Linux-Setup Digest #172, Volume #21 Sat, 5 May 01 20:13:14 EDT
Contents:
mount < 2.10r conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1 ?! (Patrick A Kirchner)
What's the sintax for fstab file to mount a ntfs partition ("Phillip J. Allen")
Re: File System going bad (John Hasler)
LILO 1024 cylinder limit ("Robert Lafleur")
Re: mount < 2.10r conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1 ?! ("Matt Ng")
Re: What's the sintax for fstab file to mount a ntfs partition (Steve Martin)
Re: Lilo with WinNT ("Trevor")
Re: Mandrake 8.0 installation freeze ("Trevor")
LinuxPPC -- Installation/setup troubles (epd)
Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k? (robert w hall)
Redhat 7.1 + kde desktop ("John Smith")
Re: Two network cards ("john.leary")
Re: LILO 1024 cylinder limit ("Glitch")
Re: help for win2k and linux bootup ("Glitch")
Re: SuSe 7.0 - login problems ("Glitch")
How to get access to shell during Linux install ? ("Cedric Chausson")
Re: Two network cards (Dean Thompson)
Re: File System going bad (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: LILO 1024 cylinder limit (Jan Johansson)
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From: Patrick A Kirchner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mount < 2.10r conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1 ?!
Date: 5 May 2001 19:01:06 GMT
Hello,
I'm trying to update my system from kernel-2.2.16-3 to 2.2.19-6.2.1
and when I try to install the kernel packages with "rpm -Uvh kernel*..."
I get the error:
mount < 2.10r conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1
nfs-utils < 0.3.1 conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1
I can't seem to find any updates for mount greater than 2.10r which
appears to be the original RedHat 6.2 release and the same goes with
the nfs-utils package.
Do I have to update the kernel to 2.2.17 before I can go to 2.2.19 or
is there something else going on here?
Any help would be much appreciated.
TIA,
Patrick A. Kirchner
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Linux Advocate, CNE, MCSE+I, A+, Network+
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Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 13:49:27 -0500
From: "Phillip J. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What's the sintax for fstab file to mount a ntfs partition
Hi all,
When I boot up I have been su to root then typing:
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda5 /mnt/d -o ro,uid=500,gid=500
So I don't have to type this every time I would like to just have this
automount on boot up?
I have seen the sintax for fat32, fat16 and other but how do I rig it up
for ntfs?
Thanks,
Phillip J. Allen
Consulting Geochemist/Geologist
Lima Peru
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.linux.slakware
Subject: Re: File System going bad
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:24:23 GMT
Scott writes:
> Perhaps if I...turned up my thermostat?
Your getting close. Get yourself a can of freeze-spray and a hair dryer,
open up the case, and start heating and cooling various components.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: "Robert Lafleur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: LILO 1024 cylinder limit
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 19:18:18 GMT
I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux on a partition past the 1024 cylinder.
>From what I understand LILO must be installed either:
1. In the first 1024 block of the HDD
2. In the first ~8GB of the HDD if the BIOS can abstract disk sectors for
LILO
Is this correct? I'm trying to install LILO entirely within a partition
beginning around the 13th GB. Am I going to have to create a small
partition for /boot? I don't want to shift my partitions around with
Partition Magic. Any comments are appreciated.
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From: "Matt Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mount < 2.10r conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1 ?!
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 15:46:42 -0400
Check the redhat update mirrors (rpmfind is a fast one), they have the
updated packages mount-2.10r, and nfs-util-0.3.1 for RedHat 6.2. The
original 6.2 release has mount 2.10f not 2.10r.
> get the error:
> mount < 2.10r conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1 nfs-utils < 0.3.1
> conflicts with kernel-2.2.19-6.2.1
>
> I can't seem to find any updates for mount greater than 2.10r which
> appears to be the original RedHat 6.2 release and the same goes with the
> nfs-utils package.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What's the sintax for fstab file to mount a ntfs partition
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 12:28:46 -0400
"Phillip J. Allen" wrote:
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hda5 /mnt/d -o ro,uid=500,gid=500
>
> So I don't have to type this every time I would like to just have this
> automount on boot up?
Put the following line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda5 /mnt/d ntfs ro,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
This should do what you want.
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From: "Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Lilo with WinNT
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:59:50 +0100
With hda1 (you primary Win2K device) formatted as NTFS you will need to use
the NT boot loader and then configure it to load Lilo. Looks like you've
overwritten the MBR when configuring lilo.
Linux will let you read but not modify an NFTS partition.
If you choose to run Win2K on FAT32 then none of this is an issue and you
can use lilo as the only boot loader and read/modify your 'NT' files.
You don't require any X to run Linux
Trevor
See the posting
"Thomas SMETS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi Horst,
>
> I'm currently runnin (trying to run) a very similar configration to
> yours.
> I installed Win2000 then managed to ahve Linux (Distro is Mandrake). I
> worked out the fact that the linux won't work properly unless I install
> the XFree4, but I now seem to be unable to boot in Win2000.
> My disk is partition like this :
> /hda1 : 1 Gb --> Win2000 NTFS (Type 07 in cfdisk)
> /hda5 : 1.5Gb --> /usr Ext2
> /hda6 : 2 Gb --> Data Win FAT32
> /hda7 : 2 GB --> Pgrm Win Fat32
> /hda8 : 520Mb --> Swap
> /hda9 : 800Mb --> / Ext2
> /hda10 : 1.7Gb --> /opt Ext2
>
> The system boots fine in Linux but doesn't seem to be able to view the
> Win partition anymore...
> When requesting to boot up in Win it just says
> Loading Win
> And then nothing .... Here below you may find attached copy of my
> lilo.conf that I've modified a few times now without success (without
> forgetting to /sbin/lilo afterwards each time).
>
> Can you help ?
>
> Tx,
>
> Thomas,
>
>
>
>
> [tsmets@Calvin /tmp]$ cat /mnt/floppy/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> vga=normal
> default=win
> keytable=/boot/be-latin1.klt
> lba32
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda9
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux-up
> root=/dev/hda9
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=failsafe
> root=/dev/hda9
> append=" failsafe"
> read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=win
> # end of /etc/lilo.conf
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thu May 3 01:19:21 CEST 2001
>
> Thomas SMETS e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Av. de la Braban�onne 133 / 3 Tel. : +32 (0)2 742. 05. 94.
> 1030 Bruxelles
> ======= Quote of the Day =========
> Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
> ========= End of Quote ===========
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From: "Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 installation freeze
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 22:19:11 +0100
I had similar problems. In the end I hit F1 on the splash screen and used
the text mode which worked fine.
Trevor
"Steve Bradtke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Installation of 8.0 seems to proceed smoothly until I get a
> message about drinking eggs and welcome to linux
> mandrake. Then the system completely freezes. If I try
> installing in expert mode, I can get it to ask about desired
> installation mode, but it freezes after I tell it to use the
> cdrom. I had no problems at all installing 7.2 on the same
> system. I`m using an Abit VP6 dual processor motherboard,
> with 2 P-III 800`s, 3 HDD`s (windows installed on 1), a
> cdrom, and a cd-rw. Using an SB Live sound card, and an
> Asus AGP-7100 graphics card.
>
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> ====================================================
> Steven Bradtke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ====================================================
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From: epd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LinuxPPC -- Installation/setup troubles
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 21:30:06 -0000
Hey all you Linux peoples...
I have been trying to install Linux PPC on my G4 450,128ram box...
I have partitioned the drives exactly how the instructions said:
/ (root)
swap
/home
/boot
And i setup a fifth partition to boot the installation of linuxPPC...
I got to the installer and i mounted ONLY ROOT (was that where i
went wrong?)
Then i selected the packages and some of them installed, and some
didn't: it gave me an error message saying that "NAME OF PACKAGE
could not be installed. Continue?" I pressed continue and went
along my merry way...then i set a password and all the network
settings. and rebooted. I got to the boot up screen and the linux
booting screen comes up and goes to 14%....then it stopped and gave
me an error.......
could anyone give me some insight into this matter????
Thanks alot and send responses to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks again...
P.S. please excuse my stupidity on this matter...i am just beginning to
join the linux revolution!
EPD
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From: robert w hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Which Linux to Get for Win2k?
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 22:37:16 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>The easiest way:
>
>Buy a second hard drive...cheap 10 gig
>
>Install any distribution from bootable CD
>onto the second hard drive.
>
>Install lilo on linux root partion and boot from floppy.
>
>These options are usually available during install.
>
>*DO NOT install lilo in the MBR-master boot record.
>
>This is the safest way I have found for people
>with little experience.
>
>Cheers
>
>DanM
and if you MUST run winders on this home box, run win95 OSR2 under
win4lin (as a nice little linux job)
--
robert w hall
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("John Smith")
Subject: Redhat 7.1 + kde desktop
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:54:19 +0000 (UTC)
Under "look & feel" there are only ~ 5 fonts listed as options to be used
within KDE. How can I include extra fonts ? I hate the standard fonts >:|
Thanks,
J
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From: "john.leary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Two network cards
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 23:17:19 +0100
Hi
I have a problem setting up my 3Com 3C509B with linex (it works under win98)
can someone point me to the Ethernet-HOWTO, I have no idea where to find it
John
"Alberto Pires de Oliveira Neto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Stranger in the night expecting glanses wrote:
>
> > I've got two tulip compatible network adapters in my computer, but i
don't
> > get them to work, as the first one should be used for pppoe (TDSL/
> > germany).
> > i configured it in KDE2, and got the message an icon will be available
to
> > connect to the net after the next xserver start... but i'm to stupid to
> > find
> > it.
> > The normal network should work over eth1, but every action (ping etc)
uses
> > eth0, which is connected to the tdsl adapter...
> > thanks for any help!
>
> May be you should take a look at Ethernet-HOWTO, there you can find a lot
of
> tips.
>
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO 1024 cylinder limit
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 18:35:39 -0400
In article <_lYI6.5388$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robert Lafleur"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux on a partition past the 1024
> cylinder. From what I understand LILO must be installed either:
>
> 1. In the first 1024 block of the HDD 2. In the first ~8GB of the HDD
> if the BIOS can abstract disk sectors for LILO
>
> Is this correct? I'm trying to install LILO entirely within a partition
> beginning around the 13th GB. Am I going to have to create a small
> partition for /boot? I don't want to shift my partitions around with
> Partition Magic. Any comments are appreciated.
>
>
1024 cylinders *is* around 8GB.
Yes, you will need to create a small linux /boot partition that is
completely under 1024 cylinders. Then create your other partitions as
normal.
If you can grab an updated version of LILO you won't have the 1024
cylinder limit. I believe versions above 21.3 are capable of doing this.
I'm not sure of the procedure you would follow though. Maybe try to get
away with not doing anything with LILO. Then use Windows to download a
newer version, then use a rescue disk to get into Linux (since you
couldn't directly boot to it w/o LILO). Install the new LILO then and hope it
works.
and quit crossposting
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help for win2k and linux bootup
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 18:40:07 -0400
In article <wJTI6.17537$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Yang Li"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, if anybody can help me to configure my win2k and linxu boot up.
>
> I have 60G hard disk. The partition is as following:
>
> hda1 : 10G ----------Win2k
> hda2: 24M----------/boot
> hda3: 46G-----------extend
> hda5: 15G------------/
> hda6: 2G-------------<swap>
> hda7: 15G------------win32
> hda8: 15G------------win32
>
> After I install linux (RedHat 6.2), I have to boot from floppy. I
> created a boot file using
> dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin bs=512 count=1.
>
> However, after I copy that file to c and add one line
> c:\linux.bin="Linux".
> It still can't boot linux from hard disk.
>
>
I don't know where you are adding that line so I can't say whether you
need it or not.
But it looks like your problem is that your /boot partition is beyond
1024 cylinders of your drive. 1024 cylinders usually translates to about
8 gigs and based on your map above your /boot is past 10 gigs.
You will need to move the /boot partition closer to the beginning of the
drive, under 1024 cylinders. This will allow LILO to access your boot
images and you won't need to use a floppy disk.
As another idea you can download the newest version of LILO and try to
get away with not having to resize your partitions. You will just neeed
to have a rescue disk to get acess to Linux so you can install the new
LILO. Newer versions of LILO can find boot images beyodn 1024 cylinders.
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSe 7.0 - login problems
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 18:41:57 -0400
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Brian O'Halloran"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I've installed SuSe 7.0 on a machine in work - and everything is fine
> until we try to mount the nfs. The nfs mounts remote disks fine, it's
> just that when people try to login to their accounts (home directories
> mounted on /home, they are told 'no such user'. Does anyone have any
> advice as to how I can get around this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brian O'Halloran
I could be wrong here but i believe the username for Samba has to be the
same as the username for the account on the computer u are trying to access.
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From: "Cedric Chausson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED](halteauspam)>
Subject: How to get access to shell during Linux install ?
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 01:00:08 +0200
Hello all,
I would like to have access rto a shell during install of Linux to use
the ping command. The RedHat doc says a shell is accessible on virtual
console 2 which should be accessible with CTRL-ALT-F2. But that doesnt
work.
I manage to get access to virtual consoles 1, 3,4 and 5 with the
combination ALT and function key. But ALT-F2 doesnt work it doesnt even
change the screen.
Anyone have an idea ? For info, i'm doing RH6.2 install with network boot
disk..
Thanks in advance,
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Two network cards
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 09:17:02 +1000
Hi John,
> I have a problem setting up my 3Com 3C509B with linex (it works under
> win98) can someone point me to the Ethernet-HOWTO, I have no idea where to
> find it
You might like to take a look at the NET-HOWTO which is located at
http://www.linuxdoc.org. You may also need a later drive than the one that
was shipped with your system. You might find the site:
http://www.scyld.com/network of some value to you as well.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: File System going bad
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 20:04:46 -0400
John Hasler wrote:
>
> Scott writes:
> > Perhaps if I...turned up my thermostat?
>
> Your getting close. Get yourself a can of freeze-spray and a hair dryer,
> open up the case, and start heating and cooling various components.
You may want to be careful with that. You do not want to overheat any
components to the point of causing failure where there was none
before. Likewise, if you chill some components too quickly, you can
damage them as well.
When I used to test hardware to meet military environmental
specifications (MIL-E-5400 was the one I used the most, but that was
about 3 to 4 decades ago), we tested things from -55C to +85C, and a
lot of severe vibration testing too. But we were only supposed to
change the temperature a certain number of degrees per hour except for
the temperature shock test (where we pumped liquid carbon dioxide into
the test chamber to suddenly reduce the temperature from +85C to
-55C). You do not really want to temperature shock your machine.
I suggest you read the specification for your machine and do not
exceed those limits. This may not be enough to accelerate some
problems, but the idea is to detect an existing problem, not to cause
new ones.
I notice that one memory test program (memtest86) deliberately reduces
the refresh rate on the memory in order to increase the chances for
failure. This kind of thing would not damage the memory, but should
certainly increase the likelihood of noticing marginal memory. Since
you are not likely to have an environmental test chamber around the
house, I am not sure how to go about changing the temperature of
modern components without risking causing new problems. I guess I
would keep the hair dryer at least 24 inches away from the item under
test. The trouble with this is that it will be difficult to identify
the problem component this way.
Likewise, do not actually allow the freezing spray (typically Freon in
the old days) to actually touch anything.
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/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 7:55pm up 4 days, 11:07, 3 users, load average: 3.81, 3.54, 3.41
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From: Jan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: LILO 1024 cylinder limit
Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 20:02:49 GMT
>1. In the first 1024 block of the HDD
>2. In the first ~8GB of the HDD if the BIOS can abstract disk sectors for
>LILO
All wrong. LILO must beinstalled in the MBR (to be able to boot the
system) or in the first sector of the partiition on which linux will
boot if you intend to use a 3rd party loader. HOWEVER the partition
holding the boot components for linux must reside below the 1023rd
cylinder of the disk.
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