Linux-Misc Digest #427, Volume #24 Wed, 10 May 00 14:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can I use DiskImage to back up linux. (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
Re: CD-RW weirdness (lvegas)
Re: invalid superblock: e2fsck -f- b 8193 failed (Uwe Brauer)
Re: remote access over dsl line (Dances With Crows)
Re: disk mirroring --- system image (Rick Hoffman)
Re: file splitting for cdr backup (mst)
get rid of annoying beep (Jason Novotny)
can't print with Samba (Benjamin HERZOG)
Re: Damn samba (Patrick O'Neil)
RH 6.2 Xwindows flickers but does not start (Kurt)
Re: Can't run Netscape?? (Rick Hoffman)
Re: Webcams + Sound activated alarm system (Jim the Bad)
Re: disk mirroring --- system image (bill davidsen)
SquidGuard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Programs for Linux (Dallas Times)
Re: Can I use DiskImage to back up linux. (Dances With Crows)
Removing Linux ("Peter Aitken")
Re: bootable red hat CD ("michaelb")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
Subject: Re: Can I use DiskImage to back up linux.
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:13:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 May 2000 17:06:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E.
Trenholme) wrote:
>>After done installing, I backup disk images using PartitionMagic
>>DiskImage to save both partitions.
>>Can I also use this process on linux?
>
>OK, my first question is why are you using a commercial, proprietary
>program like diskimage instead of a free, open program like 'dd', which
>Linux comes with.
I started using DriveImage because I'm a proffesional programmer
( mostly Windows, but I hope to branch out ).The only way that I know
of to prevent my Windows installation from becoming corrupt is to make
disk images and reinstall from those images once a month.
DI was one of the few tools to do this. I might use dd in the future,
tell me does it handle NTFS and Win32 partitions?
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From: lvegas <"lvegas(deleteme)007"@my-deja.com>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: CD-RW weirdness
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:17:30 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,> use /dev/sr0
> for /dev/hdc (or your first cd-ROM or RW)
> > use /dev/sr1 for /dev/hdd(or your second "" "" )
>
> Okay:
> # mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom2
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sr0 as a block device
> (maybe `insmod driver'?)
>
> I guess I'm missing something really basing here on how to associate
> /dev files with the appropriate modules.
>
> -Jonathan
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
You need to load the driver. In a console as su type modprobe ide-scsi,
then try to mount again.
lvegas
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From: Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: invalid superblock: e2fsck -f- b 8193 failed
Date: 10 May 2000 19:14:10 +0000
>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Kroeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> e2fsck -f- b 8193 /dev/hda3 did not work.
> There are more copies of the superblock at regular
How do I know about these other ones. The e2fsck manual suggested to
use 8193 but if there are more how to proceed then? Try an arbitrary
number?
> intervals. Are you sure that hda3 is really an ext2 filesystem -
> you will get the same message when you try to e2fsck a swap or
> foreign (fat,ntfs,..) partition. Also make sure that your
yes this I know and I tried this. The strange thing is:
On the disk, I had:
a swap partition,
and two native Linux partitions, mounted as
/ and /home, now it looks like:
Now it looks that I have a MSDOS and
two native Linux partitions.
So this looks really bad and happened from one day to another!
> partition table is still correct.
How can I achieve this?
Thanks
Uwe Brauer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: remote access over dsl line
Date: 10 May 2000 13:21:18 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 10 May 2000 14:30:04 GMT, mungus
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>i'm running rh6.0 and i'm connected to the Internet via dsl modem. On
>another hand, at work i'm accessing internet trough cable modem. Is there
>any way to access my home computer remotely (using internet). I guess that
>would be something simular to PCAnywhere for windowz.
>From work:
$ telnet my.ip.address.at.home
$ ftp my.ip.address.at.home
You will need to have inetd up and running on your home box, and you will
have to have it configured to let people from work access in.telnetd and
the FTP daemon. A better replacement for telnet is ssh, which is more
secure and can automatically forward X11 connections, so you could:
$ ssh my.ip.address.at.home
Password for user mungus: XXXXXXXX
$ xeyes &
That would run xeyes on your home machine, but display xeyes on your work
machine. I'm sure you can think of N+1 ways to use this. ssh is
downloadable at http://www.ssh.com . Since you seem to be new at this,
read all the documentation before trying to install it. HTH,
--
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: Rick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: disk mirroring --- system image
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:17:55 -0400
shahzad, I am also trying to do that very same thing. Except I have an
extra disk drive that I want to use to backup Linux. What simplier way to
back it up than to just copy ALL files to another HD? I also want the
backup to be fully functional. I have been racking my brain and asking
this question until I am nearly blue in face. Nobody is being very
responsive in this area. It almost seems as if there is something to
hide. Like this is something so conceptually simple that Linux is not
capable of handling and no one wants to admit it. I know that sounds a
little skeptical but I am reaching the end of the rope.
There is a thread that I started and have gradually guided the kind people
that have been responding into this area. I have now narrowed down the
64000 dollar question in no uncertain terms and it is waiting for an
answer. The thread titled re: LILO 1024 cyl thing is currently waiting
for an answer from Robert Heller who has been so very helpful with
answering a lot of my questions. He totally skipped over this one and I
am hoping it was just a mistake and not because he has no answer.
hoffy
shahzad bhatti wrote:
> Hi,
> I am swapping my disk drive on my linux redhat system. I want to copy
> entire image of my system to new disk drive. I currently have two
> partitions, first is swap and second is system
> and user area. Can someone suggest best way to do this?
> (I have about 3Gig space filled with system and user area)
> Thanks in advance.
> - Shahzad Bhatti
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file splitting for cdr backup
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:20:40 -0400
ChemSoft GmbH wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i try to backup an 10GB harddisk to cdr. now i�m looking for a way to make
> first a backup with tar to get a big tar-file. then i want to split this big
> file into several 650MB parts to make isos and burn it onto cdrs.
> is this possible? i think i only need an file-splitter?
> or is there a better way to make backup on cdr.
> i want to use this way cause of letting do all except the burn process
> automatically.
>
(crossposting deleted)
Do a search on freshmeat.net for "backburner". It does what I understand
you want.
MST
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From: Jason Novotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: get rid of annoying beep
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:22:15 -0700
Can anyone tell me how to stop the annoying beep that gets triggered
when using TAB for doing command line file completion (as well as other
events that trigger the beep), so I can better enjoy my music?
Thanks very much, Jason
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From: Benjamin HERZOG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't print with Samba
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:21:59 +0200
Hi,
I am runing Samba on a Linux box networked with a Win98 box. I want
Win98 to print with the printer connected to the Linux box thanx to
Samba.
The network is ok, but i can't print. Windows says it can't find the
printer ...
Here is my smb.conf :
[global]
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
# workgroup = MYGROUP
workgroup = workgroup
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = Samba Server
# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
printing = bsd
# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
/etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
; guest account = pcguest
# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 50
# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
# security = user CHANGE
security = share
# Use password server option only with security = server
; password server = <NT-Server-Name>
# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
; password level = 8
# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
; encrypt passwords = yes
; smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
; username map = /etc/smbusers
# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /etc/smb.conf.%m
# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
# here. See the man page for details.
; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
# a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44
# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
; local master = no
# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
; domain master = yes
# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
; preferred master = yes
# Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
# configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
; domain controller = <NT-Domain-Controller-SMBName>
# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
# Windows95 workstations.
; domain logons = yes
# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
; logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
; logon script = %U.bat# Where to store roving profiles (only for
Win95 and WinNT)
# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
Server
; wins support = yes
# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but
NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z
# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
; wins proxy = yes
# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
dns proxy = no
# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
; preserve case = no
; short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
; default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
; case sensitive = no
# share modes = yes
#============================ Share Definitions
==============================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
Logons
; [netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
;[Profiles]
; path = /home/profiles
; browseable = no
; guest ok = yes
# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All Printers
security = share
# changed server to share
# path = /var/spool/samba
path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
browseable = yes
public = yes
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
create mode = 0700
#[hpdj]
# security = server
# path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
# printer name = lp
# writable = yes
# public = yes
# printable = yes
# print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
[lp]
# security = server
path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
read only = No
create mask = 0700
print ok = Yes
share modes = Yes
oplocks = No
printer = lp
# This one is useful for people to share files
[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
public = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; write list = @staff
# Other examples.
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in
fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool
directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /homes/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = no
; writable = no
; printable = yes
# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires
write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# a service which has a different directory for each machine that
connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You
could
# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
; comment = PC Directories; public = no
; writable = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that
all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user,
so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of
course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user
instead.
;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that
two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users.
In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have
the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be
extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765
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From: Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Damn samba
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 11:24:38 -0600
Bob Hauck wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 May 2000 08:29:59 -0600, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> > What is the trick to making Mandrake print to a simple ole
> >> > samba share printer?
[...]
> You are doing the wrong thing then. Samba is for making your Unix files
> and printers available to the Windows machines. To print from Linux to a
> Windows printer, you need to use smbclient with the -P parameter and it
> does not even matter whether or not samba is running on your workstation.
[...]
I'm still fighting this thing but in any case, I did not start samba on
my
system, I simply used linuxconf to setup a printer. When it asks if it
is
a local printer, network/samba printer, etc, I selected network
(windoze)
printer and then filled in the blanks as it calls for: the server, the
printer/share name, the username and password, and workgroup. I even
added the ip address. What this produced in my printcap is as follows
(for a windoze-networked hp laserwriter 16 with a share name of
"e2420_l16").
My printcap for lp as produced by linuxconf:
##PRINTTOOL3## SMB POSTSCRIPT 600x600 legal {} PostScript Default
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
As I looked thru the smbprint manpage, the format it mentions
differs slightly from that above.
I have looked at the ownerships of all the files in /var/spool/lpd/lp
as well and they are:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 4096 May 10 11:13 ./
drwxrwxr-x 5 root daemon 4096 May 9 12:59 ../
-rw-r----- 1 root root 122 May 10 11:04 .config
-rw-r----- 1 root root 111 May 10 11:03 .config-orig
-rw-r----- 1 root root 111 May 9 12:57 .config~
-rw-r----x 1 root root 4 May 10 11:13 .seq*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10532 May 9 12:57 filter*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 May 9 12:57 general.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 May 10 11:13 lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 347 May 9 12:57 postscript.cfg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 25 May 10 11:13 status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 146 May 9 12:57 textonly.cfg
I question the group of most, if not all the files, but am not sure.
I keep thinking that they should be lp or daemon group (?)
patrick
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From: Kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.2 Xwindows flickers but does not start
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:30:06 GMT
Recently, I attempted to add true type fonts to my Linux box. From
linuxnewbiew.org, I printed out and followed the step by step instructions.
First, I did made my true type font directory. Next, I added some lines to
my rc.local:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt --sync
/usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt &
It said to use setup to remove the automatic start of the true type
server, which I did, then I also added this to my rc.local:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs -config /etc/X11/fs/config -port -1
I rebooted my machine, it went through the startup, was about to start
Xwindows automatically, but all it does is go to a black screen that
flickers every couple of seconds.
Afterwards, I re-booted and enter linux 1 to edit out my lines in
rc.local. No change. I even ran setup to re-start the true type fonts
server. No change.
What's the deal?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Rick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't run Netscape??
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:27:20 -0400
"David .." wrote:
> Rick Hoffman wrote:
> >
> > When logged in as a normal user, Netscape is not locating any servers.
> > It is as if I am off-line but I know I am connected to my ISP. Even if
> > I su root Netscape does not respond. The only way I am being able to
> > use Netscape is to log in as root. Has anyone ever had this problem or
> > have any ideas as to what I need to do? I am finding Linux
> > documentation a little weak as far as helping out a newbie weening
> > himself off root and into getting around as a normal user.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > hoffy
>
> enter this at the command line prior to connecting to the internet.
>
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> Then connect and see if it works. If it does then edit the
> /etc/sysctl.conf file and change the line:
>
> net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
> to: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
>
> By doing this you won't have to enter the "echo 1" line above ever time
> you boot the system. If it doesn't fix the problem then unless you
> change the sysctl.conf file the echo line will be forgotten the next
> time you boot your system.
> --
Well, unfortunately this did not work. I failed to mention before that I am
using RH. I did not even find a file called /etc/sysct1.conf or is that ONE
an 'L'? No matter, there was not a file by either name. I did "cat
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" and it returned a value = 1, so the echo
command responded predictably. I then connected with my ISP and still
Netscape does not respond.
It must be something else. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is
going on here? Thank you.
hoffy
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From: Jim the Bad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Webcams + Sound activated alarm system
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 22:54:54 +0100
Adrian Mann wrote:
>
> Hi 2 questions .
>
> 1 Is there a list somewhere of compatible webcams and Linux ?
>
> 2 I have in mind a system where I can set the value of a sound and if
> the software picks up a sound louder than this - it will set off some
> kind of alarm.
>
> Regards Adrian M
Can I assume you are trying to set up some kind of burgalar alarm? One
that, when triggered, dials your mobile so you can http onto your webcam
to check? If so, and assuming you get it working, do you fancy posting a
howto on how you did it? I think a lot of people would be interested!
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: disk mirroring --- system image
Date: 10 May 2000 17:30:27 GMT
In article <8fc0kn$bld$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
shahzad bhatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I am swapping my disk drive on my linux redhat system. I want to copy
| entire image of my system to new disk drive. I currently have two
| partitions, first is swap and second is system
| and user area. Can someone suggest best way to do this?
| (I have about 3Gig space filled with system and user area)
If the disk is identical you can copy the raw disk, otherwise copy the
data and then rerun lilo. For full copy, boot from floppy or CD, then
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc bs=100k
For data only copy, create the partitions you want on the other side,
mount them, and copy the data. Say you have filesystems /, /boot, and
/home, you could:
mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot /mnt/home
mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/hdc3 /mnt/home
cd /
find . boot home -xdev | cpio -pBdm /mnt
lilo -b hdc -r /mnt
What I did was to mount the new root on /mnt, create the mount points
and mount the other partitions, and then copy all the data in the
normally mounted filesystems to their new homes. You want to do this on
a system in single user mode, otherwise it should be fine. The
fundementalist paranoid can boot from floppy and do this, too, by
creating two mount points. The trick is to cd to the old root, and call
it . just as I typed it.
Then I ran lilo to recreate the boot sector, for the example I assumed
that the boot is in the MBR.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
"Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979"(tm)
The hardest test of maturity is knowing the difference between
resisting temptation and missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SquidGuard
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:34:08 GMT
I'm try to use squidguard but I'm not able to active the function
expressionList. I would like to use this function for stop to retrieve
exe, zip and rar files.
Thanks
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Dallas Times <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.dev.newbie
Subject: Re: Programs for Linux
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:39:31 -0700
You might have a look at mySQL (http://www.mysql.com). In most applications
it's free even for some commercial work.
Can't help with the assembler compiler, but someone suggested 'gas' (should be
part of the compiler distribution set or downloadable from the net).
- Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Can I use DiskImage to back up linux.
Date: 10 May 2000 13:57:25 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 10 May 2000 17:13:51 GMT, Thaddeus L. Olczyk
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>On 9 May 2000 17:06:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E.
>Trenholme) wrote:
>>OK, my first question is why are you using a commercial, proprietary
>>program like diskimage instead of a free, open program like 'dd', which
>>Linux comes with.
>
>I started using DriveImage because I'm a proffesional programmer
>( mostly Windows, but I hope to branch out ).The only way that I know
>of to prevent my Windows installation from becoming corrupt is to make
>disk images and reinstall from those images once a month.
>
>DI was one of the few tools to do this. I might use dd in the future,
>tell me does it handle NTFS and Win32 partitions?
dd's greatest strength is that it doesn't give a damn about the filesystem
or lack thereof on the device in question. You can dd an NTFS partition
to another partition or a file, and dd will not complain. BTW, Linux
handles FAT32 partitions far better than NT does, and you wouldn't have to
use dd to back up a FAT32 partition... just use tar, afio, cpio, or
whatever and that will do the right thing.
--
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: "Peter Aitken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Removing Linux
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:03:57 -0400
I want to remove Linux from a dual boot (Win2000/Linux) system and reclaim
the Linux partitions as DOS partitions. How can I do this?
TIA,
Peter G. Aitken
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From: "michaelb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: bootable red hat CD
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:05:00 GMT
I'm trying to make a bootable CD from the ISO for redhat 6.2. I copied the
file to the CD but it didn't work. I am missing some step but don't know
what.
"Michael Hofmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Nicola Attico wrote:
> >
> > I've this installation CD of Red Hat 6.1, and I would
> > like to make a bootable copy.
>
> This may be not the answer you were looking for but... the RH6.1 CD I
> burned from the .iso file is bootable to start with. I booted my system
> off of it.
> If you burn yours with the raw image it should be ready to boot. The
> images you were mentioning are floppy files to boot from.
> Of course your PC needs to be capable to boot from CD, but I'm sure you
> knew this.
>
> Unless I got you all wrong...
>
> Good luck,
> Michael
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