Linux-Setup Digest #642, Volume #20 Fri, 16 Feb 01 06:13:04 EST
Contents:
IWill hpt368 ("Zayin Krige")
Re: Unix sys admin looking for advice on Lixus distro for home pc... ("Loren
Underwood")
Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!! ("Louis Hajjar")
Multiple Linux OS's on one hd (Bill Brown)
Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!! (Jesse Wyant)
Video card install problems. ("RojRevo")
Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!! (Michael Heiming)
Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!! ("Louis Hajjar")
Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!! ("Louis Hajjar")
Why can't I telnet to my machine ("Sandeep M. Yelwatkar")
Re: Linux newbie<HELP!>: dual boot problem(Linux/win98) freeze at "L"( as in LILO)!
("Eric")
Red Hat 7.0 on a Compaq ML370 with a Smart 5302 SCSI controller ("Tom Braathen")
Re: Multiple Linux OS's on one hd ("Duane Healing")
Re: defrag new install ("Duane Healing")
Linux, SHMMAX and Oracle (Bill Buchan)
Re: Why can't I telnet to my machine (H.Bruijn)
XFree86 4.0.2 (mandrake 7.2) (Tor Houghton)
redhat7, 3dimage9750 video problem ("R. Giuly")
Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me to give
you so you could help me some more...: ("Eric")
Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me to give
you so you could help me some more...: ("Eric")
Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me to give
you so you could help me some more...: ("Eric")
Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me to give
you so you could help me some more...: ("Eric")
Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me to give
you so you could help me some more...: ("Eric")
Re: Linux, SHMMAX and Oracle (Michael Heiming)
Re: Boot record fun! ("Eric")
Re: Boot record fun! ("Eric")
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From: "Zayin Krige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IWill hpt368
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:44:34 +0200
this is a simple IDE raid controller... anyone got linux drivers for it?
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From: "Loren Underwood" <[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: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 05:57:22 GMT
Well, expert i dunno...
If you want to start to get a feel for the linux os, solaris isn't that far
from it, as far as being *nix / shell based.
Also, freebsd and netbsd are BSD distros and BSD != linux
I wouldn't recommend debian for a beginner linux user. I would go with
Redhat - look for FTP mirrors on their website (www.redhat.com/mirrors.html
I beleive) and download Redhat 7.0 i386. Install from there. Redhat is
probably the most userfriendly distro (next to Mandrake which is
unbeleivably unsecure) that still has adequate security and application
support.
Also, your modem may not work if it's a winmodem. When I first used linux
(before I got my cable modem) I borrowed a 33.6 external modem that worked
just fine.
Hope this helps
-Len
"SFShadow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:o5Yi6.12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: "Louis Hajjar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 08:15:33 +0200
Hei,
I install redhat 7.0.
I want to use the mail server that come with it(sendmail)
I want to use my domain to recive and send mail.
I was able to send mail but not to recive mail.
when I send mail I check from wich address is coming I see
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
so I cant reply to that address.
Have you any idea from where I can change the local host to my own domain?
Thanks
LH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Brown)
Subject: Multiple Linux OS's on one hd
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 06:30:36 -0000
Hi...
i have 1 18 gig scsi hd, and I've installed RH 7.0 on 6 gigs of this hd. No
problems with install...
Installed Mandrake 7.2 on 6 gigs of the remaining free space, install
seemed to go fine...
I'm using GAG bootloader (don't know what the initials stand for...Spanish
for something I'm told)
I can't seem to find the partition(s) on which Mandrake was installed, in
this bootloader...
I can use the boot floppy to boot to Mandrake, but not through the
bootloader...
Right now the bootloader will load:
W98 - primary partiion on ide1
RH 6.2 primary on ide2
RH 7.0 first partiion(s) on scsi 1
but it will not load Mandrake...
any tips?
thanks
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From: Jesse Wyant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:47:32 -0800
I'm not sure about the localhost issue, (I'm running RedHat 7.0.9) I would
imagine that as long as your IP resolves to an actual name (like what
'nslookup <your_IP>' would show) then you should see that in your mail
header. But, one thing to look at is the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file, for
something like:
dnl This changes sendmail to only listen on the loopback device 127.0.0.1
dnl and not on any other network devices. Comment this out if you want
dnl to accept email over the network.
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
and make sure you comment out that last line like I show it above, because
I for the longest time couldn't receive mail from the outside world, this
line was why.
-jesse
Louis Hajjar wrote:
> Hei,
>
> I install redhat 7.0.
> I want to use the mail server that come with it(sendmail)
> I want to use my domain to recive and send mail.
> I was able to send mail but not to recive mail.
> when I send mail I check from wich address is coming I see
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> so I cant reply to that address.
> Have you any idea from where I can change the local host to my own domain?
>
> Thanks
>
> LH
--
Jesse Wyant - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
============================================================
Laura's Law:
No child throws up in the bathroom.
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From: "RojRevo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video card install problems.
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:37:34 -0000
I am having difficulty in installing the video card for setting up Linux
Mandrake Power Pack Edition.
It is not listed in Xconfigurator and although having tried obvious
alternatives having descriptions similar to my card, I still cannot install
the card and therefore no X.
The video card is a Palit Daytona Roadster 3D - S3 Trio 3D/2X 4M.
Can anyone please assist me.
Many thanks.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 08:43:09 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!!
Louis Hajjar wrote:
> Hei,
>
> I install redhat 7.0.
> I want to use the mail server that come with it(sendmail)
> I want to use my domain to recive and send mail.
> I was able to send mail but not to recive mail.
> when I send mail I check from wich address is coming I see
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> so I cant reply to that address.
> Have you any idea from where I can change the local host to my own domain?
>
> Thanks
>
> LH
Hello,
first check if MX in DNS points to your server, before you go on.
dig <your_domain> mx
There is a newsgroup comp.mail.sendmail which could better suite your needs,
as there are some very knowledgeable people who answer questions about
sendmail.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: "Louis Hajjar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:55:52 +0200
Hi Jesse ,
Thanks for replying.
well when I give the command nslookup I get the first DNS server but not my
IP address.
and on /etc/mail/sendmail.c
I dont have this lines at all.!!!!
but when I traceroute www.mydomain.com
it show my ip address. ( I think it show that the problem is still in my
settings)
LH
"Louis Hajjar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:96igi0$69p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hei,
>
> I install redhat 7.0.
> I want to use the mail server that come with it(sendmail)
> I want to use my domain to recive and send mail.
> I was able to send mail but not to recive mail.
> when I send mail I check from wich address is coming I see
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> so I cant reply to that address.
> Have you any idea from where I can change the local host to my own domain?
>
> Thanks
>
> LH
>
>
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From: "Louis Hajjar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail need some help.!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:59:13 +0200
Thanks Michel,
dig mydomain mx
it point to my server.
"Michael Heiming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Louis Hajjar wrote:
>
> > Hei,
> >
> > I install redhat 7.0.
> > I want to use the mail server that come with it(sendmail)
> > I want to use my domain to recive and send mail.
> > I was able to send mail but not to recive mail.
> > when I send mail I check from wich address is coming I see
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > so I cant reply to that address.
> > Have you any idea from where I can change the local host to my own
domain?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > LH
>
> Hello,
>
> first check if MX in DNS points to your server, before you go on.
>
> dig <your_domain> mx
>
> There is a newsgroup comp.mail.sendmail which could better suite your
needs,
> as there are some very knowledgeable people who answer questions about
> sendmail.
>
> Good luck
>
> Michael Heiming
>
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From: "Sandeep M. Yelwatkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why can't I telnet to my machine
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:38:12 +0000
I am not able to telnet my machine which run linux redhat 6.2. I went
through one of the mails in the newsgroup and found that I need to have
telnet server running on my machine.
Now that I have installed telnet-server. On executing
$rpm -qa | grep telnet
telnet-0.16-6
telnet-server-0.16-6
$rpm -ql telnet-server
/usr/man/man5/issue.net.5.gz
/usr/man/man8/in.telnetd.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/telnetd.8.gz
/usr/sbin/in.telnetd
$find / -iname in.telnetd -print
/usr/sbin/in.telnetd
Can someone tell me what I am missing
Thanks in advance for any help
Sandeep.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux newbie<HELP!>: dual boot problem(Linux/win98) freeze at "L"( as in
LILO)!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:03:09 +0100
> Login:
> Red Hat linux release 7.0 (Guinness)
> Kerenel 2.2.16-22 on an i686
> -------------------------------------------------
> /etc/lilo.conf looks like:
> boot=/dev/hda/
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message/boot/message
> lba32
> default=linux
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
> label=linux
> read-only
> root=/dev/hdd6
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
> --------------------------------------------------
> When /sbin/lilo -v is run, this is printed out:
> LILO version 21.4-4, Copywright (c) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Then your LILO is new enough. Ths fdisk listing is not a problem.
> 'lba32' xtensions Copywright (c) 1999,2000 John Coffman
>
> Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> hdb: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
This is obviously a scary message.
If your BIOS is unable to boot from hdd, you cannot solve this.
I really can't tell from here. Check the documentation of your MoBo
Two easy options:
1) Connect hdd as hdb (slave at primary controller)
2) put /boot on hda
both solutions circumvent the problem.
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
> Mapping message file /boot/message
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
> Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
> Added linux *
> Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader /boot/chain.b
> Added dos
> /boot/boot.0300 exists - no backup copy made.
> Writing boot sector.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> fdisk -l /dev/hd[ab](and *[a], and *[b], and *a, and *b):
> "bash: fdisk: command not found"
You should have tried /sbin/fdisk instead.
The reply from bash, is clear enough, it couldn't find fdisk
(Which is correct, /sbin is not supposed to be in your $PATH)
I don't need this input anymore though. Just if your LILO was to old.
Eric
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From: "Tom Braathen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 7.0 on a Compaq ML370 with a Smart 5302 SCSI controller
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:16:48 GMT
Hey!
I am setting up a Compaq ML370 server with a Smart 5302 RAID controller and
3 36GB disks, but this is not exactly going my way. The installation is
defaulting to a NCR ??53XX?? controller (SCSI) but my Comapq controller
needs some special driver to work properly so this causes the server to
crash right after I partition the disk. I've made one logical volume on 72GB
with the hardware raid controller and is partitioning this in smaller
partitions during installation. Right after I define the partitions and then
press Next, the server goes down.
Have any of you guys any experience with these kinda problemes or atleast
know here I can turn to for help?
Thanks in advance.
Tom Braathen
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple Linux OS's on one hd
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:54:20 -0800
Why not use lilo?
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bill Brown"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> I'm using GAG bootloader (don't know what the initials stand
> for...Spanish for something I'm told)
>
> I can't seem to find the partition(s) on which Mandrake was installed,
> in this bootloader...
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: defrag new install
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:56:34 -0800
They'd be going onto different partitions so defragging would be
irrelevant.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <QU1j6.4174$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"PCHservices" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If i am installing a brand new copy of winME and a brand new copy of
> linux on a brand new haed drive, after I do the install of windows, do I
> need to defrag the drive if I haven't even used windows yet. I have done
> many installs of linux on old win boxes but never had this scenerio
> before. Thanks in advance...peter
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From: Bill Buchan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Linux, SHMMAX and Oracle
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:27:02 +0000
Hi,
I'm installing Oracle 8i on Linux. According to the installation notes,
Oracle recommends setting setting the kernel parameter to 0.5 * the
physical memory.
Currently my value is set at 32Mb (0x2000000), and real memory is 1Gb so
it would seem that I should increase it.
However the comments in the file /usr/src/linux/include/asm/shmparam.h
recomment _not_ changing it, as people rely on it.
Also, I've never recompiled a kernel before (and it frightens me!) so
I'd rather just put Oracle on and come back and do this later if
required.
My question then is, what is the effect of not upping this parameter and
recompiling? Will I be limiting the maximum size of SGA I can define?
People have told me not to worry about it, but I worry about why I
shouldn't worry about it...
Any information gratefully received.
Thanks
- Bill.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Why can't I telnet to my machine
Date: 16 Feb 2001 10:29:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:38:12 +0000, Sandeep M. Yelwatkar allegedly wrote:
>
>I am not able to telnet my machine which run linux redhat 6.2. I went
>through one of the mails in the newsgroup and found that I need to have
>telnet server running on my machine.
>Now that I have installed telnet-server. On executing
[snip list of files concerning telnetd]
>Can someone tell me what I am missing
>Thanks in advance for any help
a) is telnet enabled from /etc/inetd.conf? In a line like
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
After adding such a service inetd has to be restarted.
b) You can't log in via telnet as root. Try logging in as a regular
user. If you need to to do system maintenance use the "su -" command to
log in as root from a running session.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: Tor Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 4.0.2 (mandrake 7.2)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:36:14 +0000
Hi,
What are the recommended steps for changing the XFree86-4.0.1 RPM's on
Mandrake 7.2 to XFree86-4.0.2?
Should I grab the "cooker" SRPM for 4.0.2 and do an "rpm --rebuild
blah.srpm"?
Grabbing the binary RPM's won't work, and I don't really wish to move to
tarball installs from XFree86.org.
I need 4.0.2 to run X on my C600 Dell Latitude (Rage Mobility 128 LF).
Hope someone can help.
Best regards,
Tor
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From: "R. Giuly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat7, 3dimage9750 video problem
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 05:49:47 -0500
With RedHat 6.1's X server, my 3D image 9750 agp trident card is
detected and works fine. When I try to install redhat 7, the X server it
uses has a driver that doesn't quite work. It actually leaves sections
of the screen not updated, i.e. you can move a window and only the outer
frame moves. Most of the text that should be in a window is written
right onto the desktop. You would have to see it to believe it. It's not
a sync problem, because the picture is locked in fine, the graphics
being drawn are just messed up. Does anyone know what the problem could
be?
--
Richard Giuly
(remove animal from email address)
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me
to give you so you could help me some more...:
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:52:26 +0100
It may take a few hours, but I do follow the thread you started.
So there's no need to multipost the same message and start a new thread.
I replied at the old thread
(Use dejanews if you cannot find it anymore)
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me
to give you so you could help me some more...:
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:52:56 +0100
It may take a few hours, but I do follow the thread you started.
So there's no need to multipost the same message and start a new thread.
I replied at the old thread
(Use dejanews if you cannot find it anymore)
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me
to give you so you could help me some more...:
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:53:44 +0100
Hi Bjarke,
It may take a few hours, but I do follow the thread you started.
So there's no need to multipost the same message and start a new thread.
I replied at the old thread
(Use dejanews if you cannot find it anymore)
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me
to give you so you could help me some more...:
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:54:33 +0100
Hi Bjarke,
It may take a few hours, but I do follow the thread you started.
So there's no need to multipost the same message and start a new thread.
I replied at the old thread
(Use dejanews if you cannot find it anymore)
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To Eric: Thanks for all the help so far, here are the infos U asked me
to give you so you could help me some more...:
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:54:41 +0100
Hi Bjarke,
It may take a few hours, but I do follow the thread you started.
So there's no need to multipost the same message and start a new thread.
I replied at the old thread
(Use dejanews if you cannot find it anymore)
Eric
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Re: Linux, SHMMAX and Oracle
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:01:26 +0100
Bill Buchan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing Oracle 8i on Linux. According to the installation notes,
> Oracle recommends setting setting the kernel parameter to 0.5 * the
> physical memory.
>
> Currently my value is set at 32Mb (0x2000000), and real memory is 1Gb so
> it would seem that I should increase it.
>
> However the comments in the file /usr/src/linux/include/asm/shmparam.h
> recomment _not_ changing it, as people rely on it.
>
> Also, I've never recompiled a kernel before (and it frightens me!) so
> I'd rather just put Oracle on and come back and do this later if
> required.
>
> My question then is, what is the effect of not upping this parameter and
> recompiling? Will I be limiting the maximum size of SGA I can define?
> People have told me not to worry about it, but I worry about why I
> shouldn't worry about it...
>
> Any information gratefully received.
>
> Thanks
> - Bill.
Hello,
from another reply I wrote some weeks ago,
[]
I've done this for Adabas RDBMS which really did speed it up.
I edited /usr/src/linux/include/asm/shmparam.h
-#define SHMMAX 0x2000000 /* max shared seg size (bytes) */
+#define SHMMAX 0x8000000 /* max shared seg size (bytes) */
/* Try not to change the default shipped SHMMAX - people rely on it */
and recompiled the kernel.
[]
There are some tools like top who display shared somehow wrong if you
change SHMMAX,
but asuming you are running only your DB on this machine, I wouldn't be to
concernd about this.
As you should have no other progs running, relying on SHMMAX., but I have
no expirience on SHMMAX and Oracle.
A kernel compile speeds you machine up, you get a newer kernel (2.4.x), as
most distros
don't come with the new version, these days. You can set special params for
your CPU, that general
precompiled kernels most times miss, as they are made to run on many
different CPU.
Read the Kernel-HowTo and Documentation/Changes that comes with every
kernel source tarball.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Thank god it's friday today...
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot record fun!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:02:41 +0100
> >> > 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.
> >
>
> Not using LILO. The documentation is explicit about this.
>
> However, you can create just the boot partition (a small one, less than
10MB)
> on the primary IDE master and put the rest of Linux on the secondary.
>
Well that's odd.
I did install SuSE on hdc.
And it did boot.
I guess you've read some different documentation than I did :-)
Conclusion: It can be done, but only if your BIOS supports booting from hdc.
(And I cannot answer that question for you)
(And please don't crosspost to so many groups)
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot record fun!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:05:22 +0100
"Mr Fu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> 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?
LILO backs it up for you
so `lilo -u` will do I suppose.
> > You can boot with a DOS floppy and type
> >
> > FDISK /mbr
>
> Not an option.
Why not.
The actual loader isn't in the MBR anyway
>
> > 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.
Sure, just do it :-)
Wether it will boot is however depending on your BIOS
Eric
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