Linux-Setup Digest #974, Volume #19 Sat, 4 Nov 00 18:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: RedHat 6.0 and telnetd ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Suse on notebook ("Erik Toth")
Re: Time Prob (E J)
Re: partition magic 4 (E J)
Re: Suse on notebook (cfish)
Re: Soundcard (cfish)
Re: Kernel problem (cfish)
Re: RH7.0 Install problem (cfish)
Re: How do I change drivers for video and monitors (cfish)
Copy Floppy Dr. files to Netscape??? (ALDEL)
Newbie: Setting up W2K Loader and Linux (Oliver Pell)
Re: Problem with ATAPI ZIP device ("Atanas Gueorguiev")
Dual boot rh7/win me ("Niklas Krumm")
Re: Error when compiling dock apps in WMaker (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Problem with ATAPI ZIP device (Tux)
Re: Dual boot rh7/win me ("corey_lang")
Re: ghosting linux server (Frederic Faure)
rc.local does not appear to execute during boot ("Billy")
setting up ftp RH7 ("Billy")
Re: rc.local does not appear to execute during boot (Hal Burgiss)
Re: rc.local does not appear to execute during boot ("Billy")
hd.img - can u help ("Teachme")
Re: ***SERIOUS PROBLEM !!!! PLEASE HELP !!!!*** ("Jade Falcon")
RH7 installation crashes (newbie question) ("Nova")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.0 and telnetd
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:07:06 GMT
I was having the same problem until I installed the newer telnetd from
the website's errate for 6.0 Now telnet connections are much quicker.
Hope this help
Peter
In article <8ttfsv$tag$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Fayaz A. Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have Redhat 6.0 running. When I telnet into it I do not get login
prompt,
> it is being connected but no login prompt. Any solution. I will
appreciate
> your quick reply.
>
> Fayaz
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Erik Toth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse on notebook
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:30:24 GMT
Hello
I've got the following problem:
When I did install Suse 7 on my notebook and try to login the mouse doesn't
work. But! About 2 times of 10 reboot it works and I can use the touchpad.
Anyone got the same problem or have an answer what to do now?
Thank you!
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Time Prob
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 10:42:21 -0800
1) Turn off the auto power off in your BIOS
or
2) Set your Linux time to GMT
or
3) Update your kernel to latest version
or
4) Modify time.c to update Linux time from the Real Time Clock shorter than
the default of 11 minutes.
I did 1) for Redhat 6.x and did 3) for Redhat 7.0
"K. Creed" wrote:
> When I first boot up Linux and launch X the time is displayed correctly,
> but after awhile it resets to a time six hours prior. I've used the
> date command which works temporarily but the time still resets
> incorrectly after awhile.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kris
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partition magic 4
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 10:52:00 -0800
Partition Magic 5 does not have this problem.
I need a 216MB for a swap partition for Oracle8. Oracle recommends
three times the RAM size. (3 x 72 =216M)
Why don't you use PM4 to make a regular linux partition to 133.3 MB then
use linux fdisk to change the partition id
from linux to linux swap partition or else use mkswap?
Riyaz Mansoor wrote:
> has anyone encoutered a this problem?
>
> PM4 does not allow a "swap partition" greater than 133.3 MB ?
>
> apprecitiate any help.
>
> riyaz
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse on notebook
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:54:43 GMT
do tell what type of mouse you have and paste your X configuration
check the laptop documentation.
most touchpads are PS/2 you must disable gpm. Usually that solves
half of the problems... so try that.
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:30:24 GMT, "Erik Toth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello
>
>I've got the following problem:
>When I did install Suse 7 on my notebook and try to login the mouse doesn't
>work. But! About 2 times of 10 reboot it works and I can use the touchpad.
uh, so it works and it doesn?try killing X if it doesn't run and
restart..
>Anyone got the same problem or have an answer what to do now?
>Thank you!
>
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundcard
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:57:10 GMT
two things you can do to diagnose this
1. as root, type lsmod
2. as root, type dmesg right after you run the not working things.
do tell what sound card and chipset you are using and check if it's
supported.
send the results
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:04:14 +0100, "Amir Pour-Heidari"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi!
>I am a Linux-Newbie....
>I have a problem to run my soundcard ...
>I am working with Redhat kde.
>I tried sndconfig. I selected the adlib soundcard and can hear the
>midi-example.But when i try to hear some sounds, or an mp3 i can not hear
>anything... just the cdplayer and the microphone is working.
>Can anyone help...
>Thanks
>
>
>
>
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel problem
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 19:05:01 GMT
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:49:43 +0800, �L�W�p�l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>1) I have downloaded kernel version 2.2.17 and have compiled it. Then I
>have copied the bzImage file to /boot directory and edit the
>lilo.conf file. After I have reboot the system, there is a warning
>message displayed,
>Warning: /boot/System.map has an incorrect kernel version.
>What should I do?
uh. did you run lilo afterwards?
>
>2) I cannot bring up all interface including ppp0 and eth0. When I try
>to connect to internet using kppp, there is an error message 'The ppp
>daemon died unexpectedly". Is this something to do with the kernel that
>I had just compiled?
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7.0 Install problem
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 19:11:37 GMT
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 16:39:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Larsen) wrote:
>1. RH7 install fails when installing from Hard Disk (RPMS on
>functioning RH5.2 native linux partition). There are many documented
>bugs on this, but none of the fixes work for me.
>
>2. My CD Burning software doesn't do ISO images and I don't want
>to spend another $100 on Adaptec Easy CD Creator. (TIP: Don't by
>an HP CD-Writer).
hm. there are a ton of free sharewares out there, at least one should
let you burn a ISO.
>
>Can I take the downloaded /RedHat/base and /RedHat/RPMS files
>and burn them to CD's as regular files? If so, which files should go
>on which CD and in what directories so the installer will like them?
hm. i am not familiar with RH but only the boot sector of the CD will
not be included if you burn the CD. so the CD can't boot. use a floppy
to boot. so if you got a boot floppy i can't see why not. as long as
you know which program is the installer.
>Jeff
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I change drivers for video and monitors
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 19:12:40 GMT
the file is XF86Config
mine is under /etc but i remember RH puts it somewhere else.
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 09:21:08 GMT, "Jeremy S. Dillon"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ALDEL)
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 14:47:30 -0500
Subject: Copy Floppy Dr. files to Netscape???
Have Mandrake 7.1, KDE running fine on Pent.1.
Want to copy files from Floppy dr. to Netscape bookmark.
Can find Netscape import, and access Fd, but do not know how to import
files from floppy.
Help much appreciated.
Albert, Wa3fib.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver Pell)
Subject: Newbie: Setting up W2K Loader and Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:08:13 GMT
I've been trying to install Linux (Red Hat 7), following the
instructions in the Linux+NT Loader HOWTO to set it up to dual boot
with my Windows 2000 installation.
However: er, it isn't working! I've copied the boot sector using dd
from /dev/hda2 and stuck it on my C: drive, adding the necessary
reference to boot.ini. Selecting 'Linux' from the list, however, just
produces a blank screen. Booting Linux from a floppy disk works fine,
though.
I imagine that I'm doing something simple wrong - but this is the
first time I've ever tried installing Linux and I've no idea what that
might be. I read something about problems with large disks and Linux
not booting properly (W2K has a 23GB NTFS partition, Linux has the
last 5GB of the disk) but my installation does boot fine...just only
from a floppy.
Any help would be appreciated,
Oliver.
"I'm an engineer, not a normal person"
- Dilbert
Oliver Pell
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From: "Atanas Gueorguiev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with ATAPI ZIP device
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:07:23 -0500
You need the ide-floppy module. Check if you have it in
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/block/ide-floppy.o. If it is there,
simply modprobe ide-floppy.
If not, and if it is not compiled into the kernel, then you will
have to recompile the kernel.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi!
>
> I've a problem with my ATAPI IDE ZIP device. When I try to mount, the
> kernel sais "hdc: driver not present". I don't know which packets I have
> to install and which kernel modules have to be compiled/activated. It
> worked until I have installed SuSE 7.0
>
> Tux
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From: "Niklas Krumm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual boot rh7/win me
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 12:52:08 -0800
Hi,
I just bought a new machine with a 20 gb hard drive and would like to
install rh7 or mandrake 7.1 along with win me. What would be the best way to
install these two systems? Should I put windose on one partition, linux on
the other, and then boot linux with a boot diskett, and finally install
another boot loader? Or is there a better alternative?
Thanks alot,
Nik.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Error when compiling dock apps in WMaker
Date: 4 Nov 2000 20:58:25 GMT
In article <8u1aau$2gte$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Guldstrand Larsen wrote:
>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.
[-]
It said so, yes.
>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.
[-]
-lx means libx.a or libx.so. You do have symbolic links like ..
libXpm.so -> libXpm.so.4
libXpm.so.4 -> libXpm.so.4.11
.. these though ? If not *and* there aren't non-shared libs (.a), then
yes, it's not going to work. It used to but ages ago the binutils ld
behaviour got changed.
Hope it helps,
Juergen
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with ATAPI ZIP device
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 22:02:39 +0100
Yeah, now it works. Thanks :-)
Tux
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From: "corey_lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot rh7/win me
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:37:58 +0600
Noticed while trolling In article <NF_M5.3142$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<NF_M5.3142$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Niklas Krumm"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writing very colorfully:
> Hi,
>
> I just bought a new machine with a 20 gb hard drive and would like to
> install rh7 or mandrake 7.1 along with win me. What would be the best
> way to install these two systems? Should I put windose on one partition,
> linux on the other, and then boot linux with a boot diskett, and finally
> install another boot loader? Or is there a better alternative?
>
> Thanks alot,
>
> Nik.
>
>
i have both ME and RH7 installed in a 20 gig HD...partitioned it...
default boot is ME ...since i am a very NEWbie regarding linux os's and i don't
wanna loose windose yet. I boot linux
through a floppy disk...so far so good...
corey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic Faure)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: ghosting linux server
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 21:36:29 GMT
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 10:54:54 -0800, Raman Narayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>The easiest way I would imagine is to use the tar command, with
>appropriate options to take care of the links and special devices.
>Then you can use gzip to compress the data. You can even use split
>to split the file into number of small segments.
I'd also like to get a two-HD host, ghost the good system from HDa to
HDb once, and use rsync every night to keep both HDs in sync (new SWs,
changes in configuration files.) That way, should HDa die, I can just
shut down the host, swap the two hard disks, and reboot with the
backup HDb.
FWIW, I'd like to a get a rackable Dell PowerEdge server with two
extractable HDs (for convenience, as you can just pull them out w/out
messing with the case itself), and just swap HDs should the main one
come crashing down (poor man's RAID 1 :-) .
In a small team, for services like eg. e-mail or ftp, I don't think
RAID 1/5 is justified (considering Linux's overall stability, a 5-mn
downtime once a year to swap HDs and reboot is good enough.)
Is booting with a stand-alone floppy like tomsrtbt and using dd a good
solution? The ideal would be the equivalent of DiskImage, which can
perform a fully-automated image of a HD onto a second ("Disk-to-Disk
Copy"), including creating all the partition.
I tried this with DI 3.01, but it failed (fact is, they do say in the
README that ext2fs is not officially supported -> YMMV.) I guess dd
requires you to create partitions manually, and then perform a raw
copy onto the backup drive?
Speaking of which, why is ext2fs such a problem for tools like Ghost
or DriveImage? Why can't they perform the smart copying they do with
FAT[32] instead of copying even unused space?
Thx
FF.
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From: "Billy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rc.local does not appear to execute during boot
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:48:36 -0800
Hello,
I am a newbie, just installed RH 7. Trying to learn how to configure
system.
I have added a call to a script inside the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. This
script sets up ip forwarding and masquerading for the firewall. After I
reboot my computers on the local network can't get out through the firewall.
I believe the problem is that rc.local is not be executed. I came to this
conclusion because I can execute the rc.local file by typing ./rc.local and
then my computers on the local network can get through the firewall.
Why isn't rc.local being executed during boot?
Thanks in advance; many more questions to come.
Randy
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From: "Billy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setting up ftp RH7
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:55:11 -0800
Hello,
I am trying to make a very lightweight server installation to serve as a
firewall. I would also like to have the ftp service running (not anon, but
with a ftponly login). I tried installing the RPM and it said it was
already installed. I can't figure out how to turn the service on.
I thought maybe I was supposed to use something like: chkconfig --add ftp
but that doesn't work. How do I get the service going?
TIA
Randy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: rc.local does not appear to execute during boot
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 22:13:21 GMT
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:48:36 -0800, Billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am a newbie, just installed RH 7. Trying to learn how to configure
>system.
>
>I have added a call to a script inside the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. This
>script sets up ip forwarding and masquerading for the firewall. After I
>reboot my computers on the local network can't get out through the firewall.
>I believe the problem is that rc.local is not be executed. I came to this
>conclusion because I can execute the rc.local file by typing ./rc.local and
>then my computers on the local network can get through the firewall.
>
>Why isn't rc.local being executed during boot?
A couple of things to check...make sure it is scheduled to start:
[hal@feenix hal]$ ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/*local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 May 17 18:16 /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99local ->../rc.local
rc5.d is runlevel 5 (X) stuff. 'S' means to be started (K would indicate
to be killed). 99 makes it last thing run at this runlevel. Of course,
make sure the link is there. Use 'ntsysv' as root to change if not set
to run. Also, make sure the permission are correct on
/etc/rc.d/rc.local. Should be 'rwx'. Note the 'x' there. Also, use full
path names for any scripts or executables that are run from here in case
they are not in the default path.
--
Hal B
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From: "Billy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rc.local does not appear to execute during boot
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 14:33:09 -0800
Thanks Hal,
It was the fact that I was using a relative path within rc.local. Works
great now.
Thanks Randy
"Hal Burgiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:48:36 -0800, Billy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am a newbie, just installed RH 7. Trying to learn how to configure
> >system.
> >
> >I have added a call to a script inside the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. This
> >script sets up ip forwarding and masquerading for the firewall. After I
> >reboot my computers on the local network can't get out through the
firewall.
> >I believe the problem is that rc.local is not be executed. I came to
this
> >conclusion because I can execute the rc.local file by typing ./rc.local
and
> >then my computers on the local network can get through the firewall.
> >
> >Why isn't rc.local being executed during boot?
>
> A couple of things to check...make sure it is scheduled to start:
>
> [hal@feenix hal]$ ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/*local
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 May 17 18:16
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S99local ->../rc.local
>
> rc5.d is runlevel 5 (X) stuff. 'S' means to be started (K would indicate
> to be killed). 99 makes it last thing run at this runlevel. Of course,
> make sure the link is there. Use 'ntsysv' as root to change if not set
> to run. Also, make sure the permission are correct on
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Should be 'rwx'. Note the 'x' there. Also, use full
> path names for any scripts or executables that are run from here in case
> they are not in the default path.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Teachme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hd.img - can u help
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 23:00:55 -0000
I have the Mandrake directory and the 4 sub-directories in my /home . Is
anything else required as it doesn't work. Where canI find more info on this
please.
Ian Turnbull
0961 931941
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: "Jade Falcon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ***SERIOUS PROBLEM !!!! PLEASE HELP !!!!***
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 17:56:41 -0500
Windows fdisk is brain dead.
....So is Microsoft.
"Hal Burgiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 06:10:03 GMT, Tangent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Overlapped Partitions....i attempted a redhat install on a 10 GB
> >harddrive p2. After partitioning drive, in Disk Druid, the screen goes
> >black, outputs several error msgs, and reboots. On running FIPS, I am
> >given the msg :"Overlapped Partitions...this is a serious problem and
> >must be fixed" ... Upon re-installation of Windows 98, I have only 1.7
> >GB left to work with (on a 10 GB drive)....BIOS reports the usual 10 GB
> >of drive space, yet Windows reports 1.7 GB. FDisk won't delete the
> >partitions necessary to perform a clean full partition....it restricts
> >access to extended and logical partition deletion, although logical
> >partitions are also shown as non-existant.....hmmmm :(
> >
> >if you have the solution to my problem, please email me at
>
> Do you know your way around Linux? http://www.toms.net/rb/. This is a
> bootable Linux system on a floppy. Very bare bones shell. But does have
disk
> tools on it. Should be able to run Linux fdisk from that, and delete
> partitions as needed. Windows fdisk is brain dead.
>
> --
> Hal B
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From: "Nova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 installation crashes (newbie question)
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:19:59 +0200
Any idea why the installation crashes immediately after the hd-partitioning
phase? If I select automatic partitioning or fdisk, it just shuts down and
reboots. The same happens with disk druid after selecting the root and
swap -partitions and clicking on next. (Installing from local CD-ROM)
I have tried moving the empty space around the disk with PM5 (inside/outside
the extended partition). and creating ext2/swap -partitions before and in
the installation program.
I have
16Gb Primary IDE
-FAT32 3,5GB /with Win2k and WinME
-FAT32 9,7GB (games and other data)
-Empty space for linux (1.7Gb)
-QNX 4 (the rest)
the slave drive only has NTFS-data-partitions
Thanks in advance,
-Pekka Saarimaa
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