Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:55:52 -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > 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. Look once more. fdis

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

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

Ernest Ellingson wrote on Friday, 31 January 2003 11:56: > 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 > >From memory, I think you

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

, January 30, 2003 8:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2 > After all of these travails, I decided to repartition using fdisc. I > deleted the (3) partitions hda1, extended and . Then I added two > partions (I was given a choice of extended or primary)

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

> After all of these travails, I decided to repartition using fdisc. I > deleted the (3) partitions hda1, extended and . Then I added two > partions (I was given a choice of extended or primary) for each > addtion. I put in the stop and stop cylinders exactly as Disk Druid > and fdisc had shown t

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:28:44AM -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > Thanks for all of your help. I appreciate the information. I suspected > I'd been hacked but wasn't sure. If you've been hacked, upgrading the box is *NOT* the answer - a complete re-install from trusted sources is. There is a

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

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

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:14:26 -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > [root@NS2 /bin]# lsattr / | grep bin > lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on //proc > sucSiadA //bin > sucSiadA //sbin > //bin2 > > //bin2 is the director

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:14:26 -0500 > From: Ernest Ellingson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2 > [...] > It might be that your system has been

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

-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

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:49:05 -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > 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. How

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:46:38 -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > Well I did try to update the rpm see second command line > [root@NS2 /root]# rpm -ivh rpm-4.0.2-6x.i386.rpm rpm 3.0.x is already installed, so you would need to use -Uvh. > [root@NS2 /r

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

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

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 05:27:12PM -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > > Obviously I need libdb-3.1.so and up2datepoptmodule.so > > Where can I find these files and/or what do I need to do to put them on > this system libdb-3.1.so is in the db3 rpm from the updates. Here's the first thing I do on a

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 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.i38

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 07:47:42PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > ... does this mean it's possible to upgrade a 6.2 system to 7.3 with > apt (or is it apt-get, that I'll need)? Possible, or supported? Any upgrade from 6.2 to 7.3 is only supported if you go through Red Hat's installer. Even t

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 05:27 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:10, Ernest Ellingson wrote: 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. Why 7.1? 7.3 will require fewer updates after

RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You can download all the RPM's at ftp:\\updates.redhat.com - -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2 On Tue, J

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:10:33AM -0500, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > 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. As others have stated, skip 7.1 and go to 7.3. Your support period will be longer. > When I run u

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

I've done this upgrade and it works fine for me. Make sure what boot loader you need. If you have lilo, should run lilo after kernel upgrade. Grub is better. Also, make sure if you need journaling ext3. This is better. Bind, Python all work fine. Jaideep  Ernest Ellingson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 10:10, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > 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 would bite the bullet and upgrade. I have had very good luck upgrading redhat distros over the years. Why

Re: Updating RH Linux 6.2

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:10, Ernest Ellingson wrote: > 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. Why 7.1? 7.3 will require fewer updates after the upgrade, and is probably the most stable of the 7 series. >