference
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/win95/fat32ovr_0j03.h
tm ...)
Value Description
PART_UNKNOWN (00h) Unknown
PART_DOS2_FAT (01h) 12-bit FAT
PART_DOS3_FAT (04h) 16-bit FAT. Partitions
smaller than
32MB.
PART_EXTENDED (05h) Extended MS-DOS
Partition
PART_DOS4_FAT (06h) 16-bit FAT. Partitions
larger than or
equal
to 32MB.
PART_DOS32 (0Bh) 32-bit FAT. Partitions
up to 2047GB.
PART_DOS32X (0Ch) Same as PART_DOS32
(0Bh), but uses
Logical Block
Address
Int 13h
extensions.
PART_DOSX13 (0Eh) Same as PART_DOS4_FAT
(06h), but uses
Logical Block
Address
Int 13h
extensions.
PART_DOSX13X (0Fh) Same as PART_EXTENDED
(05h), but uses
Logical Block
Address
Int 13h
extensions.
So, you were partly correct, Svend Olaf. The difference is
in the use of the LBA (Int 13h) extension. It has nothing to
do with size, though. Note that the 0Bh can be up to 2047
GB. No mention anywhere of 1024 cylinders. Now, since I'm
not running that drive with the LBA extension, then 0b is
the correct id for that partition...
Dave Fluri North Bay, Ontario Canada
(The opinions herein are mine. I do not speak for my
employer unless I expressly indicate otherwise.)
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From: "LeleDxt�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Win2k, WinMe, Linux Red Hat 6.2
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 16:21:11 GMT
Hi, i have a problem with the boot loader of win2k, that isn't able to boot
Linux.
My os are: Win2k on hdc1, winMe on hda1, Linux on hda5.
I'm able to boot Linux using the boot disk.
I ran BootPart to add Linux to the NT Loader menu.
When the system powers on, I'm presented with the NT Loader menu with the
items Win2K, WinMe, & Linux.
Choosing Win2K or WinMe gives no problems; they launch fine.
Choosing Linux gives me the following error.
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt:
<windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
This is not correct because ntoskrnl.exe is not missing.
I'm still able to boot Linux using the boot floppy disk.
Any help woulb be appreciated.
Thank you.
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From: "Patrizio Pesciaioli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No setup signature found...
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 18:51:20 +0200
Hi,
During debian 2.2 setup after the first phase I must
reboot the sistem... this is the result
=====================================
boot:
Loading linux..............................
No setup signature found...
========================================
I installed lilo in the mbr.
What can I do??
Thank you
Patrizio Pesciaoli
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From: Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I make Gnome (or Enlightenment) forget about me?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 09:55:25 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Oliver wrote:
> >
> > Mike Oliver wrote:
> >> So clearly Gnome (or perhaps Enlightenment) has a database
> >> somewhere with corrupt information about me. If I could just
> >> remove that (those?) entries and start over, I should be OK.
> >> But I don't know where the database is. Does anyone?
>
> Gnome is obviously keeping information about me somewhere else,
> and I don't know how to find out where.
Found it. My login being oliver, the offending files were
in /tmp/orbit-oliver. I wiped out that whole directory, and
was then able to start Gnome.
Does anyone know what this "orbit" stuff is about?
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I get text-only login?
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:58:42 -0400
Most distro's set up Virtual Consoles even while running X11 Windows.
To switch from the X11 screen to a console login use these hotkeys:
CTRL-ALT-F2 -> switch from X11 to Virtual console number 2
this should display a text login screen
Once in text mode only the lefthand ALT key works for this
screen switching so I'll call that key "LEFTALT"...
TO GET BACK TO X11 from a text console screen press:
LEFTALT-F7 -> switch back to X11 screen
(NOTE the Fn key for X11 may be different, if needed try LEFTALT-F9, etc...
to get back to the X11 screen)
Hope this helps!
Bluster
Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> sndconfig says it doesn't want to be run with XWindows. Yes,
> I know I can use linuxconf to set the default to not starting
> XWindows, but that's not the idea; I want to boot the GUI by
> default, but have the option not to.
>
> Is there something I can type at the
> LILO Boot:
> prompt that will accomplish this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: What is fat32x??
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 17:28:10 GMT
"D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>PART_DOS32X (0Ch) Same as PART_DOS32
> (0Bh), but uses
> Logical Block
> Address
> Int 13h extensions.
Note that without Int 13h extensions you cannot access cylinders >
1023. (And note that this has nothing to do with the BIOS LBA mode).
>So, you were partly correct, Svend Olaf. The difference is
>in the use of the LBA (Int 13h) extension. It has nothing to
>do with size, though. Note that the 0Bh can be up to 2047
>GB. No mention anywhere of 1024 cylinders. Now, since I'm
>not running that drive with the LBA extension, then 0b is
>the correct id for that partition...
Yes, 0B can be up to 2047 GB if it is a logical partition inside an
extended partition type 0F. I said that from the beginning.
I can only repeat: If you do not change the ID of hda3 to 0C, your
data will be damaged. The damage will begin in hda1.
If your BIOS does not support extended interrupt 13h you should not
use hda3.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:24:23 +0100
RCD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> hi,
> if anyone knows of a solution I'd like to hear it.
> I have (had) a dual boot (with lilo) redhat, win95 and thought I'd
> finally upgrade to win98.
> I stupidly forgot to make a bootdisk.
If you have the Red Hat CD, you can quite easily create a new boot floppy,
or boot off the CD...
For the bootfloppy, use rawrite.exe on the CD to create the floppy.
For booting from the CD, select "boot installed system"
Then rerun LILO.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:25:58 +0100
RCD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> hi,
> thanks for the useful info,
> I'll try booting from the cd, then loadlin.
> Yeah, I think you're right about installing LILO. I've read that
> re-installing it may make
> win98 unbootable. I think I'll have to stick to a boot disk until this
> apparent problem is solved.
As long as LILO knows about the windows partition, it will work.
You just have to make sure your lilo.conf file is correct before running it.
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| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |
|Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" |
| in | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
| Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
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From: zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Virge setup
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 13:40:36 -0400
Hi,
I am trying to setup an s3 Virge pci card with suse 6.4
The card starts up right with vga console mode, and startx
runs OK with the S3V server. However, when I return to console
mode from an X session, the vga screen is garbled. The proper
vga settings can only be restored with a reboot.
Anyone know the fix?
Thanks.
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc.development.system
Subject: Re: SCSI Drivers
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 17:50:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carlos A. =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=E1zaro?= Carrascosa
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone know if exists any driver for the:
>
> Future Domain Corp
> TMC-850MEX (pt)
The kernel's "/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/seagate.c" claims
TMC-8xx style controller support. I think that is a legacy
adapter.
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: My Installtion Plans (from ZipDisk)
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 18:06:01 GMT
So, I have read all the HOWTO files, NG postings and webpages I can
find that seem relevant to my set-up. Found that with a tiny harddrive
and no CD-rom or network connection, I can install from a ZipDisk.
Thanks to Slackware, who offer the Zip Disk Drive for installation. I
just want to verify this procedure. After getting all the hardware
info from my system (and the manual), I should:
1) Download rawrite.exe (does it matter which version rawwrite.exe,
rawwrite12.exe, etc?) and the iomega.s file. Save the iomega.s file to
a formatted floppy.
2) I assume I would Go into DOS, run RAWRITE.EXE and create the boot
disk using:
C:\>RAWRITE bare.i a:
(Should I format c:/ at this point to clean out the old system?)
3) Shut down the machine & hook up the zip drive to the parallel port.
Insert the boot disk & power up.
I assume I will end up at some sort of prompt & then switch disks to
the one with the iomego.s file.
How do I install these drivers? mount command?
4) After that do I use the
fdisk /dev/hda or cfdisk /dev/hda
command to reformat/repartition the harddrive for linux?
It is a small HDD, so I do not know if adding seperate partitions
for /home /users is optimal.
I will need to make a swap file that this point I think.
5) Put the ZipDisk with the **.bz2 file for the distribution I want in
the ZipDrive and I should be able to bunzip2 it? How do I reference
this ZipDrive?
Thanks for corrections and advice!!!
Tim
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Reply-To: "Haniel G. Mercedes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Haniel G. Mercedes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Raid Problems rh6.1 - 2.2.14 kernel HP-LXr8500 with a NetRaid Card
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:25:27 -0400
Any idea ???????
=====================================
I have a MegaRaid controller (NetRaid) in a HP-LXr8500 server,
I just installed Linux rh6.1intel running 2.2.14 kernel,
so I am trying to configure a Raid 0 using raid tools v0.90,
but I am having some problems;
According to
http://sunsite.utk.edu/ftp/pub/linux/slackware/slackware/docs/Linux-HOWTO/HP
-HOWTO
there is an info that says:
For the RedHat 6.1 distribution, the MegaRaid driver provided
By the kernel does support only the first logical drive. In order
to obtain the others, please recompile a 2.2.14 standard kernel.
If you want to obtain that info, search at the document for "-DHP", the
next paragraph will be the info.
I have 2 types of problems.
Problem 1:
I upgraded from 2.2.12 to 2.2.14 Kernel but I could not find a raid patch
for 2.2.14 Kernel,
the last recent patch that I got, was raid0145-19990824-2.2.11.tar.gz, so
I did not patch the kernel with this old patch kernel.
Anyway with 2.2.14 kernel, I can see all raid disks from my raid
controller, so I sliced all disk as a "Linux raid" type "fd",
also made the raids partitions, but when I tried to use the raid tools, I
could not be able to define a raid 0,
I really think that I defined the /etc/raidtab file correctly and my
/proc/mdstat looks like is good.
Report Problem:
[root@puma /root]# mkraid /dev/md0
handling MD device /dev/md0
analyzing super-block
disk 0: /dev/sdc1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 1: /dev/sdd1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 2: /dev/sde1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 3: /dev/sdf1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 4: /dev/sdg1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.=====>
(This is the error)
[root@puma /root]# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities: [1 linear] [2 raid0]
read_ahead not set
md0: inactive
md1: inactive
md2: inactive
md3: inactive
[root@puma /root]# cat /etc/raidtab
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0
persistent-superblock 1
chunk-size 8
nr-raid-disks 5
nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sdc1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdd1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sde1
raid-disk 2
device /dev/sdf1
raid-disk 3
device /dev/sdg1
raid-disk 4
I just looked at /var/log/dmesg and dmesg command and there is not problem
with this.
I just upgraded the Server BIOS to last version from any HW problem.
(NetRaid Card)
Poblem 2:
First:
I tried with a new kernels versions like 2.2.15 or 2.2.16, 2.2.17, but
when I try to boot with all of these new kernels the system hang. I tried
with the rh6.2 and rh 7.0 CD and I got the same error.
This is the mesg that appear at the screen monitor:
===================================================================
blah ......
blah blah......
blah blah blah.......
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.16
entry at 0xfdaca
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: probing pci hardware
PCI: 00:c0[0e11/6010] Scanning per hosts bridge
PCI: Scanning compaq per hosts bridge 18/00
PCI: 00:c8[0e11/6010] Scanning compaq per hosts bridge
PCI: Scanning compaq per hosts bridge 19/00
PCI: 00:d0[0e11/6010] Scanning compaq per hosts bridge
PCI: Scanning compaq per hosts bridge 1a/00
After this the system HANGS.
===================================================================
Basically in this case, I think that the problem is when rh6.2 is probing
the PCI buses, its hang probing the third PCI bus SCSI at the NetRaid
controller.
I could boot with rh6.2 CD or rh7.0 if I remove the NetRaid card from the
server HP-LXr8500. I am not expecting that someone is going to tell me the
solution of this problem, cause perhaps it could be "hardware problem", the
reason is that I am writing this, is because I hope that someone got a
similar situacion and maybe could get me some ideas, I am very interests in
to use that NetRaid Card, is really pretty fast.
===================================================================
Questions:
- Any idea please?
- Is there a new raid patch for 2.2.(14,15,16,17) kernel ?
- I suppose that I have the raid defined correctly, what does mean "mkraid:
aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues" ?
Thanks,
Ps. Sorry for this large doc and sorry for an especific hardware question.
Haniel Mercedes
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From: Andrew Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7.0 Kernel won't compile?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 10:45:22 -0700
I just got and installed RH7 on my box. As has been the case for
the last 3 installs, when I'm done, my network is broken, because
it doesn't recognize my Linksys ethernet card. So I grab to tulip.s
file from last time I went through this (RH6.2 - or was it 6.0?),
put it in place, and started a kernel build. It gets through about
4 files before it craps out, seemingly because of problems with
SMP definitions. The output of the compile is at:
http://www.scroom.com/red_hat.txt
ANybody got any suggestions? I have been poring through to code,
trying to figure out why the SMP stuff is so whacked. It's kernel
2.2.16...
All help appreciated fully.
andy
--
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to
use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
Andy Wallace (650) 817-0230 (Internal:x2230) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7 & /etc/fstab
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 18:33:15 GMT
On Oct 5, 2000 at 12:49, Mogens Kjaer eloquently wrote:
>"ne..." wrote:
[...]
>What is it that you want to do?
Achieve consistency in my /etc/fstab.
>
>The idea behind using "LABEL=/" instead of "/dev/hda7" is that
>you can move the disks between controllers (or change SCSI id's)
>without changing the /etc/fstab file. "man fstab" will tell
>you more about this. e2label will tell you the label of the
>partition.
Thanks. I really deserve a boot up the you know what
for not going to the first place I normally check, the
man pages. Everything is right there staring me in the
face.
>> I did see stuff about raid5 flash by when booting and I
>> am not sure whether this has anything to do with it.
>
>dmesg will tell you what it says during boot. It just tests
>various ways of calculating the stuff for RAID5 using different
>algorithms, taking the fastest.
Ta.
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From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP..............HOW TO INSTALL LINUX
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:31:30 +0200
Thanks Harry.........
I'll try it........ : )
Andy
"Harry Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 1. Repair the boot environment using the Windows 2000 CD-ROM (the
> procedure is similar to installing W2k, but you specify a repair at the
> appropriate point).
>
> 2. Use the Linux boot diskette (you did create one, right?) to boot to
> Linux and then edit lilo.conf to put LILO somewhere other than either
> the MBR or the boot sector of C:.
>
> 3. Download bootpart (shareware) from the Web (do a search for it and
> you'll find it) and then use it to create a boot file that points to
> where you put LILO.
>
> 4. Add an entry to your W2k boot menu to load Linux using the file
> created by bootpart.
>
> That's all!
>
> Harry
>
> Andy wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, I installed Corel Linux this afternoon, but it doesn't want to
boot
> > to Linux after it rebooted...............
> >
> > I partitioned my hard drive into the following..........
> >
> > C: windows' 98
> > D: Games
> > E: MP3s
> > F: Windows' 2000
> > G: Linux
> >
> > I give about 2.4 GB of the space to Linux, is this ok?
> >
> > The installation process went fine, no problem, but after I rebooted
nothing
> > comes up, no boot menu nothing.........
> > I can't even go to windows 98.......... after I boot with CD-ROM and set
the
> > C: to active, then I can only
> > boot to windows 98......... I can't see the Linux partition, I can't
delete
> > the Linux Partition because I can't
> > see it in the fdisk...........Please HELP!!!!!!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andy
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From: "Michael Erb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: user password change???
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:36:41 -0400
i have a gaggle of users on my machine that are only going to POP to the
server for email. i have set them up with generic passwords. what do i do so
that the next time they login to the POP server it makes them change their
password?
thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Professor Bruno)
Subject: Recommended tape drives for backup?
Date: 5 Oct 2000 18:42:45 GMT
Any recommendations?
Thanks!
Max Pyziur
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:45:21 -0400
From: Zhihui Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp setup help - Redhat
After installation of Redhat 6.2, I do not find /usr/sbin/in.ftpd. So I
reinstall it, choosing Anonymous FTP server this time. Now I can use FTP.
But I have three problems:
(1) Anonymous FTP is not safe, how can I turn in off?
(2) How to allow FTP as root (at least temporary)?
(3) Do I have to choose "anonymous FTP server" in the Package Group
Selection to have FTP installed? I want login-based FTP anyway.
(4) How to install the SSH/SCP stuff and enable it? I am frustrated that
the package group selection does not tell me which group contains what.
Thanks for your help.
-Zhihui
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