Linux-Setup Digest #843, Volume #20 Fri, 16 Mar 01 18:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Should I install rh6.2 or 7.0??? ("John Pfaff")
Re: shell scripts and cron (Michael Heiming)
Re: FTP ("Jamie Robson")
Re: Linux upgraden ... Tips f�r Anf�nger? (Peter Petersen)
Problem of IRQ with my printer ("Lachat")
Re: mkinitrd -> loopbacks in use? (Joshua Baker-LePain)
floppy basedrouter ("Thomas Sandl")
Re: Dual booting ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Re: bootnet.img (Chris Pelton)
A good mail client ? (Ninja IX)
RH7 kernel upgrade to 2.4.0 ("roshi")
weird X problem (Alex Heney)
Help! POP3 / SMTP , WHats the best-easiest way to setup ("Dan Yocom")
Re: Windows size ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
fa311 nic (again) (andi smart)
Re: Help! POP3 / SMTP , WHats the best-easiest way to setup ("Tuncay")
Re: Help! POP3 / SMTP , WHats the best-easiest way to setup (David)
Re: 1024 cylinder limit - NEW QUESTION ("s_e_gallo")
Re: Newbie - Keyboard, BackSpace key behaves like the Delete key in text editor.
Both write '~' when pressed in the command line. (Markku Kolkka)
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From: "John Pfaff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Should I install rh6.2 or 7.0???
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:27:48 -0500
You can download it from Red Hat (ftp.redhat.com) and probably the mirrors.
Look around and you should be able to find the .iso image.
- John Pfaff
"Mark Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >But not for one like me !
> >
> >What's this script actually called ? My disk which was downloaded and
> >burned to CD-R by my vendor has no install-update script, or indeed any
> >other obvious script.
> >
> >Could you email me yours so I can see how it's supposed to be
> >automated ?
> >
> >
> >Cheers, J/.
>
> The script is called "install-updates" and is in the root directory of the
> disk. By "the disk" I am referring to the Red Hat Updates disk that is
> produced every 8 weeks by Red Hat and is available for purchase on the Red
> Hat site. I know of no where you can download it.
>
> Mark
>
>
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:26:15 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: shell scripts and cron
Keith O'Connell wrote:
>
> Michael
>
> > I would suggest using something like:
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > DATE=`date +%y%m%d`
> > tar -cvIpf test_$DATE.tar.bz2 /etc /home /root > tar.log 2>&1
>
> I am now truly confused - when I do as you outline it works perfectly,
> but when I run it without the "> tar.log 2>&1" logging you suggested,
> it fails again. I know the logging is not mandatory, so what is
> happening here?
>
> I also know that a cron job such as this shoud sen me mail. it doesn't,
> not to me as the user or to the root account. This is annoying also!
>
> Suggestions as to what is going on?
Puh..hard to tell...I would remove the -v (verbose) which would lower
the output, redirect to /dev/null , play around with other multiple
redirections,
like cmd 2>file,...
Do you have this in your crontab set?
MAILTO=root
Michael Heiming
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From: "Jamie Robson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FTP
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:28:53 -0000
Execute the command line in your terminal: /etc/resolv.conf and then type
the DNS number that you are trying to connect via...I.e. 109.176.194.129...I
think this helps...
Jamie
"Ted Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3aa80bd5$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> HI all,
> My ftp server is not working can anyone help? the following is what I
> had before. bTW, telnet is working now =) in the system error message
it's
> trying to bind the server to IP address 0.0.0.0. That is obvious
incorrect.
> anyway I can fix that?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Ted
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> -----
> "Ted Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > for ftp:
> >
> > X:\chiang.chunte>ftp linux-mvectra
> > Connected to linux-mvectra.L3.com.
> > Connection closed by remote host.
> >
> > for telnet
> > Your telnet connection has been terminated
> >
> > Obivously, I got connection, but it's not connecting. Any clue?
>
> tcpwrappers would be my first susgestion .. Look in the files
> /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny , odds are you have something
> like 'all: all' in deny.. Just modify that file to suit (or just
> delete the entries :) ..)
>
> --
> Pete
> "Money doesn't make you happy, but money
> can buy gizmo's and gizmo's make you happy"
>
>
> Ted Chiang wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a HP machine. It's wonderful.
Much
> > better than Redhat. Mandrake rocks. But got a few question for you
all.
> > How come on a fresh installed server, the ftp and telnet server don't
> start
> > themselves automatically? At first, i thought it was just my computer,
> but
> > then I found out that another friend who has 7.2 also doesn't have his
ftp
> > and telnet server start by themselves. I know inetd supposted to take
> care
> > of it, but when I connect here are the message I got. Can anyone help?
> >
> > for ftp:
> >
> > X:\chiang.chunte>ftp linux-mvectra
> > Connected to linux-mvectra.L3.com.
> > Connection closed by remote host.
> >
> > for telnet
> > Your telnet connection has been terminated
> >
> > Obivously, I got connection, but it's not connecting. Any clue?
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> > Ted
>
>
>
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From: Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux upgraden ... Tips f�r Anf�nger?
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:08:19 +0100
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:33:44 +0100, "Eric en Jolanda"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is this?
>Is the german linux site forwarding everything?
>This is an english NG, post in english if you want respons.
Nonsense!
This is an international group, anyone can use the language he wants (I
often see dutch posts as well, by the way), but he must be aware that
his chances of getting help decrease drastically, that's all.
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From: "Lachat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem of IRQ with my printer
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:12:34 +0100
I have installed the Mandrake 7.2 on my PC with Windows 98 .
But I can't use my printer ( it is recorgnized on /dev/lp0 by every system
soft ).
The Tunelp command tell me this : " /dev/lp0 using IRQ -1".
The system soft under Windows 98 inform that the printer Port is LPT1 and
that it use IRQ 7 and I/O 0x378.
The I/O parameter is recorgnised under Linux.
My question is :
" Wy is /dev/lp0 using IRQ -1 ( What does it means ? ) ?
and how to change this parameter that seems to be wrong ? "
Thanks a lot .
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mkinitrd -> loopbacks in use?
Date: 16 Mar 2001 19:29:30 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc drw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I go to mkinitrd, I get an error telling me all loopback devices are in
> use. What is this?
I've seen this in RH7.0 upgraded to the 2.4.2-XFS kernel (from SGI). I
*think* it means that mkinitrd is trying to load the loop modules, but
doesn't know how (b/c of a missing entry in /etc/modules.conf). The quick
fix is to 'modprobe loop' before running mkinitrd. The correct fix is
to put the appropriate entry in /etc/modules.conf, but I've been too lazy
to look it up yet.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Thomas Sandl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: floppy basedrouter
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:36:11 +0100
hi i want
to setup a router on my old 486 ( without harddrive)
can you tell my what routers on disk are available ?
thanks
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual booting
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:51:20 GMT
The_saint wrote:
> Hi NG,
> I'd like to set a dual booting from the M$dos for Linux and WinME.
>
> How to write the autoexec.bat?
> What should I copy onto c:\ (windows) drive?
>
> Thanks in advance
Ok... I'm gonna get my butt kicked for this but here goes..
I recommend LOADLIN, I know that a lot of people will recommend LILO (
hi eric :-))...
But I use loadlin for booting linux mainly because a lot (all) of M$ OS
installation will stomp on the MBR of the HD leaving you with a hard
time booting either linux or M$..
If you choose to use loadlin the way I do it is to use a multi config
menu.
<CONFIG.SYS>
[menu]
menuitem=dos,dos
menuitem=linux,linux
[dos]
device=c:\dos\himem.sys
device=c:\dos\emm.sys
etc...
[linux]
device=c:\doos\himem.sys
etc
<AUTOEXEC.BAT>
echo off
cls
GOTO %CONFIG%
:dos
SET PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WIN etc
GOTO END
:linux
SET PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\LOADLIN
etc
linux.bat
GOTO END
:END
You will also have to copy an 'kernel image' to the C:\LOADLIN
directory, this is usually called vmlinuz or zimage and can be found on
the distro CD or setup bootdisk...
You will also have to create a file called LINUX.BAT ( best put in the
LOADLIN directory )
<LINUX.BAT>
LOADLIN C:\LOADLIN\VMLINUZ (or zimage) ROOT=/DEV/HD$X ( Where HD$X =
partition where linux is installed e.g.
HDA1 First partition of IDE disk 0 (first HD)
HDA2 2nd partition of IDE disk 0
HDA5 First patition of the Extended partition of IDE disk0
HDB1 First Partition of IDE disk 1 (2nd HD)
SDA1 First Partition of SCSI disk 1
etc
Hope this helps....
Steve Taylor
Linux User # 208472
http://counter/li/org
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From: Chris Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bootnet.img
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:11:05 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vilmos Soti wrote:
> Chris Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > We're trying to do a network install of Redhat7 on a dell 5000e with a
> > Xircom RealPort Combo Card, which uses the tulip driver for its network
> > side. The problem is, the bootnet.img supplied by Redhat doesn't include
> > the right driver for the card, and we can't use the network. I know
> > where the right driver is - I can get it from a running system - but how
> > do I get it into a bootnet.img? Is there any way to create these images
> > with the drivers needed?
>
> First, you need the bootnet.img. ;-) Second, you need msdos filesystem
> support as well as loop mount support in your kernel. (The latter means
> that you can mount a file which has a filesystem in it.)
>
> mount the bootnet.img.
>
> mkdir mnt-main
> mount -t vfat -o loop bootnet.img mnt-main
>
> Next, copy the file mnt-main/initrd.img to somewhere else. This is
> a compressed ext2 image. Next, process it:
>
> mv initrd.img initrd.img.gz
> gunzip initrd.img.gz
> mkdir mnt-init
> mount -o loop initrd.img mnt-init
>
> Next, you need to get into this mnt-init.
>
> cd mnt-init
> cd modules
>
> Inside this directory there is a modules.cgz which is a gzip
> compressed cpio file. Uncompress it (you might need to rename it),
> un-cpio it, etc. This is where I stopped. I think from here you
> need to un-cpio the file, add your driver to it, then re-cpio and
> recompress. Next, copy it back to the mnt-init/modules. Also, you
> possibly have to modify plenty of files in that directory.
> Don't forget to recompress the initrd.img and copy back to mnt-main.
>
> Have fun. I hope the commands are ok. I didn't actually copy them
> but I did go through the process.
>
> Vilmos
That worked great. Thanks for the help.
Chris
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From: Ninja IX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A good mail client ?
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:50:06 GMT
Hi
Kmail is good, but i'm not satisfied... does anyone know a good client
(excepted balsa - I don't use Gnome), or just a client that can hadle with
"outlookish" HTML emails ?
Yes, I know freshmeat.net, but there's to much choice...
Thx for the one who have time to spend answering this kind of non
interesting posts :-)
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From: "roshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 kernel upgrade to 2.4.0
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:52:13 -0500
I am new to linux.. have some Unix experience.
I have lots of "C" programming experience -- under Windows!
I need to upgrade RH7 to the 2.4.0 (or 2.4.1) kernel.
Red Hat does not yet have an RPM for this.
I need to upgrade kernel and PCMCIA to work
on wireless networking in 2.4.
Anyone done this upgrade?
Am I in trouble here?
Does RH keep the kernel in /usr/include instead of /usr/src?
Best way to upgrade please!!!!!!
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From: Alex Heney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: weird X problem
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:37:22 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HI,
I have just installed Redhat 7.0 on my new laptop.
The install went OK (although it would not run in GUI mode)
I have set up XF86Config so that it correctly recognises my Sis630
chipset video card, and am running in framebuffer mode.
Everything seems to work fine in command mode.
When I run startx, it starts up the X server, with Gnome. However, the
screen is visible in console 1 (CTRL-ALT-F1), while the current
console is set to 7, which shows a blank pale gray screen.
What then happens is that the keyboard and mouse do not respond at all
when I am in console 1, apart from the CTRL-ALT-n to switch to another
console (and CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot).
But if I switch to console 7, anything I type or do with the mouse
there actually occurs on console 1. As you can imagine, this makes
things rather tricky. After this point, I have *no* console on which I
can type and see what is happening at the same time.
Can anybody give me any suggestions as to how I can get the display
and the keyboard/mouse on the same console?
--
Alex Heney, global villager
I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
Please remove NO and SPAM from above
address if replying by email.
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From: "Dan Yocom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Help! POP3 / SMTP , WHats the best-easiest way to setup
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:37:30 -0500
Hi,
I have recently been put in charge of setting up a POP3/SMTP e-mail
server. What is the best-easiest way to set it up? I'm running Redhat 6.2. I
have successfully set Up http/ftp already but I have never done mail before!
Also, right now I am accessing my server by its ip address Help on how do
setup A DNS sever(yes I have a domain name) is also needed but setting up a
mail server is what I'm most unsure of. Also, knowing how to add/manage
accounts after the server is setup would be helpful. I need to this beacuse
two weeks ago the ISP who we had our e-mail hosted with went under. Now
their is 30+ angry users and it was decided that I would setup a new Mail
server instead of paying an ISP.
Thanks,
Dan Yocom
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows size
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:38:54 GMT
Michael Heiming wrote:
> The_saint wrote:
> >
> > Hi NG,
> > How do I set all windows size to fit into the desktop?
> > I've only a poor 800x600 TFT display and many times the button are beyond
> > the screen size, so when I move the pointer I get the KDE taskbar popping
> > up.
>
> if I understand right, your virtual screen resolution is different from
> the resolution
> of the initial video mod?
>
> You can adjust this in /etc/XFConfig (may be this file is somewhere
> else, depending on your X version).
>
> man 5 XF86Config (has more info)
>
> Don't forget to restart your X server after you made changes (make a
> backup of this file, before
> you make any changes), no need to reboot...
>
> Good luck
>
> Michael Heiming
If you have the xf86config program installed it will give you the option of
setting the virtual screen and this will cure the problem... xf86config is a
little less friendly than most XF86 setup programs but more powerful..... If
you are sure you know your hardware.
Steve Taylor
Linux User # 208472
http://counter.li.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (andi smart)
Subject: fa311 nic (again)
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:59:32 GMT
Hi
Like a few people I find I have trouble getting this card to work...
I'm using Mandrake 7.0 at the moment with Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk
I know this card says it is for RH, but I tried with RH 6.1 but had no
luck so I tried out Mandrake.
I used the instructions from an earlier post on this topic,
downloading the files from the Netgear site and using the command
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O -m486 -c
-I/usr/src/linux/include fa311.c "
I'm not totally conversent with compiling and so just copied this.
I then copied the fa311.c file into the /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/net
directory
When I used insmod fa311 I got the following error message
....... was compiled for kernel version 2.2.14-5smp while this version
is version 2.2.14-15mdk
OK so I know this is telling me that I'm on the wrong kernel version
for this file. Can somebody enlighten me as to a) what distro has the
2.2.14-5smp kernel or b) can I compile it for the mandrake kernel I'm
using
actually if anybody out there knows an easier solution or can
recommend a cheap nic which does work that would be good too :-)
"A single open mind, can open any door" Sonia Rutstein
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From: "Tuncay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help! POP3 / SMTP , WHats the best-easiest way to setup
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:16:24 +0100
If you do install RH6.2 / 7 with all the server options you will get a mail
server with DNS lookup. Please check
sendmail qmail postfix websites for more information on different MTA's
regards
tuncay
"Dan Yocom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:pEvs6.40$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have recently been put in charge of setting up a POP3/SMTP e-mail
> server. What is the best-easiest way to set it up? I'm running Redhat 6.2.
I
> have successfully set Up http/ftp already but I have never done mail
before!
> Also, right now I am accessing my server by its ip address Help on how do
> setup A DNS sever(yes I have a domain name) is also needed but setting up
a
> mail server is what I'm most unsure of. Also, knowing how to add/manage
> accounts after the server is setup would be helpful. I need to this
beacuse
> two weeks ago the ISP who we had our e-mail hosted with went under. Now
> their is 30+ angry users and it was decided that I would setup a new Mail
> server instead of paying an ISP.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Yocom
>
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help! POP3 / SMTP , WHats the best-easiest way to setup
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 22:24:14 GMT
Dan Yocom wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have recently been put in charge of setting up a POP3/SMTP e-mail
> server. What is the best-easiest way to set it up? I'm running Redhat 6.2. I
> have successfully set Up http/ftp already but I have never done mail before!
> Also, right now I am accessing my server by its ip address Help on how do
> setup A DNS sever(yes I have a domain name) is also needed but setting up a
> mail server is what I'm most unsure of. Also, knowing how to add/manage
> accounts after the server is setup would be helpful. I need to this beacuse
> two weeks ago the ISP who we had our e-mail hosted with went under. Now
> their is 30+ angry users and it was decided that I would setup a new Mail
> server instead of paying an ISP.
I can send you either a qmail.spec file or the SRPM for it, if you want
to make the task easier. If you want it let me know.
Below are some links to help with the DNS configuration.
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.2/SRPMS/bind-8.2.3-0.6.x.src.rpm
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/x1009.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
--
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 99.114% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "s_e_gallo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 1024 cylinder limit - NEW QUESTION
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 07:02:23 -0800
For about $12, I would buy a distribution such as RH7 that's got lilo 21.4.4
or higher on it. Plus, you would also have a greater likelihood of having
video drivers included that would support your video card.
I had to go through all kinds of hoops to get RH6.2 installed on my machine.
Firstly, I need commercial video drivers from Xi Graphics (xig.com) to make
my ATI Rage 128 Pro card run XWindows (not too expensive at all at $39, but
not free). Then, to boot without a boot floppy, I had to install lilo 21.5
from a tarball I downloaded. That had to be compiled and the lilo.conf file
had to be edited so that the "linear" option was deleted and replaced with
"lba32."
I have a 40GB harddrive with three 13 GB partitions C(hda1), D(hda5), a
deleted E partition (hda6), oh, and a 133MB linux swap partition (hda7).
My lilo.conf looks like the following:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
lba32
default=dos
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
append="mem=256M"
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
And then I had to rerun lilo.
If something goes wrong, you can always boot into DOS and do FDISK /MBR to
restore booting to windows.
I think if you wait another year or two, installing linux will be as
painless as installing Windows. In fact, with the
exception of the TCP/IP-PPP problems I'm now having (I think the USB support
messed up my modem's use of ttyS1[=com1]),
installing RH7 was much less pain than installing Windows 98. My
motherboard uses a non-Intel chipset (VIA MVP 3) so,
for Windows, I had to plug my pci sound card and modem in after installing
windows and the appropriate drivers from VIA.
No such ornate procedure for Red Hat 7 was required. Now all I need is a
DVD/MPEG/AVI player, and a much better
automated internet modem configuration program. RP3 is pretty useless.
It's never detected my pci modem. (When I had
RH6.2 installed, I was able to stumble upon the correct com port (then it
was ttyS1) and set up a PPP connection using the
MSN HowTo. I don't know why it doesn't work now...) Oh, of course, make
sure you don't have a winmodem.
Steve Gallo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:98av3v$bsr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "David Efflandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:30:17 -0500, Javier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > If you are uncertain if your lilo has the 1024 cyl limit, it is best to
> > create a primary /boot partition ending below cyl 1024 (for a drive
around
> > 8 GB or more this could be a 1 cyl 16 MB partition). You can either put
> > LILO there (preferred so Windows does not step on it) and make that the
> > active boot partition or LILO can go in the MBR (and make sure that you
> > have a working boot floppy).
> >
>
> i have the same problem. i'm a newbie to linux and am unfamiliar with
many
> of these concepts, such as partitioning and the 1024 cylinder problem. i
> currently have a windows computer with a ~38gb hard drive. for obvious
> reasons, i would like to make the transition to linux. for the time being
i
> am trying to setup a dual boot system with windows and linux, until i am
> fully comfortable with linux to make a full switch. so far i have created
2
> partitions using fips because i didn't want to destroy the current windows
> partition. so i have the original windows partition re-sized to ~32gb,
and
> a new one ~6gb for linux. i'm trying to install redhat linux 6.2 on the
new
> partition, so in the installation i destroy the new free partition and
start
> to partition /, /boot, etc... however, i get an error that the /boot
> partition is too large, even at 1mb (the minimum). i feel that i am
> experiencing the 1024 cylinder problem because of the ~32gb windows
> partition.
>
> so what do i have to do to complete my installation? you suggested to the
> previous postee that a 1 cylinder 16mb partition be created below cylinder
> 1024. how do i do this? do i have to run fips again to make another
split?
> or would you suggest another non-destructive partitioning tool, like
> partition magic? someone suggested to me that i run fdisk from dos and
the
> command /mbr, but i thought this just loads the mbr with whatever the
active
> partition is. should i inactivate the windows partition, then run fdisk
> /mbr? wouldn't this essentially erase the mbr? would i be able to
install
> linux then after that?
>
> if anyone can help, please feel free to be as ridiculously detailed as you
> can. i'm very new to these concepts. thanks in advance.
>
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Newbie - Keyboard, BackSpace key behaves like the Delete key in text
editor. Both write '~' when pressed in the command line.
Date: 17 Mar 2001 00:39:14 +0200
"Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please can you help me? I am a newbie whose keyboard's Backspace key
> behaves like the Delete key. Also both the Backspace and Delete key write a
> '~' when pressed in the command line.
This is a common problem with RH7. Login as root, run Xconfigurator
and restart X.
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Markku Kolkka
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