Linux-Misc Digest #124, Volume #19 Sun, 21 Feb 99 13:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Problems while installing HP-Deskjet 720C (Jason Clifford)
Re: Having a SLIP connection terminate after no TCP/IP activity (John Thompson)
Re: telnet in from Win box (John Thompson)
Re: How to get 'Press any key to continue' ? (NF Stevens)
Re: how to change permission bit on vfat partition? (bklimas)
Re: PPP (bklimas)
Inito 9100A SCSI CARD COMPILING PROBLEMS (Alan Fried)
Serial monitor that Does not require Afterstep or gtk (Ralph Blach)
Getting the xserver for the Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro to work. (Timothy Heimerl)
Re: NT Boot Menu won't work - help (Mark Gilmore)
Permissions and users!!!!!!ARG (Robert Crosbee)
Re: Putting NT (and Linux) on the Same System? (Wayne Watson)
APM causes time hiccups? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... (Yan Seiner)
HOW CAN I LINK libg++ LIBRARY TO COMPILE C++ CODES UNDER GCC? (Thapa Damar)
Kernel/CD-rom trubble (Richard Lindgren)
Re: Managing User Accounts through code (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: How to low-level format a harddrive ("Torsten Jenkner")
Re: Multilink PPP in Linux with 2 x V90 = 105,333 bps? (Mark Evans)
Re: Firewall with 1 IP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel 2.2.x upgrade (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
making an image of a fat partition? (for backup/restore purposes?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... ("Frank
Sexton")
Re: How to low-level format a harddrive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Graphing Packages on Redhat
Re: Delphi with Database Server for Linux (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: 2.2.1 upgrade; kernel panic; superblock problem ("John Burton")
Re: formation linux!!! (Raymond Doetjes)
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems while installing HP-Deskjet 720C
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:51:31 +0000
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Thomas B=FCscher wrote:
> I've bought today a new printer ....and now...
> Is there anyone out there, who has experience in installing a
> Deskjetprinter with SuSE-Linux 5.3?
The printer you have bought is a Windows GDI printer and will only work
with MS Windows.
I suggest that you return it to the vendor (assuming that you had the good
sense to specify that you were buying the printer for a non-MS Windows
system and are thus able to do so) and get a supported printer. To the
best of my knowledge all other HP Deskjet printers are supported.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Having a SLIP connection terminate after no TCP/IP activity
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:25:31 -0600
Fred Heitkamp wrote:
>
> I often have my PC downloading large files over a SLIP connection to my
> ISP. I was wondering if there is a utility to watch the TCP/IP activity
> and execute my SLIP stop script after the activity stops. I'm thinking
> along the lines of the dialer in OS Warp that has a Hangup after x
> minutes of no activity feature.
Do you need to use slip? There is a gpppkill utility that
can kill the ppp interface after a user-defined idle time.
It has a nice load monitor also...
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet in from Win box
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:31:36 -0600
Henry Meyerding wrote:
>
> When I telnet into my Linux server from a Win 9x box, if I start elm I
> get some gibberish about the screen not being wide enough (and elm stops
> before it runs). What can I do about this?
>
> Interestingly, if I telnet to a different server and then telnet from
> there I don't get the message.
>
> Anyone help me?
>
> Also, I can't vi because it tells me a bunch of hooey about termcap
> stuff and then exits.
>
> Can anyone help me fix this?
I suspect this is a problem with the terminal emulation in
your telnet client. The stock Win95|98|NT telnet client is
notoriously lame. I don't use telnet often enough in Windows
to have felt the need to replace it, but were I to look I
would probably try kermit from Columbia University. They
have developed kermit as a very capable cross-platform
terminal program.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Subject: Re: How to get 'Press any key to continue' ?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:52:19 GMT
oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I need to make my shell script have some kind of function that will
>prompt 'Press any key to continue'.
echo "Press return to continue"
read dummy
>
>The script is invoked as so 'xterm -e myscript &'
>The problem is when this script is completed the xterm terminates and
>I don't have a chance to see any messages the script might have left.
>If there is something like 'Press any key to continue' the xterm will
>hang around long enough for me to see the output.
>
>Another thing I'd like to do on some of my scripts is put a little
>delay on it so that instead of having to press a key to continue there
>will be a pause for a specified persiod of time.
Try sleep.
Norman
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From: bklimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to change permission bit on vfat partition?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:16:45 GMT
Te-Cheng Shen wrote:
> Hi, there
> I have a problem about chmod.
>
> I installed both Win95 and RedHat 5.2 on two different hd.
> Now I try to enable the permission bit on my vfat partition so that
As far as I know (newbie), vfat does not have the system of
file permissions that parallels the Linux native file system.
So what you are trying to do seems improssible to me.
You may want to send your complaints to the designers of
vfat.
>
> ALL users can read and write on that partition. I issued this command
>
If you want all users to be able to acess your vfat partion in
read-write mode, you have to edit file etc/fstab and specify
the "user" on the line that mentions this filesystem.
I posted a webside that explains in detail how to do it.
http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/
Hope this help.
>
> chmod -R a+rwx /mnt/e
>
> Unfortunately, the permission is always rwxr-xr-x, how can I
> enable the write permission bit on vfat partition?
>
> Thanks
>
> Shen
>
> email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best regards,
b.k.
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From: bklimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:26:14 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello all I have a small problem with my dial up connection. Root works fine
> but not as a user. I have read all the How-to's....man pages I can get my
> hand on and done every thing they said,but no joy. chmod all relevant files
> as directed, etc. Minicom will connect from a user logon but usenet give a
> message of No user-controled interfaces. Any help apreciated. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Did you try to run "netconf" from the command line as root,
and under ppp config menu choose that users may (de)activate the connection?
PPP worked so easy to me and I am also a newbie. You may want to see the help
I recently posted on my webpage (ugly, but hopefully useful):
http://www.magma.ca/~bklimas/
It deals with ppp setup too.
Best regards,
b.k.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried)
Subject: Inito 9100A SCSI CARD COMPILING PROBLEMS
Date: 21 Feb 1999 13:45:18 GMT
I have successfully compiled a new kernel with the Inito drivers
installed. My card is connected to a Syjet. At boot up all the
Inito drivers come up including my Syjet.
However when I start xwindows the system crashes. This does not
happen on the other kernel.
I am using Red Hat 5.1 with kernel 2.0.34 on a 300mhz machinge
with a 19 inch monitor. I have an STB 128 AGP card and the card
hooked up to the syjet is a PCI.
Does anyone have any suggestions and/or solutions??
Thanx in advance
P.S. I have already contacted Initio and they have been of very
little help. They told me that there was something wrong with my
Xconfiguration but thats not the problem because xwindows works
fine with the other kernel minus the Inito drivers. The intio drivers
have to be doing something to cause this problem.
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From: Ralph Blach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial monitor that Does not require Afterstep or gtk
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 10:41:48 -0500
Hi,
I am looking for a basic serial port monitor that does not require gtk,
afterstep, or any of the other special
desktops. I have a out of the box redhat 5.1 with all the updates and
use fvwm95 as it comes with the
system
Please send answers to my mail account.
Thanks in advance
--
Ralph "Chip" Blach
KF4WBK
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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From: Timothy Heimerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Getting the xserver for the Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro to work.
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:17:00 -0600
Hello all!
I have a Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro card that I want to get to work for
Xwindows. I have found a X server, but need to know how to get the
setup software to know it is there. Any help would be greatly
appreciated!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mark Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT Boot Menu won't work - help
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:47:13 -0500
It is a little more involved then that. . . Read the following:
http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
Doug Paradis wrote:
> I believe I had followed directions for using the NT boot menu to maintain a
> triple boot (W98, WNT, linux). Boot.ini looks like:
>
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="NT Server 4.00"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="NT Server 4.00 [VGA mode]"
> /basevideo /sos
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\="linux"
> C:\="Microsoft Windows"
>
> I installed linux last and the only way that it boots is to use the boot
> disk that I created during setup. It actually works just fine, but it would
> be a lot nicer if I could use the boot menu instead of hunting for the
> floppy every time I want to use linux. It tries when I select it off the
> menu, but I get some dump.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug Paradis
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Crosbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Permissions and users!!!!!!ARG
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:26:29 -0500
Heres the problem - when I login as a user I cant even get xwindow to
start. Its telling me permissions denied along with a host of other
things such as ppp,etc. Have i goofed somewhere early on or is there a
fix for this, or would it be better just to trash the whole system and
start again.
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From: Wayne Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Putting NT (and Linux) on the Same System?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 05:27:45 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ...
Let me restate my previous posting. What I would like to achieve is to have NT and
Linux on different
disks. NT and associated file systems are on disk 0 presently. I would like to
purchase another disk
and put Linux on it, and then be able to boot up in either OS, but I don't want to
distrub any of the
NT files or partitions. Is this possible?
--
"If you don't think too good, then don't think too much." Ted Williams,
Baseball Great
========== Wayne T. Watson ==========
When having fun, which is a lot, you'll find me on the internet pursuing my hobbies of
amateur
astronomy and science. When I get serious, I consult in C, UNIX, C++, Java. See my
web page.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Page: http://www.sirius.com/~mtn_view
(Updated 2/15/99)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: APM causes time hiccups?
Date: 21 Feb 1999 14:47:05 GMT
I have recently begun using debian linux on my Fujitsu 655tx laptop. Prior
to this I ran FreeBSD and used APM without problems. Since switching to
linux, every time I suspend and resume the laptop, my system clock jumps
ahead almost exactly 15 minutes.
Any ideas on what's going on?
ben
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 06:48:25 -0500
Try cables to go (really). They have all kinds of switches, from the good ole
mechanical ones to software control.
On the web www.ctg.com (I think).
Yan
Man wrote:
> I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
> Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
> looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
> all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
> suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
> push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
> computer...
>
> Thankx in advance to anyone who can help =)
>
> p.s. - I didn't know which NG was the exact one approprate to post to, so I
> posted to all the ones I thought could help, considering I use a Linux box
> and an NT box (workstation)...
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From: Thapa Damar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HOW CAN I LINK libg++ LIBRARY TO COMPILE C++ CODES UNDER GCC?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:13:15 +0800
HELLO! World,
Help needed!!
I installed RedHat 5.2 on my Pentium PC, where, due to the size of my
harddisk (small, but responsible to accommodate two Operating Systems,
viz Win95 and Linux), I kept all software in minimum possible level.
After the installion, I tried to compile hello.c and hello.C files,
using gcc. But, I received the error messages, '<stdio.h> file not
found" in helo.c's case, and "<iostream.h> file not found" in helo.C's.
I installed necessary libraries, and tried both files again; helo.c
worked, but not helo.C.
libg++ library, which, as far as I know is the one for C++ compiler, is
there in my system, but compiler does not use it. It seems, I have to
link that library somewhere, somehow before compiling again, but I do
not know how!
Could any one out there let me know how I solve this problem?
PLEASE WRITE ME ON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yours Sincerely,
THAPA DAMAR
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From: Richard Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel/CD-rom trubble
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:50:17 +0100
Hi!
I have trubble mounting my CD-rom.
message:
"mount: fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel."
This problem started since I changed/updated my kernel to
kernel-2.0.36-1
Anyone knows what might be the trubble and the sulotion to it.
Thanx.
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,linux.dev.admin,linux.dev.newbie
Subject: Re: Managing User Accounts through code
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:29:20 +0100
How about creating a client server model via RPC calls.
You can give certain paramters to the RPC with username, password,
groups etc.
Then those parameters will be used in the adduser program.
RPC programming is abit tricky though. But with Java you can do nice
socketprogramming.
Raymond
Mark wrote:
>
> I need to write a daemon that adds/removes users.
> My programming experiance revolves around NT and linux is new to me.
> I have the deamon up and running etc now i "just" need to maniplate the user
> accounts.
>
> How do i do it?
> This is what ive come up with:
> call adduser/useradd - You need to enter in details manually - how do you
> capture
> the input stream the adduser process uses to send it the user details?
>
> Manually do it all - how do i create the encrypted field in the passwd file
> or shadow file?
>
> Im looking for the most easy/solid/portable solution i can get my hands on
> and any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Sorry if these questions seem a bit basic but i just cant get my hands on an
> easy to use linux programming manual (ive been spoilt with VC++ help
> manuals).
>
> Mark
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Torsten Jenkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: How to low-level format a harddrive
Date: 21 Feb 1999 16:09:59 GMT
sorry, my Message was wrong. the ATA specifications proclaim that you can
low-level format any normal (new) EIDE drive. Older ones are damaged by
low-level formatting. So don't low-level drives lower than 500 MB. First ask
your Drive-manufacturer if you can low-level format these ones.
Torsten Jenkner
Torsten Jenkner schrieb in Nachricht <7an32r$35r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>with modern harddrives it is impossible to low-level format them. If you do
>so, you would destroy the drive completely. The question is what problems
>you have exactly. Are there any problems on hardware? Are there any tracks
>unreadable and/or not writeable? give us more information.
>
>Torsten Jenkner
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Multilink PPP in Linux with 2 x V90 = 105,333 bps?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:19:21 +0000
Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Care to explain how... EQL is NOT ML-PPP and the ML-PPP driver for
>> linux only works in kernel 2.1.36-2.1.48 and was incompleate. do you
>> know something we don't?
> Going from the documentation in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/README.eql that
> is what it is billed as although I note that the documentation is old and
The point is that the Windows 98 setting is supposedly MPPP rather than
EQL.
Also AFAIK the standard pppd does not understand any ML associated LCP,
though the code for this is in ipppd.
Anyway to be useful you would need the other end to support MPPP on
analogue lines too.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Firewall with 1 IP
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 15:44:13 GMT
> > - My ISP has asigned me 1 static IP.
> > - I have a LAN, and 3 NT Web servers on it that I want to make available to
> > Inet with 192.168.X.X IPs.
> >
> > - I want to put a Linux RedHat 5.2 based firewall before the LAN.
> >
> > Would it be possible with just 1 IP, maybe with IP Masquerading or
should I
> > ask for a Class C Network?
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
> >
> You don't need to ask for a Class C. You can do *nearly* everything you
> could possibly want with a masquerading Linux firewall, port forwarding,
> and proxies.
Ok, so what's the software I should apply then? What would you recommend?
Could I implement everything with just ipfwadm?
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.x upgrade
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:38:49 +0100
Just download the sources and build your own kernel.
It is much more flexible and not scary at all.
Just read the README file that comes with the kernel sources. Sooner or
later you will have to compile a kernel your self anyway.
Raymond
Robert Crosbee wrote:
>
> Im currently running rh5.2 kernel 2.0.36 and im looking to update the
> kernel to the newest 2.2.x(i forgot). Is there a RPM for this and if so
> which ones do i need and where can I get them. Im a little confused
> since the ftp sites that ive been at have only had the kernel-2.0.36.rpm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:16:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clive DaSilva) wrote:
> hi
>
> ;))) go to options and options.demand in /etc and change /dev/cua2 to
> /dev/ttys2
>
> :)
Hmm, i will do that! thank you!
-Gaiko
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Hi, i run linux slackware and recently upgraded (well backed up formated
> >reinstalled restored ;> ) to slackware 3.6.0 and it all went smoothly. but
> >when i setup ppp and then tried the ppp-go script it gave me this:
> >
> >tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 112 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 115 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 118 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >
> >now i just went to the /dev/ dir and mv'd /dev/modem -> /dev/modem.bak and
> >made a sym lnk modem file linked to /dev/ttyS2 and everything *seems* to be
> >working ok... my question is: IS this fix too half ass? I have had fixes in
> >the past that really <so i have been told> shouldn't have worked.
> >
> >Last question: wht is the diff between cua and tty ? they seem to be the
same
> >but the computer seems to think otherwise.
> >
> >
> >thank you,
> >
> >
> > -Gaiko
> >
> >
> >Gaikokujin Kyofusho
> >Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> Clive DaSilva CMA
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Homepage: http://www.Geocities.com/Broadway/2207
>
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: making an image of a fat partition? (for backup/restore purposes?)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:24:03 GMT
Hi, i have a 500 MB partition which i boot from and i was wondering if i made
an image of that partition (dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/vfat_bakup.img)<please tell
me if that won't work> would i be able to use that to resotore the partition?
(somehting like cat vfat_bakup.img > /dev/hda1) I haven't tried this and
don't really want to without asking first, it seems like it should work in
theory though.
Thank you,
-Gaiko
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Frank Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Date: 20 Feb 1999 06:32:02 PST
Try http://www.raritan.com/
They specialize in these switches. But be warned... even a two machine
switch box including cables will cost about $700! I use 'em at work.
They're great.
-Frank
Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:01be5c9f$40870ae0$240b5e18@workstation...
>I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
>Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
>looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
>all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
>suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
>push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
>computer...
>
>Thankx in advance to anyone who can help =)
>
>p.s. - I didn't know which NG was the exact one approprate to post to, so I
>posted to all the ones I thought could help, considering I use a Linux box
>and an NT box (workstation)...
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: How to low-level format a harddrive
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:19:23 GMT
In article <7annv1$83a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen) wrote:
> I don't know how it is formatted, but if it is high-level
> formatted with anything that win95 can read, then Sprinrite 5.0 by
> Gibson reasearch can accomplish anything that you can do by a
> low-level format, and save your data too. That is a fairly drastic
> sted to low-level format an IDE drive, and not a casual thing to do to
> a SCSI on either. "Are you Sure? Y/N" <g> If it really needs this,
> then you probably really need a new hard drive anyway... :-((
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:37:54 -0500, "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi all:
> >
> >I suspect I have problems with my harddrive. Can somebody advise about the
> >subj?
> >
> >Thanx for any input,
> >Arcady
> >
> >
>
> Allen
>
> (email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
> onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
> fight spam everywhere!!!
>
> The irony is that Bill Gates claims to making a
> stable operating system and
> Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world.
>
> Linux; The Official OS of the New Millennium
>
> http://www.linuxlink.com
>
I've used a dos utility called maxllf.exe to low level format in the past
with good results, you'll need to back up your data first, but it works if
you want a clean start, if on the other hand you have bad sectors or
something, get a new hardrive......... save yourself the grief
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From: [email protected] ()
Subject: Re: Linux Graphing Packages on Redhat
Date: 21 Feb 1999 09:31:33 PST
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Paul Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi
>
> I've just bought a copy of RedHat 5.2
>
> Does anyone now if there are any good graphing packages included or, if not,
> what packages are available and where I can get them?
>
> I require a package that can plot complex, scientific 3-D graphics
^^^
This is the catch. There are plenty of 2-D plotting packages, but
not too many free 3-D ones (that I know of, anyway). If you have
the money, there are three options I do know of:
1. IDL (www.rsinc.com)
2. Mathematica (www.wri.com)
3. Maple (www.maplesoft.com)
I think all 3 have linux versions, at least for Intel. You might
also be able to get something working with POVRay, but that's really
a CAD program, not a plotting program.
There's another free one by someone at Lawrence Berkeley Labs that's
not as advanced, but may work for you - it's sort of an IDL clone.
If you're interested, I'll try and get the info for you.
-jmm
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Delphi with Database Server for Linux
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:51:01 +0100
This was something that occured to me to.
Now I have installed SYBASE and MySQL. Both can be used with ODBC to and
this works a great deal faster.
MySQL is a RDBMS for the midrange and SYBASE for the high range. I use
delphi with both of them and it works great!!!
Raymond
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From: "John Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.1 upgrade; kernel panic; superblock problem
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:34:39 -0000
I wanted to play with changing my kernel but didn;t want to make my machine
unbootable. How do I change lilo.conf so that I can boot my old working
kernel?
Do I just duplicate the lines starting with "image=/vmlinuz"?
Raymond Doetjes wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>You should always have the "old" kernel in a extra lilo.conf section.
>Then when lilo comes up, you enter the old setupname.
>
>What you probably forgot was to run lilo. You should always run lilo
>even when you overwrite a kernel! You can still make a boot disk mount
>the partition and run lilo
>that way you don't need to reinstall your system.
>
>Raymond
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: formation linux!!!
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:53:21 +0100
English please???
You are on the fucking internet hear the language is english and not
french!
Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Salut,
>
> Je recherche une formation sous linux (reseaux, script, programmation en
> C, commande et configuration de base) sur paris si vous connaissez
> quelques choses pourriez vous m'ecrire � [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> mercis
> Harry--
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