Linux-Setup Digest #190, Volume #20 Sat, 9 Dec 00 16:13:13 EST
Contents:
disk drive labeled as 5.25 instead of 3.5 (kevin kitowski)
Quick Question (S��ner95)
Re: NFS setup question (insecure port??) (Jerry McBride)
Re: Users and FAT access ("Jens")
Re: Migration_UNIX_to_LINUX (Bob Martin)
Re: LILO gets stuck at LI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Backup - Tape - Dump (David)
User is unable to mount any partition/device (Michel Poirier)
Re: please help !!!! Format hd problem (David)
Re: disk drive labeled as 5.25 instead of 3.5 (ds1436)
Re: Using LILO to boot 2 Linux distributions (Moonshiner)
Re: Quick Question (Craig Holyoak)
Re: Oh YUCK!!! (Moonshiner)
Re: Oh YUCK!!! (Moonshiner)
Re: Oh YUCK!!! (Moonshiner)
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From: kevin kitowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: disk drive labeled as 5.25 instead of 3.5
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:30:09 -0000
to whom it may concern,
i recently bought a computer that was formerly in a medical office
and had no hardware except a 3.5 disk drive. ive since installed a cd-rom
drive and after that my computer thinks that the floppy drive is a 5.25
and not the drive that is in it. i was told that this was a dos command to
change it. can you tell me how to access that file to change it back to
the right drive.my cd-rom drive works perfectly but my floppy is all
messed up. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: S��ner95 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quick Question
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:32:28 GMT
How do you delete a Linux partition? I'm running WinME (dual boot)
and Partition Magic wont run because of an error. I'd like to get back
the 4gbs that Linux is on
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: NFS setup question (insecure port??)
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:36:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <8s1tun$9t0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>When trying to mount a directory exported from a Linux (Mandrake
>>>7.0) box on an AIX 4.3.2 box, the Linux box is refusing
>>>the connection and giving the console message: "nfsd: request
>>>from insecure port (mac addr):64971"
>
>Change the exports entry to "insecure" (default is "secure").
>
>> Being a NFS newbie and learning it by setting up NFS across PLIP... I ran into
>> a similar mount problem that I "fixed" by using the "no-root-squashing" in the
>> exports file for the target resource.
>
>No, this is a different (non-)problem. He is making nfs calls from a
>non-priviliged port. His daemon has to be configured to let that
>happen. Normally it only trusts calls made by root through low (i.e.
>privileged) ports.
>
Then how about adding no-root-squashing in exports then?
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From: "Jens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Users and FAT access
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 12:40:13 +0500
In article <90rrlt$d4k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am attempting to allow regular users to wrx in a mounted fat16 drive.
> The solution escapes me. I can access/write the mount as root, but no
> one else. Any ideas?
Here's the /etc/fstab entry that works perfectly on my machine:
/dev/hda1 /data vfat defaults,umask=0000 0 0
The important entry to give all users all permissions is the umask=0000
option.
Jens
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Migration_UNIX_to_LINUX
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:51:46 GMT
Jason Fawcett wrote:
>
> I am looking at the possibility of migrating our Sybase from our NCR
> platform over to Linux due to NCR announcing it will no longer provide
> support at the new year on that product.
>
> 1) Can Sybase (and all our stored data) be migrated from Unix to Linux?
> 2) Is there a preferred Linux flavor to use?
> 3) Where would I begin?
>
> I appreciate any help on the subject,
> Thanks,
> Jason
migrating from what unix ? linux is just as much unix as any other like
AIX or HPUX. As for sybase, it depends what product you are talking
about. They already have many of their products running on linux, I
would start by checking their home page.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LILO gets stuck at LI
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:54:15 GMT
Thank you. I found this snippet as well, but I must admit I am not
sure I understand it entirely. I also tried running LILO from the boot
diskette -- which is how I got to the point where LI was coming up.
For some reason when I go through the installer the SCSI drive (with
the Windows 2000 partition on it) doesn't show up when it is time to
configure LILO (though it shows up in the partition dialogue <sigh>).
Am I doing something wrong when I run LILO from the boot disk?
-TK
In article <90sq55$bsh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Patrick Felt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Todd,
>
> <snip> from /usr/doc/liloxxxxxx/README
> LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage
boot
> loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused
by a
> geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the
map
> installer.
> <snip>
> If you made a rescue disk when you did the install, boot off it and
run lilo
> when the computer comes up. This may fix your problem.
>
> pat
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:90r6ri$rb9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Am a newbie that just installed Redhat 6.2. When I tried to install
> > LILO the computer booted and the LI part of LILO came up and then
got
> > seriously stuck. I ultimately had to fdisk /MBR to be able to
access
> > Windows 2000 again.
> >
> > I have an 9GB SCSI hard drive that has Windows 2000 on it and I just
> > installed a 36GB EIDE drive which has LINUX on it. I want to be
able
> > to dual boot to these two systems.
> >
> > BTW, when I go through Disk Druid, it let me partition the new drive
> > just fine and the SCSI drive also showed up. A couple of screens
later
> > when the LILO configuration screen came up, there is no sign of the
> > SCSI drive at all. A friend walked me through trying to add LILO
> > manually and that is when we got stuck.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup - Tape - Dump
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 12:02:19 -0600
James Bilitski wrote:
>
> Can anyone offer some good adivise on a bakup design for linux?
>
> Right now I have RH 6.2 with a Seagate Tavan 10G SCSI drive. /home is
> on its own partition on the HD. / is also on its own partition.
>
> My current method uses cron to run a backup script once per day.
> The script copies important critical files such as shadow, passwd, etc
> to /home/backup. I do this because I cant get dump to save / and /home
> to the same tape.
> I also can get incrementals to work to the script rewinds and erases the
> tape each time.
>
> I am open to ideas. Please help!!!
You might take a look at the link below at "backup-1.03.tar.gz" It has
scripts for backing up a system.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/system/backup/
There is several backup packages at the same link.
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From: Michel Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: User is unable to mount any partition/device
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:02:40 GMT
Here I go again. I'm using RH7.0 and I need to the the mount/umount
command. Even after granting myself SuperUser priviledges in LinuxConf,
the mount command is still complaining that it should be use by a
SuperUser.
What did I missed ?
Michel Poirier
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: please help !!!! Format hd problem
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 12:05:45 -0600
Fabien Guignon wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> here's my problem.
> I made an install of NT server and Linux red hat on one hd.
> My boss wants me to put this disk in a new pc with nt workstation only.
> is there a way to format all my hd in one time ?
>
> TIA
> Fabien
To remove all partitions and wipe the drive clean.
mknod /dev/hdX (where hdX or sdX is your drive)
cat /dev/zero >/dev/hdX
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From: ds1436 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disk drive labeled as 5.25 instead of 3.5
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:13:26 GMT
Check the BIOS settings and make sure the drive is set as a 3.5 inch 1.44MB
drive. When you turn on the computer, you should see some text, listing your
CPU, and your ram, etc... There should be a line that says something like press
F1, or ESC, or something to enter 'setup'.
kevin kitowski wrote:
> to whom it may concern,
>
> i recently bought a computer that was formerly in a medical office
> and had no hardware except a 3.5 disk drive. ive since installed a cd-rom
> drive and after that my computer thinks that the floppy drive is a 5.25
> and not the drive that is in it. i was told that this was a dos command to
> change it. can you tell me how to access that file to change it back to
> the right drive.my cd-rom drive works perfectly but my floppy is all
> messed up. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Moonshiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using LILO to boot 2 Linux distributions
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 19:11:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know if this is possible? Some pointers to documentation
> would be appreciated. Here is what I am trying to do.
>
> Disk distribution:
>
> /dev/hda1 that other OS
> /dev/hda5 /
> /dev/hda6 /usr
> /dev/hda7 /home
> /dev/hda8 /var
> /dev/hda9 swap
> /dev/hda10 /
> /dev/hda11 /usr
> /dev/hda12 /home
> /dev/hda13 /var
>
> What goes where:
> /dev/hda5 to /dev/hda9 are for Red Hat
> /dev/hda9 to /dev/hda13 are for Slackware.
> They share swap since only one distro is up at any one time.
>
> What I did:
> 1. Installed that other OS.
> 2. Installed Red Hat with LILO in the MBR.
> 3. Installed Slackware with LILO in the root partition.
> 4. Boot into Red Hat and edit /etc/lilo.conf to include
> description for Slackware.
> 5. Ran /sbin/lilo...
>
> When I ran /sbin/lilo I got a message saying the image
> /vmlinuz (Slackware's) does not exists although I specified
> that root=/dev/hda10.
>
> What gives?
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> dennis lee
>
Dennis,
How did you format the hd?
I ran into trouble using the format procedure on the Slackware 7.1 cd.
(In fact, I seem to remember the same problem when I installed Redhat
sometime back. The Redhat could see the other partitions but my
Slack3.x could not see them.) Anyway,.....
My system could not see the recently formatted partitions. I had to use
mke2fs on the partitions then reload the distro. I had problems with
both hd's in my system. All problems cleared after using mke2fs.
If you could, place your entire lilo.conf and fstab files in your next
post if still having trouble.
Hope this is of some help.
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From: Craig Holyoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quick Question
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 06:30:29 -1000
> How do you delete a Linux partition? I'm running WinME (dual boot)
> and Partition Magic wont run because of an error. I'd like to get back
> the 4gbs that Linux is on
Try using Linux fdisk to remove the partition. However, you won't be
able to mess with the disk if it contains any mounted partitions, so
you'll have to use a boot floppy or something.
Craig
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From: Moonshiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oh YUCK!!!
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 20:45:06 GMT
Hi All,
Thought I would add my two cents worth...
I started with several of the single disk distros in '94.
I liked Slackware because I still had complete control of my machine.
Redhat and others seemed to want to take control.
I realize I could have gone in and changed things around and get to
where I liked them but slackware was the one for me.
I recently decided to load Slack7.1 because I needed the newer glibc for
running Java 2. I ran into to some problems that I had to solve
concerning my machine. I, like most of us, enjoy solving problems and
do not want someone trying to do it all. I used this forum, searching
and posting, to solve mounting and seeing correct kernel problems.
The new Slackware 7.1 loaded with no problems. Once it was loaded into
LILO ( or however I should say that ) I was able to boot up my new
distro. I recompiled the kernel even before setting up X. Got new
kernel loaded with no problems. ( I love the command line!!! ) X setup
was so easy. My video board was listed by name and everything started
the first time with no having to run vidtune. I do not have any idea
what was wrong with the install that started this whole thread.
I have been a software engineer for 11 years. I have worked with
several different OSs, VMS/RMS, DOS, UNIXes, Winblows. I have enjoyed
all but Winblows. I do not even run Winblows. I still have it on a
partition but have figured out how to use Linux to do the things I might
have had to use the other os for.
I now have another problem that I will be posting but that is part of
the enjoyment. I know that if I can not figure out an answer somebody
out there will know the answer and will be glad to help me.
Winblows is for the weak minded that will follow anything easy.
--
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Linux User because MS is a bother.
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Before you buy.
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From: Moonshiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oh YUCK!!!
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 20:46:13 GMT
Hi All,
Thought I would add my two cents worth...
I started with several of the single disk distros in '94.
I liked Slackware because I still had complete control of my machine.
Redhat and others seemed to want to take control.
I realize I could have gone in and changed things around and get to
where I liked them but slackware was the one for me.
I recently decided to load Slack7.1 because I needed the newer glibc for
running Java 2. I ran into to some problems that I had to solve
concerning my machine. I, like most of us, enjoy solving problems and
do not want someone trying to do it all. I used this forum, searching
and posting, to solve mounting and seeing correct kernel problems.
The new Slackware 7.1 loaded with no problems. Once it was loaded into
LILO ( or however I should say that ) I was able to boot up my new
distro. I recompiled the kernel even before setting up X. Got new
kernel loaded with no problems. ( I love the command line!!! ) X setup
was so easy. My video board was listed by name and everything started
the first time with no having to run vidtune. I do not have any idea
what was wrong with the install that started this whole thread.
I have been a software engineer for 11 years. I have worked with
several different OSs, VMS/RMS, DOS, UNIXes, Winblows. I have enjoyed
all but Winblows. I do not even run Winblows. I still have it on a
partition but have figured out how to use Linux to do the things I might
have had to use the other os for.
I now have another problem that I will be posting but that is part of
the enjoyment. I know that if I can not figure out an answer somebody
out there will know the answer and will be glad to help me.
Winblows is for the weak minded that will follow anything easy.
--
Moonshiner
NASCAR Fan Go MW #15 TB #66
Linux User because MS is a bother.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Moonshiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oh YUCK!!!
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 20:50:36 GMT
Hi All,
Thought I would add my two cents worth...
I started with several of the single disk distros in '94.
I liked Slackware because I still had complete control of my machine.
Redhat and others seemed to want to take control.
I realize I could have gone in and changed things around and get to
where I liked them but slackware was the one for me.
I recently decided to load Slack7.1 because I needed the newer glibc for
running Java 2. I ran into to some problems that I had to solve
concerning my machine. I, like most of us, enjoy solving problems and
do not want someone trying to do it all. I used this forum, searching
and posting, to solve mounting and seeing correct kernel problems.
The new Slackware 7.1 loaded with no problems. Once it was loaded into
LILO ( or however I should say that ) I was able to boot up my new
distro. I recompiled the kernel even before setting up X. Got new
kernel loaded with no problems. ( I love the command line!!! ) X setup
was so easy. My video board was listed by name and everything started
the first time with no having to run vidtune. I do not have any idea
what was wrong with the install that started this whole thread.
I have been a software engineer for 11 years. I have worked with
several different OSs, VMS/RMS, DOS, UNIXes, Winblows. I have enjoyed
all but Winblows. I do not even run Winblows. I still have it on a
partition but have figured out how to use Linux to do the things I might
have had to use the other os for.
I now have another problem that I will be posting but that is part of
the enjoyment. I know that if I can not figure out an answer somebody
out there will know the answer and will be glad to help me.
Winblows is for the weak minded that will follow anything easy.
--
Moonshiner
NASCAR Fan Go MW #15 TB #66
Linux User because MS is a bother.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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