trinux-talk — General discussion including questions and problem resolution

Re: [Trinux-talk] Undocumented Trinux Tidbits

[James S. <cs...@co...>]

Hi,

I'm no expert with trinux, but I can answer one or two of your questions:
At 03:57 AM 28/03/2002, you wrote:
>Hello all, after my initial testing and experimenting with Trinux, I have 
>a couple questions that I could not find documentation on.
>
>1) On the toos section of the main website 
>(<http://trinux.sourceforge.net/tools.html>http://trinux.sourceforge.net/tools.html) 
>there is the quote:
>     "bash.tgz - you will probably want this, because ash leaves a lot to 
> be desired."
>After using both, I was unable to tell the difference.  Does bash need any 
>other initialization other then to add the package?  What are the 
>advantages that I am obviously not taking advantage of?

Type "bash" and press enter.  The you will be using bash rather than sh.
Advantages: tab completion (yay) and history (yay) - there are probably 
others, but I've used bash for so long, I couldn't really say what else sh 
is missing.
>
>2) Is there a way to get color highlighting?  For example, `ls` used to 
>allow `ls --color` to add highlighting, is there a way to do this with the 
>current version of Trinux?

Commands like ls have been stripped down to make more room for "stuff" on 
the disk - the --color switch isn't absolutely necessary, so it's not 
here.  Don't quote me on this, but I think that ls under trinux is actually 
part of busybox, if you want to get a hold of it and recompile it with the 
--color switch.


>3) With trinux, I am unable to use the up arrow to scroll through my 
>history of executed commands.  This is a BIG pet peve.  Is there just no 
>history at all on Trinux?  Is there a way to enable this?

See the first answer.  Bash rules.

>
>4) I couldn't find a tool/package that would allow me to manually controll 
>NULL Sessions like Windows net.exe.  Is there a tool existing for 
>Trinux?  Does anyone even know of a similar LINUX based utility?

What do you want to do?

>
>Thanks,
>Ben

James Shuttleworth


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[Trinux-talk] Undocumented Trinux Tidbits

[Ben S. <ben...@ki...>]

Hello all, after my initial testing and experimenting with Trinux, I =
have a couple questions that I could not find documentation on.

1) On the toos section of the main website =
(http://trinux.sourceforge.net/tools.html) there is the quote:
    "bash.tgz - you will probably want this, because ash leaves a lot to =
be desired."
After using both, I was unable to tell the difference.  Does bash need =
any other initialization other then to add the package?  What are the =
advantages that I am obviously not taking advantage of?

2) Is there a way to get color highlighting?  For example, `ls` used to =
allow `ls --color` to add highlighting, is there a way to do this with =
the current version of Trinux?

3) With trinux, I am unable to use the up arrow to scroll through my =
history of executed commands.  This is a BIG pet peve.  Is there just no =
history at all on Trinux?  Is there a way to enable this?=20

4) I couldn't find a tool/package that would allow me to manually =
controll NULL Sessions like Windows net.exe.  Is there a tool existing =
for Trinux?  Does anyone even know of a similar LINUX based utility?

Thanks,
Ben

[Trinux-talk] SCSI

[James S. <cs...@co...>]

Anyone have any luck getting SCSI to work?  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

--
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   Mr. T.

Re: [Trinux-talk] Proxy...

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

getpkg uses snarf

I got it working one time. You might run into environment variable issues
do to busybox shell stuff.

--
This is snarf, version 7.0
usage: snarf [OPTIONS] URL [OUTFILE] ...
Options:
    -a     Force active FTP (default is passive)
    -v     Verbose; print anything the server sends
    -q     Don't print progress bars (compiled default is on)
    -p     Force printing of progress bars (overrides -q)
    -r     Resume downloading a partially transferred file
    -n     Ignore '-r' and transfer file in its entirety
    -m     Spoof MSIE user-agent string
    -z     Spoof Navigator user-agent string

Lowercase option letters only affect the URLs that immediately follow
them.
If you give an option in caps, it will be the default option for all URLs
that follow it.

If you specify the outfile as '-', the file will be printed to standard
output as it downloads.

You can have as many URLs and outfiles as you want

You can specify a username and password for ftp or http
authentication. The
format is:

    ftp://username:password@host/

If you don't specify a password, you will be prompted for one.

snarf checks the SNARF_PROXY, FTP_PROXY, GOPHER_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY, and
PROXY environment variables. 

snarf is free software and has NO WARRANTY. See the
file COPYING for
details.



> Any ideas on how to set Trinux to use a PROXY server?
>  
> Thanks.
>  

[Trinux-talk] Proxy...

[Mowery, J. k <jkm...@un...>]

Any ideas on how to set Trinux to use a PROXY server?
 
Thanks.
 

[Trinux-talk] given choice of providing IP address or loading packages

[<cra...@so...>]

Hello,

I have a small problem.  When I load my image and I'm prompted 
for an IP address, if i give it an IP address I'm not prompted to load 
packages from a floppy.  If I don't enter an IP address, I can load 
my packages on the floppy.  No packages are being loaded over 
the Net.  Any suggestions?


TIA,
Barry

Re: [Trinux-talk] R-TuX

[Ralph G. <Ra...@Ge...>]

> Note: There is a Bug in Busybox-syslogd.
> It doesn't free memory.
> So generating syslog-msgs frees the System, sooner or later.
>

i meant "freezes" the system, sooner or later.
it depends on how many messages are processed by syslogd.

ralph

[Trinux-talk] R-TuX

[Ralph G. <Ra...@Ge...>]

Hi Trinux-fans.

R-TuX = Trinux + rp-pppoe + much more.

If you are interrested,
check this out:

http://gerstmann.net/tux/Readme_R-TuX

If you have questions,
feel free to contact me.

Have a nice day.
Ralph
_______________

Hi Matthew,

let me state me best regards for your work.
I already have >5 of those routers in use.

Note: There is a Bug in Busybox-syslogd.
It doesn't free memory.
So generating syslog-msgs frees the System, sooner or later.

Btw: I currently look for a new job.
Not that I expect to find it here.
I have much better ways, but:
I would be a proud to find a Job
working with trinux.
http://Gerstmann.Com

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[Trinux-talk] SCSI problems

[James S. <cs...@co...>]

Hi,
  I've been trying to get access to my SCSI drives (read: all of my
drives).  After reading my controller info at boot, I found aic7xxx.o
which I assume would work with my aic-7880 thing.  I also have a HP
controller which is a little harder to identify.  Numbers that appear are
HP CI533A and PCI-4 and Symbios SYM53c87.

Getting either of these to work would be nice.  I tried using insmod to
install the aic7xxx.o file but i get a load of messages along the lines
of:
aic7xxx.o: unresolved symbol scsi_unblock_requests_Rfa1faead

What's going on?

While I'm asking for help:  How am I supposed to get ntfs.o onto the ide
boot disk?  The image doesnt' leave enough room (the net one does, which
is what I'm using).  Also, will I need to have the aic7xxx.o file on the
disk and in the modules file to get packages of my HD?  I really doubt
that this file will fit - it's much larger than the ntfs.o and I assume
I'd need them both.  I'm trying to get them working with insmod, but then
how would I get the packages?  Mount the drive and do it manually?  I
don't mind doing this, but it makes things more awkward.

Many many thanks in advance.

James

Re: [Trinux-talk] When trinux halts...

[<HHu...@t-...>]

Hallo, Aaron,

Du meintest am 16.03.02 zum Thema [Trinux-talk] When trinux halts...:

> Is there a script that trinux runs when the halt command is issued?
> I just want to do this to automatically umount some of the drives
> during shutdown

Just type
        halt

and look for the messages ...

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

[Trinux-talk] When trinux halts...

[Aaron L. <le...@th...>]

Is there a script that trinux runs when the halt command is issued?
I just want to do this to automatically umount some of the drives during
shutdown

Thanks,
-Aaron

Re: [Trinux-talk] Re: How to load packages from a package server?

[<li...@sa...>]

> Well, I have not tried the ftp-server, I use an http-server locally.
> Works wonderfull.
> My trinux boot floppy has the following in /tux/config/server:
> http://192.168.0.254/
>
> # http://www.trinux.org/pkg/
>
> # http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/pkg/
>
> and following in /tux/config/master, gateway and dns:
> 192.168.0.254
> and following in /tux/config/local:
> http://192.168.0.254/

What are the 'master' and 'local' files for?  I've not modified them.
I messed around with moving the FTP site over onto HTTP, and now the
packages load beautifully.  But I wonder.

How is it that with only 128 MB RAM, you can load all of these packages in?
 Do they just occupy RAM?  Is there a limit to the number of packages that
can be loaded into a system..? I wonder how it works.

>
> and following in /tux/config/eth0:
> 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0
>
> This works for me.
> I don't know if it's correct, but it works for me this way. I don't
> change anything anymore in those files :-)
> My local server (= 192.168.0.254)  has   /trinux/packages   as root. I
> found this by trying, there is certainly a lack of documentation on
> this matter :-( /tux/config/readme is scrambled btw, ! )
> Trinux (=192.168.0.2) boots fast this way.
> Additional packages are loaded AND installed with:
> getpkg vi (without .tgz)
> or just loaded with:
> snarf http://192.168.0.254/vi.tgz
>
> Then I found there's no full use of RAM possible in trinux, so I
> started making changes in initrd. Not totally happy yet.
> Now I (am learning to) build my own packages. Installed slackware7.1.
> This is a good thing for understanding how linux works!
>
> Hope it helps a litlle,
> Arne
>
>> Greetz all,
>>
>> I have the Trinux NET boot floppy 0.80rc2.  I've set up a package
>> server with all of the trinux .tgz packages for the local net at
>> ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/ - the trinux boot floppy has the following
>> in /tux/config/server:
>>
>> ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
>> #http://www.trinux.org/pkg/
>> #http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/pkg/
>>
>> After boot, I see the messages
>>   The network was successfully configured
>>   Contacting ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/...
>>   Retrieving base packages from ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
>>   Retrieving ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/term.tgz
>>
>>
>> But the process takes forever.. around 5 minutes up to this point.  I
> don't
>> have DNS configured to include the new trinux server yet, but I don't
>> see where that would have any effect on the package loading, etc.
>> This is a 100Mb network and 600 MHz systems with gobs of RAM. Oddly,
>> the only
> activity
>> I see on the switch connecting these systems is an intermittant blink
> every
>> 2-3 seconds; no constant activity like what i'd expect. Why the
>> slowness?
>>
>> Also, what is the command for retrieving additional packages after
>> Trinux fully boots?
>>
>> I've tried accessing the packages by typing the following commands:
>>
>>  -getpkg
>>  -getpkg ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz
>>  -snarf ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz
>>
>> None of which retrieve the packages as i thought they would.
>>
>> Any guidance would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
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[Trinux-talk] Re: How to load packages from a package server?

[P60 <akd...@ka...>]

Well, I have not tried the ftp-server, I use an http-server locally. Works
wonderfull.
My trinux boot floppy has the following in /tux/config/server:
http://192.168.0.254/

# http://www.trinux.org/pkg/

# http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/pkg/

and following in /tux/config/master, gateway and dns:
192.168.0.254
and following in /tux/config/local:
http://192.168.0.254/

and following in /tux/config/eth0:
192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0

This works for me.
I don't know if it's correct, but it works for me this way. I don't change
anything anymore in those files :-)
My local server (= 192.168.0.254)  has   /trinux/packages   as root.
I found this by trying, there is certainly a lack of documentation on this
matter :-( /tux/config/readme is scrambled btw, ! )
Trinux (=192.168.0.2) boots fast this way.
Additional packages are loaded AND installed with:
getpkg vi (without .tgz)
or just loaded with:
snarf http://192.168.0.254/vi.tgz

Then I found there's no full use of RAM possible in trinux, so I started
making changes in initrd. Not totally happy yet.
Now I (am learning to) build my own packages. Installed slackware7.1.
This is a good thing for understanding how linux works!

Hope it helps a litlle,
Arne

> Greetz all,
>
> I have the Trinux NET boot floppy 0.80rc2.  I've set up a package server
> with all of the trinux .tgz packages for the local net at
> ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/ - the trinux boot floppy has the following in
> /tux/config/server:
>
> ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
> #http://www.trinux.org/pkg/
> #http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/pkg/
>
> After boot, I see the messages
>   The network was successfully configured
>   Contacting ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/...
>   Retrieving base packages from ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
>   Retrieving ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/term.tgz
>
>
> But the process takes forever.. around 5 minutes up to this point.  I
don't
> have DNS configured to include the new trinux server yet, but I don't see
> where that would have any effect on the package loading, etc.  This is a
> 100Mb network and 600 MHz systems with gobs of RAM. Oddly, the only
activity
> I see on the switch connecting these systems is an intermittant blink
every
> 2-3 seconds; no constant activity like what i'd expect. Why the slowness?
>
> Also, what is the command for retrieving additional packages after Trinux
> fully boots?
>
> I've tried accessing the packages by typing the following commands:
>
>  -getpkg
>  -getpkg ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz
>  -snarf ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz
>
> None of which retrieve the packages as i thought they would.
>
> Any guidance would be much appreciated.

[Trinux-talk] How to load packages from a package server?

[<li...@sa...>]

Greetz all,

I have the Trinux NET boot floppy 0.80rc2.  I've set up a package server
with all of the trinux .tgz packages for the local net at
ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/ - the trinux boot floppy has the following in
/tux/config/server:

ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
#http://www.trinux.org/pkg/
#http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/pkg/

After boot, I see the messages
  The network was successfully configured
  Contacting ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/...
  Retrieving base packages from ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
  Retrieving ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/term.tgz


But the process takes forever.. around 5 minutes up to this point.  I don't
have DNS configured to include the new trinux server yet, but I don't see
where that would have any effect on the package loading, etc.  This is a
100Mb network and 600 MHz systems with gobs of RAM. Oddly, the only activity
I see on the switch connecting these systems is an intermittant blink every
2-3 seconds; no constant activity like what i'd expect. Why the slowness?

Also, what is the command for retrieving additional packages after Trinux
fully boots?

I've tried accessing the packages by typing the following commands:

 -getpkg
 -getpkg ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz
 -snarf ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz

None of which retrieve the packages as i thought they would.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Re: [Trinux-talk] Mutilated Bash?

[windham l. <mst...@ho...>]

>It works on debian but not on trinux. Does anyone know why?
> >
> > ---------------
> > #!/usr/bin/bash
> > find1="-iname"
> > find2="*.doc"
> >
> > find $find1 $find2
> > ---------------

   probably because the path to your bash on debian is /usr/bin/bash
and the path for trinux bash is /bin/bash or /sbin/bash ...

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Re: [Trinux-talk] invalid gzip magic error

[windham l. <mst...@ho...>]

<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;but when i put the package floppies in i keep getting </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;" gunzip : invalid gzip magic " 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;error. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;none of the packages install. 
<DIV></DIV>I WILL ADD TO FAQ-&gt; i looked through the help files and the faq's and didnt see anything 
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>your probably doing the ol'</DIV>
<DIV># pkgadd term.tgz</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>when you should do a </DIV>
<DIV># pkgadd term</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>instead....</DIV>
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[Trinux-talk] Kernel uncompression issues

[Aaron L. <le...@th...>]

I have been using trinux as a backup rescue bootdisk for (ironically)
Windows machines, and so far everything seems to be working great. I work
as a ITS for my university.

I have noticed one disturbing thing however. For some inexplicable reason,
when I try the bootdisk on some older compaq laptops, the kernel
uncompression fails. I don't understand why. I have made a new kernel
image with some modified options. Is there some kernel option for
compatibility with old compaq laptops?

Thanks,
-Aaron

[Trinux-talk] disabling DHCP and setting network config

[<cra...@so...>]

I have some probably very basic questions that maybe I can get some help on
so I can start playing with all the tools. :)

1.  I am using the IDE boot image and when it is booting, it is trying to
get an IP address from DHCP server.  What is the best way to prevent the
DHCP client from trying to obtain an IP address??  I guess I can get rid of
the packages or rename them  but wanted to see if that was the most
sensible method.

2. Assuming my network card is detected (just read on archives on how to
check and that will be my next step), how do I set my network settings (IP
address, subnet, etc)?  Not as important but still curious, how can I avoid
retyping the information each time I reboot?

TIA,
Barry

Re: [Trinux-talk] cron problem with trinux

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

ftp client (and ncftp) is in netutil.tgz an ftp server is not available.
scp is should be adequate.

- mdf

> Dear sir,
>
>             Is It possible to have FTP client or FTP server on TRINUX so that we can use " mput or mget "  to/from LINUX m/c.
>
>
> If not What is the alternative for the FTP ing TRINUX from outside m/c's.Please let me Know.
>
> Shiv.
>
>
>
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[Trinux-talk] invalid gzip magic error

[isa <mah...@on...>]

hello all.
i have just finished making the boot floppy for the 0.80rc2 ide image.
everything booted fine.
i was able to connect with dhcp.
but when i put the package floppies in i keep getting
" gunzip : invalid gzip magic  " 
error.
none of the packages install.
i looked through the help files and the faq's and didnt see anything
about it.
thanks



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Re: [Trinux-talk] Loading pcmcia NIC from IDE drive

[Bill B. <bi...@ap...>]

Sounds to me like you might want to do the insmods in tux/init/prenet.


On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 16:01, Karl Sigler wrote:
> Thanks Bill. Unfortunately, I had tried that with no
> luck. If I leave the defaults (no eth0, gateway, host,
> etc. in tux/config) I don't even get a dhcp address.
> If I put those files there they make no difference.
> After booting I end up with a live interface (ifconfig
> -a shows eth0), but there's no ip associated with it. 
> 
> Could it be that by doing the insmod as part of the
> /tux/init/last script, that the interface becomes
> active too late in the boot cycle to read that config
> info?
> 
> I've gotten around the problem temporarily by adding:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.111
> 
> to that 'last' script. This works, but I'd like to
> have the option for dhcp. Is anyone else loading the
> pcmcia modules from an IDE drive?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> K.

-- 
	Bill Burdick
	Bi...@ap...

Re: [Trinux-talk] Loading pcmcia NIC from IDE drive

[Karl S. <ksi...@ya...>]

Thanks Bill. Unfortunately, I had tried that with no
luck. If I leave the defaults (no eth0, gateway, host,
etc. in tux/config) I don't even get a dhcp address.
If I put those files there they make no difference.
After booting I end up with a live interface (ifconfig
-a shows eth0), but there's no ip associated with it. 

Could it be that by doing the insmod as part of the
/tux/init/last script, that the interface becomes
active too late in the boot cycle to read that config
info?

I've gotten around the problem temporarily by adding:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.111

to that 'last' script. This works, but I'd like to
have the option for dhcp. Is anyone else loading the
pcmcia modules from an IDE drive?

Thanks for the help.

K.


--- Bill Burdick <bi...@ap...> wrote:
> To get an ip address at boot, make a file in
> tux/config/ with the same
> name as your interface (like eth0) and put the ip
> and netmask on a
> single line in the file (like "10.1.0.1
> 255.255.255.0").  I would advise
> making sure the file ends in a newline (sorry if
> that's obvious).
> 
> On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 15:03, Karl Sigler wrote:
> > o.k., there's got to be an easier way to do what
> I'm
> > trying. I have a laptop with a 3com pcmcia NIC in
> it.
> > It has an NTFS partition that I'm using to load
> > packages (C:/trinux).
> > 
> > The pcmcia boot disk works great with no tweaking.
> It
> > loads the modules fine and I've been able to both
> > assign a static IP to the NIC as well as use dhcp.
> > 
> > Using the IDE boot disk sees the NTFS partition
> fine
> > and loads packages without problem. I tried
> putting
> > the pcmcia-bin, -coremods, and -3com files in
> bootpkg,
> > but they wouldn't load. I moved them up to just
> the
> > c:/trinux dir, added them to the end of
> config/pkglist
> > and they load fine. I should say they extract
> fine. 
> > 
> > In order to load the modules I added the following
> to
> > the /init/last script:
> > 
> > insmod pcmcia_bin
> > insmod pcmcia_coremods
> > insmod pcmcia_3com
> > cardmgr
> > 
> > This actually works, but the NIC never receives an
> IP
> > addr. By tweaking /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I can
> > assign it one, but the changes don't keep from
> boot to
> > boot. I'm sure I'm taking the long way around the
> > mountain. Can anyone point me to the short-cut?
> > 
> > Thanks. BTW, This distrib is saving my life. I
> have a
> > company issued laptop with one flat partition.
> Tech
> > support is scared of linux and won't let me modify
> > anything. I teach security as part of my job and
> need
> > things like dsniff, hping2, nmap and netcat. If I
> can
> > get this NIC issue ironed out, I won't have to lug
> two
> > laptops from city to city.
> > 
> > Thanks again,
> > 
> > K.
> 
> -- 
> 	Bill Burdick
> 	Bi...@ap...
> 
> 
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Re: [Trinux-talk] Mutilated Bash?

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

It is bash version 1 from Slackware 7.1 if that helps.

> Is the bash running on trinux slightly mutilated?
>
> I tried putting the following script into my debian box and the trinux
> system. It works on debian but not on trinux. Does anyone know why?
>
> ---------------
> #!/usr/bin/bash
> find1="-iname"
> find2="*.doc"
>
> find $find1 $find2
> ---------------
>
> Thanks,
> -Aaron
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Matthew Franz wrote:
>
> > > Is it possible to set up a prompt and alias some commands for bash
> > > automatically?
> > >
> > > Or am I stuck?
> > >
> >
> > Because of the way the shells are spawned by busybox, .profile .bashrc
> > (setting environment variables within the linuxrc).  However if you ssh
> > into the Trinux box, that should work. This was something I messed around
> > with for a while but could never fix it with out breaking things worse, so
> > if somebody could find a workaround that would be great.
> >
> > - mdf
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [Trinux-talk] Loading pcmcia NIC from IDE drive

[Bill B. <bi...@ap...>]

To get an ip address at boot, make a file in tux/config/ with the same
name as your interface (like eth0) and put the ip and netmask on a
single line in the file (like "10.1.0.1 255.255.255.0").  I would advise
making sure the file ends in a newline (sorry if that's obvious).

On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 15:03, Karl Sigler wrote:
> o.k., there's got to be an easier way to do what I'm
> trying. I have a laptop with a 3com pcmcia NIC in it.
> It has an NTFS partition that I'm using to load
> packages (C:/trinux).
> 
> The pcmcia boot disk works great with no tweaking. It
> loads the modules fine and I've been able to both
> assign a static IP to the NIC as well as use dhcp.
> 
> Using the IDE boot disk sees the NTFS partition fine
> and loads packages without problem. I tried putting
> the pcmcia-bin, -coremods, and -3com files in bootpkg,
> but they wouldn't load. I moved them up to just the
> c:/trinux dir, added them to the end of config/pkglist
> and they load fine. I should say they extract fine. 
> 
> In order to load the modules I added the following to
> the /init/last script:
> 
> insmod pcmcia_bin
> insmod pcmcia_coremods
> insmod pcmcia_3com
> cardmgr
> 
> This actually works, but the NIC never receives an IP
> addr. By tweaking /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I can
> assign it one, but the changes don't keep from boot to
> boot. I'm sure I'm taking the long way around the
> mountain. Can anyone point me to the short-cut?
> 
> Thanks. BTW, This distrib is saving my life. I have a
> company issued laptop with one flat partition. Tech
> support is scared of linux and won't let me modify
> anything. I teach security as part of my job and need
> things like dsniff, hping2, nmap and netcat. If I can
> get this NIC issue ironed out, I won't have to lug two
> laptops from city to city.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> K.

-- 
	Bill Burdick
	Bi...@ap...

[Trinux-talk] Loading pcmcia NIC from IDE drive

[Karl S. <ksi...@ya...>]

o.k., there's got to be an easier way to do what I'm
trying. I have a laptop with a 3com pcmcia NIC in it.
It has an NTFS partition that I'm using to load
packages (C:/trinux).

The pcmcia boot disk works great with no tweaking. It
loads the modules fine and I've been able to both
assign a static IP to the NIC as well as use dhcp.

Using the IDE boot disk sees the NTFS partition fine
and loads packages without problem. I tried putting
the pcmcia-bin, -coremods, and -3com files in bootpkg,
but they wouldn't load. I moved them up to just the
c:/trinux dir, added them to the end of config/pkglist
and they load fine. I should say they extract fine. 

In order to load the modules I added the following to
the /init/last script:

insmod pcmcia_bin
insmod pcmcia_coremods
insmod pcmcia_3com
cardmgr

This actually works, but the NIC never receives an IP
addr. By tweaking /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I can
assign it one, but the changes don't keep from boot to
boot. I'm sure I'm taking the long way around the
mountain. Can anyone point me to the short-cut?

Thanks. BTW, This distrib is saving my life. I have a
company issued laptop with one flat partition. Tech
support is scared of linux and won't let me modify
anything. I teach security as part of my job and need
things like dsniff, hping2, nmap and netcat. If I can
get this NIC issue ironed out, I won't have to lug two
laptops from city to city.

Thanks again,

K.

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