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Re: [suse-sles-e] boot CD for SLES9 (Netboot YaST howto)
by Michael James 31 May '05

31 May '05

On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:23 pm, Ajay Mulwani wrote: > What I am looking for is booting the machine using CD > and installing the OS from an nfs repository. Good idea, it's faster and easier than juggling CDs. But why not netboot into an install? You'll need: a DHCP server with /etc/dhcpd.conf setup a tftp server (atftpd) with /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 and /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default the CD default kernel /tftpboot/sles9-vmlinuz.default the CD YaST initrd /tftpboot/sles9-initrd.yast a network repository of the Suse of your choice (Suse Pro is always easy, just copy the DVD in whole) Want to try it? Here we go... Fire up YaST2 : Install and Remove Software Install: dhcp-server syslinux atftp (get rid of tftpd if you had it) Edit /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd and set the correct interface eg: DHCPD_INTERFACE="eth1" Edit /etc/dhcpd.conf to include: host target { hardware ethernet <mac:address:of:target:machine>; fixed-address <a.suitable.IP.number>; server-name "<IP.of.TFTP.server>"; next-server <IP.of.TFTP.server>; filename "pxelinux.0"; } That tells the recently booted machine to get pxelinux.0 by TFTP. So we need a copy of pxelinux.0 to serve: root> cp -p /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 pxelinux.0 is a fixed thing, the configuration comes in the next step when it comes back looking in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ for a file named after the hosts IP in uppercase Hex. It keeps shaving digits off till there is nothing left and finally tries for "default". root> mkdir /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg Create a file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default with: default yast label yast kernel sles9-vmlinuz.default append load_ramdisk=1 initrd=sles9-initrd.yast Copy the CDs into your NFS repository. root> cp sles9/CD1/boot/loader/linux /tftpboot/sles9-vmlinuz.default root> cp sles9/CD1/boot/loader/initrd /tftpboot/sles9-initrd.yast Hit reset on the target box and set up the bios to netboot. If you keep a terminal window (a wide one) on the server running tail -f /var/log/messages you will see the DHCP and TFTP requests being answered. On the target console you should see the YaST installer fire up. enjoy, michaelj -- Michael James michael.james(a)csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 Internet Explorer is fine for downloading Firefox, but after that....

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USB Audio, Suse 9.2
by Sam Lewis 31 May '05

31 May '05

Hi, while trying to add a USB sound card (sound card driver: USB Audio; sound card model: USB Audio, Generic), the follwoing error message occures "The kernel model snd-usb-audio for sound support could not be loaded." How could I properly install a USB sound card on Suse 9.2? Any ideas? Thanks, Sam

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Sensors
by Jesse Shaver 31 May '05

31 May '05

I have looked around online and in the SuSE documentation, and can't figure this out, so maybe someone here knows. I have a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 Motherboard with Fan speed, Temperature and other sensors on it which I am trying to gain access to in SuSE 9.1 (not just in BIOS). I have the Sensors package installed, and have run sensors-detect, which comes back with this at the end: ------------------------------ I will now generate the commands needed to load the I2C modules. Sometimes, a chip is available both through the ISA bus and an I2C bus. ISA bus access is faster, but you need to load an additional driver module for it. If you have the choice, do you want to use the ISA bus or the I2C/SMBus (ISA/smbus)? To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to /etc/modules.conf: #----cut here---- # I2C module options alias char-major-89 i2c-dev options it87 ignore=-1,0x290 #----cut here---- To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file: #----cut here---- # I2C adapter drivers modprobe i2c-nforce2 modprobe i2c-savage4 modprobe i2c-isa # I2C chip drivers modprobe eeprom # no driver for Smart Battery Charger yet, ask us for one! modprobe smartbatt modprobe max6650 modprobe saa1064 modprobe smbus-arp modprobe pca9540 modprobe it87 # sleep 2 # optional /usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended #----cut here---- WARNING! If you have some things built into your kernel, the list above will contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really should try these commands right now to make sure everything is working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until it's done. ------------------------------- So I followed its instructions and tried to load each of the kernel modules at the command line. i2c-nforce2, i2c-savage4, i2c-isa, eeprom, and ti87 (at the bottom) loaded ok. I skipped SmartBatt, as this is a desktop. On the rest of the modules: max6650, saa1064, smbus-arp, pca9540, I get "FATAL: Module max6650 not found." When I do a "find / -name max6650" (one of the modules that failed) I only get one hit "/usr/share/doc/packages/sensors/chips/max6650" but I when I search for i2c-nforce2 (one of the modules that loads) all I find is a documentation file in the same directory. >From what I have read online, it looks to me like the Sensors should come with all the modules it knows about, so I don't know where to go from here. Any guidance or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, -Jesse

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uid number upper bound
by David Bear 31 May '05

31 May '05

I would like to create a uid number greater the 100,000.. The reason? to make the unix uid the same as a preexisting AFS uid. what is the largest uid that can be created on suse 9.3? anyone know of any downside to a uid that big? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"

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Problem (?) Mounting Hard Drive
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 30 May '05

30 May '05

I have just installed an additional HD with the Reiser file system as /dev/hdb with one partition /dev/hdb1. I did this while logged on as root. Then I logged on as a user and attempted to access /dev/hdb1 mounted as /data3. I got the following message: Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: I could not determine the filesystem type and none was specified Then the /data3 directory was displayed in Krusader. My fstab entry is: /dev/hdb1 /data3 auto auto,user,exec 0 0 Obviously, I've missed something. Any assistance will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Win one for Linux
by Chadley Wilson 30 May '05

30 May '05

Greeting, Off Topic, A certain company in SA is developing software for Linux when they are all windows developers. In there contract they were instructed to develop for a Linux platform. So they sat down and spent 1 year on the project using their windows PCs. Now the deliver the software uncompiled and suggest that we compile it for Linux ourselves. So I do, and I had to redo all of their naming conventions. Then I got is sort of of working. But not being a programmer I got stuck, much fighting and debating folowed, and they reluctantly come to our site and try fix it. Then while I was on leave this guy formats the Linux box and attempts to reload it. When he fails he turned around and said bad things about linux. So I asked hime if he had ever used Linux? he repsonded NO because its S??T! So asked him again & again with the same answer from him. Eventually I had to be quit abrupt and demand to know whether hehad ever used a Linux box. And he replied "NO" suprise suprise? So I repremanded him about saying things about something he had never tried. He left my offices very embarrased. Isn't it curious how these people critise what they fear, and they fear what they don't know. Instead of being honest and saying "I DON'T KNOW" Anyway to cut a long story short, how the heck do I change the utf-8 to utf-16 so the java software will work properly? TIA -- Chadley Wilson Redhat Certified Technician Cert Number: 603004708291270 Pinnacle Micro Manufacturers of Proline Computers ==================================== Exercise freedom, Use LINUX =====================================

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Re: [SLE] 9.3 Pro Headless Install Possible?
by Stephen Carter 30 May '05

30 May '05

That would be one hell of a null modem cable. He stated earier the remote box is about 3000 miles away! SteveC >>>John Scott <praiserock(a)gmail.com> 05/29/05 3:24 am >>> On 5/28/05, John Scott <praiserock(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 5/25/05, Ken Schneider <suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net> wrote: >>On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 18:20 -0700, Scott Leighton wrote: >> >>> Thanks to Ken, Stephen and Jerry for the useful pointers. >>> >>> I'm probably worrying needlessly here and the install will >>>go fine using VNC. The only humans on the other side will >>>be IT guys that are 100% windows oriented, but I should >>>be able to get them to mount the DVD and type the >>>neccessary commands to get me going with a VNC >>>install. >>> >>> I was hoping not to have to involve them, don't >>>want to give them any reasons to dislike Linux >>>and certainly don't want my incompetence on >>>display if there are problems with the install <g>. >>> >>> It's a few months away, but I'll report back on >>>my success or failure. >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>> Scott >>> >>There should not be any reason to hate linux but admire it for being >>able to install remotely. Not sure if MS can do that. >> >>-- >>Ken Schneider >>UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 >> >> "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably >> the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge >> >> > >Have you though about doing a serial port connection form another box >(we'll call it server1) that is up and running , via null modem cable, >and redirecting the box to be installed (we'll call it server2) output >to server1 via the null modem cable? > >Below are a few links that might get you started. > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/index.html >http://www.cpqlinux.com/serialinstall.html >http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS/cHTML/TrinityOS-c-55.h… >http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2002-July/007641.html > >John > I forgot to state that you could then ssh to server1 and control server2 over the null modem connection. In effect server1 has become a cheap console server. This still requires some human interaction at the other end. Someone will need to either type in some commands or you'll need to create a custom boot disk with the correct arguments that this person boots the server from. Not quite the same as getting true bios level control, but it will let you install. John -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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9.3 Network install
by Eric P 30 May '05

30 May '05

Does anyone know when 9.3 will be available for network installations? Thanks, EP

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KDE bug crashes PC
by Ken Schneider 30 May '05

30 May '05

I need to report a KDE (I think) bug that crashes the PC. SuSE 9.3 HP Proliant ML330 G3 The PC has crashed two times now with: (partial) May 30 09:41:39 pc5 kernel: CPU: 0 May 30 09:41:39 pc5 kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01f3757>] Tainted: P U VLI May 30 09:41:39 pc5 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.11.4-20a-smp) May 30 09:41:39 pc5 kernel: EIP is at get_kobj_path_length+0x27/0x40 Which appears to be a KDE bug. Went to bugzilla.novell.com but 9.3 pro is not one of the options. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

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Novell reports loss
by Osho GG 30 May '05

30 May '05

See the full news at http://news.com.com/Novell+reports+loss+as+older+business+shrinks/2100-1014… I hope this does not influence the future of SuSE Linux negatively. A quote from the article: "Revenue grew, but we'd like to see them grow more," Tibbetts said. "Even in our Linux business, we would have liked to do better there." -- Osho

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