Linux-Misc Digest #553, Volume #19 Sun, 21 Mar 99 19:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the (Jim McCusker)
Staroffice New Documents? ("Gazza")
Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix ("Anthony W. Youngman")
GetRight for Linux? (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Re: dumb newbie mistake with LILO (mike dombrowski)
Help with editing makefiles (Mike)
Re: Vanishing CDROM (James Lee)
Re: Newbie + PPP connection, how? (Paul Richards)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Linux unable to use >16M Memory (Richard Sands)
Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X (David M. Cook)
Re: linux x-window screen settings???? (David M. Cook)
Re: Encyclopedia Brittanica (Phillip Deackes)
Re: Help with editing makefiles (David M. Cook)
Re: Problems with dosemu (Radovan Garabik)
Re: IE 5.0 on Unix Solaris -- What does this mean? (Kenny McCormack)
Re: dumb newbie mistake with LILO (Juergen Heinzl)
Removing Ontrack Disk Manager (David Gochfeld)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the ("Mr.
Tinkertrain")
mount a big partition (Benjamin HERZOG)
Re: Micron Trek2 PCMCIA trouble? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie : Glint (Hans Wolters)
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From: Jim McCusker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:14:17 -0500
"Tye W. Botting" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:02:47 GMT, Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> put forth:
<snip!>
> % A good and easy to use offline news-reader like Forte Agent, which is
> % able to decode binaries with a single click of the mouse, sorting
> % headers on subject, and launcing binaries with one click.
>
> Not sure - KDE's Newsclient (krn) probably. Xrn maybe? Netscape
> news, too. Still, I like the non-graphical ones like slrn.
Also, you can set up a program called leafnode that acts as a local news
server. It's supposedly easy to set up, but I've never used it (gotta
love them cable modems!)
> % A powerfull and versatile e-mail program, equal to Eudora Pro 4 or
> % higher. Maintining mailboxes with drag-and-drop, filtering incoming
> % message and put them in the appropiate mailbox, an windowssystem,
> % which allows you to switch from one mailbox/message to another easily
> % with a taskbar, save and launch attachment easily. But what's even
> % more important, as a user you can backup the mails you received by
> % just backupping the mailboxes.
>
> Many many mailclients. KDE's kmail, Netscape's mail, etc.
> Me, I just prefer plain ol' PINE.
I've found that Netscape's mail is exactly that. I've moved to webmail
(mail.yahoo.com) for it's convenience, since I like to be able to check
my mail from any computer in the world...
<snip!>
> % So the linux-equal should be supporting drag-and-drop, keyboard
> % commands (copy and move,etc), configurable with all kind of
> % decorations, execute files with a double click and a configurable look
> % of how you browse files (details, list or in Linux tems ls-l ls ls-a)
>
> KDE's kfm. Others are nice, too, but unsure which also have
> drag and drop like kfm. And there's always midnight commander
> and it's tk-version, tkmc. Sehr gut! Also xfm.
gmc under gnome is excellent, better than kfm, I think. Better looking,
better acting.
> % A fast image viewer program, equal to ACDsee. It must be FAST,
> % FAST,FAST, have a browser-option which allows you to maintain your
> % image files easily, supports keyboard command (delete, move, copy) adn
> % it must be fast.
>
> GIMP! Comes with most distros. Plus other just plain viewers,
> like XV and KDE's image viewer.
Also, Electric Eyes, which is much faster for these ops than GIMP.
> % A good image program equal to Paint Shop Pro. With only one musthave
> % option. Batch conversion. Convert a bunch of image files into another
> % file system with only three clicks.
>
> GIMP again! IIRC, more image types than PSP. More like Adobe's
> Photoshop with it's capabilities. Balshoii horoshaugh! (sp)
But with excellent scripting ability to generate cool effects...
> % (And Netscape, but I already got Netscape for Linux)
> % If these programs exists, then please tell me where I can get them.
>
> This'll no doubt stir up things here, but I think KDE has what
> you're looking for for the most part. Nothing against, GNOME -
> I just haven't used it. (I'm running Mandrake 5.3 and it came
> with KDE and I'm still having fun with that - I'm sure I'll
> look into GNOME and others more soon. Did like AfterStep a lot,
> but found it hard to customize - probably something that's
> easy if I would have stuck with it.)
I've recently switched from KDE to GNOME after the 1.0 came out. I was
very surprised and impressed at the fit and finish of the apps, as well
as the cusomizability of them. Especially the panel and the themeability
of enlightenment (which has spiffy GUI config tools) and of GNOME as a
whole. The UI standards are adhered to very well, and has a rather small
memory footprint on my machine.
Jim
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Jim McCusker | Class of '99, BA Computer Science & Cognitive Science
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cif.rochester.edu/~fprefect
~Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it,
poorly.~
~~Henry
Spencer
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From: "Gazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Staroffice New Documents?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:11:01 -0000
I just got staroffice installed. Soffice runs o.k, but I seem to be missing
something. When I select File, New.. there are no options for document
spreadsheet presentation or database,,,,,,,,,,Is the installation incorrect
or do I have to enable something
TIA
Garry
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From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: If I had the time I know how to make a fortune in unix
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:06:01 +0000
Reply-To: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <7ci2bc$7uq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, equality7-2125
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>The native BRITONS speak GAELIC! (The anglo-saxons are late arrivals :-)
>
>
>Padraig post Padraig post, Donny Murdo!
>
>Postman pat, postman pat, Dangermouse!!!!
>
>Anyway- all the native Americans speak Apache Indian. The pub I go to each
>night is older than the Westernised population of your country "mate".
>
That I very much doubt. Can't you read an internet header? I don't know
where hw is, but I bet it's to the *west* of me.
Living on the Saxon Shore, if I tried to go more than a couple of miles
east I'd fall into the North Sea, not the Atlantic. And the Angles
arrived about 500 miles to the North-*West* about 400AD.
--
Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk
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to a doughnut. These sugarcoated trousers have yet to catch on at fast-food
outlets! (SuperStrings by F. David Peat)
If replying by e-mail please mail wol. Anything else may get missed amongst
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GetRight for Linux?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:37:25 +0000
Does anyone know if there is a GetRight-like download manager for
Linux? It would be good if it could plug into Netscape, but if it can't
it ain't no t'ing. Would normal FTP proggies (such as NFTP) allow me to
download from http sources?
Regards,
Mladen
P.S. I checked Linuxapps if you're wondering.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mike dombrowski)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: dumb newbie mistake with LILO
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:37:19 GMT
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:00:30 -0500, "Jim Ray"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yep! I would fdisk and there is a command that sets active partition.
Just do that and reboot and you should be fine.
>When I was recently installing RedHat 5.2, I forgot to make the partition
>that I boot Linux to bootable, and LILO can't really do me any good on a non
>bootable partition. Can I go back in with fdisk and make it a bootable
>partition without killing my entire partition or do I need to reinstall?
>Thanks
>
>
>--
>Jim
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>if replying, remove "nospam" from email field
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike)
Subject: Help with editing makefiles
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:07:47 GMT
Hi,
Is there a simple tutorial or examples of how to edit makefiles? The
man page is just a little too beyond me at this point. The reason I
ask is that I downloaded a couple of plug-ins for the gimp and
apparently the authors havent updated them for 1.0 so I was getting a
lot of compile errors about files not found etc when in fact they are
on my system. I think it's just a matter of pointing the compiler and
linker to the correct path but I'm not sure how to do this and
whether to do it on the compiler line or in the variables defined
above. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
mike
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
Subject: Re: Vanishing CDROM
Date: 21 Mar 1999 16:47:17 -0600
I have exactly the same problem a complete restore.
No CD-ROM and msdos-compatability drives.
Try to update the drivers and no deal.
Is that a Windows thing?
Why is it doing that?
In comp.os.ms-windows.misc Philip J. Le Riche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I recently upgraded my Abit AX5-based poota (more RAM, Cyrix MII300,
: 2-speed SCSI CDROM -> 24-speed IDE) and all seemed fine until a couple
: of days ago when Win95 lost the CDROM.
: Linux can still see it and read it, but it's nowhere to be seen in Win95
: Device Manager. I tried another IDE CDROM (broken mechanically but not
: electrically) and it can't see that either, but if I put the SCSI CDROM
: back it can see that.
: I also noticed from Device Manager that my IDE hard drives (I have 2,
: primary master and slave - CDROM is secondary master) are running in DOS
: compatibility mode, but the help is very unhelpful as to what it means
: or what to do about it.
: Any ideas? Ta. - Philip
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: =============================================================================
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From: Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: demon.tech.pc
Subject: Re: Newbie + PPP connection, how?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:47:47 +0000
Reply-To: Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Paul Richards writes,
>Hi,
>A few days ago I got RH5.1 and I had the Internet working fine on that.
>All I done was use linuxconf to set up and activate the PPP connection
>and all worked fine.
>Well yesterday I got RH5.2 installed (clean install) and when I tried
>the same thing and tried to surf the web I got errors about DNS and
>stuff. Any ideas? As far as I can see I done exactly the same thing.
Never mind, just figured out that I had to manually enter the DNS
servers.
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: 21 Mar 1999 17:34:45 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook) writes:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:02:47 GMT, Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A good starting place to begin foraging for apps is
>
> http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/linux.html
>
> >A good and easy to use offline news-reader like Forte Agent, which is
>
> Need a porn reader? Netscape is not bad for browsing the porn groups. For
hehe... damn, that's a good .sig quote =)
--
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paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.3 i586 | at public servers
I might be able to shoehorn a reference count in on top of the numeric
value by disallowing multiple references on scalars with a numeric value,
but it wouldn't be as clean. I do occasionally worry about that. --lwall
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From: Richard Sands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux unable to use >16M Memory
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:20:22 GMT
Many Thanks!
As I post this I'm running 2.3.3 with the kernel seeing 94M of RAM, with no
'mem=' boot parameters, & 2.0.36 runs the same.
The answer was the BIOS setting for the 15-16M memory hole. My Gateway
OEM-ed AMI Bios had it well disguised as 'ISA LFB Size'. When enabled this
creates the 1M memory hole, and when disabled it fixes my problem.
According to my BIOS docs disabling this is fine even with OS/2, unless using
an ISA card which needs >64K memory address space, which doesn't apply to me.
Thanks again to everyone who replied, and helped me get such a quick &
effective fix (if only all support worked like this).
Richard Sands
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been told that enabling the BIOS "Enable 15-16M memory hole" will cause
these
> sort of problems. Check your bios settings to see if the hole is enabled.
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:05:21 GMT, Richard Sands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> >With RedHat 5.2 using kenels at 2.0.36 & 2.2.3 I can't get the kernel to
> >recognise more than 13MB of the 96MB available. If I use no 'mem=' boot
> >parameter then /proc/meminfo shows:
> >
> > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
> >Mem: 13852672 13471744 380928 8343552 180224 4112384
> >Swap: 107311104 40271872 67039232
> >MemTotal: 13528 kB
> >MemFree: 372 kB
> >MemShared: 8148 kB
> >Buffers: 176 kB
> >Cached: 4016 kB
> >SwapTotal: 104796 kB
> >SwapFree: 65468 kB
> >
> >The system contains 96MB RAM which passes all BIOS checks, and is able to be
> >recognised and used by other OSes on the same system (Win95/NT/Solaris/OS2).
> >
> >If I try using the 'mem=' boot parameter with settings of 32,64,90,94,95,96M
> >the system will boot until it tries to start KDE, when it will either crash
> >out of X, or hang completely, presumably because X is causing it to access
> >enough memory to trigger the problem.
> >
> >The system works OK with no 'mem=' boot parameter, but is understandably
> >slow, with a lot of paging.
> >
> >If I look in /var/log/messages I can see kernel errors presumably associated
> >with the problem, such as:
> >
> [debug dump snipped]
> >If anyone can help me resolve this it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Richard Sands
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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> Lew Pitcher
> System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
> Toronto Dominion Bank
>
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
>
Enjoy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:59:22 GMT
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 03:33:46 GMT, Nick Dreyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I find it helpful to be able to see if anything is passing through the modem,
>but with an internal device, the only way would be via some kind of software
>monitoring program. Does something like this exist for X that would show at
>least receive and transmit acitvity on some kind of virtual lights?
asmodem (for the AfterStep wharf) works well. There is probably a wmmomdem
(for the Window Maker dock) as well. See www.afterstep.org and
www.windowmaker.org.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: linux x-window screen settings????
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:01:26 GMT
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 01:49:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I am using redhat 5.2 and needed to now how the heck configure x-windows to
>run on my machine by with my screen at 800 by 600 at least, because now i am
>using it at 600 by 480 (i think)and evrything is to big, it is quiet
>difficult to work with that resolution.
Run Xconfigurator and choose only one resolution.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip Deackes)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Encyclopedia Brittanica
Date: 21 Mar 1999 23:04:42 GMT
In article <s2joc7.651.ln@son-of-bofh>, Shimpei Yamashita wrote:
>EB 99 (regular edition) uses Netscape. I don't know about 98. It comes
>with Communicator 4.07, and I have also gotten it to work with 4.5.
Do you mean you have it working with Netscape under Linux?? If so please
tell me more!
--
Phillip Deackes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Linux v.2.0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Help with editing makefiles
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:05:48 GMT
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:07:47 GMT, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>Is there a simple tutorial or examples of how to edit makefiles? The
Yes, there's a Software Building mini-Howto or something like that. See
http://metalab.unc.edu/linux/
--
No Linux for you! -- The Linux Nazi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Radovan Garabik)
Subject: Re: Problems with dosemu
Date: 21 Mar 1999 22:04:04 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hello,
:
: I've installed the dosemu package (version 0.98.1) that comes with RedHat 5.2
: (I'm also using the freedos image included) and I have been not successful
: trying to use lredir to redirect my dos partition. It's mounted at /windows on
: linux (full rwx permissions). Every time I try to use "lredir d:
: LINUX\FS/windows" I get the message: "Error f0c0 redirecting drive D: to
: LINUX\FS/WINDOWS".
: Could anyone help me?
freedos does not work with redir. get another dos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Subject: Re: IE 5.0 on Unix Solaris -- What does this mean?
Date: 21 Mar 1999 17:05:12 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7d39qb$6cn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In his obvious haste, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
>: Since Linux, as I understand it, is 95 percent Unix, would it not be
>: possible to, theoretically at least, port it to Linux?
>
>I SERIOUSLY doubt that Micky$$$oft would supply the source code for this
>abomination.
Good point. Note that it is generally junk source code that is guarded the
most jealously, for the simple reason that the authors don't want to be
publicly ridiculed.
I imagine that when the Windows source code is finally made public domain
(whenever the DOJ case is finally adjudicated), the first thing that will
happen is widespread laughter and merriment in the hacker community as they
start seeing all the horrible coding practices contained therein. The second
thing that will happpen is that all the bugs will get fixed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: dumb newbie mistake with LILO
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:49:51 GMT
In article <7d3j4n$jfp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jim Ray wrote:
>When I was recently installing RedHat 5.2, I forgot to make the partition
>that I boot Linux to bootable, and LILO can't really do me any good on a non
>bootable partition. Can I go back in with fdisk and make it a bootable
>partition without killing my entire partition or do I need to reinstall?
Your partition must not be bootable, believe me, I'd never such a thing
on five machines.
Cheers,
Juergen
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From: David Gochfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Removing Ontrack Disk Manager
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 18:02:44 -0500
I have a single ide disk, on which Win98 is installed, and 2 scsi disks,
one of which contains my Red Hat install. The ide disk came with
Ontrack Disk Manager DDO installed. It is completely unneccessary in my
system, and I would like to remove it.
Here's what I've done:
In linux, I tar'ed entire contents of the ide drive (hda1) to the spare
scsi disk (sdb1).
Then I booted windows off a startup floppy, ran fdisk on the ide drive,
removed the one existing partition and created new partitions.
I rebooted the computer, again off the windows startup floppy, and ran
format /s onthe ide drive.
Then I went back to linux (booting off a linux boot floppy), and copied
the contents of the tar file I created back tot he primary partition of
the ide drive.
Then I rebooted. And the Ontrack Drive Manager is *still* there!@#$!
What do I have to do to remove it?
Thanks
-Dave
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From: "Mr. Tinkertrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:43:12 +0000
Linux User wrote:
>
> I've finally got RedHat 5.2 running with WindowMaker and an updated
> kernel to 2.2.3. And I find it it MUCH more beautiful than Win98
> (because of WinMaker?) and incredibly more faster and more reliable.
>
> But still, I don't standard bootup my computer with Linux. Why? Well,
> because, you can say what you want about Windoze, it got some pretty
> good programs written for it.
> And I doubt that I'll bootup with linux before I can get their
> Linux-equivalents.
you boot up your computer... hmm... i guess that means you turn it off
and on. why?? my friends do that, and i smack em in the face. booting
up can damage your hard drive and/or master boot record, and also wastes
WAY more electricity than leaving your comp on does.
i've had linux up and running for about 2 months now.
<snip>
> A fast image viewer program, equal to ACDsee. It must be FAST,
> FAST,FAST, have a browser-option which allows you to maintain your
> image files easily, supports keyboard command (delete, move, copy) adn
> it must be fast.
xv
> A good image program equal to Paint Shop Pro. With only one musthave
> option. Batch conversion. Convert a bunch of image files into another
> file system with only three clicks.
the gimp
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From: Benjamin HERZOG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mount a big partition
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 01:44:54 +0100
Hello ,
I am runing Linux Red Hat 5.2 (Kernel 2.0.34).
I would like to access some files on my msdos partition. But it is a 2.1
GigaBytes partition (/dev/hda1), and the unique partition on /dev/hda.
So, i mounted the whole hd:
# mount -t msdos /dev/hda /mnt
And it answers:
'mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda,
or too many mounted file systems'
I think that could be because of the size of /dev/hda1 ...
Is there any solution to mount /dev/hda,
otherwise, is there a way to mount a special directory in /dev/hda1 like
/dev/hda1/directory
( i tried this second option ... with no success : 'i get /mnt is not a
directory')
Thank you for helping.
Benjamin HERZOG
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Micron Trek2 PCMCIA trouble?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:06:32 GMT
yes, I set PCMCIA=yes in the /etc/sysconf/pcmcia file without success.
The machine does not see the card in the boot process. I wonder that
whether is due to IRQ conflicts so that I have to copy IRQ from window98
and then manually set IRQ for the device.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Subject: Re: Newbie : Glint
Date: 21 Mar 1999 23:54:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:43:52 +0000, Sinclair Robertson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took his keyboard and composed the following
intresting:
>I am using RedHat 5.2.
>
>I am trying to install new packages from a cd. I have mounted the cd
>sucessfully and have selected the packages I want, when I then try and
>install I get the message failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm ?
>
>What does this mean ? How can I overcome it ?
Hi Sinclair,
I'm using RH 5.1 and had the same trouble. You could try to find Xrpm. Can't
remember where I got it but it works for me.
Regards Hans
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