On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Hagen Finley wrote: hf> I'm a Unix admin for Long's Drugs shepherding HPUX & AIX systems and we use hf> Linux as Unix desktop workstations. At work we have been running Redhat, but hf> I have been experimenting with different releases (i.e. Debian & Caldera). I hf> just tried the new 6.3 SuSE release and I am delighted with the package, so hf> I plan to pitch my tent here for a while. hf> I do have a (stupid) question: Apparently, I am not installing LILO hf> properly, because when I reboot, the system fails to find LILO and the boot hf> fails. I can use the 2nd distribution CD and boot the installation that way hf> (by identifying the / partition). Obviously, there is a way to configure hf> LILO to boot - what did I do wrong, or more importantly, what do I need to hf> do to correct this situation? hf> One other pressing concern - how does one pronounce SuSE? hf> You should have received a little letter along with your distribution if you happened to purchase the full distro. The letter reads as follows, Dear SuSE Linux User, Shortly before our release date, we have unfortunately found a bug in YaST2. If you want to install LILO (the LInux LOader) with YaST2 in the /boot partition, a fault occurs. Installing LILO to the MBR or to the floppy disk functions without any trouble, however. Remedy: In these caes, you should use YaST1, by booting from the second CD. Current hints can be found in our Support Database, at the address: http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/de/html/bugs63.html Have a lot of fun! Your SuSE Team I hope this helps answer your problems and welcome aboard the wonderful SuSE train. hf> Kind regards, hf> hf> Hagen Finley hf> Longs Drugs hf> Walnut Creek, CA hf> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - homepage is in the works SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.13 You have the body of a 19 year old. Please return it before it gets wrinkled. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

----- Original Message ----- From: Hagen Finley To: 'Suseenglish' Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 4:53 PM Subject: [SLE] LILO Question

I'm a Unix admin for Long's Drugs shepherding HPUX & AIX systems and we use Linux as Unix desktop workstations. At work we have been running Redhat, but I have been experimenting with different releases (i.e. Debian & Caldera). I just tried the new 6.3 SuSE release and I am delighted with the package, so I plan to pitch my tent here for a while. I do have a (stupid) question: Apparently, I am not installing LILO properly, because when I reboot, the system fails to find LILO and the boot fails.

How exactly does it fail, does it get the "OS not installed" error message from the BIOS or does it get only part of the LILO boot loader like "LI" then just starts beeping. If the second case is true, check the SuSE 6.3 manual, it will tell you what just part of the word LILO at boot means. If you put the second CD and boot of that, there is an option to "rescuse system" which is basically a single user mode that mounts a ram disk. Get your system up and running with that, mount your drives and make sure the kernel is in the /boot directory (even though your root drive will be mounted somewhere else). Run the lilo command on that drive, and also make sure you have an /etc/lilo.conf file.

I can use the 2nd distribution CD and boot the installation that way (by identifying the / partition). Obviously, there is a way to configure LILO to boot - what did I do wrong,

Not sure, was there a place in YaST during install that asked if you wanted to install lilo?

or more importantly, what do I need to do to correct this situation?

Try booting off second CD, go into "recuse mode" and mount your / drive, run lilo on that drive.

One other pressing concern - how does one pronounce SuSE?

I think it is pronounced like the women's name Suse.Like Sussie but without the "e" on the end.

Kind regards,

Hagen Finley Longs Drugs Walnut Creek, CA

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Fromthe FAQ at: http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/SuSE-Linux-E-FAQ-2.html

"How do you pronounce SuSE? It should be pronounced like "Soose". The "U" sounds like the "oo" in "moose", the last "e" is spoken like the "a" in "at". But in general it is not very important to pronounce it correctly, as long as it is clear what you are talking about. " So I am still think, it should sound like the women's name Suse? Like "sue-ah"? Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Timothy Metz To: Jack Barnett ; Hagen Finley ; 'Suseenglish' Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [SLE] LILO Question

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Jack Barnett wrote:

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One other pressing concern - how does one pronounce SuSE?

I think it is pronounced like the women's name Suse.Like Sussie but without the "e" on the end.

hate to even get involved in this but ;-)

The company is German so I'll assume that the trailing E is pronounced (as it usually is when speaking German), and probably sounds more like:

Phonetically: Zooz-a

Although I have a German email address I am American (if that matters to anyone)..... that should blow my credibility amongst the Euro community

Flame me, I have thick skin :-)

Tim

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Okay, but what does S.u.S.E. means, literally?

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It should be pronounced like "Soose". The "U" sounds like the "oo" in "moose", the last "e" is spoken like the "a" in "at". But in general it is not very important to pronounce it correctly, as long as it is clear what you are talking about. "

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Hi, On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Jack Barnett wrote:

But that /still doesn't make sense to me, the German name would be like this:

GSuSm

and the English should look like this:

CfSaSd or CSSD

I guess the got SuSE from "Gesellschaft für Software- und Systementwicklung mbH" in some differant way than what I ussually think out. Maybe it is a German way of doing it where I just can't firgure it out. How they "extracted" SuSE from there Full German name.

The company SuSE is called a "GmbH", a "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung", the german term for "private limited company". Including the name it would be "Gesellschaft für Software- und Systementwicklung mbH" This is were SuSE comes from: S - Software u - und S - System E - Entwicklung (Development) I hope this clears this issue up. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

Lenz Grimmer wrote:

Hi,

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Jack Barnett wrote:

...

But that /still doesn't make sense to me, the German name would be like this:

GSuSm

and the English should look like this:

CfSaSd or CSSD

I guess the got SuSE from "Gesellschaft für Software- und Systementwicklung mbH" in some differant way than what I ussually think out. Maybe it is a German way of doing it where I just can't firgure it out. How they "extracted" SuSE from there Full German name.

The company SuSE is called a "GmbH", a "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung", the german term for "private limited company". Including the name it would be "Gesellschaft für Software- und Systementwicklung mbH"

Does AG mean public comany (I would guess literally a share owned society). /Michael -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/