On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Darryl Gibson wrote:
> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 21:33:30 -0400
> From: Darryl Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Laplink
>
> John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > Have you considered putting a lan card in each and using
> > ssh/sftp or even just plain old ftp to copy the files over?
> > What about setting up nfs and using NFS to copy 'em over
> > the network?
>
> Yes I have, in fact that is next on my to-do list. Let me bring this
> list up to speed, as to why I want to transfer files.
>
> When I set up this file system, the hard drive was in a 486/33, with
> 8megs of ram. Now its in a 586/100 with 64 megs of ram. I want to
> increase my swap partition from 32megs to at least 64megs. I have loads
> of free disk space, but I can't free it up. Unless there is a way to
> unmount the hard drive I'm using, while I'm using it!?
>
I recommend that you try to boot off a cd-rom based distro such as
demolinux, www.demolinux.org, then use that to change your root-fs, or use
a one-floppy distro to do the same.
If you just wanted to add swap, all you have to do is:
dd if=/dev/zero of=swap bs=1024 count=32k
mkswap swap
swapon swap
<edit fstab to add swap config>
> I have considered using Partition Magic on the drive, but
that raises > other issues such as:
>
> 1. My PM disk is on loan to a friend, and he has taken a unplanned
> holiday out of town.
>
I learned never to lend without serious consideration, as Shakespeare said
something like this:
"Never a borrower or lender be, as that oft raises problems"
> 2. When I installed Linux on this drive, I forget where I installed
> Lilo. From what I've read on the Newbie list, if Lilo is on the MBR, I
> can kiss it good bye by running PM. Can I tell where Lilo is by looking
> in fstab?
>
Lilo most commonly resides on the MBR, it is not a file, but rather a
special area of the hard drive. To reinstall lilo, all you have to do is
type in "lilo" as root.
> 3. I should back up my files before messing around with the hard drive
> geometry.
>
I normally don't but it is a wise idea to.
> 4. The backup method I'm used to, isn't supported in Linux, unless
> parallel port tape drives have recently been supported?
>
A lot of scsi tape drives are supported, and if your HD is not too big,
you can back up on floppy disks, or zip/jaz disks.
> > You *can* set up something similar to laplink using a
> > terminal adapter util such as minicom and setting up on
> > linux box to "answer" the phone.... however, from what I
> > recall, you'll find a 10-megabit network a LOT faster!
>
> That is an option, spare modems are readily available. And I need to
> look into Elick's suggestions also.
>
> So many options, so many decisions, isn't Linux wonderful?
>
> Darryl Gibson
> Linux Neophyte (tm)
> RLU # 182668
> This computer is 100% Microsoft FREE
>
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Regards,
Ellick Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jul 23
