From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) Subject: Re: quick q Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 03:40:07 GMT
In article <1993Jan6.080443.10051@cbfsb.cb.att.com> wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.071608.4248@wuecl.wustl.edu> ppc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter Pui Tak Chiu) writes:
>>
>>hi everyone,
>>
>>i have a few questions on linux.
>>
>>1. when i boot up linux using the floppy disk, i see the following messages:
>> Warning WD8013 board not found at i/o = 280.
>> ioctl: invalid argument
>> are they normal?
>
>The warning is normal (assuming you don't have a ethernet card installed).
>ioctl? (haven't seen before - are you doing anything special in your rc file?)
>Let someone else comment on the invalid argument.
Whoa... I've always received that Warning message, and knowing that
I don't have an ethernet card, I ignore it. Btw, how much IS an ethernet
card now? Anyone?
As for the ioctl, that's new for me as well..
>>3. how can i change the node name from "softland" to something i like?
>
>Put 'hostname <something you like>' in you rc file.
Well, that only does that when he logs in though. What I think he's
trying to ask is that (root@softland) thing. Well. Considering he
didn't specify where, I could be given some leeway in interpretation here.
But like, for that (root@softland) to be changed to (root@?????), I think
he'd need to recompile the kernel under the ????? hostname, am I correct?
>
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