On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 06:29, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Send fedora-list mailing list submissions to > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fedora-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of fedora-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: VMware & FC2 - Thinks CD drives are removable disks? > (Rodney Gordon II) > 2. Why can I only do 1152x864 in KDE? (Andrew Konosky) > 3. Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up (Aaron Gaudio) > 4. Re: Why can I only do 1152x864 in KDE? (Dennis Gilmore) > 5. Re: Cannot install FC2 (Timothy Murphy) > 6. Re: 2.6.7 kernel (Timothy Murphy) > 7. Re: Yum has screwed up my system :-( (Carroll Grigsby) > 8. Re: Documentation of services (Aaron Gaudio) > 9. Re: The best Live CD (RoboticGolem) > 10. Re: Fedora Locks Up on Logout (RoboticGolem) > 11. Re: mozilla help/about (no version number)-SOLVED (Gene Smith) > 12. top system utility bug (a.sulaiman) > 13. Re: Cannot install FC2 (Carroll Grigsby) > 14. Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up (Dave Rinker) > 15. Re: New Hard Disk (Pedro Fernandes Macedo) > 16. File System Error (Hiroyuki KOIKE) > 17. Re: FC2-i386-disc2.iso has error (Edward) > 18. Re: Cannot install FC2 (Thomas Cameron) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:01:26 -0500 > From: Rodney Gordon II <meff@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: VMware & FC2 - Thinks CD drives are removable disks? > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <20040813030126.GA5368@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 09:37:01AM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > You might need to play with some of the VM Settings, if I recall > > > correctly. > > > > > > As I check mine (I am also FC2 Host, VMWare 4.5.2-8848), the DVD/CD-ROM > > > Settings are: > > > > > > Device Status > > > Connect at Power On > > > Connection > > > Use a physical drive: > > > Device: /dev/cdrom > > > Legacy emulation > > > Virtual device node > > > IDE: IDE 1:0 > > > > > > I know some folks have had to twiddle the Legacy emulation part at > > > different times. There have also been problems in porting Guest VMs > > > > Dittto on the legacy emulation (vmware on fc2) > > http://www.vmware.com/support/ws45/doc/disks_add_ws.html#1048955 for > more information on this, thanks for the tip-off on the legacy > emulation stuff.. > > Now I just wonder when they'll release a version that can read the IDE > drives in raw.. > > -r > > -- > Rodney "meff" Gordon II -+- meff <at> pobox <dot> com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:05:42 -0500 > From: Andrew Konosky <TerranAce007@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Why can I only do 1152x864 in KDE? > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <411C3006.1080307@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > My system can do up to 1920x1440 resolution, but I usually run my > desktop at 1152x864. I tried to raise it up to 1280x960 just now, and > 1152x864 is the highest the KDE control panel will go. Also, it is set > to use display1, and it's greyed out so i can't change it. I went into > the xorg.conf file and added all my resolutions up to 1600x1200 and > logged out and back into KDE again, but still no higher resolutions? > Whats up with this? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:01:44 -0400 > From: Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1092366104.1996.9.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 19:59 -0400, Dave Rinker wrote: > > funny to still see this thread running. > > > > Your conversation of the su issue prompted me to look for an exploit. > > Found this linux "su" exploit that copies the passwords to /tmp/.tmp > > > > The only problem is you'd have to get it there first. > > > > http://packetstormsecurity.nl/groups/shadowpenguin/unix-tools/passwd_linux.c > > > > > > Has anyone used my iptables suggestion with success? > > > > Perhaps I'm being daft, but the exploit appears to be a 'passwd' trojan, > not an su trojan. And the attacker would need to get it in a place where > it would get inadvertently run (preferably by root). > > -- > Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:07:00 -0500 > From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Why can I only do 1152x864 in KDE? > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <200408122207.07500.dennis@xxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Once upon a time Thursday 12 August 2004 10:05 pm, Andrew Konosky wrote: > > My system can do up to 1920x1440 resolution, but I usually run my > > desktop at 1152x864. I tried to raise it up to 1280x960 just now, and > > 1152x864 is the highest the KDE control panel will go. Also, it is set > > to use display1, and it's greyed out so i can't change it. I went into > > the xorg.conf file and added all my resolutions up to 1600x1200 and > > logged out and back into KDE again, but still no higher resolutions? > > Whats up with this? > i run KDE at 1400x1050 after you reconfigured X to go to the higher > resolution did you restart X? logging out does not restart the x server. > > Dennis > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: signature > Url : /archives/fedora-list/attachments/20040812/8b01181e/attachment.bin > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:49:46 +0100 > From: Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Cannot install FC2 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <cfgs86$soh$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Bill Tetens wrote: > > > Some more info.. Just for ?GEE Whizz I moved the CD Rom to the primary > > IDE with the HDD. The HDD is master and the CD is slave. No help. > > > > I realized that I did have a self boot disc and hunted it up. It is a > > copy of KNOPPIX that runs from the CD and it fired up just fine. > > > > Hope some of this helps. Maybe It would be better if I ordered a copy > > of the Fedora FC2 if it is available on the internet. Maybe the whole > > problem is with the CD's I made????? > > If you have access to another machine > you could pop your CD in, and see if it boots. > > Also if Knoppix works, you could probably use it to transfer > the FC ISOs to the hard disk, and install from the hard disk. > (Rather awkward, but possible I think.) > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:27:12 +0100 > From: Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 2.6.7 kernel > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <cfgqts$q4c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Simon Andrews wrote: > > > Mark Haney wrote: > >> I take it the 2.6.7 kernel can't be setup to boot with a boot floppy > >> using mkbootdisk? I've been trying for 3 days now and can't get it to > >> write a good one. I recall seeing something about it, but I can't seem > >> to find where I saw that. Any ideas? > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109214125504938&w=2 > > > > Look for the --iso option to mkbootdisk and take it from there... > > I agree that this is the easiest thing to do, > but in fact I found it fairly easy to make a boot floppy > after compiling the kernel, following the advice in /usr/share/doc/syslinux* > > >> And before any one asks, I have to use a boot disk as my HP machine > >> continues to format the MBR when I install GRUB. > > You don't need to re-install grub. > It reads the config file to see what kernels are available. > > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:14:17 -0400 > From: Carroll Grigsby <cgrigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Yum has screwed up my system :-( > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <200408122314.17909.cgrigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Thursday 12 August 2004 10:56 am, Robin Laing wrote: > > >>> whack > > > I for one am not looking forward to moving to FC3 when it comes out. > > I have stayed away from FC2 as I have to have my home machine working > > or my wife will kill me. She hates it when I say I have to do an > > security update as she is afraid that there are going to be problems. > > > > I love computers. :) > > -- > > Robin Laing > > Robin: > To me that sounds like a great opportunity to sneak a second computer into the > house. FWIW, it worked here. I'll leave the details to you. > -- cmg > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:17:43 -0400 > From: Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Documentation of services > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1092367063.1996.23.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 01:38 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > > Aaron Gaudio wrote: > > > Unfortunately, if you call the init script 'alsactl' and expect to be > > > able to find a man page on the init script by typing 'man alsactl' you > > > will be sorely disappointed. > > I'd better clarify this. > > > > man alsactl shows what the alsactl command can do, and (by extension) > > what the service might expect it to do. "Description: alsactl is used to > > control advanced settings for the ALSA soundcard drivers" isn't so bad: > > it's a good deal better than just calling the service "alsa"... > > It is bad IMO because it is misleading. If I see an initscript called > "alsactl" and run 'man alsactl' and get a valid manpage describing the > usage of the alsactl command, I might get confused and think that is the > usage of alsactl initscript. To think otherwise is to assume I have > knowledge of how initscripts integrate into a Unix system, and once you > assume that, I should have enough knowledge to figure out what the > initscript does (or at least, to figure out how to figure it out) > without having documentation handed to me. > > > > > Now, aside from the aforementioned system-config-services type of > > > contextual documentation, there could be a 'help' argument in addition > > > to the standard 'start|stop|restart|reload' commands. Now someone needs > > > to only know how to use /sbin/service, which they should already know if > > > they plan on starting or stopping the service from a terminal anyway. > > > > The big problem is "how do they find the documentation"? > > > > We really do need a man page for service, which points to other > > documentation. But many people (including me) have got used to > > /etc/init.d/whatever commands. > > Agreed. If /sbin/service (and its derivatives) is what folks are > supposed to use to control services from the command line, then there > ought to be a man page for it. In fact, I'll go so far as saying that I > think the initscripts should all fail if you try to run them directly, > because /sbin/service sets up a more secure environment. > > > > > Apart from using Google or reading the shell code, how would *you* go > > about finding information about a service? > > It depends on the usage scenario in question. In the context of me > trying to figure out how to set up a particular service, I would expect > documentation to be included in the documentation for the package which > provides the service. In a RH system, that usually means grokking the > stuff in /usr/share/doc/[package] (especially the INSTALL file, if any). > This is because I'm coming from the context of "I've just installed this > package and now I want to find out how to get it up and running". I > believe this is probably the most common usage scenario, btw. > > On the other hand, if I happen to be doing some generic administrative > browsing of my services, usually I look to see what the script is doing, > since I can understand bash. If that were not the case, however, I would > expect some basic documentation from whatever tool I'm using to > administer the services. If I'm using system-config-services, I expect > to be able to get some documentation there; probably just a short > description giving me enough info to find out the rest (or even better- > pointing me to the resource necessary to find out the rest; or best- a > help link that sends me right to the resource, whatever its format, in > my help browser). > > If I'm using /sbin/service, then I think being able to do '/sbin/service > [servicename] help' to get the same info as above would be best. I > wouldn't think offhand to try the man or info pages, as I don't tend to > find initscript information in them (on my workstation, autofs was the > only initscript which has a man page; incidentally it's the only > initscript other than clearcase's that I've had to repeatedly edit to > get to work right [though in FC2 it finally appears to work > correctly]). > > -- > Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:26:23 -0700 > From: RoboticGolem <roboticgolem@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: The best Live CD > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <7749459904081220265869622a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Very Nice indeed. Now all I have to do is come up with time. Anyone > know of a machine that can either speed time for me, or slow time > around me? > > *sigh* > > If only I had more time. =/ > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:00:50 -0500, Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Once upon a time Wednesday 11 August 2004 9:39 pm, RoboticGolem wrote: > > > Look what I found! > > > > > > http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/~purschke/RescueCD/ > > > > > > Make your own. You could then have anything you need or want and > > > nothing you dont. I'm going to try and modify it to make a bootable > > > minidvd. Then you could have pretty much anything you want and not > > > have to worry about it. > > have a look at http://dc.qut.edu.au/adios/index.html it includes information > > on how QUT created there own live cd for use in a university environment > > you could easily create your own fedora based live cd also. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:28:14 -0700 > From: RoboticGolem <roboticgolem@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Fedora Locks Up on Logout > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <7749459904081220283c7441b0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Maybee double check your vga=ask option? If you even use it..... > maybe try using it if you dont... how about using the setsysfont util > to have it reset your terminal res on logout? Or are you in runlevel > 5? *shrug* Good luck. > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:19:17 -0500, Steve Strong <sstrong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've installed Fedora 2 on a system that has been running Redhat 9.0. > > When I log off, the system hangs, the monitor displays a message > > complaining that the refresh rate is out of range. > > > > The X configuration has the correct monitor and video card with all of > > the same configuration data for the RH 9.0 machine right next to it. > > > > Any ideas? > > steve > > -- > > Steve Strong > > Math and Computer Science > > Washington High School > > 2205 Forest Dr. SE > > Cedar Rapids, IA 5243 > > email:sstrong@xxxxxxxxxx > > web site: http://crwash.org > > phone: 319-558-4685 > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:28:52 -0400 > From: Gene Smith <gds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: mozilla help/about (no version number)-SOLVED > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <cfhchk$rou$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Gene Smith wrote, On 08/12/2004 12:41 AM: > > Not really a fc problem. But to get rid of the UA overrride string (how > it got set in the first place to version m18 with a 2001 date I have no > idea) you have to *shutdown mozilla* and then remove or comment out the line > > /* user_pref("general.useragent.override", "my override str w/m18"); > */ > > in file ~/.mozilla/default/<random chars>.slt/prefs.js > > Just making this override string null or changing this file with mozilla > running or changing it in about:config has no effect, it comes right > back unless you *shutdown mozilla* first as per the prefs.js file heading. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:40:47 +1000 > From: "a.sulaiman" <azs@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: top system utility bug > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <20040813134047.7d81e052.azs@xxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Running top on my machine (standard fc1) always show > zero idle time. It flash between all zeros or 33% > each from irq,softirq and iowait. > > CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle > total 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% > -or- 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.4% 33.1% 0.0% > > Searching the archives uncover other top bugs but not this > one. http://www.redhat.com/archives/procps-list seems to > contain nothing but spams. > > gnome-system-monitor looks ok but I'd prefer to use top if > I need to look at system status. > Anyone have similar issue? know of any fix? > > Thank You > -Asri Sulaiman > =========================================================== > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:38:08 -0400 > From: Carroll Grigsby <cgrigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Cannot install FC2 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <200408122338.08520.cgrigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Thursday 12 August 2004 06:36 pm, Bill Tetens wrote: > > Some more info.. Just for ?GEE Whizz I moved the CD Rom to the primary > > IDE with the HDD. The HDD is master and the CD is slave. No help. > > > > I realized that I did have a self boot disc and hunted it up. It is a > > copy of KNOPPIX that runs from the CD and it fired up just fine. > > > > Hope some of this helps. Maybe It would be better if I ordered a copy > > of the Fedora FC2 if it is available on the internet. Maybe the whole > > problem is with the CD's I made????? > > > > Bill: > You can buy Fedora CD's from www.cheapbytes.com. I've used them a few times > and found them to be quick, inexpensive and the disks worked. There are some > other sites that provide similar services. > > Is the Knoppix disk one that you made or did you pick it up someplace else? My > thought is that you may be doing something improperly during the burn, or > that there may be a problem with your burner. Or blank disks. Or phases of > the moon... > > BTW -- please drop the HTML; plain text is muchly preferred on this list for > lots of reasons. > > -- cmg > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:45:49 -0400 > From: Dave Rinker <drinker@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1092368748.7843.3.camel@toth> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > my error, this is passwd code > > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 23:01, Aaron Gaudio wrote: > > > > > Perhaps I'm being daft, but the exploit appears to be a 'passwd' trojan, > > not an su trojan. And the attacker would need to get it in a place where > > it would get inadvertently run (preferably by root). > > > > -- > > Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part > Url : /archives/fedora-list/attachments/20040812/7615afc9/attachment.bin > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:53:24 -0300 > From: Pedro Fernandes Macedo <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: New Hard Disk > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <411C3B34.3020102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Mark Neidorff wrote: > > >On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, James Pifer wrote: > > > > > > > >>I know this topic is discussed a lot and I've googled for a lot of > >>information. I still wouldn't mind some help, because of information > >>overload... > >> > >>I have a system with a 20gig drive. I'd like to move the whole install > >>to another drive, 120 gig, so I can use the 20 gig drive in another > >>system. I have the 120 gig drive installed right now as a slave. > >> > >>Can I?: > >>1) Create the same partitions on the new drive (boot, /, and swap) > >>2) boot off Knoppix and mount all the drives, 20 GB and 120 GB > >>3) use cp and copy the data from the 20 to the 120 > >>4) remove the 20 and make the 120 the primary and only drive > >>5) reinstall(or restore) grub on the 120 > >> > >>Is there an easier way to do this with both drives in the same machine? > >> > >> > >> > > > >Why not take a look at Mondorescue? I've used it to back up a > >complete live file system, boot from the created CD, and then restore to a > >different drive. Mondo will partition the drive for you. In your case, > >Mondo will give you a chance to set up your own scheme, or it will take > >the same parititoning scheme that you currently have and allow you to use > >that exact scheme or make each (new) partition proportionatly larger. For > >a "simple" program it does a great job! > > > >Mark > > > > > > > Well , mondo is an option.. but if the OP doesnt want to learn a new > tool (which is a sad decision) , he can do what he wants... I did it > once here. > I booted with one fedora rescue CD , mounted the partitions of the > source and destination drives , and copied everything. Then installed > grub on the new drive and I was ready... I also took the chance and > formatted the new partitions with XFS instead of ext3.. > > -- > Pedro Macedo > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:08:32 +0900 > From: "Hiroyuki KOIKE" <koike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: File System Error > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <003301c480eb$37f59dd0$0301a8c0@hiroyukijolcwu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" > > Hi, this is Hiroyuki > > I'm using Fedora Core 2 as a server. But I have one problem. > The server started up, and then few days later, I saw a below > error message on the console. > > EXT3-fs error (device hda1) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > EXT3-fs error (device hda1) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > EXT3-fs error (device hda1) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > > So I can't log in. That would be file system problem. > Do you know how to solve this problem? > > -- > Hiroyuki Koike > e-mail: koike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:20:32 +0800 > From: Edward <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: FC2-i386-disc2.iso has error > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <411C4190.9080009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > > > John McBride wrote: > > > > > Rachel Lee wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> I have downloaded FC2-i386-disc2.iso from Fedora page twice. I have > >> burned CDs using Roxio easy CD creator(record CD from CD image) and > >> checked using command: linux mediacheck > >> > >> The result was 'FAIL' for disc2 each time. > >> How to solve this problem please? > >> > > > > is the first cd okay? do you have a way to run the md5sums of the isos? > > > > calculate the md5sum of the iso and compare it to the published value. > > > > $ md5sum myfile.iso > > (wait for calculation) > > > > you should be able to find the md5sum published at the same location > > that you downloaded the iso. or : > > > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/2/i386/iso/MD5SUM > > > > if the md5sum values match, then there is something odd going on. i'm > > guessing you have a corrupt iso (the md5sums will not match on each end). > > > > if the md5sums don't match you will have to try the download again or > > find a better connection until they match. > > I can say that I've seen the Linux media check fail on a DVD-Drive I had > in one system, yet not in a CD/RW I had in that same system. So it may > have something to do with UDMA settings or something like that as well. > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:29:16 -0500 > From: "Thomas Cameron" <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Cannot install FC2 > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <009401c480ee$183fc260$6401a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > That's the problem - you wrote the ISO image to cd as a single file. That's > not what an ISO is for. It's actually a block by block image of a complete > CD. > > What you need to do is use your burning software to write the image to CD. > Once you do this the CD should have the following files on it: > > autorun README-Accessibility RPM-GPG-KEY-beta > eula.txt README-en RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora > Fedora README-en.html RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-rawhide > GPL RELEASE-NOTES-en RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test > images RELEASE-NOTES-en.html RPM-GPG-KEY-rawhide > isolinux RPM-GPG-KEY TRANS.TBL > > What CD burning software are you using? If you have Nero (I recommend it > highly for Windows users - ftp://ftp.us.nero.com/nero63117.exe), open up > Nero Express. Choose "Disc Image or Saved Project". Navigate to the > location in which the ISO images on your hard drive are stored. You'll have > to change the very bottom drop-down menu titled "Files of Type:" to "Image > Files (*.nrg, *.iso, *.cue)" and then you'll see the ISO images. Highlight > the first ISO image and click "Open." You should now see the ISO image and > the drive to which you want to write it. Click "Next." You'll watch the > image burn to disk and then get a message that the burn process completed > successfully. > > Lather, rinse, and repeat for disks 2-4. > > Cheers! > Thomas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Tetens > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: Cannot install FC2 > > > using windows explorer the disc shows uip with one file names > FC2-i386-disc1.ISO and a second file that is the checksum file. > > ceubank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > ....Can you read the CD's on the windows machine through explorer? > > Chris > > --------------- > Chris Eubank > ***Any opinions contained in this e-mail message are solely that of the > author and do not in any way, directly or indirectly, represent my employer, > real or imagined. > > ***Caution, *nix powered air conditioner, do not open windows! > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scot L. Harris > Sent: August 12, 2004 2:25 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Cannot install FC2 > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:01, Bill Tetens wrote: > > No joy in mudville. Still had the files downloaded by bit torrent and > I burned a new disk 1 using ISO and the orginial file. Still does not > work and I get the same error message. > > > > So did you verify in the bios that the CDrom is configured as a boot > device and listed ahead of the harddisk drive? > > > > zuki269@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I think the problem has been found. I burned them as data so I will > burn them as ISO files and let you know how it turns out. Knew it > had to be something I done. > > Thanks everyone..... > > webid@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 16:08, Bill Tetens wrote: > > > Totally new to Linux and am trying to install Fedora on a computer > > with > > a blank HDD. I put disk one in the CD and changed the boot order > putting the CD Rom first. > > The following error message is displayed after the CD appears to be > > checked. > > Reboot and select proper boot device > or insert boot media in selectefd boot device. > > The CD passed the checksum so I am assuming that it is OK but don't > > > > have a clue where to go now. I know something is wrong but what. > > Help would be more than appreciated. > > Thanks > > > Welcome aboard! > > Most likely you need to configure your bios to boot from the CDrom > drive. > > The next most likely problem is that when you burned the CDs you did > > not > > burn them as images. In you CD burner software there should be an > option to burn the CD as an iso or image, then select the iso file you > downloaded. This will burn a bootable CD. If you just burned the iso > as data to the CD that will not work. > > My money is on the bios settings. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > >
