Linux-Setup Digest #790, Volume #19 Sun, 8 Oct 00 23:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: RedHat 7.0 Installation woes (Rob Ristroph)
Re: install vmware-tools w/o floppy drive? (mst)
Re: Installing RedHat 6.2 on an ASUS A7V ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Fail-over on NFS mounts? ("Michael Mowbray")
Re: Netscape upgrade (Ed Hurst)
Re: How to use 3Com ISA Ethernet Card (mesc)
Problems compiling tulip module on RH 7.0 (msume97)
Re: help: sending external mail (David. E. Goble)
Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot (David. E. Goble)
Cannon BJC 4400 Printer ("David ..")
Re: Problems compiling tulip module on RH 7.0 ("David ..")
Re: How to install the C compiler? ("Arctic Storm")
Re: Netscape upgrade (Paul Lew)
Re: Which shell to use, sh, csh, tcsh or bash? (Sven Mascheck)
X-Window Setup problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: show load of two processors (Manfred Bartz)
Re: How to use 3Com ISA Ethernet Card (Gary Sandine)
Re: Second FAT32 partition can't be mounted ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel Panic CPUID (RCB)
X question (gnome) (Hagbard)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Ristroph)
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0 Installation woes
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 00:20:53 GMT
In my limited experience, harddware conflicts usually produce a
failure that will re-occur in the same place predictably.
Unpredictable errors such as what you describe usually ended up being
faulty memory or a failing harddrive.
I would check to see that the memory chips are well seated. Did you
assemble this machine yourself ? If so, are you sure that the CPU is
properly cooled ?
If it will reliably boot something else, if it alreadyhas windows on
it and will run that OK, then this probably isn't the problem. One
thing to consider is to find a DRDOS boot disk on the web and boot
into dos from a floppy, and see if that will run without crashing for
a bit.
--Rob
>>>>> "PJ" == Pippin Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PJ>
PJ> First of all, apologies for the empty message I sent before.
PJ> So I'm attempting install (any) linux on a new PC. I currently run RH6 on
PJ> my old computer, and have bought a brand new (PIII-866, 256MB etc) PC...
PJ>
PJ> But I cannot get a linux to go on, and the latest failure is RedHat 7.
PJ> I've also tried Mandrake 7.1.
PJ>
PJ> Both times, installation proceeds more or less normally until at some
PJ> (pretty much random) point, the whole thing falls over. Mandrake tends to
PJ> segfault, while RH sometimes has anaconda script errors, sometimes more
PJ> serious errors... sometimes RH will give a normal error message (with
PJ> option to save), sometimes it's a more serious failure that messes up the
PJ> screen with primitive error text.
PJ>
PJ> The only notable thing about the RH install is that I'm using a special
PJ> boot image to make it recognize my ATA66 HDD (why doesn't the CD do this
PJ> anyway I ask?!)... apart from that all is normal.
PJ>
PJ> I'd feel much better if it would crash in the same place, but that was not
PJ> to be.
PJ>
PJ> It feels like a hardware conflict I suppose, but I'm not really sure what
PJ> to do. Anyone had a similar experience or have some idea of what would
PJ> call these failures...
PJ>
PJ> Thanks for any help you can offer,
PJ>
PJ> PJ
PJ>
PJ>
PJ> Dr. Dr. Pippin Barr
PJ> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PJ> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PJ>
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install vmware-tools w/o floppy drive?
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 20:21:51 -0400
rude wrote:
>
> I did follow them a few dozen times.
> I also tried setting the virtual floppy up as these 3 files:
> /usr/lib/vmware/floppies/linux.flp
> /usr/lib/vmware/floppies/windows.flp
> /usr/lib/vmware/floppy.nvr
>
> I then also symlinked /dev/fd0 to a writable file, but failed pitifully.
>
> No matter if I select device (/dev/fd0) or file (see above), I cannot
> access drive A: in the Windows client.
> I tried it with and without connecting the drives/files in the config editor.
>
> It really seems I cannot install the tools w/o a floppy drive.
>
No. it's not how it works. In 2.x you don't need a physical floppy or a
floppy image to install the tools. When you decide to install them, just
go to the "Settings" menu and select "VMware tools install". In the
guest OS, an A: disk with the required files will show up automagically.
Try it. It even gives you online instructions about doing the install.
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installing RedHat 6.2 on an ASUS A7V
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 00:22:39 GMT
http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/index.html
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
P. U. Psilanimous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the following system setup:
>
> ASUS A7V motherboard with Athlon 950 (Thunderbird)
> 30GB ATA-100 HDD on Promise IDE controller (Windoze boot drive)
> 8.4GB ATA-33 HDD on primary IDE controller
> 256MB RAM, Voodoo video, Realtek ethernet, CD-ROM, CD-RW, etc.
>
> When I tried to install RedHat 6.2 on the 8.4GB disk, I discovered
> that Linux could not "see" the ATA-100 drive. I went ahead with the
> installation and found that the option of installing LILO was not
> presented (I assume because Linux thought it was the only OS).
> Anyway, I continued, assuming I would resort to a floppy boot until I
> could solve this problem. Of course, the system locked up while
> detecting hardware upon first boot (it is RedHat, after all).
> I have since decided to use the 8.4GB HDD as a backup drive and am
> planning to buy another ATA-100 drive for Linux.
>
> My problem is:
> Since the ASUS considers the Promise IDE controller as a secondary
> device, how do I get Linux to recognize that these disks are present?
> I have already disabled the 8.4GB disk in the BIOS boot section so
> that the boot sequence is:
>
> Floppy --> CD-ROM --> It then goes to the Promise controller and
> boots from this drive.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darrell
>
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From: "Michael Mowbray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fail-over on NFS mounts?
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 10:47:08 +1000
I have a two node network, each machine with RH6.2. I have mounted the
/home directory via nfs so it's available to both machines. It is working
perfectly, but doesn't offer one thing I wanted. If the machine serving the
volume is down, then at login on the client machine, I wanted it to
'fail-over' to /home on the fs mounted on the local drive. no amount of
toying with time-outs etc. can achieve this - it just hangs when a login
accesses /home/... and waits 'til the nfs volume is offered up again. fstab
(latest version - it was changed _many_ times over the weekend!) and mount
output from the client follow:
$ more fstab
...
bart:/home /home nfs
defaults,rsize=8192,wsiz
e=8192,retry=5,soft,bg,intr 0 0
...
$ mount
...
bart:/home on /home type nfs
(rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,retry=5,soft,bg,intr,addr=192.168.0.3)
...
and on the nfs 'server':
$ more exports
/home (rw,no_root_squash) # Site-wide home directories
any advice appreciated ...
(NOTE: e-mail return address mangled to protect my inbox - remove the
obvious to reply)
--
Michael Mowbray
Technical Manager - CSABMS
Mincom Limited.
193 Turbot St
Brisbane, Queensland, 4000
Phone: (07) 3303 3614
Mobile: 0403 197 220
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet: http://www.mincom.com/index.html
This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential
information. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete
it and notify the sender. The contents of this E-mail are the opinion of the
writer only and are not endorsed by Mincom Limited unless expressly stated
otherwise.
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From: Ed Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape upgrade
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:17:15 -0500
Ali wrote:
> I`m trying to upgrade netscape 4.73 to 4.75 but it won`t do it. I downloaded
> the tar file from netscape website and extracted it then typed ./ns-install
> but it never upgraded it, it just stuck it in another folder.
> I think some help is required. I should also point out that,is it worth
> upgrading to ie. does it improve the news reader and email side of things
> because it the moment it is absolutly pants. I can only have one pop account
> ( useless ) and the news server i use requires me to log on with user name
> and password ( I can`t set it up to do it automatically like IE).
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Ali
Maybe it will fix a problem or two; maybe not. You will still be limited to one
POP account, and you will still have to log in to the news server manually,
I suspect. There are applications out there that will do it better, but they
take up lots more resources.
As for the upgrade: when using .tar files, you have to remove the older version
first. The newer one should accept most of your old settings, as stored in your
home directory, but in the past there have been problems with the address book
causing a crash.
Sorry, but that's the best we can do with the 4.xx Netscape.
Ed
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
From: mesc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use 3Com ISA Ethernet Card
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 01:11:01 GMT
netcfg?
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Andrew Werden wrote:
> >
> > I've just loaded Redhat 6.2 on an old Gateway 166 previously running NT 4.0.
> > Linux does recognize the 3Com ISA Etherlink III card (model 3C509B-TPO). It
> > neither starts the ethernet adaptor, nor recognizes any interrupts for it.
> >
> > Any idea how I can get my network card working?
> >
> > /Andrew
>
> first thing to do is to get the 3c509 out of the PnP mode.
> 3com has 2 installation diskettes on their site. boot from your windows
> bootdisk and use the second 3com install disk to run 3c5x9cfg.exe. make
> sure you disable pnp and reboot. first write down the IRQ and IO
> settings!
>
> second thing to do is to setup your internet-settings in RH. i don't
> remember what the programme is called, but it's that handy config tool
> that comes with RedHat. (what's it called again?)
> remember to fill in the io-adress like this: io=0x300 (substitute 300
> with the actual io. IRQ is optional as you will see.
>
> if you filled it al in correctly, you should be able to ping your
> localhost (no response? NiC is not properly installed, check the io).
>
> good luck!
>
> Niels
>
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From: msume97 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems compiling tulip module on RH 7.0
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 01:30:03 -0000
I am having problems compiling the tulip.o module for my linksys etherfast
card. I have a fresh install of redhat 7.0 and have downloaded all of the
files from ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/tulip.html (pci-scan.h
pci-scan.c, kern_compat.h, and tulip.c). The pci-scan.o module seems to
compile OK, but when I try to compile the tulip.c file I get the
following errors:
[root@localhost modules]# gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c
tulip.c
tulip.c: In function `tulip_open':
tulip.c:1437: structure has no member named `tbusy'
tulip.c:1438: structure has no member named `start'
tulip.c: In function `tulip_start_xmit':
tulip.c:2530: structure has no member named `tbusy'
tulip.c:2563: structure has no member named `tbusy'
tulip.c: In function `tulip_interrupt':
tulip.c:2582: structure has no member named `interrupt'
tulip.c:2586: structure has no member named `interrupt'
tulip.c:2667: structure has no member named `tbusy'
tulip.c:2671: structure has no member named `tbusy'
tulip.c:2672: `NET_BH' undeclared (first use in this function)
tulip.c:2672: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
tulip.c:2672: for each function it appears in.)
tulip.c:2757: structure has no member named `interrupt'
tulip.c: In function `tulip_close':
tulip.c:2903: structure has no member named `start'
tulip.c:2904: structure has no member named `tbusy'
tulip.c: In function `tulip_get_stats':
tulip.c:2943: structure has no member named `start'
tulip.c: In function `set_rx_mode':
tulip.c:3182: structure has no member named `tbusy'
I have compiled this module under redhat 6.2 with out a problem. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: sending external mail
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 01:32:26 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
Woops, sorry, Iam running redhat 6.2 and I sovlved the problem. I did
not have the right setup, had it backward :>
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 01:32:31 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
Sorry, Iam running redhat 6.2. If I login as root on tty1 and login as
root on tty4, and setuid from tty4, then exit/reboot cause this.
As I was runng linuxconf on tty1 (to veiw the mail que[?]) and testing
users email account on tty2. So as I did not want to waste time
waiting for my old 486 to exit out of linuxconf then rerun it, I
relogin thru tty4.
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Cannon BJC 4400 Printer
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 20:27:39 -0500
Has anyone been able to get their Cannon BJC 4400 configured or know
where I could get information on configuring one on a redhat 6.2 system?
Or what driver it uses since there isn't one for it in printtool.
Converting someone to linux but they need their printer.
Thanks.
--
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: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems compiling tulip module on RH 7.0
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 20:43:40 -0500
msume97 wrote:
>
> I am having problems compiling the tulip.o module for my linksys etherfast
> card. I have a fresh install of redhat 7.0 and have downloaded all of the
> files from ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/tulip.html (pci-scan.h
> pci-scan.c, kern_compat.h, and tulip.c). The pci-scan.o module seems to
> compile OK, but when I try to compile the tulip.c file I get the
> following errors:
>
> [root@localhost modules]# gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c
>
> I have compiled this module under redhat 6.2 with out a problem. Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
This work on 6.2 not sure about 7.0
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/path/to/module -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-O6 -c tulip.c `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ] && echo
-DMODVERSIONS`
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From: "Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How to install the C compiler?
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 02:07:32 GMT
Thanks.
It worked.
=======================================================================
"J00st" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Arctic Storm,
>
> Your C compiler is probably allready installed. If you don't know where it
> is, do a "which cc" or "which gcc" to find out where it is installed (it
> is probably somewhere under /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin).
>
> Once you found out where it is, you can set a CC-variable to point to your
> C compiler like this:
>
> # export CC=/usr/bin/cc or /usr/bin/gcc (which one you prefer).
> Do a echo $CC to see if is actually set now.
>
> If you haven't got it installed, you can either download it from
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ or install thr rpm from your RH7 cd.
>
> rpm -vhU /mnt/cdrom/Redhat/RPMS/gcc*
>
> This will install all the gcc's on your CD.
>
> Hope this helps!!
>
> Regards,
>
> -Joost
>
> Remove the "AT" from the emailaddress to reply.
>
> Arctic Storm wrote:
>
> > I have RedHat Linux 7.0.
> > I get an error when I type "make". It says that "make" command cannot
> > be found because the C compiler may not have been installed.
> > Originally, I chose the custome installation, and it's possible that
> > I did not install the compiler. How can I install the C compiler after
> > installation of the operating system?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ----------
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Subject: Re: Netscape upgrade
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 02:12:18 GMT
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:17:15 -0500, Ed Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ali wrote:
>
>> I`m trying to upgrade netscape 4.73 to 4.75 but it won`t do it. I downloaded
>> the tar file from netscape website and extracted it then typed ./ns-install
>> but it never upgraded it, it just stuck it in another folder.
>> I think some help is required. I should also point out that,is it worth
>> upgrading to ie. does it improve the news reader and email side of things
>> because it the moment it is absolutly pants. I can only have one pop account
>> ( useless ) and the news server i use requires me to log on with user name
>> and password ( I can`t set it up to do it automatically like IE).
>> Any help much appreciated.
>>
>> Ali
> ........
>
>As for the upgrade: when using .tar files, you have to remove the older
version
>first. The newer one should accept most of your old settings, as stored
in your
>home directory, but in the past there have been problems with the address book
>causing a crash.
>
>Sorry, but that's the best we can do with the 4.xx Netscape.
>
When I run ns-install to "upgrade", it asked me where I wanted to put it;
of course, I selected the directory where my old version was. The directory
where my netscape reside is /opt/netscape but the install still put some
plugins into /usr/local/netscape as it looked like part of netscape insist
that the plugins reside there.
hope that helps some...
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From: Sven Mascheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which shell to use, sh, csh, tcsh or bash?
Date: 9 Oct 2000 04:27:40 +0200
Rob Ristroph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Look into zsh. The reasons why I prefer it above bash are:
> 1) Retrieving an entire multi-line command from history.
> [...] But in zsh I get all three lines in an editable mode.
...in contrast to bash-1. But both bash-2.02.1(1) and bash-2.04.0(1)
here offer this actually very useful little goodie.
> 2) Command completion:
One of the very strengths of zsh if not even its purpose
(maximum customizations, in contrast to bash allegedly concentrating
more on POSIX). But since 2.04 bash also has at least a programmable
completion; although i never have compared them (and a hint for the
archives: even bash comes with an example/ code directory)
The biggest problem with all these shells is always _switching_ between
them if one has gotten used to one ;-)
Sven
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: X-Window Setup problem
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 02:22:00 GMT
Hi all !
I am a newbie. I have installed Linux RedHat 6.2 to my systems
The configuration as follow:
Mainboard: Intel Chipset 810
CPU: PIII - 333 MHZ
RAM: 64 MB RAM
The installation is working fine and I can boot Linux and use it now.
But the problem occured with X-Window setup. I couldn't config any
video-card for my system to enable X-Window Server.
Any idea will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Subject: Re: show load of two processors
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 02:32:55 GMT
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Is there any program (maybe similar to top) that shows the load
> > > of two processors separately? I just installed linux in a dual
> > > pentium and I'd like to know how the load is distributed.
> >
> > There is a patch for top that shows both. URL is in the SMP FAQ IIRC.
> > Don't know it offhand.
>
> Where do you get this FAQ ?
Try <http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html>
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From: Gary Sandine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use 3Com ISA Ethernet Card
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 02:33:12 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Andrew Werden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Linux does recognize the 3Com ISA Etherlink III card (model 3C509B-TPO).
Set the I/O and IRQ with jumpers so the device does not conflict
with other devices in your box (watch for serial device conflict) -
say I/O = 0x300 and IRQ = 5. Make sure /etc/modules.conf (or
/etc/conf.modules) has the lines
alias eth0 [module]
options io=0x300 irq=5
where [module].o is the driver for your network card (I don't know
what module drives that card - I have never owned a 3com product).
I use sis900.o and ne.o for my two ethernet cards.
Once that's done, you activate the card by, as root, typing
ifup eth0, or by setting ONBOOT=yes in the file
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
Here is the config script for my eth0 card:
DEVICE=eth0
USERCTL=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=x.x.x.255
NETWORK=x.x.x.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=x.x.x.y
GATEWAY=x.x.x.z
You will need your numbers at x,y,z - it depends on what you are
using the card for. Once that is in place and the module is loaded,
type ifup eth0 (or once all works, "ONBOOT=yes" will activate the
device automatically at boot time). If you see no message like
Delaying eth0 initilization
it's probably working. Type "ifconfig eth0" to see.
For Red Hat specific configuration information, read
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/Network-Config-Tips/Network-Config-Tips.html
-[ http://www.lanm-pc.com (Cheap Linux boxes!) ]-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Second FAT32 partition can't be mounted
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 19:38:48 -0700
On or about Sun, 08 Oct 2000 16:15:09 -0400, Urs Vollmer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> I'm having a problem with my FAT32-Partitions (all on one disk):
> One can be mounted, one can't. The error message for the second is
> [root@myhost urs]# mount /mnt/win2
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda12,
> or too many mounted file systems
> However, both partitions are of the same type, and the first one
> is mounted without a problem:
> [urs@myhost urs]$ df
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda7 497829 32349 439778 7% /
> /dev/hda2 23333 2878 19251 13% /boot
> /dev/hda6 2016016 126616 1786988 7% /home
> /dev/hda1 8178784 2923936 5254848 36% /mnt/win1
> (...etc...)
> The corresponding /etc/fstab entries are identical:
> [urs@hirschj-pc1 urs]$ cat /etc/fstab
> (...)
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/win1 vfat defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda12 /mnt/win2 vfat defaults 0 0
> (...etc...)
> Also, Windows sees them both fine, as C: and D:.
> The drive is divided into partitions (/sbin/fdisk output) as follows:
> (...)
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3649 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2 1021 1023 24097+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 1024 3649 21093345 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 1024 1278 2048256 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 1279 1533 2048256 83 Linux
> /dev/hda7 1534 1597 514048+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda8 1598 1661 514048+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda9 1662 1678 136521 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda10 1679 1695 136521 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda11 1696 1712 136521 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda12 1713 3649 15558921 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> Could anyone point me to a possible cause and solution?
Do you have a /dev/hda12 in your /dev directory? Some distributions
done provide high-numbered partitions.
You can create the file if it doesn't exist with:
$ mknod /dev/hda12 b 3 12
(as root).
> It couldn't have anything to do with /dev/hda12 starting at a
> cylinder >1024, could it?
That should only affect booting, not mounting.
Can you do an 'fdisk.vfat' or 'fdisk.msdos' on the partition? You just
want diagnostic output, you don't want to change the filesystem if you
can help it. dosfsk has no '-n' (no-changes) flag that I'm aware.
> Isn't it strange that Win does see the second partition? Is the
> partition ID the problem? Or maybe the order of the partitions?
> Thanks for any help.
> Urs
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From: RCB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic CPUID
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 22:49:02 -0400
Hello,
I am relatively new to Linux and am trying to configure a dual boot
(linux/win98) box on fairly current hardware.
My system is as follows:
AK33 AMD Athlon 4x AGP ATX Motherboard
700Mhz AMD Athlon Processor
128MB PC133 SDRAM
WD 15.3gig 7200rpm HD
Diamond Viper NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 AGP Video Card
Aopen AW724 Yamaha Sound Card
My HD is partitioned approximately like this.
hda1 7gig FAT32
hda2 70meg Linux Native /boot
hda5 7gig Linux Native /
hda6 70meg Linux Swap
But, I think that the partitioning isn't a problem ( at least not as
far into the boot process as I have gotten ), but I don't know enough to
be certain of that. I kept the windows partition under the 8.4 gig bios
limit so as to boot using LILO. I get the LILO boot prompt, and typing
'DOS' allows windows to boot normally. However, typing 'Linux' gets me
to
Loading Linux .............
and then it hangs up with the following text showing on the screen.
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
L1 I Cache: 64K L1 D Cache: 64K
L2 Cache: 256K
CPU: AMD AMD Athalon(tm) Processor stepping 02
Enabling extended fast FPU save and restore ....... done
Disabling CPUID Serial number ...... general protection fault: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<c0s340f>]
EFLAGS: 00010282
eax: 00000020 ebx: 07c4cf50 ecx: 00000117 edx: 00000001
esi: 00098800 edi: c0106000 ebp: 00001000 esp: c0233fc8
ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Process swapper(pid:0, process nr:0, stackpage=c0233000
Stack: c0106000 c02344e2 c02143a0 c01d7d0b c02143a0 c0234c7b
07c4cf50 07c4cf50
07c4cf50 c03b30b0 c8000000 00000000 c0214460
c0100175
Call Trace[<c0106000>] [<c01d7d0b>] [<c0100175>]
Code: 0f 32 0d 00 00 20 00 0f 30 68 21 78 1d c0 e8 27 fd ed ff 83
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing
LILO seems like it's getting as far as loading the kernel, but that the
kernel is choking on something. I'm thinking that this has something to
do with my newer hardware. According to the messages above, it seems to
hang on disabling the CPUID serial number, but I have no clue as to what
that is, how it relates to my hardware, or what to do about it. I have
visited several websites and this newsgroup, but have had no luck
finding any pertinent information. I would be very grateful for any
help/suggestions anyone can offer to get me past this roadblock.
Thanks in advance for your consideration of this problem. Rich
B.
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From: Hagbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X question (gnome)
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 23:06:54 -0400
can someone help a newbie?
i finally managed to get x running with my geforce2gts after
downloading the drivers from nvidia's website.
however, apparently the only thing starting is twm. i know i have
gnome and kde installed, but i'm not sure how to start them (i'm a
complete novice at this). like i said, when i type 'startx' the only
thing i get is a blank background with 3 terminal windows and a clock.
when i click on the desktop a popup menu says something about twm,
which is the only reason i know what it is that's running.
i'd like to know what i need to modify to have gnome start up
automatically when i type 'startx'.
here's my configuration:
pii-400
128M
Creative Annihilator 2 GTS
RedHat 6.1
kernel 2.2.12
tia,
hagbard
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