Re: Using a modem under linux

1998-10-06 Thread CaT
Mario Melendez wrote the following: Hi, I installed Caldera 1.2 a couple of days ago (upgraded the kernel to 2.0.35 tho) and still haven't been able to figure out how to configure my modem to work under Linux... what document should I check (or what should I do to get it to work)? I

Re: gcc 2.8.1, linux 2.0.35 X

1998-10-06 Thread Richard Adams
According to Theo. Sean Schulze: While burning my CPU. Richard, Does this mean that we will need to install egcs before we compile kernels 2.0.36 and later? No, i have 2.0.36-pre12 running and it was compiled with gcc 2.7.2.1 Regards, Sean -- Regards Richard. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: UNIX equivilent of mount????

1998-10-06 Thread LENGARD Pascal OCISI
you wont be able to use mount if you are not user root ... better try to use tar or cpio to create an archive onto your floppy (if you have access to the device) -Message d'origine- De: Doin' the Bull Dance, Feelin' the Flow... [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: lundi 5 octobre 1998

Re: Resizing Partitions, etc

1998-10-06 Thread Richard Adams
According to Peter B: While burning my CPU. Greetings OK...next dumb question. How can I safely resize and create partitions in Linux, like you can with Partition Magic under Windows? I have a 8.4Gb drive all dedicated to Linux and it is having dramas with the 400Mb above 8Gb...don't

LoadLin

1998-10-06 Thread Bo Kjeld Pedersen
I installed RedHat 5.1 and it runs perfectly when using LILO.. Now i'm trying to use LOADLIN and i got it to boot up.. Now my problem is that when i use loadlin, linux comes up with 'no image found for vmlinuz' during boot.. Also, when i try to mount my cd-rom drive i get the reply that the

Faxing

1998-10-06 Thread Wayne Pascoe
Hi all... Does anyone know of a way to run a linux box as a fax server... I need to be able to fax through the server from several 95 / 3.1 boxes... Receving faxes is not important at this stage! TKS, --- Wayne Pascoe

Re: True DOS prompt for NT?

1998-10-06 Thread Peeyush Singh
Greetings to all, I tried installing RH 5.0 on my dad's NT box but without success. I can't seem to find a true dos prompt under NT and it seems as though Linux requires a true dos prompt for installation. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. Jase Your correct...NT Does not have a

Ok, got patches, what now?

1998-10-06 Thread Peter B
Greetings I've got patches 2.0.32 -- 2.0.35 for my 2.0.31 box...they are .gz files...now, I have all four of them sitting pretty in my / directory. I've followed your advice and created a directory specifically for d/led stuff, which I've named /downloads...My understanding of the procedure to

compile warnings and errors

1998-10-06 Thread Charles E. Gelm
Hughes, Timothy P wrote: for *.tar.gz files. These are TAR archives that have been GZIPPED also. To unzip them, first type: gunzip file.tar.gz This will uncompress it and create a file like this. file.tar Then type: tar -xovf file.tar This will untar the archive and you can

Re: Using a modem under linux

1998-10-06 Thread David Tupper
For the modem we need to know a little more information. For instance, is it a PnP modem (or even a WinModem), what com port and IRQ does it use? With these tid bits helping you will be much easier. Mario Melendez wrote: Hi, I installed Caldera 1.2 a couple of days ago (upgraded the kernel

Is there an IP-MASQ list?

1998-10-06 Thread Charles E. Gelm
Where can I obtain the TCP/IP 32 package for winders For Work Groups version 3.11b? How can I comply with "2.Install the TCP/IP 32b package if you don't have it already." requirement of the IP-Masquerade HOWTO ? Regards, Chuck

Joystick configuration?

1998-10-06 Thread Brian Dunnette
Can anyone give me some tips on configuring my Sidewinder Gamepad under RedHat 5.1? I've downloaded and compiled several different versions of the joystick drivers, but none have worked... Mainly, I'm trying to get SNES9X to use a joystick, as it's not very playable without -- when I start it,

RE: FireWall

1998-10-06 Thread Gary Smith
keep in mind that absolute minimums are necessary. I have heard of people who connect several networks to the Internet without firewalls. But to answer the original question, YES, a firewall is a false sense of security. If, for example, your firewall blocks everything but ftp to a single

Re: Resizing Partitions, etc

1998-10-06 Thread Richard Adams
According to Michael Ricketts: While burning my CPU. On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Richard Adams wrote: How can I safely resize and create partitions in Linux, like you can with Partition Magic under Windows? I have a 8.4Gb drive all dedicated to Linux and it is having dramas with the 400Mb

Re: boot disk

1998-10-06 Thread Richard Adams
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: While burning my CPU. On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering the proper way to making up a rescue disk. I have a boot disk for linux such that it will boot up to a certain point and then asks for 'something' to mount and if you have

spurious backquote (`) in X

1998-10-06 Thread root
Linux-newbie: I am experiencing random spurious backquotes while I am typing in emacs while in X, either with motif or fvwm. Is this a known defect, or is my keyboard bugging out? Thanks, Joe