Re: [SLUG] save to disk

2000-06-27 Thread Ben Donohue
Gregg Jorgen Suaning wrote: Anyone know how the 'save to disk' function works on a laptop? This is the facility where the data in memory is saved to disk and the computer shuts off - when the computer is restarted, you pick up where you left off. i've had it on a compaq before. check the

Re: [SLUG] 9:52am up 368 days, 17:37, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.01, 1.00

2000-06-19 Thread Ben Donohue
Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you... 1 year old. Ian Ward wrote: What a great OS! [root@gateway /root]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo) [root@gateway /root]# uptime 9:52am up 368 days, 17:37, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.01, 1.00

[SLUG] blimey! cut and paste don't work!

2000-06-15 Thread Ben Donohue
using KDE on mandrake 7.0. communicator 4.7 trying to cut from advanced editor or kedit to netscape composer or netscape mail. it cuts/copies but no paste into netscape. only copies to it's own application! or from editor to editor. not to netscape. however i can copy from netscape composer to

[SLUG] ipchains stuff

2000-06-15 Thread Ben Donohue
hi slugs, as i've spent days mucking around with ipchains and still seem to muck things up. i thought i'd ask a few questions to clarify my ideas on ipchains and how it should best be set up in a particular situation. is the following a good way to think about the ipchains rules? define a new

Re: [SLUG] blimey! cut and paste don't work!

2000-06-15 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks Tom, worked a treat! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text

Re: [SLUG] NEED a HAND - GUI problems

2000-06-14 Thread Ben Donohue
is it booting straight into gnome GUI or do you get a login prompt first and then type startx? Madhi and Rodney wrote: Dear All , Friends, Some-one, I am new to linux and have just installed Redhat 6.1. After some gliches I have finally got it running with GNOME interface but have a

[SLUG] swap file creation

2000-06-14 Thread Ben Donohue
hi slugs, i've deleted/lost the swap partition. there is room on the HDD for a swap partition, so how does one go about creating a new swap partition? ie what's the command to create a new swap partition. i've tried fdisk. created a new partition. changed it's id from 83 (linux ext2) to 82

Re: [SLUG] swap file creation

2000-06-14 Thread Ben Donohue
hi again slugs, sorry about this, the swap partition is not being very friendly. i've created the swap partition with fdisk i've changed the id to linux swap (82) rebooted. (yeah i know... just like windows) mkswap /dev/hda3 setting up swapspace version 0, size = 103215104 bytes swapon -a

[SLUG] ipchains rules

2000-06-08 Thread Ben Donohue
hi slugs, i'm a bit confused with the following rules... this is from the ipchains howto which i'm trying to understand. please look at these two rules... ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -i eth0 -j good-dmz ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -i ppp0 -j good-bad are the -i eth0 and -i

Re: [SLUG] ipchains rules

2000-06-08 Thread Ben Donohue
ah, so to clarify there is an "and" between -s 192.168.1.0/24 -i eth0 ? "[-SwM-]" wrote: Hey Ben, please look at these two rules... ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -i eth0 -j good-dmz ipchains is forwarding to the chain good-dmz anything with source address 192.168.1.x which

Re: [SLUG] [OT] repeaters hubs ##

2000-06-04 Thread Ben Donohue
DaZZa wrote: You can extend your network using hubs as well - as long as you apply the 5-4-3 rule to the total segment length and number of repeaters. Okay, what's the 5-4-3 rule? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] recognising a scsi card

2000-06-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Hi slugs, have been going through the various list suggestions. used the adaptec software to reconfig the card. read all the archive list, searching for Charlie Brady and SCSI. have progressed a little bit i'm typing the following... modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7,1,1 and the tape drive

Re: [SLUG] recognising a scsi card

2000-06-02 Thread Ben Donohue
Chris MacKenzie wrote:Ok, since the module loads and your tape drive reacts, what do you have in /proc ? Hi slugs, here's what i have in /proc. [root@joe /proc]# pwd /proc [root@joe /proc]# cd scsi [root@joe scsi]# ls -la total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root0 Jun 3 12:36 ./

Re: [SLUG] recognising a scsi card SUCCESS!

2000-06-02 Thread Ben Donohue
THANK-YOU yes it works! thanks a million. no errors, tape activity etc. now i'll have to try a backup/restore for a real test and try to do some automation. thanks again to Chris and all who helped. Chris MacKenzie wrote: try using the mt to get some info from the drive mt -f /dev/st0

Re: [SLUG] Life is a 'where is it'

2000-06-01 Thread Ben Donohue
Carlo Nizeti wrote: Symantec now have GHOST for netware. I also hear that a Linux version is on the way. Can anyone bring some light to this? the ghost for netware will replicate one complete netware server to another, dos partition and all. ghost version 5 will already clone a linux

Re: [SLUG] recognising a scsi card

2000-06-01 Thread Ben Donohue
hi slugs, thanks for all the replies, still trying to get this tape drive running. i've discovered that if i type... modprobe aha152x,io=0x340h or modprobe aha152x,io=0x340h,irq=11 there are no complaints. seems like the comma does the trick and the command prompt comes back. i still don't know

[SLUG] lost link between /boot and /

2000-05-29 Thread Ben Donohue
hi slugs, i'm mucking around with converting from NT to linux desktop. i've been mucking around with partitions. i don't know the technical terms for the following but here goes... i've got two partitions for linux. a /boot and another partition called / for everything else. there are a few

[SLUG] hard disk recovery

2000-05-25 Thread Ben Donohue
hi slugs, to those who might be interested in a recent post about data recovery from a hard disk, i replied that i knew of a hard disk sent out to get it's deleted/missing data back. this wasn't a hard disk crash mind you. just lost files on the hard disk. a data recovery specialist engaged to

Re: [SLUG] .exe download

2000-05-19 Thread Ben Donohue
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[SLUG] newsgroups firewall port

2000-05-15 Thread Ben Donohue
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[SLUG] coyote linux

2000-05-15 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] web Shopping cart software

2000-05-10 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] SLUGgers response to RMS on Slashdot?

2000-05-02 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] dialin products

2000-04-28 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] BIOS trap for Compaq Deskpro 2000

2000-04-27 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] OT - Help with Osborne 486

2000-04-21 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] Now OT - Warning - AMP snail spam

2000-04-20 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] Linux In Schools

2000-04-20 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] Network Errors

2000-04-20 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] e-commerce software

2000-04-20 Thread Ben Donohue
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[SLUG] vi howto

2000-03-08 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] Data backup horror stories -was stolen compter article

2000-03-06 Thread Ben Donohue
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[SLUG] RE: what is a multi cast whatever.

2000-03-01 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software

2000-02-29 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] Unix/Samba Printing

2000-02-25 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] 486 sans dial-up? No Slashdot for you... Come back, one year!

2000-02-10 Thread Ben Donohue
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Re: [SLUG] PPP0 Autodial

2000-02-09 Thread Ben Donohue
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