Linux-Setup Digest #44, Volume #21 Sat, 14 Apr 01 07:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Puzzling atd/xfs problems with backup/restored system (was puzzling Lilo problem
. . .) (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
SCSI Adapter not recognized (spike)
Re: eth0, reentering interrupt handler? (David Hinds)
Re: Newbie Replacing a HDD (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Re: netscape (Riyaz Mansoor)
Re: netscape (Riyaz Mansoor)
howto burn an ISO with WinOnCd (Redhat 7.0) ("linxbe")
Help please - XF86 4.0.3 font problem after XF86 font deuglification ("Brian
Morrison")
Re: Redhat 7.0 install problem, unable to initialize eth0 ("Brian Morrison")
Re: Linux and Windows 2000 ("JediK9")
Dual Boot Linux RH7.0 & M$ System ("JediK9")
I mistakenly uninstalled the rpm package..(how to install it back) ("v.nagasrinivas")
Re: Dual Boot Linux RH7.0 & M$ System (Andy Collinson)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Subject: Re: Puzzling atd/xfs problems with backup/restored system (was puzzling Lilo
problem . . .)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 06:21:39 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>[I wrote again:]
>>> Anyway, Lilo now works without further problems, but I found a
>>>couple of other annoying problems on my restored installations: xfs (X font
>>>server) and atd (at daemon) both fail to start on boot, and atd also fails
>
>You probably forgot to put "p" among the tar options, both on making
>the tar and on unpacking it. So /tmp probably has wrong perms.
Yet another Homer Simpson salute: D'OH!
I found this today and got it to function properly. (I suspected it
yesterday but didn't have time at work to test my suspicion.)
I can now back up and restore properly. Thanks to all who responded.
--
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From: spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Adapter not recognized
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 06:43:29 GMT
I hope someone can help me.
I am running Slackware 7.1 with kernel 2.2.16
I installed an Adaptec 2902E SCSI card that came with my
scanner, but Linux does not seem to pick up the card. I
have SCSI support compiled into the kernel and also selected
the low-level driver for AIC7xxx cards.
Does anyone know if this card works with Linux? If so, what do
I need to do to get it working?
Thanks,
Spike
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From: David Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eth0, reentering interrupt handler?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 06:56:39 GMT
In comp.os.linux.portable Matt Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just installed redhat7.0 on my laptop. I have a pcmcia ethernet card, and
> installed redhat using their pcmcia boot image. Within linux I get the
> message "eth0: Reentering the interrupt handler! isr=0x0 imr=0x0" over and
> over again.
Your network card is not supported; it is based on the Asix AX88190
chipset and does not work with the standard PCMCIA drivers. See the
discussion in the BUGS file for the PCMCIA package.
-- Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Subject: Re: Newbie Replacing a HDD
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 07:01:07 GMT
I can't exactly call myself an expert yet, but I have been doing this kind
of thing a few times, and finally found out how to do it right (thanks to
all those who helped in the other threads I started about doing backup and
restore via a tarball on intermediate media):
"DJM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My setup:
> hda0 - /boot
> hda1 - swap
> hda2 - /var
> hdb0 - /
>
>I want to replace my second hard drive, hdb, from a 20GB to a 40GB. Is
>there a painless way to do this?
Well, it shouldn't hurt too much more than getting a shot at the
doctor's office . . . :-)
First, read the hard disk upgrade instructions at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html
However, don't start quite yet. You have a few things to keep in mind:
1. That document recommends using "cp -x" as one of the
ways to back up a single file system. However, in some
versions of GNU fileutils, the "-x" option to stay within
one file system is broken -- it just keeps rolling along.
If you are not sure that you have a properly working
version of the "cp" command, do not depend upon this
option. My workaround for this was to use "cp -a" on each
top-level directory and "cp -dp" on the top-level files
that I needed to copy (basically the third method in the
above-referenced document), back when I was doing a disk-
to-disk copy (different than the tarball copy method that
I have been slogging through recently and finally figured
out today). At the time I was doing this (last fall),
the latest alpha version of fileutils had this fixed; this
has presumably been released now, but many Linux
installations are likely to have the broken version. (For
instance, I was using MontaVista Hard Hat Linux 1.1,
which is a close derivative of Red Hat 6.1 -- not the
latest, but not exactly ancient either.)
2. One of your disks is staying put, and thus doesn't need to
be copied to the other one. It wouldn't hurt to back it
up anyway, though, especially if you are proceeding by
way of intermediate media.
3. Your /boot partition and MBR are on the disk that is
staying put -- you likely will not have to readjust Lilo,
and if your partitioning scheme on the new disk will be
the same as on the old one, you will not have to readjust
/etc/fstab either. Caution: if you do have to readjust
Lilo, proofread /etc/lilo.conf CAREFULLY. Referencing a
non-existent partition or misspelling something in this
file can cause failures that are quite an unwanted
challenge to diagnose.
4. Since you already have 2 hard disks on your primary IDE
channel, your destination hard disk for a disk-to-disk
copy will need to be /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd (unless you
have more than 2 IDE channels).
If you deviate from that document and instead use a tarball on
intermediate media (for instance, a CD-R) as I did, be sure to include the
"-p" option in your "tar" commands to preserve all file and directory
permissions; I found out the hard way that failure to do so results in a
system that almost works right, but has some subtle and annoying failures that
are difficult to diagnose (in my case, the atd and xfs services failed
mysteriously). Also, it wouldn't hurt to do a compare between the backup
tarball and your original disks after creating the tarball, just to make sure
that it didn't get corrupted. This also applies to doing a disk-to-disk copy
(especially if you are not yet sure of the quality of your IDE connection --
I have found that this can cause corruption before it causes total failure).
My backup command (the version that worked) was (executed in the root
directory of the original disk):
tar -zcvpf /mnt/backup_volume/backup_file.tgz -T backuplist.txt
where backuplist.txt was a list of top-level files and directories to back up
(easiest way to get this is "ls -1 > backuplist.txt" and then edit the file
to get rid of /mnt and /proc; that's a number one after the dash, not a
lowercase letter, in case your newsreader has a brain-dead display font like
mine does, that doesn't distinguish these characters).
The compare command would be:
tar -zdvpf /mnt/backup_volume/backup_file.tgz
I didn't do this on the original drive, because I was trying to save time in
my experimentation, but I did do it on the destination drive after unpacking
the tarball (see below), because I suspected hard disk corruption on the
destination.
The restore command was (executed in the root directory of the
destination disk):
tar -zdvpf /mnt/backup_volume/backup_file.tgz
On the destination disk, you need to create the /mnt directory tree and
/proc manually after doing either a disk-to-disk copy or a restore from a
tarball. I had to adjust Lilo manually because I was moving to a new disk
entirely, but you probably will not have to do this. After I did all this,
everything seems to work properly (including having the right permissions
on the restored /tmp directory, which I noticed were wrong if the "-p"
option was not in the "tar" commands).
Okay, now have at it. :-)
--
Lucius Chiaraviglio
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From: Riyaz Mansoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 17:20:28 +1000
cool.
i'm new to linux so i have to ask these questions.
would it work under gnome? what's the rpm name?
riyaz
Rex Dieter wrote:
> Riyaz Mansoor wrote:
>
> >
> > i forgot to add this to my previous post
> >
> > is there a linux browser that supports java2 other than netscape? if so,
> > where can i get it?
>
> The konqueror browswer as part of KDE2 can/will use the java2 (version
> 1.3.0_02) runtime installed from SUN.
>
> -- Rex
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From: Riyaz Mansoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 17:19:13 +1000
i read somehwere that opera does not support (atleast) java2 yet
riyaz
Jim M wrote:
> check opera.
>
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:10:53 +1000, "Riyaz Mansoor"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >i forgot to add this to my previous post
> >
> >is there a linux browser that supports java2 other than netscape? if so,
> >where can i get it?
> >
> >riyaz
> >
> >
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From: "linxbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: howto burn an ISO with WinOnCd (Redhat 7.0)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 07:47:39 GMT
I did download the redhat 7.0 iso files but dont know how to burn them. I
use WinOnCd .
HELP
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From: "Brian Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Help please - XF86 4.0.3 font problem after XF86 font deuglification
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:00:26 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: "Brian Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all
I have applied the suggestions in the XF86 Font Deuglification mini
howto to my RH7 system, and it looks quite nice now except:
The fonts used for desktop icons are nearly illegible
and
The login dialog box has large fonts where it used to have fairly small
fonts, as a result the whole thing is now larger and rather ugly in
itself
Can anyone suggest how this can be fixed, I'm guessing it is something
to do with font aliasing, but I'm not sure. I have looked at the
gdm.conf file in /etc/X11/gdm, and also the Xresources file in
/etc/X11/xdm which both look relevant, but so far I can't adjust the
fonts to my liking.
Does anyone know how to sort this out, or point me to some good
resources that will help?
TIA
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From: "Brian Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 install problem, unable to initialize eth0
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:17:32 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: "Brian Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 20:02:09 GMT, Richard Fox wrote:
>I have a 2 computer lan, NT laptop and Dell desktop previously running
>Redhat 6. I upgraded my Dell to Rh 7, and my ethernet device initialization
>is failing now. When I boot, I get
>
>bringing up eth0 interface: delaying eth0 initialization [FAILED]
>
>running "ifconfig eth0" results in
>eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
>"ifconfig -a" only shows loopback device lo
Have a look in /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
There was a missing pipe symbol in one of the lines where the
interfaces start up, there are various egrep statements followed by |\,
one of these was broken with the RH7 default packages.
I got initscripts-5.66 from Rawhide, but I suppose adding the | would
fix it ;-)
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From: "JediK9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 19:38:33 +1000
Mark,
I've actually just tried this now and i'm having a few problems! ...
Admittedly my install method was a little different.
Using Redhat 7.0 I installed the Linux boot sector to a new partition (not
the MBR) and used the "dd" command and edited the boot.ini file. All M$
systems boot OK, but it won't boot Linux. My Linux boot disk WILL boot Linux
though so ... I'm not real sure what the prob is. I'm just a beginner on
Linux.
I kind of suspect my drive size could be causing me probs or the fact that
the first partition is NTFS??.
If anyone can explain this to me I'd appreciate it.
Cheers
JediK9
15Gb HDD partiotned as follows:
Partition1: 4Gb NTFS
Partition2: 8Gb NTFS
Partition3: /dev/hda3 mount /boot 10Mb
Partition4: /dev/hda5 mount / 1.2Gb
Partition5: /dev/hda6 Linux Swap
"Mark Wagnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I have Win 2K installed on my first hard drive and Debian (potato)
> installed on my second drive. Right now I'm using a boot disk to
> boot into Linux when I wish, but I have little faith in floppies of
> any kind and I want to move to a more reliable boot method. I'm wary
> about installing LILO in the MBR of my first drive, but doing a
> little searching, I discovered the following:
>
> You can also install LILO in the MBR, then dump it to a file
> with the command dd -count=1 if /dev/hda of=lilo.mbr Put this
> file in your C drive and make an entry in boot.ini like
> C:\lilo.mbr "Linux"
>
> After that restore the MBR with a win boot disk by typing
> fdisk /MBR
>
> Now you should be able to boot linux from an entry in the NT or
> Win2K boot loader.
>
> Has anyone tried this, or can anyone recommend a source of info for
> getting win 2k and linux to coexist?
>
> Many thanks!
> --
> ©¿©¬ Mark Wagnon
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Don't forget to remove _PleaseDon'tSpamMe_
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From: "JediK9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Boot Linux RH7.0 & M$ System
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 19:40:34 +1000
Hi All,
The infamous dual boot question:
Using Redhat 7.0 I installed the Linux boot sector to a new partition (not
the MBR) and used the "dd if=/dev/hda3 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1"
command to create a file I placed on the Windows C:\ drive and edited the
boot.ini file to use the .lnx file to boot Linux. All M$ systems boot OK,
but it won't boot Linux. My Linux boot disk WILL boot Linux though so ...
I'm not real sure what the prob is. I'm just a beginner on Linux.
I kind of suspect my drive size could be causing me probs or the fact that
the first partition is NTFS??.
If anyone can explain this to me I'd appreciate it.
Cheers
JediK9
15Gb HDD partitioned as follows:
Partition1: 4Gb NTFS
Partition2: 8Gb NTFS
Partition3: /dev/hda3 mount /boot 10Mb
Partition4: /dev/hda5 mount / 1.2Gb
Partition5: /dev/hda6 Linux Swap
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("v.nagasrinivas")
Subject: I mistakenly uninstalled the rpm package..(how to install it back)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:01:57 +0000 (UTC)
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thanks,
Srinivas
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From: Andy Collinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Boot Linux RH7.0 & M$ System
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:17:31 +0100
JediK9 wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The infamous dual boot question:
>
> Using Redhat 7.0 I installed the Linux boot sector to a new partition (not
> the MBR) and used the "dd if=/dev/hda3 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1"
> command to create a file I placed on the Windows C:\ drive and edited the
> boot.ini file to use the .lnx file to boot Linux. All M$ systems boot OK,
> but it won't boot Linux. My Linux boot disk WILL boot Linux though so ...
> I'm not real sure what the prob is. I'm just a beginner on Linux.
> I kind of suspect my drive size could be causing me probs or the fact that
> the first partition is NTFS??.
> If anyone can explain this to me I'd appreciate it.
>
> Cheers
> JediK9
>
> 15Gb HDD partitioned as follows:
>
> Partition1: 4Gb NTFS
> Partition2: 8Gb NTFS
> Partition3: /dev/hda3 mount /boot 10Mb
> Partition4: /dev/hda5 mount / 1.2Gb
> Partition5: /dev/hda6 Linux Swap
>
>
Which version of lilo are you using? Lilo can only boot if the / partition
is below the 1024th cylinder, however lilo 21.6 and above do not have this
limitation. Type lilo -V as su to display lilo version
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