Linux-Setup Digest #167, Volume #21 Fri, 4 May 01 11:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Java SDK 1.3/RedHat 7.1 ("Pengwinlad69")
Aiuto ("Daniele")
Suse and aic7xxx ("Rob")
Re: kppp! connection not responding.. (NyQuist)
Re: run two linuxes (Kwan Lowe)
inetd.conf ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: Moving /boot vs. fstab in RH7.1 (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Doing a little research regarding AMD Duron (Kwan Lowe)
Re: inetd.conf ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: inetd.conf ("Peter T. Breuer")
Xfree86 and Presario 1600 (miege)
Re: inetd.conf (Christopher Albert)
Re: What to do for this requirement? (Kwan Lowe)
Re: RedHat7.1 on 2nd physical hard drive ("Alex")
Linux Newbie: Win98 Dual boot problem (RedHat 6.1) ("Bruce Mcdougald")
Re: DEC PDP-11/73 (Paul Hughett)
Re: inetd.conf ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: RedHat7.1 on 2nd physical hard drive ("Eric")
Re: Redhat7-1 on 2nd physical drive & SystemCommander 2000 ("Alex")
Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k? ("Brett")
Re: inetd.conf ("Jeffrey L. Susanj")
Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k? ("Brett")
Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k? ("Brett")
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From: "Pengwinlad69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Java SDK 1.3/RedHat 7.1
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 08:26:39 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mike"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
THANK YOU!!!!. That little java problem has been giving me nothing but a
headache since install. THIS is what I love about the linux community,
knowledge is not proprietary. Thank you and thank everyone else that
posts useful info.
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From: "Daniele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aiuto
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:57:46 +0200
Sono un ragazzo che sta inizando ad utilizzare linux e mi sono trovato ad un
problema. Ho un moden ISDN esterno che non so come fare a configurare. Se
qualcuno sa dirmi come fare gli sar� molto grato.
Grazie Daniele
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From: "Rob" <rob@No-Junk_InHere_~fitsy.com>
Subject: Suse and aic7xxx
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:03:22 +0200
Hi,
Mandrake8 and RH7.1 have a problem with the aic7xxx driver, can anyone
confirm success installing Suse 7.1 with an Adaptec 2940UW .
THanks
--
rob at fitsy dot com
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From: NyQuist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kppp! connection not responding..
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,free.comp.linux.misc
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:22:39 -0400
plato spoke thusly:
> i just set up my modem to work with Linux Mandrake 7.1. the connection
> works when i run it from LinuxConf (ppp/slip/plip) but not from kppp. in
> kppp, the connection is established BUT nothing works! i tried netscape
> and it
> couldn't open any site. i thought it's a DNS problem, but when i tried to
> ping a machine i know from the console, it didn't reply. my kppp settings
> are as follows:
>
> authentication: PAP
> pppd arguments: noauth
> IP: Dynamic IP Address
> Auto-configure hostname from this IP: Unchecked
> DNS: tried to leave it empty and to put in a couple of DNSs
> Disable existing DNS Servers during Connection: Unchecked
> Domain Name: empty
> Gateway: Default Gateway
> Assign the Default Route to this Gateway: Checked
> Login Script: None
> Device: /dev/modem (i know it's working)
> Flow Control: CRTSCTS
> Line Terminator: CR
> Connection Speed: 57600
> Use Lock File: Checked
> Modem Timeout: 60 Seconds
> Modem Busy Wait: 0 Seconds
> PPP Timeout: 30 Seconds
>
> any ideas??
>
> karim
go to linuxconf --> networking --> routing and gateways --> assign default
route. add the dsn of your isp. and do a find nect time. this has been
answered at least five times before
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: run two linuxes
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 13:42:24 GMT
Faux_Pseudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> all very well said but i would add 2 more partitions
> /root (shared)
> /home (shared)
I try to keep /root on the / filesystem, in case there's a need to drop into
single-user mode. It might also be better to keep the rc files for the different
versions separate. YMMV.
All my /home drives are NFS mounts -- but yes, a separate /home is convenient.
Especially if you have in-laws... Get it? Hehehe... Hmmmm. Never mind.
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: inetd.conf
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:44:33 -0400
hello,
we just did a fresh install of rh7.0 and we cannot find inetd.conf in /etc.
we need to vi this file to uncomment a few lines.
thank you,
Kenny.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moving /boot vs. fstab in RH7.1
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 13:45:41 GMT
Darren Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My new RH 7.1 installation is mostly on my 3rd hard drive. Since my
> CDROM drive
> is actually the 3rd device, this makes this drive /dev/hdd.
> I found out the hard way that I cannot actually BOOT off the /boot
> partition
> on /hdd directly. Instead, I have this crazy scheme where my relevant
> boot
> files live in the /boot directory of the hdb drive -- my original RH 6.1
> system.
> This is a pain every time I need to do lilo work -- I have to boot into
> my
> other RH system to do this.
> So, the /boot on my RH 7.1 drive is mostly useless. This is too bad,
> but life
> goes on.
> However, I would like my RH 7.1 system to consider /dev/hdb5 (my RH 6.1
> boot
> partition) to be its own boot partition. How do I do this? Simply by
> changing fstab?
You'll need to edit the options in your lilo.conf file, not the fstab.
The relevant options are the boot and root tags.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Doing a little research regarding AMD Duron
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 13:52:27 GMT
Zhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I would like to hear from anyone who has successfully installed a Linux
> distro on a machine running an AMD Duron processor. In your reply, please
> include your system configuration, the related distro with version, and any
> other pertinent information. I would also like to hear from those who have
> been unable to install Linux on a Duron machine. Please, of course, include
> the info mentioned above.
Sure...
AMD Duron 750 on a cheapo Biostar board (built in sound and video, usb, 3 PCI, 1
AGP slot). I installed Suse 7.1 Personal. 8G Maxtor HD. Total cost for system
was:
150 MOBO + Chip
30 300W ATX Case
40 CDROM Creative 52X
60 8G Maxtor
20 LinkSys 10/100 NIC
90 256M PC133
390 Total
I was aiming for a cheap, cheap machine with reasonable perfomance. Video works
at 1024x768, sound had problems that I haven't resolved yet. Don't try using
this setup for a game machine without upgrading your video. It works wonderfully
for everything else though (Internet, Office Apps, etc..).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: inetd.conf
Date: 4 May 2001 13:55:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Kenny@BUI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> we just did a fresh install of rh7.0 and we cannot find inetd.conf in /etc.
> we need to vi this file to uncomment a few lines.
If you have installed a "workstation", the Inet daemon and his
configuration file are not installed. If you want it, you have to
install it.
Davide
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: inetd.conf
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 13:59:19 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Kenny@BUI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> we just did a fresh install of rh7.0 and we cannot find inetd.conf in /etc.
That's correct (for redhat)!
> we need to vi this file to uncomment a few lines.
No you don't.
(hint: man xinetd)
Peter
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From: miege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xfree86 and Presario 1600
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 16:01:15 +0200
Hello,
I have a Compaq presario laptop 1600 and I can't configure X.
I have XFree86 4.01.
I have tried a lot of configuration but I always obtain a white screen.
I have been said that the file on
http://www.unm.edu/~tdropps/xconfig.htm, but it did not worked.
If any one has a suggestion .... ?
thanks a lot
alex
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From: Christopher Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: inetd.conf
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 16:05:51 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.setup Kenny@BUI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > we just did a fresh install of rh7.0 and we cannot find inetd.conf in /etc.
> > we need to vi this file to uncomment a few lines.
>
> If you have installed a "workstation", the Inet daemon and his
> configuration file are not installed. If you want it, you have to
> install it.
>
> Davide
RH6.2 -> RH7.0 =>
inetd -> xinetd
man xinetd
ls /etc/xinetd.d/
Chris
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What to do for this requirement?
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:08:31 GMT
news.t-online.de <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello...
> I'd like some expert advice, to set up a Linux-router.
> I have Suse 7.1 Professionell available. I'd like to set up an Linux based
> router without monitor, cd-rom and without keyboard. The computer has 1GB
> harddisk and a floppydisk. It has one ethernet-nic and one modem connected
> to com1 (ttyS0).
If your BIOS supports it, turn off pause on keyboard errors. You can either get
a floppy based firewall or preferably install one on the HD. For floppy based,
check out the Linux Router Project. Check the IPCHAINS HOWTO for the HD based.
One thing I'd suggest is to use a journalled filesystem (e.g. ReiserFS, XFS) for
your drives. This allows you to call someone on site and say, "Turn the power
off. Wait. Turn it on again."
> So now what I want: the router needs to be out of sight (basement). I'd
> like dial-on demand for the modem with possibility to upgrade to ISDN and to
> DSL (not only in replacement for the modem, but in addition to it, so I can
> choose the method of internet-link).
The PPP howto covers this. Because the firewalling module is separate from the
PPP module, changing from one to the other is usually as simple as specifying a
different network connection. In my case, if my primary connection fails, the
scripts will automatically dialout on the analog modem. Unfortunately (or
perhaps fortunately) this appears to have been configured by the setup itself.
> The router should support firewall and masqerading. There should also be a
> service running for DNS, DHCP, SMPT, a POP3-picker (eg. fetchmail), a
> NNTP-service (like leafnode), NTP and probably a client-server-fax solution.
> And (if possible) a solution for centralized authentication of Linux and
> Windows-Users (one user-database for all linux and windows users).
All these are supported. However, 1 Gig will be tight for news and fax services.
Leafnode is smart enough to pull only relevant groups, but even a few will fill
up 1Gig quickly. TIFF files (for faxes) can also be huge.
> So what software would you recommend. The network behind the router is only
> three or maybe five (Windows/Linux) PC's.
You might also consider installing Squid to cache web services.
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat7.1 on 2nd physical hard drive
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 00:16:08 +1000
Warning: /dev/hdb1 is not on the first disk.
Warning: device 0X0302 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit.
Fatal: geo_comp_addr cylinder number is too big 2028>1023
Thanks Eric... I will try the lilo with the "-v -v" parameters.
What does that do ?
I certainly do agree with you that the 1024 is a bios limitation. My system
is brand new, and I'm using red hat 7.1... do you know if Lilo that comes
with RH7.1 is not restricted by the 1024 cylinder boundary ?
As you have advised, I can ignore the various warning messages...
how about the last line.. the fatal error .. 2028>1023....
seem like RH did not completely install but halted 99% to completion ?
Or has the install completed, and above three lines of warning and error can
be safely ignored... by doing the appropriate modification to the lilo.conf
file ?
THanks.
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9ctk03$5v5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have tried your suggestion, and more .... but still get the same error
> > messages.
> > i.e I have created separate "/boot" at hdb1, (still get warning & fatal
> > messages),
> > and when "/boot" at hda1, the same fatal error.
>
> the lba32 keyword must be used in lilo.conf instead of linear.
>
> > The aim now is to overcome the fatal error... where is RH7-1 imposing
the
> > 1024 cylinder limit ??
>
> It's not RH. It's not linux. It's not any OS/software.
> It is your BIOS that has(may have) this limit.
>
> > is it on the first HDD or the 2nd HDD ? If it's on the first, then it
may
> > be my setup issue with othe OSes...
> > but if it's on the 2nd HDD first 1024 cylinder, then I cannot see any
> logic
> > to RH7-1 Fatal error (reason: 2nd HDD was completely free - unallocated
> > before the install).
>
> The install has been completed. Make a bootfloppy and boot from that the
> first time.
> Then adjust your lilo.conf, rerun `/sbin/lilo -v -v` and reboot.
>
> The 2nd HDD warning has also nothing to do with linux either. LILO warns
> you because there are BIOS'es that don't allow booting from the 2nd HDD.
> Maybe your PC is limited to, maybe not. It's just a warning.
>
> Eric
>
>
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Reply-To: "Bruce Mcdougald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Bruce Mcdougald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Newbie: Win98 Dual boot problem (RedHat 6.1)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:26:13 -0500
I'm having a problem getting my system to dual boot after installing RedHat
6.1. The install goes great and I can boot Linux fine afterwards by typing
'linux' at the LILO: prompt. But when I tell LILO to boot dos, it just
gives me a blinking cursor and the system hangs. I have looked at the
lilo.conf file and the dos section looks like this:
other=/dev/hdc1
label=dos
table=/dev/hdc1
The device /dev/hdc1 is the device that corresponds to my primary dos
partition in Disk Druid.
Both OS's are installed on a Western Digital 10 gig harddrive. I have linux
installed in a 1781MB extended DOS partition, and Win98 is installed in the
8001 MB primary DOS partition. There is also another 3.3 gig harddrive, but
it is formatted for FAT32 and is in use by Windows.
Also, using a partition manager other than fdisk, I see that there are 2
"areas" above the
primary dos partition, one is entitled "MBR" and the other is not labled. I
believe it said that MBR was 23 bytes (or KBytes) big, but can't remember.
I'll check this out if anyone thinks its pertinent to the problem at hand.
The only way I can (or know how to) get my Win98 back is to boot back with
the RedHat install
CD and delete the linux partition using Disk Druid, save the changes
and reboot. The last time I did this I the boot got as far as showing LI on
the screen and I then rebooted using my Win98 boot disk and then ran fdisk
/mbr
to get windows to boot up. I've done this process several times now and I
always get the same result.
I found out to check the lilo.conf file from the FAQ on the RedHat site, but
again it didn't work, and I'm at a loss now.
I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks.
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From: Paul Hughett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DEC PDP-11/73
Date: 4 May 2001 14:24:52 GMT
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Has Linux been ported to the DEC PDP-11/73 ?
: If not, what are the OS options available ?
I seem to recall from a couple of years ago that you could buy a license
for Version 7 Unix from SCO for about $100.
Paul Hughett
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: inetd.conf
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:32:09 -0400
ok I saw xinetd.conf .
in inetd.conf there was a line for swat that you had to uncomment. where do
I uncomment that line?
I saw in /etc/services a line with swat already uncommented. but Netscape
does not access swat returning a broken pipe error.
thank you.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat7.1 on 2nd physical hard drive
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 16:33:53 +0200
> Warning: /dev/hdb1 is not on the first disk.
> Warning: device 0X0302 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit.
Hmm.... I justs noticed now
0x0302 is hda2!
Are you sure it says 0x0302??
could you show your lilo.conf and the fdisk listing:
`/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hd[a-d]`
> Fatal: geo_comp_addr cylinder number is too big 2028>1023
>
> Thanks Eric... I will try the lilo with the "-v -v" parameters.
> What does that do ?
It's just a verbosity switch (man lilo)
> I certainly do agree with you that the 1024 is a bios limitation. My
system
> is brand new, and I'm using red hat 7.1... do you know if Lilo that comes
> with RH7.1 is not restricted by the 1024 cylinder boundary ?
The lilo that ships with RH7.1 is definately new enough to support booting
from beyond cylinder 1024. And as your PC is to, you don't have a real
problem.
> As you have advised, I can ignore the various warning messages...
> how about the last line.. the fatal error .. 2028>1023....
Errors you obviously cannot ignore.
> seem like RH did not completely install but halted 99% to completion ?
It's just lilo that's not installed.
(Probably. I recently helped someone with a similar problem. Turned out he
had been using a bad CD!)
> Or has the install completed, and above three lines of warning and error
can
> be safely ignored... by doing the appropriate modification to the
lilo.conf
> file?
You cannot ignore it, you can solve it.
Boot from the floppy you created during install. (Or from the installation
CD if
you neglected to make that floppy)
CD booting: at the liloprompt, enter "linux rescue root=/dev/hdXXXX"
(without the quotes!) where hdXXXX should be replaced with your
actual root partition.
Eric
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,redhat.config,redhat.hardware.arch.intel,redhat.networking.general
Subject: Re: Redhat7-1 on 2nd physical drive & SystemCommander 2000
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 00:36:12 +1000
Many thanks Peter. I can appreciate what mess I had presented in the
posting. Thus I subsequently posted another, with a more straight forward
question.
Essentially I have decided to leave 1st HDD alone, and focus on deploying
Linux on the 2nd IDE HDD.
Whatever I do I always get the fatal error at the end of the install ...
about "2028 >1023 cylinder".
Perhaps this is not a fatal error anymore, since everyone is saying that
Lilo is no longer confined to below 1024 cylinders.
I am going to try to modify lilo.conf (help from another person's posting),
and allow system commander to detect the new linux presence in MBR.
My question now, is about your suggestion and the reasons behind designating
separate partitions for
/var
/usr
/home
Thanks.
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> A sensible layout for you would be:
>
>
> hda1 /boot 8M
> hda2 win2k 20G
> hda3 winme 25G
> hda4 extended till end
> hda5 swap 128M
>
>
> hdb4 extended till end from wherever you like
> hdb5 128M /
> hdb6 1GB /var
> hdb7 2GB /usr
> hdb8 1GB /home
>
> and remember to softlink /tmp to /var/tmp.
>
> Peter
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From: "Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k?
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:56:24 -0400
Oops... :(
"Bob Tennent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 3 May 2001 20:57:29 -0400, Brett wrote:
> >
> >Buying a removable disk seems a good idea. I'll look into it. I assume
> >most distributions (including Redhat) will be able to work with
removable
> >media?
>
> CDs and floppies yes; but removable hard drives are another matter, not
because
> of the operating system but because of the BIOS. AFAIK, hot swapping an
IDE
> drive isn't possible.
>
> Bob T.
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "Jeffrey L. Susanj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: inetd.conf
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:40:41 GMT
With RedHat 7.0 they began using xinetd.conf. Mostly it sets up a few items
and then transfers control to scripts in xinet.d(I think). There is one
script for each service and to enable or disable a service you change a line
in the script.
Jeff S.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9cuccj$f9tg0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.setup Kenny@BUI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > we just did a fresh install of rh7.0 and we cannot find inetd.conf in
/etc.
> > we need to vi this file to uncomment a few lines.
>
> If you have installed a "workstation", the Inet daemon and his
> configuration file are not installed. If you want it, you have to
> install it.
>
> Davide
>
>
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From: "Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k?
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:02:53 -0400
You guys are right. I should get my own PC. Ok... no eating out for the
next 3 months.
Thanks to everyone for their generous help.
"Rod Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <Q8lI6.7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I hope someone can offer a straight answer to my question: Which Linux
> > distrubition should I get so I can run it from within Windows 2000
> > Professional?
> ...
> > ideally I'd like to install
> > Linux as a Win2k application if possible. I.e., just launch Linux like
the
> > way one launches Word or Excel.
>
> Linux is an OS that *REPLACES* Windows. That's not to say that they
> can't both be installed on the hard disk, but they don't run
> simultaneously, at least not without help. That help comes in the form
> of something like VMware (http://www.vmware.com) or the upcoming
> Virtual PC (http://preview.connectix.com/vpc4w_wp_01.html). These are
> programs that emulate a computer from within Windows. As such, you'll
> take a performance hit, and some stuff just plain won't work (access to
> some hardware, for instance). Both of these are commercial products,
> too, although I believe there's at least one open source project
> underway to accomplish the same goals (I have no name or URL offhand,
> though).
>
> > If this is not feasible, at the least I'd like to install Linux onto the
> > FAT32 drive without creating any partitions. Is this possible?
>
> This is possible with some distributions, but I generally advise
> against it. Linux won't perform as well on FAT as on its own native
> filesystem, ext2fs. The usual way to do a normal Linux installation in
> a situation like yours is to back up, repartition, and restore the
> Windows setup, and then install Linux in the space you've created. If
> you want to save a bit of time, you could use a program like FIPS (for
> FAT) or PartitionMagic (commercial, for FAT or NTFS) to resize a
> partition to make room for Linux. You should still back up before
> mucking with the drive, though. Alternatively, you could add a hard
> disk for Linux.
>
> > Which distribution should I try, then?
>
> For my general comments on this, see my Web page on the subject:
>
> http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
>
> I don't address your specific questions there, though.
>
> > So -- don't laugh, please -- I'd like to play with Linux while
preserving
> > everything in Win2k. I'm not a risk taker at this point, because I can't
> > afford to get fired from work for losing important files. My thinking is
if
> > I like Linux, I'll get a new computer and install both win2k and linux
on
> > it.
>
> To be blunt, if you're just experimenting with it and it's not part of
> your job to do this experimenting, you have no business doing it on your
> employer's computer. Do it on your own system. If you find Linux
> compelling, you might be able to lobby your employer to let you use it
> at work, but only after you've learned enough about it to make a
> coherent argument in its favor. Some employers get very upset if they
> learn you've been trying unauthorized software on company time and
> hardware, and trying an unauthorized OS could conceivably get you fired.
> Even if you're unhappy in your current job and wouldn't mind leaving,
> there are better ways to do it than getting yourself fired.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k?
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:03:59 -0400
This is a good idea! Thanks.
"Richard S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:EApI6.11550$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Unless I missed it, I didn't see anyone mention demo linux. This is a
> complete linux distribution that runs totally from a cd! You burn a cd
then,
> if you need to, go into the bios to boot from the cd before the hard disk.
> Put the cd in and off you go. In does not affect your hard drive. Check
it
> out here: http://www.demolinux.org
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