Linux-Setup Digest #888, Volume #19 Mon, 23 Oct 00 19:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Mystery Partition. (Brian "Beej" Cyr)
Re: Mouse doesn't work in linux... Please Help!! (Erik)
Re: Mystery Partition. (Chem-R-Us)
crontab (JM)
Re: Red Hat 5.1 Install (Canny Mannie)
kernel kill, installation failed, where to now? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ISDN...problems (Giovanni Coan)
Nearly mended ppp (Edwin Humphries)
Re: kernel kill, installation failed, where to now?
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Deleting NS Preview 6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NE2000 NIC and Redhat FTP install ("Joshua Nurczyk")
Re: HELP!!! Stopping DNS auto dialing every 5 minutes with IP Masquerade (Chris
Tremblay)
Re: Mouse doesn't work in linux... Please Help!! ("Rob Coridan")
Unresolved symbol printk while inserting prioprietary module (for wl2420) ("**
Bigins **")
Unresolved symbol printk while inserting prioprietary module (for wl2420) ("**
Bigins **")
Unresolved symbol printk while inserting prioprietary module (for wl2420) ("**
Bigins **")
Re: redhat 7.0 success ("Vijay Culas")
LILO doesn't work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Speedstream 4060 Drivers (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Where are the drivers to be put in a rescue diskette (Dances With Crows)
Re: More Than 4 Primary Partitions on 1 HD ?- You Can! (Felix Miata)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian "Beej" Cyr)
Subject: Mystery Partition.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:11:20 GMT
I have a Linux box with a mystery partition on it. I am running
RedHat 6.1 and fdisk indicates that the harddrive is broked apart into
3 partitions. This is what fdisk says:
Dev Boot Start End Blocks ID System
hda1 * 4 775 6201058 83 Linux
hda2 4 784 6273382 5 Extended
hda5 776 784 72261 82 Linux Swap
What is this hda2? How can 2 partitions overlap like that?
There is no mention of /dev/hda2 in my fstab file. How do I mount it
if its even mountable? It this an indication of a corrupted partition
table?
I am having no problems with the system right now. Just curious as to
what this thing is.
Thanks in advance for your help
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From: Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse doesn't work in linux... Please Help!!
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:25:44 GMT
Rob Coridan wrote:
I can run
> linux in text mode, but it freezes whenever I use the SuSE X configuration
> program. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have tried the SuSE sax program but prefer XF86Setup. The drawback of
XF86Setup is that you must get the mouse to work on the first page using
keyboard commands. Write down the commands from the page that shows
them. Your mouse is /dev/psaux and protocol is PS2. Worth a try.
Erik
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:26:28 -0700
From: Chem-R-Us <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mystery Partition.
Brian Beej Cyr wrote:
>
> I have a Linux box with a mystery partition on it. I am running
> RedHat 6.1 and fdisk indicates that the harddrive is broked apart into
> 3 partitions. This is what fdisk says:
> Dev Boot Start End Blocks ID System
> hda1 * 4 775 6201058 83 Linux
> hda2 4 784 6273382 5 Extended
> hda5 776 784 72261 82 Linux Swap
>
> What is this hda2? How can 2 partitions overlap like that?
> There is no mention of /dev/hda2 in my fstab file. How do I mount it
> if its even mountable? It this an indication of a corrupted partition
> table?
>
> I am having no problems with the system right now. Just curious as to
> what this thing is.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
You have setup your drive with an extended partition type (5). Within
that extended partition you have a Linux ext2 partition and a Linux swap
partition.
An alternate setup would be a primary partition type for the Linux ext2,
and another primary partition type for the Linux swap partition.
You can make up to 4 primary partitions (hda1,hda2,hda3,hda4) so any
extended partition must start off at hda5. That's why you have no hda3
and hda4.
Do the math:
hda1 6201058
hda5 72261
____________
6273319
+ 63 blocks extended partition overhead
____________
hda2 6273382
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.~. ))
Chem-R-Us /V\ ((
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^^ ^^ [ http://www.linuxbusinessmachines.com ]
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From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: crontab
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:29:15 +0200
Hi
i'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but i'll try:
I have to use sendmail on a machine for a php class that i give. The
administrator told me best would be to strat senmail when the class
starts and turn it off at the end. But he's too busy to do it! And i'm
not a specialist...
Can somebody tell me what to put in a crontab so that the sendmail
daemon starts at a given time and stops at another??
Thanks,
JM
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From: Canny Mannie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 5.1 Install
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:30:07 -0000
Thanks Mikkel.
> The bootdisc images one can download from e.g. Redhat does lead you to a
LILO
> prompt. There are a multitude of documents at Redhat that explain you how
to
> create Linux boot discs under Windows / DOS.
>
> Try re-downloading the images.
>
I didn't actually download them - they came off the Red Hat CD which is why
I assumed they were OK.
Only thing is with this being a fairly old version I'm not sure I can get
much help with it!
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kernel kill, installation failed, where to now?
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:02:07 GMT
I tried to install red hat 6.2 for the first time
and it failed. I use one half of my hard disk for
windows and was planning on using the rest for
linux, so the attempted installation was done on
a clean 7.5 gigs of hard disk. the problem is
that the lilo boot comes up each time and makes
me select dos or linux, but if I choose linux
then it says that there was a kernel panic and
attempted to kill, but if i choose dos then it
loads windows just fine. this isn't really a
problem except that it won't let me re-install
linux, it won't accept my bootable CD-Rom either.
I am at a loss as to what to do, should i use
fdisk and try to get rid of all the linux
partially completed install or what? Any help
here would be great.
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From: Giovanni Coan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN...problems
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:55:32 +0200
I'm not able to configure my ISDN ASUSCOMLINK128 passive ISDN.
pnpdump -c>/etc/isapnp.conf : Doesn't see mi asus
modprobe hisax io=0x6100 irq=10 type=12 protocol=2 : init_module device
or resource busy, a wrong HSCX takes a wrong io
isdnctrl addif ipp0 : /dev/isdninfo not allowed for default
Help, please...I'm getting crazy
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Humphries)
Subject: Nearly mended ppp
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:40:38 GMT
G'day all.
Subsequent to my previous question (broken ppp) I'm now connecting -
about half the time. The remainder I get knocked back by the server.
After the completion of handshaking, it goes through the
username/password routine without problems, every time; then my ISP's
server asks what type of connection I want to create (PPP, SLIP, etc)
requiring the input of a "1" to create a PPP connection. Sometimes the
connection stays alive long enough for wvdial to start up a ppp
session on spec (which works fine).
I figure to solve the problem I can either reduce the time delay to
automatically start the ppp session, or have the script respond "1" to
the prompt. How do I do the first? To do the second, I assume I add a
line to the wvdial.conf file, but how do I figure out what the prompt
of the ISP's server is, to tell the conf file?
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel kill, installation failed, where to now?
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:39:37 +0200
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried to install red hat 6.2 for the first time
> and it failed. I use one half of my hard disk for
> windows and was planning on using the rest for
> linux, so the attempted installation was done on
> a clean 7.5 gigs of hard disk. the problem is
> that the lilo boot comes up each time and makes
> me select dos or linux, but if I choose linux
> then it says that there was a kernel panic and
> attempted to kill, but if i choose dos then it
> loads windows just fine. this isn't really a
> problem except that it won't let me re-install
> linux, it won't accept my bootable CD-Rom either.
> I am at a loss as to what to do, should i use
> fdisk and try to get rid of all the linux
> partially completed install or what? Any help
> here would be great.
What do you mean, when you say, that it won't accept you CD? Does it not
boot or does it give a kernel error too?
Installing rh6.2 should not be a problem, although a linux partition
already exists (I don't see how it could be).
Have you tried booting with a bootdisk?
What is the exact kernel error at bootup?
You could try upgrading to the newest kernel update, if you are able to
boot to linux with a boot disk or some other way.
Do your BIOS support HD's of 7.5Gb?
Rasmus B. Hansen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Deleting NS Preview 6
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:50:23 GMT
I just downlaoded and installed NS PR6. How can I cleanly remove this
application? Thanks for reading. BTW, I am running SuSE 7.0.
Mike
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From: "Joshua Nurczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NE2000 NIC and Redhat FTP install
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:08:31 -0500
with Redhat Netboot disk, there is no actual linuxconf, but it does give you
the option to enter the IRQ and I/O. I try any known combination of these
two and get no luck. It always says "/tmp/ne.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy.
Any more help? thanx
Josh
"Terry Janas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:pCwI5.4355$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> did u make sure to set the IRQ and I/O correctly for your card in
linuxconf
> ?
>
>
> --
> Terrence Bradley Janas
> Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~tjanas
> Linux User #63203 - http://counter.li.org/
>
> "Josh Nurczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8su2fk$dd9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have an old computer with an NE2000 compatible Linksys ether16 10baseT
> > card. The boot loaderfor some reason cannot load the correct drivers for
> the
> > NIC. It says the card is busy and can't be polled. It is an ISA card (of
> > course) and I am using ISA because it is an older computer. I was also
> > planning on installing a slightly outdated kernel to insure it running
on
> > older hardware. If you can help, please do. Thank you.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Tremblay)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking;,comp.os.linux.;
Subject: Re: HELP!!! Stopping DNS auto dialing every 5 minutes with IP Masquerade
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:19:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I did a tcpdump on the modem and this is what I get. The 209.87.226.25
is a web site I had hit this morning. I did this in the evening. It
seems like something is trying to contact the last page I went to.
Any ideas???
Thanks
Chris
Kernel filter, protocol ALL, datagram packet socket
tcpdump: listening on ppp0
17:45:58.963979 > 209.87.226.25.1130 > 208.50.142.5.www: F
2526997789:2526997789(0) ack 1439364340 win 31856 <nop,nop,timestamp
7518599
140322405> (DF)
17:45:58.968175 > polio.athome.ca.1049 > 192.168.3.3.domain: 5732+
PTR?
5.142.50.208.in-addr.arpa. (43)
17:45:59.073907 > 209.87.226.25.1129 > 208.50.142.5.www: F
2535068690:2535068690(0) ack 1439225596 win 31856 <nop,nop,timestamp
7518610
140322665> (DF)
17:46:03.974072 > polio.athome.ca.1049 > 192.168.3.3.domain: 5732+
PTR?
5.142.50.208.in-addr.arpa. (43)
17:46:06.823920 > 209.87.226.25.1134 > 208.50.142.5.www: F
2545245516:2545245516(0) ack 1485300187 win 31856 <nop,nop,timestamp
7519385
140322405> (DF)
17:46:07.243889 > 209.87.226.25.1132 > 208.50.142.5.www: F
2538409718:2538409718(0) ack 1447629851 win 31856 <nop,nop,timestamp
7519427
140322755> (DF)
17:46:08.985182 > polio.athome.ca.1049 > 192.168.3.3.domain: 5733+
PTR?
25.226.87.209.in-addr.arpa. (44)
17:46:13.663919 > 209.87.226.25.1130 > 208.50.142.5.www: F 0:0(0) ack
1 win
31856 <nop,nop,timestamp 7520069 140322405> (DF)
17:46:13.993900 > 209.87.226.25.1129 > 208.50.142.5.www: F 0:0(0) ack
1 win
318
>I have set up a Linux box with IP Masquerade and dial on demand and am
>trying to get it to work. I got the instructions on how to do it at
>http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Linux/ which is actually a pretty good
>page.
>
>After following it and adjusting the ipchains script to use my network
>ip addresses (192.168.4.0) it worked on the machine and would dial out
>on demand. BUT when I went to my Win98 machine inside the network and
>opened up Netscape nothing would happen unless I pinged an ip address.
>Funny thing is that if I added in a DNS server ip in the network setup
>for Win98 it would dial out every 5 minutes. Same thing if I set up a
>DNS server on the Linux machine, it would dial out.
>How do I stop this!!!
>You can respond here or email me at anne at storm dot ca
>
>Thanks!!
>Chris
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From: "Rob Coridan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse doesn't work in linux... Please Help!!
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:14:23 -0400
I've tried this too, but the keyboard won't work in SaX or XF86Setup. I
thought that this was how it is supossed to be, but maybe I'm just helpless.
Thanks for you help,
Rob
>I have tried the SuSE sax program but prefer XF86Setup. The drawback of
>XF86Setup is that you must get the mouse to work on the first page using
>keyboard commands.
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From: "** Bigins **" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unresolved symbol printk while inserting prioprietary module (for wl2420)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:19:20 +0200
I compiled the module from sources
(www.eumitcom.com/download/2-linux226.zip).
When I tried to insert the module to the kernel I get 'unresolved symbol
printk'.
I tried with pcmcia modules 3.0.8.
I did my modifications at this drivers like moving ldouble definitions of
functions which prevented the module from kompiling at all. Now the module
compiles correctly but doesn't want to insert the module to insert itself in
the kernet cous of the lack of the 'printk' function in the moduke.
It is strange bycous other modules like pcmcia_core.o, ds.o and 83592.o also
use this sybol and do not have any problems with it and they are inserting
itselves with insmod without any problems.
Please respond also by email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pawel Bigosinski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "** Bigins **" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unresolved symbol printk while inserting prioprietary module (for wl2420)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:19:46 +0200
I compiled the module from sources
(www.eumitcom.com/download/2-linux226.zip).
When I tried to insert the module to the kernel I get 'unresolved symbol
printk'.
I tried with pcmcia modules 3.0.8.
I did my modifications at this drivers like moving ldouble definitions of
functions which prevented the module from kompiling at all. Now the module
compiles correctly but doesn't want to insert the module to insert itself in
the kernet cous of the lack of the 'printk' function in the moduke.
It is strange bycous other modules like pcmcia_core.o, ds.o and 83592.o also
use this sybol and do not have any problems with it and they are inserting
itselves with insmod without any problems.
Please respond also by email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pawel Bigosinski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "** Bigins **" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unresolved symbol printk while inserting prioprietary module (for wl2420)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:19:50 +0200
I compiled the module from sources
(www.eumitcom.com/download/2-linux226.zip).
When I tried to insert the module to the kernel I get 'unresolved symbol
printk'.
I tried with pcmcia modules 3.0.8.
I did my modifications at this drivers like moving ldouble definitions of
functions which prevented the module from kompiling at all. Now the module
compiles correctly but doesn't want to insert the module to insert itself in
the kernet cous of the lack of the 'printk' function in the moduke.
It is strange bycous other modules like pcmcia_core.o, ds.o and 83592.o also
use this sybol and do not have any problems with it and they are inserting
itselves with insmod without any problems.
Please respond also by email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pawel Bigosinski
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Vijay Culas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 7.0 success
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:36:43 GMT
Mike,
Thanks for the posting. As someone who has tried unsuccessfully several
times to upgrade from 6.2 to 7.0, it's good to hear that I am not alone in
having a hard time. You're perserverance is remarkable. I for one have
given up. I am quite disappointed in RedHat and have decided to wait until
7.1 comes out. Until then I'll live with 6.2 and XFree 4.0 that I installed
separately.
-Vijay
"Michael Grove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi,
>
> i just wanted to post my experience installing redhat 7.0, to help
> others in the future. i got most of my help by searching this newsgroup
> from www.deja.com, so if others search this newsgroup for their problem
> it should help them too. i downloaded all of the rpm's to my machine,
> and did a hard drive install (as opposed to a cdrom, ftp, or http
> install)
>
> the first time i tried to install, i died trying to read packages (after
> putting in root password and new user). my error message was:
>
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 438, in ?
> intf.run(todo, test = test)
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030,
> in run
> File
> "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/packages_text.py", line
> 33, in __call__
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 539, in
> getCompsList
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line
> 43, in readComps
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 459,
> in __init__
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 428,
> in readCompsFile
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 101,
> in __getitem__
> KeyError: net-tools
>
> Local variables in innermost frame:
> self: <comps.HeaderList instance at 8245940>
> item: net-tools
>
> i fixed this problem by downloading the net-tools rpm (oops, somehow got
> every rpm but this one the first time).
>
> i started the install over, and this time died at the same point, with
> this error message.
>
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 438, in ?
> intf.run(todo, test = test)
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030,
> in run
> File
> "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/packages_text.py", line
> 33, in __call__
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 539, in
> getCompsList
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line
> 43, in readComps
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 459,
> in __init__
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 428,
> in readCompsFile
> File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 101,
> in __getitem__
> KeyError: indexhtml
>
> Local variables in innermost frame:
> self: <comps.HeaderList instance at 826c988>
> item: indexhtml
>
> i had the indexhtml package, but i tried downloading it again (from the
> same ftp site -
> ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-7.0/i386/en/RedHat/RPMS),
> and it again didn't work. i noticed a post on this newsgroup that
> mentioned that the anaconda installer needed updating, so i downloaded
> the update at
> http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh7-errata-bugfixes.html, followed
> the instructions to use the update disk, and again it didn't work. then
> i downloaded every new rpm and bug fix listed on the errata page and
> tried again. again it did not work. i then saw a post on this
> newsgroup that said the indexhtml rpm may be corrupted. i downloaded
> the rpm from a different ftp server, and sure enough the sizes differed
> (only by about 200K). everything worked with the new indexhtml rpm.
>
> hope this helps someone out in the future,
>
> -mike
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LILO doesn't work
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:39:32 GMT
I installed slackware7.1 and configured LILO. I installed LILO into the
superblock of the root linux partition (/dev/hda1) and make the
partition is bootable. But it doesn't work. Do I have to put LILO into
MBR?
BTW, there is other OS in the machine. Linux is the only one.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Speedstream 4060 Drivers
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:53:11 GMT
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:36:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Actually, I think the Enternet Software might exist for Linux. Check
>out http://www.nts.com (Efficient Networks bought NTS, the maker of the
>Enternet software). They say that the Linux version "is not available
>directly to consumers", but on their "purchase software online" page it
Actually Bellsouth distributes NTS Linux client on their CD. So this is
not the problem. The problem is modem drivers. Having a working client
with a non working modem is not much good. BTW, by all reports the NTS
client is buggy, slow and hungry. Better to use rp-pppoe or pppoed. So a
non-issue.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Where are the drivers to be put in a rescue diskette
Date: 23 Oct 2000 23:05:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[nonexistent NG ";" snipped]
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:08:20 GMT, Ezio PAGLIA wrote:
>I backuped my Linux system onto a tape that obviously my RH6.2 treats
>very well. I made a rescue diskette with the compressed kernel and a
>numer of utilitities. Everythig would go quite well, but how can you
>make the booted system understand the presence of a tape on /dev/st0
>after the boot from diskette ? Adding /dev/st0 to the diskette and
>making the correct mknod is not enough. Where are the drivers to be
>installed in the rescue diskette ? I apologize for my intrusion and
>incompetence. Thank you in any case.
No problem. Your rescue diskette should contain a kernel with support
for your specific SCSI card, SCSI support, and SCSI tape support either
directly in the kernel, or available as modules. Obviously, your main
system contains these things as you were able to make a tape. What you
need to do is either compile a custom kernel with these things built in
directly, or make these modules available to your rescue system.
Copying /lib/modules/2.2.X/scsi/ to your rescue system's
/lib/modules/2.2.X/scsi/ may work. Actually, I'd build a custom kernel
for your rescue system; it's a great learning experience if you've never
done it before. HTH,
--
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Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.os2.setup.storage,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: More Than 4 Primary Partitions on 1 HD ?- You Can!
Reply-To: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:01:39 -0400
Eric wrote:
> Felix Miata wrote:
> > Everyone knows a partition table only has room for four entries. Right?
> > Well, just because the table can only hold four doesn't mean the disk
> > must be so limited. PowerQuest's PTEDIT.EXE allows you to put anything
> What you do can be done with fdisk just fine too. I would advise against
> it though. If you know where a partition starts and ends, you can
> make/destroy it without data loss. But always keep in mind that it is a
> dangerous process, since even a minor typo will destroy data. I think
Linux FDISK is as dangerous as anything if you make a typo, while the
Win/DOS/OS2 FDISKs cannot do what I described. Sector level editing
simply allows no margin for mistakes.
> that if an OS needs a primary partition, you'd better get an extra HDD
> if you don't have room for it, then messing with the partition table
> like you did. BTW linux will not like this, since it will move partition
> numbers around. Only OS's that number partitions on a basis of partition
> ID's (Which causes more trouble than it solves) will handle this without
> a problem.
When you take care to place any phantom partitions virtually adjacent to
the one recorded in the partition table, the device names for Linux
partitions will not be affected. If all Linux partitions are /dev/xd5x
or greater this shouldn't be difficult to accomplish. What could be
troublesome is if /etc/fstab has references to a vfat or hpfs that comes
or goes when you change the table manually.
Sometimes YAHD is simply not feasible. No room on SCSI cable, no more
IRQ's for more host adapters, lack of case space, no money, etc can
easily prevent adding that additional device. Conversely, experiments
commonly require a standard frame of reference in order to make valid
comparisons. An additional HD can invalidate comparability. What I
described was simply a way to enable something otherwise difficult or
impossible.
--
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he
holds his tongue. Proverbs 17:28 NKJV
Team OS/2
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net
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