Linux-Misc Digest #484, Volume #19 Tue, 16 Mar 99 23:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: GS drivers for Epson Stylus 640 - disappointing (Grant Taylor)
Re: Kernel HOWTO accuracy? ("John E. Garrott")
Pentium 4MB page size (Seth Van Oort)
Re: MCSE preparation exams (William Wueppelmann)
want to create an exec zip archive for dos ("Darren Edgerton")
want to create an exec zip archive for dos ("Darren Edgerton")
Re: Slackware on a second HDD (Greg White)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Tracy R Reed)
Re: Installing Slackware to DOS Partition (brian moore)
DAT Drive & DDS/DDS2/DDS3 ("Anthony E. Glover")
Re: thkb: How to make an .mp3 from an .wav? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Opinions Needed for New App Planning (Rod Roark)
Re: Public license question (John Hasler)
want to create an exec zip archive for dos ("Darren Edgerton")
Re: using ELM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: L I N U X + 8 0 8 8 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sharing swap partition? (Tim Williams)
signal 11 during mandrake install (Jason Rotunno)
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive ("Denton")
Re: so, how is gnome 1.0, guys? <troll> (steve mcadams)
Re: thkb: how to make an .mp3 from an .wav? (Jeff Japes)
Re: MCSE preparation exams (Michael Powe)
Re: Kernel HOWTO accuracy? (Eric)
want to create an exec zip archive for dos ("Darren Edgerton")
Re: Used WWW.DEJANEWS.COM ! ("Hoyt")
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: GS drivers for Epson Stylus 640 - disappointing
Date: 16 Mar 1999 21:20:25 -0500
Hans Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My experience with the Ghostscript drivers (described below)
> for Epson Stylus Color printers is a bit disappointing.
> Maybe my expectation (based on news postings, and pages like
> http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Epson) has
> been too high. In that case, I would encourage others to be more
> skeptical.
Well, please make a note of this on that web page, and feel free to
demote the printer to "mostly", if that's where you feel it belongs.
Needless to say, I don't have one, so I can only echo what other
people report. I have defined "perfectly" as allowing minor color
variations, but odd striated bands are probably a bit much for even my
admittedly odd definition of perfect...
> In image areas where one of the main colors (CMYK) is used only
> in moderate amounts (light colors, light grey, or mixtures),
> this color is not printed as a light cloud of dots,
> but as pattern of thin wavy lines - highly visible!
This sounds a bit like a dithering effect. Did you try working with
some of the dithering options? I think there are a choice of
dithering algorithms and other parameters. (But then I wonder why
there's dithering going on for a color printer. Maybe not.)
It should be noted that Ghostscript is rendering postscript into a
bitmap. This process is very different from printing pixel-for-pixel
from, say, Photoshop under Windows (or Gimp, for that matter).
Nevertheless Gs *should* be capable of very good output, even when
printing color bitmaps (as you are?), and deviations from that
expectation are simply bugs or unimplemented features.
> Is it just that one should not expect too much from gs drivers, and
> that most Linux users are easily satisfied when it comes to
> printing?
Most consumers in general are easily satisfied when printing; many of
these inkjets (Canons, Epsons, some HPs, and certainly Lexmarks) are
rather flimsy and cheaply made.
> Any constructive comments would be highly appreciated.
Have you contacted the uniprint driver author and/or the upp file
author? If that fails, you can contact the only other upp author I
know of, who is working on one for the Stylus 740. He may have a
useful tip; I know he is gauging his output against that of the
Windows driver. His email was DEPontius@ somewhere; check the 740
entry in the compatibility database...
Have you played with the stcolor driver too? It's entirely different,
and although I was under the impression that it printed worse than the
uniprint driver can, it might not have this particular problem, if it
works with the 640.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: "John E. Garrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel HOWTO accuracy?
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:53:48 -0800
"Walter L. Williams" wrote:
>
> Hi all
> I thinking of trying out the new kernel.
> (2.2.3)
>
> How accurate is the current kernel
> howto? The one I found on the Metalab
> (sunsite) site is dated late May 1997.
>
> Also has anyone run into problems
> while trying to update?
>
> Any input will be greatly appreciated
>
> Walt
There is a README file with each kernel that is specific to that
kernel. It is a MUST read. Doesn't hurt to read the howto also.
I've had no problems through kernel 2.0.36 (assuming I was starting
from a 2.x.x kernel in the first place.)
Good luck,
John
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From: Seth Van Oort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pentium 4MB page size
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 02:30:46 +0000
Repost from comp.os.linux.hardware since I didn't hear anything.
Has the 4 Meg page size for the pentium ever been used?
Seth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: MCSE preparation exams
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 02:31:13 GMT
In our last episode (Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:11:37 +0000),
the artist formerly known as Harry Lewis said:
>
>Is this what's known as a sweeping statement? MCSEs are just a way of
>telling employers what they're getting. Instead of Linux people wingeing
>about MCSEs, why don't they set up their own certification programmes?
>After all, certification is becoming more and more widespread in this
>indstry (and quite rightly too).
Personally, I think that's the last thing we need. If certification
becomes accepted as the measure of ability, people who already possess a
high degree of competence will be required to pay someone for the privilege
of being certified as such. At the same time, if the certification tests
aren't a true indication of understanding and ability, those who are able
to pay enough for the proper preparation courses (a la LSAT, MCAT, GRE and
MCSE) will be able to obtain certification without necessarily having real
understanding. This has the effect of upping the ante for people to have
their skills recognized, while allowing people with sufficient means to
achieve the same recognition without the skill.
A lot of people learned Linux in their spare time at home, rather than in a
formal setting. This is becoming more, not less common, especially as
things develop more and more quickly. The last thing we need is a more
formal, rigid system of qualifications evaluation that effectively says that
if you didn't pay for your education it is of no value.
BTW, I think that the basic argument against the MCSE is that it doesn't
tell an employer what they're getting because, it is argued, getting an
MCSE does not require in-depth understanding of any Microsoft product or
system. I can't comment authoritatively on this, but based on what I have
seen, read and heard, I would tend to agree with this notion. If you hire
an MCSE, you might be getting a knowledgeable person. Then again, you
might be getting someone who memorized a bunch of stuff and successfully
regurgitated it on an exam form.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: "Darren Edgerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: want to create an exec zip archive for dos
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:21:31 +1000
hi,
i need to email files to users with dos/win pc's
i want to create a selef extracting archive so that the end user only
has to run the file
that i send them in order to extract the real file.
i have found the utility 'zip' which creates a zip file compatible with
PKZIP, and there is
also a 'unzipsfx' file which can be prepended to create a sleef
extracting arch, but this
file cannot be unzipped on a dos pc.
is there a utility like zip2exe that will create a dos compatible
executable from a linux machine ?
thanks
Darren Edgerton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Darren Edgerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: want to create an exec zip archive for dos
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:21:31 +1000
hi,
i need to email files to users with dos/win pc's
i want to create a selef extracting archive so that the end user only
has to run the file
that i send them in order to extract the real file.
i have found the utility 'zip' which creates a zip file compatible with
PKZIP, and there is
also a 'unzipsfx' file which can be prepended to create a sleef
extracting arch, but this
file cannot be unzipped on a dos pc.
is there a utility like zip2exe that will create a dos compatible
executable from a linux machine ?
thanks
Darren Edgerton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Greg White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Slackware on a second HDD
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:36:26 -0800
jan schrik wrote:
>
> just use fdisk with _no_ drivename and u'll see the partitions available than u
> can define your native Linux partition and your swap partition.
>
Actually, that will (in an IDE system), yield you:
Using /dev/hda as default device!
and only let you play with /dev/hda.
> Wael Sedky wrote:
SNIP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tracy R Reed)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:43:54 GMT
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>there are some heavyweight applications like synopsis logic compilers
>and SAP accounting software that exist on unix, mainframe and NT boxen
>too. the lack of ports for these is a bit annoying.
According to this, SAP exists for Linux.
http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,394064,00.html
--
Tracy Reed http://www.ultraviolet.org
Want to save thousands of dollars on computer software? Ask me how!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Installing Slackware to DOS Partition
Date: 17 Mar 1999 02:05:16 GMT
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:47:43 -0600,
Koun Tsujimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I bought a book on Linux a few years ago that came with Slackware Linux 1.1
> kernel on CD-ROM. The book explains how to install it on an existing DOS
> partition without the danger of erasing any of the current data. I have
> only one partition on my PC loaded with Windows 95. Can I really install
> the linux into the partiton where Windows 95 resides? Or, if I decide to
> remove the installation, can I do it and how? Is there anyone out there who
> has done them? If so, please give me your advise.
1) Burn that CD. It's old. VERY old. You can pick up a new book at
any semi-decent bookstore complete with a modern kernel.
2) You can install Slack on what is called a 'UMSDOS' partition, but
it's slow and weird. I wouldn't do it. Instead, use FIPS or
Partition Magic and add a partition to your hard drive. Or,
better, buy a second drive.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:40:20 -0500
From: "Anthony E. Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DAT Drive & DDS/DDS2/DDS3
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How does one tell a DAT drive to use compression and/or switch
from DDS to DDS2 or DDS3? tar, mt, ????
Thanks,
Tony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: thkb: How to make an .mp3 from an .wav?
Date: 17 Mar 1999 02:03:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Miernik scribbled manically:
Assuming that your question is simply what's in the subject line,
I use a program called BladeEnc. Works great. I forget where I got it, but
a web search should turn it up.
JD
--
"Don't touch the trained monkey in the server room. It just agitates him
and then the servers are down for days."
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Opinions Needed for New App Planning
Date: 17 Mar 1999 03:04:18 GMT
error@hell wrote:
>...Question: Would you anyone be willing to try a web browser
>"environment" (it's original..remember?) that is pure Java or would you
>prefer something built around Mozilla? Would Java cause you, as a Linux
>user, to shy away?
I love the Java concept, but having done some nontrivial Java
development my experience is "write once, debug everywhere".
Also most Java apps I have seen are sluggish with a kludgy GUI.
Sun's Hotjava is such a browser, and is frankly not so hot.
So in a nutshell I would not expect much from a Java browser, but
am willing to be pleasantly surprised. :-)
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
======================================================================
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Public license question
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:21:42 GMT
Lynn Winebarger writes:
> Europe as a whole is under a different regime when it comes to civil
> matters. I believe, in fact, it's called a "civil law regime". I can't
> remember what the US's system is called, but it's on different footing.
The US and the UK use common law.
> BTW, there are other rights in the US besides copying, including right to
> display, right to performance, and a couple of others.
Those are usually explained as forms of copying, though I have to squint
pretty hard to see the connection.
> There's some notion of "moral rights" to the work - god only knows why.
"The moral right of authorship" or some such smarmy nonsense.
--
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: "Darren Edgerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: want to create an exec zip archive for dos
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:21:31 +1000
hi,
i need to email files to users with dos/win pc's
i want to create a selef extracting archive so that the end user only
has to run the file
that i send them in order to extract the real file.
i have found the utility 'zip' which creates a zip file compatible with
PKZIP, and there is
also a 'unzipsfx' file which can be prepended to create a sleef
extracting arch, but this
file cannot be unzipped on a dos pc.
is there a utility like zip2exe that will create a dos compatible
executable from a linux machine ?
thanks
Darren Edgerton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: using ELM
Date: 17 Mar 1999 00:18:54 GMT
In his obvious haste, Benjamin HERZOG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: I just want to know how to configure ELM.
press 'o' and it will enter a list of configurable items...
Change something (Anything), and then save the changes.
You will now have a file in your ~/.elm/ directory called elmrc...
THIS is where all the config options are...
(The options menu you entered earlier is peanuts to the elmrc file.)
--
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: L I N U X + 8 0 8 8
Date: 17 Mar 1999 02:31:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom Fawcett scribbled manically:
:>Is it possibel to run Linux on a 8088 or 8086????
:>I have already heard of the Elks project
: No.
To elaborate on this spectacularly unhelpful answer: no, you can't
run big Linux on an 8086/8088, because it requires features not found in
those processors. However, there is a project called ELKS which is aimed
at getting a minimal sort of Linux running on such limited machines. There's
a mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JD
--
"Don't touch the trained monkey in the server room. It just agitates him
and then the servers are down for days."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Williams)
Subject: Re: Sharing swap partition?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 01:37:09 GMT
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:50:35, Bjorn T Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I was just wondering if there is any reason why I shouldn't share a swap
> partition between to separate Linux installations (two separate Linux
> distribution as well)?
> What about sharing a RAID 0 partition between these two?
>
I don't have Linux yet, but am planning on it. Is there a way to
share a linux swap partition and OS/2's SWAPPER.DAT file?
______________________
Tim Williams
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Rotunno)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: signal 11 during mandrake install
Date: 17 Mar 1999 03:33:38 GMT
anyone ever get a signal 11 during a mandrake or redhat install? i'm
trying to install mandrake 5.3. i boot up off the cdrom, use fdisk to
create 3 partitions (swap, /, and /home), select where i want to mount
what, tell it to format the drives, select which packages to install then
i get an error 11 and says the installation has prematurely terminated and
to reboot.
one thing i noticed is that the first time i tried to install this i told
it not to check for errors when formatting the drives. the second time i
told it to check for errors and it hangs (or at least takes an
*incredibly* long time to get past about 1/6th on the 64M swap partition)
during the format. the drive i'm installing it to is a new 8.4 gig ide
drive although i'm only using about 1.5 gigs for linux (the first time i
tried the install i initially partitioned it using dos fdisk and made
a primary partition of about 7 gigs then booted up w/ linux cd and used
linux fdisk to create additional linux partitions...second time i tried to
install i deleted all existing partitions - dos and linux, then booted up
w/ linux cd and created linux partitions, but still no luck). the reason
i'm giving so much HD info is because i have a funny feeling that may be
the problem, but i'm really not sure. anyway...any help would be
appreciated. thanks.
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From: "Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:42:07 -1000
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Greg Waugh wrote in message
>I thought I would do a cp -a * (or
>a few with correct tmp mount points), then boot from a floppy with the new
>HD as root and run LILO, but I'm fuzzy on how to set up the /proc and /dev
>filesystem.... and if there are going to be any issues with the swap
>space... Thanks everyone! Any help would be very appreciated!
Don't use the 'cp' command for this task. I can't remember the reason, but
it has something to do with changing permissions or messing up links (I will
research it and get back to you as to what happens). There is no reason to
write or use some bloated program, such as DiskCopy. One has already been
written for unix/linux, the 'tar' command.
tar cvpf `/` | (cd <new drive>; tar xvpf `/`)
The filename `/` should work, but you'll have to experiment. Make sure the
new drive is mounted and use the mount point as the destination.
Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams)
Subject: Re: so, how is gnome 1.0, guys? <troll>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 03:59:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted & mailed, snipped, quoted is ">"]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (steve mcadams) wrote:
>I hate to say it, but at this point in time I don't see Linux as a
>viable evolutionary track. Nor is ms-windows a viable evolutionary
>track imho.
>
>Well, Linux -might- be a viable evolutionary track with some major
>redesign, I suppose. But the way things stand now it's not clear
>whether the world will let that happen.
Finally figured out what bothers me about both systems. Too many
libraries, too many loadable drivers, not enough system solidity. I
guess that I favor an opsys with a monolithic kernel that doesn't
allow loadable drivers, but makes it easy to rebuild with the drivers
of choice.
Anyway, we have a mess in either environment. Too many dependencies,
too many dependency-tracking tools that don't work well enough in the
integrated environment. fwiw.
_______________________________________________________________________________
"profanity offends inanity. f****n rock on." -steve, http://www.codetools.com/showcase
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From: Jeff Japes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: thkb: how to make an .mp3 from an .wav?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 03:02:24 +0000
Miernik wrote:
>
> How?
>
<sig snipped>
Use an mp3 encoder.
Try BladeEnc --> http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82625/
--
Jeff Japes
http://www.wylm.demon.co.uk/
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MCSE preparation exams
Date: 16 Mar 1999 19:14:23 -0800
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>>>>> "Harry" == Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Harry> Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............. Is this what's known as a
Harry> sweeping statement? MCSEs are just a way of telling
Harry> employers what they're getting. Instead of Linux people
Harry> wingeing about MCSEs, why don't they set up their own
Harry> certification programmes? After all, certification is
Harry> becoming more and more widespread in this indstry (and
Harry> quite rightly too).
I suppose that depends on what they think they're "getting." I know
several non-MCSEs that can troubleshoot the britches completely off
some MCSEs that work right along side them. If paying out thousands
of dollars for an MSC won't make you the best at solving problems on
Windows systems, isn't that kind of a waste of money? And, given that
such is the case, how is the MSCE certificate a "guarantee" that that
person is actually most qualified for the job?
mp
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Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
"Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write."
-- Anthony Trollope
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel HOWTO accuracy?
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:12:06 -0700
Walter L. Williams wrote:
> Hi all
> I thinking of trying out the new kernel.
> (2.2.3)
>
> How accurate is the current kernel
> howto? The one I found on the Metalab
> (sunsite) site is dated late May 1997.
>
> Also has anyone run into problems
> while trying to update?
>
> Any input will be greatly appreciated
>
> Walt
There is an actuall 2.2.x kernel upgrade How To on Redhat's site, it was
99% accurate. If you are not running
Redhat, the only difference is the you will have to do the package
upgrades the old fashioned way instead of using Rpm's.
Eric
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From: "Darren Edgerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: want to create an exec zip archive for dos
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:21:31 +1000
hi,
i need to email files to users with dos/win pc's
i want to create a selef extracting archive so that the end user only
has to run the file
that i send them in order to extract the real file.
i have found the utility 'zip' which creates a zip file compatible with
PKZIP, and there is
also a 'unzipsfx' file which can be prepended to create a sleef
extracting arch, but this
file cannot be unzipped on a dos pc.
is there a utility like zip2exe that will create a dos compatible
executable from a linux machine ?
thanks
Darren Edgerton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Used WWW.DEJANEWS.COM !
Date: 17 Mar 1999 04:03:36 GMT
Very helpful info. Thanks.
Hoyt
Gary Momarison wrote in message ...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jess C. Gehin) writes:
>
>> I found this to be one of the best resources for information on the web.
>> I always consult dejanews before looking anywhere else.
>
>Try http://searchlinux.com and see if you like it better.
>
>I'm not sure yet. It's based on Linux newsgroups only and is much
>faster and has several neat features including categorized listings
>of article threads, but I'm not sure how far back in history it goes.
>
>--
>Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
>Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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