Linux-Setup Digest #520, Volume #20 Sun, 28 Jan 01 09:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: rh7 bootdisk ? (Beauford)
Re: How do I install linux on my Windows 2000 PC? ("John Bilbao")
Re: rpm 4 under Caldera? ("L. Friedman")
Re: Boot Problems Win98/RH7 (Bob Lewis)
Re: How do I install linux on my Windows 2000 PC? ("Dave Stanton")
Re: rpm 4 under Caldera? ("Robert Morelli")
Re: Netgear RT311 filters ("josh hamilton")
Re: bootsect.lnx doesn't work ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Partition 101 ("Eric en Jolanda")
HylaFAX WHFC users ("Darren and Marla Welson")
Re: Mandrake & c++ (Markus Kossmann)
HD Image (Federico Bravo)
Re: Proliant 2500R + Red Hat 6.2 - RAID5 suddenly loses drives (jwk)
Re: XCDROAST - "device on SCSI BUS has changed" error. (Mike Holmes)
Re: Getting ISDN work in mandrake 7.2 (Dave)
Re: can't partition HD (John Thompson)
Re: Why does sendmail take so long to startup? ("Marcel Lammerse")
KSIRC Tells Me That DSIRC is Dead... ("Meron Lavie")
KPPP Problems ("Meron Lavie")
COL 2.4 boots from HDD but can no longer find it once it does Hardware detection
(Geert Anthonis)
Re: LI only on boot (Graham Daniell)
Re: How do I install linux on my Windows 2000 PC? (Frederik Himpe)
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From: Beauford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Subject: Re: rh7 bootdisk ?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:29:26 GMT
>I would suspect it is a 1024 cylinder problem, but RH7.0 has the latest lilo.
I have the latest Redhat (7.0) and still get the error above. Is their a fix for this?
Thanks
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From: "John Bilbao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I install linux on my Windows 2000 PC?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:04:15 -0500
You need to find out a LOT more before you even contemplate installing Linux
on your machine. Get a book. Do some surfing.
"Hongtao Xu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:950cf8$rfm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi guys,
> I am really a newbie in linux OS. I use Winodws OS. Now, I want to try
> linux on my computer. I downloaded a file: linux.rpm. It is about 15MB. I
> think I can't be the Linux OS itself because of its small size. Can
anybody
> tell me how large is the Linux system? Where can I find a copy of Linux
OS?
> How do I install it on my PC?
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From: "L. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: rpm 4 under Caldera?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:10:33 -0500
Robert Morelli wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Michael
> West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What are you hoping the documentation will tell you?
>
> For one thing, I would hope it would tell me exactly the sort
> of things that you and the other posters are telling me. In particular,
> some of the problems you say some people have had sound serious
> to me.
Which is exactly why you don't play with experimental versions of
software unless you know what you're doing.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The alt.os.linux.caldera FAQ:
http://netllama.ipfox.com/COL_FAQ.html
Step-by-step help for COL problems:
http://netllama.ipfox.com/stepbystep.htm
1:10am up 3:59, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.39, 0.42
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From: Bob Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Problems Win98/RH7
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:23:42 -0800
Sorry, bad typing/proofreading on my part when I posted, current conf file
does read
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
Thanks for pointing that out though.. Bob
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Bob Lewis wrote:
>
> > Please pardon me if this problem has been covered before, I've not been
> > able to find the answer elsewhere.
> > I installed Win 98 on a Fat 32 partition, booted fine. Then installed
> > RH7 on a linux native partition. Lilo is in MBR.. Linux boots fine..
> > When selecting DOS I get a screen saying "dos loading" , hard drive
> > continues to run but nothing loads. If I try to boot from a Win 98 boot
> > disk or even a DOS boot disk it will also hang before it loads. This
> > has me a bit confused!!
> > Windows is loaded on C: and is set as active.
> > Lilo.conf looks like this
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > message=/boot/message
> > linear
> > default=linux
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-22
> > label=linux
> > read only
> > root=/dev/hda5
> > other=/dev/hda/
> > label=dos
> > table=/dev/hda
> >
> > I loaded linux as a server if that makes any difference.
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated very much.
>
> Assuming DOS is on /dev/hda1, shouldn't it be:
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
> table=/dev/hda
>
> Anyway, you spelled / typed it wrong - There is no trailing / after
> /dev/hda.
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I install linux on my Windows 2000 PC?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:15:16 -0000
"Hongtao Xu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:950cf8$rfm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi guys,
> I am really a newbie in linux OS. I use Winodws OS. Now, I want to try
> linux on my computer. I downloaded a file: linux.rpm. It is about 15MB. I
> think I can't be the Linux OS itself because of its small size. Can
anybody
> tell me how large is the Linux system? Where can I find a copy of Linux
OS?
> How do I install it on my PC?
>
> Thanks,
> Coolwonder
Try to get hold of RUNNING LINUX, published by O'Rielly and read through
before you start.
You wont regret it.
Cheers
Dave
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From: "Robert Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: rpm 4 under Caldera?
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:10:02 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "L. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Robert Morelli wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> "Michael West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > What are you hoping the documentation will tell you?
>>
>> For one thing, I would hope it would tell me exactly the sort of
>> things that you and the other posters are telling me. In particular,
>> some of the problems you say some people have had sound serious to me.
>
> Which is exactly why you don't play with experimental versions of
> software unless you know what you're doing.
The reason I posted here was to find out if in fact rpm 4 is
experimental or prone to problems. If you read my original post, you'll
see that I was unable to find any documentation for rpm 4 at all on the
www.rpm.org site -- not a word. All of the documentation there
is years old. Nevertheless, the link to rpm 4.0 is placed prominently
on the home page, labeled as the ``current latest release.'' At the
same time, the site claims, ``This site aims to bring you the latest and
most up to date information on the RPM software packaging tool
which is taking the world by storm.'' I consider this a little
irresponsible.
I'd really like to encourage the Linux community to take this sort of
thing more seriously. In my opinion, documentation is as important
as code. If you release a new version of something, you have to say,
at the very least, ``This release fixes this and that ...'' or ``This release
is experimental,'' or ``This release introduces such and such feature ...''
I think it's pretty dangerous and misleading that www.rpm.org has an
experimental version of rpm listed as the ``current latest release''.
Anyway, it's good at least to have helpful folks the newsgroups.
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From: "josh hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear RT311 filters
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 08:11:54 GMT
Yeah, that one's been bugging me for awhile - my rt311 is in room downstairs
without a computer nearby, so my lock-out->serial cable adventures are
particularly painful. What I finally did was to give up on the filter sets
and go to the SUA server setup (#15) and map ports 21 and 23 to an unused IP
address (192.168.0.254, in my case). When remote users try to ftp or telnet
to the rt311, they get escorted to nilspace. This probably puts a little
load on the router as it tries to negotiate with a non-existent machine --
while not the most elegant solution, it does work, and it sure beats locking
myself out of the darn thing.
Josh
"Karen Chancellor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Does anyone have either a Netgear RT311 or RT314 router?
> I am having trouble configuring the filter sets. In particular, I can't
> block access to the router configuration via telnet. I have read the
> entire manual, and Netgear technical support will not give support for
> filters.
> Any help appreciated. If you could also e-mail me directly, I would
> appreciate that.
> Thanks.
> Karen
>
> --
> ._ __. ...._ _._. _._.
>
>
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bootsect.lnx doesn't work
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:40:26 +0100
> In fact, I find the file is in the first 1269 cylinder rather than 1024.
What do you mean?
cyl. 1296 has no special meaning whatsoever.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition 101
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:38:06 +0100
> My RH 6.2 disk druid complains when I try to add the boot partition
> (i.e. "/"). It tells me that my boot partition is too big.
The only problem is that /boot should be on a partition that is entirely
below cylinder 1024. You will have to boot from floppy if you don't obey
this rule(It's a BIOS limit, it has nothing to do with linux!) Use the fdisk
tool to partition and you can continue, but make sure to make a bootfloppy.
Afterwards you can upgrade LILO (Yes there are ways around the limitation)
and perhaps, if your BIOS supports it, you can boot from HDD again.
Eric
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From: "Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HylaFAX WHFC users
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:00:01 GMT
When I receive faxes during the day, how can the WHFC clients know they have
faxes waiting for them---email I assume?
Once they know they have a message, how do they get this fax from the queue?
I have installed TIFF viewing software on all of the clients. Do the
clients then access the recq to view the faxes, or is there another way?
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake & c++
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:19:54 +0100
Jon Church wrote:
>
> I may be brain dead here, but, it seems that a workstation installation of
> Mandrake 7.1 does not include the standard c++ library <iostream.h>.
> I've never had this trouble with RH. Mandrake includes other libraries
> (stdlib.h time.h etc) but not iostream.h I can't believe this is true but
> I can't get the simplest c++ programs to run. Where am I going wrong??
>
Well, just install the rpm for libstdc++ development. AFAIK it's called
libstdc++-devel in Mandrake and not part of the "workstation"
installation.
Of course you can discuss, what should be included in "standard
workstation" installation.
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Federico Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HD Image
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:47:25 GMT
I 've just started using Linux ( RedHat 7.0 ).Can somebody teach me a
very fast way to make an image of my installation onto a CD, so I can
recovery my soon-to-come stupid errors? I don't have installed my
CD-writer yet, since the HOWTO left me pretty confused. Maybe I can use
another OS.... oops! Thank you in advance.
Federico.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Proliant 2500R + Red Hat 6.2 - RAID5 suddenly loses drives
Date: 28 Jan 2001 09:53:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:37:29 GMT, The Archimage
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Second, are there any log-messages that might indicate WHY some drives
>> failed?
>Logs below. They are long.
>
>Jan 26 06:05:10 archimage kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id
>3 lun 0 return code = 2
>Jan 26 06:05:10 archimage kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:31, sector
>1747688
>Jan 26 06:05:10 archimage kernel: raid5: Disk failure on sdd1, disabling
>device. Operation continuing on 6 devices
This is the important part, I think. What happens after a disk has
failed is interesting, but it shouldn't fail in the first place.
Is it always at the same sector? Always the same disk? Is there
something always happening just before these errors?
The message seems awfully short to me, when I get a scsi-error it looks
something like this:
Jan 5 13:13:30 middle kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6254,
scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 01 a9 ca 00 00 20 00
Jan 5 13:13:30 middle kernel: sym53c8xx_abort: pid=6254 serial_number=6272
serial_number_at_timeout=6272
Jan 5 13:14:00 middle kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6263,
scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 01 aa d0 00 00 20 00
Jan 5 13:14:00 middle kernel: sym53c8xx_abort: pid=6263 serial_number=6282
serial_number_at_timeout=6282
Jan 5 13:14:31 middle kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6274,
scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 01 ac 30 00 00 20 00
Jan 5 13:14:31 middle kernel: sym53c8xx_abort: pid=6274 serial_number=6294
serial_number_at_timeout=6294
Jan 5 13:15:06 middle kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 6537,
scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 01 cb 77 00 00 04 00
Jan 5 13:15:06 middle kernel: sym53c8xx_abort: pid=6537 serial_number=6558
serial_number_at_timeout=6558
If it is always the same sector, it still looks like a hardware failure.
If it varies, perhaps a driver / cabling problem?
Good luck,
Jurriaan
--
All this being the case, I feel that the off-worlder's opinions should
be carefully heeded.
True, said Morlock, especially in view of the powerful warship.
Jack Vance - Nightlamp
GNU/Linux 2.2.19pre7 SMP 2x1402 bogomips load av: 0.05 0.17 0.08
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From: Mike Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XCDROAST - "device on SCSI BUS has changed" error.
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 02:06:47 -0800
Brian Goodyear wrote:
> Mike Holmes wrote:
>
> > the program - What gives? Is this an error in XCDROAST 0.96
>
> Seems to be a feature of the program.
Thank you guys kindly - I will look at other options (.98 or others) to
do my burning. I have just found that there are LOTS of mistakes to be
made in setting up linux, and wanted to make sure this wasn't MY
ignorance - which most certainly is generally the case!
Take it easy - Mike
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting ISDN work in mandrake 7.2
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:30:05 -0000
Hi Jesse, and everybody
I had this problem with a standard phoneline. It started when I
install a home network and apache web server in the house. I think it have
something to do with the domain name server(DNS). When you type in a url
like www.yahoo.com it can not find the DNS. I do not have the IP address
for yahoo, so I have not tested that idea yet. Jesse, have you solve this
problem yet?
Another problem I am having is KISDN will not let me add an internet
provider account. I select customize, and their is no add button. Try
using the shell to config KISDN with kcmkisd, it will let me add the
account, but when trying run the kisdn the account is not listed. Is
there another program I can try? Is there any complete english docs for
KISDN?
Other than that I like mandrake 7.2
Dave
> Hi.
>
> I installed mandrake 7.2 with no bigger problems. I am completely new
> to linux at the time. I wanted to set up ISDN with drakenet, but
> although it says that I am connected to the internet, i dont get any
> response in netscape and when I click on the internet icon on the
> desktop I get a response that the pppd daemon is not working, and that
> I should check if it is properly installed.
>
> what can I do to make all this work?
>
> greets,
> Jesse
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't partition HD
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:46:52 -0600
Ron Sussman wrote:
> I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.2 onto a 30 gig IBM HD. The entire disk
> is one big "C" drive containing win 98SE. I want to resize the "C" partition
> & carve out a few gigs for linux. Both DiskDrake & Partition Magic fail. DD
> says "can't resize hard drive"; PM says that it can't partition the drive
> because it's full (PM lies; actually 27-28 gigs are free). Any ideas?
What version of Partition Magic are you using? IIRC, only the
latest version supports HD devices the size you have.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Marcel Lammerse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does sendmail take so long to startup?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:51:38 +0100
Hello Lee,
this has probably to do with your DNS settings. There's a mention of this in
the sendmail faq (http://www.sendmail.org).
In short, check whether sendmail can resolve your hostname. Maybe you have
changed your ip-address without updatingthe /etc/hosts file? Or perhaps your
resolver is pointing name-queries to a DNS server on the Internet while your
offline?
Good luck,
Marcel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Neuralmancer) wrote:
> I managed to get the sending of external mail to work. Needed to add:
>
> MAQUERADE_AS(earthlink.net)dnl
>
> to the .mc file. Sendmail still takes along time to startup. What's it
> doing?
>
> Lee
--
In the force if Yoda's so strong, construct a sentence with words in the
proper order then why can't he?
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From: "Meron Lavie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: KSIRC Tells Me That DSIRC is Dead...
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:41:23 +0200
I am a Linux/RH7 newbie.
I tried to use the KSIRC IRC client. After succesfully getting a connection
to the Internet, I then press on KSIRC, but then get an error message saying
that I the DSIRC is dead, and that I should read the installation
instructions. I can not find any installation instruvtions, except for a
/usr/share/... /ksirc HTML page, whi is basically useless.
Any ideas?
--
Meron Lavie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NOTE: THERE ARE NO NUMBERS IN MY REAL EMAIL ADDRESS HOST NAME: ANTI-SPAM!
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From: "Meron Lavie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: KPPP Problems
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:38:48 +0200
I am a Linux/RH7 newbire, who is experiencing 2 problems with PPP:
I can use the _Redhat Linux_ dialup tool within KDE, with no problem
whatsoever, however with KPPP:
1) I can successfully dialup when I'm root, but from without root I'm always
asked for the root password. Why shouldn't everyone be allowed to use the
modem? How can I enable modem usage for all accounts?
2) After dialing and succesfully connecting, no applications can be brought
up - clicking on their icon/menu item does nothing. On the other hand, if I
already have a console/shell window open, I can execute commands such as
ping, ftp, etc., so I know I have a network connection. However, being able
to use my browser would be nice...
Any ideas?
TIA,
--
Meron Lavie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NOTE: THERE ARE NO NUMBERS IN MY REAL EMAIL ADDRESS HOST NAME: ANTI-SPAM!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geert Anthonis)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: COL 2.4 boots from HDD but can no longer find it once it does Hardware
detection
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 13:39:02 GMT
I am absolutely new to Linux. and where I am I do not have access to
people that can help me out in English (or dutch or even French for
that matter). So here goes, please stay with me it is quite long.
I bought 3 different Linux distributions: Red Hat 7.0 (standard),
Caldera Openlinux eDesktop 2.4, Corel Linux (Version ?)
Plus Red Hat 6.2 came with a book (O'Reilly's Red Hat one)
Plus Mandrake 7.2 and Corel Linux 2.0 From a magazine.
I was only able to install Red Hat 7.0 once and that literally crashed
my brand new Qauntum Fireball 20.5 GB HDD. It is in for repair.
My machine is a Gigabyte motherboard (version?) (1998)
Pentium MMX-166MHz
2 (yes I bought a third one) Quantum 20.5 GB HDD.Both on IDE1
connected with a UDMA33 cable one as master the other as slave.
A SiS 6326 Video card
64 MB RAM
And a 24x Philips CR-ROM (on IDE2 as secondary master, at least that
is the currect set up, as I have tried everything. )
I also run Windows 98 ME on the 1st HDD on the first 7 GB (1 primary
partion (active) and one extended partion with two logical drives (all
formatted FAT32)
None of the above distributions have installed on my machine. They all
stop at one or other step in the process but never the same place
twice and never for the same reason except COL2.4.
It does no matter where I start the installation (from floppy, under
windows, from CD-ROM) or whether I use standard, text or cautious
install. Once it starts doing the hardware detection it fails to find
the very CD-ROM it started the installation from.
Caldera Support told me to give the following boot parameters "install
hd*=cdrom". I have tried every letter from the alphabet but to no
avail.
I even removed the bootable Windows drive and installed from the
CD-ROM to a blank unpartitioned, unformatted drive. same problem.
BTW. Corel from the box does have problems with the video (I can not
read the screen (all text is black and the mouse is one huge block.
Mandrake has problems with my memory (at least in text mode that is
what I get as reason that the installation is stopped.) It can not
find all of it it claims (Descrepency problem they call it)
Red Hat from the book always hangs while formatting the Swap drive
Also no matter where I put it. plus the installation program does not
seem to find the second HDD. It only shows me the first HDD when it
comes time to partion the drive(s).
And Corel from the magazine claims it can not build a valid
filesystem.
I heard a lot about Linux But after a whole month of trying, reading
every single HOWTO and FAQ. I do not even have it installed. I am
more than a little frustrated. Bill is looking awful good right now.
SUGGESTION on how to get at least one of the distributions installed,
especially the Caldera or Madrake one would be greatly appreciated.
Geert Anthonis,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:37:07 +0800
From: Graham Daniell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: LI only on boot
Dont worry - it is fixed!
- edited the /etc/lilo.conf file to point to new kernel
- ran /sbin/lilo
GD
============================
Graham Daniell wrote:
> I have just installed RH 6.2, and when it booted after the install it
> just comes up with "LI" - what can I do?
>
> Graham Daniell
> Perth, Western Australia
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Graham Daniell
Perth, Western Australia
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Frederik Himpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I install linux on my Windows 2000 PC?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 14:03:09 GMT
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:58:57 -0600 Hongtao Xu wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I am really a newbie in linux OS. I use Winodws OS. Now, I want to try
> linux on my computer. I downloaded a file: linux.rpm. It is about 15MB. I
> think I can't be the Linux OS itself because of its small size. Can
> anybody tell me how large is the Linux system? Where can I find a copy of
> Linux OS? How do I install it on my PC?
You can find some introductary articles on
http://www.linux.org/dist/index.html
http://www.linux.com/firststep
If you want to find where you can download ISO images of Linux (you have to
burn these on cd), go to www.linuxiso.org
Greetings,
Frederik
--
Frederik's Linux-Mandrake Experience Story
http://www.mandrakestory.cjb.net - http://how.to/mandrakestory
Latest article: Playing AVI movies in Mandrake
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