Linux-Setup Digest #933, Volume #20 Wed, 28 Mar 01 10:13:10 EST
Contents:
64 bit I/O for RedHat EE for Oracle8i (David YEUNG)
Recommended PCI Modem?
Re: getting a Kernel Panic on install ("Eric")
rp-pppoe2.6 on-demand function problem ("Alfred")
Re: Problems with parallelport cd-writer ("Frank Enser")
LVM for linux? ("Gianma")
Red Hat v7 ("Jorge")
How to set up Linux like this ... ??? (JR)
RedHat 7.0 Install Problem ("Jeff Young")
Re: post dual-boot setup, lilo problem ("Jeremy Paiz")
Re: LILO splash screen. -- NEW QUESTION ("Jeremy Paiz")
Re: How to set up Linux like this ... ??? ("Eric")
Re: file colours (Marc D. Williams)
Re: LILO splash screen. -- NEW QUESTION (Henrik Farre)
SiS 5597/5598 and X PROBLEM!!! ("pityguy")
Gnome Menus Have no Text (TWW)
Re: newbie question ("Patrick F. Clarin")
Re: boot failure ("Ren� Scheibe")
Re: NTP HowTo ("KW")
Re: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip ("Davide Bianchi")
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From: David YEUNG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: 64 bit I/O for RedHat EE for Oracle8i
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:08:06 +0800
We've bought the RedHat Linux Enterprise Edition Optimized for Oracle8i installed in a
Intel PC. According to the specification, it should support 64 bit I/O. However,
after I install both Linux and Oracle 8.1.7 and I try to create a data file
larger than 2GB, the following error occurs:
==================================================================================
SQL> create tablespace ts datafile '/data/u1/data1.dbf' size 10000M autoextend off
2 extent management local autoallocate;
create tablespace ts datafile '/data/u1/data1.dbf' size 10000M autoextend off
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-19502: write error on file "/data/u1/data1.dbf", blockno 231425
(blocksize=8192)
ORA-27069: skgfdisp: attempt to do I/O beyond the range of the file
Additional information: 231425
Additional information: 64
Additional information: 231425
==================================================================================
Has anyone used the RedHat Linux EE for Oracle8i? Any idea how to create a larger size
data file in Oracle?
Thanks
david
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommended PCI Modem?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 05:43:41 -0600
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello!
Is there a recommended internal PCI card Modem that works well with linux?
If so, please let me know the model and manufacturer.
Thanks in advance!
-jf-
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting a Kernel Panic on install
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:56:55 +0200
> Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs from 03:06
> ~ I try to load Linux from a Redhat 6.2 cd, and get the same error
> message (though with a different set of numbers than 03:06... no, this
> isnt intended to be a HD major:minor at this point), right after it sets
yes it is.
It shouldn't try to access this though, I agree.
> ~ I've used these CDs to sucessfully install to these HDs in a different
> system, so I don't doubt their integrity.
That's a bummer 'cause it was my first suspicion
Do you have some weird jumpering on the drives on the controller.
Each IDE controller supports one master, and one slave.
Misconfiguring this, or having a slave without a master, could well
be the cause of these problems. So double check that, and while
the box is open, make sure the cabling is okay too.
Eric
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From: "Alfred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rp-pppoe2.6 on-demand function problem
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:42:20 +0800
Reply-To: "Alfred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello! my name is alfred
i have some problem about the rp-pppoe on-demand function i had search a lot
of place but i could't found any info about this, could you help me pleases!
I'm using rp-pppoe 2.6, is working well but when i used the on-demand
function, it stop work
here is the situation
I guess that if i enable the on-demand function then it will go online
automatic, when i open the browser, but nothing happen, i can't access to
internet, so you go to the linux computer and type "adls-start", it seem
normal and the linux showed the connection
is successful, but i just can not across the internet, then i type ifconfig
to see the connection success or not, but i can't see the ppp0 interface.
I let the linux do the internet gateway and i used other pc to access the
internet, when i want to go online, i have to telnet the linux and start the
connection, some time i will forget to stop it, so that the line keep on in
all day (the internet charge is expensive in my country)
i really hope that the pppoe can be come up in automatic when i access to
internet and stop in a given time.
im using redhat 6.0
kernel verson is : 2.2.5-15
ppp verson is : 2.3.7-2
and i used winME to connect it
Thank a lot!
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From: "Frank Enser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with parallelport cd-writer
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:09:37 +0200
thx, but I already installed the writer internal. Now it works perfect mit
the SCSI emulation...
Frank
"Cindy Mottershead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have almost the same configuration and ran into the same problem. (I
have 2.4
> kernel, hp7200e parallel port CDwriter) Your printout looks exactly like
mine,
> until I upgraded the cdrtools, replacing cdrecord with a later version. I
> forgot where I got this, but upgraded to cdrtools-1.10a17. Everything
works
> now.
>
> Cindy
>
> Frank Enser wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got some problem mit my parallelport cd-writer and using cdrecord
1.9.
> > (It is a HP 7200 CD-Writer connected to the parallel port). By the way,
I'm
> > using SuSE Linux 7.1 with the 2.4.2 kernel.
> >
> > I've loaded all necessary modules:
> >
> > > lsmod
> > ide-scsi 7792 0
> > pg 6096 0 (autoclean)
> > epat 6208 1
> > paride 3808 1 (autoclean) [pg epat]
> > sg 21056 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > scsi_mod 83104 2 (autoclean) [ide-scsi sg]
> > parport_pc 13280 2 (autoclean)
> > lp 5072 1 (autoclean)
> > parport 24320 2 (autoclean) [paride parport_pc lp]
> > usb-uhci 21728 0 (unused)
> > 3c59x 22848 1 (autoclean)
> >
> > In the kernel messages entries like
> >
> > kernel: paride: version 1.05 installed
> > kernel: paride: epat registered as protocol 0
> > kernel: pg: pg version 1.02, major 97
> > kernel: pg0: Sharing parport0 at 0x378
> > kernel: pg0: epat 1.01, Shuttle EPAT chip c6 at 0x378, mode 2 (8-bit),
delay
> > 1
> > kernel: pg0: HP CD-Writer 7200, slave
> >
> > appear, so I think the device is properly installed and recognized.
> >
> > Then I try to find the device by rescanning the SCSI bus, nothing is
found.
> > > rescan-scsi-bus.sh
> > Host adapter 0 (ide-scsi) found.
> > 0 new device(s) found.
> > 0 device(s) removed.
> >
> > And when I try to start cdrecord, I get a nice message like:
> >
> > > cdrecord -scanbus -debug
> >
> > dev: (NULL POINTER) speed: -1 fs: -1
> > Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jrg Schilling
> > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> > PP Bus: -2
> > Bus: 0 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > file (0,0,0): 3
> > Bus: 1 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 2 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 3 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 4 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 5 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 6 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 7 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 8 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 9 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 10 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 11 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 12 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 13 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 14 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Bus: 15 cookie: FFFFFFFF
> > Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> > SCSI buffer size: 32768
> > scsi_getbuf: 32768 bytes
> > scsibus0:
> > ioctl ret: -1
> > cdrecord: Inappropriate ioctl for device. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl
> >
> > So can anyone help me. (I hope someone can....)
> >
> > Frank
>
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Reply-To: "Gianma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Gianma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: LVM for linux?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:18:47 GMT
Hi all,
does exist for Linux something like LVM for HP-UX (Unix)?
Thanks a lot.
Gianmario.
(Italy)
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From: "Jorge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat v7
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:26:14 GMT
I have a Signature scanner using TWAIN driver. Any idea if I can install on
Linux?.
Thanks,
Jorge
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From: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to set up Linux like this ... ???
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:45:46 GMT
I would like to be able to "install" Linux (Slackware) by just copying
the required system files to C:\LINUX on my FAT-32 HDD (currently
running Windows ME) and boot Linux from a LILO boot diskette.
i.e. I do not want to dual boot, or do a proper install to HDD which
results in a linux HDD boot sector.
Can this be done and if so how?
thanks
JR
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From: "Jeff Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 7.0 Install Problem
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:01:49 -0500
I am doing a clean install on a machine that previously had Rh6.2.
Although I had to do the Text based install because of the I810 Chipset.
The Graphical Install for RH7 runs succesfully. Formatting the old
partitions.
But when it reboots it gets to LILO and
Just writes the first L and fills up the screen with
L
L
L
L
L
When I boot from the Created Boot Floppy and
wait to let it boot from /dev/hda1
It give me error 0x10
Any hints are appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
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From: "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: post dual-boot setup, lilo problem
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:21:35 -0500
actually, what it was was the line "linear" in lilo.conf. i simply had to
change it to "lba32", and everything worked okay.
--
________________________________________________________________________
JEREMY M PAIZ
Software Engineer
Research & Development Division
Welding Technology Corporation
24775 Crestview Court
Farmington Hills MI 48335-1507
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.weldtechcorp.com
Phone: (248) 477-3900 x3362
Fax: (248) 477-8897
Mobile: (248) 568-1592
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99sam1$cq0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> just rerun `/sbin/lilo -v`
> It apparently hasn't written the bootcode yet.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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From: "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO splash screen. -- NEW QUESTION
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:36:37 -0500
"Yves Bellefeuille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> The message you see is specified in the line starting with "message" in
> /etc/lilo.conf. In the case of Red Hat 7.0, the message being shown is
> the file /boot/message.
>
i just installed redhat 7 also, and i was wondering if i could get rid of
the graphical lilo interface by removing the "message" entries in my
lilo.conf. i would rather use the text mode.
along these same lines, i would like to start everything in text mode. i
would like to login in text mode, and i was wondering if it was possible to
start linux without kde/gnome and just use the shell prompt. then, if i
wanted to run kde/gnome i could enter the command for it. i'm a big fan of
the command prompt.
--
________________________________________________________________________
JEREMY M PAIZ
Software Engineer
Research & Development Division
Welding Technology Corporation
24775 Crestview Court
Farmington Hills MI 48335-1507
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.weldtechcorp.com
Phone: (248) 477-3900 x3362
Fax: (248) 477-8897
Mobile: (248) 568-1592
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to set up Linux like this ... ???
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:48:34 +0200
> I would like to be able to "install" Linux (Slackware) by just copying
> the required system files to C:\LINUX on my FAT-32 HDD (currently
> running Windows ME) and boot Linux from a LILO boot diskette.
yeah, that would be nice.
And then just double-click on vmlinuz.exe :-)
> i.e. I do not want to dual boot, or do a proper install to HDD which
> results in a linux HDD boot sector.
There are some distributions that allow you to do an install on a FAT FS.
(I'm not sure if slack does) Then in windows, you'd see one big file, that
if windows would be capable of this, mount on a loopback device and find all
your
linux files. It's probably as close as you can get.
I will not advise this to you, just free up a partition and dedicate it to
linux.
If you don't want linux afterwards, you can always claim it back.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Subject: Re: file colours
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:52:54 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:09:58 +0000, harry weston wrote:
>
>Hello Joris. I was wondering which colour indicated which type of file but I
>should be able to inspect each file and find out that way Many thanks ,
>Harry..
You don't inspect the files. The colors are determined by a config
file. Not sure how Red Hat does it but with Slackware there's an
/etc/DIR_COLORS file or the user can have ~/.dircolors.
In the file is where colors are specified.
Some examples from /etc/DIR_COLORS:
# Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init
# string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes:
# Attribute codes:
# 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed
# Text color codes:
# 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
# Background color codes:
# 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white
NORMAL 00 # global default, although everything should be something.
FILE 00 # normal file
DIR 01;34 # directory
LINK 01;36 # symbolic link
FIFO 40;33 # pipe
SOCK 01;35 # socket
BLK 40;33;01 # block device driver
CHR 40;33;01 # character device driver
ORPHAN 40;31;01 # symlink to nonexistent file
# This is for files with execute permission:
EXEC 01;31
# List any file extensions like `.gz' or `.tar' that you would like ls
# to colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
# (and any comments you want to add after a `#')
.cmd 01;31 # executables (bright red)
.exe 01;31
.com 01;31
.btm 01;31
.bat 01;31
.tar 01;32 # archives or compressed (bright green)
.tgz 01;32
.arj 01;32
.taz 01;32
.lzh 01;32
[blah blah]
.jpg 01;35 # image formats
.gif 01;35
.bmp 01;35
.ppm 01;35
[more blah]
I believe there's some info on the color stuff in places like
the Linux FAQ, Tips-HOWTO or somewhere.
You might even have a man page for dircolors or dir_colors.
Marc
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From: Henrik Farre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO splash screen. -- NEW QUESTION
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:04:23 +0200
Yello
Jeremy Paiz wrote:
> along these same lines, i would like to start everything in text mode. i
> would like to login in text mode, and i was wondering if it was possible to
> start linux without kde/gnome and just use the shell prompt. then, if i
> wanted to run kde/gnome i could enter the command for it. i'm a big fan of
> the command prompt.
It rulez!
Edit /etc/inittab and change
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
5 boots into X, and 3 boots into consol.
Btw. What format is the message file, if I what to replace it?
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
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From: "pityguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SiS 5597/5598 and X PROBLEM!!!
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:47:22 +0800
I am having problem in configuring X. Since I am very new to Linux, I don't
know what direction to take.
After typing "startx" and entering the X window, I can see a dialog box pop
up with "WARNING" on its title bar but I don't know what is it all about as
text in the dialog box and desktop is blocked out in black.
I have a SiS 5597/5598 integrated chipset on my Abit PD5N motherboard. I
have Redhat Linux 6.1 installed in my computer. I am using XFree86 ver
3.3.5. I use X configurator to configure my X. As probing is successful, I
think my chipset is supported.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
Pityguy
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From: TWW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome Menus Have no Text
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:02:38 +0100
I've been hit with the "all my gnome menus are blank" bug/problem.
Although there are quite a lot of people asking about this when I search
in Google (including groups.google) I can not find any examples of
solving it.
I have no idea what caused it; I certainly did not upgrade any part of
gnome (the only use of gnome I have is the Gimp and Pan), although it
may have started after I upgraded my girlfriend's KDE (I don't use KDE
either).
Can someone please save me from having to use Netscape to access
Usenet?????
Thomas Worthington
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From: "Patrick F. Clarin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:47:37 -0500
How woud I add it too my PATH if I wanted to?
"Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Patrick F. Clarin" wrote:
> >
> > I just installed Red Hat 7 and I am trying to do my C++ homework on it.
> > After I compile my files and type a.out to run it it won't run. The
a.out
> > file is there but it won't run. What am I doing wrong?
> Hi,
>
> I suspect it is because the current directory is not in your PATH. This
> is 'normal' especially for 'root' as it prevents the execution of
> 'trojan' copies of commonly used utilities being executed instead of the
> real one. For example if root happened to be in some user directory and
> typed 'ls' - if the user had placed an executable of that name in his
> directory then this may be executed (depending on exact order in the
> PATH variable). This could have dire consequences depending on how
> devious the user was.
>
> To execute the program type
> ./a.out
>
> You may want to specify the output filename as in
>
> g++ -o homework homework.C
>
> Regards
>
> Phil Q
>
> --
>
> Phil Quiney CSIP Demonstrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nortel Networks,
> Telephone: +44 (0)1279 402363 London Rd, Harlow,
> Fax: +44 (0)1279 402885 Essex CM17 9NA,
> United Kingdom.
>
> "This message may contain information proprietary to Northern
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> of its contents is strictly prohibited."
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From: "Ren� Scheibe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot failure
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:53:20 +0200
The exact prompts at boottime are:
Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.2.19 (root@P-Spot) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Li
nux 7.0)) #8 Tue Mar 27 20:40:32 CEST 2001
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 @ 00000000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 00000400 @ 0009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 00f00000 @ 00100000 (usable)
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 49.97 BogoMIPS
Memory: 15100k/16384k available (500k kernel code, 412k reserved, 336k data,
36k
init)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k)
Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k)
CPU: 486
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: Using configurarion type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Starting kswapd v 1.5
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
hda: IBM-DBCA-203240, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: IBM-DBCA-203240, 3102MB w/420kB Cache, CHS=788/128/63
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 36k freed
...and there it stops.
Can you please give me some advice, I have no answer.
...Rene
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NTP HowTo
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,redhat.kernel.general
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:57:55 -0600
If you've got the NTP installed, just set up a cron job to execute
this script
ntpdate ntp2.usno.navy.mil tick.usno.navy.mil tcok.usno.navy.mil
and if you care to see the output, just add
> /path/to/where-you-want-the.log
to the end of the line above
then
sh ntpscript
to test it ;)
--
KW
In article <99riln$228$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "SS"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok.. I got a really silly question. I'm trying to setup my Linux box
> to automatically synth with one of those atomic clock. But I'm not able
> to find any HowTo doc on this subject.
>
> Can someone tell me how I can setup this automatic time synth? Let say,
> the system will check the time every hour or 15 minutes...
>
> Thanx
>
> Sam
>
>
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From: "Davide Bianchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:57:07 -0800
"Robert Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Machine One (named "valis") as root:
<ZAP>
> [valis]# /sbin/mke2fs -b 1024 /dev/sdc
<ZAP>
> [ubic]# mount -t ext2 /dev/sdc /mnt/zip250
Have you tryed to use /dev/sdc4 instead of /dev/sdc ?
Davide
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