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Re: [Wlug] Lilo :-)

by Aaron Haviland

doug waud said: > Hi all <snip info about that *other* lilo> > Heh... When I saw the subject, I thought it'd be about lilo (Rob Levin, head of operations at OpenProjects...). He's been making quite an impression on just about everyone over there lately. just a few: http://openprojects.nu/ http://www.lilofree.net/ http://www.kainx.org/ and one from a year ago: http://crackmonkey.org/pipermail/crackmonkey/2001q1/017271.html ahhh, don't you love politics? -- Aaron Haviland orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org orion [at] parsed [dot] net Someone is trying to thank me, he thought to himself. He wondered who, and for what.

June 27, 2002

Lilo :-)

by doug waud

Hi all On the TV lately I have heard a lot about Lilo. It seems to be in the context of something called Stitch. I am not clear on the details but Stitch apparently is some sort of extraterrestial with a bent to destroying everything it encounters. I assume the reference is, therefore, to Microsoft. The interesting thing about Lilo is that it never seems to be spelled LILO. The first letter is captialized so I assume there is some degree of case sensitivity involved. If any of you can decipher what all of this means perhaps you could fill me in! :-) I do notice that Disney seems to be involved so it would seem that Pixar is not the only place Linux seems to be making inroads. doug

June 27, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Hemstreet, Jeffrey

Thank you all for your help.... just wanted to let you know the outcome of the installs... On the HP Vectra, there appears to be some hardware issues, as Windows 2K boot floppy fails with a Boot I/O Error. This machine has been suspect, and I will probably scavenge it for parts (CD, Memory) (It has had some intermittent problems finding the HDD.) On the HP Kayak..... it's UP! I downloaded the new boot disk image from the email below, and the install ran without a hitch. It must not like the 7.2 standard boot image since it failed both from the install disk and from the boot floppy I made straight from the CDROM. (This was a CD burned from the WLUG installfest in February and it has installed faithfully on about a dozen machines.) Thank you again. jeff -----Original Message----- From: Charles R. Anderson [mailto:cra@WPI.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:49 PM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines Have you tried booting the latest errata install disks? You can get them here: ftp://angus.ind.wpi.edu/pub/updates/7.2/en/os/images/i386/boot.img ftp://angus.ind.wpi.edu/pub/updates/7.2/en/os/images/i386/update-disk-200201 17.img Make sure you rawrite/dd them to brand new floppy disks, since if there is even a single byte error on the floppy disk, the install will fail. Boot the first one (boot.img) and see below... On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 06:25:44PM -0400, Hemstreet, Jeffrey wrote: jhemstreet> One is an HP Vectra (2Gb IDE, 56MB, P200). I can fdisk and select jhemstreet> packages, but when it goes to jhemstreet> format the disk to install the packages, I get a signal 11 fatal error. I jhemstreet> think there may be something jhemstreet> flaky with this system (HDD or memory problem?) Just wondering if anyone jhemstreet> else has seen this type jhemstreet> of failure and could give me any more insight. I plan on replacing the HDD jhemstreet> to see if that is the problem. It depends. Does the signal 11 always happen at exactly the same point? If so, that doesn't necessarily point to flakey hardware, but rather a software bug. If it IS random, then it does sound like a memory error. You can test your RAM with memtest86, available here: http://www.memtest86.com/ Another thing you can try is making sure the amount of memory is detected correctly by Linux (check the boot up messages of the Linux kernel). If not, you can force the correct amount by appending the mem option to the linux boot command line: linux updates mem=56M You need the "updates" bit to use the update-disk mentioned earlier. Insert the updates disk when it asks. jhemstreet> The other is a dual-300 PII HP Kayak with a SCSI Drive. I get a boot error jhemstreet> when trying to boot from the jhemstreet> CDROM or Install Disk. This system is currently running NT 5. Any ideas jhemstreet> why the boot would fail? Bad floppy disk and/or CD-ROM? How did you acquire your Red Hat 7.2 CD-ROM? If it isn't an official disk, then it might have been burned incorrectly. Red Hat recommends burning ISO's in Disk-At-Once mode, and checking the images and disks with md5sum to be sure they burned correctly. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:18:10 -0400 (EDT) > From: Bill Mills-Curran <subssn594(a)charter.net> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: "'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines > <snip> > Jeff, > > I had a problem that sounds similar when installing on a Data General > Aviion (old, slow) machine. I was using one of the standard (server?) > installs. I tried a "custom" install, and everything went smoothly. > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > I was wrong about the machine (I have too many) -- I was installing on an HP Vectra VL, so my experience should be the same as yours. Bill

June 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Gary J. Hanley

Ah, the Aviion, AKA Nova II. I was working at DG as a computer operator when they took the plunge with UNIX. I remember the hype about the power of the Aviion line and I was totally blown away the first time I used X on DG/UX-Aviion (First exposure to UNIX in general, actually). Giant workstation screen. Beautiful graphics. I clicked an icon, and no less than 30 seconds, and xterm appeared! :-) -- Gary On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I had a problem that sounds similar when installing on a Data General > Aviion (old, slow) machine. I was using one of the standard (server?) > installs. I tried a "custom" install, and everything went smoothly. > Bill

June 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Nate Godin

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Hemstreet, Jeffrey wrote: > The other is a dual-300 PII HP Kayak with a SCSI Drive. I get a boot error > when trying to boot from the > CDROM or Install Disk. This system is currently running NT 5. Any ideas > why the boot would fail? I've had some serious problems with an dual PII-266 HP Kayak XU that I recently acquired... I'd get read errors on the IDE CDROM while trying to install Mandrake 8.2, after many failed install attempts, I finally got it to the part where it was actually installing RPM's, and it would go very slowly, with frequent read errors that caused about a third of the packages to fail to install. The system would boot, but wasn't much good beyond that. Putting a SCSI CDROM drive in helped some, though the install was still dog slow due to read errors, and bombed twice. Maybe it needs ECC memory or some BIOS tweaking, or maybe it's a SCSI driver issue? I really have no idea, I just know mine has been a pain in the ass too! Nate -- Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. -- Aldous Huxley

June 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Hemstreet, Jeffrey wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:25:44 -0400 > From: "Hemstreet, Jeffrey" <jhemstreet(a)avaya.com> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: "'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org'" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines > > I am having a problem installing Redhat 7.2 on 2 different HP machines. I > thought I might be > able to get some information from the plethera of people who have done > installs. Or any ideas > on what to do next? > > One is an HP Vectra (2Gb IDE, 56MB, P200). I can fdisk and select packages, > but when it goes to > format the disk to install the packages, I get a signal 11 fatal error. I > think there may be something > flaky with this system (HDD or memory problem?) Just wondering if anyone > else has seen this type > of failure and could give me any more insight. I plan on replacing the HDD > to see if that is the problem. > > The other is a dual-300 PII HP Kayak with a SCSI Drive. I get a boot error > when trying to boot from the > CDROM or Install Disk. This system is currently running NT 5. Any ideas > why the boot would fail? > > Thanks, > jeff > Jeff, I had a problem that sounds similar when installing on a Data General Aviion (old, slow) machine. I was using one of the standard (server?) installs. I tried a "custom" install, and everything went smoothly. Bill

June 26, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Charles R. Anderson

Have you tried booting the latest errata install disks? You can get them here: ftp://angus.ind.wpi.edu/pub/updates/7.2/en/os/images/i386/boot.img ftp://angus.ind.wpi.edu/pub/updates/7.2/en/os/images/i386/update-disk-20020… Make sure you rawrite/dd them to brand new floppy disks, since if there is even a single byte error on the floppy disk, the install will fail. Boot the first one (boot.img) and see below... On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 06:25:44PM -0400, Hemstreet, Jeffrey wrote: jhemstreet> One is an HP Vectra (2Gb IDE, 56MB, P200). I can fdisk and select jhemstreet> packages, but when it goes to jhemstreet> format the disk to install the packages, I get a signal 11 fatal error. I jhemstreet> think there may be something jhemstreet> flaky with this system (HDD or memory problem?) Just wondering if anyone jhemstreet> else has seen this type jhemstreet> of failure and could give me any more insight. I plan on replacing the HDD jhemstreet> to see if that is the problem. It depends. Does the signal 11 always happen at exactly the same point? If so, that doesn't necessarily point to flakey hardware, but rather a software bug. If it IS random, then it does sound like a memory error. You can test your RAM with memtest86, available here: http://www.memtest86.com/ Another thing you can try is making sure the amount of memory is detected correctly by Linux (check the boot up messages of the Linux kernel). If not, you can force the correct amount by appending the mem option to the linux boot command line: linux updates mem=56M You need the "updates" bit to use the update-disk mentioned earlier. Insert the updates disk when it asks. jhemstreet> The other is a dual-300 PII HP Kayak with a SCSI Drive. I get a boot error jhemstreet> when trying to boot from the jhemstreet> CDROM or Install Disk. This system is currently running NT 5. Any ideas jhemstreet> why the boot would fail? Bad floppy disk and/or CD-ROM? How did you acquire your Red Hat 7.2 CD-ROM? If it isn't an official disk, then it might have been burned incorrectly. Red Hat recommends burning ISO's in Disk-At-Once mode, and checking the images and disks with md5sum to be sure they burned correctly. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

June 25, 2002

Installing Redhat on HP machines

by Hemstreet, Jeffrey

I am having a problem installing Redhat 7.2 on 2 different HP machines. I thought I might be able to get some information from the plethera of people who have done installs. Or any ideas on what to do next? One is an HP Vectra (2Gb IDE, 56MB, P200). I can fdisk and select packages, but when it goes to format the disk to install the packages, I get a signal 11 fatal error. I think there may be something flaky with this system (HDD or memory problem?) Just wondering if anyone else has seen this type of failure and could give me any more insight. I plan on replacing the HDD to see if that is the problem. The other is a dual-300 PII HP Kayak with a SCSI Drive. I get a boot error when trying to boot from the CDROM or Install Disk. This system is currently running NT 5. Any ideas why the boot would fail? Thanks, jeff

June 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Who is port scanning me?

by Josh Huber

Joe Riopel <joe(a)crankhouse.com> writes: > You could download and use a program called Sam Spade. It will tell > you alot about an IP/Hostname. Who registered it, and their contact > information. I dont have a link but I bet a quick search on google > should work. This won't be too useful, since the original request/comment was about an IP address on an _internal_ company network. It won't be registered by anyone! Heh, I like the NS entries listed for reserved IP blocks: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG 192.0.32.18 BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG 192.0.32.19 ttyl, -- Josh Huber

June 25, 2002