{ "numMessagesInTopic": 7, "nextInTime": 639, "senderId": "NfxW8d_yiLC2Uqc6lCYo2YR4mjp1UytKdsPZBosuoXe1Diq_rz_3F75M4bNzEG2zY1UXqfhoKJb2bXj9BvFZzzQ4Y-tbdyCEaukMEU01", "systemMessage": false, "subject": "Re: RH9 Image", "from": "lilbluejimmy <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>", "authorName": "lilbluejimmy", "msgSnippet": "Hmm.. while that s true for us non-n00bs, it might not be so good for others. Perhaps I ll make a POL (Plain Old Linux) distribution for those that know what", "msgId": 638, "profile": "lilbluejimmy", "topicId": 636, "spamInfo": { "reason": "0", "isSpam": false }, "replyTo": "LIST", "userId": 126836024, "messageBody": "
> I vote for removing all of the sa2 junk. The only thing I would likethat
\n> to see posted to an FTP server is a minimal RH9 with some sort of
\n> remote shell access; sshd or telnetd. It is easy enough to add
\n> software to a working system. I think the problem for most of those
\n> that have tried to get a plain distibution of Linux installed is
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> the SG20 provides no feedback about what is wrong.drive
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\n> Karl
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\n> Monday, September 22, 2003, 8:40:17 PM, you wrote:
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\n> l> Hey folks,
\n> l> In all my free time (ha-ha) I've been working on a Red Hat 9
\n> l> installation for the SG20. I ended up purchasing an upgraded
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> l> for my laptop, so guess where the old one went :-) Needless tosay,
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> l> my SG20 is now running with a 30G hard drive, leaving theoriginal 20
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> l> (and VMWare) as my little sandbox :-)before I
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\n> l> With that said, here are the changes that needed to be made
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> l> could even install it:(2x256MB
\n> l> - Moved /usr onto its own partition (4GB)
\n> l> - Increased swap to allow for a maxxed out memory config,
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> l> chips = 1GB Swap)desperately
\n> l> - Decreased the size of /home by 4.875GB to allow for the
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> l> needed space for other partitions.still
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\n> l> As I did an upgrade, all of the original Toshiba things should
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> l> work - including the first boot setup from your SG20 CD.and
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\n> l> So here's the disk layout so far:
\n> l> /dev/hda1: / (1GB)
\n> l> /dev/hda2: /var (1.2GB)
\n> l> /dev/hda3: /home (11.4GB)
\n> l> /dev/hda4: Extended Partition
\n> l> /dev/hda5: Linux Swap (1GB)
\n> l> /dev/hda6: /usr (4GB)
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\n> l> Moved /sa2 to /usr/sa2 and did a soft link to /sa2
\n> l> (Root partition said, "AAAHH!!")
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\n> l> Installed Prism Wireless AP tools
\n> l> Installed several missing common perl modules (including CPAN)
\n> l> Installed several missing common devel packages
\n> l> Installed Redhat setup tools to allow you to mount the RH9 cd's
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> l> install whatever else you want like xdm ;)and
\n> l> Installed webmin (for those wanting the alternative :-)
\n> l> Installed ddclient (Dynamic DNS Client)
\n> l> Installed bzip2 (Compression software)
\n> l> Installed expat
\n> l> Installed glibc-compat
\n> l> Installed ncftp (nc tools needed for ddclient)
\n> l> Installed wget (allows downloading files directly to the SG20)
\n> l> Installed nget and ngetw (News client)
\n> l> Installed spamassassin (guess :P)
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\n> l> Removed PostgreSQL (Why, oh why was it even there??)
\n>
\n> l> To Do:
\n> l> Figure out what options Toshiba used to customize the kernel,
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> l> duplicate themto
\n> l> Pop it in the SG20 and see what we can see/any changes that need
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> l> be madeshare :-)
\n> l> Various other software installations
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\n> l> What I need from you fine folks:
\n> l> ================================
\n> l> $100 from Heeun Lee
\n> l> FTP Space
\n> l> If anyone knows the kernel options for the 2.6 image, please
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> l> Let me know any software packages you guys would like to havethat
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> l> are missing from the current (2.6) version.(2.6)
\n> l> Let me know any limitations you guys have seen with the current
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> l> image that you would like fixed in.. ahem.. 2.6-RH9 :-)http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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\n> --
\n> Best regards,
\n> Business