Linux-Misc Digest #829, Volume #19 Mon, 12 Apr 99 22:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Serial Communications Help needed... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why does root overwrite write only files? (Jim Greer)
Re: different timestamp on nt/linux !! (peter)
Dial-Up Settings (Ken Allen)
screen saver for redhat woes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where do I find egcs and binutils for a Libc6 system? (Rino Perri)
Re: 3com / US robotics 56K (Andrew Comech)
Maximum Memory Allocated to Process ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: telnet & term printing ("T.E.Dickey")
Graphics tablet instead of mouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem with disk partitioning. HELP!!! (Gopal Cheruku)
Re: Moving Linux... (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Apache Server - Can I log where requests are coming from? (Chris J/#6)
Re: Dial-Up Settings (garv)
[Q] multi-media on LINUX (MerefBast)
Re: Kernel Panic: VFS (Cooper)
Re: Compiling for x86 CPUs (Was: ... seperate "i686" tree for Redhat (wizard)
Re: Linux is dead (Mark Nielsen)
Re: DOSEMU can't find font 'vga' trying 9x18... (Bruno Taglienti)
Re: Deleted partitions !! HELP! (jason)
Re: Linux is dead (Darren Greer)
Re: [Q] Mouse probs, under startx -- :1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Serial Communications Help needed...
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:13:26 GMT
Also...Anyone know what package I need to install with RPM to have x/y/zmodem
and kermit?
In article <7ethkn$80p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all! I'm a linux/unix newbie. I have a RH v5.1 machine configured as a
> serial dial-in server. We decided to setup a linux box to eventually
replace
> a very unstable windows machine running ProComm as a BBS. Basically I'm
> looking to run a script out of the user's .profile to display a menu. The
> menu choice will need to be list files, send files, and receive files.
I
> have yet to be able to properly enter x/y/zmodem or kermit from my menu
> script. BTW, I have everything set up and running for the machine to answer
> the modem(s)...works like a champ...of course. Does anyone out there
have
> some sort of BBS script out there I could take a look at?
>
> Thanks.
> Sean
>
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From: Jim Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Why does root overwrite write only files?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:45:28 GMT
Harry Rarig wrote:
>
> I am running linux 2.0.36 with both the Slackware 3.5 and RedHat 5.2
> distributions. In both distributions, if the file permissions of a file
>
> owned by root are changed to "read-only", root can still write to the
> file without the OS complaining. Is there another shell parameter which
>
=======<snip>=======<snip>======
>
> Any way of activating this feature in Linux???
>
> much tnx,
>
> Harry Rarig
Well, Harry, since you mention shell scripts, you could always do the
old
[ -w filename ] test (is the file named filename writable? and act
accordingly.
Jim
--
Of course, it would help a lot if I knew more about Slackware.
I know plenty about Slack, and plenty about Ware,
but not enough about Slackware. - me in comp.os.linux.questions
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (peter)
Crossposted-To: linux.samba
Subject: Re: different timestamp on nt/linux !!
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:37:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> When a file is created under Linux (or any UNIX) the time stamp assigned
> to the file is in GMT time. When you view the time stamp with "ls -l" it
> is converted to local time before being displayed.
>
> Under NT (or any descendent of DOS) the time stamp associated with the file
> is assumed to already be in local time, so no conversion to local time
> takes place. The value is displayed as-is.
>
> Under Linux try setting your TZ environment variable to "GMT". This
> will in effect suppress the GMT-to-local conversion and you can view the
> GMT time stamp associated with the file. The should be the same time
> value that you see under NT. (The TZ setting overrides /etc/localtime.).
>
thanks, this one pointed me to the solution.
setting the TZ to GMT didnt help, but setting it to "Europe/Vienna" like
described in the samba-faq (in /usr/src/samba-xxx/docs) did it at last (I
had to reset the time after that). Additional info can be gained from the
German-HOWTO.
thanks a lot
peter
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ANTISPAM
goldfisch.atat.at
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From: Ken Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dial-Up Settings
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:10:57 -0400
Hello,
I'd like to use my Linux box to connect to my ISP... what do I need to
do this?
I just installed Red Hat 5.0 ... I'm assuming I need some type of PPP
Client?
Any help is greatly appreciated...
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: ucb.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: screen saver for redhat woes
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:51:28 -0700
Hello,
I've had zero luck with this question and trying to figure it out on my
own. I am
trying to enable a screensaver with Redhat 5.2 running Xfree86 Another
Level
(the default redhat is set up with). I've installed the xscreensaver
from
the web for linux and it works fine from a command prompt. However,
I would really like it if it were enabled at the console login window
(runlevel 5), and
defaulted for each user of the operating system.
I've tried editing various files in /etc/X11/AnotherLevel and other
directories
with zero success. Anyone have any helpful hints?
Any comments are greatly appreciated. Please send them to this
newsgroup
as well as to my personal email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rino Perri)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Where do I find egcs and binutils for a Libc6 system?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:51:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:42:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>I've noticed that Kent revises the scripts often so you will need to check the
>dates and file sizes on your downloaded files and make sure that the
>UPDATE79.TGZ file is current on your end. I was able to download the compiler
>with the latest GETGCC scripts. And BTW, I did get FVWM95 to compile and it
>runs great with X.
>> In order to install the GCC compiler and the other programs that are
>> required to compile C and C++ source code on my Linux Libc6 system, I
>> need to downoad the files egcs-*-glibc.x86.tar.* and
>> binutils-*-glibc.x86.tar.*, which I understand they were once
>> available from tsx-11.mit.edu and similar sites.
>>
>> They are no longer available there. Would anyone know where I could
>> find them for download? I need them for my installation of DosLinux
>> ver 79.
Thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded the new UPDATE79.TGZ file
with the new scripts and everything worked allright.
By the way, if anyone is interested in downloading the latest GCC
compiler, binutils, etc for an ELF libc6 system, they are available at
ftp.debian.org in /pub/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/devel/
Rino Perri
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: 3com / US robotics 56K
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 12 Apr 1999 18:55:28 -0500
On 12 Apr 1999 15:06:57 -0400, Mark Nielsen wrote:
>>The problem is that I can't find any of these being sold anywhere. The
>>closest model number I can find is 1787, and I can't find any technical
>>details that tell if this one would probably be compatible, too. I'm curious
>>if anyone else out there has had any success with this model.
>>
>>Also, if you know of another 56K modem that works well with linux, I wouldn't
>>mind hearing about that, either.
>
>Well, I try not to plug my company when responding to questions, but...
>I sell a $50 egenric modem Internal ISA that you can jumper.
Hi MArk,
Egenric is certainly a nice brand ;-), but AOpen's FM56-ITU/2 for
around $40 [plus shipping] seems to be a better deal. Wanna give a price
break for Linux freaks? Please write me if YES; I'd add you to my list.
Who knows; maybe you'd sell more.
Cheese,
Andrew
--
Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
Expect to pay below $50.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Maximum Memory Allocated to Process
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:53:07 GMT
Hi,
Is there a limit to the maximum memory that can be allocated to a process. How
can I modify this limit.
Thanks,
Anubhav
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet & term printing
Date: 12 Apr 1999 23:28:51 GMT
Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, there is a standard escape code to toggle a terminal to hardcopy
> from screen and back again; this is what "attached-to-ansi" does.
> Under Linux, terminal emulators capable of doing something useful with
> that escape sequence include, IIRC, rxvt and perhaps one of the other
> new ones: eterm, gnome-terminal, kterm. I don't think the traditional
> xterm does.
actually backwards - rxvt & clones implement this partially.
XFree86 xterm does this afaik correctly.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Graphics tablet instead of mouse
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:28:14 GMT
Can anyone out there tell me if it is possible to use a graphics tablet
(Wacom) instead of a mouse? My tablet has its own mouse, but I can't get the
thing to work. Running X 3.3.3.1 with XF86Config set up using Xinput as per
"step by step" X instructions for the device, however, no luck. X just
hangs.
Before I try to debug further, would like to know if this is possible or
not. If I really really HAVE to use my mouse a well as the Wacom's, then
it would save me a lot of time knowing this upfront!
THanks,
Brad
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From: Gopal Cheruku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Problem with disk partitioning. HELP!!!
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:39:29 -0500
Hi:
I ran fdisk from RedHat 5.1 during installation of linux. When I enter
into fdisk it gave me a warning saying the number of cylinders on my
disk is set to 8912 which is greater than 1024. I ignored the error and
partitioned my disk and tried to install linux. When installation comes
to a point of loading LILO it gives an error and doesn't go any further.
I dos-formatted the whole 4 Gig hard drive. It still gives me the same
error. Please, could somebody tell me what could be wrong and how to
correct it?
Thanks
Gopal
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Moving Linux...
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:34:49 -0700
> Christophe Basset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I know how to create the new partitions (swap+native) with fdisk, but is
> > there an easy way to move Linux to the new drive without having to
> > re-install and re-configure everything?
read the upgrade hard disk mini-howto - you don't need to reinstall
Gerald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Apache Server - Can I log where requests are coming from?
Date: 12 Apr 1999 23:06:59 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Umm...the access_log file that Apache creates? It's in a directory with
other useful logs (eg, error_log). Use 'find' to find out where your
access log hides.
CGI can log whatever they want. To see what gets sent by the web server to
the CGI, write a small CGI that looks something like:
#!/bin/sh
echo 'Content-type: text/html'
echo ''
echo '<PRE>'
set
echo '</PRE>'
Any of those environment variables can be logged in whatever way the CGI
wants to log them. HTML can't log (unless its a server parsed page with
some funky stuff in). Nary a clue about Java (script) - I don't use it.
Chris...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Neil Damms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how, and if it is possible, to log where in the world
>a request for a page from our Apache Server is coming from?
>
>Also does anyone have a definitive list of what things can be logged by
>Apache / Perl Scripts / HTML / Java Scripts.
>
>Regards,
>
>Brent
>
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From: garv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dial-Up Settings
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:05:59 -0700
Ken Allen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to use my Linux box to connect to my ISP... what do I need to
> do this?
>
What you really need is the cheapbytes 5.2 (5.9?) cd for $US2.00
and then read my online.txt at :
http://sac.verio.net/users/garv/
Then tell me que pasa.
5.2 is far miles ahead of 5.0.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MerefBast)
Subject: [Q] multi-media on LINUX
Date: 13 Apr 1999 00:21:21 GMT
I am wondering what is the state of multi-media playback on LINUX...
More specifically:
Is QuickTime playback available on LINUX? For free? If so, where does one
find a QuickTime movie player for LINUX?
Is the CinePak CODEC (for QuickTime) available on LINUX? Is it free? Where
does one find it?
What is the state of web browsing on LINUX? HTML 3? HTML 4? Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS)? If so, is it Microsoft or Netscape version of CSS (or both)? What
about Dynamic HTML? What browsers are available for LINUX and where does one
find them?
I saw that MacroMedia has their Flash ShockWave player available for LINUX,
but not their Director ShockWave player. Is there a Director ShockWave player
available? Free? Where does one find it?
Is RealAudio available for LINUX?
What other multi-media playback technologies are available for LINUX and
where does one find them?
Please send a copy of your reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in addition to any
public reply. Thanks a lot...
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From: Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:50:22 -0100
Bruno Barberi Gnecco wrote:
>
> I'm posting this one again, as I received no replies... I'm installing
> kernel 2.2.4, and got this kernel panic when booting:
>
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
> [me=0x0,cs=4640,#101,fs=59898,fl=1562984,ds=159559682,de=29806,data=159561596,
> se=35328,ts=1835102817,ls=29797,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
> Transaction block size = 512
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
> [me=0x0,cs=4640,#101,fs=59898,fl=1562984,ds=159559682,de=29806,data=159561596,
> se=35328,ts=1835102817,ls=29797,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
> Transaction block size = 512
> Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03
>
> I have one HD, 6.8Gb, on hda, partitioned in three. cylinders,
> head, sectors are 789,255,63. I also would like to note that the new IDE
> driver does not seems to work, as the boot locks just after Uncompressing
> kernel (so, I'm using the old one). hda1 and hda2 are VFAT, and hda3 is
> ext2 (where linux is). Any ideas?
I saw one reply to your first post that read that that person recompiled and
installed his kernel and that that fixed his problem.
Cooper
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Compiling for x86 CPUs (Was: ... seperate "i686" tree for Redhat
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:31:03 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Urs Thuermann wrote:
> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > -mcpu=i686 makes the compiler schedule for a i686 core. it uses only
> > the i386 instruction set.
> >
> > -march=i686 enables usage of i686 instructions like cmov (which did
> > not exist on i[345]86. it also implies cpu=i686.
> >
> > if you compile with -mcpu=i686, then yes, it would work with any of
> > intels 32bit x86 cpus. however, by using -march=i686 you will
> > introduce new op-codes which are not implemented on previous
> > processors.
> >
> > based by my own experience with compiling various things with egcs
> > on a pentiumpro, it is not very important for performance no matter
> > what the cpu or arch settings are so long as you avoid pentium.
>
> Could someone give some more details about this whole story, please?
> I seem to have problems with this issue since a few days.
>
> I have a Pentium II running in my server machine (which has only a
> Herkules Video card and an Atari ST attached to the serial port) and a
> i486dx2 in my diskless client running Linux and X11.
>
> Both machines run the same 2.0.36 kernel image, the diskless machine
> has its own /tftpboot dir on the server and shares the /usr with the
> server (it mounts /usr read-only, though).
>
> I run egcs-1.1.2 and gcc-2.7.2.3 which have both configured themselves
> as a i686-pc-linux-gnu native compiler. What kind of code will these
> produce if called without any -m... option? How should I invoke egcs
> and gcc-2.7.2.3 to compile with maximum performance on i686 but with
> the constraint that the code should also be executable on i486?
>
> The problem I am observing is this: With egcs configured as described
> above I compiled the glibc-2.1. When I copy /lib/lib*2.1.so and the
> other glibc-2.1 files to the diskless' /tftpboot directory, the
> diskless i486 won't boot anymore. The statically linked /sbin/init
> seems ok, but (at least) the agetty's die immediately with an SIGILL
> (illegal instruction). So I assume, glibc-2.1 is compiled in a way by
> egcs so that it only runs on i686. This may, however, also be caused
> by glibc itself. glibc-2.1 configured itself as i686-pc-linux-gnu
> also, and obviously has code for this case, which is i686-specific,
> e.g. in glibc-2.1/sysdeps/libm-i387/i686/s_fdim.S there are
> fcomi/fucomi instructions. I think I read in this thread that these
> instructions exist only on the i686, right?
>
> What target should I specify to the glibc configure script? I guess
> i486-pc-linu-gnu does't what I want, right?
>
> However, then some i686 optimized routines are not used, although
> AFAICT based on my little x86 knowledge, these seem to run on other
> CPUs as well. For example
> glibc-2.1/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686/sysdep.h.
>
> Maybe some pretty solution would be to have the i686-specific code in
> the lib and have an exception handler on the i486 that emulates the
> missing instructions, i.e. similar to the kernel's i387 emulation.
> Does something like this exist and how much performance loss would
> this cause compared to regular i486 code?
>
> And what about the kernel? The 2.0.36 config help files state that
> a kernel compiled for i486, pentium, or pentium pro will run on every
> cpu except i386. But in 2.2.5 this has changed and it is stated that
> code compiled for one CPU will not neccessarily run on a previous
> CPU. Is this due to compiler options or because of different inline
> assembly routines? I've looked at the make output and even if PPro
> is selected, the compiler is called with -m486, but -D586 is changed
> to -D686, so I assume some #ifdef selects between different inline
> assembly code, that will possibly not run on all ix86 CPUs.
>
> But what sense does the -m486 make, if the code does not necessarily
> run on an i486 anyway?
>
> OK, many questions and assumption in this posting. Can someone sched
> some light on all this and answer/correct/acknowledge.
>
> urs
>
> P.S. I have removed the linux.redhat.misc group from the Newsgroups
> line.
Did you rebuild all of your applications to work with Glibc. If you
made a major version change this could very well be the isssue. The
latest release of glib may not be compatiable with your installed
applications. This could mean that these application may need a
rebuild. In any even look seriously at upgrading the rest of you
system, if your will to use a bleeding edge compiler and library this
little upgrade should be a minor concern.
Thanks
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Nielsen)
Subject: Re: Linux is dead
Date: 12 Apr 1999 20:36:52 -0400
In article <jywQ2.136$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
*** No Spam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been a Linux user/fan for 2+ years now. Recently I heard some bad
>news from one of my friends. I heard that M$ is working on an M$ Linux and
>they are going to release their crappy products for Linux, except that the
>program will only run if you have the M$ Linux kernel. So I think very soon
>we'll kiss our good old linux goodbye.
Yeah, right.
Mark
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From: Bruno Taglienti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: DOSEMU can't find font 'vga' trying 9x18...
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:20:58 +0200
Jon Slater wrote:
>
> What should I be looking for in order to get DOSx (DOSEMU) to find font
> 'vga'?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon
> --
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
> Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
> Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
Usually this happens vhen you reinstall X AFTER DOSEMU.
To make DOSEMU find vga.pcf, go to the path where vga.pcf is (usually
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc) and issue the command:
mkfontdir
This rebuilds the file fonts.dir, including vga.pcf
then restart X, or issue the commnand:
xset fp rehash
--
Bruno Taglienti
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deleted partitions !! HELP!
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:35:08 -0400
(Linux gurus, please correct me if I am wrong in the following description)
Hi Roelof,
> I wonder if fdisk can be used to create a partition, change its filesystem
> type to "Linux native" and/or "Win95 FAT", mount it while still being able
> to read the old data, without ever having to format the partition at hand?
Yes! But I'll show you how to do it a little bit differently below.
> What if I get the partition size wrong? Would I still be able to remove the
> partition and try again with a different size? Does linux's fdisk
> (over)write some super-block at the starting block of a partition?
Yes, yes and no (mke2fs does, not fdisk). But to be sure, I've outlined
careful directions below.
Anyway, I had a friend who did this once. He 'guessed' the right values first try,
so he didn't lose anything. I'm positive the same can hold true for you. The way
I would go about it is this:
> The /usr partition starts at block 87 (size:528MB) followed by my Win95
> partition ending at block 441. The last, still existing, extended (Win95)
> partition starts at block 442 filling up the HD .
Start by booting linux (via LILO, if you can, or with a boot floppy). Use linux's
fdisk
to write a partition starting at block 87 and with size 528MB, like so:
First cylinder (87-441): 87
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK ([87]-441): +528M
Write it and reboot into DOS. Use fdisk in DOS to write the rest of the space as
a Win95 partition, reboot into DOS, and check to make sure that you can see the files
on
the Win95 drive that you just created. If so, good! Now reboot linux to see if you
can
mount & see the Linux partition you just created. If so, excellent! (Do it in this
order...
to see why, read my disclaimer below.)
...but if not, I'm afraid you'll have to delete these two partitions, and try again
with
slightly different values, based upon a better guess as to the partition sizes.
(Hopefully,
your statement that the Linux partition is 528MB is exact, otherwise you'll need to
keep trying
again.) If you do have to try again, make sure to write down which values of Linux's
ending partition cylinder you have already tried, otherwise you may repeat your work,
which is
no fun. With any luck, in the worst case you'll need to do this maybe 20-25 times.
But I'm
confident you will regain your data! Writing the partition table again and again will
not
hurt your data.
Just get comfy with the fact that your data is there, you just have to redefine the
partition table to recover it. And when you do, make a printout of your partition
tables!
I have, only because I was in your situation once and really could have used them!
Dislcaimer: I have no idea if 'mount' will mount a filesystem if it's the wrong size,
and if
so, what damage (if any) might occur. That's why I say to try if you can see the DOS
partition
before you check for the recovery of the Linux partition, after you've recreated both
partitions.
Let me know how it goes (here and/or via email). Also, feel free to contact me if you
get stuck,
or if anything above was not clear.
Good luck,
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer)
Subject: Re: Linux is dead
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 01:23:54 GMT
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:51:27 GMT, "*** No Spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
-->I have been a Linux user/fan for 2+ years now. Recently I heard some bad
-->news from one of my friends. I heard that M$ is working on an M$ Linux and
-->they are going to release their crappy products for Linux, except that the
-->program will only run if you have the M$ Linux kernel. So I think very soon
-->we'll kiss our good old linux goodbye.
-->
-->
This is useless troll mail.....but of course I am answering it....so
its effective. Anyway, do you honestly think the countless linux
users are going to switch to M$ Linux, to use M$ products their not
currently using.....give me a break,
Darren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: [Q] Mouse probs, under startx -- :1
Date: 13 Apr 1999 01:28:50 GMT
> Hi All,
>
> I am having problems with mouse control on the
> first (original) X display (:0) after I have gone
> to another X display by invoking startx -- :1
> and I switch back to the original :0 display.
> (via the virtual screens switches alt-cnt-F1...)
>
> Mouse goes all funny (left instead of right,
> menu drop downs instead of go right etc).
> Of course switching back to the last invoked
> X display corrects the activity, or killing the
> last display has the same effect..
>
Sorry, forgot to add XFree86-3.3.3.1-1.1 and SVGA driver
(Matrox Milli 4Mb).
Problem also exists on XFree86-3.3.2 and XFree86-3.3.1
Cheers, Grahame
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