[96103] in RedHat Linux List
RE: 6 short questions from a Redhat newbie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nelson Little)
Sat Oct 24 01:53:31 1998
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:53:31 +1000
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From: Nelson Little <nglit1@silas-2.cc.monash.edu.au>
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Scott,
Thanks, I didn't have the source stuff so thats why I wasn't able to config
the kernel. But now have it all working fine.
Thanks,
Nelson
At 06:17 AM 10/23/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Nelson.
>
>You need to make sure the Linux source is installed. Type "rpm -q -a
>| grep kernel" (without the quotes) and see if you get something
>like:
>
>kernel-ibcs-2.0.35-2
>kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.0.35-2
>kernel-2.0.35-2
>kernel-headers-2.0.35-2
>kernel-source-2.0.35-2
>
>You don't really need the ibcs or the pcmcia to recompile your kernel
>but it doesn't hurt.
>
>If you're running X-Windows you can:
>
>cd /usr/src/linux
>make xconfig
>
>It uses a GUI interface to decide the options for your kernel. It
>might be easier for you.
>
>--Scott
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nelson Little [mailto:nglit1@silas-2.cc.monash.edu.au]
>Sent: Friday, October 23, 1998 8:44 AM
>To: redhat-list@redhat.com; redhat-list@redhat.com
>Subject: Re: 6 short questions from a Redhat newbie
>
>>> 1) Can I mount a hard disk that has been formated with vfat32
>support in
>>> RH5.0? If so how? (I recently upgraded my kernel to 2.0.35-2)
>
>>Yes you can!
>>Compile your kernel to support vfat32 and then mount it as always:
>>mount /dev/hdx /anydirectory
>>I hope that will help, but i'm not sure.
>
>How do I compile my kernel to support vfat or vfat32? Someone told me,
>and
>I read that, I should go to /usr/scr/linux and type make menuconfig
>but
>that didn't do anything for me.
>
>Thanks,
>Nelson
>
>
>
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