Distribution Script

1999-05-30 Thread Orit Vardi
How do I distribute a .emacs file to all the users' home directories ? (RH5.2) Is there a Shell/Perl script for files distribution ? (I need to do the same with .fwmrc). BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Vardi;Orit FN:Orit Vardi EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19990530T071436Z END:VCARD

Re: Distribution Script

1999-05-30 Thread Alex Shnitman
Orit Vardi writes: How do I distribute a .emacs file to all the users' home directories ? (RH5.2) Is there a Shell/Perl script for files distribution ? (I need to do the same with .fwmrc). I don't know specifically about your distribution, but in Debian there's the

what is system.map....

1999-05-30 Thread Nezer . Zaidenberg
Hi. among my many sins was owning a RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.2.7) system running my beloved afterstep enviroment, and being the sinner that I am I've upgraded to RedHat 6.0 (by the infamous upgrade feature) I know it was wrong but the sweat scent of the forbidden upgrade fruit overcame me

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Andre E. Bar'yudin
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andre E. Bar'yudin wrote: On Sun, 30 May 1999, naftali wrote: [...] I dont agree with you, first of all, Hebrew support isnot just transporting fonts but rather support the entire hebrew syntax: writing left to write, switching and embeleshing english,dictionaries

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Aharon (Al) Schkolnik
"James" == James Olin Oden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James "Itamar S.-T." wrote: "Aharon (Al) Schkolnik" wrote: Hi.I'm trying to install RH 6.0 on a new machine which has an IDE CD, and a SCSI disk on an adaptec 2940 UW controller. The install fails as follows:

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Aharon (Al) Schkolnik
Hi There, On 26 May 1999, Aharon (Al) Schkolnik wrote: Hi. I'm trying to install RH 6.0 on a new machine which has an IDE CD, and a SCSI disk on an adaptec 2940 UW controller. The install fails as follows: Boots from the CD fine. I get the error: I cannot run /bin/insmod: No such

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andre E. Bar'yudin wrote: Hello, I beg your pardon. If you cannot afford buying software, make your own. Would you go and steal from a shop using the "I am not as wealthy as some rich Arab, so I am allowed to steal" excuse ? Pirating software is downright stealing.

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: This is becoming a moral debate, it's place is not on this list. And about your claims, they are all fine excuses, and ways to avoid questions on moral issues. If you feel ok with it, just go on and take shortcuts like everyone else around you. --Ariel

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Omer
Hiya. I'm not sure about this specific problem (switched to console and checked if it's really there and executable?), but RH released an updated boot image that deals with some problems with Adaptec 2940 (cannot recall if UW or not). he problem it deals with is actually an infinite loop when

Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Isaac Aaron
Hello On my effort to gain a new Linux user, I went to my friend's house with a Red Hat CD with the intention of installing it on his brand new Hard Disk. It seems that partitioning a large hard disk is trickier than I thought ! I've tried to install Red Hat 6 on a 17GB HDD Along with Windows

Re: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Leonid Igolnik - LiM
|According to my plan the disk partitions should go |7 GB FAT32 -- 10 MB /boot -- 5 GB FAT32 -- 3 GB root-- 127MB swap | |When I try to insert the fifth partition (no matter what order) I |get an error message saying that I con't allocate any more |partitions because I ran out of primary

Re: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Yedidya Bar-david
Hi Isaac Aaron wrote: [snip] According to my plan the disk partitions should go 7 GB FAT32 -- 10 MB /boot -- 5 GB FAT32 -- 3 GB root-- 127MB swap [There was quite a long discussion on the size and use of partitions, so I give no comments] When I try to insert the fifth partition (no

Re: RedHat6

1999-05-30 Thread Gili Granot
Isaac Aaron wrote: You might get it from PF1 systems for 50NIS if they still have CDs. I bought the prior to the last CD, but I don't know if they have any intentions of making more CDs. If I recall correctly the number is 03-5617175. Boris Dinkevich wrote: Hello, Im sorry if

RE: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Iftach Hyams
The last option - extended partition. Inside this partition you can make more logical partitions (I've just did it - it works fine). For the /boot partition - FAT32 ??? What is it. A home user can do with one partition for Linux. The most reasonable additional partition is a FAT32 partition you