Linux-Setup Digest #138, Volume #21 Tue, 1 May 01 01:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: PPP at the command can't be put in the background? (Bill Unruh)
Re: ppp problems (Bill Unruh)
Re: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses... (Bill Unruh)
Re: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses... (David Pye)
Re: RedHat 7.1 install hangs after selecting installation type (Paul A Sand)
Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o (David Nowak)
REMOVING LINUX ("Marc Jones")
Re: REMOVING LINUX (David)
how many user managers do I need? ("Ken Koch")
486/RH 6.2 install locks up (Pat Blackard)
Re: Kernel 2.4 IRQ conflicts (David Hinds)
Re: Promise Ultra100 Ide Controller and Caldera EDesktop 2.4 (P. U. Psilanimous)
Re: promise FastTrak (Mark Meytin)
Re: promise FastTrak (Mark Meytin)
Re: GA-7ZX, ALSA, and Sound (Alan Garrison)
problem repartitioning for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help me get scsi working? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 486/RH 6.2 install locks up ("Tony G.")
What Linux installation actually works? ("judojim")
Re: login:user, then nothing (Anthony Roberts)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP at the command can't be put in the background?
Date: 30 Apr 2001 21:51:33 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony) writes:
>I thought I might keep a pppd.log so I tried:
> pppd call MyISP >> /tmp/pppd.log &
do not use the
-detach
option in /etc/ppp/options.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.general,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Re: ppp problems
Date: 30 Apr 2001 21:53:39 GMT
In <7r9H6.6777$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Darren"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Hi all. I am having trouble getting my ppp device to connect to the
]internet.
]It recognizes my modem, dials in but it stops there. I can not nee what
]handshaking it is doing. can anyone help?
www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
for step by step guide.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses...
Date: 30 Apr 2001 22:01:10 GMT
In <Y9gH6.9017$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Michael Pye"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>OK, here's one to really puzzle over.
>I want to set up my system so that when it detects an incoming call on the
>modem line, as soon as the caller hangs up it starts a ppp connection to my
>dial up ISP and sends a mail to me informing me of the IP address it has
>been allocated.
mgetty will run any program you wish on answering a call.
Look in the /etc/mgetty*/login.config
file for the programs which are run in various situations.
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From: David Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses...
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:04:57 -0400
Bill Unruh wrote:
> In <Y9gH6.9017$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Michael Pye"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>OK, here's one to really puzzle over.
>
>>I want to set up my system so that when it detects an incoming call on the
>>modem line, as soon as the caller hangs up it starts a ppp connection to
>>my dial up ISP and sends a mail to me informing me of the IP address it
>>has been allocated.
>
> mgetty will run any program you wish on answering a call.
> Look in the /etc/mgetty*/login.config
> file for the programs which are run in various situations.
>
>
>
I know it may seem a bit OT, but why not try using DYNDNS? They offer a
free service where you can run a small utility, which will update dyndns
every time your IP changes if you are on a dialup connection.. Don't know
if this is what you wanted.. If it is, try www.dyndns.conf ...
David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul A Sand)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 install hangs after selecting installation type
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:53:12 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:26:07 -0500, Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Paul A Sand wrote:
>> I have 64 Meg RAM, 125 Meg swap, and the upgrade script showered me with
>> dire warnings about not having >= 2x.
>
>Hmmm. I have 512 MBytes SDRAM and 128 MBytes swap. I don't remember any such
>warnings at all.
The upgrade script is even more subtle than I imagined. When it demanded
an extra lousy 3 Meg, I feared the worst. (But I still don't think that's
the original poster's problem.)
It turned out that when I resolved the swap issue, it stopped me for
not having enough space on the /usr partition and not enough inodes (!)
on the / partition. So I'm still at 7.0 until I work up the ambition
to do some juggling.
--
-- Paul A. Sand | Disclaimer:
-- University of New Hampshire | the renouncing, repudiating, or
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | denying of a claim.
-- http://pubpages.unh.edu/~pas | But that's not important right now.
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From: David Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 00:34:42 +0100
Hi,
I have successfully compiled and installed ltmodem 5.95test which
support PCMCIA modems. But I have the following difficulty:
watashi:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
unix 10244 134 (autoclean)
watashi:~# insmod lt_modem
Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_modem.o
watashi:~# insmod lt_serial
Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_serial.o
/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_serial.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
I checked my modem setting under Windows:
Port: COM2
Interrupt: 3
Address: 2F8
UART INS 8250
Highest Speed: 115K Baud
ATI1: E49E
ATI2: OK
ATI3: LT V.90 Data+Fax Modem Version 5.57
ATI4: 70
ATI5: 5.57,2,0E
ATI6: OK
ATI7: OK
AT+FCLASS=? 0,1,8,80
Thus I did the following:
watashi:~# insmod lt_serial Forced=3,0x2f8
Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_serial.o
In my console, I can read:
Apr 30 23:48:36 watashi kernel: Forced Parameters Irq=3 BaseAddress=0xbc
Apr 30 23:48:36 watashi kernel: Lucent Modem Interface driver version
5.95
Apr 30 23:48:36 watashi kernel: ttyLT00 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a Lucent
Modem
By the way, I do not understand why BaseAddress is equal to 0xbc and not
to 0x2f8 as I forced it.
And then, whenever I access to /dev/ttyLT0, my laptop freezes.
Would anybody (Peter ?) have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance for your help,
David.
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From: "Marc Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: REMOVING LINUX
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:47:42 GMT
Does anyone know how to remove linux from a drive that contains Windows 98
without formatting the drive? I want to remove linux from my C drive and
move it to D where it will have it's own drive to run on. I would rather
not format drive C if possoble. I need specific information on removing the
partitions.
Marc
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: REMOVING LINUX
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 00:43:51 GMT
Marc Jones wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to remove linux from a drive that contains Windows 98
> without formatting the drive? I want to remove linux from my C drive and
> move it to D where it will have it's own drive to run on. I would rather
> not format drive C if possoble. I need specific information on removing the
> partitions.
>
> Marc
To uninstall from a running linux system do the following.
Just be careful not to delete any of the windows partitions.
boot into linux.
login as root
/sbin/lilo -u
fdisk /dev/hda # or sda depending on your hard drive.
delete all linux partitions
quit and save changes
reboot with a DOS/windoz boot disk.
enter: fdisk /MBR
You will need to format the "partition" back to a DOS/windows format.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 99.181% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "Ken Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how many user managers do I need?
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 01:11:43 GMT
When I installed Mandrake 8.0, I get, what seems like 3 user managers. Ones
called User Manager, ones called userconf, and another is called UserDrake.
User Manager starts up with two errors. Can't open /etc/yppasswd and
/etc/ypgroups
Also the users I set up are not in the dialogs when it starts up.
userconf, doesn't really seem to do anything
userdrake, starts up with the users I set up. But I can't find any
documentation on it.
Which one should I be using?
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From: Pat Blackard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 486/RH 6.2 install locks up
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:01:01 -0500
Trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a 486. Hardware details below.
Apparently there are problems with this distro on 486�s, but it�s
supposed to work, right?
I get a Signal 7 message and install exits. This can happen at various
times during the package install, anywhere from 22 to 95 packages into
the 414 packages in the workstation install. When I�ve been watching,
it seems to happen during a read from the CD.
I�m booting from the Linux boot/install floppy, and when I tell install
to look on the (non-bootable)CD-ROM for the files, it takes two or
three tries to find the CD and the files. I thought my 2x CD-ROM might
be too slow, so I copied the necessary subdirectories onto a new 650mb
primary DOS partition, leaving 1 gig for Linux, and told the install
where to find the files. It crashed immediately.
Possible clue: Install never offers me the graphical install, but goes
right into the text-based install screens, no matter what I choose. I
don�t mind the text install, but does this mean there�s a problem with
the video card?
This box has run DOS and Win 3.1 trouble free for 6 years. I have good
cooling, and I cleaned and swapped the 8 meg and 16 meg memory sticks.
I�ve stripped the machine down to VLB video card, VLB IO card, and sound
card. I�ve checked the IRQ assignments on the cards to insure no
conflicts. I�ve tried it with and without a primary DOS partition.
I have scanned 3600 messages on this group, tried the Red Hat page, and
read the signal 11/signal 7 site they recommend.
(http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/)
Do I need to try a different distribution, or a different machine?
Intel 486DX2-66 VESA Local Bus
Clone motherboard built in 1995
AMI BIOS dated 1994 with LBA support for large drives
72-pin ram, 8meg plus 16meg
Seagate CABO 1621 IDE HD (ST31621A) 1.6 megs
Sound Blaster Pro sound card (model 1330)
Sound Blaster 2X CD-ROM drive running from sound card
Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (2Mb) (VLB)
SIIG Enhanced IDE Master VLB IO card
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From: David Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4 IRQ conflicts
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 02:59:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.portable Delestre Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: Bad bridge mapping at 0x1fff0000!
This is your problem. You have a memory configuration problem; the
CardBus bridge got assigned a memory address that conflicts with the
top of your system RAM (you've got 512MB, right?)
Do you use the grub boot loader? I don't know why but that seems to
frequently be to blame. Booting with a "mem=512M" option should fix
the problem.
-- Dave
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From: P. U. Psilanimous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra100 Ide Controller and Caldera EDesktop 2.4
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 03:02:39 GMT
I managed to access a Promise controller on an Asus A7v MB using some
information I got from Aaron Cline (
http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/index.html ).
Basically, you need to look in the /proc/pci file and find the bus
address(es) of the disks attached to yiour Promise controller.
> cat /proc/pci
Use these addresses in the formula he provides and pass them to the
kernel at boot and you should be able to access these drives.
Hope it helps
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 04:27:16 GMT, "Wm. G. McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
>Howdy all,
>
>I wonder if anyone can provide any assistance regarding the
>installation of the Promise Ultra100 ide controller under Caldera
>eDesktop 2.4?
>
>I've Googled the net and there isn't much info. Promise is of no use
>and the Ultra100 isn't listed under the Hardware Compatability List.
>
>Anyone else gotten this controller to work?
>
>Any and all assistance appreciated.
>
>bill
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From: Mark Meytin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.comp.linux
Subject: Re: promise FastTrak
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:09:36 -0400
Here's an answer I got from Promise - not very promising:
"Hi, Mark
Sorry at this point we do not have Linux beta drivers where you can try
with FT100. It still being developed."
-M-
Mark Meytin wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem - e-mailed Promise for help but haven't
> gotten
> a response yet. I'm trying to install RH 7.1 on a dual PIII-800EB
> MSI 694D Pro-AR motherboard with on-board FastTrak 100 controller
> and two-drive Raid 0. Anyone has any ideas? TIA,
>
> -M-
>
> Larry Snyder wrote:
>
> ? Anyone have any luck with getting their Promise RAID (onboard ASUS)
> ? controller working with RedHat 7.1/Mandrake (ie: 2.4.X kernel)
> ?
> ? I tried the Promise Linux RH 7 driver with 7.1 without luck..
> ?
> ? Larry
> ?
> ? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mark Meytin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.comp.linux
Subject: Re: promise FastTrak
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:09:36 -0400
Here's an answer I got from Promise - not very promising:
"Hi, Mark
Sorry at this point we do not have Linux beta drivers where you can try
with FT100. It still being developed."
-M-
Mark Meytin wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem - e-mailed Promise for help but haven't
> gotten
> a response yet. I'm trying to install RH 7.1 on a dual PIII-800EB
> MSI 694D Pro-AR motherboard with on-board FastTrak 100 controller
> and two-drive Raid 0. Anyone has any ideas? TIA,
>
> -M-
>
> Larry Snyder wrote:
>
> ? Anyone have any luck with getting their Promise RAID (onboard ASUS)
> ? controller working with RedHat 7.1/Mandrake (ie: 2.4.X kernel)
> ?
> ? I tried the Promise Linux RH 7 driver with 7.1 without luck..
> ?
> ? Larry
> ?
> ? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alan Garrison <rgarrison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GA-7ZX, ALSA, and Sound
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:09:34 -0500
ET1Mac wrote:
> Thanx to those who answered a previous post, but I am still having some
> difficulty.
>
> I recompiled the kernel with sound enabled and no-sound modules. I
> configured Alsa with the following
> ./config --with-sequencer=yes --with-isapnp=yes --with-debug=full.
>
> Both compiling the kernel and building Alsa went ok. Then I edited
> /etc/modules.conf with the following
>
> alias char-major-116 snd
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1371
> options snd-card-interwave snd_index=0
>
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
> Then I did the following: (Suggest by the ALSA Install guide and faq)
> modprobe snd-card-ens1371
> modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> modprobe snd-mixer-oss
>
> But still I have no sound.
>
> A cat of /proc/modules:
>
> snd-mixer-oss 4288 0 (autoclean)
> snd-card-ens1371 2304 0 (autoclean)
> snd-ens1371 13520 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-ens1371]
> snd-pcm 36288 0 (autoclean) [snd-ens1371]
> snd-timer 11104 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm]
> snd-rawmidi 10848 0 (autoclean) [snd-ens1371]
> snd-seq-device 3888 0 (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi]
> snd-ac97-codec 27808 0 (autoclean) [snd-ens1371]
> snd-mixer 28208 0 (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss
> snd-ens1371 snd-ac97-codec]
> snd 41696 1 (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss
> snd-card-ens1371 snd-ens1371
>
> snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device
>
> snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer]
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> v/r
> ET1
>
>
>
I really don't know if this will help, but in modules.conf,
options snd-card-interwave snd_index=0 should be (I think):
options snd-card-ens1371 snd_index=0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: problem repartitioning for linux
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 03:58:51 GMT
I have a dual win 2000/win 98. Dos Fdisk says the 98 partition is a
PRI DOS and the 2000 an extended (without any logical partitions
oddly). trying to format the PRI DOS partition several times I got:
not ready
format terminated
This would be after the format got to about 30% usually.
So I decided maybe the 2000 extended partition is the problem, so I
decided to delete it and just have the whole HD for linux. So I used
dos fdisk to try to delete the 2000 extended partition, but it would
give me the error message "cannot delete extended partition with
logical drives present". But there are no logical drives present in
that extended partition, I know because I've tried to delete them. So
I'm stuck. So my questions:
Would the fdisk that comes with linux succeed where dos fdisk fails?
Has anyone had a similar problem when trying to forma a partition of a
hard drive? Thanks for any help in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help me get scsi working?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:57:18 -0400
I use my IOMEGA ZIP drive very rarely. Now I want to use it. But
/dev/sda4 is not a valid block device. It's a SCSI internal drive, and
I've compiled up generic SCSI support. During boot, however, I see this
message:
scsi: 0 hosts
scsi: detected total
That doesn't sound good.
Anybody want to suggest where I might begin looking? According to the
IOMEGA howto for the model I'm supposed to use generic scsi support and
then put aha152x= support in my "append" line of lilo. I did this, but I
can't tell if it's even getting that far since it seems to think I have 0
scsi devices?
Duane
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From: "Tony G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 486/RH 6.2 install locks up
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 04:10:41 GMT
Here are some things to try. There is much more than what I have
copied below at that page too. Check it out if none of these fixes
work for you.
Tony G.
>From http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/
=======================================================
QUESTION
Why is the Red Hat install bombing on me?
ANSWER
The Red Hat 5.x, 6.x and 7.x install has problems on some machines.
Try running the install wiht only 32M. This can usually be dome with
mem=32m as a boot parameter.
People report, and I've seen with my own eyes, that Red Hat installs
can go wrong (crash with signal 7 or signal 11) on machines that are
perfectly in order. My machine was and still is 100% reliable
(actually the machine I tested this on, is now reliably dead). People
are getting into trouble by wiping the old "working just fine"
distribution, and then wanting to install a more recent Red Hat
distribution. Going back is then no longer an option, because going
back to 5.x also results in the same "crashes while installing".
Patrick Haley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports that he tried all memory
configurations up to 96Mb (32 & 64) and found that only when he had
96Mb installed, the install would work. This is also consistent with
my own experience (of Red Hat installs failing): I tried the install
on a 32M machine.
NEW: It seems that this may be due to a kernel problem. The kernel may
(temporarliy) run low on memory and kill the current process. The fix
by Hubert Mantel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is at:
http://juanjox.linuxhq.com/patch/20-p0459.html.
If this is actually the case, try switching to the second virtual
console (ctrl-alt-F2) and type "sync" there every few seconds. This
reduces the amount of memory taken by harddisk-buffers... I would
really appreciate hearing from you if you've seen the Red Hat install
crash two or more times in a row, and then were able to finish the
install using this trick!!!
It could be that there is a read-error on the CD. The installer
handles this less-than-perfect.....
What do you do to get around this problem?...
Use SuSE. It's better: It doesn't crash during the installation.
(Moreover, it actually is better. ;-)
Maybe you're running into a bad-block on your CD. This can be
drive-dependent. If that's the case, try making a copy of the CD in
another drive. Try borrowing someone elses copy of Red Hat.
Try configuring a GIGABYTE of swap. I have two independent reports
that report that they got through with a gig of swap. Please report to
me if it helps!
Modify the "settings" for the harddisk. Changing the setting from
"LBA" to "NORMAL" in the bios has helped for at least one person. If
you try this, I'd really appreciate it if you'd EMail me: I would like
to hear from you if it helps or not. (and what you exactly changed to
get it to work)
I got my machine to install by installing a minimal base system, and
then adding packages to the installed system.
Someone suggested that the machine might be out-of-memory when this
happens. Try having a swap partition ready. Also, the install may be
"prepared" to handle low mem situations, but misjudging the situation.
For example, it may load a RAMDISK, leaving just 1M of free RAM, and
then trying to load a 2M application. So if you have 16M of RAM,
booting with mem=14M may actually help, as the "load RAMDISK" stage
would then fail and the install would then know to run off the CD
instead of off the RAMDISK. (installs used to work for >8M machines.
Is that still true?)
Try, in one session to clear the disk of all the partitions that are
going to be used by Linux. Reboot. Then try the install. Either by
partitioning manually, or by letting the install program figure it
out. (I take it that Red Hat has that possibility too, SuSE has it...)
If this works for you, I'd appreciate it if you'd tell me.
A corrupted download can also cause this. Duh.
Someone reports that installs on 8Mb machines no longer work, and that
the install ungracefully exits with a sig7. -- Chris Rocco
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
One person reports that disabling "BIOS shadow" (system & VIDEO),
helped for him. As Linux doesn't use the BIOS, shadowing it doesn't
help. Some computers may even give you 384k of extra RAM if you
disable the shadowing. Just disable it, and see what happens. --
Philippe d'Offay ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
======================================================================
==========
"Pat Blackard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
> Trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a 486. Hardware details below.
> Apparently there are problems with this distro on 486's, but it's
> supposed to work, right?
>
> I get a Signal 7 message and install exits. This can happen at
various
> times during the package install, anywhere from 22 to 95 packages
into
> the 414 packages in the workstation install. When I've been
watching,
> it seems to happen during a read from the CD.
>
> I'm booting from the Linux boot/install floppy, and when I tell
install
> to look on the (non-bootable)CD-ROM for the files, it takes two or
> three tries to find the CD and the files. I thought my 2x CD-ROM
might
> be too slow, so I copied the necessary subdirectories onto a new
650mb
> primary DOS partition, leaving 1 gig for Linux, and told the install
> where to find the files. It crashed immediately.
>
> Possible clue: Install never offers me the graphical install, but
goes
> right into the text-based install screens, no matter what I choose.
I
> don't mind the text install, but does this mean there's a problem
with
> the video card?
>
> This box has run DOS and Win 3.1 trouble free for 6 years. I have
good
> cooling, and I cleaned and swapped the 8 meg and 16 meg memory
sticks.
> I've stripped the machine down to VLB video card, VLB IO card, and
sound
> card. I've checked the IRQ assignments on the cards to insure no
> conflicts. I've tried it with and without a primary DOS partition.
>
> I have scanned 3600 messages on this group, tried the Red Hat page,
and
> read the signal 11/signal 7 site they recommend.
> (http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/)
>
> Do I need to try a different distribution, or a different machine?
>
> Intel 486DX2-66 VESA Local Bus
> Clone motherboard built in 1995
> AMI BIOS dated 1994 with LBA support for large drives
> 72-pin ram, 8meg plus 16meg
> Seagate CABO 1621 IDE HD (ST31621A) 1.6 megs
> Sound Blaster Pro sound card (model 1330)
> Sound Blaster 2X CD-ROM drive running from sound card
> Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM (2Mb) (VLB)
> SIIG Enhanced IDE Master VLB IO card
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From: "judojim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What Linux installation actually works?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:21:31 -0700
First-timer, fustrated with several types of Linux installations is
re-posting an earlier question here.
I have a P133 with 32 MB RAM, 2 GB HD.
I've tried Red Hat 7.0, RedHat 6.2, Red Hat 5.1, Slackware 3.4, and finally,
I've got Turbocluster Server pre-release 1.1.2 to install. Sorry guys,
TurboCluster sux. I don't want to use it.
I would really like to install RedHat since there seems to be more
documentation for it. I've followed the advise of several books on RedHat
Linux, but NONE of it works.
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 don't believe this because it booted to DOS just fine
and I had Windows 2000 on the computer before I formated the drive, so I
don't think I have a
Hard Drive problem.
Any more advice as to what to try next?
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From: Anthony Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: login:user, then nothing
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:44:56 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dennis van Dok wrote:
> My feeling on this is that the specific part of the system that looks up
> /etc/passwd is broken. Try accessing the system in single user mode and
> figure out from there.
>
> BTW can you still switch consoles when the systems hangs? Maybe this is
> a kernel problem.
>
> Dennis
Single user mode did not help (virtual consoles was working). A total
reinstall
did help however.
Tony
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