Linux-Setup Digest #16, Volume #21 Mon, 9 Apr 01 08:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: the problem of using OS Loader to load Red Hat Linux ("Eric")
Re: mandrake linux install problems. (Nick Coleman)
Re: How copy/backup entire drive to another drive? (David Efflandt)
Re: Lilo 'smp'?? ("Orjan Johansson")
Re: Clock Drift (Huw Lynes)
mandrake 8.0 beta3 kt7a-raid ("Jase Isham")
Re: Remote Tape Devices (Juergen Pfann)
Can't boot off CD (SuSE 7.0) (Nick Condon)
Re: this is Bellsouth policy. (bananachunks)
Re: long file names in DOS ("Pavan")
Re: the problem of using OS Loader to load Red Hat Linux (Zhou, Ganhong)
Re: Can't boot off CD (SuSE 7.0) ("G Soft")
Re: the problem of using OS Loader to load Red Hat Linux ("Eric")
Re: Fatal Error at the end of RedHat installation ("Eric")
A little confused about services (The Happy Drunk)
Re: A little confused about services (H.Bruijn)
Re: Help with Dual Boot Win98 and Mandrake 8.0b3 on A7V (mookie)
Problem with installing packages with YaST (Martin Schacherl)
Please help me with dual boot system. ("Just Some Guy")
Re: Help with Dual Boot Win98 and Mandrake 8.0b3 on A7V ("Eric")
Re: 233 MHz and 32 MB SDRAM (David Hines)
Re: A little confused about services (The Happy Drunk)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: the problem of using OS Loader to load Red Hat Linux
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:13:52 +0200
> I have installed the redhat linux 7.0 on my computer.
> There are 3 OSs: windows 98, windows 2000, redhat linux 7
> There are 4 partions: 3 primary, 1 extended.
>
> Partion 1: Primary FAT32 2.5G
> Partion 2: Extended FAT32 6.5G
> Partion 3: Primary Ext2 2.6G
> Partion 4: Primary Swap 0.3G
>
> I want to use the windows2000 OS Loader to load the redhat linux, so the
> lilo is installed on the hda3. The contents of lilo.conf is as following:
>
>
> boot=/dev/hda3
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> lba32
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> default=linux
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
> label=linux
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda3
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
>
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
>
> I do the following steps to use OS Loader to load linux:
>
> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c -t vfat
> dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/c/bootsect.lin
what is in bootsect.lin?
check it with a hex viewer.
> Modiified the C:\boot.ini
> Add this line: c:\bootsect.lin = "Redhat Linux"
>
>
> But when I reboot and choose "Redhat Linux" to start linux, there are
> nothing on the screen. It seems that the system is halted.
>
> What's the problem? The version of LILO is 21.4-4, Are there the problem
of
> 1024 Cyl?
No.
not with this lilo.conf
You did run /sbin/lilo ?
Eric
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Coleman)
Subject: Re: mandrake linux install problems.
Date: 9 Apr 2001 07:22:53 GMT
"Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<ROXz6.1913$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have just installed mandrake 6.5 and for some reason it needs the
> floppy boot disk in to load up. If I dont it checks the cd for
> bootable media then it starts to write 01 01 01 01 and so on on the
> screen. If I have the boot disk in then it load into KDE shell with
> no problems ?
>
> why is this ?
>
It sounds to me like there are two things happening here:
1) your computer's BIOS is set to check for bootable disks in the
following sequence: floppy, cd-rom, hard drive. This explains why
everything works ok if you have the boot floppy in the drive. You can
change the sequence by dropping into the BIOS editing mode when the
computer starts (there will be a brief message on the screen when you
first turn the computer on that tells you how to do this).
and
2) LILO (the boot loader) isn't working "properly" (this is the 01 01
(actually LO LO) message you see), so that, when you don't have the
floppy in, the boot sequence eventually moves to the hard drive and
encounters an error. As a previous poster suggested, if you have an
older computer you may need to repartition your drive to add a small
partition (<20MB, 10MB should be enough) below cylinder 1024 where you
can put /boot. If your computer is a recent model, it may be the way
that LILO has been configured. Try examing the lilo config file (I
think it's /etc/lilo.conf off the top of my head) for any obvious
errors, and run 'lilo' before re-booting.
Mail me (home is njpc@ozemailDOTcomDOTau) if this doesn't make sense
(I'm in your time zone).
--
Sorry about the munged email address; my work server can't filter to
catch spam.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: How copy/backup entire drive to another drive?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:32:04 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 08 Apr 2001, Andre - remove "no
spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Do you know the easiest way to copy the entire linux drive to another drive in
>a way that preserves system integrity: permissions, directory trees, etc?
See the Hard-Disk-Upgrade mini HOWTO.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
------------------------------
From: "Orjan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo 'smp'??
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:43:50 +0200
Thanks!!
/Orjan
"BetrOffDed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I just installed Redhat 7.0 on an ordinary Dell Optiplex, nothing fancy
> > there. I set it up as a server with Apache, ftp etc, and two NIC's. The
> > installation went smoothly with no problems, but whenever I boot up the
> > computer I get a Lilo graphical boot-menu where the default choice is
> > the kernelname followed by the letters 'smp', the other choice is just
> > the kernelname.
> >
> > What's the deal? What does 'smp' refer to? Have I done something wrong??
> >
> > Any input apreciated!
> >
> > TIA,
> > Orjan
>
> Symmetric Multi-Processor
>
> Its for multiple cpu machines. It will probably run ok on a
> uniprocessor, but IIRC, there will be a slight performace hit if you only
> have one cpu.
>
> Just pick the uniprocessor one.
>
> You can edit /etc/lilo.conf, and remove the smp entry if you want. (don't
> forget to run /sbin/lilo after editing /etc/lilo.conf if you do).
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Huw Lynes)
Subject: Re: Clock Drift
Date: 9 Apr 2001 07:42:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <s92A6.4281$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, None wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to correct the clock drift in my system.
>It drifts 32.5 seconds a day. I run ntpdate once
>a day to correct this. I also edited the /etc/adjtime
>file to set the drift correction to 32.5. This didn't
>seem to have any affect... Is there something I need
>to restart ? The clock faq infers that the kernel will
>use this value to adjust the for the drift.
>
As long as hwclock --adjust gets run it should take account
of the drift setting in /etc/adjtime.
--
To reply you know what "dot" should really be.
------------------------------
From: "Jase Isham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mandrake 8.0 beta3 kt7a-raid
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 07:46:58 GMT
Hiya
I am tryin to get mandrake to work with my system
i have my main hard drive on my hpt370 controller my cdrom an cdrw on the
primary of the motherboard controller and have win2k installed. I can
install 8.0 beta3 no problem it picks up everything fine problem is is that
when its doing the install m hard drive is listed as hde cdrw is hda cdrom
is hdb secondary controller on mobo is disabled. however after installing
grub or lilo when mandrake tries to boot it see's my hard disk as hdc now??
thus i run into big problems. I installed suse earlier an had no problems i
m jus not a fan of suse so i went with mandrake 8 but the system see's my
harddisk as hdc after install an hde before/during can anyone help me ??
thxs in advance
Jase
------------------------------
From: Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote Tape Devices
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:50:27 +0200
"Dr. David N. Haney" wrote:
>
> (...problems using tar remotely)
> Thanks for the pointer. You may be right that there is a DNS
> problem. However, each host has the other in their /etc/hosts
> file. In addition the nsswitch file is set for file,dns.
> AND if you use the command on the LINUX machine:
>
> rsh haney "tar tvf"
>
> it lists the contents of the tape on haney. Yet the command:
>
> tar tvf haney:/dev/tape
>
> results in this odd host lookup problem.
Hmm - awkward. Don't know SGI, unfortunately.
Did you try the "real" tape device instead
(/dev/rmt/cXbXtXdXlX, or whatever the syntax in IRIX) ?
Another hint : AFAIK, tar uses /etc/rmt (or /sbin/rmt in
Linux) for the remote tape communication. Does that tool
exist on the SGI box; does/did it work from another
architecture ?
Perhaps /etc/rmt insists on DNS or NIS lookup ?
Sorry, no real help this times, just some ideas...
Juergen
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Condon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Can't boot off CD (SuSE 7.0)
Date: 9 Apr 2001 08:38:16 GMT
Technically, I *can* boot off the CD but after 30 seconds of start up
messages, I think it tries to start X and my display just goes blank. Then
the monitor starts flashing up an "out of frequency" error. All the disks
keep ticking over and the keyboard is still responding to numlock,
capslock, etc. I haven't been asked for any parameters at this point.
It's all new hardware; a KT7A motherboard, a Matrox G450 graphics card.
Any ideas anyone?
--
Nick
------------------------------
From: bananachunks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: this is Bellsouth policy.
Crossposted-To:
ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,bellsouth.net.support.adsl,bellsouth.net.support.linux
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 05:14:36 -0400
gosh wrote:
> unfortunately Bellsouth has allready started moving all Bridged customers
> to be either pppoa or pppoe.... they said to me that they are doing
> becuase people were stealing the service... disconnecting with billing and
> then getting the helpdesk to register the mac address thus receiving free
> service so a few cheap jerks screwed it up for everybody they quit
> offering bridged a while ago.....
> Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 21:46:55 -0500, "charlieman"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >what is the bridging that your talking about?
>>
>> An old style bellsouth adsl connection that has kept it's ip for 1 1/2
>> years. It also works on anything that has a NIC & TCP
>
>
>
Is there anywhere that I can go to get more information about this? I've
had BS ADSL for almost 2 years now (from the moment the offerred in
Atlanta). I'm now on my 4th IP. The 3rd was for about 11 months, and was
only switched because I had to change the MAC adrs. I remember hearing the
tech guy be surprised that I was 'on a bridged connection' when he was
looking up my info. I really don't know anything about this pppox - but I
was very happy when I switched to Lunix to find out that I didn't have to
use it to connect....
Any info would be great!
TIA
geo
--
--remove poopoo to reply
------------------------------
From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: long file names in DOS
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:51:28 +0530
"John Jamieson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:nSMz6.1608$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> When I mount a FAT partition as msdos type, file names longer than
8.3 are
> truncated. How do I disable this truncation?
>
mount as type vfat and not msdos.
-Pavan
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zhou, Ganhong)
Subject: Re: the problem of using OS Loader to load Red Hat Linux
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:40:27 +0000 (UTC)
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <9arnfh$538$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>
>>
>> I do the following steps to use OS Loader to load linux:
>>
>> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c -t vfat
>> dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/c/bootsect.lin
>
>what is in bootsect.lin?
>check it with a hex viewer.
the contens of the file bootsect.lin is
00 00 00 00 ........................
The 512 bytes are 00.
>
>> Modiified the C:\boot.ini
>> Add this line: c:\bootsect.lin = "Redhat Linux"
>>
>>
>> But when I reboot and choose "Redhat Linux" to start linux, there are
>> nothing on the screen. It seems that the system is halted.
>>
>> What's the problem? The version of LILO is 21.4-4, Are there the
>> problem
>of
>> 1024 Cyl?
>
>No.
>not with this lilo.conf
>You did run /sbin/lilo ?
Yes. When I installed the redhat linux, I don't choose the "linear" in one
step, and then only the floppy can boot the linux. Then I modified the
lilo.conf, added "lba32", and use /sbin/lilo -v to start again.The above
things ocurred.
Just now, I use the floppy to start linux, it said that :
Error: 0x10
What's wrong?
>
>
------------------------------
From: "G Soft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can't boot off CD (SuSE 7.0)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 05:00:08 -0500
Nick,
It is the matroz g450 that is hanging you, check out the suse support
but you will probably have to boot from floppy and run yast1 rather than
yast2 so that you can load the correct module.
Phil
"Nick Condon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Technically, I *can* boot off the CD but after 30 seconds of start up
> messages, I think it tries to start X and my display just goes blank. Then
> the monitor starts flashing up an "out of frequency" error. All the disks
> keep ticking over and the keyboard is still responding to numlock,
> capslock, etc. I haven't been asked for any parameters at this point.
>
> It's all new hardware; a KT7A motherboard, a Matrox G450 graphics card.
> Any ideas anyone?
> --
> Nick
------------------------------
From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: the problem of using OS Loader to load Red Hat Linux
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:12:37 +0200
> >> I do the following steps to use OS Loader to load linux:
> >>
> >> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/c -t vfat
> >> dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/c/bootsect.lin
> >
> >what is in bootsect.lin?
> >check it with a hex viewer.
>
>
> the contens of the file bootsect.lin is
>
> 00 00 00 00 ........................
>
> The 512 bytes are 00.
then it's pretty obvious.
There is no LILO bootcode here.
> >You did run /sbin/lilo ?
>
> Yes. When I installed the redhat linux, I don't choose the "linear" in one
> step, and then only the floppy can boot the linux. Then I modified the
> lilo.conf, added "lba32", and use /sbin/lilo -v to start again.The above
> things ocurred.
You must have either encountered errors, when you ran /sbin/lilo -v with
this
lilo.conf, or you didn't run it with this lilo.conf. There's no LILO code in
hda3.
Run `/sbin/lilo -v` (add a few -v's for more info) again and post the output
here.
if your floppy fails, you can always enter linux through your CDROM
LILO > linux rescue root=/dev/hda3
Eric
------------------------------
From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fatal Error at the end of RedHat installation
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 12:17:12 +0200
> At the end of the installation process (configuring the system) every time
> there is a Fatal Error message, that the number of cylinders (or sectors?)
> is too big, I can't remember the whole report because the next screen
> (building boot disk) appears too soon...
that's probably lilo complaining.
Have you tried to build the bootdisk and boot from that?
> I've got a 41 GB IBM Deskstar (IDE), 35 Gigs are for Win98, 512MB Linux
> swap, the rest Linux native (root).
> The installation volume was about 600 MB.
> (Should I select the "Linear Mode" at the beginning?)
I have no clue.
But I wouldn't bother. linux is probably properly installed.
> At booting from the installation CD there is another message: Fatal Server
> Error, no screens found. Significant?
That's X complaining. You'll have to use the text install I presume.
It's nothing serious though.
Eric
------------------------------
From: The Happy Drunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A little confused about services
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 08:48:51 +1000
Hi
I'm fairly new to linux and have just installed it on my second
computer. I'm have noticed that I have services running eg. finger,
ftp etc. Which I would prefer to prevent. I have managed to stop httpd
and sendmail loading at start up, but not sure which the other
servicess are named.
Is there a list anywhere?
When I use runlevel editor it lists all the services I'm currently
running. I'm just not sure which is which. I understand that I need to
go elsewhere within the system to stop the FTP service from loading.
Also can any one suggest how to close ports 111, 515, and 1027?
Any help, suggestions or helpful links would be greatly appreciated.
--
Cheers
The Happy Drunk
The voices in my head have had a vote.
Apparently I'm evicted.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: A little confused about services
Date: 9 Apr 2001 11:12:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001 08:48:51 +1000, The Happy Drunk allegedly wrote:
>Hi
>I'm fairly new to linux and have just installed it on my second
>computer. I'm have noticed that I have services running eg. finger,
>ftp etc. Which I would prefer to prevent. I have managed to stop httpd
>and sendmail loading at start up, but not sure which the other
>servicess are named.
>Is there a list anywhere?
>When I use runlevel editor it lists all the services I'm currently
>running. I'm just not sure which is which. I understand that I need to
>go elsewhere within the system to stop the FTP service from loading.
>Also can any one suggest how to close ports 111, 515, and 1027?
>
>Any help, suggestions or helpful links would be greatly appreciated.
The ports are specified in /etc/services
port 111 is portmapper. It is used to access services which don't listen
to a reserved port. An example would be NFS, Network File-System, the
method in the linux/unix world to share parts of hardrives over the
network, which you can compare to windows "network shares" and the
Network Neighbourhood. Most people can quite well do without portmapper.
515 is the printer spool. If you configure the printer to accept print
requests from the network, then it should be activated.
1027 is not a reserved port, it may be one assigned via portmapper.
To shut services down, go to whatever configuration tool that comes with
the system Yast, Linuxconfig, webmin etc etc. And shut them down.
Generally, if you don't know it, you don't need it. To find out what it
is though, try to type "man DAEMON" in an xterm, that will give a manual
page with a short description of the functionality of DAEMON. fi
man ftpd will result in:
FTPD(8) System Manager's Manual FTPD(8)
NAME
ftpd - Internet File Transfer Protocol server
SYNOPSIS
ftpd [-AdDhlMPSU] [-T maxtimeout] [-t timeout] [-u mask]
DESCRIPTION
Ftpd is the Internet File Transfer Protocol server process. The
server uses the TCP protocol and listens at the port specified in
the ``ftp'' service specification; see services(5).
Available options:
<snip: list of options>
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn website: http://hermanbruijn.com
The Netherlands
------------------------------
From: mookie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Dual Boot Win98 and Mandrake 8.0b3 on A7V
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:14:01 +0200
In article <9arlk2$43j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > > yah the bootdisk does work now. Windows did boot before I installed
> > > Linux, although I had to redo the fdisk /mbr in order to get it to boot
> > > again.
>
> okay, then at least you can boot from the Promise controller.
>
> > > hdg5 is my root (/) partition. Should it be /boot instead? I didn't
>
> This is correct, it should be /
> But /boot is a part of it, right?
Please excuse my ignorance.. but I'm not 100% sure if this is the case,
i mean.. it was a purely default install.
>
> > > think so, though I think I did try that on one occasion since writing
> the
> > > bootloader to the mbr didn't seem to work. Hmm.. i've been leaving the
> > > bios to boot to IDE drive (which only occured to me now to be wrong
> since
> > > no drive is actually connected to the UDMA66 ports so I'm probably not
> > > specifying anything and it just defaults to channel 1 on the Promise)
>
> Hmm, that's odd. Can you select, in the BIOS an option to boot from
> hdg
No, I tried to look for that but it's either an IDE drive (in which case
I think u might be able to select) or the SCSI Onboard ATA100 controller
(ie the Promise)
>
> > > I know this because when i've previously installed the 2 OSes separately
> > > it'll boot windows on channel 1 rather than the linux.
> > >
>
> I have no clue on what you mean with this.
>
I meant that I had also tried to setup linux once where there was only
the linux drive connected. That works of course, and when I connect the
windows drive after, without the lilo written to the mbr, it'll boot
windows directly.
> > I tried that command to rewrite the lilo.conf to the mbr again, but it
> > didn't work (still the LI error).
>
> It shouldn't have changed a thing, but sometimes things go wrong.
> Are you sure that you are actually booting from hde?
> (You are if restoring the old MBR boots windows again)
Yup.. it will boot windows again after fdisk /mbr.
>
> Perhaps your best bet is to use loadlin.
> It's another linux loader, that is run from DOS.
>
> > I'm not sure if there's some additional
> > issues when it comes to using the Lilo-graphical login (default in
> Mandrake
> > 8b3) or whether there's something else that's specific to the Mandrake
> > distro.
>
> That shouldn't matter.
>
> Eric
>
Sigh.. it's so depressing to be so close to getting it to work. I'll
check up on loadlin though. What do u think about Grub for this?
Thanks again.
Shaoen
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:10:02 +0200
From: Martin Schacherl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with installing packages with YaST
I've got a problem with installing packages with YaST. Every time i want
to install a package, YaST is searching for installed packages, but he
doesn't find any installed packages. So he tries to re-install the
packages. But the packages he tries to install are existing on my
system. The packages are absolutely necessary packages like "aaa_base"
and so on. The re-installation of the packages is abortet with an error.
How can i tell YaST, that theese packages are installed, or how can i
tell him to contineue installation, even if there is an error?!?
Martin
------------------------------
From: "Just Some Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please help me with dual boot system.
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:17:18 +0200
Hi everyone,
Can someone help me, I have got a PC with a 20GB Harddisk, Windows 2000
Professional is installed on the first 5 Gb partition. The rest have not
been partitioned. I would like to install Linux Redhat 7.0 on this machine
dual bootable with Win2000. How will I go about doing it without
uninstalling Win2000.
Could someone please give me the procedure or point to the right place on
the net.
Thanx,
Me, Myself and I
------------------------------
From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Dual Boot Win98 and Mandrake 8.0b3 on A7V
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:45:34 +0200
> > okay, then at least you can boot from the Promise controller.
> >
> > > > hdg5 is my root (/) partition. Should it be /boot instead? I
didn't
> >
> > This is correct, it should be /
> > But /boot is a part of it, right?
> Please excuse my ignorance.. but I'm not 100% sure if this is the case,
> i mean.. it was a purely default install.
>
Then it most likely isn't on a separate partition, but indeed a part
of the / partition. It doesn't really matter, I was just making sure.
> > > > think so, though I think I did try that on one occasion since
writing
> > the
> > > > bootloader to the mbr didn't seem to work. Hmm.. i've been leaving
the
> > > > bios to boot to IDE drive (which only occured to me now to be wrong
> > since
> > > > no drive is actually connected to the UDMA66 ports so I'm probably
not
> > > > specifying anything and it just defaults to channel 1 on the
Promise)
> >
> > Hmm, that's odd. Can you select, in the BIOS an option to boot from
> > hdg
>
> No, I tried to look for that but it's either an IDE drive (in which case
> I think u might be able to select) or the SCSI Onboard ATA100 controller
> (ie the Promise)
SCSI? or ATA100(which is IDE)?
Am I missing something here?
> > > > I know this because when i've previously installed the 2 OSes
separately
> > > > it'll boot windows on channel 1 rather than the linux.
> > > >
> > I have no clue on what you mean with this.
> >
> I meant that I had also tried to setup linux once where there was only
> the linux drive connected. That works of course, and when I connect the
> windows drive after, without the lilo written to the mbr, it'll boot
> windows directly.
The linux disc was still called hde when that windows disc was gone, right?
> Yup.. it will boot windows again after fdisk /mbr.
It may be impossibel to boot from the second disc on this controller.
I don't know for sure though. What you could do is make a small /boot
partition on the first HDD (the windows disc) and boot from there.
That's bound to work.
> > Perhaps your best bet is to use loadlin.
> > It's another linux loader, that is run from DOS.
> >
> Sigh.. it's so depressing to be so close to getting it to work. I'll
> check up on loadlin though. What do u think about Grub for this?
Sorry, no real opinions here. I always use lilo and have never used the
other ones.
Eric
------------------------------
From: David Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 233 MHz and 32 MB SDRAM
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 07:47:14 +0000
Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
>
>
> Christian Kurze wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > is it worth to install a SuSE Linux 7.1 on a PC with 233MHz and 32 MB
> > SDRAM?? But the Linux should work fast...
>
> Doing WHAT??? And compared to what???
> The answer to first question is YES.
>
> > thx
> > Christian
>
> Stanislaw.
> Slack user from Ulladulla.
>
I tried to install Suse 7.0 on a P233 with 32 MB RAM. It did not allow a
graphical installation due to 'insufficient resources.' An extra 32 MB of
RAM allowed me to install and run it. It was usable but slow.
My advice is to buy at least an additional 32 MB RAM if you want to run X
and KDE, Gnome, or another desktop.
Dave
------------------------------
From: The Happy Drunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A little confused about services
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:54:03 +1000
On 9 Apr 2001 11:12:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
wrote:
<snip>
Thanks. Thats helped me out greatly
--
Cheers
The Happy Drunk
The voices in my head have had a vote.
Apparently I'm evicted.
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list by posting to comp.os.linux.setup.
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Setup Digest
******************************
