Linux-Setup Digest #921, Volume #20 Tue, 27 Mar 01 03:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Question about RPM's ... (Craig Kelley)
Re: Lilo won't boot on Maxtor 54098H8 (40GB) ("Eric")
Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's) ("Eric")
Re: Adding memory... something I'm missing? (Glitch)
Re: Varying number of cylinders ("Eric")
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (Matthew Gardiner)
Re: internal modem on debian machine (Nader)
8 Gig Instead of 10 Gig--- ??? ("Jawahir Koul")
Re: Lilo won't boot on Maxtor 54098H8 (40GB) (Sebastian Wild)
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (Matthew Gardiner)
Re: kernel 2.4.* and pppd-2.4.0* (Nader)
Re: repartitioning fat32 partitions ("Eric")
Re: Windows 2000 and Linux (Carsten Scholten)
Enlightenment sound daemon (=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Bolle)
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (Matthew Gardiner)
Re: Lilo won't boot on Maxtor 54098H8 (40GB) ("Eric")
Re: 8 Gig Instead of 10 Gig--- ??? ("Eric")
Re: How to create a read-only root partition ("Eric")
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question about RPM's ...
Date: 26 Mar 2001 23:11:15 -0700
KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "H.Bruijn" wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:22:00 -0500, KCmaniac allegedly wrote:
> > >At the sites that provide all those Red Hat packages there are many that
> > >include the word "-devel-" within their names. I was hoping someone out
> > >there could tell me what these particular packages are for. Thanks.
> >
> > They are development packages. They are not required for those who only
> > install software from precompiled packages, but only needed when you
> > want to compile other software from source. So if you'd want to compile
> > a program which uses the Qt GUI toolkit you'r need the package
> > qt-devel-2.2.0-0.5.beta2.i386.rpm as that contains all that you need.
>
> Great. Thank you, H.Bruijn. Let me see if I got this right. You
> only need these packages if you want to "develop" your own software
> for the particular Red Hat function? There is a package amongst the
> many XFree86 packages called "XFree86-devel-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm". So I
> only need this package if I plan to compile my own software into the
> XFree86 function? Is that right?
Or: If you ever want to compile something that uses X11, you need
that package, and probably other -devel- packages.
It's usually a good idea to install the common ones, just in case.
--
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]>
Crossposted-To: nl.comp.os.linux.installatie,nl.comp.os.linux.overig
Subject: Re: Lilo won't boot on Maxtor 54098H8 (40GB)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:31:10 +0200
> I'm going insane :-(
>
> All i see when booting is LI
>
> Linux is installed on /dev/hdb. (within 1024 boundery)
> It uses the whole disk and Lilo is written to the MBR.
> I tried using the Cylinders, Heads, Sectors params of Lilo, but nothing
> works :-((
>
> BIOS says CSH: 4982,63,255. Linux also sees this, but not working.......
>
> Anyone pleaseeeeeeeee??
>
Please don't crosspost to so many groups.
<trimmed a few>
I need more info, so
`cat /etc/lilo.conf`
`/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hd[a-z]`
And post the results here.
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:44:06 +0200
> I'm trying to install Suse7.1, and the system works fine except that the
> only way I can boot it is from the install CD. If I try to install LILO
> either on the MBR or on a boot disk, when I try to boot, I just get a
screen
> full of looping 01 01 01 01 01 01's... I've never seen this before, and
it
> has me totally clueless. My system is a Duron 950 on an MSI K7T-Pro2A
with
> a WD 40GB HD. Any clues as to what the heck this problem is and how to
fix
> it would be greatly appreciated!!
If you must crosspost, please to groups that exist!
I cannot post to non-existing groups like col.help
The BIOS returned an error.
read lilo's User_Guide (/usr/doc/lilo-version/doc)
Eric
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:06:52 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding memory... something I'm missing?
rajiv raj bhatia wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have a dual Pentium 200 system running the Redhat SMP kernel, and I was
> adding 128 megs of memory to the current 80 that I had, and when Linux
> boots up, I get all sorts of random, but serious errors. Sometimes it
> can't find the main partition, other times it makes it into X and won't
> let me login because a service fails. Back to the original configuation,
> everything works great.
>
> Do I need to do something special when adding memory?
>
make sure you get the right type and speed that your board uses and
preferrably of the type and speed of any existing memory that is already
installed
test the new memory in another machine if possible. It may be new but
that doesn't exclude it from having errors. THe same can happen to hard
drives.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Varying number of cylinders
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:06:06 +0200
> Here is the partitions as I set them up:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 58168 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 21 10552+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 22 58168 29306088 5 Extended
the type is somewhat irrelevant for linux only systems, but if
you ever plan to use DOS/windows, you'd better change this ID.
You can change it either to linux extended (0x85) or LBA
extended (0x0F) (The procedure is harmless, no data will be lost)
Eric
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From: Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:12:33 +1200
Whats wrong with paying for SuSE Linux? Geeze, what are you? a cheap skate?
no wonder investers are werry about investing in Linux business with lusers
like you too tight to part with $US50.
Also, there is a lot of proprietry software included with SuSE Linux's
Distro, for example, the configuration tool (Yast2 and Yast1) are not open
source, also, there is some other packages that can't be freely distributed.
So, before you open your big gob, survey the situation first.
Matthew Gardiner
John Hong wrote:
> peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >I've heard great things about the new Suse distro., but I was told by
> >someone that I should use the same distro that I use at work. At work
> >we use Red Hat, at home I just setup Mandrake 7.1, but everyone says
> >the new Suse distro is good and also Mandrake 7.2 is good.
>
> In my opinion, if you are comparing between Red Hat/Mandrake to
> SuSE, stay with Red Hat/Mandrake. SuSE has recently been becoming more of
> a commercial distribution with little willingness to put out any GPL'ed
> versions of their version of Linux. The only ISO they have available for
> anyone to download is a live evaluation one, meaning, you boot into Linux
> from the CDROM, but you can't actually install it into your computer.
> That is not to say that it is a bad distribution, it is in fact
> quite good. However, Red Hat and Mandrake both still release GPL'ed
> versions of their distributions that one can install into their machines.
> If you are already familiar with Red Hat/Mandrake, then there is little
> reason to go with SuSE.
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: internal modem on debian machine
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:17:44 -0800
I have this modem and it took me awhile to get in working in my configuration
without moving hardware. Here's what I had to do:
1) Set it up so that Linux saw the device
2) Upgrade my kernel from 2.2.10 to 2.2.16 so that it supported my disk
controller which shared an IRQ with my modem, and
3) Upgrade my serial driver to 5.05 in the kernel to support the modem
sharing an IRQ with another device
I was able to combine steps 2 and 3 later by upgrading to kernel 2.4.
It looks like you are at step 1 and you may not need step 2.
I've attached instructions for step 1 below. If that doesn't do enough to
get your modem working, you should upgrade to the 2.4 kernel. Although you
are new to linux, it's a great (and tedious) way to learn.
=====
From: Kevin Penrose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Okay, the modem in question is the 3Com/USRobotics 3CP5610 PCI FaxModem. It
is one of the few PCI modems that is
controller based, having an on-board 16550AF chip. It is a K56 flex V.90
modem, which works very well for me. The greatest
problem that people have with this modem is that it installs on COM5 in Win9*
and there is no com5 (by default) in linux.
This is where most people have trouble, and the way to get it to work is
this:
1. You need to configure your kernel to support more than 4 serial ports.
In /usr/src/linux, do a make xconfig and in the
character devices setup, turn on (mark 'y') the "Extended dumb serial driver
options" and turn on the "Support for more than 4
serial ports". Then do a make bzImage and install the kernel (or whatever
you do for the normal kernel make - if you have
specific questions see the Kernel HOW-TO).
2. Create the device file in /dev - namely /dev/ttyS4: do this by
mknod -m 0640 /dev/ttyS4 c 4 68
ln -s /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem
3. In your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, add the following line:
exec setserial /dev/ttyS4 irq ?? port 0x??? ^fourport
^auto_irq skip_test autoconfig spd_vhi
This sets up the device where you should replace the '?' with the correct
values for your system. These values can be found in
the /proc/pci file, or you can get them from the windows system/hardware
config info.
Reboot. Point your kppp setup at /dev/modem, and everything should work.
It's important to include the ^fourport and
skip_test in the setserial. Otherwise, the kernel thinks that you have a
serial expansion card installed, and the set-up will fail.
carlos arenas wrote:
> I am fairly new to Linux, and am having trouble setting up my modem.
>
> I have a Dell desktop, which includes a US Robotics (3Com) PCI modem.
> According to Windows Control Panel, it is on COM5.
>
> However, when I boot my machine on Linux (Debian 2.2r0), it doesn't
> recognize the modem. Not that I get any error messages--I simply see eth0
> and lo when I run ifconfig. BTW, my computer also has a 3Com NIC (hence
> eth0).
>
> Within dmseg output, there is a line that reads:
> ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A.
> however, i see no "ttyS00" file under the /dev directory.
>
> In trying to use my modem, I ran the command "route del default" and
> received this message:
> SIOCDELRT: No such process.
>
> Can someone please lead me in the right direction? I hope I have included
> enough (but not too much) information.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> carlos.
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From: "Jawahir Koul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 8 Gig Instead of 10 Gig--- ???
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:21:32 -0800
I added two SCSI 10.1 gig drives to my red hat7. And when I
formatted the drives and mounted on file systems they are showing
only 8 gig each. Why???
Would appreciate any info.
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From: Sebastian Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie,nl.comp.os.linux.overig
Subject: Re: Lilo won't boot on Maxtor 54098H8 (40GB)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:14:11 +0200
Dirk Kissing schrieb:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm going insane :-(
>
> All i see when booting is LI
>
> Linux is installed on /dev/hdb. (within 1024 boundery)
> It uses the whole disk and Lilo is written to the MBR.
> I tried using the Cylinders, Heads, Sectors params of Lilo, but nothing
> works :-((
>
> BIOS says CSH: 4982,63,255. Linux also sees this, but not working.......
Looks like your Partition is too big.
LiLo does have problems when it tries to boot from such partitions.
Unfortunately the only thing that helps is to repartition this disk.
Make a small /boot (<= 100mb is enough) Remeber: /boot _must_ be ext2
formatted!
you may partiton the rest of the disk as you want. Maybe just one big
partiton with mountpoint /
Install LiLo into the mbr and tell it to boot from you /boot Partition.
This should be the first partition on the disk (/dev/hdb1).
This is the only thing important! /boot must be inside the 1024 Cyls the
rest doesn't matter!
mfg
Wastl
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From: Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:19:56 +1200
The keywords I like are, "personal preferance", when was the last time a Windows user
can configure a computer down at such a low level? probably never.
Matthew Gardiner
Tim Hanson wrote:
> Dances With Crows wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:05:38 GMT, Chad Everett staggered into the Black
> > Sun and said:
> > >On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:57:07 GMT, Darin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>"Mart van de Wege" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >>
> > >>> weird filesystem layout (come on,
> > >>> init files in /sbin?!)
> > >>
> > >>Hmm, I don't recall this in 7.1. The layout was different from
> > >>RedHat and RedHat clones, but not unusual or confusing. Init files
> > >>could be found under the /etc hierarchy (perhaps via links?).
> > >
> > >Nope. In SuSE 7.1 all init scripts are in /etc/init.d and turned
> > >on or off and configured in /etc/rc.config. Don't see any init
> > >scripts in /sbin on my SuSE 7.1
> >
> > FWIW, the original rationale for the scripts being in /sbin/init.d/ was
> > that the FHS said "executables do not belong in /etc." However, SuSE
> > 6.1 .. 7.0 all have symlinks pointing to /sbin/init.d/ from /etc/rc.d/.
> > I prefer having them in /sbin/init.d/ instead of in /etc/rc.d/init.d/
> > because the /sbin/ path has fewer characters in it, making it quicker to
> > type on the command line. But it's really a matter of personal
> > preference.
>
> I'll bet the Windows Weenies are really glazing over here. :-)
>
> > The "incompatible RPM layout" has only caused me problems when
> > trying to install large things like GNOME or KDE2 from non-SuSE RPMs.
> > This is not a particularly good thing; I think all the folks who make
> > distros that use RPM should get together and decide on a standard naming
> > convention/filesystem layout, but that's never gonna happen :-[ .
> > Hmmph, long live tarballs....
> >
> > --
> > Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
> > Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
> > http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
> > -----------------------------/ I hit a seg fault....
>
> --
> The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber
> has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture,
> finished, and put inside boxes.
> -- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
>
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.ppp,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.* and pppd-2.4.0*
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:24:07 -0800
Try route -n del default
Natman wrote:
> When you compiled the kernel, you didn't select PPP in the config (It's in
> Network Device Support). If you have no clue how to configure the kernel,
> run "make menuconfig" when in the directory with the kernel sources. I
> recommend that you choose PPP to be part of the kernel, rather than as a
> module.
>
> Natman
>
> "Richard Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi, I have problems to use pppd-2.4.0x in the kernel 2.4.x. I was using
> > the kernel 2.2.16 which came with RH7. Since it doesn't support usb zip
> > drive, I try to upgrade it to kernel 2.4.x. I had upgraded my original
> > rh7 (such as gcc-2.96.x, glibc-2.2.12, util-linux-2.10s, ...etc except
> > the kernel) before I started the installation of the kernel 2.4.x.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: repartitioning fat32 partitions
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:27:05 +0200
> I installed Red Hat 7.0 recently and enjoyed the smooth installation.
> After reading many help documents I utilized linuxconf to mount my
> secondary drive which is fat32. Before this it was used for my windows
> backup and data disk. Information on it is very important.
then you shouldn't backup on a HDD.
important data should go on a tape.
> Unfortunately the two 4G fat32 partitions are being filled. I need to
> remove all fat partitions and create a single disk partition. But I
> need to save the data!!! This is a 16G hard drive with two nearly full
> partitions and one 1/4 full. Any suggestions??
remove everything and restore form tape.
or copy on 4G to the 8G, delete the 4G one, grow the 8G to 12G
and the same for the other 4G. (Use parted for this)
But if you really believe your data is important, don't mess with existing
filesystems or partitiontables, without an extra backup.
Eric
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From: Carsten Scholten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 and Linux
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:50:22 +0200
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:52:31 +0100, "Alim"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The only way to boot linux rather than win2k at the moment is to swap the
>boot drive, which is annoying.
I think you can tell LILO with a commands like to interchange the
harddisk in BIOS.
Your lilo.conf part for the Windowssystem should then look like:
other = /dev/hdb # assuming hdb is your second hard drive with
# Windows on it
table = /dev/hdb
label = win
map-drive = 0x80 # first hd: BIOS number 0x80
to = 0x81 # second hd: BIOS number 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
>I have tried:
>1. making lilo boot win2k and it just jumps back to the lilo boot menu
>immediately.
Maybe the above will help here
>2. making win2k boot linux using the bootsector as described in the FAQs. I
>have copied it from the /dev/hdg and /dev/hdg1 (after altering lilo.conf to
>install there - perhaps (long shot) the partition table was affecting the
>process. This didn't work: all I saw was LI printed down the left side of
>the screen, in a seemingly infinite loop.
Why you see LI? If you use the boot loader from win2k (is there a
difference to WinNT) to boot you linux you should not see any actions
from LILO.
Didd you take a look at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
>So this is a bad scene. I don't want to know about getting the 512byte boot
>sector referred to in my boot.ini,
[snip]
In the Mini-HOWTO is a tool called bootpart described. You can add
boot-partitions to your NT-Bootloader with it. Maybe take a look at
this.
Hope this will help you
Carsten
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Bolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Enlightenment sound daemon
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:11:29 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don`t succeed in launching ESD daemon on my Linux Machine.
When I type `esd` command, there is no error message, but the esd
process doesn`t seem to be running when I make a ps command.
I am using Mandrake 7.2 and ALSA drivers.
Is there any option to give to the `esd` command in that case?
Thanks
--
S�bastien BOLLE
france telecom FTR&D/DTL/TBIG
T�l�phone: 04 76 76 44 59 T�l�copie: 04 76 76 44 28
Courriel: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:31:49 +1200
Whats wrong with StarOffice? even though alot of people dish-it, it is the
only Office Suite that is one more than one platform, and that, all of them
are at the same level of compatibility and features. As for all the
complaints, I use StarOffice on a regular basis, and find nothing wrong with
it. Compared to Office 2000, I would use StarOffice any day of the week.
Atleast there are no macro virus's for StarOffice, security holes, forced
registration, it is very stable (unlike Office 2000). NOW, if Lotus released
Smart Suite for Linux, I would definately buy it, as I have Lotus Smart Suite
loaded on my other b0x (Windows 2000 Pro, Duron 850 w/ 64 MB RAM), it works
like a dream. Its rather unfortunate that Lotus is too short sighted, as
they would make a killing if it was made available for Linux.
Matthew Gardiner
GreyCloud wrote:
> Tim Hanson wrote:
> >
> > I am an enthusiastic SuSE user, although I make no money off SuSE. Add
> > salt to taste.
> >
> > peter wrote:
> > >
> > > I've heard great things about the new Suse distro,
> >
> > That is correct. It is quite an advance and will be hard to compete
> > against, especially for getting new users to try Linux. For me, as a
> > user since 5.1, it is just an upgrade, although this time I bought a DVD
> > player so the update went much faster. The books alone are worth the
> > price.
> >
> > > but I was told by
> > > someone that I should use the same distro that I use at work.
> >
> > There will be some differences and some similarities. Linus Torvalds
> > has said he uses Red Hat at work (Transmeta) and SuSE at home. I don't
> > know if that's still true or not.
> >
> > Generally, there will be a slight but not overpowering learning curve.
> > Both are rpm-type systems. SuSE uses one big /etc/rc.config file. SuSE
> > has gotten more KDE-centric over the last year, although GNOME is
> > up-to-date and available on the disk. For myself, old dog that I am, I
> > still use FVWM2, although I like and use a lot of the GNOME
> > applications.
> >
> > I have a copy of Debian on one of my computers, which was a little more
> > difficult.
> >
> > > At work
> > > we use Red Hat, at home I just setup Mandrake 7.1, but everyone says
> > > the new Suse distro is good and also Mandrake 7.2 is good.
> >
> > I think both are iterations of the 2.4 kernel.
> >
> > SuSE's advantage is raw bang for the buck and lately add ease of
> > installation for newbies. The Professional Edition has seven packed CDs
> > or one DVD (all supplied). Through YaST you can add and subtract
> > packages without worrying about dependencies and conflicts. For me that
> > has meant the ability to just leave the DVD in the drive permanently and
> > install things when needed. For someone with a modem connection, all
> > those packages locally will save a _lot_ of download time.
> >
> > > What are the differences of these distros and versions ?
> > >
> > > Is there a different file structure or something different in each
> > > distro that will mess up my learning curve ?
> >
> > I don't know about the other distros, but with SuSE you can get a
> > running system going now and worry about the learning curve later.
> >
> > >
> > > Is the new software in mandrake 7.2 (or Suse) all that ?
> > >
> > > Which is faster, I've got a few older machine I would like to install
> > > Linux on (P166/32 megs, etc) ?
> >
> > I don't think it matters that much. All three of these use mostly the
> > same stuff. I think Star Office is a lost cause. :-)
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change.
> >
> >
> Good scotch,... yes.
>
> I used to have Star Office 5.1 installed, but didn't like it.
> Sun has since taken over Star Office and it is now 5.2. I don't have it
> but I hear its a big improvement. And Sun offers it either as a free
> download or buy the CD. Suns' people are now in progress of
> implementing a better interface for it as i've been told. But I can't
> give any usability reports on it. Maybe someone else who has 5.2 can
> relate?
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: nl.comp.os.linux.installatie,nl.comp.os.linux.overig
Subject: Re: Lilo won't boot on Maxtor 54098H8 (40GB)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:33:56 +0200
> > All i see when booting is LI
> >
> > Linux is installed on /dev/hdb. (within 1024 boundery)
> > It uses the whole disk and Lilo is written to the MBR.
> > I tried using the Cylinders, Heads, Sectors params of Lilo, but nothing
> > works :-((
> >
> > BIOS says CSH: 4982,63,255. Linux also sees this, but not working.......
> Looks like your Partition is too big.
> LiLo does have problems when it tries to boot from such partitions.
> Unfortunately the only thing that helps is to repartition this disk.
> Make a small /boot (<= 100mb is enough) Remeber: /boot _must_ be ext2
> formatted!
100 MB is enough?
it's way overkill
1 cylinder (approx 16 MB) is enough)
> you may partiton the rest of the disk as you want. Maybe just one big
> partiton with mountpoint /
There are some discussions on this topic going on right now.
Beware what you advise on this topic, or get flamed.
For good partitioning advise, read the partitioning howto.
> Install LiLo into the mbr and tell it to boot from you /boot Partition.
> This should be the first partition on the disk (/dev/hdb1).
> This is the only thing important! /boot must be inside the 1024 Cyls the
> rest doesn't matter!
Nor does this matter anymore on most systems
Upgrade lilo to a version of 21.4.3 or above, and on most
systems the 1024 cyl. boundary is gone.
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 8 Gig Instead of 10 Gig--- ???
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:38:04 +0200
> I added two SCSI 10.1 gig drives to my red hat7. And when I
> formatted the drives and mounted on file systems they are showing
> only 8 gig each. Why???
>
Now how could we no the answer to that?
What did you do?
what does the partitiontabel look like?
what filesystem did you use?
how did you conclude that only 8 G is used?
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to create a read-only root partition
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:44:25 +0200
> ]Hi all,
> ] I wish to install RH 6.2 on a 160 MB disk.
> ] The system has no swap and I require it to run at runlevel 3.
>
> ] I wish to allow the system to be powered off with out having to shut
it
> ] down. In order to achieve this, I would like all the partitions on
the
> ] disk to be mounted read-only.
>
> ] I have looked for some type of FAQ on how to do this and found
nothing:(
>
> ] My questions:
> ] 1. Is it possible to have the whole disk mounted as read-only
> ] 2. Is it possible to have '/boot', '/' mounted as read-only
>
> ]Any clues appreciated,
>
> Well, the problem is that various log files need to write. And the /tmp
> file needs to be written to. So you could make /var and /tmp be
> writeable and the rest not. You could try to shut off all logging (do
> not run syslogd or anything else which logs) but I suspect that there
> are still programs which need to write to /var/or /tmp.
>
> As fat as I know these are the key places where things are written to.
What about eg. mtab?
it's on /etc and should be writable.
It's hardly ever written, but still.
I don't think / should be made ro
Just branch of all the more frequently written directories, and / will
not very likely be written to. But switching of without unmounting
is never recommended. Use a journalling FS if you must, but even then,
you can lose data.
Eric
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