Linux-Setup Digest #737, Volume #20 Fri, 2 Mar 01 13:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: I can't install JDK ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Where can I download linux? (Rod Smith)
Re: Where can I download linux? (Julian Midgley)
Re: Kernel Build (Rod Smith)
Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes (Dean Thompson)
Re: boot problem: LIL- (Brian Horton)
Harddrive Setup Issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
CD Rom is flaking out ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where can I download linux? ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Re: how to enable ReiserFS? ("Scot Mc Pherson")
How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd? (Dmitri)
UPS install (Axel Haenssen)
Re: Can't add to PATH ("Chris Coyle")
Netgear FA310 Drivers? ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Re: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd? ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Re: Can I install Linux only using iso image? (Matt Haley)
Re: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: RH 6.2 XWindows display size (Taylor)
Re: RH 6.2 XWindows display size (Lew Pitcher)
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I can't install JDK
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:19:34 -0600
"Sooyoung Sung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi. I just installed Redhat Linux 7.0 and I'm trying to install JDK 1.1.8
> glibc2.
> Whenever I try to execute "javac", I get the following core dump.
> Please help me to figure out what's wrong. Thanks a lot!
This was a problem for me until upgrading glibc from redhat's errata:
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2000-079.html
-- Rex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Where can I download linux?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:50:57 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <97o3ia$2gd5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Paa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to find linux on net
> who can tell my webside or ftp that can download linux please
There are many sources. Note that most Linux distributions are pretty
big -- you'll need to download 600MB or more data. Most downloads also
come in the form of a CD-R image file, so you'll need to have a CD-R or
CD-RW drive to create an installation disc. There are exceptions to this
rule, but they're mostly specialized things like ZipSlack (a
stripped-down Slackware designed to fit on a Zip disk). If you don't
have fast net access, go to a place like http://www.cheapbytes.com,
http://www.linuxmall.com, or http://www.lsl.com and buy an inexpensive
CD-ROM set.
If you've got fast net access and a CD-R drive, you can get an image
file from http://www.linuxiso.org,
http://delaware.linux.tucows.com/distribution.html, or
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/, among others. Most
distribution maintainers also have image files available on their Web
sites, and lists of mirrors.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Subject: Re: Where can I download linux?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Midgley)
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:52:10 GMT
In article <97o3ia$2gd5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to find linux on net
>who can tell my webside or ftp that can download linux please
The Debian distribution is excellent, but not necessarily the easiest
for a beginner to pick up, you'll find it at:
http://www.uk.debian.org
Red Hat is popular, but technically less sound than Debian, it's
available from:
http://www.redhat.com
All the best,
Julian Midgley
--
Julian Midgley
Principal Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Zeus Technology Ltd http://www.zeus.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Kernel Build
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 14:01:32 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carl Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have just made a stupid mistake
> I did dd of=bzImage if=/dev/hdc5
> instead of dd of=bzImage if=/dev/fd0
> to create a boot floppy.
> now I can not boot my Linux Partition is there an
> easy way out of this.
If you're very lucky, e2fsck will be able to recover most of the data
on the partition, but some of it is *GONE*. You've wiped out the boot
sector and 400-1500KB of additional data, depending upon the size of
the kernel. There's no getting that back, although e2fsck might be able
to recover some of the filesystem structures from backups (e2fsck
incorporates a certain amount of redundancy). You'll need to use an
emergency boot floppy or the like to run e2fsck on the partition. (This
assumes it was an ext2fs filesystem; if it was ReiserFS or some other
oddball filesystem type, the fsck tools for that filesystem may help,
but many of these are less well-developed than is e2fsck.)
My hunch is that enough files will be completely lost that there's
little point in trying to make this partition bootable again; chances
are that too many critical boot files will be missing, at least assuming
this was your root (/) partition. (If it was /boot or certain others,
there's some chance that you could reformat and restore the critical
files to make the system bootable again.) Running e2fsck might get the
system working well enough for you to back up any critical user files,
configuration files, etc. -- assuming they're intact, which isn't
guaranteed.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 01:16:53 +1100
Hi!,
Thanks for the information, just one quick question, what is in your
/etc/hosts file ?
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Brian Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot problem: LIL-
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:05:21 -0600
Well, I'm still hosed -- NOT RESOLVED! :-)
I tried playing w/ the rescue floppy, and that didn't help.. did you
change anything in your lilo.conf when you re-ran lilo from that point?
is your /boot filesystem separate? or combined with your / (root)?
My /boot is on hda1 and my root is hda6. I even tried copying the stuff
from my hda1 boot into the /boot directory on hda6, changed lilo.conf to
have boot=/dev/hda6, and that still didn't work - still froze at
LIL-....
Anyone have any ideas?
thx.bri.
Nader wrote:
>
> I just had the same problem and had to boot with my rescue floppy. I don't
> know of anything dramatic I did (e.g., haven't changed lilo.conf or boot
> record) recently to cause this. It's been working fine for a few months
> now, including last night. Off to the internet for some research...
>
> Brian Horton wrote:
>
> > Hope someone can help me.. this machine was working fine, and then
> > 'something happened' and now lilo freezes with: LIL- on boot. Found the
> > error description for that and tried everything listed, but nothing
> > seems to point to what the problem is. (Error description says: 'The
> > descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a geometry
> > mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map installer. ')
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Harddrive Setup Issues
Date: 2 Mar 2001 15:26:36 GMT
On a Pentium 133Mhz running Redhat 6.2, I am having some trouble setting up
the file system on a 2GB Jaz drive. I have partitioned the Jaz drive into 3
partitions using fdisk. Afterwards I used the mke2fs command to make the
filesystems. In addition, I added the entries to /etc/fstab. The machine
was set to automount the Jaz drive and this still seems to occur. One of
three partitions was not completely new -- I wanted to resize it so I just
recreated it. This partition does not give me any problems. The other 2
that are completely new show errors during the boot up process. Both
indicate that the following error -
mount point /var/data does not exist.
The "weird" thing about this is that I can actually cd to those
directories,
add files, etc. It seems that I have missed a step in making the file system
available for use. I thought that this means that there is a mount point
created for those partitions. Does anyone know what I could have done wrong?
Thanks-
Rodney
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CD Rom is flaking out
Date: 2 Mar 2001 15:41:11 GMT
On my Redhat 6.2 machine I am having some trouble with my cdrom. During boot
up I get following message -
hdc: packet command error status: DriveReady Seek Complete Error
ATAPI device hdc:
Unknown error type: No sense data.
... along with a whole of additional stuff of the same type
I just made a couple of new filesystem entries and added them to my /etc/fstab
file. Altough I believe that the two are related. I did not (advertantly at
least) make any changes to the cd rom files. I am not sure precisely when it
stopped working but before my additions the cd rom worked(that's how I did
the install to begin with). Does anyone know how can I fix this problem?
Thanks-
Rodney
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where can I download linux?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 16:23:38 GMT
Also just a note, downloading linux really sucks, and is pretty much package
free...It would serve you to go purchase one of the newest distributions.
The standard editions of all distribution come fully packed with software,
and the expensive version are usually expensive because the come bundled
with a support service subscription, but otherwise are very little different
from the standard releases.
Downloading increases the amount of work to do the same installation as the
CDs because you then have to go hunt down software and the libraries that
are necessary to get your chosen software to work properly.
The CDs cost $29 usually for the standard editions. It'll make life much
much easier while you are learning about this OS. After you have some
experience and don't mess up the installation 5-6 times in a row you may
then wish to download the newer versions as they come out.
I do prefer RedHat Linux, but as another poster has already told you, there
are alternatives that may not be suited for the beginner, but may be
superior for certain types of installations. Each distribution has its
differences, and some are better suited for certain purposes than others.
Many people have multi-distribution linux networks to take advantage of each
distribution's advantages in the service the server or workstation is
providing.
--
Scot Mc Pherson
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
"Paa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97o3ia$2gd5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I want to find linux on net
> who can tell my webside or ftp that can download linux please
>
>
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to enable ReiserFS?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 16:24:37 GMT
What is this Reiser fs anyway? Can someone give me a brief rundown?
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Scot Mc Pherson
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"tin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> after i compile my kernel support ReiserFS
> how to convect my existing EXT2 to ReiserFS?
>
> thx
>
>
>
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From: Dmitri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 18:35:43 +0200
Hello,
I have a linux system with large amount of soft installed and large
amount of users in passwd. Is it a way to copy this system fully to
another hdd with the different size without any changes?
Thanks for any help,
If possible, please send a copy of answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] too,
because I can't use enought goot NNTP server.
---
Dmitri.
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From: Axel Haenssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPS install
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 11:37:53 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Guys,
I have a problem installing a APC Back Office UPS on my workstation.
When I install the software I am getting the errormessage "can't
communicate with device". I have the Serial Cable attached to /dev/ttyS1
Com2 and statserial gives me:
Device: /dev/ttyS1
Signal Pin Pin Direction Status Full
Name (25) (9) (computer) Name
===== === === ========= ====== =====
FG 1 - - - Frame Ground
TxD 2 3 out - Transmit Data
RxD 3 2 in - Receive Data
RTS 4 7 out 1 Request To Send
CTS 5 8 in 0 Clear To Send
DSR 6 6 in 1 Data Set Ready
GND 7 5 - - Signal Ground
DCD 8 1 in 0 Data Carrier Detect
DTR 20 4 out 1 Data Terminal Ready
RI 22 9 in 0 Ring Indicator
Any idea why it doesn't work
Thanks in advance
Axel
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From: "Chris Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't add to PATH
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:42:24 -0500
"Brett Sheeran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:GGAn6.1405$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Help, I can't permanently add java to my path. I have Red Hat 7.0, using
> bash and I am logged on as root.
>
> I have tried editing the following files:
> /root/.bash_profile
> /root/.profile
> /etc/profile
>
> To each of these files I added something that looks like
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>
> I have rebooted, but java does *not* get added to my path. If anyone out
> there has any clues as to why this might be happening please, please let me
> know.
>
> Regards Brett Sheeran
>
>
Don't forget after the assignment you also have to export it:
export PATH
With bash (like ksh) you can combine the assignment with export:
export PATH=whatever
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netgear FA310 Drivers?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 16:54:42 GMT
Anyone know how to get this card recognized and running? I am not having
much success with it.
--
Scot Mc Pherson
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:01:52 GMT
Sure its easy. Just partion your new hard-drive in any fashion you want
making sure you have room in all of your partitions. Mount the new harddrive
to a temporary mount point. Then while logged in as root and in the /
directory, issue the command cp -rf * /temporarymountpoint.
Remove old hard drive and configure new harddrive to "master/single" and
boot.
Even if your original harddrive was partitioned like crazy and the new one
is only partitioned with a Swap and / mount points, it will not make a
difference...the reverse is also true so long as you partition enough space
at each mount point.
--
Scot Mc Pherson
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
"Dmitri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I have a linux system with large amount of soft installed and large
> amount of users in passwd. Is it a way to copy this system fully to
> another hdd with the different size without any changes?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> If possible, please send a copy of answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] too,
> because I can't use enought goot NNTP server.
>
> ---
> Dmitri.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Subject: Re: Can I install Linux only using iso image?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:04:45 -0700
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:38:14 GMT,
Try more <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello there,
>
>Many distribution suppy iso image on their ftp server.
>I'm not have a CD Writer. Well, is there a way to install some distribution
>using iso image?
Depends on the distribution really, most will at least let you mount the iso
and Mandrake will even do that part for you.
If all else fails, you can extract all the files into a dos partition and
install from there.
--
Matt Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mandrake 7.2 / RedHat 6.1 / Windows 98 SE / FreeBSD 4.2 / Windows NT 4
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:53:17 +0100
In comp.os.linux.help Dmitri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a linux system with large amount of soft installed and large
> amount of users in passwd. Is it a way to copy this system fully to
> another hdd with the different size without any changes?
yes. Man cp (or scp, or tar ...).
> Thanks for any help,
Read the various HOWTOs if you truly do not know how to use tar!
I believe the Partitioning-HOWTO tells you how to use it, but
perhaps my memory fails me in this matter. In any case, a moments work
with grep in the HOWTOs directory shoudl set you to rights.
Peter
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From: Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 XWindows display size
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:30:06 -0000
I'm having the same problem. I am running x windows on redhat 7 with a
fairly new computer. It's a gateway celeron 600 MHz. I installed Linux
ok, but I can't change the resolution. In windows you just rightclick the
desktop and change from 800x600 to 640x480 or whatever. But I can't
figure out how to do that in Linux. My icons are huge and I have to hit
the side of the screen to scroll around and see the whole desktop. Can
anybody help me get the desktop resolution to fit on my screen? Thanks!
--Taylor
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
W. Stannus wrote:
>
> I've been trying to install RH 6.2 on my W98 machine. Instalation went
> no problem, but as soon as X starts, the desktop overlaps the edges of
> the screen, and I cannot scroll around on it. The monitor is a an old
> Tatung 460x600, but manually chosing even the lowest settings during the
> installation does not affect the problem. Can any one tell me if I can
> solve this one and how (besides just buying a new display)? I'm totally
> new to linux but am interested in at least getting familiar with it if
> it would only work. Thanks, William Stannus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 XWindows display size
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:55:15 GMT
On Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:30:06 -0000, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having the same problem. I am running x windows on redhat 7 with a
>fairly new computer. It's a gateway celeron 600 MHz. I installed Linux
>ok, but I can't change the resolution. In windows you just rightclick the
>desktop and change from 800x600 to 640x480 or whatever. But I can't
>figure out how to do that in Linux.
To cycle through the list of supported resolutions:
<ctrl><alt><numeric-keypad-plus> goes up the list, and
<ctrl><alt><numeric-keypad-minus> goes down the list
To alter the list of resolutions, edit your /etc/XF86Config (with a
text editor or x configuration tool) and alter the "Modes" line for
your server. You can reorder the resolutions in the list, remove
resolutions listed, or add new ones (with the appropriate additions to
the "Modeline" lines for your display).
>My icons are huge and I have to hit
>the side of the screen to scroll around and see the whole desktop. Can
>anybody help me get the desktop resolution to fit on my screen? Thanks!
>--Taylor
>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>W. Stannus wrote:
>>
>> I've been trying to install RH 6.2 on my W98 machine. Instalation went
>> no problem, but as soon as X starts, the desktop overlaps the edges of
>> the screen, and I cannot scroll around on it. The monitor is a an old
>> Tatung 460x600, but manually chosing even the lowest settings during the
>> installation does not affect the problem. Can any one tell me if I can
>> solve this one and how (besides just buying a new display)? I'm totally
>> new to linux but am interested in at least getting familiar with it if
>> it would only work. Thanks, William Stannus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
>
>--
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>http://www.help.com/
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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