Linux-Misc Digest #402, Volume #24 Mon, 8 May 00 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: HELLPPP PLEEEASSSE (Andreas Kahari)
Resizing FAT partitions killed my Linux! (Robert Chung)
Re: How do I split a Linux partition to install Win95? (Leonard Evens)
Re: HD >1024 Cyln (Leonard Evens)
Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions (Sandhitsu R Das)
Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Loopback device (phihilippe VENTRILLON)
Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds (Steve Fosdick)
UVM in Linux
Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds (David Damerell)
Re: Intel Etherexpress 100 Mbit Ethernet card support (suddenly gone) (Christoph
Kukulies)
Re: S3 Display error with X11 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DNS problem (chris)
Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds (brian moore)
Cannot install a soundblaster live card in SuSE Linux (George Bell)
Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions (Dances With Crows)
Re: Sendmail: Faster than a speeding bullet? (Neil)
Re: email help (Neil)
problem mounting FAT 16 partitions (mugu)
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELLPPP PLEEEASSSE
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 14:58:35 GMT
In article <4FcR4.202$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"servet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need some help guys,
> PLEASE , PLEASE
[cut]
#! /bin/bash
# NOTICE: I'm working on a Solaris system, things might be slightly
# different on GNU/Linux
TMPFILE=/tmp/thedummy
LOGFILE=/tmp/thelog
THEDISK=/local
SIZENEW=`df -k $THEDISK | grep '%' | awk '{ print $3 }'`
if [ -f $TMPFILE ]; then
SIZEOLD=`cat $TMPFILE`
else
SIZEOLD=0
fi
echo $SIZENEW > $TMPFILE
echo "Old size:" $SIZEOLD > $LOGFILE
echo "New size:" $SIZENEW >> $LOGFILE
echo "Diff :" $(($SIZENEW - $SIZEOLD)) >> $LOGFILE
echo "Mailing $LOGFILE to andreas..."
mailx -s "Disk sizes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < $LOGFILE
rm -f $LOGFILE
/A
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Chung)
Subject: Resizing FAT partitions killed my Linux!
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 15:15:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a system with both Win95 & Linux are installed. It also had
Windows NT but I deleted NT partitions to give more room to Linux, a
couple of months ago. I have been booting Linux from floppy without
any problem, because Windows NT overwrote Linux boot info from master
boot record without ever asking me. Darn.
Last week, I resized two DOS FAT partitions. The number of partitions
has not been changed. In this process, I never touched any of Linux
partitions. However, now I am unable to start Linux, while Windows 95
is running without any problem (booo hooo). Below is the message that
Linux displays during boot process
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
Freeing unused kernal memory: 60k freed
Warning: Unable to open initial console.
Kernal panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernal
What should I do to get my Linux back? Thank you in advance.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I split a Linux partition to install Win95?
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 09:58:21 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I installed Linux on a new 8GB HD and now I need a few of my old Windows apps.
> I did not create a FAT32 partition on the HD at the time of my Linux (Red Hat
> 6.1) installation. How do I create a FAT32 partition for Win95? I ran fdisk,
> but did not see any obvious way to create a new partition. Choosing the n
> option tells me that there is no space for creating a new partition. On a side
> note why can I not run fdisk from bash? I had to use csh.
>
> If I have to reformat the whole drive and start from scratch then I'll do that,
> but would rather not.
I would recommend backing up and then reinstalling everything.
Use the DOS/Windows fdisk from a floppy to make a Windows
partition, and leave the rest of the disk unpartition.
Install Windows, and then reinstall Linux.
But you might first try wine to see if you can run your
Windows applications under it.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD >1024 Cyln
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 10:01:28 -0500
Somsak Limavongphanee wrote:
>
> --
>
> What Linux distribution that can be installed in a big Hard disk, exceed
> 1024 Cylinder? I found 'Best Linux' is the one. I put Linux native above
> 1024 and it still can be boot from there. Can anyone suggest the
> others?
>
> Somsak
This is a lilo issue, and the latest version of lilo can handle
it. Shortly it may be assumed all versions of Linux will use
that version of lilo, but they don't yet. In any case, it
is possible to install Linux to boot from a floppy and then
install the updated version of lilo afterwards. But it would
require some degree of sophistication.
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 23:28:13 -0700
what sort of file system does Linux use? If win98 can read Linux
partition, then
doesn't it make Linux an insecure OS? If I add another partition for Win
NT,
I don't think Linux can read NT partitions, cos' NT use NTFS. Then can
NT
read Linux?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Jolly) wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Dale), in message
> >
> > Someone has. explore2fs allows you to access Linux partitions from
> > within Windows.
> >
> And I know a 'fsdext2' utility in win95, which can 'mount' a ext2
> filesystem as a win95/win98's drive letter.
> http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/
> A lot of filesystem infoes are available on
> http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/fs/Filesystems-HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.html
>
> But when sometime I run it, I encounter some VXD error.
> Do somebody know about it?
> pubb
>
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From: Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 11:29:37 -0400
On Mon, 8 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> what sort of file system does Linux use? If win98 can read Linux
ext2. It's only now that I've heard about a program which allows Windows
to read/mount ext2 partitions. I don't know about the details of that. But
Linux could read Windows partitions even in its childhood.
> partition, then
> doesn't it make Linux an insecure OS?
Come on! The OS is not running at all when you're accessing its partitions
from another OS - that doesn't make it insecure. For that matter, only
because Linux could read Windows partitions for a long time didn't make
Windows any less secure than it already was!
> If I add another partition for Win
> NT,
> I don't think Linux can read NT partitions, cos' NT use NTFS. Then can
It can. I believe there is NTFS support available.
> NT
> read Linux?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 23:37:55 -0700
sorry, but may I know the differences between primary, extended and
logical partitions?
Lse, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
> There are a variety of WINDOWS problems that could cause such
> behavior, but note it is windows having the problem. Possibly
> windows was seeing the Linux partitions and didn't know what to
> do with them. But in a normal dual boot installation, if done
> properly, this should not happen. I've found that Windows
> behaves in such bizarre ways in general that one can't ever be
> sure what is causing its problems. Cause and effect are hard
> to trace.
>
> I've installed several dual boot systems with lilo in the
> MBR with no problems. If you are paranoid about windows,
> then you should follow the advice given above, but make sure
> you install the lilo boot loader either in a primary partition
> or the first sector of the extended partition. Don't put
> it in the first sector of a logical partition.
> --
>
> Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: phihilippe VENTRILLON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Loopback device
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 15:30:11 GMT
a loopback device is a device simulated by a file on a filesystem
you need to have devices
# ls /dev/loop*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/loop0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/loop1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 2 May 5 1998 /dev/loop2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 3 May 5 1998 /dev/loop3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 4 May 5 1998 /dev/loop4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 5 May 5 1998 /dev/loop5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 6 May 5 1998 /dev/loop6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 7 May 5 1998 /dev/loop7
you need to have your kernel enabled for loopback device
by default it is enabled, but you may have compiled a custom one
if you don't manage, please send an execution log
steven_coutts wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to use a program that uses a /dev/loopN device, however I
> get - Unable to find free /dev/loopN loopback device.
>
> Can anyone explain what a loopback device is and how I enable them
>
> Thanx!
> --
> Steven Coutts
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 16:36:40 +0100
Raj Rijhwani wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "David Efflandt" writes:
> > >(I heard some rumblings about Linux not behaving well with more than
> > >64Mb of RAM. Since the new machine has 128Mb I wonder, is this a true
> > >concern?)
>
> > Note likely. I can definitely tell you that 96 meg works better than 32
> > meg, since it just about eliminates swapping.
>
> I thought this was probably a bogus argument when I heard it, but I
> wondered.
There is a minor problem in that with some BIOSes Linux does not correct
discover memory above 64Mb, so it only uses the first 64. If you have
that problem you just have to add an append argument to your lilo.conf
file to tell the kernel explicitly how much memory it has and all is
fine.
I have 128Mb on my work machine and my home machine. The home machine
needed the fix but both work reliably with 128.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: UVM in Linux
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 15:57:39 GMT
Are there any plans to implement the UVM virtual memory algorithm
in Linux?
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From: David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds
Date: 08 May 2000 17:10:55 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There is a minor problem in that with some BIOSes Linux does not correct
>discover memory above 64Mb, so it only uses the first 64. If you have
>that problem you just have to add an append argument to your lilo.conf
>file to tell the kernel explicitly how much memory it has and all is
>fine.
You are confusing two distinct problems.
Older versions of the _kernel_ do not automagically discover memory above
64Mb, irrespective of the BIOS - this needs the append argument.
Older motherboard chipsets do not cache memory above 64Mb, meaning that
adding memory to these systems damages performance; there is little one
can do about this in software.
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From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress 100 Mbit Ethernet card support (suddenly gone)
Date: 8 May 2000 16:29:59 GMT
Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Christoph Kukulies wrote:
:>
:> After rebuilding a kernel with fddi support I suddenly find
:> my Intel Etherexpress 100 Mbit card (eth0) no longer supported.
:>
:> --
:> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: You may find you didn't include it in the xconfig/menuconfig/config
: script?
: re-run the script, and dep. on what flavour of linux/kernel you have
: enable the EtherExpressPro/100 as a module or built-in.
Is the module name eepro100 or is it eexpress?
: Maybe u did this already and I am on the wrong track, but you didn't say
: whether you had or not...
Will check this again.
: Matt.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: S3 Display error with X11
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 16:19:20 GMT
Hope this helps but this is from the the latest documentation for the
New xf86 4.0.....
27. S3
3.3.6:
Support (accelerated) for the S3 911, 924, 801, 805, 928, 864, 868,
964, 968, Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Aurora64V+, Trio64V2,
PLATO/PX is provided by the XF86_S3 server and the XF86_SVGA server
with the s3_svga driver. Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX,
ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+ is provided by the
XF86_S3V server. Support (accelerated) for those ViRGE chips, as well
as the Trio3D and Trio3D/2X is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with
the s3v driver. Support (accelerated) for the Savage3D, Savage3D/MV,
Savage4, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX, Savage/IX-MV and
Savage/IX is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_savage driver
(CHECK: is this support Linux-only?).
4.0:
Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX,
ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+, Trio3D and Trio3D/2X is provided by
the "s3virge" driver. Support for the other S3 chipsets has not yet
been ported.
Summary:
Only the ViRGE and Trio3D chipsets are supported in 4.0. All of the
other chipsets are only supported in 3.3.6.
Suggest going here "http://www.xfree86.org/#40" for more info. I do not
have this card so do not have this problem except on my laptop which
uses a S3 but not the ones you have. Again I hope this helps out..
Bill Sends...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 8 May 2000 14:33:00 +0200, Peet Grobler
> <<3916b3ed$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >That can't be!!! I paid a lot for that card, besides, Windoze '95
runs fine
> >with it, h/w accelleration & all.
>
> ...just because it works in Lose95 doesn't matter a damn for Linux.
The
> folks at S3 have probably refused to release specs for their latest
and
> greatest cards to the Xfree86 developers, so writing drivers for the
new
> S3 will be a longer and more painful process... if it even happens at
all.
> Matrox, ATi, and 3dfx have been much more forthcoming with hardware
specs
> for their cards, which is why cards from those companies are better
> supported than other cards. And if you want 3D hardware acceleration
> under Linux, then you almost have to get a Voodoo or matrox G{2,4}00
card
> since little else is supported for that.
>
> As previous posters have said, you have the option of paying Xi for a
>
> commercial X server or buying a supported video card. Or you can
spend
> some time and pain contributing to the Xfree86 development team and
> hacking up an X server--"if it doesn't have drivers, write your own
> drivers!"
>
> Check the hardware compatability lists or ask on a newsgroup before
making
> a major hardware purchase. It'll save you some pain.
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| You have me mixed up
with more
> There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being
stupid,
> But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run
nothing but a
> (Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --
MegaHAL
>
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From: chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: DNS problem
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 00:35:06 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hi,
I have configure two dns servers, the servers seem working fine for
quite a few week except there are errors in /var/log/message:
Apr 9 12:11:21 server01 named[458]: sysquery: findns error (SERVFAIL)
on ?
Can any suggest what's the problem with my dns server, does this error
message casue harm ?
Thanks
Chris
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Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Hi,
<br>I have configure two dns servers, the servers seem working fine for
quite a few week except there are errors in /var/log/message:
<br><i>Apr 9 12:11:21 server01 named[458]: sysquery: findns error
(SERVFAIL) on ?</i>
<br>Can any suggest what's the problem with my dns server, does this error
message casue harm ?
<br>Thanks
<br>Chris</html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Benchmarks and relative speeds
Date: 8 May 2000 16:39:57 GMT
On 08 May 2000 17:10:55 +0100 (BST),
David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >There is a minor problem in that with some BIOSes Linux does not correct
> >discover memory above 64Mb, so it only uses the first 64. If you have
> >that problem you just have to add an append argument to your lilo.conf
> >file to tell the kernel explicitly how much memory it has and all is
> >fine.
Why do you say that?
> Older versions of the _kernel_ do not automagically discover memory above
> 64Mb, irrespective of the BIOS - this needs the append argument.
And current versions with some newer BIOS's. (Check deja for this going
back to December -- some BIOS makers changed the API they use around
then, and several people who 'upgraded' their BIOS found that even the
current kernels would no longer detect their RAM correctly.)
Even with 2.2, some systems still require the 'mem='.
> Older motherboard chipsets do not cache memory above 64Mb, meaning that
> adding memory to these systems damages performance; there is little one
> can do about this in software.
I don't see why you think the followup was referring to this.
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From: George Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot install a soundblaster live card in SuSE Linux
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 12:37:30 -0400
Hello:
Please accept my apologies if this message is posted in html format.
I am using Netscape Navigator 4.75 and I have the "use plain text editor
to copmpose messages" checked off, but I seem to have a problem getting
this to work.
I have spent over a day reading SuSE manual, online
documentation - Sound HOWTO, REAMDE, Man, the Creative website, even a
text book. Still, I cannot install the soundcard. I have narrowed down
the problem but do
not know how to proceed.
I am trying to install the soundcard driver as a loadable module
according to the directions in /usr/lib/emu10k1-0.4.SuSE/README. The
command "modprobe emu10k1 does not execute sucessfully. I get
insmod: a module named soundcore already exists
Using /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/souncore.o : preinstall emu10k1 failed
" " " : insmod emu10k1 failed
For the lsmod command I get:
Module Size Used By
serial 42932 0 (autoclean)
memstat 1604 0 (unused)
nls_iso8859-1 2236 2 (autoclean)
For ls -l /dev/sndstat :
crw-rw-rw- root root .... sndstat
For cat /dev/sndstat :
cat: /dev/sndstat : No such device
Console errors :
Can't locate module sound-slot-0
Can't locate module sound-service-0-3
rmmod soundcore :
soundcore: No such file or directory
What do I need to do to install the soundcard? I have exhausted all the
possibilites I could find.
George
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows98 partitions
Date: 08 May 2000 12:51:03 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 8 May 2000 11:29:37 -0400, Sandhitsu R Das
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>On Mon, 8 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> what sort of file system does Linux use? If win98 can read Linux
>
>ext2. It's only now that I've heard about a program which allows Windows
>to read/mount ext2 partitions. I don't know about the details of that. But
It's called "explore2fs" and it's available for Lose9x and LoseNT. It
works and works OK.
>> If I add another partition for Win NT,
>> I don't think Linux can read NT partitions, cos' NT use NTFS. Then can
As Sandhitsu said... you can compile NTFS read-only support into the
kernel, or you can build it as a module; this is safe. NTFS read-write
support is still potentially flaky, but I've tried it out a time or two
and it didn't break anything.
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
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From: Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail: Faster than a speeding bullet?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 17:54:48 +0000
On 08 May 2000 03:37:34 -0800, Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>You failed to mention the speed of you internet link.
>
>He also failed to explain why anyone would want help him spam
>100,000 email accounts every morning.
perhaps these emails are requested and paid for !
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From: Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: email help
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 17:59:16 +0000
On Sun, 7 May 2000 22:23:30 +0100, Anthony Pleace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I am a newbie running RH6.2 on a stand alone pentium PC. I would like to
>be able to send and receive emails. I have managed to connect to my
>internet provider with my modem. I have read several complementary
>articles about qmail but cannot tell if this program will send and
>receive emails. As far as I can tell qmail and mutt would work together
>but is this enough to send and receive email?
Qmail will send mail for an entire country but its not well documented and is
IMHO an expert's dream but a newbie's nighmair. Exim might be an easier
alternative.
Mutt should work fine without requiring you to run a local mta I would have
though. Netscape mail on linux is pretty decent too.
Neil.
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Subject: problem mounting FAT 16 partitions
From: mugu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 09:56:55 -0700
Hi,
I installed mandrake 7.0 on my compaq machine and i having all
sorts of problems getting it to work properly. the most
frustrating is trying to mount my windows/dos partitions. i have
a 10gb drive and i installed linux on the fifth partition
(/had8) and any time i try mounting any windows/dos partition i
get the following error :
/dev/hdax has wrong major or minor number
if i try cfdisk, i can see all the partitions but i just can't
mount the partitions. i get the same error with the floppy drive
and the cd rom.
i even tried mounting it as fat on vfat, but i get an error
message stating that the file system is not supported by the
kernel.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME !!!!!!
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