Linux-Setup Digest #683, Volume #20 Thu, 22 Feb 01 01:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Transferring OSes (OS/2, Linux, Windows XX, etc.) to another disk: (Jim Parker)
Re: "xterm -fa courier" doesn't work under XFree 4.0.2 ("Bitter Spock")
Re: mount can't find hda1 ("Patrick Fisher")
Re: linux netowrk drives (Rod Smith)
Re: Ipchains/subnet problem?? ("Thorin")
Re: rmmod (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Hard Disk won't boot, floppy will (Someone Special)
Re: LILO, boot problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
An excellent virtual available for rent (Hung Ngoc Lai)
Re: Hard Disk won't boot, floppy will (Vlar Schreidlocke)
Re: cd-rom trouble (Glitch)
Re: LILO, boot problems (Vlar Schreidlocke)
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From: Jim Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.setup.storage,comp.os.os2.setup.misc
Subject: Re: Transferring OSes (OS/2, Linux, Windows XX, etc.) to another disk:
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 21:41:36 -0500
Felix Miata wrote:
> Jean Castonguay wrote:
>
> > OS/2 can be transferred to another disk (on which partitions have been
> > created and formatted) by XCOPYING it with the HOTSERV switches, or by
> > copying it with File Commander/2.
>
> > Are there as elegant procedures for transferring other OSes, namely
> > Linux, Windows XX, and Windows NT?
>
> Dunno about NT. For windoze XX there is a freeware utility called XXCOPY
> that works with doze booted into the GUI. For Linux I'm sure there's a
> DD or other howto that explains the procedure. I use Partition Magic for
> doze and OS/2. PM with Linux is tricky but doable.
> --
> Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not
> turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 NKJV
>
> Team OS/2
>
> Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
I have used PowerQuest's Drive Image. Version 4.0 allows you to create the
image to a CD-R. Backup an image to a CD-R, replace the hard drive, boot
from Drive Image floppies and restore it. I replaced a 6 GB hard drive with
a 20 GB hard drive this way. I transferred Boot Manager, DOS, Windows 98,
and OS/2.
Jim
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From: "Bitter Spock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: "xterm -fa courier" doesn't work under XFree 4.0.2
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 02:55:00 GMT
This works for me ......
xterm -font FONTNAME
This in my .Xdefaults file works better:
xterm*font: FONTNAME
"Serge Eric Thiam Nkuiguieng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I got the source for XFree86-4.0.2-6mdk.src.rpm, made sure that
> "#define FreeType2 /usr"
> was set in the "config/cf/host.def" file and succesfully recompile X.
> I installed it but when I tried to use xterm with the anti-aliased fonts
> with the command:
> "xterm -fa courier"
> I get the error message: (or somthing like this)
> "extension "RENDER" no availble on display :0.0"
> What am I doing wrong?
> I read in the newsgroups and dejanews that the anti-aliased fonts were
> disable by default in X and I just needed to get the source, set the
> #define as above and recompile; but it doesn't seem to work for me?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> FYI I'm using mandrake 7.2 and upgraded to XFree86-4.0.2 from the src
> above + freetype2 and freetype2-devel.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> --
> Serge.
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From: "Patrick Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mount can't find hda1
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:32:27 -0500
"Gregory Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> aside from posting a copy of fstab, how about /proc/filsystems ?
I don't believe kernel 2.4.1 has support for mounting Win2k NTFS partitions
(NTFS5) yet. Could this be the source of the problem?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: linux netowrk drives
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 03:53:16 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <9718t4$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Mathias Rodenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi there...once more i have a newbie question
>
> i recently set up a little lan at home consisting of three computers all
> running debian 2.2r2 connected over a hub...what would be the easiest way
> to set it up so i can access all hd's from every computer
The usual way to do this sort of thing among Linux or Unix boxes is via
NFS, but there are other options, like the Coda filesystem or even
SMB/CIFS (Samba). You probably don't need to give full access to the
whole of each system's hard disk, but you could if you needed to. For
more information, consult the NFS HOWTO
(http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html, among other
places) or a Linux networking book (I list several, including one by
me, at http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-network.html). If you need
more specific advice, please say precisely what you hope to accomplish
with this setup.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Thorin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: roadrunner.techtalk.security,roadrunner.techtalk.lans
Subject: Re: Ipchains/subnet problem??
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 03:42:59 GMT
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Are you filtering ICMP (Specifically types 0&8) in your firewall
ruleset?
Your rule may look something like the following (don't mind my
variables)
input
/sbin/ipchains -A input -j REJECT -i $EXTIF -p icmp -s $UNIVERSE -d
$EXTIP --icmp-type echo-reply $LOGGING
/sbin/ipchains -A input -j REJECT -i $EXTIF -p icmp -s $UNIVERSE -d
$EXTIP --icmp-type echo-request $LOGGING
output:
/sbin/ipchains -A output -j REJECT -i $EXTIF -p icmp -s $EXTIP -d
$UNIVERSE --icmp-type echo-reply
/sbin/ipchains -A output -j REJECT -i $EXTIF -p icmp -s $EXTIP -d
$UNIVERSE --icmp-type echo-request $LOGGING
- --Thorin
"Dodd" < > wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just subnetted my network with a Cisco 1605R sitting between my
> 192.168.1 and 192.168.2 networks. I can hit the machines on each
> network themselves fine. However, I am having a problem pinging
> computers on the "Other" network (either direction). Could this be
> a problem with my firewall?? I am running ipchains. When I try to
> ping across the router from windows it just times out, but from
> Linux I get
>
> "ping: Sendto: Operation not permitted"
> "ping: wrote 192.168.2.2 64 chars, ret=-1"
>
> Where should I look to correct this?? My routing tables on the
> linux box (internet connection/firewall/masq) and the router look
> ok, but I'm willing to look again.
>
> Any ideas...please??
>
> Dodd Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: rmmod
Date: 21 Feb 2001 23:55:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Heiming wrote:
> jeff wrote:
>> Is there any good reason to be running rmmod -as every ten minutes???
> IMHO not, the kernel will perfectly take care of unloading modules
> himself, if your memory gets to low,
No, it doesn't. kerneld used to remove unused modules, but that was back
in the days of 2.0.*.
> otherwise they will stay in memory with state (autoclean).
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: Someone Special <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Disk won't boot, floppy will
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:59:12 GMT
Try changing the large disk access mode in your CMOS setup
program to 'Normal' instead of 'LBA', 'CHS', or 'Large'. Sometimes
LILO really doesn't like that, just had a similiar issue on one of my
machines.
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:28:48 GMT, Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I am still having problems getting my hard disk to boot. I am running
>Mandrake 7.2. I have a 20GB IDE hard drive (hda) on a Dell P90. When I
>run fdisk /dev/hda it shows the first partition hda1 starting on
>cylinder 1 and ending on cylinder 63. It has an asterisk under the
>boot column. I have run lilo with a good(?) lilo.conf file. It is
>similar to other lilo.conf files on working machines of similar setup.
>
>Could there be something wrong with my MBR? I can boot off a boot
>floppy and then it finds everything esle on my hard disk.
>
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO, boot problems
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:16:18 GMT
Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I recently recompiled a kernel and after running LILO my computer can
>>> no longer find the hard disk. I am running Mandrake 7.2. When I do an
>>
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:36:18 GMT, "Peter T. Breuer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>It can find it just fine .. when you choose to compile a driver for the
>>controller into it.
>>
> I meant to say that the computer won't boot from the hard disk. It
That's what I said too.
> will boot from the floppy and then the boot continues from the hard
Well one would guess your floppy has the right kernel in it, and your
hard disk does not. No, the boot does not "continue". You boot from
the floppy, full stop. When the floppy kernel comes up, it mounts the
root filesystem on the disk.
> disk and everything runs fine after that. The computer has booted from
> the hard disk when I first installed linux. LILO came up just fine.
> I'm not sure if I changed something in lilo.conf or what.
You did, but who cares? First convince us that your newly compiled
kernel has support for your ide controller and boot file system BUILT
IN. Then you can worry about boot sequences.
Well, on second thoughts .. scratch that. First convince me that you
have a boot loader on your hard disk! What makes you think you do?
You aren't telling me basic things like "I placed my boot kernel on the
floppy and it booted fine". Get your data straight and people will be
able to form deductions properly and start to help you.
> BIOS setup. When I did that I at least got to "LI" and beeped
> continuously.
That's a "geometry error", or possibly just "no kernel" at the point
where you tried to jump to. Either you changed the disk geometry or you
replaced the kernel.
> What can I do to fix this? Also, is there a way to start from a floppy
Anything.
> and have the "ether=5,0x280,eth0 ether=4,0x300,eth1" parameters
> entered automatically?
Sure. Put them in your lilo.conf on the floppy and run lilo on the
floppy. But why would you build ethernet drivers into the kernel? They
should be modules. After all, they're not vital for booting your
system, are they? As you can see, it is hard work to supply parameters
to kernel built-ins, and you can't reset the drivers except by
rebooting. So don't.
Peter
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From: Hung Ngoc Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: An excellent virtual available for rent
Date: 22 Feb 2001 04:36:57 GMT
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From: Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Disk won't boot, floppy will
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:13:47 GMT
This is an older BIOS update. The text file for the BIOS upgrade said
that LBA was the default. I assume this is what happens when "AUTO" is
selected in the IDE section of the BIOS setup. There are also choices
"USER" and "USERX" and "none".
When I set it to "USER" and manully entered the CHS parameters LILO
got to "LI" and the computer started beeping continuously. Before that
it wouldn't even get to "L", "LI", etc. It would just hang after
finding the Hard Disk and Floppy. Eventually it would say "insert
bootable media".
I even ran the Mandrake 7.2 configuration and selected "Upgrade". It
went throught the whole thing and I was able to select "Install Boot
Loader" and I chose "MBR" instead of "hda1". The computer booted from
the hard disk ONE TIME and then it was back to the previous situation,
although this time the configuration added the graphical login, which
I never specified.
It keeps seeming like I am getting close to solving this and then I'm
right back where I started.
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 04:59:12 GMT, Someone Special
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try changing the large disk access mode in your CMOS setup
>program to 'Normal' instead of 'LBA', 'CHS', or 'Large'. Sometimes
>LILO really doesn't like that, just had a similiar issue on one of my
>machines.
>
>On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:28:48 GMT, Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>I am still having problems getting my hard disk to boot. I am running
>>Mandrake 7.2. I have a 20GB IDE hard drive (hda) on a Dell P90. When I
>>run fdisk /dev/hda it shows the first partition hda1 starting on
>>cylinder 1 and ending on cylinder 63. It has an asterisk under the
>>boot column. I have run lilo with a good(?) lilo.conf file. It is
>>similar to other lilo.conf files on working machines of similar setup.
>>
>>Could there be something wrong with my MBR? I can boot off a boot
>>floppy and then it finds everything esle on my hard disk.
>>
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 00:36:37 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cd-rom trouble
will wrote:
>
> I just got through re-installing Linux_Mandrake and I seem to have lost all
> access rights to the cd-rom. I tried it as root and as a user and I can't
> get in. I can't install any RPMs because it says it can't find them. I've
> tried it from the console too. HELP!!!!
>
> Will
why don't you help us by telling us what errors you got?
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From: Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO, boot problems
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:27:22 GMT
Thanks for your help.
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:16:18 GMT, "Peter T. Breuer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> I recently recompiled a kernel and after running LILO my computer can
>>>> no longer find the hard disk. I am running Mandrake 7.2. When I do an
>>>
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:36:18 GMT, "Peter T. Breuer"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>It can find it just fine .. when you choose to compile a driver for the
>>>controller into it.
>>>
>> I meant to say that the computer won't boot from the hard disk. It
>
>That's what I said too.
>
>> will boot from the floppy and then the boot continues from the hard
>
>Well one would guess your floppy has the right kernel in it, and your
>hard disk does not. No, the boot does not "continue". You boot from
>the floppy, full stop. When the floppy kernel comes up, it mounts the
>root filesystem on the disk.
>
I made the floppy after recompiling the kernel. The original
installation version was 2.2.17. The new kernel is 2.2.18. I made the
floppy using mkbootdosk after compiling the kernel. When I boot from
the floppy it says "2.2.18", not 2.2.17.
>> disk and everything runs fine after that. The computer has booted from
>> the hard disk when I first installed linux. LILO came up just fine.
>> I'm not sure if I changed something in lilo.conf or what.
>
>You did, but who cares? First convince us that your newly compiled
>kernel has support for your ide controller and boot file system BUILT
>IN. Then you can worry about boot sequences.
>
I ran the Mandrake installation program and chose "Upgrade". It
allowed me to "Install Boot Loader" after doing that and finishing the
"Upgrade" the computer booted correctly with the new LILO. Then it
wouldn't boot again without the floppy.
>Well, on second thoughts .. scratch that. First convince me that you
>have a boot loader on your hard disk! What makes you think you do?
>
I assume from the previous comment that there was a boot loader and it
allowed me to boot one time.
>You aren't telling me basic things like "I placed my boot kernel on the
>floppy and it booted fine". Get your data straight and people will be
>able to form deductions properly and start to help you.
>
>> BIOS setup. When I did that I at least got to "LI" and beeped
>> continuously.
>
>That's a "geometry error", or possibly just "no kernel" at the point
>where you tried to jump to. Either you changed the disk geometry or you
>replaced the kernel.
>
I tried manually inputting the CHS info instead of selecting "AUTO" in
the BIOS setup.
>> What can I do to fix this? Also, is there a way to start from a floppy
>
>Anything.
>
>> and have the "ether=5,0x280,eth0 ether=4,0x300,eth1" parameters
>> entered automatically?
>
For some reason I was never able to get two NE2000 cards to run from
just the modules. I tried every configuration in the ethernet,
network, ipmasq, etc. HOWTO's. I used the NE2000 support compiles into
the kernel and it worked. I have had this same problem on three other
computers and have resorted to the kernel support. It worked so I had
no reason to keep hacking away at the module problem. Everyone told me
they should have been able to load as modules, but after two weeks of
trying everything I had to move on to what worked, I was just
repeating that in this case.
>Sure. Put them in your lilo.conf on the floppy and run lilo on the
>floppy. But why would you build ethernet drivers into the kernel? They
>should be modules. After all, they're not vital for booting your
>system, are they? As you can see, it is hard work to supply parameters
>to kernel built-ins, and you can't reset the drivers except by
>rebooting. So don't.
>
How do I run lilo on the floppy? I know I have seen that somwhere, but
I'm frazzled and can't remember where.
Once again, I appreciate your help. I am trying to describe the
problem as best I can. I am getting on the net with a windows computer
while I get this linux box working, so it is a bit harder to copy off
the various info that linux produces.
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