- WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

MegaMeeting

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, USDataCenters is holding a meeting in Marlboro, MA on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 for a number of Boston area computer user groups. Most of these groups are Windows related, but not all. I have signed up to represent WLUG. GNHLUG, BLU, and (I think) MWBLUG will also be in attendance. If you want more information, or perhaps you'd like to attend as well, check out this website: http://www.BostonUserGroups.com/MegaMeeting/Default.htm Preregistration is required so please sign up if you plan to attend. I tried to get a table just for WLUG, but they have run out of tables. The Boston Linux and Unix User Group was kind enough to allow us to share some space with them (many thanks to Jerry Feldman). I'll be seeking out the local Kinkos for printing up some flyers this weekend. If anybody does plan to go, please drop me an e-mail just to let me know. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

June 1, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Linux on a Dell laptop dual-boot W2K

by Brian J. Conway

> I was wondering if anyone has had any "good" experiences installing Linux > and W2K on the same machine? I currently have the following hardware setup: Yes, I've done it a few times. The best approach I've found (on my desktop, anyways) is to start with a fresh disk, partition accordingly and install Win2k first, followed by your distro of choice. On the bright side, if you install Win2k second, or just reinstall over an existing Win2k install, it does you the favor of _not_ overwriting your MBR, which is certainly nicer than Win9x installs. > Dell Inspiron 8000 Laptop > Pentium III 700mhz w/256MB RAM > Toshiba DVD-ROM > Integrated Actiontec 10/100MB NIC \ 56K Modem > Intel® 815e AGPSet Chipset with 4X AGP > 10GB HD - currently 1 partition NTFS file system That's actually the same model (with different specs) that I ordered a week ago and expect to arrive within the next three days. I plan on doing a full write-up after installation for the Linux on Laptops site (http://www.linux-laptop.net/ previously www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/) so stay tuned. > My thoughts were to install Caldera e-Desktop 2.4 which I have had some > success with. What I'm not sure about is re-partitioning the HD to > accommodate 2 Operating Systems. Caldera comes with a slim version of > Partition Magic, but I haven't had the opportunity to use it on NTFS, so > that is where any suggestions would help. I've never resized NTFS myself, but Mandrake (my distribution of choice) comes with an excellent utility as part of the install called DiskDrake, which is an open-source equivalent of Partition Magic, and I've found to be far preferable. Even if you don't want to use Mandrake, you could always boot it up and go through the install until you pass the partitioning section near the beginning. I believe DiskDrake can resize NTFS in Mandrake 8.0, but don't quote me on that. Either way, I like it a lot better than Partition Magic, and it's just as full-featured. Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509)

June 1, 2001

Linux on a Dell laptop dual-boot W2K

by Simoncini, Matthew

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone has had any "good" experiences installing Linux and W2K on the same machine? I currently have the following hardware setup: Dell Inspiron 8000 Laptop Pentium III 700mhz w/256MB RAM Toshiba DVD-ROM Integrated Actiontec 10/100MB NIC \ 56K Modem Intel® 815e AGPSet Chipset with 4X AGP 10GB HD - currently 1 partition NTFS file system My thoughts were to install Caldera e-Desktop 2.4 which I have had some success with. What I'm not sure about is re-partitioning the HD to accommodate 2 Operating Systems. Caldera comes with a slim version of Partition Magic, but I haven't had the opportunity to use it on NTFS, so that is where any suggestions would help. Thanks for the time. Matthew

May 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] SCSI Tape Drive Question

by Theo Van Dinter

On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:50:23PM -0400, Marc Hughes wrote: > It shows up in the scsi bios utilities. There is no mention of a tape > drive in dmesg or /var/log/messages after bootup, and it doesn't work > when you try something like "mt -f /dev/st0 status". What happens if you cat /proc/scsi/scsi? I get something like the following: > cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15150W Rev: 0023 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C1533A Rev: 9503 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 This at least lets you know if the system sees the thing. The next question is: does your kernel have SCSI tape support? Cat /proc/devices, do you see something like: > cat devices Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty 3 ttyp 4 ttyS 5 cua 7 vcs 9 st [...] Is /dev/st0 correct (ie: major 9, minor 0)?: > ls -la /dev/st0 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Oct 23 1999 /dev/st0 -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Talent does what it can, genius what it must. I do what I get paid to do." - Unknown from /.

May 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] SCSI Tape Drive Question

by ccb＠acm.org

No response on this issue from VA tech support? ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. VA LiNUX Systems Systems Engineer, Northeast US 25 Burlington Mall Rd., Suite 300 +1 617 543-6513 Burlington, MA 01803-4145 ccb(a)valinux.com www.valinux.com

May 31, 2001

Samba question

by Thomas Carey

May 30, 2001

SCSI Tape Drive Question

by Marc Hughes

We have a kicking VA Linux 4450 server with a VXA-V17 tape drive in it. Unfortunatly the tape drive isn't seen by linux. It shows up in the scsi bios utilities. There is no mention of a tape drive in dmesg or /var/log/messages after bootup, and it doesn't work when you try something like "mt -f /dev/st0 status". The drive is on scsi channel B, does that make a difference? Is there some way to scan the scsi bus manually? I checked /proc/config.gz and tape drive support is built in. Any ideas, suggestions? -Marc

May 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Win2k

by Marc Hughes

I have no problems booting win2k on my laptop through lilo. RedHat 7.1 saw it and happily added it to my lilo menu. I got fed up with the ntfs support tho, so I ended up reformatting the win2k in Fat, and I'm much happier now. -Marc On Monday 28 May 2001 12:55, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I am getting a notebook with Win2k preinstalled, and I would like to > repartition the drive and set aside a few hundred megs for a GNU/Linux > installation. So I was wondering if Lilo would be able to boot Win2k? > Also, how well is NTFS supported in the Linux kernel? > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- > > | |DO what you think is right, not what society expects of you.| > | | | > > --Michael Gorse / WPI cs '01 / ICQ:22583968 / http://www.wpi.edu/~mgorse/ > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 28, 2001

Win2k

by Michael P. Gorse

Hi all, I am getting a notebook with Win2k preinstalled, and I would like to repartition the drive and set aside a few hundred megs for a GNU/Linux installation. So I was wondering if Lilo would be able to boot Win2k? Also, how well is NTFS supported in the Linux kernel? Thanks in advance for any help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |DO what you think is right, not what society expects of you.| | --Michael Gorse / WPI cs '01 / ICQ:22583968 / http://www.wpi.edu/~mgorse/ --

May 28, 2001

"Couldn't find ext2 superblock..."

by Dan Crooks

Using Darkstar Resque Disk to boot and look around a RH 6.2 installation. e2fsck -n /dev/hda1 results in Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hda1 Here are the questions: Can I fix the superblock? Or is it re-install time? Duplicate blocks are reported in hda12 (/) when I boot RH 6.2. Is it possible to fix that? RH6.2 boot in rescue mode from CD says fdisk unable to open hda but it is recognized by Darkstar Resque Disk. Unfortunately Darkstar only has partitions defined to hda9 and does not recognize hda12. Is it possible to rename a partition (hda12) to another name (hda5) from outside? I have a second system, Windows based, which allows me access to the internet for downloads, email, etc. Is there a way to download utilities on the Win machine and then execute them from a floppy on the Linux machine either booted into rescue mode from RH or from Darkstar floppy? Thank you in advance for any assistance, guidance or direction. Dan Crooks

May 28, 2001