Linux-Setup Digest #140, Volume #20 Fri, 1 Dec 00 07:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Problem rebuilding kernel (Robert Morelli)
Re: windows VFAT partitions too fat?! (Eric)
Re: a NIC card that works with RH7? ("Jerry Segers, Jr.")
Re: Help with LILO (Eric)
Re: a NIC card that works with RH7? ("Jerry Segers, Jr.")
Re: rsync auth failed @ERROR ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USB modem set-up? (E J)
Re: cable install problems ("hijack")
HELP--I'm new to Linux!!! ("AgentKeith")
Re: Binary diff ? (Villy Kruse)
Re: i386 i586 i686 (moonie;))
Re: HD off after boot - possible?? (moonie;))
Re: Ipmasq and firewall automatic setup (moonie;))
Re: newbi -> samba (moonie;))
Re: rsync auth failed @ERROR ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: disk utilization (NDQ)
problem with sendmail! (Isaac Leung)
Mandrake 7.2 problem with auto-login (Peter Stricker)
Re: TZ87 DLT drive ? ("Jochem Langerak")
Re: corel 1.2 install hangs (Eric)
Re: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!! ("The infamous \"Brian\"")
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Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:27:38 -0500
From: Robert Morelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem rebuilding kernel
Bill Grzanich wrote:
>
> Hi, Robert.
>
> [snip]
> >System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
> >make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
> >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.14/arch/i386/boot'
> >make: *** [zImage] Error 2
>
> make is trying to tell you how to correct the problem: instead of typing "make
> zImage", type "make bzImage" (without the quotes, of course).
>
> Or, configure more of the options as modules.
>
<snip>
Thanks. I combed through the options again and cut out a lot more stuff
and that worked.
Unfortunately, the new driver that I compiled in, a read/write hpfs
file system, is still working only as read only.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: windows VFAT partitions too fat?!
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 08:16:53 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gill wrote:
>
> Having looked some more at things, i now suspect the mixup is (partially?)
> due to the fact that the two partitions are extended.
>
> windows recognizes both d: and e:
> but it reports them both to have exactly the same size (7+ GB) when in
> fact d: is only 4G and only e: is 7G.
>
> ive also tried playing with linux's mount -t vfat/auto/msdos and -o fat and
> -o blocksize but to no avail.
>
> any advice?
>
Yes, please post the result of fdisk -l /dev/hda
Eric
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From: "Jerry Segers, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: a NIC card that works with RH7?
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:09:23 +0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "William C. Mount"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter Bismuti wrote:
>> Does anyone know of an ethernet card that is *gaurenteed* to work with
>> RH7? The Redhat hardware compatibility site lists my linksys EtherFAst
<snip>
> 3com 905 BTX
(PCI) D-link DFE-530TX+ (for $15 @ office max if you're in the states)
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with LILO
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 08:23:42 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Martin Bourgie wrote:
>
> "Galanis Stelios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:90134e$dqb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have win98 installed and i also want to install Linux. If i want to
> be
> > able at boot to choose my OS should i choose to install LILO at MBR?
> During
> > installation i take a message from LILO, something about the 1024
> cylinder.
> > What does this mean?
>
> It means that if you already have windows something installed and it's
> bigger then about 3 gig ( partition regardless of the type ) then LILO will
> not be able to find your LINUX boot partion. The way to go around this is to
> use a tool like Partition Magic and to create a /boot partition of about 50
> megs ( it could be smaller but I did see someone suggest it...it's probably
> so that you can build another kernel or something in that style ).
>
3G? All kind of numbers keep turning up, whereas only one is important,
and that is cyl 1024. That's the limit. How much that is in GB's depends
on your system (C*H*S*512) gives the number in bytes.
Eric
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From: "Jerry Segers, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: a NIC card that works with RH7?
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:14:28 +0500
Afterthought:
Perhaps your NIC is having IRQ IO or DMA problems that could be fixed in
the BIOS setup.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup.comp.os.linux.help,linux,linux.admin.isp
Subject: Re: rsync auth failed @ERROR
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 08:36:04 +0100
First of all, you should learn to speak English.
tin wrote:
> when i using auth i got this error message
> Password:123456
> @ERROR: auth failed on module test
> i checked my password is not wrong.
> did i missing somethings?
>
> one more question how to type rsync client real time mirror to rsync server
> in command line?
> which options using? -?
>
> i want when server deleted file then client side will automatically del ,
> and when server create file then client side will automatically create that
> file
>
> thank you very much
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB modem set-up?
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 07:43:44 GMT
1) Linux Kernel 2.4 should be here and finalized before the end of this year.
It contains full USB support.
2) Don't know. With RH7.0 I could not get my sound card going with sndconfig
until the sound card worked after I rebooted.
"Petrus..." wrote:
> 1) Is there somebody who can tell me how set up my Hamlet Silver Surfer USB
> Modem? Should I load some modules (which of all of that ones and how?)
> 2) Somebody can tell me why all Linuxes I install on my ASUS A7V M.board
> with AMD Duron 650 can well recognize my Creative SoundBlaster 128 (ES1371),
> but the kernel can't load the module telling that the device is busy??? (The
> card is good: on my Windows OS everything it's OK!)
>
> Thanx to everybody for your help!
>
> LINUX forever:::::))))
>
> Petrus....
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "hijack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cable install problems
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 03:09:11 -0500
What I ended up doing was to actually set it up as static. With @home,
your IP address isn't going to change, and you can easily get your DNS info
with either winipcfg (win9x) or ipconfig (the NT's).......
Jeremy Chavers '99 Cavalier Racing Edition -- 56 HS '79 GMC K-1500
"Mark W. Stroberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dave,
> I was frustated with @Home in Linux for a long time too. Here is
> what worked for me:
>
> Set up eth0 interface to use dhcp and have hostname "localhost" and
> domain name "localdomain" Believe it or not the dhcp client (dhcpcd)
> fills in all that stuff in for you. After booting (it will probably
> hang on bringing up eth0 interface. Just let it, and wait for it),
> from the command line type:
>
> dhcpcd -h c202198-a
>
> This should connect you to the internet. To automate the process,
> and avoid the long hang on bringing up eth0 on bootup, replace the
> call to "pump" in your ifup file (i think it's /etc/ifup) with a call
> to dhcpcd -h c202198-a. This should connect you on bootup.
> By the way if you have more than one network card, you have to
> specify which interface you want dhcpcd to use. I'm not sure how to do
> this but it consists of some switch which you can find by looking up
> help on dhcpcd. Hope this helps. Let me know if it works.
>
> Mark W. Stroberg
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 11:32:24 GMT, "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >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: "AgentKeith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.computer,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!!
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:43:39 -0500
Hi, I recently got a new hard drive for my old computer (maxtor 20GB) and I
started installing windows on it when I decided it was dumb to have windows
on 2 computers, so I got a copy of mandrake linux 7.2 and decided to install
that instead. Everything seems to go fine during the install, but when I
restart after the installation is complete, I get a message saying:
Verifying DMI pool data..........
and then something about boot sector not found or something and it tells me
to insert the system disk.
I'm not sure but I think the problem is that I started installing windows
first and then quit before it was done. When the linux installation asked me
how I wanted to install linux I chose the 'erase hard disk' option, and
installed--at the end, it asked me where I wanted to put the bootloader
(MBR--master boot record OR first partition)--I chose MBR when I restarted,
it wouldn't work. Then I tried installing again--this time I went into the
expert hard drive setup and hit the clear all button and then auto
assign--and then I reformatted and reinstalled. This time it didn't ask me
where I wanted to put the bootloader--Why not? But I still had the same
problem when I restarted. I also noted that when I clicked on the visual
representation of the root directory in teh hard drive setup, it said
something about MS-DOS--can't remember what exactly? Anyway, allI want to do
is install linux mandrake 7.2 on this box and only linux mandrake 7.2---What
should I do? Please help. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Binary diff ?
Date: 1 Dec 2000 09:04:35 GMT
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:59:23 +0000,
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What does Linux do for a recursive binary diff utility ?
>
diff -rus dir1 dir2
It will compare the binary files and tell you if they are identical or not.
For text files you also get what the differences are.
Villy
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i386 i586 i686
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 04:57:40 -0500
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Oliver D. Bedford wrote:
>Neil McFadyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Are there really any differences between i386 i586 i686 rpm packages?
>
> Yes. E.g. some i586 (or was it i686) packages don't
>work with AMD's K6. Usually the programs are compiled
>with certain processor-specific optimizations.
>
> Oliver
Actually this is incorrect the i586 will not work with K5 processors. I have
never had a problem with i586.rpm's working on a K6.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD off after boot - possible??
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 04:59:03 -0500
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Juho L�nnblad wrote:
>> Why not remove the hard drive and use a floppy disk only linux distro?
>> There is a good one tuned for two ethernet interfaces here:
>>
>> http://zelow.no/floppyfw/
>>
>> HTH
>> Bluster
>
>Thanks! I checked the floppyfw site and I think it will sort out my current
>problem.
>
>But while I'm at it, is there a way to for example configure a linux
>workstation like this:
>
>1) Normally, everything's running, hd's on etc. Used as a workstation.
>2) When not used, the machine is put to "sleep" so that only the "router"
>including masq and other basic stuff is running, not needing to use the HD.
>A kind of a stealth mode, if you like...:)
>
>I was thinking about loading almost everything as modules and then
>configuring one runlevel as a "sleep mode" where all unnecessary stuff gets
>unloaded. But then, I'm no guru about linux (or much else). Anyone's done
>this before? Suggestions?
>
>--Juho
Actually putting the HD's to sleep is not a good thing. The hardest thing on a
HD is when it spins up/down. Having a drive go into "sleep" mode and then
"wake up" over and over will shorten the drives life.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ipmasq and firewall automatic setup
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 05:00:59 -0500
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Is there a shell script to setup
>Ipmasq and firewall automatically?
>
>I want to throw on linux from a CD
>and then throw on a script to
>configure it as a firewall and
>network address translation (NAT).
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
I use pmfirewall, works great and does exactly what you want.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbi -> samba
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 05:02:17 -0500
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000, S�ren Neigaard wrote:
>I want file access... Do I need to set up a samba server, or can I just
>mount the NT Domain some how?
You do need SAMBA, but not the server, the client.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: rsync auth failed @ERROR
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 10:10:01 -0000
First, you crossposted way too many newsgroups. I reduced the list. You
better be reading them ALL for your answer.
In way too many newsgroups tin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| when i using auth i got this error message
| Password:123456
| @ERROR: auth failed on module test
| i checked my password is not wrong.
| did i missing somethings?
Did you specify the correct username? Since you did not include the exact
command you used, along with all the exact environment variables which may
affect it, and the configurations involved, it is only guessing that I can
do to offer any help. The username preceeds "@" preceeding the hostname.
| one more question how to type rsync client real time mirror to rsync server
| in command line?
| which options using? -?
There are many options which change the behaviour in many ways. Each option
has different effects. Many combinations would do what you say in different
ways. I don't know exactly what you want to do, so I cannot say which options
are the ones you need. Reading the man page is the best way to figure it out
for yourself.
I would suggest starting with the -a option since it combines what mostly is
needed, and the -v option, so it shows what is being copied.
| i want when server deleted file then client side will automatically del ,
| and when server create file then client side will automatically create that
| file
Also include the --delete option.
But read the man page for rsync and understand exactly what these options do
so you can confirm for yourself that this is really what you want it to do.
--
=================================================================
| Phil Howard - KA9WGN | Dallas | http://linuxhomepage.com/ |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Texas, USA | http://phil.ipal.org/ |
=================================================================
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disk utilization
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 11:11:46 +0100
Reply-To: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
gkaplan wrote:
>
> I have a system with a thirty gb drive where there is a factory
> installed linux system which consumes the entire drive.
> cyl 0 - 392 3.1G /home /dev/hda1 1% used
> cyl 393 - 395 24.7M /boot /dev/hda2 23% used
^^^^^^
16M is OK for this partition
> cyl 396 - 3649 auxiliary partition /dev/hda3
> cyl 396 - 2548 17.3G /usr /dev/hda5 13% used
What you do with this VERY HUGE partition ?
> cyl 2548 - 3633 8.7G / /dev/hda6 2% used
Again with / = 8.7 GB ??????
It's NOT good partition table at all, IMHO. Sorry,
Q.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Isaac Leung)
Subject: problem with sendmail!
Date: 1 Dec 2000 10:10:08 GMT
dear all :
Today, I have come cross a big heahache. In the office, I use linux(redhat
6.0) as the smtp server to send email. And I have installed the linux
for hald year already. Before everything is ok! can send email out!
But today, it can not send out any messages. I try to see the log files.
But can not find any reason why it can not send.
Can anyone here know why and how to solve it?
Regards,
Isaac
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From: Peter Stricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.2 problem with auto-login
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:09:37 +0100
Hi!
After trying out the other desktop environments from the logon screen, my
machine always starts up in Enlightment. How do I get KDE back as the
default?
Thanks!
- Peter
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From: "Jochem Langerak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: TZ87 DLT drive ?
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:05:01 +0100
The TZ87 is Digital Equipment DTL tape drive 10-20GB or 15-30 GB, which
supports at least
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: corel 1.2 install hangs
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 12:15:32 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PJB wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> hope this doesn't sound too stupid
>
> I'm installing corel 1.2 on a thinkpad 760ED. However the computer
> doesn't have windows installed and doesn't boot off the CD.
>
> So I used another computer to run the CD and followed the steps to
> create a boot disk.
>
> When I reboot the thinkpad with the boot disk and the CD it gets part of
> the way through and then hangs (CD doesn't eject screen blank).
>
> Before the hang I get the following messages on top of a fancy 'splash'
> screen
>
> Loading Corel Linux
> Starting Corel Linux
> Initialising System
> Detecting Hardware
>
> The screen then goes blank and a message 'starting graphical
> installation' flashes up before the screen fills with '@'s
> and then goes blank again
You'd have to try a text install, but I really don't know how to
accomplish that with corel.
I would advise you to kick corel out, and try another distro (RedHat,
Mandrake, SuSE)
There are more distro's (corel eg. is based on debian) but theses three
are beginner friendly distributions.
(perhaps debian is too, but I've never used it, so I cannot advise it)
Eric
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From: "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.computer,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!!
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 11:52:23 GMT
Hi:
AgentKeith wrote ...
<clipped>
> Anyway, all want to do is install linux mandrake 7.2 on this box and only
>linux mandrake 7.2---What should I do? Please help. Thanks.
This may sound odd but here goes;
If your BIOS allows it, do a low level format of your HD. If your BIOS
doesn't have that feature, boot up a copy of Windows 98 emergency boot disk
and use maxllf.exe (will only work on Maxtor HDs they say) or something
similiar restore your HD to original condition.
Now, fire up Windows 98 fdisk and create a primary partition - doesn't have
to be big. DOS/Windows format it.
Now try a clean install of Linux, deleting the primary partition and
replacing it with your Linux partition(s).
That should do it - ran into a similiar situation after W2K pooched a 30gig
HD bootsector making it unbootable with lilo - after that little exercise
all was well.
Best regards,
Brian
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