Linux-Setup Digest #108, Volume #21 Wed, 25 Apr 01 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: HP NetRAID driver ("The Martian")
Re: Installing Linux over a network ("Bastiaan Schaap")
How to use vim to edit two file at the same time?? (hushui)
Re: Installing Linux over a network (Dean Thompson)
Re: How to install linux over win2k? ("Freakazoid")
Re: LILO printing a "L" (Stuart Williams)
Re: HP NetRAID driver (Andrew Jones)
post-installation configuration on RH 7.1? (Georg Schwarz)
howto setup callback ppp ("didier.galland")
Re: How to use vim to edit two file at the same time?? (H.Bruijn)
Re: Installing Linux over a network ("" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Re: How to install linux over win2k? ("" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Re: Installing Linux over a network (Lukas Mensinck)
Re: Installing Linux over a network (Dean Thompson)
Re: Installing Linux over a network (Dean Thompson)
Setting up Internet on a RH 7 server ("Joel Fraser")
Re: Kernel 2.4.3 questions... (Roland Sch�fer)
Redhat 6.2 and Adaptec AIC 7880 (Roger Moye)
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From: "The Martian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP NetRAID driver
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:12:46 GMT
All of the HP netraid controllers I have seen are actually AMI OEM
megaraid cards, usually supported via the megaraid driver. Not sure if
this is supported in RH6.1 as never seen that version. RH6.2 on the other
hand does support these cards.
There is a driver on the megatrends.com web site, but its broken, just
like the base 2.4.x kernels. I suggest that you try RH6.2 with this card.
David
Sydney, Australia.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Anthony O'Connor"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone know where I can get a driver for HP NetRAID?
>
> I'm trying to install RH 6.1 on a HP Net Server with this RAID
> controller but it can't see the array... Having no luck searching for it
> on the web. Any pointers appreciated.
>
> Anthony.
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From: "Bastiaan Schaap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over a network
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:37:56 +0200
An option would be to install a simple FTP server on your Win98 box, and put
the linux sources on this ftp. Some distribtions, like SuSE, allow you to
install from a FTP source. I did this with my machine here at work too, with
the sources on the SuSE public ftp site, over the internet. I don't know if
Debian supports this too though...
HTH,
Bastiaan Schaap
________________________________
Database administrators do it with their relations
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From: hushui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to use vim to edit two file at the same time??
Date: 25 Apr 2001 12:03:56 GMT
what I mean is we can copy some part of one file then past it to the other .
I use "e filename" to open the second file .
But how to switch between the two files ??
thank you
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over a network
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:01:20 +1000
Hi!,
> I am trying to Install Redhat Linux over a network (LAN). One computer is
> running Windows 98 and the other other nothing. The computer running
> nothing I want RH installed on it. I am positive my LAN is working
> properly. Can somone give me some help?
Within the Redhat installation you should be able to use the CDROM option
although if you want to run over a LAN your options will be limited to doing a
ftp install. I don't think the install over a SMB protocol link (aka. SAMBA)
is still available in the latest Redhat installation packages.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "Freakazoid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install linux over win2k?
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 01:02:47 +1200
Thanks for your reply
Yep, dual boot unless you can run MS Office and print well over a network in
Linux, without significant performance penalties. If that's possible, I'm
hoping to use LinuxBIOS one day as well.
"<Debian User>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c6dtp$k57$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> So do you plan on Dual-booting the system?
>
>
> Freakazoid wrote in message <9c69rm$2ml$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hello peoples
> >I'm needing help on setting up a proxy server on this machine:
> >
> >P2 233, BX chipset, 192MB RAM (oc'd to 263 if you wanted to know)
> >CL Banshee AGP
> >Boca 56k modem
> >No-name PCI 10/100 NIC
> >Networked HP 710C to print to
> >There's also a SB AWE64 but it doesn't matter if it works or not.
> >
> >This machine is currently running Win2k server, but it's really feeling
the
> >strain, and there isn't any good proxy software with a decent cache on
it.
> I
> >thought linux would be a good option, and my guess is Mandrake or Debian
> >should be good. The problem is that this machine also needs to run MS
> office
> >as well, and I'd prefer if Win2k server can stay, along with NTFS and
such
> >things, unless linux can run MS office and let it share files with other
> >windows machines.
> >Please give lots of details in your replies if you think it's needed, and
> if
> >you can afford the time. My only experience with linux is cat, ls and a
> play
> >session on gnome.
> >Thanks in advance for replies to this post.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Stuart Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO printing a "L"
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:46:42 -0400
Mike wrote:
> I have a PPro 200 with 32 MB RAM. version 5.2 was previously installed
> on this system, and I blindly just ran a fresh new setup for RH70. I
> thought that it told me that it was going to replace (not upgrade) the
> current version of RH. I am able to boot with the boot disk that I made
> during installation, however if I try to boot from the HD, right after
> the POST and such, all I see is a captial "L". It's as if it's trying
> to print LILO and continute booting, but it doesn't. When I boot from
> the floppy, it prints this "L" and it pauses for about one second, then
> it continues printing the rest of the letters "ILO" and proceeds with
> the boot. Can anyone help me? Do you need more information?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
ok do this
Boot up with a windows boot disk and type fdisk /mbr at the A:
the reboot the computer with the linux boot disk
run linuxconf as the root and find the lilo menu. Make sure everything is
right.
Then exit out of linuxconf. I would also run "lilo -v" from the command
line too.
then reboot and lilo should run. if it still messes up you have a
hardware conflict somewhere.
good luck
stuart
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From: Andrew Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP NetRAID driver
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:08:56 -0500
Did you check for the driver on the Netserver Navigator CD? All drivers for
HP Netraid controlers are included on the Navigator CD. You may need to get
the latest update version of the Navigator CD. Hope this helps
Andy
Anthony O'Connor wrote:
> Anyone know where I can get a driver for HP NetRAID?
>
> I'm trying to install RH 6.1 on a HP Net Server with this RAID
> controller but it can't see the array... Having no luck searching for it
> on the web. Any pointers appreciated.
>
> Anthony.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: post-installation configuration on RH 7.1?
Date: 25 Apr 2001 13:14:07 GMT
Does RedHat 7.1 include some handy tools for changing the configuration
of things like the firewall setup after having installed the system
already? I guess there should be, since manually editing certain setup
files seems to be depreciated. Is there anything besides linuxconf?
--
Georg Schwarz http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 177 2437545
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From: "didier.galland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: howto setup callback ppp
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:12:05 +0200
I can't setup the callback dialup ppp.
Is there someone who use callback dialup with a modem ?
I need help
didier GALLAND
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: How to use vim to edit two file at the same time??
Date: 25 Apr 2001 13:19:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 25 Apr 2001 12:03:56 GMT, hushui allegedly wrote:
>what I mean is we can copy some part of one file then past it to the other .
>I use "e filename" to open the second file .
>But how to switch between the two files ??
One thing to do would be to use the command ":sp other-file" which
results in the second file being opened in the top half of your window,
and the original one in the bottom half. To switch between the two go to
command mode and use "CTRL+w + t" or "CTRL+w + CTRL+t" to switch to the
top window, and "CTRL+w + b" or "CTRL+w + CTRL+b" to switch to the
bottom window. Then use the cut and paste a mouse offers to copy between
the two.
":6sp otherfile" will make the new window only 6 lines high, instead of
half the screen.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn website: http://hermanbruijn.com
The Netherlands
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From: "<Debian User>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over a network
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:09:36 -0400
When I surf the net and look for a answer, people say that I should do a
boot disk install (floppy), and then select the network option. Would that
work? By the way Dean , I don't think I need Samba working for this type of
install...
Dean Thompson wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Hi!,
>
>> I am trying to Install Redhat Linux over a network (LAN). One computer is
>> running Windows 98 and the other other nothing. The computer running
>> nothing I want RH installed on it. I am positive my LAN is working
>> properly. Can somone give me some help?
>
>Within the Redhat installation you should be able to use the CDROM option
>although if you want to run over a LAN your options will be limited to
doing a
>ftp install. I don't think the install over a SMB protocol link (aka.
SAMBA)
>is still available in the latest Redhat installation packages.
>
>See ya
>
>Dean Thompson
>
>--
>+____________________________+____________________________________________+
>| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
>| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
>| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
>| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
>| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
>| Melbourne, Australia | |
>+----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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From: "<Debian User>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install linux over win2k?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:12:07 -0400
Well, a dual boot is very simple. Since you need your Win2k, I would just
repartion your HD and then with the new space created I would just make a
new Linux partion(s). Then I would install Linux :-). Rember, make LILO on
your MBR! Thats very important.
Freakazoid wrote in message <9c6i1m$7lg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Thanks for your reply
>Yep, dual boot unless you can run MS Office and print well over a network
in
>Linux, without significant performance penalties. If that's possible, I'm
>hoping to use LinuxBIOS one day as well.
>
>
>"<Debian User>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:9c6dtp$k57$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> So do you plan on Dual-booting the system?
>>
>>
>> Freakazoid wrote in message <9c69rm$2ml$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Hello peoples
>> >I'm needing help on setting up a proxy server on this machine:
>> >
>> >P2 233, BX chipset, 192MB RAM (oc'd to 263 if you wanted to know)
>> >CL Banshee AGP
>> >Boca 56k modem
>> >No-name PCI 10/100 NIC
>> >Networked HP 710C to print to
>> >There's also a SB AWE64 but it doesn't matter if it works or not.
>> >
>> >This machine is currently running Win2k server, but it's really feeling
>the
>> >strain, and there isn't any good proxy software with a decent cache on
>it.
>> I
>> >thought linux would be a good option, and my guess is Mandrake or Debian
>> >should be good. The problem is that this machine also needs to run MS
>> office
>> >as well, and I'd prefer if Win2k server can stay, along with NTFS and
>such
>> >things, unless linux can run MS office and let it share files with other
>> >windows machines.
>> >Please give lots of details in your replies if you think it's needed,
and
>> if
>> >you can afford the time. My only experience with linux is cat, ls and a
>> play
>> >session on gnome.
>> >Thanks in advance for replies to this post.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lukas Mensinck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over a network
Date: 25 Apr 2001 14:13:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:09:36 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi!
>When I surf the net and look for a answer, people say that I should do a
>boot disk install (floppy), and then select the network option. Would that
>work? By the way Dean , I don't think I need Samba working for this type of
>install...
>
So far your M$-Win is forwarding ftp to your local net you can do a install
over ftp. Let me be wrong, but I don't think Win98 is able to forward
ftp to your lan.
In this case you will need a direct internet connection fom your "nothing"
box to do the setup.
SAMBA has nothing to do ftp.
Regards Lukas
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over a network
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 00:25:11 +1000
Hi!,
> When I surf the net and look for a answer, people say that I should do a
> boot disk install (floppy), and then select the network option. Would that
> work? By the way Dean , I don't think I need Samba working for this type of
> install...
Yep, that is right. You need to use the "bootnet.img" to build a boot disk
with network support. Once you have booted, you do however need to decide how
you will do the network install. I think from memory there are only two
options, NFS or FTP. I am quite sure that the SMB install option has now been
removed these days.
See ya
Dean Thompson
--
+____________________________+____________________________________________+
| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over a network
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 00:27:52 +1000
Hi!,
>>When I surf the net and look for a answer, people say that I should do a
>>boot disk install (floppy), and then select the network option. Would that
>>work? By the way Dean , I don't think I need Samba working for this type of
>>install...
>
> So far your M$-Win is forwarding ftp to your local net you can do a install
> over ftp. Let me be wrong, but I don't think Win98 is able to forward
> ftp to your lan. In this case you will need a direct internet connection
> fom your "nothing" box to do the setup.
This depends on what sort of connection forwarding the M$-WIN system is
doing. If it is something like ICS you will have no problem along with
WinGate but if you are using some other proxy software then you might have a
problem.
> SAMBA has nothing to do ftp.
This is correct, although RedHat for awhile also provided a SMB download
option as well for Redhat to be installed off a SAMBA host. Like I said
previouslly, I think this option has now been removed from the Redhat install.
See ya
Dean Thompson
--
+____________________________+____________________________________________+
| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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Reply-To: "Joel Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Joel Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Setting up Internet on a RH 7 server
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:33:40 +0800
OK here is the deal:
I have a machine with a fresh install of RH 7 Server, no X windows of
anything just Apache, NFS and something else that i cant remember, andf i
would like to set it up as an internet gateway to serve the other windows
machine on my network (which isnt there yet but will be soon), i have tried
a number of things such as wvdail but to no avail it dials p but then it
says something along the lines of cant tell what ther other machine is using
be it pap, chap or whatever and then disconnect and that is it. i have also
tried using pppd form this site that my mate told me about that his isp has
on there page page but the modem doesnt seem dial to dial. soi was wondering
if anyone would know how to do this.
If anyone can please could you reply via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheers Joel Fraser
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From: Roland Sch�fer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.3 questions...
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:43:29 +0200
adding:
path[kernel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel
in /etc/modules.conf helped.
Roland
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From: Roger Moye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Redhat 6.2 and Adaptec AIC 7880
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:56:45 -0500
I am having trouble getting my Redhat 6.2 system to boot with an Adaptec
AIC 7880 scsi card (BIOS 1.26B3s2).
The system is a Dell 6100 Pentium Pro running Redhat 6.2, kernel
2.2.16-3.
To make a very long story short, we had the system running just fine in
single processor mode for months. When we tried to switch to an SMP
kernel, we ran into problems. The system was unable to mount the root
filesystem.
We used mkinitrd to create a new initrd.2.2.16-3smp.img file. The
system actually booted properly after, but during boot the system
indicated that the kernel had been updated and it automatically rebooted
itself again.
Following the reboot, we received this error when trying to use either
the single processor kernel, or the SMP kernel:
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
invalid compressed format (err=1)<6> autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun...
...autorun DONE.
request_module[block_major_8]: Root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:07
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:07
We do not know where to go from here. We do not understand why the
system was working fine, and why it booted properly after running
mkinitrd, then suddenly started giving us this error with BOTH the
single
processor and SMP kernels.
Any tips would be appreciated.
-Roger Moye
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Houston, TX
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