Linux-Setup Digest #611, Volume #20 Sun, 11 Feb 01 23:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: How to setup a terminal ? ("Cameron Kerr")
@@@@ I have fogotten my password help!!! @@@@@@@ ("Paul Morris")
Re: Soundcard Configuration (Jim Cochrane)
Re: Soundcard Configuration ("Kyle C. Smith")
How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error. ("Ian")
Problem with KDE install ("Ian")
USB and SuSe 7.0 ("Richard Whittington")
Re: Problem installing Linux (Stanislaw Flatto)
PCMCIA Modem & Network Card Problems... (Robert Badaracco)
Re: Howto stop the xdm login (level 5) and get a console? (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: rpm drake goes into wild infinite loop? (Mike Perry)
Re: Xclock with NO title (Mike Perry)
Want to get rid of tiny fonts in KDE2 ("Ian")
Start linux with Num Lock ON ("Ian")
Is there TrueType fonts or "vector fonts" for linux? ("Ian")
Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error. (Mike Perry)
Re: No compiler found in my RH7 install? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: LILO / Windows 2000 - Help ("coolwonder")
Re: LILO / Windows 2000 - Help ("count_zero")
Re: No compiler found in my RH7 install? (Markus Kossmann)
Mandrake 7.2's KUDZU killed my mouse :( (Guy Parry)
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From: "Cameron Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to setup a terminal ?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:34:30 +1300
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I read through the how to use RS232 to set up the terminal. But
> when I use the null modem cable to connect two RS232 serial port in two
> linux boxes, I use minicom and try to login in one machine, but only
> saw a couple strange characters, no login sign. Done anyone know the
> reason? Or Someone has a procesure for doing that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jolf
Its really quite easy Jeff, once you've done it the first time.
If you get strange output, or sometimes no output whatsoever, then either
1) You have comm parameters set wrong
2) You're not using the correct kind of cable or the wrong serial port.
3) The serial port settings are not what you think they are.
I have some machines that I have set up as headless servers, and use an
ancient laptop as a serial terminal with good success.
Basically, in /etc/lilo.conf
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 0
# Enabling serial console
serial=0,9600n8
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux
read-only
append = "console=ttyS0"
# Linux bootable partition config ends
--end of file
Then run lilo, and reboot. At the serial terminal, just hit enter. You
will need your serial parameters to be ttyS0,9600bps(max for serial
console),no parity, 8 data bits.
You also need to enable the "Support for console on serial port" option
in the kernel
If, on the other hand, you want to connect casually to a serial terminal
(ie, not as a console), then you
Try to find out what the parameters are for your serial port
(hint: look in /etc/inittab, and make sure that you have a line like
s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100
enabled. Type "init q" after editing this to reread it.
Notice the 9600
Noe connect via minicom, you may need to send the break command, or just
hit enter. Note you may need to wait 5 minutes or so.
If it's not what is expected, either play around with parity, start/stop
bits etc. OR figure out what they should be, which is different for
distributions. For Slackware, its in /etc/serial.conf, for Redhat, I
think its probably somewhere in /etc/sysconfig. Look around.
HIH -- Cameron Kerr
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From: "Paul Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: @@@@ I have fogotten my password help!!! @@@@@@@
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:47:28 -0500
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Cochrane)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Soundcard Configuration
Date: 11 Feb 2001 17:58:31 -0700
Another post or two (c.o.l.hardware) mentioned that you can get aureal
drivers from sourceforge. You can find that post for the URL or look for
aureal on
http://sourceforge.net/
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kyle C. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I need a little help configuring my soundcard. I have Mandrake 7.2 and
>an Aureal Vortex 2 soundcard. During the installation I was told to get
>the drivers at linux.aureal.com, a site that I have found no longer
>exists. The redhat sound configuration tool that comes with Mandrake
>did not work. Before Mandrake, I tried out Corel 1, and it configured
>my soundcard if I ran OSS.
>
>1. Is there a site other than an aureal.com site where I could download
>sound drivers?
>2. If not, is there a way I could install OSS from my Corel installation
>CD in order to configure my card?
>3. If neither of the above will work, do any of you have any other
>ideas as to how I could get my sound up and running?
>
>Thank you all very much for you help.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Kyle Smith
--
Jim Cochrane
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Kyle C. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Soundcard Configuration
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:28:23 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Found it.
Thanks a lot Jim.
Jim Cochrane wrote:
>
> Another post or two (c.o.l.hardware) mentioned that you can get aureal
> drivers from sourceforge. You can find that post for the URL or look for
> aureal on
>
> http://sourceforge.net/
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Kyle C. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I need a little help configuring my soundcard. I have Mandrake 7.2 and
> >an Aureal Vortex 2 soundcard. During the installation I was told to get
> >the drivers at linux.aureal.com, a site that I have found no longer
> >exists. The redhat sound configuration tool that comes with Mandrake
> >did not work. Before Mandrake, I tried out Corel 1, and it configured
> >my soundcard if I ran OSS.
> >
> >1. Is there a site other than an aureal.com site where I could download
> >sound drivers?
> >2. If not, is there a way I could install OSS from my Corel installation
> >CD in order to configure my card?
> >3. If neither of the above will work, do any of you have any other
> >ideas as to how I could get my sound up and running?
> >
> >Thank you all very much for you help.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Kyle Smith
>
> --
> Jim Cochrane
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error.
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:58:11 GMT
I downloaded LICQ and attempt to install it on my Mandrake 7.2
I tried both method of compiling from the scource code and the rpm package.
Both does not work for me. They said they need "libmng.so.0" and
"libstdc++-libc62-2.so.3".
BUt i have downloaded those and installed.
How come they said i don't have them installed?
And also, do i have to search the net for hours for those dependency files
everytime i want to install something? This is so annoying, i couldn't waste
hours just to install a simple program.
Thx for reading this
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with KDE install
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 02:06:26 GMT
iam using linux mandrake 7.2
I downloaded KDE 2.0.1 and follow the instruction there to install.
what i did is save all the files in a folder
exit X, log in as root,
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.rpm
rpm --rebuilddb
update-menus -v
Then when i reboot the machine.
X won't even start ! it said some dependency problem with libmng.so.0
Any one know how to install KDE 2.0.1?
THanks for reading this
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From: "Richard Whittington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB and SuSe 7.0
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 02:10:29 GMT
I am new to the linux world and need help. I am operating a AMD 750 on a
Gigabyte mother board with 320 meg of ram. So far I have tried Red Hat 7.0,
had net work and Modem problems, Mandrake 7.2, net work and modem problems,
and now SuSe 7.0 that took my network and Modem on first set up and they
work great. Now the problem is that on both Red Hat and Mandrake my USB
worked fine but on SuSe it doesn't. It says it is loading everything and
then says that it may be turned off in the Bios and to try to turn it on
their. I contacted SuSe and they said that it was strange but they had no
clue.
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem installing Linux
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:50:14 +1100
cgocable wrote:
Hello panie Jaroszynski!
> My harddrive is partitioned to FAT 16 (Win2k installed), NTFS (data) and an
> unformated partition (for Linux).
Your drive is completely occupied by partitions created under DOS related OS.
The "formatting" has nothing to do with it.
Normal OS's do not touch partitions belonging to others. (At least not by
default).
To recover:
a) delete this unformatted partition using FDISK.EXE and reboot your system.
b) start installation of Linux, poor penguin will find a place to land and
prepare the space for comfy existence.
Have fun.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Greg Jaroszynski
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: Robert Badaracco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCMCIA Modem & Network Card Problems...
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 02:35:07 GMT
Hi,
Since I've recently given up on Windows and just installed RH Linux 6.1
on my Compaq
Presario 1655 notebook, I'm having trouble getting my PCMCIA Zoom Dual
Mode PC card 56K
and Linsys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card working. Both cards are seen by
cardmgr during
the boot process, however, they both fail to register properly. I've
included the output
from /var/log/messages and my network.opts file.
I've gone through most of the documentation, tried various recommended
settings with no
luck. At this point I can honestly say, I'm stuck...
As far as the autoconfig failure on the modem card, my notebook does
have an older on-board
modem (33kbs) that I don't care to use that might be an issue here. I
don't know...
Thanks,
Bob Badaracco
Feb 11 20:53:34 rjb pcmcia: cardmgr.
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb cardmgr[362]: starting, version is 3.0.14
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb rc: Starting pcmcia succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb cardmgr[362]: watching 2 sockets
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb cardmgr[362]: initializing socket 0
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
clean.
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb cardmgr[362]: socket 0: Zoom/PC Card 56K Fax Modem
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb cardmgr[362]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/pcmcia/serial_cs.o'
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb kernel: register_serial(): autoconfig failed
Feb 11 20:53:35 rjb kernel: serial_cs: register_serial() at 0x02f8, irq
3 failed
Feb 11 20:53:36 rjb inet: inetd startup succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:36 rjb lpd: lpd startup succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:36 rjb keytable: Loading keymap: Loading system font:
Feb 11 20:53:36 rjb rc: Starting keytable succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb cardmgr[362]: get dev info on socket 0 failed:
Resource temporarily unavailable
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb cardmgr[362]: initializing socket 1
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb cardmgr[362]: socket 1: NE2000 Compatible Ethernet
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb cardmgr[362]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/8390.o'
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb cardmgr[362]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.12-20/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o'
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb kernel: pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net
address
Feb 11 20:53:37 rjb cardmgr[362]: get dev info on socket 1 failed: No
such device
Feb 11 20:53:38 rjb sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:39 rjb gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:40 rjb xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Feb 11 20:53:40 rjb linuxconf: Linuxconf final setup
Feb 11 20:53:40 rjb xfs: Warning: The directory
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
Feb 11 20:53:40 rjb xfs: Entry deleted from font path.
Feb 11 20:53:42 rjb rc: Starting linuxconf succeeded
Feb 11 20:54:29 rjb PAM_pwdb[517]: (kde) session opened for user root by
(uid=0)
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*,*)
IF_PORT="auto"
BOOTP="n"
IFADDR="97.3.5.185"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
NETWORK="97.3.5.0"
BROADCAST="97.3.5.255"
GATEWAY="97.3.5.1"
DOMAIN="foo.com"
DNS_1="1.2.3.4"
;;
esac
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Howto stop the xdm login (level 5) and get a console?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 02:54:01 +0000
And "Malcolm Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>I type "I" following Mandrake screen prompt to break in,
>but don't seem to be able to turn off the auto login.
>Any suggestions would be most helpful!!!
Not sure where your first free virtual terminal is located with
Mandrake, but with Debian, the first six are reserved. When I don't feel
like logging in via xdm, I press Ctrl+Alt+F1...F6 to get to a text prompt,
and Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the cheesy xdm login screen. Another way is
to type "linux single" or "linux 1" (that's a one, not an L) at the lilo
prompt to boot to the single-user runlevel. "linux 3" should also get you
to a non-GUI runlevel for Mandrake (I think 5 is Mandrake's GUI runlevel).
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Sign The Linux Driver Petition: www.libralinux.com/petition.english.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: rpm drake goes into wild infinite loop?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:09:01 -0000
On 11 Feb 2001 19:18:44 GMT, Michael W. Godfrey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>I'm using Mandrake 7.2.
>
>When I use rpmdrake or mandrake update to do remote installs of RPMs, I'm
>finding that it manages to find the package and then, as often as not, goes
>into some sort of wild infinite loop (and takes up all resources so I can't
>even shut it down easily).
>
>So far the only "solution" is to hit the reset button ... I can't even get
>the machine's attentionto to a proper shutdown.
>
>I'm connecting over a DSL service using pppoe (Bell Canada DSL). That
>seems to work fine.
>
>Any hints greatly appreciated.
>
>-- Mike
Don't use rpmdrake? Why not just download the rpm's and install them
manually? If rpmdrake goes crazy, I would report the conditions and any
core file generated to the maintainers; but meanwhile I would do the rpm'ing
by hand. Another reason why apt-get is slicker :) But seriously, try
downloading the rpm files by hand and inserting them using the ole tried and
true method. Sounds like some application wickedness.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: Xclock with NO title
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:11:22 -0000
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 03:13:52 -0800, Duane Healing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That's dependent on your window manager, not xclock. What windowmanager
>are you using? Try looking at the config docs for it.
>
>--
>-Duane
>-DNAware SoftLabs
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Spidy"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to have an xclock running with borders only and no
>> title?????
>>
>> Man doesn't help.
With fvwm2, one can set the properties within the .fvwm2rc file for notitle,
stickiness, etc. I believe others do this in different ways. Enlightenment
definitely does.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Want to get rid of tiny fonts in KDE2
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:10:39 GMT
Hi, is there a way to enlarge the fonts?
Iam using KDE2 on mandrake 7.2 and those fonts are so small i can't even
read it.
i tried using the "FONTS" and "FONTS manager" but they can't help.
When i open the text files using the embedded viewer from Kequoeror it is
still tiny.
DO anyone know how to enlarge them in the embedded viewer?
fonts in linux are generally small. does anyone know how to enlarge them in
general?
Thanks for reading this
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Start linux with Num Lock ON
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:16:39 GMT
Hi, does anyone know how I can start linux with Num Lock ON?
iam using linux mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.0
I have already checked the Start Num Lock ON during the setup but it doesn't
work.
Thanks for reading this
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is there TrueType fonts or "vector fonts" for linux?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:18:40 GMT
Hi, I have read about that linux use bitmap fonts.
thats why when i enlarge them they look SO UGLY !
iam using Linux mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.0
Is there a way to install truetype fonts or similar "vector fonts"
Thanks for reading this
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error.
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:22:09 -0000
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:58:11 GMT, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I downloaded LICQ and attempt to install it on my Mandrake 7.2
>I tried both method of compiling from the scource code and the rpm package.
>Both does not work for me. They said they need "libmng.so.0" and
>"libstdc++-libc62-2.so.3".
>BUt i have downloaded those and installed.
>How come they said i don't have them installed?
>
>And also, do i have to search the net for hours for those dependency files
>everytime i want to install something? This is so annoying, i couldn't waste
>hours just to install a simple program.
>
>Thx for reading this
>
>
Did you install the tarball versions of the libraries? If you install a
tarball library and try to rpm a file in; sometimes, since that particular
library is not contained in the rpm database, the rpm application dutifully
reports a missing dependency. Try locating where you installed these files
and when you do a tarball install of licq try telling it when running
"configure" where the libraries are. The "configure" script takes a great
many switches. Run "configure --help |more" to see what it can do.
Is the rpm file for licq based on another distribution? There are slight
differences between the rpm-based distributions (still) and I have had
similar luck trying to do an install of a redhat rpm on a suse system.
Best thing; try doing a tarball installation of the libraries, then marking
where they put things. Usually perhaps in /usr/local/lib. This may not be
in your /etc/ld.so.conf so the dynamic linker cannot find the libs. Try
doing this if that's the case as root:
more /etc/ld.so.conf
See if there is a /usr/local/lib entry. This is a flat text file. If not,
open it in an editor and add /usr/local/lib. Now before trying to
re-install the program, as root type "ldconfig". Now try again to install
the program. If it still does not install, consult the mages :)
On your last question, one could move to debian. That usually fixes the
hours spent searching problem :) Sometimes wasting hours is okay. I waste
hours sometimes dreaming of what I am gonna do next. Best advice; relax,
enjoy the searching and the finding. With Linux, the searching and finding
is paramount to the learning part.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: No compiler found in my RH7 install?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:22:00 GMT
In article <9674ut$o3q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Each time I try to install and compile a new downloaded program the .
>configure routine crashes with the following text:
>configure:677: checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
>configure:700: checking for ranlib...:
>configure:730: checking for gcc...no
>configure:760: checking for cc...no
>
>
Go back to your RedHat install CD or files and install the
development tools. You must have left them out.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: "coolwonder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO / Windows 2000 - Help
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:30:39 -0600
When you install Linux, it creates a boot for dos, which is really your
Window 2k. So, when lilo appears, you enter dos. Your windows should boot at
this point, as it is in my case.
To recover you windows boot not from linux, you have to use Win 2k
console. So, try making your CD bootable (It shouldn't be a problem if your
CD drive is ok, I guess), then install your console. As soon as you get
there, it can be very easily fixed.
Good luck,
Coolwonder
"crash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:965fcv$8nc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If someone could shed some light on this problem it will be very much
> appreciated
>
> What I had:
>
> I had Windows 2000 installed on my primary drive 'c:'
> I had another 20gig drive on the secondary IDE channel with a 4gig NTFS
> partition (E:) and a 500MB FAT32 partition for transferring between linux
> and windows.
>
> What I did:
>
> Installed linux intending not to install lilo, but create a bootdisk
Instead
> Red Hat went and installed lilo on the MBR of my C:. It did not ask me
> anything about lilo installation as I was expecting it to, all I opted for
> was to create a boot disk.
>
> What happened:
>
> I could not boot Windows through lilo. The initial boot options for lilo
> were linux and 'dos'. Dos was set up to boot from the NTFS partition on
the
> second drive for some reason. In linuxconf I removed the dos OS option and
> made a new one for windows to boot from c: (hda1). The /etc/lilo.conf file
> is consistent witht the changes. However the boot prompt still has only
> linux and dos, and not the Windows 2000 boot option I made. So I cannnot
> boot windows from lilo, only linux.After alot of mucking around I created
a
> boot disk for windows, so currently I can boot either OS from floppys but
> not from lilo.
>
> Why doesnt the Windows 2000 (hda1) boot option show in lilo, only the
'dos'
> option that I have since removed?
>
> I know you can use the recovery console in win2k to fix the master boot
> record, as I've done it before. But I cannot get to the recovery console
> because 1, for some stupid reason the win2k cdrom suddenly decides it is
non
> bootable, and 2. I have installed the recovery console as a boot option in
> the boot.ini file on the windows boot disk but when I try to run it there
is
> an error saying that 'ntoskrnl.exe' is missing or corrupted.
>
> Has anyone had a similiar problem or any ideas? I hate having to boot
win2k
> from a floppy as I use it the most.
> How do you completely remove lilo and revert back to the previous mbr?
>
>
>
>
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From: "count_zero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO / Windows 2000 - Help
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:33:36 GMT
A fast way to repair your mbr is to grab a win98 boot disk, boot to the
floppy and run: A:\fdisk /mbr.
I would suggest using the nt loader to boot linux. You need to do a custom
install of linux, which will give you the option of installing lilo in the
first sector of the linux boot partition, or not at all. Then you want to
create a boot image from linux, and by using a floppy, transfer the boot
image to your C: drive, where the NT loader lives. You then edit your
boot.ini file to refer to the linux boot image and, viola, you can load
either NT or linux from the nt loader screen.
Here are detailed instructions for how to do this:
Boot into linux with a boot disk created for the purpose.
In a terminal or console log in as root.
type in :
dd if=/dev/hdax of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
including spaces
Where hdax is your linux partition (from what you wrote about your
partitioning it will probably be hda3. This command will copy your boot
sector information from off you linux partition to a file located in the /
directory and name that file bootsect.lnx. Copy this file to a DOS
formatted floppy with
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
copy /bootsect.lnx /mnt
umount /mnt
Reboot your machine into Windows 2000 and copy the file bootsect.lnx from
the floppy to your C:\> root directory in Windows. Then find and edit
boot.ini in Windows 2000 usually also located in the root directory. This is
roughly how the file looks before editing:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
Your version will probably refer to Windows 2000 not NT 4. Add the
following line
c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux "
Save the file. When you reboot your machine, in addition to your normal
Windows 2000 boot options you will also have an option of Linux.
Thanks to Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for creating a
concise version of these instructions.
"crash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:965fcv$8nc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If someone could shed some light on this problem it will be very much
> appreciated
>
> What I had:
>
> I had Windows 2000 installed on my primary drive 'c:'
> I had another 20gig drive on the secondary IDE channel with a 4gig NTFS
> partition (E:) and a 500MB FAT32 partition for transferring between linux
> and windows.
>
> What I did:
>
> Installed linux intending not to install lilo, but create a bootdisk
Instead
> Red Hat went and installed lilo on the MBR of my C:. It did not ask me
> anything about lilo installation as I was expecting it to, all I opted for
> was to create a boot disk.
>
> What happened:
>
> I could not boot Windows through lilo. The initial boot options for lilo
> were linux and 'dos'. Dos was set up to boot from the NTFS partition on
the
> second drive for some reason. In linuxconf I removed the dos OS option and
> made a new one for windows to boot from c: (hda1). The /etc/lilo.conf file
> is consistent witht the changes. However the boot prompt still has only
> linux and dos, and not the Windows 2000 boot option I made. So I cannnot
> boot windows from lilo, only linux.After alot of mucking around I created
a
> boot disk for windows, so currently I can boot either OS from floppys but
> not from lilo.
>
> Why doesnt the Windows 2000 (hda1) boot option show in lilo, only the
'dos'
> option that I have since removed?
>
> I know you can use the recovery console in win2k to fix the master boot
> record, as I've done it before. But I cannot get to the recovery console
> because 1, for some stupid reason the win2k cdrom suddenly decides it is
non
> bootable, and 2. I have installed the recovery console as a boot option in
> the boot.ini file on the windows boot disk but when I try to run it there
is
> an error saying that 'ntoskrnl.exe' is missing or corrupted.
>
> Has anyone had a similiar problem or any ideas? I hate having to boot
win2k
> from a floppy as I use it the most.
> How do you completely remove lilo and revert back to the previous mbr?
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No compiler found in my RH7 install?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 04:20:07 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Each time I try to install and compile a new downloaded program the .
> configure routine crashes with the following text:
> configure:677: checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
> configure:700: checking for ranlib...:
> configure:730: checking for gcc...no
> configure:760: checking for cc...no
>
Did you install any development stuff like gcc and binutils ?
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Guy Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.2's KUDZU killed my mouse :(
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:43:52 +1100
I have been irritated by not having gpm running my mouse properly,
and I was playing around with its settings the other day. When I
booted this morning I got kudzu telling me that my Serial mouse had
been removed, or something like that, and I accidentally hit "Remove
Configuration" instead of 'Do Nothing". Now I have no mouse! Running
'mouseconfig' does nothing. I've checked my etc/sysconfig/hwconf file
and there's nothing to do with a mouse in there. All my mouse
settings are still in XF86Config and XF86Config-4...
How on Earth do I get it going again? I'm running Mdk 7.2, the
mouse is a MS IntelliMouse 1.1A Serial Compatible.
Sorry to keep posting this. I keep missing your replies because
of a crappy phone :(
Thanks!
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