From: oreillym@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Michael O'Reilly) Subject: Re: linux newbie (should be) FAQs Date: 30 May 1992 07:11:13 GMT
vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan) writes:
: I've just gotten the mcc-interim release up on my 386-33 (8MB memory)
: and firstly, the mcc install stuff is wonderful!!! Virtually plug-n-play
: once I figured that fdisk wanted no extended partitions after the DOS
: stuff and that it would make the linux partition(s) for me...
:
: I have the following questions:
: - mtools (etc.) doesn't seem to work right. I have the
: harddisk on /dev/hda1, swap on hda2, and dos on hda3.
: 1.2 MB as a: and 1.44 MB as b:
/etc/mtools comes configured for 1.44 as a: and 1.2 as b:. To fix it,
rebuild your mtools to look like...
A /dev/fd0h1200 12 80 2 15
B /dev/fd1H1440 12 80 2 18
note also, that the hard disk entry in /etc/mtools will like need to be
edited. By default it comes with a 12 bit FAT. Mine is 16 so mine is...
C /dev/hda1 16 0 0 0
: - ok, I have the binaries working and linux on the hard disk.
: Now what ? How do I get all the goodies that are on PC
: floppy into the linux partition ?
Fix mtools, and use that to read the dos floppies. Note that mtools can
read your dos paritition if you have set it up right. See above.
: - I have an internal 2400 baud modem on COM2. What do I need in
: my .kermrc to set it up ? show dial in kermit reports
: modem unavailable.
You need to create the directory /usr/uucp/lock. (I think )
This is in the FAQ. FAQ is at tsx-11.mit.edu::pub/linux/something
: - the mcc-interim release sets up the utilities floppy to be the
: new boot floppy pointing to root on the hard-disk (cool...).
: I have the 0.96a boot disk also. Should I be using that
: rather than the mcc-interim ? How to set it up for root
: on the hard-disk ?
You use shoelace. cd to /shoe or /root/shoe, and look at the README in
that file. NOTE: shoelace is on the comp.disk part of the distribution.
Shoelace does away with the need for floppies at all. :) It boots
directly from the hard disk. It also gives you a boot menu, so you can
select which partition to boot. Ie. you can select DOS or Linux at boot
time.
: - my system is SVGA but a cheapie card actually. Linux reports
: that I can get into a couple SVGA 132xNN setups but when
: I pick one, the monitor goes whacko...so I'm stuck at the
: moment at 80x25. How do I go about looking into getting my
: video into different modes that work ?
Grin. Get the source. And bash it. :) I think actually that the problem
might be your monitor. I think some monitors can't handle the higher
sync rate of the larger modes. I think. ;)