Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Aaron Prohaska
I don't currently have a boot floppy. Is there a command that will create one? thanks, Aaron Uncle Meat wrote: > You might try booing from a boot floppy and setting it up, then rewriting > lilo to the mbr of the IDE drive. > > Not sure how this will affect what you're trying to do, but I can't

Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Aaron Prohaska
I checked out my BIOS and found that I can't seem to set a SCSI device as the boot device. I have boot devices set in this order, floppy, cdrom, and then 1st IDE. I couldn't find anything about booting SCSI disks anywhere. Aaron Steven Pierce wrote: > I have this set up in my machine. I have

Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Aaron Prohaska
Mikkel, can you explain what this does? thanks, Aaron "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote: > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Aaron Prohaska wrote: > > If you have your BIOS set to boot off the SCSI drives, (It sounds > like you do.), remove the IDE drive, boot to Linux, and add the following > lines to your /etc

Linux Desktop Switching tool

2000-12-29 Thread xxxxx xxxxxx
Hi i am quite new to this fanatastic operating system.. i am in need of your help I am encounting two very stange problems the first problem I have a Pentuim iii 550 Mhz with a viewsonic 15 " monitor, harddisk 10GB, Redhat Linux 6.2. In X windows, i used the desktop switching tool to switch th

Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Aaron Prohaska
OK, first I am going to reboot my machine and see what the bios says about what drive is the default to boot with. Be right back, Aaron ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Aaron Prohaska wrote: > Can someone give me some advice on how to install a IDE hard drive in a > box where I already have two SCSI drives? I have added the IDE drive to > the machine and have it setup as the master IDE and the CDROM as the > slave IDE device. > > When I boo

Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Steven Pierce
I have this set up in my machine. I have the IDE (2) as master and slave. Then 2 SCSI drive in the machine. If I loose my CMOS the bios will DEFAULT to the IDE drives. Then the machine will not boot. Now if I go into the bios and state that the SCSI drive is the boot then it is OK. In m

RE: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Uncle Meat
On 30-Dec-2000 Aaron Prohaska opined: > Can someone give me some advice on how to install a IDE hard drive in a > box where I already have two SCSI drives? I have added the IDE drive to > the machine and have it setup as the master IDE and the CDROM as the > slave IDE device. > > When I boot, li

Re: telnet into redhat 6.2 as root

2000-12-29 Thread Steven Pierce
Hi, I am sorry that I am not totally getting this. If you telnet on to your machine, users are looking for the password as it is typed. OK, that I understand, but what I am not real clear about is that by using SSH how do you log in? Or does that give you a log in prompt without telneting?

assigning process to a CPU (smp)

2000-12-29 Thread Luke C Gavel
Hi, What utility would one use in redhat that is similar to Solaris's capability of specificly assigning a process to a particular processor? Best Regards, LG -- Generated Signature -- Fifty flippant frogs Walked by on flippered feet And with their slime they made the time Unnaturally fleet. --

Re: Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Luke C Gavel
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Aaron Prohaska wrote: > When I boot, linux companies about the hard drive not being the right > file system type like ext2. I am wondering if the its trying to boot > from the master IDE device instead of from the first SCSI device like it > should. > Have you played around

Installing hard drive

2000-12-29 Thread Aaron Prohaska
Can someone give me some advice on how to install a IDE hard drive in a box where I already have two SCSI drives? I have added the IDE drive to the machine and have it setup as the master IDE and the CDROM as the slave IDE device. When I boot, linux companies about the hard drive not being the ri

Re: use of parted

2000-12-29 Thread lee
brian davison wrote: > Lee, > the key thing I see here is that any space to be allocated as partitions > MUST be contiguous, (all together in a block). There is NO way to get space > at the end of a drive to be in a partition 3 partitions in front of it > without deleting those three partitions

Re: simple makefile problem

2000-12-29 Thread Huiyuan Ma
--- Jim Cunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There should be tabs ONLY on the command lines, not > on the lines that > define the dependency relationships. For example, > > all: myprogram[This line has no leading TAB] > > myprogram: io.o init.o compute.o > gcc -o

Re: i386.rpm vs src.rpm

2000-12-29 Thread brian davison
The contents of rpm s are visible (though not editable) in midnight commander... without otherwise unpacking the rpm. brian ;}) ** At 03:06 AM 12/29/00 -0500, you wrote: >On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michael Burger wrote: > >> It's actually a 2 step process. >>

Re: use of parted

2000-12-29 Thread brian davison
Lee, the key thing I see here is that any space to be allocated as partitions MUST be contiguous, (all together in a block). There is NO way to get space at the end of a drive to be in a partition 3 partitions in front of it without deleting those three partitions and including that space too. Li

Re: simple makefile problem

2000-12-29 Thread Jim Cunning
There should be tabs ONLY on the command lines, not on the lines that define the dependency relationships. For example, all: myprogram [This line has no leading TAB] myprogram: io.o init.o compute.o gcc -o myprogram io.o init.o compute.o [This line has a TAB] compute.

gpg warning/error

2000-12-29 Thread Statux
I get warning/error messages like this one on the end of signed messages.. is there something I'm missing? :) -- gpg: Warning: using insecure memory! gpg: Signature made Fri Dec 29 20:51:40 2000 EST using ELG key ID C0B8AA34 gpg:

simple makefile problem

2000-12-29 Thread Huiyuan Ma
Hi,I made this simple Makefile: all: myprogram myprogram: io.o init.o compute.o gcc -o myprogram io.o init.o compute.o compute.o: compute.c gcc -Wall -c -o compute.o compute.c init.o:init.c myprogram.h gcc -

ash on rescue disk

2000-12-29 Thread Tristan Hill
I've created a rescue disk that boots up and goes into single user mode. This seems fine but due to floppy disc size restrictions I'm using ash instead of bash. I've got a problem when pressing backspace. If I type "a" then backspace, I get this on the console a\a/ The "a" is cleared, but the

Re: bootmagic killed LILO, can't get it back, not even with boot disks...

2000-12-29 Thread John P. Verel
On 12/27/00, 09:47:41PM -0600, Ronald W. Heiby wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sunday, December 24, 2000, 3:12:54 PM, John wrote: > > > I user Bootmagic as my primary boot loader, lilo as secondary boot > > loader. Lilo lives in my Linux boot partition. > > I have

No Job control

2000-12-29 Thread Timothy Reaves
I'm trying to build an RPM. The process stops with: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.1495: fg: no job control Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.1495 (%build) This happens when I try to build any one of severl RPM's. Any ideas? Thanks.

Re: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Peter, Can you plug multiple machines into the HDSL? HDSL .254 --- eth0 .129 Linux-client | | eth0 .253 Linux-router eth1 .158 Where does the HDSL send the packets? To the router or to every machine? Bye,

RE: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Peter, Paul and Bret, > The way you have things setup the default gateway for your clients is > outside the mask you have set for the client so that the default gateway is > unreachable. No, 190 ([10]10) is inside the mask for 129 ([10]01). I guess Bret might be righ

Re: i386.rpm vs src.rpm

2000-12-29 Thread Samuel Flory
Mike Burger wrote: > > Yup...you just "rpm -i this-program-version.src.rpm" (I think I wrote this > in another message). > > This drops a tar.gz file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES which you can monkey > with. > > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, rpjday wrote: > > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michael Burger wrote:

Printer Error

2000-12-29 Thread SoloCDM
After trying to print a file as "cat | lpr", what caused the following message to be sent to administration? lp printer job "stdin": Your printer job (stdin) was not printed because it was not linked to the original file Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing lis

Re: use of parted

2000-12-29 Thread lee
> > Lee - > > I don't think this is correct. I have never used the tool but I can't > imagine that what you are describing is correct. The extended partition > that contains the logical drived is taking up the space past minor 3. well i wondered about that...thats why i decided to ask as I don'

Re: weird

2000-12-29 Thread lee
David McGlone wrote: > I told ya, RH 7 is gonna make you crazyLOL, it's broke broke here and > broke broke there, ol mr. linux had an OS E-I-E-I-O... > > that was corney but funny, I hope I don't get into trouble for being off > topicLOL > but its never done it till just last few days...

Re: The File Format's Handbook

2000-12-29 Thread Chen Shi-Ping
Thanks for Ray. I am going to place the order. Happy New Year. On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Ray Curtis wrote: > > "cs" == Chen Shi-Ping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > cs> I am looking for a book, The File Format's Handbook, published in June > cs> 1995. The author is G. Born and the ISBN numbers

Re: The File Format's Handbook

2000-12-29 Thread Ray Curtis
> "cs" == Chen Shi-Ping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: cs> I am looking for a book, The File Format's Handbook, published in June cs> 1995. The author is G. Born and the ISBN numbers are 0442019955 cs> (papercover) and 1850321175 (Hardcover). I have visited the Borders, cs> Barnes & Noble, amazo

The File Format's Handbook

2000-12-29 Thread Chen Shi-Ping
I am looking for a book, The File Format's Handbook, published in June 1995. The author is G. Born and the ISBN numbers are 0442019955 (papercover) and 1850321175 (Hardcover). I have visited the Borders, Barnes & Noble, amazon.com, bookpool.com, and several local used book stores. Unfortunately,

Re: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Kiran Kumar M
Peter, You have to forward the packets by using ipchains. I think it will solve your problem. Kiran On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > Peter Peltonen wrote: > > > Okay, I've updated my subnet plan to look like this: > > > > net namenetmaskip > > > > 128 dmz1.2

Re: Unlocated request massage in redhat.....

2000-12-29 Thread Bret Hughes
cheong david wrote: > Hi, well, as u know recently i have bought the redhat 7.0. I have at lease 5 > gib left on my pc hdd. Then y the installer told me that the swap partition > is unallocated; and the reason is no primary. What the hell is this? Hope > someone can tell me and what can i do with

Re: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Bret Hughes
Peter Peltonen wrote: > Okay, I've updated my subnet plan to look like this: > > net namenetmaskip > > 128 dmz1.224 .129 - .158 > 224 router .224 .225 - .224 > > I've changed the network settings accordint to this plan. I made .158 the new > dmz gateway. S

Re: RH7, Real Player 8 & KDE

2000-12-29 Thread Larry Grover
Its hard to find the right link. Start at www.real.com, look for the "Download: RealPlayer . . ." link at the top, and follow it. Next, look for the "RealPlayer 8 Basic" link, about half way down, and follow. On the next page, you get to "select OS" -- pick UNIX. This will take you to ano

Unlocated request massage in redhat.....

2000-12-29 Thread cheong david
Hi, well, as u know recently i have bought the redhat 7.0. I have at lease 5 gib left on my pc hdd. Then y the installer told me that the swap partition is unallocated; and the reason is no primary. What the hell is this? Hope someone can tell me and what can i do with this? Thank you!

Re: Apache Source RPM

2000-12-29 Thread Thornton Prime
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Steve Kesler wrote: > I inserted RH7 CD4 into my server and have been trying to install the Apache source >(rpm -ivh apache-1.3.12-25.src.rpm). I see the hash marks like it installs but when >I query (rpm -qa | grep apache) it is not installed. Any ideas? I want to recom

Re: RH7, Real Player 8 & KDE

2000-12-29 Thread Ted Gervais
Do you remember where you got rp7 Larry? It seems when I go to the RealPlayer site there is nothing there for Linux?? On Friday 29 December 2000 10:31, you wrote: > I have rp7 on one of my systems. If rp8 is like rp7, then it will include > a script which moves a couple of files into ~/.nets

Re: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Peter Peltonen
Okay, I've updated my subnet plan to look like this: net namenetmaskip .128 dmz1.224 .129 - .158 .224 router .224 .225 - .224 I've changed the network settings accordint to this plan. I made .158 the new dmz gateway. So my network looks like this: HD

Re: use of parted

2000-12-29 Thread Bret Hughes
lee wrote: > wanna know i'm seeing this clearly before i wreak havoc :)ha > > use of parted: > - > here's my disk geo: > > Using /dev/hda > Warning: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is > 1653/255/63. You should c

RPM creation question

2000-12-29 Thread Timothy Reaves
I'm trying to create an RPM. One of the files has a '$' in the name. This file exists in the tar file, but during the RPM creation process, I'm getting a file not found error. Does RPM have a problem with '$' in the name's? ___ Redhat-lis

Re: Apache Source RPM

2000-12-29 Thread Bruce Tong
> I inserted RH7 CD4 into my server and have been trying to install the > Apache source (rpm -ivh apache-1.3.12-25.src.rpm). I see the hash > marks like it installs but when I query (rpm -qa | grep apache) it is > not installed. Any ideas? I want to recompile the server with LDAP > support. I'

Re: RH7, Real Player 8 & KDE

2000-12-29 Thread David Brett
I am sorry I can't remember which file. What I did was move the one file real player had conflict with. I then did the install and it then worked. If you do the installation and look at the error message, it will show what the file name. Move this file and then reinstall real player david O

Re: extra space

2000-12-29 Thread David Brett
I have not used partition magic since version 4. It worked for me, but I had to boot into dos david On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, lee wrote: > Statux wrote: > > > partition magic sorta sucks in my opinion.. especially when you want to > > take from DOS and give to Linux (or give to anything else for

Apache Source RPM

2000-12-29 Thread Steve Kesler
I inserted RH7 CD4 into my server and have been trying to install the Apache source (rpm -ivh apache-1.3.12-25.src.rpm).  I see the hash marks like it installs but when I query (rpm -qa | grep apache) it is not installed.  Any ideas?  I want to recompile the server with LDAP support.   Thank

Re: cant reach internal network anymore [Please Help][so sad][praiseglory - solved]

2000-12-29 Thread Eric Clover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Eric Clover spewed into the bitstream: > > EC>Eric Clover wrote: > EC> > EC>> Solution: > EC>> > EC>> Change the damn NIC. > EC>> > EC> > EC>Question: how does a NIC work, then STOP working just because of a > EC>reboot? > EC> > EC>im tellin' ya,

Re: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Peter Peltonen
Thanks for your quick reply! Paul Anderson wrote: > > 1. The best network calculator on the web is: > > http://www.agt.net/public/sparkman/netcalc.htm That looks like a handy tool. A question: the calculator gives me only options for 2 or 4 networks. Is it then impossible to do 3 networks

Re: RH7, Real Player 8 & KDE

2000-12-29 Thread Larry Grover
I have rp7 on one of my systems. If rp8 is like rp7, then it will include a script which moves a couple of files into ~/.netscape/plugins. You need these files for Netscape automatically play real audio. On my system, the script is /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/pluginstall.sh. You run the script as

Re: Lots of attempts on port 111 lately...

2000-12-29 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 01:12:53AM +0800, Chris Dowling wrote: > ... then you can filter those ip's out (although that would be > a mamoth task with ipchains). ... Actually, pretty trivial. In my ipchains script, I call: # Refuse any connection from problem sites if [ -f /etc/rc.d/rc.fi

RE: simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Paul Anderson
1. The best network calculator on the web is: http://www.agt.net/public/sparkman/netcalc.htm You can check your subnet calculations there. Your ISP should not care about how you have subnetted. They have routed all traffic for that subnet to you (if they did their job right). What you doing

simple routing problem

2000-12-29 Thread Peter Peltonen
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO - I'm trying to connect a network with public ip-addresses to the Internet via a Linux (Red Hat 6.2) router. THE PROBLEM --- No routing is happening. I can ping from the router both the Internet and my own net, but can not ping from my own net

DFS client?

2000-12-29 Thread Marco Shaw
(I would imagine this would tie in with the Samba tools...) Does RH 6.x+ have the tools to browse NT4 shares that use DFS? Thanks, Marco ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: [pamldap] LDAP user authentication

2000-12-29 Thread Vineeta
After searching,It just came out with the error: "Mail id invalid or not unique,can't resolve to directory authorisation entry". Vineeta Vineeta wrote: > Hi, > I understand that bind operation has to be performed prior to any data being > fetched.Now,i tried the foll: > In my slapd.conf file,

Re: [pamldap] LDAP user authentication

2000-12-29 Thread Vineeta
Hi, I understand that bind operation has to be performed prior to any data being fetched.Now,i tried the foll: In my slapd.conf file,i have put rootdn "cn=admin, o=xxx Limited, c=IN" rootpw secret Now,in my ldap.conf file,i only have the foll. two lines: binddn cn=admin, o=xxx

Re: Gnome and X Failure -- HELP

2000-12-29 Thread Nitebirdz
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Tom Browder wrote: > > > I have an RH 7.0 setup which was working fine until yesterday. Then I started a >process that filled up my root partition. I was > able to remove the rogue file and worked along OK until logout a the end of the work >day. This morning at boot tim

Re: i386.rpm vs src.rpm

2000-12-29 Thread Mike Burger
Yup...you just "rpm -i this-program-version.src.rpm" (I think I wrote this in another message). This drops a tar.gz file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES which you can monkey with. On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, rpjday wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michael Burger wrote: > > > It's actually a 2 step process. >

Editing the Available Environments in Helix Graphical Login Utility

2000-12-29 Thread Traci Collins
Hi! The list of available operating environments for the Helix Graphical Login Utility on my system got mangled so that it no longer lets me choose gnome or sawfish. I would like to edit it so that I can routinely get back into gnome. I have been stumbling around the helixcode homepage but I can't