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Tweaking RH 9.0 configuration
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| Felix Karpfen 2004-01-23, 7:13 pm |
| Currently I am running a non-standard RH 7.1 setup that does
everything that I need (and want) (e.g. my XWindows manager is fvwm2, my
email program is mutt, my web browser is Links and my newsreader is
NewsFleX).
Out of curiosity, I installed RH 9.0 on a second HD. The install
worked (more or less). However, there have been sufficient changes since RH 7.1 that
it needs more than simply adjusting a few personal entries to get RH 9.0
to do what I can now do with RH 7.1.
Since both installed versions work, I can afford a piecemeal
trial-and-error approach to tweaking RH 9.0.
After this background info; now 2 initial questions (more to come if the
responses are friendly):
(1) On my RH 7.1 system, I have (deliberately) put "/usr/local" and
"/home" on separate partitions.
I made the needed adjustment to /etc/fstab and it seems to load the
partitions and display the contents as it should. However, on
booting RH 9.0, one message reads: "updating /etc/fstab".
Presumably, my simple adjustment syntax is not quite correct. So
what should the entries be?
(2) In both RH 7.1 and RH 9.0 /etc/fstab lists my CD-RW drive (hdc)
as /dev/cdrom1. RH 9.0 identifies the file system as udf,iso9660;
RH 7.1 is content with iso9660 and displays the following
message when mounting a disk in the drive:
"Attached scsi CD-ROM at scsi0 Channel 0 id 0 lun 0
By contrast - RH 9.0 says something about a udf file system and then
reports "No Medium".
Problem (2) is significantly more serious, since it prevents me from
accessing "autorun" on the first installation disk and thus make
effective use of the graphical display of the <installed|available>
RPMs.
One other item of information may give a clue. The messages that flash
across the screen during the booting of RH 9.0 include:
"automount: no mount point defined"
I hope these bits of info make sense to some of the regular readers of
this newsgroup and that they will find time and patience to point my
nose in the right direction.
Felix Karpfen
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Felix Karpfen
felixk@webone.com.au
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)
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| Lenard 2004-01-23, 7:14 pm |
| begin On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:32:24 +0000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
quote:
> Currently I am running a non-standard RH 7.1 setup that does everything
> that I need (and want) (e.g. my XWindows manager is fvwm2, my email
> program is mutt, my web browser is Links and my newsreader is NewsFleX).
>
> Out of curiosity, I installed RH 9.0 on a second HD. The install worked
> (more or less). However, there have been sufficient changes since RH
> 7.1 that it needs more than simply adjusting a few personal entries to
> get RH 9.0 to do what I can now do with RH 7.1.
>
> Since both installed versions work, I can afford a piecemeal
> trial-and-error approach to tweaking RH 9.0.
>
>
>
Why not solve these problems yourself. Compare the two /etc/fstab files
and figure what needs to be done.
Hints: ls -al /dev/cdrom, ls -al /dev/cdrom1 and /sbin/fdisk -l
Suggestions; turn off kudzu in both, remove kudzu from the /etc/fstab
entries and use standard partition table entries in /etc/fstab (/dev/hdaX
instead of LABEL=/XXXX)
Clue; Major changes from RH7.1 to RH9 (Are you using a common
/home/username directory perhaps)
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| Lenard 2004-01-23, 7:14 pm |
| begin On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:32:24 +0000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
quote:
> Currently I am running a non-standard RH 7.1 setup that does everything
> that I need (and want) (e.g. my XWindows manager is fvwm2, my email
> program is mutt, my web browser is Links and my newsreader is NewsFleX).
>
> Out of curiosity, I installed RH 9.0 on a second HD. The install worked
> (more or less). However, there have been sufficient changes since RH
> 7.1 that it needs more than simply adjusting a few personal entries to
> get RH 9.0 to do what I can now do with RH 7.1.
>
> Since both installed versions work, I can afford a piecemeal
> trial-and-error approach to tweaking RH 9.0.
>
>
>
Why not solve these problems yourself. Compare the two /etc/fstab files
and figure what needs to be done.
Hints: ls -al /dev/cdrom, ls -al /dev/cdrom1 and /sbin/fdisk -l
Suggestions; turn off kudzu in both, remove kudzu from the /etc/fstab
entries and use standard partition table entries in /etc/fstab (/dev/hdaX
instead of LABEL=/XXXX)
Clue; Major changes from RH7.1 to RH9 (Are you using a common
/home/username directory perhaps)
--
end
There's no attachment here, your reader is broken by Microsoft's choice!!
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;q265230
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| Lenard 2004-01-23, 7:14 pm |
| begin On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:32:24 +0000, Felix Karpfen wrote:
quote:
> Currently I am running a non-standard RH 7.1 setup that does everything
> that I need (and want) (e.g. my XWindows manager is fvwm2, my email
> program is mutt, my web browser is Links and my newsreader is NewsFleX).
>
> Out of curiosity, I installed RH 9.0 on a second HD. The install worked
> (more or less). However, there have been sufficient changes since RH
> 7.1 that it needs more than simply adjusting a few personal entries to
> get RH 9.0 to do what I can now do with RH 7.1.
>
> Since both installed versions work, I can afford a piecemeal
> trial-and-error approach to tweaking RH 9.0.
>
>
>
Why not solve these problems yourself. Compare the two /etc/fstab files
and figure what needs to be done.
Hints: ls -al /dev/cdrom, ls -al /dev/cdrom1 and /sbin/fdisk -l
Suggestions; turn off kudzu in both, remove kudzu from the /etc/fstab
entries and use standard partition table entries in /etc/fstab (/dev/hdaX
instead of LABEL=/XXXX)
Clue; Major changes from RH7.1 to RH9 (Are you using a common
/home/username directory perhaps)
--
end
There's no attachment here, your reader is broken by Microsoft's choice!!
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;q265230
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| Felix Karpfen 2004-01-23, 7:14 pm |
| On (Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:46:18 GMT), Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in
<pan.2003.08.16.21.46.55.253454@127.0.0.1>:
quote:
>Why not solve these problems yourself. Compare the two /etc/fstab files
>and figure what needs to be done.
I try not to reinvent the wheel.
And I am grateful for the hints and suggestions; they helped a great
deal.quote:
>
>Clue; Major changes from RH7.1 to RH9 (Are you using a common
>/home/username directory perhaps)
I am using a common /home/user and common /usr/local partitions. But
the problems are elsewhere; e.g. activating dummy host, configuring
sendmail to deliver mail to the mailbox at my ISP; and more to come.
But RH 9.0 comes (in my distribution) with 4 Manuals. Some of my
answers may be hidden in their depths.
Felix
--
Felix Karpfen
felixk@webone.com.au
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)
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| Felix Karpfen 2004-01-23, 7:14 pm |
| On (Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:46:18 GMT), Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in
<pan.2003.08.16.21.46.55.253454@127.0.0.1>:
quote:
>Why not solve these problems yourself. Compare the two /etc/fstab files
>and figure what needs to be done.
I try not to reinvent the wheel.
And I am grateful for the hints and suggestions; they helped a great
deal.quote:
>
>Clue; Major changes from RH7.1 to RH9 (Are you using a common
>/home/username directory perhaps)
I am using a common /home/user and common /usr/local partitions. But
the problems are elsewhere; e.g. activating dummy host, configuring
sendmail to deliver mail to the mailbox at my ISP; and more to come.
But RH 9.0 comes (in my distribution) with 4 Manuals. Some of my
answers may be hidden in their depths.
Felix
--
Felix Karpfen
felixk@webone.com.au
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)
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| Felix Karpfen 2004-01-23, 7:14 pm |
| On (Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:46:18 GMT), Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in
<pan.2003.08.16.21.46.55.253454@127.0.0.1>:
quote:
>Why not solve these problems yourself. Compare the two /etc/fstab files
>and figure what needs to be done.
I try not to reinvent the wheel.
And I am grateful for the hints and suggestions; they helped a great
deal.quote:
>
>Clue; Major changes from RH7.1 to RH9 (Are you using a common
>/home/username directory perhaps)
I am using a common /home/user and common /usr/local partitions. But
the problems are elsewhere; e.g. activating dummy host, configuring
sendmail to deliver mail to the mailbox at my ISP; and more to come.
But RH 9.0 comes (in my distribution) with 4 Manuals. Some of my
answers may be hidden in their depths.
Felix
--
Felix Karpfen
felixk@webone.com.au
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)
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