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From: winfreyf@novavax.UUCP (Fran Winfrey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: HELP!  INSTALLATION 1st Time Problems
Keywords: HELP LINUX INSTALL FAQ?
Date: 10 Oct 92 07:06:11 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.linux
Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

this is yet another major beginner queistion/problem.

i have ftp-ed the rootimag and bootimag and rawrite from
a linux site.  i have successfully installed the floppy
version of linux.  i figured hey, i htink i will just try
to turn my hard disk (west d. caviar 80 meg ide) into a 
linux dev and im all set to run linux somewhat more realistically.

i have a 386sx25, 2 megs ram (to be 4 by the time most
people read this post) and said hard drive.

ive read most of the faq1 (and some of faq2) and the readmes
and the installs.  and then i did as suggested installing on
console 1, and logged as intro on the console 2.  the first time
i tried, i ended up wiping  my dos partition -- no biggee, i had
planned to do that anyway.  followed the mkfs and mkswap
my question is:  1.  how should i allocated /usr and swapfile?
i tried it as logical and extended and primary partitions, but each
time i receive the message after mounting /root that
there is NO SPACE LEFT ON DEVICE.    what am i doing wrong?

2.  i read somewhere, a while back, something about adding
a chain command to my DDDOS config.sys to permit a dual-boot process?
can someone shed some more light on that?

3.  can someone post (please, my email often bounces) a few programs
 read to compiled or executable that i can use with linux as far as a
term program is concerned?  (i dont remember reading it, but what i'd
like to do, is not to boot up dos anymore than i have too, handle most
of my transfers/etc from the linux end

again.  thanks to all who  replies
From: sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Where can I get Xaw3d from??
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:53:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
Originator: sundaram@arctic.cps.msu.edu


Ha y'all,

Where can I get Xaw3d from?? Sorry if this is a FAQ!


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From: jars@carson.u.washington.edu (Juan Rodriguez-Sero)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: linux/types.h is missing
Summary: a header file is missing in the include distributions
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:18:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct15.201808.11988
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

I just tried to compile less from the source in less177+.taz at tsx-11.mit.edu.
Compilation aborts with a message telling me that linux/types.h is missing.
That file is referenced by sys/types.h in gcc 2.2.2d7 (in fact, the latter is
just a one-liner saying "#include <linux/types.h>"). But linux/types.h is not
in either SLS or HJLu's base system, nor in inc41.taz.  Where can I find it?
Is it the same as gnu/types.h?

Thank you in advance for any help. 

   

Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Sero; jars@u.washington.edu
(School of Oceanography; University of Washington, WB - 10)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: corywest@is.rice.edu (Cory West)
Subject: Re: base,gcc,lib disks parts corrupt?
Organization: Well, none really, but I know where my socks are!
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:39:19 GMT

In article <Bvv4DK.A2K@ais.org> lcd@ais.org (Leon Dent) writes:

>  It seems that base1.Z 41lib1.Z and 222d7a.Z are corrupt.  I have
>  downloaded them three times (yes, I set binary), and uncompress
>  reports input corrupt.  The other files in each directory appear to
>  uncompress fine (they come out to 1228000 or some such). 
>  Anyone else have this problem?

	Yes, I had the same problems.  HJ said he'd upload some
new ones when he had some free time.  Anyone else that's looking
to use these packages should hold off a bit.

			

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From: cummings@bbird8.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: New serial drivers finding "bogus" devices
Date: 16 Oct 92 15:40:51 GMT
Organization: PrimeService, a ComputerVision Company

In article <1992Oct15.185831.28478@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold) writes:
|> I added the re-written serial drivers from ALPHA/serial on tsx
|> to my 0.98-pl1 kernel and now, it looks like the driver is
|> finding bogus devices or is incorrectly determining port/irq
|> information.
|> 
|> My machine has two serial ports at the standard addresses and
|> ports. On boot up, they are recognized as ttys0 and ttys1
|> on 0x3f8 (?) irq 4 and 0x2f8 (?) irq 3 both with 16450s.
|> 
|> The driver also recognizes one more device: ttys12 at 0x330
|> irq 11 as a 8250... Now, I do have a Microsoft InPort mouse
|> installed, but that's an 8-bit ISA card. I didn't think
|> cards like that could have an irq as high as 11.
|> 
|> The disturbing thing is that the Adaptec-style SCSI host
|> has an I/O port at 0x330 and uses irq 11... 
|> 
|> So, either the driver is misreading the port and irq from the
|> InPort card, or it thinks my disk controller is an 8250... Not
|> good.
|> 
|> Any ideas?

Perhaps Ted knows for sure, but I have a Mouse Systems "Bus" Mouse
which is the Mouse Systems serial mouse on a special serial card.
Linux correctly tells me that my board (configured at 0x330 and IRQ 15)
that it is on /dev/ttys13, but assumed IRQ 4.  I think that has
something to do with the AST support in the serial drivers.  I'm
running 0.98-pl1, though it did the same with 0.98 and 0.97-pl6.
I have to run "setserial" to set the right IRQ line for that device.
Xfree861.0Ya runs just fine with my mouse.

I seem to remember Ted saying something about the serial drivers
becoming confused about certain SCSI boards at conflicting addresses.
Can you "delete" a serial port with "setserial"?  If you don't have
a serial port where Linux thinks there is one, ignore it!  Don't run
a getty or anything else on it.  Hopefully, the serial drivers won't
interfere with your SCSI board (Ted?).

By the way, what IS the information on your InPort mouse?  Is it a
serial adapter for a serial mouse (like my Mouse Systems), or is it
a real Microsoft Bus Mouse?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: sl313028@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon Marcus Madison)
Subject: Re: Another Beginner Installation Question...
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 05:09:21 GMT

o.k., since i saw two people with the same question...i also got
the same problem at first, but finally i found out that i have to boot
using ONLY high density diskettes. try this if you already haven't..
i did it and now, i'm ready to tackle bigger and better FRUSTRATIONS!!
(don't get me wrong, though, i'm *extremeleeeee* pleased with what i
have so far (WOW!! true multitasking on my computer!! (:  )

-jon
sl313028@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
(Jah Live!)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: lord@hemlock.cray.com (Steve Lord)
Subject: Re: Mount in rc
Originator: lord@hemlock
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 9 Oct 92 08:48:21 CDT


In article <1992Oct8.212640.17905@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, widenius@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Risto Widenius) writes:
> In <Iep5SJq00WAJAR1G57@andrew.cmu.edu> geek+@CMU.EDU (Brian E. Gallew) writes:
> 
> >Why is it that I have to have "mount -a" TWICE in my /etc/rc?  For
> >some *stupid* reason, only putting it in once will do absolutely
> >*NOTHING*!  Why?
> 
> I get the feeling that you have the root partition as the last entry in
> your /etc/fstab file, thus the first mount -a only mounts the root.
> Enter the partitions in a logical order i.e. / before /usr and /usr
> before /usr/something.
> 
> --
> widenius@cc.helsinki.fi "But now there was worse." -Bernard Levin

Has anyone noticed how, when shutting down the system partitions are
unmounted in the same order they were mounted? I have three partitions,
 /, /usr and /usr/src which get mounted in that order. When shutting
down it fails to unmount / and /usr (in that order), no mention of
/usr/src which should unmount since there is nothing using it. I don't
have the code for mount, but if it defaults to mounting disks in the
order specified in /etc/fstab, shouldn't it unmount them in reverse
order?

Steve


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From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help needed to get top/ps/free working on 0.98
Keywords: kernel ps top
Date: 8 Oct 92 19:08:16 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

hayes@cpsin2.cps.msu.edu (Hayes John H) writes:
>I have one floppy disk, that when I tried to copy a specific file
>from, I get a floppy reset error, that cascadesand can't be broken. It
>spills over into the other virtual windows and leaves me with no
>recourse but to do a hardware reset.

Have you tried removing the diskette and waiting for a while (up to a
minute or two)?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wmitchel@hannibal.atl.ge.com (Bill Mitchell)
Subject: Re: Linux on disc
Reply-To: wmitchel@hannibal.atl.ge.com (Bill Mitchell)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:12:18 GMT

	   From: wmitchel@fergie.dnet.ge.com (Bill Mitchell)
	   Date: 9 Oct 92 12:18:36 GMT
	 
	   QUESTION: I do not have FTP access, what can I do to get linux?
	 
	   ANSWER: Try to contact a friend on the net with those access, or try
	   mailserver/ftpmail server otherwise contact tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU......

	Gee.... I didn't realize I had been listed in the Linux FAQ this way.  

Ted,

Sorry, I was just passing on the information I have.  I hope you don't
get innundated with too much mail because of this.  You might try to get
the Linux FAQ changed.  Personally, I picked up the SLS distribution via
ftp.  It was great -- just slipped right on my system with no problems.

-- Bill

William F. Mitchell                 |  wmitchell@atl.ge.com
GE Advanced Technology Labs         |
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: AST Fourports?
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:06:17 GMT

On a related subject, I have a StarGate card that has 5 8250's on it.  How
hard would it be to hack Ted's driver to work with this card?
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and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard)
Subject: AHA1522 SCSI board?
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:44:02 GMT

Does linux support the 1542 only or does it also support the 1522? 
If its not supported does anyone know what the differences are?
Could the existing 1542 driver be easily changed to support it?
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From: hymowitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!)
Subject: Re: ANSWER: (Re: GCC report segmentation fault and dump core.)
Organization: Creative Sensualities dept, Jacquie's House of Underwear
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:36:50 GMT

and lo, there was much rejoicing among the people, as
mjalava@lk-hp-16.hut.fi (Mika Matti Jalava) writes:
>In article <1992Oct7.170159.11640@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
>(choices to get around the seg. faults with slow ram+fast cpu)
>
>>1. Get fast RAM. (should always work)
>>2. Get a big cache for CPU, like > 256k. (may work)
>>3. Increase wait state of your RAM. (may work)
>>4. Turn off turbo. (should always work)
>
>I have a "real proplem RAM" in my machine - 4 M 100 ns simms, 4 M 70
>ns 3-chip simms and a 386DX-25, no cache, supposedly hell of a lot of
>wait states.

can someone translate this to idiot-speak for me?

>I had these segmentation faults, and turning the turbo
>off didn't help at all. Well, the only problem seems to be corrupted
>program files. If I copy the files from a floppy, I just do it so many
>times that diff doesn't report any errors. After that, everything
>works OK.

question - if the file is corrupted, why does 'doing it so many times'
un-corrupt the file? it sounds like the joke about driving the car
around the block to see if the flat tire fixes itself.

seriously, tho - what if i'm downloading 300k at 2400 baud - that takes
a half hour or so - do i really have to do this 5 or 10 times in the hope
that maybe it won't be corrupted when i'm done?  i just don't understand
the logic here.

side note - when i installed gcc 2.2.2 ''the old way'', i didn't have
this problem.  so, if nothing changes (according to the readme file), and
my computer didn't change, why does gcc suddenly not work?

thanx in advance.

--hymie
hymowitz@cs.jhu.edu                                         hymie@jhuvms.bitnet
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Subject: IN2000 support
From: jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Jim Wenzel) 
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Jim Wenzel) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The GrapeVine BBS *** N. Little Rock, AR *** (501) 753-8121



Andrew F. * The IN2000 is  a fairly cheap SCSI card for  ISA. It is also
            the   fastest  card   I  have   used  under   DOS  so   far.
            Unfortunately,  the  company  that  manufactures  this  card
            adamantly refuses to give out programming doc- umentation on
            the card,  so it is  virtually impossible to  write a driver
            for it.
                                 = = =

  I have had  the opposite reaction when working  with Always Technology
  (the makers of the IN-2000) If  you are interested in writing a driver
  for the card let me know and  I'll give a shot at calling them.. (have
  worked  with them  off and  on  over  the years  as a  dealer). Please
  respond Email as I don't always read all of this group.

*  Jim Wenzel,  SysOp,  The GrapeVine BBS,  (501) 753-8121  5.6 gigs  *
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From: jsmith@owlnet.rice.edu (James Pope Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Installing X386
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:33:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: rice.Bvr9sn.332
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rice University


I'm rtying to install X386 on my PC, but I don't know if my configuration
is suited for it.  I have a Paradise VGA with the WD90C30 chipset (I think).
Is this what X386 considers PVGA1 (my card has 1 meg of video mem)?  If
so, then I presume I can run X with this card.  This leads me to ask if
anyone has the screen mode information for a Viewsonic 6 monitor.  The video
database in the X386 distribution has a wide selection of monitors, but no
viewsonic.  What modes should I run in?  What should the clock settings
be (option Clocks in Xconfig)?  To summarize, I need these options for Xconfig:

      1) Clocks (with Paradise VGA, 1 meg)

      2) Chipset (should my card be PVGA1?)

      3) Modes (what resolutions should I run)

      4) ModeDB (Viewsonic screen info)

By the way, startx works, but in the end all I get is a blank screen.  If
anyone can help out, I would me much appreciative.

Thanks,

jsmith@owlnet.rice.edu
From: adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Dumb idea regarding QIC-40/80 tapes
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:19:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnews.1992Oct7.151930.25658
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Sep27.082746.25106@news.acns.nwu.edu> hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin) writes:
"Here is a thought regarding QIC tapes:
"if the floppy controller really is so timing-sensitive that it is not
"practical to let the CPU buffer tape I/O and use an interrupt-driven timer
"when to output the blocks, this might be an idea.
[]
"                             (The knee-jerk reaction is of course "if you
"can do the floppies why not the tape", but with the floppies a miss means
"catch it on the next turn, on tape it means REWIND!)

from *my* perusal of the qic docs, only the tape *command* system
needs the timing-loop kluge, not the data stream...

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From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is anyone porting Linux?
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:45:18 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

phil@news.ccutah.edu (Phillip Neiswanger) writes:
>I'm wondering if anyone is attempting to port Linux to other
>machines/architectures?

There is a 680x0 channel on the linux-activists mailing list (see the
FAQ for instructions on how to join).  There were also some discussion
about making a Linux single-server version that runs on top of Mach 3. 
I do not know how either project is going.  However, since Linux is very
much 386-oriented, it is possible that it will too much work, and that
it would be easier to just rewrite it from scratch.

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From: kevin@cyber.net (Kevin R. Sanders)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Hams Using Linux
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:19:48 GMT
Organization: The Cyberspace Station

Hello all,
I am quite new to the world of Linux (but not Unix, I've been using different
flavors of God's OS for well over 10 years now.  I am interested in developing
Ham Radio-oriented software for use with Linux, and am curious just how many
other hams are reading this group?  If any of you want to collaborate on this
by contributing ideas or your own software, please let me know.

Possible software ideas include: packet radio, contesting, station control,
logging, and front-end software to work with commercial hardware such as
AEA-PK232.

Having just gotten my Linux up and running, I am quite impressed with it;
Thanks to all those who have contributed in making it a functional, useful,
and fast system.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: cummings@bbird8.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Kevin Cummings)
Subject: Re: Linux..
Organization: Prime Computer
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:59:05 GMT

In article <1bcld8INNlm1@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, bywater_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
|> Having just set-up the basic floppy of Linux, I am very impressed.  However,
|> I do have some questions..
|> 
|> (a) How much disk space do all the partitions generally need for the basics 
|> (very basic in fact)

I'm running with one 40MB root partition, and 10 MB of swap.  I have installed
XFree861.0Ya, gnu-emacs (with complete c-lisp stuff), gcc 2.2.2d and jumptable 4.1,
and the linux sources.  I'm starting to run out of room.  Not enough left to
build mailpak-1.3.  Then again, I'm trying to find what's leftover from the
old versions that is still installed (I first installed 0.11, many moons ago).

|> (b) Is it possible to run remote users with Linux (eg across a null modem
|> cable)?

It's suppose to be possible, but I have had problems running a Terminal on ttys2.
The serial drivers had been deficiet about RTS/CTS flow control.  It's been a while
since I've tried, so it may be better by now.  I thought I read a posting that
indicated that flow control was supported from the system to the output device
(so that Linux would not overwhelm it at high speeds) but not from the output device
(since you should be able to control that with your line speed if it gets to be
a problem).

|> (c) I see it is using EGAc mode - Is it possible to get it to use VGA mode?

What you see is an indicator that setup.S has detected at least an EGA card during
startup.  Last I looked at the setup code, it wasn't (until 0.98-pl1) even checking
for the VGA.  Now I beleive that it doesn't call the check svga routine if you only
have an EGA video card.  Since the check is for setting whichever TEXT video mode
you want to use, and EGA and VGA basically look and act the same in TEXT modes,
there is no difference as far as you are concerned.  The default TEXT video mode
is either MODE 3 or 7 (for color or mono) and 25 lines.  It will load the 8x8 font
and do either 43 lines for EGA or 50 lines for VGA if your card is not recognized
by the check svga routine when prompted to.  If your card is recognized, you should
get a selection from a known set of extended TEXT modes for your amusement and
video viewing pleasure.

|> That's all the questions so far..I'll no doubt have more as time passes..But
|> very good...
|> 
|> Cheers.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: phanson@well.sf.ca.us (Pete Hanson)
Subject: Informix w/ Linux?
Reply-To: phanson@well.sf.ca.us
Organization: The WELL
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 04:22:23 GMT


Has anybody tried to run Informix under Linux?  Any success/failures?
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