Linux-Setup Digest #625, Volume #20 Tue, 13 Feb 01 13:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Can't delete file (Eric Ho)
Re: Can't delete file (Eric Ho)
Re: Compiling a Kernel... (Dedicated to all Manson Fans)
Re: Compiling a Kernel... (Dedicated to all Manson Fans)
Re: Compiling a Kernel... (Dedicated to all Manson Fans)
Ipchains firewall, how-to allow windows games and programs ????? ("Noticias Terra")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer (Marc Ulrich)
newbie:forgot the root password ("Kripal Singh")
Re: How to remove GNOME? ("repo")
Re: newbie:forgot the root password ("repo")
Re: /usr/src/linux??? (Christopher Keller)
Re: DIALD timeout setting? (Bill Grzanich)
Re: newbie:forgot the root password (Dedicated to all Manson Fans)
PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0 (Michal Fikejs)
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Update: Install hangs computer ("Rex Dieter")
Re: /usr/src/linux??? (Dedicated to all Manson Fans)
Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0 (Dedicated to all Manson Fans)
how to install linux(suse 6.3) on an vesa local bus harddrive ? ("Thomas Wiese")
Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0 (Paul Kimoto)
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: 13 Feb 2001 16:13:27 GMT
The file is part of the Pytheon.
bash-2.03# ls -l plusnode.gif
ls: plusnode.gif: Value too large for defined data type
bash-2.03# lsattr plusnode.gif
lsattr: Value too large for defined data type while stating plusnode.gif
bash-2.03# df .
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdd2 3023820 2339596 530606 82% /usr
bash-2.03# mount
/dev/hdb1 on / type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /dosc type vfat (rw)
/dev/hdd1 on /songs type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hdd2 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hdd3 on /var type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hdd4 on /home type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am trying to delete a file, but got this error :
>> bash-2.03# rm plusnode.gif
>> rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
>> bash-2.03#
> Works just fine here:
> oboe:/tmp% rm plusnode.gif
> oboe:/tmp%
>> Can someone tell me how to delete it ?
> Why don't you give us some details of this "file"?
> Obviously its name is not the only relevant thing about it! I'm sure
> you've noticed that you can delete other files just fine, and I'm sure
> you've also noticed that we can't see into your computer, so you
> should deduce that we need to know what is special about this file in
> order to help you, and that you need to tell us what is special,
> because we can't.
> so
> ls -l plusnode.gif
> lsattr plusnode.gif
> df .
> mount
> Peter
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: 13 Feb 2001 16:14:44 GMT
rm -- plusnode.gif doesn't work neither :
bash-2.03# rm -- plusnode.gif
rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for defined data type
bash-2.03#
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Cameron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <96avih$bi8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric Ho"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to delete a file, but got this error : bash-2.03# rm
>> plusnode.gif rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for
>> defined data type bash-2.03#
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to delete it ?
>>
>> Best Regards, Eric Ho
> My money is on the likely fact that in that directory, you have some
> garbage files, possibly called somethine like -something.
> What does a "ls -la" tell you?
> Try deleting thusly
> rm -- plusnode.gif
> The -- means (and this is true for practically all GNU programs) that
> this is the end of the options.
> HIH -- Cameron Kerr
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:20:46 +0100
From: Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling a Kernel...
Benedikt Meurer schrieb:
> Dedicated to all Manson Fans schrieb:
>
> > After two packages of cigarettes, many bottles of beer and no progress
> > I have to to scream for help. I try to compile a new Kernel (2.4.1)
> > and there seems to be no way to get it to an acceptable size. The
> > biggest I got was about 2.2 MB the smallest about 1.4 MB
> > I need Samba, vfat (for Fat32), TCP/IP, PPP, a running X-Server,
> > loopback-devices and my CS4232 ISA-PNP-Sound card (with OPL3 I think).
> > I've no SCSI, all drives are IDE/ATAPIs. There's also a
> > standard-no-name-isa-modem (non-PNP) and a QIC-80 Tape drive I want to
> > use (The modem is a must). The rest is as usual (Floppy, ...)
> > I'd like to have the matrox acceleration for my mystique, the support
> > of the Pentium/MMX and Fat16 support. This should be all now.
> > I'll attach my .config so you probably can tell me what's wrong.
> > If you have a .config, please send it to me.
>
> Do you build with make bzImage?
>
> Benedikt Meurer
>
> --
> "Ein �berzeugter Mensch ist ein gr��erer
> Feind der Wahrheit als ein L�gner!"
> -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Yes I did ...
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:22:56 +0100
From: Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling a Kernel...
Benedikt Meurer schrieb:
> Dedicated to all Manson Fans schrieb:
>
> > After two packages of cigarettes, many bottles of beer and no progress
> > I have to to scream for help. I try to compile a new Kernel (2.4.1)
> > and there seems to be no way to get it to an acceptable size. The
> > biggest I got was about 2.2 MB the smallest about 1.4 MB
> > I need Samba, vfat (for Fat32), TCP/IP, PPP, a running X-Server,
> > loopback-devices and my CS4232 ISA-PNP-Sound card (with OPL3 I think).
> > I've no SCSI, all drives are IDE/ATAPIs. There's also a
> > standard-no-name-isa-modem (non-PNP) and a QIC-80 Tape drive I want to
> > use (The modem is a must). The rest is as usual (Floppy, ...)
> > I'd like to have the matrox acceleration for my mystique, the support
> > of the Pentium/MMX and Fat16 support. This should be all now.
> > I'll attach my .config so you probably can tell me what's wrong.
> > If you have a .config, please send it to me.
>
> Do you build with make bzImage?
>
> Benedikt Meurer
>
> --
> "Ein �berzeugter Mensch ist ein gr��erer
> Feind der Wahrheit als ein L�gner!"
> -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Yes I did. But it didn't help...
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:44:33 +0100
From: Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Compiling a Kernel...
"Nils O. Sel�sdal" schrieb:
> "Dedicated to all Manson Fans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > After two packages of cigarettes, many bottles of beer and no progress I
> > have to to scream for help. I try to compile a new Kernel (2.4.1) and
> > there seems to be no way to get it to an acceptable size. The biggest I
> > got was about 2.2 MB the smallest about 1.4 MB
> > I need Samba, vfat (for Fat32), TCP/IP, PPP, a running X-Server,
> > loopback-devices and my CS4232 ISA-PNP-Sound card (with OPL3 I think).
> > I've no SCSI, all drives are IDE/ATAPIs. There's also a
> > standard-no-name-isa-modem (non-PNP) and a QIC-80 Tape drive I want to
> > use (The modem is a must). The rest is as usual (Floppy, ...)
> > I'd like to have the matrox acceleration for my mystique, the support
> > of the Pentium/MMX and Fat16 support. This should be all now.
> > I'll attach my .config so you probably can tell me what's wrong.
> > If you have a .config, please send it to me.
> and to compile you did the 'make bzImage' to create the kernel?
I did it by the command 'make bzlilo'. This causes lilo to refuse the kernel
registartion because of the size. I already compiled modules as much as
possible (as far I know). I' ve no idea to build a smaller kernel for my
system and the things I do with it. Can anyone tell me which part uses the
most memory. There are about 400 kB too much...
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From: "Noticias Terra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ipchains firewall, how-to allow windows games and programs ?????
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:54:53 GMT
I'm harassed with ipchains rules, buff ... I have a well configured ipchains
firewall under RedHat 7.0 (2.2.18), web, ftp, irc, mail, icq
work fine in my windows pc's but the big problem is with games a programs
that need portforwarding, like Delta Force, Netmeeting,
and MSN Messeger (live voice comunication).
With Novalogic's Delta Force y tried :
ipmasqadm autofw -A -r udp 3657 3659 -h 192.168.0.10
y read this in a webpage (http://www.tsmservices.com/masq/Everything.php3)
but does not work :( the game can not conect to Novalogic Game Server,
the same with some programs of Microsoft Gamming Zone. Where can i find
something in "CyberSpace" to teach newbies to allow games through a Linux
Server.
Also help would be very apreciated with MSN Messenger voice chat option
(only works chat messages), and Netmeeting (people can se my webcam and my
voice but i can't see anything due to ipchains).
Thankssss all :)))
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From: Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:11:53 -0500
It hadn't even gotten past text mode.
When it first boots off an installation CD, it is all text - white text
above with explanations of various things and a line of purple text
below: [F1-general] .. [F3-expert] ... and the "boot:" prompt below
that. There I type 'linux' or 'expert' and it starts loading what I
suppose is the boot image:
initrd.img .................
vmlinuz ..............
..
bunch of text
..
last three lines of this text before it hangs are:
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: probing PCI hardware
after which the computer hangs.
The current computer hardware is the following:
It's a Gateway E-5400 with all PCI cards (such as the netcard)
temporarily removed:
PIII 800MHz
133MHZ Motherboard with #s: 4000695 & QAN-5751404
(ie: i don't know exactly what kind it is)
AGP Matrox G400 video card
various IDE devices (harddrive, CDRom, Zip drive)
128MB RAM.
Any ideas or guidance as to where I can get help is appreciated. This
system was bought to run linux, but, if it can't be installed. . .
Thanks,
Marc
"D. Stimits" wrote:
>
> Marc Ulrich wrote:
> >
> > Nope, it isn't the PCI hardware causing the trouble. I've removed all
> > PCI cards, and put the HDD on the Motherboard's IDE controller. The only
> > expansion card in the system is a Matrox G400 AGP video card.
> >
> > Does anyone know what causes this?
> > Marc
> >
> > Marc Ulrich wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a new computer that will not install linux RedHat 7.0. Here's the
> > > deal:
> > >
> > > When the boot (from CDRom) reaches the spot: "PCI: probing PCI
> > > hardware", the system freezes. Not even Crtl-Alt-Del to shutdown &
> > > reboot will work. I tried using the expert mode because it said that
> > > will bypass the PCI autoprobing. It does exactly the same thing.
> > >
> > > Here's what I think the problem is: The harddrive is using a Promise
> > > Ultra100 harddrive controller (so that the HDD can use ATA100 instead of
> > > ATA66 which is the max available via the motherboard). I would try just
> > > attaching the harddrive to the motherboard controller, install linux &
> > > then put it back on the Promise controller except that the PCI probing
> > > is done everytime linux boots.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me out?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Marc
>
> Try text mode. There is a reasonably strong chance the graphics mode
> will find conflicts easier than text mode will.
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From: "Kripal Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie:forgot the root password
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:54:36 -0600
Hi,
i for got my root password.
is there any way ican log in as root.or do i have to reinstall the os???
thanks and regards.
kripal
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From: "repo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to remove GNOME?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:59:10 +0100
at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bill Delphenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
> I have a RH7 proxy server which is running out of space on its /
> partition because I got a bit too conservative when I sized it. However
> I have GNOME installed on it, so that is an obvious candidate to remove.
>
> Is there a list of packages to remove somewhere to get GNOME out of
> there and free up some disk space? Obviously anything that starts with
> gnome-* is going, but what other supporting packages are in there only
> to support GNOME?
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
Hi
Do a
rpm -qa|grep gnome
and remove the rpm's (rpm -e)
--
Repo
RedHat Linux release 7.0 Kernel 2.2.16-22
http://beginnerslinux.org http://beginnerslinux.saxen.net
5:58pm up 4 days, 3:30, 2 users, load average: 0.46, 0.34, 0.37
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From: "repo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie:forgot the root password
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:03:15 +0100
at <96bp5t$5q0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kripal Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
> Hi, i for got my root password. is there any way ican log in as root.or
> do i have to reinstall the os???
>
> thanks and regards. kripal
Hi
at the LILO prompt type:
linux single
then change the password
--
Repo
RedHat Linux release 7.0 Kernel 2.2.16-22
http://beginnerslinux.org http://beginnerslinux.saxen.net
6:02pm up 4 days, 3:34, 2 users, load average: 0.60, 0.41, 0.38
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Keller)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: /usr/src/linux???
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:07:13 GMT
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:35:17 -0600, Richard Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Outside of what everyone else has suggested the only thing I'd add would be
>install the old kernel souce and take a look at the old Makefile using
>Xconfig. That way you'll have a good ideal of what you want in the kernel
>and what you don't. That is unless you've got an ideal already. (I'm making
>an assumption that you haven't upgraded a kernel before. :)
I'm catching the end of this thread, so apologies if this has already
been solved.
When you unpack the new kernel into /usr/src, you'll get something like the
following (this is mine from my laptop):
<ferrari> ckeller $ ls -l /usr/src
total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 25 2000 linux -> linux-2.2.16/
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jun 25 2000 linux-2.2.14/
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 8 09:32 linux-2.2.16/
drwxrwxr-x 4 13246 ckeller 4096 Oct 2 20:58 pptp-linux-1.0.2/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 22 2000 redhat/
Just run "ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux" or whatever kernel
you want to run. Each time you upgrade to a new kernel, just change the link.
Many programs just assume you have /usr/src/linux pointing to your current
kernel code.
--Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Grzanich)
Subject: Re: DIALD timeout setting?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:16:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Craig Wilkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Jerry McBride wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm currently using diald and pppd to call into my isp. It works well, no
>>> complaints or problems...
>>
>>Cant help with diald I'm afraid, other than to ask why you use it. I run
>>pppd 2.4, and it has dial-on-demand functionality. Just use the 'demand'
>>option. Use the 'idle x' option to control the timeout before the line
>>is dropped.
>>
>
>I haven't upgraded to that level pppd, just yet. What I have, right now...
>works so well that I can't bring myself to fool with it. But thanks for the
>information.
>
>Jerry
You might look at /etc/diald.conf for the line "accept tcp 600 any". Change
the 600 to however many seconds you wish.
Hope this helps.
-Bill
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:17:13 +0100
From: Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie:forgot the root password
Kripal Singh schrieb:
> Hi,
> i for got my root password.
> is there any way ican log in as root.or do i have to reinstall the os???
>
> thanks and regards.
> kripal
I'm not sure if this works, but try to give the kernel parameter 'init=1'
(or similar). This should bring the system in single-user-mode. It could
be, that you don't need the password in this mode. But im not sure. If so,
you can can probably change the password by the command 'passwd root'.
The other way is a rescue-disk. If you have boot with it. Try to mount
'/dev/hda1' on '/' ( so that passwd can find its files) and search the
directory with the executable passwd (not /etc/passwd but I guess
/etc/pam.d/passwd) from there execute it with './passwd root'. This could
also work (but remember, I'm not sure). The third way is to post in hacker
groups how to gain root-access
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From: Michal Fikejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:22:30 +0100
I compiled a new kernel 2.4.0 from the source, I compiled the PPP
support (first as a module, then directly in the kernel) but when I try
to connect to internet the pppd dies with a code 4 - no PPP kernel support.
When I compiled PPP as a module no module named ppp.o was made.
Any Idea what could be wrong?
Michal
--
___________________________________
MICHAL F I K E J S, f o t o g r a f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.diorama.cz
___________0608 20 20 23___________
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:21:15 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So, I'll ask everyone: is it possible via kernel/lilo parameter to disable
or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> It hadn't even gotten past text mode.
...
> There I type 'linux' or 'expert' and it starts loading what I
> suppose is the boot image:
> initrd.img .................
> vmlinuz ..............
> ..
> bunch of text
> ..
> last three lines of this text before it hangs are:
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: probing PCI hardware
> after which the computer hangs.
> The current computer hardware is the following:
> It's a Gateway E-5400 :
> various IDE devices (harddrive, CDRom, Zip drive)
------------------------------
From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:22:58 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So, I'll ask everyone: is it possible via kernel/lilo parameter to disable
or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> There I type 'linux' or 'expert' and it starts loading what I
> suppose is the boot image:
> initrd.img .................
> vmlinuz ..............
> ..
> bunch of text
> ..
> last lines of this text before it hangs are:
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: probing PCI hardware
> after which the computer hangs.
> The current computer hardware is the following:
> various IDE devices (harddrive, CDRom, Zip drive)
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:24:36 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So maybe you could try peeking around in the system bios for a similar
disable option for the floppy interface.
p.s. For posterity: Does anyone know if it is possible via kernel/lilo
parameter to disable or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> There I type 'linux' or 'expert' and it starts loading what I
> suppose is the boot image:
> initrd.img .................
> vmlinuz ..............
> ..
> bunch of text
> ..
> last lines of this text before it hangs are:
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: probing PCI hardware
> after which the computer hangs.
> The current computer hardware is the following:
> various IDE devices (harddrive, CDRom, Zip drive)
------------------------------
From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:25:02 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So maybe you could try peeking around in the system bios for a similar
disable option for the floppy interface.
p.s. For posterity: Does anyone know if it is possible via kernel/lilo
parameter to disable or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> There I type 'linux' or 'expert' and it starts loading what I
> suppose is the boot image:
> initrd.img .................
> vmlinuz ..............
> bunch of text
> last lines of this text before it hangs are:
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: probing PCI hardware
> after which the computer hangs.
------------------------------
From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:25:25 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So maybe you could try peeking around in the system bios for a similar
disable option for the floppy interface.
p.s. For posterity: Does anyone know if it is possible via kernel/lilo
parameter to disable or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> last lines of this text before it hangs are:
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: probing PCI hardware
> after which the computer hangs.
> The current computer hardware is the following:
> various IDE devices (harddrive, CDRom, Zip drive)
------------------------------
From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:25:57 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So maybe you could try peeking around in the system bios for a similar
disable option for the floppy interface.
p.s. For posterity: Does anyone know if it is possible via kernel/lilo
parameter to disable or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
"Marc Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> the computer hangs.
> The current computer hardware is the following:
> various IDE devices (harddrive, CDRom, Zip drive)
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:26:13 -0600
Do you have a conventional floppy? If not, that could be it.
I've had installs on machines with LS-120's or zip's only stall because the
floppy driver hangs the boot process. One several occasions, disabling the
floppy interface altogether in the machine's bios helped. On one occasion,
however, this did NOT help.
So maybe you could try peeking around in the system bios for a similar
disable option for the floppy interface.
p.s. For posterity: Does anyone know if it is possible via kernel/lilo
parameter to disable or prevent the loading of the floppy driver?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:30:16 +0100
From: Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /usr/src/linux???
Christopher Keller schrieb:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:35:17 -0600, Richard Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Outside of what everyone else has suggested the only thing I'd add would be
> >install the old kernel souce and take a look at the old Makefile using
> >Xconfig. That way you'll have a good ideal of what you want in the kernel
> >and what you don't. That is unless you've got an ideal already. (I'm making
> >an assumption that you haven't upgraded a kernel before. :)
>
> I'm catching the end of this thread, so apologies if this has already
> been solved.
>
> When you unpack the new kernel into /usr/src, you'll get something like the
> following (this is mine from my laptop):
>
> <ferrari> ckeller $ ls -l /usr/src
> total 16
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 25 2000 linux -> linux-2.2.16/
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jun 25 2000 linux-2.2.14/
> drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 8 09:32 linux-2.2.16/
> drwxrwxr-x 4 13246 ckeller 4096 Oct 2 20:58 pptp-linux-1.0.2/
> drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 22 2000 redhat/
>
> Just run "ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux" or whatever kernel
> you want to run. Each time you upgrade to a new kernel, just change the link.
>
> Many programs just assume you have /usr/src/linux pointing to your current
> kernel code.
>
> --Chris
Chris is right. But have fun to compile it... This can make much more fun...
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:33:05 +0100
From: Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0
Michal Fikejs schrieb:
> I compiled a new kernel 2.4.0 from the source, I compiled the PPP
> support (first as a module, then directly in the kernel) but when I try
> to connect to internet the pppd dies with a code 4 - no PPP kernel support.
>
> When I compiled PPP as a module no module named ppp.o was made.
>
> Any Idea what could be wrong?
>
> Michal
> --
> ___________________________________
> MICHAL F I K E J S, f o t o g r a f
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try the other way. Compile it into the kernel if it's possible.
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From: "Thomas Wiese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to install linux(suse 6.3) on an vesa local bus harddrive ?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:34:19 +0100
hey folks !
can anybody help me, please ?
i would like to install suse 6.3 on an vesa local bus system, but linux cant
find my hd and i cannot find a module to solve this problem !
thanxx ...
pfeffermuehle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0
Date: 13 Feb 2001 13:02:26 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michal Fikejs wrote:
> I compiled a new kernel 2.4.0 from the source, I compiled the PPP
> support (first as a module, then directly in the kernel) but when I try
> to connect to internet the pppd dies with a code 4 - no PPP kernel support.
Do you have a sufficiently new pppd? (See Documentation/Changes.)
> When I compiled PPP as a module no module named ppp.o was made.
Under CONFIG_PPP (in Documentation/Configure.help):
: The module will be called ppp_generic.o.
--
Paul Kimoto
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