Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread mcmi0037
> kernel panic: can't find init. try passing init= as kernel option. > Init is sitting in /sbin/init, where it should. Anyway, even passing > init= as kernel "command line" via lilo to the kernel doesn't make any > difference. I've had this happen to me on numerous occasions, even with 2.2.14

PLIP configuration

2000-04-06 Thread mcmi0037
I am looking to use PLIP to network 2 machines together. I'm running kernel 2.2.14, and have the PLIP module available, along with the other obvious modules like TCP/IP, firewalling, etc. However, upon modprobe plip, i get the error: /lib/modules/2.2.14/net/plip.o: init_module: Device or resource

Re: Networking

2000-03-19 Thread mcmi0037
> > > I guess my real question is, can I do a connect like this: > > > > > > inet > hub ---> box1 > > > | > > > +-> box2 > > Yes, you can do so, as long as you tell box2 to route its traffic through > box1. You did know that the gateway is a wholly logical and

Networking

2000-03-19 Thread mcmi0037
I have a question about networking.. here's the situation: I have 2 Debian boxes with Ethernet cards, & respective cabling. I have an on-campus Ethernet connection, with 1 static IP & 1 etherjack allocated to me. Currently, I have the two PC's both online and configured to use the static IP, 160.9

Support for D-Link 220 Ethernet cards?

2000-01-20 Thread mcmi0037
I just installed Debian (slink) on a friend's system. His Ethernet card is a D-Link 220. I read the Ethernet-HOWTO to check the card's compatibility, and there has apparently been some success getting D-Link 200 cards to work, using the ne driver. I've made a kernel (2.0.36) with the ne support bu

MS Intellimouse

1999-12-14 Thread mcmi0037
Someone I know is running potato and has a MS Intellimouse (a mouse with two buttons and a wheel). What we'd like to be able to do is have the functionality of both the wheel and an emulated third button. However, we read that the Emulate3Buttons in X doesn't work if ZAxisMapping is turned on. S

Installing xfree86 3.3.3.5

1999-09-05 Thread mcmi0037
I need to install xfree86 3.3.3.5 (so that I can get a Nvidia RIVA TNT-2 vid card working.. if there is another way to do this without getting xfree86, i'd love to know.. ) anyhow, when i tried installing 3.3.3.5 using the instructions on their web site, i get the error "Error in loading shared lib

Cannot find passwd file?

1999-08-31 Thread mcmi0037
When trying to change the password of a user on my system, with "passwd ", I get the error "Cannot open the password file." I have no idea how this happened, but I am logged in as root, and /etc/passwd is mod 644... I have shadow passwords installed, and /etc/shadow is mod 640. I can cat < /etc/s

2.3.14 kernel bootdisk

1999-08-28 Thread mcmi0037
I have a friend who has only win98 installed on her computer. she would like linux instead, but the 2.0 and 2.2 kernels do not have support for her hard drive controller (the stock debian install from bootable CD "cannot find any devices" on which to install). so, i compiled her a 2.3.14 kernel,