[newbie] Windows hates Linux

[Ciro Durán]

Well, after installing a thounsand times Mandrake 
7.0 (and Corel AND Debian), finally I make it work...   and now I have 
two issues:
 
1) I couldn´t install completely KDE.   
When it is installing there´s a moment when it asks me to insert the other CD 
but it doesn´t open the CD drive and the button doesn´t work.   I have 
to open manually and when I hit Ok it hangs...   I have to cancel the 
installation in order to finish it...    Any 
suggestions?   One is trying to finish it by Drakconf, but I don´t 
know, i must buy a bigger HD...
 
2) I had to install GNOME without almost anything 
(just The Gimp and the configuration packs), and it works right... even I enter 
the windows partition and it can read anything...   But if I boot from 
Windows, if I try to open Explorer or ANY program tries to see the HD, or in DOS 
I enter the partition linux uses, it hangs, it simply stops working, not even 
the ctrl-alt-del responds...    What it causing this? is there 
any way to "hide" the partition from Windows?
 
Thnx
 
El Ciro
 
 

Re: [newbie] linux on a notebook

[Michael D. Viron]

You are going to have a hard time fitting even a minimal install of
Mandrake on there which is somewhere around 400 MB (non-custom install).
The smallest linux install I've done was a RedHat 5.2 install (with no gui
though) on a 127 MB.  It is possible that if you carefully go through each
package (from the expert install) that it might fit, but I wouldn't hold my
breath.

You could try looking for "tiny" versions of linux--try the linux.org
website for a list of english language distros that are made for small
hard-drives.  To put Mandrake on a 115 MB drive you'd basically have to
have a very good working knowledge of what packages are absolutely necessary.

Michael

--
Michael Viron
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners Online Operations Team
University of West Florida

At 10:24 AM 04/14/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>hello all
>i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy notebook (specifficaly
>the GUI)
>it has a hard disk of 115megabytes.
>can anyone tell me if this is possible? and if possible, how to accomplish
>this?
>im currently running w95 but that sucks big time
>thanx in front !
>
>

Re: [newbie] help configuring network card

[Tyrak Sunstorm]

I open a root console, and typed "ifconfig"

lo link encap: local loopback
   inet addr: 127.0.0.1   mask 255.0.0.0
   (then some network statistics)

I type "ifconfig eth0" and get
eth0  link encap: ethernet HW Addr: (mac address)
  inet addr 192.168.1.110   bcast 192.168.1.255
  mask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast running multicast  mtu: 1500  metric: 1
   (then some network statistics, all values 0 except
txqueuelen: 100
 base address: 0xd800

"route -n"
shows local loopback routing information only

"ifconfig eth0 up"
SIOCSIFFLAGS:  device or resource busy

"ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts"
shows 15 items -- variations on ifup, ifdown, ifcfg
and network-functions

"ifup eth0"
SIOCADDRT:  network is down
SIOCADDRT:  network is unreachable

I checked harddrake and the card appears to be
detected properly.  Do I need to set the IRQ and base
address somewhere (maybe the 0xd800 is not correct). 
It looks like eth0 for some reason is not active.  

Thanks,
Tyrak

--- CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:18:12AM -0700, Tyrak
> Sunstorm wrote:
> > detect the card properly, but when I try to assign
> an
> > IP address, it doesn't take.  I can't ping the
> address
> > of the card I assign, or the default gateway.  I
> can
> 
> It makes sense that if you can't ping the card
> itself, you won't be able
> to ping the gateway.  Post the results of the
> following:
> ifconfig
> route -n
> ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> 
> Then (as root) run 'ifup eth0' and see what results
> you get.  All of
> this can be done from the standard config utils, but
> I want to see ALL
> error messages that might appear.
> -- 
> Blue skies... Todd
> | Get a bigger hammer!   |  Sometimes you get what
> you want.  |
> | http://www.mrball.net  |  Sometimes you get
> experience. |
> | http://faq.mrball.net  |
> --unknown origin   |
> 


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Re: [newbie] Gzip

[Michael D. Viron]

tar -xzvf 

Michael

--
Michael Viron
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners Online Operations Team
University of West Florida

At 06:27 PM 04/18/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I'm new to Linux and I forgot how to extract .tar.gz files.  Can someone
offer me some assistance?  
>

Re: [newbie] return messages

[Carroll Grigsby]

Harm:
Hmmm not until you mentioned it. One possible clue: You're running
kmail, I'm in Netscape.
-- cmg


"H.J.Bathoorn" wrote:
> 
> Hi erveryone,
> 
> Somehow my reply messages don't automatically go to the list
> anymore but to the original sender personally. Trying with older
> messages doesn't do this in kmail.
> Anybody else have these symptoms?
> --
> Semper avanti,sailing on Linux,
> Harm Bathoorn Free evermore.
> Hoek. NL.
>|~>
>|  _
>   ___|__.__\_|_||_...
>   \___\_|__||_|__|__
>   _\_Triade__NL__/
> 
> www.elv-transport.nl

Re: [newbie] mandrake forum?

[Carroll Grigsby]

Adrian and s:
This seems to happen periodically on this list -- I got tossed off a
month or so back. I resubscribed.
-- cmg


Adrian Smith wrote:
> 
> ya know, now that you mention it, i haven't either.
> you are not alone
> 
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> >>> s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10:56:50 PM 4/17/01 >>>
> Anybody else subscribed to the mandrake forum newsletter/announcement list?
> I haven't gotten an email from them since March 31.  Am I alone in this?
> 
> -s

Re: [newbie] Gzip

[Carlos Berardi]

tar -zvxf tarfile.tar.gz

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I'm new to Linux and I forgot how to extract .tar.gz files.  Can someone offer me 
>some assistance?  
> 
> 

[newbie] karaoke & music

[marcia]

Dear All, I now feel that maybe I know enough about Linux to try karaoke
with Linux and to write music with Linux. Does anyone know where I can
get information for this? Thank you, Marcia

[newbie] Gzip

[bambam75]

I'm new to Linux and I forgot how to extract .tar.gz files.  Can someone offer me some 
assistance?  

RE: [newbie] I've lost all DNS !!!! Help...

[Jose M. Sanchez]

If you are getting your IP addresses via DHCP (from your ISP) then the
initialization resets your /etc/resolv.conf file.

Check to see that it correctly lists the IP's of the ISP's DNS server.

If not put them there...

I.E.

NAMESERVER 1xx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Then run NSLOOKUP and see if you get a response.

Remember if nslookup gives you errors, then nothing else will work right. In
turn this means that your resolver is misconfigured.

-JMS


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franki
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] I've lost all DNS  Help...


Hi all,

I have a probem that is driving me nuts...

For no apparent reason, I have no DNS on my server.. I am not running a DNS
server, it is just supposed to pass on requests to my ISP's DNS server...

I can ping my ISP's name servers IP's no problem...

but if I try to ping anything else, like hotmail.com or whitepages.com  it
comes back "host unknown"

my isp has 3 name servers and I have tried them all and none make a
difference...

can anyone make any suggestions with regards as to where I might look to
find the problem?

I am abit lost as to what to try next,, the only thing that works, is to put
ALL possible domains in the /etc/hosts file as that works,, but its not my
idea of fun.

Can anyone give me some suggestions to try?


kindest regards

Frank Hauptle
/ /  _
---/ /  (_)__  __   __
--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /
-//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Gshop & Network Payment Solutions.

[newbie] return messages

[H.J.Bathoorn]

Hi erveryone,

Somehow my reply messages don't automatically go to the list 
anymore but to the original sender personally. Trying with older 
messages doesn't do this in kmail. 
Anybody else have these symptoms?
-- 
Semper avanti,sailing on Linux,
Harm Bathoorn Free evermore.
Hoek. NL.
   |~>
   |  _
  ___|__.__\_|_||_...
  \___\_|__||_|__|__
  _\_Triade__NL__/

www.elv-transport.nl

[newbie] linux on a notebook

[inf rarood]

hello all
i was wondering if i can fit mandrake on my legacy notebook (specifficaly
the GUI)
it has a hard disk of 115megabytes.
can anyone tell me if this is possible? and if possible, how to accomplish
this?
im currently running w95 but that sucks big time
thanx in front !

Re: [newbie] Playing .mpg files ?

[Joan Tur]

I've seen and listened to a .mpg video file using mtv 1.2.1 !!  Try it!   ;-)

PENA FAMILY escribió:

> I have the same problem with my Linux4Windows. I cannot see any .mpeg files.
> I tried .avi files but get no error message but program freezes. I end up
> killing it after three minutes of inactivity.
>
> Good luck finding a solution.

--
Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ICQ 11407395
Joan.Tur.pagina.de  www.ClubIbosim.org
Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

[newbie] Test

[Stefaans Mostert]

please ignore

Re: [newbie] I've lost all DNS !!!! Help...

[Jeremy H.]

maybe the sites that you are pinging are set to reply to ping...  can you
ping by IP addresses  ??


- Original Message -
From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: [newbie] I've lost all DNS  Help...


> Hi all,
>
> I have a probem that is driving me nuts...
>
> For no apparent reason, I have no DNS on my server.. I am not running a
DNS
> server, it is just supposed to pass on requests to my ISP's DNS server...
>
> I can ping my ISP's name servers IP's no problem...
>
> but if I try to ping anything else, like hotmail.com or whitepages.com  it
> comes back "host unknown"
>
> my isp has 3 name servers and I have tried them all and none make a
> difference...
>
> can anyone make any suggestions with regards as to where I might look to
> find the problem?
>
> I am abit lost as to what to try next,, the only thing that works, is to
put
> ALL possible domains in the /etc/hosts file as that works,, but its not my
> idea of fun.
>
> Can anyone give me some suggestions to try?
>
>
> kindest regards
>
> Frank Hauptle
> / /  _
> ---/ /  (_)__  __   __
> --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /
> -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
> Gshop & Network Payment Solutions.
>

[newbie] screen resolution

[cedric]

Installed MDK 7.2 -- love it.
Can't get screen resolution right.
Tried to change with, DrakConf, Screen Resolution, with no luck.
Also, xf86config, no luck.

Which file is 'startkde' located in?
I should be able to do:
startkde -- -bpp -16.


Any help appreciated.
cedric

[newbie] gnumeric problem !!!

[cedric]

Saved a file in gnumeric.
This file was built and maintained for six months in gnumeric.
I was able to open, close, read, write and all that.
Now, that I have installed MDK 7.2,
the file shows as being zipped and gnumeric will not open it.
When I try to unzip it, the sys says it's already unzipped.

This file has very important data in it.
Yes, it's backed up in three different places but all three now show as being 
zipped. I can not open any of the three.
The file permission tab is blacked out.

Any ideas?
cedric

[newbie] [Fwd: Playing .mpg files ? 2

[Joan Tur]

Now i've tryed xine-0.3.5-1mdk and the following error messages appear:

video_out_xv: no video port found

Hope that helps!

Joan Tur escribió:

> I've got a .mpg video file and i'm not able to play it.  I'm using
> Aktion and it's using xanim.
>
> Xanim shuts with a "segmentation fault"...

--
Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ICQ 11407395
Joan.Tur.pagina.de  www.ClubIbosim.org
Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

Re: [newbie] mandrake forum?

[Adrian Smith]

ya know, now that you mention it, i haven't either.
you are not alone




Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


>>> s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10:56:50 PM 4/17/01 >>>
Anybody else subscribed to the mandrake forum newsletter/announcement list?  
I haven't gotten an email from them since March 31.  Am I alone in this?

-s

[newbie] Playing .mpg files ?

[Joan Tur]

Hi!

I've got a .mpg video file and i'm not able to play it.  I'm using
Aktion and it's using xanim.

Xanim shuts with a "segmentation fault"...

Any idea?  I don't like the idea of rebooting in Win to see the clip
8-/

--
Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ICQ 11407395
Joan.Tur.pagina.de  www.ClubIbosim.org
Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

Re: [newbie] Wine

[Michael Leone]

> type at a terminal
> wine --managed /mnt/windows/Program\ Files/Microsoft\
> Office/Office/winword.exe &
>
> or whatever your program path is

This might work, if you've got a Windows partition. If not (I don't, for
example), you'd have to run the Word setup under WINE to try and install
Word onto your Linux partition. And I've never gotten WINE to install
anything useful - it always dies during the install. Of any program. And
I've tried 4 different releases of WINE.

But hey - YMMV.

[newbie] Scanner detection in RC1

[Philomena]

I just installed the RC1 release - it all went fairly smooth, but I have 
one problem - my USB scanner was detected as a SCSI device - its an HP 
Scanjet 5300C - just barely supported by sane, but getting closer. An 
"unknown" device was detected on my USB ports, so I am guessing that 
HardDrake found the device, but hasn't identified it correctly. The SCSI 
port reports the actual model, so it knows its there, but xsane thinks 
there is no device present. Any suggestions as to what/where I can start 
looking at to make sure the device is detected correctly ? I want to try 
and see if I install VMWare for my Windows software  that the scanner can 
be operated that way, but if the device isn't properly recognized, I don't 
think it will work.

Thanks,
Philomena

[newbie] Samba

[Matt Harrison]

Ok following the advice and installing Samba, how exactly do I go about
using it?  And if anyone knows of a way to make Linux log on to a NDS
server without a client could they please let me know.  Thanks.

Matt

[newbie] I've lost all DNS !!!! Help...

[Franki]

Hi all,

I have a probem that is driving me nuts...

For no apparent reason, I have no DNS on my server.. I am not running a DNS
server, it is just supposed to pass on requests to my ISP's DNS server...

I can ping my ISP's name servers IP's no problem...

but if I try to ping anything else, like hotmail.com or whitepages.com  it
comes back "host unknown"

my isp has 3 name servers and I have tried them all and none make a
difference...

can anyone make any suggestions with regards as to where I might look to
find the problem?

I am abit lost as to what to try next,, the only thing that works, is to put
ALL possible domains in the /etc/hosts file as that works,, but its not my
idea of fun.

Can anyone give me some suggestions to try?


kindest regards

Frank Hauptle
/ /  _
---/ /  (_)__  __   __
--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /
-//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Gshop & Network Payment Solutions.

[newbie] counting up/down transfer

[Quaylar]

hi all !

i have a dsl connection with limited transfer volume (approx 4 GB) and 
therfore i would like to count the traffic
going in and out my box.
i have ipchains installed on my linux server and i think i remember that i 
somwhere read that its possible to do this "counting" via
ipchains.
what i want to do is count every byte in and out and write it dynamically, 
or lets say every hour into a variable.

has someone done this before with ipchains, or is there any other 
convenient way to do it ?
thx for any help

--quay

Re: [newbie] problem with too much ram

[Stefaans Mostert]

"Liaw, Andy" wrote:
> 
> Apology for taking a while to follow up...
> 
> I downloaded kernel 2.4.3 from kernel.org and followed the instructions
> Stefaans provided in another post to compile a custom kernel.  The process
> went smooth and now we do have 2GB of RAM and a spanking new kernel!  I
> haven't kept track of any speed improvements though.
> 
> BTW, I'm still on LM7.1 (still have problem installing 7.2--- it kernel
> panicked at the point when it's supposed to load the ram disk).
> 
> Thanks a ton, Stefaans!
> Andy
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Stefaans Mostert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:45 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: 'Tim Holmes'
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with too much ram
> >
> >
> > "Liaw, Andy" wrote:
> > >
> > > Don't be jealous...  The machine is being used by the whole
> > dept. (about 5
> > > heavy duty users) for running large computational tasks.
> > It originally came
> > > with 512MB RAM, but one user's "modest" job brought the
> > machine to its
> > > knees.  That's why we are adding RAM like that.  (We actually have 2
> > > machines like this.  Haven't got the second one setup yet.)
> > >
> > > The machine is fairly new (<6 months).  According to
> > Compaq, the mobo uses
> > > Intel 840 chip set (whatever that means), and can hold upto
> > 4GB of 800-MHz
> > > ECC RDRAM.  I'm quite sure the RAM modules were purchased
> > from Compaq
> > > authorized dealers, so they ought to know what they are doing.
> > >
> > > Anyone else has any hints?
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > > From: Tim Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > >
> > > > Most motherboards have a certain amount of RAM it will
> > > > support. A lot of
> > > > them stop at 1.5 GB.  The one I have does support 2 GB.  But
> > > > you should
> > > > check the web page for the Motherboard and find out if
> > that board will
> > > > support the 2GB
> > > >
> > > > All I know is I'm jealous... 1.5 GB and a dual processor
> > machine? :0(
> > > > That would be SWEET!!!
> > > >
> > > > One other thing I just thought of, which most likely won't be
> > > > an issues,
> > > > but I know Comcrap (lol) used to only accept proprietary RAM.  I'm
> > > > pretty sure the did away with this, but I'm not sure how old your
> > > > Motherboard is either.
> > > >
> > > > So it's possible that it doesn't support 2 GB of RAM, or it
> > > > needs to be
> > > > RAM from Comcrap.
> > > >
> > > > Extremely jealous,
> > > > tdh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > T. Holmes
> > > > Unixtechs.org
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > "Real Men use Vi."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * Liaw, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010409 15:18]:
> > > > | Hi everyone,
> > > > |
> > > > | I have a problem with adding RAM that I hope someone can
> > > > help me with.
> > > > |
> > > > | We have a Compaq SP750 (dual P3 866 Xeon) that had 1.5GB of
> > > > RDRAM.  When we
> > > > | added another 512MB to bring the total up to 2GB, the LM7.1
> > > > installed on the
> > > > | machine refuse to boot.  It gets to the place where it's
> > > > suppose to load the
> > > > | RAM disk (I think) but go into kernel panic: unable to
> > > > mount root.  We tried
> > > > | just putting in 1792MB of RAM, then the machine boots up
> > > > w/o any problems.
> > > > | Anyone has any idea why?
> > > > |
> > > > | TIA.
> > > > |
> > > > | Andy
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Try booting into it with a lesser amount of ram and then ad one of the
> > 2.4 series kernels and compile it with big mem support and some of the
> > other goodies in there.
> > Then put you extra ram in and boot it should work and if it does not
> > pick up all your ram ad the following line to lilo.conf
> > append "mem=1536000"  ;-)
> >
> > If it doesn't work mail us again or get me off list.You will
> > not believe
> > what the new kernels do with a dual processor machine.
> > It is WOW !!!
> > In my experience the 2.4.3 kernel works the best on MDK 7.2
> > just make sure you upgrade your glibc (compile yourself)
> > reiser utils and modutils,and hdparm it is all covered in the HOWTO'S
> >
> > Anyway have fun and let us know what the outcome is
> >
> > Stefaans
> > --
> > GIF87an
> >
> >

Huge big pleasure!!
To repay me do it for someone else ;-)

Stefaans

Re: [newbie] problem with too much ram

[Stefaans Mostert]

"Liaw, Andy" wrote:
> 
> Apology for taking a while to follow up...
> 
> I downloaded kernel 2.4.3 from kernel.org and followed the instructions
> Stefaans provided in another post to compile a custom kernel.  The process
> went smooth and now we do have 2GB of RAM and a spanking new kernel!  I
> haven't kept track of any speed improvements though.
> 
> BTW, I'm still on LM7.1 (still have problem installing 7.2--- it kernel
> panicked at the point when it's supposed to load the ram disk).
> 
> Thanks a ton, Stefaans!
> Andy
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Stefaans Mostert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:45 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: 'Tim Holmes'
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with too much ram
> >
> >
> > "Liaw, Andy" wrote:
> > >
> > > Don't be jealous...  The machine is being used by the whole
> > dept. (about 5
> > > heavy duty users) for running large computational tasks.
> > It originally came
> > > with 512MB RAM, but one user's "modest" job brought the
> > machine to its
> > > knees.  That's why we are adding RAM like that.  (We actually have 2
> > > machines like this.  Haven't got the second one setup yet.)
> > >
> > > The machine is fairly new (<6 months).  According to
> > Compaq, the mobo uses
> > > Intel 840 chip set (whatever that means), and can hold upto
> > 4GB of 800-MHz
> > > ECC RDRAM.  I'm quite sure the RAM modules were purchased
> > from Compaq
> > > authorized dealers, so they ought to know what they are doing.
> > >
> > > Anyone else has any hints?
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > > From: Tim Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > >
> > > > Most motherboards have a certain amount of RAM it will
> > > > support. A lot of
> > > > them stop at 1.5 GB.  The one I have does support 2 GB.  But
> > > > you should
> > > > check the web page for the Motherboard and find out if
> > that board will
> > > > support the 2GB
> > > >
> > > > All I know is I'm jealous... 1.5 GB and a dual processor
> > machine? :0(
> > > > That would be SWEET!!!
> > > >
> > > > One other thing I just thought of, which most likely won't be
> > > > an issues,
> > > > but I know Comcrap (lol) used to only accept proprietary RAM.  I'm
> > > > pretty sure the did away with this, but I'm not sure how old your
> > > > Motherboard is either.
> > > >
> > > > So it's possible that it doesn't support 2 GB of RAM, or it
> > > > needs to be
> > > > RAM from Comcrap.
> > > >
> > > > Extremely jealous,
> > > > tdh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > T. Holmes
> > > > Unixtechs.org
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > "Real Men use Vi."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * Liaw, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010409 15:18]:
> > > > | Hi everyone,
> > > > |
> > > > | I have a problem with adding RAM that I hope someone can
> > > > help me with.
> > > > |
> > > > | We have a Compaq SP750 (dual P3 866 Xeon) that had 1.5GB of
> > > > RDRAM.  When we
> > > > | added another 512MB to bring the total up to 2GB, the LM7.1
> > > > installed on the
> > > > | machine refuse to boot.  It gets to the place where it's
> > > > suppose to load the
> > > > | RAM disk (I think) but go into kernel panic: unable to
> > > > mount root.  We tried
> > > > | just putting in 1792MB of RAM, then the machine boots up
> > > > w/o any problems.
> > > > | Anyone has any idea why?
> > > > |
> > > > | TIA.
> > > > |
> > > > | Andy
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Try booting into it with a lesser amount of ram and then ad one of the
> > 2.4 series kernels and compile it with big mem support and some of the
> > other goodies in there.
> > Then put you extra ram in and boot it should work and if it does not
> > pick up all your ram ad the following line to lilo.conf
> > append "mem=1536000"  ;-)
> >
> > If it doesn't work mail us again or get me off list.You will
> > not believe
> > what the new kernels do with a dual processor machine.
> > It is WOW !!!
> > In my experience the 2.4.3 kernel works the best on MDK 7.2
> > just make sure you upgrade your glibc (compile yourself)
> > reiser utils and modutils,and hdparm it is all covered in the HOWTO'S
> >
> > Anyway have fun and let us know what the outcome is
> >
> > Stefaans
> > --
> > GIF87an
> >
> >

BTW if you have a ramdisk problem try another cdrom it worked for me!
Just be carefull of dvdrom as they sometimes give problems.

Now also use hdparm to enhance your disk performance just make sure you
do have the hdparm that is correct for your kernel and that you do not
have autotune in lilo when you boot that specific kernel.
Also look at your dma and UDMA options in your 2.4.* kernels they make 
a huge difference

Cheers

Stefaans

Re: [newbie] delaying eth0...

[Stefaans Mostert]

Scott Wojtowicz wrote:
> 
> Actually, I guess i should of said it's a 3Com 509b in a PC.
> 
> Sorry,
> Scott
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Scott Wojtowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] delaying eth0...
> 
> > If you are using a PCMCIA network card in a laptop, it is delayed until
> the
> > pcmcia module starts.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 04:46 PM 4/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I get a message saying "Delaying eth0 Initialization" on boot up.  What
> > >are possible causes to this?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Scott Wojtowicz
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >http://www.intercities.tv/swojtowicz
> >
> > "...[W]e preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and
> > foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews
> > and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."
> > (1 Cor 1:23-24)

I have the same card and linux still strugles with pnp on a isa bus

Stefaans

Re: [newbie] delaying eth0...

[Stefaans Mostert]

> Scott Wojtowicz wrote:
> 
> I get a message saying "Delaying eth0 Initialization" on boot up.
> What are possible causes to this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott Wojtowicz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.intercities.tv/swojtowicz

Had the same problem go to netconf and setup your eth0 properly there.
It will now work!

Stefaans

Re: [newbie] delaying eth0...

[Quaylar]

At 19:14 17.04.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, I guess i should of said it's a 3Com 509b in a PC.


type "dmesg |more" and have a look at the part where eth0 init takes place.
also see /var/log/messages. i think it probably gives a message somewhere 
for the reason of the delay.

when i had this problem it was due to the fact that the support for the 
3c509 has to built as a module and not in the kernel.
(at least its my assumption, since it worked after i compiled it as a module)

hth

--quay

SV: [newbie] Apache-mod_perl?

[Patrik Nylund]

It did work, but now I've noticed that I need to access one of those
libraries from a .htaccess-file before I get to the
/home/httpd/helpdesk/index.pl

Thanx anyway.

/Patrik

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Patrik Nylund wrote:
>
> Hi, sorry if I ask a simple questions but I can't find a solutions
anywhere.
> I want to use perl-modules that are in a separate directory called
> /home/httpd/helpdesk but I can't find a file to change the @INC in. I've
> tried to change /var/www/hmtl/addon-modules/mod_perl/startup.pl but it
> doesn't change the @INC.
> Please help me if You can.
> By the way, does anyone know what the limit of max_clients is on the
> standard installation?
>
> /Patrik Nylund
> www.websidorna.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Patrick,

Try adding the following code to your script, near the beginning:

   use lib qw(/home/httpd/helpdesk);
or alternatively,
   BEGIN { unshift(@INC, '/home/httpd/helpdesk') };

to tell perl to look in that directory for modules.

Mickey Soltys

Re: [newbie] I installed the upgraded kernel but NoW! KERNEL PANIC. jeez!

[Jessica Sanes]

I finally got installed per instruction from Linux-Mandrake..Now I
recieved the error:
request_module [block-major-33]
VFS: cannot open root device 21:05
kernel Panic:VFS Unable to mount root fs on 21:35
 After rebooting. I try with the old kernel and recieved the same error
message..

Anthony wrote:
> 
> I followed the instructions provided at:
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-037.php3?dis=7.2
> To upgrade the kernel but, I keep recieving an error: "kernel
> blah.blah.i586.rpm cannot be installed", can someone help me here?
> Thank Guys!