Linux-Setup Digest #35, Volume #21 Thu, 12 Apr 01 06:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Can't Boot Linux on KT-7 (HPT370) ("Ginglith")
Acer Extensa 670CDT Where's the repair manual (not just a user's manual)? ("Brian
Wildasinn")
I'm cracking up!! Loadlin is unable to set network adapter's IRQ when booting from
Win98SE! (Mark Burger)
can't boot linux on KT-7 ("ginglith")
Re: I'm cracking up!! Loadlin is unable to set network adapter's IRQ when booting
from Win98SE! (tech2kjason)
Monitor a task ("ky_chiang")
Re: Acer Extensa 670CDT Where's the repair manual (not just a user's manual)?
("Brian Wildasinn")
Re: IDE-Raid with Promise under SUSE ("MC Hammer")
Re: ADSL - Connect to BTopenworld BUSINESS service ethernet router. ("Matthew Darcy")
Problems with rp-pppoe (Christoph Schultz)
Re: upgrading to 2.4 kernel and egcs ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("Peter
T. Breuer")
Re: I'm cracking up!! Loadlin is unable to set network adapter's IRQ when booting
from Win98SE! (Mark Burger)
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From: "Ginglith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't Boot Linux on KT-7 (HPT370)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:48:24 +0800
I managed to install RH7 linux on my hard disk that's connected to the
HPT370 controller using information from this page
http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/
at the end of the installation i allowed the installation to make a boot
disk and then i booted up again using the boot disk.
After booting up from the boot disk I typed
linux ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402
at the 'boot:' prompt. Which is the exactly what i typed after the cdrom
booted in order to install linux.
I also tried adding the append(?) parameter
linux append="ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402"
which also did not work. I always get the error message
Error0x10
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From: "Brian Wildasinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Acer Extensa 670CDT Where's the repair manual (not just a user's manual)?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:33:20 -0700
Hi,
Sorry for posting again, but it has been three weeks, and only two
suggestions to fix this nonbooting notebook. One suggestion was to take it
in for servicing, and the other to disable the mouse in the BIOS setup.
Does this notebook require a good batter even though it is plugged into the
wall outlet with an ac adapter? I'm thinking that maybe this brand won't
boot without a good battery, which this one is dead, but plugged in anyway.
Acer's support page for this notebook (They bought Texas Instruments
business):
http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/html/ext670.html
The Acer technical articles (all three of them) don't help me boot this
notebook:
http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/articles/e670_articles.html
I've already got the user's manual and specifications notes, but these
stop short of explaining what to do with a non-booting machine, other than
"take it to a service person". I don't mind disassembling the notebook, if
that is required to
fix it. Maybe a loose wire or component? The note book does access the
floppy, CDROM drive, and hard drive, when setting any of those first in the
BIOS.
http://www.acersupport.com/library/e670ug.pdf
http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/html/e670cdt_specs.html
Here's my boot screen:
CHIPS 65550 PCI & VL Accelerated VGA BIOS
Video BIOS Version 1.1.8 R140.25
DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright (c) 1996 Chips and Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
PhoenixBIOS Version 4.05
Extensa 670 BIOS V1.5 R1.08
CPU=Pentium with MMX 166 MHz
Serial Number: 360697T1719
0000640K System RAM Passed
0031744K Extended RAM Passed
0256K Cache SRAM Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS shadowed
UMB upper limit segment address: F197
Fixed Disk 0: Identified
CD-ROM Drive: Identified
Mouse initialized
Press <F2> to enter SETUP
I'm not sure which error the owner's manual startup errors best describes my
boot error. The last message to display says "Press <F2> to enter SETUP",
but pressing F2 does not allow entry into the BIOS. To do that I must reboot
and hold down the F2 button. The clock battery keep time. Today it says
04/12/2001, and the notebook hasn't been plugged in for about thee weeks.
The BIOS is not locked, so I have tried these senarios:
Set BIOS to boot CDROM first--but that didn't work with either Win98 or
Linux.
Set BIOS to boot floppy first--that didn't work either with Startup or Linux
boot disks.
Set BIOS to boot the hard drive--put in a working Linux/Win98 dual boot 6
gig drive.
(The BIOS recognized the drive, accessing it also on boot, but still
hangs at
the same spot above).
Here's the official Startup Error Messages from the user manual:
http://www.geocities.com/bwildasi.geo/ubid/System_boot_notes.html
Disk drive A error
Extended RAM Failed at offset: nnnn
Failing Bits: nnnn Fixed Disk 0 Failure
Fixed Disk Controller Failure
Incorrect Drive A type
Invalid NVRAM media type
Keyboard controller error
Keyboard error
Keyboard error nn #### This one some times displays, but is fixed easily.
Operating system not found
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to Setup
q This message is displayed after any
recoverable error message. Press
F1 to continue the boot process or
F2 to enter Setup and change any
settings.
Previous boot incomplete - Default configuration used
Real time clock error
Shadow Ram Failed at offset: nnnn
System battery is dead - Replace and run SETUP
System cache error -Cache disabled
System CMOS checksum bad -run SETUP
System RAM Failed at offset: nnnn
System timer error
None of the above error display on the screen. The CD drive is spinning up
now with the bios set to boot CDROM first. Seems to spin for about 60
seconds then stops.
Any help is appreciated!
Brian Wildasinn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mark Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I'm cracking up!! Loadlin is unable to set network adapter's IRQ when booting
from Win98SE!
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:40:50 +0200
This is a repost! I followed all suggestions given in
comp.os.linux.networking but the damn thing still doesn't work, maybe
someone here can help me out...
I installed Win and Linux (Suse 7.0) on my secondary machine. Lilo is in
MBR but aditionally I wanna be able to start Linux from Winblows. To do
this I installed Loadlin and the Linux Kernel I usually boot with Lilo on
my Winblows partition.
Now when I shutdown windows and select 'Start in MS-Dos mode' (I do not
use a DOS-box!) the 'dosstart.bat' calls up my 'loadlin.bat' and Linux
boots up. However, I get the message:
SIOCSIFFLAGGS
SIOCSIFFLAGGS
resource temporarily not available
and realize that my network adapter (Accton Cheetah PCI, Realtek chipset)
does not get installed. After login I used 'dmesg' to read the boot
messages and that's what I get:
rtl8139.c:v1.08 6/25/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
The PCI BIOS has not enabled the device at 0/72! Updating PCI command
0001->0005.
rtl8139.c:v1.08 6/25/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
eth0: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139) at 0x5800, IRQ 0,
ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
So it looks as if IRQ 10 that the card used flawlessly in Windows just
before shutdown, somehow does not seem to be available anymore.
After a 'real' reboot I can use the card on this IRQ without any problems
both in Linux and Windows.
To me it seems that Windows does not 'release' that IRQ so that it's not
available to Linux afterwards. Is that possible?
For a test I disabled 'PNP OS INSTALLED' in my BIOS and I also assigned
IRQ to the PCI slot the network adapter resides in. But I still do not
get this IRQ for the network adapter. I even used loadlin to hand over
some initialization parameters to the kernel like
loadlin vmlinuz ether=10,x0d000,eth0 root=/dev/hda6 ro
or, to force a check
ether=0,0,eth0
but still no succes. Any ideas? TIA!
--
"Alright, here is the plan - ..."
"Ugh uuuugh ... ugh ugh ugh"
"What kind of moronic plan is that?"
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From: "ginglith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't boot linux on KT-7
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:51:41 +0800
I have the abit kt-7 board with the troublesome HPT370 controller.
I managed to install RH7 linux on my hard disk that's connected to the
HPT370 controller using information from this page
http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b6506063/hpt366/
at the end of the installation i allowed the installation to make a boot
disk and then i booted up again using the boot disk.
After booting up from the boot disk I typed
linux ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402
at the 'boot:' prompt. Which is the exactly what i typed after the cdrom
booted in order to install linux.
I also tried adding the append(?) parameter
linux append="ide2=0xd800,0xdc02 ide3=0xe000,0xe402"
which also did not work. I always get the error message
Error0x10
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From: tech2kjason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I'm cracking up!! Loadlin is unable to set network adapter's IRQ when
booting from Win98SE!
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 03:33:20 -0500
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:40:50 +0200, Mark Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now when I shutdown windows and select 'Start in MS-Dos mode' (I do not
>use a DOS-box!) the 'dosstart.bat' calls up my 'loadlin.bat' and Linux
>boots up. However, I get the message:
>
>SIOCSIFFLAGGS
>SIOCSIFFLAGGS
>resource temporarily not available
>
Most likely from the "Restart in MS-Dos Mode" option...
>and realize that my network adapter (Accton Cheetah PCI, Realtek chipset)
>does not get installed. After login I used 'dmesg' to read the boot
>messages and that's what I get:
>
>rtl8139.c:v1.08 6/25/99 Donald Becker
>http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
>The PCI BIOS has not enabled the device at 0/72! Updating PCI command
>0001->0005.
>rtl8139.c:v1.08 6/25/99 Donald Becker
>http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
>eth0: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139) at 0x5800, IRQ 0,
>ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
>
>So it looks as if IRQ 10 that the card used flawlessly in Windows just
>before shutdown, somehow does not seem to be available anymore.
>After a 'real' reboot I can use the card on this IRQ without any problems
>both in Linux and Windows.
>
>To me it seems that Windows does not 'release' that IRQ so that it's not
>available to Linux afterwards. Is that possible?
Bingo... Proof... The next time you reboot your system, immediately after
selecting Windows, press that F8, then select command prompt only... from there,
try your loadlin.bat... let me know what happens ( it should work with no
problems ), since the "Restart in MS-Dos" mode is just a shell ( you can type
"exit" from MS-Dos mode to get back into Windows without rebooting... hence it's
just a mode ).
Also, the i/o address, and irq... Are those the values from windows, or linux
cat /proc/pci ?
>
>For a test I disabled 'PNP OS INSTALLED' in my BIOS and I also assigned
>IRQ to the PCI slot the network adapter resides in. But I still do not
>get this IRQ for the network adapter. I even used loadlin to hand over
>some initialization parameters to the kernel like
>
>loadlin vmlinuz ether=10,x0d000,eth0 root=/dev/hda6 ro
>
>or, to force a check
>
>ether=0,0,eth0
>
>but still no succes. Any ideas? TIA!
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From: "ky_chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monitor a task
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:45:04 +0800
Reply-To: "ky_chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all,
I hope to design a daem to monitor a task and recognize if the task is
alive.
How to do via format linux commands, system messages( ex./proc) and so on?
Regards,
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From: "Brian Wildasinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: Acer Extensa 670CDT Where's the repair manual (not just a user's manual)?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:41:20 -0700
Hi,
New question!
Okay, after the keyboard and static shield it appeared to be a loose
touchpad cable ribbon attached to the motherboard. Snapped the cable snug
and it boots! I guess I was wrong about that technical article. Now that the
notebook boots I've got to reset the hybernation with pfdisk, or lpfdisk.
Can I upgrade this Extensa 670CDT with a faster Pentium than this 166 MHz? I
see jumper settings for the CPU and it is removeable. What's the fastest
this thing can run? Can I pop in a mobile K2, or PII?
Ciao,
Brian
> The Acer technical articles (all three of them) don't help me boot
this
> notebook:
> http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/articles/e670_articles.html
>
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From: "MC Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE-Raid with Promise under SUSE
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:45:30 +0200
Runs only with kernel 2.2.16 and lower -> higher kernel versions crashed...
cu MC
ftp://ftp.promise.com/Controllers/IDE/FastTrak100/Linux
"Bj�rn Obermeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9audpo$501$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi!
> Does anyone have experience with an IDE Raid System (in my case with an
ASUS
> A7V Raid Board) under SUSE Linux (7.0 or 7.1)? I'm planning to set up such
a
> system with two IBM HDs but I'm not sure if I will be able to set Linux up
> on an IDE Raid.
> Thanks a lot.
> Bj�rn
>
>
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From: "Matthew Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.networking.general,redhat.servers.general
Subject: Re: ADSL - Connect to BTopenworld BUSINESS service ethernet router.
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:21:54 +0100
sorry my last mail came out rather big headed and it was not meant like
that,
it was menat
I took me ages to figure it out, but when I did it all seemed so simple.
as in staring you in the face.
Thanks,
Matt.
"Matthew Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:q2MA6.11337$s02.20018@NewsReader...
> I have btopenworld connected to the internet and 5 other computers proxy
> through 1 gateway on it.
>
> it is not easy to figure out but easy when you know how. drop me a mail
and
> I'll got through it with you.
>
> Matt.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Colin Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:3ac88acb$0$12241$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Forgot to mention setup from ISP uses dynamic ip address
> > Colin Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Does anyone know how to connect to the BTopenworld business router and
> > logon
> > > to allow IP masquerading? All the info I have read describes the setup
> for
> > > the usb modem. Could you please give simple instructions or advise
> where
> > a
> > > HOWTO could be obtained.
> > > Cheers
> > > Colin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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From: Christoph Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with rp-pppoe
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:44:36 +0200
Hello!
I tried to install PPP over Ethernet on my Caldera Linux System. I
downloaded the RPM File, and after this, tried to install it. I always
get the following error message:
Failed dependencys:
libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) is needed
libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) is needed
Install failed
I tried to install the GLIBC Library from the Caldera CD but it always
said, that GLIBC would be already installed.
Please give me a hint, what i do wrong, and how to install those
drivers.
Greetings
Christoph
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrading to 2.4 kernel and egcs
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:59:26 GMT
stevek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> upgrading to 2.4 kernel, the changes doc says to have egcs 1.1.2 for
> "absolute stability". Not looking for trouble so is it necessary to
> downgrade from gcc 2.96 as the doc says it may cause problems??
Yes (this is not a DOWNgrade, it is a SIDEgrade).
> then, can someone clarify how to set up the directories for the tar file,
> the objdir and srcdir as described in the instructions. I get messages that
No, that's what the instructions are for! If you have a problem with a
couple of lines, be precise about them, and what your problem is.
> say file not found, etc when trying to do the "srcdir/ config"
Be precise. "srcdir/ config" is not an instruction. There wouldn't be
any spaces in it, and srcdir would be the directory into which you
untarred the files, and config would be either a "make config" or
a "./configure".
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:59:26 GMT
Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "AS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>--- Here is my /etc/fstab
>>/dev/hdb4 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
>>/dev/hdb5 none swap sw 0 0
>>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>>/dev/hdb6 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2
>>/dev/hdb3 /var ext2 defaults 0 2
>>/dev/hdb1 /home ext2 defaults 0 2
>>/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat user,noauto 0 0
>>/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,ro 0 0
>>/dev/hdd4 /big ext2 defaults 0 2
>>/dev/hdd1 none swap sw 0 0
>>/dev/hdd2 none swap sw 0 0
>>/dev/hdd3 none swap sw 0 0
>>usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> This may be a dumb question, but how did you manage to get /dev/hdb4
> to be a file system? Normally, /dev/hd?5 is the identifier for first logical
I presume that hdb2 is his extended partition. and it contains hdb5 and
hdb6. He has primaries hdb1, hdb3 and hdb4.
> volume within the extended partition. For /dev/hdd, I could easily believe
> /dev/hdd4 is the 4th primary partition, but that doesn't seem to work for
Peter
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From: Mark Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I'm cracking up!! Loadlin is unable to set network adapter's IRQ when
booting from Win98SE!
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:05:36 +0200
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:40:50 +0200, Mark Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >and realize that my network adapter (Accton Cheetah PCI, Realtek chipset)
> >does not get installed. After login I used 'dmesg' to read the boot
> >messages and that's what I get:
> >
> >eth0: SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139) at 0x5800, IRQ 0,
> >ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
> >
> the i/o address, and irq... Are those the values from windows, or linux
> cat /proc/pci ?
>From cat /proc/pci
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Ethernet controller: SMC 1211 TX (rev 16).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master
Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2800000 [0xe2800000].
> Bingo... Proof... The next time you reboot your system, immediately after
> selecting Windows, press that F8, then select command prompt only... from there,
> try your loadlin.bat... let me know what happens ( it should work with no
> problems ), since the "Restart in MS-Dos" mode is just a shell ( you can type
> "exit" from MS-Dos mode to get back into Windows without rebooting... hence it's
> just a mode ).
This works, so as you and me guessed it must have something to do with
the "Restart in MS-Dos"-shell. Alright, but is there a way to circumvent
this? I mean, why does the PCI graphics adapter get installed properly
but not the network adapter? The problem is that I'd need this mode of
restarting due to my configuration:
my secondary Win/Linux machine is located in our basement as a dedicated
games server/mp3 encoder and it has no monitor, no keyboard and no mouse
attached to it. So I'm remotely controlling it from the Winblows machine
in my room via SecureCRT and PCAnywhere.
Curretnly LILO is setup to boot Linux first so I just have to turn on the
computer but I wanna boot windows first since I do have more games
installed that don't offer any Linux dedicated server yet. But how do I
get to Linux when I'm booting Windows? I can't control the LILO bootup
process remotely since I do not have any network installed when LILO asks
me to boot win or Linux. And when I start Linux first I always have to
reboot and tell LILO to use Win the next time. This is quite enervating.
Any ideas?
--
"Alright, here is the plan - ..."
"Ugh uuuugh ... ugh ugh ugh"
"What kind of moronic plan is that?"
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