Linux-Setup Digest #972, Volume #19 Sat, 4 Nov 00 11:13:08 EST
Contents:
Newbie networking question (Ray Frye)
make bzImage trouble ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
irc, redhat 7.0 and xidentd (mike)
Re: ttyS's missing from /proc in Redhat 7 (Mikkel Heisterberg)
Re: Clean install of RH 7....help? (mike)
Re: Changing ethernet card (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Installing debian 2.2 rev0 (-)
Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help ("Peter T. Breuer")
need help ! X on SiS630 Notebook problem ("Alexander Eckloff")
Re: Help: win98/linux dual boot with 2 HDs (Rod Smith)
Re: Newbie networking question (Tux)
Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help (Alexander Viro)
Re: How do I change drivers for video and monitors (mike)
Re: Newbie networking question (Rod Smith)
Re: video mode during RH7 installation (mike)
Re: Zip disk auto mount (Roger Leigh)
Error when compiling dock apps in WMaker ("Thomas Guldstrand Larsen")
Re: Help... Mandrake 7.2 Fubar... ("Thomas Guldstrand Larsen")
Newbie Problems with Linux Install - Help?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Ray Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie networking question
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:26:42 GMT
Here is a newbie question.
I have gone through the excellent tutorial from the Mandrake site
concerning
basic networking, and have been able to ping the other windows 98
machine in
the house.
Now I have a problem. How do I mount the other machine's file system?
Is
that even possible? How do I access my Linux box from the windows 98
machine?
Thst should be enough for now
Ray Frye
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: make bzImage trouble
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:21:52 GMT
Hello, All.
I have: RedHat7(kernel 2.2.16) on 486DX-33. I got kernel 2.2.17 from
www.kernel.org.
1. Do not work make menuconfig.
It is looping in function activate_menu() and do output nothing.
2. I do make config.
Then make dep clean bzImage.
It do not like file arch/i386/lib/checksum.S (sorry, some words is
russian):
[skip]
make -C arch/i386/lib
make[1]: ���� � ������� `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib'
make all_targets
make[2]: ���� � ������� `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib'
cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -
traditional
-c checksum.S -o checksum.o
checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
make[2]: *** [checksum.o] ������ 1
make[2]: ����� �� ������� `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] ������ 2
make[1]: ����� �� ������� `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] ������ 2
A peace of file arch/i386/lib/checksum.S below:
---- cut here ----
/*
* Copy from ds while checksumming, otherwise like csum_partial
*
* The macros SRC and DST specify the type of access for the
instruction.
* thus we can call a custom exception handler for all access types.
*
* FIXME: could someone double-check whether I haven't mixed up some
SRC and
* DST definitions? It's damn hard to trigger all cases. I hope I got
* them all but there's no guarantee.
*/
#define SRC(y...) \
9999: y; \
.section __ex_table, "a"; \
.long 9999b, 6001f ; \
.previous
#define DST(y...) \
9999: y; \
.section __ex_table, "a"; \
.long 9999b, 6002f ; \
.previous
---- cut here ----
(231 and 237 lines contains ".previous")
3. With kernel from kernel-source-2.2.16-22.i386.rpm - same result.
4. But formerly I had RedHat 5 (kernel 2.0.32) and it make this kernel!
And now I have on other PC (PentiumIII-450) RH6.2(kernel 2.2.14),
and carefully copy directory /usr/src/linux-2.2.17 with subdir - and on
RH6.2 all make well!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: irc, redhat 7.0 and xidentd
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:30:46 GMT
I have Redhat 7.0 configured as a firewall with masquerading. I'm
trying to get an internal mIRC client on a win98 box to connect to
dalnet throught the firewall, but I get the typical ident error and
dalnet refuses the connection. There are documented work-arounds for
this such as midentd and config changes to identd.conf, however, RH 7.0
uses xidentd, not identd. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Mike
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From: Mikkel Heisterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ttyS's missing from /proc in Redhat 7
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:41:04 +0100
I received this reply through email:
Hi Mikkel,
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 21:07:48 +0100, you posted to comp.os.linux.setup:
>After a Redhat 7 installation I noticed that the IRQ's for the serial
>ports are missing from /proc/interrupts and other related /proc files.
So? IRQs do not show up in /proc/interrupts unless some application is
LISTENING to them.
[hubble ~]$ cat /proc/interrupts
0: 506865720 timer
1: 2722127 keyboard
2: 0 + cascade
3: 6748683 + serial
4: 1 + serial
10: 32761 ne2000
13: 1 math error
14: 11116887 + ide0
15: 4 + ide1
[hubble ~]$
Do you see my modem? (IRQ 3 is mouse, IRQ 4 is UPS). No, because I'm not
using it. But if I run minicom, or tell the system to dial in,
[hubble ~]$ cat /proc/interrupts
0: 506868730 timer
1: 2722151 keyboard
2: 0 + cascade
3: 6749100 + serial
4: 1 + serial
7: 21411290 + serial
10: 32761 ne2000
13: 1 math error
14: 11117273 + ide0
15: 4 + ide1
[hubble ~]$
There it is, exactly where I told the kernel I had jumpered it to. You
also
want to look at the boot log
Apr 17 19:06:01 hubble kernel: Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial
options enabled
Apr 17 19:06:01 hubble kernel: tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Apr 17 19:06:01 hubble kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Apr 17 19:06:01 hubble kernel: tty02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
and notice how the kernel guessed wrong here. After /etc/rc.d/rc,local
runs
(I have a line in there '/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 7' to tell the
kernel
that I have it jumpered), I can then run setserial and see what the kernel
now knows:
[hubble ~]# setserial /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
[hubble ~]# setserial /dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
[hubble ~]# setserial /dev/ttyS2
/dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 7
[hubble ~]# setserial /dev/ttyS3
/dev/ttyS3, Line 3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
[hubble ~]#
Notice that the UART on /dev/ttyS3 is 'unknown'. That's because there is
no
/dev/ttyS3 on this computer.
Hope this helps,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mikkel Heisterberg wrote:
> After a Redhat 7 installation I noticed that the IRQ's for the serial
> ports are missing from /proc/interrupts and other related /proc files.
> The ttyS*'s are however shown in the kernel output at boot time.
>
> Why - does anyone know ??
>
> lekkim
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clean install of RH 7....help?
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:44:20 GMT
Did you run Xconfigurator? I've often encountered problems with video when
installing redhat. I've found that the best approach is to install with
default VGA and don't do any video testing during installation. Then, after
RH is up and running, run Xconfigurator and test different video options until
you get things the way you wnat them.
"Jeremy S. Dillon" wrote:
> Well, I got x to run and now the display is screwy, choppy. Like in the
> setup display where it wasn't quite right....you know.
>
> "Jeremy S. Dillon" <> wrote in message ...
> > I have RH 7 completely installed on my computer and it runs in console
> > great......just can't seem to get KDE or GNOME to run (any other GUI for
> > that matter).
> >
> > Can login under user and root.
> >
> > Some suggestions?
> >
> > PHAT
> >
> >
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Changing ethernet card
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:56:50 GMT
>>>>> "Michal" == Michal Jaegermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michal> : I tried 4 different kinds of cards (Smc ultra, ne200,
Michal> davies, and : intel) in my alphastation 200, and none of them
Michal> worked.
I have an alpha station 200 and it worked fine with a smc ultra, and a
hp100vg ethernet card. Of course works well with tulip based cards
also.
Hope this helps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (-)
Subject: Installing debian 2.2 rev0
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:54:18 GMT
When I boot from debian cd and start installation computer
(linux/kernel?) hangs to following message: Sym53C416.c Version 1.0.0
So just after booting I get following:
.
.
IDE drivers
Floppy...
FDC...
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
SCSI detection failed
NCR53C406a: no available ports found
sym53c416.c version 1.0.0
And linux stops. I have adaptec 1505 scsi adapter (for cdr) but
removing it did not help. Help!
(JJ)
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help
Date: 4 Nov 2000 14:55:03 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have got a ash file but is in debain package (deb extension). I don't
: know how to decompress under Red Hat. Would you give me help? Thanks a
: lot
(It's not compressed). Use dpkg (install it first). Or use alien to
convert it to a tar or an rpm and install that (install alien first).
Or you can just unpack the two tars inside it using ar, and install
them using tar. Man ar and man tar for more info, but it should all
become very obvious after you run ar tv foo.deb.
Peter
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From: "Alexander Eckloff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: need help ! X on SiS630 Notebook problem
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 14:59:16 +0100
Hi.
We have a problem with setting up X on our notebook.
We choosed 1024x768 resolution but when starting X the Display shows only
the left upper quarter of the screen. We tried to modify XF86config with
lines for
other notebooks with no positive result.
Does anybody know which modeline and frequencies fits for the chip or do we
not
see the real problem ?
We would be glad if someone could help.
Thanks in advance ...
... Alex
Type: IPC TopnoteH
Chip: SiS630 with funtions for sound, gfx, modem
LCD: 1024x768, 16 mio color, 14,1'' XGA TFT
X : XFree 4.0.1a from the redhat distribution
kernel: 2.2.17
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Help: win98/linux dual boot with 2 HDs
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:06:30 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Duncan Pryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'd like to set up my machine to be dual boot with linux on one HD and
> Win98 on another. I've had both on the same HD (12Gb) up until now, but
> lack of space (and the fact that I've written over the mbr again >:-( )
> has prompted me to buy a second hard drive (20Gb).
Personally, I like splitting multiple OSs across multiple disks. This
spreads disk accesses across two disks, giving a modest performance
boost.
> Ideally, I'd like windows on my new disc, with linux and lilo kept
> separatly from it on the old one. What I therefore need to do is install
> windows, copy some of my files across from the old disc, and then put
> linux on it.
>
> What is the best way of doing this, in terms of installing the new drive,
> master/slave settings, installing the os's, configuring lilo, etc?
Windows insists on booting at least partly from a primary partition on
the first physical disk. Therefore, to put Windows on your new disk,
you'll need to install it as the first physical disk (/dev/hda or
/dev/sda) and move your existing disk to a secondary spot (/dev/hdb,
/dev/hdc, or /dev/sdb). If Linux is currently working, that means you'll
need to change /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf, and have some non-LILO way
to boot it the first time after you make this change. If you intend to
re-install Linux, of course, changing Linux's configuration won't be an
issue.
If Linux exists entirely on the second disk, you'll need to either put
LILO in the MBR of the first disk or use some other boot loader to
redirect the boot process to wherever Linux is. If you put even a tiny
/boot partition on the first disk, and if it's a primary partition, you
could put LILO there and then configure that partition as the computer's
active partition.
FWIW, my book, _The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook_
(http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/) covers these issues in much
greater detail.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie networking question
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 16:06:23 +0100
Hi!
Have a look at the NFS-filesystem for mounting devices from remote
machines. Windows-partitions can be mounted with samba. And Windows will
be able to access your linux box if you configure samba this way. Have a
look at the manuals.
Tux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help
Date: 4 Nov 2000 10:10:51 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear sir
WTF does it have to c.o.l.development.system?
>I have got a ash file but is in debain package (deb extension). I don't
>know how to decompress under Red Hat. Would you give me help? Thanks a
>lot
Debian packages are simply ar(1) archives (same format as for static libraries,
except that there is no symbol table). Example:
% ar p bc_1.05a-11_i386.deb data.tar.gz | gzip -d | tar t
./
./usr/
./usr/bin/
./usr/bin/bc
./usr/share/
./usr/share/doc/
./usr/share/doc/bc/
./usr/share/doc/bc/NEWS
./usr/share/doc/bc/README
./usr/share/doc/bc/AUTHORS
./usr/share/doc/bc/copyright
./usr/share/doc/bc/examples/
./usr/share/doc/bc/examples/ckbook.b
./usr/share/doc/bc/examples/pi.b
./usr/share/doc/bc/examples/primes.b
./usr/share/doc/bc/examples/twins.b
./usr/share/doc/bc/changelog.gz
./usr/share/doc/bc/changelog.Debian.gz
./usr/share/man/
./usr/share/man/man1/
./usr/share/man/man1/bc.1.gz
./usr/lib/
./usr/lib/menu/
./usr/lib/menu/bc
IOW, bc_....deb contains data.tar.gz that holds the package contents.
To unpack it under /tmp/foo/bar
% ar p bc_1.05a-11_i386.deb data.tar.gz | gzip -d |(cd /tmp/foo/bar && tar x)
Package metadata (control, {pre,post}{install,remove} scripts) are
in another member of archive - control.tar.gz. In this case
% ar p bc_1.05a-11_i386.deb control.tar.gz | gzip -d | tar t
./
./postinst
./prerm
./postrm
./control
% ar p bc_1.05a-11_i386.deb control.tar.gz | gzip -d | tar xO ./control
Package: bc
Version: 1.05a-11
Section: math
Priority: important
Architecture: i386
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libncurses5, libreadline4 (>= 4.1)
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description: The GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
GNU bc is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision which
follows the POSIX 1003.2 draft standard, with several extensions including
multi-character variable names, an `else' statement and full Boolean
expressions. GNU bc does not require the separate GNU dc program.
%
See manpages of tar, ar and gzip. Nothing Debian- or Linux-specific.
--
"You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!"
"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I change drivers for video and monitors
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:13:01 GMT
run Xconfigurator from a command window
"Jeremy S. Dillon" wrote:
> How do I change (tweak) drivers for video and monitors in RH7? I can't seem
> to figure out the commands for xconf or the like.
>
> Jeremy
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Newbie networking question
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:20:24 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ray Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Now I have a problem. How do I mount the other machine's file system?
To mount a Windows server's file shares, you can use the Linux mount or
smbmount commands. (I find that smbmount works better in most cases.)
For instance:
smbmount //winbox/share /mnt/point
You'll be asked for a password, then the remote machine's files will
appear under /mnt/point. This assumes that a package called Samba is
installed and configured correctly, though, and that the Windows machine
is configured to share its filesystems. The way Samba is usually
installed, you'll need to issue this command as root, which means only
root can write to the mounted directory unless you add parameters that
vary from one Samba version to another. To be able to use smbmount as an
ordinary user, type these commands as root:
chmod a+s /usr/bin/smbmnt
chmod a+s /usr/bin/smbumount
(smbmnt is a helper program to smbmount; that's not a typo.)
> How do I access my Linux box from the windows 98 machine?
You need to install and configure Samba. Specifically, you need to edit
the smb.conf file (usually in /etc, /etc/samba, or /etc/samba.d) to
match your network, and to add share definitions. You may want to read
up a bit on Samba at http://www.samba.org. It's also covered in a
chapter or two in most introductory Linux networking books (including
my own _Linux: Networking for Your Office_,
http://www.rodsbooks.com/network/). If you need more depth, there are
probably about a dozen Samba books available (I list some of them,
including one by me that's due out in a couple of weeks, at
http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-samba.html), but I suspect you
need a briefer overview, at least at this point. All these resources --
the Samba Web site and various books -- also cover mounting Windows
directories in Linux, as well as the other way around.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video mode during RH7 installation
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:19:28 GMT
I think you have to live with it. I've seen this happen on installations with
slow processors also. It seems to default to text mode, but after the install
you can run Xconfigurator and set the graphics mode.
BC Berrry wrote:
> I am starting to install RH7 and I am having the same problem (really more
> of an inconvenience) I had with 6.2. I am having to use text mode to do the
> install because the video settings used by the graphic installation mode
> will not sync on my monitor. Is there any way to change the video mode or
> refresh rate during installation so I can use graphic installation mode?
>
> --
> SPAM avoidance in use - change .ten to .net for E-mail reply
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Leigh)
Subject: Re: Zip disk auto mount
Date: 4 Nov 2000 15:30:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 19:33:23 -0500, Atanas Gueorguiev wrote:
>Already tried. Still get
>
>mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
>The kernel messages:
[snip kernel messages]
Actually, I've just remembered what I did when I set up autodetection:
create a file /etc/filesystems IIRC, which is simply a list of the
filesystems that it will try to mount in that order.
e.g. ext2 mimix vfat msdos.
I can't remember the format of the file offhand, but the fstab and mount
man pages will say (it's either entries on separate line, comma delimited
or space delimited).
HTH,
Roger.
--
Roger Leigh ** Registration Number: 151826, http://counter.li.org **
Need Epson Stylus Utilities? http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~rl117/linux/
For GPG Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] or see
http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html#extract
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From: "Thomas Guldstrand Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error when compiling dock apps in WMaker
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 16:34:07 +0100
Hi,
I been trying to compile various dock apps in Windowmaker in a Mandrake 7.2
environment. When I compile e.g wmCalClock and others I get the following
error message:
[root@localhost Src]# make
gcc -O2 -Wall -DLinux -c wmCalClock.c -o wmCalClock.o
-I/usr/X11R6/include/X11 -I/usr/X11R6/include
gcc -O2 -Wall -DLinux -c xutils.c -o xutils.o -I/usr/X11R6/include/X11
-I/usr/X11R6/include
gcc -o wmCalClock wmCalClock.o xutils.o -I/usr/X11R6/include/X11
-I/usr/X11R6/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXpm -lX11 -lXext
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXpm
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [wmCalClock] Error 1
I seems that it can't find the -lXpm, lX11 and lXext libs. I can't find the
files either in /usr/X11R6/lib, where they are supposed to reside.
I though find the files libXpm.so.4 , libX11.so6 and libXext.so.6 instead. I
have tried changing the "Makefile" according to that, but I receive a
similar error message.
I have tried looking for a lXpm package but I haven't been succesfull in
finding that!
Any hints??
TIA
/Thomas
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From: "Thomas Guldstrand Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help... Mandrake 7.2 Fubar...
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 16:46:42 +0100
I had a similar problem when installing Mandrake 7.2. I tried to install
from CD as well. It couldn't mount the ram-drive. It's probably due to a
corrupted download!
The solution to me was the following:
1. Download "winimage" from www.winimage.com (app able to extract
.iso-files)
2. I extracted the mandrake 7.2 iso to my HD. (c:\mandrake)
3. I then made a boot-disk with rawwritewin.exe (\dosutils).
4. Pointed it to "\images\hd.img" and it made the boot-disk.
5. Restart PC with the new boot-disk.
6. It'll then ask where the mandrake-files reside (/mandrake). see 2.
7. Installation begins
I hope you able to install mandrake by use of this method
Feel free to ask questions if you need more help!
/Thomas
"Ibis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi... I just installed, (or attempted to, anyway), Mandrake 7.2 on my
> system. I have Windows 2000 Professional loaded, and was going to make a
> dual-boot til I could get a dedicated Linux box up and running.
> In any case, at the point where I was selecting the packages to be
> installed, it finally crapped out and said that it was having problems
> reading /rpm ... (Brainiac me, didn't write the exact error message).
> Anyway, after it kept doing this, I attempt to remove the CD rom from the
> drive, and alas, the drive won't open. So, I turn off the machine. turn
it
> back on, attempt to reinstall using expert again. No such luck - it can't
> get the ramdrive going. So, I reboot again, and attempt to rescue. It
> gives me a kernel panic error.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks...
>
> Samantha
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie Problems with Linux Install - Help??
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:39:19 GMT
I have a AMD duron machine with a 20 gb drive with Win98 installed. I
want to set it up with Linux as a dual boot or at least some way to
boot to Linux. I would prefer not to run Linux under Windoze.
I used FIPS to break off a 3 gb space off my drive. I downloaded the
Corel Linux 1.2 distribution and burned a CD image. I went through the
install process. It found the 3 gb free that I had setup and installed
itself there. My machine rebooted (with the CD taken out), tried to
read from the harddrive and then stopped. It would not boot to windoze
or Linux. I was expecting LILO to run and give me an option of booting
to Windoze or Linux.
I assumed that my MBR was hosed or that possibly LILO could not read
past the 1024 cylinder where Linux was. I used the FIPS restore process
to restore my MBR and partition table and I could boot to Windoze. Went
through the whole process again but I used FDISK /MBR to restore my
MBR.
I can now boot to Windoze only. I believe that Linux is installed in my
3 gb space but how to I get it to boot? If anyone can make any
suggestions I would be most greatful. I was looking at using LOADLIN
but I don't know how to get the image files I need.
Thanks in advance.
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