Linux-Misc Digest #735, Volume #18 Sat, 23 Jan 99 14:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux (Ilya Zakharevich)
Re: Linux or FreeBSD? (Stephen Montgomery-Smith)
Re: kppp, Tango 2000 externer ISDN-Adapter und SuSE 6 ("Michael Gruner")
Re: Zip disk (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
lilo.conf probs (jack wallen)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (E. Frank Ball)
Using Internal PCI Modem ("Robin Aly")
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Charles H. Chapman)
Re: Is Redhat 5.2 Stable? (Bob Tennent)
Re: Linux printing problem (David Efflandt)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Erik Naggum)
Re: pax archiver (John Hasler)
need help with /etc/gettydefs format (eli)
Re: Zip disk ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Zip disk (Rod Smith)
Re: iso9660 not supported by kernel? (Saqr)
Re: What time is it? (Rolf Skowronek)
Re: Linux defrag? (Michael Kelly)
Re: How I would like to mangle my filesystem... (Gary Momarison)
Re: Basic Home Network Guidance - Please (Byron A Jeff)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ilya Zakharevich)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.lang.perl.misc
Subject: Re: Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux
Date: 23 Jan 1999 16:13:01 GMT
[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Brian McCauley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>],
who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > But my understanding is that this will happens only on very old
> > systems which do not have secure suid scripts. How did suidperl
> > appear on a contemporary clone of Unix?
>
> This is rather like saying:
>
> My understanding is that your gods are only worshiped very old
> cultures that do not know the one true God. How did a church to your
> gods appear in a contemporary society?
This one is good. Though...:
> It is an matter of opinion (or perhaps even religion) if the
> user-space hack (a suid-interpreter) for supporting secure suid
> scripts is considered more or less ugly than the kernel-space hack
> (using /dev/fd).
>
> Personally I think the kernel space hack is (slightly) more ugly.
>
> It is also beyond reasonable doubt that the user-space hack is more
> intuative.
I see: just fix *all* the executables instead of fixing one place.
Then fix *all* the executable *again* when a security hole with the
previous fix (as one with perl) is discovered.
> It would appear that Linus agrees with me.
Oh, I forgot that that Linux kernel development model is as (insert
your favorite word for fascistic) as Emacs :-(. Fortunately, Perl's
maintainers rotate (plus there is always The Rule One - Larry's
opinion counts), so in a couple of years a reasonable idea _will_ make
it into Perl - even if the current maintainer has a mindblock.
Ilya
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From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:04:57 -0600
steve mcadams wrote:
>
> [Snipped for brevity, quoted material marked with ">"]
> On 22 Jan 1999 06:53:08 GMT, "Benny K.Y. Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >1. Stability, stability, stability
> >2. Java support
> >3. Support my SoundBlaster AWE 64
> >4. Able to view VCD
> >5. Simpler setup & management
>
> Based solely on your requirements, I'd recommend Windows NT
> Workstation. (Gasp! Tar and feather the heretic!).
>
Except that it does not meet requirement 1. Well, just my personal
experience. I don't use Windows NT much, but a friend at work
uses it, and it gives him a lot of trouble. So much so that
our system administrator refuses to install NT on any more
computers. (Now we are using FreeBSD.)
--
Stephen Montgomery-Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
307 Math Science Building [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Mathematics [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
USA
Phone (573) 882 4540
Fax (573) 882 1869
http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen
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From: "Michael Gruner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.Linux.hardware,de.alt.comm.isdn4linux,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.misc,de.comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,fido.ger.linux
Subject: Re: kppp, Tango 2000 externer ISDN-Adapter und SuSE 6
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:43:36 +0100
Hallo,
bei mir klappts nach der gleichen Meldung, die Du bekommst.
Ich kann nur vermuten, da� Dein Login-Skript (*.chat etc.) nicht richtig mit
dem Provider kommuniziert.
Nachschauen kannst Du das, indem Du 'tail -f /var/log/messages' in einem
anderen Fenster aufrufst und dann noch einmal w�hlst. Am besten mit debug
on. Bsp.: ppp-up 1und1 debug, f�r 1und1-Verbindung.
Tschau
Michael
Medicus schrieb in Nachricht <787hpl$o2v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hallo,
>
>wenn ich mein Tango 2000 unter Linux betreiben m�chte, so spreche ich es
wie
>ein normales Modem �ber AT-Befehle an.
>Ich setze unter KDE das Progi kppp ein.
>Folgende Meldungen kommen dabei beim Einw�hlen:
>
>ATZ
>OK
>ATDT xxxxxxxxx
>CONNECT 64000/ISDN/HDLCP
>
>dann nach einer Weile:
>
>"MELDE AM NETZWERK AN..."
>
>und nach ca. 15 sec.
>
>"The pppd daemon died unexpectedly!"
>
>Die Benutzerrechte sind auf root eingestellt! Und ich w�hle mich als root
>ein. Dennoch klappt es nicht!
>Wenn jemand auch mit einem externen ISDN-Adapter sich ins Internet
einw�hlt,
>so w�re ich �ber Hilfe sehr dankbar.
>
>MfG Medicus
>
>
>
>
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip disk
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:49:30 -0600
Mark Robinson wrote:
>
> Which Zip Disk interface should I get IDE,paralell(sp?) or SCSI? Which
> will work with Linux?
The SCSI is faster and more expensive. If you don't already have a SCSI
card that could cost you more than $60, even for a cheap NRC53c810 card
from SW.COM, (I'm not sure that card would work for a SCSI Zipdrv
interface) otherwise figure three times that cost. Then, there is the
matter of the SCSI cable and terminator: about $40 each. So, a minimum
of $150 plus the cost of the ZIP drive to go SCSI.
The Parallel is cheaper and slower. It requires a bi-directional
parallel card and cannot be daisy-chained with a bi-directional printer
like the BCJ-620, for example. Best setup is to get a cheap
bi-directional card ($30) and install it as lp1 (lp0 is port 1 on most
systems) using a parallel printer cable ($6). Use the ppa module and
add a line in your LILO boot loader to set the second port. The
Zip-Mini-howto explains it all.
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From: jack wallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lilo.conf probs
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:48:26 -0500
hi all...i'm trying to rewrite my lilo.conf file so that it'll make
win95 think it's on the primary drive. i'm running red hat 5.2 which is
on a drive by itself (hda1) and winblows is on a drive as well (hdb).
here's my file:
boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 50
prompt
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label = linux
root = /dev/hda1
other=/dev/hdb
label=dos
loader=/boot/chain.b
map-drive=0x82
to=0x80
map-drive=0x80
to=0x82
right now when i boot and i type 'dos' i get 'error opening operating
system'. when i type linux...it boots linux just fine (hooray us!).
i really would rather get this running than redo everything cause i've
put a lot of time into configging afterstep and such. if anyone can
offer any help i'd certainly appreciate it!
you can e-mail me direct at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks a billion
--
jack wallen,jr ICQ:20503940 \||/ RedHat 5.2 w/afterstep
do or do not....there is no try! 00 -when bill gates passes gass,
> best watch where the Winblows!
yoda never tried LINUX! -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E. Frank Ball)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 21 Jan 1999 00:37:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 19 Jan 1999 20:43:22 +0800 Ilya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
} In comp.editors David A. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
} > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 06:27:00 GMT, Joseph H Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
} > speaketh saying:
} > >In article <36a42292.0@calwebnnrp>, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
} > >>I am interested in a "soft-touch" keyboard for a Linux workstation that has
} > >>one Control key on the home row - by the "A" key or "Caps lock" key, instead
} > >>of 2 Control keys on the bottom like on Windows keyboards. I would like to
} > >>hear someone recommend a keyboard with these specifications.
} > >
} > >Remap the caps-lock key into the Ctrl key. Take a look at 'loadmap' and
} > >/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/emacs.map
} > As well as modmap for X11.
} I truly appreciate your suggestions, but I'd rather get a real workstation
} keyboard like the ones that Sun, HP, DEC and the rest of them sell, and not
} mess with re-mapping.
I've been using the HP keyboards for years, and I really like them, but
even HP is moving away from them. All the new computers come with
standard PC layout keyboards. I use xmodmap and move the control key to
the caps lock, the escape key to the control key, and the caps lock to
the escape key (I'm a vi user, so I need my handy esc key.)
--
Frank Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Robin Aly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using Internal PCI Modem
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:00:16 -0000
Hello,
I'm SuSE 6.0. I bought a new Aztech 56K Modem (PCI, Internal)
I tried setserial with the irq of the pci-slot, but didn't work. Can anybody
help me ?
Bye
Robin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles H. Chapman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 23 Jan 1999 16:00:22 GMT
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:43:01 +0000, mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>pdohert wrote:
>
>I don't think the average american is any different than the average of
>any other country. Perhaps, 35 years old is a bit young to be cynical,
>but, I have seen some god damned stupid people. Let me also say,
>stupidity does not discriminate. It hits all sex, race, creed, color,
>and nationality. If there is one thing that is guaranteed in life is
>dealing with stupid people. (Funny how the worst ones end up in the US
>congress or as school teachers. Would you believe my son's 2nd grade
>teacher actually told him he was safe in a car during a thunder storm
>because of the rubber tires! He tried to correct her, but she said she
>"was the teacher!")
*chuckles* Well, it just goes to show that one person's "stupid" is
another person's "well-informed". No less authorities than the
National Weather Service:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/trwbro.htm
and the American Red Cross:
http://www.crossnet.org/disaster/safety/thunder.html
say that cars ARE safe places to seek protection from lightning during
a thunderstorm. Protection against floods or a tornado are another
story though.
Chuck
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Is Redhat 5.2 Stable?
Date: 23 Jan 1999 17:10:53 GMT
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 07:54:36 GMT, Melvin Toy wrote:
>
>I have had major problems installing RedHat5.2 on to my systems which
>works perfectly fine under RedHat5.0. After I choose the type of
>monitor I have, 5.2 has to blink a few times. On the 2nd blink I get
>vertical white stripes and a black background and my system hangs.
>
This happened to me when I did an upgrade from 5.1. It seems there
was a problem with the FontPath. I'm not sure what I did to fix
it (in /etc/X11/XF86Config); I think I just removed duplicate
entries and commented out a tcp/localhost:7100 line. Anyway,
it worked fine after that.
I suggest you start X manually and look at the error messages.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Linux printing problem
Date: 23 Jan 1999 17:46:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:50:29 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi everybody, i have a small problem with a laserjet 5 and linux. bsd-lpr is
>installed as printing system, as well as the apsfilter. the system was up
>and running for about two years until it was moved to a new server case a
>few days ago. and guess what? the printer doesn't work anymore. i checked
>the hardware connections, printer connection etc, everything ok. the lpr
>software is also running, when starting a print job, it is queued (as
>usual), can be viewed in the queue, removed and everything. lpq reports a
>"lp is ready and printing", but the printer doesn't do anything. it
>sometimes shows a "receiving data" on the display, sometimes not but doesn't
>print.
>
> and yes, the printer is connected to the right p.port (LPT1, /dev/lp1)
>
> any suggestions?
Maybe the printer port is different on the new MB, (LPT1 is not
necessarily /dev/lp1). Have you tried printing to /dev/lp0?
My NEC uses non-standard IRQ 5 for LPT1. Although, that does not affect
lp, it does affect plip which requires option settings to get it right.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.xnet.com/~efflandt/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 18:40:40 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> sheesh. people who want sentence-initial capitals are so _irrational_.
I'm amazed at all this fuzz about practically nothing. I bet there
are cultures out there which are *very* different from the Western
culture, and it would be interesting to study them, yet people get all
excited about such a little matter such as capital letters.
I prefer sentence-initial capitals because I'm more used to them, but
that doesn't mean I want to flame Erik for not using them. And
seriously, folks, if Erik's messages are hard to read it's because
he's got a pretty good command of the English language and uses it,
too, so sometimes sentences get to be a bit long which might be hard
to follow at times :-)
Btw, I've got the cheapest keyboard I could find because I think it's
the best keyboard I could find. I don't usually bother looking at the
little black itchings on the keytops, so I don't really notice that my
Ctrl key has `Caps Lock' written on it. The keyboard has got a nice
large Backspace key, too, only the Esc key is a bit far away. It's a
no-name Yakuma keyboard and it cost me about 13 Euros (which is USD 14
or so). Keys offer little resistance, too. But my Sun type 5 kbd is
still better.
kai
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 18:48:32 +0100
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Me, I'm glad for the present practice of capitalizing words that begin
> sentences, though yes, you are right -- it probably would be easier to
> read if all Nouns were capitalized. (But, would German be easier to
> read if the sentences were subject-verb-object instead of
> subject-object-verb? )
What I find peculiar about the English language is that one doesn't
seem to use commas anywhere except very near the beginning or end of a
sentence, like this. Sometimes it takes me quite a while to dissect a
sentence because, as a German, I'm used to commas setting off a
sub-sentence (dunno the right term).
I think that German is easier to read when the author uses some
variation in the sentence structure. As in English, you can vary
sentence structure quite a bit in German.
`I gave him a book' can be written several ways:
- Ich gab ihm ein Buch.
- Ein Buch gab ich ihm.
- Ihm gab ich ein Buch.
Same as in English:
- I gave him a book.
- A book was what I gave him. (You don't really have this order in
English...)
- Him, I gave a book.
Difference is emphasis. Or: Emphasis is where the difference is...
kai
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From: Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 17:59:06 +0000
* Michael Carley<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| It seems, psychologically, that well-differentiated characters are useful
| to aid the reader which is why I favour capitals at the start of a
| sentence---they mark points in the structure clearly and visually.
it seems at least equally, if not more, valid to argue that the words
that start a sentence are _needlessly_ differentiated form the other
words in the sentence and violate the "word picture" model. if "it" and
"It" are different word pictures (and they are), there is undoubtedly a
loss of recognition at the start of a sentence.
BTW, Josef Albers' points about sans-serif are valid for print quality,
only. the "fashionable preference for sans-serif" probably comes from
the fact that they _are_ more legible on low-resolution media, like most
computer displays. furthermore, sans-serif fonts have been used in what
is called "display text" for many years, i.e., headers, titles, etc,
because serifs are _not_ to be scaled with the rest of the character, and
a 72-point serif'ed letter is probably better of in sans-serif because
the serifs get in the way and works against the purpose that the serif
has in sizes from 8 to 12 points.
it's important to listen to experts, but even more important to know
enough about their field of expertise to know when _not_ apply what they
have said uncritically. this is all too frequent among non-typographers,
as if typography wasn't a real field of expertise. incidentally, this is
somewhat like computers, where everybody thinks they are entitled to an
opinion. this is simply not so.
#:Erik
--
SIGTHTBABW: a signal sent from Unix to its programmers at random
intervals to make them remember that There Has To Be A Better Way.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pax archiver
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:46:27 GMT
John McKown writes:
> I've seen a "new" archive format called "pax". From what I've read, it is
> the "correct" one to use to be POSIX compliant. Anyway, has anyone seen a
> Linux version?
It isn't particularly new. It's in Debian 2.0:
Package: pax
Version: 1:1.5-2
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: David Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Depends: libc6
Architecture: i386
Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/utils/pax_1.5-2.deb
Size: 48104
MD5sum: 935909564e1591b288790a6dee55424a
Description: Portable Archive Interchange
Pax is an archiving utility that reads and writes tar and cpio formats,
both the traditional ones and the extended formats specified in IEEE 1003.1.
It handles multi-volume archives and automatically determines the format
of an archive while reading it. Three user interfaces are
supported: tar, cpio, and pax. The pax interface was designed by IEEE
1003.2 as a compromise in the chronic controversy over which of tar or
cpio is best.
.
This is the free OpenBSD's version written by Keith Muller.
installed-size: 100
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John Hasler This posting is in the public domain.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will.
Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind.
Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (eli)
Subject: need help with /etc/gettydefs format
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 17:33:27 GMT
Hi, I've found the man pages to be a little cryptic and i still have
no clue how to use /etc/gettydefs with mgetty. (I wrote earlier that
i was having trouble with my dial-in line (it seems to only give the
login prompt every second call)... no one responded :( so i'm just
going to try to use mgetty instead of agetty (which is what I'm using
now).
CAn anyone help? Could you please crosspost it your responce to me
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) since any help i can get is REALLY important and i
don't want to risk missing it (having the dedicated phone line sitting
there with no one calling in is starting to be a waste of money).
If you have any other tips on setting up a linux bbs and want to
help, please drop me a line as well (or if you have unlimited long
distance., just call my bbs itself (902) 542-1240 and login as guest
with a password of guest.
thanks.
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip disk
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:44:04 -0600
Mark Robinson wrote:
> Which Zip Disk interface should I get IDE,paralell(sp?) or SCSI? Which
> will work with Linux?
All three will work. I had two of them on my system until one started
eating disks, and I found that the IDE was faster than the SCSI, but
perhaps only because I was using the cheap-o Zip Zoom SCSI card. Another
post has already discussed the expense of going first-class SCSI.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Zip disk
Date: 23 Jan 1999 18:46:26 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mark Robinson wrote:
>>
>> Which Zip Disk interface should I get IDE,paralell(sp?) or SCSI? Which
>> will work with Linux?
>
> The SCSI is faster and more expensive. If you don't already have a SCSI
> card that could cost you more than $60, even for a cheap NRC53c810 card
> from SW.COM, (I'm not sure that card would work for a SCSI Zipdrv
> interface)
It should. I've certainly used SCSI Zip drives with Symbios 53c8xx host
adapters, including a J-Bond 53c810 model from Promo-X
(http://www.promox.com) for $50. These drives will also work with
el-cheapo ISA host adapters, and they aren't fast enough to strain them
much, though they're not likely to be much less expensive than a 53c810
board, and a 53c810 board is more capable, so I'd reccommend going with
that.
> Then, there is the
> matter of the SCSI cable and terminator: about $40 each. So, a minimum
> of $150 plus the cost of the ZIP drive to go SCSI.
The external Zip drive comes with a cable and has integrated termination.
The cable, unfortunately, has a 25-pin connector, so you'll need an
adapter. These typically cost about $20 or $30, if memory serves.
Alternatively, a new cable with appropriate connectors would do, for about
the same cost. Total price is $80 or so above the drive itself.
I don't recall what's included with internal SCSI drives, but they've
probably got built-in termination. Most SCSI host adapters do come with
an internal cable, so there'd be no extra cost for that (though I can't
make guarantees; different manufacturers do different things). So the
total cost is likely to be only $50 above that of the drive.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the digit and following word from my address to mail me
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From: Saqr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,alt.linux
Subject: Re: iso9660 not supported by kernel?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:35:27 -0800
try :
# mount /mnt/cdrom
hope it works ??
"Dr.Mistery" wrote:
> Robert Ennals wrote:
>
> > "Patrick G. Heck" wrote:
> > >
> > > I installed RH 5.1 from CDROM, but now I can't seem to mount the cdrom.
> > > I get an erorr telling me that iso9660 is not supported by the kernel.
> > > If that is not true, then how the heck did it install? This is an
> > > installation from the boxed distribution on an IBM Aptiva E2U (AMD K6-2
> > > 333 Mhz) and I am using loadlin to boot from a win98 config.sys menu.
> >
> > Sounds like when you installed RedHat, you didn't tell it to include
> > iso9660 support in the installed kernel, either as a module or compiled
> > in.
> >
> > If you are lucky, it will have given you the compiled module and you
> > will be able to insmod it. Look for a suitably titled file in
> > /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/.
> >
> > DISCLAIMER: I do not use RedHat. I use a highly customised debian
> > installation, so anything I say may be wrong.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Robert Ennals / Cambridge University / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / ennals.acm.org
> > http://www.thor.cam.ac.uk/~rje33/
>
> It happened the same to me. If you install the boot loader instead of
> booting from a floppy it will work
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From: Rolf Skowronek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What time is it?
Date: 18 Jan 1999 08:09:47 GMT
Jim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am stumped, running RH5.2, upgraded from RH5.1, the time is wrong. I
: can reset the time fine, then when I reboot, changes didn't take effect.
: Any help would be appreciated. (last time I booted into win98, time
: was ok.) Oh, fujitsu Lifebook if that matters. Thanks all.
perhaps you missed 'clock -w' to write the system time to your cmos clock ?
Rolf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Kelly)
Subject: Re: Linux defrag?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:47:11 -0500
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:06:09 -0600, Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Markus Redeker wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Ruediger) writes:
>>
>> >Why do you want to defrag your linux partition? I think, it makes only
>> >sense, if you're having an FATish filesystem. Ext2 is "selfdefragmenting"
>>
>> How does it do that?
It doesn't. It *resists* fragmentation by the way it stores data on the disk but
after a while you definitely see improvement from running defrag. When my
ext2 partitions starting reporting 8% and higher fragmentation in fsck I got
defrag and after running it fsck typically reports less than 1% fragmentation.
Worth doing, esp. since it's free. :)
>>
>
>Use the Source, Markus
Mike
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- Jack Kerouac
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How I would like to mangle my filesystem...
Date: 23 Jan 1999 10:59:02 -0800
Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Forgive the length of this post...
>
> I currently have / on /dev/hdb1.
>
> What I would like to do is use the "ex's" M$ hard drive which is
> /dev/hda1
Glad to hear a non-dual-boot question. M$'s power will never
diminish significantly if everyone keeps supporting them and
their partners.
> What I want to do is the following:
>
> 1. use fdisk and erradicate the remains of M$ from my machine and make a
> ext2 and a 32M swap space partition.
Consider making the swap part big enough to take a small Linux install
in case your rescue floppy doesn't have the tools you need. 32 would
probably do it for slackware; RedHat needs more (64-96?).
>
> 2. run lilo to revamp the MBR.
>
> 3. move "mv" /usr to the ext2 partion to /dev/hda1
Use "cp -ax src-part-dir dst-dir" to do the copy. "/usr" is a
tricky one because it contains libraries which might be in use.
I've forgotten the details of the clever way to handle it. The
obvious way is to reboot to a rescue floppy after the copy (and
after "4") and use "rm -r" on the old /usr and remake an empty
/usr mount point for your new partition.
>
> 4. fix my fstab to reflect the above changes.
>
> 5. umount and remount and swapon the above.
Why "swapon". Having the swap partition in /etc/fstab takes care
of that automatically (as long as "mount -a" is in a boot script
as it probably already is).
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Basic Home Network Guidance - Please
Date: 23 Jan 1999 13:51:33 -0500
In article <f7nq2.204$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Francis <david@no-spam,dcf.net> wrote:
-Hello:
-
-I have just torn down a dedicated PPP internet connection with a block of
-assigned IP addresses and moved the server to my office. Now, back at the
-homefront, I have set up a brand-new RedHat 5.2 LINUX system...
-
-My only Internet access now is a dynamicaly assigned IP address through a
-dial-up connection. I want to set-up my LINUX box to dial-out on demand from my
-Win9* boxes on the home LAN.
-
-LINUX Box= 192.168.0.1
-Win9* Box= 192.168.0.2
-
-I don't need to be "spoon fed" the steps. I'd just like to get others input on
-how they handle this routing scenario, security considerations, various
-options, etc...
Isn't too hard. Configure the Linux box to have dial on demand PPP. the 2.3.5
PPP version does this. Then set up the box to masqerade throught the PPP link.
This will change the outgoing addresses to the PPP IP.
Securitywise there isn't much to worry about beyond the standard stuff, like
checking the RH secuity pages and turning off any non-essential servies on the
Linux box.
Thanks about it. Hope this helps. There are PPP and Masquerading HOWTOs in
the standard places like http://www.linux.org.
BAJ
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