Linux-Setup Digest #865, Volume #19 Fri, 20 Oct 00 00:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Minimal embedded linux? (Leon Garde)
installing abria SQL standard on SuSE Linux 6.4 from cd ("Wil Adler")
Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ADSL won't work on RH7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 7 - full of bugs ?? ("Dmitry Gorodnitsky")
Re: Enabling 256Mg of Ram in linux-2.2-12 kernel? ("David ....")
Re: Help for new Linux users (jeff)
ftp missing!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: hdparm assitance (moonie;))
Re: /var partition bigger (Nick Bishop)
Slackware root disk broken links (J. Roe)
Re: ftp missing!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Trouble setting up ext2 partition (Mike Oliver)
Re: Trouble setting up ext2 partition (Mike Oliver)
Re: ftp missing!! (Robert Kiesling)
Re: Enabling 256Mg of Ram in linux-2.2-12 kernel? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Trouble setting up ext2 partition (Mike Oliver)
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From: Leon Garde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 20 Oct 2000 12:10:11 EST
In aus.computers.linux Russ.Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had a look at various micro-linuces web sites, but i
> thought that if they were to 'disappear', i'd be left
> with an unsupported solution.
you can't call (for example) redhat support for support a a
"miniture linux made from redhat".
I dont think that redhat (For example) are going to keep things the same
just so you can make the miniture linux the same way from every version ...
> I'm more interested in methods for making a small linux
> from a standard distribution. It might not be difficult,
> but i just haven't done it before.
It is difficult.
filesystem layout and selection of libraries have to made.
etc.
> What would be good 'mainstream' distros for doing a shrink?
Any that gives you a boost to your cerebral cpu power.
Otherwise you wont get anywhere.
like,I found a flash drive that wont boot with new award bios computers.
but it works fine with old ones.
its never straight forward.
leon
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From: "Wil Adler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing abria SQL standard on SuSE Linux 6.4 from cd
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:31:01 -0400
Hello, can someone help?
Whenever I try to boot from the cd to install the SQL, the messge comes up:
failed regarding booting from my cd; and my boot sequence is correct. I'm
trying to install MySQL on a minimum installation of SuSE Linux 6.4. I'm
having a hard time finding out what the problem is from my Linux book. I
would sure appreciate some help.
Thanks,
Wil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 01:37:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The regular MBR you're talking about has code in it to execute the
> bootcode in the *only* active partition that is present on the disc.
So
> when you boot, th BIOS reads/executes the MBR code, which chains
through
> to the active partition. Here either the windows bootcode is present,
or
> LILO, if you put LILO in the partition. The windows98 bootcode
executes
> only it's own kernel image, the NT bootcode starts the NT bootloader,
> and LILO starts ... LILO :-)
>
> taking the bootable flag off, will result in a BIOS error message
(this
> code is in the MBR too) that states "No operating system found"
> If you have two active partitions, remove one active flag, it's not
> allowed, and will result in unpredictable behaviour.
Dear All,
Thanks for all the useful posting.
In view of the damage I could inflict on the file partition system, I
have decided to skip the part about DIY manipulation of LILO.
Holding on to a deep breath, 8-) I booted LINUX from the CDROM (RH6.0)
and at the boot prompt, started the install(ation process)... and chose
Upgrade...(Custom Installation...) From the 'Lilo Installation screen'
on LILO is placed on the MBR and as a simple cosmetic touch up, I went
on to edit/rename 'dos' as 'win95'.
For now everything is working fine. Linux and X-windows, I will need to
test out all the components that was selected. BTW, it is really a pain
trying to jot down on paper so much details. Sometimes I think I want
to train a camera on the screen to take a snap-shot every now and then
to record all the selection on a WYSIWYG basis. :-(
Does anyone has a neat way of doing screen dump during installation?
Thanks for all the help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ADSL won't work on RH7
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 01:41:32 GMT
Hi
I use a Kingston NIC with my ADSL conection to SWBELL but the driver
that I use is ne2kpci.o and it works just fine.
Just thought that this might help
Alex...
In article <8sifee$bev$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > PPPoE is still fairly immature. Sometimes one PPPoE implementation
> works
> > and another doesn't. If I'm not mistaken, RH 7 comes with the
Roaring
> > Penguin PPPoE client, which is fairly popular; but there are others.
> > Check http://www.rodsbooks.com/network/network-dsl.html for a few
> links.
> > If you continue to have problems, please post some more details --
> most
> > importantly, what DSL provider you're using. Also, be sure that your
> DSL
> > provider actually USES PPPoE. Not all do.
> >
>
> I wouldn't have asked the question if I didn't know that my provider
> uses PPPoE. I know that my provider does. I'm using the RH7 RP
> (roaring penguin) PPPoE client. This same client worked fine with Red
> Hat 6.2 and Mandrake 7.1, this is why I'm baffeled that it won't work
> with RedHat 7. I'm using Southwestern Bell (SBC) as my DSL Provider.
I
> have a Kingston NIC.
>
> Michael Mucciarone
>
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> Before you buy.
>
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From: "Dmitry Gorodnitsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7 - full of bugs ??
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:04:03 GMT
7.0 have broken glibc. It has problems with threads. For example JDK1.2.2
doesn't work on 7.0 out of the box.
I would recommend to download and install the newest version of glibc.
"Hal Burgiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 18 Oct 2000 03:30:55 GMT, David M. Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:44:44 +0200, Mikkel Heisterberg
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>I finally decided to make our newest Linux box a Redhat 7 box, but
> >>while downloading the iso-images I read a couple of postings on
> >>various Linux web-sites that the Redhat 7 is filled with bugs - is
> >>this right ?? Should one refrain from version 7 and go with version
> >>6.2 instead ??
> >
> >The reports of bugginess are greatly exaggerated IMO. I'm running it
> >on my work machine and my home machine, and while I did have some
> >problems doing an upgrade, I haven't had any problems with a fresh
> >install.
>
> No real problems here. A few quirks, and configuration differences. Some
> changes that require re-learning a bit (eg xinetd). There is always
> bugs. But no show stoppers that I've found.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
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From: "David ...." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Enabling 256Mg of Ram in linux-2.2-12 kernel?
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:04:54 -0400
Daniel Cave wrote:
>
> Guys.
>
> (please excuse x-posting)
>
> Im stuck on this what seems an obvious resolution, but how do i able my box
> to see 256 mg instead of the first 64 mg of ram in my system?
>
> Ive tried permutations of
>
> mem=256m/256 in /etc/lilo.conf, but no avail..
>
> using RH6.1..
>
> Much appreciated
>
> dan
Add this to /etc/lilo.conf
append="mem=256M"
Then run /sbin/lilo
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jeff)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.imux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help for new Linux users
Date: 20 Oct 2000 02:18:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:41:46 GMT, Ken Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a Linux user and advocate...
> I am a former Windows user myself...
> I want to help other Windows users convert to Linux.
> I feel that this forum and others like it are poorly suited to this
> purpose.
> Most Windows users don't read manuals and aren't programmers and
> therefore...
> Answers like "RTFM", "Have you read the FAQs?", and "Just re-compile the
> kernel"...
> Are not good answers for Windows users trying Linux for the first time.
> This isn't helpful, feels like an attack, and drives these folks away...
If Linux is about anything, it's about choice. But the opportunities that
choice provides come at a price - Linux users have the responsibility to be
better informed and more involved than users of Windows, which offers choice
mostly only at a superficial level. Anyone who is unwilling to read a FAQ
or HOWTO, in order to find answers, should not, IMO, get involved with
Linux.
Even _with_ responsibility and involvement as entry criteria, BTW, c.o.l.m
is a VERY busy newsgroup. Clearly, there is not much spare bandwidth here
for tire-kickers.
> Which is not good for Linux in the short term or long run.
Why? Linux has a very well established user base. Not everyone has to, or
should, run Linux. I believe that most Linux users would embrace that view.
> If you feel the same way, and are knowledgeable about Linux...
> And can spend a little time answering questions...
> And don't mind answering simple questions...
> Don't mind answering them repeatedly...
> And can do it without anger, contempt, egotism, condescendence, etc...
> Please e-mail me so we can create a place condusive to the goal...
> Of helping average Window users try Linux and convert to Linux.
I, for one, have learned lots from this ng, most of it by lurking and paying
attention. Nobody here is unwilling to help. Most _love_ to help.
Sometimes, though, tough love is called for.
-jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ftp missing!!
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:08:19 GMT
Hi,
I am surprisingly finding that ftp service is missing from the
installation of my Redhat Linux 6.0 (i386).
Although the entries are there in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf the
command that is specified in inetd.conf (i.e. in.ftpd) is missing from
the system. I tried an upgrade from the installation cdrom for that
service - it says in a log in /temp/upgrade.log that it has upgraded
ftp but still I don't find it in the system. Naturally I cannot connect
to the linux machine through ftp client from other machines.
By the way ping,telnet etc. work fine.
Can anybody help?
Sudip
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm assitance
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 22:58:36 -0400
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Richard Everhart wrote:
>James,
>
>Could you send me a pointer to the faq you mentioned? Thanks.
>
>Rich
open an e-term (command line) and type: man hdparm
easy enough?
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: Nick Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /var partition bigger
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 14:09:07 +1100
E J wrote:
>
> WHO PARTED?!?! :)
> You can get gnu parted to resize your linux partition.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
>
> Tony wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an active RH6.2 system and need to make the /var partition bigger.
> > How can I do that ?
> >
> > Regards
> > Tony
Some Q's
1) Does parted work when there is a Windoze partition on the disk?
2) Can parted move the win/linux boundary, or only linux/linux
boundaries?
3) Does parted work with SuSE linux?
--
Nick Bishop.
-oOo-
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From: J. Roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slackware root disk broken links
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:58:28 GMT
Hi,
I'm trying to do a zip drive install onto an older laptop with Slackware
7.1. I'm following the steps in the zip-install-HOWTO but I'm stuck
with the creation of the root disk.
To create the root disk I run:
$ dd if=text of=/dev/fd0
And this works fine, but then when I mount the floppy and cd
/mnt/floppy/lib there are all these broken library links. For example:
libcom_err.so.2
libcrypt.so.1
libext2fs.so.2
etc...there's 10 links total. The library files that they SHOULD be
pointing to are in the directory too.??? Doesn't make sense.
Also on the root floppy there is are broken links with
boot -> /mnt/boot
cdrom -> /var/log/mount
Should I be worrying about these? Seeing that I don't have a cdrom on
the laptop anyway. But don't know if I should have the boot link fixed.
I've tried this with both the text.gz and the color.gz and I"m getting
the same problems.
Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening and how to fix it?
--
Janine Roe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the more i learn, the less i know about before
the less i know, the more i want to look around...
--
Janine Roe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the more i learn, the less i know about before
the less i know, the more i want to look around...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ftp missing!!
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 03:05:12 GMT
In article <8so9ef$4bq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> I am surprisingly finding that ftp service is missing from the
> installation of my Redhat Linux 6.0 (i386).
>
> Although the entries are there in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf
> the command that is specified in inetd.conf (i.e. in.ftpd) is missing
> from the system. I tried an upgrade from the installation cdrom for
> that service - it says in a log in /temp/upgrade.log that it has
> upgraded ftp but still I don't find it in the system. Naturally I
> cannot connect to the linux machine through ftp client from other
> machines.
> By the way ping,telnet etc. work fine.
>
> Can anybody help?
...
What does "rpm -q ftp" show? If nothing, load ftp-0.16-x from the CD.
- tony
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From: Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble setting up ext2 partition
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:26:31 -0700
"M. Buchenrieder" wrote:
>
> Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> One of the things I was doing wrong was trying to add a logical
>> partition when my extended partition was already full. Why
>> cfdisk didn't twig to this I don't know.
>
> Bug ?
Maybe. But both cfdisk and fdisk seemed to be willing to let me
add logical partitions in free space.
>> But it's a serious
>> problem -- I have lots of space left on that physical disk and
>> I don't want to have to split it into just two primary partitions.
>
> Create 2 more primary partitions.
I even tried creating another primary partition. I got the
same error from mke2fs: " Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while
setting up superblock". What does it mean?
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From: Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble setting up ext2 partition
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:27:26 -0700
Eric wrote:
> No you can have only one extended partition per HDD.
Why? I can think of no justification for this rule.
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Subject: Re: ftp missing!!
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 03:48:58 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In article <8so9ef$4bq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I am surprisingly finding that ftp service is missing from the
> > installation of my Redhat Linux 6.0 (i386).
> >
> > Although the entries are there in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf
> > the command that is specified in inetd.conf (i.e. in.ftpd) is missing
> > from the system. I tried an upgrade from the installation cdrom for
> > that service - it says in a log in /temp/upgrade.log that it has
> > upgraded ftp but still I don't find it in the system. Naturally I
> > cannot connect to the linux machine through ftp client from other
> > machines.
> > By the way ping,telnet etc. work fine.
> >
> > Can anybody help?
> ...
>
> What does "rpm -q ftp" show? If nothing, load ftp-0.16-x from the CD.
Better yet, install ftp-server-xxx-xx.rpm from the CD.
--
Robert Kiesling
Linux FAQ Maintainer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Enabling 256Mg of Ram in linux-2.2-12 kernel?
Date: 20 Oct 2000 00:02:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David .... wrote:
> Add this to /etc/lilo.conf
>
> append="mem=256M"
Alternatively, there are the fancy memory-detection kernel patches at
http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Memory/memory.html .
--
Paul Kimoto
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hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble setting up ext2 partition
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:06:15 -0700
Eric wrote:
>
> Mike Oliver wrote:
> >
> > Mike Oliver wrote:
> >
> > > So I went into cfdisk and made a little 2-cylinder, 16MB
> > > partition, /dev/hdb9. But it just showed it as "Linux"
> > > rather than "Linux ext2". fdisk showed it the same as
> > > my other ext2 partitions, though: type 83h.
> > >
> > > When I tried to format it with mke2fs, I got the
> > > following error:
> > >
> > > /dev/hdb9: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while
> > > setting up superblock
> > >
> > > Anyone know what's wrong here?
> >
> > New info and a new question:
> >
> > One of the things I was doing wrong was trying to add a logical
> > partition when my extended partition was already full. Why
> > cfdisk didn't twig to this I don't know. But it's a serious
> > problem -- I have lots of space left on that physical disk and
> > I don't want to have to split it into just two primary partitions.
> > Can I make the extended partition bigger, non-destructively?
> >
> > Or can I have more than one extended partition on that physical
> > drive? NT disk administrator doesn't allow this, so I assume
> > there's a rule against it, but I can't think of any reason
> > for such a rule.
>
> No you can have only one extended partition per HDD.
>
> You can extend the extended partition even further with Partition Magic
> (non free) and perhaps you can use GNU's parted (which is free) although
> I'm not sure that can do this.
I took a look at the parted docs. It *looks* like I can do the following:
1) Copy my whole "/" tree to hda (lots of free space there)
2) Boot from a bootdisk (provided at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdisk/ )
3) Use parted to wipe out my old extended partition (containing "/") on
hdb, make a new one of the right size, and copy everything back.
4) Reboot and pray.
Odds of this working?
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