Linux-Misc Digest #512, Volume #18 Fri, 8 Jan 99 08:13:22 EST
Contents:
Setting up Linux on a Compaq Proliant 2500 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Personal SQL Database (David M. Cook)
Re: APM causes system clock to "sleep"? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux on Netfinity with IBM ServRAID II SCSI-adapter (Miguel De Buf)
Re: need better info on settting up SAMBA (Bob Hauck)
(((((((NEED REDHAT5.2)))))))) ("Jani")
need redhat5.2 ("Jani")
Re: ttyS2 -or- cua2....what's the difference??? (William Burrow)
Re: PPP/Online with Cwix.com ISP ("Daniel P. Fraga")
Leafnode - few articles (Pietro Montelatici)
Re: Book recommendation *please* (Mike Werner)
Re: SuSE 5.3 and printing (John Meissen)
Re: [Q] Corel WordPerfect 8.0 ... Any experiences? (Irina Rempt)
Re: Newbie Idiocy (Irina Rempt)
Re: Diamond Viper 330 (Patrik Israelsson)
Emacs Questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: disk quotas in RH 5.1 (Patrik Israelsson)
Re: How do i configure named properly? (mist)
AutoCad ?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Personal SQL Database (YoYo)
Re: YAMAHA 4260TI does this work well in this OS??? /\/\ No REPLYS this unit must
suck ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Printers for OS/2 and Linux ("D.J. van Enckevort")
Re: Where can I find these programs?... (Brian Howe)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Steuber)
Re: AutoCad ?? (Stuart Miles)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David Kastrup)
Re: built kernel ("Christian Hansen")
RAWRITE reversed ("Christian Hansen")
Low level partition table specs - where? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (RCW)
Re: AutoCad ?? (Yan Seiner)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Setting up Linux on a Compaq Proliant 2500
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 08:57:37 GMT
I'm trying to set up Linux on a Compaq Proliant 2500, but I have insufficient
information about the hardware to do it. The system has two SCSI-controllers
(one onboard, one PCI SMART-2/P) and an onboard network adapter. I'm not sure
which drivers I should be using in the kernel to have support for the devices
present. The onboard SCSI-controller is an NCR-53c875-0 (no problem with that
one), but I don't know which driver to use for the second controller (for the
harddisk). Second, the network adapter. I was told it could be a SMC 810, but
under Linux I can't find a driver for that one. If someone could help me out,
I would be very gratefull.
Thanks!
Arjan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Personal SQL Database
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 18:54:53 GMT
On 7 Jan 1999 17:57:14 GMT, Guy Delamarter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Really what I want is a program like GDBM, but which has SQL
>capability and can easily be used with Java.
Postgresql comes with most Linux distributions now and it is not too onerous
for users to set up for their own use. There are JDBC drivers for it.
You might also look at xbase. It's nowhere near as flexible as an SQL
server, but it's embedable. Other than that, I don't know of any free Linux
software covering the area between dbm and SQL servers, with the exception
of /rdb type systems. There are a couple of inexpensive commercial ISAM
type databases, though.
I'm using Gadfly for a similar project, but it only works with Python.
See http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/rdbms.html
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: APM causes system clock to "sleep"?
Date: 6 Jan 1999 22:15:47 -0500
Andy Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I've just noticed that when I'm away from my machine, and the
: BIOS APM features activate (e.g. hard disk spindown, monitor
: power saving), the system clock 'stops'. Yesterday I noticed that
: I seemed to 'lose' 15 minutes, and today I've been away for a few
: hours and the time is currently showing as three hours behind.
This problem is caused by the cpu speed throttling that APM BIOs uses
to lower the power consumption of the CPU. After a certain period
of inactivity the BIOs will make the CPU operate at a lower clock
frequency, or halt it's operation altogether. This greatly affects
the system clock since it counts clock cycles to determine elaspsed
time.
Unlike Win95/DOS, Linux uses the HLT instruction during idle loops
to reduce cpu power consumption, so speed throttling won't reduce
power consumption by much.
You can fix this problem by recompiling your kernel with APM mode
enabled, or you can simply disable CPU speed throttling in your
CMOS setup.
While you are at it, you might want to disable the hard disc
spindown too. The most wear on hard drives occurs during spin
up and spin down.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Miguel De Buf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Linux on Netfinity with IBM ServRAID II SCSI-adapter
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 10:14:43 +0100
Hi folks,
I'm stuck with a Netfinity 5500, and I would like to install RH5.2 on
it. But there is no SCSI-driver recognizing the IBM ServRAID II adapter
?
Anyone experience with this, any help is very appreciated,
Thx,
Miguel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: need better info on settting up SAMBA
Date: 7 Jan 1999 18:50:48 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey Greer) writes:
> I have the network card recognized and set to eth0, ip address
> 223.223.223.1. The nt box is set to ip 223.223.223.0.
Bad idea. Try 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 and use 255.255.255.0
netmask on both.
The .0 address is reserved to represent the whole network, you
should not use it for a host. And the 192.168.x.y addresses are
reserved for private networks like yours so you don't need to
worry about a conflict if you hook up to the internet.
> Do I need to run ypserv for dns, what about ypbind?
No, you don't need either. Get everything to work with ip
addresses (e.g ping 192.168.1.1) before worrying about dns or
samba.
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From: "Jani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (((((((NEED REDHAT5.2))))))))
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 14:56:40 -0400
I need Redhat 5.2 .....on a fast server...please
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From: "Jani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need redhat5.2
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 14:44:59 -0400
Does someone know where I could find Redhat5.2 on a fast server?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: ttyS2 -or- cua2....what's the difference???
Date: 7 Jan 1999 18:43:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 06 Jan 1999 08:27:09 -0800,
Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think it had something to do with being able to "lock" the
>incomming and outgoing ports separately. Two schemes for this
>developed. Probably the two-name way was better in some ways,
>but to many people where confused by it, and the battle was
>won by the one-name crowd. It mostly affects the programmers.
The cuax ports offer kernel locking when the corresponding ttySx port
is used. Originally, this was for getty and modem dialout programs to share
the same port. Programs such as mgetty OTOH do not use this scheme.
It is now recommended to use the ttySx devices where possible.
>I wonder if your "problem" would be solved by pointing /dev/modem
>to the other port. Some software creates lock files based on
>/dev/modem and some on /dev/cua* and if you don't configure things
>right, the SW can't figure out what you want.
My advice, dump /dev/modem. Use only the exact port name you are using.
Standardize on the device typ you are using (eg ttySx).
>--
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Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: "Daniel P. Fraga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: PPP/Online with Cwix.com ISP
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 16:28:52 -0200
Draco wrote:
> do probably most ISPs. When I try to connect through EzPPP in Linux, I
> can't get on. It never asks for a password or login name. I have tried
> using the terminal window and it still will not ask for that info. I was
> wondering if anyone knows anything I should do, or should I just get a
> new ISP??
Maybe your ISP uses PAP or CHAP authentication. Please check my
page and see if it helps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pietro Montelatici)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Leafnode - few articles
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:02:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've just installed Leafnode. I configured it with no limits set (no maxfetch,
no maxcrosspost, no maxage) apart for initialfetch = 100.
I run fetch -f, everything fine. I run fetch -vv, ok. I run fetch -vv again
after 24h and it downloaded only few articles from all the subscribed groups.
Too few.
To check if it was a problem of the newsserver where I get the news from, I got
the new articles with Agent too (directly from the server) at the same time. The
result is that Agent at the second download got many articles, as always, but
fetch got only a few.
It looks like as Fetch and Agent (and probably other news reader clients) decide
which articles to download with different algorithms. The problem looks to stay
in Fetch's one.
Does anyone know something more about this and can explain me the situation?
Maybe I have to set something...
P.S. I configured Fetch to download news from more than one news server with
"supplement" but it downloads few of them from all the newsserver.
Thanks,
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From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Book recommendation *please*
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 21:04:36 -0500
If you want something that is just a basic reference, "Linux in a
Nutshell" from O'Reilly is great. It's basically just a command
reference - you need to have a basic grasp on the system to really use
the Nutshell book.
For more of a tutorial, take a look at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/install-guide/ This is Matt
Welsh's Installation and Getting Started Guide. Highly recommended
reading. I downloaded it, then printed it out for reference use. It's
gotten pretty battered, but it gets a lot of use. The other items in
the LDP directory will also be very useful.
For Linux books in general, most anything from O'Reilly would be good.
Pretty much can't go wrong with O'Reilly. And no, I don't work for
them. Just a *very* satisfied customer.
I've been told to avoid any of the Sam's and Que books - from what
little I've seen of those books they seem to follow the adage "Quantity,
not quality". I too bought Slackware Unleashed - it was about 1 1/2
years ago - and was not very impressed. I learned more by messing
around with Linux while looking through the Nutshell book and Welsh's
book.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Meissen)
Subject: Re: SuSE 5.3 and printing
Date: 7 Jan 1999 19:49:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gordon Haverland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>John Meissen wrote:
>>
>> Well, I've adapted to most of SuSE, and overall I'm pretty happy. But
>> I have one major problem left....I can't print.
>
>I too have a 5.3 install, and printing is strange. Supposedly
>"magic" print formatting is installed, but only a couple of
>formats actually seem to print. Trying to fund where in the
>spooling setup the files are getting eaten by turning on
>various debugging features hasn't been helpful either.
My problems are unrelated to formats or formatting. I like to roll my
own filters so I know exactly what's going on. The lpr spooling/filter
process seems to be working. /dev/lp1 doesn't. I can copy an otherwise
correct file to /dev/lp1 and it never successfully prints.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Irina Rempt)
Subject: Re: [Q] Corel WordPerfect 8.0 ... Any experiences?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:02:59 GMT
Mike Werner wrote:
> I've got it running under Slackware 3.4 which still uses libc5 as far as
> I can tell. Works beautifully.
Same here with Slackware 3.5. I use it for my work which means I only
have to reboot to Windows to convert everything to Word (about once a
week, that is) because my boss wants it that way. Now for a new version
of Wine that doesn't hide the buttons in the Save dialog so I can rin
Word 2 under it...
> One slight installation caveat is the
> file I downloaded was labelled GUILG00.gz when in reality it is a
> gzipped tarball. I simply renamed it to guilg00.tar.gz and proceeded as
> normal as per the instructions.
We were forewarned, thanks to this newsgroup :-)
Irina
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Irina Rempt)
Subject: Re: Newbie Idiocy
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:04:48 GMT
Christopher Mahmood wrote:
> ...and be sure not to type 'cat /dev/null > /dev/sda1'
Before I can't resist trying... what *happens* when one does that?
Irina
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From: Patrik Israelsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper 330
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 19:51:47 +0100
Sinclair Robertson wrote:
> I am a newwbie, and trying to configure my vidoe card. It is under Xfree86
> 3.3.1.
> The server I am told is SVGA, but will not work and gives error 111 when
> trying to reboot. So I changed to a VGA but the resolution has gone to pot.
> It is not fitting in to my 21' screen. I have tried to up grade to 3.3.3.
> but note that one of the file is larger than 2Mb and so can not use dos disc
> to transfer the file to my Linux box. As you have guessed trying to install
> a modem and PPP is even harder than the vidoe card, so I am stuck. ALl I
> need/want is for my resolution to be 600 x 800.
>
> I have redhat 5.0.
>
> My email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The display problem might be fixed by fiddling around with Ctrl-Alt-(+) or
Ctrl-Alt-(-). Doing this, you switch between the resolutions you've defined in
Xconfigurator or some other config tool.
/ Patrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.emacs
Subject: Emacs Questions
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 19:46:10 GMT
I have some more Emacs questions that I am hoping you guys can answer:
1) How do you use the metakey in Microsoft Hyperterminal? Right now, it is
"mapped" a the Alt key, but the alt key hits the menubar in Hyperterminal
rather than sending it out to my Linux machine
2) How do you go into "replace" mode in
Linux?
3) I am using it in C++ mode. Is there an easy way to compile your
code and run it in a sub-window without leaving Emacs?
4) Emacs has certain "menus" within it called "Buffers Files Tools Edit Search
C++ Help". How do I access menus?
Any help would be appreciated!
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From: Patrik Israelsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disk quotas in RH 5.1
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 20:15:49 +0100
Alan Needleman wrote:
> I need to implement disk quotas on a filesystem and ran edquota to set the
> quotas, but I wasn't able to find any info on what I am supposed to enter
> (no. of blocks, user id, etc.). Any leads as to where to find the info for
> disk quotas on RH 5.1 would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Alan
You should have a mini-HOWTO on enabling quotas, its location is (hopefully)
/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Quota
Otherwise you can read it from the web...eg
http://sunsite.uen.org/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Quota.html.
/ Patrik
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do i configure named properly?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 19:04:04 +0000
Reply-To: mist <{$mist$}@misthaven.demon.co.uk>
Roger@localhost.? scribed to us that -
>Now you've got me: AAPOI ?
As A Point Of Interest.
--
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Short FAQ on Demon and HTML.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AutoCad ??
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 20:11:11 GMT
My cousin has spent years learning autocad as an engineer, and he is asking me
if there is a way he can move away from Microsoft and still use his hard-won
skills. I don't know. Has AutoCad been ported to Linux, or is there one as
good or better available? Would it be a wicked learning curve to switch?
TIA for any thoughts...
Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (YoYo)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Personal SQL Database
Date: 7 Jan 1999 14:21:38 -0600
In article <772shq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Really what I want is a program like GDBM, but which has SQL
>capability and can easily be used with Java.
>
>Is there a free solution out there for this?
Take a look at MySQL and mSQL.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: YAMAHA 4260TI does this work well in this OS??? /\/\ No REPLYS this unit
must suck
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 12:06:07 GMT
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:16:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi there
>
> just wondering id this scsi cdrw works well in these operating
> systems. os2 warp / linux / win98(ugh)/?
>
> send me your comments please before i buy it.
>
> thanks
>
>
> (i probably will buy it anyway)
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From: "D.J. van Enckevort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Printers for OS/2 and Linux
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 23:53:25 +0100 (CET)
Reply-To: "D.J. van Enckevort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 22:38:32 -0600, Dave Nelson wrote:
>If color is the determining factor, then spend some big bucks for a
>Postscript color printer. A more realistic and practical solution is to get
>the HP 69x for $200 or less, and take any really serious color work to a
>print shop.
Just as a sidenote, if you plan on printing one or more page in color every
day a color laserprinter is the way to go, starting at about US$1500 and
beating every color inkjet in quality. Also laser printers are much less
sensitive for paper quality.
Yours sincerely,
David van Enckevort
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From: Brian Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Where can I find these programs?...
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 07:18:45 -0500
Jan Lundstrom wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what these programs are called and where can I find them?
> See attached picture.
>
> Jan Lundstrom
> http://195.67.108.20/user/sdujalm/lcc.nsf
>
> [Image]
They are dockable apps that can be found at freshmeat.net (archives) and at
e.themes.org too.
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Unix geek in training.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over
and over and expecting different results."
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 07 Jan 1999 22:26:29 -0500
"Netnerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> The latest consumer poll shows that 81 percent of consumers think Microsoft
-> has been good for consumers, and 52 percent think the case was brought to
-> help Microsoft's rivals.
Perhaps you could cite the poll, or are you just making this up? How
many people asked used systems other than Microsoft?
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From: Stuart Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AutoCad ??
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 10:01:32 +0000
I can't remember the full name but there's a CAD program with SUSE 5.3,
something like Bartels Auto Engineer.
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From: David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: 08 Jan 1999 13:18:21 +0100
"Netnerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The latest consumer poll shows that 81 percent of consumers think
> Microsoft has been good for consumers, and 52 percent think the case
> was brought to help Microsoft's rivals.
Microsoft is not under accusation because of being bad to customers,
but because of illegal means for fighting competition. And of course
the case was brought to help Microsoft's rivals. They are the damaged
party of the alleged business practices. Of course it helps them if
Microsoft is restricted to fighting them by legal means.
> The poll also shows that 76 percent of consumers think U.S. District
> Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson should find Microsoft not guilty of
> violating the Sherman Antitrust Act when the trial concludes
> sometime in the next two or three months.
And how many percent of those customers do you think have read the
Sherman Antitrust Act and have the legal competence to make an
educated guess about whether Microsoft might be in violation of it?
> But not to worry, there is a contingency plan in place regardless
> the DOJ trial and appeals outcome.
Sure. After all, if third parties can offer products removing the
Internet Explorer from Windows 98, certainly Microsoft can do so as
well if forced to do so. If necessary, by paying the author of the
appropriate tools a few million dollars if they are to stupid to
figure out themselves how Windows 98 works. Would be one of their
cheapest strategic acquisitions, to be sure.
Long live Microsoft.
No cussing, please.
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From: "Christian Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: built kernel
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:29:39 +0100
hl wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>HI!
>
>I need a kernel with APM support for my notebook (Slackware - it is
>working fine, but no APM). I build a kernel from my desktop (RedHat,
>/usr/src/linux) How can I config the kernel and transfer it to the
>notebook? I did try zlilo, zImage, zdisk. None works.
>
>The problem: "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01"
>
>Thanks a lot
>
Did you include Ramdisk when you built the kernel ? I've seen the same
panic in kernels without.
You could also look where the kernel wants the root by issuing: rdev zxxxx,
where zxxxx is the kernel name. I dont know the device name of your
notebooks harddisk. But let's say it ought to be /dev/hda1 and you compiled
the kernel on your desktop scsi /dev/scd1. Change with
rdev zxxxx /dev/hda1
CH
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From: "Christian Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAWRITE reversed
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:34:45 +0100
Question from a newbie:
When you make installation floppys from DOS, you usually use RAWRITE to
transfer an image file.
How do I make the reversed proces ? That is, having a Linux floppy with
some boot code at sector 0 and a number of files on it, transfering to one
single file, and filling what needed to make an 1.474.560 large image ?
Using tar or what ?
Chr. H.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Low level partition table specs - where?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:28:40 -0500
I have some strange problems with my partitions and am trying to decipher
the
bytes in the partition table to figure out what's wrong. I once came across
a
website which included the low-level layout of a partition table but darned
if I can find
it again. Can anyone direct me? Thanks.
Regards,
Charles Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: mail*delete*@ibexmfg.com (RCW)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 12:52:46 GMT
Reply-To: mail*delete*@ibexmfg.com
An old Dorothy Parker quote is appropriate. "The masses are asses".
RCW
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AutoCad ??
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 06:49:14 -0500
Autodesk has abandoned development on every platform except Win32.
Your best alternative is Microstation. They have an "academic" version of an
older release for about $200 (it's not officially supported) and they told me they
would consider an official release should there be demand for it.
Yan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My cousin has spent years learning autocad as an engineer, and he is asking me
> if there is a way he can move away from Microsoft and still use his hard-won
> skills. I don't know. Has AutoCad been ported to Linux, or is there one as
> good or better available? Would it be a wicked learning curve to switch?
>
> TIA for any thoughts...
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Trevithick
> Company:Qmail
> User:rft
>
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