Linux-Setup Digest #897, Volume #19 Tue, 24 Oct 00 22:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3c509 NICs and Red Hat 6.1 ("Roy Troxel")
Total Newbie: Kernel Panic ("DaveL")
NFS problem.. ("fail006")
Printer Spooling (Tom Adams)
Re: 2.4.0-test9 and 2.2.17 ("John Horne")
Re: VFS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help! PCMCIA and Mandrake 7.1 (Spenser)
Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel (jodell bumatay)
Re: RH7 and Crystal CS4237B (Joshua Baker-LePain)
SCSI help needed, please ("Jorge Alvarez")
copying a disk (Roy Cabaniss)
Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel (Tijmen Stam)
Re: copying a disk (Tijmen Stam)
how to boot daemons in background? (Mandrake 7 User)
Linux textbook (Xiaolin Xie)
Re: Eureka I did it!!!! RH on a 486 3 meg ram ("Philo")
Re: RH7 and Crystal CS4237B (Dances With Crows)
Re: installing network card (Holdfaster)
Re: FTP Setup On RedHat 6.1 (David Efflandt)
SuSE 7.0 Professional upgrade ("Gary Watson")
Re: Uninstall linux and reclaim diskspace ("Philo")
Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel ("The infamous \"Brian\"")
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From: "Roy Troxel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c509 NICs and Red Hat 6.1
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:25:48 GMT
Since I last wrote, I've shut down my entire system - all 3 PCs, and pulled
out all cables. Left them that way for 8 hours. When I rebooted the whole
system, guess what? Everything worked OK.
My only gripe is that I'll have to do it again in another month or so.
Roy
"Roy Troxel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Hs9J5.42024$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Last May, I created a firewall on an RH6.1 box with two 3Com 3c509B
> Etherlink III ISA network cards. These were on Red Hat's list of
compatible
> hardware. The firewall worked OK for a month, but then the NICS stopped
> working properly. (I figured out that the problem was the NICs after
several
> hours of testing them on Windows NT boxes, where they worked OK.) After a
> few more hours of configuring in Linux, they finally worked again. Then,
> about a month later, the same problem occurred, and it's occurred
regularly
> every four or five weeks. After several hours of re-configuring the NICs
> suddenly work again. The actual solution is never the same.
>
> Should I just use different NICs, and ,if so, what kind works best with RH
> 6.1?
>
> Thanks, in advance,
>
> Roy
>
>
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From: "DaveL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Total Newbie: Kernel Panic
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:59:49 +0100
Sorry if this is a boring question, but I seriously need help. I have the
6-CD version of SuSE6.3 which I'm trying to install to a second hard-drive
using Yast2. Following the procedure as described in the manual, I boot from
CD1 and at the welcome screen hit ALT to load the Yast2 extensions. The
'loading Linux' screen starts, but then I get the following as the last
three lines, after which nothing happens:
CPU: Cyrix 6X86 2X Core/Bus Clock stepping 06
Kernel Panic: Kernel compiled for Pentium+, requires TSC
In swapper task - not syncing.
This message also appears if I boot from the supplied floppy.
My configuration is:
Cyrix 6X86 150+, 64Mb RAM, HD1-8.6Gb Seagate, HD2-2.5Gb Quantum.
My main drive runs Windows 98 perfectly. Also, I can start a Linux
installation if I boot from CD2, but this uses the 'old' Yast, which is a
bit beyond me.
Can anyone explain what the 'Kernel Panic' problem is, and whether I can
actually use Yast2 with this configuration?
Many thanks,
DaveL
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From: "fail006" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS problem..
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:59:55 +1300
Hi,
I have got redhat 7 installed on my machine, at the moment i am trying to
get NFS working between two of my machines. when i type the rpcinfo -p , it
tells me that bash:bad command.
All the nfs services seem to start fine at boot time.
also the exportfs command does not work as well, I did a full redhat
installation, that is every single package was installed, so that means i
can't be missing any packges.
Can any one please give some idea what the problem might be....
Thanks alot.
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From: Tom Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer Spooling
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:12:47 GMT
I installed Mandrake 7.0 and even upgraded the kernel, but can't
get my HP DJ 722C printer to work. As folks suggested, I got the
latest rpms for lpr, printtool, pnm2ppa, and rhs-printfilters.
No luck.
I finally got an old Epson 3000 printer and installed it using
DrakConf's Printer Configuration utility. Now I can get
this one to print, but only using PrintTool's test feature
that prints directly to the port. The spooled test feature
doesn't respond. Also, simple word processing utilities
won't print.
Obviously I need to do something to make the spooler
work. Maybe my spooler is still waiting for the HP
printer. Please keep in mind I have never successfully
set up a printer yet. So I may be missing something
really basic.
Can someone give me a hand?
Tom Adams
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From: "John Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test9 and 2.2.17
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:38:00 +0100
In article <8t43e5$2k4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've currently got RH 7.0 running on a 2.2.17 kernel. I downloaded
> 2.4.0-test9 compiled it and added it to lilo.conf. But when I select it
> during bootup I ext2fs complains that it can't read the superblock. Does
> anyone know what could be causing this and how I can fix it?
>
Not too sure, but I found that things such as 'Tom's root boot' (the
linux on a floppy) couldn't read the newly RH7 formatted partitions, and
gave the same sort of error. RH6.1 could see the new partitions
okay though. So the problem wasn't actually with the disk (in my case).
In your case I would ask if you ran the RH7 lilo command after changing
/etc/lilo.conf. Again, I think there was a problem running older lilo
executables.
I'm now running 2.2.17, I tried the RH7 2.4.0 preview (test 6 I think) but had (the
above)
problems.
John.
--
========================================================================
John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: VFS
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:27:11 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Johnny Choque"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have many messages "VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,64)" in
>
> /var/log/debug file. Which the problem is? How I solve it?
>
No problem, its just informational. I gues you have a cdrom,zip type device
on hdb (primary slave).
ls -l /dev/hdb
the 3,64 refers to the major/minor numbers.
karl.
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From: Spenser <redsoxfan05*nospam*@icqmail.com.nospam>
Subject: Re: Help! PCMCIA and Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:30:07 GMT
On 24 Oct 2000 01:19:09 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Spenser wrote:
>> I really haven't installed anything to get the PCMCIA ethernet
>> recognized. So, maybe a better question is this: Do I need to install
>> drivers/packages/etc. for the PCMCIA sockets? When I use the probe
>> command, I get this: PCI bridge probe: TI 1250A found.
>
>Note that this tells something about the hardware that the PCMCIA cards
>plug into, not the cards themselves.
>
>> It may be a dumb question since the PCMCIA ethernet adapter is seen.
>> What leads me to this question is that I cannot get Internet access.
>
>The pcmcia-cs user-space programs need to be installed, and the pcmcia
>kernel modules need to be available. You can tell whether a card is
>identified by running "cardctl ident", and see its status with "cardctl
>status". (That's probably located at /sbin/cardctl.)
>
I did it. I am able to get on the Internet. I was making things more
complicated than necessary. I never did install the pcmcia-cs
package. Since Linux saw the card, I figured there was no need to
install the package. The next hurdle to getting on the Internet was a
configuration issue. I'm on a cable modem that uses DHCP. I
installed the DHCP RPM from the CD and that was it. Seemed too easy,
but it's working!! Thanks for you help.
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From: jodell bumatay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:29:54 -0700
Mark Post wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:22:46 +0200, "J.Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >When troubleshooting some issues with linux, it often seems like a good idea
> >to verify that the functionality one is looking for, has indeed been
> >compiled, either directly into the kernel or as an module. For example, the
> >solution to a sound or network problems can sometimes be as simple as
> >determining that there is no sound support compiled into the kernel, or that
> >a module for a specific card has not been built.
>
> >I was wondering if it is possible to determine and verify which functions
> >have been built into the kernel, and which functions have been built as
> >modules? Talking about a 2.2.16 kernel here. I thought that you might be
> >able to get this info from /proc on a running kernel, or with some other
> >clever debugging tools on a non-running kernel, but unfortunatly I have no
> >idea how to accomplish this.
>
> So far as I know, there is no way to extract this information from a running
> system. If you are using the same kernel that you chose during the
> installation process, you can go back to the install media, and look at the
> config file for that kernel. If you have created a customized kernel, then
> the definitive source is the .config file in the /usr/src/linux directory
> where you did the make config/xconfig/menuconfig.
>
Hello,
I have been trying to
make config
and I get errors about
Makefile: Makefile:91:/Rules.make: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target '/Rules.make'. Stop.
I cannot find an xconfig or menuconfig
do these come in a package of another name?
Joid
>
> Mark Post
>
> Postmodern Consulting
> Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
> To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH7 and Crystal CS4237B
Date: 25 Oct 2000 00:40:33 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Charlie Zender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to get RealPlayer audio/video streaming on my
> RedHat Linux 7.0 intel system, a dual processor Dell PIII
> Precision 610 with an integrated Crystal CS4237B soundchip
> (soundblaster compatible).
> The error message from the Real Audio 7.01 Unix player is:
> "Cannot open audio device, another application may be using it"
Are you in gnome? Make sure that you check the box "start
sound server" in the gnome control panel.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Jorge Alvarez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI help needed, please
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:48:25 -0500
Hi there,
For the first time, I need to install Linux using a SCSI hard drive and
controller on a Pentium III based server. I have installed Linux on many IDE
drives in the past, but never on SCSI hardware.
I find the process intimidating. Is this an easy task? Could someone please
recommend me a proven controller/hard drive SCSI combo solution that works
great with Linux? I need a HD of 20GB approx. I would like the controller/HD
to be recognized and configured by the Linux installation process, as I do
not know how to install linux drivers by hand. Hope I am not asking too
much! :-)
Many, many thanks in advance and Best Regards,
Jorge Alvarez
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From: Roy Cabaniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: copying a disk
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:46:08 GMT
I have a nice clean install of linux. I want to make an exact copy of the
entire hard drive to another hard drive, copying the partitions exactly ect.
What command would I use?
--
Dr. Roy F. Cabaniss Chairman, Division of Business
Huston Tillotson College Austin, Texas 78702
ph : 512-505-3130 fax : 512-505-3190
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 03:01:29 +0200
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don't post to that many goups!
> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to
>
> make config
>
> and I get errors about
>
> Makefile: Makefile:91:/Rules.make: No such file or directory
> make: *** No rule to make target '/Rules.make'. Stop.
>
> I cannot find an xconfig or menuconfig
>
> do these come in a package of another name?
>
> Joid
What are you talking about? Are you trying to compile a kernel? If so, then
probably your kernel sources are broken or unclaen. Try to get from ftp.<your
country>.kernel.orgthe latest 2.2.x kernel source files. After building the
kernel, you can use make clean, but I prefer a rm -fr /usr/src/linux-2.2.x ; tar
xzf /<where the kernel source tarbal is stored>/kernel-2.2.x.i386.tar.gz (or
something like that..., I always build them on the other pc).
Try if it works now, if not, mail me.
By the way, make menuconfig is way better than make config. Even better than make
xconfig, IMHO...
Tijmen
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: copying a disk
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 03:10:33 +0200
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Roy Cabaniss wrote:
> I have a nice clean install of linux. I want to make an exact copy of the
> entire hard drive to another hard drive, copying the partitions exactly ect.
> What command would I use?
assuming the source hd is /hda and the dest is /hdb: try dd if=/dev/hda
of=/dev/hdb
(if you want to copy partitions, use the /dev/hda1,2,5,6... An image
from a cd
is also easier to make with dd than with obscure progs like mkisofs... I
beleive, in this way you can even burn a (less than 700 meg in size of
course...) harddisk or partition to a cd. Though you'ld have to mount it
as
ext2 instead of iso9660. haven't tried it, though. (BTW, I don't think
it's
still bootable then)
RTFM (of dd!)
Tijmen
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From: Mandrake 7 User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: how to boot daemons in background?
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:46:28 GMT
During startup, all services are started sequentially. Especially ppp,
which causes a long wait; it is reported as [FAILED] anyway (probably
because it takes longer than the timeout) and restarted in the
background; when needed (after X is up), it works. How can I turn off
the waiting time for this (and other) services? I.e. I want everything
started in the background, to expedite the boot process.
By the way, where is the script that starts if-ppp at boot time and
shuts it down during halt? The latter is particularly superflous since
it never succeeds before power down.
--
Interested in Linux-Mandrake on laptops? Mail me!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Before you buy.
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:03:24 -0400
From: Xiaolin Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux textbook
Hi,
Would you please recommend me some good linux textbooks for a Linux
newbie to start up and as a desk reference. I am using RH6.2.
I have found some recommendations on the following books:
Running linux
Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed
A practical guide to linux
Any comment on them?
Also, any good web resources for beginner?
Thank you very much.
Xiaolin
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Eureka I did it!!!! RH on a 486 3 meg ram
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:03:03 -0500
excellent...as i love to experiment with minimal systems...but i've done
things equally useless
or possibly even more useless:
put a 286 on line with the dos browser arachne just to watch it take 15
minutes to download one page and then see it display the little box with the
red X where an image was supposed to be.
and to my great surprise installing windows95 on a 386 with 4 megs of ram
and the darn thing worked...and not even too badly...but after my 286
experiment decided to forgo the browser test.
keep up the good work!
--
Philo
website: www.plazaearth.com/philo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH7 and Crystal CS4237B
Date: 25 Oct 2000 01:24:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:50:58 -0700, Charlie Zender wrote:
>I'm trying to get RealPlayer audio/video streaming on my RedHat Linux
>7.0 intel system, a dual processor Dell PIII Precision 610 with an
>integrated Crystal CS4237B soundchip (soundblaster compatible).
It may *say* "SB compatible", but the CS423x chips are very different
from SB chips. Did you run "sndconfig"? If that fouls up, try the
following set of commands:
modprobe sound dmabuf=1
modprobe cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9
modprobe opl3 io=0x388
You may have to use 0x530 and not 0x534 for the io= in cs4232. After
executing those commands, the speaker(s) should click, and you should be
able to play a sound through /dev/dsp using, f'rinstance, "wavplay
$SOMEFILE.wav".
>How can I determine what other application, if any, is indeed using
>the audio device? Is there a test program which will tell me
>whether the problem is a hardware or software problem?
There's a useful utility called "fuser" which can tell you what (if
anything) is using a file. Your audio device is almost always /dev/dsp,
so "fuser /dev/dsp"? This sounds to me like your sound is configured
incorrectly, unless you can already use your sound card with wavplay or
xmms or any other sound-playing program.
If you can already play sounds via programs other than RealPlayer, the
problem is with RealPlayer. Search comp.os.linux.* for "Realplayer 7.0"
with http://deja.com/home_ps.shtml for info--I don't use it and so can't
help you with configuring it. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Holdfaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing network card
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:30:49 GMT
Sorry for barging in!
What setting should it be on? Mine is on manual, "Boot" it does not
like. I dont thingk it detected it (ne2500), and my netcfg does not
work (RH6.1).
help would be greatly apreciated.
H
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:27:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Well I was trying to,
>I went to the sbin directory and typed in
>linuxconf like I thought I should and it did not find it.
>I typed in linuxconf-auth (I think) and it ran a config program
>
>If the install did not detect my NIC or sound card how do I add it?
>
>David
>
>In article <z2HF5.1600$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:8s7cj4$qmq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > This should be easy for most.
>> >
>> > I just downloaded red hat 7.0 (2 650 meg iso's yea!)
>> >
>> > I installed it with little events.
>> > The hardware compatibility list showed my card on it.
>> > Intel ether express pro 10mbit
>> >
>> > I don't know if it installed it or not.
>> > I know networking on windows, but I am a newbie at linux.
>> >
>> > Where do I look to see if it is installed and where do I set the IP
>> > address stuff?
>>
>> Run the "linuxconf" program.
>> The settings you are looking for are in the
>> "Config"-->"Networking"-->"Client tasks"-->"Basic host
>> information"-->"Adapter 1"
>> dialog screen.
>>
>> Bluster
>>
>>
>
>
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>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.config
Subject: Re: FTP Setup On RedHat 6.1
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:42:11 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:38:25 GMT, Robert M. Kopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have setup RedHat 6.1 on a Pentium 60 to run as a firewall for a
>Cox@Home cable modem connection. I have created a packet-filtering
>firewall using ipchains to masquerade packets from my internal network
>(1 Win98 & 1 RedHat 6.1) and all appears to be working quite well. I
>can telnet to the firewall from select hosts, both external and
>internal, as defined in hosts.allow. I am now attempting to setup the
>firewall machine for ftp.
>
>I have installed wu-ftpd and configured ftpaccess and ftphosts
>accordingly. When I attempt to connect from an authorized host, I am
>propmted to enter a username and password. I enter a username/password
>for a user that is authorized but the login always fails. I am using a
>user that can connect via telnet. The /var/log/secure notes only the
>connection and a failed PAM authentication. What else do I need to
>configure?
Did you try it before mucking about with ftpaccess and ftphosts? It works
out of the box. Can your system resolve a name for any connecting hosts
(in /etc/hosts if not DNS)? I have not touched ftpaccess or ftphosts, I
just limit it with hosts.allow and hosts.deny.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: "Gary Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE 7.0 Professional upgrade
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:43:39 GMT
Has anyone installed it on a running SuSE 6.x system. And if so what problems
did they have.
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uninstall linux and reclaim diskspace
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:39:21 -0500
although you could just go back to your linux install and delete the linux
partitions from there
there is an improved fdisk utility called aefdisk.exe which may be
downloaded from
www.bootdisk.com (abt. 3/4 of the way down) it will handle dos and linux
(and NT) partitions.
to get your mbr back just do a fdisk/mbr
this can be done from dos fdisk or aefdisk
--
Philo
website: www.plazaearth.com/philo
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From: "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:19:01 GMT
Hi Jodel:
jodell bumatay wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have been trying to
>make config
>and I get errors about
>Makefile: Makefile:91:/Rules.make: No such file or directory
>make: *** No rule to make target '/Rules.make'. Stop.
>I cannot find an xconfig or menuconfig
>do these come in a package of another name?
I think you have to install a Linux kernel source. It is likely your present
Linux source tree is incomplete.
Try this as root;
cd <enter>
puts you in /root directory
mkdir kernel <enter>
cd kernel <enter>
wget ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 <enter>
You should now have linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 compressed kernel tree.
Lets clear the way for a fresh install;
rm -r /usr/src/linux <enter>
tar yxvf linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src <enter>
Rename the present kernel source tree;
cd /usr/src/ <enter>
mv linux linux-2.2.17 <enter>
Make a symbolic link;
ln -s linux-2.2.17 linux <enter>
Now have a look;
cd linux <enter>
Now;
make menuconfig <enter>
When you have picked out everything you want to include in your kernel,
place a fresh clean floppy disc in your drive and;
make mrproper dep bzdisk modules modules_install <enter>
When it's done;
mv System.map /boot <enter>
Reboot using the image on the floppy.
If there are problems, don't worry, your original Kernel is still on the
harddrive and will boot like always.
You may want to edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file, commenting out
references to modules you no longer are using and un-commenting out those
that you do need.
If you want to make your new kernel the default just compile "make bzlilo"
instead of "make bzdisk".
Best regards,
Have fun.
Best regards,
The infamous "Brian"
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