Linux-Setup Digest #290, Volume #21 Wed, 23 May 01 09:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: SCSI: aborting command due to timeout ("Peter T. Breuer")
looking for "good" router manual ("Guy")
Re: looking for "good" router manual (Yngve Sandal)
Re: partitioning question ("Eric")
mailserver with webmail access (k)
Password & SqWebMail ("Hubert")
Re: Newbie ; Kernet compilation - Can't run any make command (eg : make menuconfig)
("David Dorward")
xtradius server setup ("apple")
Re: can't compile qt-2.3.0 with -xft. Why? ("Nils O. Selåsdal")
Re: 3Com EtherLink III (Eggert Ehmke)
Re: Problem with Redhat 7.0 ("Eric")
Linux consultancy/sysadmin fees 'survey' (vrw)
Re: Newbie ; Kernet compilation - Can't run any make command (eg : make menuconfig)
(Starwing)
Suppressing E-mail Text ("Ed Bacon")
problem with rebooting after upgrading kernel 2.2.16 -> 2.2.19 (newbie) (Jan
Robertson)
Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install.. ("Eric")
New 40GB Hard drive added with Windows on 2nd drive (Ricko)
ftp (Jared Manning)
Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install.. (Steve Martin)
Re: New 40GB Hard drive added with Windows on 2nd drive (Steve Martin)
Re: ftp ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install.. ("Eric")
Re: 3Com EtherLink III (Steve Martin)
Re: ftp (Jared Manning)
Re: New 40GB Hard drive added with Windows on 2nd drive ("Eric")
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI: aborting command due to timeout
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 07:51:27 +0200
Xiaoqin Qiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recently we have a PC installed RedHat 6.2 with 2.2.14-5.0smp kernel
> experiencing problems with SCSI. We have two SCSI hard disk in this
> May 22 07:34:51 asap kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel
> 0.
> Is there anyone know the reason for this problem and how to fix it?
Bad/nonexistant termination on the cable.
Or unsupported controller.
Peter
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From: "Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: looking for "good" router manual
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 07:53:12 GMT
Hi i tried to install a linux router on a minimal system
but got hangup on bad manual, and litlle unix background.
Anybody how knows the perfect linux router software(tried thinlinux en
freeosc) and a good MANUAL could really help me.
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From: Yngve Sandal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: looking for "good" router manual
Date: 23 May 2001 09:56:52 +0200
"Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi i tried to install a linux router on a minimal system
> but got hangup on bad manual, and litlle unix background.
> Anybody how knows the perfect linux router software(tried thinlinux en
> freeosc) and a good MANUAL could really help me.
This might help you:
http://castle.linpro.no/zelow/floppyfw/
--
rgds
Yngve Sandal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linpro AS
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, now would it!"
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partitioning question
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:00:02 +0200
> I have to partition a disk on a laptop for work and I haven't done
> that in a while since I've erased my windows OS the last time I had
> a hard disk crash.
>
> Can I use fdisk to resize my primary windows partition?
no, fdisk will not respect the filesystem inside a partition.
Use eg. GNU's parted for that.
> Could somebody show me a typical fdisk command sequence to partition a
> big disk (11G)?
it's pretty self explanatory.
You just need some free space.
> Will the 7.1 setup program take care not to reformat my windows
> partition?
I doubt it. (I suppose you mean RH7.1)
Don't touch any partition you don't want to remove with fdisk (Or DiskDruid)
Eric
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From: k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mailserver with webmail access
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 03:11:57 -0400
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: "Hubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Password & SqWebMail
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:10:27 +0200
Hi,
I have a problem with Sqwebmail regarding the password handling. If I change
the pwd over sqwebmail, this doesn´t change for courier-imap.
I hope someone can help me!
Thank´s
Hubi
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From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Newbie ; Kernet compilation - Can't run any make command (eg : make
menuconfig)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:35:48 +0100
It seems that on Wed, 23 May 2001 05:26:26 +0100, someone claiming to be
"Dasoroju J Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed this:
> Hi,
>
> Currenlty, I have redhat 7.0, kernel ver: 2.2.16-22. yesterday, I
> dowloaded kernet-2.4.4.tar.gz and untarred into /usr/src/ directory. But
> , I can't run any make commands like make menuconfig or any other
> commands to start compiling. I searched for make command in / directory
> (find / -name make), but I can't find it. What am I missing. pl
> help...
Probable the development tools. You can install them off the CD although
I'm not sure what packages they are in. Look for gcc-*rpm, that should
get you going. Make sure you run up2date so you can the fixes for 7.0 off
the site afterwards, it does't compile kernels by default (due to a bug)
--
David Dorward http://www.dorward.co.uk/
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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From: "apple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xtradius server setup
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 16:50:41 +0800
I use redhat 6.2 install xtradius-1.1-prel
I use default auth method in /etc/raddb/users
first I useradd acount ->apple
and give passwd->jack
I type radtest apple jack localhost localhost testing123
[root@elife /root]# radtest apple apple localhost localhost testing123
Sending request to server localhost, port 1812.
radrecv: Reply from host 127.0.0.1 code=3, id=5, length=62
Reply-Message = "\015\012Access denied (external check failed)."
Access denied.
[root@elife /root]#
the error log:
[root@elife /root]# more /var/log/radius.log
Wed May 23 13:27:28 2001: Info: Exec-Program: /etc/raddb/xtradius_test.pl
apple
apple unknown unknown unknown
Wed May 23 13:27:28 2001: Info: Exec-Program: returned: 255
Wed May 23 13:27:28 2001: Auth: Login incorrect: [apple] (from nas local/S0)
(ex
ternal check failed)
[root@elife /root]#
why??? can you tell me how to set the xtradius??
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From: "Nils O. Selåsdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't compile qt-2.3.0 with -xft. Why?
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:22:38 +0200
"Jürgen Diez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Nils O. Selåsdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >You need atleast xfree 4.03
>
> I've patched my 4.02 up to 4.03 but it still doesn't work
THen there could be about thousand reasons why it dont work,
so what doesnt work? What does it say? what error messages do you get?
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From: Eggert Ehmke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3Com EtherLink III
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:07:11 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 23 May 2001 07:15:06 +0200, Huub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to add the ISA 3COM EtherLinkIII 3C509B-TPO card to a RH 5.2
>system but I can't find the correct driver to use. According to
>RedHat-compatibilitylist it should be the 3c509-driver but using this in
>conf.modules causes the error-msg 3c509.o can't be located. So which one
>is the correct one?
The driver is correct. Is it actually compiled as module ? Look into your
kernel configuration. What does
modprobe 3c509
say ?
As Dean said, the entry in modules.conf should just be
alias eth0 3c509
BTW, conf.comules is outdated. Normally it is a symlink to modules.conf,
that's the right file.
--
Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Problem with Redhat 7.0
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:14:35 +0200
> > >> When my Redhat Load up, it halts on "Loading Sound Module (via82cxxx)
: "
> > >> I think there is something wrong with my sound module.
> > >>
> > >> I have a resuce CD-ROM, but I don't know how to use it. Can someone
> > please
> > >> tell me how to do it? Or do I have to re-install RH 7.0 again?
> > >
>
> Try using the "sndconfg" command in a teminal window.... that should let
you
> reconfigure your sound
Unless the bootprocess halts...
Then the OP never gets to a console.
To the OP: first try "linux single" at the lilo prompt.
Then restore what is preventing your system boot to complete.
If that doesn't work either, try "linux init=/bin/bash" instead.
Eric
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From: vrw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux consultancy/sysadmin fees 'survey'
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:23:58 +0100
Hi everyone,
I am going to provide a company with an IT solution that will include:
-costing components and putting together the systems
-installing Linux on both the dedicated fileserver and internet server
- performing tests on the company LAN to ensure correct functionality
- possibly setting up a smoothwall-based firewall or similar solution
I don't really know how many hours this will take me to do, and I haven't
done any service like this commercially before, so I was wondering if
anybody could give some 'going rates' these days for either a complete
'package deal' (i.e. everything done for X amount) or some hourly rates.
I would be thankful for any kind of input, even ranges would be fine
(hourly rate from XXX to XXX, sth. like that), since I really don't know
what to charge, and I wanna make sure that both the company and I get a
fair deal.
Thank you very much in advance,
Volkmar
P.S. I also posted this in alt.linux; if you came across this before please
ignore :-)
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From: Starwing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie ; Kernet compilation - Can't run any make command (eg : make
menuconfig)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Reply-To: null@dev/null
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:17:30 +0800
Dasoroju J Rao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currenlty, I have redhat 7.0, kernel ver: 2.2.16-22. yesterday, I
> dowloaded kernet-2.4.4.tar.gz and untarred into /usr/src/ directory.
> But , I can't run any make commands like make menuconfig or any other
> commands to start compiling. I searched for make command in /
> directory (find / -name make), but I can't find it. What am I
> missing. pl help...
>
> Cheers
>
> DJ
>
You need to install the program call make. Should be in your 1st RedHat CD,
make-3.79.1-5.i386.rpm
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From: "Ed Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suppressing E-mail Text
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:52:31 GMT
When I receive e-mail into my Linux box I get a splash of the e-mail text on
my telnet or xterm screen. Is there a way to suppress this? FYI, Linux
pulls my e-mail in with fetchmail.
Thanks,
Ed Bacon
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From: Jan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with rebooting after upgrading kernel 2.2.16 -> 2.2.19 (newbie)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:10:06 +0200
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At the end of the upgrading process at the Redhat site the screen looked
like it was frozen, so I shut the screen and tried to reboot. Computer
started
and got stuck at loading Linux............
Started with a bootable installdisk and saw with ps -ef that kupdate was
still running. Also
the /mnt/source fs could not be unmounted in a reboot. How can I revive
my machine?
thnx
Jan
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install..
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:03:31 +0200
> I recently installed RH 6.2 on a Gateway Athlon 750 Mhz, 20Gb
> system which came with Win98.. The Hard drive was un-partitioned.
> I partitioned it as shown below (using ParitionMagic 5.0)...
>
Almost unreadable, this output from PM.
But it looks as if the 2nd partition has the wrong ID.
Change it's partition ID from it's current value - which is
either 0x05(most likely) or 0x0F - to 0x85 (linux extended)
You can use linux fdisk for this. And it's entirely harmless.
>
============================================================================
===============================
> Partition Information for Disk 1: 19594.9 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect #
> StartSect TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects
>
============================================================================
===============================
> C:NO NAME FAT32 Pri,Boot 2925.9 0 0
> 63 5,992,182 4,109,146 1,883,036
> Linux Ext2 Pri 15.7 0 2
> 5,992,245 32,130 5,916 26,214
> Extended Pri 8652.2 0 3
> 6,024,375 17,719,695 5,815,530 11,904,165
> EPBR Log 2706.3 None --
> 6,024,375 5,542,425 5,542,425 0
> Linux Ext2 Log 2706.2 6024375 0
> 6,024,438 5,542,362 1,763,658 3,778,704
> EPBR Log 133.4 6024375 1
> 11,566,800 273,105 273,105 0
> *:SWAPSPACE2 Linux Swap Log 133.3 11566800 0
> 11,566,863 273,042 8 273,034
> Free Space Log 5812.6 None --
> 11,839,905 11,904,165 0 11,904,165
> E: FAT32X Pri 8001.1 0 1
> 23,744,070 16,386,300 2,739,330 13,646,970
>
============================================================================
===============================
>
> The above partition scheme was arrived at after
> a number of tries.. I basically shrank my C:, and
> created a 16M partition for /boot so that it would
> fall within the 1024 cylinder limit. I then created
> a logical partition for the /root and /swap. E:
> was created for storing Win98 files.
>
> Things seemed to have worked but for the fact that
> Win98 lists the ext2 partition when I open Explore or
> My Computer as D:/. It cannot see any files in that
> drive, and any app which tries to browse the file system
> becomes very slooow..
> eg. I want to download the web page I am viewing, and
> click 'save as' and try to go one directory up.. it
> takes a minute before the system responds..
> Also when I try to get the properties of D:\ I get
> a "a device attached to the system is not functioning"
> message.
Nice method MS chose to assign drive-letters, heh?
> I do not use a boot manager.. I use a boot disk to start
> up linux, and just pop out the floppy to revert to Win98.
> I am thinking I need to make the Linux partition hidden..
> but I would sure like to hear from someone who has gone
> through this before..
No need, just change the ID of the extended partition.
Oh yeah :BE AWARE, if you change the ID, your current E:
drive will become D: !!!!!!!!
PS. How would you hide that linux partition anyway?
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ricko)
Subject: New 40GB Hard drive added with Windows on 2nd drive
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:23:10 GMT
Hi--
I've had Windoze 98 running on a 40 GB western digital HD in my Athlon
(ABIT KT7A MB) system for months. I picked up a second one of these
drives this weekend, want to install it one of two ways.
I plan on running Slack current (2.2.19 kernel)
1) Linux and Windows reside on the same drive, second drive has room
for storage (I say this bc i may put the other drive in a different
system and mount it as a network drive eventually.
Or
2) leave windows installed on the second drive (hdb) and create a new
install on the new drive (as hda). Use LILO to boot both from the
first drive.
I've tried 2 first with first a 10 GB partition for Linux then a 384mb
for swap, remaining for storage. Was unable to boot with LILO without
installing it on the MBR. (both drives are using LBA at the moment)
When I install LILO to the MBR, I was able to boot Linux (yeah), but
not windows. it would freeze after selecting in from the lilo menu.
Well since that didn't work, I thought I'd try putting windows on the
3rd partition on the new drive (hda3) and see what happens. well that
didn't work either . (I didn't blow away lilo from the MBR prior
though...so that might have been my problem, but I thought that
Windows would over write it.
What do any experts recommend (I've read the How tos and am completely
confused bc I thought I was trying what I should be). What is the
best way to use a large disk like this. Leave the OS's separate (I
think so) and if so how do I work around the boot problem with
windows? What is the best partitioning tool? (win98 fdisk, linux
fdisk, cfdisk?)
Thanks
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From: Jared Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:30:30 GMT
hi, i'd like to set up my mandrake 7.2 computer to be able to accessed
by ftp from some other computer so i can download my files. how would i
got about doing this?
thanks for any help!
jared
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install..
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 04:36:28 -0400
Eric wrote:
> But it looks as if the 2nd partition has the wrong ID.
> Change it's partition ID from it's current value - which is
> either 0x05(most likely) or 0x0F - to 0x85 (linux extended)
> You can use linux fdisk for this. And it's entirely harmless.
Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between
"extended" (type 0x05) and "linux extended" (type 0x85)?
I've been using "extended" partitions on my machine
for years, and have suffered no unusual effects in my
Linux machine.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New 40GB Hard drive added with Windows on 2nd drive
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 04:45:25 -0400
Ricko wrote:
> I've tried 2 first with first a 10 GB partition for Linux then a 384mb
> for swap, remaining for storage. Was unable to boot with LILO without
> installing it on the MBR. (both drives are using LBA at the moment)
> When I install LILO to the MBR, I was able to boot Linux (yeah), but
> not windows. it would freeze after selecting in from the lilo menu.
With Windows on the second drive, you have to add an extra bit in
lilo.conf to "fake" Windows into thinking it's on the first drive.
Put something like this in the Windows entry in your lilo.conf:
other=/dev/hdb1
label=Win95
alias=w
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
table=/dev/hdb
(Of course, change the device numbers to match your setup. This
assumes you're putting the drive as the slave drive on the
primary IDE controller.)
The "map-drive" and "to" entries do the necessary futzing to get
Windows to boot. I'm not sure what you would put in if you were
to put the drive elsewhere in the chain... perhaps someone more
knowledgeable about this than I could chime in?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ftp
Date: 23 May 2001 12:49:03 GMT
Jared Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi, i'd like to set up my mandrake 7.2 computer to be able to accessed
> by ftp from some other computer so i can download my files. how would i
> got about doing this?
Install inetd (or xinetd) and an ftp server/daemon. The most used
is the WU-FTPD that you can find in a lot of place, maybe is already
in your distribution but not installed by default.
After the installation you have to add a line to the /etc/inetd.conf
to have the ftp daemon started when someone ask for him.
Davide
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 sees extra (ext2?) drive after RH 6.2 install..
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:50:42 +0200
> > But it looks as if the 2nd partition has the wrong ID.
> > Change it's partition ID from it's current value - which is
> > either 0x05(most likely) or 0x0F - to 0x85 (linux extended)
> > You can use linux fdisk for this. And it's entirely harmless.
>
> Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between
> "extended" (type 0x05) and "linux extended" (type 0x85)?
> I've been using "extended" partitions on my machine
> for years, and have suffered no unusual effects in my
> Linux machine.
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.
If you have no windows, don't bother. I don't believe there are
any differences otherwise.
Eric
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3Com EtherLink III
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 04:53:19 -0400
Huub wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to add the ISA 3COM EtherLinkIII 3C509B-TPO card to a RH 5.2
> system but I can't find the correct driver to use. According to
> RedHat-compatibilitylist it should be the 3c509-driver but using this in
> conf.modules causes the error-msg 3c509.o can't be located. So which one
> is the correct one?
How did you specify the card in your conf.modules file? You shouldn't
put the ".o" on the end.
As I recall, the 3C509 comes from the factory in Plug & Pray mode.
If you don't want to use it like this, then you'll need to run
the 3C5X9CFG program that comes with it on floppy (a DOS program).
Once you set the card's parameters with this program, then you'll
need to make sure that the I/O, IRQ, et cetera that is in use on
the card matches what's specified in your modules.conf (or
conf.modules).
If the card is still in PnP mode, then you'll probably want to go the
pnpdump / isapnp route to set it up on bootup. Check "man pnpdump"
and "man isapnp".
I've used 3C509's in non-PnP mode, and the kernel driver (which I
chose to compile in, not as a module) found the card and probed
the I/O parameters successfully.
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From: Jared Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:56:51 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Jared Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi, i'd like to set up my mandrake 7.2 computer to be able to accessed
> > by ftp from some other computer so i can download my files. how would i
> > got about doing this?
>
> Install inetd (or xinetd) and an ftp server/daemon. The most used
> is the WU-FTPD that you can find in a lot of place, maybe is already
> in your distribution but not installed by default.
inetd is installed
i have wuftpd
>
> After the installation you have to add a line to the /etc/inetd.conf
> to have the ftp daemon started when someone ask for him.
>
what should the line be if wuftpd is in /usr/bin
> Davide
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New 40GB Hard drive added with Windows on 2nd drive
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:59:19 +0200
> I've had Windoze 98 running on a 40 GB western digital HD in my Athlon
> (ABIT KT7A MB) system for months. I picked up a second one of these
> drives this weekend, want to install it one of two ways.
> I plan on running Slack current (2.2.19 kernel)
>
> 1) Linux and Windows reside on the same drive, second drive has room
> for storage (I say this bc i may put the other drive in a different
> system and mount it as a network drive eventually.
>
> Or
>
> 2) leave windows installed on the second drive (hdb) and create a new
> install on the new drive (as hda). Use LILO to boot both from the
> first drive.
both options can be done.
> I've tried 2 first with first a 10 GB partition for Linux then a 384mb
> for swap, remaining for storage. Was unable to boot with LILO without
> installing it on the MBR.
I don't think so. (unless the MBR was empty ofcourse)
LILO could have been in hda1 just as well.
But it really doesn't matter. I will always put LILO in the MBR .
> (both drives are using LBA at the moment)
> When I install LILO to the MBR, I was able to boot Linux (yeah), but
> not windows. it would freeze after selecting in from the lilo menu.
No doubt.
You forgot the map-drive commands in lilo.conf I suppose.
> Well since that didn't work, I thought I'd try putting windows on the
> 3rd partition on the new drive (hda3) and see what happens. well that
> didn't work either . (I didn't blow away lilo from the MBR prior
> though...so that might have been my problem, but I thought that
> Windows would over write it.
Normally it would.
Are you sure it was in the MBR?
Anyway, it shouldn't even matter. Although windows may not
boot if it's beyond cylinder 1024 (Not sure if you could even get it
installed there then.
>
> What do any experts recommend (I've read the How tos and am completely
> confused bc I thought I was trying what I should be). What is the
> best way to use a large disk like this. Leave the OS's separate (I
> think so)
Do as you please. If you prefer option 1, do so, if not go with your 2nd
option.
> and if so how do I work around the boot problem with
> windows?
There is no problem.
Install windows first. (but leave a small /boot at the start of the disc)
And then linux.
> What is the best partitioning tool? (win98 fdisk, linux
> fdisk, cfdisk?)
the linux versions.
Eric
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