Linux-Misc Digest #842, Volume #18 Sun, 31 Jan 99 18:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Getting Linux to Recognize New Drive (Jim Hill)
Re: encrypted file system (Martin Dickopp)
Mouse vs. Ethernet: Revenge of eth0
Netscape crash? hang? (Dennis Putnam)
Re: local hostname problem!?! ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Re: Multidrop Mail Software ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Re: Newbie help with Linux, IBM PS/2 30-286 ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code (Jamie Lokier)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (jerryn)
Re: Netscape crash? hang? (Harold Henry)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Jim Richardson)
Re: encrypted file system (Oliver Flimm)
Re: Terminals (sources of used terminals) ("Richard S. Shuford")
Re: Cross platform development (Linux & NT)
Redhat 5.2 install pukes (Kyle Dansie)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Simon Kinahan)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Hill)
Subject: Re: Getting Linux to Recognize New Drive
Date: 31 Jan 1999 20:10:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <792as8$7cg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
nonet@chain <nonet@chain> wrote:
> A quick, really stupid question.
The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. Well, that one and "How
do I get my Winmodem working?" Anyway...
>How do I get Linux to recognize this new drive and create the /dev/hdXXYY
>listings I need?
The /dev/hd<letter> file should have been created with your system
installation. You have to see where it's installed on your system to see
whether it is hda, hdb, etc. (Primary master, Primary slave, Secondary
master, secondary slave: a,b,c,d. I think.)
Once you've got that figured out, run (as root) "fdisk /dev/hdX"
Print the partition table with the 'p' command to make sure you've
correctly identified the drive. If not, exit and look up the lettering
scheme and/or recheck how the drive is jumpered. Eventually, you'll be
looking at the partition table for the new drive. Create the partitions
you want, such as /dev/hdX1, /dev/hdx5, and so forth. Write the partition
table and exit fdisk. (The drive probably comes with a single giant
Windows-formatted partition, so you'll likely need to delete that first.)
Now create filesystems on the new partitions using the mke2fs command,
or whatever filesystem you want on them. Since this is a Linux group, ext2
is a safe bet. Read the man page for the options, but the general rule of
use is "mke2fs -m <reserved percentage> <partition>"
Put entries for the new partitions and their mount point in /etc/fstab,
and you're off to the races.
> Also, I've been booting linux from a floppy (make bzdisk) since I
>had another OS on the drive. Now, I just deleted Windows entirely
>and am going 100% linux. So, there's no need for a floppy boot any
>more.
Read the instructions for kernel compiling in /usr/src/linux. You need to
run "make config" and twiddle a few things before you tell LILO to use the
new kernel.
Jim
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"Visualize world peace...good.
Now wake up and smell the coffee."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Dickopp)
Subject: Re: encrypted file system
Date: 31 Jan 1999 21:07:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> G'day Oliver and all...
>
> [...]
>
>> - Matt Blaze's Cryptographic Filesystem (CFS) ontop NFS
>
> [...]
>
>> - Transparent Cryptographic Filesystem (TCFS) ontop NFS
>
> Err... doesn't having it over NFS defeat the purpose in some respects?
> (Considering NFS is known to have security holes.) (Not a go at you, just
> making an interesting observation.)
AFAIK, these systems do the cryptographic operations on the client
side, so that unencrypted data is never sent over the net.
Cheers,
Martin
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From: nonet@chain ()
Subject: Mouse vs. Ethernet: Revenge of eth0
Date: 31 Jan 1999 21:07:32 GMT
Ok, me again. (If you grep, you'll see I'm answering the questions
I know; I'm not just leaching here.)
So I got my ethernet card working. It was tough. As it turns
out, the card takes IRQ 3. Thanks, card.
That was the IRQ the serial was using (for mouse). How do
change the IRQ for the mouse? I went to Award BIOS' home
page, and they posted something to the effect "We just sell
chips; we don't help anyone. Go away." (I'm reading into
this a bit, as you can see.)
I boot from a floppy (make bzdisk), and there's no Lilo on the
floppy I'm aware of--just straight into 2.2.1.
Hmmm... Is there a HOWTO on this? I can't find anything on
point.
In case it matters:
Computer: Pentium 75, unknown board, unknown everything
Shoe Size: 9 1/2
Keyboard: dusty, some chip crumbs visible below keys
Mouse: Microsoft (it was a 'gift') "At Home" serial
Sound Computer Makes at Boot: "Beep"
Monitor Specifications: label obscured by dirty socks.
Case Color: kinda beige (color suggestions welcomed) with
lotsa smudges (fire damaged case on sale!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Putnam)
Subject: Netscape crash? hang?
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 21:08:06 GMT
I am having a problem with Netscape. Frequently it will hang or crash
not sure which. Maybe this is a 2 part question. Assuming it is a hang
and the X-display dies how do I get control back? All I can do now is
cold boot the PC. If it is a crash of linux has anyone else
experienced this problem? If it is a Netscape hang or crash has anyone
experienced that? TIA
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: local hostname problem!?!
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 08:03:10 +1100
G'day...
> Hope you have learned something...
Hey... Lighten up.... You can politely ask him to not crosspost without having
to rip his lungs out with your bare hands... =)
You never actually answered his question, after "correcting" him.
Btw, you don't need to recompile the kernel anymore.
All the best.
Michael.
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multidrop Mail Software
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 08:16:24 +1100
G'day Tom and all...
> I am looking for some software that will allow me to pick up mail for
> multiple accounts on a Linux box from a single POP account.
>
> I looked at Fetchmail, but the documentation advises against using Fetchmail
> for this purpose. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what other
> packages might offer what I am looking for?
Huh? fetchmail is perfect for this! =)
All the best.
Michael.
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie help with Linux, IBM PS/2 30-286
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 08:43:53 +1100
G'day...
> If memory serves, the IBM PS/2 uses the microchannel bus, which is
> not supported by Linux.
Actually.... (from the Hardware-HOWTO)
---
2. Computers/Motherboards/BIOS
ISA, VLB, EISA, and PCI buses are all supported.
PS/2 and Microchannel (MCA) is supported in the standard kernel 2.0.7. There
is support
for MCA in kernel 2.1.16 and newer, but this code is still a little buggy. For
more
information you can always look at the Micro Channel Linux Home Page
(http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/)
2.1 Specific systems
IBM PS/2 MCA systems
ftp://ftp.dcrl.nd.edu/pub/misc/linux/
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So it would appear now to be supported.
FWIW, One of my Linux machines is a 486DX2-66 with a 40Mg HD. The HD space is
tight on it, so I use it as a server and for masquerading. Big tip - don't
install what you don't need. Try to keep things as bare bones as possible
when space is an issue. (Act. that's a good rule of thumb in any situation, as
you can always easily add more later.)
All the best.
Michael.
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From: Jamie Lokier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code
Date: 31 Jan 1999 21:48:03 +0000
Toon Moene writes:
> Yeah, "Hacking is the most fun you can get - with your clothes on".
Some of us hack without clothes :-)
-- Jamie
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From: jerryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:49:29 -0500
Jerry Normandin replies:
Well, way back in 1986 Microsoft was going to
pay me a royalty for fixing code in the mmedia.dll
file. for one I had to write an interrupt handler that
had two head and tail pointers. When the sound bugger was
50% empty I will generate a an interrupt.
Also I wrote code that stopped the 65 second delay from playing
a soundfile when it was clicked on in an application.
I was expecting .003 cents per copy. It would still be
enough to pay off my house that's for sure.. instead I got
screwed! So I've been supporting other operating systems.
Linux is GREAT! And yes.. I HATE Microsoft and I have my
reasons.
Dustin Puryear wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > :> And we never had that kind of silliness in the first place...
> >
> > : You never had *flags*?
> >
> > Nope. We just never had to make silly pledges of allegiance.
>
> Actually, nobody is *made* to make a pledge. It's purely optional.
>
> Regards, Dustin
>
> --
> Dustin Puryear * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ICQ 6644253
> Help Crack Government Encryption: http://www.distributed.net
> I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harold Henry)
Subject: Re: Netscape crash? hang?
Date: 31 Jan 1999 22:00:11 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
If you have an xterm just do
ps aux |grep netscape
kill -9 pid
If not at least my Redhat Version of X using fvwm2 where the redhat is or
the upper left of netscape left click then select kill. You may still need
to do the above. And my Netscape hangs alot too.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Putnam) writes:
> I am having a problem with Netscape. Frequently it will hang or crash
> not sure which. Maybe this is a 2 part question. Assuming it is a hang
> and the X-display dies how do I get control back? All I can do now is
> cold boot the PC. If it is a crash of linux has anyone else
> experienced this problem? If it is a Netscape hang or crash has anyone
> experienced that? TIA
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 31 Jan 1999 21:54:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 30 Jan 1999 14:53:22 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently
>scribe:
>: 2. Which "part of the war" was it that Britain won on
>: "her own" - Dunkirk?, North Africa?, logistics (I seem
>: to remember something about "Lend-Lease")?
>
>Battle of Britain?
>:)
Actually, I'd say that the guy who won the Battle of Britain for
England, was Goering, by switching from the plan to bomb the RAF bases
into rubble, and start bombing cities instead, he gave the RAF a much
needed breather. They were running out of airbases, fast.
Good job Goering and the corporal were lousy strategists.
--
Jim Richardson
Anarchist, pagan and proud of it
WWW.eskimo.com/~warlock
Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS.
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From: Oliver Flimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: encrypted file system
Date: 31 Jan 1999 19:50:20 +0100
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Hanson) writes:
> The next step to getting this Linux system the way I want it is to look at
> encryption.
> Where can I find a Linux equivalent?
there are several possibilities to use transparent filesystem
encryption on a linux system. The most popular are:
- Matt Blaze's Cryptographic Filesystem (CFS) ontop NFS
You can get the sources from http://replay.com/security/pub/disk/.
There are also precompiled packages for the more popular distributions
like Debian or RedHat available somewhere on the net.
- Encryption via the loop device
This requires you to patch the kernel as well as the mount
program. You can get both kind of patches from
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~theiling/pub/private/crypto/
- Transparent Cryptographic Filesystem (TCFS) ontop NFS
I only tried a quite old version of tcfs (1.x). What I didn't like
about tcfs was that you could only encrypt the files with your rather
short system-password. This might have changed, though... TCFS is
available from http://tcfs.dia.unisa.it/
Apart from encrypting a whole filesystem you can, of course, encrypt
files one by one, e.g. with pgp etc..
Finally, I would highly recommend to use strong encryption like 3key-3DES or
IDEA to protect your files - irrespective of how 'secret' your files
are. At least it makes it more fun for THEM to decrypt your files ;-)
Regards,
Oliver
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Oliver Flimm Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CipLab, Institutes of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cologne, Germany WWW : http://www.ph-cip.uni-koeln.de/~flimm
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From: "Richard S. Shuford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.terminals,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.sco.programmer,comp.sys.hp.hpux
Subject: Re: Terminals (sources of used terminals)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:05:46 -0500
Reply-To: "Richard S. Shuford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At the instant enumerated as 19:53:04 GMT on 30 January A.D. 1999,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i am also lookiing for some terminals to play around in linux with
> if there are any to be had for cheap please let me know.
The advent of Linux and other low-cost Unix variants has
rekindled interest, among computer tinkerers, in character-
cell serial video terminals.
One source of terminals that has been often overlooked is
Goodwill Industries. This organization sometimes receives
donations of older data-processing equipment, which it then
offers for resale.
For example, last month I visited the Goodwill Industries
store in Leominster, Massachusetts (the town where Johnny
Appleseed was born). Amidst other appliances and equipment,
I found two ASCII video terminals, a DEC VT185 and a Link MC-5.
The VT185 looked rather past its prime, but the Link terminal
appeared clean and usable, and I would have preferred it, anyway,
because it can emulate several types, including DEC VT220, VT100,
ADM-3A, TVI955, Wyse 60, and PCterm. As of today, a description
from Wyse is still visible on the Web:
http://www.wyse.com/terminal/specs/mc5spec.htm
In the Goodwill store, the MC-5's display was priced at $8 and
the EPC-type keyboard at $5, total $13 (U.S.).
(I didn't buy it, because this is the same terminal that Stratus
Computer--my employer--used to sell as the model V103, and I know
where to get one if I need one.)
Of course, Goodwill or similar organizations will not be able to
tell you whether or not a given terminal could be used with Linux.
So it will be your own responsibility to avoid EBCDIC-speaking
or otherwise incompatible terminal types.
Random archived terminal information may be seen from this URL:
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html
...Richard S. Shuford
Stratus Computer, Inc.
Americas Customer Service
--
Stratus Computer sells redundant-hardware fault-tolerant computer systems that
can run VOS, SVR4 FTX, or HP-UX. For details, see http://www.stratus.com/
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From: nonet@chain ()
Subject: Re: Cross platform development (Linux & NT)
Date: 31 Jan 1999 22:12:55 GMT
Dennis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: So maybe it is time to shift gears and look at cross platform
: development that will result in both a WinNT and Linux application. So
: the question is what is the best strategy to do an application for both
: platforms? Tcl and C++? Other? What are the pros and cons for
: development time, tools, etc.
I'm having a go at wxWindows:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/
It's supposed to work well; I'm still getting it setup, etc.
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:24:02 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 5.2 install pukes
Tried to install Redhat 5.2. Inserted the boot floppy and the CD into
the machine. Hit the on switch. The boot starts and I get a message.
Loading initrd.img.....Boot Failed.
OK how do I solve this problem. The Suse disk loaded on this machine
without problems. What's up with Redhat.
Thanks,
Kyle Dansie
--
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-
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
or
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
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From: Simon Kinahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 22:23:58 +0000
Chris Snyder wrote:
>
> No virtual memory!?!? Linux has better virtual memory than Windows does.
> Instead of having a swap file, it allows you to make swap partition, which
> is much more efficient because it doesn't have to jump all over the harddisk
> to read little bits and pieces of the swap file like Windows does. Don't
> argue about something you know nothing about.
I think you should heed your own advice. A few seconds with a disk
defragmenter will demonstrate that the Windows swapfiles are forced to be
contiguous and stationary for exactly the reasons you mention.
Simon
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