Linux-Misc Digest #408, Volume #20 Sat, 29 May 99 21:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: fdisk /MBR ??? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Differences between Unix and Linux (James Lee)
Re: Seti@Home 'TKSETI' GUI Front end (jebber)
Re: DDS-3 DAT drive (Maryann Esh)
Re: Linux fonts (Rod Smith)
Re: Screenshots from X Desktop (Rod Smith)
Re: Problems with TV-out on X-windows (Peter Caffin)
Re: Tools under Linus (Peter Caffin)
Re: INN Howto? (Peter Caffin)
Re: Some stupid questions ... (Peter Caffin)
Re: ncurses pieces missing? (Peter Caffin)
Re: USENET Binary Application for Linux (Peter Caffin)
Re: Does this OS exist? (Peter Caffin)
Re: SETI comparisons (Maryann Esh)
Re: Gvim+Eterm--How to? ("Spud")
Re: Netscape 4.6 .rpm, .deb? was, Re: Netscape 4.51 suddenly exits (Rodney Loisel)
Re: XWindows Server ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: 3c509b Conspiracy theory! (Tim Bourne)
Re: Help setting timezone (Bob Martin)
Re: Using floppies formatted bigger than 1.44MB (Tim Bourne)
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? ("AlexAndre")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: fdisk /MBR ???
Date: 30 May 1999 00:02:12 GMT
In <7iplks$lbd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The ancient CHS addressing method used by the BIOS for boot strapping
>can
>> not support more than 8GB.
>Actually CKD devices (Count Key Data) are probably older than bios
>itself. It was a time when discs spelled "d.i.s.k." didnt have
>sectors at all. They had records and they could be any size up to the
>size of track. They were accessed my a method called CH"R" (Cylinder
>Head Record). Which I think is the problem now... I dont believe that a
>track has a size (in bytes) nowadays. Its got an LBA (Linear Block
>Address) offset. Back in the old days the software knew how to operate
>the hardware correctly. Now days the software doest care how hardware
>is built (cause bios will take care of it) and things are so much
>simpler now, arent they.
Sorry, but your diatribe is off track. The software, linux, does know
how touse linear addressing. That is what it uses, and it is not limited
by 8G. However, linux is not run from the BIOS chip whichis the first
thing that gets control. That BIOS chip loads a program from the MBR of
the disk, which is a small area and cannot hold much, especially not a
whole file system (and expecially not all of the different filesystems
the user might want to boot with). Thus, it uses the BIOS's filesystem
routines to read off some absolute sector address off the disk. These
are the boot program of the operating system (eg vmlinuz etc). Once
those are loaded, they can then use their own operating system's
filesystem to continue. Thus you need enough space on teh disk to hold
te /boot partition in linux, which must be addressable by the BIOS.
My boot is less than 1MB is size. Unfortunately, again the BIOS has
problems addressing small areas, and thus has a minimum size that it
likes to assign to a partition (1 cylinder?) Thus that less than 1M
needs a minimum sized partition which is 5M or 8M or whateever depending
on the size of your disk and its cylinders.
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Differences between Unix and Linux
Date: 29 May 1999 19:15:50 -0500
: Actually, most source code has to be ported as I understand. Its easier
: then porting to win95, but still a task....thats why most *nix code has
: LOTS of #ifdef #endif checks.
A lot of times, it has to do with the compilers involved.
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From: jebber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seti@Home 'TKSETI' GUI Front end
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 23:43:00 GMT
Kelly wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried this yet?
> http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~macdonal/tkseti/tkseti.html
yeah, it works well. I haven't gone through all the options. There are
lots of timing things that you can set. But in general it's a better
interface to SetiatHome.
jeb
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From: Maryann Esh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: DDS-3 DAT drive
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 17:24:25 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've received the same results when I tried to take a DDS-2 tape from an
HP-C1533A Drive to a Seagate Archive Python (23288?). The Seagate could
not read the tapes, but could write tapes that the HP could read. Both
could read and write their own tapes, though. Have you tried that? Is the
drive active while you think it's writing?
BTW: I sold the Seagate. I still have the HP.
Chris Mauritz wrote:
> What's the secret to getting a DDS-3 DAT drive to work with linux?
> I've tried reading/writing tapes with Redhat 5.2 and Redhat 6.0
> using an HP and a Seagate drive without success.
>
> When I try to read/write tapes, I get:
>
> tape read error: Input/output error
>
> I've compiled SCSI tape support into the kernel (tried both 2.0.36 and
> 2.2.9) and made sure the device files (/dev/nst0 /dev/st0) exist.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Christopher Mauritz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Linux fonts
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:32:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
N R Farley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For a while now I've been putting up with horrible linux fonts in
> netscape. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to install more fonts. Is
> there a way of installing windows fonts (I've got to give microsoft
> credit for their fonts)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
See:
http://www.frii.com/~meldroc/Font-Deuglification.html
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Screenshots from X Desktop
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:33:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <7ipbpd$9p2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Achim Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a software to generate screenshots from any
> X Apps. xwpick doesn't run because I've true color configurated.
> Does anybody know a good software ?
Both the GIMP (http://www.gimp.org; or it comes with most distributions)
and the shareware xv (with most distributions) will do this.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with TV-out on X-windows
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 06:53:08 +0800
Overmars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My X-windows appear nicely on my monitor, but it appears as black &
> white on the TV when I connect the TV to the TV-out port of the
> display card. I have tried many Modeline settings, but still can't
> solve the problem.
And your card or converter is...?
What TV encoding system (NTSC? PAL? SECAM??) are you using?
> Does any one know what the problem is?
Not until you give us some basic information to work with.
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tools under Linus
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 07:36:09 +0800
I Ching Hsueh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to know, how many well-known tools now run under Linus,
I'd imagine angle-grinders, power saws, etc. Perhaps even manual tools
like spanners, crow-bars and screwdrivers. But your Linus will complain
fairly loudly about his bottom hurting.
> or which webside I should visit to get this.
While you may be able to begin using tools under Linus, you may find said
tools a bit difficult to retrieve from his webside afterwards.
Hope that helps :).
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/ PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: INN Howto?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 07:48:24 +0800
Grand Poobah of PRAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running RedHat 5.2 at home, and I'm inerested in using INN (which,
> after all, comes with RedHat 5.2) solely to run local newsgroups in
> the LAN I've got in my apartment. Is there any howto or documentation
> descriibing a quick and irty way to do this?
There *is* an INN HOWTO. However, it's very big and unwieldy. I doubt
you'd find the quick'n'dirty solution you're after with it.
If you've got fewer than 10 users, Leafnode's the way to go, IMHO.
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_oo__ |_|_ |__ _ | _ |_|_o _ peter at ptcc dot it dot net dot au |
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Some stupid questions ...
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 08:03:42 +0800
Austin Ming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First , i have to get a free Linux. But, i do not know which version of Linux
> should i use. "Note: I use PC."
> (Red Hat Linux, Debian Linux, Slackware Linux)
Redhat is the most "newbie-friendly" out of those. v6.0 is the most recent
at the time I'm writing. The most recent Linux kernel is v2.2.9.
Distributions of Linux (in general) range from one to four CDROMs worth of
data, depending on how many externally-sourced packages they include.
> More, what is the latest version of Lunix?
Erm. Lunix is the Little UNIX for Commodore 64.
Try http://hid.c64.org/poldi/lunix/linux.html for this sort of info.
> What is the size of Lunix OS ?
>From memory, I think it's about 1-3 floppies.
> Which FTP server has a fast speed to download ?
This depends on where you are. Contact your network administrator. A lot
of ISPs use Linux (though not likely Lunix) and they may have Linux on one
of their servers.
> Do i need to learn unix commands before i change my OS ?
It's not a bad idea. But the easiest way to learn is to do.
> Can i use my Win 95 software in latest version of Lunix ?
Not with Lunix. http://www.vmware.com/ has a solution out for using
Windows 95/98/NT software under Linux.
> Plus, what features do the free version miss compare with purchased version?
The various distributions offer various things. Price does not necessarily
equal value. Depending on how the cost is structured, you might get
technical support or perhaps a couple of office-type programs thrown in.
> Lastly, any time limitation for using free version of Lunix?
Not for Linux (or Lunix, for that matter).
Best of luck. Go with Linux though. Lunix is just an enthusiast's rather
cute tinkertoy :).
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_oo__ |_|_ |__ _ | _ |_|_o _ peter at ptcc dot it dot net dot au |
//`'\_ | (/_|(/_| |_(_|| | || | http://it.net.au/~pc |
/ PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ncurses pieces missing?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 06:45:52 +0800
Two possibilities here.
Ciaran Costelloe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a relative newbie to Linux and I am having problems getting a
> program I have written that uses ncurses to compile, specifically when I
> add "#include curses.h", the compiler cannot find curses.h.
First up, I assume you're compiling by specifying `gcc -o file -lncurses
file.c`...
> This is not that surprising since there is no file "curses.h" on my
> Linux computer.
This suggests that while you've got the libncurses client libraries, you
haven't got the libncurses development libraries installed yet.
Hope that helps.
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/ PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USENET Binary Application for Linux
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 06:40:50 +0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have been looking for a news binary program that will download,
> combine and decode multiple binary attachments.
This is for, um, sound files is it? :)
Grab a copy of the Leafnode news server (which stores articles as plain
text). Then you can probably whip up a PERL script to either sort the
files directly (by far the simpler of the options) or chat via NNTP.
Chatting over NNTP probably requires a wee bit more patience for a
beginner. I heartily recommend "Web Client Programming With PERL"
published by O'Reilly & Associates if you go via this route. It's very
easy to adapt the procedures they use in that book to chat over NNTP
rather than HTTP.
Unfortunately, I can't think of any pre-made scripts, but, you'll probably
have some luck searching the archives at http://www.perl.org/CPAN/.
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_oo__ |_|_ |__ _ | _ |_|_o _ peter at ptcc dot it dot net dot au |
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/ PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does this OS exist?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 07:01:32 +0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Didn't know where to post this question...
> Does there exist an OS with these characteristics?
> - completely 32-bit
> - runs in protected mode
> - single user
> - singletasking
> - single processor
> - command line interface
> The closest that fits the above are DOS (but not 32-bit/protected mode)
> and Minix (but not singletasking or single user). Any others I have
> missed?
Sounds like something which would fit within Caldera's OSes. Caldera took
over both DR-DOS and CP/M-descended technologies. http://www.caldera.com/
(I don't mind plugging Caldera -- they provide Caldera Open-DOS dosemu
images free for download, which amounts to serious cool points :) ).
--: _ _ _ _
_oo__ |_|_ |__ _ | _ |_|_o _ peter at ptcc dot it dot net dot au |
//`'\_ | (/_|(/_| |_(_|| | || | http://it.net.au/~pc |
/ PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: Maryann Esh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SETI comparisons
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 17:50:57 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am averaging 12 hrs 20 minutes on a Mac G3-400, running MacOS 8.5.1. I'm not
saying MacOS is better, just that comparing MacOS to Linux is Apples and oranges
when you base your analysis on the SETI listings. That is an average of all the
machines that run the client that reports itself as "MacOS", even the slow ones.
Your Linux example could have Alphas, and other fast platforms mixed in. Even
"powerpc-apple-rhapsody5.3" at about 14 hours, could be compared to my results,
but there are a lot of slower PowerPCs than mine.
Another interesting thing to note is that there is an "alpha/Windows" box out
there with an 8 hour 39 minute record. All the Alphas are fast, even running
windows. I think it's the CPU, and it's clock speed that vary the results the
most. There may also be certain performance characteristics that can be
attributed to particular SETI clients.
A better comparison would be to have people report results for matched platforms,
CPUs, and CPU clock rates. Then compare the different OS results. If I could get
Linux running on this G3, I'd be glad to post results. Anything better than my 11
hour 55 minute record is gravy for me. I'd also be able to move to a more
reliable PPP dialup system, for posting my results while I am fast asleep at 2am.
:)
BTW: I've run also Seti on a Pentium-200 Win95 box(62-65 hrs), and a Sparc-5 at
110 Mhz Solaris 2.6 box (40? hrs). I'm going to try my Pentuim-450 Win98 when I
get it, but I'm betting on the Mac G3, no matter what OS it's running.
Oh, and Linux is my favorite OS. Hell, it's my lifestyle!
Andrew C. Esh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Varney wrote:
> kryliss wrote:
>
> > I'm not a big Mac fan...(he he he you said big Mac) but anyways, I have
> > noticed that Macs do tend to preform quite well when the MacOS is replaced
> > by Linux. Now there's something to think about.
> > Richard Petty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > In article <7i52u6$ho7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > >D. Vrabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in comp.os.linux.misc:
> > > >DV>On 21 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>> Take a look at http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/oss.html. It
> > > shows that Win95 users
> > > >>> are getting an average of 42 hours compared to 30 for NT, 23 for Mac
> > > and 14 for linux.
> > > >>> Presumably the same compiler was used for 95 and NT (its the same
> > > download link). It would
> > > >>> seem to indicate that Win95 cooperative multitasking generally falls
> > > far short in performance
> > > >DV>Windows 95 does do preemptive multitasking for Win32 programs.
> > >
> > > >Well, it doesn't do it very well. Its being outperformend by *MACs*
> > >
> > >
> > > The SETI@home project fascinates me endlessly, both from a technical and a
> > > cultural standpoint.
> > >
> > > I would make two comments about this:
> > >
> > > 1. The MacOS wrecklessly throws almost all of it's CPU resources to the
> > > frontmost application. When the SETI@home client kicks in -- even as a
> > > "screensaver" -- it becomes the frontmost app.
> > >
> > > 2. Speaking strictly about performance (I'm not gonna get into
> > > architecture), the current MacOS lags other operating systems mainly in
> > > it's file system. SETI@home has very, very little of that going on. The
> > > MacOS's file system performance stinks, but when you ask its RISC CPU to
> > > do a lot of fast fourier transforms, it takes a back seat to nobody. Mac
> > > hardware has always been very, very good.
> > >
> > > 3. Probably the biggest thing accounting for the relative performance
> > > differences you see in these stats (all of which are changing quickly) is
> > > CULTURAL. A lot of Wintel users seem clueless that their seven year old
> > > Packard Bell is on the wrong side of the performance curve.
> > > I believe that the Windows users cooperating in the SETI@home project
> > > represent a more even distribution of the general population. Mac users to
> > > to fall into two distinct Groups: 1. Those who use their system but don't
> > > want to know anything about how it works, and 2. The geeky ones who love
> > > their Macs and would marry them if it were legal.
> > > Group 2, suffering from a perpetual Mac persecution complex, also tends
> > > to take an interest in the sort of thing SETI is trying to accomplish.
> > > Vendicate your system preference and find aliens. This is pure Group 2
> > stuff.
> > > Group 2 users tend to have nice hardware.
> > >
> > >
> > > For the record, I have three Macs doing SETI@home work:
> > >
> > > PowerCenter 120, 120-MHz 604, 112-Meg RAM, 70-hours.
> > > PowerMac 7500, 200-MHz 604e, 64-Meg RAM, 30-hours.
> > > Macintosh 300-MHz G3 server, 256-Meg RAM, 15-hours.
> > >
> > > The G3 server is my regular desktop machine. It's fast Ethernet and RAID
> > > disks have no impact whatsoever on SETI@home.
> > >
> > > -- Richard, Group 2
> > >
> > > --
> > > Spam deterent: Remove the "bogus" part for a correct address.
>
> With my PII 400 368 Meg ram running winbloze, it takes 38 cpu hrs.
> With RH 6 linux it takes 8.3 cpu hrs.
> A couple of reasons for this is that the winbloze version has all the "pretty"
> graphics. Also task priority is set lower in winbloze.
> Final reason, linux is better anyway!
> :-)
>
> Mike Varney
> Department of Physics
> Colorado State University
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From: "Spud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gvim+Eterm--How to?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:06:28 GMT
Eterm -e gvim
>I'm trying to use gvim inside of an Eterm window....but
>I'm not sure where to start. I have Eterm and gvim both installed. The
>
>command gvim -T Eterm doesn't seem to work. Thanks much in advance,
>
> Jason
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Rodney Loisel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.6 .rpm, .deb? was, Re: Netscape 4.51 suddenly exits
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 20:04:06 -0400
John Thompson wrote:
Re: Netscape 4.6 rpm
Under Redhat5.2 does one need all or only one of the 4 ftp files listed.
(Started installing rh a year ago... and I've got 13 yrs computer experience...
one of these days...)
> Michel wrote:
> >
> > Matt O'Toole wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone seen Netscape 4.6 rpms or debs yet? Where? I'm too lazy to
> > > install it otherwise... plus, it's nicer to have it packaged and ready for
> > > an easy upgrade or uninstall if necessary..
> > >
> >
> > The US version is only available in libc5 for both 4.51 and 4.6
> > and they are tar.gz files
>
> I just saw this in linux.redhat.announce yesterday:
>
> New netscape packages are available. While these are not
> specifically security updates, among the changes listed
> are 'Fixes to improve security'; therefore it is recommended
> that users update to the new packages.
>
> SPARC packages will become available when SPARC binaries are
> available from Netscape.
>
> Red Hat Linux 6.0:
> ==================
>
> i386:
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/netscape-common-4.6-1.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/netscape-communicator-4.6-1.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/netscape-navigator-4.6-1.i386.rpm
>
> Source rpm:
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/netscape-4.6-1.src.rpm
>
> Red Hat Linux 5.2:
> ==================
>
> i386:
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/netscape-common-4.6-0.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/netscape-communicator-4.6-0.i386.rpm
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/netscape-navigator-4.6-0.i386.rpm
>
> Source rpm:
> rpm -Uvh
> ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/netscape-4.6-0.src.rpm
>
> --
>
> -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,msn.computingcentral.os.linux
Subject: Re: XWindows Server
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 02:57:06 +0200
Telnet is text, xwindows is graphics.. no go for that... get vnc
Jeff Grossman skrev i meldingen ...
>Hello,
>
>I want to run Xwindows from a telnet session under Windows98. What is a
>good Xwindows Server? And how do I make it work? I am running Redhat 6.0.
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff
>
>--
>Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Bourne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3c509b Conspiracy theory!
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:58:17 GMT
>> I had him run the diag/config program
>> (it's on the disk you get with the card if you buy it from a
>> dealer who's honoring his contracts...) and find out to where
>> the interrupt had moved.
>
> The card came installed with the machine. Does 3com have this
>configuration program on their website?
Yes they do:
http://192.156.136.13/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c509v6.htm
or just grab the file:
http://192.156.136.13/infodeli/tools/nic/3c509/3c509x2.exe
This contains PnP disable and io/irq/... DOS config utilities, which I used to
set up my card for Linux.
>BTW, from all the stuff I have been
>hearing about 3 com and (especially) the 3c509 in this NG, 3com should start
>supporting their stuff under Linux or risk loosing a lot of business.
>
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help setting timezone
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:58:41 -0500
Christopher R. Carlen wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I used to live in EST (EDT). I moved to California. I thought it is
> PST here?
>
> Whhat are the timezone codes for CA (and daylight saving time timezone
> code).? Is there a place in the docs where this is indicated?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> _____________________________
> Christopher R. Carlen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- Remove "bogus_field" to reply !!!
> My OS is Linux 2.0.29
The time zone info is in /usr/share/zoneinfo. /etc/localtime is a link
to your time zone. Check the LINUX FAQ the answer is there.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Bourne)
Subject: Re: Using floppies formatted bigger than 1.44MB
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:58:15 GMT
On Wed, 26 May 1999 23:05:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Hammond)
wrote:
>I am using a RedHat 5.2 machine. I obtained superformat, and can
>successfully format 3.5" HD disks to 1.743MB, 1.849MB, and even
>1.992MB. Immediately after formatting them I can mount them and put
>data on them. I then can read the data back. All is good so far.
>Then I unmount the floppy, eject the disk, and re-insert the disk. I
>then type "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /fd" and there are no complaints.
>But, as soon as I look at the contents of the floppy, everything is
>corrupted. I am guessing that I need to add something to /etc/fdprm
>an/or mount the disk differently. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
You need to mount the device corresponding to the format size, e.g. for a
1.743MB formatted floppy, do:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0u1743 /fd
or the device might be /dev/fd0h1743 or /dev/fd0H1743 depending on your
distribution.
If you need to create /dev/fd0u1743, then do:
mknod /dev/fd0u1743 b 2 76
see 'man mknod' and 'man fd' for details.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 01:00:19 GMT
On Sat, 29 May 1999 17:04:46 -0700, Chad Mulligan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>Jim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> The sealed ammo you mention, is to ensure that each serviceman has a
>minimum
>> of 500 rounds available at all times, (I think it's 500, may be more)
>> more ammo is allways acceptable.
>>
>Yeah, its a bitch to run out before you're out of targets, especially if
>they've still got some. 500 rounds sounds likea reasonable amount, USMC
>doctrine says 300rds a day is standard load for infantry. An emergency
>force, with supplies being uncertain probably would, and should, specify a
>larger daily load.
I suspect that the at-home caches are nowhere near the only ones, and, in
any case, when *every citizen* represents part of the militia, this
represents a proportionately more massive force than those of nations
without this universal conscription.
If they deploy, and everyone fires their 500 rounds, and the situation
continues beyond that, I'd say this would have to involve Desert-Storm-like
deployment against Switzerland, which is, um, rather large.
Note that with a population of 7.1 million, that is liable to mean a militia
of fairly close to three million. 3 million x 500 rounds represents 1.5
*BILLION* rounds of ammunition, which is no small quantity of lead and
brass.
Would-be attackers have thought twice about such figures over a number of
hundreds of years...
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to free software today?..."
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From: "AlexAndre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat?
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 21:03:09 -0400
Hi I tried redhat 5.1- 6.0, caldera 2.2 and SuSE 6.1
I go for SuSE 6.1 GREAT!!!!!!!!!
What's wrong with RedHAT 6.1 I bought it from cheapbytes.com for $1.99
I will never buy redhat products for sure!!!
ed johnson a �crit dans le message <7iocmj$4os$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>NO NO NO. Suse 6.1 is best
>
>
>Syed Mujtaba wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Hello folks,
>> i am currently in the market to buy Linux, and cannot decide whether
>>to get SuSE 6.1 or Red Hat Linux 6? any input on the matter would be
>>most appreciated.
>>thanks
>
>
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