Linux-Misc Digest #107, Volume #24 Mon, 10 Apr 00 23:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Maximum File Size (Dances With Crows)
Re: fstab and adding a drive ("Andrew E. Schulman")
error messages in logs re amd (Patrick O'Neil)
Re: Yet another new user
Re: mounting fdd in linux (Dances With Crows)
kernel upgrade/virtual console problem ("Patrick Sweeney")
Re: Can't do "make config" (Paul Kimoto)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Kevin)
Linux structure - linux 101 ("Andr� Leblanc")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Mike Jones)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Kevin)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Otto")
Re: ANSI editor for Linux (Michael Powe)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Otto")
Re: Rockwell Modem ("Shane Jones")
Re: Why linux will never go beyond geekdom (Matthew Leinhos)
Removing ppp? devices
Libraries ("Bal�zs J�vor")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Otto")
trouble going to http sites (John Scudder)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (fungus)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (fungus)
Re: mounting fdd in linux (Andras)
Sound Blaster Live + SMP kernel (Yann Bourdeau)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux Maximum File Size
Date: 10 Apr 2000 21:40:23 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:04:29 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8ct1ih$9vr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I've been told that Linux has a maximum file size of 2GB. Is that
This is only true on a 32-bit platform, such as Linux on Intel or PPC.
Linux on 64-bit Sparc or Alpha Linux have maximum file sizes much larger
than that; up to 2T, I believe.
>For example, what is the max file size in the JFS?
The alternative file system that's closest to production seems to be
ReiserFS. ISTR seeing that JFS recently gained support for write
operations about 3 weeks ago. If you want to help develop JFS, I'm sure
they would welcome the help.
The Kernel Traffic page at http://kt.linuxcare.com would have more info
regarding large file sizes and alternative filesystems....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fstab and adding a drive
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:41:08 -0400
> Hi folks,
>
> I have an old DOS drive with lots of data on it that I'd like to install
> on one of my RH Linux systems so I can read it. Is there anything else
> I need to do besides editing the entries in the fstab settings so the
> system will mount it at boot time?
No, just add a new line for your drive.
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From: Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: error messages in logs re amd
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:50:29 -0600
I have a couple question regarding amd.
First, when I check my logs, in /var/log/messages is a
whole slew of:
Apr 10 00:56:07 Tempus amd[473]: reload of map /etc/amd.conf is not
needed (in sync)
Apr 10 02:00:07 Tempus amd[473]: reload of map /etc/amd.conf is not
needed (in sync)
Apr 10 03:04:07 Tempus amd[473]: reload of map /etc/amd.conf is not
needed (in sync)
etc, etc. How do I make this message go away? I'm not certain what is
going on and nothing seems to be wrong with the system but I want to
get rid of the messages nonetheless.
Another question...isn't amd redundant? There seems to be several
mounting daemons with overlapping functions. I am running Mandrake
7.0 with supermount. Then there is automount, and amd. Are all of
them necessary? Don't they all do the same thing?
patrick
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yet another new user
Date: 10 Apr 2000 18:48:03 -0700
Mark Cubberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just got a new laptop that's setup for Win 2000. I'd like to go out /
>download a copy of Linux-Mandrake to use as an alternate OS. I'm pretty
>sure my hard drive only has one partition and from what I've read so
>far, it's best to have the OS's in separate partitions. Can somebody
>point me in the right direction to some info on the web or possibly
>relate your own experience setting up L-M after having Win 2000 already
>installed? Any help or anything would be greatly appreciated.
It may not be possible to do unless win2k is installed on a FAT16 filesystem.
FIPS can resize a DOS (FAT16) partition without difficulty, I have used it
numerous times without a single glitch.
I don't know what win2k installs on, but from what I understand it is just
a suped up NT...in that case you will must
need erase that OS and repartition the drive with a smaller partition, then
run the setup and reinstall....
then (if it doesn't go ahead and decide you really want the whole drive)
you will be able to make a new partition with Linux fdisk.
And really, I doubt your really wanting win2k on a laptop, even MS recomends
it only for server and high end use. Your wasting a lot
of your laptop's potential running win2k....use win98/95.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: mounting fdd in linux
Date: 10 Apr 2000 21:46:03 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and mailed]
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:30:29 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>thanks Andras
>u have solved my query
>but i couldn't understood why i should unmount
>my fdd while i logout
>can't i simply logout and take my floppy
>out of the drive like in windows
>pls. reply me
Linux tries to manage filesystems more intelligently than Windows does. It
does this by caching writes, among other things. Windows always does
synchronous writes to a floppy, which can cause performance lossage if you
try to write to a floppy and do other stuff at the same time. When you
umount a filesystem, you flush all pending writes and remove the
filesystem from the directory tree. If you eject without umounting, there
may be pending writes in the cache. If these can't be completed, data
loss and filesystem corruption will result.
If you want to access MS-DOS floppies without mounting and umounting them,
use the mtools, which do synchronous writes. "man mtools".
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: "Patrick Sweeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel upgrade/virtual console problem
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:40:41 -0400
I am using Caldera and I recently upgraded the kernel from 2.2.10 to 2.2.14,
using the settings from my old configuration for the new kernel. The new
kernel boots fine and all seems to work well within KDE, but text mode does
not work. For example, when I open a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-Fn), I see
an uninterpretable jumble of colors. Furthermore when the machine boots,
instead of seeing a screen that describes the boot process, the screen is
black until the login window appears. Does anyone why this is happening?
Thanks in advance.
-Patrick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Can't do "make config"
Date: 10 Apr 2000 22:02:46 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8ct78n$gnc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob wrote:
> make: *** No rule to make target 'config'. Stop.
Either you have not installed the kernel source code or you are not in the
directory where it was installed.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:04:42 GMT
Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> "Kevin" wrote
> >
> > My point was that you cannot buy a PC from IBM that has
> > no operating system installed on it. You cannot even order
> > a PC from them that has only OS/2 installed on it. They
> > simply will not sell you one without Windows.
>
> And they are hardly alone in doing this (try buying a Mac without MacOS).
Apple makes the MacOS, so it makes sense that they will not sell
a computer without MacOS on it.
IBM makes OS/2, but they WILL sell you a computer without OS/2 on it.
They will NOT sell you a computer without Windows, which is manufactured
by another company (Microsoft), not IBM.
The flaw in your analogy is that Apple is not being forced by
another company to include a particular operating system on
every machine they sell. IBM is. I brought it up because IBM
is a very large company, and the fact that they are being made
Bill's pimp is evidence of the power wield over competitors,
which is, of course, the very topic of this thread.
> If IBM decides they want to sell "Windows PCs" why should they be
> forced to spend time and money supporting and selling "Non-Windows PCs" when
> multitudes of other sellers already do ?
Because it's their own OS (OS/2)! Windows is NOT their OS, yet
they are forcing it on their customers!
Kevin.
--
Java Programmer, Matrix fanatic
"There is no spoon."
- Neo
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From: "Andr� Leblanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux structure - linux 101
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:05:58 -0400
Hello All !!!!!
Can somebody point me to a Linux 101 sessions. I have just install Corel
Linux and I want to know more.
1- I want to know the meaning of all directories and what they do.
2- Is it possible to install Netscape Messenger for Corel Linux
3- My Sound card is not working SB pci 64
4- My SCSI burner is not working JVC XR-W2010 with a adaptec AHA-152X
Any help or site will be appreciate
TIA
Andr�
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From: Mike Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:08:49 GMT
Chad Myers wrote:
> <btolder> wrote in message news:OAiWEiko$GA.265@cpmsnbbsa04...
> > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:kfJH4.1029
> > > Except that they've never developed anything. Not anything new
> > > anyway. MS products are mostly just bloated, crappy copies of
> > > stuff other people invented.
> > Where do you see the real innovation happening in this business? What
> > companies? What specific technologies?
> The one company that is pushing technologies like XML, technologies
> for the disabled, internationalization/localization, enterprise distributed
> computing, client-side Internet application interaction, server-side
> Internet application interaction, and much, much more: Microsoft.
Pushing them, yes, but in which direction? You can get a full XML parser today
from Sun. You can get promises about BizTalk from Microsoft. Folks at Sun, IBM,
and HP would also be pretty surprised to hear that they're not doing anything
with localization or distributed computing. As for server-side Internet
applications, ever hear of Java Server Pages? And I can only presume that
"much, much more" refers to the amount of extra hardware resources required to
run every new OS from Redmond.
> Microsoft usually doesn't invent a lot of big innovations, they make them
> usable for the general public.
>
They make them usable for anyone willing to drink the Kool-Aid and use nothing
but Microsoft products.
--
Mike Jones
Of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best....
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:10:10 GMT
Pjtg0707 wrote:
>
> And what did UNIX had that wasn't done on DEC's OS on PDP11 at that time?
LOL! You're absolutely right. Computer Science was perfected on
the PDP11. There has been zero innovation since then, everything
else is a sad imitation.
BTW, how many PDP11's is your shop running?
Kevin.
--
Java Programmer, Matrix fanatic
"There is no spoon."
- Neo
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From: "Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:16:32 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.misc Otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > "Grant Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:kfJH4.1029$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> On Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:47:37 GMT, Otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Every company, which ever developed anything, will recuperate
> >> >the cost of the R & D. Microsoft is not different in that
> >> >respect.
> >>
> >> Except that they've never developed anything. Not anything new
> >> anyway. MS products are mostly just bloated, crappy copies of
> >> stuff other people invented.
> >>
>
> > That would explain why Windows OS has 90+ % of the market share.
>
> No... MARKETTING would explain why windows has 90% Market share.
> M$ isn't a software developer. It's a marketting company.
>
You can market a product as much as you want to. If people don't want it the
product will fail.
Otto
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ANSI editor for Linux
Date: 10 Apr 2000 18:48:57 -0700
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>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andreas> In article <8crvt1$6c0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andreas> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'd like to ask if you know of any recent ANSI editor for
>> Linux. Also, can you tell me the range of ASCII characters that
>> Linux can display on a text terminal?
Andreas> What is an ANSI editor? Is there an ANSI/ISO standard for
Andreas> editors?
An ANSI editor is an editor that directly edits all the attributes of
the console image -- color, line and text. AFAIK, they only exist on
DOS boxen.
Back in the good ol' days, we used them to create the various screen
images used for our BBSes.
mp
- --
BOYCOTT AMAZON http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html BOYCOTT AMAZON
"Public opinion's always in advance of the Law." -- Galsworthy
Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
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From: "Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:28:16 GMT
"Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Christopher Smith wrote:
> >
> > "Kevin" wrote:
> > >
> > > Otto, don't you think it's odd that a large PC-manufacturing
> > > company like IBM, who has their own operating systems, will
> > > not sell you a PC without Windows on it? IBM will not sell
> > > you a PC that is pre-loaded exclusively with OS/2. The best
> > > you can get is OS/2 and Windows dual-boot. There's something
> > > wrong there IMHO, Otto.
> >
> > That is merely another example of IBM's stupidity. Even when OS/2 was
at
> > its peak and was a viable Windows competitor IBM wasn't including it on
all
> > its machines (you had to specifically order it).
>
> My point was that you cannot buy a PC from IBM that has
> no operating system installed on it. You cannot even order
> a PC from them that has only OS/2 installed on it. They
> simply will not sell you one without Windows. If you ask
> for one without Windows, they will say "no."
>
> They will install a version of Windows on every PC they
> sell. They HAVE to, even though they have their own
> operating systems (note the plural).
>
So what.... For the same reason, I don't buy IBM, HP, Compaq, etc.. for home
use. The choice is mine and there is always smaller companies who are
willing to work with me.
IBM doesn't have to sell PCs pre-loaded with Windows. They made a business
decision to join the rest of the OEM. Basically MS said if you do this, then
you can have Windows for this price. IBM took the bait and made lot of money
on the deal, just like the other OEMs did. Is that Microsoft's fault only?
Should there be some of the blame directed toward the OEMs?
It takes two to tango.....
Otto
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From: "Shane Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Rockwell Modem
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:29:55 +1000
Have a read of these.
http://linuxmodem.org
http://serial.sourceforge.net/
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Shane
Gioel Calabrese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have a Rockwell HCF 56K Data Fax PCI Modem. Will it work under Linux?
>
> Thank you,
> Gioel
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:29:41 -0600
From: Matthew Leinhos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why linux will never go beyond geekdom
Save this nonsense for linux.advocacy.
--
"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? | Matthew Leinhos
Our nation turns its lonely eyes | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to you." | Colorado State University
--Paul Simon | Computer Science, Math major
----On Apr 10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ----------------------
Spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Purely because it sucks the big one, no games ! no word !
>> KDE....it stinks....Gnome.....amateur hacks with pretty graphics
>>
> Man, you're just as freaky as the idiots who love Linux who mindlessly
> critisize Microsoft. There is room for everyone's tastes. Bill Gates
> and Microsoft are essentially modern day hero's without who's efforts
> the computing world would be very poor indeed.
Without whom the computing world would be a much richer, more vibrant and
innovative place, I think you MEANT to say....
:)
Oh dear, another Spike... This could cause some confusion...
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Removing ppp? devices
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:31:11 GMT
I have a script that checks my high speed internet connection every hour
and if it is not connected, it stops and restarts the connection.
However, what seems to happen is that it keeps adding a new ppp device
e.g. ppp0, ppp1, ppp2 etc. Is there a way to clear these so it always
creates ppp0.
Thanks
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "Bal�zs J�vor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Libraries
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:34:02 +0200
I'm currently trying to learn Linux and I've started with reading a bunch of
HOWTOs
as I think it is the best if I first gather some understanding as how things
work in Linux.
Currenly I'm interested in the topic of libraries. I know there must be
zillions of them, but
there seem to be a couple which are very widely used and more or less "a
must".
I would like to learn about which are the most important of these and what I
should know
about them, why some of them are conflicting with each other etc. (Like I
installed a basic
Debian 2.1 distribution and I came to notice that there is a libgnome0 on
which a bunch of
application depend, on the otherhand there is a libgnome32 on which in turn
other packages
depend, but these to are conflicting, so I have to choose which set of
packages I want to install.
Now, if I need packages from both kinds, what do I do? And more of the
like...)
Can anybody recomend some reading on the topic?
Many thanks in advance!
brgds,
Balazs
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From: "Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:36:03 GMT
"Robert Wiegand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Otto wrote:
> ble that they are
>
> > That remains to be seen if Microsoft will jack up the prices of their
> > products. You'd be hard to press to name another software company who's
> > software is cheaper than Microsoft's.
>
> You don't get out much do you?
>
> I paid about $11 for my copy of Mandrake Linux.
> I downloaded Netscape for free.
> I downloaded StarOffice for free.
>
> What would a similar set-up from Microsoft cost?
>
If that's the way you get out, then I rather stay home.... :)
FYI:
I download ISO images for all versions of Linux.
I have no choice, but use Netscape with Linux.
I downloaded StarOffice, Corel's WordPerfect for free.
I check the new releases for Linux periodically, Caldera 2.4 is pretty good
actually. Then I go back to NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. The last two is still
my favored platform.
Otto
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From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: trouble going to http sites
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:19:26 -0500
This is my first attempt of using Linux on a networked machine. The
distribution is Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, the KDE desktop, and the computer
has a Pentium 166 with 32M.
The ethernet card configuration seems to have gone all right. I can
ping and ftp addresses from the console or Xterm with no problem. I can
access the simplest of http sites (no graphics) with a kfm window. But
as soon as I try to go to a site with the least bit of graphics or
complexity, the desktop slows to a crawl and finally freezes. Netscape
does not start up...no error messages...it just doesn't start and the
desktop freezes up.
Does this sound like a network configuration problem or is my machine
too underpowered?
Pleas help,
John
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From: fungus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:49:59 GMT
Otto wrote:
>
> You can market a product as much as you want to. If people
> don't want it the product will fail.
>
Products can succeed indirectly.
Not many people really want to buy gasoline, but they
want the car and buying gas is part of car owning.
The same with a computer. People want computers, but
I bet they wouldn't really care what OS is running
so long as it makes the computer do what they want
it to do.
If somebody could clone Windows and sell it for $10
then Microsoft would go bust. The problem is that
they can't, and this is the core of the DOJ case.
Until somebody can clone Windows then there will be
zero competition in the market, and this lack of
competition/choices hurts the consumer, whether
they realize it or not.
Is there a solution to the problem? No, or at least
not a quick and easy one. Introducing competition
will take drastic measures and a lot of time.
The only real hope is that the computer will turn
into an object which provides "services" to people.
eg. Online shopping, e-mail, chatting with friends,
watching movies, listening to music, etc. This is
the only real danger to Microsoft, and this is why
Microsoft so desperately wants to set proprietry
standards for all the above, starting with the
domination of the browser market. If these things
only work on Windows then Microsoft's future is safe.
Any DOJ remedy should center around taking this
proprietry stuff (file formats, network protocols,
etc.) out of Microsoft's hands. Anything else is a
waste of time in the long term.
--
<\___/>
/ O O \
\_____/ FTB.
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From: fungus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 02:51:51 GMT
Otto wrote:
>
> You can market a product as much as you want to. If people
> don't want it the product will fail.
>
Products can succeed indirectly.
Not many people really want to buy gasoline, but they
want the car and buying gas is part of car owning.
The same with a computer. People want computers, but
I bet they wouldn't really care what OS is running
so long as it makes the computer do what they want
it to do.
If somebody could clone Windows and sell it for $10
then Microsoft would go bust. The problem is that
they can't, and this is the core of the DOJ case.
Until somebody can clone Windows then there will be
zero competition in the market, and this lack of
competition/choices hurts the consumer, whether
they realize it or not.
Is there a solution to the problem? No, or at least
not a quick and easy one. Introducing competition
will take drastic measures and a lot of time.
The only real hope is that the computer will turn
into an object which provides "services" to people.
eg. Online shopping, e-mail, chatting with friends,
watching movies, listening to music, etc. This is
the only real danger to Microsoft, and this is why
Microsoft so desperately wants to set proprietry
standards for all the above, starting with the
domination of the browser market. If these things
only work on Windows then Microsoft's future is safe.
Any DOJ remedy should center around taking this
proprietry stuff (file formats, network protocols,
etc.) out of Microsoft's hands. Anything else is a
waste of time in the long term.
--
<\___/>
/ O O \
\_____/ FTB.
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From: Andras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting fdd in linux
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:02:04 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> thanks Andras
> u have solved my query
> but i couldn't understood why i should unmount
> my fdd while i logout
> can't i simply logout and take my floppy
> out of the drive like in windows
> pls. reply me
The reason why logging out doesn't unmount the floppy for you, is
that the mounting of a floppy doesn't belong to a particular user.
In fact by default only the super user can mount drives, this can be
overriden by adding the option "user" in /etc/fstab.
Once the drive is mounted it doesn't matter who mounted it, any user can
access it depending on the assigned access rights of course.
I wouldn't say that Linux is more intelligent with filesystems that
windows. As this example shows the Linux approach also has its
drawbacks, and is not very good suited for removable media.
Even for fixed drives a power failure might cause data loss since data
is not stored on the disk but in memory temporarily.
(However this is very rear, power failuer very seldom cause data loss.)
The Unix type of disk handling was designed for robust servers, without
any kind of removable media, and reliable power supplies.
***
I suggest having a look at the mount man page for further info.
Andras
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From: Yann Bourdeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Blaster Live + SMP kernel
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:06:26 -0400
Hello,
Is there a driver for linux SUSE 6.2 that is SMP compatible for
the SB Live? Each time i try to compile the driver (got it from the
creative labs site) it complains about the SMP and i should disable it.
I don't want to disable my SMP for sound support.
Thank you
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Yann Bourdeau
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://pftpd.montreal.qc.ca
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