Linux-Setup Digest #109, Volume #20 Sun, 26 Nov 00 10:13:08 EST
Contents:
SBLive Platinum+ALSA emu10k1+Debian 2.2 Why wont it compile? (Ryan Stark)
Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Keymap trivia ("Peter T. Breuer")
hang ("Willie Chan")
Re: RPM foolishness in 6.2 (Michael Perry)
Re: RPM help needed (Michael Perry)
Re: why /dev/hdc ?? (rdh)
Re: Deeper Secrets? ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: swap ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Stuck at LI, How to uninstall LILO? ("Eric en Jolanda")
Experiences setting up Linux on a Sony PCG-XG-29 or similar? ("frankie")
Re: swap (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?=)
cable install problems ("Dave")
Hint to restore Ibm Thinkpad after an unsuccessful installation ("sherif kamel")
linux clustering (maher abedib)
Re: Deeper Secrets? ("philo")
Re: DRI ("Vigil")
Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix? (Jean-David Beyer)
Linux with an Intel Pentium 4 processor ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Re: Getting Back To Linux (Jim Broughton)
Users Not Logged Out Properly (Malcolm White)
Partition Tables ("Stu")
Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot) (Leo Cambilargiu)
Re: ifconfig: no permanent change (sena)
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From: Ryan Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SBLive Platinum+ALSA emu10k1+Debian 2.2 Why wont it compile?
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 23:38:12 -0800
Whenever I compile the alsa sound drivers for my SBLive
Platinum(emu10k1 chip) I get the following error, and it wont
compile:
In file included from sound.c:23:
../include/driver.h:66: linux/modversions.h: No such file or
directory
make[1]: *** [sound.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 'root/alsa-driver-0.5.9d/kernel'
make: *** [compile] Error 1
Please help I miss sound......
Thanks,
Ryan
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:43:13 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Moe Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 08:52:53 +0800, Robert Masters
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>>You've been hacked. Thats the usual response when a 'rootkit' has been
:>>Take it offline ASAP to prevent any further useage by the hacker. Then
:>>backup any data you need, and only what you need so as to not backup the
:>>hackers work, wipe the disk clean and reinstall.
:>This is actually a bit extreme - if you can work out which packages have been
:>worked over, you can do a forced install of those packages from the
:>distribution - much less hassle!
: WRONG APPROACH!
: No matter how much time you spend, you can *never* be sure to have
: really found all changes and backdoors a hacker could have inserted.
Oh yes _I_ can. I have an md5 list stored on another machine (as well
as 20 other binary identical machines to compare with). It's perfectly
possible. And I can count entries in /proc to see how many processes
are running, and boot off a new kernel with my choice of shell to
give myself a good view. COme to that, I have a copy of the / partition
at the other end of every disk ...
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Keymap trivia
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:43:17 GMT
Alessandro Baretta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: like to do is tell my X server I want lo load a US keymap. You know,
: something like
: "loadkeys us"
: Is there nothing that simple?
xmodmap /.../xmodmap.us
(or you could tell the x server directly, via the appropriate stanza in
XF86Config ... but you already saw that, didn't you?)
Peter
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From: "Willie Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hang
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:49:17 GMT
hi,
I installed redhat linux 6.2 on my laptop.
after it reboot, it hang on "Loading Linux".
It stop and the system is halted. I can't even reboot with "Cntr-ALt-Del".
Any idea why?
thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: RPM foolishness in 6.2
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:01:48 -0800
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:10:21 +0000, Michael V. Ferranti
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And jpd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>
>>Anybody help?
>
> After you get used to RedHat, or Linux in particular, dump RedHat and
>their fascist package manager for a less-commercialized distro like Debian
>or Slackware, and break the chains of bondage to Commercialized Linux.
>
>-- 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.
Heh Heh. I love that one. Honestly though, of all the things I have tried
in some years of playing and working with Linux, the most joy and challenge
and education I get out of Linux is with debian. Each system that boots
that initial windowmaker screen with the debian theme and seems somehow
clean and fast and ready to go, re-energizes me.
So... break free of that bondage. Walk the extra mile. Be free. As a
friend always remarks in his sig "debian/rules".
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: RPM help needed
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:02:39 -0800
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:50:51 GMT, ne... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Nov 25, 2000 at 04:25, Tim Watkins eloquently wrote:
>
>>Hey all,
>>
>>I've got what should be a simple question, but I can't figure it out. I'm
>>running RH6.1, kernel 2.2.17. I want to update my printtool rpm to the
>>latest. I downloaded the latest from RedHat, but when I try to install it,
>>I get a message (something to this effect): only packages with major number
>><=3 can be handled by this version of RPM.
>>
>>Now, I also download the latest RPM rpm (funny), and I get the same message
>>when trying to install that. Did they actually make the updated RPM in a
>>form that the previous version couldn't update? What am I missing here.
>You are mising RH's errata site. Go there, your answer awaits
>you.
>
>--
>Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
>Decaffeinated coffee? Just Say No.
> 4:49pm up 6 days, 2:34, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
>
Along with a whole bunch of other answers you never had thought up questions
for. :)
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rdh)
Subject: Re: why /dev/hdc ??
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:31:28 GMT
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 06:19:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W.
Stroberg) wrote:
>Of course this would not
>harm a DOS/Windows installation but if you did this it might mess up
>your fstab mount table in Linux. You would then have to reinstall
>Linux probably.
You're kidding, right? All you'd have to do is change all references
to /dev/hdc* in /etc/fstab to /dev/hda*, and vice versa. Then shut
down, swap the cables, and boot. Everything should come up fine.
--Russell
============================================================
email (spam-disabled):
rdh *at* salug *dot* org
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deeper Secrets?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:30:07 +0100
> thanks for the reply...truthfully i really like lilo... as without the
> gui...it has sort of an elegant
> simplicity...
> my old set-up did use lilo and i had no trouble installing it...
> but for various reasons i did not want to divvy up my harddrive...
> i had some problems with windows being on non-contiguous partitions...
> it's a long story...
> and it's not a big deal for me to use the floppy...it's just that i'm a
bit
> frustrated as i thought
> either the new lilo or grub would have been easy to set up/
>
> of course...just because i haven't figured it out...doesn't mean that it's
> not easy :)
>
Well, I haven't tried a new LILO, but the setup should not have changed
significantly. All That is required is in the README file included with it.
IIRC you will only have to add an lba32 line to the lilo.conf file. There's
one catch though. The limit is not originating from LILO. It's a BIOS issue.
The solution to this problem were the extended int13 calls. So if your BIOS
supports these calls, the new LILO will work. If it doesn't support these
calls, no matter what LILO you will use, it can not work. If that's the
case, you should give loadlin a try.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: swap
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:33:00 +0100
> Never more than 128MB according to SuSE 6.4 manual
Then that's an outdated manual
current limit is at 2G (per swap partition) IIRC
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stuck at LI, How to uninstall LILO?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:37:14 +0100
> i believe lilo has an uninstall switch. /sbin/lilo /u
> that will put back your original configuration, man lilo should give
> more info....u DO know about the man pages don't you??
Been using DOS a bit too much lately, glitch?
its `/sbin/lilo -u`
Eric
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From: "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Experiences setting up Linux on a Sony PCG-XG-29 or similar?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:50:50 -0500
Would love to hear from anyone who has successfully acomplished this.
Please tell me which distro and X-server if possible.
The only reference I could find was less than promising....
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/2187/1/
Any info appreciated
Frankie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?=)
Subject: Re: swap
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:09:11 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
El d�a Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:33:00 +0100,
Eric en Jolanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�:
>
> > Never more than 128MB according to SuSE 6.4 manual
>
> Then that's an outdated manual
> current limit is at 2G (per swap partition) IIRC
>
> Eric
>
The 2 GB limit is about swap partition size, or about usable swap space
usable by the kernel ?. I've recently been told that, although swap
partitions can be any size, only 128 MB of them remains usable by the
kernel.
--
Jos� Luis Domingo L�pez
Linux Registered User #189436 Debian GNU/Linux Potato (P166 64 MB RAM)
jdomingo EN internautas PUNTO org => � Spam ? Atente a las consecuencias
jdomingo AT internautas DOT org => Spam at your own risk
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cable install problems
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 11:32:24 GMT
After running a DOS platforms for the last 7 years I have decided to finally
try Linux..... I installed Mandrake 7.2 and the install went well but,
trying to connect to my @home service has not gone so smooth. I think I have
most of it right but for a few things not found under a windows platform.
Under networking in Linxconf on the first page where it say's "hostname" it
ask's for hostname + domain......now EXACTLY how do you fill this in?? I
have tried a few different ways and none have worked
NEXT......... under adapter1 it ask's for primary name + domain...... as
above I have tried a few different things and to no avail... do I put spaces
in?? do I use the + ??
a exact example would be appreciated say if my info was
c202198-a and portl2.or.home.com.
ALSO how do I activate this or does it automatically go online once Linux is
booted? and if you can think of anything else I may need to check or do I
would appreciate it
Dave,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "sherif kamel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hint to restore Ibm Thinkpad after an unsuccessful installation
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 06:57:54 -0500
I tried to Install Turbo Linux Workstation V 6.0 on my IBM Thinkpad
i 1250 laptop computer, after I found that I had to postpone the
installation
till I had more info about my new system. I decided to use the Restore disk
that came with the computer since it is meant to restore the HD to the
original
condition the computer was when bought, however I encountered 2 problems
The restore disk's software gave an error since there were linux partitions
which i sloved by deleting such partions and making a windows 32 bit type
partition. the restore disk worked fine but when prompted to retart the
computer all I got was a blank screen with LI printed in the top left corner
of the screen. Lilo kicked in and was stuck there. Since the Ibm think pad
doesnt come with a floppy drive I found this solution
Make a CD from a local computer store having the following :-
Zap , a Dos program obtainable from
www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/welcome.html
The second thing is to make the disk bootable , we did this buy copying an
the image file and using windows 98 s Startup disk utility and when I put in
the CD-Rom wish i called " Kill Linux " It worked fine and Zap had no
problem getting rid of lilo 30 mins later i had the system restored and
running windows 98 .
The way we made it work was they charged 5 $ Canadian in addition to
the cost of an empty CD-Rom wish is fine with me since now i can restore the
system back to windows anytime I miss-install a different OS.
I hope this will help anyone who had this problem.
__________________________________________________________
Note that the Win98 Startup disk makes a RAM Disk usually dirve "D" in wish
the compressed files have to be opened in so they can be unzipped.
I cant remember if it was a self extracting exe or a zip file. however if a
zip
file be sure to include the pkunzip utillity in the cd rom .
____________________________________________________________
Sherif Kamel
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From: maher abedib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux clustering
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:02:26 +0800
Hi,
I would like to know more about linux cluster.Is there any pages /
manual / startup for newbie?I also have
10 pc unused(intel architechture running linux/windows).Can I combine
this 10 pc into cluster?
thanks in advance.
regards,
maher
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From: "philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deeper Secrets?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 06:00:08 -0600
Thank you Eric...
well since my bios is circa 1994...and will not "see"
my bootable linux partition...i think you have solved my problem...
i think i'll look into loadlin
for as you have probably suspected i'm trying to increse my knowledge in
general...
and the more trouble i have doing something...the better i like it :)
--
Philo
website : www.plazaearth.com/philo
dos win lin os/2 cp/m nde beos
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DRI
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:30:47 +0000
Someone just told me my Geforce DDR wasn't supported :-(
"Notrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> had the audacity to claim:
> In article <8vk492$t88$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Would you recommend I install from this DRI-CVS in order to boost Unreal
>> Tournament FPS?
>>
>> TIA, etc.
>
> the X cvs should have dri, but it would most likely be quite a bit behind the
> dri project's cvs. You could try to take a look at mailing lists or the cvs
> code itself to see when the last time was that the dri code was merged into
> XFree's cvs.
>
> If you're using a card that uses dri (you didn't mention which card you are
> using), then I think the dri cvs would be a better choice. Whether or not it
> will improve your fps with ut is pretty hard to guess.
--
.
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:10:30 -0500
Moe Koenig wrote:
>
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 08:52:53 +0800, Robert Masters
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>You've been hacked. Thats the usual response when a 'rootkit' has been
> >>installed.
> >>
> >>Take it offline ASAP to prevent any further useage by the hacker. Then
> >>backup any data you need, and only what you need so as to not backup the
> >>hackers work, wipe the disk clean and reinstall.
> >
> >This is actually a bit extreme - if you can work out which packages have been
> >worked over, you can do a forced install of those packages from the
> >distribution - much less hassle!
>
> WRONG APPROACH!
> No matter how much time you spend, you can *never* be sure to have
> really found all changes and backdoors a hacker could have inserted.
Why can't you? If you did a complete backup of your system after you
installed it and before you connected to the Internet (assuming that
if you have a LAN, that you took similar precautions with all the
other machines on the LAN), you can compare the files on the backup
tape with the ones on your hard drive. Pretty simple with a backup
utility such as BRU. You could write a program to do it if you use
cpio, I guess.
You should also do a backup like that just before each cracker tries
to mess up your machine. Since you do not know when that is, you
should do it on a regular basis, such as every night (as I do), or
every week.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:05am up 15:33, 2 users, load average: 2.13, 2.15, 2.04
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Subject: Linux with an Intel Pentium 4 processor
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 00 13:15:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Very many thanks to everyone who responded to my original enquiry.
I've found that there is provision for the Pentium 4 in the "2.4-test"
kernel. Pending the finalisation of 2.4, one can select "386" under
"CONFIG_M386" in the present 2.2.x kernel.
Best wishes,
--
Robin Cosby
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From: Jim Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting Back To Linux
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:21:25 GMT
Martin wrote:
>
> SYNOPSIS
> When I try to boot into Linux on hda2, a lot of messages are
> displayed, as normal, but the boot finishes with:
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:05
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
>
> MY CURRENT SYSTEM (WITH STATUS)
> This is going to be decomissioned and used for storage,
> but is still usable:
> sda 4.3 GB hard disk
> sda1 Windows 98
> sda2 <sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9> Linux-Mandrake 7.1
>
> This contains the Linux I can't access:
> hda 30 GB hard disk
> hda1 Windows Me
> hda2 <hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8> Linux-Mandrake 7.1 where:
> hda5 /
> hda6 /usr
> hda7 /root
> hda8 swap
>
> Other hardware
> hdc CD ReWriter
> hdd LS-120 drive
> scd0 CD-ROM
>
> BACKGROUND NOTES
> The Linux distribution is from the downloaded Linux-Mandrake 7.1
> ISO images (two CDs: Installation Disc and Extension Disc).
> When I installed Linux-Mandrake from these, it gave an error
> message when I tried to create a boot floppy. The boot floppy
> it did partially create is useless.
>
> WHAT HAPPENED
> I've just installed a CD rewriter (hdc). This worked fine in both Windows
> Me and Linux, though X-CD-Roast was pretty frightening with its
> insistence on specifiying a partition for the ripped files. I may have
> made a mistake when choosing a partition.
>
> REMEDIAL ACTION I'VE ATTEMPTED
> Using the Linux-Mandrake installation I was about to decomission
> (on sda2), I tried to access my new Linux-Mandrake installation
> on hda2 with the command:
>
> mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/new
>
> but I get the message "/dev/hda6 is not a block device" (or similar).
>
> I tried each of the non-Windows LILO options (linux, failsafe,
> windows, windows2, floppy) but none worked.
>
> I do have a bootable disk from an old installation (1998, S.u.S.E.
> 5.2) which I used on sda2 to recover LILO by selecting the option
> "boot from installed system" but if I type in hda2 it can't see
> it, and probably wouldn't be much point if I could, anyway, as
> I'd still get the same kernel panic.
>
> CALL FOR HELP
> Needless to say, I'd be extremely grateful for any assistance. I'm having
> to use Windows Me to send this :-( I'm sure there's a relatively easy
> way to ger around this - at least, I hope there is!
>
> I'm sure all my data are still on my Linux partitions on hda2, I just
> need to to find the door that will let me get to them.
>
> I blame X-CD-Roast for this.
>
> Martin
What you have done is misinterpret the listing of partitions.
/dev/hda2 is a node for logical partitions those being.
/hda5 6 7 and 8. try and boot into /hda5 this seems to
be the root directory.
Or mount it from a rescue system after letting the rescue system
come up and give you a login.
In order to do this you have to create a mountpoint within the
rescue system ie mkdir /mnt/mpoint.
then mount -t ext2 /dev/hda5 /mnt/mpoint
>From there you should be able to navigate with all the usual
console commands.
If the system looks intact and you have access to the chroot
command you can even transfer root (temporarily) to the
newly mounted partition.
chroot /mnt/mpoint
hope this helps.
--
Jim Broughton
(The Amiga OS! Now there was an OS)
If Sense were common everyone would have it!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Malcolm White)
Subject: Users Not Logged Out Properly
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:22:33 GMT
I have just upgraded my system to Slakware 7.0 (kernel 2.2.14). I have
noticed that users who login via serial lines are not shown as logged
out by the "who" command when they exit. The "w" command shows
everything as it should be. This is causing a problem as I have limits
on the number of simultaneous connections a user can have. Does anyone
else have this problem - if so how do I fix it?
Thanx,
Malcolm
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From: "Stu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Partition Tables
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:31:08 -0000
Hi. I have just upgraded my computer to a new motherboard, cpu memory - i.e.
quite a substantial change to my system. However, I am using my existing
harddrives.
Not surprisingly, it no longer boots in linux successfully. This is okay, I
am quite happy to reinstall my RH6.2. However, there is some data I would
like to get hold of before I do so.
I am trying to use PICOBOOT to access my filesystem but whenever I try and
mount a partition I get an error. This is strange because previously I have
managed to mount these partitions easily using the mount command supplied
with PICOBOOT. When I do fdisk the partition tables are displayed correctly.
I suspect that because of my new motherboard the harddrives are being set up
slightly differently from before during the autodetection, but unfortunely I
have no record of how they were previously set up. I've tried changing my
BIOS to use different configurations, e.g. LBA,LARGE,Match Partition Table,
etc, but with no success.
Does anybody more experienced than me have any ideas how I can get to my old
filesystem ?
Have I missed anything obvious ?
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From: Leo Cambilargiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot)
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:01:28 -0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<snip>
A very new and intersting approach. Thanks. I only have a *few
comments/questions. (I am not familiar with Win2k)
> Why not install lilo into the MBR ?
> It has to do with having independant OS'es running.
> Your boot block boots any active partition that is marked as such.
Can linux fdisk mark a partition active? Last I checked it did but...
> Eg :
> At home I have this config:
>
> hda1 : /boot with lilo in first sector Active
> hda2 : win2000 (NT5) on ntfs 5.0 Bootable
> hda3 : Win98 fat32 Bootable
> hda4 : Extended
>
> lilo asks me:
> LILO:
> linux nt5 win98
>
> Now for some reason,let's say I dd'ed 2 megs of 0's onto the hda1 partition
> and destroyed lilo and the kernel file accidentally . I can't boot the
> computer right ?
> Wrong.
You can get the linux boot disk (rescue disk set) you made earlier on and
use it to bring up the linux system. You can then rewrite the boot sector
using lilo and a modified version of /etc/lilo.conf.
It does take a little hacking and a little time... depending on the damage
done.
One last note. I am not sure if WIN2k requires special boot sector
privilages which Win9x does not have.
> get the partition magic disk, set win2000 as the active one, and
> reboot.Win2000 comes up . I can boot 98 or win2000 from the NT loader,
> download tom's root/boot disk and repair the damage.
>
> Or say win2000 dies. I can still use lilo to boot win98.
> Or say I remove Redhat from the hdd ( which if you put lilo into mbr would
> require "fdisk /mbr" to remove ). I can still use the system.
you can use lilo to write a boot sector which load only nt5 or win98 before
you kill Redhat thus allowing a multiple OS's system if you do not like
Win2k's boot loader.
alternatively
lilo -U (ininstall lilo and the original boot sector is replaced)
> hth.
>
> Brando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > I have a 6 GB HD (Laptop) and I want to dual boot Linux and Win2K. I have
> a fresh disk to
> > install on so I don't have to save any data.
> >
> > What's the best way to go about doing this? Which OS should I install
> first and how should
My recomendation:
Bear in mind the limited knowledge I have about Win2k. Perhaps joseph can
correct any mistake I may make in it's regards if it is significantly
different from Win9x.
1. Make sure you are using Large Disk Mode/Access (bios setting I can't
remember) so you HD does not pass the 1024 number lilo requires.
2. Using windows fdisk. Allocate the first partition for Win2k
3. Install Win2k
4. Install Redhat
4.1 During partitioning of HD set up at least 2 partitions: linux root type
(83), 2xRAM linux swap (type 82). Optionally you can set up extra
partitions for mail directory, source code, /usr/local, /root, /home etc.
I use /root, /usr, and /home. The more partitions you have, the safer
those parts of data are from corrupting if something happens. However you
pay the price with space because each partition requires a residual amount
available.
4.2 When configuring lilo
At this point you can take a "risk" and write the MBR, or you can play it
"safer" and follow josephs ideas (which are good and seem to be easier).
If you choose to take a risk and write the MBR you should be
prepared/willing to hack the system using Linux rescue if something
destroys the MBR. (virus perhaps) The rescue environment is rather
unfriendly.
Otherwise you need to reinstall linux (a major bummer) just to write a new
MBR.
Anyways, Thanks for listening. I hope some of this was helpful. I still
think I am kind of a newbie but this is a topic I (think I) know about.
REGARDS
> > I set up the partitions. I want about 2.5 GB for Windoze and 3.5 for
> Linux. I do have
> > Partition Magic.
> >
> > Thanx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sena)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: ifconfig: no permanent change
Date: 22 Nov 2000 19:54:35 GMT
I heard Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saying:
>digging to find the proper file; if you tell us which Linux
>Distribution you are using, someone here should be able to tell you
>which file to update. (FWIW, in Slackware Linux, the file is
>/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1)
>
On Debian (2.2) it's /etc/network/interfaces...
On RedHat (7.0) it's /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-????...
...where ??? is the name of the interface.
Regards, sena...
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