Linux-Setup Digest #102, Volume #21 Tue, 24 Apr 01 11:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH Linux 7.1 on a Pentium box with 16MB ram. (Georg Schwarz)
Re: PS2 Mouse On Old ISA System? ("Mark")
Reverse is possible through SAMBA?? ("v.naga srinivas")
Re: Reverse is possible through SAMBA?? (H.Bruijn)
Re: Any way to set up Linux so that changing the IDE channel of the HD (Steve
Martin)
Re: How to take better advantage of the video hardware I have? (Kwan Lowe)
Re: dependency cycle in RPMs?? How to fix this. (Brian Langenberger)
Trouble getting 7.1 seeing aha1542 (HotSaab)
Re: I'm Impressed! (James Knott)
upgrade to rh7.0 to rh7.1/Installer reboots ("Conan")
upgrading the O/S ("Richard Wallis")
Re: How to take better advantage of the video hardware I have? (Zsolt Zsoldos)
LINUX on Compaq Deskpro XL (Ioan Alexandre Romoscanu)
Re: upgrading the O/S ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX ("Salim Douba")
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX ("Salim Douba")
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX ("Salim Douba")
RH 7.0 unable to boot from hard disk (Jeffrey Tsang)
missing some apps with RH 7.1 (Georg Schwarz)
Re: Dell Inspiron 5000 (Georg Schwarz)
Installation hangs at Package Group Selection. ("judojim")
Re: missing some apps with RH 7.1 (Brian Langenberger)
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX (Helmut Haefner)
Re: Installation hangs at Package Group Selection. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installation hangs at Package Group Selection. (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Modem trouble (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Modem trouble (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Modem trouble (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX (Archisman Rudra)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: Re: RH Linux 7.1 on a Pentium box with 16MB ram.
Date: 24 Apr 2001 11:33:22 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Yes, it is ok to install even with 16MB ram. Can run X server too. However
>be ready to take coffee break when you use X windows, it is very very slow
>(swapping between mem and hdd). Make sure you have swap partition.
depending onm the graphics hardware it shouldn't be slow at all. What
could be slow is runnig huge apps. If all you run is X11 (i.e. the X
server) 16 MB RAM should be OK.
--
Georg Schwarz http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 177 2437545
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From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PS2 Mouse On Old ISA System?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:56:24 -0600
Hi Rand,
You can get one of those little ps2->D9 gizmos at just about any 'puter
store.
"Rand Simberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Not a Linux question per se, but I'm putting Linux on the machine.
> :-)
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to get any kind of hardware that
> will allow the use of a PS2 mouse on an old 486 MB that was designed
> for serial only?
>
> --
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> interglobal space lines * 307 733-1715 (Fax) http://www.interglobal.org
>
> "Extraordinary launch vehicles require extraordinary markets..."
> Replace first . with @ and throw out the "@trash." to email me.
> Here's my email address for autospammers: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("v.naga srinivas")
Subject: Reverse is possible through SAMBA??
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:41:50 +0000 (UTC)
Hi,
To my understand, samba server allows
the share of linux machine, to windows machines can able to
see in their network neighbourhood.
Is there any way of windows machines shares can be able to
see in Linux machines...
If so, can you give the information..
thanks,
srinivas.
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INDIA.
Phone : 091-040-3110200 ( off)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Reverse is possible through SAMBA??
Date: 24 Apr 2001 11:46:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:41:50 +0000 (UTC), v.naga srinivas allegedly wrote:
>Hi,
>
> To my understand, samba server allows
>the share of linux machine, to windows machines can able to
>see in their network neighbourhood.
> Is there any way of windows machines shares can be able to
>see in Linux machines...
> If so, can you give the information..
smbmount
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========================================================================
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The Netherlands
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Any way to set up Linux so that changing the IDE channel of the HD
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 05:11:29 -0400
Lucius Chiaraviglio wrote:
> Now that I've laid out the above, I have a nasty sneaking suspicion
> that Linux just doesn't do this (and if I had to hazard a guess, none of the
> other Unixes do either). It sure would make my testing job nicer, though.
Sorry, but I believe you're right on this count.
When Linux boots, the boot code has an indicator of the root partition
included (hence the "root=" line in /etc/lilo.conf or the need for
the "rdev" operation in building a boot floppy). With this root
partition in hand, mount then looks in /etc/fstab for its mounting
instructions.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to take better advantage of the video hardware I have?
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:15:41 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Len Philpot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've delving here into an area of which I know little --
> I have a PIII / 800mHz with a Matrox Millenium adapter (32MB on the card)
> and have yet to upgrade from the basic SVGA X server the installation
> configured. My video performance, while good enough, is certainly nowhere
> near what my hardware should achieve (indeed, it's _far_ faster when
> booted into Windows on the same hardware). For example, dragging a
> (roughly) 600x400 pixel window in opaque mode causes noticable jaggies as
> it's repainted. This doesn't even happen on my 500mHz PC at work (NT4).
> Some screensavers run VERY slowly.
Try using the Option "accel" in your config file.
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From: Brian Langenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dependency cycle in RPMs?? How to fix this.
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:24:22 +0000 (UTC)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<snip!>
: But now I am confused. glibc-common needs glibc, but glibc needs
: glibc-common.
: Any recommendations here? I am hesitant to force rpm to install as it
: seems to me that I should fix this problem rather than ram through a
: solution.
You can install multiple RPMs at a time, so try installing both at
once. That way, RPM will see that both are being upgraded at once
at shouldn't have cause to complain.
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From: HotSaab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble getting 7.1 seeing aha1542
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:27:58 GMT
I'm having trouble getting RH7.1 recognizing an Adaptec aha1542 scsi
controller.
I know I don't have any IRQ, I/O conflicts, but when I use
"modprobe aha1542=0x330", i get an insmod error
"insmod aha1542=0x330 failed"
I've tried various I/O, IRQ combinations without success.
If I use a 2940 I have no problems, the system detects it without problem.
I need to use the 1542 because of a lack of PCI slots, and it only has to
drive a tape drive.
I tried a Mandrake 8.0 install, and it gave me the option at install to
specify the card, and it recognized it without complaint. So I know
my hardware setup is fine.
I'm fairly new to Linux, plenty of Sunos & Solaris ;-)
Anyone have any ideas.?
TIA
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: I'm Impressed!
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:01:09 GMT
I didn't know they made an 8 MHz 486. ;-)
My firewall is built on a 66 MHz 486DX2 & 24 MB of RAM and a pair of SMC
8013 NICs, running Slackware 7.1. Works fine.
I did the compile on this system, and while it took a while, it didn't
have any problems.
Rand Simberg wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:38:17 +0200, in a place far, far away,
> "michael.fengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
> in such a way as to indicate that:
>
> >On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Rand Simberg wrote:
> >
> >-- much snipped --
> >
> >>Now the question is, should I put up with the slow speed of the
> >>system?
> >>
> >>It's just a firewall, and the performance will be more than adequate
> >>for that task. But it will be a PITA to do kernel upgrades and such,
> >>and I really don't have any other pressing task for the Pentium
> >>system, so it could do the job.
> >
> >You could compile kernels etc on a faster machine and transfer
> >the results via network. It#s been a long time since my 486 had to
> >compile its own kernel... though that gave me the time to read
> >a good book :)
>
> That's true--I hadn't thought of it. I have this superstition that a
> kernel won't work unless built on the machine on which it will run.
> :-)
>
> But back to my question--is an 8MHz 486 fast enough to not be a
> firewall bottleneck on a DSL connection?
>
> --
> simberg.interglobal.org * 310 372-7963 (CA) 307 739-1296 (Jackson Hole)
> interglobal space lines * 307 733-1715 (Fax) http://www.interglobal.org
>
> "Extraordinary launch vehicles require extraordinary markets..."
> Replace first . with @ and throw out the "@trash." to email me.
> Here's my email address for autospammers: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To reply, replace everything to the left of "@" with "james.knott".
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From: "Conan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: upgrade to rh7.0 to rh7.1/Installer reboots
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:07:06 +0200
Hi,
I tried to upgrade from RH7.0 to 7.1 but the installer detects my
ReiserFS-partition as damaged ext2-partition and thus reboots.
After I switched my ReiserFS-partition back to ext2 the error message is
gone. But the installer still says that I have unchecked partitions and
simply reboots (reminds me a little bit of windows). I think it detects
my Hurd-installation where some special ext2-flags are set.
How is it possible to convince the installer to install/upgrade anyway ??
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From: "Richard Wallis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: upgrading the O/S
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:30:05 +0100
Hi there, can anyone tell me what is needed to upgrade the O/S, i have
managed to upgrade the kernel to 2.4 but what does it actually take to
upgrade the O/S, i have RH6.0 and would like to go upto 6.2, basically I'm
trying to install KDE1.90 and I'm getting a 'only packages with major number
3 or less' when I'm installing mesa-3.xxx, i think the only way around this
is to Upgrade the O/S, any idea's would be much appreciated.....
Thanks in Advance.
Richard Wallis
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From: Zsolt Zsoldos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to take better advantage of the video hardware I have?
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:19:56 GMT
Len Philpot wrote:
> Here's where I am now:
> Red Hat 7
> XF86 4.0.1-1 and the XF86-SVGA 3.3.6-33 server
> 1024x768@24bpp, 72Hz refresh
> ViewSonic E70 (17")
>
If you want some dramatic improvement including VERY FAST 3D OpenGL hardware
acceleration, then you need to do some upgrades:
1. Install kernel version 2.4.x (latest stable),
- make sure you have module agpgart with it
2. Install XF86 v4.0.2
3. Put into your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file:
...
Section "Module"
...
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
...
I heard, that you can make 3D acceleration work even in XF86 v3.3.6, but I
never managed to get it working before I upgraded to v4.0.2. This version's GLX
requires kernel 2.4.x with agpgart, so I had to upgrade that too, but it was
worth it!
Now it is so fast, that the OpenGL screensavers are not even enjoyable, because
the animation is way too fast to see what's happenning!
--
Zsolt.
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:43:07 +0200
From: Ioan Alexandre Romoscanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: LINUX on Compaq Deskpro XL
Hello
Did anyone install Linux (SUSE 6.x for instance) on a Compaq Deskpro XL?
This PC has a QVision graphic card, and it is officially not supported.
I wonder if it still works.
Thanks for any emails
A.I.R.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: upgrading the O/S
Date: 24 Apr 2001 13:47:14 GMT
Richard Wallis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> trying to install KDE1.90 and I'm getting a 'only packages with
> major number 3 or less'
You need to upgrade your rpm manager. There is an update on the
RedHat web site.
Also, update the binutils and modutils.
Davide
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
From: "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:47:35 GMT
To the MBR
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
From: "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:49:01 GMT
On 23-Apr-2001, Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >This is a peculiarly interesting problem. I am trying to install linux on
> >my
> >laptop. Things go extremely well during installation. The system reboots
> >successfully (from hard disk) upon finishing the install and is fully
> >usable. Subsequent reboots however, fail to bring up the system. I don't
> >even get to the point of seeing the Linux boot prompt. Instead BIOS
> >prompts
> >me with a message that there is no valid bootable partition on my disk.
> >For
> >now, I am rebooting from a boot floppy. But I would really appreciate
> >being
> >able to boot from the hard disk.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Salim
> >
> >P.S. Please email me your responses at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Please read the newsgroups that you have posted to
>
> Boot from a floppy. Check the lilo configuration and
> run lilo. Run fdisk and make sure you have marked a
> partition as bootable. Then reboot without the floppy.
>
> --
> Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I did all the above to no avail.
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
From: "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:50:40 GMT
On 23-Apr-2001, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Salim Douba wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This is a peculiarly interesting problem. I am trying to install linux
> > on my
> > laptop. Things go extremely well during installation. The system reboots
> > successfully (from hard disk) upon finishing the install and is fully
> > usable. Subsequent reboots however, fail to bring up the system. I don't
> > even get to the point of seeing the Linux boot prompt. Instead BIOS
> > prompts
> > me with a message that there is no valid bootable partition on my disk.
> > For
> > now, I am rebooting from a boot floppy. But I would really appreciate
> > being
> > able to boot from the hard disk.
>
> Did you install LILO on the MBR?
Yes I did
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From: Jeffrey Tsang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 7.0 unable to boot from hard disk
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:54:08 +0800
I've upgraded from Redhat 6.1 to 7.0. If I boot from a floppy disk, the
system runs ok. However, the system prints "INIT: Entering runlevel 7"
and stops whenever it is booted from the hard disk's LILO. This message
is printed after the "swap -a" is run in the rc.sysinit. Not sure what
is going on. Any help ?
Jeffrey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: missing some apps with RH 7.1
Date: 24 Apr 2001 14:02:29 GMT
I just installed RH 7.1 from CD. Everything went really smoothly, but now
I'm missing a few apps that I would have expected to be included with RH.
Examples that came to my mind are gnupg, xanim, curl, pgp.
I couldn't find them on any of the two CDs.
Don't those apps ship with RH 7.1?
--
Georg Schwarz http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 177 2437545
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 5000
Date: 24 Apr 2001 14:05:05 GMT
Myriam Abramson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I would like to know if this laptop is hardware compatible with Redhat
>7.1.
I just installed RH 7.1 on an Inspiron 8000. At first glance everything
looks really good; graphics, ethernet, audio were autodetected and work,
even my PCMCIA ISDN card seems to be detected (though I haven't tried it).
What probably won't work is the 3COM Winmodem.
--
Georg Schwarz http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 177 2437545
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From: "judojim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installation hangs at Package Group Selection.
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 07:13:10 -0700
First Timer using a P133 with 32 MB RAM, 2 GB HD, with DOS on first 500 MB.
I defragged DOS then used fips to create the 1500MB partition. I am trying
to install Red Hat 7.0 on the 1500MB partition. I've tried Custom and
Workstation installation. Every time I get to the section "Package Group
Selection," the computer will hang while giving me the message "Checking
dependencies in packages selected for installation..."
I'm left without a clue as to what to do next to troubleshoot this hangup.
Some news messages that I've read indicate that this may be caused by a Hard
Drive problem. BUT, I can boot to DOS just fine, so I don't think I have a
Hard Drive problem. What else should I look at?
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From: Brian Langenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: missing some apps with RH 7.1
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:13:23 +0000 (UTC)
Georg Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I just installed RH 7.1 from CD. Everything went really smoothly, but now
: I'm missing a few apps that I would have expected to be included with RH.
: Examples that came to my mind are gnupg, xanim, curl, pgp.
: I couldn't find them on any of the two CDs.
: Don't those apps ship with RH 7.1?
gnupg should be in there, somewhere. It's on rpmfind.net, regardless.
pgp has licensing issues (IIRC), and won't be on there.
xanim and curl also don't appear to be present, but you should
be able to track down RPMs or install from source with little
effort (the curl homepage seems to have a few).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Helmut Haefner)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:26:28 GMT
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:16:58 GMT, "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This is how the partition table looks like:
>
>Command (m for help): p
>
>Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 181 1453851 83 Linux
>/dev/hda2 182 199 144585 82 Linux swap
>/dev/hda3 200 523 2602530 7 HPFS/NTFS
>
>Please note that the disk was intended for dual boot wint Windows NT.
>However, even when I tried LINUX only i had the same results.
>
>Salim
did you boot in Win NT before this failure happened. I know that there
is an recomendation of using the Win NT bootloader to make a
Linux/WinNT System. I think it could be because Win NT tries to
"repair" the MBR which won't be good for LILO.
Greetings Helmut
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installation hangs at Package Group Selection.
Date: 24 Apr 2001 14:25:32 GMT
judojim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Workstation installation. Every time I get to the section "Package Group
> Selection," the computer will hang while giving me the message "Checking
> dependencies in packages selected for installation..."
Sound like an hardware problem, I had similar problem in a machine,
in the end I discovered a conflict between the installation kernel
and the IDE controller... to solve the problem I had to install
an older version of RedHat using 'expert' setup.
I would suggest to use a different distribution (Slackware or
Debian).
Davide
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation hangs at Package Group Selection.
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:32:11 GMT
judojim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First Timer using a P133 with 32 MB RAM, 2 GB HD, with DOS on first 500 MB.
> I defragged DOS then used fips to create the 1500MB partition. I am trying
> to install Red Hat 7.0 on the 1500MB partition. I've tried Custom and
> Workstation installation. Every time I get to the section "Package Group
> Selection," the computer will hang while giving me the message "Checking
> dependencies in packages selected for installation..."
> I'm left without a clue as to what to do next to troubleshoot this hangup.
> Some news messages that I've read indicate that this may be caused by a Hard
> Drive problem. BUT, I can boot to DOS just fine, so I don't think I have a
> Hard Drive problem. What else should I look at?
Try looking at the error messages on your other consoles. I.e., press [ALT] +
the various Function keys. If you're in a graphical install, use [CTL][ALT] +
the F-keys.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:34:13 GMT
Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At that point, it might also be a good idea to change the IRQ
> on the modem to some unused IRQ and use setserial to tell Linux
> about the change. I'm not really up on the latest advances, but
> conventionally it's been a bad idea to share IRQs.
ISA devices almost never like to share IRQs.
Does the modem have jumpers for setting which COM port
and IRQ to use?
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:34:13 GMT
Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Krstanovic states that this modem worked under
> DOS; doesn't that mean it's *not* a winmodem??
Generally. If it works in DOS without a driver.
(In DOS, unlike in Windows, you always know for
sure whether you're using a driver or not.)
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:34:11 GMT
"Roy Bamford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You shouldn't have a ISA modem on COM2 unless your PC has
> only one COM port, which is very unusual.
ISA modems sometimes like COM2 in my experience. Mine can
be jumpered for various ports, but it only *works* (in *any*
OS) if it's jumpered for COM2. YMMV. Also, my ISA modem
only works in some OSes if "PNP OS Installed" and "Allocate
IRQ for USB" are disabled in the BIOS.
But before you mess with any of that (well, go ahead and
turn off "PNP OS" in the BIOS; that's just a given), go
ahead and try using minicom and see if you can talk to
your modem with AT commands. If you can type in ATZ in
minicom and get back Ok, then your modem may not be the
problem. If minicom complains that /dev/modem does not
exist, try making /dev/modem a symbolic link (man ln
for how to do this) to /dev/ttyS1 (i.e., COM2). If you
can talk to the modem in minicom, try dialing (ATDT#######
for tone dial or ATDP####### for pulse). If you hear
the modem dialing, then the modem is _definitely_ working.
If you can't get that far, you may have to do something
else, like check for IRQ conflicts or rejumper the modem.
> If you have two COM ports on the motherboard, you must
> disable the motherboard COM2: as it will clash with the
> ISA card. It may or may not work then.
This is so. If minicom can't talk to the modem, you'll
need to investigate this, as well as IRQ issues.
> Most ISA modems were modems and COM ports on the same card, so you must get
> Linux to see your ISA COM port before it will see the modem. However, I have
> never come across a 56k ISA card. Are you sure its not a PCI card?
That's an excellent question; I've never heard of a 56k
ISA modem either. (Not that I'm certain there aren't
any; I've just never heard of one before.) If it's PCI,
that changes everything, and you should post the exact
manufacturer and model number of the modem, or check
the hardware compatibility lists.
> There are two classes of computer users,
> those who do backups and
> those who have never had a hard drive fail.
Heh,heh,heh. It's more complicated than that... there
are people who had a hard drive fail once long ago, and
they *mean* to keep backups, but it's been months...
like me.
Then there are people who are paranoid and keep regular
offsite backups even though they've never had a drive
fail, because they've seen buildings burn down.
- jonadab
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
From: Archisman Rudra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24 Apr 2001 09:26:46 -0400
Here is an idea. I am not sure it will work. Some bios-es have trouble
with large partition sizes. Since linux uses bioses to boot, the
booting partition has to be completely contained within a certain
number of cylinders. Can you repartition so that the booting partition
(say you mount /boot there) is just a few 100 megs and see what
happens? Ofcourse, your root can be anything.
archi
"Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 23-Apr-2001, Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >This is a peculiarly interesting problem. I am trying to install linux on
> > >my
> > >laptop. Things go extremely well during installation. The system reboots
> > >successfully (from hard disk) upon finishing the install and is fully
> > >usable. Subsequent reboots however, fail to bring up the system. I don't
> > >even get to the point of seeing the Linux boot prompt. Instead BIOS
> > >prompts
> > >me with a message that there is no valid bootable partition on my disk.
> > >For
> > >now, I am rebooting from a boot floppy. But I would really appreciate
> > >being
> > >able to boot from the hard disk.
> > >
> > >Any ideas?
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Salim
> > >
> > >P.S. Please email me your responses at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Please read the newsgroups that you have posted to
> >
> > Boot from a floppy. Check the lilo configuration and
> > run lilo. Run fdisk and make sure you have marked a
> > partition as bootable. Then reboot without the floppy.
> >
> > --
> > Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
> > Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I did all the above to no avail.
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