Linux-Setup Digest #453, Volume #20 Fri, 19 Jan 01 09:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: 3 Hard drives (Sebastian Wild)
Re: Partition problems RedHat7.0/WinME on Compaq Presario 1700t (Franz Simlinger)
Re: add users (Franz Simlinger)
Screen Saver Not Working ("Les B. Labbauf")
Re: Missing libgd.so.1(linuxconf)& "not signed" Cups package (Michael Heiming)
Re: max swap allocation (Franz Simlinger)
Devices changing owner and permissions... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
VMWare: Problem installing guest OS Win98 (Subba Rao)
Re: Mouse stuck at the top of the screen after kde opens. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3 Hard drives (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ????? (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Help needed with installing new 2.4 kernel ("ne...")
Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02 (Ron Gibson)
Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370 ("Jason Ng")
Re: LILO: Kernel too big ("ne...")
Re: Recreate kernel .config-file for existing redhat7-kernel ("ne...")
Re: VMWare: Problem installing guest OS Win98 (Steve Withers)
Ftp Daemon ("Tommy")
Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02 (Ron Gibson)
Re: Kickstart creation (Dirk Groeneveld)
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From: Sebastian Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3 Hard drives
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:19:51 +0100
JOE schrieb:
>
> I am installing Linux (Storm) on a P133 with three 850 Mg har drives. To
Hope you installed enough ram for Linux itself doesn't need much ram (as
far as you don't use it as highly frequented server *g*) but the
X-Windows System does :(
You shoud have at least 64mb ram installed if you want to be able to
work probperly using X11 !
> maximize the use of the drives I was going to partition them for the
> /usr, /tmp, /var, /boot, /opt, /home and / (root) directories. Any
> suggestions on what sizes to make the partitions?
Don't forget: you need a swap partition! Linux swap should not be more
then 128mb!
I'd make /home one physial HDD (850mb)
/swap 128mb
/usr 722mb (the rest of that HDD)
/boot does not need lots of space because only the kernel itself is
placed there.
I'd make /boot 50mb. /opt and /var should get a bit more space..400mb
each I'd suggest.
Well now there is no more space left.
>
> I intend to have only one user on this machine using as a workstation -
> Netscape & WP and not much else.
You should have at least two: you and root for you shoult not always be
logged on as root due to security!!
greetinx
WasTL
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From: Franz Simlinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Partition problems RedHat7.0/WinME on Compaq Presario 1700t
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:10:31 +0100
Hi,
Your problem is: the kernel image is beyound the 1024cyl. limit
and lilo can't access it.
Put your kernel image on /dev/hda2, rerun lilo.
/dev/hda2 should therefore be mounted as /boot.
Root device can be /dev/hda5, because that is accessed by the
kernel, which does not have the limitations of lilo.
Franz Simlinger
Andrei Pushkarev wrote:
>
> Can someone please help to resolve partitioning problems on Compaq
> Presario 1700T.
>
> Here is my system information:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> PIII 850Mhz
> 20 Gb HD
> 256 Mb RAM
> Phoenix Bios 4.0 Release 6.0.8 03-00
> System BIOS revision 9/12/2000 0F03
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am installing RedHat 7.0 using "expert" mode . The following I get
> from fdisk:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Disk /tmp/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2584 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /tmp/hda1 * 1250 2197 7166848+ c Win95 FAT32
> (LBA)
> /tmp/hda2 1 2 15088+ 83 Linux
> /tmp/hda3 2198 2584 2925720 c Win95 FAT32
> (LBA)
> /tmp/hda4 3 1021 7703640 5 Extended
> /tmp/hda5 3 951 7174408+ 83 Linux
> /tmp/hda6 952 1021 529168+ 82 Linux swap
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The boot partition is on /tmp/hda2 and is under 1024 cyl. limit.
>
> Next I am installing LILO on /dev/hda MBR, no linear mode, no kernel
> parameters, default boot image is on /dev/hda5
>
> After installing the system, I see in the text mode:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Fatal: cylinder number is too big geo_comp_addr (1249>1023)
> Device 0x0301 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Attempt to reload computer loads WinME, but with frozen screen and
> without some buttons.
>
> Thanks, Andrei
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From: Franz Simlinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: add users
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:22:29 +0100
Hi,
SuSE provides a service called Name Service Caching Daemon
(nscd). This is intended to speed up frequent accesses to
/etc/passwd and the like.
You have to restart the service:
/sbin/init.d/nscd stop
/sbin/init.d/nscd start
See: man nscd
on how to configure this daemon.
Franz Simlinger
Thorsten Schmidt wrote:
>
> Hi!
> When my System (SUSE 6.2) is running for some time (e.g. 1 day or longer :))
> and i add a new user with yast, i can't immediatly login with that user.
> instead i have to reboot first. now, i don't want to reboot every time i add
> a new user.
> Thanks
>
> Thorsten
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From: "Les B. Labbauf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Screen Saver Not Working
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:32:20 GMT
I recently installed Red Hat 7.0 and now my screen saver does not work.
The screen just goes dark, the power does not go off, the screen just
goes blank. The screen saver worked flawlessly under 6.2.
The video card I have is a Matrox G200, and I am running GNOME desktop.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Les
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Missing libgd.so.1(linuxconf)& "not signed" Cups package
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:55:34 +0100
Wil Hunting wrote:
> I used the icon on drafeconf to go to the Mandrake ftp site for
> upgrades to lm 7.2, primarily to get the final KDE 2.0. Used
> the "normal updates" and got a list of app's that have also been
> updated since I purchased the retail package 2 weeks ago. Most of them
> directly affected the version I purchased so I downloaded and installed
> most of them. I then ran into TWO major problems, which I can't quite
> figure out the cause nor answer for.
>
> There was an significant upgrade for Linuxconf which I downloaded. Upon
> installing it gave me a error "libgd.so.1 missing" and gave me an
> option of force or cancel. I choose force and now I cannot get
> Linuxconf to run at all. HOW is this possible? Since Linuxconf is such
> a major component of lm7.2, it obviously is crucial that it is able to
> run. What happened and how can it be fixed (VERY HIGH PRIORITY!!!!!)
>
HOW is this possible? You've mucked it up...
Major component linuxconf? Nope, you don't need it at all, try
ldconf -v
locate libgd.so.1 (be sure that your localdb is up to date, otherwise:
updatedb &)
If ldconf doesn't show it, but locate, you have it but it's not setup the
right way,
put it's path in /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconf -v again.
If you don't have it download it from the internet, install it and perform
the above described way.
>
> There was also a significant upgrade for the Cups package 1.1.4.-
> 7.1mdk which I downloaded. Upon installation it gave an error stating
> that the package cannot be upgraded because it is not signed. ??????
> Don't have a clue..... What is going on? AND what can be done to fix it?
>
> NOTE: FYI,I looked at the description of every file on the "upgrade
> list" from the site and saw that there was a upgrade for Rpmdrake. It
> was worded rather stongly that because there were problems with
> packages in the past, this should be downloaded and installed asap.
> This was the first download and install that I did.
>
> Thank you and I hope to hear from anyone shortly. Please.... I think I
> remember seeing something about both these issues on forums sometime
> back but I have tried and cannot locate it.
>
> Also, since the "upgrade" now when I use the Gnome desktop, it tells me
> that the aRts soundserver is not running/started. Does anyone have any
> thoughts/ideas on this? Thanks again.
>
> --
> "A good listener is worth a thousand words"
>
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rpm has an option --checksig, perhaps your rpm is corrupted?
man rpm
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
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From: Franz Simlinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: max swap allocation
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:41:28 +0100
Andreas Fuchs wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Maybe use more than one swap partition? Is the limit 2GB per partition?
> > Or 2GB total?
> > I know 2GB tends to be a limit of 32-bit addressing.
> >
>
> We tried one partition of 5 Gb and it came up with only 2 Gb. So we split it into
>two 2 Gb partitions and still only 2 Gb show up :-(
>
> Could it be that it requires certain priority settings, e.g. -1 to -3?
>
Did you 'mkswap -v1 /dev/somthing'?
I stumbled once over the '-v1'. I simply did a 'mkswap
/dev/somthing', which gave me 128M swap on a 2GB partition. Took
me some time to figure that out ...
'swapon -s' will show you all active swap partitions.
Btw., max. size per swap 'unit' is 2GB. AFAIK you can have 8 of
these.
Franz Simlinger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Devices changing owner and permissions...
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:43:19 GMT
Question: How can I keep files in /dev from changing owner and
permissions?
Details:
I recently installed LPRng. In order for lpr to work it is required
that /dev/lp0 (the port to which my printer is attached) is owned by
daemon. I then changed appropriately the files in /etc/makedev.d so
that /dev/lp[0-3] is owned by daemon, and in the group daemon.
In particular, for my 7.0 Red Hat distribution, I had to edit the file
/etc/makedev.d/linux-2.2.x so that it contained the line
c 600 daemon daemon 6 0 1 4 lp%d
However, when I log in as matteo, the command "ls -l /dev/lp*" gives
the following output:
crw------- 1 matteo root 6, 0 Jan 19 11:50 /dev/lp0
crw------- 1 daemon daemon 6, 1 Jan 19 11:50 /dev/lp1
crw------- 1 daemon daemon 6, 2 Jan 19 11:50 /dev/lp2
crw------- 1 daemon daemon 6, 3 Jan 19 11:50 /dev/lp3
Something changed the owner and group of /dev/lp0 (but not of the
other /dev/lp[1-3] files). This presumably has something to do with PAM.
However, in the file /etc/security/console.perms there are no entries
concerning /dev/lp0. So I am stuck with no further ideas.
Has anybody clues or suggestions?
Thank you,
Matteo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Subba Rao)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: VMWare: Problem installing guest OS Win98
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Jan 2001 12:10:10 GMT
I have been trying to install Win98 as a guest host on my Linux system.
The partition I plan to use for Win98 is /dev/hda3. I have tried toggling the
partition id to FAT16, ext2 and FAT12.
I am trying to install the Win98 on a virtual disk and not to a raw partition.
FATXX id
========
(0)root@myhost:~# fdisk /dev/hda
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 357 2867571 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 358 383 208845 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 384 524 1132582+ 6 FAT16
Command (m for help): q
(0)root@myhost:~#
At this point, when I try to poweron the virtual machine. I get the following
error message box
=============
"Failed to open disk /windows98/win98.dsk. No such file or directory.
Failed to configure ide0:0.
The virtual machine cannot be powered on with an unconfigured disk."
=============
When I do a listing of the /windows98 directory, I can see only these files.
(0)root@myhost:~# ls /windows98
./ ../ win98.cfg* win98.log*
(0)root@myhost:~# mount
/dev/hda3 on /windows98 type msdos (rw)
EXT2 id
========
Now, I have even toggled the partition ID to ext2.
(0)root@myhost:~# fdisk /dev/hda
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 357 2867571 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 358 383 208845 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 384 524 1132582+ 6 Linux native
Command (m for help): q
If I do a mount command:
/dev/hda3 on /windows98 type ext2 (rw)
Now, I try to poweron the virtual machine, I get the following message,
"Windows 98 has detected that drive C does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32
partition. There are several possible causes. ......"
I have even tried to do a mkdosfs to the /dev/hda3 and that did not help.
Currently, I have a NT 4 installed as a guest OS on a virtual disk in a ext2
partition. I am not successful in installing Win98.
I don't know where I am missing a step. An outside opinion would help.
Thank you in advance for any help.
Subba Rao
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mouse stuck at the top of the screen after kde opens.
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:00:59 GMT
Stephen I can relate
I (linux newbie) just installed suse 6.4 on an
old socket7 board from some where in asia with a
intel p 133, w/ ati @work
I have the same problem but with a serial mouse
(MS 2 button) connected first to com1 that was a
nogo so on com2 now tried to use SAx,(where the
mouse works i might add )to reconfig it and it
appears to be installed correctly ie ttyS1 yet
when i go back to K nadazip. If you find the
answer email me and I will you if i do.
Cheers
SSS
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> >
> > stephencolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > > everything when KDE opened (after fiddling
with it for days!). But the
> > > cursor remains 'stuck' at the top of the
screen and jumps madly about
> > > when I move the mouse, but it won't move
anywhere but along the top of
> > > the screen.
> > > I am using SuSE 7.0 with a GEForce2 MX card
on an Athlon 850. With XFree
> > > version 4.0.2.
> > > Any suggestions gang??
> >
> > That you configure the right mouse type for
your mouse. Is this not
> > obvious? If you are using a usb mouse, don't.
But how can I know,
> > since you don't say?
> >
> > Peter
>
> I've seen this problem on some Redhat systems
with wheel mice. I don't
> know what the real answer is, though it looks
KDE-related as that's the
> only common factor. The work-round, though. is
to press and
> simultaneously rotate the wheel. That gets the
mouse moving properly and
> it's OK after that. If your mouse is also a
wheel, maybe that would work
> for you. It isn't a fix, but at least it
reduces the problem to a minor
> irritation.
>
> Hope it helps
>
> John
>
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3 Hard drives
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:06:36 +0100
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Sebastian Wild wrote:
> > maximize the use of the drives I was going to partition them for the
> > /usr, /tmp, /var, /boot, /opt, /home and / (root) directories. Any
> > suggestions on what sizes to make the partitions?
>
> Don't forget: you need a swap partition! Linux swap should not be more
> then 128mb!
> I'd make /home one physial HDD (850mb)
> /swap 128mb
> /usr 722mb (the rest of that HDD)
> /boot does not need lots of space because only the kernel itself is
> placed there.
> I'd make /boot 50mb. /opt and /var should get a bit more space..400mb
> each I'd suggest.
> Well now there is no more space left.
Hey, where did / go?
I would make a 5Mb /boot (remember to put on the first disk to
minimze the risk of lilo not working) and the rest for root. And not as
much for /opt (I seldom use it myself - I use /usr/local for programs
compiled by hand).
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ?????
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:20:11 +1100
Hi John!
Slackware can be installed on 386 8M RAM.
During the installation you will decide if what goes in is "mini" "midi" or
TX*.
But most programs will walk instead of running on such skimpy hardware.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
*) Tyranosaurus Rex.
John wrote:
> Is it possible to put one of those small (mini) linux distros on an old
> laptop 386/486 small HD? I just want to learn a bit about linux and
> perl....can't use my desktop....
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed with installing new 2.4 kernel
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:15:16 GMT
On Jan 19, 2001 at 09:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>I have found kernel how to but it is obsolete,
>
>Unpack the bz or bz2 file under usr/src/linux and read the "README" it
>is very good and simple.
Did you read the README that came with the source?
I specifically states:
Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually
incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header
files. They should match the library, and not get messed up by
whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be.
You need to heed that warning.
[...]
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8:12am up 8 days, 11:11, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02
Date: 19 Jan 2001 13:18:20 GMT
I have Slackware 7.0 and upgraded the kernel to 2.2.14 and X to version
4.0.2.
Now only KDE desktpop appears to be fully functional. Gnome is sorta
functional and all I get out of Elightenment is the splash screen with
not controls.
Do I need to reinstall (shotgun approach) those desktops or are there
some links and config files that can be fixed. If the latter any clues
where to start looking? I've looked at the obvious permutations of
xinitrc and no help there.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home Page: http://home.netcom.com/~rgibson/index.htm
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From: "Jason Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:23:15 +0800
Hi,
My motherboard has 2 ordinary IDE controllers and 2 RAID controllers
supported by HPT370.
I found from Redhat Linux's web site that the kernel can automatically
detect the HPT370 chip for me if I can specify some kernel parameters during
boot time. But what should I enter for the kernel parameters?
e.g linux ide2=0x1e8
I would be grateful if anyone is able to help me solve this problem.
Thanks for your attention.
Regards,
Jason
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO: Kernel too big
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:23:33 GMT
On Jan 18, 2001 at 17:07, Mark R. Holbrook eloquently wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I'm trying to compile a kernel under RedHat 7 to allow access to an NTFS
>partition.
>
>I started with the base 2.2.16-22smp config and simply enabled NTFS read
>and NTFS write using "make config"
>
>Next I did a "make dep"
>
>Then I did a "make bzImage"
>
>I end up with a compressed kernal that is 670896 in size. My expanded
>kernel is 1780065. I copied these plus System.map into /boot under a
>new name.
>
>I then modified /etc/lilo.conf to include this new setup.
What exactly did you copy to /boot and what were the
modifications you made to lilo.conf?
My vmlinuz is 865722 bytes in size and I experience no
problems with it.
[...]
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I drowned her in a cask of rum,
And so made sure that she would stay
In better spirits night and day.
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recreate kernel .config-file for existing redhat7-kernel
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:26:39 GMT
On Jan 18, 2001 at 17:46, Werner Fangmeier eloquently wrote:
>Recreate from where? You'll either have to re-create it from scratch, or
>(better) use your last successful .config from RH6 as a template for a 'make
>oldconfig' call, or to load it from the 'make xconfig' dialog.
>If the old .config file was lost, there's no chance to recreate it and
>you'll have to go thru the complete 'make xconfig' - stuff.
Naw, all he needs to do is install the kdernel-headers
rpm and get the config from there. It will be in:
/usr/src/linux/configs
>"J�rgen Simonsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have no .config-file for my actual redhat7-kernel.
>> Is it possible to recreate the config-file for my
>> kernel?
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: VMWare: Problem installing guest OS Win98
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:39:26 +1300
Subba Rao wrote:
>
> I have been trying to install Win98 as a guest host on my Linux system.
> The partition I plan to use for Win98 is /dev/hda3. I have tried toggling the
> partition id to FAT16, ext2 and FAT12.
>
> I am trying to install the Win98 on a virtual disk and not to a raw partition.
>
> FATXX id
> ========
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# fdisk /dev/hda
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 357 2867571 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 358 383 208845 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda3 384 524 1132582+ 6 FAT16
>
> Command (m for help): q
>
> (0)root@myhost:~#
>
> At this point, when I try to poweron the virtual machine. I get the following
> error message box
> -------------
> "Failed to open disk /windows98/win98.dsk. No such file or directory.
> Failed to configure ide0:0.
>
> The virtual machine cannot be powered on with an unconfigured disk."
> -------------
>
> When I do a listing of the /windows98 directory, I can see only these files.
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# ls /windows98
> ./ ../ win98.cfg* win98.log*
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# mount
> /dev/hda3 on /windows98 type msdos (rw)
>
> EXT2 id
> ========
>
> Now, I have even toggled the partition ID to ext2.
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# fdisk /dev/hda
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 357 2867571 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 358 383 208845 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda3 384 524 1132582+ 6 Linux native
>
> Command (m for help): q
>
> If I do a mount command:
> /dev/hda3 on /windows98 type ext2 (rw)
>
> Now, I try to poweron the virtual machine, I get the following message,
>
> "Windows 98 has detected that drive C does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32
> partition. There are several possible causes. ......"
>
> I have even tried to do a mkdosfs to the /dev/hda3 and that did not help.
>
> Currently, I have a NT 4 installed as a guest OS on a virtual disk in a ext2
> partition. I am not successful in installing Win98.
>
> I don't know where I am missing a step. An outside opinion would help.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
The virtual disk is a file in a directory on your ext2 Linux partition.
Mine is in /home/steve/vm.
You only specify a partition if you want a raw drive....(I think? - only
done it once - no problems). Virtual drives shouldn't need what you are
saying you are doing....
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Regards,
Steve Withers
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http://counter.li.org
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From: "Tommy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ftp Daemon
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:47:30 -0600
Anyone know how to setup RH 6.1 to not allow anonymous logins?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02
Date: 19 Jan 2001 13:47:29 GMT
I have Slackware 7.0 and upgraded the kernel to 2.2.14 and X to version
4.0.2.
Now only KDE desktpop appears to be fully functional. Gnome is sorta
functional and all I get out of Elightenment is the splash screen with
not controls.
Do I need to reinstall (shotgun approach) those desktops or are there
some links and config files that can be fixed. If the latter any clues
where to start looking? I've looked at the obvious permutations of
xinitrc and no help there.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home Page: http://home.netcom.com/~rgibson/index.htm
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From: Dirk Groeneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kickstart creation
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:58:32 +0100
bill davidsen wrote:
> I have to install a bunch of servers, and for various reasons will be
> using Redhat.
[wanna use kickstart]
Why don't you use some drive imaging program? That would be the first thing
coming to my mind...
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