Linux-Setup Digest #162, Volume #20 Mon, 4 Dec 00 19:13:11 EST
Contents:
Kickstart Problem with Red Hat 7.0 ("Jordan S. Jacobs")
Re: where to start on a home lan? ("Kenny@BUI")
Kickstart Problem with Red Hat 7.0 ("Jordan S. Jacobs")
Re: How come paths not working? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Two modems on one machine? ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: soundcard drivers for biostar? ("William L. Hartzell")
why can't one boot from /dev/hdb? ("Dan Jacobson")
talk setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How come paths not working? (Bit Twister)
Re: Need Help with PASSWD! Urgent!
Re: TZ87 DLT drive ? (Ron Farrer)
Re: Multiple kernels on Separate partitions (Noble Pepper)
New kernel installation (Benji)
Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ("Vigil")
Re: New kernel installation ("Vigil")
Re: why can't one boot from /dev/hdb? (Dave C.)
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From: "Jordan S. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kickstart Problem with Red Hat 7.0
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:11:00 GMT
Goal:
To perform an NFS Kickstart using DHCP. More specifically, to
only use a network capable kernel to boot the target install machine
and to grab the ks.cfg and Linux installation tree from a server.
Setup:
o I created a boot disk using bootnet.img
o At the boot prompt, I am typing: linux ks
o I can see that it is grabing the Kickstart file from the server (so
at this point, the DHCP is working)
o I can also see that it is mounting the Linux installation tree from
the server
o Then, I am getting the following messages:
On the F1 screen:
failed to read /modules/module-info
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/source
/tmp/nfskd
/dev/ptsxt
/proc
you may safely reboot your system
On the F3 screen:
getting ready to spawn shell now
cannot open shell - /bin/sh doesn't exist
It almost sounds like the chroot'ed environment is not being set
properly when the ramdisk (initrd.img) is being mounted. Just a
guess.
Any suggestions???
Thanks,
Jordan S. Jacobs, Vice President
I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation
1109 East Concord Street
Orlando, Florida 32803
http://www.idealcorp.com
407.999.9870 x12 or 1.877.IDEAL.CORP (Phone)
407.999.9850 (Fax)
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where to start on a home lan?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:29:43 -0500
you can start at www.linux.org.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<90g72t$spk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>here is the set-up I am away to err... set up.
>486 running smoothwall
>586 running redhat
>686 running Mandrake & Windows98 (booo)
>i have all the computers connected through a small 100 base hub
>what i want to know is where can I find a good web-site/documentation
>to tell me how to set-up my system. i really need some-one to talk me
>through it as I have only got to grips with the basics of networking,
>and even that stretched the old grey matter beyond it's limits.
>What I was wanting was a 486 server called sun
>my 586 called mars
>and my 686 called earth
>all running on a domain called solarsystem.
>how easy is it?
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: "Jordan S. Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kickstart Problem with Red Hat 7.0
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:01:15 GMT
Goal:
To perform an NFS Kickstart using DHCP. More specifically, to
only use a network capable kernel to boot the target install machine
and to grab the ks.cfg and Linux installation tree from a server.
Setup:
o I created a boot disk using bootnet.img
o At the boot prompt, I am typing: linux ks
o I can see that it is grabing the Kickstart file from the server (so
at this point, the DHCP is working)
o I can also see that it is mounting the Linux installation tree from
the server
o Then, I am getting the following messages:
On the F1 screen:
failed to read /modules/module-info
install exited abnormally
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/source
/tmp/nfskd
/dev/ptsxt
/proc
you may safely reboot your system
On the F3 screen:
getting ready to spawn shell now
cannot open shell - /bin/sh doesn't exist
It almost sounds like the chroot'ed environment is not being set
properly when the ramdisk (initrd.img) is being mounted. Just a
guess.
Any suggestions???
Thank you,
Jordan S. Jacobs, Vice President
I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation
1109 East Concord Street
Orlando, Florida 32803
http://www.idealcorp.com
407.999.9870 x12 or 1.877.IDEAL.CORP (Phone)
407.999.9850 (Fax)
I.ntegration D.evelopment E.ducation A.ll L.inux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How come paths not working?
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 23:25:54 +0100
Rand Simberg wrote:
> Running RH7.0, I can't get paths to work as root. I looked in my
> .bash_profile, and they are there--/sbin;/usr/sbin, etc. But when I
> try and do a command, I have to type complete path. Is there
> something else I need to do?
>
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did you added it at yhe end of your /etc/profile file?? (then reboot)
hope this helps
rico
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two modems on one machine?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:38:26 -0500
lpt1 ia a parallel or printer port 25pin female.
you should have two serial or com ports. com1 and com2.
if your external is connected to com1 and your internal is at com1 then
ttyS01 will not
find the external because the winmodem is occuping that port.
try using com2. com1 should be the 9pin male while com2 is the 25pin male.
jf arocha wrote in message ...
>First, thanks so much for your help.
>
>This is where I get even more confused (because of my lack of knowledge of
>PCs). But I know that the winmodem is on COM 1. Now, there is also
>LPT1-which I assume is also a serial port (nine pin). I don't know what the
>external modem is using. I simply know that it is attached to one of the
two
>ports on the back of the computer. I have tried to specify one of the ports
>COM2 to COM4 when setting it up (or the tty ports, using Linux Mandrake
>7.2), but no success yet.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>francisco
>
>> From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
>> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 12:58:46 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Two modems on one machine?
>>
>> what ports are the two modems using. are they both using the same port.
>>
>> jf arocha wrote in message ...
>>> Please help. I have a dual-boot machine with an internal winmodem which
>>> works well with Windows (AOpen FM56-SLM), but of course it is not
>>> recognized by Linux. I have also an external modem (USRobotics 56k)
which
>>> was working perfectly on my old Macintosh and I want to attach it to my
>>> dual-boot machine. The question is can I install it to work with Linux.
>> even
>>> though the winmodem installed? Or do I have to de-install the winmodem
>>> first? I tried to make it work but no luck so far.
>>>
>>> francisco
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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From: "William L. Hartzell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.multimedia,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: soundcard drivers for biostar?
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:29:49 GMT
Sir:
Please lower case your next and all following posts. OS/2 does not
normally have drivers on the main board CD for sound, exceptions do
exist. You will need to go to the manufacturer's web site and get the
OS/2 audio drivers. Linux drivers are available there also.
Bill
BWAD BWOY wrote:
>
> HELLO
>
> I HAVE A BIOSTAR M7MKE MOTHERBOARD AND MY SOUND IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE I
> DON'T HAVE THE DRIVERS LOADED.
> I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD HEPL ME FIND THE DRIVERS FOR IT BECAUSE I
> HAVE LOST MY BIOSTAR C.D. AND ON THE BIOSTAR MOTHERBOARD HAS A ON BOARD
> SOUNDCARD.
> SO IF ANYONE COULD HELP PLEASE COULD YOU E-MAIL ME AT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,gnu.utils.help
Subject: why can't one boot from /dev/hdb?
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 06:33:25 +0800
Why can't one boot from /dev/hdb? [grub, or lilo]
My bios (01/22/98 Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG SiS-5598-<SP97_V>C-00)
gives my choices of boot drives "A: C: D: E: F:, cdrom, zip" etc. (meaning fd0,
hda, hdb...)
(note that these are just bios simple names, not actual windows drives.)
I have windows on hda, and indeed when I put a second
windows drive on hdb, and tell bios to boot from it,
it works, and windows sees it as the primary ("C:") drive and what was on hda
now
is the "D:" drive. I remember in the past cautiously unplugging hda where
windows lives
before installing Mandrake on hdb. When I plugged it back in again indeed I
could tell bios to
boot from hdb and it worked. But the grub and lilo configurations files
produced by the Mandrake
installations scripts look the same whether I created them with hda plugged or
not. Yes, I'm aware I must run /sbin/lilo each time, thanks.
Ok, here's what I'm trying to do: Win98 totally occupying hda, don't mess with
its original
MBR. Linux (Mandrake 7.2) totally occupying hdb. I then want to tell bios to
boot from hdb,
and enter the grub or lilo choice menu. I have been successful in installing
grub onto a floppy; /boot/grub/menu.lst reads:
timeout 5
i18n (hd1,0)/boot/grub/messages
keytable (hd1,0)/boot/us.klt
altconfigfile (hd1,0)/boot/grub/menu.once
default 0
title linux
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 hdc=ide-scsi
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.img
title windows
root (hd0,0)
map (0x81) (0x80)
map (0x80) (0x81)
makeactive
chainloader +1
however I note to boot into windows from the floppy I must edit out map (0x81)
(0x80)
map (0x80) (0x81) in boot time grub interface.
For you lilo fans, this is:
boot=/dev/fd0
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdb1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
Which again I have to remove the map-drive stuff to boot to windows from the
floppy.
This indicates that when the Mandrake 7.2 install script created my lilo.conf
and menu.lst,
it make some over-cautious assumptions on the intelligence of my bios regarding
drive mapping?
Anyways, I currently am booting to hda [windows] or hdb [linux] from the floppy.
I wish to be booting to hda [windows] or hdb [linux] from hdb.
Sure I've heard that if I install on /dev/hda all will be OK and if I'm
unhappy all I have to do is dos' fdisk /mbr to restore the Master Boot Record,
but I thought there must be a way to achieve my goal without touching anything
on hda. Thanks for answers if any.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: talk setup
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:40:14 GMT
Hello,
I am trying to get the talk <username> commmand to work however I
always get the connection refused error. What do I need to do to make
sure the talk daemon is setup correctly. Where can I find some good
documentation on this? Thanks in advance for your time.
John
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: How come paths not working?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:50:10 GMT
What do you get when doing a echo $PATH
/sbin;/usr/sbin or
/sbin:/usr/sbin <=== this is more correct
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:55:42 GMT, Rand Simberg
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Running RH7.0, I can't get paths to work as root. I looked in my
>.bash_profile, and they are there--/sbin;/usr/sbin, etc. But when I
>try and do a command, I have to type complete path. Is there
>something else I need to do?
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Help with PASSWD! Urgent!
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 22:55:57 +0000
Seems to be a common thing anymore. My trouble started late in August and
it's been getting worse and worsr all the time. Sometimes it takes three
or more tries to connect to an ISP, and that many or more times to connect
to a mail server. Times are getting rougher all the time.
===
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, JP wrote:
> We are running Slackware kernel 2.0.38 (?). Lately, a lot of users having
> trouble logging to the server to extract email.
>
> For some user account, when I trying to telnet to the Linux box as usual,
> it keeps saying login incorrect even if the account has been deleted and
> re-created. I checked the password and shadow files and did not notice any
> problems. Now more and more users are getting this problem.
>
> What should I do? Please give me some advice. Thanks.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Farrer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: TZ87 DLT drive ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 23:37:14 GMT
>How does it manifest in /dev ?
/dev/st0 or /dev/nst0
>Those look like DEC part numbers. Are generics OK ?
I don't have any idea as I always get the DEC branded ones, but I
would image so.
HTH,
Ron
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From: Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple kernels on Separate partitions
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:19:02 -0600
Moonshiner wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am having trouble getting a new kernel to boot.
> I have several linux distributions loaded on separate partitions across
> two hd's.
>
> I have Slack3.x running kernel 2.0.34 on partition /dev/hdb1.
>
> I loaded Slack7.1 running kernel 2.2.16 on partition /dev/hda3.
>
> If I boot with the floppy created during installation, I get kernel
> 2.2.16 ( I know that is because the kernel is on the floppy.)
>
> Now to my question, does each version of the kernel need to reside on
> the same partition?
No.
You could probably do with a long session with man lilo.conf. There are
several concepts to absorb, it may take a while.
My summary:
each section starts with image =
image tells what kernel to load, for example with your lilo.conf responding
to the lilo boot prompt with either slack or slack2 will use the the same
kernel
label tells what you will type at the lilo boot prompt to ask for that
section
root tells what partition will be mounted as the root partion, again with
your lilo.conf slack will have /dev/hda3 as root slack2 will have /dev/hdb1
as root
You can reference the kernel in the image= line either by /dev/????/vmlinuz
or by the location as known in the current session i.e.
/mnt/something/vmlinuz. The first is less ambiguous. This allows the kernel
to reside on any partition.
Easy screw ups I have done:
Don't keep more that one copy of lilo.conf (one on each partition) because
you can forget which one was used when you ran lilo.
Do keep a backup of lilo.conf so you can step back to where you used to be.
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From: Benji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New kernel installation
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 18:51:34 -0500
Since I am fairly new to linux I had a question that if I wanted to
upgrade to the newest kernel would I have to reinstall all devices or it
just a simple task of updating, rebooting and then business as usual.
Thanks for the help,
Benji
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 23:59:56 +0000
Try fscking it from a boot disk.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] had the audacity to claim:
> When I try to make ls in directory /lib, the name of the first listed file is
> unreadable: it begins by 4, then there is a "o" with an umlaut, then a "I"
> with a dot above, and many others characters.
>
> When I try to list the directory where the rpm file was downloaded the rescue
> crashes and I have to reset my computer.
--
.
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New kernel installation
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:03:48 +0000
Simply copy the old .config into the new kernel's directory, then configure the
new kernel, make etc, then reboot.
Keep a copy of your old kernel until you know the new one is working alright.
"Benji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> had the audacity to claim:
> Since I am fairly new to linux I had a question that if I wanted to upgrade to
> the newest kernel would I have to reinstall all devices or it just a simple
> task of updating, rebooting and then business as usual.
--
.
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From: Dave C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: why can't one boot from /dev/hdb?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,gnu.utils.help
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:05:00 GMT
You're going to kick yourself for this one. There is a MUCH simpler way.
When you install Mandrake (or Corel, or whatever), do the customized
install and tell it not to install LILO or any other bootloader. Then set
up Windows' config.sys to give you a customized boot menu. When you want
linux, it just fires up a program called loadlin.exe. Works great. That's
assuming you don't want to hose your mbr again.
But since you are switching to Mandrake, you'd probably like Grub. Grub
will do the same thing for you (customized boot menu) automatically. That
is, if you have Windows installed FIRST, Mandrake will recognize this and
give you a custom boot menu (GRUB) when you install it. It works great.
It DOES overwrite your mbr, but it replaces it with a custom boot menu, so
you don't lose windows. I think you'd like it. You can specify a default
OS and time delay so that (if you want) Grub will automatically load
windows after X seconds, unless you tell it to boot linux. Or, the other
way around . . . your choice. But if you really don't want to mess with
the mbr, directions follow. -Dave
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95.html
(pay close attention to section 6.2)
PS: You will find that your second hard disk is actually HDC (not HDB)
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Why can't one boot from /dev/hdb? [grub, or lilo]
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