Linux-Misc Digest #8, Volume #19 Sat, 13 Feb 99 10:13:42 EST
Contents:
Re: Emacs and Afterstep problem (Michal Vitecek)
Re: Data for NOT using MS-Exchange. (Marco Tephlant)
Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often (Hans Wolters)
Re: Script not doing its job....!!?? Need some simple help!!! (NF Stevens)
Re: More bad news for NT (mlw)
Re: Fonts/KDE/StarOffice (Esa Tikka)
jdk coredumped (Paolo Proni)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Jay Lessert)
Re: I don't want come back to Windows NT ...! ("James Kosin")
Network card 3com 3C509B Etherlink 3 - problems anyone had this?? (Al Dev)
Re: Changing hard drives ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
mount disk sunos-4.1.3_1_b (Rich Sweeny)
Re: Data for NOT using MS-Exchange. (Arthur Corliss)
Re: Boot Disk (Anthony Christofides)
Re: help with mtools and xcopy (Alain Knaff)
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From: Michal Vitecek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.editors,gnu.emacs.help,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Emacs and Afterstep problem
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:52:47 +0100
On 13 Feb 1999, Ilya wrote:
> I am running Afterstep window manager. It seems to conflict with Emacs
> control-v function. Where in the Afterstep configuration files can I change
> this?
edit the feel file u're using and comment out the line:
Key v W C PasteSelection
which causes your problem.
fuf
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From: Marco Tephlant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Data for NOT using MS-Exchange.
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:10:34 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> George Farris wrote:
>
>> In article <7a1ftv$ofj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> "extreme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > Simply look at Exchanges fragile nature, insatiable appetite for
>> resources
>> > and reliance on NT to run.
>> >
>>
>> Great please send me some good examples, sysadmins who run it,
>> replaced it etc.
>
We use MS's pathetic excuse for email. It's quicker to send email
through my personal internet account from the UK to America then it is
to email the person who sits next to me at work.
--
Marco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.netscape,a2000.comp.software.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.8/Redhat 5.2 just hangs very often
Date: 13 Feb 1999 13:35:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan Houtsma wrote:
:Best and cleanest thing would be to recompile with my own libraries then.
:I think the source code was available, but maybe only to a selected group
:of people?
:I also dont know where to find it.
:
:Jan
:
Download the 4.5 version. It's more stable.
Regards Hans
--
Java Search Engine Front End
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/
Linux Links/CMI8330 Soundpro HOWTO
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/linux.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Subject: Re: Script not doing its job....!!?? Need some simple help!!!
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:44:21 GMT
"Sven Burgener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have the following in my ip-up script. But, when running it from another
>script that checks whether there is outgoing mail, it simply seems to start
>fetchmail and then suddenly cuts the connection without having fetchmail
>finishing its job. Sendmail doesn't even run at all! What do I need to do? I
>am sure I have missed out some really basic thing, but I am not at all
>experienced in writing scripts for Linux....
>Part of my ip-up:
>
>case "$6" in
> mail)
> sendmail -q
> fetchmail
> /etc/ppp/ppp-down
> ;;
> *)
> ;;
>esac
>
>If you could help me, I'd be very pleased as I've been trying for days and
>days now....
If you use ip-up to start processes when the connection is made these
processes need to be run in the background so that the ip-up script
can terminate and return to pppd. Try amending you script so that
mail commands run in the background. i.e.
mail)
( sendmail -q;
fetchmail;
/etc/ppp/ppp-down ) &
;;
Norman
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux
Subject: Re: More bad news for NT
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:59:35 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:44:32 -0800, "Boris"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>To demonstrate the advantages of the platform, the demo last week showed the
> >>appliance running nearly three times faster than a server with Oracle8i
> >>running atop Windows NT on identical HP hardware.
> >That's because Oracle NT sucks. They way to go is Microsoft SQL Server 7.
> >
> >Boris
> >
> >
>
> Don't you see the connection...Microsoft runs better on microsoft
> OS's. Nothing else can compeat. Microsoft on MAC OS can't even
> compeat with Microsoft on Mocrosoft OS.
>
> But MySQL on linux outperforms MS/SQL on WinNT ( pent 90 linux, pent
> 233 NT and MySQL is still faster at least in small business databases)
>
> Havent had to opertunity to try MS/SQL with my 200+MB databases which
> is slow no matter what. wrote my own software for that so the files on
> the HD are gziped down to 90MB and all processing ( queries ) is done
> via shell scripts. Let's see DBM done using batch files in NT
> accessable through simple telnet. :-)
Well I have tried MS/SQL and let me tell you, WHAT a PEICE of utter
crap!
I worked on a DICOM web image server, we used Windows NT Enterprise
Edition, IIS, and MS SQL Enterprise edition on a Pentium Pro dual
processor machine. No other extra services were installed. The SQL
server process would crash under high loads. Fortunately Microsoft has
the SQL Manager with restarts the process when it crashes!
For kicks, we ported the code to Linux using Apache and PostGreSQL.
Never a crash, never a problem, on a pentium 233 64 Meg RAM vs the dual
Pentium Pro with 128 Meg. The NT server had a 1 to 2 second deleay
before service, the Linux box was almost instantainious. The NT box, SQL
would crash periodically on the complex queries, PostGreSQL would not.
Not to mention the cost! We had to go EE because of the number of users,
at $3999 for NT and $3999 for SQL we could save $7998 for better
performance and use Linux. The only issue is acceptence of Linux, a year
ago that was a problem, but, less now.
--
Mohawk Software
Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
Visit the Mohawk Software website: www.mohawksoft.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka)
Subject: Re: Fonts/KDE/StarOffice
Date: 13 Feb 1999 13:19:33 GMT
In article <7a2ipd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Richard FREELAND wrote:
>David Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: I'm trying to use StarOffice instead of MS Office. The only problem I'm
>: coming across is the fonts - they look awful. Are there any vector font
>: solutions/True Type font support? Also where's a good source for Linux
>: fonts?
> Um, awful as in scaled, with lots of jaggies, or awful as in just
>plain ugly?
I don't know how the original poster sees this, but I think that it'd be
nice if there was some other useful fonts in the package than times, as
it's a bit dull. A little more stylish fonts, like garamond etc, could be
a nice touch. Then again, I've no use with starbats and it's kind.
> Next, you need to convert the TT fonts to Type 1 Postscript (.pfb)
>and Adobe Font Metrics (.afm) format. I used the package
You seem to know, so:
What difference there are between .pfa, .pfb and .pfm files? Postscript
is quite unknown area to me though I'm no way a newbie with computers.
>ttf2pt1-30b1-afm.tar.gz (no URL handy, but altavista should turn it up).
>The .afm files generated need processing, though; there's a Perl script
>called afm.pl that will do this for you. Might be harder to find; let me
>know if you want me to send it to you.
I found that (at least with same name) with www.ftpsearch.lycos.com
> Finally: install the .pfb files in [...]Office50/xp3/pssoftfonts/
>and the .afm files in [...]Office50/xp3/fontmetrics/afm/, then edit
>[...]Office50/xp3/psstd.fonts to indicate the new fonts. There are
>automated scripts available to do this, but I haven't tried them -- the
>above procedure, though someone convoluted, worked for me.
I was also wondering this thing, so thanks from me also.
I just would like to know, if StarOffices psetup could copy the files to
their right places and update psstd.fonts? At least updating by hand
sounds quite awkward... (ok, I'm lazy :)
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From: Paolo Proni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: jdk coredumped
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:05:10 +0100
Hello,
I tried to install jdk 1.1.5 on my Linux.
When finished I wrote:
javac myappl.java
and I got
core dumped
What has happened? Why cannot I use javac ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay Lessert)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 12 Feb 1999 14:08:32 -0800
In article <79vbev$dlt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Cyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The justification I heard for the second detonation at Nagasaki was that
>the US felt is was necessary to demostrate that they really were capable
>of building more than one of these things. But the Nagasaki bomb was the
>last one they had--it would take months to make any more, because the
>processes for making the U235 & Plutonium were so slow.
That was true for U-235. There was at least one more Fat Man ready to
go, however, and "plenty" of Pu coming.
--
Jay Lessert Portland, Oregon USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "James Kosin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: I don't want come back to Windows NT ...!
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 22:09:00 GMT
Dear Giuseppe Frangiamone,
First, be sure the drives are able to support Sync transfer & 40MB/sec
transfer rates. I would try changing the transfer to Async and give
that a try. I had that problem with my Zip100 drive. I would write a
file to it and the file would get corrupt ... espectially if it was a
BIG file. You have no idea how many times I downloaded the
kernel-2.2.1 source before finding this one!
Second, is this a problem that has just started happening with linux??
Or has it been all along? If it just started happening I would check
the drives for a possible impendant failure.
If it has happened since you installed Linux try my first suggestion.
NT and 95 and others default to Async for all drives unless you force
the issue.
If you are able to backup your information... you can try a media
check under the SCSI device tools or something for the SCSI card. Its
the other option after pressing <ctrl>-A that comes up. The first
line is for configureing the adapter and devices and the second takes
you to tools as in lowlevel formatting and Media-Checking of the
drives. BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE DOING ANY OF THESE!!!!
Good Luck
James Kosin
Giuseppe Frangiamone wrote in message <7a1elc$nfk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
|I've trying to migrate from Windows NT company server to Linux but
I've a
|big problem with the SCSI controller.
|
|I've installed Linux RH52 and after the kernel 2.2.1-4.
|
|I've an aic7880 controller and I get timeouts errors coping files.
These is
|a part of log/messages:
|
|at boot :
|
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: scsi : detected total.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: IP-Config: No network devices
available.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Partition check:
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at
block 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI
host
|adapter> found at PCI 16/0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255
SCBs
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code...
419
|instructions downloaded
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x
|(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.10/3.2.4
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI
host
|adapter>
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: scsi : 1 host.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-32160W
|Rev: S60B
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0,
channel 0, id
|0, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-32160W
|Rev: S60B
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0,
channel 0, id
|1, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-32160W
|Rev: S60B
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0,
channel 0, id
|2, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-32160W
|Rev: S60B
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi disk sdd at scsi0,
channel 0, id
|3, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DORS-32160W
|Rev: WA6A
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[280]: starting. named 8.1.2 Thu Sep 24
02:47:08
|EDT 1998 ^[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/bs/BUILD/src/bin/named
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[280]: cache zone "" (IN) loaded (serial
0)
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[280]: master zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa"
(IN)
|loaded (serial 1997022700)
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[280]: listening on [127.0.0.1].53 (lo)
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[280]: listening on [10.57.9.181].53
(eth0)
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[280]: Forwarding source address is
|[0.0.0.0].1024
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi disk sde at scsi0,
channel 0, id
|4, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python
28388-XXX
|Rev: 5.AC
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: Sequential-Access
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:5:0) Synchronous at 6.67
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 15.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-ROM
CR-506
|Rev: 8S05
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Type: CD-ROM
|ANSI SCSI revision: 02
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0,
channel 0,
|id 6, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 10.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 15.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.52
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512
bytes.
|Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
|Feb 11 17:48:56 linux named[281]: Ready to answer queries.
|Feb 11 17:48:57 linux dhcpd: Internet Software Consortium DHCPD
$Name:
|V2-BETA-1-PATCHLEVEL-6 $
|Feb 11 17:48:57 linux dhcpd: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 The
Internet
|Software Consortium.
|Feb 11 17:48:57 linux dhcpd: All rights reserved.
|Feb 11 17:48:57 linux dhcpd: Listening on Socket/eth0/NIERING
|Feb 11 17:48:57 linux dhcpd: Sending on Socket/eth0/NIERING
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 >
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512
bytes.
|Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: sdb: sdb1
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512
bytes.
|Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: sdc: sdc1
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: SCSI device sdd: hdwr sector= 512
bytes.
|Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: sdd: sdd1
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: SCSI device sde: hdwr sector= 512
bytes.
|Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1 GB]
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: sde: sde1
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: change_root: old root has d_count=1
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Trying to unmount old root ... okay
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 52k freed
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Adding Swap: 128484k swap-space
(priority -1)
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max
buffers 4,
|s/g segs 16.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id
|5, lun 0
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker
|http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo
at
|0x8000, 00:60:97:7a:3b:aa, IRQ 5
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: 8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split,
10base2
|interface.
|Feb 11 17:48:55 linux kernel: Enabling bus-master transmits and
|whole-frame receives.
|...
|
|
|sometimes copying files:
|
|Feb 11 18:04:26 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:04:40 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 8968) timed
out -
|resetting
|Feb 11 18:04:40 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
channel 0.
|Feb 11 18:04:40 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 8972) timed
out -
|resetting
|Feb 11 18:04:40 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
channel 0.
|Feb 11 18:04:43 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:04:43 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:04:43 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:04:57 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 8968)
timed
|out - trying harder
|Feb 11 18:04:57 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
channel 0.
|Feb 11 18:05:00 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:05:00 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:05:00 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:05:13 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 8968) timed
out -
|resetting
|Feb 11 18:05:13 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
channel 0.
|Feb 11 18:05:13 linux kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
: pid
|8997, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 0x0a 06 ca ed f4 00
|Feb 11 18:05:15 linux kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 8997) timed
out -
|resetting
|Feb 11 18:05:15 linux kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
channel 0.
|Feb 11 18:05:18 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:05:18 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|Feb 11 18:05:18 linux kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 40.0
Mbyte/sec,
|offset 8.
|
|Please help me?
|
|Thanks
|Giuseppe
|
|
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From: Al Dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Network card 3com 3C509B Etherlink 3 - problems anyone had this??
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:29:14 -0600
I installed redhat 5.2 on pentium 90 box having the 3com 3c509B
Etherlink 3 network card.
The networking does not work.
if I do -
# ifconfig eth0 up
it says SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily not available
ifconfig eth0 gives
IRQ 10 address 0020 af ea 85 b6
Anyone had this problem? How to get around this one?
I have another box which has 3c59x card and it works fine.
al
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Changing hard drives
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:32:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There's a HOWTO called... HDChange or something... see the list
> of howtos and you'll find it. There're several ways to do it there.
I can't find it, at least not in the red hat distrib. the closest i found
was Bootdisk-HOWTO but the info there is only mildly relevant.
edmond
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From: Rich Sweeny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mount disk sunos-4.1.3_1_b
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:52:41 -0500
Hi,
Is it possible to mount a disk (optical) written from a machine
running Solaris 1.1.1.(b)
(Sunos-4.1.3_U1_B)
thanks,
Rich
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Corliss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Data for NOT using MS-Exchange.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 12 Feb 1999 13:05:23 -0900
On 12 Feb 1999 02:42:02 GMT, George Farris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I work for a local Collge that has about 1400 PC's and many
>students and staff. I've been advocating Linux for a while
>and we actually do have a few Linux servers and are going to
>offer an intro course in the Fall.
>
>The problem is, the powers that be are thinking of going to an
>Exchange server for email and I'm looking for all the ammunition
>I can get (besides cost) for NOT using Exchange. I want to write
>a formal response with an alternative solution using Linux. At
>the very least, I would like to see the mail system stay on the
>VAX where it currenty is.
>
>Any and all pointers, data, experience, URL's is greatly
>appriciated.
>
>Thanks in advance. I'll post results when I get them.
>
>--
>======================================================================George Farris -
>VE7FRG E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone still have that URL for the article that covered Linux's 212% growth?
They covered the fact that NT's growth was partly attributable to needing more
copies just to get the same amount of work done. They highlighted exchange,
which can only handle 300-400 users per server (typically), where *nix could
handle 5,000-10,000 on comparable hardware.
I can vouch personally for the company I just left having the exact
limitations stated above with Exchange. And the gods forbid people start
zapping off those 5MB avi's and crap--good luck keeping Exchange up. :-P
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://www.odinicfoundation.org/arthur/
"Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
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From: Anthony Christofides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Disk
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:23:19 +0200
Making a boot disk is not very straightforward, I'm afraid. You'll have
to read much. The Linux Bootdisk HOW-TO tells you really everything,
however, and it is very well-written and up-to-date. I suggest that you
read it carefully from the beginning.
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO.html
Christopher Michael Collins wrote:
> I recall seeing this somewhere. But, how do I go about
> making a specific, complete boot disk for my hardware.
> I have 2.0.35 and all the hardware is functioning
> properly. Is it straight forward to impliment a boot
> of all my hardware on a single disk?
> How about a fully functional root?
>
> --
> --Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alain Knaff)
Subject: Re: help with mtools and xcopy
Date: 13 Feb 1999 12:37:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:25:29 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Is anyone familiar with the xcopy command from mtools? I am currently working
>on my first Linux box and I'm having a bit of trouble using xcopy to copy a
>directory from a DOS floppy. I keep getting an error "xcopy: command not
>found"
>
>any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Freddy Vega
>
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Xcopy is usually used for recursive copies. In mtools you use the -/
flag for that. Example:
mcopy -/ a:mydirectory .
This command copies mydirectory and its contents from a: to the
current Unix directory
--
Linux - Why use Windows, since there is a door?
Alain
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