Linux-Misc Digest #660, Volume #24 Wed, 31 May 00 01:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: democracy? (R.E.Ballard ( Rex Ballard ))
Redhat 6.0 - kppp connects but nothing else sees the connection (martin)
Apache/php/mysql building everything for Linux? (Ken Williams)
please help - making kppp (ksaferppp) the defaultroute ("knud")
Can't Mount 6GB FAT32 (Brett Rosselle)
Re: Remove strange -M file? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Printing to lp printer through a file? (Scott Smith)
Re: Remove strange -M file? (James Silverton)
Re: Mounting Linux partition under Windows ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: democracy? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: How to use groups (Marc D Bumble)
Re: Voive Mail in Linux? (dan)
Re: reccommended partitions and sizes ("Amit Ghosh")
Re: Onebox.com sound file problems (Bev)
Re: Dial in Server ! (Smart Star)
Re: Can't Mount 6GB FAT32 (David Efflandt)
Unzip problem??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't Mount 6GB FAT32 ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: please help - making kppp (ksaferppp) the defaultroute (Bill Unruh)
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From: R.E.Ballard ( Rex Ballard ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: democracy?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 03:22:11 GMT
In article <392eb767$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Francis Van Aeken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> > CNN is conducting a poll whether MS
> > should be split up and if yes into how
> > many parts. Please take a minute to vote for a good cause.
>
> > -> http://cnnfn.com/poll/microsoft_breakup.html
>
> The results of these MS breakup polls
> (consistently 2/3 against) raise some
> interesting questions about the implementation
> of democracy (in this case in the USA).
>
> Why is it that the opinion of the man in
> the street doesn't matter (because
> they're stupid, stupid! (?))
Actually, the opinion of the man in the street
matters very much. The Sherman Antitrust act
was passed to protect the interests of the general
public from the interests of a large corporate monopoly.
In the American southwest, during the late 1800s, farmers
were given grants of land under the homestead act. If they
lived on the land, cleared the fields, planted the crops,
weeded the fields, and harvested the crops and could survive
for 7 years, the land was theirs.
The railroads and the cattle ranchers started to devise schemes
where they could let the farmers work the land for the seven
years then force the farmer to sell. Because the only access
to the market was through the railroad, and because the railroad
was doing the purchasing, they would let a town grow and thrive
for 7 years, paying enough to keep the farmers from leaving. They
had to buy their supplies from the general store, which was owned
by the railroad, using money borrowed from the bank, which was
owned by the railroad.
At the end of the 7th year, the trains would pass by the little
farm town and come back with their cars fully loaded. Obviously,
if the farmers wanted to sell their crops, the railroad would
pay much less money.
Farmers who refused to sell at the the lower prices were burned out,
often fathers were killed in front of their wives and children by
well-known ranch hands. Since women weren't allowed to own property,
vote, or file criminal charges on their own behalf, they would have
to sell the farm for a pittance of it's value.
The bank would then lease this property to the ranchers who could
herd cattle, which was much less labor intensive and much more
profitable. Eventually, the banks, and railroads amassed a huge
portion of the area from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains.
By the 1890s, it had become such a problem that cities were starving
for lack of food while the railroads charged premium prices to those
who could afford the carefully controlled supply of railroaded food.
The Sherman Antitrust act, and the Clayton Act were passed, by the
United States Congress, to protect the interests of the general
population. Since it's original passage, there have been hundreds
of applications of the law, in the past 2 decades, it has been
used an average of 20-30 times per year. The enforcer of these
acts is the Federal Trade Commission. They normally investigate,
notify the violator that he is in violation, and negotiate an
appropriate nondramatic remedy.
When a remedy cannot be negotiated, or a negotiated solution isn't
honored (which is what happened in the Microsoft Case) the matter
is turned over to the Department of Justice who prosecutes the
company in federal court. Microsoft has been "in the process"
since 1987. This case was a last ditch effort to resolve the issue
through an enforcible negotiated agreement.
> and why is it that one single person (the judge)
> is to make the decision? Shouldn't there be at
> least a panel or a jury?
Actually, the defendent in a trial always has the right to
a Jury trial. Microsoft waved that right (it's a very good
thing they did as well).
Beyond this, there will be at least one other panel. If the
case goes to the appellate court, the evidence is reviewed by
a three judge panel. These judges will review the case on both
it's technical merits (the nature of the evidence) and it's
constitutional merits. At this point, evidence could be thrown out,
prosocutorial evidence could be disallowed, and if there is a clear
pattern of bias and violation of constitutional rights, the entire
verdict could be overturned, or remanded back to district court where
the case must be retried - usually in front of a different judge.
Whatever the Appellate court decides can then be appealed to the
Supreme Court. These cases are generally argued on the basis of
technicalities. This usually includes such things as use of evidence
obtained illegally, of misconduct by the prosecution, and of
violation of constitutional rights. It is important to note that
the Supreme Court generally reviews the entire body of evidence
even though the specific technicality is what is in question. This
is why test-cases are normally very carefully chosen. The judges
in the Supreme Court have to separately address the justice issue
(should the conviction and remedy stand) and the technicalities
(were constitutional rights violated). Very often, test cases
are chosen in which the Justice would indicate that the conviction
should be overturned, but the legal technicality will set new
precidents which can be used in other cases.
The famous Miranda warnings are an example. In the test case, the
defendendent was mentally retarded, didn't know what his rights were
in the matter, and was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't
commit. The prosecution didn't even have a prima-faci case, but
the confession was used to convict. The Supreme Court ruled that
the defendents rights were violated and that all future defendents
had to have all of their constitutional rights related to due process
of law read to them before they would be interrogated. The result
is that many drug dealers and criminals are released because the
police didn't follow proper procedures (perhaps 1 in 1000 cases),
but the intent is to protect the innocent from interrogation without
due process.
Microsoft may be able to get the sympathy of the Appellate court,
and may be able to overturn some specific rulings on trivial matters,
but the overall body of the case will still be sufficient to uphold
the general ruling. It's worth noting that 3 separate Judges in 3
separate cases have all requested harsher punishments than those
proposed by the Department of Justice.
The key goal here is to establish grounds for criminal contempt.
If a settlement is reached, this would result in voluntary compliance,
and a misunderstanding would result in another case, with no way
to prevent further violations. A conviction, coupled with a remedy
that results in automatic criminal contempt if the judgement is
ignored (creatively interpreted) means that the defendent executive
would be cooling his heels as a guest of the federal government
while they sort it all out.
The key is that when a corporate executive violates a court ordered
antitrust action, the bail issue centers around the possibility that
further illegal action may be taken. It's the same reason that
mobsters aren't let out on bail. Sure, the guy isn't a flight risk,
but he can have people killed, have records destroyed, or obstruct
justice by issuing verbal orders that can't be substantiated. In
federal custody, verbal interactions are carefully monitored and
all communications not covered by the lawyer/client confidentiality
can be used in court.
The behavior of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and other top Microsoft
executives, both in the courtroom and out during this trial have
been inexcusable. The main reason that the judge HASN'T done
anything about this is because by allowing it to continue and
appearing to allow it, it becomes a permanent part of the transcript.
Microsoft will probably try to claim that the Judge was biased. The
testimony in court, especially the videotaped testimony, would tend
to weigh in the judge's favor. There are a few minor technicalities
that may get thrown out, but the real substance should remain
intact. Microsfot has been spending a great deal of money to
keep the facts out of the papers and television, while publishing
it's own facts on it's web site (all of which could be used against
it in a court of law). Thank goodness that lying to the public
isn't a crime - except that when a corporation lies to the public,
it's called fraud.
Finally either side has the right to bypass the appellate court
and go directly to the Supreme court. Essentially, if either side
decides that if the case goes against them they will appeal to the
Supreme court, the Judge can (and probably will) send the case
directly to the Supreme Court. Microsoft would like to be able
to chop up the transcript a bit, but since any chopping would also
be appealed, it might draw more attention to things Microsoft would
rather leave ignored until the appeal.
Either way, the interim measures will probably go into effect
immediately, and the break-up itself will probably be stayed until
the final Supreme Court ruling.
While there is a legal precedent for breaking up a company
to remedy a monopoly situation (AT&T), most of the precidents
have been as a result of voluntary divestature. Microsoft was
given numerous opportunities to propose it's own divestature plan,
but instead insisted on trite solution that were in insult to
the entire judicial proceeding.
Judge Jackson has been dealing with nearly 5 years of Microsoft's
Micky-mouse behavior, blatent and flagrant violations of the spirit
and intent of every agreement and settlement entered since 1985,
and has patiently sat and watched Microsoft convict itself. It is
actually quite remarkable that the Judge didn't cite numerous
executives for Contempt of court during the entire process.
The Supreme Court takes a very dim view of such behaviors. The
defence might have been better off if it had presented statistical
evidence to prove that Microsoft wasn't a monopoly (they stated
that Linux had a 17% share of the desktop market, but failed to
back that up with any substantial evidence).
Unfortunately, the OEMs feel that if they tried to sell a PC without
Microsoft Windows (dual-boot vs linux only) that they would lose
so much market share that the revenue could not be recovered.
If the OEMs know that they can install dual-boot systems, and
reach the point where there is a sufficient body of users to
merit Linux-only product-lines, the monopoly could be broken
in 6-12 months, without breaking up the company. The problem
is that Microsoft has not honored procedural remedies in the
past and structural remedies are a last resort.
> Francis.
--
Rex Ballard - Open Source Advocate, Internet
I/T Architect, MIS Director
http://www.open4success.com
Linux - 60 million satisfied users worldwide
and growing at over 1%/week!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.0 - kppp connects but nothing else sees the connection
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 03:30:02 GMT
This is my first attempt at Linux - so I think I'm missing something
obvious...
I just installed Redhat 6.0 with a dialup connection. The modem is on CUA1
and I told kppp this. It dials into my ISP okay - but then my browser and
email client don't see the ppp connection. Can someone tell me what I am
missing? Thanks.
martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Apache/php/mysql building everything for Linux?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 03:33:44 GMT
Can any one point me towards some newer web pages that outline compiling the
following together:
apache 1.3.12
php 4.0.0
modssl 2.6.4
openssl 0.9.5
gd 1.3
mysql 3.22.32
Thanks.
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From: "knud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: please help - making kppp (ksaferppp) the defaultroute
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:37:08 -0500
Hello,
I have my linux box plugged into the local LAN. The problem is, when I set
the ethernet card to connect via DHCP (as it should), linux no longer
recognizes kppp modem connections. That is to say, kppp connects to my ISP
but my apps wont use the connection even though the Internet at large
isn't visiable from the LAN.
What I'm forced to do is kill the ethernet connection each time I want to
dail out. In a previous post I was told to set pppd as the default route.
I've read the pppd man page but I'm not clear as to where to stick the
"defaultroute" variable. I've tried all of the config files in /etc/pppd
to no avail. Please help!
Thanks in advance
knud
(please email me if possible)
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From: Brett Rosselle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't Mount 6GB FAT32
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:44:31 -0500
Hi all,
Can anyone tell me why I can not mount my 6GB FAT32 drive, but I can
mount my 1.6 GB FAT32 drive. I'm not a newbie. I know all about the
FSTAB/MOUNT parameters. This is really bizarre, unless there is some
size/cylinder limitation that I am unaware of, or there are differences
between Win95/FAT32 and Win98/FAT32.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brett
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remove strange -M file?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:46:48 -0500
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Ken Williams wrote:
+ I have a file named "-M" without the quotes. HOw do I get rid of it?
rm -- -M
rm ./-M
find . -name '-M' -exec rm {} \;
perl -e "unlink '-M'"
mv -- -M /dev/null ( dont do this as root, you could change the perms )
ls -i .
[ 438628 -M ] <- output
find -inum 438628 -exec rm {} \;
There are 6 quick ways. There are more I am sure...
Regards,
anm
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From: Scott Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing to lp printer through a file?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:44:06 -0400
We have a software program that is set up to print to tty printers, the
screen, or a file. I want to use my JetDirect lp printer. I have set
the printer up and it works great from the Linux command line. Anyone
know of a way I could get my program to use the JetDirect printer? I
thought about printing to a file, then having the user print the file
using the lp command, but that is an additional step. Is there a way to
setup a tty port that would actually forward to the lp printer, or a way
to print automatically to the lp printer when the user prints to a
certain file?
Any ideas?
Thanks
Scott Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: James Silverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remove strange -M file?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:48:20 -0400
Ken Williams wrote:
>
> I have a file named "-M" without the quotes. HOw do I get rid of it?
>
> Thanks
Following "Unix Power Tools", you can sometimes find a wild card to do
the removal but, in case of failure you can use inum (again from UPT).
% ls -i
12345 -M
76754 foop
23456 goop
% find . -inum 12345 -exec {} \;
% ls
foop
goop
Good Luck.
Jim.
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James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland.
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting Linux partition under Windows
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:57:34 -0400
BuDMaN wrote:
>
> In article <GxXY4.133235$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > [Posted and mailed]
> >
> > In article <8h0uq3$jqf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > BuDMaN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I know I can mount Windows partition on Linux using VFAT filesystem but
> > > I want to do the opposite now. How can I do that? I want to mount it on
> > > the same machine so I guess I can't use Samba for that, right?
> >
> > As others have said, Explore2fs
> > (http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm) lets you
> > transfer files, but it's not really transparent. The closest you'll come
> > to transparent access is from fsdext2 (http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/)
> > for Win9x. It's presently read-only, though. If you use VMware to run
> > Windows under Linux, you can also use Samba and Windows networking to
> > mount Linux partitions for read-write access from the VMware-run version
> > of Windows.
>
> What is exactly VMware? Is it like Wine?
www.vmware.com
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: democracy?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:01:10 -0500
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Robert J Carter wrote:
+ In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
+ "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
+ > On Tue, 30 May 2000, Robert J Carter wrote:
+ >
+ > + In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
+ > + "Andrew N. McGuire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
+ > +
+ > + > As I siad before, indivuduals on average are quit intellingent,
+ > +
+ > + Actually, no. By definition, individuals are on average NOT quite
+ > + intelligent, but of average intelligence.
+ >
+ > By what and whos definition? I know indiviuals who are on both sides of
+ > the bell curve.
+ >
+
+ By definition of the word average. Average people can only be average;
+ if you are talking about their intelligence, then it can only be
+ average.
I should have been clearer, and you should be a little less literal.
Let me rephrase:
Most individuals are quite intelligent.
Many individuals when associated with a mass, lose much of their desire
to think for themselves.
This is the last I will say on this subject, as it is now blatently
off-topic.
Regards,
anm
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Subject: Re: How to use groups
From: Marc D Bumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 May 2000 00:29:50 -0400
In UNIX, users can have multiple groups. In the /etc/group file,
user names are simply appended to the end of the group entry, as
in:
group_name:passwd:GID:user_list
So as an example from /etc/group,
bin:x:1:root,bin,daemon
group bin has 3 users, root, bin, and daemon. I can list all of
roots groups by typing:
$ groups root
root : root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel
do a man on group, groups, and id.
marc
>>>>> "Harlan" == Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Harlan> My system admin experience is mostly with NetWare, so my
Harlan> concept of groups is rather different than for
Harlan> unix/linux. Unix/linux groups seem somewhat more limited
Harlan> than NetWare ones, in which users are in multiple groups
Harlan> simultaneously.
Harlan> I've read the info pages for the groups and chgrp
Harlan> commands, and I've read the Security HOWTO. None of them
Harlan> address the use of groups in great detail. Most
Harlan> annoyingly, there are references to 'supplemental groups'
Harlan> with no references for additional information.
Harlan> Are there documents available on the web or via anonymous
Harlan> ftp that delve into the subject of using groups in
Harlan> unix/linux, especially any comparing unix/linux groups to
Harlan> group mechanisms under different OSs?
Harlan> Thanks.
Harlan> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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From: dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voive Mail in Linux?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 04:40:03 GMT
Yes, that function plus FAX is part of Red Hat 6.2 and many other
distributions.
KEYWORDS: MGETTY+VOICE, VGETTY
All the work has already been done, the only task is to learn how to
configure it to your particular network environment.
The only component that seems to be missing from linux is Voice
Recognition to Email conversion. Perhaps you could contribute this to
the open source community?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just begun work on a project(as an undergrad. working for a
> Prof.), that involves a voice mail system, which can answer the
> phone(through a voice modem), record a message, and then send either a
> notice or the message itself to an email address. What I would like to
> know is whether there is any open source software for Linux that already
> does this or parts of it? If so I would greatly appreciate it if the
> readers of this message could point me in the right direction. Any help
> on where I could find resources pertaining to this issue would also be
> of immense help.
>
> Thanks,
> Vamshi.
>
> PS: My apologies if I am posting this to the wrong forum.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Amit Ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reccommended partitions and sizes
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 06:37:42 +0100
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Andrew
N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30 May 2000, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>
> [ disclaimer: the following is an issue I feel strongly about, please
> forgive me if I sound overbearing.. But I have had to clean up behind
> too many sloppy admins before on disk/FS issues. :-) ]
>
> + Amit Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> + : For a home system my recomendations would be
> +
> + : 1. 16 MB for /boot
> + : 2. 80 - 100 MB for /
> + : 3. 800 - 1600 MB for /usr
> + : 4. 200 - 300 MB for /usr/local
> + : 5. 200 - 300 MB for /var
> + : 6. What's left for /home
> + : 7. Link /opt to /usr...
> + : 8. Link /tmp to /var...
> +
> + I would second this scheme. It's entirely adequate. I would suggest
> he
> + needs the top end of the range you specified for /usr (1600MB, maybe
> + 2GB) as he is linking /opt in there. I'd also leave considerably
> more
> + space for /var nowadays, as there's space to burn on disks, and he
> may
> + wish to burn space on cd's ...
>
> I would like to point out that I would whole heartedly NOT recommend
> that partitioning scheme. I agree with everything up to step 7. /opt
> is meant to server a *totally* different purpose than
> /usr. Similarly, /tmp is meant to serve a totally different purpose
> than /var. The two should *not* be linked. Now I would say that it
> is fine to link /tmp to /var/tmp, but not just /var. However, you may
> wish to put /tmp on a RAM disk and use /var/tmp and more 'permanant'
> temporary storage. /tmp should be cleaned at boot, /var should not.
> Also I would add a swap partition if that has not be addressed.
Hi,
Please notice that I put "..." after /opt and /tmp. Of cause
one should NOT link /opt to /usr and /tmp to /var but to a
directory beneath.
--
Amit Ghosh
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Onebox.com sound file problems
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:46:13 -0700
Shekar wrote:
>
> Oh, Boy! I never even heard of these players you mentioned as having
> tried to play the Onebox's messages:
>
> kmp3player, kplayaudio, esdplay, play (sox?), rplay,
> realplay, wavplay, bob, several amp players
>
> What ever has happened to the popular players? Have you tried WinAmp? It
> has been the most favorite player for Windows and now with so many
> unbelievable plugins and unimaginable skins. WinAmp is just as great as
> Onebox !!
Yes. Moreover, I sent both types of files to a sound guy, who sent me
this:
> I can't find anything on Linux so far that'll play either of these.
>
> On Windows, GoldWave (my sample manipulation program of choice) can read
> the .wav file, though part of the file header information is
> missing. The error message tells me that the file is missing the "fact"
> chunk which should be there. Probably a proprietary file format. I have
> to manually tell it what format to use when loading.
>
> The .aif is a compressed file - "FVER" proprietary compression? I reckon
> the're both proprietary formats. They're definitely non-standard.
>
> Sorry for the bad news.
It's annoying that most of the people who offer slick free consumer stuff
have never heard of linux.
--
Cheers,
Bev
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When you stop bitching, you start dying.
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From: Smart Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dial in Server !
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 12:46:15 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
Thanks's your reply first .
Only , can ping the dial in server , i have been added "proxyarp" in ppp
configuration file.
Can't ping internet using IP addresss.
Regards
Smart STar
Bob Hauck wrote:
> On Tue, 30 May 2000 22:23:48 +0800, Smart Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Eth0 --> connect to internet
> >Eth1 --> connect to local network , ( Use ipchains work fine, all PC's
> >in subnet 200.200.130.0/24 can access internet)
> >ppp0--> for user dial in ( i have been connect it , it can't ping
> >anywhere , include local netwrok PC's and accesss internet,
>
> Can you ping the server from the ppp client, using the address of the
> server's end of the link? If yes, maybe you forgot "proxyarp" in ppp
> configuration. Can you ping to internet using IP address instead of name?
> If yes, you may have wrong nameserver or gateway on client.
>
> --
> -| Bob Hauck
> -| Codem Systems, Inc.
> -| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Can't Mount 6GB FAT32
Date: 31 May 2000 04:54:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 30 May 2000 22:44:31 -0500, Brett Rosselle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Can anyone tell me why I can not mount my 6GB FAT32 drive, but I can
>mount my 1.6 GB FAT32 drive. I'm not a newbie. I know all about the
>FSTAB/MOUNT parameters. This is really bizarre, unless there is some
>size/cylinder limitation that I am unaware of, or there are differences
>between Win95/FAT32 and Win98/FAT32.
I have no trouble mounting my 16 GB Win98se partition (type 'c') from RH
6.1. Likewise no trouble mounting smaller type 'b' Win98se partitions on
my laptop. You don't say which Linux or kernel version you are using. I
imagine that both of your partitions would be type 'b', so if you can
mount either, you should be able to mount both, unless one is a logical
partition and for some reason your system does not know what a type 'f'
extended partition is. Do all the partitions look normal in fdisk?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unzip problem???
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 04:55:39 GMT
Does anyone know how I could unzip a self-extracting .exe file on linux?
Thanks,
Zen
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't Mount 6GB FAT32
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 00:44:29 -0400
Kinda hard for anyone to help when you fail to state what is wrong.
Error msgs would be nice.
Brett Rosselle wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone tell me why I can not mount my 6GB FAT32 drive, but I can
> mount my 1.6 GB FAT32 drive. I'm not a newbie. I know all about the
> FSTAB/MOUNT parameters. This is really bizarre, unless there is some
> size/cylinder limitation that I am unaware of, or there are differences
> between Win95/FAT32 and Win98/FAT32.
>
> Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: please help - making kppp (ksaferppp) the defaultroute
Date: 31 May 2000 04:59:32 GMT
In <8h21cb$aa8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "knud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I have my linux box plugged into the local LAN. The problem is, when I set
>the ethernet card to connect via DHCP (as it should), linux no longer
>recognizes kppp modem connections. That is to say, kppp connects to my ISP
>but my apps wont use the connection even though the Internet at large
>isn't visiable from the LAN.
>What I'm forced to do is kill the ethernet connection each time I want to
>dail out. In a previous post I was told to set pppd as the default route.
>I've read the pppd man page but I'm not clear as to where to stick the
>"defaultroute" variable. I've tried all of the config files in /etc/pppd
>to no avail. Please help!
/etc/ppp/options
Note that you probably have your ethernet set up to have a default
route. This is a mistake.
route del default
Run that as root.
Also put it into /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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