Linux-Misc Digest #710, Volume #18 Thu, 21 Jan 99 06:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: Newbie: wants to run Linux (Kaustav Bhattacharya)
Re: A newbie versus "vi" (joseph_a_philbrook__iii)
memory hole problem solved (Re: linux reports seeing only 15MB of 20MB installed)
("J. Byrne")
Re: Are there any good shareware/GNU animation Packages? (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: Kernel Panic - Help! (Bill Anderson)
Re: DOSEMU and the CDROM drive (Dustin Puryear)
Re: sharing netscape 4.5 files between linux and nt4 - almost there, ("Jesus M.
Salvo Jr.")
How to fit a Hole Suse into CD's (Robert Valenti Coll)
Re: Lost with RPM and installing new applications RH Linux 5.2 (Sechylmanos)
Re: FreeBSD and Linux benchmarks (Michael Powe)
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (David Kastrup)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Christopher R. Barry)
Re: Humorous Virus Alert (Johnny 'Loopy' Ooi)
Re: A Tale of Two Installations ("Graham K. Glover")
Re: NT won't let me repartition HD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND idiot-friendly?
(Phil Stripling)
Re: sharing netscape 4.5 files between linux and nt4 - almost there, ("Jesus M.
Salvo Jr.")
IntelliMouse under RedHat ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Kaustav Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: wants to run Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:14:40 +0000
Reply-To: k, dot, bhattacharya, at, bbc, dot, co, dot, uk
boot boot boot, I must write Boot a thousand times on the black board in
one breath without stopping :-)
Oded Arbel wrote:
>
> Kaustav Bhattacharya wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking at doing the same thing as you. Here is what I've picked up
> > from helpful individuals and FAQ's so far:
> >
> > 1. You have to install the Master Book Record (MBR) on the primary boot
> > hard disk below the first 1024 cylinders
> Say that again please ? (I won't claim that I understand what you just
> said, but I have Linux running perfectly).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (joseph_a_philbrook__iii)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: A newbie versus "vi"
Date: 20 Jan 1999 18:11:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kelly and Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you very much for this valuable assistance to yet another
>Linux newbie. Do people have any recommendations about the relative
>merits of these strange-sounding editors? I have no idea which to
>choose.
>
>
> However, jed sounds good, because it sounds better than wookie. I
>mean
>
>
> wookie .bashrc
>
>
>is not nearly as light-swordish as
>
>
> jed .bashrc
No Sandy, I think you would have to rename jed to jedi to make it more
light-swordish <read that light-saberish> than wookie... <g>
Actualy though, I'm curious what menu driven editor was it that the
origianal posting of this thread refered to as vi???
I use vi on my unix account at work. and vim <vi improved> on my linux at home
and while vim seams to have many improvements over the origianal, I wouldn't
remember it for "menus" So if anybody knows what that origianal editor was,
and why anybody called it vi, I'd like to hear from you...
of course it probably only meant there were so many user scripts
calling vi that the admin of that unix thought it was easier to
alias some gui editor as vi than to explain vi to a lot of newbies
who they also didn't want to explain how to edit all those scripts
to... <just guessing...>
--- ___
<O> <-> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook
^
\___/ < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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From: "J. Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: memory hole problem solved (Re: linux reports seeing only 15MB of 20MB
installed)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:59:50 -0800
Solving the Linux does not see, detect, report all of my machine's RAM,
memory, etc. problem.
I recently posted the question why doesn't Linux see more than 15MB of RAM
in my 20MB machine. It never occurred to me that this would be such a FAQ
that a search as broad as dejanews for "memory AND linux" would yield so
many relevant hits that my question qualifies as spam.
Despite the large number of hits, the information is only found in bits and
pieces and most of the messages match the wrong solutions with the various
sources of the problems. Because of this, I am posting the following debug
decision tree for the uninitiated:
Does Linux detect the first 64MB only?
Yes: You have the 64MB wall problem. Pass the kernel mem=128M at boot up.
Substitute your amount of installed memory for 128.
No: Does Linux detect the first 16MB only?
Yes: Was your kernel inappropriately (e.g. you have a late model
machine) compiled with the "Limit memory to 16M option set?"
Yes: Recompile w/o this option
No: This needs to be set, I have a buggy 386. (Well then, 16M is all
you get.)
No: Does Linux detect the first 15MB only?
Yes: You have the "memory hole" problem. Is there a setting on the
BIOS set-up screen to turn off the memory hole?
Yes: Turn it off!
No: Will a BIOS upgrade solve this problem?
Yes: Done!
No: Patch the kernel.
I ended up having to take the final branch in the decision tree (patch the
kernel). It was educational. In fact, I still haven't gotten everything
working right, but the memory hole problem is solved.
The details on patching the kernel:
The patch is an unofficial modification by Christer Weinigel (wingel at
hog.tl.ctrl-c.liu.se). It was written for 2.0.29. Get it here:
ftp://rvs.ctrl-c.liu.se/pub/wingel/linux/memory-hole-2.0.29.diff
I ran the patch on my 2.0.36 source tree. It blew hunks (rejected a section
of code) in setup.c, but the other files were patched ok. I'm not a
professional programmer or a comp sci student, but the rejected hunk doesn't
look critical. It only applies if you tell the kernel that you've got an
Intel 82437 chip present. Don't forget to re-run 'make config' when you're
done. (It took me two days to figure this out!) On boot, pass the new
kernel your total memory and the location of the hole. E.g.: mem=20M
hole=15M,16M
I hope having all of this in one place helps eliminate some confusion among
the less experienced as to which solution applies to their particular
problem.
Now if only I could figure out how to tell Linux to look in 2.0.36-1 instead
of 2.0.36 for the modules. ... ;-)
Joe
byrne
at well dot com
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Are there any good shareware/GNU animation Packages?
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 17:43:21 +0100
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There is a software package called blender. It is a 3D animation package.
http://www.blender.nl (free for non-commercial use)
There is also a 3D animation package (I forgot the name that costs 80$) you
can find it via http://www.linux.lu
Raymond
Michael wrote:
> I want to learn about animation but I can't afford Alias Wavefront!
>
> Does anyone know if there is a shareware or better yet freeware package
> that might compete with Alias? Features if not speed.
>
> I realize that I am asking allot but in the Linux world you never know!
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic - Help!
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:03:38 -0700
David Kirkpatrick wrote:
>
> Dan,
> Are you running RH? Which version? Also, what is the exact
> text? I could not find "swapper task" or "not syncing" as
> strings
> in my RH 5.2 source but I've just setup my environment and may
> not
> have everything setup correctly yet. If you have these exact
> strings
> out of RH 5.2 then I will assume I still do not have my
> environment
> correct yet and will give it another shot.
> d
>
> Dan Warren wrote:
> >
> > Can someone tell me the severity of this message and possibly what
> > caused it:
> >
> > Kernel panic: skput:over 001a5818:110
> > In swapper task - not syncing
I saw this when trying to boot a 2.2 kernel compile dfor a PII on a
p133, not sure if it helps.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dan Warren
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DOSEMU and the CDROM drive
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:49:40 -0600
Victor Wagner wrote:
> May be you need to use DOSEMU-supplied cdrom.sys + mscdex, becouse these
> games want CD-ROM label rather than just particular file on CD.
> Read DOSEMU docs for these.
Exactly what I was looking for.
> Have you turned raw keyboard on?
Yep.
Regards, Dustin
--
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Help Crack Government Encryption: http://www.distributed.net
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sharing netscape 4.5 files between linux and nt4 - almost there,
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:50:03 +0000
I have now so far able to share the downloaded news messages between linux
and nt4. Here is what I have done:
NEWSGROUP SERVERS
My news directory is /home/john/.netscape/news/
It turns out that this directory only stores the news servers that you have
specified in Edit/Preferences/Mail&Newsgroup/Newsgroup Servers menu. The
directory above will contain the .rc files. The rc file naming convention
is .newsrc-<nntp_server> for insecure connections and
.snewsrc-<nntp_server> for secured connections.
On the other hand, the newsgroup servers that I have specified in ns4.5 nt
are stored a file named fat under the directory in
<mnt_point_to_nt>/"Program Files"/Netscape/Users/<user>/News/. The fat file
lists down the corresponding .rc file for each newsgroup server. Note that
in ns4.5 linux, the directory itself (/home/john/.netscape/news) is
analogous to the fat file in ns4.5 nt.
I did not do a directory soft link to where netscape stores the .rc files
in nt4. The reason is that ns4.5 nt assings weird names for the .rc files,
thereby not corresponding to the file naming convention that ns4.5 linux
requires. So what I did was a soft link to EACH .rc file.
DOWNLOADED NEWSGROUP MESSAGES
ns4.5 linux stored the downloaded newsgroup messages in
/home/john/.netscape/xover-cache/host-<nntp_server>/ for each news server.
(Replace host- with shost- for secure connections). I can't seem to find
out where is this setting (xover-cache) controlled.
ns4.5 nt stored the downloaded newsgroup messages in
<mnt_point_to_nt>/"Program
Files"/Netscape/Users/<user>/News/host-<nntp_server>/ for each news server.
(Again, replace host- with shost- for secure connections).
Then that's it!!!! I even can see the threads that I "Watch Thread" in
ns4.5 linux!!!
Note though, after marking at least one message as read in ns 4.5 linux, it
deleted the soft link to the .rc file and recreated the .rc file for that
specific news server where you marked the message as read. This means that
when you shift between ns linux and nt, the number of msgs read and total
will not be the synchronized, since they are keeping separate copies of the
.rc file.
As for netscape mail, I still have the problem of <folder_name>.snm showing
as a folder under Local Mail. I therefore have an Inbox and and Inbox.snm
folder appearing as separate folders.
John Salvo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I checked that some of those in this ng have done this, so here it goes:
>
> I have so far:
>
> Mounted my vfat partition with my uid/gid in /etc/fstab
>
> Changed the location of my mail and news directories to be under
> ~/.netscape/mail and ~/.netscape/news, respectively (these are specified as
> absolute paths in preferences.js. Only shortened here)
>
> Moved some of the files/directories in linux:
> cd ~/.netscape
> mv bookmarks.htm bookmarks.html.old
> mv cache cache.old
> mv cookies cookies.old
> mv mail mail.old
> mv news news.old
>
> Created links pointing to the netscape files/directories in the nt partition:
> cd ~/.netscape ln -s "/mnt/hda5/Program
> Files/Netscape/Users/john/bookmark.html" bookmarks.html ln -s
> "/mnt/hda5/Program Files/Netscape/Users/john/cookies.txt" cookies ln -s
> "/mnt/hda5/Program Files/Netscape/Users/john/Cache" cache ln -s
> "/mnt/hda5/Program Files/Netscape/Users/john/Mail" mail ln -s
> "/mnt/hda5/Program Files/Netscape/Users/john/News" news
>
> The personal bookmarks, cookies, and cache works! (Note though of the
> difference on the filenames between linux and nt, like bookmarks.html instead
> of bookmark.html and cookies.txt instead of cookies).
>
> However, for mail in the fat partition, I have files for each folder with a
> corresponding <folder_name>.snm. (e.g.: Drafts and Drafts.snm). Netscape mail
> shows the .snm files as a separate folder. Any ideas why?
>
> For nsnews, netscape seems to store the subscribed news and downloaded
> messages in ./netscape/xover-cache/ instead of ./netscape/news/. I checked in
> both preferences.js and what netscape shows me under Edit/Preferences menu, I
> still have /home/john/.netscape/news as my news directory.
>
> Any ideas? From those who have successfully done this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: Robert Valenti Coll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to fit a Hole Suse into CD's
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:18:47 +0100
I've just downloaded the hole suse distribution from one mirror, now i've 1,5Gb and i
would like to put them on CD's
any one knows if there's a good way to do it, i mean for after that use this CD's
whith Yast an so.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sechylmanos)
Subject: Re: Lost with RPM and installing new applications RH Linux 5.2
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 01:23:25 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "cd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Duhmmm questions .....
>
> How the heck do you install new applications into RH 5.2 i386
> I've got alot of great apps ( I think ) in *.rpm format , they're stored
> on the local hard drive
> But how do I install them. I must have overlooked some important steps ....
>
> thanks
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The best thing to do would be to read the RPM Man page... (man rpm @ the
console) but this will get you started...
rpm -ivh [name of rpm file] will install (technically, all you need is the
-i, the other part I just prefer because I like to see what is going
on...) a new application from an RPM.
Also, if you want to upgrade an existing RPM, try
rpm -Uvh [name of rpm file] and that will upgrade the particular package.
Again, the v and the h in the command line are optional... do what ya
like.
Once again, I must suggest that you read the man page. It will help you
understand more of what is going on and alot of other cool options that
rpm has to offer.
Hope this helps...
sechylmanos
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux benchmarks
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 21 Jan 1999 01:09:01 -0800
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>>>>> "Eugene" == Eugene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eugene> BTW, www.yahoo.com also runs on FreeBSD and so does
Eugene> www.hotmail.com There's a nice story somewhere about how
Eugene> Microsoft tried to replace FreeBSD with NT on
Eugene> Hotmail... But NT just didn't cut it.
Hmm, I think Hotmail runs on Solaris. And, I believe that not all of
Yahoo is on FreeBSD, just the search engines.
mp
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#! /usr/bin/perl # if you are [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Another Luser):
while ($line = <>){ if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/ ){ last; }
if ($line =~ m/^From: (\S+) \(([^()]*)\)/){ $from_address = $1; } }
if ($from_address =~ m/\S+NOSPAM\S+/){ $x = index($from_address, NOSPAM);
substr($from_address, $x, 6+1) = ""; printf("The real address is %s\n",
$from_address);}else { printf("No munge, just plain %s\n",$from_address);}
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Michael Powe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
Portland, Oregon USA
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From: David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.conspiracy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question.
Date: 21 Jan 1999 11:18:48 +0100
"Shane Hulbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No I guess they do not operate illegally, just immorally.
Well, then how do you explain the various court orders they have
received, for example forcing them to abandon their illegal practice
of per CPU licensing, where vendors would have to pay for a copy of
Windows per computer regardless of whether they put it on the
computer, in return for discounts?
--
David Kastrup Phone: +49-234-700-5570
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49-234-709-4209
Institut f�r Neuroinformatik, Universit�tsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher R. Barry)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:54:30 GMT
Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> Although I can't say that I agree with you:
> a) In English, so few words are capitalised at all, that it makes the
> whole thing rather pointless.
Well, here in the United States we capitalize all proper nouns for
starters, and there are a great many proper nouns....
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From: Johnny 'Loopy' Ooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.java.help
Subject: Re: Humorous Virus Alert
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 08:15:51 +0000
Kelly and Sandy wrote:
{Massive segment deleted}
> These are just a few signs of infection.
>
>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!
Hmmm..... "signs of infection?" Are you sure you haven't got this
"virus" already? ;)
Johnny
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From: "Graham K. Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Tale of Two Installations
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:28:02 -0500
I understand completely wrt RealPlayer. I *did* get it installed and
running under RHL 5.2, but it is *not* easy.
Yet, I had a different experience with installing a Diamond Viper 330
video card. Plug and play required roughly 3.5 hours to install working
software under Windows 95, not to mention the 0.5 hour to do the
hardware installation. The software installation under Red Hat Linux
5.2 and SuSE Linux 5.3 (Euro) took 30 minutes each. Not to put too fine
a point on it, plug and play sucks.
(Oh, and I returned a US Robotics/3Com/Megahertz PCMCIA Winmodem. When
a bloody modem is OS specific, the manufacturer doesn't get MY money.
The Viking PCMCIA replacement modem works just fine.)
Giftzwerg wrote:
>
> This afternoon - becoming desirous of listening to some web-radio on my
> system here at work - I wandered on over to the RealAudio site and
> grabbed their free audio player.
>
> Actually, I grabbed it twice; one version for Linux, and one for Win98,
> since this machine runs both OS's.
>
> Care to hear how long it took me to install RealPlayer in Win98?
>
> Two minutes (I got a coffee while it was installing...).
>
> Care to hear how difficult it was?
>
> I placed my mouse pointer over the setup.exe icon, and depressed the left
> button (note that since I have "view as web-page" active, I don't need to
> double-click and thus only did half as much work as I used to...).
>
> Care to hear how long it took me to install RealPlayer in Linux?
>
> I have no idea how long - since it *still* isn't working.
>
> Care to hear how difficult it was?
>
> Oh, it involved the usual brain-damaged Linux hoop-jumping;
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, *.so, links, RA*, ldconfig, grepping for permission
> issues, trips to DejaNews to find messages in bottles from other poor
> souls who had the same problem, trips to AltaVista to seek out websites
> devoted to poor souls dumb enough to think that a web browser plugin
> should install easily...
>
> ...the usual suspects that everyone silly enough to like Linux has to
> deal with every fscking time we want to install something new...
>
> <sigh>
>
> Maybe it's just me. I've only had 15 years experience with *NIX.
>
> </sigh>
>
> The Moral Of The Story:
>
> Linux is not going anywhere as a mainstream OS until the pain of
> installing new software is *always* commensurate with the benefit derived
> from that software once installed. A web-browser plugin is worth exactly
> one command and two minutes...
>
> ...just like it is in Windows.
>
> --
> Giftzwerg
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ************************************
> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome reagan and haig,
> mr. begin and friend mrs. thatcher and paisley
> mr. brezhnev and party
> the ghost of mccarthy
> and the memories of nixon
> and now adding colour a group of anonymous latin
> american meat packing glitterati
--
Graham
I can't be a Masochist; they use Windows.
http://www.erols.com/grahamkg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NT won't let me repartition HD
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:04:37 GMT
It is perfectly normal to have recycler (Recylce Bin) folders on all your
partitons if you're running with NTFS... maybe FAT, too? At any rate, these
folders are Winblows system folders, so it's a very bad idea to try and delete
or move them.
Have you checked MicroSoft's knowledge base regarding your blue screen?
If I were you, I'd get to a DOS or 9x machine and make a boot floppy (From
DOS or a 9x DOS shell, type format a: /s) Copy fdisk and format on there,
and boot your sick PC with it. Use fdisk to blow away your uneeded partitons
(I'd blow them all away if you're not worried about data loss) Create
partitions for Windoze... with the free space that's left, create an Extended
partition with no logical drives (you'll use this for Linux).
Install NT, then install Linux... you can use Linux's LILO to boot both OS's
if you want (in this case, let Linux install itself in the master boot
record). Or, you can use NT's bootloader to boot both OS's (see the NT
bootloader mini-howto at www.linux-howto.com - DO NOT let Linux install in
the MBR if you want to use this option).
I also highly recommend Partition Magic 4.0. Once you try it, you'll wonder
how you ever got anything done without it - add/delete/move/resize/convert
partitions on the fly.
Good Luck!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tom Gerrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The easiest way to get rid of an NT partition is boot to a floppy, either
> 95/98 or
> linux and run fdisk from there - that's what I always find anyway.
>
> As for your bluescreen - what STOP codes are you getting?
>
> Tom
>
> ���� wrote:
>
> > I was about to install SuSe linux 5.3 when I encountered a problem in
> > that Win NT will not allow me to repartion the HD.
> >
> > Background:
> >
> > Last week I installed a 2nd HD with the intention of a) relieving
> > congestion on my C: drive and b) installing linux.
> >
> > Upon intial installation, I successfully partioned the second drive as
> > follows:
> >
> > 4.3gig drive with one 2.14gig extended partion allocated to two logical
> > drives. D: 2gig and X: 140Mb for NT pagefile.sys. Remainder left as Free
> > Space for eventual linux install.
> >
> > After some re-thinking, I decided I wanted to redo the partitioning
> > scheme.
> >
> > First oddity encountered: I discovered that there was no pagefile.sys on
> > the X: drive.
> >
> > Second oddity, both locigal drives contained Recycle Bins which I could
> > not delete. At one point, I performed a MOVE taking them over to the C:
> > drive. They no longer appeared in the Window explorer screen. But as
> > soon as I closed the screen and re-opened it, they were there again!
> >
> > As a result, I cannot repartion to the second drive.(or do ANYTHING -- I
> > also tried reformatting them. No go!)
> >
> > Follow-up:
> > I do not know if it is related, ut along with this problem, I now cannot
> > read anything from my floppy drive A: either. When I insert a diskette,
> > the system tells me that it is an unrecognizable media. Clicking on
> > retry literally crashes the system (I mean DEAD...as in the screen goes
> > blue and fills up with Intel postmortem dump!)
> >
> > Advice and assistance DESPERATELY needed and GREATLY appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > "Mathematics is the foundation of all science and those who are
> > profficent in it become the builders of society."
> >
> > The Honorable Ellijah Mohammed
> >
> > "A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems."
> >
> > Paul Erdos
> > Mathematician
> >
> > "1) Mathematics is the language of nature.
> > 2) Everything around us can be represented and understood through
> > numbers.
> > 3) If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge.
> > 4) Therefore, there are pattterns everywhere in nature."
> >
> > The Assumptions
> > from the movie "Pi"
> >
> > "We need to protect ourselves, not with laws but with mathematics."
> >
> > Bruce Schneier
> > Author of "Applied
> > Cryptography"
>
>
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Subject: Re: This is Linux, not Windows, so why not superior flexibility AND
idiot-friendly?
From: Phil Stripling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 Jan 1999 09:56:58 -0800
Peter McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ian Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>SNIP<
> > My job involves supporting several hundred desktop users who are NOT rocket
> > scientists. Some of them need desktop shortcuts to their applications, the
> > Start menu frightens them. Some of them still insist on File Manager because
> > "Explorer is too confusing".
>
> And I bet *some* of them still haven't learned how to trim a
_Exactly_, Peter. It cannot be better put.
--
Phil Stripling | Sorry for the munged replyto
The Civilized Explorer | line, but you know what.
http://www.cieux.com/ | needs to be removed
:->
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sharing netscape 4.5 files between linux and nt4 - almost there,
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:59:54 +0000
"Jesus M. Salvo Jr." wrote:
> IDOWNLOADED NEWSGROUP MESSAGES
>
> ns4.5 linux stored the downloaded newsgroup messages in
> /home/john/.netscape/xover-cache/host-<nntp_server>/ for each news server.
> (Replace host- with shost- for secure connections). I can't seem to find
> out where is this setting (xover-cache) controlled.
>
> ns4.5 nt stored the downloaded newsgroup messages in
> <mnt_point_to_nt>/"Program
> Files"/Netscape/Users/<user>/News/host-<nntp_server>/ for each news server.
> (Again, replace host- with shost- for secure connections).
>
I forgot to mention that what I did here was:
cd ~/.netscape
mv /xover-cache xover-cache.old
ln -s "/mnt/hda5/Program Files/Netscape/Users/jmsalvo/News" xover-cache
>
> Then that's it!!!! I even can see the threads that I "Watch Thread" in
> ns4.5 linux!!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IntelliMouse under RedHat
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:34:18 GMT
I'm running linux RedHat 5.1 with an Microsoft IntelliMouse.
What does it take to get the wheel working?
I'm most interested in Netscape under XFree86, though I wouldn't mind if it
actually worked in pine/lynx.
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