Linux-Misc Digest #412, Volume #26 Tue, 28 Nov 00 04:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: shutdown vs halt (Christopher Booth)
Good Linux distro for older Pentium box, your take? ("//.././")
RedHat and ld.so (Neil Zanella)
End Task Command (Dan)
Re: starting ssh-agent as parent of X session for SSH (Bernd Eckenfels)
Re: D-Link Networkcard DEF 530TX (Noname)
Re: RH6.2 and Athlon, Asus A7V ("Mark Jensen")
IP Masquerading (I need help! please!) (Kevin)
Re: Good Linux distro for older Pentium box, your take? (Robert Heller)
Re: ipchains vs. iptables for firewalls?? (Patrick Schaaf)
Newbie: difference between... (Reiner Griess)
Re: Partitioning questions ("Min Kuan")
Re: End Task Command (mpulliam)
Ok, putting money where my mouth is... ("the_blur")
Re: Cross Plstform File Sharing (Lew Pitcher)
Re: End Task Command (Joseph Holland King)
Re: Xircom RealPort CardBus RBEM56G ??? ("cyn")
disable right mouse button in X ? (Joerg Sprankel)
Re: dd over ethernet (Joerg Sprankel)
Re: End Task Command (Johan De Wit)
mouseconfig (Sepith)
Re: IP Masquerading (I need help! please!) (DualIP)
Re: Cdrecord. (Kenneth Rørvik)
Win98 and Linux2.0.36 (Tilo Wuensche)
Re: dual boot system boots neither -- partition table corrupt? (long) ("grep")
Re: Where can I get a pre-built POSE for Linux ? (Stuart Bell)
Re: RedHat and ld.so (Villy Kruse)
Re: sendmail logging (Villy Kruse)
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From: Christopher Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: shutdown vs halt
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:25:28 +1100
I thought that the -r was for reboot
shutdown -h now will shutdown and halt the computer now ie 0 seconds
shutdown -r now will shutdown and restart the computer now
reboot is an alias for it on my Mandrake 7.2
Chris
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From: "//.././" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Good Linux distro for older Pentium box, your take?
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:12:55 -0500
Hi,
I have a Pentium 166 with 64 meg of RAM and a separate 6 gig harddisk
for linux. I used to run Red Hat 6.0; the performance was good, although
it pages quite a bit when GIMP and Netscape are used (especially at the
same time). Recently I upgraded to Linux-Mandrake 7.2 and I noticed a
performance hit, to the point of being annoying. (I also have a problem
with no sound, but that's another issue).
I'm thinking of switching to some (possibly older) distribution. I have
couple choices: RedHat 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, or Corel Linux 2nd ed. (I don't
have the RH6.0 disks anymore).
What would you recommend? My priorities are: stability, performance
(with stability being slightly more important).
TIA
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat and ld.so
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:52:59 -0330
Hello,
I have been trying to install MATLAB 5.3 on Red Hat Linux
6.2. Unfortunately MATLAB prompts me with a message that
I need an ld.so at least as recent as 1.9.7. The ld.so
package that ships with Red Hat 6.2 is ld.so 1.9.5. I
went and looked at the RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.0 and
was surprised to find that the ld.so RPM has been taken
out of the distribution. Why did they take it out?
Also, where can I get an updated ld.so and should I go
ahead and do the upgrade myself?
Thanks,
Neil
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From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: End Task Command
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 04:30:18 -0000
Does Linux have an equivalent to MS Windows '98 command Ctrl-Alt-Delete and
then End Task so that you can reset the computer if it is stalled or
"frozen" without completely rebooting the computer?
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From: Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: osu.sys.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: starting ssh-agent as parent of X session for SSH
Date: 28 Nov 2000 04:53:49 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking doug reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have SSH up and running on some systems, but I would like to
> have ssh-agent run as the parent of X, so that ssh-agent can
> handle the user's keys.
With the current ssh-agent you only need to run it as a sister of the
session. (and get the envirenment variables set).
> $ ssh-agent startx
You should better set the exec ssh-agent <your window manager> in .xsession
since the ssh agent needs to be directly connected by sockets and
environment, both wont work with x servers in between.
Greetings
Bernd
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From: Noname <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: D-Link Networkcard DEF 530TX
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 04:46:11 GMT
I use Slackware 7 too. Can you give me more details on how to configure
the card?
In article <8vv89j$s9d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> no I actually have that card right now. I run Slackware tho, and it
auto
> configures my network and detects my card. However, I do know that
that
> D-link card uses the via-rhine driver. I'm POSITIVE of that. Chris
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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Before you buy.
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From: "Mark Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH6.2 and Athlon, Asus A7V
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 22:20:55 -0700
Had similar experience. Kernal needs to be booted to disable the serial
number check (or was this serial id?).
>From lilo add parameter "x86_serial_nr=1"
example:
LILO: linux x86_serial_nr=1
I had been told to rebuild the kernal disabling the check, but instead I
have LILO supply the parameter each time.
Did this by editing the lilo configuration file.
Don't know much more than this, but it worked for me!
Good Luck,
Mark
"Stu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have recently upgraded my computer to:
>
> Athlon 850 Socket A
> Asus A7V Motherboard
> 256Mb
>
> I have reinstalled RedHat 6.2 but when I boot the new installation I get a
> general protection fault whilst it is trying to 'disable CPUID serial
> number'. The redhat rescue disk, and installation disk, boot fine so I
guess
> it is a problem with the configuration of the kernel that RedHat has
> installed.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how I can get my kernel to load successfully ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP Masquerading (I need help! please!)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 05:30:13 -0000
Hello
hope someone out there can help!
I am trying to set up IP Masquerading to share my internet connection!
My Linux Box as gateway for one window NT machine.
My problem is that I can ping both machine and can ping the internet with
my Linux Box! But I can`t ping the internet with my window machine!
I wonder if anyone have the same problem!
i try /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
but it return saying that
/sbin/ipchains:No such file or directory
but i have made this file?
why? why?
Hope to hear for you soon!
Need help!
Kevin
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good Linux distro for older Pentium box, your take?
Date: 27 Nov 2000 23:41:51 true
"//.././" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:12:55 -0500, wrote :
"> Hi,
">
"> I have a Pentium 166 with 64 meg of RAM and a separate 6 gig harddisk
"> for linux. I used to run Red Hat 6.0; the performance was good, although
"> it pages quite a bit when GIMP and Netscape are used (especially at the
"> same time). Recently I upgraded to Linux-Mandrake 7.2 and I noticed a
"> performance hit, to the point of being annoying. (I also have a problem
"> with no sound, but that's another issue).
">
"> I'm thinking of switching to some (possibly older) distribution. I have
"> couple choices: RedHat 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, or Corel Linux 2nd ed. (I don't
"> have the RH6.0 disks anymore).
Install RH 6.2.
What are you using for a 'desktop'? Gnome? Gnome is a resource hog.
With a P166 w/ 64meg, you would be better off with a *simple* fvwm2
based desktop. Yes, you lose all of the eye-candy and whatnot, but your
machine will thank you. I run RH 5.2 on a Cyrix P166+ w/64Meg. No
problems running GIMP & Netscape *at the same time*. GIMP grinds when I
haul in a *big* image, but is otherwise quite usable. I often have
*several* Netscape windows open at the same time. Yes, it will page if
I get lots of stuff all at once.
">
"> What would you recommend? My priorities are: stability, performance
"> (with stability being slightly more important).
">
"> TIA
">
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: ipchains vs. iptables for firewalls??
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Schaaf)
Date: 28 Nov 2000 05:57:56 GMT
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>it might be a 4-way smp deadlock issue. i recall old 2.0.x with
>x < 34 (or so) wouldn't do more than 2-way smp. it did squawk about
>deadlocks back then.
I recall reading about exactly such a 4-way deadlock thing in test10,
reported on linux-kernel last week. Maybe that's related. Good luck.
regards
Patrick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Reiner Griess)
Subject: Newbie: difference between...
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:14:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi!
can anybody eplain, what's the differenc between /usr/sbin and
/usr/local/sbin. OK, I see there is a difference, but what should I put into
/usr/local...? /sbin has an historically background, I know. But
/usr/local/sbin?
thanks
reiner
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From: "Min Kuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning questions
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:56:48 -0800
Hi, Matt:
I've a partition problem too, but I tried reading the How-To, but still
can't find the answer.
Anyway, I've a 30G hard drive, and 6G hard drive. The 30G is currently
partitioned into 10G, 9G, ~4.5G, ~4.5G. The 6G hd is partitioned into 3 x
2G.
I've Windows2000 installed in the 10G partition of the 30G hd.
You mentioned that one should make a small partition (<8G). I would assume
the partition should be in my 30G hd. My problem is that I already have
Win2000 install in the 10G partition, and how would I be able to partition
that partition and not trashing Win2000?
TIA
Min
"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 10:18:16 -0600, Alex Stoll wrote:
> >I bought a new 40 GB hard drive, and I'd like to partition it so I can
have
> >Linux and Windows partitions. I already have a 8.4GB drive as my master:
the
> >40GB will be the slave. My master is partitioned into four different
drives
> >(I installed it when I had Windows 95 [and FAT16] - now I have 98 2nd
Ed).
> >How would I do this? How big do I need to make the Linux partition? Will
I
> >be able to access files from my Windows partition from Linux, and vice
> >versa? I've never used Linux before, but I'd like to. Thanks in advance,
>
> All distros that come with a paper manual should include a chapter on
> partitioning the hard drive, your options in doing so, and advice on the
> best way to do it. Generally, you make a small partition on the first
> drive that's within the 1024-cylinder (8G) limit and call that /boot .
> If you're not using the last partition on your old 8G drive for much
> atm, put all of its stuff elsewhere, delete that last partition, and
> make a 20M Linux partition + a 1.9G FAT partition in the space that 2G
> partition used to occupy.
>
> People have had massive discussions on how large the Linux partitions
> need to be. Basically, you want one swap partition of about 128M.
> Everything else is up in the air and will depend on what you want to do
> with your machine. Often, people will create one big / partition to
> hold everything, but there are some good reasons for separating this big
> partition into / , /var, /home, /usr, and /usr/local/ . / should be as
> small as you can make it, /var should be a couple hundred M, /usr should
> take up a lot of space, and /home should too.
>
> You can fit a lot of stuff into 2G of space, but if you want to store a
> lot of data and/or have a lot of Linux programs hanging around, you'll
> want at least 4G. Linux can read and write to FAT16 and FAT32
> partitions without problems, but Windoze can't read ext2 filesystems at
> all. There's a program called "explore2fs" which lets you read and
> write ext2 partitions from 9x/NT, but 'Doze programs can't work
> with files on ext2--you must use explore2fs to copy things over to a FAT
> partition.
>
> See http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ for the Partitioning HOWTO, and check
> http://linuxnewbie.org/ for possible answers to your questions. HTH,
> good luck and enjoy the penguin....
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to
see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
> http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
> -----------------------------/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: mpulliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: End Task Command
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:21:26 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan wrote:
> Does Linux have an equivalent to MS Windows '98 command
> Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then End Task so that you can reset the computer
> if it is stalled or
> "frozen" without completely rebooting the computer?
if you go to a terminal (xterm, say) and enter the command
killall program-that-is-stuck
it'll usually kill that program and not touch anything else.
Sometimes you have to go kill -9 program-that-is-stuck
if killall doesn't work, but that's fairly rare and may cause
you to lose some data.
For instance, I am reading my news on knode right now,
and it did just what you described -froze up. I changed to
a different window and in an xterm issued killall knode. It
shut knode right down; I then restarted it and here I am again
reading my news without having lost anything.
the one little problem with this is when you don't know what
Linux calls the program you want to kill. I just tried killall
knode as a guess; fortunately it worked. I would have tried
KNode next, if the first guess failed. Sometimes it isn't so
obvious.
Linux is superior to Windows 98 in that you can kill and
restart errant programs one by one and it won't crash the
rest of your system or force you to restart the whole thing.
HTH
MP
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From: "the_blur" <the_blur_oc@*removespamguard*hotmail.com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Ok, putting money where my mouth is...
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 02:17:12 -0500
Ok guys, I'm trying to come up with a non-goofy pinguino (readers of my "Is
design really that overrated?" article will know what this means), I know
it's possible, because they are graceful and pretty when they swim.
Anyway (as a pet project), I'm coming up with an umbrella pinguino logo
(maybe to stamp on boxes of approved / compliant hardware)
After I finish this, I'm tackling that water buffalo-looking thing the free
software foundation uses.
Here is the early "alpha source" =)
http://pages.infinit.net/outcasts/pinguinos.html
If anyone wants to lend me a hand, drop me a line.
NOTE: The usage of the spanish word pinguino is deliberate, to give that
latin charm to what otherwise would be a little, fat, clumsy, shuffling
creature of the antarctic climates. And don't try to tell me there are
pinguinos in the Galapagos! The prettiest are Rockhoppers and Emperors!
which sort attacked Linus BTW? Anyone know?=)
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cross Plstform File Sharing
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:21:59 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is there a way to have Windows 95/98/NT machines log into and use Linux as
> an email, File server, and Firewall Serers??
Yes, there is.
On the Linux machine, install...
1) pop3d, imapd, sendmail, and procmail for email support
2) Samba and/or Mars-NWE and/or nfsd for file server support, and
3) ipchains for firewall support
> If there is please let me know I am most interested in how to do this.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Daniel
>
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Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Joseph Holland King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: End Task Command
Date: 28 Nov 2000 07:40:43 GMT
mpulliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Dan wrote:
: the one little problem with this is when you don't know what
: Linux calls the program you want to kill. I just tried killall
: knode as a guess; fortunately it worked. I would have tried
: KNode next, if the first guess failed. Sometimes it isn't so
: obvious.
in this case all you have to do is
ps auwx
find the name of the process and then you can use the name or the pid (which killall
also accepts).
--
Joseph Holland King | "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our
| conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His
| megaphone to rouse a deaf world." C. S. Lewis
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From: "cyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Xircom RealPort CardBus RBEM56G ???
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:56:49 +1100
i have the cardbus ethernet part going under redhat 7.0 . It was a matter of
changing the IRQs that the kernel pcmcia services use (i think they're in
/etc/pcmcia/pcmcia.options).
good luck,
cyn
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From: Joerg Sprankel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: disable right mouse button in X ?
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:01:22 +0100
Hi there,
I have the Task to make "bulletproof" Linux Boxes for public use with
only one Application. The users should have no rights to modify any
Settings or execute any other Commands than the allowed one App.
I use Redhat 7.0 with Gnome. To make it more secure, i want the users
only to be able to use the left mouse button. Does anybody have a hint
how to deactivate the right mouse button in X ? (Except physically
disconnect the switch in the mouse itself...)
Regards, Joerg
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From: Joerg Sprankel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux
Subject: Re: dd over ethernet
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:55:43 +0100
Mandrake 7 User wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me how to backup a complete hard disk with dd?
>
Yup. There are many ways to do that. My preferred Version of dumping
whole Partitions is described in the following:
1. Configure a box as nfs Server
2. Boot the box you want to backup with tomsrtbt (get it at
www.toms.net). You have to make sure that your NIC is supported by
the kernel.
3. nfs-mount a directory on your nfs Server (has to have room for the
whole Image of your Partition).
4. dump the partition with (for Example)
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/imagedir/image bs=1024
5. After a while (approx. 2 hours for 400 MB Partition) your image
will be built. Restore is much faster ! (approx. 20 min. for 400 MB)
6. Done.
Regards, Joerg
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From: Johan De Wit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: End Task Command
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:05:43 GMT
Hi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 11/28/00, 6:21:26 AM, mpulliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding =
Re:=20
End Task Command:
Use the ps command to see what's running on your box.
(man ps for more info)
> the one little problem with this is when you don't know what
> Linux calls the program you want to kill. I just tried killall
> knode as a guess; fortunately it worked. I would have tried
> KNode next, if the first guess failed. Sometimes it isn't so
> obvious.
Jo
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From: Sepith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mouseconfig
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:30:03 -0000
does anyone know i could find out my mouse information,[i.e.if its
ps/2,pnp what port it runs on] in windows98 so i can config it for gnome
thanx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DualIP)
Subject: Re: IP Masquerading (I need help! please!)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:30:48 GMT
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 05:30:13 -0000, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello
> hope someone out there can help!
>I am trying to set up IP Masquerading to share my internet connection!
>My Linux Box as gateway for one window NT machine.
>My problem is that I can ping both machine and can ping the internet with
>my Linux Box! But I can`t ping the internet with my window machine!
>I wonder if anyone have the same problem!
>
>i try /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
>but it return saying that
>/sbin/ipchains:No such file or directory
>
>but i have made this file?
>why? why?
>
It can't find the ipchains program in the /sbin/ directory.
It is either not installed , or installed to some other dir....
DualIP
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.periph.cdrom
Subject: Re: Cdrecord.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Rørvik)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:38:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Federico Baraldi) wrote in
<8vu4sg$7un$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi all, I've a Mandrake 7.2 and a problem using my ATAPI cd-recorder.
>
>Here what's happening ....
>Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 480s
>cdrecord: Errore di input/output. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable
>error
>status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
>CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
>Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00
>Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
>Sense Code: 0x26 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in parameter list) Fru 0x0
>Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s
>
>Any help/hint would be appreciated !!
I had the same error messages, only after write, while trying to fixate.
Turned out to be a defective CDRW unit.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tilo Wuensche)
Subject: Win98 and Linux2.0.36
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:42:45 GMT
Hi, I got a new computer with a bigger harddisk. For some reason I need my old
Linux System (modified RedHat5.2) with kernel 2.0.36. Now for an other reason
I need Windows or one big program for Windows respectively.
I configured my harddisk in normal. i.e. CHS, mode and copied my Linux to the
harddisk. Because of very small h-value my bootable section (1024 cylinders)
is to small to fit all the Win98 stuff at it. So I need a logical partition to
install the Win98 program. The system fits into the boot partition. I screwed
up. Win98 tells me for some reason it wants to have LBA accessing. I managed
to configure the Win98 partitions in Linux (I shouldn't do). I fooled windows
a bit and installed the logical device as Win95 >32 (LBA). If I use any other
mode windows tells me something gone wrong at boot and tries scandisk with
smashing the hole disk. With LBA mode partitions I need to reformat the
partition after each reboot of Win98, quiet a big problem since my program or
windows respectively needs to reboot after installing.
Has somebody any suggestions to me?
Tanks in advance
Tilo
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email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Reply-To: "grep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "grep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: dual boot system boots neither -- partition table corrupt? (long)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:53:41 GMT
win95 won't boot even after runing fdisk /mbr
well two possibilities exist
1. the partition table has been damaged
yes it can be manually repaired but requires considerable effort and
skill. The information needed to manually repair the partition table is in
the lilo source file read me. The skill is not in the readme. Good luck
2. the boot sector of windows9x is damaged
I don't know how to fix this short of a full reinstall.
"Mandrake 7 User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8vv9up$tkb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> My laptop came with Windows 95 (which worked fine) and I wanted to
> make it dual-boot with Linux-Mandrake. It does not boot any more.
> Here's the story:
>
> I used fips to shrink the Win partition and then fdisk (or cfdisk,
> I'm not sure; that was months ago now) to create Linux and swap
> partition.
>
> The first problem appeared right away: Win95 would not boot any
> more. It never has since then. I can't reinstall it since the
> laptop has no CD drive.
>
> So I went ahead with installing Linux in the empty partitions.
> After weeks of aggravation (caused by the need for a network
> install, since there's no CD drive) that finally worked. Linux was
> finally installed, configured and personalized.
>
> Finally, after setting up booting with LILO (in the MBR) and
> including an entry for Windows I wanted to see if Win95 would work
> again. It did not, of course. LILO would try to load it, and no
> part of Win95 would ever load. So I thought I'd try a DOS
> bootsector in the MBR. After all, I can always boot Linux from
> floppy, and then rerun lilo. Or so I thought. After "FDISK /MBR"
> from a DOS floppy, Win would still not boot. I thought, "OK,
> forget Windows for a few months and put LILO back in."
>
> And then the trouble began. Linux would not boot any more either.
> I used the bootdisk made with mkbootdisk. It offers to boot from
> /dev/hda6 (rather odd, since there are only 3 partitions), then
> loads linux from floppy anyway. Then after some activity without
> access to floppy or HD, it detects the HD, sees the correct number
> of partitions thereon (3), and hangs about 1 second later.
>
> The last messages on the screen are:
>
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 03:06: rw=0, want=2, limit=0
> dev 03:06 blksize=1024 blocknr=1 sector=2 size=1024 count=1
> EXT-fs: unable to read superblock
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 03:06: rw=0, want=33, limit=0
> dev 03:06 b
>
>
> /dev/hda6
>
>
> VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev 03:03.
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
>
>
> Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/root 3019 2264 602 79% /
> /dev/hda1 253920 -42328 296248 -16% /x
>
>
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 525 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 1 127 256000+ 6 DOS 16-bit
> >=32M
> /dev/hda2 262 262 524 758016 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda3 733 733 148 42336 82 Linux swap
>
>
>
> Any help is greatly welcome!
> Thanks!
>
>
> (Sorry if you see this post twice; My news service was down and tells me
> to repost.)
>
> --
> Interested in Linux-Mandrake on laptops? Mail me!
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Bell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Where can I get a pre-built POSE for Linux ?
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:58:20 +0000
Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given the way you mob have responded,
>From the posts I've seen - 2 in this sub-thread - that makes me half a
mob. Peter, it was the original miscreant who wrote:
"You're immature and lack developement. If posting childish babble is
the highlight of your day, you need guidance and direction."
And that because I complained about his 3000+ line posting without the
use of invective or profanity. What's _your_ problem with TWO people
complaining about such a post?
--
Macaddict at Tesco dot net:
Looking for a slot-load iMac service manual!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: RedHat and ld.so
Date: 28 Nov 2000 09:03:50 GMT
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:52:59 -0330, Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I have been trying to install MATLAB 5.3 on Red Hat Linux
>6.2. Unfortunately MATLAB prompts me with a message that
>I need an ld.so at least as recent as 1.9.7. The ld.so
>package that ships with Red Hat 6.2 is ld.so 1.9.5. I
>went and looked at the RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.0 and
>was surprised to find that the ld.so RPM has been taken
>out of the distribution. Why did they take it out?
>Also, where can I get an updated ld.so and should I go
>ahead and do the upgrade myself?
>
They appearently beleive that nobody is still using programs
compiled for libc5. They are wrong, so for that reason I
think the 6.2 version is the final release. We also depend
on iBCS for some old package compiled for SCO unix.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: sendmail logging
Date: 28 Nov 2000 09:06:38 GMT
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:48:31 -0500,
Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Sounds like logrotate is not working correctly. See if there is an
>update for logrotate for your distribution. This would imply the same
>problem for other files up there in /var/log such as messages... .
The logrotate is sending SIGHUP to the syslogd process, but it appears
if there are too many files to be rotated and logrotate sends too many
SUGHUP signals in a very short time, then syslogd occasionaly misses
the last one.
Doing killall -HUP syslogd, will fix this for now, until next time.
Villy
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