Linux-Setup Digest #66, Volume #19 Mon, 3 Jul 00 21:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Changed from Storm to Mandrake-have some new questions (Dex)
linksys ethernet card trouble ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems with fsck on new disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems with fsck on new disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition ("David ..")
Partitions - Findpart ("Rootz")
Re: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition (Gabor Takacs)
what file contains network ino? (Peter Bismuti)
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From: Dex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changed from Storm to Mandrake-have some new questions
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:25:18 -0400
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Hiya Theo,
<p> First suggestion is to check out <a
href="http://linuxdoc.org">http://linuxdoc.org
and read some howto's</a> .
<br>"Theodore J. Mooney" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> I couldn't get Storm to recognize my
modem on COM2, so I
<br>installed Mandrake 7.0 (I got both CD's with an issue of
<br>Maximum Linux).
<br> I'm glad I switched, as I like Mandrake much better. It
also
<br>recognizes the modem on COM2 so I can connect to the Internet.
<br> But there's just one problem. It will dial out and connect
to my
<br>ISP and I can run Netscape, but I can't go to any web sites. Anything
<br>I type in returns an error saying the site can't be found. None of
the
<br>links in Netscape or the Mandrake web site will work either.
<br> </blockquote>
Check with your ISP and get the address of your name
server (DNS), and then set that up in the networking panel of DrakeConf.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I also have a few other questions (some may be rather
stupid, but
<br>I'm new to Linux).
<br> It installed LILO as the boot manager, but I really hate
that text thing.
<br>I tried to use Partition Magic's BootMagic to replace it, but it won't
<br>recognize the Linux partition. It says it's there but it's an unknown
OS.
<br>I've tried everything I could think of to get it to recognize it, but
it
<br>won't. Is there a better version of LILO I can install, or another
boot
<br>manager entirely?</blockquote>
What's wrong with text, lol. That's why you have a keyboard
B-). There may be, but with Linux you shouldn't need to be rebooting very
often at all.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br> This Mandrake has a tendency to keep turning Num Lock
on and off
<br>when I boot or shut down. I don't want Num Lock turned on. Is there
a
<br>way to disable this?</blockquote>
Yes, you can turn it off in the startup services.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br> I have a PS/2 mouse with a scroll wheel, but the driver
it installed for
<br>the mouse doesn't work with the wheel. Is there a driver I can get
to
<br>replace it so I can use the wheel?</blockquote>
Can't help you with a driver....check at <a
href="http://freshmeat.net">http://freshmeat.net</a>
for starters. There are many other sites for linux drivers and software.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br> When Mandrake was installing, it said it was installing
WINE to use
<br>with Windows programs, but I can't see anything in the programs list
<br>called WINE. Is this a program you have to run, or does it run
<br>automatically if you try to use a Windows program?</blockquote>
You can start wine from an xterm by typing "wine -options
program.name". Do a man wine for more information.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br> And lastly, I'm used to using ACDSee in Windows. There
were a couple
<br>of image viewing programs installed, but they don't seem to be anywhere
<br>near as good as ACDSee for viewing and managing image files. What is
a
<br>good program?
<br> </blockquote>
Can't help you here, don't know what ACDSee is. But,
if your using the Kde desktop, you will see a little book on your toolbar.
Click the book, and you will find answers to most of the questions you
will have for a while. The GNU-info pages are especially useful B-)
<p>Dex
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> Thanks for your help, sorry to have
so many questions.
<p>-
<br>========================================================
<br>The views, opinions, or statements stated above or below
<br>are not necessarily those of the poster. So there! Nyah!
<p>---
<p>A born loser:
<br>Somebody who calls the number that's scrawled in lipstick on the phone
<br>booth wall - and his wife answers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linksys ethernet card trouble
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:19:09 GMT
I have just installed a linsys v2.0 card on a newly installed RH6.1
system. The system has the latest tulip driver (so far as I can tell
looking at their website from another computer). The system also
detects the card (ifconfig -a shows it up and running ), it can ping
itself but it cannot ping any other computers on the LAN. I am using
another computer on the lan to get out to the net right now as I need
that card up for it to access anything.
I have tried setting it directly configured for the internet and also
tried setting it to go through the LAN with the same results. No one
can see it and it can't see out. Ping, traceroute, et al time out
(unless I hit itself).
Any clues? I am rather baffled
-- dan "the unready"
--
"Ancient weapons and hokey religions are no match for a good blaster
at your side kid." - Han Solo
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Problems with fsck on new disk
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:47:26 GMT
I am having problems adding a new harddrive to my system. It was working
fine in Windows. It is a Western Digital Caviar 34000
specs:
7752 Cylinders
16 heads
63 spt
4000.7 megabytes
I tried to fdisk it. It runs fine, but When I ran an fsck it complained
about not being able to find the superblock. I tried iterations of the
superblock backup. No luck. I finally ended up doing a mk2efs /dev/hdb
Now I can run fsck on it. I fdisk deleted all partitions. I then ran
fsck on it. If I run an "fsck -y /dev/hdb" it runs clean.
If I run a "fsck -y -c /dev/hdb" it fails. I get a ton of errors.
Here is what I see (small sample):
[root@sunflower ~]# fsck -c -y /dev/hdb
Parallelizing fsck version 1.17 (26-Oct-1999)
e2fsck 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Duplicate blocks found... invoking duplicate block passes.
Pass 1B: Rescan for duplicate/bad blocks
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #545972770 for
multiply claimed block map
(many of these... and then...)
fsck.ext2: Illegal triply indirect block found while calling
ext2fs_block_iterate in pass1b
fsck.ext2: Ext2 file too big while calling ext2fs_block_iterate in
pass1b
fsck.ext2: Ext2 file too big while calling ext2fs_block_iterate in
pass1b
Duplicate/bad block(s) in inode 29537: 1260
(many of these... and then...)
clone_file: Ext2 directory block not found returned from
clone_file_block
File /lost+found/#29537 (inode #29537, mod time Wed Jun 27 14:58:48
1906)
has 1 duplicate block(s), shared with 1 file(s):
<filesystem metadata>
Duplicated blocks already reassigned or cloned.
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/hdb: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/hdb: 209402/488640 files (0.2% non-contiguous), 18846/976752 blocks
Warning... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/hdb exited with signal 11.
I then end up with a core file in the directory where I ran fsck from. I
run gdb on it and it is from fsck. I have rebooted a couple times
inbetween.
Do I need to worry about this? The regular fsck runs clean, it's just
when I use the -c flag that I get errors, but I would assume I'd want it
to run completely clean, yes?
Please help :)
I dont care about anything on the drive, as far as I am concerned, I
have wiped it out, but obviously not good enough.
Thank you in advance!!!
-Mike-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Problems with fsck on new disk
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:47:50 GMT
I am having problems adding a new harddrive to my system. It was working
fine in Windows. It is a Western Digital Caviar 34000
specs:
7752 Cylinders
16 heads
63 spt
4000.7 megabytes
I tried to fdisk it. It runs fine, but When I ran an fsck it complained
about not being able to find the superblock. I tried iterations of the
superblock backup. No luck. I finally ended up doing a mk2efs /dev/hdb
Now I can run fsck on it. I fdisk deleted all partitions. I then ran
fsck on it. If I run an "fsck -y /dev/hdb" it runs clean.
If I run a "fsck -y -c /dev/hdb" it fails. I get a ton of errors.
Here is what I see (small sample):
[root@sunflower ~]# fsck -c -y /dev/hdb
Parallelizing fsck version 1.17 (26-Oct-1999)
e2fsck 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Duplicate blocks found... invoking duplicate block passes.
Pass 1B: Rescan for duplicate/bad blocks
Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_test_block_bitmap #545972770 for
multiply claimed block map
(many of these... and then...)
fsck.ext2: Illegal triply indirect block found while calling
ext2fs_block_iterate in pass1b
fsck.ext2: Ext2 file too big while calling ext2fs_block_iterate in
pass1b
fsck.ext2: Ext2 file too big while calling ext2fs_block_iterate in
pass1b
Duplicate/bad block(s) in inode 29537: 1260
(many of these... and then...)
clone_file: Ext2 directory block not found returned from
clone_file_block
File /lost+found/#29537 (inode #29537, mod time Wed Jun 27 14:58:48
1906)
has 1 duplicate block(s), shared with 1 file(s):
<filesystem metadata>
Duplicated blocks already reassigned or cloned.
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/hdb: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/hdb: 209402/488640 files (0.2% non-contiguous), 18846/976752 blocks
Warning... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/hdb exited with signal 11.
I then end up with a core file in the directory where I ran fsck from. I
run gdb on it and it is from fsck. I have rebooted a couple times
inbetween.
Do I need to worry about this? The regular fsck runs clean, it's just
when I use the -c flag that I get errors, but I would assume I'd want it
to run completely clean, yes?
Please help :)
I dont care about anything on the drive, as far as I am concerned, I
have wiped it out, but obviously not good enough.
Thank you in advance!!!
-Mike-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:53:07 GMT
I've been running a intel p3 box with windows and mandrake linux 7.0
side by side for a month or two now. It was missing the development
tools so I reinserted the CD and did an upgrade. But when that was done
and the computer rebooted, I couldn't find windows in my LILO boot. So
i went into my lilo.conf file and found out that it wasn't listed there.
So i typed in other = /dev/hda1 and all the other junk that goes along
with it. Saved the buffer. Then I typed in lilo and I got this error:
"first sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature". Then
if I click on my disk 0 icon on my desktop (an alias to the windows
drive) it says: "WARNING - mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/hda1 or too many mounted file systems". I did an
fdisk and the partution shows up under /dev/hda1. Now, when I do fdisk
is: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3328. There is
nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in
certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Next, I tried using my windows 98 boot disk and when I went into C:> and
did a "dir" it said couldn't read media type on drive c (or something
very similar to that). Did a fdisk /MBR, and restarted and now said
"Missing Operating System." So I rebuilt the linux master boot record
and I was at least able to once again go into linux which is what I am
using now. I'm not trying to bombard you with all my problems, but
hopefully the more info I give the easier it will be for someone to help
me with this problem. I really need access to my windows partition, and
if anyone can help me once again see my windows files....if even just to
be able to back them up on CD's or Jazz disks or whatever, please please
please lend a helping hand. I apprecaite your time with this lengthy
letter and can't wait to hear from someone;)
Thanks again!
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:53:55 GMT
I've been running a intel p3 box with windows and mandrake linux 7.0
side by side for a month or two now. It was missing the development
tools so I reinserted the CD and did an upgrade. But when that was done
and the computer rebooted, I couldn't find windows in my LILO boot. So
i went into my lilo.conf file and found out that it wasn't listed there.
So i typed in other = /dev/hda1 and all the other junk that goes along
with it. Saved the buffer. Then I typed in lilo and I got this error:
"first sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature". Then
if I click on my disk 0 icon on my desktop (an alias to the windows
drive) it says: "WARNING - mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/hda1 or too many mounted file systems". I did an
fdisk and the partution shows up under /dev/hda1. Now, when I do fdisk
is: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3328. There is
nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in
certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Next, I tried using my windows 98 boot disk and when I went into C:> and
did a "dir" it said couldn't read media type on drive c (or something
very similar to that). Did a fdisk /MBR, and restarted and now said
"Missing Operating System." So I rebuilt the linux master boot record
and I was at least able to once again go into linux which is what I am
using now. I'm not trying to bombard you with all my problems, but
hopefully the more info I give the easier it will be for someone to help
me with this problem. I really need access to my windows partition, and
if anyone can help me once again see my windows files....if even just to
be able to back them up on CD's or Jazz disks or whatever, please please
please lend a helping hand. I apprecaite your time with this lengthy
letter and can't wait to hear from someone;)
Thanks again!
Stu
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:21:50 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've been running a intel p3 box with windows and mandrake linux 7.0
> side by side for a month or two now. It was missing the development
> tools so I reinserted the CD and did an upgrade. But when that was done
> and the computer rebooted, I couldn't find windows in my LILO boot. So
> i went into my lilo.conf file and found out that it wasn't listed there.
> So i typed in other = /dev/hda1 and all the other junk that goes along
> with it. Saved the buffer. Then I typed in lilo and I got this error:
> "first sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature". Then
> if I click on my disk 0 icon on my desktop (an alias to the windows
> drive) it says: "WARNING - mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
> superblock on /dev/hda1 or too many mounted file systems". I did an
> fdisk and the partution shows up under /dev/hda1. Now, when I do fdisk
> is: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3328. There is
> nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in
> certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Next, I tried using my windows 98 boot disk and when I went into C:> and
> did a "dir" it said couldn't read media type on drive c (or something
> very similar to that). Did a fdisk /MBR, and restarted and now said
> "Missing Operating System." So I rebuilt the linux master boot record
> and I was at least able to once again go into linux which is what I am
> using now. I'm not trying to bombard you with all my problems, but
> hopefully the more info I give the easier it will be for someone to help
> me with this problem. I really need access to my windows partition, and
> if anyone can help me once again see my windows files....if even just to
> be able to back them up on CD's or Jazz disks or whatever, please please
> please lend a helping hand. I apprecaite your time with this lengthy
> letter and can't wait to hear from someone;)
If you have a linux & windoz bootdisk you can use the windoz bootdisk
and do a fdisk /MBR that will repair the MBR. Then after you get it to
boot windoz again you can use the linux boot disk to boot linux and then
run lilo again. That should fix it unless you wiped out windoz.
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Rootz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partitions - Findpart
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 01:27:20 +0100
As is (apparently) common, I've managed to remove my windows D: drive while
installing Linux (COL e2.4). Trawling through deja, I found a thread with
similar problem, with a response with from Svend Olaf Mikkelsen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. I downloaded and ran the referenced executable, and
the output of findpart is here:
Findpart, version 3.7.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2000.
Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 83,
logical partitions type 82, plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors.
Information based on bootsectors is marked B (ID guessed).
If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the supported
part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1.
OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10
Disk: 1 Cylinders: 1246 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 9774
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 06 63 4192902 2047 0 1 1 260 254 63 B OK
Fdisk F6 sector 261 0 1
Fdisk F6 sector 261 1 1
Fdisk F6 sector 262 0 1
Fdisk F6 sector 262 1 1
Fdisk F6 sector 263 0 1
Fdisk F6 sector 263 1 1
Fdisk F6 sector 264 0 1
Fdisk F6 sector 264 1 1
783 1 83 63 32067 15 783 1 1 784 254 63 OK OK
783 2 05 8418060 2104515 1027 785 0 1 915 254 63 261 OK
785 1 83 63 2104452 1027 785 1 1 915 254 63 OK OK
785 2 05 14715540 5301450 2588 1940 0 1 2269*254 63 1024 OK
916 1 82 63 1060227 517 916 1 1 981 254 63 OK
916 2 05 15775830 4241160 2070 2006 0 1 2269*254 63 1024 OK
982 1 83 63 4241097 2070 982 1 1 1245*254 63 NB OK
=====FAT CHS =Size Cl ==Root =Good =Rep. Maybe ==Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 2 256 32 512 256 0 0 0 991126 1360
261 1 2 256 512? 239 17 0 0 991126
Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1*06 63 4192902 2047 0 1 1 260 254 63 OK OK
If the author of the program could assist me in recovering my D: drive I
would be most grateful.
Thanks
--
Rutendo
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From: Gabor Takacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 00:52:01 GMT
Just a thought: When you did the upgrade, what kind of install did you
choose? (Custom?)
Why not boot up on the Windows boot disk and run fdisk from there. Your
Windows partition should still show up "active" at boot time. If not from
the fdisk menu choose the option to make the partition active. Then reboot
on the boot disk and try 'sys c:' This should restore the Windows boot
files and point the MBR to it.
Gabor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been running a intel p3 box with windows and mandrake linux 7.0
> side by side for a month or two now. It was missing the development
> tools so I reinserted the CD and did an upgrade. But when that was done
> and the computer rebooted, I couldn't find windows in my LILO boot. So
> i went into my lilo.conf file and found out that it wasn't listed there.
> So i typed in other = /dev/hda1 and all the other junk that goes along
> with it. Saved the buffer. Then I typed in lilo and I got this error:
> "first sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature". Then
> if I click on my disk 0 icon on my desktop (an alias to the windows
> drive) it says: "WARNING - mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
> superblock on /dev/hda1 or too many mounted file systems". I did an
> fdisk and the partution shows up under /dev/hda1. Now, when I do fdisk
> is: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3328. There is
> nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in
> certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Next, I tried using my windows 98 boot disk and when I went into C:> and
> did a "dir" it said couldn't read media type on drive c (or something
> very similar to that). Did a fdisk /MBR, and restarted and now said
> "Missing Operating System." So I rebuilt the linux master boot record
> and I was at least able to once again go into linux which is what I am
> using now. I'm not trying to bombard you with all my problems, but
> hopefully the more info I give the easier it will be for someone to help
> me with this problem. I really need access to my windows partition, and
> if anyone can help me once again see my windows files....if even just to
> be able to back them up on CD's or Jazz disks or whatever, please please
> please lend a helping hand. I apprecaite your time with this lengthy
> letter and can't wait to hear from someone;)
>
> Thanks again!
> Stu
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: what file contains network ino?
Date: 4 Jul 2000 00:55:06 GMT
Hi, what file contains the network configuration? meaning, when you
execute netconf or netconfig, where is this information dumped?
I'm hoping that is dumped to only one file so I can write a script
that swaps them out.
Thanks
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