Linux-Misc Digest #463, Volume #20 Wed, 2 Jun 99 15:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Performance tuning of FreeBSD and Linux: pointers requested (Linus Torvalds)
Re: Linux as a Win95 PPP server ("M.W. van der Molen")
Re: pc speaker (Dustin Puryear)
Shutdown/halt in RH6.0 from xdm (?) (Walter Francis)
Re: Red Hat 6.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: first/second/third world ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP! RedHat5.2 Sony CDU33a Wont Install. (fred smith)
Re: Reinstall LILO (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: RPM 'error' and modules won't load (Villy Kruse)
Re: What are the differences between mySQL and mSQL? (bryan)
Is This Illegal? (K Lee)
Re: "su" always returns 0 (Mike McDonald)
RAID 1 setup ("Al Nios")
Re: RPM 'error' and modules won't load ("M.W. van der Molen")
Re: Problem with Iomega ZIP. (James Gray)
Re: Microsoft pravda ("Mike")
Re: Is This Illegal? (Matthew Bafford)
bootp problem .... (None)
Re: DDS-3 DAT drive (Chris Mauritz)
Re: Offline newsreader for Linux (Steve)
Re: Is This Illegal? (James Lee)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Torvalds)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Performance tuning of FreeBSD and Linux: pointers requested
Date: 2 Jun 1999 07:11:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Peter Mutsaers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> And if you tune both of them properly (esp. FreeBSD's default settings
>> are very conservative and safe but not fast) FreeBSD wins easily when
>> it comes to disk I/O.
>
>Any pointer on the "proper tuning" of FreeBSD disk I/O wise?
I think the tuning Peter is alluding to is the "make up the numbers in
your own head" kind of tuning. The advantage of that kind of tuning is
that you don't have to bother with the boring things like actually
validating the results, so you get done much more quickly, and the
numbers are better too.
Linus
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From: "M.W. van der Molen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux as a Win95 PPP server
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:13:27 +0200
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To elaborate a bit:
On the Win95 box go to Control Panel -> Network
There you should find something like:
TCP/IP -> 3C509B-or-whatever-ethernetcard-you-have
if not go to Add -> protocols -> Microsoft -> TCP/IP
The select the line mentioned above and click Properties.
Under advanced you should activate 'default' to make this
the default protocol, and I think you should put the IP
address of your Linux-machine's ethernet card in the gateway
section (but I'm not sure if this is necessary).
Then, as Fred said, you should enable IP-Masquerading on your
Linux machine.
Kind regards,
Matthijs
Fred Kuipers wrote:
>
> Then why use PPP? Use ip masquerading. See the IP-Masquerading howto.
>
> FJK
>
> Technical Computing Services wrote:
>
> > I'm running SuSE 6.1 on one 'puter in the front room. This 'puter has a
> > dial-up
> > connection, and I keep it "up" at all times. I also have another
> > computer
> > in the backroom that is *not* connected to the internet. However, I do
> > have
> > *both* computers linked together via ethernet cables and a hub.
> >
> > The one in the backroom (the one NOT connected to the 'net) is running
> > Win95; the one in the frontroom (to repeat myself, is running Linux, and
> > it
> > has the dedicated 'net connection).
> >
> > I can telnet just fine to the Linux box from the Win95 machine; I really
> >
> > want to use the Linux machine as a PPP server. THat way, both
> > machines will have a 'net connection.
> >
> > I have heard this is possible, but I'm not sure how to set this up.
> > I can configure dial-up networking on Win95 when I switch the
> > dedicated connection from the Linux box to the Win95 machine,
> > but I have *no* idea how to configure dial-up networking through
> > the ethernet connection to the Linux box, and then have the Linux
> > box be the PPP server.
> >
> > So now that I've confused someone, does anyone have any idea
> > how to make this possible? So far, I've not found anything to help
> > out here.
> >
> > NOTE - The Win95 machine does NOT ---- does NOT ---- use a modem
> > in ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM! I am NOT going to be able to use a modem
> > connection to the Linux box from the Win95 box. A modem is not used
> > ANYWHERE on the network. Sorry to shout, but many people who've tried
> > to help before think that I'm using a modem to connection from one to
> > the
> > other.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: pc speaker
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:32:24 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 28 May 1999 12:40:16 +0800, Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~} wrote:
>>>>>> "dpuryear" == dpuryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Try this shell command
>
> echo '^[[10;500]^[[11;1000]'
>
>where '^[' denotes the escape character, which can be typed by
>pressing Ctrl-v followed by ESC in bash. This sets the PC speaker
>bell sound to 500Hz, duration 1000ms. Substitute suitable values and
>have fun. My friend and I have written a few perl scripts to play
>simple songs. :) [ Hint: echo ^G to ring the bell, and use the
>'sleep' command/perl function to introduce a suitable delay ]
Nice trick. However, this will not solve the beep with emacs. I would like a
global fix. I know this is possible. Unfortunately, the answer isn't very
forthcoming. :)
--
Dustin Puryear
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Walter Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shutdown/halt in RH6.0 from xdm (?)
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 12:27:01 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm still fairly new to Linux, so I'm not sure where to look for what
exactly is running, but I have RedHat 6.0 with /etc/inittab set to level
5 to run X automatically, which presents me with a blue screen with the
RedHat guy and RedHat at the top, and a login dialog. I assume it's
GNOME's 'xdm'.
There is an options button, which you can choose which WM you enter but
unfortunately also gives the option to Shutdown and Halt, requiring *NO*
password at all!
Is there a way to disable this, or to prompt for the root password? I
imagine this program is running suid root and thus not needing a
password to shutdown, but I would rather prefer it did. :) Not that
anyone is at my apartment often. (Speaking of which, I disabled CTRL
ALT DEL so my wife would stop rebooting to hang up the moden (DOH!) so
now I guess she just turns the power off! I gotta give up on diald,
it's too persistant..)
--
Walter Francis
http://wally.hplx.net Powered by RedHat 6.0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.0
Date: 2 Jun 1999 16:27:06 GMT
In his obvious haste, Chuck Cusack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: Coder69 wrote:
:> Do you know where I can get a 'FREE' Red Hat 6.0 CD or CD of any ew
:> distribution? If you know, e-mail me.
:>
:> Thanks
:> - The Coder
:> - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Not free, but very cheap from cheapbytes.com.
: RedHat 6.0 distribution for 1.99 plus shipping.
: Also an RPM cd and some archive CDs.
: I bought mine from them and just installed this week.
: It was pretty easy.
Also, currently Jason (definate linux) Clifford is offering free SuSE 6.0
evaluation CDs. All you have to do is provide a few stamps and a padded
envelope.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: first/second/third world
Date: 2 Jun 1999 16:44:23 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
eloquently scribe:
: but nowadays people seem to use 'Third World' to describe any
: developing country.
I think the modern definition is something like.
1st world. developed, industrial nation.
2nd world. developing industrially. Maybe up to 19th > early 20th (c) level.
3rd world. Pre-industrial/mostly argrarian country.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (fred smith)
Subject: Re: HELP! RedHat5.2 Sony CDU33a Wont Install.
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:44:07 GMT
Satya Purohit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Autoprobe didn't work. So I looked up the CDROM Settings for WinNT4.0
The cdu31a driver does not autoprobe. The documentation and the source
code for the driver clearly state that. You must supply parameters
on the lilo "command line" or elsewhere to make it work.
: on same machine.
: NT Config Says : Addr = 0x340-0x343, IRQ5.
: Tried these setting in "Specify options" for CD ROM detection. CDRom
: access light changes colors 2 times and then whole thing hangs.
Exactly how did you specify those options? To the best of my memory
(and it has been quite a while) you need to do it something like:
cdu31a_port=....
where the "...." is the values you wish to specify.
Another possibility is, if your cdu33A is anything like the one cdu33a
and the two cdu31a drives I used to have, it doesn't work worth a darn
anyway. I found them to be so unreliable I finally took 'em out and
put 'em in the trash can a few months ago cause it wasn't worth wasting
shelf space on them.
Fred
--
---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------
"For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his
glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior
be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before
all ages, now and forevermore! Amen."
============================= Jude 1:24,25 (niv) =============================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: Reinstall LILO
Date: 2 Jun 1999 16:26:52 GMT
In article <7j3870$ahh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David L. Bilbey wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how to reinstall lilo? I can boot with a boot disk, but
>my lilo configuration is all messed up, and I just want to start over with
>a default. Thanks.
Boot your system and read /etc/lilo.conf . If it accurately
describes your setup, run /sbin/lilo .
Otherwise, keep using the boot floppy until you're sure you can
set LILO up correctly.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: RPM 'error' and modules won't load
Date: 2 Jun 1999 09:20:43 +0200
In article <eue1j7.0qc.ln@localhost>,
Stuart R. Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>You can probably go back to where you got your "kernel-source" package and get
>a 2.2 version of the "kernel" package.
>
And add to that, By installing the upgraded kernel package you will
remove the old kernel files. Therefore you'll need to adjust the
lilo.conf file to refer to the new kernel file in the /boot directory,
and, if you boot from a scsi disk, you'll also need to build a new initrd
with mkinitrd command. Then run the lilo command as usual. Failure to
do so might result in an unbootable system.
Villy
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What are the differences between mySQL and mSQL?
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.lang.java.databases
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:24:35 GMT
In comp.os.linux.development.apps Arnout Kuiper wrote:
: Hi,
: On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 03:10:35 +0200 , Ruiming Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: wrote:
: >
: >The Subject askes its all. Are they the same free database software with
: >two names?
: >Or they are two different free database software?
: >Are they both run on Linux?
: >
: >Thank you!
: >--Raymond
: They are two different databases:
: mSQL (Mini SQL) : http://www.hughes.com.au/
: mySQL : http://www.tcx.se/
: They both can run under Linux, and are alike with respect to offered
: functionality, although I heard that MySQL is slightly better.
: You might consider PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org/), which is
: in my humble opinion one of the better free databases.
it has this nasty bug about the last column being a string - I forget the details but
I ended up going with mysql
since it has worked for me bug-free for over 2 yrs in a production env.
but it lacks bells and such. no stored procs and no triggers.
--
Bryan
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From: K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is This Illegal?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 17:51:04 GMT
Greetings!
Would making or burning copies of Redhat, Slack, SuSE or other distros CDs
and selling them for a profit considered illegal?
I haven't checked out GPL yet, but I wanted to see if any of you guys knew
out there. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike McDonald)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: "su" always returns 0
Date: 2 Jun 1999 18:04:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bryan Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Apparently, any command executed through an "su" will always have a
> return code of 0! I've tested this with a variety of commands.
> Does anyone have any ideas either how this can be fixed, or a logical
> explanation of why this was done?
My guess is that su is telling you it succeeded, not that the command it
executed did. I've run into a similar thing with rsh (not limited to linux,
btw). The status returned indicates whether rsh succeeded, not whether the
remote command did or not. It makes sense in a perberse sort of way.
Mike McDonald
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Al Nios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: RAID 1 setup
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:20:03 -0400
I'm trying to implement a RAID 1 (software) using linux 2.2.5 - I've read
all the relevant FAQs.
I've created two partitions /usr and /usr2 on different disks and would like
to mirror them. When I follow the instructions (mkraid /dev/md0) in the new
software FAQ, I get a "device is busy" error and I cannot umount the
partition. If there a way (and is it a good idea) to create the raid before
the devices are mounted?
Any help on this matter would be grealtly appreciated.
Al Nios
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From: "M.W. van der Molen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM 'error' and modules won't load
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:20:57 +0200
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"Stuart R. Fuller" wrote:
>
> M.W. van der Molen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> : I have a problem with rpm.
> : I installed RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36-0.7
> : Then I downloaded and installed the
> : kernel-source-2.2.5-15-i386.rpm package. But after
> : compiling and installing rpm -q kernel still reports
> : kernel-2.0.36-0.7 ! This causes dependancies for some
> : other pachages, which require kernel >= 2.2.0 to fail.
> :
> : rpm -bb kernel-source-2.2.5-15-i386.rpm won't work
> : because it is not a source package. How can I change
> : the kernel version rpm thinks I have ? I haven't found
> : a solution in the rpm man pages or HOWTO...
>
> The file "kernel-2.0.36-0.7.i386.rpm" which was previously installed contains
> the Linux kernel and some other bits and pieces. The package name for this is
> "kernel".
>
> The file "kernel-source-2.2.5-15-i386.rpm" contains the sources for the V2.2
> kernel, most of which are simply copied into /usr/src/linux with appropriate
> links setup. The package name for this is "kernel-source". As you've
> observed, it is NOT a source package in the sense that RPM considers to be a
> source package.
>
> This is the reason that "rpm -q kernel" still reports "2.0.36". Had you done
> a "rpm -q kernel-source" it would have told you about 2.2.5.
>
> You can probably go back to where you got your "kernel-source" package and get
> a 2.2 version of the "kernel" package.
>
> Stu
That is just about as far as I got (but thanks for the help anyway).
What I hoped to achive is to do this _without_ downloading the
kernel-2.2.5
package, since I already have a 2.2 kernel (compiled from the source
package).
Anybody have a clue why the kernel-source package is not distributed as
a SRPM ?
Is it because it needs configuring before building ?
Kind regards,
Matthijs
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From: James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,flashnet.it.hobby.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with Iomega ZIP.
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:51:57 +0930
I just kept trying the mount command from /dev/sda0 through to /dev/sda6.
Turned out that my Zip100 SCSI connected to my Ultra SCSI adapter was
/dev/sda4. So the final mount command was:
mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
Good Luck (BTW I don't have a clue about ppa Zip drives)
James
Tim Kubista wrote:
> How do i figure out which scsi device to mount? could someone give me an
> example mount command so i can see what it should look like
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.microsoft.sucks,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Microsoft pravda
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:16:11 -0700
Hehehehehe good message. Maybe you should go after gates since he has the
money and he is responsible for M$ cuz he is the boss.
Ed Peschko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7iq3fc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Well, in the tradition of being a thorn in the side of the people in power
> at Microsoft, I just sent out the following email to their 'comments'
page.
> Its at:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate/freedom.htm
>
> just in case people want to do something similar.
>
> I'm putting it in the public domain just in case that they decide that
they
> want to misquote me, as the last paragraph in the mail specifically says
not
> to do.
>
> Ed
>
> -----
>
> I think Bill Gates is right - that the browser should be become a
public
> commodity and therefore free because it controls the access to many other
> products and commodities down the line, sort of the 'choke point' for the
> web.
>
> However, I disagree vehemently with the position that he takes
regarding
> OSes and browsers. Browsers are NOT part of the OS, never have been never
> will be. And microsoft is doing a great disservice to the industry in
tying
> the two together - it basically gives every single hacker and computer
> phreak out there the opportunity to break into personal computers and
> install trojans, viruses and worms.
>
> And furthermore if BillG says the browser is free because it can be
> used for a portal and getting attraction for other products, and an OS is
> a browser, should not the OS ITSELF be free? After all, to make
> applications, you need an OS of some sort - having the OS of a computer be
> proprietary is equivalent of having some corporation own English and
> license out the adjectives, adverbs and nouns.
>
> I sympathize with you - whoever is reading this at Microsoft- because
> you are being paid to contort your brain around untenable beliefs. As
> I sympathise with the thousands of developers at Microsoft who are paid to
> do exactly the same thing. But that sympathy is NOT going to prevent me
from
> rejoicing when the US government wins the current case, microsoft gets
> tagged as a monopolist, and when the hundreds of companies that
> Microsoft's upper management has harmed with its unfair tactics basically
> rip your company to shreds in getting back their due payment for
> damages caused.
>
> Ed
>
> (PS: I give you permission to publicize my comments, but only if you
> publicize them in FULL. If you publicize only a subset of this letter,
> I'll sue your ass off for libel - and NOT Microsoft in general, but the
> person (Microsoft employee or not) responsible for authorizing my comments
> to be misquoted. I'm CC'ing this letter to my lawyer and some friends just
> in case you are tempted to quote just the first paragraph.
>
> Sorry to be so, well defensive, but I think the trial has shown all
> too well the character of many people in the upper management of
> Microsoft - including Mr. Gates. They are hardcore bastards - not
> interested in innovation or in the consumer but simply in the bottom line.
> And I've got to protect my reputation online so it doesn't fall to
> your companies' level.
> )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: Is This Illegal?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 18:37:16 GMT
On 2 Jun 1999 17:51:04 GMT, K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
held some poor sysadmin at gun point while typing in the following:
: Greetings!
:
: Would making or burning copies of Redhat, Slack, SuSE or other distros CDs
: and selling them for a profit considered illegal?
Depends entirely on what you're going to copy. Are you going to copy
only the GPL stuff? How about the commercial apps that get thrown in on
some of the distros? Ya gotta read every license.
: I haven't checked out GPL yet, but I wanted to see if any of you guys knew
: out there. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
You don't want to read the license, but you're willing to take the advice
of a few people you don't even know?
Down that road lies major legal problems.
: Steve
--Matthew
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From: None <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bootp problem ....
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 21:07:13 +0300
Hi, am currently trying to remotely boot a pc (using a floppy image
produced from netboot 0.9).
The problem must be in the bootp server (another pc running SuSE
6.1/kernel 2.2.7)....
I used the debug option (-d 4) in boopd, and got the following output:
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: version 2.4.3
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: bootptab mtime: Wed Jun 2 20:24:00
1999
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: reading "/etc/bootptab"
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: read 3 entries (2 hosts) from
"/etc/bootptab"
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: recvd pkt from IP addr 0.0.0.0
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: bootptab mtime: Wed Jun 2 20:24:00
1999
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: request from Ethernet address
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: found yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy (name)
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: bootfile="/tftpboot/boot.img"
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: vendor magic field is 99.130.83.99
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: sending reply (with RFC1048 options)
Jun 2 20:43:26 xxxxx bootpd[329]: setarp yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy -
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
And then nothing, the client doesn't do anything, tftp doesn't start,
and the boot sequence stops there...
My /etc/bootptab must be correct (i've read the man a hundred times...)
WHAT IS WRONG ????
By the way, arp gives the following output: (in case it helps you)
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Iface
yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy (incomplete) eth0
Please, if you have any idea about what is wrong, reply to the email
address (preferably)
Thanks in advance,
Theodoropoulos Theodoros.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DDS-3 DAT drive
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:29:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Eric Veldhuyzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Mauritz writes:
>> I wasn't able to get anything useful out of either the Seagate or
>> the HP DDS-3 drives. I simply got I/O errors when I tried to
>> read/write tapes. Looks like I'm going to have to keep one
>> Slowlaris box around just to make backups....sigh.
> [...]
> Please quote UNDER the message next time.
> Aren't you getting anything to work or is it just that your can't read
> tapes with one drive that were written with the other drive? If that's
> the case, you have been bitten bij the nice 'everyone use your own
> hardware compression standard' problem. It might work if you turn
> hardware compression off.
Nope, I cannot read or write tapes with either device. I can do things
like rewind and eject the tapes, but cannot do anything else.
C
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Offline newsreader for Linux
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 19:35:17 +0000
Peter Wyzlic wrote:
>
> gnus is a part of emacs. If you installed emacs (GNU or Xemacs) you
> have it already.
>
> Peter
>
> --
Blush. Yes, so I see. Actually, I didn't know that xemacs was installed
on my machine, but I do now!
Thanks to everyone for their help
Steve
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is This Illegal?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 13:40:49 -0500
K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Greetings!
: Would making or burning copies of Redhat, Slack, SuSE or other distros CDs
: and selling them for a profit considered illegal?
yes, if it contains proprietory software (eg. partition Magic in
Caldera). No, if everything is GPL'ed.
You can, however, doctor one that do not have the proprietory
software.
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