Linux-Misc Digest #895, Volume #20 Fri, 2 Jul 99 15:13:18 EDT
Contents:
Re: 10GB disk and LILO - I tried EVERYTHING! (John Roby Clayton)
Re: XF86Config for a ThinkPad 755CE ("John R. Bennett")
XFree86 3.3.3 Monitor Question ("Waif")
I only can login as root ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux (Mircea)
Commercial Applications (Toffer)
error : neighbor table overflow? (Jing-Hua Tang)
CD Creation Software (Dennis Barbier)
Native threads with Java JDK1.1.7 on SuSE Linux ("Jim Kimball")
Re: newbie - linux viruses? (Dave Smart x2890)
Re: Best VLB/PCI vid card for RedHat 6.0 (Andreas heydendael)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? (Serban-Mihai Popescu)
Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Booting between NT & Linux ("William H. Pridgen")
Re: corrupt file on e2fs (Collin W. Hitchcock)
Re: Backspace in Linux app (Dave Brown)
Re: Need opinions- how's S.u.S.E. 6.1 (Gerald Willmann)
Re: FTP welcome message? (Matt Starnes)
Re: Yamaha 719 PnP Sound Card problem (Mircea)
Smbmount problem. (Habib)
LINUX Internet Access Questions ("Bryant C. Charleston")
Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux (Mircea)
Re: Please HELP: sending email from RH6.0 (Collin W. Hitchcock)
Re: LILO question, WIN98 dual boot. ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Real Media Player G2 (Leonard Evens)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Roby Clayton)
Subject: Re: 10GB disk and LILO - I tried EVERYTHING!
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 13:59:19 GMT
On Fri, 02 Jul 1999 15:26:39 +0200, Alessandro Magni
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>Sorry if you already read about it many times, but I tried almost
>everything I saw on USENET about this topic, and failed...
>
>I got this WesternDigital 9GB disk.
>Windows fdisk says it's only 8GB, but I know about the 1024 cylinder
>problem, OK.
>
>I reserved with FIPS 2GB to Win98, and went to RedHat5.2 install
>
>No matter what I do in DiskDruid, I can't go beyond "L" at LILO boot,
> -> geometry problem (LILO-HOWTO).
>From the floppy it boots OK, anyway.
>I tried making a /boot (in /hda5, it seems to me), but no way.
>I put "linear" in lilo.conf, but no way.
>
>HOW can I put a boot partition inside the damned 1024cyl limit?
>(By the way, diskdruid does not tell you where it creates its
>partitions,
>just how big they are).
>
>
>Thank you for any help
>
> Alessandro
When you use FIPS on a windows partition it will reduce the size of
the partition form the end, not the beginning. That would leave you
with a windows partition occupying the first 2 G of your hard drive.
This uses up all of the 1024 Cyls. Best bet is to reinstall windows
on a small partition ie the first 500 Cyls, Install linux root on the
rest of the 1024. Make another partition for your windows programs.
Make a set of partitions for /usr /usr/local swap /var and any other
separate partitions you think that linux needs.
Another alternative is to use a bootdisk (hint: this is a lot easier)
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From: "John R. Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,no.linux
Subject: Re: XF86Config for a ThinkPad 755CE
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:38:18 -0500
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> Hy
> Does anyone have an working XF86Config on an ThinkPad 755CE.
> please, I tried about everything
>
> I'm running RedHat 6.0
>
> What does it mean when it says, No Clocks line Inserted????
>
> Torfinn K�ringen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have X running on a 765ED... What kind of display does it have?
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From: "Waif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 3.3.3 Monitor Question
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 12:11:27 -0500
I recently became the proud owner of an old Pentium 90, complete with an
off-brand monitor (800X640 capable SVGA) 15". I am looking to setup XF86
('cause X is so damn colorful).
I have the frequencies for the monitor set at 31-50V and 55-90H, which does
work. But with all the hooplah about monitors blowing up if the settings
are wrong, I was wondering if there is a utility, procedure, or "safe range"
I could use with this monitor to either determine the correct frequencies,
or at least feel confident I'm not going to come home to a pile of glass
shards and a small fire.
The monitor does not have a brand name (I've looked on top, bottom, front,
left, right, back, etc.). The label on the back of the monitor does not
list the frequencies, and I have no manuals.
--
James Horvath
(frabill(at)nconnect.net)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I only can login as root
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 18:00:37 GMT
Hi. I have installed linux and solaris before, so I'm not a newbie.
Anyway I'm facing a silly problem I don't find a solution.
I just installed slackware 4.0, added postfix mail service
and the postfix user.
Then I made an account for me but it doesn't allow me to enter
with that account.
I can login as root but noone else. Here is the message in the logs:
Jul 2 19:56:10 petse login[156]: no shadow password for `frankie' on
`ttyp2' from `localhost'
Jul 2 19:56:11 petse login[156]: invalid password for `frankie' on
`ttyp2' from `localhost'
I removed and created manually the account in passwd and shadow
I checked home permissions. I can do su - frankie.
I checked /dev/tty* permissions
I've been checking the faq and everything seems all right.
What else can I do ?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 13:52:32 -0400
Yes, me :)
The problem is, it absolutely requires libstdc++-2.8.0-14, the one
distributed with RedHat 5.2, and won't work with another version of
libstdc++. But, if you install this library in Slackware as default
libstdc++, you'll also break a lot of things. You should install the
library in a nonstandard place, such as the RealPlayer directory itself
(that's what I did :)) and point RP-G2 to the library by using
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=... when you start it.
MST
Bob Schreibmaier wrote:
>
> I wonder if anyone got this to work with a Slackware system? I'm
> running a Slackware system with 2.2.10 kernel, libc5, their libc6
> runtime library, etc. (..)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Toffer)
Subject: Commercial Applications
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:29:41 GMT
Do any of you folk know where I can get hold of a good list of all
commercial applications that currently exist in linux. In particular I
am interested in what large organisations are currently up to.
Does any one know of any linux-based (or -served) networks with 1000
or more users? If so: what applications are they using?
Who is developing serious heavy-weight stuff for linux? I mean: things
like oracle, tuxedo .. .. etc .. ..
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From: Jing-Hua Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: error : neighbor table overflow?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:09:21 -0400
I have a red hat linux 5.2 on 486 machine. This morning
some error messages show up on the screen says:
neighbor table overflow, when I try to reboot, it says
no buffer space. Now I couldn't login anymore.
Thank you for your advice!
--
Jinghua Tang ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Dennis Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD Creation Software
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:24:21 -0400
Hi,
I've got an older computer (p166, 48mb ram) and all that I use it for is
creating CD's. I am sick of having to reboot it or having it crash on
me, so I want to give Linux a chance with it.
What programs out there does everyone recomend for burning CD's? It
*has* to be something reliable and fairly easy to use. I dont want to
have to spend 100 hours learning how to use this stuff.
Thanks,
Dennis
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From: "Jim Kimball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject: Native threads with Java JDK1.1.7 on SuSE Linux
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:18:55 -0400
I am having some trouble running my Java app using native threads. I get the
error message:
error in loading shared libraries
undefined symbol: Java_java_net_PlainSocketImpl_initProto_stub
When I change threads to green, everything works fine. I am using the Java
shipped with SuSE - I have no idea whose it is, but is is 1.1.7.
Has anyone seen this problem?
I am running SuSE Linux 6.1, which corresponds to kernel 2.2.5. FWIW - I
have also turned on SMP in the kernel.
Thanks
Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Smart x2890)
Subject: Re: newbie - linux viruses?
Date: 2 Jul 1999 18:00:59 GMT
jik- ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Dionysus wrote:
: >
: > i was just wondering as i had not seen any virus killing products
: > available for the linux platform whether viruses are proving to be as
: > prolififerant on the linux platform as they are on windows machines? I
: > am assuming that viruses are platform-specific, and that if, for
: > instance, i connected a linux box up to my win95 machine that i could
: > transfer files between the 2 without having to worry about a win95
: > virus screwing my linux setup? all knowledge much appreciated :->
: Trojans and Worms are basically all that can attack Linux. The "virus"
: needs root access to do anything deadly...and afaik nothing will or can
: attack the hardware.
On M$ systems, all users are running 'root' making them suceptable to
virus. Unix vulnerabilities are different.
'Typical' virus has no affect on Unix.
{ I admit that I'm less sure about the possibility of propagation
of macro virus's for applications such as Excel or Word
running under Unix versions of that software.. or DOS/Win
programs run from Linux under DOS or Windows emulation
? anyone care to comment here ? }
An equivalent concept to virus scanner might be TripWire which
can maintain 'signatures' and validate them later - possibly
analogous to the 'innoculate' feaure in some scanners. However,
TripWire cannot determine whether the file you checksum is a
Trojan or not .. it just saves the signature. You must
collect the signatures while you know the system is 'good'
from installation, and re-check them periodically.
Regardless whether my analogy is accurate, it is a good idea
to configure security software (like TCP Wrappers and TripWire)
on your Unix system - just as it is a good idea to run an
up-to-date virus scanner on M$ systems.
Again, Unix systems are 'different'. A virus scanner
may well be the first step to take in securing your M$ box.
But, these steps are not the first or only steps in securing
your Unix box.
--Dave
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From: Andreas heydendael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Best VLB/PCI vid card for RedHat 6.0
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:11:26 +0000
Uhm.....well....I just recently blew up my videocard (Diamond Stealth II
V220) and I just didn't settle for the 1 Mb of Vram that I had on an old
Trident card I had lying around. So I went to the nearest computershop and
bought a S3 Virge with 4 Mb of ram. Works perfectly under linux and X and
is about the cheapest card around these days. Only Fl 69,- (approx. $35,-
if I'm not mistaking). Give that one a try......I find it a very good card
for not that much of money.....
Good luck
--
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Andreas Heydendael
#1 mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#2 mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://huizen.dds.nl/~jasminus
*let's all help eachother and make this
world a place to live in in peace*
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From: Serban-Mihai Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 17:44:32 GMT
Philipp Maier wrote:
>
> "David J. Topper" wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > I'd love to hear comments / get input from folks. I've already
> > contacted the OSS folks about audio support, but have yet to hear. I'm
> > of course concerned about support for various components like the 3com
> > combo 56k + 10/100 that comes with the Dell. DVD? PCMCIA? Video Card?
>
> I have an Inspirion 3200 and had no problem getting SuSE Linux 6.1 to
> work. The soundcard is tricky, but the video card works just fine.
The Inspiron line of laptops is meant to be the bleeding edge product;
every new toy (DVD, PIII etc.) gets almost immediately included in the
Inspiron machine. Therefore, the chance to have unsupported hw is much
bigger than for the Latitude line.
Furthermore, you shouldn't assume that all are alike. Philipp says there
is no problem with his I3200 video card. However, the new I3500 makes
use of a dreaded Neomagic MagicMedia chipset; not only it's not
supported by the XBF_ servers for Neomagic (you have to get a patched X
server and loose all the acceleration) but it has also some unsupported
hw for the sound system. AFAIK, for the time being there is no way for
making the sound work.
Yes, Dell makes well engineered laptops. But if you want to run Linux on
them, you have either to pick exactly the model somebody else claims to
work or to post the hardware details about the laptop you want to
choose. Otherwise, you might be dissapointed.
Serban
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 99 10:34:47 -0400
Subject: Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/30/99 at 09:51 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Boritz) said:
>Stay away from the Travan format and floppy controller tape drives, since
>there are no OS/2 programs on the market that can reliably operate them.
>The problem you (and I) face (I've got the same problem) is that floppy
>controller tape drives (i.e. Travan, QIC, etc.) are relatively cheap, the
>tapes relatively expensive, there are very few (perhaps none) OS/2
>programs that can operate them, and there is likely to be no
>compatibility between other OS's or platforms. A SCSII DAT drive is
>relatively expensive (even used, reconditioned, or from a discount place)
>but the tapes are relatively cheap, there are more than one OS/2 programs
>that can run them, and there is some compatibility between OS's and
>platforms.
Like most things it depends. Low end QIC-80 devices such as the Iomega
worked reliably on both BA2 and Seagate BE. BEOS2 was in fact twice as
fast as BA2 although still slow when working from a fast floppy
controller, and the 1 meg backup is too little these days.
An Aiwa SCSI was the best choice for me. The drive was less than $100 new
in OEM box. The TR4 tapes cost me $12 each at e-bay (new and sealed).
The Scsi card (Buslogic) was $40 at Computer Geek. I now have very fast
6-8 Gig capacity at reasonable cost. Beos2 would not run the drive
properly, but demos of Novaback and BA2 worked very well so I bought
Novaback at IB for $50 less 10 rebate.
Incidently the Iomega floppy controlled drive was subject to hardware
failure several times as it would unaccountably unspool the tapes. But
Iomega replaced the drive each time. Still... --
====================================================
======
Monroe Chasson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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MR2ICE reg#51 and OS2
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From: "William H. Pridgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Booting between NT & Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 10:41:54 -0500
Andy Zen-ong Koo wrote:
>
> I currently having trouble booting up Linux while I have Windows NT
> on
> my machine. Windows is using the NTFS file system and the Linux is
> using a NON-DOS file system. For some odd reason, Boot Magic will not
>
> work with the NTFS file system. I was wondering how I could modify
> the
> Windows NT boot up menu to have the option to boot to the Linux OS.
> If
> anyone can help, it would be much appreciated! Thanx!
>
> --M. Melbert
There is a freeware program called BootPart that will set up the NT
boot.ini to do what you want.
--
Bill Pridgen
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Running Linux-Mandrake 5.3
--
Put your CPU to work for science --
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collin W. Hitchcock)
Subject: Re: corrupt file on e2fs
Date: 02 Jul 1999 14:21:10 -0400
> cr--rwxr-- 1 20292 12079 84, 72 Dec 19 2008 filename
>
> a stat for this filename shows a character special entry. this was
> a directory entry before the problems began. any attempt to change
> permissions, move, etc. respond with "Operation not permitted"
For clarification, were you trying all these things as root?
Collin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Backspace in Linux app
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 Jul 99 15:44:00 GMT
In article <7lhpl1$lg3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, William Park wrote:
>Tuan Quoc Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>
>> I am having a bit of problem typing on some of the Linux applications
>> like wordperfects, staroffice...etc. My backspace acts like my delete
>> key. However, it works fine in termail and nedit.
>
>> Is there anyway to make it function as a normal backspace key?
>> it is just so annoying.
>
>> Thank for your time before hand.
>
>> --
>> Tuan Quoc Nguyen
>
>Play around with
> keycode 107 = BackSpace
> keycode 22 = Delete
>in your ~/.Xmodmap
>
>William
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need opinions- how's S.u.S.E. 6.1
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 08:32:20 -0700
On 1 Jul 1999, Michel Catudal wrote:
> I just bought another copy for one of my brothers. I had paid
> $30 + tax at CompUSA. I got a $5 coupon in the mail from Barnes
> and Noble and I went on their website and got it for $28.95
> including shipping. This has 5 CDs and a good book.
and I always thought one of the great things about linux was that it's
free, that you can legally install as many times as you want using the
same CD, or even do a ftp install if you have an ethernet connection.
> use Winblows to test the latest viruses
liked this one.
GErald
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From: Matt Starnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP welcome message?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:49:22 -0500
Pat Traynor wrote:
> When I ftp into my server (slackware 98), after I log in, I get this
> lengthy welcome message preceded by "230-" that is NOT of my machine.
> I've looked in the FTP home direcory (/home/ftp), and there is no welcome
> or README file anywhere to be found. Where is this file located?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --pat--
> --
> Pat Traynor
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It should be in your ftp directory and is called .message. Don't forget the
period.
Matt
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha 719 PnP Sound Card problem
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:13:56 -0400
It's a Plug'n'Pray card - therefore you need to use pnpdump and isapnp
to setup the hardware correctly, before it will become usable. Check the
man pages for pnpdump, isapnp and isapnp.conf.
MST
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have Slackware 3.5 with kernel 2.2.9 and KDE, but I have problem
> with my Yamaha 719 Plug and Play ISA Sound Card. It does not work under
> Linux. Perhaps I have wrongly configured and compiled the kernel for
> the soudcard but I have already tried many different configurations and
> it never worked. Usually when I logout KDE I see a message like "can't
> load kaudioserver", but the card did not work even when I had no KDE
> installed and used older kernel. Can someone please tell me how to
> configure the kernel or where else can be the problem? Any help
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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From: Habib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Smbmount problem.
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 18:33:44 GMT
I use Red Hat 5.2, and have just upgraded from the 2.0.37 kernel, to
the 2.2.9 kernel. Ever since I have upgraded my smbmount does not
work. An error is given saying:
mount error: Invalid argument.
Please look at smbmount's man page for possible reasons.
The command I type is smbmount //wincomp/c /mnt/localdir -c
mylinuxservername
This is the command that I have always been using. I have tried
upgrading samba to various versions, and right now I am using
samba-2.0.4b-19990519. I am also sure that the smb filesystem is
compiled into my kernel since I recopmiled my kernel a 2nd time just to
make sure. Any help that is given will be appreciated.
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From: "Bryant C. Charleston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux
Subject: LINUX Internet Access Questions
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 10:54:19 -0700
Hi folks!
I am new to Linux, and I need to get some screen shots showing Linux'
dialog boxes where info regarding access number (POPs), mail server info
and DNS numbers is entered so that one cans access the Internet using
Linux. I kow that there are MANY books out there on Linux. Should I buy
a book? Or is there a website where I can get this info instead?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 10:56:17 -0400
coffee wrote:
>
> coffee wrote:
> >
> > Mircea wrote:
>
> > > http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html
>
> Dang, This link shows the 5.0 player.
Hmmm...they probably pulled it off, I was able to download it from that
page a couple of weeks ago...it works, too, but requires a specific
version of libstdc++-2.8.0. Maybe they're trying to fix it?
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Collin W. Hitchcock)
Subject: Re: Please HELP: sending email from RH6.0
Date: 02 Jul 1999 14:30:41 -0400
> Basically, I want my computer to connect PPP automatically and then
> send me the (dynamic) IP address so that I can log on it from the
> university.
Rather than sending mail, have you considered a script that has your
home computer log into your university account and write the IP
address to a file?
Collin
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO question, WIN98 dual boot.
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:48:02 -0400
Leonard Evens wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mihir Lala wrote:
>> >
>> >I have one drive and it is partitioned into 3
>> >parts. The first partition has Win98 and one has
>> >Linux. the third is for future use.
>> >
>> >My /etc/lilo.conf:
>> >
>> >boot=/dev/hda
>> >map=/boot/map
>> >install=/boot/boot.b
>> >prompt
>> >timeout=50
>> >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.2-15
>> >label=linux
>> >root=/dev/hda6
>>
>> It's a good thing your automatic LILO installation failed.
>> Root on /dev/hda6 makes no sense when you only have
>> three partitions. Use a boot floppy until you're
>> comfortable enough with the system to configure lilo
>> manually. It's obvious your distribution's automation
>> is broken.
>>
>> Cameron
>
>/dev/hda6 is commonly configured as the root partition
>when the dos fdisk (or a program like Partition Magic)
>is used. One starts with a Windows partition /dev/hda1
>and an extended partition /dev/hda5. (I don't know why
>it is numbered 5, but I've seen this happen recently, for
>example, when Partition Magic was used to repartition
>a disk with W98 on it and we didn't remove the extended
>partition.) Then when one sets up the Linux partitions,
>they appear as logical partitions within the extended
>partition, and the first one is /dev/hda6.
>
>One could presumably avoid this by removing the extended
>partition before starting the Linux installation. However,
>I don't think any of this is the source of the problem. It
>appears to be that the kernel was not all installed below
>the 1024 cylinder limit.
Strange - I've always thought an extended partition had to
be be in one of the "slots" hda1 through hda4. Then the
logical partitions would be numbered hda5, hda6, etc.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Real Media Player G2
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 13:45:36 -0500
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Eric McCraw wrote:
> anyone get this to work w/ Redhat 6.0? and how please. i installed the
> rpm, but cant figure out how to run it or configure it. Please help.
There is an earlier discussion in comp.os.linux.misc of the same
question.
Apparently there is an alpha version of the G2 player, version 6, which
some people claim works. Try
http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html?s=1&language=English&speed=Pentium&dc=71630629&src=&name=John+Hopkins&email=john%40aol.com&country=US&platform=Red+Hat+5.2%2F6.0&connection=56+kbps+modem&product=¬ices=Yes
Sorry about the length of the URL.
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Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Eric McCraw wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>anyone get this to work w/ Redhat 6.0? and how please.
i installed the
<BR>rpm, but cant figure out how to run it or configure it. Please help.</BLOCKQUOTE>
There is an earlier discussion in comp.os.linux.misc of the same question.
<BR>Apparently there is an alpha version of the G2 player, version 6, which
<BR>some people claim works. Try
<P><A
HREF="http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html?s=1">http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html?s=1</A>&language=English&speed=Pentium&dc=71630629&src=&name=John+Hopkins&email=john%40aol.com&country=US&platform=Red+Hat+5.2%2F6.0&connection=56+kbps+modem&product=&notices=Yes
<BR>
<BR>Sorry about the length of the URL.
<PRE>--
Leonard Evens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208</PRE>
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