Linux-Setup Digest #315, Volume #21 Sun, 27 May 01 16:13:25 EDT
Contents:
Re: help ! ("Peter T. Breuer")
How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM? ("Tsugi")
Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM? (Gernot Fink)
Re: Kernel 2.4.1 and StarOffice (Jacek Szczech)
Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM? ("Tsugi")
partition a 19G hard disk (delta)
rh 7.1 big install problem ("alik blochin")
Re: Need Scripting Help ("Duane Healing")
Re: configuring the modem ("Duane Healing")
Re: help: Undefined reference to '...' (Jim Cochrane)
Re: About RH Linux ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM? ("Tsugi")
Re: Need Scripting Help (Rand Simberg)
Weekly Posting: Where to Find Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
(Pointer) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Floppy ("LaMaffia")
Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM? (Gernot Fink)
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help !
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:19:18 GMT
Ashish G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am new to Linux and Linux-like OSes so I want to load Linux as a
> secondary OS, on the 4.3GB HDD and connect the HDD as a slave to the
> other HDD ( atleast till I get familiar with Linux). Please tell me
> how to go about it.
What's there to tell? Stick in an installation cdrom and away you go.
> p.s. Please don't tell me to RTFM !!
Why not? Are you royalty or some other upper class that thinks that
reading is beneath them?
Petre
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From: "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 15:05:38 -0700
Hello. My floppy drive died along with the power cable that goes to the
drive.
I am wondering how I can boot into linux from CD-ROM.
Here is my configuration.
I have two HDD drives. Win2K on Primary Master, RedHat 7.1 on Secondary
Master
I checked the installation to install Lilo into the hdc5, the first
sector of boot partition.
After the installation of RedHat 7.1, I tried to boot from CD-ROM to log in
to linux, but
I always end up with installation, not the boot process from HDD.
At the boot: prompt, I tried "boot=/dev/hdc5", but did not work.
Is there any command to log in to RedHat from CD-ROM, is it a must to
have a floppy
drive? It will be great if I do not have to buy another power supply and a
floppy drive if
I can use CD-ROM for the boot process.
One thing I noticed upon the installation was that it gave me an error,
saying that it couldn't
install bootloader because the partition is not on the primary drive.
I will try to install again on the primary drive and see how it works.
I appreciate any help,
Tsugi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Subject: Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM?
Date: 27 May 2001 19:03:31 GMT
In article <9eri1r$1ei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> After the installation of RedHat 7.1, I tried to boot from CD-ROM to log in
> to linux, but
> I always end up with installation, not the boot process from HDD.
> At the boot: prompt, I tried "boot=/dev/hdc5", but did not work.
> Is there any command to log in to RedHat from CD-ROM, is it a must to
try zImage root=/dev/hdc5
where zImage is what comes if you press tab on the lilo prompt
--
MFG Gernot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacek Szczech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.1 and StarOffice
Date: 27 May 2001 19:14:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8 Apr 2001 17:43:32 GMT, Colin Pinkney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Has anyone had any problems with StarOffice and kernel 2.4.1,
>specifically saving to a vfat partition?
>
>I had things working ok, but then I upgraded to kernel 2.4.1 to get some
>of its new features. However when I did that StarOffice then suddenly
>started to refuse to save to my Windows 98 partition.
>
>Everything else works fine. All other programs can save to my win98
>partition, I can copy to/from, delete, etc. Only StarOffice has
>problems. There are no console or kernel messages when the error occurs,
>StarOffice just says:
>
> Error writing file somefile.sdw
> Write error.
> Error writing file .
>
>Really helpful. I can boot up with my previous kernel (2.2.13) and
>StarOffice works fine, so I can't see it being a problem with any of the
>tools I had to upgrade for kernel 2.4.1.
>
>FYI I have my win98 partition and my root ext2 partition on one
>harddrive with a slave drive just having ext2 partitions. I also have an
>internal Zip drive with 16bit fat formatted disks. StarOffice refuses to
>save to either the win98 partition or zip disks, yet has no problems
>saving to any ext2 partitions.
>
>Anyone any ideas? It's quite possible I may have misconfigured my new
>kernel as I'm no expert, yet StarOffice is the only affected program I
>can find.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>--
>Colin
--
I have just the same problem! What I could add is it doesn't matter which
version of 2.4.x kernel do you use. I tried 2.4.0 2.4.1 2.4.2 & 2.4.3.
No changes.
As I see the initial mail was written more than month ago. Maybe the problem
is solved?
best regards,
js
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From: "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 15:32:40 -0700
Thanks for the quick response. I will try it.
"Gernot Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9erj22$sgc0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <9eri1r$1ei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > After the installation of RedHat 7.1, I tried to boot from CD-ROM to log
in
> > to linux, but
> > I always end up with installation, not the boot process from HDD.
> > At the boot: prompt, I tried "boot=/dev/hdc5", but did not work.
> > Is there any command to log in to RedHat from CD-ROM, is it a must to
>
> try zImage root=/dev/hdc5
>
> where zImage is what comes if you press tab on the lilo prompt
>
>
> --
> MFG Gernot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (delta)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: partition a 19G hard disk
Date: 27 May 2001 12:41:06 -0700
Hi there,
I wanted to install Linux along with WinME on my box. I used fips to divide
my 19G hard disk into two partitions, with WinMe on the first half. When I
tried to use Disk Druid to partition the Linux portion (for root, /home etc),
I was not able to mount the root(/), because Disk Druid kept saying that boot
partition is too big (no matter how I set the size for the root). When I
deleted the hda1 (the portion that WinMe resides in), then Disk Druid stopped
complaining about the root mount. I guess that I need to somehow put the root
of Linux closer to first cylinder (I don't how close it should be). What is
the best bet for me now?
Should I destroy the WinMe portion and install Linux there, and put WinMe at
the second half of my current partition? Or there is some other way out? Is
there any shareware/freeware that can take care of this?
Thanks a lot in advance. Any help is really appreciated.
Jim
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From: "alik blochin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rh 7.1 big install problem
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 22:37:06 +0200
Hi,
ok i have a very very big problem :
(i can say i am desparate)
i've tryied to install rh 7.1 for god know how many
tomes and without success:
the installation gets stacked on :
"transferring install image to hard drive"
i've tryied all available option with disk druid, fdisk
and automatic partitioning
but nothing nothing helps.....
still the same result
when at the point where the installation hangs
i did ctrl+alt+f3 i saw that that there was a problem
to create the partitions:
/boot - cannot create not enough space
/ the same
....
....
....
when i tryied to install for the second time
it did the partitions but
gave the error:
hdd disk error something,
can't read block.....
and this error keeps running down the screen for each block
(the installation hangs with
"transferring install image to hard drive" )
(the install cd is perfectly ok)
then it writes :
there was a problem maybe
because you haven't enough space....
but that's boolshit
i have 14GB just for linux
i have two disks:
primary 20GB
primary slave 30GB : (14GB for linux)
when i had just one 20GB the installation was the same
hanged on the same point
i just don't know what to do....
it seems like hardware problem
but windows works ok...
and furthermore Mandrake 8.0 gets installed without
a problem
but hangs every 2-3 hours but that's i believe
an IRQ problem
i somehow have 4 devices on the same IRQ.....
my configuration :
AMD 900 MHZ
MBoard chaintech 7AJA with AC'97 sound on-board
256 MB memory
two disks...
* by the way when i tryied to install RH 7.0
i've also was without luck...
after partitioning the install gets reboot and doesn't
actually did the partitioning (as i checked later)
**ok if anybody knows what might that be
and any suggestions i would be glad to hear.....
it driving me crazy.....
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Scripting Help
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:38:04 GMT
Give this a try:
for inshare in `cat mainshares`
do
echo $inshare
done
I've never used read in the manner you're describing, so I can't really
comment on its behavior. But it obviously doesn't work so try another
approach!
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In a feverish moment of semi-lucidity, "Rand Simberg"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flailed at the keyboard thusly:
> My current script is:
>
> :
> while read inshare < mainshares
> do
> echo $inshare
> done
>
> When I run this, it goes into an infinite loop, repeatedly printing the
> first line of the file, and never advancing to the next one.
>
> What's going on?
>
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: configuring the modem
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:43:02 GMT
You don't mention what kind of modem it is (manufacturer, model, chipset)
so it's hard to know for sure, but I'd bet it's probably a winmodem. You
may be able to get it to work (see http://www.linmodems.org for details)
or you may have a piece of junk.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In a feverish moment of semi-lucidity, "Victor S. Miller"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flailed at the keyboard thusly:
> I'm running RH 7.0 on a Pentium MMX 166 Mhz. I would like to use
> minicom to communicate with some other computers which only have a line
> at a time dial up interface. I have a modem on COM2 which works fine
> when I boot into Win 98. So far I have been unsucessfull in get
> anything to work with it in Linux. The drivers are loaded (see this
> except from dmesg):
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Cochrane)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: help: Undefined reference to '...'
Date: 27 May 2001 13:54:09 -0600
I think you need to read the gcc man page, or info gcc. On your command
line:
>gcc -O3 -o testlibpq testlibpq.c -I/usr/include/pgsql -Llibpq 2>testlibpq.txt
the -L option takes a directory and (path). If you want to link with
libpq.a, the option is -lpq. That file will need to be in a standard
directory such as /usr/lib; if it's not, read up on the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
env. variable. Here's the relevant section on -l in the gcc man page:
-llibrary
Use the library named library when linking.
The linker searches a standard list of directories
for the library, which is actually a file named
`liblibrary.a'. The linker then uses this file as
if it had been specified precisely by name.
The directories searched include several standard
system directories plus any that you specify with
`-L'.
Normally the files found this way are library
files--archive files whose members are object
files. The linker handles an archive file by scan
ning through it for members which define symbols
that have so far been referenced but not defined.
However, if the linker finds an ordinary object
file rather than a library, the object file is
linked in the usual fashion. The only difference
between using an `-l' option and specifying a file
name is that `-l' surrounds library with `lib' and
`.a' and searches several directories.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
>On Thu, 24 May 2001 07:52:32 GMT, goble@gtech (David. E. Goble) wrote:
>>
>Hi All;
>
>I have redHat 6.2 (server install)
>I am trying to do some programming.
>
>How that I know how to save the error messages, here is what is
>happening;
>
>/*######## Here is the c file I am trying to compile and run #######*/
>/*
> * testlibpq.c Test the C version of Libpq, the Postgres frontend
> * library.
> *
> *
> */
>#include<stdio.h>
>#include "libpq-fe.h"
>
>void exit_nicely(PGconn *conn)
>{
> PQfinish(conn);
> exit(1);
>}
>
>main()
>{
> char *pghost,
> *pgport,
> *pgoptions,
> *pgtty;
> char *dbName;
> int nFields;
> int i,
> j;
>
> /* FILE *debug; */
>
> PGconn *conn;
> PGresult *res;
>
> /*
> * begin, by setting the parameters for a backend connection if
>the
> * parameters are null, then the system will try to use reasonable
> * defaults by looking up environment variables or, failing that,
> * using hardwired constants
> */
> pghost = NULL; /* host name of the backend server */
> pgport = NULL; /* port of the backend server */
> pgoptions = NULL; /* special options to start up the
>backend
> * server */
> pgtty = NULL; /* debugging tty for the backend
>server */
> dbName = "template1";
>
> /* make a connection to the database */
> conn = PQsetdb(pghost, pgport, pgoptions, pgtty, dbName);
>
> /*
> * check to see that the backend connection was successfully made
> */
> if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
> {
> fprintf(stderr, "Connection to database '%s' failed.\n",
>dbName);
> fprintf(stderr, "%s", PQerrorMessage(conn));
> exit_nicely(conn);
> }
>
> /* debug = fopen("/tmp/trace.out","w"); */
> /* PQtrace(conn, debug); */
>
> /* start a transaction block */
> res = PQexec(conn, "BEGIN");
> if (!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
> {
> fprintf(stderr, "BEGIN command failed\n");
> PQclear(res);
> exit_nicely(conn);
> }
>
> /*
> * should PQclear PGresult whenever it is no longer needed to
>avoid
> * memory leaks
> */
> PQclear(res);
>
> /*
> * fetch instances from the pg_database, the system catalog of
> * databases
> */
> res = PQexec(conn, "DECLARE mycursor CURSOR FOR select * from
>pg_database");
> if(!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
> {
> fprintf(stderr, "DECLARE CURSOR command failed\n");
> PQclear(res);
> exit_nicely(conn);
> }
> PQclear(res);
> res = PQexec(conn, "FETCH ALL in mycursor");
> if(!res || PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
> {
> fprintf(stderr, "FETCH ALL command didn't return tuples
>properly\n");
> PQclear(res);
> exit_nicely(conn);
> }
>
> /* first, print out the attribute names */
> nFields = PQnfields(res);
> for (i = 0; i<nFields; i++)
> printf("%-15s", PQfname(res, i));
> printf("\n\n");
>
> /* next, print out the instances */
> for (i = 0; i<PQntuples(res); i++)
> {
> for (j = 0; j<nFields; j++)
> printf("%-15s", PQgetvalue(res, i, j));
> printf("\n");
> }
> PQclear(res);
>
> /* close the cursor */
> res = PQexec(conn, "CLOSE mycursor");
> PQclear(res);
>
> /* commit the transaction */
> res = PQexec(conn, "COMMIT");
> PQclear(res);
>
> /* close the connection to the database and cleanup */
> PQfinish(conn);
>
> /* fclose(debug); */
>}
>
>/*
>This is how I am trying to do it;
>
>gcc -O3 -o testlibpq testlibpq.c -I/usr/include/pgsql -Llibpq
>2>testlibpq.txt
>
>And here are the results
>
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o: In function `exit_nicely':
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x8): undefined reference to `PQfinish'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o: In function `main':
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x66): undefined reference to `PQsetdbLogin'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x77): undefined reference to `PQstatus'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0xa1): undefined reference to `PQerrorMessage'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0xd4): undefined reference to `PQexec'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0xeb): undefined reference to `PQresultStatus'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x118): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x130): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x141): undefined reference to `PQexec'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x158): undefined reference to `PQresultStatus'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x180): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x198): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x1a9): undefined reference to `PQexec'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x1c0): undefined reference to `PQresultStatus'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x1e8): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x200): undefined reference to `PQnfields'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x229): undefined reference to `PQfname'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x265): undefined reference to `PQntuples'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x29d): undefined reference to `PQgetvalue'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x2d7): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x2e8): undefined reference to `PQexec'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x2f9): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x30a): undefined reference to `PQexec'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x31b): undefined reference to `PQclear'
>/tmp/cc2HM1Be.o(.text+0x327): undefined reference to `PQfinish'
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>*/
--
Jim Cochrane
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: About RH Linux
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:41:00 GMT
Tyron Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
I've just done my first install of RedHat Linux (7.0) on a 4 year old
laptop. I'm learning the in's and out's very quickly but there's some things
about Linux and stuff I just can't figure out:
[1] Does the sequence of commands, <./configure>, <make> and <su -c 'make
install'> always successfully install a app, lib, etc from it's source file
(*.tar.gz) grabbed off the web? Should I do this install method over instead
of the RPM install method (RPM installs gives me too many dependency
errors)?
The advantage of RPM is that it tells you about the missing dependancies.
Without them, the program usually won't work correctly.
[2] Whenever I try to install a package (*.i386.rpm) downloaded from the
web, I get a dependency error. What am I suppose to do after that? Do I
download the needed files and put them in the same folder as the rpm file or
install them and then try the RPM install again?
Install the dependancies and try again. I agree, this can be a major pain
in the rear because the dependancies may also have unresolved dependancies.
[3] I come across RPMs with i386, i586 or i686 in their filenames. Which one
do I download (I use a Pentium 150 and PIII 866)? What's the difference?
What happen to i486?
At the login screen you should see displayed the kernel version and whether
built for a 386, 586, or 686 machine. You can install anything equal to or
lower than that machine. The differences are some optimizations which are
available on the higher numbered processor type.
[4] I also come across RPMs with -1, -2, -3, etc. after their version number
in the filenames (i.e. like "-1" in gabber-0.8.3-1.i386.rpm, "-7" in
gtk+-1.2.8-7.i386.rpm, "-4" in Eterm-0.9-4.i386.rpm, etc.) What does those
mean? Or are they part of the version number?
Version number, generally for beta releases; i.e., 1.2.8-7 would be a
preliminary release to 1.2.8.
[5] What do I do with RPMs with the *.src.rpm extension? How are they
different from *.i386.rpm RPMs?
The *.src.rpm files are the source code; the *.i386.rpm the precompiled
binaries.
[6] "Gabber is a GNOME client" When I see program descriptions like this,
does that mean the program will only work under the specified desktop
environment (GNOME, KDE, E, Sawfish, etc.)? If so, do I just download the
source and install with the ./configure, make, make all method and it will
work on any DE I'm using?
I can't answer that one.
[7] What are the quick tips to dealing with the kernel? Because I have to
install pcmcia-cs and it tells me I have to do something about obtaining the
current stable kernel source (in /usr/src/linux). I have the RedHat
2.2.16-22 version. Does that mean I should download the kernel version
2.2.16, 2.2.17, 2.2.18, 2.2.19, 2.2.20, 2.2.21 or 2.2.22? Or can I download
any version higher than my current version? Should I download and install
2.3 or 2.4, or do I have to stay within my current version's range?
Any kind of help to any question or part of a question will be greatly
It's generally better to stick with the major release number, i.e. 2.2.nn
if your initial installation used 2.2.xx. However I think RH 7.0 advertized
it was 2.4.0 ready.
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM?
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:11:42 -0700
Unfortunately, it did not work fine. It says it cannot find the image. I
might
have to install on the primary drive to be able to boot, I guess.
Thank you for your help anyways,
Tsugi
"Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9erjke$46i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks for the quick response. I will try it.
>
>
> "Gernot Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9erj22$sgc0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <9eri1r$1ei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > After the installation of RedHat 7.1, I tried to boot from CD-ROM to
log
> in
> > > to linux, but
> > > I always end up with installation, not the boot process from HDD.
> > > At the boot: prompt, I tried "boot=/dev/hdc5", but did not work.
> > > Is there any command to log in to RedHat from CD-ROM, is it a must
to
> >
> > try zImage root=/dev/hdc5
> >
> > where zImage is what comes if you press tab on the lilo prompt
> >
> >
> > --
> > MFG Gernot
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Re: Need Scripting Help
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:59:18 GMT
On Sun, 27 May 2001 19:38:04 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Duane
Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
>Give this a try:
>
>for inshare in `cat mainshares`
>do
> echo $inshare
>done
Well, that at least ends the loop, but the problem is that it's
processing it one word at a time, whereas I wanted to process it one
line at at time. Though now that I think of it, "read" would have
done the same thing, had it worked...
OK, so how do I grab lines out of a file for pattern matching?
I'd like to just use perl, but I'm not sure how to call mount from a
perl script.
>I've never used read in the manner you're describing, so I can't really
>comment on its behavior. But it obviously doesn't work so try another
>approach!
What's frustrating is that Understanding Unix (by Kelly-Bootle) says
that it should work in all System V compliant unixen, and in fact I
have written scripts that used it successfully for managing web sites,
but they were running on a FreeBSD server. So maybe it's just a Linux
weirdness (though I would have thought that it should be fully Bourne
compliant).
Thanks.
--
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From: "LaMaffia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:35:54 -0300
I've 2 floppy on my computer one of them is 3 1/4 and other is 5 1/2 .
When i'm on win98 the floppy A is 3 1/4 and B is 5 1/2 .
The problem is the following : when i switch to linux (redhat 6.2) it
recognizes fd1 the
floppy 3 1/4 and fd0 the floppy 5 1/2 .
Could anyone tell me if i can change the floppys in linux, fd1 as floppy 5
1/2 and fd0 as 3 1/4 ?
Thank you for your time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Subject: Re: How can I boot into linux from CD-ROM?
Date: 27 May 2001 20:03:14 GMT
In article <9erltp$86r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Unfortunately, it did not work fine. It says it cannot find the image. I
> might
Image is the name of the kernelimage from the cd.
This shold be the first word after the lilo prompt.
Press tab to get the name of your Kernelimage
> have to install on the primary drive to be able to boot, I guess.
>
> Thank you for your help anyways,
>
> Tsugi
>
>
> "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9erjke$46i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Thanks for the quick response. I will try it.
>>
>>
>> "Gernot Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:9erj22$sgc0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > In article <9eri1r$1ei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> > "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > > After the installation of RedHat 7.1, I tried to boot from CD-ROM to
> log
>> in
>> > > to linux, but
>> > > I always end up with installation, not the boot process from HDD.
>> > > At the boot: prompt, I tried "boot=/dev/hdc5", but did not work.
>> > > Is there any command to log in to RedHat from CD-ROM, is it a must
> to
>> >
>> > try zImage root=/dev/hdc5
>> >
>> > where zImage is what comes if you press tab on the lilo prompt
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > MFG Gernot
>>
>>
>
>
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