[99491] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Install problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Sat Nov 14 23:08:42 1998
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:10:34 -0600 (CST)
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
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On 14-Nov-98 Art Ross complained about Install problems:
> I'm new to Linux but very comfortable with PC's. I'm determined to
> get
> on the Linux wagon cause Microsoft NT is not what's cracked up to be.
> First of all, I've been able to configure my sound card and listen
> to
> Audio CD's. So that was very reassuring especially considering the
> time
> spent. I'm still struggling with the modem and network adapter card.
> They are both PnP but so is the SB 16 AWE 32 that I successfully
> installed. I'm using the Windows 95 Device Manager printout to
> identify
> the Base io's, irq's and dma's.
> As for the modem, what could I be overlooking? X Windows is
> running
> just fine and I'm navigating around the system well. Keep this in
> mind
> when I receive an answer.
Possibly a Winmodem, which Linux doesn't work with. Does it have
jumpers? Can it be accessed from DO$ as well as 'Doze?
> As for the network adapter card, its a 3COM 3c509b. From the DOS
> prompt, I have gone into the card configuration program and disabled
> the
> PnP. This didn't do it. My base io, irq and media type seem to be
> OK.
> When I ping the card IP, it doesn't answer. What to do, what to do?
I dunno since I don't have that card but, I've seen replies about
3c509Bs not working when 3c509s do. Seems I've seen some 3c509b
utilites on one of the FTP sites but, don't hold me to that.
> One last item is RPM. It seems to be a very powerful utility and
> I'm
> beginning to use it to install apps that came with RH 5.1 but one
> refuses to install. The message I receive is the following;
> unpacking of archive failed on file /opt/wp70/shbin10/wplmd7: 1:
> No
> space left on device.
> What's this trying to tell me? Is my swap space to small? It's
> the
> max at 127M and I have 32 MB of RAM. Admitting to this may identify
> me
> as a rookie. Oh well, I'm ready to learn from my mistakes.
It would appear to me that you either have used up all space on the
/opt partition (if you made a separate one) or all of the space is gone
on the / partition (which isn't good at all). Could be not much space
left on the device and that particular file is large enough to use more
than remains.
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I distinctly remember forgetting that.
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