Re: Redhat installation requires brain

["Juan Rodriguez-Torrent" <torrent acm org>]

I ran into the same problem with a 3Com 3C509B-TP ISA card. I solved the
sendmail hiccup:

1  booted from DOS diskette

2  ran setup and eliminated autoprobe (I use TP anyway).

3 booted Linux ....          It worked like a charm!


----- Original Message -----
From: identity <id pt lu>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: Redhat installation requires brain


> Hi there!
>
> Installing RedHat isn't so difficult. I'm also a newbie and I didn't have
> any problems.
>
> >  1) When I boot, the system hangs for a while when loading sendmail...
> > how do I disable this service so that this won't happen? (What is
> > sendmail anyways?) And if I disable it, will I be getting rid of it
> > permanently?
>
> sendmail sends a message to one or more recipients. For more detailed
> information
> type 'man sendmail' in your console.
> If you want to disable it, type 'linuxconf' in your console. ATTENTION:
> Don't change
> anything here until you know what you do!!!!!!!!!
> In linuxconf go to 'Control - Control Panel - Control service activity'.
> Here you can
> chose which services start at boot time. Just disable 'sendmail', click
> 'ENTER' on 'ACCEPT'
> then on 'QUIT'. Then you have to 'activate the changes'.
> Now sendmail won't start at boot time. You've disabled it, but you didn't
> get rid off it.
> It's still on your PC.
>
> >  2) how do I install programs? I beelive I download the correct "rpm"s?
> > (redhat packet managers?) And what do I do with these? Is there a
> > command for "releasing" their installation steps?
>
> 'rpm' is the program which installs your "rpm"s. Just type 'rpm -i
filename'
> in your console
> where filename is the WHOLE name of the file. Example: 'rpm -i
> sendmail-8.9.3-10.i386.rpm'
> If you want to uninstall the same program, type 'rpm -i basefilename'
where
> basefilename is the name of the file without the numbers ' 8.9.3-10',
> architechture 'i386', and file suffix 'rpm'. Example: 'rpm -e sendmail'
>
> >  3) I have 3Com 509 ISA NIC. During installation it asked me what I got
> > and I chose the right one. It asked me if I wanted to autoprobe and I
> > said yes. The following installation steps occurred without any
> > problems.
>
> Networking is a bit more difficult than that, you will have to provide us
> more information, on what you have done, if you want us to help you.
>
> >  BUt I can't seem to browse or telnet or anything. Since my school
> > supports dynamic IP addressing, I checked off "use DHCP". BUt nothing.
> >
>
>
>
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