Linux-Setup Digest #291, Volume #21 Wed, 23 May 01 13:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: mailserver with webmail access ("KW")
HELP! Can't install RH7.1 (Anaconda bombed) (Benjamin Han)
Re: Setup problem with Win98 (Zix)
Re: news reader (aflinsch)
Re: HELP: Redhat 7.1 install (logs included) (Dallas)
linux on large hard drive (Eugene Lee)
Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install.. (Jan Slupski)
Re: linux on large hard drive ("Henrik Farre")
No Web Access for Linuxconf ("Eric J. Klooster")
Repost: Linux users from Active Directory (Savas Parastatidis)
Re: Boot up problem ("Me")
installing mandrake 7.2 (root)
Re: Crashed X server won't start again ! ("Me")
Re: No Web Access for Linuxconf (H.Bruijn)
Re: Partionless installation (root)
NFS home dir problem (root)
Re: switching default desktop environment (root)
Re: RAID setting (root)
Re: not enough RAM during RH 7.1 install (root)
Re: partitioning question ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Raid 1 (Mirror) (root)
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mailserver with webmail access
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:19:05 -0500
I believe you can set the server to authenticate based on either a valid
pop login or by an smtp authorization. I've not done either, but I know
it's possible.
You might try basilix for webmail. It's fairly straight forward and the
scripts are easily changed if you want to add or remove graphics.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I've been assigned the task of setting up a company mail server with web
> based access. The problems are this:
>
> 1. The company has no offices and hence no network. Employees must be
> able to send and receive mail from anywhere in the world, I do not wish
> to allow open relaying of smtp traffic due the spam and such.
>
> 2. Employees must be able to use POP/IMAP to get their mail.
>
> 3. Employees must be able to send and retrieve mail (with attachments)
> from a web browser.
>
> Currently I have set up a webserver based around Mandrake 8.0 with
> apache. For mail I am attempting to setup Postfix, but I cannot seem to
> allow only authorized users to send mail. The only restrictions I can
> give seem to be based on the client machine, not the user. I believe
> that there is a way to do this my first authenticating through POP3.
>
> I have no idea what to set up for POP3 access. I have no idea what to
> set up for webmail access. I'm thinking of OpenWebmail.
>
> I am by profession and training a programmer, not an admin I would
> appreciate any help and recommendations from people with a similar
> setup. Searching through the postfix site gives me no information on
> this type of setup.
>
> Please send any help to k(@)qwirk(dot)net
>
> Thanks in advance.
> k.
>
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From: Benjamin Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: HELP! Can't install RH7.1 (Anaconda bombed)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:31:11 -0400
I'm trying a fresh install on my new Compaq Presario 5000 series PC
AMD 1GHz
384MB PC100 RAM
Voodoo 5 AGP graphics card
Intel eepro 10/100 ethernet
30GB UDMA hard drive
I booted my RH7.1 CD and no matter what option I chose (graphical, text,
expert install) they all bombed at Anaconda. The error message looks like
this:
--- error msg ---
Runnin anaconda - please wait...
install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/proc/bus/usb
/mnt/runtime
/mnt/source umount failed ()
/dev/pts
/proc
You may safely reboot your system
--- error msg ---
I've successfully installed W2k on this machine (plus the Windows ME
coming with the box), so hardware problems should've been ruled out.
Any suggestions on what to do next? Any 'alternative' install method that
doesn't require running Anaconda? (I read from RH support website RH7.0
used to have various anaconda problems - but it's RH7.1 I'm trying to
install)
Thank you SO MUCH!
Ben
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zix)
Subject: Re: Setup problem with Win98
Date: 23 May 2001 06:37:16 -0700
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I can boot up into safe mode, but what
are some of the things that I should be looking for? After leaving
safe mode, I still can't boot up. I haven't looked at the bootlog
file, yet. I did install lilo (I think:) ).
Thanks,
Brian
"S h i s h i r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<9efh8b$2j2fs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Yes of course, if you have installed Linux, you can boot into Linux using a
> boot disk. But this problem seems to be with Windows 98. Have you installed
> Lilo? Anyways, try starting Windows 98 in safe mode. Does it work? Or else,
> check the bootlog file after booting into that mode. Any clues?
>
> - Shishir
>
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: news reader
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:20:39 -0400
Duane Healing wrote:
>
> I'm fond of pan myself, but it's rather gnome-centric so I don't know how
> satisfactory it would be on a KDE system. Check out
> http://pan.rebelbase.com if you're interested.
Pan works just fine on a KDE system (just make sure that you have the
required Gome libs available)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dallas)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: HELP: Redhat 7.1 install (logs included)
Date: 23 May 2001 07:39:34 -0700
I have the same problem with my install. Has a solution been found?
I tried each method (fdisk, partition magic, disk druid...), but I
always get the same out of space error. My partitions are /boot @
32M, / @ 6.2G, and swap @ 256M.
Thanks for any help.
"Pascal DeMilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> From your df it seems that / is only 4MB big. That would be a problem
> :-). When installating choose expert mode and choose fdisk as the way to
> create your partition. "p" print your partition table and let us know
> what it says.
>
> Pascal
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Maarten"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I posted this question before, but now it has been updated with new log
> > information. I really hope this helps.
> >
> > I wanted to install Linux Redhat 7.1 on my computer, so I saved up some
> > money and bought a 'new' 3.2 gb hdd (WD). I downloaded both the ISO
> > files and burned them on a CD. So far so good.
> >
> > CD 1 is bootable and took me to the installation menu. Keyboard and
> > Mouse detected (cordless). I partitioned linux using the disk druid and
> > made a 128 mb swap file and the rest (I checked use remaining space)
> > linux native (29xx mb). I did a custom installation and checked most of
> > the packages, in total 1.1 gb. My diamond viper v550 card was detected
> > and also my monitor works fine. So far so good. I finally came to the
> > part where the files were copied and installed. First he started to
> > format both partitions (native and swap (128 mb))
> > and then things went wrong: half way the status bar i got the error :
> > "Error writing install image to disk. You probably run out of disk
> > space". This is not possible, cause i have 3 gb of empty space and only
> > 1 gb of packages. I figured it must be a bad block on my "new" hdd, so i
> > took another hdd (which was tested and ok.) but the same problem at the
> > same time. Then i figured something was wrong with the ISO file and
> > downloaded both files from a different location and burned them on a CD
> > again. But after installing again, same problem, same time. I tried
> > selecting different packages and changing my partitions (I added /boot
> > (300mb) and enlarged my swap, but still the same error). My
> > configuration:
> >
> > Intel p3-450 (slot 1)
> > 256 mb memory
> > prim master : maxtor 8.4 gb (win2k pro is here) prim slave : WD 3.2 gb
> > (linux should be here) sec. master : philips 40 x cdrom
> > sec. slave : philips CDrw
> > Diamond viper v550
> > Logitech cordless desktop
> > Eicon diva ISDN
> >
> > When I do a "df" when the error appears, i get the following output:
> >
> > Mount point 1k-blocks Used Available /
> > 4030 1007 3023 /proc
> > 0 0 0 /dev/pts
> > 0 0 0 /proc/bus/usb
> > 0 0 0 /mnt/source 656756
> > 656756 0 /mnt/runtime 100168 85370
> > 14798 /mnt/sysimage 2992336 21928 2970408
> > /mnt/sysimage/proc 0 0 0
> >
> > When I look into the error messages i see the following information:
> >
> > <4> Unable to identify CDrom format
> > <6> CDROM open failed
> > <4> hdc: command error: status=0x51 {DriveReady Seekcomplete error} <4>
> > hdc: command error=0x50
> > <4> end_request : I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1078404
> >
> > I really want to install RH 7.1, so I hope someone can help me fix this
> > problem.
> >
> > Hope to hear from you,
> >
> > Grtnx, Maarten
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From: Eugene Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux on large hard drive
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:53:39 -0400
I am trying to install rh linux 6.2 on a p4 1.7GHz, 512mb ram, 60GB hd.
Are there any issues with linux on a large hd? Or is it an issue of the
second windows partition? Any ideas?
/dev/hda1 fat32 win98 8gb
/dev/hda5 ext2 /boot 32Mb
/dev/hda6 swap swap 512Mb
/dev/hda7 ext2 / 10GB
/dev/hda8 fat32 win98 40GB
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From: Jan Slupski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install..
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:02:05 +0000 (UTC)
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Windows doesn't know partitions of type 0x85, and will not
> assign a driveletter to such a partition. So if you have windows
> on your system, and an extended partition that contains only
> linux partitions, make that extended partition type 0x85. If you
> neglect this, you will see in windows an unaccesible drive letter.
Same problem, but I have fat logical partition(s) also...
What to do then? Windows, I think, will refuse to see fat on 0x85
extended partition...
__ _ _ _ _____________________________________________
| |_| |\ | S L U P S K I [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|_| | | | \| http://www.pm.waw.pl/~jslupski
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From: "Henrik Farre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on large hard drive
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:11:19 -0400
Yello
I artikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, skrev "Eugene Lee"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am trying to install rh linux 6.2 on a p4 1.7GHz, 512mb ram, 60GB hd.
> Are there any issues with linux on a large hd? Or is it an issue of the
> second windows partition? Any ideas?
You need the newest version of lilo, to boot a kernel above the 1024
cylinder. And I think you need a 2.4.4 kernel to boot on a P4.
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
-If I where God, I would recompile the penguin with --enable-flying.
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:29:04 -0400
From: "Eric J. Klooster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No Web Access for Linuxconf
I have recently setup my RH7.0 linux box as a gateway for my home
network. I would like to store it away and have remote administration
through linuxconf's Web access option. I have set up my gateway as
described in the Home-Networking Mini-Howto (IP Chains and Hosts.allow
and Hosts.deny being possible problems). From my win98 box, I can ping
both the inside and outside ethernet IPs of the linux box. I can access
the linux box though telnet, ftp, and the web server. I can browse the
web just fine. but when I try to go to port 98 of my linux box, nothing
happens (it just times out). I have enabled web access to linux conf,
and added the IP of my Win98 box to the linuxconf web access list. I
even went to the xinetd.d/linuxconf-web script and removed the
DISABLED=YES line, and reran xinetd. Still nothing. I downloaded and
installed the latest version of linuxconf (including an install of
libxml). I imagine it may have something to do with my ipchains setup,
but I'm not sure. Any ideas?
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From: Savas Parastatidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Repost: Linux users from Active Directory
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:19:34 +0100
Dear all,
Can anyone point me to information on how to configure a Linux workstation
so it can authenticate users against a Windows 2000 Domain Controler (using
LDAP and/or Kerberos)?
Thank you,
.savas.
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From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot up problem
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:31:12 GMT
I have the same problem, but that was after a few upgrades. The 'fixed' font
won't let x start, also I can't log in on the terminals (C+A+F1), in single
bootup I went to /etc/X11 and added all the font paths to the XF86CONFIG by
hand. X will start after that and I get the ximian login, but I try to login
and I get kicked out. Seems like login is broke or maybe pam isn't working.
Anyone else have any ideas?
"eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:9e3itd$fqa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> After I typed "reboot -n", I want to login again, but after I type the
user
> name, the server doesn't prompt for password. And when I press
> "Ctrl+Alt+Del", the following message is displayed :
>
> "You don't exist...Go away"
>
> Can anyone help me to solve this problem??
>
>
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:32:50 GMT
not really sure if this is the right place to post this or not, but i
have a problem with installing mdk 7.2.
i'm trying to put it on my laptop which has a problem with the cd-rom.
the cd-rom has a "mind of it's own" (somethings wrong with it where it
will read from it sometimes and other times it won't) but i do have a
reliable usb cd burner.
currently my laptop's hard drive is empty (using a floppy with the
cdrom.img to start installation) i make it to the f1 or enter screen
(first screen) now is there any way from here that i can get the
installation to go continue off the usb cd burner?
i can put windows back on if necessary but i'd like to have it be
mandrake 7.2 only and i'd like the installation to use the usb burner.
any ideas?
sorry if this isn't the right group to post. i wasn't sure where i
should put it.
thanks for any help!
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From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Crashed X server won't start again !
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:34:45 GMT
Ummm, yeah. That's what I get for working last night and not being awake
now. I posted a reply to Bootup problem saying the same thing. I did all the
font paths to /etc/X11/xf86config and it will start X and I do get a gnome
login, but it will not allow me to login. I tried to C+A+F1 and login on the
terminal and it would not let me login, just clears everything out. This
happened after an upgrade of packages from RH itself. ANY IDEAS?
"Bernard DEBREIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi there,
>
> Last time I launched my fvwm2 X Window system - which had been working
> fine for several months - I noticed something bizarre : on a particular
> application, the 'backspace' key had become inoperative. I, then, quit
> X, and tried to start it again : but it wouldn't run anymore :
>
> 'Error loading keymap /var/tmp/server-0.xkm
>
> Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
>
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect : Can't connect, errno=111
>
> Failed to set default font path : 'Unix/:-1'
>
> Fatal Server Error
>
> Could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> I tried to check for the file 'server-0.xkm' in /var/tmp,
> fut that directory appeared to be empty.
>
> My trials to re-install X server using Xconfigurator failed. System
> tells me that X has been successfully installed, but it goes back on the
> console, and any attempt to launch 'startx' leads to the same errors as
> before.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help so that I can restore my X server asap.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: No Web Access for Linuxconf
Date: 23 May 2001 15:42:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 23 May 2001 11:29:04 -0400, Eric J. Klooster allegedly wrote:
> I have recently setup my RH7.0 linux box as a gateway for my home
> network. I would like to store it away and have remote administration
> through linuxconf's Web access option. I have set up my gateway as
> described in the Home-Networking Mini-Howto (IP Chains and Hosts.allow
> and Hosts.deny being possible problems). From my win98 box, I can ping
> both the inside and outside ethernet IPs of the linux box. I can access
> the linux box though telnet, ftp, and the web server. I can browse the
> web just fine. but when I try to go to port 98 of my linux box, nothing
> happens (it just times out). I have enabled web access to linux conf,
> and added the IP of my Win98 box to the linuxconf web access list. I
> even went to the xinetd.d/linuxconf-web script and removed the
> DISABLED=YES line, and reran xinetd. Still nothing. I downloaded and
> installed the latest version of linuxconf (including an install of
> libxml). I imagine it may have something to do with my ipchains setup,
> but I'm not sure. Any ideas?
Are you going to the right portnumber, and are you suing the https://
ssl-link instead of of the unencrypted http:// link?
I think the default is https://www.yourwebserver:10000/
--
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: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partionless installation
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:32:18 -0600
Alberto Fernandes wrote:
> Has anyone got any experience with the Red Hat partitionless
> installation? Is it really slow?
>
> Would it be even under a 933MHz computer (I suppose that if it makes it
> access the drive a lot, the processor speed wouldn't help ...)
>
> thanks a lot
This depends totally on what your needs are and what you intend to do with
the box. There are some general problems with running the os from a win9x
file system. Its slower by up to 25% just because the the way the os has
to handle the file structures. The second is that security on the file
system is weakened. I wouldn't put the system into a live environment
where there was a need for security.
The rest is really the same you boot into the os and the os does the rest
for you.
I would suggest a second drive if you've them money or an old one. Then
you've a better chance of keeping your other configurations pristine. I
suggest using partitioning software like partitions magic to resize the
partition. It relatively inexpensive, and the Linux versions like
Redhat, Suse, and Mandrake usually do a pretty good job of handling your
system install with the partitioning requirements that you described.
That is if you have adjusted that partitions, and you want to leave it
there.
Robert Fleming
Systems Administrator
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS home dir problem
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:35:44 -0600
I need a pointer on an nfs problem. Currently my systems are mounting
the users home directories from my nfs server. When the nfs server is
down they default back to the root on their local machine. I would like
to create a way for them to fail to a directory either on their local
machine or another server. Currently we use NIS for authentication,
I'm not sure if there is a map that would help with this or if there is
something in automount/nfs that would accomplish what I need to do.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Robert.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: switching default desktop environment
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:42:37 -0600
Axel Haenssen wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I installed gnome and kde on one of my machines. during intall i set the
> default desktop environment to gnome. how can i switch that to kde????
> Thanks in advance.
> Axel
> --
> Axel Haenssen
> Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
> Princeton University
> Princeton, NJ 08544-1003
> voice: (609)258-6999
There are a couple things that you can do. In xdm or other login
managers there is a file that is read when you login that sets which
display manager you want. The file is .xsession which is exactly the same
as .xinitrc. You can put in something like "exec <win_manager>" in either
file and it will startup when you login if you specify the default login
option. If you login on a console the .xinitrc is read when you type
startx or xinit at the prompt. If you want to changes the default login in
manager on Redhat its in the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file.
Robert
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID setting
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:50:23 -0600
Steve Houle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a NT & Novell administrator and I'm curretly new with LINUX / UNIX
> system. I get a old SUN sparcstation 10 with a external drive bay. I'm
> able to mount every disk properly but I want to mount the 7 drive as RAID 5
> system. Somebody could help me.
>
> Steve Houle
> PC system administrator ( NT & Novell )
> Cr�dit Agricole Indosuez Cheuvreux
Steve;
Raid is pretty easy to setup under linux if that is what you have on the
sparc, and if it is supported under the os that you have. You would need the
right number of disk partitions of equal size or larger as you would with any
raid. You may want to read up on the setup though at www.linux-howto.com...
The doc is under the howto's and is named software-raid which is pretty basic
and easy for setup instructions. If you already have a hardware raid system
then you need to make sure it shows up under /proc/scsi. Then all you would
have to do os mount the /dev/sdXX drive/partition on a mount point some
where. This would be done with something like "mount -t ext2 -o rw, hard
/dev/sda1 /mnt/raidarray".
Robert
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not enough RAM during RH 7.1 install
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:55:27 -0600
"ne..." wrote:
> On May 6, 2001 at 07:36, Waldermar eloquently wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to set up RedHat 7.1 on a 486x16M machine.
> >Guess what - 7.1 wants more RAM (32???) and fails to install.
> >I know, memory is cheap, etc., but the question is can I make
> >it work with 16? Anyone bypassed it somehow?
> Try a text install.
>
> --
> Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
> Mulder: I don't trust them. I WANT to trust YOU (Scully).
>
> "The X-Files: Ice"
> 9:55am up 7 days, 15:50, 7 users, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01
If your booting from the floppy boot lilo with the linux text option and
you get running. You will be immediately required to turn on a swap
partition when your through partitioning then the install will work
normally. They are getting pretty foul about what their install
requirements are.
Robert
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partitioning question
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:41:09 +0200
Myriam Abramson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can I use fdisk to resize my primary windows partition?
No, unless by resize you mean "remake".
> Could somebody show me a typical fdisk command sequence to partition a
> big disk (11G)?
d
1
d
2
d
3
...
n
4
e
1
10000000
n
l
1
+128M
n
l
...
> Will the 7.1 setup program take care not to reformat my windows
> partition?
If you don't ask it to, which I believe implies "expert mode".
Peter
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Raid 1 (Mirror)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:04:59 -0600
Armando Duarte wrote:
> Hi.
> I have a lx box with redhat 6.2, with one disk. Is there any way to install
> a second disk, impelmenting raid, without reintalling the all system? (with
> NT it is possible...)
> Thank's.
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------
> Armando Duarte
> Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra (http://www.chc.min-saude.pt)
> Departamento de Informa��o para a Gest�o
> Telef. 351 39 800080; 351 39 800192
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The software raid will explain how to setup the /etc/raidtab. Then you
should be able to startup the raid daemon with only the first drive and then
hot add the next drive or partition to the set. You may have to fiddle with
it. You may also not add the second partition, startup the raid daemon, and
then hotadd the drive/partitions if I remember right. The best thing is to
read the doc.
Robert
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