Linux-Misc Digest #914, Volume #19 Tue, 20 Apr 99 23:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: NFS (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: internal ditto drive under linux (Linut)
Mandrake 5.3 PPP dialer problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VMWARE BEWARE (Alan Fried)
Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Re: ATI xpert 128 AGP help ("marc*")
Re: X Programming (David M. Cook)
Re: What is meaning of CRON message? (Mark Nielsen)
Re: S3Virge X windows display problems (carl)
Problem with Joliet CD under 2.2.2 (Kurt Thorn)
Re: HELP! Blown away partition (Matthias Benkmann)
Re: How do i CGI script execute on startup (Mark Nielsen)
Re: Linux is dead ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
.gz file format (george)
Re: The Best Linux distribution? (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux) (Tom Christiansen)
Re: Opinions on KDE? (David Frye)
Re: Bad Experience With ComputerWarehouse.com (Marty Allred)
Re: Zipslack (Rod Roark)
Re: Help can't delete file .... ("J�rgen Exner")
Can't read JPEG files sometimes (Markus Wandel)
MAILER DEAMON problem (benjamin)
Re: .gz file format ("David Z. Maze")
Re: fvwm ("David Z. Maze")
Re: Creating Linux/Dos shared partition? (cdog)
PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, v1.3.0 released (Robert Osterlund)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: NFS
Date: 19 Apr 1999 17:21:27 -0500
In article <7ffk76$4rk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hallo,
>could someone help me with my small problem?
>I need to find some NFS client for Win 95/98/NT/2000 to conect to my Linux
>file server. I'd be glad, if this NFS client will be free of charge.
>
>Thanks for your help Martin Dvorak CZ
Have you looked at 'samba'? It may have been included with your Linux
distribution but you should probably grab a current copy anyway. It
allows the linux server to emulate windows file sharing so you don't
need a special client on the MS-Windows side.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Linut
Subject: Re: internal ditto drive under linux
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:04:03 GMT
http://www.torque.net/ftape/
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:18:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Is it possible to setup a Ditto Max drive (10GB) under Linux? The drive came
>with a Ditto card to which the Ditto drive is connected. I am not sure what
>type of card it is. I did a search on AltaVista and DejaNews and came up with
>nothing. Any help is appreciated.
>
>---
>Dustin Puryear
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mandrake 5.3 PPP dialer problem
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:09:54 GMT
I have an ISP that Win9x can connect to really quick. It gets the default
gateway from the server, does not have to log in, runs only TCP/IP with
software compression enabled, has a dynamic IP the service provides, and a
static pair of IP addresses for the DNS.
I can set up the KDE PPP dialer to reflect these kinds of settings, yet when
it contacts my ISP, it just sits there for 30 seconds, beeps, hangs up on the
service and starts over again. ONCE, only once, did the handshaking between
it and my ISP complete and I was able to get on the web and do things.
I have adjusted the PPP timeout as well as the modem timeouts, trying several
combinations of values. Curiously, the PPP daemon always seems to time out
after 30 seconds (signal 15 according to the logs).
What's wrong? What other settings or changes should I try (well, short of
changing ISPs... they refuse to answer support related questions about Linux
systems connecting to them... just acknowledge there are a few other customers
who also use Linux).
Please reply via email as my participation in the NG is very sporadic. TIA.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Fried)
Subject: Re: VMWARE BEWARE
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:38:37 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Alan Fried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>You misunderstood what they were telling you. You can run Windows 95, 98
>>>and NT and a variety of other operating systems as -guest- operating
>>>systems with Linux as the host operating system -right now-. The
>>>only -host- operating system avaiable now is Linux (and possibly NT -- not
>>>sure if they released the beta for NT yet).
>>>
>>
>>Yes you are right but what can I do to avoid this application turning my
>>win95 partition from a FAT32 table to a FAT 16 Table.
>>
>>Thanx in advance
>
>The best way to run VMware is to put the emulated guest partition
>in a file on the host. Then it can't affect any of your real
>partitions.
>
Thats a good suggestion. Can you explain how to do this?
Thanx in advance
Alan
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Book Recommendations please??
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:06:05 +1000
Warwick Maxted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I bought: Linux, Configuration and Installation 4th Edition. It's got
> the 2.0.34 kernel, Slackware 3.5 distribution and quite a few good bits
> of software on 2 CD's. One of the authors is Patrick Volkerding, who
> puts Slackware together.
> The actual content of the book is okay, not as good as the first book
> (and distribution) I got, which was Linux Unleashed, didn't get that
> this time as they've gone to Redhat.
I think they have a Slackware Unleashed book now.
BTW Slackware 3.5 uses egcs as the default c compiler, which will mess things
up bad if you recomplile a 2.0 kernel with it.
cya
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From: "marc*" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ATI xpert 128 AGP help
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:37:12 +0200
for the moment, the only way to get an AGP ATI 128GL running X is through
vesaFB (=vesa framebuffer)
it's long, painful and rather complicated.
i did it.
needs kernel 2.2.3 at least, xfree 3.3.3.1 and the FBDev server
contact me if you want more info.
marc.
tmoore a �crit dans le message ...
>Greetings all.
>I have built a new box and
>seems that the MACH64 server wont see this
>
>AGP board..
>
>error :
>dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
fonts
>/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/u
sr/X1
>1R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>(--) Mach64: PCI: unknown ATI (0x5246) rev 0, Aperture @ 0xf8000000,
>Registers @
> 0xf0100000, Block I/O @ 0x9000
>
> *** None of the configured devices were detected.***
>
>
>Fatal server error:
>no screens found
>
>************************************************
>
>I have worked and used various differnet setups and all
>of them have the same result..
>
>Any Ideas.. or should I go back to a low rent pci board..
>
>Regards
>Terry M.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: X Programming
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:08:58 GMT
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:26:24 GMT, Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, all of my C/C++ experience has been with command-line
>programs... the only GUI experience I have is with Java and it's AWT
>(and even that experience wasn't too extensive).
I suggest looking at Gtk (www.gtk.org) or Qt (www.troll.no). Beyond C or
C++ there is Tcl/Tk, Python with various toolkits, and Perl/Tk, among
other things.
Learning Xlib is completely unnecessary, and Motif is a waste of time IMO.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Nielsen)
Subject: Re: What is meaning of CRON message?
Date: 19 Apr 1999 16:56:23 -0400
It prpbably means that file doesn't exit and it should.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could someone tell me the meaning of this message from cron to root on
>my Mandrake 5.3 system?
>
>"Cannot open hash database /etc/mail/deny: invalid argument."
>
>--
>Gary Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada http://www.interlog.com/~grwalsh
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www.tcu-inc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Computer Underground, Inc. 614-485-0506
computers, programming, networking, Perl, PHP, SQL, HTMl, Linux, Unix
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From: cpw@bluesign (carl)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: S3Virge X windows display problems
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:26:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Aeros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just set up my machine running redhat5.2 and im using a S3 Virge DX
>card with 4 megs of memory. When I run Xconfigurator it finds the card
>and monitor no problems. When I use 'startx' it flashes and looks like
>its going to go into X but doesnt and gives me a 111 error and some
>other messages but I cant read them because some of the letters changes
>and every letter has a space between it making the whole thing barely
>legible.
>
>Has anyone come accross this and found a fix? Please let me know, this
>is driving me nuts.
>
>Thanks,
>Micah...
>
I'm a little surprised. One of the things that always impressed
me about redhat is their ability to detect and configure hardware. My
only suggestion is that when you run startx, redirect output so you can
read those lines that go by so fast. 'startx 1> startx.out 2>&1' then
read startx.out afterwards.
--
Praeterea censeo Micromolle non esse utendum.
("Moreover, I maintain that Microsoft should not be used." With apologies
to Cato the Elder)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kurt Thorn)
Subject: Problem with Joliet CD under 2.2.2
Date: 21 Apr 1999 00:57:30 GMT
Hi all.
I have been trying to mount some Joliet format CD-ROMs I have made. I
can read them fine under kernel 2.2.2, but some of the files show up
truncated. About 75% of the files are fine, but the other 25% are
truncated to various degrees (some are almost full length, others are
missing 90% of their bytes). Under Win98, they all read the correct
length.
Does anyone know anything about this?
Kurt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Benkmann)
Subject: Re: HELP! Blown away partition
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:52:21 GMT
>While installing Linux, I accidentally overwrote the beginning of my Windows
>FAT32 partition! (Don't ask how.)
I'm curious. Was it a slightly wrong 'dd' command ? Or does 'don't
ask' mean you don't know yourself. If that's the case, how do you know
you just erased the beginning?
> Since I've only erased the very beginning,
>is there a way I can recover what I haven't overwriten? I can grep through
>/dev/hda and see that most of my data is still there. Ideally I would like to
>recover everything, but I realize this may not be possible as I have screwed
>myself pretty royaly here. :) Failing that, is there a way to restore
>individual files from the FAT32 partition if I know their name
You have to be more specific.
How many sectors did you overwrite exactly ?
Do you really mean /dev/hda (the device that refers to the whole hard
disk?) or was it /dev/hdaX (a partition) ?
If it was /dev/hda, you could be lucky. You might have smoked just the
partition table. There is a program called gpart at
http://home.pages.de/~michab/gpart/
that (according to the announcement, I've never tried it) can
reconstruct partition tables. Even if the program cannot reconstruct
your partition table, all your data is still intact (IF it was indeed
just the partition table, you destroyed) and can be recovered.
If you killed more than just the partition table, chances are good
that at least the 2nd copy of the FAT and the root directory are still
intact. This kind of error can be fixed automatically by disk doctor
programs that copy the intact FAT over the corrupted one and write a
new boot sector. Maybe the Norton Utilities can help you, but that's
just a guess. All that I know is that a couple years ago the DOS
version was able to fix corrupted FATs on FAT16 systems.
BUT BE CAREFUL!!! If the disk repair tool misdiagnoses the problem, it
will probably screw up your disk even more.
If you killed the whole FAT, most data may still be salvaged if your
drive was not to fragmented too much before the accident.
Non-fragmented files are stored in a contiguous area of the hard disk.
You just have to find out where a file starts and how long it is. For
text files like source code this should be easy to do by simply
looking through the /dev/hda file and extracting the appropriate
portion. Of course, the real wizard first checks if the directory
where the file is located is still intact. If that's the case the
start position and length can be read from that.
Trouble is, you probably won't find an FAT32 wizard who'll just drop
by and repair your disk for nothing more than a friendly handshake. So
if you really killed your FATs you should start thinking about just
how much you want your data back. MSB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Nielsen)
Subject: Re: How do i CGI script execute on startup
Date: 19 Apr 1999 16:55:33 -0400
I am not much of a c programmer, but you might want to consider using cron
or writing your own program that runs in the background. I usually program
in Perl thse days.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
kellykross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a site that runs on a Apache/1.3.1 Cobalt (Unix) server. I would
>like
>to know if it is possible to have a CGI script execute on startup and
>remain
>present. I share space on this server. The site Admin isn�t the helpful
>type
>if possible I would like to enable this myself. I�ve tried to execute
>the
>program from browser and telnet command line but it appears to terminate
>when
>exiting or logging off. P.S The script is designed to continuously
>monitor
>files in a directory.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>Kelly Kross
>
>
>
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Mark Nielsen "Where 98 has no meaning."
www.tcu-inc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Computer Underground, Inc. 614-485-0506
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux is dead
Date: 19 Apr 1999 15:55:24 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer) writes:
>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
>
Of course not. We will just figgure out how to
patch the MS products so that they will run on
any kernel.
--
Just my $0.02 worth.
Hope this helps,
Gordon
PS:
For e-mail: replace 'X.bleeb' with 'greeder'.
I do not tollerate spam. Any unsolicited bulk
e-mail will result in a complaint to your ISP.
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From: george <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .gz file format
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:40:25 -0400
I am new to linux and downloaded a help file that was supposed to be in
pdf format, but the extension is .gz. How can I open this file in
Acrobat?
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From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The Best Linux distribution? (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Christiansen)
Date: 20 Apr 1999 19:38:51 -0700
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro) writes:
: Cheap shots are fun, aren't they? Said that, lack of clue wrt the
:*very* basic things (a-la what devices are and WTF major/minor mean) on
:both sides is, well, disturbing.
You can't blame the linux users for not knowing how to make devices:
Done an ls on /dev/MAKEDEV on a Linux distribution lately, like say,
SuSE? :-)
--tom
--
The most important thing to remember in chemistry is DON'T LICK THE SPOON.
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From: David Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Opinions on KDE?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:07:49 GMT
KDE is very much like Windows, which may be why I don't really care for
it. It is more solid than Gnome, but Gnome has more personality,
customability, and feel for the Linux desktop. The current release of
Gnome is a dramatic improvement over the previous releases.
I encourage you to try KDE, Gnome, and others and then decide which is
best for "you". You are the one that will be using your computer, base
your decisions on what is best for you, not what someone else likes.
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From: Marty Allred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Bad Experience With ComputerWarehouse.com
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:10:48 GMT
In article <7el9q2$ogj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know alot of us are out building our own servers and workstations.
>
> Here's an unfortunate experience I had with one vendor:
>
> ComputerWarehouse (www.computerwarehouse.com)
>
--snip--
Out here where ComputerWarehouse is a local business (Sacramento, CA), it is
commonly referred to as Computer Whorehouse. Based on a comment from one of
their former employees, I went in with their ad in hand to get a great price
on a motherboard. "Oh, sorry, it isn't in stock, would you like this other
one instead?" I told them no and left. After about 10 minutes, a coworker of
mine went in without the ad, acted like he didn't know which motherboard he
wanted and worked it so that they sold him the one that was in the ad, but
for about $20 more. When he pulled the ad out of his pocket to get the sale
price, the sales clerk got pissed off at him.
They have a reputation for unethical/illegal practices, really poor technical
support and bad/used merchandise.
--
--Marty Allred
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zipslack
Date: 20 Apr 1999 19:16:23 GMT
Krusty the Clown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am currently trying Linux for about the fourth time and have found one
>that i LIKE. Zip slack.
>Any thoughts about this distribution? Strengths? Weakeness?
>What is the best x server to run on it that will run Enlightenment?
>Wj\hat is the best way to download an X server. I get confused on all the
>different files that I need. Can anyone simplify and tell me only the bar
>minimum of what I need?
>Also. What version of Xfree86 3.3.3.1 should I use? The one for glibc or for
>libc5?
Why not get the full Slackware distribution? If you want to try out
the latest (unreleased) stuff including KDE 1.1, download it from
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware-current/.
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help can't delete file ....
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:59:26 -0700
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:7fi62r$po1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I have accidentally createed a large file named "-C" (w/out the quotes).
> Now I can not do an rm or mv it. Any ideas ?
Has nothing to do with Linux.
Usual standard UNIX beginner answer:
Use "rm ./-C" or "rm -- -C"
jue
--
J�rgen Exner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Wandel)
Subject: Can't read JPEG files sometimes
Date: 20 Apr 1999 19:00:13 GMT
My Linux box sometimes gets into a state where it cannot read JPEG files.
When this occurs, any tool that uses the shared JPEG library bombs. I don't
know of a way to clear it up without rebooting.
It occurs infrequently and randomly. I first suspected a transient memory
corruption (who knows with cheap hardware and no parity or ECC) but it has
happened four times now, so I suspect a software bug.
Vanilla RedHat 5.2 as far as this stuff is concerned.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there a known fix?
Markus
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From: benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MAILER DEAMON problem
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 03:16:20 +0200
Hello ,
I am runing Linux Kernel 2.2.4 (Redhat 5.1 kernel upgraded).
I use FETCHMAIL to get my mails, and PINE to read and send them.
I have got a problem: i very often receive this e-mail:
====================================================================
>From MAILER-DEAMON Tue Apr 20 03:00:41 1999
From: Mail System International Data <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DON4T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNATIONAL DATA
This text is part of the internal format of your mail folder, and is not
a real message. It is created automatically by the mail system software.
If deleted, important data will be lost, and it will be re-created with
the
data reset to initial values
======================================================================
So, i save this mail (mail stored).
But, i receive this mail again and again ... and don't know why !
Thank you for helping !
Benjamin
runing Linux Kernel 2.2.4
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From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: .gz file format
Date: 20 Apr 1999 22:52:01 -0400
george <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
george> I am new to linux and downloaded a help file that was supposed to be in
george> pdf format, but the extension is .gz. How can I open this file in
george> Acrobat?
Uncompress it first, probably using gunzip?
--
David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/
"Hey, Doug, do you mind if I push the Emergency Booth Self-Destruct Button?"
"Oh, sure, Dave, whatever...you _do_ know what that does, right?"
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From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fvwm
Date: 20 Apr 1999 22:52:47 -0400
MandM <M&[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
M&M> i just got xfree86 going how can i reconfigure fvwm??
RTFM. fvwm2(1x) has been quite servicable for all of my FVWM
reconfiguration needs.
--
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"Hey, Doug, do you mind if I push the Emergency Booth Self-Destruct Button?"
"Oh, sure, Dave, whatever...you _do_ know what that does, right?"
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From: cdog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Creating Linux/Dos shared partition?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 21:34:44 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why not just mount the Win partition with Linux ?
mkdir /mnt/win
mount -t vfat /dev/hd?? /mnt/win (?? = Win drive and patition)
cd /mnt/win (oh boy, shared drive-partition-directories-whatever)
Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\" wrote:
> I'm trying to create a partition that I can share files between Linux and
> Dos on the same harddrive. I'm dual booting right now and that's working
> fine. Since I'm new to Linux and am having trouble setting it up I go back
> to Win** to download files from Linux ftp sites and want to be able to read
> them on a small partition that I just created with FIPS. I didn't format it
> under DOS so I'm waiting for instructions on what to do next. Thanks
>
> Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Osterlund)
Subject: PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, v1.3.0 released
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:25:28 GMT
PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, version 1.3.0
HIGHLIGHTS: a new FreeBSD port; a new autoconf/automake
implementation (setups are now as easy as 'configure', 'make',
'make check', 'make install'); a new preprocessor directive
family--#ifdef, #ifndef, #def(ine), #undef(ine), etc.; a basic
configuration "starter set" via 'piktc -iv +D generic'; bug
fixes; eliminated many hard-coded, preset limits and parameters
PIKT is an innovative new paradigm for administering heterogeneous networked
workstations. PIKT monitors systems, reports problems, and fixes those
problems automatically whenever possible.
PIKT uses an embedded scripting language that sports an especially clean
syntax and introduces unique features to make your programming easier.
PIKT is also a sophisticated script preprocessor and control mechanism for
managing all of your administrative scripts. You can, setting aside the PIKT
language, even use it to version control, install, error log, and schedule
programs written in other languages, as well as to employ macros, meta-
comments, and C-like #if, #ifdef, and #include directives in Perl, AWK, etc.
PIKT is distributed under the GNU General Public License. Available now
for Solaris, SunOS, GNU/Linux, and now also FreeBSD. For more info, and
complete source code, documentation, and data files (all 40,000+ lines of
it), please visit the PIKT Web site at:
http://pikt.uchicago.edu/pikt
Robert Osterlund [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Robert Osterlund, Unix Systems Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grad School of Business, U of Chicago phone: 773/702-8898
1101 E. 58th Street, #309, Chicago, IL 60637, USA fax: 773/702-0233
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===============================================================================
Robert Osterlund, Unix Systems Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grad School of Business, U of Chicago phone: 773/702-8898
1101 E. 58th Street, #309, Chicago, IL 60637, USA fax: 773/702-0233
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