Linux-Setup Digest #417, Volume #20 Sat, 13 Jan 01 23:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Making my ATAPI ZIP 100 work (E J)
Re: Mouse doesn't work.
Re: any freeware partition software for win98? (Dave)
Re: Resizing my partition using fips & Windows Me. (Dave)
Re: application for installation? (E J)
Re: Armed Linux (E J)
Re: Help ! Router firewall with only one NIC (John Doe)
Basic New Idiot Help please... ("Gregory M. Sliker")
Re: Debian, no cd..LONG (Michael Perry)
Re: LILO fails to boot 2.4.0! ("J.H. Jessurun")
Re: Making my ATAPI ZIP 100 work (Victor S. Miller)
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making my ATAPI ZIP 100 work
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:24:58 GMT
Let your Zip drive get sucked into scsi emulation.
change the line in lilo.conf to
append "hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
When you reboot, you should be able to access your zip drive.
# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip -t vfat
"Victor S. Miller" wrote:
> I'm running RH 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-20) on a Dell Pentium 166Mhz MMX. I
> have an ATAPI ZIP 100 as the slave on my first ide bus. The kernel
> doesn't have IDE-FLOPPY compiled in, but I did a mkinitrd with a
> preload of ide-floppy and ide-scsi (I have a CDROM and CDRW on the
> second ide bus). I put
>
> append "hdb=ide-floppy hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
>
> in my LILO. The CD's work fine, but somehow the hdb (my ZIP drive)
> vanishes into limbo. When I do a cat /proc/ide/hdb/driver I get the
> string (none). If I don't use ide-floppy (I also tried ide-scsi with
> the same result), then Linux wants to treat it as a permanent hard
> drive -- I can't boot Linux unless there's a ZIP disk in the drive
> (otherwise I get an endless string of "hdb: lost interrupt"), and
> can't shut Linux down if the drive happens to be unmounted, and I
> certainly can't eject the disk.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Here's the output of dmesg:
>
> Linux version 2.2.16-22 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
> 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Tue Aug 22 16:16:55 EDT 2000
> Detected 166196 kHz processor.
> ide_setup: hdb=ide-floppy
> ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
> ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi
> Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> Calibrating delay loop... 331.78 BogoMIPS
> Memory: 62508k/65536k available (1048k kernel code, 412k reserved, 1080k data, 6
> 4k init, 0k bigmem)
> Dentry hash table entries: 262144 (order 9, 2048k)
> Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k)
> Page cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k)
> VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
> CPU: Intel Pentium MMX stepping 04
> Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled.
> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd871
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
> Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
> NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
> NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
> IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
> TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 65536 bhash 65536)
> Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
> Initializing RT netlink socket
> Starting kswapd v 1.5
> Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
> Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
> ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
> apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13)
> Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
> RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size
> PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> hda: Maxtor 51023H2, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: IOMEGA ZIP 100, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: FX120T, ATAPI CDROM drive
> hdd: SAF CD-RW4224A, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: Maxtor 51023H2, 9765MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=1244/255/63
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12
> raid5: measuring checksumming speed
> raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines
> pII_mmx : 255.270 MB/sec
> p5_mmx : 305.562 MB/sec
> 8regs : 182.499 MB/sec
> 32regs : 135.255 MB/sec
> using fastest function: p5_mmx (305.562 MB/sec)
> scsi : 0 hosts.
> scsi : detected total.
> md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 >
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: MITSUMI Model: CD-ROM FX120T !B Rev: b03
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Vendor: SAF Model: CD-RW4224A Rev: 1.40
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 12x/12x xa/form2 cdda tray
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10
> sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> change_root: old root has d_count=1
> Trying to unmount old root ... okay
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed
> Adding Swap: 72252k swap-space (priority -1)
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.232 $ time 16:21:43 Aug 22 2000
> usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
> usb-uhci.c: Intel USB controller: setting latency timer to 0
> usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff80, IRQ 9
> usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
> usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1
> hub.c: USB hub found
> hub.c: 2 ports detected
> Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> SB 4.13 detected OK (240)
> YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
> hdb: driver not present
> hdb: driver not present
> id: 0x64 io: 0x210 eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ ISA
> at 0x210, 00:a0:c9:b4:39:90, IRQ 5, 10BaseT.
> eth0: set Rx mode to 1 address.
> eth0: set Rx mode to 1 address.
> eth0: set Rx mode to 1 address.
> CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
> PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
> PPP line discipline registered.
> hdb: driver not present
> hdb: driver not present
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2]
> parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation.
> parport_probe: failed
> parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
> lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> --
> Victor S. Miller | " ... Meanwhile, those of us who can compute can hardly
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | be expected to keep writing papers saying 'I can do the
> CCR, Princeton, NJ | following useless calculation in 2 seconds', and indeed
> 08540 USA | what editor would publish them?" -- Oliver Atkin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Mouse doesn't work.
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:27:59 +0000 (UTC)
On 14 Jan 2001 01:19:43 GMT, Michael Yuen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... A friend gave me their server which has
>required a PS/2 adaptor SO I went out and got one.
>It's a Logitech mouse.
There are different Logitech mice, but the
FirstMouse comes with a PS/2 adaptor supplied
right in the box, so it ought to work.
IIRC Red Hat has a specific setup option for a
Logitech mouse on the parallel port.
This is one of the more generic mice and
has been supported at least since RH 5.2.
I wonder if you are not having a different
problem. For starters you might want to check
and see if there is an interrupt conflict.
I have a couple mouse/modem combinations that
won't work on my machine for this reason.
HTH
MP
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: any freeware partition software for win98?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:30:08 -0000
Derek Jolly wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti), in message
> <8sfiq7$msr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote
>
> >I want to do a dual boot and I believe that when using win98 you have to
> >install it first and then repartition using PartitionMagic or some other
> >type of partitioning software from within win98. Is there any such type
> >of software that is freeware/shareware?
>
> The best way to go about it is to partition your disk first using the
> tools mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Then install Win98 followed
> by Linux.
>
> The reason you want to install Win98 before Linux is that Win98
> overwrites the master boot record of your hard disk with its boot loader
> which is only capable of booting Windows. You want the Linux loader,
> LILO, in there so it can boot both operating systems.
> --
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If you want to shoot a fly with a blunderbuss, download a copy of BeOS
version 5 from www.be.com (about 600mgb), or find a copy of BeOS version 4
(whopping 200 mgb., including swap).
I'm not a real BeOS fan, but it has the nicest bootloader around and a set
of partitioning/surface analysis tools that are handy. I have it on most of
my machines, just for this purpose.
So, put BeOS on your machine (the V5 download is a freebie), and use
'Bootman' (BeOS boot loader) to manage startup. You'll still need lilo on a
boot partition you use boot parms.
DaveG
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Resizing my partition using fips & Windows Me.
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:30:06 -0000
Eric wrote:
>
> Kevin D wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> > On my old shity computer I resized my win95 partition using fips so I will
> > have a dual boot system with RH linux Pro Server 7.
> >
> > Now I want to do the same with my new Win Me partition on my new DELL
> > system.
> >
> > Has anyone tried this using fips. How did you get on???
> > Let me know.
> > Kevin.
> >
>
> I doubt if FIPS cares about the OS.
> Fips cuts a FAT Filesystem in two pieces.
> If you can manage not to use a part of the FS with WinME, it will work
> fine.
>
> Eric
I've used FIPS with mixed results.
I used it successfully to slice off a piece of a Win-98 partition on a
13.5G hdd. The documentation on FIPS that came with my Linux distro.
advised all sorts of precautions and prereqs (back things up, run defrag,
etc.). Things ran without a hitch, but I followed all the doc. to the letter.
More recently I tried to slice off a partition on my laptop, without
success (so far). FIPS refused to act, indicating there were files at the
end of the drive. I've run defrag several times and still end up with two
blocks at the end of the drive with data that refuses to move. Wish I knew
a way to find out what files were there and how to move them.
Good luck,
DaveG.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: application for installation?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:32:23 GMT
How about rpm?
rtfm on http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/RPM-HOWTO/index.html
xiaoguang wang wrote:
> Need to write a installation software for a new application. Do you know any
> free code that I can refer to?
>
> Thanks
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Armed Linux
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:43:30 GMT
Can you be a little more vague about your network card or sound card? :)
Ask windows what kind of soundcard, network card you have.
START->SETTINGS->SYSTEM and write
out the properties of your card.
# cp /etc/modules.conf /etc/modules.conf.bak
# vi /etc/modules.conf # use your editor to edit modules.conf or conf.modules
# here is my network (ne2000) and sound (ess sound chip) section of
modules.conf
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x280 irq=9
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330
Reboot after entering the correct values for network and sound card.
Hopefully it should work.
Cyanyde wrote:
> Whats this all about.. I found it on the net... supposedly you can install
> from windows and it's smart enough to let you partition your fat(prolly
> diskdruid) to make room.
> I was wondering if it's a recognized version and if it's worthwhile or
> should I use Redhat or something instead?
> I need to keep using "that other OS" because of my gaming habits and such
> but I know about LILO so I'm not worried about that..
> When installed it didn't detect netcard or soundcard(because they're pnp)
> so how do I install these or as I've said.. should I go back and install
> redhat or something more supported..?
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From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Help ! Router firewall with only one NIC
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:42:55 GMT
Some variation of the following may work.
If the private network addresses hit your ISP router, they may become
unhappy.
( two nics is really better)
#
# Turn on IP forwarding
#
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
#
# Alias the NIC
#
/sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255
#
# route entries for the "private" network
#
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0:0
/sbin/route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0:0
#
# Load IP masquerade modules
#
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe ip_alias
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
#
# Configure the IP masquerading for the private network ...
#
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ
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From: "Gregory M. Sliker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Basic New Idiot Help please...
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 21:56:45 -0500
Hello All,
I'm happy, just finished installing the mandrake 7.2 copy of Linux and all
appears to have worked. I now have some basic questions to get me past
having to work logged in as root. Just so you know who you're dealing with,
I have about a days worth of Unix training from 5 years ago that was never
once put to use, no Linux experience at all, I'm a developer, Java,
database, some C & C++, all in the Windoze world. The install is on a PII -
300MHz, 128Mb RAM, ZIP drive - internal, LinkSys NIC, using KDE unless
someone tells me otherwise.
On to the questions...
1) The hostname for my machine, what should it look like? I just used what
I had when it was an NT box, "MYTOY" for example. This appears to be giving
Linux a little, minor headache on starting.
2) As root I can play all day with the CDROM and ZIP drive but logged in
using the account I created during the install tells me I don't have
permission. I tried following the examples on chmod in the reference manual
but I received a message saying the mount was busy. Well excuse me
Mister... So how do I go about giving users permission to work with the ZIP
drive and CDROM?
3) It appears I have an IRQ conflict between the NIC and the video card,
both trying to use IRQ9. What utility to I use to change the IRQ in the
NIC? In HardDrake all I could find was a configuration tool that did not
allow me the chance to make changes?
4) Last and most important to me is how do I set the CLASSPATH environment
variable so that when I try to run a Java program I don't get the class not
found java/lang/object error message? I have tried looking for .profile and
so far no luck.
Thanks to one and all for any assistance and taking the time to read this
post. If there is a FAQ out there for newbies like me I would also really
appreciate it if someone could point me to it so I can keep the postings to
the major stuff.
Greg Sliker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Debian, no cd..LONG
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 16:15:30 -0800
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 04:58:37 GMT, Cathy Gramze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry) wrote:
>
>> Just a few questions... What is the makeup of hard disk drives in your
>> system? Could you print out the fstab file you have and copy it into a
>> followup post?
>
>Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. I have a HD on IDE1. I have a cdrom and
>tape on IDE2. I have a SCSI card with cd burner. Lines 10 and 11 of this fstab are
>bad, but winD mounts so I can play my MP3s (Waste LINUX file space with those?
>Never!)
>
># /etc/fstab: static file system information.
>#
># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
> <pass>
>/dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
>/dev/hda6 none swap sw 0 0
>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>/dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user, 0 0
>/dev/hdc0 mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,exec 0 0
>/dev/hda2 /boot ext2 rw 0 2
>/dev/hda7 /mnt/winD vfat rw, user, exec, conv=binary, umask=000 0 0
>/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 rw, user, exec 0 0
>
>How do you attempt to mount the cdrom?
>
>As su, mount /dev/hdc0 /mnt/cdrom or mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2
>I created the directories within /mnt for them since Debian wanted it just /cdrom.
>for the cdrom, it says the special device does not exist. For the scsi, it says it
>does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block device. Neither cd appears at all in the mtab
>file.
Try doing this instead. First offload the ide-scsi module that you enabled
so that your cdrom goes back to being a regular old cd. Lets try to get
that mounting using the old ide driver. Now when you boot the system, do
you see a line which says something like hdc and the make/model of your ide
cd? If so, good. I cannot find a /dev/hdc0 on my debian system at all.
My dev sorted on hdc looks like this:
merwyn /dev: ls hdc*
hdc hdc10 hdc12 hdc14 hdc16 hdc18 hdc2 hdc3 hdc5 hdc7 hdc9
hdc1 hdc11 hdc13 hdc15 hdc17 hdc19 hdc20 hdc4 hdc6 hdc8
Just fieldcheck your dev directory first.
Try doing this manually at first:
Feed some cd into your cd. Perhaps one with apps on it or something or a
linux distro or something. Now do this:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom (or /mnt/cdrom) Just pick one you have
created here. I usually create a /cdrom and then alter my /etc/fstab to
point to it but it works well however you do it. When you get this down
somewhat, the ide-scsi emulation can come next. What normally happens is
that the ide driver is a stingy little so and so and likes to grab the
device at boot time. This means that the "lazy so and so" ide-scsi
emulation stuff :) cannot get it because the ide driver has long since left
town with the driver. What I do is to include a few changes to things like
my /etc/lilo.conf.
Lets get the cd working for now as a regular cd and then we can check out
how to get ide-scsi support working. The changes require perhaps a few
reboots and some inspection of dmesg or watching the boot sequence
carefully. You also need to load a few modules to make things work right
with an ide burner.
Hows that sound?
--
Michael Perry
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From: "J.H. Jessurun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: LILO fails to boot 2.4.0!
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:03:08 GMT
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Jeff Moore wrote:
> Did you copy your /usr/src/linux/System.map to /boot?
>
> Jeff Moore
>
> "S. Umar" wrote:
>
> > I have compiled 2.4.0 on my Redhat Rawhide (Jan 4) system....everything
> > worked fine
> > and installed. I then updated /etc/lilo.conf and added a second
> > configuration for the
> > 2.4.0 kernel and lilo -v correctly, the 2.2.16 boot is still working as
> > before.
> >
> > When I boot 2.4.0, it uncompresses the image and detects some of the
> > devices
> > BUT it cannot mount the /root filesystem and therefor cannot access the
> > modules.
> > It gives a message saying to append proper root= option......well I do
> > have the
> > line root=/dev/hda9 BUT before that kernel seems not to be able to see
> > /dev/hda.
> > I thought this could be a devfs problem but I have DEVFS_FS not defined
> > in my
> > compilation.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Prof. S. Umar
> > Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
> > Vanderbilt University
> > Nashville, TN 37235
> > Tel : (615) 322-2459
> > Fax : (615) 343-7263
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm
And I have exactly the same problem. I've been searching through my
lilo.conf, but the root command is there. Installed the kernel with bzlilo,
which should take care of both vmlinuz and System.map, even checked the
dates of those files and everything seems to be in order. The old kernel is
nicely backed up also and boots with no problems whatsoever (that's why I'm
able to send this message to the group, obviously). So I am really
VERY interested in whether someone knows what this is about .....
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<br>Jeff Moore wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Did you copy your /usr/src/linux/System.map to /boot?
<p>Jeff Moore
<p>"S. Umar" wrote:
<p>> I have compiled 2.4.0 on my Redhat Rawhide (Jan 4) system....everything
<br>> worked fine
<br>> and installed. I then updated /etc/lilo.conf and added a second
<br>> configuration for the
<br>> 2.4.0 kernel and lilo -v correctly, the 2.2.16 boot is still working
as
<br>> before.
<br>>
<br>> When I boot 2.4.0, it uncompresses the image and detects some of
the
<br>> devices
<br>> BUT it cannot mount the /root filesystem and therefor cannot access
the
<br>> modules.
<br>> It gives a message saying to append proper root= option......well
I do
<br>> have the
<br>> line root=/dev/hda9 BUT before that kernel seems not to be able to
see
<br>> /dev/hda.
<br>> I thought this could be a devfs problem but I have DEVFS_FS not defined
<br>> in my
<br>> compilation.
<br>>
<br>> Any help would be appreciated!
<br>>
<br>> --
<br>>
<br>> Prof. S. Umar
<br>> Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
<br>> Vanderbilt University
<br>> Nashville, TN 37235
<br>> Tel : (615) 322-2459
<br>> Fax : (615) 343-7263
<br>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br>> <a
href="http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm">http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm</a></blockquote>
And I have exactly the same problem. I've been searching through my lilo.conf,
but the root command is there. Installed the kernel with bzlilo, which
should take care of both vmlinuz and System.map, even checked the dates
of those files and everything seems to be in order. The old kernel is nicely
backed up also and boots with no problems whatsoever (that's why I'm able
to send this message to the group, obviously). So I am really VERY interested
in whether someone knows what this is about .....
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Subject: Re: Making my ATAPI ZIP 100 work
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor S. Miller)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:53:44 GMT
>>>>> "E. J." == E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
E. J.> Let your Zip drive get sucked into scsi emulation. change
E. J.> the line in lilo.conf to append "hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi
E. J.> hdd=ide-scsi"
E. J.> When you reboot, you should be able to access your zip
E. J.> drive. # mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip -t vfat
E.J. Thanks for the response. Unfortunately (I should have said this)
that's what I tried first -- no dice. I found what I believe is the
problem: my zip drive is an IDE model (non ATAPI). I found this from
going into Windows and querying the drive. Here's what I got:
Information for Drive D:
Drive Type: Zip 100 Ide
Interface Type: IDE
ROM Version: B.29
ROM Date: 08/28/96
Iomega Driver: IOMEGA Universal DASD VSD, 6.7.5.0
Miniport Driver: ESDI_506
IomegaWare: Version 2.8.0.2
The ROM version indicates that it's pre ATAPI. So, I guess I'm out of
luck (unless someone finds out how such firmware works and adds
support for it to either ide-floppy or ide-scsi. It's obviously
possible because it works fine in Windows).
Victor
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