Linux-Misc Digest #343
Linux-Misc Digest #343, Volume #26 Sun, 19 Nov 00 07:13:02 EST Contents: Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 3 of 6) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Crossposted-To: news.answers,comp.answers Subject: Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 3 of 6) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:05:21 GMT are links from the xfsft Home Page to them as well. You can also compile True Type Font support into your X server directly. Again, refer to the xfsft Home Page for details. 4.13. How Can I Boot Linux from MS-DOS? If LILO doesn't work, and if the machine has MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows, you may be left with a computer that won't boot. This can also happen on an upgrade to your Linux distribution. Re-installing LILO is the last thing that the installation does. So it is vitally important when installing or upgrading Linux on a dual boot machine, to have a MS-DOS or Windows rescue disk nearby so you can FDISK -MBR. Then you can go about using LOADLIN.EXE instead of LILO. This config.sys file is one possible way to invoke LOADLIN.EXE and boot MS-DOS or Linux. [menu] menuitem=DOS, Dos Boot menuitem=LINUX, Linux Boot [LINUX] shell=c:\redhat\loadlin.exe c:\redhat\autoboot\vmlinuz vga=5 root=/dev [DOS] STACKS = 0,0 rem all the other DOS drivers get loaded here. This creates a menu where you can directly jump to LOADLIN.EXE before all of the MS-DOS drivers get loaded. The paths and options are peculiar to one machine and should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. See the LOADLIN.EXE docs for options. They are the same as LILO, and options are just passed to the kernel, anyhow. [Jim Harvey] 4.14. How Can I Boot Linux from OS/2's Boot Manager? 1. Create a partition using OS/2's FDISK.EXE (Not Linux's fdisk). 2. Format the partition under OS/2, either with FAT or HPFS. This is so that OS/2 knows about the partition being formatted. (This step is not necessary with OS/2 `warp' 3.0.) 3. Add the partition to the Boot Manager. 4. Boot Linux, and create a file system on the partition using mkfs -t ext2 or mke2fs. At this point you may, if you like, use Linux's fdisk to change the code of the new partition to type 83 (Linux Native)--this may help some automated installation scripts find the right partition to use. 5. Install Linux on the partition. 6. Install LILO on the Linux partition--NOT on the master boot record of the hard drive. This installs LILO as a second-stage boot loader on the Linux partition itself, to start up the kernel specified in the LILO configuration file. To do this, you should put boot = /dev/hda2 (where /dev/hda2 is the partition you want to boot from) in your /etc/lilo/config or /etc/lilo.config file. 7. Make sure that it is the Boot Manager partition that is marked active, so that you can use Boot Manager to choose what to boot. There is a set of HOWTO's on the subject of multi-boot systems at the LDP Home Page, http://www.linuxdoc.org/. 5. File Systems, Disks, and Drives 5.1. How Can I Get Linux to Work with My Disk? If your disk is an IDE or EIDE drive, you should read the file /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/README.ide (part of the Linux kernel source code). This README contains many helpful hints about IDE drives. Many modern IDE controllers do translation between `physical' cylinders/heads/sectors, and `logical' ones. SCSI disks are accessed by linear block numbers. The BIOS invents some `logical' cylinder/head/sector fiction to support DOS. An IBM PC-compatible BIOS will usually not be able to access partitions which extend beyond 1024 logical cylinders, and will make booting a Linux kernel from such partitions using LILO problematic at best. You can still use such partitions for Linux or other operating systems that access the controller directly. It's recommend that you create at least one Linux partition entirely under the 1024 logical cylinder limit, and boot from that. The other partitions will then be okay. Also there seems to be a bit of trouble with the newer Ultra-DMA drives. I haven't gotten the straight scoop on them--but they are becoming a very common problem at the SVLUG installfests. When you can get 8 to 12 Gig drives for $200 to $300 it's no wonder. [Jim Dennis] 5.2. How Can I Undelete Files? In general, this is very hard to do on unices because of their multitasking nature. Undelete functionality for the ext2fs file system is being worked on, but don't hold your breath. There are a number of packages available which instead provide new commands for deleting and copying which move deleted files into a `wastebasket' directory. The files can be recovered until cleaned out automatically by background processing. Alternatively, you can search the raw disk device which holds the file system in question. This is hard work
Linux-Misc Digest #343
Linux-Misc Digest #343, Volume #24Tue, 2 May 00 11:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Partitioning ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: moving files from windows to linux on same comp ("Art S. Kagel")
Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms (Kerry Cox)
Re: Cannot kill a process ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Newbie LILO question (Eric)
KDE vs Gnome? (Pal Dahle)
mod_auth_mysql Hilfe dringend gesucht! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
mod_auth_mysql help needing! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Partitioning (Alex Borghgraef)
Re: KDE vs Gnome? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Gnome Problem (Alejandro Blanca)
Re: Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 ?? (steve)
Re: Gnome Problem (Matthew Haley)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS (Rod Smith)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Partitioning
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 13:55:45 GMT
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Alex Borghgraef [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to install Debian on my pc, but I've run into a problem
partitioning my hd.
I have two hd's, one hda which is fully W95, and one hdb which did
contain a 1Gb W95
partition, another 1,5Gb W95 partition, a 1Gb SuSE linux ext2
partition
and a small linux
swap partition. I wanted more space for linux, so I used cfdisk in the
Debian setup to delete
the three big partitions, and make one 1Gb W95 partition and one 2.5Gb
linux partition.
When I completed the Debian setup and rebooted, lilo didn't want to
start, and when I tried
booting from the created Debian bootfloppy, I got the following
message:
e2fsck: Bad magic number in superblock while trying to open /dev/hdb6
(that was the new
linux partition).
Then some more stuff about it not being a correct ext2 file system.
What did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?
With repartioning you changed the name of your linux partition.
Previously called hdb6 ,it may now probably be hdb1.
I don't know Debian but with SuSE ith should work this way (certainly
you can transform it to Debian):
boot disk:
if there's something like /etc/fstab or fstab on the disk,change
/dev/hdb6 in fstab to wherever your linux system is placed now.
hd:
Mount emergency system from cd.
Once it is up, edit /etc/fstab with vi and insert an additional line
with an entry for your linux partition, e.g.
/dev/hdb1 /my-tempext2defaults1 2
Make directory my-temp or whatever you named it.
Try to mount hdb1 and edit /etc/fstab accordingly on success.
Reinstall lilo.
That could work.
If I got you wrong, you should simply run e2fsck by hand.(boot emergency
system,e2fsck /dev/hdb6)
Volker
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From: "Art S. Kagel" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: moving files from windows to linux on same comp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
does anyone know of a program(downloadable software) that will move files
from windows to linux while in windows?
Also the DJGPP Project (GCC on DOS/Windows) has a set of tools that can
access Linux partitions. See www.delorie.com.
Art S. Kagel
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From: Kerry Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 rpms
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:29:47 -0600
Martin Sanborn wrote:
Kerry Cox wrote:
caused a lot of things to break. Has anyone had any success in
installing XFree86 on their own Linux machine using the RPMs? And if
so, would they be willing to share their experience?
In my case, all the RPMs from rawhide seem to be ok EXCEPT for
XFree86-4.0-0.x.i386.rpm. This package is broken. I've tried both the 4.0-0.6
and 4.0-0.8 versions, and neither work. I think the error is akin to "cpio:
error file handle broken" or something of the sort.
I plan on installing the binary packages from xfree86.org that correspond to
the files contained in XFree86-4.0-0.x.i386.rpm. Specifically, these are
Xman.tgz, Xmod.tgz, Xbin.tgz, Xlib.tgz, and Xetc.tgz. I won't install the
others since the rest of the XFree-4.0 RPMs (fonts, board-specific server,
docs, devel, extra libs) are all OK.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Marty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marty,
Please let me know how it goes. I am very interested in hearing what
the success rate is. It appears to be rather split as of the present
time. Perhaps some later releases to rawhide will starighten things
out.
KJ
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Linux-Misc Digest #343
Linux-Misc Digest #343, Volume #19Sun, 7 Mar 99 03:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Labels crashing WP8 for Linux (Ralph Alvy)
Re: Help: Newbie doesn't know where to start with GNOME! (jik-)
Re: best offline newsreader? (Jan Panteltje)
Re: BEST HW For Linux NoteBook Project ("David Thornewill von Essen")
Re: best offline newsreader? (Jan Panteltje)
Re: Install Linux on intel-based Sequent server (Stuart Eichert)
How does rpm check dependencies? (David M. Siegel)
linux for beginers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: xdm problems - can't shutdown (Jason Kircher)
Re: Help: Newbie doesn't know where to start with GNOME! (brian moore)
smbmount: Can't get it to work... (Jason Kircher)
From: Ralph Alvy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Labels crashing WP8 for Linux
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 17:27:19 GMT
In article 7bp8et$o7b$[EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm having a problem with the labels function of WordPerfect 8 for Linux.
This is the feature that you get by selecting Format-Labels from the main
menu. When I try this, I get the list of labels, and I can select one,
but when I click on OK, WordPerfect crashes. I get no warning, no core
dump, just a crashed program. If I then re-start WordPerfect, I get the
"Timed Backup" dialog, and if I click the "File Manager" button and select
the listed file, I get the envelopes template and can use it. That's
rather a flaky way to load a template, though. So:
1) Has anybody else seen this bug?
2) Does anybody else NOT get this bug?
3) Does anybody have a suggested workaround or fix for this bug?
FWIW, this happens with both the downloadable and retail versions of WP8
for Linux, on a system with Red Hat 5.2 using kernel 2.2.1. I'm running
XFree86 3.3.2.3-25 (from a Red Hat RPM), using a Matrox Millennium via the
XF86_SVGA server. The problem does *NOT* occur if I use WP 7 for Linux;
it's specific to WP 8.
Rod,
I just tried this as non-root on my shipped shrink-wrap WP8-Linux with no
problem. I'm running it on RedHat 5.2, with Kernel 2.0.36, XFree86-3.3.3.1,
and a Matrox Millenium video card.
In case it matters, it looks like WP8-Linux was compiled for libc5 instead of
libc6. That's why, on some systems, it can give incorrect date/time. I had to
create a smbolic link like this to solve that:
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo /usr/lib/zoneinfo
Ralph
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From: jik- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Help: Newbie doesn't know where to start with GNOME!
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 22:44:34 -0800
To install gnome 1.0 :
This is what I've done:
1. get all rpm packages except those marked 'devel' (I assume you' you're
not interested in developing)
1.5 put them all in a new temporary dir (eg. mkdir gnome)
2. # rpm -ivh glib-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
3. # rpm -ivh gtk+-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm
4. # rpm -Uvh ORBit*
5. # rpm -Uvh au*
6. # rpm -Uvh esou*
7. # rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm
8. # rpm -Uvh gu*
9. # rpm -Uvh lib*
10. # rpm -Uvh gnom*
11. # rpm -Uvh x*
12. # rpm -Uvh GX*
13. # rpm -Uvh co*
14. # rpm -Uvh e*
15. # rpm -Uvh f*
16. # rpm -Uvh ...
well I don't have to type it all - you can find out yourself what depends
on what.
Jesus Christ!! You mean there is more to install then that I mean,
sure when I tried it there was a whole shitload, but I thought that by
NOW they might have shirinked it just a little maybeguess not.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Panteltje)
Subject: Re: best offline newsreader?
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 99 17:45:20 GMT
Kevin Chelby Geiss enlightened this group thus:
I'm a new linux user. my only gripe is reading usenet news (in fact
I'm in windows right now!! blech!)
I'm using free agent in windows. I can't find an off line news reader
for linux whihc is as good!!!
with agent you can select the headers you want downloaded and delete
the rest from your account so they are gone forever. you can select
multiple headers at once, using shift and the arrow keys. I can sift
through 1000 messages in 15 minutes and end up with only the bodies I
want to read.
Please tell me there is something as good for linux!!!
Knews is very powerful, but it is not offline. I've read reports that Agent
will work with Wine, and I know for a fact that Agent also works with Wabi.
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NewsFleX is an offline reader, but it is not free.
There is a demo on www.panteltje.demon.nl/newsflex/ that you can try until
May 1.
Jan
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