Re: Problems Installing X
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I had installed Storm Linux which is based on potato and tried to upgrade by using the unstable distribution. I got the following error after upgrading to XFree86 version 4.02... "cannot stat etc/X11/X" I then made boot floppies and installed a completely clean install by using boot floppies, reinitializing the partition and using dselect to install from the unstable distribution but received the same error. I read over the HowTo's but couldn't find anything that would help. I ran xf86config but nothing seems to fix it. What is the next step? David I had a problem when I installed the XFree86-4.0.2 binaries over the default 3.3.6 release that comes with Patato. The problem that I was encountering was that the X Font Server would literally freeze the system at boot time or when switching run levels. TO fix this I had to mv the xfs init script to the root users directory so that the X Font Server would no longer initialize.
DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question
I've recently learned how-to configure BIND as an DNS caching-only server. So far the DNS caching server configuration of BIND has proven to be awesome!! That combined with a few TCP/IP tweaks in the /proc filesystem and this Penguin flys :-D Throughout my testing I've only encountered one problem. Perhaps some of you might have some advice on it. In order to query the local DNS caching server you must change some of the resolver library settings in /etc/resolv.conf. Basically, you set up your local IP address (127.0.0.1) as the primary nameserver on your network. It looks like this once I'm done with it: domain telusplanet.net search telusplanet.net nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 199.185.220.36 nameserver 199.185.220.56 The problem that I am encountering is that whenever I reboot, my ISP's DHCP server re-assigns the nameserver IP addresses, even though the IP's of my ISP's DNS servers are static!! This in affect re-writes the /etc/resolv.conf file to: nameserver 199.185.220.36 nameserver 199.185.220.52 nameserver 199.80.55.1 The only resources that I've read on BIND was the DNS HOW-TO over at www.linuxdoc.org and the chapter on DNS configuration in the Linux Network Administrators Guide. None of which address this issue. Any ideas? Thanks Stef
Re: DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question
MaD dUCK wrote: also sprach Phil Brutsche (on Wed, 07 Mar 2001 10:27:54PM -0600): The problem that I am encountering is that whenever I reboot, my ISP's DHCP server re-assigns the nameserver IP addresses, even though the IP's of my ISP's DNS servers are static!! if you are using dhcpcd as your dhcp client, add -R to the OPTIONS line in /etc/dhcpc/config. martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@ !#:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]|tr -d " " Thanks for the advice, I was going to attempt to write a scrit that would edit /etc/resolv.conf for me but I figure that editing my DHCP client settings would be a lot simpler. I still consider myslef a newbie when it comes to Linux, I've been using Linux for less then one year. Anyway, I found out that my system is running pump to configure my host via DHCP. Where would I find information on pump, and how could I configure it for my setup?
Loading SB16 modules...
I have a Creative Vibra 16x (Sound Blaster 16) that I'm trying to configure so that I can listen to music in Debian. Where do I find the proper kernel modules for my card and how do I load them in Debian? I know which IRQ, DMA 8 and DMA 16 plus I/O that the card uses but do not no which module[s] are needed to load this card. Any suggestions? Thanks Stef
Re: Loading SB16 modules...
Michael Steiner wrote:
> You will find my config, below, just change io irq and dma's to your
> needs.
> If it is an ISA card like my one see the isapnp.conf file too.
>
> Michael
>
> --
> Michael Steiner, Minorgasse 35, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
>
> in /etc/modutils/sb
>
>options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5
>
> in /etc/modules
>
>soundcore
>sound
>uart401
>sb
>...
>
> in /etc/isapnp.conf
>
> ##
> # VIBRA16
> ##
>
> (READPORT 0x0273)
> (ISOLATE PRESERVE)
> (IDENTIFY *)
> (VERBOSITY 2)
> (CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
> # SB 16 and OPL3 devices
> (CONFIGURE CTL0070/-1 (LD 0
> (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
> (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
> (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
> (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
> (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
> (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
> (NAME "CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }")
> (ACT Y)
> ))
>
> # Joystick device - only if you need it :-/
>
> (CONFIGURE CTL0070/-1 (LD 1
> (IO 0 (SIZE 1) (BASE 0x0200))
> (NAME "CTL0070/-1[1]{Game}")
> (ACT Y)
> ))
> (WAITFORKEY)
Thanks for the info, I edited /etc/modules and /etc/modutils/sb along with
/etc/isapnp.conf and could not get my sound card initialized.
Here's a clip from dmesg:
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
SB 4.16 detected OK (220)
sb: Interrupt test on IRQ7 failed - Probable IRQ conflict
At first I thought that my sound card was fighting over my winmodems IRQ, so I
removed the winmodem from my computer. I later received the same error message
at
boot time.
Here a clip from cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 39755 XT-PIC timer
1: 1527 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
7: 2 XT-PIC soundblaster
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9:914 XT-PIC eth1
10: 1570 XT-PIC eth0
12: 32798 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 108499 XT-PIC ide0
15: 14 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
As you can see the soundblaster card has attached itself to IRQ 7 (its a PnP
card). This should be no problem since I have mostly PCI hardware (besides the
soundcard) and I'm running PnP BIOS. Is there any way I can auto-detect my sound
card's hardware settings so that I can use those options for the sb module?
Stef
Creative Ensoniq modules..
I just upgraded my sound card from an Vibra 16x to a Creative Ensoniq PCI. My question is, which modules do I need to use this card. I know that the es1371.o module will work with the card, but what other modules do I need to load in order to play midi and wave files and to listen to audio CDs? Thanks Stef
Re: Creative Ensoniq modules..
mike wrote: > Well i use es1371 also, but lsmod only shows es1371. In any case you > can try modprobe es1371 and it will automatically load any dependencies. > Its been working with gtcd and XMMS for mp3. I get an (unused) remark beside my es1371 module after listing the currently loaded modules. Module Size Used by af_packet 6040 0 (autoclean) serial 19564 0 (autoclean) autofs 9088 0 (unused) parport_pc 7236 0 (unused) parport 7280 0 [parport_pc] es1371 25344 0 (unused) sound 57592 0 (unused) soundcore 2628 7 [es1371 sound] soundlow 416 0 [sound] ne2k-pci4072 1 83906036 0 [ne2k-pci] 3c59x 18656 1 ide-scsi7080 0 unix 10212 88 (autoclean) At first I though that the modules where conflicting with the old soundblaster modules (sb), I removed their configuration files from /etc/modutils and added one for the es1371 module then re-ran module-update. I have specified the io port and irq that the device is using in the option file. I found this information by doing a cat /proc/pci | more. I just dont understand why the module is not detecting the PCI card. Any advice on how to solve this? Stef
Re: Creative Ensoniq modules..
"Francisco M . Neto" wrote: > » mike said this and I say that: > > > On at 11:39 on Sun 14 Jan, Stefan Srdic wrote: > > > mike wrote: > > > > > > > Well i use es1371 also, but lsmod only shows es1371. In > > any case you > > > > can try modprobe es1371 and it will automatically load any dependencies. > > > > Its been working with gtcd and XMMS for mp3. > > > > > > I get an (unused) remark beside my es1371 module after listing the > > currently loaded modules. > > I also use es1371, and `lsmod` gives me sound, soundcore and > es1371 itself. When I do `modprobe es1371` it loads those ones. > Everything is working fine. I'm using linux 2.4.0. > > -- > []'s, > > francisco m. neto > > "Some nice quote goes here." > -- myself > I've had no luck whatsoever trying to initialize my sound card through those modules (es1371, sound, soundcore) I attempted to configure the device through the ALSA-Configurator (deb package = alsaconf). From what the support documentation says, I should only load the ALSA modules and no others for the card. After I configured the device using alsaconf I found the following in my modules.conf file: ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.2 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1371 alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-ens1371 snd_index=1 snd_id=Ensoniq snd_dac1_frame_size=68 snd_dac2_frame_size=68 snd_adc_frame_size=68 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- With all of this I still can't get my sound card to work, I do know that the device works because I have ran esd and heard the sample that plays. But I cant used any programs like XMMS or CD playing software. What gives? Stef
Re: Creative Ensoniq modules..
"John S. J. Anderson" wrote: > Permissions problem on /dev/dsp? User not in audio and/or cdrom > groups? > > john. Thank you so much for your words of wisdom :-D I edited the /etc/group file and inserted my user name beside the audio group. I've been able to access my Ensoniq card ever since.. I've been studying for my LPI certification, I used to using Mandrake but I found that that distro did too much for me and never allowed me to learn the basics. With Debian, I'm constantly learning new ways of accomplishing things and solving my problems. I love it :-D Thanks STef
/proc filesystem information??
--- Begin Message --- Where can I find information on the hardware settings and certain software settings (swap space, TCP/IP) settings that are run-time configurable in the /proc filesystem? I know of a few (listed below) settings that improve TCP/IP transfer speed, but I have noticed a lot more settigns that I can play with, only I have no documentation on these settings. Does anybody have any recomendations on where I can find factual information on these settings? Stef TCP/IP settings that I have played with so far :-D # Set TCP FYN packet timeout value echo '30' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout # Set TCP socket keepalive time echo '1800' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time # Enable TCP Window Scaling echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling # Enable selective acknowlegments echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack # Enable TCP timestamps echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps # Set default and maximum Rx to 64KB echo '65535' > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default echo '65535' > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max # Set default and maximum Tx to 64KB echo '65535' > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default echo '65535' > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max # --- End Message ---
X Font Server problems
I'm running Debian 2.2 (Patato, I think :-D) at home. I recently upgraded from XFree86-3.3.6 to XFree86-4.0.2 I installed XFree-4.0.2 from the binaries available at ftp.xfree86.org. Installing the new X server was pretty straightforward and simple. I had only one minor bug to deal with after the ordeal. For some reason, after I installed the new version of XFree86 my Debain box would freeze at boot time when attempting to load the xfs (x font server). To work around this I had to boot into single user mode and move the /etc/init.d/xfs file into my root directory. Now, when switching runlevels the symbolic links found in /etc/rc[1-6].d are broken and my Debian box no longer freezes. My questions are: Is this a bug in the xfs code? Or, is this a configuration problem between Debian and XFree86? And, what should I do to perminetly fix this problem? Thanks Stef
fstab entry for cd-rw device?
I'm trying to get my cd-burner working under Debian 2.2. I've configured my system so that the ide-scsi module is loaded at boot time and I've also added the "hdd=ide-scsi" parameters to my LILO configuration. I know that the module is loaded and functional because I can see the following when reading the boot prompt. -> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices scsi : 1 host. However, I'm not sure which paramaters to add in the /etc/fstab file. My thoughts are to add something like the following: # /dev/scd0 /cdburneriso9660 defaults,user,noauto00 Will this work? Or is there a better way to mount my cd-rw?
Re: fstab entry for cd-rw device?
Thanks for all of your replys guys. I still have been unable to get my cd-rw working under Linux. I think that the ide-scsi module is conflicting with another scsi module at boot-time. (*see dmesg output at the end of this message) Why this module is loading I have no idea, I do not have any scsi hardware and do not load any scsi modules at boot time besides the scsi emulation module (ide-scsi). I can mount the device as /dev/hdc but cannot mount it as /dev/cdrom or even /dev/scd0. The error messages I receive are: mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block device (maybe `insmod driver'?) or mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe `insmod driver'?) This puzzles me too since ide-scsi is loaded according to lsmod: sg 15320 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_masq_raudio 2936 0 (unused) ip_masq_ftp 2456 0 (unused) af_packet 6040 0 (autoclean) serial 19564 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi7080 0 autofs 9088 0 (unused) nvram 3460 0 (unused) es1371 25344 1 soundcore 2628 4 [es1371] ne2k-pci4072 1 83906036 0 [ne2k-pci] 3c59x 18656 1 unix 10212 81 (autoclean) cdrecord -scanbus does not reveal my cd-rw as well. I'm I missing some configurations for the ide-scsi module in /etc/modules.conf ? Do I need to recompile the kernel and exclude native scsi support, or can I simply turn it off by adding some syntax to /etc/modules.conf? I'm running out of ideas here and would apreciate all the help you can give me. Thanks Stef Linux version 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 2313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 Detected 553884 kHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 1104.28 BogoMIPS Memory: 126984k/131008k available (1732k kernel code, 416k reserved, 1736k data, 140k init) Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k) Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K L1 D Cache: 64K CPU: L2 Cache: 512K CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 01 Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Checking for popad bug... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9e1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware PCI: Enabling I/O for device 00:00 Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13) apm: disabled on user request. Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio hda: Maxtor 92041U4, ATA DISK drive hdc: ZIPCD 4x650, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: Maxtor 92041U4, 19541MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=2491/255/63 hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi: Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus support present -> Aborting. megaraid: v107 (December 22, 1999) aec671x_detect: 3w-: tw_findcards(): No cards found. scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. Adding Swap: 96352k swap-space (priority -1) 3c59x.c:v0.99H 12Jun00 Donald Becker and others http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html eth0: 3Com 3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPO at 0xd400, 00:50:da:7a:f7:c5, IRQ 10 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, 10baseT interface. Media override to transceiver type 0 (10baseT). Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives. ne2k-pci.c:vpre-1.00e 5/27/99 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ne2k-pci.html ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'RealTek RTL-8029' at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 9. eth1: RealTek RTL-8029 found at 0xd000, IRQ 9, 00:60:67:3
Re: fstab entry for cd-rw device?
"David B. Harris" wrote: > Try adding the following parameters to your kernel: > > ignore=hdc hdc=ide-scsi > > You can do this with lilo.conf's: > > append="ignore=hdc hdc=ide-scsi" > > Or right at the boot prompt. > > David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) > I have added both of those arguments to my append line in the /etc/lilo.conf file. I still cannot get my cd-rw working, one thing I have noticed is that when the ide-scsi module is loaded at boot time it does not list or detect my cd-rw. How can I correct this?
Kernel compiling questions....
I got the source, I've read some of the kernel documentation, now its time to compile this thing. I've got a few questions though. Currently I'm running Debian 2.2 with Helix Gnome and XFree86-4.0.2. I'm running this self-modified distro on a Asus K7M mobo with an Athlon 550Mhz cpu/128MB of RAM. For perephirals I got a Voodoo 3 PCI, a Creative Ensoniq, 3Com Vortex 10Mbs NIC and an A-Open NE2k-pci compatible NIC (cat pci shows it as a Realtek 8029). And I also happen to have a Maxtor ATA-66 HDD (Maxtor 92041U4) and a iOmega 2x2x24 CD-RW (ZIPCD 4x650) My goal is to compile a kernel which performs greatly but is also very small with only the basic requirements compiled into the kernel and everything else compiled as modules. So far I've decided on compiling support for my CPU (Athlon/K7), Chipset (VIA 82C586), and primary network interface (Vortex) directly into the kernel. I also plan on compiling PCI and EISA PnP support along with AGP support so that I will not have to recompile the kernel when I upgrade some of my hardware. I'm not sure if I should compile support for my harddrive, floppy and CD-RW directly into the kernel or as modules. I do know that I will be compiling support for my Voodoo 3, Ensoniq, and Realtek NIC as modules. What should compiled directly into the kernel, and what should be compiled into modules? Are there some modules that can be left out all together if I'll never use that sort of hardware with Linux (ie: USB) Thanks Stef
So close, yet so far....
I'm in the middle of compiling the new 2.4.0 kernel. However I'm running into some minor problems when attempting to compile the new kernel modules. When I try to compile the kernel modules I get a weird error and a sudden exit. I've pipe the standard output of my compiling attemp and attached it to this message. Can one of you guru's out there help me with this one. This is the first kernel that I've attempted to compile and feel that I'm almost there. I just need a little advice from the Debian collective. Thanks Stef make -C kernel CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/kernel' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/kernel' make -C drivers CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers' make -C block modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/block' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/block' make -C cdrom modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom' make -C char modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char' make -C agp modules make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/agp' ld -m elf_i386 -r -o agpgart.o agpgart_fe.o agpgart_be.o make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/agp' make -C drm modules make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/drm' ld -m elf_i386 -r -o tdfx.o tdfx_drv.otdfx_context.o drmlib-mod.a make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/drm' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char' make -C ide modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/ide' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/ide' make -C md modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/md' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o lvm.o lvm.c lvm.c: In function `lvm_do_vg_extend': lvm.c:2024: warning: implicit declaration of function `lvm_do_create_proc_entry_of_pv' lvm.c: In function `lvm_do_create_proc_entry_of_lv': lvm.c:3016: `pde' undeclared (first use in this function) lvm.c:3016: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once lvm.c:3016: for each function it appears in.) lvm.c: At top level: lvm.c:3044: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit declaration lvm.c:2024: warning: previous implicit declaration of `lvm_do_create_proc_entry_of_pv' lvm.c:3044: warning: `lvm_do_create_proc_entry_of_pv' was previously implicitly declared to return `int' lvm.c: In function `lvm_do_create_proc_entry_of_pv': lvm.c:3050: `pde' undeclared (first use in this function) lvm.c: At top level: lvm.c:147: warning: `lvm_short_version' defined but not used make[2]: *** [lvm.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/md' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_md] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2
Using Linux to automate Win9x installations.
I've recently gotten a contract with a "rent to own" company in the city. I will be verifying computer hardware and installing the operating system (Win9x) on all of the computers that they deal with. My goal is to write an installation floppy that will handle the entire installation process. The floppy will be responsible to boot the computers into real-mode (MS-DOS) and connect to my Linux host via serial ports. On my Linux host I will have a "master image" of the operating system CD and a Windows installation script. Once connected the computers will access an installation script that will start an automated Windows installation over the serial cables This will enable me to start multiple OS installations at once and periodically check on them all. Why go with serial cable? Because most of the computers will not be equiped with ethernet cards. I have though about purchasing Norton Ghost, but I will be dealing with multiple version of the Windows operating system as well as several different hardware configurations. I already made a few serial cables using low capacitance cable and a few db9 and db25 connectors along with a few gender changers. I plan to get an old 10Mbps ISA NIC that runs under Linux and plug it into my hub, I then can use a few ethernet -> serial adapters and have up too 4 computers (4 ports on the HUB) running through the installation process at once!!! The best part is, I can configure my Linux host to masquerade the internet to the computers. With that I can run Windows update and install the apropriate drivers for the hardware too. This idea of mine sounds great but I'm not sure if it will work. For example, to connect to the Linux host via the serial ports I will need some sort of serial network driver for MS-DOS, where do I find it? And, what type of service will I need on my Linux hosts in order for the DOS clients to mount network shares? Will I be able to configure the DOS clients for TCP/IP networking? Thanks in advance Stef
Removing symbolic links...
While attempting to get my CD-Burner up and operational under Debian, I managed to muck up a few things under the /dev directory. ls -l cdrom hdc scd0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Jan 24 15:08 cdrom -> scd0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Jan 27 08:50 hdc -> /dev/scd0 brw-rw1 root cdrom 11, 0 Jan 24 13:35 scd0 As you can see, I need to delete the symbolic that leads hdc to /dev/scd0. How can I do this without further damaging my filesystem? Stef
Re: Removing symbolic links...
Ethan Benson wrote: > looks like you replaced the /dev/hdc device node with a symlink, so > just do the following to fix that: > > cd /dev > rm -f hdc > ./MAKEDEV hdc > > that should take care of it. > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ > > >Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature Thanks, I knew that I could remove /dev/hdc but I wasnt sure how to reconstruct a /dev file. Anyways, now when I attemp to mount my cdrom I get the following error message: mount /dev/cdrom mount: /dev/cdrom has wrong major or minor number Any thoughts on this one? Stef
Tmpfs questions
I'm running Debian Patato with kernel 2.4.5. I've been recently experimenting with mounting /tmp as a Tmpfs and I have a few questions. 1. How do I control the size of a Tmpfs? 2. Is it recomended to mount /tmp as a Tmpfs by using the following in fstab: tmpfs/tmptmpfsdefaults00 or is there a better way of acomplishing this? 3. Can I use the same options for mounting a Tmpfs? ex: mount with nosuid,noexec,nodev set? Thanks Stef
Re: Tmpfs questions
Herbert Xu wrote: > Stefan Srdic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2. Is it recomended to mount /tmp as a Tmpfs by using the following in > > fstab: > > > tmpfs/tmptmpfsdefaults00 > > Replace defaults with size= where is some sane limit based > on the amount of swap and RAM you have. Thanks, I could'nt find any relative information for tmpfs on the web or in the manual pages. I reduced my tmpfs to 128MB with the size option. I had to add a k at the end of my interger to specify a value in kilobytes. Just another question, would it be more efficient to use a ramfs instead of a tmpfs to mount /tmp onto? Stef
RE: Auto starting iptables
-- From: Tzafrir Cohen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 12:23 PM To: Lance Levsen Cc: John Mautz; debian-firewall@lists.debian.org; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:Re: Auto starting iptables On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Lance Levsen wrote: > make an iptables script in /etc/init.d/iptables > chmod 755 this file > > run $ update-rc.d iptables defaults 10 (not sure about this > syntax, read the manpage.) Note, however, that this script will be called again before you shut down the computer (since K??rc.firewall will probably be created in both rc6.d [reboot] and rc0.d [halt]) . In most cases there is nothing wrong with running this script again before shutting down the interface. Note that according to the debin policy, an init.d script should be able to accept 'start', 'stop' and 'restart' as parameters and act accordingly. There's nothing wrong with deviating from the debian policy for your personal system, but then it is your job to guarantee that things still work properly. Also see a message by me from a couple of weeks ago as to why a 'real' init.d firewall script is a good idea. Also note that debian made a strange (IMHO) decision to start networking in the very first stage of the startup scripts: in rcS.d (see /etc/rcS.d/README) . This means that if you have a network interface that is configured through dhcp, then when you boot in 'single', that interface is up, and the dhcp client is connecting to the daemon to accept configuration (or stuck for 1/2 a minute if the network configuration is screwed up) (for those cases you have INIT=/bin/bash , but you should be careful with that one, as it is easy to forget a filesystem mounted before you reboot) This means that if you want to run a script before the network is up, you have to put it in the very first stages of rcs.d . -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir Just edit the /etc/init.d/networking rc script and make your iptables script executable from there. That way, when you stop networking services you can clear your firewall rules or reset them. Stef
Creating an encrypted root filesystem.
I'm running kernel 2.4.3 on patato with Helix Gnome 1.2 (want to move to Helix Gnome 1.4 but there server is always busy). Anyway, I've recently compile the Encrypted LoopBack Module from : http://lwn.net/2001/0419/a/filecrypto.php3 and was wundering if it was possible to use it to encrypt my root partition which is formated as ReiserFS? The readme includes instructions on *creating* encrypted partitions and filesystems but does not specify if it is possible to manipulate an existing filesystem. Does anybody have any insight? Thanks Stef
Creating an initrd
I've compiled the 2.4.3 kernel on my patato box. I'm interrested in creating my own initial RAM disk (initrd) to speed up my boot process. Does anybody know of any good HOW-TO's on initrd's? Does anybody have some insight to share? Stef
Building SPICE3 deb packages.
I know that SPICE3 is BSD software, and that it comes with the same license as BSD, but I want to build a SPICE3 deb package so that I can use it with Oregano from the unstable. I've found some documentation on building deb packages out of SPICE3 at: http://www.eda.ei.tum.de/~mcp/spicedeb/ and have attempted to compile it. However, when I try to dpkg-buildpackage I get an funky error. I'm not experienced with building Debian packages and would apreciate some assistance from you developpers out there. This is what I get bashed with: NodeFilter:/home/stef/SPICE3/spice-3f5# dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc dpkg-parsechangelog: error: cannot open debian/changelog to find format: No such file or directory dpkg-buildpackage: unable to determine source package NodeFilter:/home/stef/SPICE3/spice-3f5# I'm assuming that the error is related to dpkg-buildpackage. I beleive that I need to create "debian/changelog" in order to compile this thing as spice_3f5-1_i386.deb Any thoughts? Stef
Re: Creating an initrd
Alvin Oga wrote: > hi stefan... > > mkinitrd ... > > or take an existing initrd.gz file...decompress it > into /dev/ram or /dev/loop > > than change the kernel to your version, add your libs/commands > and other stuff you want in the initrd to make your system > bootable > > and compress that /dev/loop image into your_initrd.gz and add that > as your initrd image in lilo > > or so goes the simplified 3-line howto... > > either way...you need to make sure you have minixfs and /dev/ram enabled > in your kernel to be able to create initrd files > > i created a full system in about 2.5Mb that expands into 8-16Mb of > linux hierachy that runs in memory ( /dev/ramxx ) > ( put that on a 4Mb flash and you've got a nice firewall ?? ) > > you can try tomsrtbt too but, its bash is too small as is its libraries > > have fun > alvin I though that its possible to use the ext2 filesystem to use with initrd>? Is there an advantage of using the minixfs filesystem over the ext2 filesytem in this application? Anyway, I just want to make an initrd so that I can have etx2 and ReiserFS support compiled as modules and also load a frame buffer module at boot time. Most of this can be done through mkinitrd, the configuration file are a little complicated though. Stef
Re: Building SPICE3 deb packages.
Carl Greco wrote: > Take a look at SPICE OPUS ``SPICE with integrated OPtimization > UtilitieS'' [http://fides.fe.uni-lj.si/spice/] > > -- > Carl Greco > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, SPICE OPUS works great, its the only version of SPICE that I found that actually compiles correctly!! The only downfall of it is that Oregano is a front-end to SPICE ver3f4. You use the GUI to design your circuit and SPICE to analise it. I've tried using SPICE OPUS with Oregano, it just does'nt want to work properly. Too bad, Oregano is a nice circuit design tool. But, it just isn't complete without some sort of analysis program attached to it. Perhaps theres a way to use ng-nice with it :-D Stef
Re: How do I set route at boot time ?
"Michael Janssen (CS/MATH stud.)" wrote: > In Franck Routier's email, 10-05-2001: > > Hello, > > > > I want to set up the route to a new box on my LAN. > > If the route is not set, the connexion is refused (I think this is an otion > > in the kernel networking configuration) > > > > Where should I put this route ? > > > > From the docs I have found it should go in /etc/network/interfaces, but I > > can't figure out what the syntax is... > > > > thanks, > > > > Franck > > taking a quick glance at interfaces(5), the most obvious thing for you > to do would be to add a 'up' command that gets executed. Then after > the interface comes up you could have a short script that just calls > `route` to set the correct route. If it's a dynamic IP and route this > might be a little tricky though. There are other similar methods for > 'down' to remove the routes.. > > -- > Michael Janssen - Jamuraa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG Fingerprint: 87F1 92C4 44AA 4105 B1C4 EDEC D995 9620 C00E 9159 > > >Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature I'm interrested in the same thing, only I want to be able to edit my routing table upon startup to define the mss and window of my LAN and external gateway. Is there some sort of text stream I can run through to accomplish this? Stef
Re: UDMA with Kernel-2.4.3 and hdparm -X68
mike polniak wrote: > I just got a new Maxtor HD to go along with my IBM hd. With Kernel > 2.4.3 and using >hdparm -d 1 to set DMA on, i get disk reads of 30MB/sec > on the IBM. The Maxtor DiaMax UDMA (ATA 100) yields only 3 MB/sec. > The IBM is auto detected at UDMA mode4. With the Maxtor i have to > run >hdparm -X68 -d 1 to set the xfermode to UDMA mode4.But obviously > it doesn't work (the drive info still says maxDMA=0(slow)). > > If i use Kernel 2.2.18pre21 the -X68 option of hdparm successfully > enables the Maxtor to transfer at UDMA mode4 (about 33 MB/sec) > even though the drive info still reports maxDMA=0(slow). > > Any thoughts on getting the Maxtor to be enabled with Kernel-2.4.3. > Is this a known issue with DMA that will change in later kernels? > Or should i just replace the Maxtor with another IBM? > > Make sure that you have thre proper IDE chipset support compiled into your kernel. You could also try the ide0=ata100 flag at boot time to force ata100 transfer mode.
Re: bind problem
Angel Parra wrote: > Hello! > > I have a mini-router (linux) with ipmasq, and an internal server. My > small server has the bind server, and on normal botting the bind server > only servers the names filed on my own database ... but if I stop the > bind server and start it again, it works fine. And it also works if I > change the booting secuence of bind to be startted-up after network. > What it's happening I am using Debian 2.2. > > Thank you for all > > Angel > Make sure you've edited /etc/resolv.conf to tell the resolver routines that your localhost is also your nameserver. I run bind (named) on my router, I have it configure as a caching-only nameserver. One problem that I ran into is that whenever I would restart my networking services my DSL providers DHCP server would re-write /etc/resolv.conf and exclude my localhost from the equation. So, if your external IP is configured via DHCP, edit your DHCP client configuration files to exclude DNS configuration. Stef
Re: funky hardware problem
Monte Milanuk wrote: > A while back I 'rescued' an old P5-133 w/ 16MB of RAM to be a firewall > machine. The original CDROM didn't work, so I replaced it w/ another, and > replaced the HD w/ a WD 3.2GB HD. Everything seemed to work ok for a while, > but then the CD started acting up, i.e. whenever I inserted a disk, it would > sit there blinking non-stop, unable to access the CD. I robbed a CD drive > out of another machine, same thing?!!? Played musical chairs w/ the drives > on the ide cables, the whole nine yards. Nothing helped. Suddenly, the HD > started 'clunking' ominously. Went and got a 'new' 1.2GB HD from the local > computer shack for about $10-15, and magically everything worked perfectly. > Played around w/ it for a while, messed w/ RH 6.2 on the system. Now trying > Debian 2.2r2 on it, and it worked ok, other than it took literally a day or > so for it to crunch it's way thru the secondary install. Ended up rebooting > and installing the packages from dselect. But, again, one CD wouldn't be > recognized. It was an extra, so I wasn't too worried. > > Now I'm to the point where ~50% of my CD's aren't recognized in the drive, > regardless of whether they are Debian install CD's, RedHat, CDRW's, music > CD's, whatever. > > Anyone w/ a good idea of WTF is going on her please let me know. I'm at the > end of my rope on this one. This box is about one hop from the trash > dumpster if it doesn't get fixed soon. I've already expended far more in > time/effort/material than what the stupid thing is worth. Right now the > only thing keeping me working on it is a grudge match sort of thing ;) > > TIA, > > Monte > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, your running an Pentium class system so that rules out improper jumper settings on the hard drive controller :-D Try to put the CD-ROM on its own IDE channel and configure it as the master device. If that doesn't work try to diable the CD-ROM in the system BIOS and then let Linux try to detect the device. Try passing a few arguments to LILO at boot time (ex: ide1=autotune hdc=cdrom) and see what happens. Stef
Re: 3c509B driver, trouble configuring
Mithras wrote: > : /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io That error reports that the I/O parameter used is invalid. Your base address for your card should read 0x210. Test this by directly using the insmod command: insmod 3c509 io=0x210 irq=11 If you see something like " Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/3c509.o" You can also pass a few extra module parameters, check out the link below for more information. Also read the module source, sometimes it can contain a few extra settings as well :-D http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html Stef
Re: 3c509B driver, trouble configuring
Bob Wilkinson wrote: > Also see http://www.scyld.com/network/3c509.html Sorry, I cut and pasted the wrong link... > > > Only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden when using > the driver as a module. Setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and > AUI/IRQ11 is done by using the xcvr and irq module options: > > options 3c509 xcvr=3,3 irq=10,11 > > i.e. the option io *is not* available when the code is loaded as a > module - hence the error. You may have to play with the values for > xcvr - I think I got by with xcvr=3 irq=10 (but try xcvr=0 if this > doesn't work). > > Bob > -- > He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world > as he who is ready to die. > -- Giacomo Leopardi Usually, when you enter a I/O parameter incorrectly insmod cries about it. I've never actually dealt with this type of NIC and assumed that it's very compatible with the 3Com Vortex card. Guess not :-D Glad to hear things worked out in the end. Stef
Re: Two Problems
Sidney Brooks wrote: > So far no luck. > > Neither lpd nor minicom is present on my official three disk set of Potato. > > I tried replacing ATZ with ATX3, they both dial and connect but never get > on the internet. > > I have the same problem of not getting connected with gnome-ppp and kpp. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you try to apt-get install them? apt-get install lpd apt-get install minicom Anyway, I just ran magicfilterconfig and configured my printer about 5 minutes ago. I ran into two problems, first my users never had permission to use lpd; and second I never created the proper spool directory under /var/spool/lpd/ Try that and see if it helps :-D Stef
Re: Caching-only nameserver - which bind
Paul Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm about to configure a caching only nameserver for my dialup box, and I
> noticed that there are two variants of the bind package available, bind
> and bind9. I know that the bind package is version 8.x
>
> Which version should I use?
>
> Is there an advantage or disadvantage to the newer version?
>
> Is configuration for bind-9 so different that I should stick with bind-8?
>
> Thanks, I look forward to any advice offered.
>
> --
> Paul T. Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> -currently seeking employment-
>
Just apt-get install bind or maybe even apt-get install named. For more
information on BIND and the differences between major version numbers read
Chapter 6 of the Linux Network Administrators Guide at Linuxdoc.org ->
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-resolv.html
BIND works great as a caching only nameserver, its also very usefull if your
running a Masquerading box. The setup of BIND as a caching-only nameserver is
pretty easy. Here's how I did it:
First edit the named configuration file located @ /etc/bind/named.conf
options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";
query-source address * port 53;
forwarders {
Your ISP's nameservers;
};
listen-on {
Your internal network range;
127/8;
};
};
logging {
category lame-servers { null; };
category cname { null; };
};
zone "." {
type hint;
file "/etc/bind/db.root";
};
zone "localhost" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.local";
};
Restart BIND and then just edit /etc/resolv.conf and insert:
domain
At the prompt you can enter in DNS queries to complete the test, try your ISP's
website and see what happens:
> www.telus.net
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
Name:www.telus.net
Addresses: 207.194.28.174, 207.194.28.74, 207.194.28.80
And that should do it.
Stef
Problems with symbolic links under /dev
I'm running Patato with kernel 2.4.4 (self compiled) and XFree 4.0.2 and the XFce desktop from unstable. I'm having problems with my CD-Burning device. I have compiled ide-scsi support directly into the kernel as well as SCSI CD support, this eliminates the need for any ide-cd drivers to be compiled into the kernel. When I test my kernel dmesg reports the following about my CD-Burning device located on hdc. SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Vendor: IDE-CDModel: R/RW 4x4x24 Rev: 1.2C Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 This looks right to me, one thing that I have noticed thats different is the vendor, my CD-R is an IOmega zip CD 4x4x24. Anyway, after I compiled and tested the kernel I attempted to create a symbolic link from scd0 to cdrom so that I could mount cd's and play music through my cd-burner. Basically, everything looks like: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev# ls -l cdrom hdc scd0 sr0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 May 30 19:48 cdrom -> scd0 brw-rw1 root disk 22, 0 Apr 15 00:54 hdc brw-rw1 root cdrom 11, 0 May 26 15:22 scd0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 May 26 15:22 sr0 -> scd0 Now when I use cdrecord to test my cd-burner configuration I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev# cdrecord --scanbus Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root. Can anybody point me towards insight? Thanks stef
Re: Firewalling a DHCP client the Right Way (TM)
On 29 Mar 2002 12:24:37 +0900 Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear .debs, > > I have a DHCP client that receives a lot of its networking information > from our DHCP servers. Things like routers, mail and name servers. I > would like to put an iptables based packet filtering firewall on this > client that by default drops everything unless explicitly allowed. > > I set the default policy through a script in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ > and add logging of everything that is dropped as a result of policy by > means of a script in /etc/network/if-up.d/. So far no problems. > > Now I am wondering how to organise setting up the rest of the rules so > I don't go nuts. If it weren't for DHCP, I would have just added more > scripts in /etc/network/if-up.d/. Of course, you need to take care of > their ordering and cater to the possibility of running more than once > if you have multiple interfaces, but that is manageable. > > However, how do I cater to DHCP telling me that the IP address of the > name server has changed, for example, or, tux forbid, the client's own > IP address. Any ideas on how to go about this are welcome. > > Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 > kernel 2.4.18 (custom), iptables 1.2.5-7, dhcp-client 2.0pl5-7 > -- > Olaf MeeuwissenEpson Kowa Corporation, CID > GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 > LPIC-2 -- I hack, therefore I am -- BOFH > I'm not sure if this is what your looking for but it might help. You can use dhclient to re-run your iptables script after a DHCP release/renew cycle. SO when your lease is up and your network parameters change you renew your iptables rules to reflect the changes of your network. Read the dhclient-script manual page for details :) Here's a simple /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks script that works for me: #!/bin/sh logger -t dhclient-exit-hooks "Reason is $reason" case "$reason" in RENEW) /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables start ;; REBIND) /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables start ;; BOUND) /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables start ;; RELEASE) /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop esac Stef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NFS share problems
Hi, I've got one laptop running Debian Etch and a server running FreeBSD 6.0. The server has NFS and ssh setup and configured. I use ssh for administration and NFS to store and backup files onto my remote home directory. I've recently tried to use my NFS storage to compile a kernel, however, I was unable to execute any files on the server during make menuconfig of gconfig: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/nethome/stef/linux/linux$ make gconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: Permission denied make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 I am able to mount the NFS share as the user, create and delete files or directories with no problems, but I can't compile the kernel sources. The shares mount options are: noauto,nosuid,exec,user,rw,hard,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 and I still can't compile the sources!! Any advice? Thanks Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NFS share problems
Sinan Nalkaya wrote: >it seems the source is trying to use binaries and libraries located at >your local pc, so you need a su rights to compiled kernel on your local >pc. > > > > Okay, tried it manually as root. I was able to get the gconf configuration menu up and running. How can I do this as a user? I currently have things set up so both of the nfs users on both machines have the same uid,gid and login name, I'm able to get read/write permission that way. How can I get execute permissions for the user? Thanks Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NFS share problems
Sinan Nalkaya wrote: >it seems the source is trying to use binaries and libraries located at >your local pc, so you need a su rights to compiled kernel on your local >pc. > > > > Here's the exports file on the FreeBSD server, my remote uid is 1000 and so is the users uid of the shared home directory. # You should replace these lines with your actual exported filesystems. # Note that BSD's export syntax is 'host-centric' vs. Sun's 'FS-centric' one. /home -maproot=1000 192.168.0.100 /cdrom -ro 192.168.0.100 Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel ICH5R fake raid installation
Fábio Dias wrote: >Hi everyone, >I hope this is the right place for doing that, and I didn't find any >good information about my problem, so here I go. > >I have an ASUS P4P800 SE mobo, with ICH5R south bridge, 2 SATA 80Gb >hard drives in raid 0 config. In windows, everything is OK, but any >linux installation see these disks as one. All seems two independent >unused disks. > >I read something about dmraid tool, and cross installing of debian >(appendix of installation man). Does not sound so tricky, but I don't >know how to make a cross install on this fake raid system. I don't >know if it will work when I reboot my machine. > >Anyone have some idea? > >Thanks in advance > >Fábio Dias > > > > You can create RAID arrays in woody installer, I've done it on the same chipset The MBR should be installed in the primary hardrive. The only problem is the default Debian initrd images tend not to load raid drivers at boot, so you'll need to regenerate a RAID capable initrd image to use with the default kernel. Also, try to keep /boot on a non-raid partition, lilo and grub tend not to recognize raid arrays. Makes it harder to load initrd images :) Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel ICH5R fake raid installation
Fábio Dias wrote: >I tried. My partitions where already made during win2k installation (I >think I forgot to tell I'm trying to make a dual boot config.). The >raid manager on the installer doesn't recognize them. Should I install >linux before windows?? > > I've never done a dual boot raid configuration before, are you able to split up your arrays with the BIOS Raid manager? >Well, I didn't understood this very well, and I don't have another >drive, but I can make something else, like a CD or floppy, if its >possible. I didn't find any 'dummy' howto on this problem, with a god >help, I think its possible write one. I'm really open to new ideas >(explained for a dummy like me, of course=] ). > >Fábio > > > > http://xtronics.com/reference/SATA-RAID-debian-for-2.6.html You should find a lot of information if you google for Debian RAID howto, there;s always tldp. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel ICH5R fake raid installation
Fábio Dias wrote: > > >the bios manager only let me create and destroy full size RAID arrays >(i think, I don't remeber exactly if the size can be changed, but I >don't think so). I made the partitions during win2k installation... > > > Then you've got hardware raid, some linux devs call these type of on-board raid chipsets as soft-raid because they use the cpu to do the work instead of a raid controller. It's still hardware raid, just half ass hardware raid ;) You still need to load the proper kernel modules for your chipset and raid type. Since your using SATA RAID you'll need to load the proper SATA chipset support and the raid0 kernel module. Also, you need to create your raid arrays through the bios manager, then format them through the installer. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
