Linux-Setup Digest #63
Linux-Setup Digest #63, Volume #21 Tue, 17 Apr 01 19:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Conflicting device problem? (Han2097)
Booting win98 in /dev/hdd1 with LILO? (Artabros)
network neighbourhood and subnets. ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: network neighbourhood and subnets. (Michael Heiming)
Re: network neighbourhood and subnets. ("Kenny@BUI")
Re: Partitioning and LILO ("Phil Matthews")
Re: Find current kernel config ? (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Modem trouble ("Roy Bamford")
Re: Configuring my ATI vid. card ("Dancin' Fool")
eth0 works but PPP has quit ("James Kimble")
How to switch graphcal login manger between Gnome/ KDE ? (Afonso Sam)
Re: Booting win98 in /dev/hdd1 with LILO? (Jason Lott)
Re: Find current kernel config ? (Kwan Lowe)
Re: How to switch graphcal login manger between Gnome/ KDE ? (Kwan Lowe)
Re: KT7-RAID, right way to install RH 7.0 to HPT370?
Re: eth0 works but PPP has quit (Bill Unruh)
Re: Nice tricks with Win-Printers (Nils Holland)
Re: Diamond Stealth III S540 troubles ("T")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han2097)
Date: 17 Apr 2001 19:11:40 GMT
Subject: Conflicting device problem?
I am trying to get my Crystal PnP soundcard working in
Linux. Sndconfig would not let me choose IRQ 11, which is the IRQ for my
soundcard. To get my sound to work, I had to change an IRQ in isapnp.conf:
# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# IRQ 9.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 0 (IRQ 11 (MODE +E))) #_This 11 was previously a 10
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0330
# Maximum IO base address 0x0330
# IO base alignment 8 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 2
(IO 0 (BASE 0x330))
After I rebooted, my sound worked. (Except for olp3, which is
midi, right?) But my D-Link DFE-530-TX PCI network card, which is on IRQ 10,
did not, so I no longer have internet connectivity from within Linux.
I really do not understand why changing this would cause my network card to
stop working. They ARE on different IRQs.
Curiously, during boot the step "Determining IP information for eth0 via
dhcpcd," which takes about one minute to tell me "FAILED", took only a second
or so to fail after I made this change to isapnp.conf.
Please give me a hand with this, I am *so* close to being able to do everything
in Linux that I could under Windows, without crashes :)
Thanks!
Dan R
ICQ 4689648
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Artabros)
Subject: Booting win98 in /dev/hdd1 with LILO?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:37:19 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi!
I'm trying to boot windows 98 on slave HDD of IDE Secondary Controller
(/dev/hdd1). My lilo.conf contents:
---
boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hda1
message=/etc/lilo.msg
prompt
single-key
timeout=60
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=ask
disk=/dev/hdd
bios=0x81
(...)
other=/dev/hdd1
table=/dev/hdd
loader = /boot/os2_d.b
label=win98
alias=7
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
===
Once i select that option in lilo's prompt, appears an error message
advicing that there's non-system disk and when I press a key, it tells me
that there isn't an active partition (or something like that). Win98
is correctly installed (when it's in /dev/hda1, it works):
Disk /dev/hdd: 32 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 bytes
Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 524528160+ b Win95 FAT32
Somebody knows what is happening?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english! :P
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: network neighbourhood and subnets.
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:42:00 -0400
hello,
we have two lans. the ips on one lan is 192.168.1.??? and on other lan
192.168.10.???.
the linux box is 192.168.1.1. a router configuration connects the two lans.
every computer in both lans can see the linux box in network neighbourhood,
however only the local lan computers can actually double click and go into
the linux computer. the remote computers when they double click are prompted
for a password. this error is similar to when the win98 computers login name
has to be added to the linux box.
any suggestions?
thank you,
kenny.
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:52:47 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: network neighbourhood
Linux-Setup Digest #63
Linux-Setup Digest #63, Volume #20 Sat, 18 Nov 00 12:13:06 EST
Contents:
Linux instalation ("Eugene Fetbroyt")
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 (Timothy Murphy)
Re: kernal can't find /sbin/init help ("Jerry Segers, Jr.")
Re: Old School (Robert)
Re: /tmp directory (Robert)
Re: Install/Partition Table/Fdisk problems
staroffice installation ("James")
Re: Red Hat 7 Installation and Networking Trouble ("Vijay Culas")
ALSA problem with Delta 44 soundcard (Holger Jenczewski)
Re: Lilo Li... problem. ("Vijay Culas")
3 questions, ETH0 (Linksys LNE100TX nic) & Gnome/sawfish fonts (Steve Norton)
Re: NT/LINUX dual help! (Steve Norton)
Installation problem of portable with only floppy and limited harddisk (Karel Venken)
sblive "insmod joystick" problem: ("Mickey Stein")
Re: Setting the system date (Chilly Willy)
Re: Kernel Compile problem RH7.0 (pic)
Re: Problems setting up TV-Card (Jan Oliver Koch)
From: "Eugene Fetbroyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux instalation
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:33:49 GMT
Hi everyone.
On my computer I have 2 hard drivers: first for windows and it contains
linux installation files, second is empty and I want install linux on it.
Is it possible create start up disk which load *.img from first HD.
If it is possible let me know
Many thanks
Eugene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Murphy)
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: 18 Nov 2000 12:52:48 -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>1) Windows versions are notorious for wrecking the MBR. If they need to
>reinstall, upgrade or whatsoever, there's no way to tell the OS not to
>touch the MBR (perhaps with NT there is, I don't really know)
I've had exactly the opposite experience.
I was installing Windows-98 (Windows-NT would not work) yesterday
on a laptop with Linux on it yesterday,
and as far as I could see neither Windows-98 nor NT
would over-write my LILO-written MBR.
I had to delete the MBR (with "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=1")
before I could get either Windows Loader to install.
In other words, Microsoft seems very (too) careful about over-writing the MBR,
whereas Linux does not mind at all.
Nb I am not an expert,
and may have misunderstood something.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel: 086-233 6090
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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From: "Jerry Segers, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernal can't find /sbin/init help
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 07:47:01 +0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You seem to have forgotten to compile ELF support into the kernel, so
> boot the backup kernel (...)
>
> Ta', Juergen
>
HA! that's it exactly, I made it (and initially ide support) as modules
THANK YOU! It works
IT'S ALIVE!!!
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Old School
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:07:11 GMT
What do you mean? every distro has a script based start-up. On some of
them
(like corel) it's hidden but watching the init processes is good for
debugging
(and learning). If your box has two processors check first if the distro
you
want supports it, or it'll be running only with one!
As i think, the most important goals of SuSE is the amount of packages
and
the amount of hardware drivers.
"Fireman (Nuclear Field) Gilt" wrote:
>
> I just got a new (old) computer; it looks like what they normally used
> in offices about 4-5 years ago, it's pretty nice. My question is would
> it be possible to install Linux on that bad boy. It has 2 processors; I
> don't know if that means anything or not... I've installed Linux on
> many-a-PC, but not a former windows NT machine.
>
> Also, what would be a good distribution? I wanted one with a lot of
> packages, and one that'd help me accomplish my main goal here: squeezing
> every penny out of "unlimited use." SuSE is pretty cool but I don't like
> the script-based startup. Slackware is probably my favorite, but I
> always have problems with the libraries. I'm kind of iffy about Redhat
> because it's gay-y..
>
> but I can change. Any advice would be appreciated,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: /tmp directory
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:07:12 GMT
When contemplating security, is always a good
Linux-Setup Digest #63
Linux-Setup Digest #63, Volume #19Mon, 3 Jul 00 14:13:10 EDT
Contents:
How do I move LILO from /dev/hda to /dev/sda with BusLogic BT-950?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help! root directory mounted as readonly. What to do? (David)
cdrom (Siva Kumaran Nadarajah)
switching between IP addresses easily? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: Intial setup of RH 6.2 ("Silly Rabbit")
Re: Apps Overfilling Screen (Tom Hoffmann)
CDROM mounting problems (Siva Kumaran Nadarajah)
Help mounting CDROM under Redhat 6.2 & Gnome... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to enable xdmcp (John D Prokopek)
Help with VNC ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CDROM mounting problems (Jesper Krogh)
does suspend mode work on Dell Inspiron 3000? (Garry Hodgson)
Re: cdrom ("David ..")
Re: Seti@home behind firewall?? (David Efflandt)
Re: what the hell is 'Unsolved Symbols' in RH6.2!!! (Edward A. Falk)
Re: sorry your X11 server lacks DMPS (David Efflandt)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How do I move LILO from /dev/hda to /dev/sda with BusLogic BT-950?
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 16:27:23 GMT
Hello:
Two hard drives, two OS's:
Linux on /dev/sda
M$ W-- 98 on /dev/hda
I recently changed SCSI controllers:
the old one was an ASUS SC-200 (Symbios 53C810A)
the new one is a Mylex (BusLogic) BT-950
Previously, in order to install LILO on /dev/sda, I had to use
drive-swapping tricks in /etc/lilo.conf, making sure I set `SCSI' first
in the boot order of the motherboard BIOS:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=600
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x80
disk=/dev/hda
bios=0x81
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16
label=linux-2.2.16
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16.img
append="video=matrox:vesa:287"
read-only
root=/dev/sda1
other=/dev/hda1
label=lose98
table=/dev/hda
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
This worked fine with the ASUS controller, but with my new Mylex
controller, it doesn't work. LILO stops at `LI'. I can force LILO onto
/dev/sda if I disconnect the SCSI cable and run /sbin/lilo with the
following /etc/lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=600
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16
label=linux-2.2.16
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16.img
append="video=matrox:vesa:287"
read-only
root=/dev/sda1
Then I can reconnect the IDE cable and mount /dev/hda, but of course
can't boot into the OS located there. Moreover, if I re-run /sbin/lilo
with the IDE cable attached (using this second /etc/lilo.conf), then
lilo complains with
Warning: /dev/sda is not on the first disk
even though I've set `SCSI first' in the motherboard BIOS.
When I reboot, LILO again stops at `LI'.
A possible clue to my problem is the following message appearing in
/var/log/messages _every_ time I run /sbin/lilo:
Jul 3 09:30:00 dolphy kernel: scsi0: Warning: Partition Table appears
to have Geometry 67/62 which is not compatible with current BusLogic
Host Adapter Geometry 255/63
But if this geometry mismatch were really significant, it seems I would
_never_ be able to boot from a LILO on /dev/sda. In fact, I _can_ under
the right circumstances. For what it's worth, the C/H/S specs printed
on the HD are 6536/4/161.
So, at the moment, I'm stuck with LILO on /dev/hda in order to boot into
both OS's, which I really don't want.
Can anybody help me move LILO to /dev/sda in a way that enables dual
booting?
Thanks in advance,
--Alan Vlach
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Help! root directory mounted as readonly. What to do?
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 09:37:30 -0700
Hi folks,
I have a problem: My Compaq Presario 1215 laptop with
RedHat 6.0, Kernel 2.2.5-15 on it has been forced to
shut off because the battery went empty and I forgot
to plug in the power adaptor soon enough. When I tried
to reboot it, it didn't mount the harddisk as
read/writeable such that no file can be opened or
written on the hd. Excerpt:
--
autorun...
... autorun done
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
--
So, the file mtab cannot be written, for example.
That's bad and I don't know how to unmout and remount
it writeable. In linuxconf I get the error message:
"modprobe: cannot locate module block-major-8" and
"modprobe: cannot locate module block-major-48"
