Linux-Setup Digest #342, Volume #20 Thu, 4 Jan 01 12:13:11 EST
Contents:
KDE2.0 Installation - PLEASE HELP! (#KUNDAN KUMAR#)
Re: LILO boots only linux (Eric)
Re: partionless installation? (newbie question) ("LadyHawke")
Dynamic Firewall Needed ("Robert A. Adkins II")
Linux setup for Homechoice [Was: ADSL via serial ports] (Richard Davies)
Re: Newbie needs some serious assistance.... (Jim)
Re: Linux setup for Homechoice [Was: ADSL via serial ports] (foo@[127.9.10.8])
Linux on IBM 704 pc server ("Ralf Jensen")
Re: site hosting (X-ample)
Re: Xserver ("John Pfaff")
DVD on Redhat 7.0 ("news.volny.cz")
Use of kdm to export XWindows sessions. ("news.volny.cz")
Re: LILO boots only linux ("troost")
Re: Dual Xeon hangs (ekk)
Re: RedHat 6.1 does not see the hard disks (David)
Q: setting login X screen to same size, etc. as logged in X display to avid video
mode changes? ("Mark Watson")
Re: partionless installation? (newbie question) (Eric)
Re: RedHat 6.1 does not see the hard disks (Craig Kelley)
Re: LILO boots only linux (Eric)
Re: Linux on IBM 704 pc server (Craig Kelley)
Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98.
Re: Dynamic Firewall Needed (Natalie)
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From: #KUNDAN KUMAR# <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDE2.0 Installation - PLEASE HELP!
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:05:28 +0800
Just a guess..
Try uninstalling kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk and then install kdelibs again.
if it goes well install kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk again.
As per sound, are you able to use sound in any other applications
unrelated to KDE? Does XMMS works?
Kundan
=====Original Message=====
From: routerl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Posted At: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:04 AM
Posted To: setup
Conversation: KDE2.0 Installation - PLEASE HELP!
Subject: KDE2.0 Installation - PLEASE HELP!
I am able to install all the required RPMs except for kdelibs which
gives
me the following dependecy error:
"kdelibs is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk"
Can anyone help me out? Btw, I don't know much about KDE, but I don't
get
any sound (reason why I'm upgrading) so why would kdelibs-sound cause a
problem?
Thanking you in advance,
routerl
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO boots only linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 14:13:56 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> the lilo.log contains this:
> activate /dev/hda5
> 5 : is not a valid partition number (1-4)
> Ignoring entry 'boot'
> warning: device 0x0305 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
>
> ... (a lot of lines)
>
> device 0x0305 : bios drive 0x80 , 255 heads , 1655 cylinders, 63 sectors.
> Partition offset 20482938 sectors
> geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
>
> It seems like he cannot reach the windows partition or something.
`fdisk -l /dev/hda`
post the output here if you still don't see the problem.
Eric
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From: "LadyHawke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partionless installation? (newbie question)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:10:29 -0600
Thanks for the advise Eric, I thought that it perhaps sounded too good to be
true. Guess I will wait and get a copy of Partition Magic after all :-)
LadyHawke
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> mpulliam wrote:
>
> I dislike the idea.
> The linux partition becomes a file in the windows FS
> This doesn't sound right to me. It will give overhead
> and the risk that windows destroys your linux install
>
>
> Pointless arguments with partitionless install.
> If you just want to try linux, and are thinking of not using
> all to often, you can do this. If you want to use linux
> seriously, give it its own partition.
>
> > I don't care, I install new Linuxes all the
> > time and just wipe everything out with no
> > regrets. How do you feel about it?
> Eric
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From: "Robert A. Adkins II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Dynamic Firewall Needed
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 13:27:29 GMT
Hello,
I need to have a dynamic firewall. Basically I need to be able
to open up a few ports to play some DirectX games through the internet
and not leave those ports open forever. My server is currently acting as
a fileserver, webserver and IPMASQing firewall. I just need to be able
to open up the DirectX internet gaming ports and then be able to close
them up once I am finished with playing the games that I wish to run. I
have read the ipchains man page and it is not very clear at how to open
up a handfull of ports for the network and then also close those ports
up again later. I do not mind if I need to bring my internet connection
down briefly in order to setup the new rules. I just need something that
is secure and able to to be dynamically altered based on my needs. Any
help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Robert A. Adkins II
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From: Richard Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,uk.telecom.broadband
Subject: Linux setup for Homechoice [Was: ADSL via serial ports]
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 12:34:47 +0000
[Originally on comp.os.linux.setup]
> I am about to have ADSL installed via HomeChoice ( UK ISP ).
> They will be connecting their service to my PC via the COM
> ports. Does anyone have any experience of setting this up for
> Linux.
I've been wanting to post on this for some time, since when
I set it up I couldn't find everything in one coherent place...
The following's based on Debian, but pretty generic.
PPP: cat > /etc/ppp/peers/provider << EOF
# These are the options to dial out to your service provider
# Please customize them correctly. Only the "provider" file will
# be handled by poff and pon.
# You usually need this if there is no PAP authentication
noauth
# Don't expect ppp at other end to reply to LCP echo requests
lcp-echo-interval 0
# Don't use control or handshaking lines
local
nocrtscts
# Enable buggy ppp at other end
receive-all
# Routing
defaultroute
# HomeChoice set top box
/dev/homechoice
# Speed
115200
EOF
mv /etc/ppp/{no_,}ppp_on_boot # To get ppp on boot (!)
DNS: 10.3.11.1, 10.3.15.1
Web proxy: proxy.homechoice.co.uk:3128 [see firewall script below]
Ftp proxy: proxy.homechoice.co.uk:3128 [see firewall script below]
Once you're connected, you can look at the signup pages (on their
internal webserver at http://www.homechoice.co.uk/signup/signup.html)
to obtain an e-mail account. This will be of the form:
SMTP: smtp.homechoice.co.uk
EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
POP: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can also get an IE auto-configure script from here, which you can
read in Notepad to get most of the settings that I've listed above!
Hope this helps someone! Please explain if you know anything more (or
have an explanation of the proxy's behaviour).
Richard.
P.S. Oh, and from my firewall script (with the explanation of the
comments
above - the proxy server seems to make some kind of back connection to
check you exist before doing anything for you)...
> # Allow incoming tcp from proxy.homechoice.co.uk (why??)
> ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 10.3.16.1/32 -j ACCEPT -l
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie needs some serious assistance....
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 13:44:41 GMT
Got your response for my ADDUSER problem. I posted those comments to
the person that setup our machine and here is what he said. The one I
noticed in my lack of Linux knowledge is /etc/passwd. Where the
password is to be shown, it just puts an X, and the last two users we've
tried to add show bin/bash, whereas all the others show bin/false. We
haven't tried running pwconv yet to see it that matters or not.
Here are his responses....
> useradd NEW_USER
> su -
> <your_root_passwd>
> passwd NEW_USER
> <enter the password>
tried a variant of that, didn't seem to matter but feel free to try it
yourself.
althought I dont see how you can add the user without being root
already.
> A user created this way should at least be able to login.
we aren't doing this, you never get a 'shell' login. we are only
doing password authentication for pop3 except for administration.
> If this fails, check if /home/NEW_USER exist.
not used on your system, not an issue
> check the permissions of that directory.
again not an issue
> check if the entry in /etc/passwd is correct.
this is where the problem is, when it creates the user it does not enter
their password into the /etc/passwd file, instead of places a 'x' as if
it was trying to 'shadow' the passwd but it never makes a shadow entry
near as I can tell. So the password gets lost.
> run df.
disk free space is not an issue
> see if any partitions are filled.
nope
> Are you explicitly denying users to login?
no aside from not having a homedir or shell which they do not need for
just pop3/imap
> Check /etc/security/access.conf
default redhat 6.1 install
Any additional thoughts?
Thanks,
Jim Fox
MIS/IT
Safari Technologies, Inc.
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From: foo@[127.9.10.8]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,uk.telecom.broadband
Subject: Re: Linux setup for Homechoice [Was: ADSL via serial ports]
Date: 04 Jan 2001 14:19:34 +0000
Richard Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Originally on comp.os.linux.setup]
>
> > I am about to have ADSL installed via HomeChoice ( UK ISP ).
> > They will be connecting their service to my PC via the COM
> > ports. Does anyone have any experience of setting this up for
> > Linux.
>
> I've been wanting to post on this for some time, since when
> I set it up I couldn't find everything in one coherent place...
>
> The following's based on Debian, but pretty generic.
>
> PPP: cat > /etc/ppp/peers/provider << EOF
[snip]
The Homechoice system also comes with an Alcatel speedtouch Home
which attaches to the set top box. You might also like to
consider installing pptp on your linux box and connecting to
the Alcatel over ethernet, bypassing the stb.
Paul
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From: "Ralf Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on IBM 704 pc server
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 15:24:46 +0100
Hi.
I have tried to install Linux (SuSE 7.0) on an old IBM 704 pc server. When I
boot the Adaptec 2940 scsi controller and the Mylix 960 raid controller are
both detected, but then I get the error " no device to install to", so the
10 scsi disks can`t be seen.
What is wrong and what should be done ?
Ralf.
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From: X-ample <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: site hosting
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 15:29:59 +0100
Timothy Washington wrote:
> hello, I want to know if there is a newsgroups or resource I can go
> to to get information on how to register and host a site. In my
> case I have a machine that runs almost 24/7, but is at the mercy of a
> dhcp server. So I would want a provider to forward all requests for my
> site
> to my ip address. I'm fairly new at this so the more detailed the
> resources, the better.
> I've already tried to register a name, but found that I needed a 1st
> and 2nd nameserver and was not too sure why this was. Thanks in
> advance for any help.
>
> Timothy Washington
Well there might be some newsgroups touching this subject .. but ..
A two seconds search on the internet learned me :
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=dynamic+DNS&kl=XX&pg=q&Translate=on
http://www.google.com/search?q=dynamic+DNS
These are services especially designed for what you need .. A dynamic DNS..
You need a little agent that tells their DNS that your IP-address has
changed and they will update it accordingly.
The reason that you need a nameserver is because of the fact that your
domainname has to be served by a server for it to have effect .. hence the
name DNS (Domain Name Service) ;)
HIH,
Laurens
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From: "John Pfaff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xserver
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:54:39 -0500
That all depends on your chipset. The one I have is an SiS620, AGP built in
to my motherboard. You _should_ still be able to use the generic SVGA
server.
"Gurusubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have a AGP graphics controller integrated with the chipset. Will
> this do or am I missing something?
> Guru
>
> Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
>
> > checkout www.xfree86.org and let us know what card you've got
> >
> > Gurusubramanian wrote:
> >
> > > hello,
> > > While installing redhat linux 6.2 on my machine in X mode,
> > > it complains saying Xstartup failed and proceeds the installation in
> > > textmode and it was successful. I did a custom class installation.
> > > Thereon I am not able to have xwindows or gui with my linux.
> > >
> > > So from where do I get info on Xserver and from where can I download
> > > this?
> > > Cheers
> > > Guru
>
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From: "news.volny.cz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: DVD on Redhat 7.0
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:42:58 -0000
Hi there,
I have just downloaded the new Livid DVD player package but cannot get it to
compile properly although al the required libraries and programs are present
on my system.
The documentation which comes with it doesn't seem to be correct in terms of
the steps you have to take in order to get it compiled.
Has anybody had similar experiences and if yes, what did you do ?
Thanks,
Oliver
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From: "news.volny.cz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Use of kdm to export XWindows sessions.
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:46:53 -0000
Hi there,
I am trying to set up KDM to export XWindows sessions just like XDM used to
do but I cannot find any documentation on KDM at all.
Does anybodu have any idea how to to this ? The idea is to use eXceed or
XVision to connect to my Linux server from a MS Windows PC.
Thanks,
Oliver
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From: "troost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO boots only linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 15:07:02 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > the lilo.log contains this:
> > activate /dev/hda5
> > 5 : is not a valid partition number (1-4)
> > Ignoring entry 'boot'
> > warning: device 0x0305 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> > geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
> >
> > ... (a lot of lines)
> >
> > device 0x0305 : bios drive 0x80 , 255 heads , 1655 cylinders, 63
sectors.
> > Partition offset 20482938 sectors
> > geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
> >
> > It seems like he cannot reach the windows partition or something.
>
>
> `fdisk -l /dev/hda`
>
> post the output here if you still don't see the problem.
>
> Eric
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1655 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1275 10241406 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 1276 1655 3052350 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1276 1278 24066 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1279 1295 136521 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 1296 1655 2891668+ 83 Linux
fdisk under dos reports
partition
1 ext dos 23%
c: 2 pri dos FAT32 77%
KDiskFree says:
/dev/hda1 VFAT
/dev/hda5 ext2
/dev/hda7 ext2
and floppy,usb, cdrom,,, partitions
THNX!
Maarten
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Xeon hangs
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:25:23 -0500
Thanks, but no, it is the 440GX chipset. I'm pretty confident it isn't the
CPUtemp. I did notice a lot of nmbd error messages in /var/log/messages, so
I turned of smb. Hopefully that will help . . .
Ken
"D. Stimits" wrote:
> ekk wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for the duplicate post - I noticed I hadn't changed the subject
> > line.
> >
> > ekk wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > > I have a dual Xeon 550 machine that hangs often, somewhat randomly when
> > > I'm doing some CPU intensive stuff. In the most recent crash, I was
> > > heavily using only one CPU, It doesn't seem to be CPU temp related,
> > > becuase just before it crashed, the temp was 45.5 deg. C. I'm running
> > > RH 6.1, kernel 2.2.14 - configured pretty much the same way as another
> > > dual 650 Pentium III which has no trouble. /var/log/messages contains
> > > little helpful info. I am running all the same daemons as the 650.
> > > Anyone know what's going on? In the meantime, I'm going to put 2.2.16
> > > on there to see if that helps.
> > > Ken
>
> What chipset does it use? If it is i840 your problem is the broken
> IO-APIC of the i840 chipset. In that case boot with kernel option
> "noapic". You'd lose performance since hardware interrupts would be
> serviced by only one cpu under that option, but stability will go up
> dramatically.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 does not see the hard disks
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 15:38:49 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Trying to install RedHat 6.1 on my new HP LC2000 system but the
> installation does not see the hard disks. The error message given
> is: "An error has occurred-no valid devices were found on which to
> create new file systems. Please check your hardware for the cause of
> this problem."; thus the installation fails.
>
> Have a feeling that the divers for these disks do not exist in which
> case I am doomed.
>
> The BIOS sees them, but not the installation. If it helps the disks
> are: HP 18.2GB 7200 Ultra3 Wide SCSI-3 HS HDD (3 pieces)
> HP 9.1GB 7200 Ultra3 Wide SCSI-3 LVD HDD (1 piece)
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
You need the driver-disk and possibly the updates-disk.
They should be on redhat's ftp site in the updates/images directory or
on their errata page for 6.1.
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Completed more W/U's than 98.980% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "Mark Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: setting login X screen to same size, etc. as logged in X display to avid
video mode changes?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 16:04:06 GMT
I run SusE 7.0 with the KDE 2.0 upgrade, and I am happy, except
for the annoying video mode changes when using the Linux startup
login screen. Whenever I log in and out of KDE the screen 'fritzes' badly
because of video mode changes (different display resolutions).
I use a SamSung SynchMaster 570P TFT flat panerl screen.
Thanks in advance for any info!
-Mark Watson
-Open Source Java software at www.markwatson.com
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partionless installation? (newbie question)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:12:10 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LadyHawke wrote:
>
> Thanks for the advise Eric, I thought that it perhaps sounded too good to be
> true. Guess I will wait and get a copy of Partition Magic after all :-)
>
Definetely worth the money, although FIPS and GNU's parted
will probably suit you fine too, for less money.
Eric
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 does not see the hard disks
Date: 04 Jan 2001 09:16:18 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Trying to install RedHat 6.1 on my new HP LC2000 system but the
> installation does not see the hard disks. The error message given
> is: "An error has occurred-no valid devices were found on which to
> create new file systems. Please check your hardware for the cause of
> this problem."; thus the installation fails.
>
> Have a feeling that the divers for these disks do not exist in which
> case I am doomed.
>
> The BIOS sees them, but not the installation. If it helps the disks
> are: HP 18.2GB 7200 Ultra3 Wide SCSI-3 HS HDD (3 pieces)
> HP 9.1GB 7200 Ultra3 Wide SCSI-3 LVD HDD (1 piece)
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
When it asks if you want to add drivers at the beginning of the
installation, say 'yes'. Next, choose SCSI and finally select the
SCSI card that is in your system.
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Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO boots only linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:16:20 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
troost wrote:
>
> Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > the lilo.log contains this:
> > > activate /dev/hda5
> > > 5 : is not a valid partition number (1-4)
> > > Ignoring entry 'boot'
> > > warning: device 0x0305 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> > > geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
> > >
> > > ... (a lot of lines)
> > >
> > > device 0x0305 : bios drive 0x80 , 255 heads , 1655 cylinders, 63
> sectors.
> > > Partition offset 20482938 sectors
> > > geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
> > >
> > > It seems like he cannot reach the windows partition or something.
> >
> >
> > `fdisk -l /dev/hda`
> >
> > post the output here if you still don't see the problem.
> >
> > Eric
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1655 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 1275 10241406 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2 1276 1655 3052350 5 Extended
hda2 should be type 85 in this case (or 0x0F if you want FAT logicals
inside too)
> /dev/hda5 1276 1278 24066 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 1279 1295 136521 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 1296 1655 2891668+ 83 Linux
>
> fdisk under dos reports
> partition
> 1 ext dos 23%
> c: 2 pri dos FAT32 77%
>
> KDiskFree says:
> /dev/hda1 VFAT
> /dev/hda5 ext2
> /dev/hda7 ext2
> and floppy,usb, cdrom,,, partitions
>
For the rest, you should place LILO in the MBR, and update LILO to a
version
of 21.4.3 or higher. boting a kernel from beyond cyl. 1024 is not
possible without
these adjustments. (Well, you could use loadlin instead)
Eric
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on IBM 704 pc server
Date: 04 Jan 2001 09:19:53 -0700
"Ralf Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi.
>
> I have tried to install Linux (SuSE 7.0) on an old IBM 704 pc server. When I
> boot the Adaptec 2940 scsi controller and the Mylix 960 raid controller are
> both detected, but then I get the error " no device to install to", so the
> 10 scsi disks can`t be seen.
> What is wrong and what should be done ?
You need to tell the SuSE installer that you have those SCSI cards.
At the beginning of the install, you should have the option of doing
so (at least that's what RedHat does).
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Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98.
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:35:31 -0500
The original message seems to have disappeared , hence I am using this
message to reply.
Further to Mr. Evan's suggestion :
here's what my hdd looks like . It's a single 27 gb ata 66 drive, on an amd
Slot A tbird 700, 128 Mb of ram.
hda1 /boot 50MB ext2, contains lilo
PRIMARY ACTIVE
hda2 win2000 2GB NTFS 5.0
PRIMARY
hda3 win98 2GB fat32
PRIMARY
hda4 Extended (Remainder of hdd) hda5 onwards are in this
extended region
hda5 / 500MB ext2
( the root file system )
hda6 swap 128MB swap my
first swap partition
hda7 swap 128MB swap my
second swap partition
hda8 /var 200MB ext2
the "var " partition
hda9 /home 1GB ext2
Home partition that I do not format if I reisntall.
hda10 /usr 3GB ext2
All user programs go under here . Also the kernel source, the X server
system
hda11 win98Data 2GB fat32 a 2 gig
place for putting files I need quite often
hda12 Games 4 GB fat32 all
my windows games
rest of the drive is empty.
How did I do it ?
1) use partition magic 5 or higher ( Use the floppy disks ) to create the
partitions ( create hda2 as a fat32 partition- win2000 will convert it
later to ntfs). Then mark hda3 as active, reboot and install win98. As far
as it is concerned, it is being installed into a PRIMARY ACTIVE partition.
2) Set hda2 as active, and unhide hda3, ignoring all those warnings.
3) reboot, and install win2000. Don't forget to convert hda2 to ntfs.
4 ) go back into partition magic , set hda1 as active, and unhide hda2 and 3
if they were hidden.
5 ) Proceed with linux install, and when it asks you for fdisk or diskdruid,
just hit "done" and come to the mount point definition
hda1 is "/boot" and so on as indicated above.
6 ) After copying over the files, and taking care of X, it will ask you
where to put lilo .This is where a lot of beginers set themselves up for
trouble . So save yourself the hassle and put lilo into /dev/hda1 , and DO
NOT overwrite the MBR . Lilo will find win98 and win2000 partitions and
give them some labels. you are free to go in and edit them .
7 ) Finish installation.
At boot prompt ("LILO" )hit TAB . you will see
linux win2000 win98
LILO:
This is if you labeled hda2 as "win2000" and hda3 as "win98" during setup.
If you did not, you will see "dos", and "win" or something similar.
Type the label to boot that particular partition .
If something went wrong, use partition magic and set ( hda3) win98 as
active.Or if you prefer win2000, hda2 Upon rebooting, win98 (or win2000 )
will start booting up , and you never see lilo. If you want lilo back
assuming you took care of the problem using win98 (or win2000) ) , set
hda1 as active.
At this point, if you feel the need to reinstall either os ( win98 or
win2000 ) , just set the interested partition as active, and proceed with a
reinstall.
I'm using Rh 6.0 with XFree86 4.0.1 . GeForce 2MX card needs 4.0.1 with the
nvidia module from NVidia, or just get the 4.0.2 XFree86 package, save
yourself some trouble.
Since you say you're a newbie, here's some lilo help:
LILO: linux single
boots into run level 1 , with no network support , so that you can fix
problems ( sendmail hanging ? ) .
once at a command prompt,
type "init 5" to switch to run level 5, where x windows comes up.
init 3 to go to the Command line level (3) . Note that at 5, the command
line is available also .
Also while at a command prompt, ( after login, of course ) , type "startx"
to get into X .
You have atleast 5 consoles Alt-F1 to Alt-F5, on which you can log in, and
do command line stuff.
While in X, to get to console 1 , it is Ctrl-Alt-F1.
To kill the X server abnormaly ( you can't see anything!! )
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. This will cause a core dump.
/var/log/xfree86.log is generated by 4.0 and above X servers. It might help
you in figuring out X problems.
HTH
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From: Natalie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Dynamic Firewall Needed
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 00:51:00 +0800
have you tried http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/ ?
"Robert A. Adkins II" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to have a dynamic firewall. Basically I need to be able
> to open up a few ports to play some DirectX games through the internet
> and not leave those ports open forever. My server is currently acting as
> a fileserver, webserver and IPMASQing firewall. I just need to be able
> to open up the DirectX internet gaming ports and then be able to close
> them up once I am finished with playing the games that I wish to run. I
> have read the ipchains man page and it is not very clear at how to open
> up a handfull of ports for the network and then also close those ports
> up again later. I do not mind if I need to bring my internet connection
> down briefly in order to setup the new rules. I just need something that
> is secure and able to to be dynamically altered based on my needs. Any
> help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Robert A. Adkins II
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