Linux-Setup Digest #38, Volume #20 Tue, 14 Nov 00 16:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 (Murray Eisenberg)
Firewalling + VPN in RH 7 (Praveen Shenoy)
Actually, I made audio work, but MIDI - - - NOT - - -!!! ("frankie")
Re: reiserfs in kernel 2.2.14 (Markus Kossmann)
Re: auto power off (Sean)
Re: make all on kdelibs error, any idea? (Mark Worsdall)
Fdisk error: no partition table (Peter Bismuti)
HP Officejet G55 printer ("Jesper K. Pedersen")
Re: HP Officejet G55 printer (Robert Kiesling)
Re: auto power off ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HDD setup - UDMA or PIO? (Michal Szymanski)
Re: auto power off ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Firewalling + VPN in RH 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
fdisk and IDE-drives with more than 30 GB capacity? ("Michael Schnick")
Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows ("Jon Tilson")
Re: UPDATE: PM Error 105 Please Look: Results of `fdisk -l /dev/hda` (Svend Olaf
Mikkelsen)
Re: Memory leak? (Michael Erskine)
Re: Memory leak? (Michael Erskine)
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:14:39 GMT
But does Bootpart work (reliably!) if you have no FAT or FAT32
partition, only an NFTS partition for Windows 2000?
Svend Olaf Mikkelsen wrote:
>
> Another possibility is to install Lilo in the boot sector of a Linux
> partition, and then use Gilles Vollant's Bootpart for adding Linux to
> the NT boot menu.
>
> Bootpart will not copy the Linux boot sector, but add an entry that
> chains to the boot sector. This way the boot sector does not need to
> be copied after a Lilo rerun.
>
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:16:30 GMT
Something I've read in print or on-line says that the trouble with
replacing LILO on the MBR, in place of the Windows NT Loader (with an
NFTS partition for Windows 2000, say) is that some anti-virus programs
will detect this as a possible virus.
Eric wrote:
>
> Svend Olaf Mikkelsen wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >> If it is in fact OK to put LILO on the MBR with Windows 2000 on an NTFS
> > >> partition first, are there advantages/disadvantages -- in user
> > >> interface, performance, anything -- to doing that vs. keeping NT loader?
> >
> > >Yes there are, and this is exactly why I like to use LILO.
> > >After you recompiled your kernel, and reran /sbin/lilo, you can
> > >normally reboot and use the new kernel, but if you use the NT loader,
> > >and forgot to copy the new bootsector to floppy, for exchange with NT,
> > >you can only boot linux from a floppy.
> > >This is because the NTloader needs a bootsector.img to run, which
> > >actually contains LILO.
> >
> > Another possibility is to install Lilo in the boot sector of a Linux
> > partition, and then use Gilles Vollant's Bootpart for adding Linux to
> > the NT boot menu.
> >
> > Bootpart will not copy the Linux boot sector, but add an entry that
> > chains to the boot sector. This way the boot sector does not need to
> > be copied after a Lilo rerun.
> >
> > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm
> > --
> > Svend Olaf
>
> At least a better solution than dd'ing all the time, but I still prefer
> LILO as main loader, but thanks for the info (I keep on learning a lot
> from you ;-) )
>
> Eric
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: Praveen Shenoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Firewalling + VPN in RH 7
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:20:19 -0800
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Does anybody know if VPN support is built into RH 7.0? I am trying to
use RH 7.0 as a router/firewall. But I am unable to use my VPN client
and also Exceed (X windows emulator ). I have read thru so many sites,
but they talk about rebuilding the kernel with VPN options. Is there a
way to do VPN with RH 7 without rebuilding the kernel?
Are there any GUI clients or step by step instructions for not so expert
linux users like me to easily configure the firewall?
Thanks
Praveen
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From: "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Actually, I made audio work, but MIDI - - - NOT - - -!!!
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:34:49 -0500
Well, I feel I sort of have to admit my blunders (not checking BIOS)
for not checking the basic stuff first... :)
Soundcard was recognized without a hitch after proper values were
higlighted in BIOS. Great!!!
Now for the bad news: using sndconfig, MIDI does not work.
My boot-up messages when re-booting linux say that the MIDI module is
an opl3 (Yamaha)
Any hints from electronic musicians??
FK
==================================================
Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> And "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>
> >I do not have Windows on this machine to probe the IRQ and DMA settings.
> >What to do ?
>
> Looks like they were already found, but due to an IRQ conflict, the
> sound module couldn't connect. "Device or resource busy" usually means
> that you have an IRQ conflict somewhere. Try turning off any PnP support
> in the motherboard BIOS, and if you have any PCI cards in place, you might
> want to toggle off PnP mode for those and assign the IRQs manually. Linux
> doesn't like to argue with jury-rigged (PnP-style) IRQ assignments. I had
> to do the same thing to get RH6.2 to connect with my PCI TV-tuner card.
>
> -- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
> Warning: The Surgeon General has deemed that excessive displays of warning
> labels and public service announcements produce stress and shortens lives.
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reiserfs in kernel 2.2.14
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:48:05 +0100
noel wrote:
>
> I am trying to compile a new kernel on my suse 6.4 box -- getting rid of all
> the hardware
> that I don't need compiled into the kernel.
>
> Only problem is I cannot find the option for "reiserFs" anywhere so the new
> Kernel
> does'nt work for me!
>
What kernel source package did you use ?
reiserfs is only part of the patched 2.2.14.SuSE source ( from the
package lx_suse IIRC) but it isn't in the original kernel source.
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: auto power off
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:07:28 -0800
And why would you shut down your machine anyway?
Fokkema DBRA wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I just upgraded from RH6.2 to RH7.0 and I noticed something slightly irritating.
> When I shut down my system under RH6.2 the kernel automatically powered down
> the system. Under RH7.0, it just halts the system. Why is this? Is it a kernel
> problem (just switch this option and recompile?) or do I have to edit some
> file or is it something else?
>
> Hope that someone can help.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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From: Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: make all on kdelibs error, any idea?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:16:28 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Worsdall
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Hi,
>
>Have just done a make all on the kdelibs src and got the following
>error:-
>
>
sorted: answer was get a c++ compiler
--
He came from Econet - Oh no, I've run out of underpants :(
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: Fdisk error: no partition table
Date: 14 Nov 2000 19:10:25 GMT
I'm trying to put in a new HD and can't get it to work. I've tried using
the floppy that came with it ( Maxtor ) and I've tried using a Win98 setup
floppy & cd, and I've gried Redhat and none work.
In REdhat 6.1, I get the following error:
An error occured reading the partition table for the block
device hda. The error was: No such file or directory
Can this be fixed? Does this mean that the drive is no good?
Thanks
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From: "Jesper K. Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: HP Officejet G55 printer
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:29:53 +0100
Having gotten a HP Officejet G55 printer and a nice little computer through
my work I find that there is no generel driver for this printer.
I did manage getting the scanner function up and running - but still miss
the printing function. Anyone with any ideas of what printer driver works
best with this printer?
Thank you for your assistance
Jesper K. Pedersen
SolNet Data Service
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Officejet G55 printer
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:45:55 GMT
"Jesper K. Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Having gotten a HP Officejet G55 printer and a nice little computer through
> my work I find that there is no generel driver for this printer.
> I did manage getting the scanner function up and running - but still miss
> the printing function. Anyone with any ideas of what printer driver works
> best with this printer?
That depends on your options, wrt/the application. If trying to print
Postscript using ghostscript as a print filter under APS or
MagicFilter, then probably most (all) of the LaserJet drivers will
work, some with more options than others. If using StarOffice and the
like, start with the HPL non-Postscript drivers, and see which one
works better.
--
Robert Kiesling
Linux FAQ Maintainer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.mainmatter.com/linux-faq/toc.html http://www.mainmatter.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: auto power off
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:16:13 -0000
In comp.os.linux.development.system [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| I just recently had this problem when I upgraded to the 2.2.17 kernel,
| and found that recompiling with APM (Automatic Power Management) allows
| the kernel to power off the machine. Apparently, RedHat automatically
| compiles this feature into their kernels, but it is not a selected
| option for the source from kernel.org
Then how do you select it? Is there any confining compile symbol?
--
| Phil Howard - KA9WGN | My current websites: linuxhomepage.com, ham.org
| phil (at) ipal.net +----------------------------------------------------
| Dallas - Texas - USA | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michal Szymanski)
Subject: HDD setup - UDMA or PIO?
Date: 14 Nov 2000 20:16:01 GMT
Hi,
I've noticed that Linux (at least RedHat 6.2) sets HDD access mode
to PIO (although it reports BIOS settings as DMA at boot time).
'hdparm' man page says that manual changing to (U)DMA is seldomly
necessary as PIO mode is usually most effective. This does not seem
to be true. In PIO mode I'm getting about 3.5 MB/sec read transfer
rate on a regular basis. After changing to udma*2 or udma*4,
it goes up to 15-25 MB/sec depending on the mode, disk model etc.
Still, on some machines (I've experimented with 5-6 PCs of different
configuration of MoBo, disk, CPU) this UDMA mode seems to be unstable
and is soon disabled by system after reporting some disk-related
errors. Or, if I have less luck, the machine hangs. I'm not 100% sure
but this might be related to the use of SoundBlaster sound card which
also uses DMA.
Several questions arise:
- should the UDMA mode be switched on, especially on newer machines?
- if yes, can it be done somehow at the very beginning of boot
procedure, or rather at the end, in /etc/rc.d/rc.local?
- is it safe?
- if it may conflict with other DMA-devices (like sound card), can it
be setup so the conflict does not occur?
- I've read reports on problems with UDMA/66 (some time ago). Still,
on some machines I've succeded in setting udma*4 mode (IMHO this
is UDMA-66) and it has worked. Does it mean that the problem
has already been fixed?
any hints/pointers would be appreciated,
regards, Michal.
--
Michal Szymanski ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Warsaw University Observatory, Warszawa, POLAND
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: auto power off
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:17:38 -0000
In comp.os.linux.development.system Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| And why would you shut down your machine anyway?
My hard drive is full and I'm afraid of the "rm" command, so I just put
a bigger hard drive in every few weeks. :-)
--
| Phil Howard - KA9WGN | My current websites: linuxhomepage.com, ham.org
| phil (at) ipal.net +----------------------------------------------------
| Dallas - Texas - USA | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Firewalling + VPN in RH 7
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:10:16 GMT
If you are trying to masquerade your local network out over the
internet and want to use a VPN client on your local network thru the
linux machine, you will need to re-compile your kernel. I am not sure
about redhat 7, but do a uname -a and if the kernel is still 2.2.17 or
lower, you will need to patch it and recompile. It's a pain, but it's
nice once you have it setup.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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> Does anybody know if VPN support is built into RH 7.0? I am trying to
> use RH 7.0 as a router/firewall. But I am unable to use my VPN client
> and also Exceed (X windows emulator ). I have read thru so many sites,
> but they talk about rebuilding the kernel with VPN options. Is there a
> way to do VPN with RH 7 without rebuilding the kernel?
> Are there any GUI clients or step by step instructions for not so
expert
> linux users like me to easily configure the firewall?
>
> Thanks
> Praveen
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From: "Michael Schnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fdisk and IDE-drives with more than 30 GB capacity?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:24:39 +0100
Hello out there!
I have got problems partitioning an IDE-drive with more than 30 GB capacity.
Can you tell me where to find documentation on that problem?
Here�s the whole story:
I tried to install Linux on my new harddisk drive. It�s a Maxtor drive, model 94610U6
with about 46 GB capacity.
My BIOS isn�t able to use diskdrives with more than 8 GB of capacity, that�s why I use
the "clipping" option.
When I start fdisk it tells me my drive has about 30 GB of capacity.
I�m using a SuSE 6.4 distribution, with a 2.2.14 kernel and a fdisk
version v.2.10f.
The maiboard seems to be model MB-586VXU1, made by "ability".
But I haven�t found a BIOS-Update yet.
I�d like to use the whole capacity of my drive as a bootdrive in that
computer.
Can you tell me what I have to do, or where I can find further
documentation concerning this matter?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
--
CU,
Michael
ICQ# : 14657968
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From: "Jon Tilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:33:25 GMT
Forgive me for jumping on this thread but I have a similar problem with a
Hayes ISA bus modem which is on /dev/ttyS2 or COM3....It too takes ages to
respond to commands and pppd/chat times out before the ISP connection
finishes. Took me a while to realise what was happening til I tried cat <
/dev/ttyS2 in one term and cat > /devttyS2 in another...the out window takes
ages to reflect what goes in the in one!
I'm running mandrake with kernel 2.2.15. Is this a known problem with bus
modems we have here?
Reply via email if this is off thread.....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: UPDATE: PM Error 105 Please Look: Results of `fdisk -l /dev/hda`
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:38:25 GMT
Brando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 05:42:37 GMT, Brando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>CORRECTION: This is what it looks like
>
>>> Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 776 cylinders
>>> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>>>
>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
>System
>>> /dev/hda2 * 39 775 5564160 c Win95
>FAT32 (LBA)
>>> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
>>> phys=(774, 15, 63) should be (774, 239, 63)
>
>Brando
Is this supposed to match what you (maybe) previously posted from
Partinfo:
C H S ID C H S Rel Num
>0 1 00 38 16 1 0B 375 239 63 575568 5109552
Anyway, get Findpart at http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm,
boot to a DOS floppy, do
findpart pm +fat heads 16 fp.txt
and post the content of fp.txt. Then maybe I can help you.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: Michael Erskine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Memory leak?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:51:58 -0500
Paul Kimoto wrote:
> > Smart asses, are rarely ever given even numbers, or even even responses.
>
> That is nice, but the 2.4.0 kernel has not been released (see
> ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4). The latest has the awkward name
> "2.4.0-test11/pre4". Run "finger @ftp.kernel.org" for more recent updates.
Given such a level response in view of my rather flippant one, I retract the
flippant portion, with the appropriate humility, and regrets.
Never-the-less, the kernel has an even number assignment and unless the
developers have broken with the long established traditions, we mere users
may expect it to be stable, if not a 'stable release'.
Personally, I have a long standing habit of remaining with a kernel version
for quite some time after newer versions are out. This is a lesson I picked
up - rather slowly - after I got sick of breaking things just so I could run
the latest and 'greatest' kernel release.
Soon I will upgrade to one that supports iptables... not just yet.
Again, I regret the acrid response. Mea culpa maxima.
>
> --
> Paul Kimoto
> This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
> hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
> and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have
never happened. -- Mark Twain
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From: Michael Erskine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Memory leak?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:56:06 -0500
Paul Kimoto wrote:
I ran the finger. Interesting. How big was that crow, you were serving?
:)
--
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:57:31 GMT
Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>But does Bootpart work (reliably!) if you have no FAT or FAT32
>partition, only an NFTS partition for Windows 2000?
>
>Svend Olaf Mikkelsen wrote:
>>
>> Another possibility is to install Lilo in the boot sector of a Linux
>> partition, and then use Gilles Vollant's Bootpart for adding Linux to
>> the NT boot menu.
>>
>> Bootpart will not copy the Linux boot sector, but add an entry that
>> chains to the boot sector. This way the boot sector does not need to
>> be copied after a Lilo rerun.
>>
>> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm
For this usage Bootpart does only write a 512 byte file and edit
boot.ini using standard file system calls. It then does not matter if
the NT boot partition is FAT or NTFS.
I however of cause cannot guarantee that Bootpart is reliable. Also
Bootpart boot sectors might not be able to load the boot sector of
partitions after cylinder 1023.
--
Svend Olaf
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