Linux-Misc Digest #985, Volume #19 Thu, 29 Apr 99 13:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Re: converting ps to pdf (David M. Cook)
Re: When is Redhat 5.2 going to be available (sooner)
Re: Kernel updating (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Re: Better LCD Resolution (LAPTOP HELP) (David Steuber)
Re: df 'used' vlaue ("David Z. Maze")
Re: CLI app: *.jpg -> thumbnail-*.jpg (Jedi Master Yoda)
Re: Listing I/O and IRQs? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The Free Software Jobs page (Richard Stallman)
Re: g++ for linux? (Bob Martin)
Re: Which is better (Johan Kullstam)
Re: CLI app: *.jpg -> thumbnail-*.jpg (Dav Coleman)
Can you post this (slightly revised) note to info-gnu? (Adam Fedor)
Re: Linux on WinChip? (**Nick Brown)
Re: character-based fax software for red hat linux (Peter Englmaier)
Access linux telnet server from Win98 (john xu)
Re: Xfree Matrox Mil (jason)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (Chris)
S3 Trio Driver? ("Shashank Tripathi")
Windows NT vs. Linux testing by mindcraft (Donn Miller)
Re: Fdisk/df BUG. What should I do? (Richard RUDEK)
Re: How Do I Make A Bootable RH6 ISO Image? (Frank Sweetser)
Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX? ("G. Pollack")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: 29 Apr 1999 09:43:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore) writes:
> On 27 Apr 1999 06:30:17 GMT,
> Keven R. Pittsinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson) writes:
>> > On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 17:43:50 -0400,
>> > hellraiser, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> > brought forth the following words...:
>> >
>> >>and this is supposed to be a bad thing?? communism is a good system,
>> >>except when the stupid ass dictators use it out in the far- and
>> >>middle-east. i guess they used 'communism', not communism. communism
>> >>has never existed in its pure and true form, it has just been abused.
>> >>karl marx was pretty smart talking about how a class-based society sucks
>> >>(which it DOES). down with capitalism!!!
>> >
>> > Karl Marx also began the labour camps that killed millions of Russians, and
>> > the agricultural policies that starved millions more.
>> > A real saint was ol' Karl
>>
>> Karl Marx never set foot in Russia. You're thinking of Josef Stalin, the
>> guy who took over running the Soviet Union after Lenin died.
>
> It would especially be interesting to see how he ran camps in Russia
> when he'd been dead for 30 some years before the Russian Revolution. :)
A good trick, if you could manage it. <grin>
Keven
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: converting ps to pdf
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:15:41 GMT
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:12:24 -0230, Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1) a ps file to a pdf file.
Recent versions of ghostscript have a ps2pdf script. In my experience the
result looks rough unless the source used a font that is available
for acroread (say by including the times package in your latex source).
>2) a tex file to a pdf file (how reliable is pdftex and how do I use and
> where do I get it from? Does it come with
> teTeX?)
I've used pdflatex, which works very well. It seems to be able to choose
the appropriate fonts for you, and it is much faster than going
from tex->dvi->ps->pdf.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sooner)
Subject: Re: When is Redhat 5.2 going to be available
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:17:15 GMT
RedHat 5.2 is included in the back of 'Linus for Dummies' second edition.
In article <7g8rvl$mb4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In article <4420DA0113D0D211A7EB00105A1F35651F92EB@mail>,
> "Birdman" <oneway.com> wrote:
>> If at all?
>>
>>
>I have RedHat Linux 5.2 running on my box right now.
>
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel updating
Date: 29 Apr 1999 07:05:06 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Robert H. Thompson" wrote:
> Any way the point of this post is to get some ideas on the simplicity or
> complications that may be encountered by upgrading to 2.1.x or 2.2.x
> kernel. So how about it? Is the upgrade(s) path that difficult. Any
> How-to's out there that will come in handy? Any How-to's for kernel
> updating in general. How painful is the path?
It's not hard at all if you follow the Kernel HOWTO. Get it and
you'll be fine.
--
Did you *REALLY* check that interface between the chair and the keyboard?
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ #1383173 - PGP 5.0i user
[I'm running Linux] -=-=- Electric Engineering at Politechnic School, USP
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/ * Check for C, 3D graphics, etc
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Better LCD Resolution (LAPTOP HELP)
Date: 28 Apr 1999 04:37:58 -0400
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SaintZero) writes:
-> I am using RH5.2 with a laptop capable of 1024x768 resolution and 24bpp with a
-> NeoMagic video card supported by RH. When configurating X with Xconfigurator I
-> select the NeoMagic Driver, the SVGA server is also automatically selected, I
-> also select a "LCD display capable of 1024x766." After autoprobing, Xconf
-> selects the best resolution it says is available 16bpp and 640x480. I know I
-> can get better resolution, but I don't know how, can anyone help me improve my
-> Res and color??
I have a NeoMagic. I am running SuSE 6.0, but differences should be
minor. You need to look at /etc/XF86Config:
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Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="XF86Config"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
#Section "Module"
# Load "xf86Jstk.so"
#EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
# NoTrapSignals
# DontZap
# DontZoom
# DisableVidModeExtension
# AllowNonLocalXvidtune
# DisableModInDev
# AllowNonLocalModInDev
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
AutoRepeat 500 5
XkbDisable
XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
# Protocol "Microsoft"
# Device "/dev/ttyS0"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Multisync"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30-64
VertRefresh 50-100
# 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NeoMagic"
# Chipset "NM2160"
# IOBase 0xfea00000
# MemBase 0xfd000000
# VideoRam 2048
# DacSpeed 90
# Option "linear"
# Option "nolinear"
# Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "hw_cursor"
# Option "no_accel"
# Option "intern_disp"
# Option "extern_disp"
# Option "mmio"
# Option "no_mmio"
# Option "lcd_center"
# Option "no_stretch"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "NeoMagic"
Monitor "Generic Multisync"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
DefaultColorDepth 16
EndSection
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Pay particular attention to 'Section "Screen"' and the line
'DefaultColorDepth 16'. My driver is not accelerated for 24bpp, so I
use 16bpp. The difference is trivial since an LCD display is only
good for 18bpp anyway. The performance boost for hardware
acceleration is extremely high.
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From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: df 'used' vlaue
Date: 29 Apr 1999 09:17:00 -0400
normski r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
nr> When using df to see free disk space for a filesystem, the 'used'
nr> value and the 'available' value don't add up to the 'total'. Can
nr> anyone tell me why this is?
Some amount of the disk (by default 5%) is reserved for use by a
specific user or group (by default root). This gives the system
administrator some ability to try to fix things without deleting other
people's files if the disk fills up. You can change the amount of
reserved space with tune2fs(8).
--
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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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jedi Master Yoda)
Subject: Re: CLI app: *.jpg -> thumbnail-*.jpg
Date: 29 Apr 99 10:09:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 03:31:33 -0400, jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saw fit to expound:
>Beverley Eyre wrote:
>>
>> Can't you do this w/ xv? Just keep reducing the size and then save as a new file.
>
>I thought the same thing (also gimp and zgv), but I noticed the subject read,
>"CLI app", i.e. command-line interface app.
The GIMP has a batch mode for running off the command line.
JMY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Listing I/O and IRQs?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:52:30 GMT
Stuart Baird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the command that will allow me to list the I/O addresses and
> IRQs currently used by the various cards in my RedHat Linux 5.2 system?
cat /proc/ioports
cat /proc/interrupts
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From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce
Subject: The Free Software Jobs page
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:59:51 -0600 (MDT)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Free Software Foundation is now maintaining a page to list free
software job opportunities: http://www.gnu.org/jobs. Anyone is
welcome to list a job there, as long as it fits the criteria for the
page.
If you want to hire someone for free software work, please take a
look; to list a job opening, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:22:12 -0500
From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: g++ for linux?
g++ is free
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> perhaps a faq type question, but: is there a free g++ compiler for
> c++ code? my school (ariz state univ) uses g++ and I like it.
>
> thanks,
>
> Jesse
> aka007 @ cyberdude.com
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which is better
Date: 29 Apr 1999 10:00:40 -0400
"Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux. I plan to buy a set of linux software to install
> into my PC (HP8240). Which linux is better and definitely
> supports the modem (56k data fax voice) on HP8240?
all linux distributions support the same hardware. most of the
distribution difference is in the install. once you have the linux
system installed, almost all the software is the same. there are some
differences such as placement of the init scripts, but these are
really minor.
what modem do you have? if it is a pci modem, winmodem or software
driven modem, then you will not get it to work in linux. (don't blame
linux, complain to the manufacturer of the modem for not releasing the
interface and operating specs.) external modems are almost
universally good. isa modems, even pnp one are workable as long as
they interface via a uart.
--
johan kullstam
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From: Dav Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CLI app: *.jpg -> thumbnail-*.jpg
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:36:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> The GIMP has a batch mode for running off the command line.
No kidding? That's cool to know, thanks!
--
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From: Adam Fedor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce
Subject: Can you post this (slightly revised) note to info-gnu?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:20:21 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS: GNUstep task list
The current task list for GNUstep is available at
http://www.gnustep.org/developers/tasks.html
The planned release of GNUstep 0.6.0 is only three months away, and we
need many of the tasks finished before that release. Please consider
volunteering for one of these tasks. At least a few require little or no
programming experience. These are, in my opinion, some of the most
critical things that need to be done! For instance:
- Check to see that class headers comply with OpenStep documentation
- List backend classes and methods and functions so we can work to reduce
these to a minimum.
- Write a "Getting Started" document.
Please take some time to look at the list and let me know if you can do
anything (or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Thank you.
---
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | something hard enough, and it will
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (GNUstep!) | fall over.
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on WinChip?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:09:58 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The WinChip is so-called for marketing reasons - it's not like a
Winmodem. Should work OK. I'm getting one in a week or so, so I'll
post any problems here, you can bet !
These chips are the best option to upgrade an older mobo which can't do
different core voltages. If you can go down to 2.9V (Cyrix, old AMD) or
2.8V (Pentium MMX) or 2.2V (current AMD) you have other options which
may give more bang for the buck. In fact a Pentium 133 (non-MMX)
overclocked at 166 may well be faster than a Winchip for a 3.3V board,
if you can get one second-hand.
"Glenn T. Jayaputera" wrote:
>
> Would Linux works on WinChip based system?
> or this CPU is only for stupid Windows?
>
> thanks
> glenn
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From: Peter Englmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: character-based fax software for red hat linux
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:09:31 -0400
The easiest thing is 'efax', which is entirely text based.
It consists mainly of scripts which makes it easy to adapt.
Hope Heinrich Criminal Law Library wrote:
>
> is hylafax character-based? we have several dumb character terminals and we
> would be needing a character based fax server for red hat linux 6.0. any
> suggestions?
>
> thanks.
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From: john xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Access linux telnet server from Win98
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:45:13 GMT
All:
Need help for win98 log on to linux.
I have Redhat linux 5.2 installed on PII 400. I am trying to telnet and
ftp to this linux server from a machine which OS is win98. But it
failed. The message from linux is "Incorrect user name" or "Password" is
not correct. Even anonymous ftp can not log on to linux from this
machine.
The fact is that, any other machines in my network (WIN NT, WIN95 and
linux) have no problem logon to this linux machine using the same
username
and password which failed log on from that WIN98.
I used some Win95 and WinNT tips, which modify(Or add) the regidtry with
EnablePlainTextPasswrod as dword value 0x01, it still does not work (I
had
a problem from NT 4.0 to access linux and it fixes it by doing so).
Anybody has some clue or can give me some suggestion what's wrong?
Thank you very much
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I won't miss you.
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xfree Matrox Mil
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:39:25 -0400
You need to get the latest XFree86, 3.3.3.1. I have a Mystique G200 AGP running
like a dream here.
Good luck,
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,micorosft.public.outlook
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:03:36 GMT
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:03:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart
Summerville) wrote:
I have 5 NT servers, one AIX and one Linux. I understand that NT is
as stable as a tin legged deer in a rain storm, but what can Linux
promote in office conditions. With Exchange, Office XX, Outlook etc...
I can use Linux as a great Web server and a great firewall but for
standard user interactions NT has got the most homogeneous enviorment.
Hopefully oneday my users can either be unix gurus, then I never have
to come into work and just let the servers run for 6 months at a time,
or NT will make a stable server. I suspect I better get them trained
on unix!!!.
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From: "Shashank Tripathi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Trio Driver?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:59:22 +0800
Reply-To: "Shashank Tripathi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I am trying to install SUSE 6.0 and it doesnt recognize the S3 Trio3D
display card, I cannot use X-windows.
Please help, where can I find an appropriate driver?
Please reply to me directly as well...
Thanks a million for any help.
Best regards
Shanx
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From: Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Windows NT vs. Linux testing by mindcraft
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:24:30 -0400
It's at
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/mslinux990428.html.
Here's an excerpt:
"Normally, that would be the end of it. But the community of
hackers and developers that built Linux was furious. While
Microsoft engineers spent a great deal of time �tuning� the
Windows NT test computer � making sure it would run the test
software at its highest efficiency level � Mindcraft installed
the Red Hat Linux Operating System practically out of the box,
with no tuning whatsoever."
On my machine, Linux is way faster than Windows 98. But then
again, Windows NT is different than 98.
Basically, I think disk access was what hurt Linux the most. On
Linux systems, it seems that disk access is fast, but it makes
the rest of the system run slow. This, I think, has been one of
Linux's biggest weaknesses for as long as I can remember, from
way back (1995). Disk access just doesn't seem to run as smooth
under Linux as it does under other Free UNICES, like FreeBSD.
This is more of a constructive criticism of Linux, and not a
flame.
But I do have a hard time believing that Windows NT can beat
Linux hands down. Like the quote said, engineers spent an awful
lot of time "tuning" Windows NT, and didn't do sh*t to the Linux
systems. I think this shows that the Mindcraft people are more
familiar with Windows NT than with Linux.
Actually, I think speed isn't everything anyway. What about
stability? How do the OSes in question respond to viruses and
"bad apps"? Maybe the tests exploited the strengths in Windows
NT while exploiting the weaknesses in Linux. Why did Mindcraft
use RedHat instead of other Linux distributions, like Debian or
Slackware?
Well, maybe I shouldn't have brought this up in cubfm, but it is
a free UNIX. I think Linux is going through an experimental
stage at this point, and we can expect to find some weaknesses
exposed in the OS.
Even if NT *can* beat Linux hands down (and I don't think it
can), I don't think it's going to stop people from running Linux
or FreeBSD. Like a bumper sticker I saw: "I'd rather push my
Ford than drive a Chevy!".
--
Donn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard RUDEK)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Fdisk/df BUG. What should I do?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:25:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stanaway) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Stanaway wrote:
>>I have an unusual and distrubing bug here:
>>Disk /dev/hdc: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 4095 cylinders
>>
>>Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>/dev/hdc1 1 31 62464+ 82 Linux swap
>>/dev/hdc2 32 793 1536192 83 Linux native
>>/dev/hdc3 794 4095 6656832 83 Linux native
>>
>>Command (m for help): q
>>buzz:~# df -h
>>Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>/dev/hdc3 1.4G 1.3G 30M 98% /usr/local
>>/dev/hdc2 1.4G 1.3G 30M 98% /usr
>>
>>buzz:/usr/local# du -hs
>>743M .
>>buzz:/usr/local# cd ..
>>buzz:/usr# du -hs
>>1.3G .
>>
>>
>>Why is df showing the combined used for /usr and /usr/local
>>for both /usr and /usr/local
>>and the other /usr/local stats match /usr when they shoudn't
>>
>>Should I be VERY concerned about this, or only mildly.
>>Dist is Debian 2.1 (Well it is 2.2 now.. but I had the same prob with 2.1)
>>The kernel is 2.2.5 but I had the same probe with 2.2.3 ans 2.0.36
>>
>>Df is from GNU filesys utils 4.0
>>
>>I dread to think what will hapen when the combined size of the two partions
>>contents climbs above the capacity of the first partion.
>>
>
>Please, my disks are now `full' when in reality one is half full and the other
>is hardly being used.
>
>I have had no leads on this problem and would welcome any hunches that people
>have.
[snip]
OK then,
What happens if you mount hdc3 off the root directory ?
Are they EXT2 Filesystems ?
Are the Filesystems intact ?
What capacity is the HDD - 8GB ?
What EIDE chipset ?
Other EIDE devices ?
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Do I Make A Bootable RH6 ISO Image?
Date: 29 Apr 1999 11:51:24 -0400
Mark Trimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have downloaded RH6 and have a good copy. I can install from it without
> a problem. Last night I tried to make an ISO image and burn it to a CD.
> I used the command...
>
> mkisofs -o /tmp/redhat.iso -v -r -T -J -V "RedHat 6.0" \
> -b images/boot.img -c boot.cat /home/ftp/pub/redhat-6.0/
>
> This gave me my iso image file which I was able to mount and test. I then
> wrote it to CD using Adaptec EZ-CD Creator for Windows95, and everything
> seemed to be fine. I could work with the files in both Linux and
> Windows. When I booted from the CD everything seemed fine until it asked
> me the type of installation. I selected LOCAL CD-ROM and it tried to
> initialize the CD. Then it just froze. I have never had this problem
> with CD's I have purchased.
do you have execute permissions for the install program on the CD?
(everything under RedHat/instimage/ basically)
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
"...you might as well skip the Xmas celebration completely, and instead
sit in front of your linux computer playing with the
all-new-and-improved linux kernel version."
(By Linus Torvalds)
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From: "G. Pollack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:21:43 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Help, please.
>
> I know someone who would like to switch to LINUX. Because he can type 100 WPM
> and knows WordStar for DOS better than his phone number, he would like to know
> if a version of WordStar, with control diamond (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+X, and
> Ctrl+D) functionality, exists for LINUX. Or, an equivalent. I looked into
> StarOffice, it looks like it came out of StarWriter.
>
> Does anyone know what became of WordStar? Has anyone heard of someone buying
> WordStars assets or code or the rights thereto?
>
> Or, can he just run WordStar in a DOS window? He needs this as an
> honest-to-God word processor, not a text editor.
>
> I would appreciate any help you can provide.
>
> THANKS!
>
> Tom (A newbie and I know it. I appreciate your patience.) Karel
>
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As a former and long-time wordstar user (cp/m and dos versions), I
empathize - I'm convinced that the Ctrl-key combos are now hard-wired
into my spinal cord. One approach is to run wordstar under dosemu.
Another, which I now use, is to customize another wordprocessor so that
it recognizes wordstar Ctrl-key combos (or at least most of them). I've
done this under linux with both WordPerfect and StarOffice, and it works
great.
--
Gerald Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill University
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