Linux-Misc Digest #596, Volume #25 Mon, 28 Aug 00 10:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Mail Server ("Boris Pran")
Re: Help - what to do if X runs at bad resolution and graphical logins are used?
("Noble Pepper")
Re: [HELP] How to configure SoundBlaster PCI 128 ("Lam Dang")
Re: Linux Mail Server (Phil)
HELP! using hdparm (Stephen Cornell)
multiple string replacement (Clemens Hermann)
Re: From RedHat to SuSE: A simple question ("Sly")
3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows (Dave Jepson)
sound ?? (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Help - what to do if X runs at bad resolution and graphical logins (Dave King)
Re: multiple string replacement (Andreas Kahari)
Re: Graphs program ! (Brian Moore)
Re: Two monitors HOWTO? (Richard Clemens)
Re: New Palmtop running Linux! (David Damerell)
Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows (Robert Resch)
dump win98 partition ("Volker Kalms")
Re: Reiserfs (Rod Smith)
Re: Advice sought, (new user coming from OS/2) (Rod Smith)
Re: FYA - Parody: Microsoft Pie (The Day the Servers Died) (Stephen Hui)
Re: linux/apache/php/mysql setup (Stephen Hui)
Re: Two monitors HOWTO? (Andreas Kahari)
Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows (Stephen Hui)
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From: "Boris Pran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Mail Server
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:03:53 +0200
If you take commercial software under consideration then CommuniGate Pro
from Stalker could be a good choice.
Take a look http://www.stalker.com
Boris
Jason Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8odeu9$k8d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> What's the best mail server for Linux? I would like to support a large
> population... above 500, 000. Any comments?
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
>
>
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From: "Noble Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help - what to do if X runs at bad resolution and graphical logins are
used?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:12:25 -0600
At the lilo prompt, press tab, this will list your boot options. One of
them should be linux or something similar. You can add arguments to the
system you select. Linux single will bring you up in maintenance mode
kinda like safe mode in windows. I believe linux 3 will give you console
in full multi user.
Since I am a guru only at screwing up my system I am not
sure about the res. You can specify several resolutions, check your X
documentation to get details.
Tim Van Holder
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this morning, I was stupid enough to change the default resolution for X
> from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 (I'm using a TNT2 and a Dell UltraScan P991,
> so this is certainly supported). I was sure I had previously corrected
> the scan ranges to match the ones used by the Dell (it's not (yet)
> listed in the Xconfigurator database). Apparently I was mistaken; since
> I had also changed the font paths for both X and the xfs, I did a
> reboot. Upon booting, however, I was treated to the monitor message
> 'Monitor is operating out of scan range' instead of my usual graphical
> login. I tried rebooting and not loading linuxconf or local, but this
> did not inhibit graphical login. And since only one resolution was set
> up,
> [ctrl]-[alt]-[kp+] didn't provide a solution.
> Luckily, we have 2 X clients set up (using X-Win32 on NT), so I was able
> to do a remote login, update the configuration and do a remote reboot.
> It's unlikely I'll be so stupid again, but in case I am:
> * How do I prevent graphical login from being used at boot time?
> * How do I set up multiple resolutions, defaulting to the highest?
> Even if I list "1280x1024", "1024x768" and "800x600" (int that
> order), X seems to pick the lowest at startup.
>
> Praying the Linux guru's will forgive my newbieness,
>
> Tim Van Holder Falcon Software NV
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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From: "Lam Dang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HELP] How to configure SoundBlaster PCI 128
Date: 28 Aug 2000 07:17:19 -0400
>From "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:48:34 -0500:
> Lam Dang wrote:
> >
> > I just upgraded to a new motherboard (ASUS
> > A7V) which doesn't have any ISA slot. For
> > sound, I got a SoundBlaster PCI 128. It
> > works with Windows NT. Now I want to set it
> > up for Linux (RedHat 6.2).
[...]
> On my system it uses the es1370 module. I enter the line below into
> /etc/conf.modules and then log out and login. I have heard that some of
> the SB128 PCI cards use the es1371 module so you may want to try it
> also.
>
> alias sound-slot-0 es1370
>
> Or:
> /usr/sbin/setup
> Choose sound config.
I tried "alias sound-slot-0 es1371" and it
worked. Thanks for the info. It's so much
simpler than configuring the AWE 64!
Another question please. The Linux "Sound
Mixer" doesn't provide for adjusting the bass
and treble levels. Is this the way it is or
am I missing something?
--
Lam Dang
dangit AT ix DOT netcom DOT com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Mail Server
Date: 28 Aug 2000 13:28:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Winters -[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]- spewed forth the following rubbish:
>In article <8odeu9$k8d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Jason Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>What's the best mail server for Linux? I would like to support a large
>>population... above 500, 000. Any comments?
>
>You are looking at clusters and server farms and the like. Take a look
>at the Oxford University mail server project -
>
>http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mbeattie/wing
Not necessarily, I've heard of a guy over in the Netherlands running postfix
(ok it's FreeBSD so I'm cheating a small bit) on a standalone box with 500,000
users.
Phil.
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From: Stephen Cornell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP! using hdparm
Date: 28 Aug 2000 13:51:54 +0100
Can some kind soul help me to use hdparm to tune my hard disks?
I use Red Hat 6.0 and 6.2 on a desktop and a laptop respectively, and
I want to be able to get the most out of my hardware. On the laptop
in particular, disk access is slow. Unfortunately, the man page is
written for people with far more knowledge about PC hardware than I
have, and is peppered with warnings that fiddling with these settings
can lead to massive filesystem corruption, and that most disks default
to their most efficient settings. Nevertheless, my experiments
have shown that I can get better results to hdparm -t by changing some
settings; the problem is, how do I know what is safe?
First, the Red Hat laptop (Pico Consul 98):
[root@anthrax /root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=FUJITSU MHD2032AT, FwRev=1812, SerialNo=01095035
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=6304/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=0
CurCHS=6304/16/63, CurSects=-167772064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=6354432
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 *mword2
IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2
These are the settings at boot time:
[root@anthrax /root]# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 788/128/63, sectors = 6354432, start = 0
In this configuration, hdparm -t gives transfer rates of up to about 5
Mb/sec on an otherwise idle system.
I know almost nothing about what this means, but it looks to me that
the capabilities of the disk are not being used in the default
configuration (e.g. no DMA). I've experimented with hdparm, and the
only options that seems to make a significant difference to the 'hdparm
-t' benchmark is 'hdparm -c1' or 'hdparm -c3', which increase speed by
20% or so. Of course, it may be that other changes (such as DMA)
increase speed in ways that are not measured by hdparm -t.
The Red Hat 6.0 (+updates and custom kernel) has two identical Seagate
hard disks.
[root@torus /root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=ST36451A, FwRev=840394, SerialNo=JG394454
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=13328/15/63, TrkSize=36540, SectSize=580, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=448kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=13328/15/63, CurSects=789577920, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12594960
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
[root@torus /root]# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 784/255/63, sectors = 12594960, start = 0
In this configuration, hdparm -t gives transfer rates of up to about 9
Mb/sec on an otherwise idle system.
Anyone care to give me any informed advice?
--
Stephen Cornell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel/fax +44-1223-336644
University of Cambridge, Zoology Department, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EJ
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From: Clemens Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: multiple string replacement
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:50:24 +0200
Hi,
I have a directory containing ~ 60 Text-Files. Each of the file contains
a string (STRING1) several times. This string should be replaced with
STRING2 in all files. How can I accomplish this without opening an
editor 60 times and changeing the files manually?
thanks a lot
Clemens
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From: "Sly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: From RedHat to SuSE: A simple question
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:09:09 -0400
Gee, thanks a lot, I've created a boot.last file and it works like a charm!
Very cool. That's why I'm totally addicted to Linux. Try to get that level
of control under Windows... :-) SuSE rules!
Cheers!
it works like
"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:45:11 -0400, Sylvain Demers wrote:
> >Thanks a lot for the info. Unfortunately, I've tried boot.local, but it
> >triggers the commands way too early in the boot process, before my eth0
> >is up actually - since one of these commands is used to link my
> >registered domain name to my dynamic IP adress, it requires Internet
> >access to work, thus the command _HAS_ to be launched _after_ the
> >activation of my eth0 device. Is there a file that is launched after all
> >other services are up and running, like it's the case for rc.local under
>
> Not automatically, but you can make one! Create a file named
> /sbin/init.d/boot.last , put the commands into it, and chmod +x it.
> Then create a symlink called "S99bootlast" in /sbin/init.d/rc3.d/ that
> points to boot.last. boot.last should be the final thing executed
> before X and the mingettys start up.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to
see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
> http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> -----------------------------/ --Henry Spencer
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From: Dave Jepson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:07:40 +0000
Hi,
Hope this is not too OT but there's probably more chance of someone here
knowing the answer!
To get my etherlink III 3c509B Combo working in linux I disabled the PnP
and manually set the IRQ and I/O with the 3c5x9cfg.exe program in
windows.
This works fine in linux, using isapnptools.
However I just can't get it to work in Windows.
If I use the ISA mode driver, I am allowed to specify I/O port only and
no IRQ.
If I use the EISA mode driver Control Panel->System->Device
Manager->Network Adaptors->Properties says that the driver could not be
loaded, and hence I don't get to specify IRQ & IO at all.
Has anyone had/resolved this problem before?
I went to the 3com site but the blurb on the driver download page states
that 3c509 is only supported in 'classic' (???) and PnP modes, not ISA
and EISA.
Alternatively............
Seeing as windows can see the NIC in PnP mode fine, can I get linux to
load it?
Currently if I set the card in PnP mode, linux hangs when I try to start
the eth0 interface.
The card is being loaded in /etc/conf.modules with
alias eth0 3c509
Does anyone know why it hangs and whatI could do about it?
Kind regards,
Dave
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound ??
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:07:32 +0200
hi there: I would like to have sound on both my linux machines (office and
home). At home it's an ensoniq audio pci and at work a soundblaster pci
128. What sound driver do you recommend - alsa, oss, ...? Goal is inet
telephony, ie duplex would be nice. Thanks,
Gerald
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From: Dave King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help - what to do if X runs at bad resolution and graphical logins
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:11:35 -0500
<snippedy do da>
> It's unlikely I'll be so stupid again, but in case I am:
> * How do I prevent graphical login from being used at boot time?
> * How do I set up multiple resolutions, defaulting to the highest?
> Even if I list "1280x1024", "1024x768" and "800x600" (int that
> order), X seems to pick the lowest at startup.
You should be able to push something like CNTRL-ALT-F1 at a graphical
login to switch between an X server and a console login. The X server
usually seems to login at F7, so I usually switch to F1 for root
commands and whatnot.
That should have let you get out of any error message (not sure,
however). But it's a neat feature of Linux anyhow.
Dave
--
"I would build that dome in air,
David H. King That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] And all who heard should see them
there, And all should cry, Beware!
Beware!" - Coleridge
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Subject: Re: multiple string replacement
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 28 Aug 2000 15:12:50 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Clemens Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a directory containing ~ 60 Text-Files. Each of the file contains
>a string (STRING1) several times. This string should be replaced with
>STRING2 in all files. How can I accomplish this without opening an
>editor 60 times and changeing the files manually?
>thanks a lot
>
>Clemens
UNTESTED:
for thefile in files*.txt; do
sed 's/STRING1/STRING2/g' $thefile > $thefile.new
done
This will create ~60 new files with the string replaced. The new files
will have the same names as the old ones plus the suffix ".new".
Change "files*.txt" into a pattern that matches the names of your
files.
If something goes wrong, I didn't tell you anything.
/A
--
Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>.
All junk e-mail will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
========================================================================
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Moore)
Subject: Re: Graphs program !
Date: 28 Aug 2000 09:27:02 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm looking for a good graphs/math program for linux.
>I have tried Gnuplot but I find it to be less than desirable.
>I would like it to have a GUI. And as the output is to be used in
>latex docs, I would like it to be able to export to a format readable
>be latex.
>
>Anyone knows of a good program?
>
>Thanks
>Henning M
>
Depends on what you want to do with Gnuplot/latex; I use Gnuplot
frequently to create plots to include into latex documents (including
journal submissions); make sure you have the latest version 3.7.
There is a program called xmgr which is nice and much more GUI
driven.
--
Brian G. Moore, School of Science, Penn State Erie--The Behrend College
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , (814)-898-6334
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From: Richard Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two monitors HOWTO?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:15:04 -0400
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Bruno Barberi Gnecco wrote:
> I'd like to install two monitors here, using two video cards.
> Both are PCI. Is there any HOWTO or documentation explaining how I do
> it? Have anyone around done it?
>
> --
> Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/
> Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore". - Poe
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From: David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: New Palmtop running Linux!
Date: 28 Aug 2000 14:28:12 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm remaining a mite skeptical of the plethora of "Linux-based PDAs;"
>it seems to me that most of them are basically "excuses to avoid
>paying royalties for WinCE," as opposed to being designed to be good
>on their own merits.
>PalmOS still seems to likely be more "usable" for a while yet.
Psion, shurely? If you want a keyboardful machine, it's got to be a
Psion...
--
David/Kirsty Damerell. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CUWoCS President. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~damerell/ Hail Eris!
|___| IV - A Discordian shall Partake of No Hot Dog Buns, for Such was the
| | | Solace of Our Goddess when She was Confronted with The Original Snub.
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From: Robert Resch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:33:25 +0200
Dave Jepson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hope this is not too OT but there's probably more chance of someone here
> knowing the answer!
>
> To get my etherlink III 3c509B Combo working in linux I disabled the PnP
> and manually set the IRQ and I/O with the 3c5x9cfg.exe program in
> windows.
> This works fine in linux, using isapnptools.
You don't need the ISAPNP-Tools if you haven't enabled PnP Support on
the 3Com-Card...
> However I just can't get it to work in Windows.
>
> If I use the ISA mode driver, I am allowed to specify I/O port only and
> no IRQ.
The IRQ can be read from the card when you provide the IO-Address.
> If I use the EISA mode driver Control Panel->System->Device
> Manager->Network Adaptors->Properties says that the driver could not be
> loaded, and hence I don't get to specify IRQ & IO at all.
Because EISA allowes auto-detection of the cards and their settings
without conflicts. you don't want to use the EISA-Mode of the 3C509 if
you don't have an EISA-Mainboard.
> I went to the 3com site but the blurb on the driver download page states
> that 3c509 is only supported in 'classic' (???) and PnP modes, not ISA
> and EISA.
classic = ISA
for the EISA-Mode you can get the drivers for the 3C579 which is the
native EISA-Version of the 509.
Robert
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From: "Volker Kalms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dump win98 partition
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:17:53 +0200
Hi all,
since I have linux 6.2 and also win98 on my PC I would like to use linux
to do a full backup of the win98 partition.
How is it possible to do this and how can I restore the backup after
win98 is totaly messed up and the computer cries for a new installation ???
Since I am not working with linux for a long time it would be greate if
anyone
could give me a hint !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks in advance.
Volker
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Reiserfs
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:44:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol) writes:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:12:54 GMT, Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>|
>| ... so I converted one system's root partition to ReiserFS (...)
>| but I had an odd problem:
>| The system hangs approximately 3 out of 4 boots when
>| starting crond. I've yet to figure out the cause, although it's clearly
>| ReiserFS-related because it didn't happen before I converted the
>| filesystem. I did find a workaround: Start crond from
>| /etc/rc.d/rc.local rather than via the normal Red Hat 6.2 startup
>| scripts.
>
> I am very surprised to see you have a crond problem also. Out of the blue I
> got a "crond: Can't redirect STDOUT" or somesort message in the the syslog.
> Started when I changed / to reiserfs (SuSE 6.3) Can't start it from the
> command line either. You must be right. It must be reiserfs related.
FWIW, I posted a query about this on the ReiserFS mailing list shortly
after I posted my original comment. I've seen no reply so far; they seem
to be caught up debating whether or not multiple overwrites of data will
protect the original from detection should the NSA get their hands on a
hard disk....
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Advice sought, (new user coming from OS/2)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:47:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner) writes:
> Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
> spake unto us, saying:
>
> [Regarding HPFS support in the 2.4.x kernels]
>
>>HPFS read/write support includes the ability to store Linux ownership
>>and permissions in HPFS EAs, so it's a better choice for this task
>>than would be FAT.
>
> Wow -- I wasn't aware of that. Very nice. Maybe HPFS would be a more
> appropriate filesystem for data use than I first thought...
Could be. I've not used the write aspect much, though, so I can't say
how reliable it is. The kernel does NOT mark it with a big huge
"dangerous" or "experimental" flag, though. In theory, it might even be
possible to use it as a root (/) filesystem, although some things would
NOT be possible because HPFS is case-retentive, not case-sensitive. (I'm
told a kernel compilation on HPFS is impossible, for instance.)
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FYA - Parody: Microsoft Pie (The Day the Servers Died)
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:52:56 -0500
Joe Kesselman wrote:
>
> Brief rant and then I'll shut up:
>
> > 1. On a desktop, it doesn't matter if the system crashes occasionally.
>
> Sorry, but I've lost a half-hour's worth of essentially unrecoverable
> creative writing just Once Too Many Times to buy that.
I once lost 3 hours' worth of spreadsheet work at 3am (the project was
due at 9:30am that morning). How did I lose it? I clicked the Save
button in Excel98 (I was on a Mac).
Just thought I'd throw that out. :oP
Stephen.
--
Stephen Hui, ARL:UT, Austin, Texas
Computer Terms: Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal
capable of conversing with inanimate objects.
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: linux/apache/php/mysql setup
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:45:02 -0500
> Well, the command above was correct (. . . ./httpd restart). And your
> suggestion regarding more info was good. I looked in the log file. I had
> just assumed it was not running because when I typed in my localhost name it
> said it could not find that URL. But it is running according to the log and
> also 'ps' shows that it is running. So, looking at the following error_log
> entries, I realise that I have put this reference into httpd.conf and
> srm.conf.
> In httpd.conf it is DocumentRoot /home/httpd/htdocs.
> It is the same in srm.conf. If this is wrong, what do you think it should
> be.
>
> Here is what was in the log file.
>
> [Sat Aug 26 19:05:35 2000] [error] [client 192.168.1.107] File does not
> exist: /home/httpd/html/htdocs/
> [Sat Aug 26 19:09:15 2000] [error] [client 192.168.1.107] File does not
> exist: /home/httpd/html/htdocs/
> [Sat Aug 26 19:09:20 2000] [error] [client 192.168.1.107] File does not
> exist: /home/httpd/html/htdocs/
>
In that case, create a directory called /home/httpd/html/htdocs and put
some sort of HTML file in there and call it index.html. Then try to
view it through a browser again.
Hope this helps! :o)
Stephen.
--
Stephen Hui, ARL:UT, Austin, Texas
Computer Terms: Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal
capable of conversing with inanimate objects.
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Subject: Re: Two monitors HOWTO?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 28 Aug 2000 15:56:11 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd like to install two monitors here, using two video cards.
>Both are PCI. Is there any HOWTO or documentation explaining how I do
>it? Have anyone around done it?
>
>--
>Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/
>Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore". - Poe
This might be something:
<URL:http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html>
<URL:http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue17/lg_tips17.html#display>
<URL:http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue31/tag_multihead.html>
...found by searching for "multiple monitors" on the LDP at
<URL:http://www.linuxdoc.org/>.
/A (does not have multiple monitors)
--
Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>.
All junk e-mail will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 in ISA mode in windows
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:02:01 -0500
I once had this problem. I can't remember how I solved it, though. It
was most certainly the driver for Windows that had to be a particular
one (one of those ISA/EISA/PnP-Mode drivers).
I'll tell you what: I'll go drop my 3c509 back into my Linux/Win98 box
tonight (I was going to do it anyway), and I'll come back and let you
know how it went...unless someone else out there has an answer before I
can get to it....
Stephen.
Dave Jepson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Hope this is not too OT but there's probably more chance of someone here
> knowing the answer!
>
> To get my etherlink III 3c509B Combo working in linux I disabled the PnP
> and manually set the IRQ and I/O with the 3c5x9cfg.exe program in
> windows.
>
> This works fine in linux, using isapnptools.
>
> However I just can't get it to work in Windows.
>
> If I use the ISA mode driver, I am allowed to specify I/O port only and
> no IRQ.
>
> If I use the EISA mode driver Control Panel->System->Device
> Manager->Network Adaptors->Properties says that the driver could not be
> loaded, and hence I don't get to specify IRQ & IO at all.
>
> Has anyone had/resolved this problem before?
>
> I went to the 3com site but the blurb on the driver download page states
> that 3c509 is only supported in 'classic' (???) and PnP modes, not ISA
> and EISA.
>
> Alternatively............
>
> Seeing as windows can see the NIC in PnP mode fine, can I get linux to
> load it?
> Currently if I set the card in PnP mode, linux hangs when I try to start
> the eth0 interface.
> The card is being loaded in /etc/conf.modules with
>
> alias eth0 3c509
>
> Does anyone know why it hangs and whatI could do about it?
>
> Kind regards,
> Dave
--
Stephen Hui, ARL:UT, Austin, Texas
Computer Terms: Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal
capable of conversing with inanimate objects.
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