Hard Drives and hdparm

2003-02-04 Thread Ernest Ellingson
For those users that have seen the following message while operating their systems id_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only It's usually caused by the chipset not performing all the dma functionality. This can be corrected by hdparm -d 0 device e.g. hdparm -d 0 /dev/hda Thi

hdparm

2003-02-04 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I've discovered hdparm. Haven't run it on my system that is yielding Had:timeout waiting for DMA Ide_dmaproc:chipset supported ide_dma_timeout function only:14 I'm still going through up2date with these errors showing up sporadically. Does this error indicate I should disable "using dma flag"? O

RE: Hard disk problems

2003-02-04 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Title: Message Here's some more information on this problem.  I got the machine up and running, logged in changed to root, did an fsck -ANV.  No problems reported.  I ftp'd to a local server, retrieved a file.tar.gz.  gunzipped the file OK, then applied tar xvf OK then I did a make.  No prob

RE: Hard disk problems

2003-02-04 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Title: Message I never get a chance to run up2date.  The message below occurs right after the install, on the first boot from the hard drive.  I've installed it 3 times now after pulling the modem and the sound card to reduce IRQ conflicts that may be causing the problem.  None of this has h

Hard disk problems

2003-02-04 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Managed to install redhat 7.1 and up2date it on two computers this weekend after struggling with a few issues and thanks to the help I received here finished without problems. The machines are running great. I've installed 7.1 on a third machine last night. However, I'm running into a problem. T

RE: Upgrading 7.1 kernel problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Thanks Edward. I looked all over for that file. Didn't try locate. Changed the file ran up2date (first break I took today) updated fine. This is the first time in 18 months that I've done anything to this machine. It only operates as a mail server. I haven't even had it down in the last 12 mont

RE: Upgrading 7.1 kernel problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ernest Ellingson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 5:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading 7.1 kernel problem On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 04:30:31PM -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > I'm trying to

RE: Upgrading 7.1 kernel problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Of Ed Wilts Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 5:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Upgrading 7.1 kernel problem On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 04:30:31PM -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade the kernel using 2.4.18-19.7.x.i386.rpm. Silly question...why don't you conf

Upgrading 7.1 kernel problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I'm trying to upgrade the kernel using 2.4.18-19.7.x.i386.rpm. I've got the dependencies down to just 2. 1. filesystem >=2.1.0 is needed by mkinitrd-3.2.6-1 2. libreadline.so.4 is needed by kernel-utils-2.4-8.13.7.2 I've ftped to updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386 several times today for various

RE: Network problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ernest Ellingson
tart sendmail. Larry S. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ernest Ellingson Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Network problem I just installed RH Linux 7.1

Network problem

2003-02-02 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I just installed RH Linux 7.1 without any problems My network card was discovered and the system is up OK. After I finished the install, I installed qpopper4.0.4 without a problem (www.qpopper.org) I can telnet on port 110 and get the qpopper server However, sendmail, ftp, and telnet won't respond

Trouble installing network card

2003-02-01 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I have a 3Com Etherlink III 3c5905TP which is causing a lot of headaches. I have re-installed RH Linux 7.1 During its original installation this card worked fine. On the new install, the card isn't recognized by the install program. I booted up in plain DOS and used 3Com's auto configure routine

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-30 Thread Ernest Ellingson
s a program that lets you set these things up so no conflicts exist. That's my next step. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Updating R

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-30 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Ok what do you do with Linux fdisk to add a logical partition to an extended one? How do you add a swap partition with fdisk? No options come up that allow this. Ernie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Ja

Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-30 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I started my adventure of installing RH Linux 7.3 after being advised that my 6.2 system had been hacked and needed to be re-installed from scratch. I decided to look at 7.3 on another box that was running Linux 7.1. I purchased two separate sets of Linux 7.3. Couldn't get the Redhat production

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-29 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael Schwendt Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:14:26 -0500, Ernest Ellingson

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-29 Thread Ernest Ellingson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What do you get when running lsattr / | grep bin ? - --- [root@NS2 /bin]# lsattr / | grep bin lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on //proc sucSiadA //bin sucSiadA //sbin - //bin2 //bin2 is

Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-28 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I've run into a real problem. The / partition and the /bin partion both have rwx permissions for root. I can rename a file, or write a file in the / partition without a problem. However, I can't do either in the /bin partition. Even a vi of a new file won't write the file. I also can't delete a

Updating RH 6.2

2003-01-28 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I just saw your instructions at the end of your email. I ran instruction number 3 got this error. [root@NS2 /root]# rpm -Fvh rpm*rpm rpm can't rename /bin/rpm to /bin/rpm-RPMDELETE: Permission denied unpacking of archive failed on file /bin/rpm: cpio: unlink failed - Bad

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-28 Thread Ernest Ellingson
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael Schwendt Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 6:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:27:12 -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > Well I've made some progres

Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-28 Thread Ernest Ellingson
Well I've made some progress. I was able to download all the obvious rpms. Have the following rhn_register-2.8.27-1.6.2.i386.rpm rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm openssl-0.9.5a-29.i386.rpm rpm-python-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm python-1.5.2-27.6.x.i386.rpm up2date-2.8.39-1.6.2.i386.rpm python-xmlrpc-1.5.1-6.x.7.i38

Updating RH Linux 6.2

2003-01-28 Thread Ernest Ellingson
I've inherited 2 machines running red hat 6.2. I have two choices right now. Bringing 6.2 up to date or installing redhat 7.1. I haven't made a decision yet on which is the best path. Both machines are running named one as a master one as a slave. Will an upgrade to 7.1 involve any major chang