Linux-Setup Digest #284, Volume #20 Mon, 25 Dec 00 20:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: problem configuring a dialup ppp connection (sreekanth)
Re: Newbie & LILO SuSE 7.0 - Linux fails to boot after install ("Herman Wichern"
@hotmail.com>)
Re: partition magic ("Herman Wichern" @hotmail.com>)
Re: Modem problems in Mandrake 7.2 (Jeff)
Re: Can't setup X with SiS630 notebook, but DemoLinux run! (Raymond Li)
No LILO on bootup ("NA")
CPU Incorrect in /proc/cpuinfo. Please help! I'm desperate! ("MrTaboo")
Help loading ftape module (Gary Butler)
iproute2 ("F. Vlemmings")
How to set PATH? ("tszeto")
Re: Linux simulation program? ("stnik")
RH .0 install to a hard drive ("Tom McLoughlin")
Re: How to set PATH? (E J)
Re: No LILO on bootup (E J)
Re: iproute2 (Karthik DK)
Re: No LILO on bootup (Karthik DK)
Re: RH .0 install to a hard drive (David)
reboot when idle?? noooooooo!!! ("steveFarris")
Re: No LILO on bootup ("NA")
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From: sreekanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem configuring a dialup ppp connection
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 18:30:04 -0000
Hi jesse,
the problem is due to the IP address . Change the ip address to something
like 128.0.0.1
According to ipv4 the address starting with 204 are used for the
internet
if the problem still exist please feel free to contact me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
regards
sreekanth
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Jesse McLaughlin
wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've just installed RH7.0 and I'm using a script to start
pppd. Everything
> is fine, it connects, but then immediately disconnects.
> The tail
of the /var/log/messages file ends up like:
>
> ...
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>
Peer is not authorized to use remote address 204.96.152.63
> ...
>
> I've never seen
this before. What do I need to fix?
>
> Cheers,
> Jesse.
>
>
>
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From: "Herman Wichern" <hwichern<GEENSPAM>@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Newbie & LILO SuSE 7.0 - Linux fails to boot after install
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 18:50:59 GMT
I've had a similar experience. I have properly installed SuSE 7.0 on my SCSI
disk.
I have had to force Linux to put the LILO on this disk, since it assumes my
IDE disk is the primary (it isn't, I guess it misinterprets my intentions
coz'I booted from CD-rom (also SCSI) when installing Linux).
When booting afterwards, BIOS set to Boot from SCSI again, SCSI device 1
(disk) as bootable, I get LI followed by repeating 01 01 01 01 ... (till the
cows come home).
My WinMe partition (the first on the same disk) refuses to boot also. When I
rerun Linux Install it does however 'see'a windows partition is present too.
Recreating a LILO boot diskette with Yast or YasT2 does not seem to fix
this.....
Tips are welcome, pref. to : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tia
SureD
"Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi I would appreciate a little help :-)
>
> SuSE 7.0 installed on its own drive and set as boot disk in the Bios.
> There are two other drives with FAT32 and a bootable CDrom.
> I can install and run linux up until I reboot and then LILO fails with LO
on
> the command line.
> I would be happy to boot with a floppy or be able to do the Linux
equivalent
> of SYS C:
>
> What I have seen so far I like but I don't thing a complete re-install
every
> time I want to use Linux is the best way of using it
>
> |<evin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Herman Wichern" <hwichern<GEENSPAM>@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: partition magic
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 18:52:57 GMT
Use the part.exe you can find here
http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/
Works great, I think and allows to set part's as Linux (EXT2F)
SureD
"Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am trying to install open linux 2.3 after giving up on trying to get
> mandrake to install
>
> I have a Ausu P5A MB a new maxtor ATA 100 7200 rpm hard drive with a ATA
> 100 card
>
> I use Partition Magic to make a Linux Partition it seem to work ok but
> linux won't install on the partition
>
> I open the file "partinfo" in partition magic it tell me That I have
>
> error #107 Partition begins after end of disk
> error #109 Partition end after end of disk
> error #110 Number of sector is incnsistent
> error #114 starting sector is incnsistent
>
> Should I use fdisk to make a new dos partition then use partition magic to
> make it a linux partition
>
> would this work ? or do I need to fdisk all the hard drive and reinstall
> window then make a new linux partition ? thanks
>
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Modem problems in Mandrake 7.2
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 19:15:44 GMT
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 16:54:24 -0600, "John McCubbin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Michelle,
>
>Is this an ISA modem internal? Did you leave it plug and play or did you
>disable this and manually configure jumpers on the modem. If you can tell
>me this I may be able to help. Modems seem to be the first "real" problem
>most installs encouter. At least it was for me. Now that I've solved the
>problem about 10 times, it's gotten a little easier ;-)
>
>John McCubbin
>CCD/Astrophotograpny Website
>http://www.usit.com/mccubbin/astronomy.html
>
Hi! I have also recently installed Slackware on a 486 computer with
Supra 14.4 internal PCI modem. Slackware is refusing to recognize the
modem and I am clueless as to how to resolve this problem. What do
you suggest is the best way to resolve this problem? Thanks.
Jeff
>
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From: Raymond Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't setup X with SiS630 notebook, but DemoLinux run!
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 02:44:16 +0800
Thanks God! I reinstalled my notebook with Red Hat 7.0. This time I add
vga=ask to LILO. Then (without re-compiling), I can input 317 to choose
1024x768-76. Then I manually link X to XF86_FBdev (spelling correct?).
And then I copy the XF86Config from
http://www.in.tum.de/~clemens/XF86Config Now I can run X window in my
notebook. Although its mid-night at my place, I am too excited to sleep.
Yours,
Raymond
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From: "NA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No LILO on bootup
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 21:09:53 GMT
I have finally installed RedHat 7 on a disk connected to a Promise IDE
controller card. (I needed to type linux ide2=xxx,xxx ide3=xxx,xxx and it
finally installed on the drive). I chose not to install Lilo on the MBR but
on start of the install disk (hdg). I created a boot disk and everything
works. However I cannot boot linux. I had linux chosen as the default boot
and though that when I put the boot disk in it would boot from hdg. However
the boot disk makes it boot into Win98.
I get absolutely nothing coming up at startup, not even a LILO prompt. Apart
from the extra boot parameters at install time everything else is standard.
Any ideas what I can do to boot this thing. I had thought of modifying
lilo.conf to but the ide2 and ide3 options in but I cannot edit get access
to anything. Anyone give me any ideas?
Thanks
Chris Carr
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From: "MrTaboo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CPU Incorrect in /proc/cpuinfo. Please help! I'm desperate!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 22:15:44 GMT
I'm running RedHat 7 on a Tyan Trinity 400 (S1854) mobo. I have 96MB of
RAM and an Intel Pentium-II 400MHz processor.
I've recently switched almost completely over to Linux but the
performance of the system has been disappointing thus far. Everytime I
loaded Windows everything seemed to load and boot faster.
After recompiling the kernel there still didn't seem to be any
improvement. Then, lo-and-behold, in KDE and Gnome the system
information screens show a Celeron (Covington) CPU with 0 cache!
I know I have a PII 400 w/ 512k cache so what can I do to make it
recognize the CPU correctly and utilize all its features?
My BIOS settings have both L1 and L2 caches enabled. My BIOS reports the
CPU as a PII 400 w/ 100MHz bus using 100MHz RAM.
I don't think they even sold Celeron 400's without any cache.
I'm frustrated! Can ya tell? At this point Windoze is really a speed
demon.
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Gary Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help loading ftape module
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 22:23:50 GMT
This is my second posting. Since my first posting I have downloaded
the latest ftape software, compiled and installed it with the same results.
I have recompiled the kernel and got the same results.
I really need the tape drive to move alot of source from my original Linux
machine to the new one.
The [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not exist. I have tried sending
mail to that address and get mail back that the user does not exist.
I sent mail to the developer and have not received an answer.
I would like to ask for help in installing the ftape load module.
I just finished loading Linux 2.2.13 and it seems to be running fine.
I them loaded the ftape.o module to enable the tape drive and tried
the "mt" command with no success.
I have tried everything I can think of with no success, hopefully someone
can come up with a definitive answer.
The following is the sequence I completed.
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/ftape.o
lsmod
Module Size Used by
ftape.o 104116 0 (unused)
mt -f /dev/rft0 retension
/dev/rft0: No such file or directory
I ran ls -l of the /dev directory looking for the rft devices and they were
listed as follows:
crw-r----- 1 root disk 27, {0-7} {n}rft{0-7}
Thanks in Advance
Gary T. Butler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "F. Vlemmings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iproute2
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 22:09:40 GMT
Hello,
I have a routing problem with my internet server.
On the server there a two networkcards installed. Both cards have a internet
connection. On one card there is a line free internet traffic. For the other
card we must pay a lot.
Http request have to go through the pay-line all other traffic with the
other internet-line.
eth0 pay ---------------|
http requests | Linux Server
|
from the internet |
|
eth1 free ---------------|
ftp, ssh, telnet requests
How can I setup a rule so that the ethernet cards are listing to their own
ip-address. The default route program can't do this I believe. I have read
the iproute howto but I can't build the route table because the parameters
are not the same...
I run on a RedHat 6.2 server with kernel 2.2.17
Please e-mail me back to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With best regards,
Freek Vlemmings
The Netherlands
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From: "tszeto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to set PATH?
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 16:06:13 -0800
I'm trying to set my path to recognize the jdk1.3 I just installed.
I open /etc/profile and change the path to this:
PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin"
But when I echo $PATH, the jdk path that I added doesn't appear.
Any help appreciated. BTW I'm using Redhat 7.
Thanks,
Ted
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From: "stnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.news.groups,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux simulation program?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 02:04:37 +0200
There is a simulator for linux in linux.box.sk. Try there you will find it
for sure. I think its name is winlows(I do not remember exactly but I am
100% sure that it is there)
� Josef 'Jupp' Schugt ������ ��� ������
<925uro$653f9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> I am a newbie to linux and don't wish to install linux on my Win98 PC at
home.
>> However, I would like to learn and practice linux commands, etc. on my
PC.
>> So, does anyone know of any Linux simulation programs? (Just a simple
>> program I can run and learn linux from a book.)
>
>The best Linux simulation program is: LINUX ;-)
>To become ernest: You can run Linux without *INSTALLING* it on your
machine.
>muLinux boots from floppy disks and copys itself into RAM. Here comes the
>latest announcement:
>
> application: muLinux 11r2
> author: Michele Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> license: GPL
> category: Console/Mini Distributions
> urgency: low
>
> homepage: http://freshmeat.net/redir/homepage/911270536/
> download: http://freshmeat.net/redir/download/911270536/
>
>description:
>muLinux is a minimalistic, but mostly complete, script-based Linux
>distribution that fits on a single 1722k floppy. X11, GCC, VNC, and TCL
>addons are supported on additional floppies. It includes many basic
>system functions, such as PPP and Ethernet support, mail processing,
>NFS, Samba, FTP, IRC Finger, ipfw, etc.
>
>|> http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/12/15/976927095.html
>
>There are other linux-on-a-floppy versions available but they mainly focus
on
>(often WINDOWS btw.) system administrators.
>
>If you are only interested in the command line tools and are willing to pay
for
>the software you could get the great MKS toolkit (great tool, did run it on
>NT4). A free alternative is also available: CygWin.
>
>Maybe the tools you are looking for are also available from Microsoft.
>No, I am not kidding! Visit msdn.microsoft.com and search for Interix and
>Services for Unix.
>
>Have fun,
> Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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From: "Tom McLoughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH .0 install to a hard drive
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 16:11:49 -0800
I 've seen two instructions to install RedHat 7 from a hard disk:
1) Insert disc 1
2) mount /mnt/cdrom
3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
4) umount /mnt/cdrom
5) Replace disc 1 with disc 2
6) mount /mnt/cdrom
7) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
8) umount /mnt/cdrom
1) Insert disc 1
2) mount /mnt/cdrom
3) cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
4) umount /mnt/cdrom
5) Replace disc 1 with disc 2
6) mount /mnt/cdrom
7) cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
8) umount /mnt/cdrom
and neither of them works. I get a message that the selected directory does
not contain an information tree.
Any help would be appreciated.
Tom
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to set PATH?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 00:28:56 GMT
Are you trying to change your personal path?
Are you using bash?
$ cd $HOME # get me home
$ cp .bash_profile .bash_profile.bak # backup your bash profile
$ vi .bash_profile # edit your bash profile
# ---------example start----------------------------
# Put the bin directory of the JDK into my PATH environment
# variable so I can just say "java" instead of "/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin"
# when I want to run the interpreter
export PATH=/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin:$PATH
#---------example ends----------------------------
tszeto wrote:
> I'm trying to set my path to recognize the jdk1.3 I just installed.
>
> I open /etc/profile and change the path to this:
> PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin"
>
> But when I echo $PATH, the jdk path that I added doesn't appear.
>
> Any help appreciated. BTW I'm using Redhat 7.
>
> Thanks,
> Ted
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No LILO on bootup
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 00:47:17 GMT
When you made linux the default boot, did you make the linux boot partition
active?
Is linux boot below 1024 cylinders?
I made 16M /boot partition and made it active and it is the first partition and
applied lilo to the /boot partition
instead of the windows partition.
# just a guess what to do with /etc/lilo.conf
# start of lilo.conf example
boot=/dev/hda3
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=dos
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
append="ide2=xxx,xxx ide3=xxx,xxx"
root=/dev/hda4
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
#end of lilo.conf example
NA wrote:
> I have finally installed RedHat 7 on a disk connected to a Promise IDE
> controller card. (I needed to type linux ide2=xxx,xxx ide3=xxx,xxx and it
> finally installed on the drive). I chose not to install Lilo on the MBR but
> on start of the install disk (hdg). I created a boot disk and everything
> works. However I cannot boot linux. I had linux chosen as the default boot
> and though that when I put the boot disk in it would boot from hdg. However
> the boot disk makes it boot into Win98.
>
> I get absolutely nothing coming up at startup, not even a LILO prompt. Apart
> from the extra boot parameters at install time everything else is standard.
> Any ideas what I can do to boot this thing. I had thought of modifying
> lilo.conf to but the ide2 and ide3 options in but I cannot edit get access
> to anything. Anyone give me any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Carr
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From: Karthik DK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iproute2
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 17:10:51 -0800
Hi
u have an interesting problem. I think this can be achieved by ip-forwarding.
read the ipchains howto.
I have a question:
Does this rule apply while using the net from this machine only or does this
machine act as a gateway for other machines too.
If u want to use ipchains, u might need another network card on the machine. u
can certainly use ip forwarding to selectively forward stuff based on the ip
address, but based on type of service( http, ftp etc) I really dont know.
However, ipchains supports forwarding which I think is the solution for ur
problem. Do tell me how u solved the problem if and when u do it.
Regards
KAR.
"F. Vlemmings" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a routing problem with my internet server.
> On the server there a two networkcards installed. Both cards have a internet
> connection. On one card there is a line free internet traffic. For the other
> card we must pay a lot.
> Http request have to go through the pay-line all other traffic with the
> other internet-line.
>
> eth0 pay ---------------|
> http requests | Linux Server
> |
> from the internet |
> |
> eth1 free ---------------|
> ftp, ssh, telnet requests
>
> How can I setup a rule so that the ethernet cards are listing to their own
> ip-address. The default route program can't do this I believe. I have read
> the iproute howto but I can't build the route table because the parameters
> are not the same...
>
> I run on a RedHat 6.2 server with kernel 2.2.17
>
> Please e-mail me back to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> With best regards,
>
> Freek Vlemmings
> The Netherlands
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From: Karthik DK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No LILO on bootup
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 17:16:39 -0800
Pls check the boot sequence. I think u have not set floppy in the boot
sequence. This can be done by entering the bios setup during the bootup
sequence of the comp. usually u will be prompted to press Del or F1 or
something like that do enter the BIOS setup. There, set the boot sequence to
floppy and then Hard disk. That should solve ur problem.
KAR.
NA wrote:
> I have finally installed RedHat 7 on a disk connected to a Promise IDE
> controller card. (I needed to type linux ide2=xxx,xxx ide3=xxx,xxx and it
> finally installed on the drive). I chose not to install Lilo on the MBR but
> on start of the install disk (hdg). I created a boot disk and everything
> works. However I cannot boot linux. I had linux chosen as the default boot
> and though that when I put the boot disk in it would boot from hdg. However
> the boot disk makes it boot into Win98.
>
> I get absolutely nothing coming up at startup, not even a LILO prompt. Apart
> from the extra boot parameters at install time everything else is standard.
> Any ideas what I can do to boot this thing. I had thought of modifying
> lilo.conf to but the ide2 and ide3 options in but I cannot edit get access
> to anything. Anyone give me any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Carr
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH .0 install to a hard drive
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 01:01:55 GMT
Tom McLoughlin wrote:
>
> I 've seen two instructions to install RedHat 7 from a hard disk:
>
> and neither of them works. I get a message that the selected directory does
> not contain an information tree.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Tom
Are you trying to install from a windoz or linux partition?
--
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From: "steveFarris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: reboot when idle?? noooooooo!!!
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 01:06:51 GMT
Hello all, i've got suse 7.0 installed on an AMD K6 chip and if i stay
logged in and remain idle the thing reboots on its own. Obviously this will
not work. This can't possibly be a feature can it?? I doubt it. Anybody got
any ideas why this is happening. i know there is a little problem with some
AMD chips with over 32mb ram on Linux but not like this. This is really
starting to suck.
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From: "NA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No LILO on bootup
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 01:09:03 GMT
"Karthik DK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Pls check the boot sequence. I think u have not set floppy in the boot
> sequence. This can be done by entering the bios setup during the bootup
> sequence of the comp. usually u will be prompted to press Del or F1 or
> something like that do enter the BIOS setup. There, set the boot sequence
to
> floppy and then Hard disk. That should solve ur problem.
>
> KAR.
> NA wrote:
>
> > I have finally installed RedHat 7 on a disk connected to a Promise IDE
> > controller card. (I needed to type linux ide2=xxx,xxx ide3=xxx,xxx and
it
> > finally installed on the drive). I chose not to install Lilo on the MBR
but
> > on start of the install disk (hdg). I created a boot disk and everything
> > works. However I cannot boot linux. I had linux chosen as the default
boot
> > and though that when I put the boot disk in it would boot from hdg.
However
> > the boot disk makes it boot into Win98.
> >
> > I get absolutely nothing coming up at startup, not even a LILO prompt.
Apart
> > from the extra boot parameters at install time everything else is
standard.
> > Any ideas what I can do to boot this thing. I had thought of modifying
> > lilo.conf to but the ide2 and ide3 options in but I cannot edit get
access
> > to anything. Anyone give me any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Chris Carr
>
The PC is set to always boot from floppy first. I can still boot into RedHat
install with the install disk, just cant get it to boot with the boot disk.
Thanks anyway (I would have felt silly if that had been it :-)
Chris
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