Linux-Setup Digest #640, Volume #20 Thu, 15 Feb 01 18:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Boot record fun! (Craig Kelley)
Re: Will upgrading my glibc rpm hose my system? (Frederic Faure)
Re: DPT SmartRAID VI on BIG server (Trevor Hemsley)
Re: Boot record fun! (Mr Fu)
Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc... ("SFShadow")
Redhat 6.2 Installation problem ("Andrea Venturini")
Gnome Card (John MacDonald)
Re: Help: NFS and Input/output error (Rogier Boon)
Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc... ("Duane
Healing")
Network Problems - Remote Ping successful / telnet local successful / (Peter
Gehring)
Re: Boot record fun! ("Duane Healing")
Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc... ("yalu")
Re: Network Problems - Remote Ping successful / telnet local successful / telnet
remote failed ("Duane Healing")
Re: Booting Win2K and Caldera eDesktop ("Ian Ellis")
Re: pseudocolor (Faux_Pseudo)
Re: Helix-Gnome! (Jay & Michelle)
Re: Partition Options ("Duane Healing")
Re: pseudocolor ("Duane Healing")
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.help,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Boot record fun!
Date: 15 Feb 2001 14:21:47 -0700
Mr Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> First - is there any way to restore the dos or NT MBR without having
> made a backup, or having either of these OS's installed and bootable?
You can boot with a DOS floppy and type
FDISK /mbr
And if you have an NT installation, you can boot from the CD or floppy
disk set and select 'rescue' which will re-write it sometimes
(although this is non-deterministic...).
> Second - Is there any way of getting linux to boot off the secondary
> IDE master?
Use a floppy boot disk; install lilo on it and it will then boot linux
on whatever drive you care to. The kernel doesn't need to be on the
floppy, but you can dd it on there if you prefer not to use lilo.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic Faure)
Subject: Re: Will upgrading my glibc rpm hose my system?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:26:48 GMT
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:08:45 -0700, William Knight
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've found a higher version of the glibc on the Redhat web page, but
>before I install it, I want to know the consequences. If I install, say
>'glibc2.1.92-14', is this going to break my existing programs or require
>me to do a complete upgrade?
Steve advises you to upgrade to a newer RH. Personnaly, I don't trust
upgrades at all, so I would recommend you set up a brand new host with
the latest and greatest disto, and try to move stuff to the new host.
As for upgrading glibc, I've had the same problem (thankfully, only on
test hosts.) The safest solution I found, was to compile glib from a
src.rpm instead of installing a binary (to enhance the probability
that it will work on your host), switch to run-level 1, close all the
apps you can possibly do at that stage, install, and reboot right
after the upgrade.
My �.2
FF.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Hemsley)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: DPT SmartRAID VI on BIG server
Date: 15 Feb 2001 21:33:28 GMT
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:30:35, "Doug Forbush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : That is very strange. At what point does initialization fail, as you put it ?
> : Do you
> : actually see 'DPT RAIDx' ( where x is the raid number ) on the DPT
> : banner ( in place of the brand name and model number of the
> : your SCSI drives ) when you boot the machine ? How did you build the array ?
> : When I
> put the
> append="mem=2048M"
> (or anything higher than 960) line in lilo.conf and run lilo, I get a non
> descriptive 'i2o init failure' msg, then since there's no drive/fs's, I
> get the 'fix your fs's' prompt and it stops the rest of the startup
> scripts & dumps me to the prompt..
Does your kernel have big memory support?
--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mr Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.help,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Boot record fun!
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:36:29 +0000
Craig Kelley wrote:
>
> Mr Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > First - is there any way to restore the dos or NT MBR without having
> > made a backup, or having either of these OS's installed and bootable?
>
> You can boot with a DOS floppy and type
>
> FDISK /mbr
Not an option.
> And if you have an NT installation, you can boot from the CD or floppy
> disk set and select 'rescue' which will re-write it sometimes
> (although this is non-deterministic...).
This is looking best...unfortunately (as you say) It'll probably take
about 2 days before I can get NT to boot, then follow all the good
HOWTO advice....
> > Second - Is there any way of getting linux to boot off the secondary
> > IDE master?
>
> Use a floppy boot disk; install lilo on it and it will then boot linux
> on whatever drive you care to. The kernel doesn't need to be on the
> floppy, but you can dd it on there if you prefer not to use lilo.
No way w/o boot floppy? I was thinking of putting lilo on my hda*,
linux on the hdc (where it is), and NT on hda1.
> --
> The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "SFShadow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc...
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:44:52 GMT
Good afternoon. I'm a unix solaris sys admin and i'm looking to install
linux on my home i386 pc along with win98 so I can start to get a feel for
the linux os. I would like to get some advice on which distro to go with.
I'm currently contemplating freebsd, netbsd, or debian. I want to learn
linux config, setup, etc.. so that's why i'm looking at these versions
although i haven't made a decision yet.My home pc specs:
intel pIII 450mhz, ibm deskstar 10gb hd, agp vodoo3 3000 video card, tekram
motherboard(128 mb ram), and a us robotics 56k internal modem. I'm not sure
if all this detail is necessary but this is my first crack at installing
linux so based on my system( i'm thinking to repartion my hd-7 gb win98 and
3gb linux), what disto would be the best to go with (and most compatible)?
any suggestions or comments are welcome. Thanks.
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From: "Andrea Venturini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.2 Installation problem
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:01:05 -0000
I'm tryng to install Redhat 6.2 on a Pentium 100 Mhz with 48 MB Ram, but
I've a problem. I think that the CD1, from the box didn't work. The
istallation starts with the boot diskette correctly, then it reconized the
hardware, it reads CD but then it stopped and the program don't work. Why ?
My CD rom is quite old, it's its fault ?
Please help me.
Thank you
A.V.
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From: John MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome Card
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:03:58 GMT
Can anyone tell me where I can get Gnome Card.
I need it for an address book for one of the mailreaders I'm trying.
John
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From: Rogier Boon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help: NFS and Input/output error
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:13:25 +0100
If NIS can't find the home directory it states this
'can't find user home /home/username' or something like this.
So the reason that NIS does not work must lie in another thing.
Greetings
Rogier
Josh Stern wrote:
>
> Xiaoqin Qiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I just installed a RedHat Linux 7 with kernel 2.2.16-22 on a HP omnibook
> >6000 laptop. This machine is a NIS client in our network and I installed
> >amd on it. Now I got several problems for it.
> >
> >1) I keep getting the following error messages for NFS mount directories
> >in the /var/log/messages file:
> >nfs_statfs: statfs error = 5
> >nfs_stat_to_errno: bad nfs status return value: 116
> >
> >2) amd is not working.
>
> I had some recent experience with being tortured by amd automounter.
> What I did to fix my problems was a) compile recent amd source
> from http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/
> b) compile kernel without builtin nfs-server and without
> nfs version 3 and without automounter
> c) install user-space nfs. I can't tell you unfortunately
> which of those things was necessary or which will help you
> with your RH7.
>
> >3) All the NIS users cann't login with no error message. (I think maybe
> >it is because the home directory is on NFS server and amd doesn't work.)
>
> You should get an error message if your home directory is not
> available, no?
>
> >How to set up system so that user can login even if the home directory
> >cann't be mounted correctly? I know telnet can allow it. But how about
> >Gnome and KDE login?
>
> What do they do, thrash?
>
> >3) reboot of the Linux cann't come up all the way. Actually it looks
> >like it got halted.
>
> You probably want to disable xdm/kdm/gdm until things get sorted out.
>
> -= Josh
--
-- Gelul is altijd en overal
-- *ook hier*
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc...
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:10:44 -0800
Well, considering your list of distributions you're considering, the only
choice, literally, is Debian since freeBSD and netBSD aren't Linux. The
various BSD's are completely separate code-bases as far as the OS goes
(many of the tools are the same) and work somewhat different than Linux
(not that there's anything wrong with that).
I personally would recommend Debian in any case. If you're already
familiar with some Unix you shouldn't have too many major problems and as
far as distributions go it and Slackware are probably the ones least
likely to get in your way in terms of configuring your system the way you
like. And Debian's package management and live updating ability is the
best around - better than most, if not all, commercial Unix equivalents.
As far as your hardware list is concerned I wouldn't anticipate any major
issues except for maybe the modem. If it's a winmodem it probably won't
work at all.
Hope that helps.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <o5Yi6.12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "SFShadow"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good afternoon. I'm a unix solaris sys admin and i'm looking to install
> linux on my home i386 pc along with win98 so I can start to get a feel
> for the linux os. I would like to get some advice on which distro to go
> with. I'm currently contemplating freebsd, netbsd, or debian. I want to
> learn linux config, setup, etc.. so that's why i'm looking at these
> versions although i haven't made a decision yet.My home pc specs: intel
> pIII 450mhz, ibm deskstar 10gb hd, agp vodoo3 3000 video card, tekram
> motherboard(128 mb ram), and a us robotics 56k internal modem. I'm not
> sure if all this detail is necessary but this is my first crack at
> installing linux so based on my system( i'm thinking to repartion my
> hd-7 gb win98 and
> 3gb linux), what disto would be the best to go with (and most
> compatible)? any suggestions or comments are welcome. Thanks.
>
>
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From: Peter Gehring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network Problems - Remote Ping successful / telnet local successful /
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:14:31 +0100
i�m working with a small Linux System with network support on an local
network. A ping from a remote machine is successful. A local telnet
session is also successful. A telnet session from the remote machine
will fail.
I can see with ifconfig, if the ping from the remote machine is running,
the tx counter increases. If I try the remote telnet session, i can
watch incoming packets but no packet will transmitted.
With tcpdump i see the telnet connect request from the remote machine.
At next my machines sends an arp-request about the address of the remote
machine and the remote machine replies the correct information, but
nothing will happen.
My routing table has an entry for the network an for my own machine.
Has anybody an idea what�s going wrong.
Thanks
Peter
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot record fun!
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:19:42 -0800
This shouldn't be a problem. If you want to be super cautious, make a
small (10-12MB) partition at the beginning of hda. Mount this as /boot on
your linux install. Put all your other filesystems anywhere you care to.
This config should work regardless of just about any other consideration.
If you've got a modern mobo with a recent BIOS even this should not be
necessary and you should be able to boot any partition directly as long as
lilo is configured to point to it.
Make sure you have a boot floppy for Linux before you install NT because
it will trash your MBR. You'll have to boot the floppy, edit your
lilo.conf so it knows how to boot NT, and rerun lilo (perhaps with the -C
option) to get things back to normal.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mr Fu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> No way w/o boot floppy? I was thinking of putting lilo on my hda*,
> linux on the hdc (where it is), and NT on hda1.
>
>> --
>> The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead. Craig Kelley --
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "yalu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
be.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc...
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:31:54 +0100
The modem is likely not to work softmodem UC.
Maybe an "expert" would try Slackware or Debian?
yalu
--
Customer: "I'm running Windows '95."
Tech: "Yes."
Customer: "My computer isn't working now.".
Tech: "Yes, you said that." .
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network Problems - Remote Ping successful / telnet local successful /
telnet remote failed
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:25:45 -0800
Is telnet enabled in /etc/inetd.conf? Is the connection being refused
because of a rule in /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny?
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter Gehring"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i�m working with a small Linux System with network support on an local
> network. A ping from a remote machine is successful. A local telnet
> session is also successful. A telnet session from the remote machine
> will fail.
>
> I can see with ifconfig, if the ping from the remote machine is running,
> the tx counter increases. If I try the remote telnet session, i can
> watch incoming packets but no packet will transmitted.
>
> With tcpdump i see the telnet connect request from the remote machine.
> At next my machines sends an arp-request about the address of the remote
> machine and the remote machine replies the correct information, but
> nothing will happen.
>
> My routing table has an entry for the network an for my own machine.
>
> Has anybody an idea what�s going wrong.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
>
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From: "Ian Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Booting Win2K and Caldera eDesktop
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:30:11 -0000
I think you need LOADLIN to boot Linux from NT Loader - I've never tried it
myself, I've always installed lilo as my first boot selection, with options
to boot linux or to boot NT loader to decide between Win 9x and NT - not
pretty, but it works *(the most annoying thing is that you can;t change the
default OS form Microsoft OS's).
Here's the doc for LOADLIN (sorry if you're a grandma):
LOADLIN.EXE, a loader (running under DOS) for LINUX kernel images
(fully supporting the kernel's command line feature)
(C) 1994..1995 Hans Lermen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
=================================================================
LOADLIN uses the same principle as BOOTLIN from F.Coutant, but has
enhanced error checking and fully supports the "command line feature"
of Linux. It also accepts a response file, so the command line can be
greater than 128 bytes.
LOADLIN-1.6 is highly adaptable to different DOS configurations, and now
has very few loading restrictions. It makes use of extended memory and
also can load big kernels (bzImages) and ramdisk images (initrd)
directly high. The bzImage+initrd standard was jointly developed
by the LILO-author (Werner Almesberger) and the LOADLIN-author (me)
and is part of the official kernel since version 1.3.73.
It is also capable of booting a UMSDOS-based system from a DOS drive.
Some options (-v, -t, -d) produce debug information, so if you have
problems, you can follow what is really being done by LOADLIN.
LOADLIN also can load out of Virtual-86 mode (which is normal when
using EMS drivers) if a VCPI server is present.
The loader program works from the DOS prompt or from CONFIG.SYS
under the following conditions:
1. The buffer memory (lowmem + extended) is great enough
to hold the compressed kernel image (zImage or bzImage)
aswell as the initrd image (optional)
2. A) The CPU is not in virtual-8086 mode
or
B) The EMS driver supports VCPI.
For a quick start read the QUICKSTA.RT file
For a detailed description please read the MANUAL.TXT file.
===========================================================================
Contents of LODLIN16.TGZ
========================
readme.1st you're reading me now!
loadlin.exe the loader
copying GPL of Free Software Foundation
test.par a sample response (params) file
linux.bat a sample DOS batch file
initrd.tgz a _very_ simple initrd (/linuxrc) example
doc
doc/changes history of LOADLIN
doc/quicksta.rt as the file name says, but you will need more to read
doc/manual.txt the manual
doc/params.doc description of Linux command line parameters
doc/announce.txt the posting that announced bzImage+initrd
doc/initrd.txt description of initrd (as of linux/Documentation/*)
doc/lodlin16.lsm
src source
src/loadlin.asm
src/loadlina.asm
src/loadlini.asm
src/loadlinj.asm
src/loadlinm.asm
src/makefile makefile for TASM
src/pgadjust.asm 32-bit part of Loadlin, generated by src/srclinux.tgz
src/srclinux.tgz 32-bit source (must compile under Linux)
I believe the trick is to make a DOS bootable partition on your machine,
include this in your NT Loader boot.ini file and invoke LOADLIN from the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the DOS partition.
That's enough egg sucking. Good luck.
Ian
"Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:96hbe4$8ij$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I want to dual boot Caldera eDesktop 2.4 and Windows 2000 Pro. I have two
> hard disks. The first one /dev/hda has a single partition and Windows
2000
> is installed on it. The second one has an ext2, FAT32 and a swap
partition
> on it and Linux is installed there. Caldera uses a boot loader called
GRUB.
> Right now I have to boot from the Caldera CD. I can boot Windows 2000 no
> problem.
>
> I tried making an image to boot Linux with like this
>
> dd if=/dev/hdb1 bs=512 count=1 of=linux.img
>
> and copied it to my Windows partition and added it to my boot.ini file. I
> get the option when NTLoader runs to launch either Windows of Linux but
when
> I select Linux it just sits for a second and then my machine reboots. I
> have tried making images of everything from one block to 9 blocks. None
of
> these image files work. I want to load Linux using NTLoader. What am I
> doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faux_Pseudo)
Subject: Re: pseudocolor
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:34:47 GMT
--(Once apon a time, in comp.os.linux.setup,)--
--(Dominic T. Cheng said it like only they can.)--
>
>I'm running Redhat 6.2 w/KDE and have an app that needs to be run in
>pseudocolor. Can someone tell me how to change my settings to accomodate
>this?
>
>thanks
>dominic
>
>
could you be more spacific?
when you say pseudo color what exactly do you mean?
and are you talking console or X
can you give a discription of what you want to have what
ever the app is look like?
--
--(UIN=66618055)--
--([EMAIL PROTECTED]:45_/home/faux)-- cat .sig
GUI's are for slackers. ibpconf.sh 6.1 on freshmeat.net
The easiest way to customize the command line. By Faux_Pseudo
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From: Jay & Michelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Helix-Gnome!
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:46:50 GMT
Thanks anyway I did it the hard way a deleted my ~/.gnome directory
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > I am using Gnome 1.2 in Mandrake 7.1.
> > I saved my desktop on exit. It had an applet fail so I chose wait a few
> > times, it still failed. Another one poped up and said failled, didn't
> > read it, said remove it, and now I don't have a Main menu panel.
> > Actually I have NO panel's now. How do I get it back?
> >
> > Thanks in advance:
> >
> >
> >
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Options
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:50:41 -0800
You'll need to dedicate at least two partitions to Linux. Your hda7 (H:)
will work as the filesystem, but you'll have to convert it from FAT32 to
Linux (Type 83) using a Linux partitioning tool. You'll also need a swap
partition. I'd put that on hdc (drive Z) ideally for performance reasons.
That way you've got swap happening on the second IDE channel rather than
clogging the channel your filesystem is on. It isn't that important
though, so put it anywhere that works.
Depending on how much stuff you run and how much memory you have you may
even be able to get by without a swap partition. Running a modern desktop
I wouldn't attempt this with less than 256K of RAM though.
You mentioned that your first drive is an ATA100. If it's on a UDMA100
controller you may have issues there. Horror stories of drives not being
recognized because of no driver for the controler have been rampant
lately.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <96h7ae$2al$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steve Ward"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to know before starting my trek to Linux what kind of
> partitioning will suffic, I would like to be able to continue using
> several OSes to include a distribution of Linux as well as Win98 and
> Win2K.
>
> Current configuration is :
>
> 3 HDs on system
>
> Drive X, Y, and Z to simplify this explanation, these are not drive
> letters, but 3 seperate drives.
>
> X = IDE HD as Master on IDE 0 (40GIG) ATA100 WD Y = IDE HD as Slave on
> IDE 0 (30 GIG) ATA66 WD Z = IDE HD as Master on IDE 1 (20 GIG) ATA 66
> Seagate
>
> X is currently partitioned as follows :
>
> C:\ drive is Primary DOS partition Fat16 and there is nothing loaded
> there except for necessary files to dual (actually quad) boot. I use
> Win98 and Win2K currently. One instance of Win98 and 3 of Win2K.
>
> The rest of Drive X is an Extended DOS Partition with 6 Logical drives.
> They are identified as D:\ , E:\ , F:\ , G:\ , H:\ and J:\ and contain :
> D: Win98 (Fat32) needed every Blue Moon (2 GIG) E: Win2K Pro (NTFS)
> Primary OS used daily (4 GIG) F: Win2K Server (NTFS) Loaded for learning
> the OS (4 GIG) G: Win2K Pro (NTFS) Backup Load in case of Emergency
> Crash (often used
> -( (4 GIG)
> H: (reserved for Linux) (Fat32) (unused) (4 GIG) J: (Storage Drive)
> (Fat32) (unused) (22 GIG)
>
> Y and Z are currently partitioned as follows :
>
> All space in both drives are Extended Partitions with logicals in each.
> I use these for storing files, and not much else. They get assigned
> drive letters K thru T.
>
> I know this has been very longwinded, so please accept my apology.
>
> Question is.....will I be able to utilize my partitioning scheme as it
> is currently configured ? in order to install Linux ? I am able to redo
> whatever is necessary quite easily, so that is not a problem, if there
> is a preferred or mandatory way that I must do things.
>
> TIA
>
> Steve
>
>
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pseudocolor
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:01:05 -0800
Pseudocolor is an X visual class. Practically this means having to run
8bpp. In your /etc/X11/XF86Config (or wherever Red Hat hides that file)
you'll probably have a line that reads DefaultColorDepth <some number>
change that to DefaultColorDepth 8.
This must be a pretty poorly written program to depend so specifically on
a particlar visual class (and a poor one at that).
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dominic T. Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running Redhat 6.2 w/KDE and have an app that needs to be run in
> pseudocolor. Can someone tell me how to change my settings to
> accomodate this?
>
> thanks dominic
>
>
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