Linux-Setup Digest #375, Volume #20 Mon, 8 Jan 01 13:13:08 EST
Contents:
Runlevel 5 and path lost /sbin and /usr/bin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Erratic Mouse Behaviour (brancht)
Re: Runlevel 5 and path lost /sbin and /usr/bin (David)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 (Craig Kelley)
Re: xntp3 Configuration Q. (Craig Kelley)
Re: xntp3 Configuration Q. (Craig Kelley)
Re: Dual boot problem?? (Craig Kelley)
Re: Printing woes (Craig Kelley)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 Modules compilation (Craig Kelley)
Re: RSA Securid and Linux. (Craig Kelley)
Re: Runlevel 5 and path lost /sbin and /usr/bin (Craig Kelley)
need to add Ethernet Module...How? ("bert RdeC")
Re: Say it ain't so...
How to install linux using pcmcia cd-rom on laptop (Heesang)
X86Config needed for Matrox MGA card. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: W2K and Redhat 7.0 ("Jeff D. Hamann")
Re: How to install linux using pcmcia cd-rom on laptop (Daz)
Re: Mail Client ("Lee Prior Collier")
mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory? (Roger Michael Seip)
Re: need to add Ethernet Module...How? (H.Bruijn)
Re: need to add Ethernet Module...How? (H.Bruijn)
Re: fdisk/mkdosfs problems w new/big disks ("just me")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Runlevel 5 and path lost /sbin and /usr/bin
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 15:02:02 GMT
Hi to All,
I have this problem over RedHat 7, if I setting on linuxconf default
boot mode To: Graphic & Network; the boot don't change.
If I set id:5:initdefault: on my inittab I can make Graphic login but
when I open the console windows I don't have the path /sbin or /usr/bin.
How can I do to set up also this path (/sbin & /usr/bin) in runlevel 5
?!?!?!?
Thank you very much
Stefano
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From: brancht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Erratic Mouse Behaviour
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 15:30:06 -0000
I have problem with erratic mouse behavior with my freshly installed
version of Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2.
During the installation portion of Mandrake Linux the mouse works fine.
There are no problems with mouse tracking on the screen or erratic
behavior. However once the Linux system reboots with xFree86 system the
problem with the mouse begins.
The mouse works but the tracking is not always correct on the screen and
programs called that are executed that were not called.
I have tried Mandrake Linux distributions 7.1 with xFree86 version 3.3.6,
and Mandrake Linux 7.2 with xFree86 versions 3.3.6, 4.0.0 and 4.0.1 with
any success.
I've also tried using different mouse(s) to correct the problem; two
button, three button, and two button with scroll wheel still without any
success.
This PC is a dual OS with Windows ME The mouse(s) work proper with Windows
ME.
Does anyone have suggestions or have encountered this problem also?
I will appreciate any feedback concerning this problems.
PC Specs:
ABIT A7 Motherboard
ATI All In Wonder 128 (Rage 128) Video Card
Maxtor 40.9 Gig HDD
256 MB Ram
Soundblaster 16 PCI
Zoom ISA Modem
Athlon 750
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Runlevel 5 and path lost /sbin and /usr/bin
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 15:42:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi to All,
>
> I have this problem over RedHat 7, if I setting on linuxconf default
> boot mode To: Graphic & Network; the boot don't change.
>
> If I set id:5:initdefault: on my inittab I can make Graphic login but
> when I open the console windows I don't have the path /sbin or /usr/bin.
>
> How can I do to set up also this path (/sbin & /usr/bin) in runlevel 5
> ?!?!?!?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Stefano
>
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If you are using "su" then you need to use "su -" instead to get the
full path.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2
Date: 08 Jan 2001 08:57:54 -0700
Anna Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I installed Mandrake 7.2 onto hdb1 of a multi-OS intel-based
> PC. RedHat 6.2 and Win98 are already working fine on this
> computer, with both OS's bootable via System Commander. Now
> that I've got Mandrake 7.2 on hdb1 there are a couple of
> problems:
>
> 1) After booting into Mandrake and then shutting down again,
> the computer is not bootable, giving a message that there's
> no active partition, hard disk failure, etc. So then I have to
> boot from CDROM or floppy and go through System Commander again
> and all is well provided I don't boot Mandrake (in which case
> the above sequence of events repeats). I've tried fiddling with
> linux.conf (I've got boot=/dev/hdb1) and even typing lilo -u to
> uninstall lilo, but to no avail. How can I stop the Mandrake
> installation from doing whatever it does that makes the system
> unbootable after I shutdown from Mandrake?
Tell the installer to not use the MBR (master boot record) for lilo.
> 2) The resolution in Mandrake (X-Windows actually) is set at 800x600,
> which is fine but it maps to an area larger then the physical screen!
> In RedHat 6.2, the resolution is 640x480 or something like that, which
> fits fine but the font is too large. How can I get a decent resolution
> in X-windows and have it fit on the screen?
The easiest way to do this is to run Xconfigurator and then select
your default resolution so that it matches the highest resolution (ie,
if you like 800x600, then choose that but be sure not to also make
1024x768 or higher resolutions available).
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xntp3 Configuration Q.
Date: 08 Jan 2001 08:59:00 -0700
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok I have installed and am trying to configure xntp3 to maintain system
> clock. Somewhere my config must be wrong. Everytime I start it I get a
> message in my logs saying:
>
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd: xntpd startup succeeded
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: precision = 6 usec
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: read drift of 0 from
> /etc/ntp/drift
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: bind() fd 13, family 2, port
> 123, addr e0000101, in_classd=1 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: ...multicast address 224.0.1.1
> using wildcard socket
>
> But if you notice in the 4th line (maybe 5th line due to email) it says
>
> "fails: Address already in use"
>
> Any idea's on what I'm missing or doing wrong here?
You are probably running ntp already, or ntpdate is still running,
trying to sync to the latest time (most ntp startup scripts run
ntpdate first and then ntpd).
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xntp3 Configuration Q.
Date: 08 Jan 2001 08:59:34 -0700
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok I have installed and am trying to configure xntp3 to maintain system
> clock. Somewhere my config must be wrong. Everytime I start it I get a
> message in my logs saying:
>
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd: xntpd startup succeeded
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: precision = 6 usec
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: read drift of 0 from
> /etc/ntp/drift
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: bind() fd 13, family 2, port
> 123, addr e0000101, in_classd=1 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
> Jan 7 18:53:05 myhostname xntpd[21525]: ...multicast address 224.0.1.1
> using wildcard socket
>
> But if you notice in the 4th line (maybe 5th line due to email) it says
>
> "fails: Address already in use"
>
> Any idea's on what I'm missing or doing wrong here?
You can also run xntpdc and type 'peers' to get a list of the current
strata levels for your setup.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot problem??
Date: 08 Jan 2001 09:02:41 -0700
"enness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have LM 7.2 installed along with Win95. My windows does not recognize
> Linux partition and is reporting the C drive size wrong ( probably C: + hda7
> of linux?). Still everything was fine until something happened. I am not
> sure if it was due to the Defrag I ran on C drive.
>
> But when I started Linux it said /dev/hda7 not clean and forced a check.
> Check ran for a long time with report of wrong inode, size errors on Blocks
> etc.. etc. and finally Dropping me to shell. I ran 'e2fsck -b 8193 /hda7'
> and finally hda7 came clean.
>
> But now now when I start Linux it hangs while booting while stating
> "/etc/rc.d/xyz.. and /usr/xyz.. not a valid file....". Booting in safemode
> hangs stating "INIT: Id 'x' respawing too quickly, holding(?) for 5
> minutes".
>
> So in essence I am not able to get into the system at all. While
> reinstalling is not a big problem as I dont have any data in the system, I
> want to know why it happened and avoid it happenning again.
Looks like your disk defragmenter ruined the Linux partition. A lot
of defrag utilities will utilize 'unused' space on the disk to
temporarilly store sectors while copying. It could be that the
defragmenter that you used thought that the Linux partition was blank
(ie, not FAT or HPFS).
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing woes
Date: 08 Jan 2001 09:04:19 -0700
"Greg Gailer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Greeting all
> Why do some distributions insist on allowing only one type of printing
> system in their linux version? I use Mandrake Linux for my workstation
> and RedHat Linux for my server. Mandrake uses the CUPS printing system
> which works fine for a locally connected printer and also works fine for
> a printer connected to a remote computer, but try as I might (for two
> months) it will not work with one of those small printer server boxes!!
> I tried to remove CUPS but Mandrake had dependancies in a whole host of
> other programs that relied on CUPS. I eventually removed all of them,
> downloaded the source code for all of them (as well as LPRNG printing
> software) compiled them all, setup LPRNG and tried it all out. LPRNG
> works perfectly on my system and now after about 2 1/2 months I can use
> my printer. CUPS would seem to be not quite complete as yet and until
> they have their network printing sorted out, I certainly won't be using
> it again (no matter how involved it is to do otherwise). My RedHat system
> comes with LPRNG although it installs LPD by default, so I had no
> problems with it at all.
> If anybody is also having problems with CUPS, try LPRNG it's great.
Yep, I used to use the standard Berkely lpd -- it is horrible. LPRNG
really is a great, mature system.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 Modules compilation
Date: 08 Jan 2001 09:09:37 -0700
Julien Verchere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a linux Mandrake 7.2 distribution. I use the secure kernel provided
> by Mandrake. But when I want to compile a new module for this kernel. I
> have a kernel-module version mistmatch. And the kernel refuse to load the
> module and says it has been compiled for the 2.2.17-21mdk kernel whereas I
> use the 2.2.17-21mdksecure.
> Does someone knows how to select in the source folder the secure kernel ?
> I suppose that I could setup and recompile everything but I would like to
> continue to use this kernel which works well. Is there a configuration file
> to load ?
Well, you can force module insertion with the -f flag:
insmod -f my_module
They *are* the same kernel version, but modutils doesn't think so
because of the mdk and mdksecure names.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: RSA Securid and Linux.
Date: 08 Jan 2001 09:12:10 -0700
Donald WHIZZARD Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently trying to impliment RSA SecurID
> on a linux box.
>
> I can run sdshell and the authentication works
> properly. HOWEVER, if I simply replace the shell, the user
> is required to enter in *BOTH* the unix password *AND* the
> securid passcode, putting the password over the network.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas around this, or have done this
> in a different manner ?
>
> Any help would be appreciative.
You don't mention which disribution you're using, but I'll assume a
PAMified version: you need to either add your secure authentication
to the pam.d files (if you can), or replace the login program with
your version.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Runlevel 5 and path lost /sbin and /usr/bin
Date: 08 Jan 2001 09:14:20 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi to All,
>
> I have this problem over RedHat 7, if I setting on linuxconf default
> boot mode To: Graphic & Network; the boot don't change.
>
> If I set id:5:initdefault: on my inittab I can make Graphic login but
> when I open the console windows I don't have the path /sbin or /usr/bin.
>
> How can I do to set up also this path (/sbin & /usr/bin) in runlevel 5
> ?!?!?!?
>
> Thank you very much
Add this line to /etc/profile
export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
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From: "bert RdeC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need to add Ethernet Module...How?
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:24:41 -0500
Hello,
I am trying to add a Netgear Ethernet card FA311, on a RH v 7.0 box. The
card comes with drivers under linux, source files, a ".o" file, and a
makefile. What is the best way to add this to my system so it will recognise
the card??
Thanks
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Say it ain't so...
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:30:11 -0000
If you installed all of RH7 you should have a utility called webmin
available to you. Just open your webbrowser and use
https://localhost:10000 and your root un and pw and under the network tab
there is a section for samba. There is a utility there to convert unix
users to samba users. Hope that helps.
GR
Norm wrote:
>
>
> Tell me it ain't so. Just got Samba running. RH 7 install. I just had
to
> add users to the samba passwd list in order to prevent getting "Can't
make
> IPC$ Connection supply password" sort of message.
>
> I got this fix off the samba docs.
>
> Someone tell me that I won't have to do this for all 700 students?!
There
> is no way to let samba see that the user name and passwd that the Win98
> client used is the same as in the passwd file and let them in?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts on this
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Norm
>
>
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From: Heesang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install linux using pcmcia cd-rom on laptop
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:32:39 GMT
Hi,
I'm trying to install linux(redhat 6.2) into my laptop using pcmica cd-rom. So I
booted with pcmcia.img diskette and got the pcmcia cdp-rom initialized.
However, after selecting language and keyboard, the installation process shows me the
following section. I tried over and over without a success.
What type of media contains the packages to be installed?
Hard drive
As it shows, I have no choice. Usually in this stage of installation we have to have
several choices: Hard drive, cd-rom, and so on.
I don't know why I can't see other options but 'Hard drive.'
Of course, this pc card cd-rom works fine after installing linux( I used to install
linux into this laptop using parallel port cd-rom before and now trying with pc card
cd-rom).
The pc card cd-rom is Toshiba 20x pcmcia cd-rom.
Any idea?
Heesang
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Subject: X86Config needed for Matrox MGA card.
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:26:08 GMT
I installed the RedHat6.2 in the Compaq prolinea 5100. The video
card is Matrox MGA with 2mb memory. This card can be detected but I
could not configure it right for X windows.
It will be greatly appreciated if you can send me the X86Config file.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:31:57 GMT
In article <933eh8$jar$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
TYPO :-(
should read
$ startx > logfile 2>&1
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From: "Jeff D. Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: W2K and Redhat 7.0
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:54:48 -0800
will that be the same as booting to win2000?
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Jeff D. Hamann wrote:
> >
> > I've just purchased a new Dell 5000e and would like to have a dual boot
> > system with Linux and WIndows2000. I've been running with Windows2000
> > (suprising hapily) and have a partition for linux (redhat 7.0) ready to
go.
> > Where are the best instructions for installing a dual boot system with
> > Windows2000 and linux?
> >
>
> The HOWTO's.
> Search the web for linux+NT+loader+howto
>
> Eric
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From: Daz <darren@[XS].cseltd.net>
Subject: Re: How to install linux using pcmcia cd-rom on laptop
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:02:19 +0000
There should be an images directory on the CDROM with instructions on which
image to use to make a bootable floppy disk that when booted from will give
you access to the pcmcia hardware.
Heesang wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install linux(redhat 6.2) into my laptop using pcmica
> cd-rom. So I booted with pcmcia.img diskette and got the pcmcia cdp-rom
> initialized.
> However, after selecting language and keyboard, the installation process
> shows me the following section. I tried over and over without a success.
>
> What type of media contains the packages to be installed?
>
> Hard drive
>
> As it shows, I have no choice. Usually in this stage of installation we
> have to have several choices: Hard drive, cd-rom, and so on. I don't know
> why I can't see other options but 'Hard drive.' Of course, this pc card
> cd-rom works fine after installing linux( I used to install linux into
> this laptop using parallel port cd-rom before and now trying with pc card
> cd-rom). The pc card cd-rom is Toshiba 20x pcmcia cd-rom. Any idea?
>
> Heesang
>
>
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From: "Lee Prior Collier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mail Client
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:34:50 -0000
"Paul Lemelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can anyone recommend a mail client for Linux to access an Exchange
> server? I do not need all of the features of Outlook, I just need
> something that I can access my email.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
If you did want access to calendars, or wanted to be able to see sent mail
etc. from your Exchange mailbox, then it might be worth asking your admins
to set up Outlook Web Access. It's surprisingly good, and gives a subset of
Outlook features through a web browser. HOWEVER there are issues with
authentication, I think it should work with Netscape but I'm not 100% sure.
Lee
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From: Roger Michael Seip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:16:46 GMT
I am receiving the following error message in my /var/log/messages:
mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
This occurs when entering midnight commander both in console mode and
within a terminal under X.
What adjustment do I need to make in order to activate mouse support
for midnight commander? My mouse works fine under X.
Thanks in advance,
Roger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: need to add Ethernet Module...How?
Date: 8 Jan 2001 17:38:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:24:41 -0500, bert RdeC allegedly wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to add a Netgear Ethernet card FA311, on a RH v 7.0 box. The
>card comes with drivers under linux, source files, a ".o" file, and a
>makefile. What is the best way to add this to my system so it will recognise
>the card??
First I don't know the card. There should be a README file with
instructions.
Generally a pre compiled module (the file with the .o extension) is for
a specific kernel version. What you do is, you copy the file to the
directory /lib/modules/*/net run "sbin/depmod -a" and insert the module
in the running kernel with the command "/sbin/modprobe NAME" where the
name is the name of the module without the .o extension. Now When your
kernel version doesn't match the the version the module was compiled for
you need to compile it yourself.
Most likely you first need to install the rpm with the kernel headers,
the follow the compile installations (usually something along the lines
of
./configure (or make configure)
make
make install
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: need to add Ethernet Module...How?
Date: 8 Jan 2001 17:41:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8 Jan 2001 17:38:04 GMT, H.Bruijn allegedly wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:24:41 -0500, bert RdeC allegedly wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am trying to add a Netgear Ethernet card FA311, on a RH v 7.0 box. The
>>card comes with drivers under linux, source files, a ".o" file, and a
>>makefile. What is the best way to add this to my system so it will recognise
>>the card??
>
>First I don't know the card. There should be a README file with
>instructions.
>Generally a pre compiled module (the file with the .o extension) is for
>a specific kernel version. What you do is, you copy the file to the
>directory /lib/modules/*/net run "sbin/depmod -a" and insert the module
>in the running kernel with the command "/sbin/modprobe NAME" where the
>name is the name of the module without the .o extension. Now When your
>kernel version doesn't match the the version the module was compiled for
>you need to compile it yourself.
>Most likely you first need to install the rpm with the kernel headers,
>the follow the compile installations (usually something along the lines
>of
> ./configure (or make configure)
> make
> make install
>
Send it too soon.
Then use linuxconf to configure the network settings and make the module
load at boot time.
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From: "just me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk/mkdosfs problems w new/big disks
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:55:09 GMT
Depending on your motherboard, try redetecting and select "Normal" rather
than "LBA" for fdisk to see the correct size.
"Erik H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93c0ts$5a9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> keywords: linux, fdisk, mkdosfs, new disks, big disks, vfat, fat16
>
> Hello!
>
> I installed two new disks (>38 GB) the last few
> weeks and had some funny problems:
>
> 1. fdisk doesn't report the size of the disks correctly
> (the disk is configured in the BIOS using LBA)
> When I configure the whole disk (like reported by fdisk)
> into partitions the total size is much to small.
>
> Workaround: I Use Win95 to create a primary FAT16 partition
> and afterwards I use Linux to create the next two. (Now
> the C/H/S numbers are different (like described in the man page)
> but they still usable to partition the whole disk).
> Afterwards I use Win95 to configure an extended partition
> and logical volumes for the rest of the disks.
>
> 2. I format hda1/hda2/hda3 (FAT16) using mkdosfs and afterwards
> I mount those partitions and try to copy data from an old
> FAT16/vfat partition to the mkdosfs formatted ones. This
> doesn't work because everything is converted to lower case and
> long filenames are cut.
> Interesting fact:
> when mounting without options the partitions created
> with mkdosfs are mounted as umsdos, not vfat.
> The FAT16 partition created with Win95 format is mounted as
> vfat when I'm mounting it without options.
>
> Workaround: See 1. I'm formatting the disks using the Win95 format
> utility and not mkdosfs.
>
> 3. When using mkdosfs on a partition that was formatted (with mkdosfs)
> before the old files are not deleted and mounting that partition
> again the old stuff is still there.
>
> Workaround: I used dd to overwrite the partition with a still unused
> one.
>
>
> Are those known and common problems.
>
> I'm using an Linux distribution that is one year old know (Suse 6.3).
>
> Thanx for any help/advice,
> Erik.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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