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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

***NEW*** WLUG website

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, I am hoping that the transition to the new WLUG website was completely painless for you users. You will know that you are seeing the proper site if ***NEW*** appears near the top of the page. The DNS updates should have propagated around the Internet by now, so everybody should be seeing this. If somehow you are seeing the ***OLD*** site, please let me know and copy Chuck Anderson (cra(a)wpi.edu) also. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

May 27, 2001

Re: [Wlug] XEmacs question - gnuserv/gnuclient

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Tue, 22 May 2001, Andy Stewart wrote: > Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 23:22:22 -0400 > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)mediaone.net> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: Worcester Linux Users' Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] XEmacs question - gnuserv/gnuclient > > > HI gang, > > I'm running XEmacs 21.1.8 and am playing with gnuserv/gnuclient. Within > XEmacs, I do M-x gnuserv-start (which seems OK). In a terminal window on > the same machine, I type gnuclient and another XEmacs window pops up quite > quickly (as I expect). > > However, I can't get this to work from another machine on my home network. > I played with the xauth stuff and also tried setting the GNU_SECURE > environment variable to no avail. Clearly I've done something wrong but I > don't know what. > > Can somebody walk me through the steps? I'm expecting that if I run > gnuserv on machine 'tux' that I can set the security so that I can access > that gnuserv process from machine 'andypc' by typing the correct > incantation of the gnuclient command on 'andypc'. > > Thanks in advance, > > Andy > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA USA > http://www.wlug.org > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > Andy, I played with this a few years back, and I remember 2 things... 1. I recollect that there's an environment variable that you need to set prior to starting xemacs on the server side. This tells it to use tcp sockets rather than unix sockets. I suspect that there's something similar for the client side, but I don't remember as well. 2. The file you wish to edit must be visible to the server. This whole process provides nothing in the way of getting the file to the server. I played with a capability that would deliver the file to the server first, then call gnuclient to edit the file on the server side, then finally put the file back. It was always awkward, so I stopped using it. I do use the "standard" gnuserver all the time so that I can edit my email using xemacs inside of pine. It's a great feature. Bill

May 24, 2001

XEmacs question - gnuserv/gnuclient

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, I'm running XEmacs 21.1.8 and am playing with gnuserv/gnuclient. Within XEmacs, I do M-x gnuserv-start (which seems OK). In a terminal window on the same machine, I type gnuclient and another XEmacs window pops up quite quickly (as I expect). However, I can't get this to work from another machine on my home network. I played with the xauth stuff and also tried setting the GNU_SECURE environment variable to no avail. Clearly I've done something wrong but I don't know what. Can somebody walk me through the steps? I'm expecting that if I run gnuserv on machine 'tux' that I can set the security so that I can access that gnuserv process from machine 'andypc' by typing the correct incantation of the gnuclient command on 'andypc'. Thanks in advance, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

May 23, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Hostname

by Michael Long

I apologize for the spam... for some reason kmail is not marking my message as being sent and therefore resending it everytime I check for mail. I am working on fixing this. On Monday 21 May 2001 22:40, you wrote: > I just remembered that I also reran the mimeinstall.sh and plugininstall.sh > scripts after upgrading the router. > > On Sunday 20 May 2001 21:05, you wrote: > > > From: Michael Long <michaellong(a)charter.net> > > > > > > Thanks for the help with realaudio. Now it is working fine. > > > > So how did you fix it? > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 22, 2001

Question about employment opportunities

by Pierce C. Barnard

Hi, I recently re-subscribed to the WLUG users newsletter. I would like to address the following question to all of the network administrators who are members of the WLUG: 1.) What is the best way to become a system administrator? 2.) What exact skills does an employer look for in a perspective client to be a system administrator? 3.) What advice and experience can you share with me? Thank you for your time.

May 22, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Hostname

by Michael Long

I just remembered that I also reran the mimeinstall.sh and plugininstall.sh scripts after upgrading the router. On Sunday 20 May 2001 21:05, you wrote: > > From: Michael Long <michaellong(a)charter.net> > > > > Thanks for the help with realaudio. Now it is working fine. > > So how did you fix it?

May 22, 2001