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Can you create a Linux partition from Windows?

Posted: 16 Oct 2005 05:35 AM PDT

On 16 Oct 2005 05:35:47 -0700 net wrote:
 

The mere consequence of creating a Linux partition
does not mean you VR will work, unless you mean to
create/copy a [driver] file to that Linux partition.

Anyway, you can create the partition with Partition Magic
or use a Linux LiveCD.

What VR tool are you using that requires this?

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Which Linux Distribution(s) is/are suitable for beginners ?

Posted: 16 Oct 2005 12:25 AM PDT

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, bountifulharvest wrote:
 

http://distrowatch.com/ is a useful resource. You might want to have a
look at the "major distributions" section (at the top right on the main
page).

For beginners, I recommend using whatever your friends or co-workers are
using. This makes it easier to get help.

Note that some distributions, such as Knoppix and Mepis, are "live
CDs" that can be run directly from the CD without having to install Linux
on your hard drive.

Follow-ups set to comp.os.linux.setup.

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Compiling kernel: Missing ACPI and APM drivers

Posted: 15 Oct 2005 09:08 AM PDT

Peter T. Breuer wrote: 
I am not sure about that. Perhaps it does and the _make install_ step
renames it. It may depend on what distribution you have. By the time it is
in /boot, mine are called

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3539604 May 17 18:00 vmlinux-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3543696 Sep 7 13:34 vmlinux-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

or

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1363325 May 17 18:00 vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1363903 Sep 7 13:34 vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

depending on whether you want the compressed ones or not. And these, of course:

-rw-r----- 1 root root 330776 May 25 21:45 initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r----- 1 root root 327816 Sep 29 06:26 initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img

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How to make GPL compatable?

Posted: 15 Oct 2005 05:47 AM PDT

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 14:47:40 +0200, sandy <com> wrote:
 

"Compiled the kernel mode to get a specific module"... May I ask what module?
Do you mean... Your distribution supplies a kernel where the module in question
is not enabled, neither as module nor compiled-in? But the module in
question is part of the kernel source distribution?

Or, are you adding a module to the kernel? A module that you have written
yourself? If so, are you willing to release the module under the GPL?
If so, add a line

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

at the end of your file.

-Enrique

mounting a DOS partition in Linux

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 07:33 PM PDT

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.setup.]
On 2005-10-15, Ian St. John <usa> wrote: 
 
 

You'll want to customize the line to match your system. What does "fdisk
-l /dev/hda" show? It will tell you which device holds your DOS
filesystem:

# fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 12.0 GB, 12072517632 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1467 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 260 2088418+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 261 1467 9695227+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 261 746 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 747 989 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 990 1232 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 1233 1263 248976 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda9 1264 1467 1638598+ 83 Linux

On this machine, device /dev/hda1 has a FAT32 filesystem, so to mount this
automatically from /etc/fstab I use the line:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat umask=0000,rw,users 0 0
 

fdisk can identify partitions either by volume name or device name. I use
device names here, thus "/dev/hda[nn]"


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Kernel module Help me

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 06:22 AM PDT

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 
I imagine you are right about this. On that basis, I have decided to skip
FC3 and FC4. They are going to use up a lot of FC numbers this way. I wish
they had used FC 2.4.* for stable versions with 2.4 kernel releases and FC
2.6.* for stable versions with 2.6 kernels, etc., and used the odd second
digits for the unstable versions, such as FC1 probably was, and FC2
certainly was.

Maybe in 2007 I will try the (latest -1) version of FC*. I run RHEL 3 on my
main machine and RHL 9 on the other (which does not do much: runs BOINC
mostly (climate prediction, protein folding, setiathome) under Linux and
Quicken and TurboTax under Windows XP. My main machine firewalls it with
iptables firewall, and is _very strict_ when it is running Windows.

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