Linux-Setup Digest #9, Volume #20 Fri, 10 Nov 00 09:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: how to set man path? (Eric)
Help with chroot enviroments. ("Nick Wagner")
Re: how to set man path? (Nevin Wong)
Re: rsh, rexec (Nevin Wong)
i810/AC97 convert to 8bit sound (Stephan Mietens)
Re: Using Netscape in Suse 7.0 Personal (Jeroen Wijnands)
image copy of linux to larger disk ("John E.")
Re: image copy of linux to larger disk (Eric)
Re: how to set man path? (Eric)
networked printing (Neil Muller)
Re: video card problems (Eric)
build libs with gcc ("Martin Schmidt")
send SMS when ISDN call to Linux server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
send sms or mail when ISDN call to Linux server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help! Linux router between two NT networks. (UM)
Format my disk ("AlexThunder Festbaum")
Re: help with nfs (Jerry McBride)
Re: backups via NFS (Jerry McBride)
Re: lilo not automatically start (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: backups via NFS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Disable DOS driver for large disks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: build libs with gcc ("ne...")
Re: gcc / kdevelop1.2 problem and Linux in General ("ne...")
Re: Format my disk ("Philo")
Re: Newbie: Setting up W2K Loader and Linux (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: lilo not automatically start ("core")
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to set man path?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:35:04 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nevin Wong wrote:
>
> bash > man man
> No manual entry for man
>
> Tried that a thousand times... still the same result.
>
> bash > man --path
>
> bash >
>
> That is, no result... no path for man
>
> bash> ./makewhatis -v /usr/share/man
>
> ...
> ...
>
> try again, still no man pages.
>
> have tried reinstalling the man-1.5h1-10j1-src.rpm, and turns out to be
> the same.
>
> Checked the permissions of the man pages, and they are okay. The whatis
> file in /usr/share/man has data. I think the main problem is man --path
> returns nothing... really desperate now...
>
> Yours,
> Nev
And if you set it manually?
echo $MANPATH
(probably returns nothing)
export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/man:/usr/local/man
echo $MANPATH
now this should return at least /usr/man:/usr/local/man
Eric
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From: "Nick Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with chroot enviroments.
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:13:20 GMT
I want to jail my ftp users into there own home folders, so I took the tasks
on my self, I was somewhat successful in the process, my only problem now is
that my ls command is showing hidden files. Like if I ftp into my own
account, i see my bash_history file there. The ls that came with my
distrobution (RH6.0 with secureweb) doesnt show anything at all. I found the
docs to do it at http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/wuftpd/
Read the comments from other users to find where I got the patched ls from
and please help me with this problem.
Thanks
Nick
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From: Nevin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to set man path?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:17:59 +0800
Oh yes! It works! So I need to add this line to my own .bashrc... is
there a more global place that I can add this?
Thanks!
Nev
Eric wrote:
>
>
> And if you set it manually?
>
> echo $MANPATH
> (probably returns nothing)
> export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/man:/usr/local/man
>
> echo $MANPATH
>
> now this should return at least /usr/man:/usr/local/man
>
> Eric
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From: Nevin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rsh, rexec
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:26:34 +0800
Alan wrote:
>
> has anyone not been able to use backspace when connect to linux when
> using x windows through a rsh server or rexec server?
I have... when I go through rexec server to sparc. Linux? Can't remember
if this has happened before.
Everytime when backspace wouldn't work, I would try the delete key, then
Ctrl-Backspace, then Ctrl-Delete... one of them should work.
Are you using bash?
For sparc, my default term is csh, and I can use backspace through rexec
when I switch to bash. Might work for Linux too.
Yours,
Nev
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From: Stephan Mietens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i810/AC97 convert to 8bit sound
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:11:41 +0100
Hi,
I have a i810 AC97 builtin soundcard which can play only 16bit sound.
The only way to play 8bit sound is via the "play"-Script.
There are many situations, where 8bit sound is send directly to
/dev/dsp (therefore I can't hear anything).
I'm looking for a possibility to redirect sound that is send to /dev/dsp
to the play-script.
If someone knows a solution for that, please mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Stephan
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From: Jeroen Wijnands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Netscape in Suse 7.0 Personal
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:02:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently installed Suse7.0 Personal along with a very good,
supported
> serial modem. I can apparently use kppp, because I do connect to my
ISP
> that way, but in all the reading I've done, (including the FAQs on the
> Suse website) I cannot find anything that tells me how to configure
> Netscape so I can make that sucker go. "Error" "Unable to locate
server"
> Etc. It would be great if I could solve this little riddle that
continues
> to irritate me.
> Muchas Gracias!
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
>
Can you ping anything on your provider's network?
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From: "John E." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: image copy of linux to larger disk
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:33:39 +0900
I have a linux system at home which I use as a gateway and a file server.
The hard disk size has become inadequate.
I do not want to add another separate hard disk. What I would like to do is
image copy my drive over to a larger hard drive. Can that be done in Linux?
And if so what hunk of software can I use to accomplish this task?
John
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: image copy of linux to larger disk
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:04:06 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John E. wrote:
>
> I have a linux system at home which I use as a gateway and a file server.
> The hard disk size has become inadequate.
>
> I do not want to add another separate hard disk. What I would like to do is
> image copy my drive over to a larger hard drive. Can that be done in Linux?
> And if so what hunk of software can I use to accomplish this task?
>
> John
cp -a doesn't do what you want?
You will afterwards manually have to adjust /etc/fstab, but there are no
big problems
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to set man path?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:06:17 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nevin Wong wrote:
>
> Oh yes! It works! So I need to add this line to my own .bashrc... is
> there a more global place that I can add this?
>
> Thanks!
> Nev
>
> Eric wrote:
> >
> >
> > And if you set it manually?
> >
> > echo $MANPATH
> > (probably returns nothing)
> > export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/man:/usr/local/man
> >
> > echo $MANPATH
> >
> > now this should return at least /usr/man:/usr/local/man
> >
> > Eric
>
> --
You can put it in /etc/profile , that way it will apply to all users on
the system.
Eric
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:04:03 -0600
From: Neil Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: networked printing
I've just added a 2nd linux workstation to my network and want to setup
network printing. All the docs refer to an /etc/hosts.lpd file that is
used by lpd on the server to validate remote print requests but I can't
find any examples of the format.
Can anyone help with an example of hosts.lpd?
Thanks in advance,
Neil
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video card problems
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:19:34 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Riyaz Mansoor wrote:
>
> hi eric
>
> > What I'd change right away if I were you is the virtual screen, just
> > leave it out.
> > It won't help with your actual problem though.
>
> i did that too. it doesn't matter either way so i left it.
>
> > Where are the frequency ranges of your monitor? (Are they not required
> > by 4.x ?)
> > What range is used?
> > Could it be so that X now assumes a very low-end monitor, and that is
> > forcing you to use low resolutions only?
>
> off the top of my head i don't remember, but in the config file it has
> identified the correct monitor which is a svga monitor. i don't know during
> 'startx' it throws away this monitor and puts another one in. is there
> anyway to check this? and how do i change this if i have to, say a genric
> svga?
>
> also how do i catch the result of a 'startx --probeonly' ? ie it scrolls off
> the screen. i tried writing to a file but wont work. i'm thinking that, that
> output is the standard.err stream. is there a way to catch that?
>
> riyaz.
Couldn't find the reply I made from home, so here it comes again:
You could try to change your Monitor Section to the following:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Hyundai Deluxscan 15G+"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0-50.0 <<<<<change to the values of YOUR
monitor!!!!
VertRefresh 50.0-110.0 <<<<<change to the values of YOUR
monitor!!!!
EndSection
This might solve the problems you're having.
Eric
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From: "Martin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: build libs with gcc
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:05:12 +0100
Hi,
I want to build a librarie with gcc or ld
but dont know the right compiler / linker
option, i only found the option -shared
to build a shared-librarie which works.
Is there a similar option to build a 'normal' lib ?
Thanks in advance,
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: send SMS when ISDN call to Linux server
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:09:47 GMT
Hallo Linuxfans,
ich bin dabei einer zu werden, habe jedoch folgendes Problem. Mein
Linuxserver (6.3) soll auf einen Anruf von mir reagieren und mir
anschlie�end eine mail oder SMS schicken. SMS via YAPS funktioniert
alleine. Was nicht funktioniert ist, da� der Server auf meinen Anruf
reagiert. Ich habe bei den ISDN parametern im YAST meine Rufnummer mit
Vorwahl ohne L�nderkennung eingetragen. Weiterhin habe ich angekreuzt
'nur diese Nummer akzeptieren' oder so. Wie kann ich denn pr�fen ob der
Rechner darauf reagiert. Ich glaube er tut das nicht!.
An welcher Stelle m�sste ich meinen YAPS-Aufruf platzieren, damit er bei
einem Anruf zum Server ausgef�hrt wird?
Vielen Dank f�r die Hilfe, ich bekomme das alleine einfach nicht hin.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: send sms or mail when ISDN call to Linux server
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:16:30 GMT
Hello Group,
I need some help for my linux 6.3 ISDN installation. I want my Linux
server to send me an sms or e-mail if I call the server by another ISDN
phone. With this sms I will receive the IP of the server so that I can
communicate by TCP/IP from my other office. Sending sms works fine with
YAPS, but where have I to put the YAPS call, so that it will be
initiated by my phonecall? How can I check if the server will accept my
call? With YAST I setup my ISDN parameters including the phone number
that shold be able to call. I marked the box saying 'allow this number
only' or so but I thik there is no reaction by my server if I'm calling.
Thank you for your helt
Christian
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Subject: Help! Linux router between two NT networks.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (UM)
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:33:08 GMT
Basically I have two networks
192.168.1.0 (255.255.255.0)
and
192.168.2.0 (255.255.255.0)
Instead of buying a Cisco Router I decided to build a linux router/gateway
to talk between these two networks. Its actually a laptop with two 3COM
PCMCIA network cards running Mandrake 7.0.*
After reading the docs I am able to ping a computer on 2.* network from the
1.* network.
However, I want the computers to be visible in Network Neighborhood ... ie.
the NT domain in 2.* should be visible in the 1.* window.
What will that take ?
Thanks!!!!
uday_menon
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suggestions be posted instead of anal flame wars I have noticed in other
threads.
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From: "AlexThunder Festbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Format my disk
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:59:39 +0100
How i'm able to format my disk clearly. I thought of writing random numbers
to it? Can someone help me?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: help with nfs
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:00:37 GMT
In article <8tujcf$qck$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Any tips or on-line references?
>
>Well, there's the NFS-HOWTO:
>
>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO
>
>Here's a brief summary.
If I may beg for some help also...
I'm doing pretty much the same setup, except I've implemented plip. NFS over
plip is a cinch. I can mount directories in both directions, giving me access
to resources that can be shared back and forth...
However... When mounting a cdrom from client to server (cdrom already mounted
on server) I get an error:
nfs_read_super: get root fattr failed
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad super block on servder:.. or too
many mounted file systems.
The only two possibilities that make sense to me are "wrong fs" or "bad option".
Both of wich I've looked into in depth and I haven't been able to resolve.
Would anyone here have an idea for me to follow?
Also... Mounting the cdrom on the client from the server, just the opposite
above, procedes normally and without any errors what so ever. I'm able to read
the cdrom just fine... Both machines are setup identically, except where it's
neccessay to be different... :')
This one really has me stumped...
Thanks, in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: backups via NFS
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:00:38 GMT
In article <3a056a21$1$qnivfs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>Ok, I have my laptop and desktop linked via ethernet and nfs.
>
>Part of the point of the exercise is to have a nice way to back up the
>laptop and to restore it in case of catastrophe.
>
>It's got three partitions: VFAT16 (Win98), HPFS (OS/2 Warp 4), RH 6.0,
>coming to about 3G altogether.
>
>What's the best way to pile this stuff onto my desktop for storage and
>ease of recovery using nfs? I assume somehow tar and gzip but I'm not sure
>what incantation. Remember, there's little free space on the laptop though
>there's plenty of room on the desktop so any swapping or temp files have
>to park on the desktop.
>
>Also, rough estimate, how long might I expect this to take, say, to park a
>1 Gig partition? The nfs connection is direct: cable from one computer to
>the other.
>
>I also need to consider my strategy for recovery: maybe a bootdisk which
>can enable nfs?
>
>Thanks!
>
You can dd the partition to be backed-up, then compress it and then toss it to
tape or whatever.
As for speed... What kind of cable are you connecting your two computers with?
Over here I've been using NFS over plip on a laplink cable. Flawless backup
operations, if a bit slow. I've got it all setup via a couple of scripts... I
just plug it all in, start the scrips and go to bed. Next morning, my laptop
is backed-up to cdr. My seat-o-da'-pants meter says this is all running like
about 2 or 3megs per minute...
If I were to buy a couple of lan cards, this would be a LOT faster... :')
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo not automatically start
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:07:13 +1100
It helps if LILO is installed in MBR.
Does it?
core wrote:
> after i install rh7, the lilo won't boot up automatically. How can i make it
> boot automatically? Thank
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:10:22 -0500
Subject: Re: backups via NFS
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/10/00
at 01:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride) said:
>You can dd the partition to be backed-up, then compress it and then toss
>it to tape or whatever.
>As for speed... What kind of cable are you connecting your two computers
>with? Over here I've been using NFS over plip on a laplink cable.
>Flawless backup operations, if a bit slow. I've got it all setup via a
>couple of scripts... I just plug it all in, start the scrips and go to
>bed. Next morning, my laptop is backed-up to cdr. My seat-o-da'-pants
>meter says this is all running like about 2 or 3megs per minute...
>If I were to buy a couple of lan cards, this would be a LOT faster...
>:')
I'm having trouble with my main machine right now, darn it! Everything's
on hold until I can boot back in.
Anyway, I've got a cross-over cable with NIC in the desktop (3com) and
some kind of no-name (popular here in Germany, I think) in the laptop.
Unfortunately I don't have a burner yet or a tape-drive but hope to in a
little bit, or I'll just get another HD for backup.
So, I guess in my case, backup should be pretty fast.
I thought the answer would be 'dd' but I wanted to be sure.
Thanks for the helpful reply!
F.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Disable DOS driver for large disks
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:27:44 GMT
Until yesterday I had DOS and Win95 running on a 486SX-25. Because the
hard disk is larger than ~524 MB (it's ~1 GB), I had a program (driver?)
that gave DOS access to the whole disk.
That driver is started during booting, just after a large table with
the system specs (processor, memory, etc.) is displayed and just before
the autoexec.bat was executed.
Yesterday I installed SuSE 6.0. Installing did not give a problem :-)
However, booting does now: just after the driver is loaded (or: started
-- I don't know if it has loaded or not), I get an error: "PART ERR",
telling me to hit <enter> to reboot. Rebooting leads to this message
again, of course.
The driver gives the option to boot from floppy by hitting <ctrl> just
before it loads the disk driver thingie. Doing that without having a
disk in the disk drive, will load Linux and skip the driver.
I guess the error means "partition error" because it expects to find a
DOS disk instead of a Linux ext2 one. But Linux apparently doesn't need
that program to support hard disks.
So, how do I get rid of that driver? I can't find an option in
the CMOS Set-Up.
TIA,
- Willem
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: build libs with gcc
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:43:20 GMT
On Nov 10, 2000 at 12:05, Martin Schmidt eloquently wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I want to build a librarie with gcc or ld
>but dont know the right compiler / linker
>option, i only found the option -shared
>to build a shared-librarie which works.
>Is there a similar option to build a 'normal' lib ?
So the question is what is a 'normal' lib? Did you read
the man page for gcc? Did you look at the 'OVERALL OPTIONS'
and read the bits about the '-c','-S' and '-o' options?
Did you rad the blob about the 'LINKER OPTIONS'?
These should give you enuf clues about what you need to do.
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or that there is not space to list it all, etc.
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gcc / kdevelop1.2 problem and Linux in General
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:49:45 GMT
On Nov 9, 2000 at 21:45, Adrian Mann eloquently wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I thought i'd give this kdevelop a go but after installing the source I
>then tried compiling only to find that gcc didn't work - how does one
>get this to work ? and there doesn't seem to be any info/manuals about
>this !
The proper way. Making what is needed is installed and
configured properly.
>I tried the old helloworld .c program and it said it couldn't find
>stdio.h - yet it is in my system.
So does your system know how to find it?
>I must admit after trying also to get the Java - mysql jdbc stuff to
>work ( to no avail). I'm getting pretty fed up with Linux from a
>developing view point until there are easier ways of installing and
>putting packages on that work 1st time or nearly 1st time then I think
>that Linux will never get going properly.
What you think is irrelevant. Linux works. It works properly
for a lot of us. It is about time you get your thumb out of
your @^&$ and start reading.
Oh, we can't really help you if all you write is fluff and
the info we need is missing. What is in /etc/ld.so.conf?
What is the output of env? What is the exact error msg you
get? The answers to these questions will help for a start.
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Format my disk
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:48:28 -0600
unless you are really paranoid about security ,a standard format will do...
when you next load an operating system or data on the disk...it will start
to overwrite eveything
anyway
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie: Setting up W2K Loader and Linux
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:05:36 GMT
I MIGHT be off-base with this reply, as it is based only on what I've
read, some of that may be outdated, and I'm only now about to apply it
myself!
The advice is that the Linux boot partition should be below the 1023
cylinder mark on your hard drive, that is, below about 8+ GB. (Recent
PC BIOS's may allow violating that, but I'm not sure how.) So a
solution would be to use Partition Magic 5.0.1 or later (or another
partitioning tool) so as to shrink your Windows 2000 partition to a
couple of GB -- putting just the Windows 2000 system files there (i.e.,
\WINNT, \WINDOWS, \Program Files\Common) -- and putting the Linux /boot
partition -- which can be quite small -- immediately following it. You
could put your Linux swap partition next. Then partition the rest of
the space as you see fit between other Windows 2000 and Linux partitions
-- perhaps a Windows 2000 Programs partition and a Windows 2000 Data
partition; and for ease in backing up, split up everything below Linux /
(root) partition to put files that don't change often in one (or more)
partitions separate from files that do change often.
LILO has to be installed, then, on the Linux /boot partition, and of
course NT loader has to point to that.
Oliver Pell wrote:
>
> 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: "core" <x>
Subject: Re: lilo not automatically start
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:02:22 +0800
how to check lilo location?
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l�� news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> core wrote:
> >
> > after i install rh7, the lilo won't boot up automatically. How can i
make it
> > boot automatically? Thank
>
> What goes wrong? Where is lilo? what did yo try?
>
> All boils down to this : give more info!
>
> Eric
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