Re: [expert] Mouse Woes on a 486

1999-12-22 Thread Singer XJ Wang
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, John Connell wrote: Hi Everyone! With mixed feedback to my question to this list last week.I went ahead and installed LM 5.3 on an old 486 with 16RAM, 350MB HDD and a 33mHz CPU. Install went fine, but very minimal and VERY slow! Takes forever for X to load. I am

[expert] Backup software

1999-12-22 Thread nroult
I would like to find a backup ( and restore of course ) software that could save across the network my different filesystems ( Both root, bootable and users filesystems ). Thanks Nicolas

[expert] OEM installs?

1999-12-22 Thread Vanco, Donald
Hello - Have any of you ever seen any kind of OEM-style install on a linux box? Something that might have a scripted startup to walk you through hostname identification, startup daemon selection, network config, root password setting, etc., etc.? I'm trying to put something like that

Re: [expert] OT:VMware and IRQ's

1999-12-22 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 12:28 PM 12/22/99 -0500, Brian R. Thacker wrote: I know this is off-topic for the list but I haven't got an answer from the VMware-list that has been helpful for me. Is anybody using the bi-directional parallel port in VMware on LM6.1? I installed the latest vesion, it detects the parport0,

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread Civileme
Sorry, my bad. I should have been more complete.. Shared interrupts do not work too well. COM4 and COM2 are both on IRQ 3 Move to COM3 or disable entirely. Civileme Jan Rocho wrote: Hi! Well, actually, you have some choice. You can disable either one or both of your standard

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread Jan Rocho
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, you wrote: Hi! To fix my problem with this junk Modem/Soundcard combination I bought a 'Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI' which works fine and a ZOOM FaxModem 2925, and there"s my problem. I never used an internal modem on Linux before, infact I

Re: [expert] Mouse Woes on a 486

1999-12-22 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Davor Cengija [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Mouse Woes on a 486 On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, John Connell wrote: With mixed feedback to my question to this list last week.I went

Re: [expert] OEM installs?

1999-12-22 Thread Frank Arnold
Check this URL, it may be what you are looking for. http://www.wholelinux.com/ Frank = On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Vanco, Donald wrote: Hello - Have any of you ever seen any kind of OEM-style install on a linux box? Something that might have a

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread Civileme
Nope. It, too, is a software modem featuring low performance in the best of circumstances. Use models 2919, 2822, or 2818. http://www.zoomtel.com/bin/data.pl has good information (two web links and two adobe pdf files) on using Zoom modems for unix/linux Civileme Rocho wrote: John

[expert] Linux-Mandrake 7.0beta available

1999-12-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
Linux-Mandrake 7.0beta available for download and tests. MandrakeSoft is very pleased to announce that its new Linux distribution is available, only for geeks and testers who can't wait to discover all the new killer features that have been introduced. This beta version (NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE)

Re: [expert] Linux-Mandrake 7.0beta available

1999-12-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Noel Koethe wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Linux-Mandrake 7.0beta available for download and tests. Hello, sorry for this newbie question. I checked most of the ftp servers but I couldn't find and cd iso. The installation manual describes

[expert] SMP headers

1999-12-22 Thread Jonathan Dugan
I am having trouble compiling software that expects the SMP headers. (latest vmware) Has anyone got SMP headers to match a current SMP binary kernel from mandrake? I have tried building kernels by hand several times and always failed. Why doesn't Mandrake create an SMP headers RPM? Thanks,

[expert] [ProgSoc] Microsoft goes out of its way to help its customers

1999-12-22 Thread Geoff Croxson
This from another mailing list I'm on... how nice of Microsoft Presumably this is something you should only do *after* 1-January . . . you know, 'just-in-case' style. Though they don't suggest this in the article. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q247/8/04.ASP?LNG=ENGSA=A

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, you wrote: Adds ZOOM Telephonics to his list of doublechecks Didn't know that they had sunk so low Jan, if you can't find a good modem in your neighborhood, I have a spare 33.6 I can send you. ISA and easily configured. Yep. These days you can't trust ANYONE! If it

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, you wrote: Ok, I could exchange it but would the ISA version of the Zoom 2925 work? They also had that modem when I got this one. I would THINK so, however, IIRC, they didn't specify ISA or PCI. I'd take a look at the ISA version and see if it says it requires/works

RE: [expert] [ProgSoc] Microsoft goes out of its way to help its customers

1999-12-22 Thread Ken Wilson
They forgot to add that once you have Windows installed on your dual boot system you just re-install your linux directories as before and return Lilo to its proper resting place in the mbr. :P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Geoff

Re: [expert] [ProgSoc] Microsoft goes out of its way to help its customers

1999-12-22 Thread Sevatio Octavio
What a joke! Anybody that's gone as far as installing linux would know what to do if they're in the mood to be closed-in and throw some $ around. -Original Message- From: Geoff Croxson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 6:32 PM

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread Jan Rocho
Hi! John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, you wrote: Ok, I could exchange it but would the ISA version of the Zoom 2925 work? They also had that modem when I got this one. I would THINK so, however, IIRC, they didn't specify ISA or PCI. I'd take a look at the ISA version and see

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.5 and ZOOM FaxModem 688

1999-12-22 Thread Jan Rocho
Hi! Just exchanged the 2925 and now I have the 2919 which I'm using right now... and it works fine. Jan Nope. It, too, is a software modem featuring low performance in the best of circumstances. Use models 2919, 2822, or 2818. http://www.zoomtel.com/bin/data.pl has good information

Re: [expert] Kill job in 6.0

1999-12-22 Thread Toyswins
Ah, so that's why I've been having similar problems. And I thought it hated me "just 'cuz.." B. B. "Bois, Mathieu" wrote: The CD Mandrake 6.0 has got a buggy kernel, due to modifications the mandrake team did to it. If you want a working MDK6.0, you've got to upgrade your kernel with

Re: [expert] NT Exchange Server behind a Linux Router

1999-12-22 Thread Jack Coates
Orlando Lewis wrote: That is the problem i don't know where to start. I have been told that i need to do something with ip forwarding... But i don't know where to start on that either. Try this link: http://lrp.c0wz.com -- Linux: because you can't do a sig like this in Windows.