Linux-Setup Digest #989, Volume #19 Tue, 7 Nov 00 10:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: redhat 7.1 or higher ("Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH]")
ADSL via serial ports (ken pile)
Pb when installing Fetchmail 5.5.5 under L Mandrake 7.1 ("Fred")
Re: Newbee question on DAT streamer under linux ("Bodo Hauk")
Re: Help: win98/linux dual boot with 2 HDs (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
KDE rpms - distro (Alessandro Magni)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 + XFree864.0.1 = headache for new user ("Riyaz Mansoor")
LILO booting straight into win98 (Michael Lees)
PCMCIA resource conflict: io base 0x300 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO booting straight into win98 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
how do you setup Suck? (David. E. Goble)
Re: Insert Bootable device after Install of RH7 on 15Gb disk (Eric)
DHCP Config: Howto force address change (Luis Fernando Rodrigues Loureiro dos Santos)
Drivers for Efficient 3060 or 3com PCI DSL modems? ("Bob")
Re: IOMEGA 100MB ATAPI Zip problems with RH 7.0 (Huw Lynes)
Re: redhat 7.1 or higher ("ne...")
Re: Delaying eth0 initialization... (Martin Gregorie)
how to set up PCTel IncHSP MicroModem 56 ? ("Jon")
apache ("Martin Schmidt")
XFree86 Installation on notebook with Trident Cyber 9525 gfx-chip ("Mike")
Dell PowerEdge 2400 + RH 6.2: RAID controller NOK (Frederic Faure)
Re: Some troubles with DOS partitions (Andrei Rares)
Re: LILO booting straight into win98 (Michael Lees)
dial-up internet from command line? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
how to set up ftp - "can't set guest privileges" - - HELP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on Thinkpad (ds1436)
Re: easy apache question. (Buschman)
Sv: Installation - SuSE 7.0 ("Allan Reese")
Re: LILO booting straight into win98 (Kevin Croxen)
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From: "Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 7.1 or higher
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 08:22:16 +0000
Frank Pittel wrote:
>
> Anyone know if redhat has an update to 7.0 in the works. I've spent about as much
> time trying to get the kernel supplied and configured by redhat to compile.
>
> The fix that they supply in the online howto was already applied by redhat and it
> still won't compile.
>
> There is some serious need for quality control within redhat. I can't believe it
> never occured to anyone at redhat to try to compile the kernel they supplied.
>
> --
>
> Keep working millions on welfare depend on you
> -------------------
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I think you can get the supplied kernel to compile if you select the SMP
support.
Another fix is to upgrade the kernel to 2.2.17 although this dosen't
want to support USB - IIRC it needs a patch. To prevent a boot up whinge
you need to remove the alias to the usb controller. I didn't need USB so
I can cope without it.
The mirror sites are carrying rpm upgrades to RH7.0 and are probably
worth tracking. I download them by using lftp which is a scriptable ftp
client which can mirror remote sites locally (including directory
recursion ;-)). Then I use gnorpm to upgrade the system. Alternatively
try the Rufus site (http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/).
HTH
Regards
Phil Q
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From: ken pile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ADSL via serial ports
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 09:20:39 GMT
I am about to have ADSL installed via HomeChoice ( UK ISP ). They will
be connecting their service to my PC via the COM ports. Does anyone have
any experience of setting this up for Linux ( SuSE 7.0 ). Of course the
system will come with some lovely CD's for Windoze, and SuSE can't give
any advice for this kind of connection, although they recommend looking
at PPPoE, which I presume wont work on a serial port.
Thanks in advance,
Ken Pile
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From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Pb when installing Fetchmail 5.5.5 under L Mandrake 7.1
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 09:23:59 GMT
I downloaded Fe(tchamil 5.5.5 gz file from the Fetchmail website. I open the
install help file, saying...run ./configure in the directory, then make,
then make install.
The first instruction is ok. But when I try to run "make", i get the msg
"Fetchmail- no file or directory of this type
make: *** [rcfile_y.c] Error 127
When I try to run make install, I get this msg:
make: *** [install] Error 1
When I try to run fetchmailconf, I get this msg: "Both Fetchall and keep on
in daemon mode, this is a mistake!" then "'Fetchmail --configdump --nosyslog
>/tmp/fetchmailconf.11615' run failure, status 1280 Unknown error while
running fetchmail --configdump
Precision, my MTA is Postfix. Does anyone have experience with it??
Thanks
Fred
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From: "Bodo Hauk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbee question on DAT streamer under linux
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 10:11:00 +0100
I tried it but it didn't work, the error is:
tar: /dev/st0: cnnot open: not such device
my be I have to load the driver for the SCSI Controller first.
you can point to the right man page for that.
System is running on three IDE harddisks (and was installed on that without
SCSI)
SCSI was inserted into the system with the new streamer.
SCSI controller is TEKRAM DC-390 U2W.
Thanx for help.
Bodo Hauk
Kalevi Kasvi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
IkDN5.338$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Bodo Hauk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >How do I mount my HP Surestore 40 DAT streamer under Linux? I bought it
> >brandnew with a TEKRAM DC-390 U2W SCSI controller and I have no idea now
> >to mount it.
>
> Use device /dev/st0 (rewind) or /dev/nst0 (no rewind).
>
> Example :
>
> tar -cf /dev/st0 /usr create backup from /usr
>
>
> --
> Kalevi Kasvi
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Help: win98/linux dual boot with 2 HDs
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 09:29:44 GMT
Duncan Pryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks. Quick question though: if I set the linux drive to master, and
>therefore presumably the win98 drive to slave, will I need to set lilo to
>remap the drives in bios in order for windows to boot? If so, do you know
>how to do that?
http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/part.txt
--
Svend Olaf
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From: Alessandro Magni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDE rpms - distro
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 11:42:01 +0100
I was waiting sad that the KDE2.0 RPMs for RedHat6.1 to appear,
when I wondered:
is there really a big difference if I use RPMs by other distros?
After all, when I download RPMs from Rufus, if there isnt a RH6.1 RPM,
the others work, all the time!
I'd be glad to hear your opinion
Thanks
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From: "Riyaz Mansoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 + XFree864.0.1 = headache for new user
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:27:40 +1000
> terminal screen available and so I went and did a "shutdown -r now"
command.
> Now I look back and think, "Not such a good idea man."
u can always use "control+alt+backspace" to unload the graphics system.
riyaz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lees)
Subject: LILO booting straight into win98
Date: 7 Nov 2000 10:33:08 GMT
I have a problem in lilo in that it boots straight into windows 98.
I tried t reconfigure it with klilo so that win98 was default but it doesn't give
me any option now.
I get
LILO Boot:
Starting windows 98
...
I don't have a boot disk and I've tried loadlin - is there any other way of
getting lilo back??
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: PCMCIA resource conflict: io base 0x300
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 10:46:39 GMT
I have sent my log files and such to the manufacterer of my new PMCCIA
ethernet card which is meant to be Linux Compatible, but which comes
back as unrecognised.
I am on a Sharp Intel 486, and his response to the logs included:
"According to the log file, I find that
RE-450 seems to not use the I/O 300.
"Oct 29 22:08:16 vtech kernel: pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net
address for io base 0x300."
I never encounter the similar problem. According to my test, our
RE-450 can work fine with DELL Latitude CPi and IBM ThinkPad 600x
notebook.
I doubt the problem is probably caused by the resource conflict.
Can you try to disable some peripheral devices?
I am keen to get this working and to know what I can try / whetehr I
should give up :-(
Any and all help appreciated ! ! !
Tim Bolt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LILO booting straight into win98
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:42:18 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7 Nov 2000 10:33:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lees) wrote:
>I have a problem in lilo in that it boots straight into windows 98.
>
>I tried t reconfigure it with klilo so that win98 was default but it doesn't give
>me any option now.
I suppose you have set up multiple entries in your lilo.conf. You need a
timeout entry to have a choice. Remember it is in tenth of a second units,
so to have 10 seconds time you need
timeout =100
--
Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: how do you setup Suck?
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:25:49 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
I downloaded Suck and installed the rpm, how do I set it up?
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Insert Bootable device after Install of RH7 on 15Gb disk
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:41:30 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TazMan wrote:
>
> Lilo is in the MBR.
>
> "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > TazMan wrote:
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > Sorry for the 4 messages..... Microsoft OS did a bit strange. But then
> I'm
> > > not telling you anything new. :)
> > >
> > > disk is on the bootchain in the BIOS.
> > >
> > > Taz..
> > >
> >
> > Are you sure you have lilo in the MBR then?
> > I suspect you put lilo in the bootsector of the /boot partition
> > Making that partition active, will probably solve the problem
> >
> > Eric
Could you then please post the content of your lilo.conf file?
Is your lilo.conf at /etc
Have you tried the -C switch to ensure the correct lilo.conf file is
used by /sbin/lilo?
Eric
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From: Luis Fernando Rodrigues Loureiro dos Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP Config: Howto force address change
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:49:46 +0000
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From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Drivers for Efficient 3060 or 3com PCI DSL modems?
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:01:56 -0500
Does anyone know if there are currently Linux drivers for the internal
Efficient 3060 or the 3com PCI DSL modems?
Dirac.
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From: Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IOMEGA 100MB ATAPI Zip problems with RH 7.0
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:04:48 GMT
Hi Victor,
not sure what your problem is but I suspect Red Hat is doing something
dumb (Spot the inate prejudice of a SuSE user). I'm assuming
that /dev/zip is a symbolic link, do you know what it points to?
IIRC zip drives are emulated scsi devices so it should be /dev/sda if
you have no other scsi devices (although it'll be /dev/sda2 if its some
flavour of windows disk, don't ask why). This should allow you to mount
it by hand so at least you'll know you can get to it.
The low-tech solution is probably to load the zip driver by hand or put
it in boot.local along with the relevant entry in fstab to mount. This
doesn't complain to much if there is now disk or indeed (in the case of
external drives)you forget to switch the drive on.
The only other thing I can think of is that you haven't got scsi
emulation enabled in the kernel (you'll need to recomplile your kernel).
Sorry if this is no help whatsoever but its all I can think of off the
top of my head at a windows machine with no linux documentaion. You can
always try the Zip-Drive-HOWTO at www.linuxdocs.org (which helped me
get my drive working)
Huw Lynes
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 7.1 or higher
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:11:35 GMT
On Nov 7, 2000 at 04:06, Frank Pittel eloquently wrote:
>Anyone know if redhat has an update to 7.0 in the works. I've spent about as much
>time trying to get the kernel supplied and configured by redhat to compile.
>
>The fix that they supply in the online howto was already applied by redhat and it
>still won't compile.
>
>There is some serious need for quality control within redhat. I can't believe it
>never occured to anyone at redhat to try to compile the kernel they supplied.
The kernel they supplied compiles just fine. I know because
I have recompiled it. The question is were you using kgcc
to compile it or gcc?
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
They collapsed ... like nuns in the street ... they had no teen
appeal!
8:10am up 16 days, 16:02, 10 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Gregorie)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Delaying eth0 initialization...
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:18:08 GMT
On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:40:24 +0800, =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I had this error message, 'Delaying eth0 initialization', when I type
>'ifup eth0' in console. How to solve it? Thank you.
>
Is your NIC installed?
What NIC and driver are uyou using?
How have you configured them (whats in /etc/conf.modules and what tool
put it there)
--
gregorie | Martin Gregorie
@logica | Logica Ltd
com | +44 020 76379111
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From: "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to set up PCTel IncHSP MicroModem 56 ?
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:30:29 -0600
RH 7
Gnome
sawfish
PII
Bus PCI
PCTel IncHSP MicroModem 56
vendor ID 134d
device ID 7890
subvendor ID 109f
subdevice ID 0789
pciType 1
Pretty-please give more than the url for linmodems.
Been there, can't find specifics for a newbie such as myself.
I have been told I need a module but have no idea which one or how to set up
same.
No one seems willing to elaborate; maybe because I am so new to Linux.
Specific help very much appreciated since I am stuck offline on my Linux box
until,...
PS. Cannot put an ISA modem in this sucker - no room for it.
No money either :-(
Thanks,
--
Jon - I love Jesus Christ
http://www.jonsplace.org/
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From: "Martin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apache
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:26:26 +0100
Hi,
We want to use apache company intern only .
Therfore i thought about adding the lines :
Deny from all
Allow from .OURCOMPANY
to the httpd.conf file.
As i tried with the first line only i was still
able to access Suse - help which lies on
http://localhost/... (I thought with Deny from all
only this has to fail) .
Is this the right why to do it ?
Thanks in advance,
Martin
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 Installation on notebook with Trident Cyber 9525 gfx-chip
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:40:46 +0100
Greetings,
my fujitsu-siemens notebook works with a trident cyber 9535 gfxprocessor. If
i try to setup XFree86 it allways looks like the videooutput was cuted in
peaces and mixed over the screen. I tried various drivers (Trident, SVGA) as
well as different monitor settings but without success. I cant get XFree86
to work on my notebook. I am grateful for any hints ...
An other question: Is there a command like "hinv" on irix that lists all the
installed hardware? I am not 100% sure about the available videomem,
clockrate...
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic Faure)
Subject: Dell PowerEdge 2400 + RH 6.2: RAID controller NOK
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:39:33 GMT
Hi,
The standard (ie. non-Dell) RH 6.2 cannot seem to detect either the
PERC 2/Si RAID controller or the three U160 HDs connected to it in
RAID5. I can either order Dell's customized RH 6.2 or download/order
RH 7.0, but I'd like to make sure it solves the issue.
Thx for any tip
FF.
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From: Andrei Rares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Some troubles with DOS partitions
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:51:36 +0100
Many thanks, Gene,
This really helped. Then, a colleague of mine (thanks, Erik!) tweaked a bit the
settings so it's only who me can use my DOS partitions - something like:
/dev/hda1 /dos/c vfat defaults,umask=077,uid=xxxxx,gid=yyyy 0 0
in /etc/fstab (where xxxxx and yyyy are the user and group id's, respectively).
Greetings,
Andrei
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This might be the solution. I've had similar problems in the
> past and researched it, found the solution. Don't recall exactly
> why this works, but here's what I have in my /etc/fstab for my
> Windows partition (which I only use for data):
>
> /dev/hda1 /windows/c vfat noauto,user,exec,rw 0 0
>
> Try those settings for your DOS partition. It may allow other users
> to mount, umount, delete, etc.; so read up on the extra parameters
> if those are of concern to you.
>
> -- Gene Wiggins
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lees)
Subject: Re: LILO booting straight into win98
Date: 7 Nov 2000 13:51:45 GMT
How do I gain access to the lilo.conf file from windows
--
_______
Michael Lees
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of A.I.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science
Edinburgh University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dial-up internet from command line?
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:03:21 GMT
I want to create an internet connection from the command line. No GUI. As
much as possible, I want to directly edit the the necessary files.
The computer recognizes the modem. No winmodem or anything. I am using
RedHat 5.0. Pretty sure I have TCP/IP working.
I am doing this for educational purposes.
I suppose the thing to do is create a pppd script? Do I need to edit
resolv.conf? Do I need to do a "route add" ??
Any help appreciated, thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: how to set up ftp - "can't set guest privileges" - - HELP
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:16:11 GMT
Any news on why I get "can't set guest privileges" when trying to ftp to my
server? any config files I can look at?
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From: ds1436 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Thinkpad
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:21:19 GMT
This info is from the book "Running Linux", by O'Reilly (3rd Ed.):
"...IBM PS/1, ThinkPad, and ValuePoint machines do not store drive geometry
in the CMOS, so you must specify at boot time." You then need to boot the
computer using the " floppy=thinkpad " parameter at the LILO boot:
prompt.
"With distributions that do not show the [boot:] prompt by default, you
need to hold down the SHIFT, or CTRL key, or press the Scroll Lock key
while booting the floppy or cd-rom if you want to enter something at the
boot prompt."
So, you should see:
boot:
at which point you would type:
boot: linux floppy=thinkpad
or
boot: linux floppy = thinkpad (the book isn't really clear)
Hope that helps.
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
> I am trying to install Linux on my thinkpad 500. I am able to get the
> installation going with the boot and root disks. Since I don't have a
> CDROM, I am installing the 'a' series disks from floppy. During setup,
> when it accesses the floppy, it fails with
>
> floppy0: unexpected interrupt
> floppy0: sensei repl[0]=c1 repl[1]=0
> ...
>
> I am unable to even mount the floppy. It continually repeats that error
> message and dies. I don't think there is anything wrong with the floppy
> drive itself, otherwise I won't be able to boot from floppy (which I am
> able to do just fine). This is the TinyLinux distribution.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: buschman@!!!Remove!!!buschman.net (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: easy apache question.
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:44:15 GMT
tnx, that worked very well.
Buschman
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 22:43:54 -0600, Bryan Packer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Buschman wrote:
>>
>> OK that worked a little better. I did what you said, typed; grep
>> httpd.conf -r /
>>
>> But then it starts printing all this stuff to the screen. Abunch of
>> directories and "no file found...". How do I just get it to tell me
>> where the file is located? Thanks so much.
>
>Use find instead. Grep is better for finding text *inside* of files.
>
>find / -name filename -print
>
>bryan
>
>
>--
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students.
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From: "Allan Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sv: Installation - SuSE 7.0
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:53:00 +0100
Hi,
Thank for helping out, but I figured out (by help from an answer to another
group) that my problem could be solved by assigning 'kernal boot
parameters". My parameter is concerning my disks physically properties (cyl,
sectors etc).
For now I am very satisfied with SuSE 7.0......
Kurt R. Rahlfs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en
nyhedsmeddelelse:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Allan Reese wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having problems with installaition on a PC with NT 4.0.
> >
> > I've decided to boot from diskette. But the installation stops whe
trying to
> > install
> >
> > k_deflt - standard kernal
> >
> > Installation halts and i can't go on.
> >
> > My disk has 1027 cyl.
> >
> > Could that couse this problem, or where do i search to solve this
problem.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I would not think your disk geometry has anything to do with it. Even if
your
> disk was full the install runs off of a ram disk. So where to go?
>
> You can start in two places. If you have recently purchaced it you can
send
> mail to SuSE, see the front of your mainual. (However I never got any
help
> through this method.) The alternative that I use is get on the SuSE mail
list
> (english or german) and post the question there. There the post are more
> specific to SuSE which may be appropriate for this question.
>
> kurtrr
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: LILO booting straight into win98
Date: 7 Nov 2000 14:37:27 GMT
Get online in Windows. Go to www.freesoftware.com (or equivalent) and
rawrite yourself a bootdisk from your favorite distro. Or do the same from
your installation CD if you have one. Boot from the rawritten bootdisk and
have it boot the installed Linux system. Examples (since you didn't
mention which distro you were using): if you use a Slackware bootdisk, at
the first boot argument you could enter the argument "mount
root=/dev/hdXX" (where XX is replaced with the location of your Linux
partition); or if you rawrite a standard YAST bootdisk for Suse, booting
an already-installed system is one of the options in the YAST installer
menu. And so on.
Once you have your own Linux installation booted, then edit /etc/lilo.conf
and run "lilo" as root to implement the changes.
--Kevin
In article <8u91dg$rmg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Lees wrote:
>How do I gain access to the lilo.conf file from windows
>--
>_______
>Michael Lees
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of A.I.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science
> Edinburgh University
>
>
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