Linux-Setup Digest #252, Volume #20 Tue, 19 Dec 00 09:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Help! Redhat 6.1 installation (Eric)
Re: kernel panic (Eric)
IDE problems with Dell PowerEdge 1400 (Eric R. Jorgensen)
Re: Help please - setting ISDN modem (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Red Hat 7.0 and Windows 2000 ("Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak")
Re: Installation instructions for RedHat 7 and NVIDIA Geforce2 chipset
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Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Help! (steve mcclue)
Re: bootable raid 1 (Chas2K)
ATI All-in-Wonder and CTX VL400 Monitor ("David Sisk")
Probl�me de d�tection m�moire ("Dambo")
Re: Probl�me de d�tection m�moire ("Martin Schmidt")
GeForce2 MX (Creative) Linux Problem ("Maverick")
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! Redhat 6.1 installation
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:14:43 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Viswanathan Raman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to install Redhat 6.1 on my PC, which has a 20GB drive.The
> drive has a primary partition of size 4GB and a extended partition that
> contains many logical drives.I have Windows 98 installed in the primary
> partition.Windows also has 8GB allocated under one of the logical
> drives.I want to remove rest of the logical drives and install Linux in
> that space.
> The logical drives show up under Disk Druid.I deleted a 2GB partition
> and tried to create the '/' partition.But i get a error message that
> says,"Boot Partition too big". So i tried to create a "/boot" partition
> of size 16MB (as mentioned in the Redhat installation guide).But i got
> the same error message.However i am able to create partitions such as
> "/home".I am able to create the swap partition also without any
> problems.
> So can someone please help me in this, so that i can proceed with my
> Linux installation?
>
FAQ.
/boot should be under cyl. 1024
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:24:34 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> RH6.0 workstation installation. I replaced the HD with a larger one and
> did a complete install. I put the first HD in to recover a file and got
> a kernel panic on boot-up. I am able to do a rescue bot and get a #,
> but I don't know what to do next.
>
Does your BIOS boot from the old drive when you put it in?
disable the old drive in the BIOS if that is the case.
(linux will find it anyway)
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric R. Jorgensen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: IDE problems with Dell PowerEdge 1400
Date: 19 Dec 2000 10:37:52 GMT
Hello,
I've recently purchased a Dell PowerEdge 1400 system and am in the
process of bringing up RH7.0 on it. It is mostly SCSI based with an
Adaptec controller, but the CDROM uses an IDE interface. I would like
to do two things:
1. Add a Tecmar Travan NS20 ATAPI tape drive.
2. Add more IDE hard drives with a Siig controller Dell comped me.
My questions are:
1. I want to keep the CDROM and the tape drive on the same IDE
controller, right? That is, I don't want a tape drive and a hard drive
sharing the same controller.
2. When I do an "insmod ide-tape", I get the following error:
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/block/ide-tape.o
divide error: 0000
CPU: 1
EIP: 0010:[<d008a553>]
EFLAGS: 00010206
eax: 00200000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 00200000 edx: 00000000
esi: 00000034 edi: ce2b6000 ebp: 00000000 esp: cdecbed8
ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Process insmod (pid: 876, process nr: 39, stackpage=cdecb000)
Stack: 00000104 d008b94c 00000000 c029852c ce2b6000 d008bd20 0000001a
c029852c
00000000 c023d0d0 00000000 00000104 c0298506 c02984a0 000081c0
d008a7ff
c029852c ce2b6000 00000000 d0087000 00000000 d0087051 00000000
00000000
Call Trace: [<d008b94c>] [<d008bd20>] [<d008a7ff>] [<d0087000>]
[<d0087051>] [<d008a88d>] [<c01192c7>]
[<d008bb44>] [<d008bd50>] [<d007e000>] [<d0087048>]
[<c010a2e8>]
Code: f7 fb 89 c1 51 8b 7c 24 50 31 c0 66 8b 87 82 13 00 00 89 44
Note: On boot, the kernel does find the tape drive (from dmesg):
hda: CRD-8482B, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdb: TRAVAN NS20, ATAPI TAPE drive
So, is this a hardware problem? Is this a driver issue?
3. The Siig card is a "PCI Bus Dual Channel Ultra ATA Controller",
Model CN2449. It says it "conforms to PCI v2.1 Plug-and-play" Scary!
Anyway, when I install it, I can no longer use the built-in controller
(I get "hda: lost interrupt"). What do I need to do to get this
going? Do I need to put proper probing information into the
conf.modules file?
Thanks for any help.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Help please - setting ISDN modem
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:35:34 GMT
"Francisco J. Soler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>En el art�culo <90p5bc$e51$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Richard Lucas"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�:
[...]
>> In kppp the Debug Script Log shows the following:
>>
>> ATZ OK
>>
>> ATM1L1 OK
>>
>> ATDTxxxxxxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxx is the ISP's phone no.)
>> NO
^^^^^
>> MSN/EAZ
^^^^^^^^^^
This one has "hint" written all over it.
>>
>>
>> Expecting: CONNECT
>>
>You are not in the correct way, I propose you to read the ISDN HOWTO,
>perhaps you need the isd4linux tools, and use the program isdnctrl.
Correct.
To be more precise, your problem is a setup problem with your ISDN
modem; you do not give it its MSN number, which is a must.
IIRC, it is AT&E<your_MSN> .
Michael
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From: "Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0 and Windows 2000
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 21:47:19 +1030
Chris Kilian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:j3O_5.27851$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am wanting to boot between windows 2000 and Red Hat 7.0. There are three
> partitions one for each OS (other is Win 2000 Server) when I install Red
Hat
> it goes ok but when I reboot I do not get a linux option it just goes
right
> into the windows boot up options. Can anybody advise.
> Regards
>
>
Chris,
in response to nearly the same query earlier in the week
The way I did it (with NT4 service pack 5 but Windows 2000 uses the same
files) was to use the NTloader program.
If you load linux second and allow the LinuxLoader (lilo) to reside on the
partition that contains the MBR (master boot record) you will overwrite
NTLDR. This is a file NT needs to boot up. *You have not done this because
you can still boot windows
Otherwise assuming you loaded lilo to your linux partition your machine will
boot to the normal NT boot options. To be able boot linux as one of the
options you need to edit the boot.ini file located in your Windows partition
to point the way, as it were, to your linux OS.
Boot into linux with a boot disk created for the purpose.
In a terminal or console log in as root.
type in :
dd if=/dev/hdax of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
including spaces
Where hdax is your linux partition (from what you wrote about your
partitioning it will probably be hda3. This command will copy your boot
sector information from off you linux partition to a file located in the /
directory and name that file bootsect.lnx. Copy this file to a DOS
formatted floppy with
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
copy /bootsect.lnx /mnt
umount /mnt
Reboot your machine into Windows 2000 and copy the file bootsect.lnx from
the floppy to your C:\> root directory in Windows. Then find and edit
boot.ini in Windows 2000 usually also located in the root directory. This is
roughly how the file looks before editing:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
Your version will probably refer to Windows 2000 not NT 4. Add the
following line
c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux "
Save the file. When you reboot your machine, in addition to your normal
Windows 2000 boot options you will also have an option of Linux.
Hope this helps and good luck with linux.
Regards Tad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Installation instructions for RedHat 7 and NVIDIA Geforce2 chipset
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:08:04 GMT
There is a document in http://www.mandrakeuser.org/ ,try it .
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if you could write down exaclty what you did step by step and post it
> here, I'll send it out whereever I can and post it whereever, I'm
having a
> lot of trouble with these drivers too. I'm still unable to get my
card to
> work, but I will try what you said. thanks.
> bigtiny wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've been struggling with this for a couple of weeks and finally
got it
> to
> > work with help from different threads and people on several linux
> > newsgroups. Here's what I did (is there some way to have procedures
like
> > this archived in a FAQ or something) ????
> >
> > I am using an ASUS v7100 card with the NVIDIA Geforce2 MX chipset.
> >
> > Either verify that you're running XFree 4.0.1 or later; or download
and
> > install it. I'm running RedHat 7.0 so that's what came with the
> > distribution.
> >
> > FTP to ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english and download
the
> > tarballs for the NVIDIA_kernal and NVIDIA_GLX materials (I think
they are
> > version 0.9-5).
> >
> > Now untar both sets (tar xvzf 'filename'). Go to the untarred
directory
> for
> > the GLX stuff and look at the README for the M64 chipset (don't ask
me
> > why...I just know it worked for me) and make the mod it talks about
> > (os-registry.c in the NVIDIA_kernel make directory).
> >
> > Run make in both directories. In the NVIDIA_GLX* make directory
you'll
> see a
> > file called nvidia_drv.o...copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/drivers/video
(you
> > should see nv_drv.o in the same directory...it's for the older
nvidia
> > chipsets).
> >
> > Your make for the NVIDIA_kernel might have encountered errors
trying to
> do
> > insmod on the NVdriver file. To get around them I did this from the
> command
> > line:
> >
> > modprobe agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
> > modprobe NVdriver
> >
> > You might have to modprobe the GLX module too....I didn't, but who
knows?
> >
> > Go to /etc/X11 and edit your XF86Config-4 file. In the devices
section
> > specify 'nvidia' for the driver name.
> >
> > This worked for me. At the beginning of the XF86Config-4 file
there's a
> list
> > of modules that get loaded. On my system there was a call to load a
> module
> > called "v41" that didn't exist, so I commented it out.
> >
> > I also put the modprobe commands in /etc/rc.local at the end so
that they
> > will get loaded at boot time. I don't boot my system into the X
> environment
> > initially and this has worked for me. If you boot up directly into
X, I
> > can't tell you whether doing the modprobes in the rc.local script
will
> > work...there may boot chronology issues (you may need the modprobes
> executed
> > before rc.local gets run....) I don't have any experience with
this, so I
> > don't know.
> > If someone does know of a place to archive this procedure and how
to do
> it,
> > please let me know and I'll do it. I installed Linux to learn, and
I
> learned
> > A LOT trying to get this card to work, but I think some of it was
> > unnecessarily painful. I think it's just because people are at such
> > different levels of experience and certain knowledge is just VERY
hard to
> > find....anyway, thanks to all who responded various messages and
threads
> and
> > I hope this explanation helps the next person who has to deal with
> this...
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
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>
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From: steve mcclue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH Help!
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:23:01 +0000
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:22:28 +0800, "Steve Weber"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <FwZ_5.11868$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"Soundman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Well I just installed red hat linuz 7.0 with the KDE desktop enviroment.
>> I am about ready to throw my monitor out the window as a result. I have
>> looked all over the web for basic help such as How to install a program
>> geting ar ound the system , etc. I am interested in all the power that
>> linux has but I cant seem to do anything. Please help this newbie.
>>
>> I have had extensive expierence with windows 9x and nt but linux seems
>> to be a cryptic maze with no crear directions.
>
>What has helped me is the book: Running Linx by Matt Welsh. It
>published by O'Reilly and is in its 3rd edition.
It's not Redhat, but the Mandrake site has some nice documentation
that should take you through these initial stages: Go to
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/
and hit the Documentation button. You can read the reference manual
and user guide online. For specific queries I'd recommend the Linux
Documentation project:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
Have a look at the HOWTOs, and perhaps you should look at the LINUX
FAQ
http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/index.html
There's no doubt that all the Windows experience in the world doesn't
help you with LINUX (and I still think it's a bugger to install and
setup), but the good think about the LINUX community is that there's a
lot of help out there.
Good luck!
Steve
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From: Chas2K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: bootable raid 1
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 07:50:51 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> t doesn't matter which drive i pull out, i get the same results
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:55:19 -0500, Chas2K
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> I am currently doing bootable raid 1 with all of the latest patches
> >> for
> >> 2.2.18 and then some.
> >> When I try to boot the system with either drive removed, I get a bunch
> >> of
> >> 010101010's in an endless loop.
> >> Yet, when both drives are in, the system comes up fine. What am I
> >> doing
> >> wrong?
> >>
> >> Using lilo 21.5
> >>
> >> lilo.conf.hda
> >>
> >> disk=/dev/md0
> >> bios=0x80
> >> sectors=63
> >> heads=15
> >> cylinders=13328
> >> partition=/dev/md1
> >> start=63
> >> boot=/dev/hda
> >> map=/boot/map
> >> install=/boot/boot.b
> >> vga=normal
> >> default=vmlinux
> >> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> >> prompt
> >> timeout=50
> >> message=/boot/message
> >> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> >> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> >> label=vmlinuz
> >> root=/dev/md0
> >> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
> >> read-only
> >> image=/boot/vmlinux
> >> label=vmlinux
> >> root=/dev/md0
> >> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
> >> read-only
> >>
> >> lilo.conf.hdc
> >>
> >> disk=/dev/md0
> >> bios=0x81
> >> sectors=63
> >> heads=16
> >> cylinders=16278
> >> partition=/dev/md1
> >> start=63
> >> boot=/dev/hdc
> >> map=/boot/map
> >> install=/boot/boot.b
> >> vga=normal
> >> default=vmlinux
> >> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> >> prompt
> >> timeout=50
> >> message=/boot/message
> >> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> >> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> >> label=vmlinuz
> >> root=/dev/md0
> >> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
> >> read-only
> >> image=/boot/vmlinux
> >> label=vmlinux
> >> root=/dev/md0
> >> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
> >> read-only
> >
> >Looks like you're pulling out the drive with the boot sector on it. Is
> >your configuration mirroring all of the drives together, or just the
> >partitions with data?
> >
> >Chas2K
I got this same stream of blits when I took drive 0 off line and thought
I had made the 2nd drive active. Ok. I'm out of wisdom... anybody else?
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From: "David Sisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI All-in-Wonder and CTX VL400 Monitor
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:03:14 GMT
Im having trouble with Linux-Mandrake Version 6.5 installing the correct
drivers or settings for a ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64) Video Card as windows
98 says it is. Its really a All-in-Wonder Card and the Monitor is a CTX
VL400 90mhz I can get the graphic to sync or not to show at all,, what am I
doing wrong could someone help me please.. I would really love to start
learning more about linux but Im just a newbie at it.
David Sisk
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From: "Dambo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Probl�me de d�tection m�moire
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:19:06 +0100
En effet, j'ai des probl�mes avec Suse Linux 7.0. Apr�s l'avoir install�, je
le d�marre et il est super lent... Je me suis d'abors demand� d'ou venait le
probl�me et je crois comprendre qu'il vient du fait que Suse n'a pas d�tect�
ma m�moire vive correctement. J'ai 128 Mb mais il en d�tecte que 16 Mb.
Comment faire pour changer cel� ?
Merci de votre aide a+
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From: "Martin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Probl�me de d�tection m�moire
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:45:47 +0100
Dambo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
91nn95$5jo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> En effet, j'ai des probl�mes avec Suse Linux 7.0. Apr�s l'avoir install�,
je
> le d�marre et il est super lent... Je me suis d'abors demand� d'ou venait
le
> probl�me et je crois comprendre qu'il vient du fait que Suse n'a pas
d�tect�
> ma m�moire vive correctement. J'ai 128 Mb mais il en d�tecte que 16 Mb.
> Comment faire pour changer cel� ?
>
> Merci de votre aide a+
>
If you wont get help here i recommend to ask the
question to the Suse-support (if possible) .
I have made good experience with the support
(solved all the issues i have asked so far) .
You maybe want to write the post in english ,
here is the translation of the essintial (le mail en anglais):
- I have installed Suse 7.0 recently , it seems
the memory is not detected in the correct way ,
because i have 128 MB available , but Suse
detects only 16 MB .
What can i do to change this ? -
Execuse moi de ne ecrit pas en francais ,
parce-que mon francais est tr�s mal que tu peux voir :-) .
Martin
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From: "Maverick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia.programming,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.i
Subject: GeForce2 MX (Creative) Linux Problem
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:32:11 -0000
I'm having problems installing my Creative GeForce2 MX under RedHat Linux 7,
the drivers that came with linux don't recognize my GeForce2 MX, then i
installed the NVIDIA 0.9-5 drivers, and when i installed them it gave a
problem with agpgart module, it wont install that module because it couldn't
find a supportable VIA chipset, then i tried the agp_try_unsupported=1 and
it installed the agpgart module, and then i was able to install the nvidia
drivers, but when i start X-WINDOWS it crahes the computer.
My configuration: Intel Pentium III (EB) 667 Mhz, ASUS CUV4X Motherboard
(VIA chipset), 128 MB RAM (133 Mhz), RedHat Linux 7.0, XFree86 4.0.1.
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