Linux-Setup Digest #953, Volume #19 Wed, 1 Nov 00 11:13:14 EST
Contents:
Re: redhat 6.2 or 7.0? ("ne...")
Re: Boot failure with large disk (Michael Burian)
recompilation + networking Newbie!!! ("BD")
which MBR loader with Win2K NTFS+Linux? (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler... (Marble Head)
Funkey colours on RedHat6.2 ("Steve")
Re: INIT: ld "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 min. ???? (Tux)
Newbie ! PC Hangs when installing Linux ("Ian Parry")
Re: which MBR loader with Win2K NTFS+Linux? (Eric)
Re: sending mail from scripts - NOT SOLVEd (Hal Burgiss)
Re: USR 56K 2976 modem ("Patrick Bartek")
Re: Experts Help!!! max SCSI devices. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bill =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gate=B4s?= messages to all employment. (Tommy)
Re: MTU speed ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
Re: Funkey colours on RedHat6.2 (Scott Nolde)
another xcin problem... (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
Re: problems with ethernet card (Scott Nolde)
Would you use AMD Thunderbird for a WEB and FTP server? (Patrick Boucher)
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 6.2 or 7.0?
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 13:47:38 GMT
On Nov 1, 2000 at 11:19, Torsten Evers eloquently wrote:
>Hi !
>
>"ne..." wrote:
>> 3 Hail Marys should help. The so called bugginess of
>> RH7 is _greatly_ exaggerated. If you are new to Linux
>> use RH6.2. If you are an olde head use RH7. I use it
>> and I'm not complaining.
>I don't call myself an expert but I'm no newbie. I tried 7.0 too and had
>several difficulties with it. The kernel issue is simple to solve by
>using kgcc and a "standard" 2.2.16 kernel (I had problems with the
>RedHat 2.2.16-22 and kgcc). Have you tried to compile a KDE 1.x/Qt 1.4x
>program with the supplied C++ libraries and compiler ? All programs I
>tried gave me an error in qregion.h where a non ansi "defined" is used
>according to g++. If you could help me out of this problem I could
>switch to 7.0. No need to mention that the programs compiled ok on 6.x !
Haven't compiled anything on RH7 yet apart from the 2.4 test
kernels. And I only installed KDE 2.0. I never did put on
KDE 1.x.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Soldiers who wish to be a hero
Are practically zero,
But those who wish to be civilians,
They run into the millions.
8:46am up 10 days, 16:37, 10 users, load average: 0.06, 0.01, 0.00
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From: Michael Burian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Boot failure with large disk
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:47:39 +0100
Peter Linde wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a got new 10 GB Fujitsi IDE disk in my 2 year old laptop. The
> BIOS sees about 8 GB. In spite of several tries and reading
did you install the disk in BIOS as NORMAL or LBA,
NORMAL is likely to work out of the box,
and LBA is a well known troublemaker due it's workaround
charakter.
available
> HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs, Linux fail to boot off the disk, LILO stops with
have you read the LARGE-DISK-HOWTO?
(the NORMAL / LBA issue is covered quite well there.)
> an 'L'. It works normally with the boot floppy. The disk has slightly
> more than 19000 tracks. To avoid the 1024 track limit, I have tried both
> putting a 40 Mb '/boot' as the first partition or simply a '/', but all
> fails. Should mention that my first installation attempt was Windows
> 2000, which I intend to have on the same disk. That installation was
> however overwritten by subsequent Linux installation attempts.
> In my latest test, '/boot' comes up as /dev/hda1, while '/' shows as
> /dev/hda5.
Have you considered using LOADLIN instead of lilo?
My suggestion,
use first partition for WIN2k, let WIN2k do the booting
and use loadlin to start linux out of WIN2K's boot menu.
Of course purists might disagree, but if you can't get round Win2k
this is quite a painless way.(You needn't touch the MBR of your
harddisk.)
There are some benefits with braindead PnP hardware, too.
Conclusion:
try installing the harddisk as NORMAL in the BIOS if you haven't
already. If the 10G disk (still:) contains valueable data be sure to
backup first, as (IIRC) DATA of a formerly LBA installed disk is lost
when installed as NORMAL.
Then see if LILO works, or if LOADLIN is an option for you.
(if there is another M$ OS on the same disk LOADLIN is my personal
favorite)
I'm currently using an MSDOS6 200MB Disk as primary master to boot linux
of 10 and 20GB disks. ( although I've managed to get LILO booting of
other than the primary master disk, this way I can use
Creative Labs proprietary DOS initialisation software and thus build a
monolithic kernel)
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From: "BD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: recompilation + networking Newbie!!!
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:46:10 -0000
I recompiled the kernel for my RedHat 6.2 installation and changed the
lilo.conf file to point to this new kernel as well as the existing kernel
(so on boot up I have 3 options - linux - dos - newlinux -) when I choose
the new linux option the following error apears:
no setup signature found.....
and the bootup stops so ctrl+alt+del has to be used to restart.
I recompiled the kernel to install the module ne.o for my realtek 8019 LAN
adapter and I am desperate for a solution to this problem.
If you could please send any help direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
BD
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: which MBR loader with Win2K NTFS+Linux?
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:12:13 GMT
The "NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOTWO" describes how to install Linux
after NT (same as Win2K in this regard), with NT using NTFS, keeping the
NT loader on the MBR, and installing lilo on the Linux boot or root
partition.
Some in this newsgroup have described how, instead, to put lilo on the
MBR.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of the two methods? Which do you
recommend, and why?
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: Marble Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler...
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:34:18 -0500
How 'bout this:
Without 2940, boot linux. edit fstab so it doesn't use sda anymore.
power down, insert 2940, reboot.
John Beardmore wrote:
> I'm putting together a system in an Alpha CPU box.
>
> This has two native 50 pin NCR 810 SCSI controllers which are recognised
> by the SRM system firmware.
>
> I have managed to load and subsequently reboot Linux with both of these
> installed. So far, so good !
>
> Now, I want to add a wide controller for some new disks, so I rearranged
> two of my other systems to free up an Adaptec 2940UW.
>
> The 2940 is not recognised by the SRM firmware, but I can still
>
> >>>boot dkb0
>
> and Linux starts from one of the disks on one of the NCR 810
> controllers.
>
> During the boot, Linux finds the 2940 and starts the drives that are
> connected to it which is good, but the 2940 is now SCSI0, and when it
> tries to mount /dev/sda1 as root, the system panics and hangs because by
> the look of it, sda1 is now the first drive on the 2940 controller
> rather than the first drive on one of the NCR 810 controllers.
>
> I've heard it said that the PCI slot determines the order in which SCSI
> controllers are used so I swapped the NCR 810 and the 2940, but that
> made no difference.
>
> Any idea what else I could try so that the 2940 doesn't get to be
> SCSI0 ? Any other workarounds I can try ?
>
> Cheers, J/.
> --
> John Beardmore
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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Funkey colours on RedHat6.2
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:45:25 -0000
Hello,
I have just been given a Linux Red Hat 6.2 server to support, and from
playing around, noticed that some files/directories are displayed in various
colours, i.e. red, bule, green etc !
Why is this? How/Can I change this? and where ?
Thanks in advance.
Steve
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: INIT: ld "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 min. ????
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:57:07 +0100
Stefan Morgenroth wrote:
>
> There is no Error message. All partitions were found.
>
> hda aka hda1 hda2 hda3 hda5
>
> I thought I said. The system boots from the HD but INIT won't come up... :-(
>
> Stefan
But maybe the root dir is on hda3 and fstab tells, it's on hda2 - that's
what I meant.
This doesn't depend on whether your partitions are detected correctly.
Which data is on which device? The whole linux on hda1? or /boot on hda1
and windows on hda2, linux-root on hda5?
Tux
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From: "Ian Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie ! PC Hangs when installing Linux
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:01:38 -0000
Ok... so i got the Linux CD from a mag, made the boot disk and try to
install Debian 2.216.
It starts to load and then just hangs the pc ! The CD pic in the bottem
right stops turning.
Is the prob down to the fact that i have a Scsi cdrom?
I have Win osr2 installed and would like to keep that for my Buss stuff.
PC:
Win95 osr2
P600 125 Ram
30 gig HDD hdma, Partioned into 3x10 gig
4 gig Scsi hdd
40x Scsi Cdrom
2x Scsi Cdw
Tekram Scsi controler.
Matrox Gs400 Dual
Any help to load Linux would be a great help.
Regards
Ian.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which MBR loader with Win2K NTFS+Linux?
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:21:40 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>
> The "NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOTWO" describes how to install Linux
> after NT (same as Win2K in this regard), with NT using NTFS, keeping the
> NT loader on the MBR, and installing lilo on the Linux boot or root
> partition.
>
> Some in this newsgroup have described how, instead, to put lilo on the
> MBR.
>
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of the two methods? Which do you
> recommend, and why?
>
> --
> Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
> Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
> Amherst, MA 01003-4515
As far as I know, you can use LILO in the MBR as long as NT is installed
on one partition.
The actual NT bootloader will then be installed in the partition's
bootsector. Then LILO can be used in a chain setup, linking to the NT
bootloader. But whatever setup you will choose, you will always need
both bootloaders. Most documents describe the NT bootloader in the MBR,
but I know for sure that LILO can go there too (my system is setup that
way). This may however not be always possible, I don't know much about
the NT bootloader, so I don't know in what situation (if any) it must be
located in the MBR.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: sending mail from scripts - NOT SOLVEd
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:22:34 GMT
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 01:29:33 -0800, Jamie Briant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Oh hell, its using localhost.localdomain again. No idea why. So mail
>isnt getting thru. Bed time i think.
This looks to be an MTA configuration problem. Are you using sendmail?
If using command line mail like this, sendmail does all the header
writing. A lot of clients (pine, mutt, NS, etc), can handle a lot of
this. So anyway assuming sendmail, in /etc/sendmail.cf try adjusting
these lines near the top:
# my official domain name
# ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your domain
#Dj$w.Foo.COM
Djfeenix.eyep.net
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
## hb
DSmail1.mco.bellsouth.net
The 'Dj' should be some legit, resolvable name. I use my dynamic DNS,
but you can put your ISP here or whatever. This may take care of the
localhost.localdomain thingie. The 'DS' is the relay. Not sure of the
particulars of your domain, and how your ISP works, but it is good idea
to use your ISP as a relay, though may not be necessary.
These are the two 'gotchas' I run into with sendmail.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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From: "Patrick Bartek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 Oct 2000 23:21:13 +0800
Subject: Re: USR 56K 2976 modem
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
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> I have the above modem on my slackware 7.1 system.
> It works, but it never connects faster than
> 28.8bps. I've used a different modem with the
> same ISP and phone line and gotten 53kpbs.
> I've checked the serial port to make sure it's
> got all the right settings, I've played with
> /etc/ppp/options to make sure those were okay.
> Everything looks fine but it still doesn't do right!!
>
> /var/adm/messages says it is only using V34 when
> my old modem used V90. I'm using ATZ as my init string.
>
> Does anyone else have this modem?? What am I doing
> wrong??
Sounds like you haven't updated the modem to V.90?
I acquired an old 133 Pentium box on which I installed Linux. It
came with a 56K USR internal modem (non-win). It only connected at
28.8 or there abouts. (The original owner of the computer thought
the modem was broken, etc., etc.) I just went to the USR web site,
downloaded their Upgrade Wizard software (unfortunately, only runs
under Windows 9x), and it updated the modem's EPROM. It now connects
routinely at 52000. And the upgrade was FREE!
--
Patrick Bartek
NoLife Polymath Group
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Experts Help!!! max SCSI devices.
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:27:31 GMT
On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 01:21:18 GMT, Peter from Melbourne, Australia
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to connect my linux box to 32 disks via Fibre Channel.
>My understanding - limited as it might be - is that it is only possible
>to have 16 devices (/dev/sda, sdb, sdc,..., sdp).
>
>Can this be increased or is this the limitation of the current kernel?
>If yes, how?
>If no, when will it be available?
Is this 32 disks in one box? Is the box set up to use LUNs? That
might be one way around it. Another is to use more than 1 SCSI card.
Gord
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From: Tommy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bill =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gate=B4s?= messages to all employment.
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:33:01 +0100
From: "William Gates"
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ghosts, Goblins, and Linux.
Happy Halloween, everyone! It is the time of year where we review the
Linux operating system's position again, so I thought I would sit down
and pass on my thoughts for this year.
Regards http://coolscreen.dk
-A cool place for penguins-
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MTU speed
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:45:32 -0600
Horrorshow wrote:
> Greetings
> How do I change my MTU/RWIN settings in Linux (2.2.14)?
> I'm on cable and the settings Linux defaults to are a little small. It's
> currently set to 1500 which is not quite the optimum setting for cable.
> Without putting crap on Linux, because of this, I'm getting like a quarter
> of the throughput with Linux I get with this W2K box...there must be a good
> way to set this. All the tweak sites only cater for Windows and MacOS users.
> TIA
When the NIC card are brought up with the ifconfig command add the option "mtu
1492" The ifconfig commands are usually run when you go into a run level that
brings up the network. Check the scripts in /sbin/init.d or /etc/init.d.
>From memory I think "mtu 1492" is good for DSL connections with PPPoE. That
may work for you. There may be a lower value that is better if you have a
network behind the cable modem. I can't rember what that value is.
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Funkey colours on RedHat6.2
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:47:45 GMT
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Steve wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just been given a Linux Red Hat 6.2 server to support, and from
> playing around, noticed that some files/directories are displayed in various
> colours, i.e. red, bule, green etc !
>
> Why is this? How/Can I change this? and where ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Steve
Look in /etc/DIR_COLORS
- Scott
--
Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
glaze! |
10:45am up 16:53, 1 user, load average: 1.01, 1.00, 1.00
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux,hk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.help
Subject: another xcin problem...
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 00:01:22 +0800
when i try to run xcin from the console, an error message says that xcin
could not find the following fonts...
iso8859-1
big5-0
where can i download these fonts? thank you.
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems with ethernet card
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 15:53:29 GMT
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Ancis Michele wrote:
> Hi all, I'm a Linux newbie so probably my question is obvious...I have a
> ethernet card on my computer, which is not connected with any
> other...when Linux starts up, it stills a lot of time trying, I think,
> to correctly configure the card. On the screen you have the message:
>
> bringing up interface eth0
>
> how can I avoid this behavior?
>
>
Boot to single user mode (optional, but avoids the long wait).
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d (assuming runlevel 3)
mv S*network Kxxnetwork (where *=xx)
This will disable network services.
Also, look in /etc/sysconfig/network and turn NETWORKING="true" to
"false" (or "yes" to "no").
- Scott
--
Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
glaze! |
10:45am up 16:53, 1 user, load average: 1.01, 1.00, 1.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Boucher)
Subject: Would you use AMD Thunderbird for a WEB and FTP server?
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:13:35 GMT
Greetings,
I am planning to install a FTP, Web, Smtp and Pop server (as well as
a DNS) on a Linux machine.. SHould i Go with Intel p3 ? or Try out an
AMD Thunderbird ?
Anybody having problem with AMD ? I know they are VERY stable.. but
What about Linux ? I am using a Duron at home and it is working fine..
patrick
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