RE: [expert] cdrom duplicate help wanted
On 10-Mar-00 Bug Hunter wrote: Does anyone have something or a procedure under Linux that will give me an exact iso image from the cd so the new cd burned from it is an exact duplicate? The easy way out is to make a diskdumpp into an image file, for example: dd if=/dev/hdc/ of=/home/bughunter/image.raw Then use cdrecord with the -data flag. The drawback of this procedure is that all read errors are dupplicated, too. But I had good results only doing that. regards, Tobias -- E-Mail: Tobias Kahre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11-Mar-00 Time: 10:22:36
Re: [expert] 7.0 PowerPack iso downloads?
Joseph,
I should have been more clear in my response. I was responding to a
question about where to get tons of programs at a decent price. Cheapbytes
sells those two software bundles for a very "cheap" price ("Archive set" and
"Packages galore")
Matt
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Subject: Re: [expert] 7.0 PowerPack iso downloads?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 15:01:16 -0500
M Thompson wrote:
Have you checked "http://www.cheapbytes.com"
Checkout the the following two deals:
1) Archive set
2) Packages Galore
snip
Cheapbytes isn't shipping 7.02 yet only 7.0
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Re: [expert] Running OSF Motif from KDE under Mandrake Linux 6.0
Hello linux users, I managed to boot Motif under Mandrake 6.1 using xinit which loads a primitive xterm into which I can execute "mwm " successfully. The bottom line is that xinit doesn't load a Windows manager. However, I'm still interested in my original query. - Original Message - From: FreeNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 7:12 PM Subject: [expert] Running OSF Motif from KDE under Mandrake Linux 6.0 Running OSF Motif from KDE under Mandrake Linux 6.0 (PC Answers fixed distribution) Can anyone help? I bought commercial Motif SWIM 2.0 for Linux in 1996 from Lasermoon who are sadly not trading now. It worked well with Slackware Linux 3.0 which could unload itself and execute alternative window managers. I developed some useful OpenGL software with this configuration. I have tried in vain to run Motif under KDE. I noted in KDE documentation that: kwmcom go:window manager might work where I used motif as windows manager . SWIM documentation suggests that "simply typing mwm " in an xterm would boot Motif. This did not work under Slackware. However it was possible to boot Motif under "other windows manager" menu. SWIM insists that the current (e.g. KDE) manager must be stopped before starting Motif manager. I have looked at /usr/share/config/kdmrc for clues. How does one make KDE aware of other windows managers and is there a compliance issue here? Maybe things could be resolved in "startx" as a last resort. Your expertise will be most welcome, Regards, Gerry
[expert] Extracting from CGZ files.
Hi all, How would I go about extracting certain files from a .cgz file ? Best Regards, Omar Kilani
[expert] Why a mail list, and not a news group?
Hi Is there any possibility of converting/mirroring this list on a news-group. The news-group could be local to Mandrakes news server, but it would save cluttering my mail box with 100+ mails a day (Would only take 10 min's to configure). Regards, Andrew Roberts
[expert] Mandrake update problem
Hello All, Here's a silly newbie problem, I did the Mandrake update thingy from KDE using the icon on the desktop. All went well, the program downloaded the updates in this case Netscape 4.7 and it's needed files, 6M for one and 5M for the other. The download and the update went well, but now I can't get Netscape to function. Any ideas?? I know there is something easy going on, I spent some time trying to find the executable Netscape file to make sure the icon properties were indeed calling the file but hit a dead end. Any help with this would be most appreciated!! Thanks in advance! Vern
Re: [expert] Why a mail list, and not a news group?
- Original Message - From: Andrew Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 9:53 AM Subject: [expert] Why a mail list, and not a news group? Hi Is there any possibility of converting/mirroring this list on a news-group. The news-group could be local to Mandrakes news server, but it would save cluttering my mail box with 100+ mails a day (Would only take 10 min's to configure). I've made the same suggestion before (as have others, I'm sure). It is obviously very low on the Mandrake priority list. One could set up a message board of sorts independantly , but it would suffer from the lack of any "official" presence. Too bad for us. Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] kde windows manager
The only thing I did was attempt to change the clock display from 24hrs to AM/PM. Then applied it and Ok'd it and that's what happended. I rebooted the server because I wanted to see if there were any error on startup and XFS had a problem with th 75dpi and the 10dpi. Apprently it coouldn't find the font file. You think XFS might be corrupted? -Al On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: Greetings, I have run in a strange problem and I have not been able to resolve it my self. I am running mandrake 7.0 with kde. During the session I lost kpanel. I attempted to restart it through a window and this is the error message that I received: QFont::setPointSize: Point Size = 0 (0) Any assistance would be appreciated. -Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ummm how about a clue what you were doing when Kpanel was lost? If I am going to work on it, I need to try to duplicate the error. Civileme On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: Greetings, I have run in a strange problem and I have not been able to resolve it my self. I am running mandrake 7.0 with kde. During the session I lost kpanel. I attempted to restart it through a window and this is the error message that I received: QFont::setPointSize: Point Size = 0 (0) Any assistance would be appreciated. -Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ummm how about a clue what you were doing when Kpanel was lost? If I am going to work on it, I need to try to duplicate the error. Civileme
Re: [expert] Why a mail list, and not a news group?
Andrew Roberts wrote: Hi Is there any possibility of converting/mirroring this list on a news-group. The news-group could be local to Mandrakes news server, but it would save cluttering my mail box with 100+ mails a day (Would only take 10 min's to configure). Regards, Andrew Roberts --- Try Procmail. Besides, having it as an email list can allow filtering out of non-subscription spammers. -l -- Linda A Walsh| Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Voice: (650) 933-5338
Re: [expert] Extracting from CGZ files.
Hi all, How would I go about extracting certain files from a .cgz file ? Try : cpio -i -I filename.cgz that should pull them all out. Best Regards, Omar Kilani
Re: [expert] applying pre-patch to kernel
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: Hi, This is not a question related to Linux Mandrake but I hope someone on this list can help me. I have some problems with applying a pre-patch from Alan Cox to Kernel 2.2.14. I downloaded the source tarball. Unpacked it in /usr/src. Now I wanted to apply the pre-patch-2.2.14-18. Is this the right one or are all pre-patches already included in 2.2.14 ? what I did in /usr/src is: # bunzip -dc pre-patch-2.2.14-18.bz2 | patch -p0 can´t find file to patch at input line 4 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? Did you try p1 instead of p0? Sometimes it depends on where you are patching from (ie is the patch in /usr/src or /usr/src/linux). -- Stephen
Re: Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I decided to see if I could get ahead of the game in case some white knight sent me a working 8390.o. Here's what I found. The pcmcia disk has a file called pcmcia.rdz. This file is a gzipped ext2 filesystem. I copied it off, unzipped it, and mounted it via loopback. On this filesystem there's a file modules.cgz. This is a gzipped cpio archive. In it, among other things, is 8390.o! So, when I get all the aforementioned errors resulting from not finding /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o, it's not because that file got dropped somewhere, but somehow the boot floppy is not mounting these things where the install script can find them. nope, the problem is the nasty directory "net" that shouldn't be there. Any additional insights very welcome. I'd really like to try mdk7 but if I can make rh61 work and not this, I can't carry on too much longer. Eventually I need to get some useful work done. well see www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3, i've just put a patched floppy with the 8390.o in net directory as it should be. I'm not quite sure it's gonna work, so please tell me there's still some pb hope it helps, cu Pixel.
[expert] HelixCode GNOME
Has anyone tried out the HelixCode GNOME? Wow! I was (and still am) severely impressed. What is going to happen with Mandrake making use of this? This should be included in the base Mandrake distribution as a (IMHO) replacement for the regular GNOME. The GNOME packages that HelixCode uses, tho, are i386 RPMs. Is Mandrake just going to include the installer and go from there? Or are they going to rebuild all of the packages to i586 with the Mandrake optimization? I sure hope they do the later and instead of having the HelixCode installer pointing to the HelixCode site and mirrors, point to the Mandrake site and mirrors with a new ./helix directory or something for those helix updates and whatnot. Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net Freezer Burn BBS: telnet://bbs.freezer-burn.org . ICQ: 54924721 Webmaster for the Linux Portal Site Freezer Burn: http://www.freezer-burn.org
[expert] fsck
fsck isn't forced if the machine was rebooted and didn't unmount the disks. is there some (easy) way to fix this? or do i need to write a script to `touch /forcefsck` on boot and delete it on shutdown? thanx, Bill -- William Ahern MIS, JINSA - JINSA Online http://www.jinsa.org/ -
Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME
Vincent, Has anyone tried out the HelixCode GNOME? Wow! I was (and still am) severely impressed. I tried it. At first I had problems but as soon as I deleted my old gnome and enlightenment dir's (and other related ones), it worked fine. I still get problems with it starting more than one panel. (BTW: I installed from rpm). Now that it mostly works I should say that it's a BIG step in the right direction. More of that and I might switch from KDE. What is going to happen with Mandrake making use of this? This should be included in the base Mandrake distribution as a (IMHO) replacement for the regular GNOME. I really hope that Mandrake includes these packages. Better if they make their own rpm's and put them on the update. Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! Yeah. I've got the same problem. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: Has anyone tried out the HelixCode GNOME? Wow! I was (and still am) severely impressed. I tried it. At first I had problems but as soon as I deleted my old gnome and enlightenment dir's (and other related ones), it worked fine. I still get problems with it starting more than one panel. (BTW: I installed from rpm). Now that it mostly works I should say that it's a BIG step in the right direction. More of that and I might switch from KDE. I installed it over-top of my existing GNOME (I use GNOME and Sawmill) and it worked great. I used to have a problem with it attempting to start more than one instance of the same panel but not anymore. I used the lynx install script to get it going and it worked really well. Since I don't use (or particularly like KDE), this really made my day. My wife uses KDE and I'm betting she'll switch to GNOME now that it's a little more intuitive. What is going to happen with Mandrake making use of this? This should be included in the base Mandrake distribution as a (IMHO) replacement for the regular GNOME. I really hope that Mandrake includes these packages. Better if they make their own rpm's and put them on the update. Yeah, or have a seperate directory and patch the Helix Installer to point to their mirror's. Maybe I'll fiddle and convert a few Helix RPMs to Mandrake RPMs (I'd like to see how they differ from the "standard" anyways). Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! Yeah. I've got the same problem. Yeah, that's kinda annoying, but I don't usually use the desktop icons anyways. But it would be nice if they did actually work... =( -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net Freezer Burn BBS: telnet://bbs.freezer-burn.org . ICQ: 54924721 Webmaster for the Linux Portal Site Freezer Burn: http://www.freezer-burn.org
Re: [expert] Still got my CD burner woes, help please
Andrew Roberts wrote: Got the same problems, there's some documentation in/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound. I've had a play and it looks like the sndconfig problem is in what goes in the /etc/conf.modules. When I get a working setup I'll have a post something somewhere. Regards, Andrew Roberts if anyone knows where I can find a README or HOWTO for the CMI8330 chip, I would appreciate it. The sndconfig utility is unable to determine the proper settings at all, and the ones that worked under Ver 6 generate an irq clash with my ver 7 install.. Trevor Yep, thats where I found it too - even sent you a copy of that doc, Andrew (sorry you already had it!) I will post if I get it going first (unlikely - I've got a life to live off the computer!!!) Trevor
Re: Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module
Hi Pixel- Thanks very much for this altered pcmcia image. Unfortunately the error message sequence I get for this one is just the same as before. So still no go. :( I'll probably noodle around with this some more tonight, mounting the image via loopback and peeking inside to see if I can fix this. I appreciate the help. Steve Salkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I decided to see if I could get ahead of the game in case some white knight sent me a working 8390.o. Here's what I found. The pcmcia disk has a file called pcmcia.rdz. This file is a gzipped ext2 filesystem. I copied it off, unzipped it, and mounted it via loopback. On this filesystem there's a file modules.cgz. This is a gzipped cpio archive. In it, among other things, is 8390.o! So, when I get all the aforementioned errors resulting from not finding /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o, it's not because that file got dropped somewhere, but somehow the boot floppy is not mounting these things where the install script can find them. nope, the problem is the nasty directory "net" that shouldn't be there. Any additional insights very welcome. I'd really like to try mdk7 but if I can make rh61 work and not this, I can't carry on too much longer. Eventually I need to get some useful work done. well see www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3, i've just put a patched floppy with the 8390.o in net directory as it should be. I'm not quite sure it's gonna work, so please tell me there's still some pb hope it helps, cu Pixel.
[expert] php and pgsql setup problem?
I have mod_php running on Apache, on Mandrake 6.1. I'd like to access a postgresql database from it. I just installed mod_php3-pgsql-3.0.12-12, so I suspect I am not doing something right there. I have installed (among others) the following RPMs from the disty: root@charlesc # rpm -qa | egrep -i \(php\|postgres\) | sort mod_php3-3.0.12-12 mod_php3-manual-3.0.12-12 mod_php3-pgsql-3.0.12-12 postgresql-6.5.1-7mdk postgresql-perl-6.5.1-7mdk postgresql-server-6.5.1-7mdk In php.ini: ;UNIX Extensions extension=pgsql.so ;extension=imap.so and [PostgresSQL] pgsql.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link pgsql.max_persistent= -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit pgsql.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non persistent). -1 means no limit pgsql.so is in /usr/lib/apache/, as it should be. None the less, I get an error: [error] PHP 3 Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function pg_connect() in counter.php3 on line 45 That line being: $cntrconn = pg_Connect( "localhost", "5432", "", "", "counter"); The code is from a sample at the phpbuilder web site, http://phpbuilder.px.sklar.com/code.html?code_id=205 -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! Yeah. I've got the same problem. Yeah, that's kinda annoying, but I don't usually use the desktop icons anyways. But it would be nice if they did actually work... =( Elaborate, nothing wrong with mine.. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] network question
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote: Run linuxconf from a terminal. It deals with such setup and other stuff, like file systems and user accounts. Linuxconf is your friend. To replace the question with one of my own, I'm not really understanding the "basic host information" group (that's where you set the host name). In the "host name" box, is that the full name (e.g., "vick.resnet.grinnell.edu") or just the computer's name (e.g., "vick")? I believe the "hostname" is JUST the computer name. John hostname is the hostname not the computer name (i.e. localhost.localdomain or mindless.wonder) in xxx.yyy xxx is the computer name and yyy is the domainname I consider "computername" to be JUST the xxx, so we both agree. :-) i.e the computer name on my personal machine is "slave1." The "Fully qualified hostname" of my machine is slave1.chattanooga.net John
Re: [expert] MIME/Base64 cmdline decoding
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: :-) Nice to know I can teach you Mandrake type folks something! :-) Hey, you know what they say, RTFM! ;-P hehehe... well, in MandrakeSoft's defence, I'm not an employee so you can't accuse them of hiring stupid people... =) And yes, you did teach me something... thanx again, John. :-) John
Re: [expert] cdrom duplicate help wanted
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: I've got the cdrom writer working. I'm using xcdroast ok. I was able to create a cd using linux, no problem. I'm looking to create an iso file from a redhat 5.2 cd, not the commercial version, but a fully free one that happens to be bootable. I have a specific need for that, as this product is going into an embedded system for internal use, and we need to be able to rebuild it. There are some drivers I've written for the 2.0.x kernel to drive custom hardware. dd if=/dev/cdrom of=somefilename.iso John
[expert] silly question
I used to know this command, but I haven't used it in awhile and it now escapes me... After I use RDATE to set the software clock, what's the command to write the changes to the hardware clock? I know it's something --systohc, but I"ve forgotten what it is can someone refresh my memory? Thanks... John
Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! Yeah. I've got the same problem. Yeah, that's kinda annoying, but I don't usually use the desktop icons anyways. But it would be nice if they did actually work... =( Elaborate, nothing wrong with mine.. Well, you can't change the icon, for one thing. Well, you can change it, but the change doesn't take... all symlinks or exe's are the can thing with the (I dunno) bone(?) sticking out the bottom of it, and everything else is a piece of paper. Application icons (ie. I had one before that would load vmware) don't work anymore (it's like it's not reading the info in the .desktop file). For all intents and purposes, unless it's symlinked, the icon doesn't work and you can't change the icon look. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net Freezer Burn BBS: telnet://bbs.freezer-burn.org . ICQ: 54924721 Webmaster for the Linux Portal Site Freezer Burn: http://www.freezer-burn.org
Re: Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module
Interestingly enough, when I did a cpio -i -I modules.cgz from the image you just posted, it now says : cpio: net/8390.o: No such file or directory 1619 blocks On the original pcmcia image this error doesn't occur, so I think your on the right track. Steve
Re: Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module
Hi again, I have created a pcmcia.rdz image that works for the 8390; email me if you want me to send it to you. The upshot was I started with the original pcmcia image, and changed the /etc/config line 25 to remove the "net/" prefix from the 8390. Now the line looks like this: device "pcnet_cs" class "network" module "8390", "pcnet_cs" Output from this on insert of card shows it detects and loads. However, the very next thing is this: insmod 8390.o and insmod pcnet_cs.o are here 6eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:40:33 etc. 30Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: executing: './network start eth0' 30Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: + cat: not found 30Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: + ./network: /sbin/ifconfig: not found 30Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: + sed: not found These commands all occur in the /etc/network script in the section for starting the network. If it can't find ifconfig and update resolv files I don't think this is going to work. Any further thoughts? Has anyone ever done a pcmcia network install with mdk7? Thanks in advance, Steve Salkin
[expert] Major partition magic screw up
I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME
Helix screwed up my Gnome very nicely!! :-) Right now, I can't see the taskbar (the one with the foot on it). Everything else seems fine. Can anyone please help!! Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! Yeah. I've got the same problem. Yeah, that's kinda annoying, but I don't usually use the desktop icons anyways. But it would be nice if they did actually work... =( Elaborate, nothing wrong with mine.. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[expert] ftp server setup in lm7.00
is there a know problem with the ftp server in mandrake 7.0? I can not seem to get the anonymous ftp to work, users can not see files or directories. I have set the permissions to user and group ftp and chmod 0755 and still can not see a list. If I know a directory name I can change to that directory even if I can not see it and can download a file the same way. What is keeping this machine from showing a directory listing to anonymous ftp users. If I log in as a user then everything is fine.
Re: [expert] silly question
Well, if you're root, just use rdate -s time.nist.gov (or whatever server you use). On 11 Mar, John Aldrich wrote: I used to know this command, but I haven't used it in awhile and it now escapes me... After I use RDATE to set the software clock, what's the command to write the changes to the hardware clock? I know it's something --systohc, but I"ve forgotten what it is can someone refresh my memory? Thanks... John -- --- Nil Carborundum Illegitimi http://andysocial.com
Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Anyways, I installed and have only one problem with it right now (the desktop icons seem to be broken) but other than that it's incredible! Really makes a difference! Yeah. I've got the same problem. Yeah, that's kinda annoying, but I don't usually use the desktop icons anyways. But it would be nice if they did actually work... =( Elaborate, nothing wrong with mine.. Well, you can't change the icon, for one thing. Well, you can change it, but the change doesn't take... all symlinks or exe's are the can thing with the (I dunno) bone(?) sticking out the bottom of it, and everything It's a Piston from a combustion engine :) else is a piece of paper. Application icons (ie. I had one before that would load vmware) don't work anymore (it's like it's not reading the info in the .desktop file). For all intents and purposes, unless it's symlinked, the icon doesn't work and you can't change the icon look. :/ can't reproduce that either/still -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] ftp server setup in lm7.00
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Tim Val Litwiller wrote: is there a know problem with the ftp server in mandrake 7.0? Yes, anonymous ftp is allowed w/o the anon-ftp rpm installed I can not seem to get the anonymous ftp to work, users can not see files or directories. I have set the permissions to user and group ftp and chmod 0755 and still can not see a list. If I know a directory name I can change to that directory even if I can not see it and can download a file the same way. What is keeping this machine from showing a directory listing to anonymous ftp users. lack of files in /home/ftp, install the anon-ftp rpm and you should be ok. If I log in as a user then everything is fine. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] silly question
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: I used to know this command, but I haven't used it in awhile and it now escapes me... After I use RDATE to set the software clock, what's the command to write the changes to the hardware clock? I know it's something --systohc, but I"ve forgotten what it is can someone refresh my memory? Thanks... John hwclock -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[expert] LILO
I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on my second hard drive(slave drive). My first hard drive has Win'98. If I want to put LILO on the MBR do I just partition my second hard drive(hdb) and install Linux all on that drive and then configure LILO as follows: boot = /dev/hda install = /boot/boot.b map = /boot/map #Stanza for Linux image = /boot/vmlinuz label = linux root = /dev/hdb1 #Stanza for Win other = /dev/hda1 table = /dev/hda label = windows loader = /boot/any_d.b If this is completely wrong or if their is a better configuration then please let me know. Thank you, Leith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] silly question
John Aldrich wrote: I used to know this command, but I haven't used it in awhile and it now escapes me... After I use RDATE to set the software clock, what's the command to write the changes to the hardware clock? I know it's something --systohc, but I"ve forgotten what it is can someone refresh my memory? Thanks... John hwclock Tom
Re: [expert] LILO
Only if you put the boot image on drive hda. For the second drive to work with lilo on the MBR of hda you also need to install lilo on either the mbr of hdb or at the beginning of your root partition on drive hdb. In the later case your linux boot would look like this: other=/dev/hdbx where x is the partition number of the root partition label=linux Now you get two lilo prompts when you boot. If you install lilo on the mbr of hdb then your lilo.conf is correct except boot=/dev/hdb. I have never done this one but if you let the mandrake installation program install lilo for you it will do it correctly and I would select to install lilo on the boot partition of hdbx and the mbr of hda. Then if you add disk drives always install lilo on the root partition if you want more flavors of linux to play with. A caveat you will discover is that boot=/dev/hdx can only be defined once in lilo.conf all other boot partitions are listed as other. The window section looks ok by me except that I do not have table=... or loader=... for the win98 boot syntax. Also, are you needing scsi suppport at boot. If you do, then you need to create an initrd image using mkinitrd syntax: mkinitrd /boot/initrd.img xxx where xx is the kernel id (look in /lib/modules for a list of kernel directories that you can generate initrd images. Also a good idea to name the initrd image initrd-x where again x is the kernel id. Also is hdb1 the partition on the boot drive where the root partition (/) is located. Also a good idea to create a partition for /boot as the first partition. I usually use a 16mb as the first partition /boot then next partition is swap and the next one is / which contains everything but /boot. This guarantees that the boot image is always in the first. Finally here is a copy of an old lilo.conf that works for me with win partitions on hda1 and hdb1; /boot on hda5 and hdb5; / on hda7 and hdb7; and swap on hda6 and hdb6. Purpose here is to have a stable linux install on either hda or hdb and the one that I muck with on the other drive. I never mess with stable until the experimental install is stable. boot=/dev/hda you can only do this once map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt timeout=50 #message=/boot/message image=/boot/bzImage-smp label=custom-smp root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14xsmp.img append="mem=128M" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp label=linux root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14smp.img append="mem=128M " read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-up root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="mem=128M" read-only other=/dev/hdb5 this is the partition where Ihave lilo installed on drive hdb label=debian other=/dev/hda1 label=win98 table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe Hope this helps Tom Leith Shabbot wrote: I am trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on my second hard drive(slave drive). My first hard drive has Win'98. If I want to put LILO on the MBR do I just partition my second hard drive(hdb) and install Linux all on that drive and then configure LILO as follows:boot = /dev/hdainstall = /boot/boot.bmap = /boot/map#Stanza for Linux image = /boot/vmlinuzlabel = linuxroot = /dev/hdb1#Stanza for Winother = /dev/hda1table = /dev/hdalabel = windowsloader = /boot/any_d.bIf this is completely wrong or if their is a better configuration then please let me know.Thank you,Leith[EMAIL PROTECTED]
