Linux-Setup Digest #823, Volume #20 Wed, 14 Mar 01 03:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: How to reformat HDD with RH 6 installed on it ! (Craig Kelley)
Re: X and MS Intellimouse problem (mouse won't move from center) (Craig Kelley)
Re: video ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mandrake 7.2 monitor config (E J)
Re: How to reformat HDD with RH 6 installed on it ! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
sendmail Masq stuffing up Reply address (Peter Nunn)
Re: X and MS Intellimouse problem (mouse won't move from center) (E J)
Re: Red Hat 7.0 jumpy cursor in Xfree 4 (Craig Kelley)
Re: Is it really worth it ? No. ("Eric")
Re: ISA PNP Ethernet card setup (Jay & Shell)
Re: Modem Question! (E J)
Re: ISA PNP Ethernet card setup (Jay & Shell)
Re: Need help with LILO, I think. ("Eric")
Re: help with configuring XDM on redhat 7 ("xinodabeano")
Re: Help with dependencies ("xinodabeano")
Re: how to unix Command - ls ("xinodabeano")
Re: installing KDE2 on RedHat 7 based setup ("xinodabeano")
Re: Is it really worth it ? ("xinodabeano")
Re: 2.4.2 missing mod; mkinitrd error (Villy Kruse)
Re: Compiling GD on Linux failes test? (Ken Williams)
Re: how to unix Command - ls (Villy Kruse)
Re: how to unix Command - ls ("Eric")
Re: Looking for the program 'activate' ("Eric")
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to reformat HDD with RH 6 installed on it !
Date: 14 Mar 2001 00:00:44 -0700
"Paul Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi Linux experts,
>
> i'm quite new to Linux, i installed Red Hat Linux on my hard disk
> yesterday, and it runs fine. Now i just want to uninstall and
> repartition & reformat my HDD and install Windows98 back. so, how to
> partition using DOS Fdisk and format the drive ? Actually, i
> partition my HDD using DOS Fdisk and reformat it, but when i want to
> install Windows98 setup, there is problem saying that my HDD is
> currently have an OS installed, and that my drive has disk
> compression on the HDD. what's happening, is my hdd damaged ?
> Someone, pls help me...
Boot up into DOS and type
FDISK /MBR
then
FDISK (and erase all "other" partition types -- create new DOS
ones)
Then proceed with the Windows98 Setup.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X and MS Intellimouse problem (mouse won't move from center)
Date: 14 Mar 2001 00:07:22 -0700
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone shed light on this problem?
>
> I have installed RedHat 7 many times now. The recognition of
> hardware components seems inconsistent. The last time I installed
> was the first time on first boot that the OS recognized my 3Com NIC,
> and let me configure networking. So for the first time I have Apache
> running and available!
This is usually caused by being inside Windows (or any other OS0 and
doing a soft reboot. The Plug-and-Pray setup will be broken and
anaconda is unable to deal with it. If you install Linux from a cold
start (no power) then it will work just fine.
> My big problem, however, is X. The mouse never moves from the center
> of my screen after issuing startx, eg. its dead. On one of the
> installs the mouse worked for a short period in X, then stopped
> again.
>
> I have an Intellimouse Serial, but right now I'm using a
> configuration of Generic 2 button mouse. No help.
Hmmm, does it work in console mode? (gpm)
> My Pentium II 266 has no USB, but I notice that Linux seems to
> install it anyway. Is this normal?
Yes.
> The monitor is recognized correctly as Dell D1028L, but the video
> card is picked up as NVidia / SGS Thomson|Riva128 even though it
> really is a Diamond Viper 330. I've tried both, same result. The
> screen looks fine - just no mouse movement. Right now I'm configured
> as generic SVGA. No change.
That shouldn't have any effect on the mouse.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: video
Date: 14 Mar 2001 07:07:31 GMT
william mutch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also how do we change the video depth anyway?
Take a look at the XF86Config-HOWTO, you will have (probabily) to
tinker your configuration into the XF86Config file.
Davide
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 monitor config
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 06:56:53 GMT
If you are using grub, try to get into single user mode. (I don't know, I
am RH7.0 user)
If you are using lilo, try to get into single user mode at the lilo prompt
lilo: linux single
Or else hit
Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get you into text mode.
You will have all the time in the world to fix your video configuration
"ross.goeres" wrote:
> I've got a Saturn GL2 card to drive a fixed frequency SGI monitor. It
> installed and worked fine under an older version of Red Hat. Now that
> I've installed Mandrake 7.2, I cannot seem to get the configuration
> program to wait long enough for me to complete all the settings before
> it adopts the partial settings and produces an unreadable screen. How
> can I do this from a terminal window (or delay it long enough to finish
> the settings)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to reformat HDD with RH 6 installed on it !
Date: 14 Mar 2001 07:02:30 GMT
Paul Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HDD and install Windows98 back. so, how to partition using DOS Fdisk and
> format the drive?
Use the Linux fdisk to remove the partition, then repartition them with
the DOS/Windows fdisk and reformat them using DOS/Windows.
If you have LILO installed remove it using fdisk /MBR.
Davide
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From: Peter Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sendmail Masq stuffing up Reply address
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:00:41 +1100
Hi there folks,
I have been mucking around trying to setup sendmail and procmail for a
few days now and have hit another snag.
I have my own domain registered and mail is bounced from those
addresses to my one ISP account, so I need to masq my outgoing names
to the IP's domain to keep sendmail sweet.
Now, I have just discovered that not only is it changing the envelope,
but its changing the Reply to address to be the [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather
than [EMAIL PROTECTED] which the mail program is putting out.
How do I stop this?
Ta
Peter
Peter Nunn
DownUnder
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X and MS Intellimouse problem (mouse won't move from center)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 06:59:46 GMT
$ su -
password: <secret>
# mouseconfig # try reconfiguring your mouse again
Dave wrote:
> Can anyone shed light on this problem?
>
> I have installed RedHat 7 many times now. The recognition of hardware
> components seems inconsistent. The last time I installed was the first
> time on first boot that the OS recognized my 3Com NIC, and let me
> configure networking. So for the first time I have Apache running and
> available!
>
> My big problem, however, is X. The mouse never moves from the center of
> my screen after issuing startx, eg. its dead. On one of the installs
> the mouse worked for a short period in X, then stopped again.
>
> I have an Intellimouse Serial, but right now I'm using a configuration
> of Generic 2 button mouse. No help.
>
> My Pentium II 266 has no USB, but I notice that Linux seems to install
> it anyway. Is this normal?
>
> The monitor is recognized correctly as Dell D1028L, but the video card
> is picked up as NVidia / SGS Thomson|Riva128 even though it really
> is a Diamond Viper 330. I've tried both, same result. The screen looks
> fine - just no mouse movement. Right now I'm configured as generic
> SVGA. No change.
>
> Thanks for any guidance.
> Dave Godbey
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0 jumpy cursor in Xfree 4
Date: 14 Mar 2001 00:11:19 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Genesis) writes:
> Hey, I just installed RedHat 7.0 on one of my new boxes and when I
> ``startx'' X comes up but when I move the mouse the cursor jumps 7
> or so pixels for tic on the mouse. I do not think the mouse has any
> thing to do with it, because even it the mouse does not have very
> many possible positions, it will just send the code to move one
> pixel, when moved. On my RH 6.2 box this does not happen, I have
> pixel for pixel precision with the mouse/cursor.
Does it work on the console with gpm?
Does it still do that if you kill gpm before starting X11?
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it really worth it ? No.
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:13:32 +0100
> So far it is not worth it.
That's a matter of opinion. For me it is.
> I have LM 7.2 I can't install Wordperfect 8,
Why not?
> can
> install Corel PhotoPaint but it won't run (fonttastic error),
Use the Gimp
> cannot install a
> USB modem,
USB support is improved in 2.4 kernels IIRC.
> and locks with a Kernel Panic if I boot in NSB or Failsafe mode.
What the f*ck is NSB and failsafe mode?
> I've asked over and over and no one can help.
Then give mor einfo on the specific problems
> Windows may crash often, but between crashes everything actually works.
Or stay with windows if you like it better.
No one is forcing you to use linux.
Eric
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From: Jay & Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA PNP Ethernet card setup
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:32:10 GMT
You might find something here!!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Blinky_x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can anyone point in the right direction on how to setup a D-Link 220 ISA
> > PnP. I am currently running eDesktop 2.4
> > and would like to share my cable connection.
>
> See the Net-3-HOWTO. You will have (probabily) to install also
> the diald deamon.
>
> Davide
--
Registered Linux user #192969
MS-Windows - A Colorful Clown Suit For Dos !
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Question!
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:11:22 GMT
Check www.linmodems.org to see if that winmodem is supported. Right now
those winmodem
with PCTel, Lucent chipset are supported.
I have a feeling that winmodem is useless under linux.
I would recommend writing to the manufacturer to support this winmodem
under linux.
Under pressure to show they support linux, IBM has released linux drivers
for the previously useless MWAVE winmodems. So there is hope.
Jay & Shell wrote:
> I am running Mandrake 7.1 kernel 2.2.16 and use ADSL for my internet
> connection.
> My question is I want to install my modem so I can use it for a fax.
> Problem is when I run the HardDrake it won't find or do anything. I
> can't grab an option for it. Where do I go to install my modem. Rockwell
> HCF 56k Fax RTAD PCI Modem!
>
> --
> Registered Linux user #192969
>
> MS-Windows - A Colorful Clown Suit For Dos !
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From: Jay & Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA PNP Ethernet card setup
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:34:26 GMT
Guess I'd better put the link too huh! :)
http://www.scyld.com/network/
Jay & Shell wrote:
>
> You might find something here!!!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Blinky_x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Can anyone point in the right direction on how to setup a D-Link 220 ISA
> > > PnP. I am currently running eDesktop 2.4
> > > and would like to share my cable connection.
> >
> > See the Net-3-HOWTO. You will have (probabily) to install also
> > the diald deamon.
> >
> > Davide
>
> --
> Registered Linux user #192969
>
> MS-Windows - A Colorful Clown Suit For Dos !
--
Registered Linux user #192969
MS-Windows - A Colorful Clown Suit For Dos !
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help with LILO, I think.
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:27:33 +0100
> > Found out about 'linear' and 'compact' in 'man lilo.conf.'
> > Removed both from current /etc/lilo.conf.
replace "linear" with "lba32"
depending on your version of LILO it may work now
> > /sbin/lilo -v gives me the following:
> >
> > Reading boot sector from /dev/hda1
> > merging with /boot/boot.b
> > geo-comp-addr: cylinder number is too big (6251 > 1023)
But this is a warning
> > Also, learned I had to log on as 'root' to get fdisk to
> > work. I was trying to get it to work from a terminal window
> > inside KDE.
:-)
be carefull when you work as root
> > fdisk says that large HD's may cause problems with LILO
> > because of the 1024 thing.
fdisk? Why would fdisk even know about LILO?
LILO will warn you itself
> > When I installed, I used
> > whatever RH provides in its installation program which did
> > not say anything about large HD's and the LILO problem.
Which RedHat? 6.x versions definitely complain, and even prevent
you from creating /boot above cyl. 1024 (which was very annoying)
> > The question now is:
> > How do I solve the problem?
update LILO
> > I read something about creating a /boot partition of a few
Just 1 cyl, is usually big enough (approx. 8 MB)
> > megabytes at the very beginning of /dev/hda. Is this possible
> > now that /dev/hda1 starts at 1?
Only if you resize/move hda1
Partition magic is very good at this, although non-free.
A free alternative is GNU's parted.
>
> Oh dear... Here I go again....
> I have trashed my linux system so many times by using LILO that I gave
> up and settlrd for LOADLIN....
It's all *your* fault.
My system never gets trashed through LILO and I think it's a great
bootloader
> OK. To answer the question about the boot partition first. The actual
> boot partition location may be anywhere on the HD. ( mine was hda6 out
> of the maximum possible 8 partitions per HD ).
But you will need a lilo v21.4.3 or above to boot from a position
on cyl. 1024 or higher.
> However if I may I would like to offer an alternative.
>
> I now use a small DOS6.22 partition and loadlin.exe to boot linux.
I do *not* want to install any MS product to boot linux.
(Not I don't have one installed, I just don't like using it for this
purpose)
> my Partition map looks like this:
>
> /dev/hda1 A MSDOS
> /dev/hda2 Extended <<<<< put LILO here, and no MS product will
touch it
> /dev/hda5 Linux Swap
> /dev/hda6 EXT 2
>
> Using Partition Magic (version 4 upwards) it is possible to resize EXT2
> partitions without losing data and make room for additional partitions..
GNU's parted is a free alternative (Not quite so easy to use)
> There are various reasons why I use LOADLIN, but the main two are, I
> never worry about LILO getting cloberred by Microsoft in multi-os
> scenarios,
Same here, don't put LILO in the MBR if you are afraid of this.
> and running re-compiled kernels becomes a simple drop-in and
> go task (if it don't work just rename the old kernel and start again...
Yeah, it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally difficult with LILO , Not.
Eric
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From: "xinodabeano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with configuring XDM on redhat 7
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:58:26 -0500
"Hung Ngoc Lai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:98lrgh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I've posted this question a while back but didn't get any response.
> I desperately help. I am running RedHat 7.0 and kernel 2.4.2.
> I am also running XDM on the linux box. I would like to be able
> to use X-win32 (running on Microsoft Windows 98/NT) to logon
> to the linux box to run X there. I have the exactly the same scenario
> for Redhat Linux 6.1 running on kernel 2.2.18 and everything works
> fine there. What do I need to do to make this work on Redhat 7.
> Please help. I am desparate...
> thanks.
> Hung
I'd ask the company who makes X-win32.
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From: "xinodabeano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with dependencies
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:00:29 -0500
"andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <98jflr$8kj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darryl L. James
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >I am new to Linux and have been trying to install various pieces of
> >sotware (Redhat 6.2), but am running into many problems tracking down
> >dependencies. When installing apps using RPM, it lists the the files
> >that it needs but the catch is I don't know where to find those files.
> >I have looked in the distro cd, but cannot find the specific files
> >that it requires. How do you go about locating the files
> >(dependencies), if you don't know what or where the files are?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
> The best thing I have found for this is to go to
> www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ and search for the dependencies that you
> require, then load them and pray that they in turn don't need any
> dependencies. It can become a vicious circle!!
>
> Andrew
Dselect is a wonderful option instead, apt handling of dependencies, all
from one motherserver.
ftp.debian.org
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From: "xinodabeano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to unix Command - ls
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:14:30 -0500
"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ray wrote:
> >
> > Greeting
> >
> > I don't know how to using the 'ls' command in unix with the pause each
> > page.
> > please let me know. thanks
>
>
> ls | less
>
> There you can use the spacebar and up/down arrow keys to browse.
>
> --
> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
> Completed more W/U's than 99.106% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
He could also try this special tool:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda
Or this if he has scsi drives to list:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
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From: "xinodabeano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing KDE2 on RedHat 7 based setup
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:20:02 -0500
"Darin Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Robert L. Cochran Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I wonder if Red Hat has a version of YAST or YAST2 (Yet Another
> > Setup Tool) that can take care of this for you. The SuSE version of
> > YAST2 is really neat for subsequent package upgrades.
>
> I never understood why RedHat, being popular and thus having some
> income, doesn't spend more time polishing their distribution. There's
> nothing comparable to YaST2 on it; not even a usable GUI system admin tool
> (linuxconf and control-panel are pretty mediocre).
Who said they have any money?
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From: "xinodabeano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it really worth it ?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:30:05 -0500
"CD & WL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8Par6.6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks to all who responded to this post.All posts were very helpful and
> were exactly the type of input I was looking for. I have decided that I
will
> continue the battle with Linux even though some of my hardware isn't fully
> supported yet. I guess you don't learn anything if you don't experience
any
> problems. I am the "grease under my fingernails" type of person and have
the
> desire to learn as much as possible and ,at this point,have pretty much
gone
> as far learning-wise as I can go with Windoze.I like to know why things
work
> the way they do and how to find work-arounds for difficult situations.
> I sat down with a book to learn html and learned how to write it instead
of
> the usual WYSIWYG because,again,I wasn't learning anything and wanted to
> know how and why it worked. I appreciate the literature recommendations
and
> the opinions. I am unfamiliar with unix/linux except for what I have been
> messing with the last couple of days and there is indeed a learning curve
> for me having started with Win. Off to the bookstore to dig up some
helpful
> literature. Again, I appreciate your responses and also appreciate any
> help/advice that you may offer in the future. Thanks. CD
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:98i37n$204a2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > CD & WL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > <ZAP>
> > > Maybe I am just impatient but after dicking around with the sound
> drivers,to
> > > no avail,and looking forward to the same headaches with my other
> > > components,I am about ready to stick with Windows.My question is
simply:
> > > Is it really worth the trouble ?
> >
> > Well, that's depend. If I understand correctly, you have some "strange"
> > hardware that can be not completely supported by linux yet. If your
> > needs are currently satisfied by Windows, stick with it.
> > Maybe is better if you wait until your hardware is completely supported
> > or you discover what the problem can be (sometimes is not so
> > easy). If all you get from your effort of using linux is a big headache,
> > then is not worth...
> >
> > Davide
> >
> >
>
One thing you should do whenever you are exploring linux, clock that CPU
back to what it is rated for. All kinds of subtle problems creep up when
OC'd.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: 2.4.2 missing mod; mkinitrd error
Date: 14 Mar 2001 07:39:51 GMT
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 23:38:18 GMT,
Darren and Marla Welson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have compiled 2.2.18 and 2.4.2 kernels with no problem, but when I
>went to mkinitrd, I was told I was missing the module for my SCSI device
>aic7xxx.o . I added this into the kernel, so I did not forget it. I
>ended up copying the module from my 2.2.14 /lib/modules directory and
>all is ok for 2.2.18. I did the same for 2.4.2, but when I mkinitrd I
>now get the error of 'all loopback devices are in use' and it stops
>there.
>
>Does anyonw know what may be happening? Any fix?
>
When you link in the SCSI device into the kernel you no longer need initrd
and because you linked it in there won't be separate SCSI module to
include in initrd.
So therefore, just drop the initrd from lilo.cfg; that is, for the new
image -- you do need the old initrd if you ever boot again from the
original kernel.
The initrd exists only for supporting all sorts of SCSI device drivers
with just one kernel image. In the bad old days you would need to
select the appropriate kernel from scores of images when installing
linux, but thanks to initrd that is no longer required.
Villy
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Crossposted-To: comp.lang.perl.modules
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Subject: Re: Compiling GD on Linux failes test?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:41:18 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dela Lovecraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi Ken,
>
>I think I see your problem:
>
>> /usr/lib/perl5/5.00502/i586-linux-thread/DynaLoader.pm line 168.
> ^^^^^^^
>
>While trying to get GD installed on machines, I tried it on a RH 6.1
>box, and got this same error. When I did the same thing on a machine
>with perl 5.6 I got no errors. I can only think that this is the problem
>- try downloading perl 5.6 (it is better anyway, IMHO) and there
>shouldn't be so many problems.
>
If I upgrade to perl 5.6 will I have to reinstall all my modules?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: how to unix Command - ls
Date: 14 Mar 2001 07:42:40 GMT
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 03:05:25 GMT, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ray wrote:
>>
>> Greeting
>>
>> I don't know how to using the 'ls' command in unix with the pause each
>> page.
>> please let me know. thanks
>
>
>ls | less
>
>There you can use the spacebar and up/down arrow keys to browse.
>
Don't forget to use the 'q' command when you reach the (END)
Villy
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to unix Command - ls
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:53:21 +0100
> > > I don't know how to using the 'ls' command in unix with the pause each
> > > page.
> > > please let me know. thanks
> >
> >
> > ls | less
> >
> > There you can use the spacebar and up/down arrow keys to browse.
> >
>
> He could also try this special tool:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda
>
> Or this if he has scsi drives to list:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
>
asshole.
(kids, don't try this at home!)
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for the program 'activate'
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:57:05 +0100
> I need a way to boot to a selected partition from the command line. The
Lilo menuing
> works ok, but I need to select the partition to boot and to boot it from
within a
> program. Partitions to boot include DOS, WIN 9x, NT, 2k and linux.
>
/sbin/lilo -R linux
will boot directly to linux next time, executing
whatever specified in lilo.conf
How to do this from any of the other OS's?
check the LILO code, it's probably just one bit to toggle.
Eric
>
> > Rick Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for your response.
> > >
> > > I'm looking for a simple way to change the active partion and
hide/unhide them
> > > so that I can easily switch between Linux and DOS and Windoze on the
same
> > > machine. pqboot will do the job for DOS and Windoze and its real easy
to operate
> > > (customer requirement); just specify the partition number on the
command line. I
> >
> > What is easier than plain choosing on boot?
> > Setup lilo.conf correctly, and all the customer needs to do is choose
the OS to
> > boot.
> >
> > >
> > > was hoping the 'activate' program was similar.
> >
> > LILO can do this for you, activate is just a tool to make a partition
active, that
> > other programs may refuse to activate (extended partitions eg.)
> >
> > >
> > > My reference to the hidden bit is the low bit in the high nibble of
the
> > > partition type byte. I'll look into using fdisk.
> >
> > I expected this, but it's for windows only, linux really doesn't care
> > about the partition ID it is installed on.
> >
> > Eric
>
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