Linux-Setup Digest #206, Volume #20 Tue, 12 Dec 00 02:13:10 EST
Contents:
vga=extended in lilo.conf quit working after new kernel (Jeff Pierce)
FIPS questions (Brian)
Re: Backup using KDat (Phil Gilmer)
Re: Installation (Jay&Shell)
Hello Out There! (Jay&Shell)
Re: vga=extended in lilo.conf quit working after new kernel (Dances With Crows)
Re: Installation ("Mattias Thuresson")
Re: Hello Out There! (Jay&Shell)
Re: Deleting Root Account For Gnome (David Efflandt)
Kernel 2.4.0 test 11 ("JoSe UrIbE")
Re: Font Help ("Schuylar Marshall")
Re: Modem recommendation wanted (David Efflandt)
suggest me one which can handle multiple POP3 email addresses? ("news")
Re: FIPS Problems
Re: need to change .bashrc (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Does Linux need a maths coprocessor? (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Installation ("Aaron")
X - Window Client (exceed) - Linux ("Padala Ethiraj")
Trouble Starting KDE (Jaideep Tibrewala)
Trouble with RealMagic Hollywood Card (Jaideep Tibrewala)
Re: X - Window Client (exceed) - Linux (Bit Twister)
Re: How do you record setting during setup? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
pcmcia-cs upgrade breaks serial ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installation (David)
Re: FIPS questions (David)
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:38:21 -0500
From: Jeff Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: vga=extended in lilo.conf quit working after new kernel
I installed Slackware 7.1 with no problems on a new system adn
vga=extended in lilo.conf booting /vmlinuz worked fine as always.
However, when I built a new kernel an put it's entry in lilo.conf
vga=extended had no effect. Screen stayed in 25 line mode after loading
the new kernel. It never switched to 50 line mode.
Booted back to the /vmlinuz and got my 50 lines.
Hat in a new kernel could cause this?
Is there a way to switch to 50 line mode AFTER boot from the command
line?
--
Jeff Pierce, wd4nmq
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://pages.preferred.com/~piercej
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From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FIPS questions
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:11:01 +0000
Posted this yesteday, but so far haven't seen it propagated to many
news-servers, so will ask again.
Have aquired a W-98 box that I'd like to dual boot with Linux.
When I FIPS'd before, it was with a Windoze 3.1 box with dos 6.2.
getting a dos startup disk was no problem with that system. How
does it work with W-98? Do I just "Restart in MS-DOS Mode"? or
do I use my old dos 6.2 startup disk?
Further question: When I do defrag, it shows lots of unmoveable
block way up in the hard drive, past where the rest of the disk has
been defragged to. I can't imagine this is operating system stuff.
I deleted some programs when I got the box. They may be related to
them, is there something to clean them out, or push them down the disk
so I can have for space for the real O/S?
Tnx
Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Gilmer)
Subject: Re: Backup using KDat
Date: 12 Dec 2000 03:14:25 GMT
Go to Edit->Preferences and change the backup device to /dev/nst0.
Kdat defaults to /dev/tape, and you may not have that link defined on
your system--I don't (RedHat 6.0).
Phil
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:41:12, "Daniel Ma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I am trying to use KDat to do the backup. But it said no tape. However, I
> could backup using command "tar -cvf /dev/nst0 ...".
>
> I think I should change the device in backup tool, but don't know which
> device under /dev is the tape drive. Is it nst0? But I could not choose it.
> I am using HP LH4 with internal DLT tape drive.
>
>
Phil Gilmer
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From: Jay&Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:34:50 GMT
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
EEllenoff wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Help me, I am trying to free myself of windows but
cannot install Linux. My CD
<br>drive is non-bootable and i cannot find any way to get into my bios
and change
<br>that. The CD drive will not work in DOS and when I use the boot disk
it does
<br>not find the CD drive, what should i do?</blockquote>
Hang on here. Your system HAS a cd-rom installed but your system does'nt
know it's there. Your BIOS is FUCKED then :)
<br>When you boot hit the DEL key, it will enter you into your bios and
you can go from there.
<br> </html>
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From: Jay&Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hello Out There!
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:38:12 GMT
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Is it the fact that no one uses Gnome, or the fact that this is a stupid
question.
<br>I run Gnome, and all I want to do is get rid of the Fucking clock.
It's not an applet so right click does shit except give me a menu for Today,
This Week, This Month and format. I would like it gone. I want to run an
applet clock, but have no use for 2 clocks.
<p>Anyone?
<br> </html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: vga=extended in lilo.conf quit working after new kernel
Date: 12 Dec 2000 03:49:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:38:21 -0500, Jeff Pierce staggered into
the Black Sun and said:
>I installed Slackware 7.1 with no problems on a new system adn
>vga=extended in lilo.conf booting /vmlinuz worked fine as always.
>However, when I built a new kernel an put it's entry in lilo.conf
>vga=extended had no effect. Screen stayed in 25 line mode after loading
>the new kernel. It never switched to 50 line mode.
>
>Booted back to the /vmlinuz and got my 50 lines.
>
>Hat in a new kernel could cause this?
>Is there a way to switch to 50 line mode AFTER boot from the command
>line?
If your new kernel doesn't have support for "Video Mode Selection
Support" compiled in, then it won't recognize any options for the vga=
line and will default to 80x24. This option cannot be configured as a
module and must be built into the kernel AFAICT, so you have to
recompile. The console video mode is set very early on in the boot
process, before the kernel switches the processor into protected mode on
an i386 system. Since Linux doesn't do real mode, there is no good way
to switch the console once it's set at boot time. The SVGATextMode
utilities used to provide a way of doing this, but I think they've been
unmaintained for a while and are unsupported now. Me, I like an 800x600
framebuffer for the console--100x37 text and the bootup penguin logo!
'Course I do most user stuff from X and save the console for tasks that
require root....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "Mattias Thuresson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:48:15 -0000
"Jay&Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>When you boot hit the DEL key, it will enter you into >your bios and you
can go from there.
Or possibly the ESC key. Or CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE. I am sure there is a way,
RTFM.
Mattias, UK
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From: Jay&Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hello Out There!
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:56:53 GMT
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Jay&Shell wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Is it the fact that no one uses Gnome, or the fact
that this is a stupid question.
<br>I run Gnome, and all I want to do is get rid of the Fucking clock.
It's not an applet so right click does shit except give me a menu for Today,
This Week, This Month and format. I would like it gone. I want to run an
applet clock, but have no use for 2 clocks.
<p>Anyone?
<br> </blockquote>
Got it thanks.
<br>Just a little frustrated, but I'm focused now.
<br>Yes I am replying to myself. So things are good :)
<br> </html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Deleting Root Account For Gnome
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 04:00:11 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:14:46 GMT, Dwaine Garden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to delete the root configuration files for Gnome.
>
>The file seems to be corrupt and will not load the MC. I tried with
>another user account and everything works on.
>
>Could someone tell me where the hell is the configuration for Gnome.
As root in /root do: ls -dl .gnome*
NOTE that those directories are hidden with a dot prefix.
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From: "JoSe UrIbE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.4.0 test 11
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:05:28 -0600
Anyone having trouble with this one? I have downloaded it, but have not
had a lot of luck in bzdisk ing it....curious if anyone else is having
the same trouble?
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From: "Schuylar Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Font Help
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:16:35 -0700
"Greg Kuntz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a NEC-Versa 6200 MMX with the Chipset CT65550. I seem to have a
> problem defining the monitor to the Xwindows.
>
> Pictures seem ok.... but the text is terrrible. That goes for
> everything, netscape, star-office, xterm..... The text is almost
> unreadable.
>
> I notice when I startx it says monitor not found.
>
> Or I may just need to change the system font. How do you do that ???
> The font problem is only under x-windows.
>
> Any suggestions ?????
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> Greg
>
If using KDE or Gnome try the Control Center for each.There are Font
controls in there.
If using Fvwm, you will have to edit the .xssesion or .xinitrc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Modem recommendation wanted
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 04:21:26 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:35:08 -0600, Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jimbob wrote:
>> I have a 3Com USRobotics 56K voice/fax modem and it works without fault
>>under both OS. Under linux it uses the generic modem driver so perhaps
>>if a specific driver could be obtained it might perform better.
>>
>> Jimbob
>
>If it is a real modem no driver is required. What is a
>"generic modem driver" under linux ?
There is no generic modem driver. All real modems use the serial driver
just like any serial port (or serial_cs for pcmcia). The only difference
might be speed setting and whatever initialization string (if any) it
might need in a chat script. My SupraExpress 56K external works with
Linux, FreeBSD and any Windows with defaults (no init string).
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From: "news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: suggest me one which can handle multiple POP3 email addresses?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:15:40 +0900
I have installed RedHat 6. It's working fine. The KDE can handle dialup very
efficiently. But I need an email client. I have visited the site.
can anyone suggest me one which can handle multiple POP3 email addresses?
Thank you in advance.
Joarder
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FIPS Problems
Date: 12 Dec 2000 04:53:25 GMT
Boot into safe mode command prompt only.
Issue the command
attrib -r -s -h /s
Wait forever.
Restart the computer in safe mode (windowed)
Run Defrag.
Why this works (maybe):
The safe mode command prompt only is so that no drivers are loaded
and SHARE is not loaded. This allows you to change things without
sharing violations.
The attrib command un-readonly, un-system, and un-hides all files,
including those in subdirectories. This allows defrag to move those
files to a nice location.
It's essential that you restart in safe mode in order to prevent
Windows from changing file attributes back. Run defrag, and
hopefully, the drive will actually be defragged and condensed to
the beginning of the drive.
Good luck.
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I am tring to resise the Win98 FAT32 partition on my machine. The HDA
>> is 10GB and i would like to have a 2GB Linux Native partition and the
>> rest for winblows. Now i have used FIPS on another machine with no
>> problem. but for some reason this machine has a cluster that winblows
>> defrag won't move close to the end of the drive. The result is that i
>> can only get a 800M partition. I have tried turning off winblows swap
>> file and re-defragin' but that damn cluster won't move. Can anyone
>> help me with this?
>>
>> all for now,
>> VistA
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Not sure if you got this solved yet,
> but you'd better ask in a windows NG.
> Defragging a FAT FS is something someone over there should know.
> Eric
--
-- Gene Wiggins
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need to change .bashrc
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 05:40:03 +0000
And "Veronica Morales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>You guys have been WAY helpful. I'll try these out tomorrow in the lab.
<smiles> You might want to buy/borrow a Unix User's Guide somewhere and
brush up on the basics. Most of them are very good at familiarizing you
with the tricks of the trade like piping and redirection, variables like
the $PATH and $HOME, and details on the most commonly used commands and
utilities. A very good book/tutorial is "Exploring the UNIX System" by
Kochan & Wood. It sure makes using Linux a heck of a lot less confusing.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does Linux need a maths coprocessor?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 05:40:04 +0000
And [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scottty) spoke thusly:
>Is there a way around this problem? Or is "giving up" really the only
>solution...
That's probably not loadlin, but Linux, and it sounds like your kernel
wasn't compiled with FPU emulation support. Dunno which distro you're
trying to use, but RH6.2 comes with an i386 kernel that *should* work.
Otherwise, I don't see how you can recompile the kernel if you can't get
your laptop to run - not without another Linux box, anyway. (It's kinda
STOOPID distributing an i386 kernel without support for FPU emulation...)
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
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From: "Aaron" <bombarumba@hot*SpamMeNot*mail.com>
Subject: Re: Installation
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:07:33 -0500
copy the entire CD onto a partition and make the partition bootable (one way
would be to get ranish partition manager from www.download.com). A partition
has to be in the top 1024 cylinders range and must be a primary partition
for it to be bootable (i think).
boot into the partition, one of the folders has a setup executable.
This isn't the best solution, but if you're desperate, this will work.
:)
-aaron
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From: "Padala Ethiraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X - Window Client (exceed) - Linux
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:34:10 +0800
Hi all,
Currently I have a linux server, and I am not able to connect to the linux
server using X-Window client (exceed). Should I start any service, it so
please let me know what it is ....
Currently I can only telnet to the server.
Thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Ethiraj
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From: Jaideep Tibrewala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble Starting KDE
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:10:10 GMT
Hello
I tried to install XFree4.01 on my computer. After installing it, I can
start X successfully, but I cannot start KDE anymore. When I run
startkde, it gives me the following error.
kbgndwm: cannot connect to X server
kcontrol: cannot connect to X server
/usr/bin/startkde: /etc/sysconfig/sound: No such file or directory
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdpyinfo: unable to open display "".
kpanel: cannot connect to X server krootwm: cannot connect to X server
kwm: cannot connect to X server
kfm: cannot connect to X server
What can I do to correct this? Or what am I doing wrong in the
installation? I am using KDE 1.x - but will upgrade to 2.0 after I get
XF4.01 working.
Please cc your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Jaideep
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From: Jaideep Tibrewala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble with RealMagic Hollywood Card
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:13:26 GMT
Hello
Has anyone had any success with this card? I installed it, downloaded
the required files from the homepage. But when I run the last script to
start using the card, my screen goes blank and I have to reboot my
machine. Also, the card is using an IRQ which is being used by my NIC
card, and I would like to set it to use something else. I am using
RH6.1, Vodoo3 graphics card, XFree863.3. I cannot seem to even probe the
device. Any help will be great.
Please cc your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Jaideep
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: X - Window Client (exceed) - Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:25:14 GMT
Try
Changing "Enable=1" in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
Add exceed host to /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and /etc/hosts
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:34:10 +0800, Padala Ethiraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Currently I have a linux server, and I am not able to connect to the linux
>server using X-Window client (exceed). Should I start any service, it so
>please let me know what it is ....
>
>Currently I can only telnet to the server.
--
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If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How do you record setting during setup?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:34:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Eric wrote:
> >
> > Peter wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it possible to have Mandrake or similar
distros record all the
> > > settings and options selected during setup
so they can then be
> > > inserted in to documentation for future
setups?
> > >
> > > The information recorded would have to be in
a form that related to
> > > the setup screens so a subsequent worker can
read the setup
> > > documentation and see exactly what to click
at each screen.
> > >
> > > Lists of changes to individual configuration
files would not help if
> > > they were set up by an option like
"workstation".
> >
> > I think you want to take a look at the
quickstart option that RH (and
> > others?) supply.
^^^^^^^^^^
> >
>
> That should have read kickstart.
>
> eric
>
look at the "auto_inst.cfg.pl" file inside root
directory. it should be there when you install
normally. this file can be used to make a clone.
problem is, it does not understand raid. can
anyone correct me if i'm wrong?
from the above file, my raid partitions are read
as linux partitions.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: pcmcia-cs upgrade breaks serial
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:43:14 GMT
I'm running Debian 2.2 (potato) with kernel 2.2.18pre18 + VM_GLOBAL
patch on a Dell Latitude CPt, with a 3CXEM556 10Mbps LAN + 56K PCMCIA
card.
I just built my 2.2.18pre18 kernel, then built the pcmcia modules, both
using Debian's kernel-package utility (make-kpkg). The pcmcia modules
were built from pcmcia-source 3.1.22-0.1potato. After replacing the old
custom-built modules package, I then upgraded my pcmcia-cs package as
well to 3.1.22-0.1potato.
I edited a few of the files in /etc/pcmcia to reflect the options I was
using with the previous version. The LAN adapter works fine when I
manually run /etc/pcmcia network start eth0 so it appears there is no
problem with that. Examining the new serial.opts and the old, I see no
significant differences. However, on boot configuration of the serial
interface, I get serial_cs: RequestIO: No more items.
Attempting to run /etc/pcmcia/serial by hand, no matter what I try for
options all I get is the usage message.
The previous serial interface was at IRQ3, 0x100.
Some snippets:
(previous boot output - typed by hand, excuse irregularities)
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.8
kernel build: 2.2.16 #1 Sat Sep 2 16:40:11 PDT 2000
options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Intel PCIC probe:
TI 1225 PCI-to-CardBus at bus 0 slot 3, mem 0x68000000, 2 sockets
host opts [0]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [no pci irq] [lat 32/32] [bus
32/34]
host opts [1]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [no pci irq] [lat 32/32] [bus
35/37]
ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10,15 status change on irq 15
cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
eth0: 3Com 3c589, io 0x280, irq 3, hw_addr 00:00:86:3B:03:6F
8K FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr
tty02 at 0x0100 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
(current boot output also typed by hand)
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
kernel build: 2.2.18pre18 unknown
options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfbd70
Intel PCIC probe:
TI 1225 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:03, mem 0x68000000
host opts [0]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 32/32]
[bus 32/34]
host opts [1]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 32/32]
[bus 35/37]
ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10,15 PCI status changes
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xcf8-0xcff
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: excluding 0x800-0x84f 0x868-0x86f
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
eth0: 3Com 3c589, io 0x280, irq 3, hw_addr 00:00:86:3B:03:6F
8k FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr
serial_cs: RequestIO: No more items
(old serial.opts file, only important bits)
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*)
LINK="/dev/modem"
SERIAL_OPTS=""
# INITTAB="/sbin/getty"
;;
esac
(new serial.opts file, only important bits)
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*)
INFO="Default modem setup"
LINK="/dev/modem"
SERIAL_OPTS=""
NO_CHECK=n
NO_FUSER=n
;;
esac
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:51:30 GMT
EEllenoff wrote:
>
> Help me, I am trying to free myself of windows but cannot install Linux. My CD
> drive is non-bootable and i cannot find any way to get into my bios and change
> that. The CD drive will not work in DOS and when I use the boot disk it does
> not find the CD drive, what should i do?
Unless they have changed it you should be able to boot with the
installation boot disk and enter:
linux /dev/hdc=cdrom
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FIPS questions
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:54:28 GMT
Brian wrote:
>
> Posted this yesteday, but so far haven't seen it propagated to many
> news-servers, so will ask again.
>
> Have aquired a W-98 box that I'd like to dual boot with Linux.
>
> When I FIPS'd before, it was with a Windoze 3.1 box with dos 6.2.
> getting a dos startup disk was no problem with that system. How
> does it work with W-98? Do I just "Restart in MS-DOS Mode"? or
> do I use my old dos 6.2 startup disk?
>
> Further question: When I do defrag, it shows lots of unmoveable
> block way up in the hard drive, past where the rest of the disk has
> been defragged to. I can't imagine this is operating system stuff.
> I deleted some programs when I got the box. They may be related to
> them, is there something to clean them out, or push them down the disk
> so I can have for space for the real O/S?
>
> Tnx
> Brian
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Disable the virtual memory then defrag and see if that will work. After
you get it partitioned you can enable the virtual memory again.
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