Linux-Setup Digest #689, Volume #20 Fri, 23 Feb 01 02:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: RH 7.0 and 56k modem. No prompt. (Ton 't Lam)
getting SO to print ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: getting SO to print (E J)
Re: How-to- Linux on Unix?? (David Efflandt)
Re: No Setup Signature Found (David Efflandt)
Re: G400, GLX with 2.4 kernel, is it working? ("TheMartian")
Re: mounting udf cds as nonroot (Matt Haley)
Setting up a Cardinal modem ("Ed Collins")
Re: su, pam, Red Hat 7.0: I made a boo-boo ("ChozSun")
Re: Can't get dot matrix printer to print ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: getting SO to print ("g.montgomery")
Re: hangs on verifying dmi pool with hard drive ("Dave Thompson")
Looking for modelines for ViewSonic A70 (Joe Mason)
Re: gal && glade installation (SC Patton)
Re: ASAP......Problem in booting linux from win NT ("Moshe Samuel")
Mandrake dual boot (win 98 and linux) ("P")
Re: mounting udf cds as nonroot (Matt Haley)
network card configuration ("Pavan")
Re: Mandrake dual boot (win 98 and linux) ("Paul R. Woods")
Re: error building Kernel ("Paul R. Woods")
Re: Mandrake dual boot (win 98 and linux) ("Masha Ku'Inanna")
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From: Ton 't Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.0 and 56k modem. No prompt.
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:09:57 +0100
It is a real external modem, not a winmodem (which is not a modem).
I was also referred to the HOW-TO documents.
ftp.LeidenUniv.nl --> /pub/linux/sunsite/docs/HOWTO/
- Ton
Duane Healing wrote:
> What kind of modem is it? If it's a winmodem you're probably hosed.
> Take a look at the FCC ID and look it up at
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010212a.html to see if it will work or
> not.
>
> --
> -Duane
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ton 't Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm using RH7.0 and an old 19k2 modem is recognized and is working. I
> > get the AT prompt using minicom. I bought a new 56k modem, and now I
> > don't even get a prompt. I used setserial to set the speed to spdvhi.
> > What to check to get in touch with this modem.
> >
> > - Ton 't Lam
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: getting SO to print
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:28:27 GMT
Hello,
Having a bit of printer trouble here. I'll mention only one
problem.
I've got the Canon BJC2100 hooked up by way of the cups server
stuff. I can print a testpage fine and printing through kword is
acceptable.
I can't figure out how to get StarOffice to avail itself of the
printer though. How do I use the SO printer config utility
(spadmin) to set up SO to print to the BJC2100.
Something obvious I'm missing but....
Other mysteries abound but that's good for now, if someone can
point me in the right direction.
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
===========================================================
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting SO to print
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:44:04 GMT
Just let SO default to the your lpr printer.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Having a bit of printer trouble here. I'll mention only one
> problem.
>
> I've got the Canon BJC2100 hooked up by way of the cups server
> stuff. I can print a testpage fine and printing through kword is
> acceptable.
>
> I can't figure out how to get StarOffice to avail itself of the
> printer though. How do I use the SO printer config utility
> (spadmin) to set up SO to print to the BJC2100.
>
> Something obvious I'm missing but....
>
> Other mysteries abound but that's good for now, if someone can
> point me in the right direction.
>
> F.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Felmon John Davis
> Union College / Schenectady, NY
> os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
> -----------------------------------------------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: How-to- Linux on Unix??
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:25:44 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:09:09 -0800, Mun Sing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am new to Linux.... and I am wondering if it is possible Linux on a
>Unix System??
>I know it does not make much of a scene... but this question just pop
>into my head...
>If anyone has tried it or have some knowledge of it.
Not sure what you are asking, but FreeBSD can run many Linux binaries
(probably RH 6.1) using something that I think is called a compat
package. When it recognizes a Linux ELF program it runs it under a Linux
like directory structure containing Linux libs.
However, somewhat problematic was that FreeBSD (at least 4.0) could read,
but not write to RH 6.x ext2 file systems (it could write RH 5.2 ext2).
But RH 5.2 cannot write to RH 6.x file systems either (something changed
in 6.x ext2).
But if you can get Unix sources (instead of binaries only), it is best to
compile them on the system you are running (Linux or whatever).
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: No Setup Signature Found
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:28:45 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:18:03 GMT, Bill James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, I recently rebuilt my Redhat 6.1 kernel. When lilo begins to boot the
>new kernel I get the error "No Setup Signature Found" and machine locks up.
>Can someone give me a hint as to what the problem might be?
>Thanks,
>Bill
Did you 'make install' or run /sbin/lilo before attempting to boot the new
kernel? Maybe LILO cannot find your new kernel.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: "TheMartian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: G400, GLX with 2.4 kernel, is it working?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:41:01 GMT
ha ha ha!
I am getting device not found on agpgart, only snag the device is there,
permissions are right etc.
David
Sydney, Australia
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dr Entropy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> TheMartian wrote:
>>
>> Just built this thing from source tarballs installed it, no errors are
>> reported at all, nothing reported even with enabled logging.
>>
>> Any ideas how I can tell if this is actually working?
>>
>> David Sydney, Australia
>
> I'd say it's working... We can see ya here!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mounting udf cds as nonroot
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:44:25 -0000
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:28:38 -0500,
Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>either an iso cd or a udf cd in the same drive as a user! Still, I don't
>know why the auto entry in fstab doesn't find udf. Maybe this is something
>that needs to be addressed in the next version of mount. dunno.
>From the man page for mount (concerning the '-t' option):
The type iso9660 is the default. If no -t option
is given, or if the auto type is specified, the
superblock is probed for the filesystem type
(minix, ext, ext2, xiafs, iso9660, romfs ,ufs,
ntfs, qnx4, bfs are supported). If this probe
fails, mount will try to read the file
/etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,
/proc/filesystems. All of the filesystem types
listed there will be tried, except for those that
are labeled "nodev" (e.g., devpts, proc and nfs).
It appears that udf isn't in the list of filesystems that 'auto' checks for.
--
Matt Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mandrake 7.2 / RedHat 6.1 / Windows 98 SE / FreeBSD 4.2 / Windows NT 4
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From: "Ed Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up a Cardinal modem
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:28:59 GMT
Hello, there
I'm trying to install a Cardinal modem into a 486 and cannot get it to work.
The initialization string will not execute in minicom, and I cannot type in
a AT command.
The config is:
serial device: /dev/ttyS3
BPS/Par/Bits: 115200 8N1
Hardware and software
486DX-66
20MByte of Ram
Red Hat Linux (Kernel 2.2.5-15)
Cardinal 28.8IV with voice.
I would certainly appreciate anyone's advice.
ed collins
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From: "ChozSun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: su, pam, Red Hat 7.0: I made a boo-boo
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:19:30 -0600
I figured it out anyway.
I had the wrong permission for /bin/su.
it should be:
-rwsr-xr-x
I should use sudo.
Joe
"Cameron Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:PXil6.1086$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ChozSun"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I screwed up royally. Details, details.
> >
> > I was trying to secure the su command and let only certain users execute
> > it. Keep in mind that I totally forgot about pam.
>
> Why don't you just use sudo?
>
> -- Cameron Kerr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can't get dot matrix printer to print
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:46:48 GMT
I tried your suggestion and it worked. I get the printout ok at the
end of the job. Now I get a header first and each character is 8
lines high. Looks like the test page from printtool. How do I get
rid of that? Thanx.
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From: "g.montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting SO to print
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 04:49:40 GMT
E J wrote:
> Just let SO default to the your lpr printer.
>
That didn't work for me - I had to use a setup
utility called spadmin in the office52/program
directory. It pops open a nice GUI-based
printer installation program, which allows you
to select the driver from those listed and then
to connect to a queue. I have a Brother printer
for which I used the HP Laserjet 4 printer driver,
so my "Installed printers" window reads:
HP Laserjet 4in queue lp2 (lpr -P lp2)
That works for me. YMMV
Gene.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Having a bit of printer trouble here. I'll mention only one
> > problem.
> >
> > I've got the Canon BJC2100 hooked up by way of the cups server
> > stuff. I can print a testpage fine and printing through kword is
> > acceptable.
> >
> > I can't figure out how to get StarOffice to avail itself of the
> > printer though. How do I use the SO printer config utility
> > (spadmin) to set up SO to print to the BJC2100.
> >
> > Something obvious I'm missing but....
> >
> > Other mysteries abound but that's good for now, if someone can
> > point me in the right direction.
> >
> > F.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > Felmon John Davis
> > Union College / Schenectady, NY
> > os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
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Reply-To: "Dave Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Dave Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hangs on verifying dmi pool with hard drive
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:00:21 GMT
thanks for the suggestions -- when this first occurred, it was a curiosity,
and I remember re-fdisking, re-formating, I've lilo'd my head off -- to no
avail. I think that I even tried using the maxtor mbr restore.
I suppose what I should do is try all this again -- it was a long time ago
and I might have missed something. Of course, for less trouble I could just
spend $100, add another hard drive, make it bootable, copy the entire
contents over, and then work with this drive without messing up everything
that is already working ...
Or, I could do what I've done for the last year, i.e. ignore it and continue
to boot from floppy, waste my time somewhere else ...
what a pain.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Mason)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.help,uw.linux
Subject: Looking for modelines for ViewSonic A70
Date: 23 Feb 2001 05:39:38 GMT
Hi,
I'm running XFree86 4.0.2, with a ViewSonic A70 monitor and an NVidia TNT2.
(Using the basic nv driver - gonna get this working before trying
accelerated).
I can't get X to display at 1280x1024 - 1024x768 is the highest I can do.
I suspect I have to put an explicit modeline in the config file in
order to get this resolution, but I'm not sure what values to use.
I've lost the monitor manual, so I can't get detailed modelines for it
(although I don't think the manual had all that much technical detail
anyway).
The only tech specs I could find are at
http://www.red.it/pnp/monitor/a/a70.pdf (text version at
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.red.it/pnp/monitor/a/a70.pdf+ViewSonic+A70+refresh+rate).
The pertinent info is:
* 1,280 x 1,024 maximum resolution
Displays a maximum resolution of 1,280 x 1,024; 1,024 x 768 at 87Hz
flicker-free refresh rate for easy viewing.
1,280 x 1,024 @ 166Hz
1,024 x 768 @ 187Hz
800 x 1,600 @ 110Hz
640 x 1,480 @ 135Hz
<snip>
Frequency Fh:30-70kHz, Fv:50-180Hz
Anyway, I put these into the XF86Config file hoping it would fill in the
correct modelines automagically:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ViewSonic A70"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-180
EndSection
Section "Screen"
...
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024"
EndSection
At 1024x768 everything works fine, but at 1280x1024 the screen simply blanks
out.
I noticed some interesting things in the startup log. In one block, which
I'm not sure exactly how to interpret, the highest listed mode was 1152x870,
so I tried that instead. Here's the output from that:
(II) NV(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): DDC Monitor info: 0x84e7dd8
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer: VSC Model: 5a43 Serial#: 8264
(II) NV(0): Year: 1999 Week: 29
(II) NV(0): EDID Version: 1.2
(II) NV(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) NV(0): Signal levels configurable
(II) NV(0): Sync: Separate CompositeSerration on. V.Sync Pulse req. if
CompSync or SyncOnGreen
(II) NV(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 32 vert.: 24
(II) NV(0): Gamma: 2.80
(II) NV(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) NV(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) NV(0): GTF timings supported
(II) NV(0): redX: 0.652 redY: 0.321 greenX: 0.281 greenY: 0.616
(II) NV(0): blueX: 0.141 blueY: 0.057 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.297
(II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 720x400@88Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 832x624@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@87Hz (interlaced)
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1152x870@75Hz
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) NV(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): #0: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 85 vid: 22833
(II) NV(0): #1: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
(II) NV(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881
(II) NV(0): #3: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337
(II) NV(0): #4: hsize: 1280 vsize 960 refresh: 60 vid: 16513
(II) NV(0): #5: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) NV(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) NV(0): clock: 78.8 MHz Image Size: 310 x 232 mm
(II) NV(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1040 h_sync_end 1136 h_blank_end 1312
h_border: 0
(II) NV(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 769 v_sync_end 772 v_blanking: 800
v_border: 0
(II) NV(0): Serial No: CZ92908264
Notice 1152x870 is the highest listed "real" video mode: 1280x1024 is listed
as "Future". Does this mean that the driver doesn't support it, even though
the monitor does?
It continues:
(II) NV(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 180 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 70 kHz,
PixClock max 100 kHz
(II) NV(0): Monitor name: A70
(II) NV(0): end of DDC Monitor info
(==) NV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) NV(0): ViewSonic A70: Using hsync range of 30.00-70.00 kHz
(II) NV(0): ViewSonic A70: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-180.00 Hz
(II) NV(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1280x960" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1792x1344" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1792x1344" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1856x1392" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1856x1392" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1920x1440" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Default mode "1920x1440" deleted (hsync out of range)
(WW) NV(0): Mode "1152x870" deleted (no mode of this name)
(--) NV(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) NV(0): Default mode "1024x768": 94.5 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(++) NV(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
So it seems to me that the 1280x960 and 1280x1024 modes should be usable,
but X's defaults have too high an hsync, and failing that, 1152x870 should
be usable except that X doesn't know about it. Either way I have to come up
with a modeline, but I don't know how to convert "1280x1024@60Hz" into all
the different values X is expecting. Can someone tell me how to do this (or
provide an alternate explanation of the above logs)?
Thanks,
Joe
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From: SC Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: gal && glade installation
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 00:16:40 -0600
Hi again everyone!
Never mind my earlier post...I finally figured it out.
In my message below, when I said that GAL's configure program
complained:
> "checking for Glade libraries >= 0.13... configure: error:
> Did not find libGlade installed"
Now, learn from my mistakes: It complained that "libGlade" was not
installed,
so I naturally made the mistake of trying to correct this from the
sources
contained in glade-0.5.11.tar.gz. THIS IS NOT LIBGLADE!!!
After I found it on the 'net, I installed libglade-0.16.tar.gz.
So look carefully at the name of the component that configure could not
find
("libGlade", in my case) and make sure that you download the *correct*
file(s)
to fix the problem.
"libGlade" != "glade"
I'd like to thank those of you who started to put any time-and-effort
into my
question. (Sorry I wasted your time on such a silly mistake, though.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
SC Patton wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm trying to upgrade some of my GNOME libraries,
> compiling them from source code that came from the files
> gal-0.4.1.tar.gz and glade-0.5.11.tar.gz.
>
> QUESTION:
> Is glade (from glade-0.5.11.tar.gz) supposed to create a
> /usr/lib/libGladeConf.sh file? I seem to need this file so that GAL's
> configure script (from gal-0.4.1.tar.gz) can detect the presence of
> libGlade. I've tried and tried, and I'm stumped.
> Can someone help me?
>
> BACKGROUND:
>
> GAL PROBLEMS (gal-0.4.1.tar.gz):
> After unpacking the .tar.gz, I run "./configure" as
> instructed. /.configure complains:
> "checking for Glade libraries >= 0.13... configure: error:
> Did not find libGlade installed"
>
> I had already installed Glade (glade-0.5.11.tar.gz), so I poked around
> configure script for GAL, to see if I could find out how it was
> detecting Glade. On (or about) line 5194 of the configure script, it
> says:
>
> if gnome-config --libs libglade > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> <snip>
> else {echo "configure: error: Did not find libGlade installed 1>&2; \
> exit 1; }
>
> So when I tried to run "gnome-config --libs libglade" by hand, it
> returned with: "Unknown library `libglade'". I then tried to find out
> how gnome-config detects the presence of libraries by running the
> command "gnome-config --help", it said that (after looking at some
> known libraries), it looks for /usr/lib/<LIBRARY>Conf.sh for whatever
> information is called for. After installing libGlade (from
> glade-0.5.11.tar.gz) I DO NOT HAVE A /usr/lib/libGladeConf.sh !!
>
> GLADE PROBLEMS (glade-0.5.11.tar.gz):
> I cannot figure out how this version of libGlade creates a
> /usr/lib/libGladeConf.sh file. (I even tried the command "grep -n
> 'Conf' *" from the glade-0.5.11 directory--nothing returned hinted at
> the creation of this file).
>
> Please help!
>
> Thank you *very much* in advance!
>
> Steven Patton
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Moshe Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ASAP......Problem in booting linux from win NT
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:26:46 -0500
Did you try loadlin.exe? It works from Win95 -- I don't know about from NT.
MoSam
Uttam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Folks,
> It might be most common problem but I couldn't fix it....I really
> appreciate it your help...
>
> I have 2 HARD DISKs hda,hdb....
>
> I made partitions on the boot disk...& installed WIN NT in hda1
>
> I installed LINUX in hdb4
>
> now I wanna to boot linux from NT.....So here what I did.....
>
> I used linux bootable to load linux....then I gave following commands
>
> # dd if=/dev/hdb4 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> #cp /bootsect.lnx /mnt/floppy
>
> then I went to WIN NT I copied this file to C drive
> in boot.ini I made an entry....but I doesn't boot from NT...why?
> I have no clue...
> FOLKS, I need it ASAP....Pls help me...
>
>
> I wud appreciate your help...ASAP.....
>
> Thanks alot...
> Uttam
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake dual boot (win 98 and linux)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:21:53 GMT
new user, just bought it. I have a stupid question. At install it says I
have to be under sector 1024........... How do I do this?
P
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mounting udf cds as nonroot
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:29:29 -0000
Don't you love it when you read your post and notice something you should have
said earlier? Read on...
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 03:44:25 -0000,
Matt Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:28:38 -0500,
> Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>either an iso cd or a udf cd in the same drive as a user! Still, I don't
>>know why the auto entry in fstab doesn't find udf. Maybe this is something
>>that needs to be addressed in the next version of mount. dunno.
>
>From the man page for mount (concerning the '-t' option):
>
> The type iso9660 is the default. If no -t option
> is given, or if the auto type is specified, the
> superblock is probed for the filesystem type
> (minix, ext, ext2, xiafs, iso9660, romfs ,ufs,
> ntfs, qnx4, bfs are supported). If this probe
> fails, mount will try to read the file
> /etc/filesystems, or, if that does not exist,
> /proc/filesystems. All of the filesystem types
> listed there will be tried, except for those that
> are labeled "nodev" (e.g., devpts, proc and nfs).
>
>It appears that udf isn't in the list of filesystems that 'auto' checks for.
So, after re-reading this above quote I check my /proc/filesystems
and saw that udf was listed so mount should be trying for it when
you specify auto as the type. Yes, except I had an /etc/filesystems
that _didn't_ list udf. Now, since I don't have a udf cd to try out
anymore I can't test myself, but, I would suggest adding udf to
/etc/filesystems and see if it'll be detected by mount.
--
Matt Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mandrake 7.2 / RedHat 6.1 / Windows 98 SE / FreeBSD 4.2 / Windows NT 4
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: network card configuration
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:00:41 +0530
Hello,
I have a nic which works perfectly in linux. If I
install RH7, the card is autodetected & the
required line is added to /etc/modules.conf.
However if I do not configure the card at install
time, how do I configure the card? None of
netconfig or netconf autodetect the card & modify
modules.conf. Which tool should I use to
autodetect the card & modify modules.conf or
atleast tell me the module appropriate for the
card?
Please help,
Pavan
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From: "Paul R. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mandrake dual boot (win 98 and linux)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:37:40 GMT
P wrote:
>
> new user, just bought it. I have a stupid question. At install it says I
> have to be under sector 1024........... How do I do this?
>
> P
You control this when you create partitions on your disk. Make your
Windows partition the first one, but small enough that your first Linux
partition is within the 1024 cylinder boundary. If you are using
Mandrake's automatic installation, this may be hidden from you, so you
will have to choose a manual option.
--
Paul R. Woods This machine powered by Linux!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org
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From: "Paul R. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: error building Kernel
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:47:42 GMT
Bill James wrote:
>
> Hi, after typing 'make boot' to create a new kernel in Redhat Linux 6.21,
> and waiting about 20 minutes
> the process finishes but the last 7 lines are:
>
> Root device is (3,7)
> Boot sector 512 bytes
> Setup is 3532 bytes
> System is 598 bytes
> System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules
> make[1]: *** [z.Image] Error 1
> make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.12/arch/i386/boot'
> make: *** [boot] Error2
>
> The actual zImage file (supposed to be kernel in compressed form) which is
> created is only
> about 4k bytes, and when I try to run the new kernel with LILO I get the
> error
> "No Setup Signature found"
>
> Can anyone give me a hint as to what the problem might be?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
With all the options you selected, your kernel is too big in
uncompressed format. The message is telling you to "make bzImage" so
the image will compressed and hopefully become small enough, or to use
loadable modules which get loaded in later thus don't take up space in
the image file. (At this moment, I can't remember what the limiting
factor is for the image size.) Try trimming things out of the kernel,
there are probably a few things in there you won't ever use, or select M
where possible to have things compiled as loadable modules. Or just try
"make bzImage" (or zImage, which is what I had in my notes, I don't know
what the difference is).
--
Paul R. Woods This machine powered by Linux!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org
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From: "Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake dual boot (win 98 and linux)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:52:33 -0500
Reply-To: "Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:5knl6.1641$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> new user, just bought it. I have a stupid question. At install it says I
> have to be under sector 1024........... How do I do this?
Two ways..
1) First, before messing with ANY hard-drive where you have stuff you do not
desire to see vanish before your eyes, BACK UP EVERYTHING YOU WISH TO KEEP.
Use partition magic or some other software under Windows to carve out a
small '/boot' partition above the 1024 cyllinder limit (depending on the
geometry of your hard-drive, it will be around the first 4-8 gigabyte
range -- in reality the /boot partition only needs to be about 16-24
megabytes, just to hold the kernel and all its boot files) AND to utilize
hard-drive space unused by windows as linux partitions as well. The '/boot'
partition and all subsequent linux partitions will be using efs2, while the
Windows portion of your hard-drive is using FAT16 or FAT32. (If you have NT
or 2000, you could be using NTFS, too).
Basically, your hard drive could be seen this way..
<---(24M to Linux /boot) --(Windows FAT32....................<1024
point>.............)..(/ , swap, /home, /usr, /var, /tmp, etc)-->
If I had a chart, I could map it out more clearly.
or
2) Buy a second hard-drive, and install Linux on it, instead.
I learned the first way, and opted for the 2nd approach after I decided that
I needed to be safe with data that I'd collected and had not been able to
back-up to CD right away.
Besides, I can hose the 2nd drive all I like, and not have to worry about
fouling up a Windows partition.
The first assumes that you understand the differences between a FAT32
partition, and an efs2 partition as well, and have the tools available to
try and re-partition your hard-drive in a manner where you minimize the risk
of losing data.
The second assumes that you're at least comfortable with installing a second
hard drive physically into your computer's case. Personally, it was easier
to connect a hard-drive than it was to safely re-partition my original
hard-drive to support another operating system, but the experience was well
worth it. I love a good challenge any day. :>
Good luck.
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