Linux-Misc Digest #726, Volume #27 Fri, 27 Apr 01 07:13:02 EDT
Contents:
what do when all partitions are occupied (Christoph Kukulies)
Re: Kernel Panic (Alexander Martinez)
Re: what do when all partitions are occupied (Drew Roedersheimer)
Re: trashed mbr (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: RH 7.1 or older? (bafi)
Re: what do when all partitions are occupied ("Eric")
Re: trashed mbr ("Eric")
YES! (Was re: And Linux for Playstation 2, Cube, etc?) (William Kendrick)
Re: PS2 linux signature collecting campaign, again. (William Kendrick)
Linux for PlayStation 2 (William Kendrick)
Re: Tired of XEMACS, moving to VIM (those who know me have no need of my name)
cant reset terminal settings ("Glitch")
Re: cant reset terminal settings ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: trashed mbr (Jack Kaufmann)
Re: openGL and Mandrake 8 ("Jonathan Duhs")
Re: RH 7.1 or older? (Michael McConnell)
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: what do when all partitions are occupied
Date: 27 Apr 2001 07:14:46 GMT
On a machine that had Win2K installed I added Linux
but there were not enough partitions free for swap, /boot and
/ (plus a /data which I need now).
This is the PT:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2501 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 65 522081 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 66 1226 9325732+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 1227 1292 530145 82 Linux swap << swap
/dev/hda4 1293 2501 9711292+ 83 Linux << /
/dev/hda5 66 319 2040223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 320 323 32098+ 83 Linux <</boot
/dev/hda7 324 577 2040223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda8 578 1226 5213061 7 HPFS/NTFS
I'd like to have another filesystem in that configuration.
What can I do without harming the existing system.
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda4 9558820 2023972 7049284 22% /
/dev/hda6 31079 7148 22327 24% /boot
I would like to shrink / to, say, 3.2 GB and make the rest another fs.
--
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Alexander Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general,redhat.kernel.general,redhat.servers.general
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:32:39 +0200
Hello,
Have you compiled the SCSI-drivers into the kernel or as modules? In the second
case the kernel is unable to mount root-fs on your SCSI disk.
Greetings
Alex
Justus wrote:
> I recenlty installed RH6.2 on my Gateway NS7000. It is a dual PII 333Mhz,
> SCSI. The install went fine. I then tried to recompile the kernel with 2.4.2
> Everytime I get
> this message after I reboot. "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> 08:05" Which I know is my /dev/sda5. It does say this in my /etc/lilo.conf
> and I know it
> will boot to that with orginal kernel. The redhat site recommmended. "This
> is a common problem and it has only a few causes. First, check the device
> XX:YY against the list of device codes in
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt. If it is incorrect, you probably
> didn't do an rdev -R, or you did it on the wrong image. If the device code
> is correct, then check carefully the device drivers compiled into your
> kernel. Make sure it has floppy disk, ramdisk and ext2 filesystem support
> built-in. " I did confirm all this but still no luck. Is there a way I can
> compare the 2 kernel incase I am missing something when I compile the new
> kernel. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Justus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Subject: Re: what do when all partitions are occupied
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:02:12 GMT
On 27 Apr 2001 07:14:46 GMT, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>On a machine that had Win2K installed I added Linux
>but there were not enough partitions free for swap, /boot and
>/ (plus a /data which I need now).
>This is the PT:
>Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2501 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 65 522081 6 FAT16
>/dev/hda2 66 1226 9325732+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
>/dev/hda3 1227 1292 530145 82 Linux swap << swap
>/dev/hda4 1293 2501 9711292+ 83 Linux << /
>/dev/hda5 66 319 2040223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
>/dev/hda6 320 323 32098+ 83 Linux <</boot
>/dev/hda7 324 577 2040223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
>/dev/hda8 578 1226 5213061 7 HPFS/NTFS
>
>
>I'd like to have another filesystem in that configuration.
>
>What can I do without harming the existing system.
>
>Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
>/dev/hda4 9558820 2023972 7049284 22% /
>/dev/hda6 31079 7148 22327 24% /boot
>
>I would like to shrink / to, say, 3.2 GB and make the rest another fs.
>
>--
>Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Never used it for resizing, but I think GNU parted will work quite well
for this:
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
HTH
-DR
--
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
-- Victor Hugo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: trashed mbr
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:09:34 GMT
"Jack Kaufmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In an earlier thread, I reported on my lilo disappearing from my mbr on C:.
>I got a segment of Seagate's diskwizard, and the letters LI, but nothing
>else. I got into linux (which is on D:) with a boot disk and reinstalled
>lilo, and it reported success, but it didn't change anything. I now think I
>must have a physical problem with the hard drive (although linux can still
>read the C: drive just fine).
>
>Questions: 1. Are there any disk doctor type programs that run in linux
>that could analyze the mbr and possibly repair it?
>2. Is there any way to put lilo on the mbr of D:, then switch drives so
>that D: becomes C:, without reinstalling the various OS's?
If this is still a problem, then you can get Findpart at
http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
do from boot to a DOS floppy with BIOS set to boot floppy first:
findpart all fp1.txt
and
findpart all dm fp2.txt
and mail me the files fp1.txt and fp2.txt.
I then will extract the information needed, and reply here.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: bafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 or older?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:51:12 +0200
I thought that better security is in newer versions and that soon or later
support with patches for RH 6.2 will end.
Rafael
Michael Perry wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:07:00 +0200, Bafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I want to use Red Hat Linux as a Firewall and web server like I was using
>> so far. But So far I had RedHat 6.2.
>> It is 486 machine ( 120 Mhz and 64 RAM). Is it better from the securiy
>> point of view install RedHat 7.1, or just stay with 6.2?
>> Anybody have some suggestion?
>>
>> Rafael
>
> Does redhat 6.2 not work for you? Why upgrade? You can just upgrade the
> security patches for 6.2.
>
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what do when all partitions are occupied
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:58:57 +0200
> On a machine that had Win2K installed I added Linux
> but there were not enough partitions free for swap, /boot and
> / (plus a /data which I need now).
> This is the PT:
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2501 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 65 522081 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda2 66 1226 9325732+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda3 1227 1292 530145 82 Linux swap << swap
> /dev/hda4 1293 2501 9711292+ 83 Linux << /
> /dev/hda5 66 319 2040223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda6 320 323 32098+ 83 Linux <</boot
> /dev/hda7 324 577 2040223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda8 578 1226 5213061 7 HPFS/NTFS
>
>
> I'd like to have another filesystem in that configuration.
>
> What can I do without harming the existing system.
>
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda4 9558820 2023972 7049284 22% /
> /dev/hda6 31079 7148 22327 24% /boot
>
> I would like to shrink / to, say, 3.2 GB and make the rest another fs.
That will not be easy.
You cannot just shrink hda4 and add a new partition, as you already
have the maximum of four primary partitions in use.
So you'll have to shrink hda4 and add the free space to hda2.
You can delete hda3 too, and add that space to hda2 too.
Then recreate whatever extra partitions you need inside hda2.
(Don't forget to update linux' fstab) swap and data will get
inside hda2 (hda9 and hda10.
hda4 will become hda3. beware that hda3 should not be marked
as swap in fstab anymore after this change!
To do this, you'll need a non-destructive repartitioning tool like
GNU's parted, or the commercial PartitionMagic.
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: trashed mbr
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:08:15 +0200
Just a guess:
Change the "linear" in your lilo.conf with "lba32"
And rerun `/sbin/lilo -v -v`
I'd need to see your fdisk listing to be sure it makes
any difference. I suspect this to solve the problem though.
Eric
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From: William Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: YES! (Was re: And Linux for Playstation 2, Cube, etc?)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:19:46 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Hermann Samso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Following the same line...
: what about Linux for the new/upcoming powerful
: game consoles?
:
: Are there any working groups for that?
Actually, yes! Sony!
Sony just announced Linux for the PS2. Currently on the in the Japanese
market (where they have HDDs), but supposedly soon in the US, as well.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/26/1340202&mode=nocomment
-bill!
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From: William Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PS2 linux signature collecting campaign, again.
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:21:27 GMT
Shin MICHIMUKO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi all,
: Thank you to join us. Over 5,800 people of you have already sign up
: on our site:
: http://www.fakeroot.net/ps2linux/ English site.
: http://www.peanuts.gr.jp/pslinux/ Japanese site.
It looks like it has succeeded! :) Congratulations, and thanks to all!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/26/1340202&mode=nocomment
I was very disappointed that Indrema went under a few weeks ago.
I also just the other day finally picked up a PS2 (I actually _saw_ some
at a toy store, so I had to get one!)
So, now I'm not quite as sad about Indrema dying (except the chrome case
would've been awesome :) )
-bill!
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From: William Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux for PlayStation 2
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:34:13 GMT
As seen on Slashdot.org:
"Sony officially announced their port of Linux to the PlayStaion2
game console. In the press release they mention that they were
moved by demand the community petition demonstrated with over 6000 signers.
"The PS2 Linux Kit page is currently only in Japanese and there's not much
info thre yet other than some pictures. But according to it, a Beta version
is going to be sold to 1000 members of the community in June for about $200.
The Kit is going to consist of an external HDD/Ethernet unit connected to
the PCMCIA slot, found on early Japanese PS2 models, a VGA adapter plus
USB Mouse and Keyboard.
"Kits for oversee models are supposedly in planning. The kit will include
a complete Linux/X11 environment with all sources, technical hardware
manuals for the EE, GS and vectorunits plus a low-level API and Mesa
drivers for graphics."
Relevant links:
Slashdot.org, "Linux for the PlayStation2:It's Official"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/26/1340202&mode=nocomment
Sony Press Release
http://www.jp.playstation.com/linux/press.html (Japanese)
Sony Computer Entertainment, "PS2 Linux Kit"
http://www.jp.playstation.com/linux/ (Japanese)
"Petition for the public Release of Linux for the PlayStation2"
http://www.fakeroot.net/ps2linux/ (English)
http://www.peanuts.gr.jp/pslinux/index.html.ja (Japanese)
-bill!
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From: those who know me have no need of my name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
gnu.emacs.help,alt.religions.vim,alt.religion.emacs,fj.editor.vi,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Tired of XEMACS, moving to VIM
Date: 27 Apr 2001 09:07:21 GMT
<9c9g2j$cfh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> divulged:
>: real men use punch cards.
>
>And use a bowie knife to cut the holes; you just have to be careful
>not to cut yourself when you square off the corners.
careful of the chad!
--
okay, have a sig then
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cant reset terminal settings
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 04:55:57 -0400
hello,
Every once in a while my modem stops sending/receiving. I hit disconnect
(I'm using an app called Simpleppp since kppp wouldn't work right) and
the line goes down like it is supposed to.
However, when I try to connect again but the modem doesn't dial out. I check and pppd
is
running which means the modem is locked. So i wait for the modem to be
unlocked. When it is I hit 'connect' again and then in /var/log/messages
I'm told
chat[315]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error
Because of this I can't use the modem to dial out, unles I reboot to
reset the serial port I guess. Now, maybe there is a way to fix it w/o
rebooting but I don't know what it is.
My first question is obviously, is there a way to reset the serial port,
or whatever needs reset, so I don't have to reboot and lose my uptime for
something stupid like this?
The 2nd question is why does Linux let something like this cause a person
to have to reboot their computer (assuming there is no way to fix it w/o
rebooting)? I mean, this is something simple and yet in order for it to
be fixed I have to reboot my whole damn PC in order to use my modem
again.
One last thing, could it be related to how Simpleppp disconnect? I think
it just kills the pppd process and I think its something that my ISP is
doing that is trashing the modem and only a reboot will fix.
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: cant reset terminal settings
Date: 27 Apr 2001 10:46:07 GMT
Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Every once in a while my modem stops sending/receiving. I hit disconnect
> (I'm using an app called Simpleppp since kppp wouldn't work right) and
> the line goes down like it is supposed to.
> However, when I try to connect again but the modem doesn't dial out.
> I check and pppd is running which means the modem is locked. So i
> wait for the modem to be unlocked. When it is I hit 'connect' again
> and then in /var/log/messages I'm told
> chat[315]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error
Well, this looks to me like a bug into that 'Simpleppp' application
(neve heard about it). I would try to use ps -ef to see what
'service' is running, then I'd try to kill the application that
is using the serial port.
Another solution could be try minicom to see if it can reset your
serial port.
Davide
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From: Jack Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: trashed mbr
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:51:55 GMT
Eric wrote:
>
> Just a guess:
>
> Change the "linear" in your lilo.conf with "lba32"
> And rerun `/sbin/lilo -v -v`
>
> I'd need to see your fdisk listing to be sure it makes
> any difference. I suspect this to solve the problem though.
>
> Eric
Nope. No difference -- still the 'LI' and nothing else.
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From: "Jonathan Duhs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: openGL and Mandrake 8
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:12:04 +1000
Try switching back to XFree86 3.6 - at least you might get your system
working. I still haven't managed to get XFree86 4.0.3 to work correctly
with my video card (an old Nvidia TNT card). Perhaps we will need to wait
until Nvidia releases new drivers?
Good luck
Jonathan
"Troy Jesse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:L7LF6.4283$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
>
> I have been trying to install nvidia drivers and openGL in my new install
of
> Mandrake 8. I used X Free 86 4.0.3, which is supposed to support hardware
> acceleration. I try to install the openGL drivers from Nvidia, but it
says
> it needs the Nvidia kernel drivers, so I install those, then install the
> nvidia_glx drivers. I change my xf86config-4 file to have load "glx" in
the
> modules section, but there seems to be no support for openGL.
>
> I have read all over the internet, used directions for redhat 7.1 and
> mandrake 7.2 (these are all I have found), and essentially my X server
just
> crashes, and I have to start from scratch (I am still learning to use vim
> also).
>
> I would really like to use Linux more, and want to learn, so any help is
> very appreciated.
>
> Troy
>
>
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 or older?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:06:14 +0100
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, bafi wrote:
> I thought that better security is in newer versions and that soon or later
> support with patches for RH 6.2 will end.
That may be true eventually. But they're still issuing security updates
for RH5.2.. 6.2 is 3 releases later.
> Rafael
> Michael Perry wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:07:00 +0200, Bafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I want to use Red Hat Linux as a Firewall and web server like I was using
> >> so far. But So far I had RedHat 6.2.
> >> It is 486 machine ( 120 Mhz and 64 RAM). Is it better from the securiy
> >> point of view install RedHat 7.1, or just stay with 6.2?
> >> Anybody have some suggestion?
> >>
> >> Rafael
> >
> > Does redhat 6.2 not work for you? Why upgrade? You can just upgrade the
> > security patches for 6.2.
> >
>
>
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.3 Now!]
Eridani Linux -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat-based Linux CDROMs Available
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