Linux-Misc Digest #52, Volume #19 Mon, 15 Feb 99 16:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Errors compiling kermit 6.0.192 on Linux 2.2.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie Problem with ./configure (John Garrison)
Firewalling and Security -- Where is the path to Enlightenment? Er, (K&A)
2.2.1 upgrade; kernel panic; superblock problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux suxxxx (Mark Bratcher)
Missing /dev/sda16 (Eusebio Garate)
libgen.h not found (regex(), regcmp() fns) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3c509/3c509b and SportsterVoice (Psophos)
Re: KPPP - Connect ... no Nameserver (Daniel TONG)
Re: how to turn a Win95 disk into a linux disk??? (Roland Latour)
Re: strange characters (Atif ghaffar)
Re: Bunch of pretentious Wankers
Re: Help: Redhat 5.2 and KDE installation (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
Re: info (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
Re: Help: Redhat 5.2 and KDE installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for nice editor, FTP a must. (Eric Turner)
Re: KDE is a Memory Hog. (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
CD-RW problems (Peter Stein)
Re: Where is the boot message? (Steve Zinck)
Newbie - tar.gz - where?? install (Robert Crosbee)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Errors compiling kermit 6.0.192 on Linux 2.2.1
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:04:49 GMT
In article <7a4jka$7bd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz) wrote:
> In article <36c5d104.0@calwebnnrp>, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : In comp.os.linux.misc Frank da Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : > : ...
> : > : make: *** [linux] Error 2
> : > :
> : > : Any ideas?
> : > :
> : > This is our most frequently asked question in recent weeks. Answer: Linux
> : > has changed significantly since C-Kermit 6.0 was released. Of course we
> : > have adapted, but this requires you try a newer version of C-Kermit:
> :
> : > http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
> :
> : Thank you. kermit 7.0 compiled fine. Why is the binary called wermit?
> :
> So in case you already had a "kermit" binary, it won't write over it.
What if you already have "wermit"?
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
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From: John Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbie Problem with ./configure
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:39:53 GMT
O.k. either you don't have the libraries installed or your
library/include paths are not setup right
type 'rpm -q glibc-devel' if you don't have either this go to
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM and download and install it.
to find out which version to get type 'rpm -q glibc' get the same
version of glibc-devel
if it is installed open kde find utility, you did say you had kde
right? if not type 'man find' and read instructions for the text based
version. Use find to see if you have stdio.h (you should if glibc-devel
is installed, if not then reinstall a new copy of glibc-devel) If you
have stdio.h tell me where it is at and we can go from there.
Shadowspawn wrote:
>
> Ok I got the text from your message saved it into a text file called hello.c in
> the /usr/src directory and tried this:
>
> [root@localhost src]# gcc -O hello.c -o hello
> hello.c:1: stdio.h: No such file or directory
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From: K&A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.admin,utah.linux
Subject: Firewalling and Security -- Where is the path to Enlightenment? Er,
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:18:28 +0000
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 2.2.1 upgrade; kernel panic; superblock problem
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 18:55:52 GMT
Hello all--
I recently upgraded from 2.0.34 to 2.2.1 (debian 2.0 installation; new
modutils as well). I was able to boot okay once and then get every service
working (ppp, tcp/ip and nfs) the way I wanted. I then rebooted.
Unfortunately, now I get a kernel panic when trying to mount the root
partition.
Under FreeBSD I would just "point" myself at another kernel from the a boot
prompt and then I'd boot with the other kernel on disk. How can I do this
with Linux?
Like an idiot, I didn't make a 2.2.1 floppy image, but I do have a 2.0.34
debian rescue diskette (as well as a 2.0.34 boot floppy containing my system
config).
FSCK complains about a bad Superblock. . .(I've also tried 8193) and it
doesn't seem happy about this. Anyhow, is there something I should have done
differently or is this just a non-fortuitous coincidence.
BTW: I did select IDE support to be compiled in (IOW it is _not_ compiled in
as a module).
Thanks for any thoughts besides re-install. . .I'm not quite ready for that
yet.
--Brad
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux suxxxx
Date: 15 Feb 1999 17:46:24 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Actually Linux is *hard* to install, when you compare it to Windows, OS2 and
> the like.
>
> Much work has been done on making installation easier but even so, its still
> not perfect. I have a good system with good well known cards and yet Linux
> needs help in setting up my sound card, video card and network card.
>
> Not a problem under Windows.
>
This is absolutely right _IF_ the install goes well. When Win95 first
came out did you see how many posts there were in the WIn95 NGs from
people trying to upgrade from Win3.1 and then throwing in the towel
because it didn't recognize their hardware properly? Or, it thought it
was one thing but it was something else? If it works, it's nice, but
when it doesn't work, it's a bear and no better than Linux in that case.
> However, try this on a Dec Alpha and Linux will seem lovely!
>
Yes! :-)
Mark
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From: Eusebio Garate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Missing /dev/sda16
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:00:54 -0800
Hello,
I have Redhat 5.2 installed on a 4.5 GB Ultra2 IBM SCSI drive. The
system dual boots OS2 and Linux. I have partioned the drive so that
fdisk under Linux lists up to /dev/sda16, which I use as my swap
partition. My fstab file also lists /dev/sda16 as the swap partition and
it is identified as type 82 under fdisk. The problem is this: when I
boot Linux, the swap partition does not mount--when I use 'top' there is
no indication of swap space, 'top' says 0k av, 0k used, 0k free. If I
try to enable the swap partition after booting into Linux I get an error
that indicates /dev/sda16 does not exist. I checked the /dev directory
and sure enough there is no 'sda16' . What do I do now?
Thanks,
Eusebio Garate
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: libgen.h not found (regex(), regcmp() fns)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:51:41 GMT
Greetings!
I am porting an old SGI application to linux.
I am experiencing several problems:
(1) libgen.h not found. My attempts to hack one with linux posix
regex.h has not been successful.
I would appreciate if someone could provide one or more of the following:
(1) Is libgen.h available on linux. If so how can I get it?
In source form so I can compile it for this app.
(2) The app. seems to parsing F77 floats
of the form <sign><number><decimal_dot><number><[eEdD]><sign><number>
Could someone provide the correct reg. exp for this and the stubs to use it.
My attempts could have failed in either step.
--SGI specific procinfo file system---
This application seems to have used the procinfo file system to
check if a F77 process is active or died and read from the output
of this F77 process.
I am trying to rewrite this segment with exec and std unix practices.
However, I would appreciate if anyone has an idea or the location
where procinfo library is available.
THank you
Any other experience porting this kind of app. from sgi to linux
is also welcome.
Thank you much,
Raman Kannan
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From: Psophos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: 3c509/3c509b and SportsterVoice
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:42:12 +0000
An external modem, lucky bugger. I've got a Winmodem. Useless.
Well...
Try to ping loopback on the Linux box. IP is 127.0.0.1 IIRC.
Try to ping the Linux boxes hostname, or whatever IP number you gave it.
On another tack, are you sure that there is no conflict between both
devices?
What serial port (com, IRQ & Address) is the modem attached to?
What IRQ & address is the netcard taking?
I ask caouse i've seen those network cards sitting on IRQ 3 at times.
Calle wrote:
>
> Hello!
> I wonder does anyone have a checklist for the configuration steps needed
> to be taken to get lan card and modem working?
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a Compaq EP 6333, 3COM 3c509 lan adapter
> and USR SportsterVoice 33.6 external modem.
> I have tried configuring the lan adapter using netconf and there's some
> connection?! The hub indicates that there is a connection, (it is lit), but
> when I try to ping another machine on my little network, the hub doesn't
> indicate any activity. And ofcourse, it is not possible to ping my Linux
> machine from the other box either.
> All the HOWTOs says that the 3c509 works fine, they just don�t say
> HOW to make it work fine!
>
> I�m desperate
>
> Calle
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From: Daniel TONG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KPPP - Connect ... no Nameserver
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:52:46 -0500
Torsten Jenkner wrote:
> Hello, i tried to connect to the internet with Kppp and it works but i got
> the following problem:
>
> when i start the netscape navigator it doesn't find the nameserver i give
> the kppp configuration. the DNS - ip is correct configured.
>
> the ping command works to every machine and netscape works also if i type in
> the ip-numbers, but every time the DNS should work it doesn't (every
> www-adress and every link to another www-adress)
>
> and also the first ping to any adress after the first connect let the
> ppp-demon die unexpectedly. after a few seconds it reconnects and all pings
> work fine... but the DNS doesn't work.
>
> do anyone know about these problems? is it a bug (S.U.S.E. 5.3 KDE 1.0)
>
> Torsten
keep me posted
i have exactly the same problem under rh52 and kde1.0
the only difference is that when i pinged my isp, it showed i was hooked up
properly with bytes coming in steadily
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From: Roland Latour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to turn a Win95 disk into a linux disk???
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 08:41:22 -0800
Cameron Fraser wrote:
>
> hey, i have Win95 on hda1 and RedHat 5.1 (2.0.35) on hdb1, and i want to
> make both disks linux, is there
> a non destructive way of making hda1 a linux partition and moving my
> /usr partition over to it? by
> non destructive i mean for my existing linux disk, who cares about
> windoze..:o)
The first thing I'd do is simplify /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo, so it
boots RH and ignores /dev/hda. Once you've tested that, boot RH and
su to root, then 'fdisk /dev/hda' and change its partitioning scheme
so it contains 1 or more ext2 partitions. This will wipe Win95. Then
'mke2fs' the partition(s) you just allocated.
Then 'fsck /dev/hda1' and any other partitions you made on hda, and put
a line in /etc/fstab like this:
/dev/hda1 /usr1 ext2 user,noauto 1 2
and create /usr1. Now 'mount /usr1' and 'df' should show it mounted and
empty. Now you need to copy what's in /usr to /usr1:
(cd /usr;tar cf - .) | (cd /usr1; tar xvfp - )
This is from the TIPS HOWTO.
Now 'umount /usr1'. You may want to fsck it, too. Replace the new line
in fstab so it mounts hda1 as '/usr' with 'default' options, and
'mount /usr' should look like before. If all OK, 'umount /usr' and
'rm -rf /usr/*' to recover disk space on hdb and 'mount /usr' again.
If you get 'device busy' you need to 'cd /' to make it un-busy.
I hope this helps. I take no responsibility for lost data. Of course,
you've already backed up your data, right?
--
Retired Tech Support Engineer http://home.cdsnet.net/~rolandl
Young at Heart. Slightly Older in Other Places.
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From: Atif ghaffar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: strange characters
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:03:59 +0100
Sorry All.
I am the ass of the day.
I have found the problem.
my ls was aliased to "ls --color -F"
Thanks .
Atif ghaffar wrote:
> Hi all.
> I had this problem once before and now again.
> I am getting strange characters if I pipe something to mail or if I ftp
> using netscape etc with Linux.
>
> here is an example
>
> ls | mail aghaffar
>
> And this is what I get in my mail (viewing it from netscape)
>
> [00m[01;31m3.20_Changes.txt[00m*
> [01;34mDesktop[00m/
> [00mREADME[00m
> [00mREADME.qt-1.41[00m
> [00mServerLog[00m
> [00mStartLog[00m
> [00martemedia.ch[00m
> [00martemedia.de.traceroute[00m
> [01;34mbin[00m/
> [01;31mchmodprop[00m*
> [00mcrack.pl[00m
> [00mcvlfiles.txt[00m
> [00me-card-specs.html[00m
>
> The same result apears if I log on to my machine using ftp with Netscape or other
>gui ftp client on linux or NT or other unix.
>
> commandline ftp works fine though,
>
> I reinstalled my system this morning reformatting the disk. I thought its some bad
>sectors on disk or corrup devices.
>
> That didnt help neither.
>
> thanks in advance for your help.
>
> --
> Thank you
>
> Atif Ghaffar
> I*Net programmer
> artemedia online sa. http://www.artemedia.ch
> rue de morges 24 CH 1023 crissier
> tel: +41 (0)21 706.20.70 Fax: +41 (0)21 706.20.71
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> "If Microsoft is the answer, it must have been a VERY silly question."
--
Thank you
Atif Ghaffar
I*Net programmer
artemedia online sa. http://www.artemedia.ch
rue de morges 24 CH 1023 crissier
tel: +41 (0)21 706.20.70 Fax: +41 (0)21 706.20.71
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"If Microsoft is the answer, it must have been a VERY silly question."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Bunch of pretentious Wankers
Date: 15 Feb 1999 20:02:06 GMT
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:31:29 GMT, Bitbucket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:08:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Clinton is their boss. And he's
>>above the same punishment. It's an American travisty and a pathetic display
>>that Democrates dispite addmiting that what he did was undefenseable,
>>Defended him. Shows just how "above" the left seems to think they are while
>>accusing the right of being so. Just my .02 Keith
>
>You miss the point entirely. Sexual misconduct is by virtue, an
>extremely common human...frailty.
No you miss the point. Which was lying under oath (a felony) and obstruction
of justice (another felony). It has nothing to do with sexual misconduct.
This is the problem with most Americans today, especially democrats, they
are too blinded by the free handouts to see the truth or care about whether
the president is a criminal or not. Thier creedo has become: to hell with
the law and honesty as long as the handouts continue. Those who defend the
president in this matter are the lowest form of slime because they are
instrumental in destroying the character of this country. They have also
given the rest of the country an excuse to lie in a court of law and the
expectation of getting away with it.
Anyone who thinks this is about sex is dishonest with themselves as well as
with those they try to convince. Clinton commited a felony and the democrats
and his other supporters have become accessories to his crimes.
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: Redhat 5.2 and KDE installation
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:51:11 -0600
BoYz wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have juts upgraded my Linux box from Redhat 5.0 to Redhat 5.2. I am
> really like to using KDE but I'm new to Linux so the installation didn't
> successful.
>
> In my understanding, I have to install QT first, right. I downloaded QT
> in the .gz form -> gunzip -> tar and follow the instruction in INSTALL
> file but I can't install it. I got an error message. I tried again by
> downloading .rpm form. I used
>
> rpm -ih qt*.rpm
>
> the package seems to be installed but it didn't. How can i install QT in
> .rpm form?
>
> Again, please help me if I want to install the KDE in .rpm form as well
> cause I think it is easier to install KDE in .rpm form.
>
> Thank you very much
> BoYz
>
> ps.) I have read RPM How-to already but It didn't help.
When you get error msgs you should share them in your question. It will
help alot.
I downloaded and installed KDE on my RH 5.0, when I was running RH 5.0
last summer.
Then, it was QT 1.33.
How do you know it didn't install?
As root run "updatedb". Then, you can use "locate <somefile>" and it
will show you where it is at. If it is installed it will show you
where.
The rpm problem was one reason I switched to SuSE and it's YaST feature.
Doing rmp -i <pkg>.rm does the install, but it doesn't always update the
rpm pkg or the rpm database with that fact (at least on RH 5.0 and RH
5.2). Then, when you try to remove it with rmp -e <pkg>.rpm you are
told that the package is not installed. So, you repeat the rpm -i stuff
and you get the messsage that the package is already installed.
Catch-22.
I end up deleting the installed stuff manually, "rpm rebuild" to clean
up the data base, and then I began using tar, which works beautifully.
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: info
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:42:45 -0600
Matt Kressel wrote:
>
> gus wrote:
> >
> > Here is a dumb question from a person who thinks he's beyond newbie ....
> > ;-)
> >
> > I have been a linux for a number of years now, and am embarrassed to
> > admit that I have never found the "info" pages. Regularly I encounter
> > ".... man page is no longer maintained, see the info pages for ..."
> >
> > I have always been satisfied with man ...xxxx..., but I should know.
> >
> > So, will someone please enlighten me?
> >
> >
>
> On most systems, package info is placed in the /usr/doc directory.
> Although not all documentation is there, a large part of it will be
> there.
>
> -Matt
>
> --
> Matthew O. Kressel | INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +--------- Northrop Grumman Corporation, Bethpage, NY ---------+
> +--------- TEL: (516) 346-9101 FAX: (516) 346-9740 ------------+
I just type "info <subject>" and up it pops. Q gets you out.
<if it's installed>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help: Redhat 5.2 and KDE installation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:53:41 GMT
BoYz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> file but I can't install it. I got an error message. I tried again by
> downloading .rpm form. I used
> rpm -ih qt*.rpm
> the package seems to be installed but it didn't. How can i install QT in
> .rpm form?
The above looks correct. What happened ?
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From: Eric Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for nice editor, FTP a must.
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:05:53 -0800
Matthias Warkus wrote:
> > It will also tell you what the time is (western or Mayan calendars),
> > remind you that it's your wife's birthday, remind you *again* that
> > it's your wife's birthday, and that you really should go home now,
> > have several windows open on machines several thousand miles apart,
> > play Sokoban, syntax-highlight your code, hide copyright statements in
> > edited code, hide the code inside inactive #ifdefs, provide code
> > navigation, word completion, and bracket-balancing, send email, read
> > Usenet news, automatically update change logs, transparently handle
> > source code control systems, warn you when your laptop battery is low,
> > highlight the differences between versions of files, edit tar files,
> > simulate Conway's Life (someone has to have one), play an adventure
> > game, drive TeX, make fun of the NSA, and provide tailored modes for
> > several dozen programming languages.
>
> It will also let you play Blackbox, give you multibyte character
> support, pull-down menus, context menus, it can psychoanalyse you, it
> can psychoanalyse Zippy the Pinhead, you can use it as a database or a
> spreadsheet, and, most important: it tells you when you need a typing
> break, and during the break, it shows the Towers of Hanoi.
Where can I find information on how to use these features (well, minus
the psychoanalysis)?
Eric Turner
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE is a Memory Hog.
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:41:03 -0600
David Steuber wrote:
>
> "David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> -> Matthias Warkus wrote in message ...
> -> >Ease of maintenance.
> -> >Elegance.
> -> >Style.
> -> You can have all of the above and still have an app that is conservative in
> -> its resource usage. The way KDE uses memory you would have to wonder just
> -> how careful the implementers were in there coding.
>
> Sounds to me like you can write an equivilent window manager and
> desktop with less resource usage. Go for it!
>
> Are there any good GUIs that don't use a fair amount of resources?
>
Ah... KDE... I love that fat pig!!! Porkchops have always been one of
my favorites.
Why not? I've got plenty of RAM and plenty of diskspace and a P166 -
well, two out of three ain't bad. All three are getting bigger and
cheaper.
<memeory lane on>
In 1978, I put TWO 140Kb DISKII floppies on my AppleII+ and wondered
what I would do with all that extra space.
In 1980 I mounted a Corvus 5MB HD (took 15 minutes to warm up and become
stable) and had exactly the same thoughts.
</memory lane off>
A couple of weeks ago I installed a 6.4GB HD and hope it will last a
couple of more years... ;-)
Now, SBS announced a supercomputer that does 12.8 TOps, 4-5 times faster
than BIG BLUE.
It only consumes 1.6Kw, compared to 3.6Mw for BIG BULE.
It takes only 4 cubic feet of space (two PC's) compared to BIG BLUES
office building.
It's license costs only 26 Million $ compared to 92 Million for BIG
BLUE.
In a few years it will cost 2,000 dollars and be on your desktop.
Should IBM be worried? YES!
Can we wait to put Linux on it? NO!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Stein)
Subject: CD-RW problems
Date: 15 Feb 1999 17:02:08 GMT
I've got a really peculiar problem with my Yamaha 4416S.
Have a CD-RW which was successfully burned on another PC
with the same Yamaha 4416S which I moved to my main PC
along with the Asus SC-875 SCSI controller.
This CD-RW mounts successfully on both the multiread Toshiba
and the 4416S.
I wanted to record something else on the same CD-RW so I
did the following:
1. Erased the CD-RW using the cdrecord-1.6.1 command
'cdrecord blank=all speed=4 dev=6,0'
This completed without errors.
2. Using the latest xcdroast performed a 'quick copy',
i.e. image-less copy from the Toshiba to the 4416S.
This completed without errors.
So everything is cool, right?
Wrong!!
A verify of the burned image fails immediately!
So, I'm thinking ok, perhaps I should've burned from an
image rather than trying the 'quick copy' (although I
can't think of any reason why the 'quick copy' shouldn't
have worked). No biggie, it's a CD-RW and I'll just repeat
steps 1 & 2, but with an image burn rather than the 'quick copy'.
Guess what? I can no longer access the CD-RW!!
Attempting to execute step 1 results in SCSI errors and mount
fails with 'unrecognizable file system' if attempting to mount
on the Toshiba.
What the heck is going on? Is this CD-RW permanently damaged?
How do I blank this CD-RW so I can re-record on it?
Peter Stein
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From: Steve Zinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is the boot message?
Date: 15 Feb 1999 16:03:21 GMT
Check /var/log, and /etc/syslog.conf for syslogd's configuration.
Steve Zinck
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Tae-Yeoub Jang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isn't it the file "/var/boot.log"?
> But it is always empty after booting.
> What's wrong?
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From: Robert Crosbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie - tar.gz - where?? install
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:20:54 -0500
When a tar.gz file is on linux and ready to be 'untarred' and installed
- what is the proper place to copy or download it to? Ive been puting
them in /usr/tmp.
Is it ok to untar it from there and install it or should it placed into
a different directory.
Plus if you could provide a simple walkthru of the procedure of
untarring and installing. Thanks.
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