Linux-Misc Digest #66, Volume #26 Tue, 17 Oct 00 21:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Gardiner Family)
Re: latex templates for first time latex user (Ernst-Udo Wallenborn)
Re: File system problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Andrew J. Perrin)
Re: RPM file for XFTP Program? ("Bill Piety")
Linux Backup ("Chris Knapp")
Re: Error mouting Floopy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Error mouting Floopy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Error mouting Floopy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Error mouting Floopy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Error mouting Floopy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dual Booting Linux with NT (Bateman T A)
apache module with libpthread.so crashes Apache on RH 6.2 (Stephane Richard)
Star office accesses my hard drive every few seconds!? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ssh problems (Praedor Tempus)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Matthew Matchura)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Bob Hauck)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Bob Hauck)
Re: Dual Booting Linux with NT ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Dustin Puryear)
qmail says: "warning: trouble opening info/19/623733; will try again (Niek van
Suchtelen)
Re: recommend a database (Dustin Puryear)
Re: Which Linux distro most 'generic' *nix ? ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
Re: ssh problems (Dustin Puryear)
Re: postgresql : lo_export to stdout ? (ljb)
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From: Gardiner Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:11:12 +1300
the problem with the general public is the view that UNIX is a hard OS to work
with, it has been made hard by companies not willing to listen to the end user
. Finally, companies such as SUN have finally realised that if they want to
capture the low end market they must make it so that any old dick head can set
up and run a server, thus, that is why many of the major UNIX venders are now
supporting GNOME, which looks pretty good so far, I can hardly wait until
version 2 is finally released. The last thing (which is very minor), hide the
boot sequence and instead have a nice graphical loader, in the case of Linux, a
Penguin walking accross the screen indicating the progress of the boot sequence.
Matt
Tony Tribelli wrote:
> Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2:1 wrote:
>
> >> The early OSs were a lot less than DOS was. Dos is an old OS. 20 years
> >> ago, that wasw about all the OS you could fit o to one of those
> >> computers, but it was still an OS. Just because it was used long past
> >> it's use-by data, doesn't make it any less of an OS.
> >
> > The industry standards and real OS's were around long before DOS for
> > OC's. IBM had a couple and UNIX was around.
>
> Microsoft offered a Unix, XENIX, and users stuck to DOS despite Microsoft's
> advocacy for XENIX. Even with modern free Unix implementations the public at
> large has a hard time accepting Unix. Apple probably has the best approach
> with the upcoming MacOS X, bury and hide Unix so the user doesn't even know
> it's there.
>
> Tony
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From: Ernst-Udo Wallenborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: latex templates for first time latex user
Date: 18 Oct 2000 01:13:57 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman) writes:
> Hello:
>
> I was reading the earlier thread "Is there a MS Word... for Linux" and
> someone mentioned that LaTeX is easy to teach/learn with the use of
> templates. When I started using LaTeX, I just bought Leslie Lamport's
> _LaTeX_2e_ book. That method worked fine, but I wonder if I could have
> learned faster (or at least become more productive in a shorter amount of
> time) had I used said templates instead.
One idea would be reading the comp.text.tex newsgroup. Then there
is the Companion ('The LaTeX Companion' contains documentation
about various useful packages along with code snippets). And
of course there is the web.
--
Ernst-Udo Wallenborn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: File system problem
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:26:30 +0100
In article <8si3sb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Chris Wong"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I have a linux box web server, recently, I found that when it reboots,
> some of the file system fail during the file system checking during boot up.
> The error is something like:
> /dev/hdb5: fsck.ext2 exit with signal 10
> However, when I use fsck manually to check the file system, it says that
> the
> file system is clean and I can manually mount it then. Can anyone tell me
> what's wrong with this file system. Also, how can I skip the file system
> checking during the boot up time? Thanks for your help. Regards, Chris
>
signal 10 is USR1 which, according to my man page turns on the display
of a completion bar. What version is installed ( e2fsck -V ! think).
karl.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Perrin)
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: 17 Oct 2000 19:14:06 -0400
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Roberto Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on 16 Oct 2000 17:15:08 -0400, wrote :
>
> RT> >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> RT>
> RT> Jan> The most portable document format is PDF (Portable Document
> RT> Jan> FOrmat - D'uh). RTF is not half as portable.
> RT>
> RT> Not to start a document format war, but isn't PDF a proprietary
> RT> format? What about PS? I don't know if PS is proprietary, but it sure
> RT> is *very* portable
>
> Except for MS-Windows boxes....
gsview32 exists for windows and displays postscript fine.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin
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From: "Bill Piety" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM file for XFTP Program?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:03:05 +0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Wretch"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi -- I'm trying to get llnl's xftp program working on my Redhat 6.2
> linux machine. My attempt to install xftp from the source files was a
> bust due to failed dependencies.
>
> Is there an .rpm file out there for the xftp program, suitable for
> someone running Redhat 6.2?
>
> Much thanks,
>
> AC
Lots - go to www.google.com and enter xftp rpm as your search query.
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From: "Chris Knapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Backup
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:54:49 -0700
Folks,
Can anyone reccomend a tape or other mass storage system that will work well
under Linux? I don't want to use a CDR or anything like that, but a cheap,
1-10GB tape unit is more what I'm looking for. Other than enterprise level
stuff, do they even make anything for Linux?
I want to use this on my local network here at home (goofy sounding, huh?),
and I have a lot of critical stuff I back up to my Linux box from my win2000
machine.
Thanks!
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Error mouting Floopy
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:58:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yuri wrote:
> >
> > David Efflandt wrote:>>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:30:04 -0000, Yuri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >Hey, I use Red Hat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.15. When
trying to mount my floppy I get> >a error saying "Error mounting floppy major
or minor bad numbers". I was> >thinking of recompiling the kernel, but I
wanted a few suggestions first.> >So can you please instead e-mail the answer
if you know.>> What command did you use? For example to mount a DOS/Win
floppy (assuming> that you have an existing /mnt/floppy dir) would be:>>
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy>> --> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.de-srv.com/> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/
http://www.berniesfloral.net/> http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/>Yeah I did that, but the termimal responds by
saying /mnt/floppy has badmajor or minor numbers.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> My god what a mess you made of this posting! I can hardly read it!
> Could you please list the result of `ls -l /dev/fd0`
> It should list
>
> brw-rw-rw- 1 user floppy 2, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0
>
> ^^^ ^^^
> major minor
>
> Check for the right major/minor numbers, if these are wrong, run MAKEDEV
> fd0
> as root (and are in /dev)
>
> And post the EXACT error message you get. (/mnt/floppy doesn't even have
> a major and minor number!)
>
> Eric
>
-- NEW PART --
Ok, i have the same problem with the bad major/minor #...
After doing an
ls -al fd0
it returns
brw----- 1 root, root 2, 0 Oct 10 2000 fd0
I tried looking for that MAKEDEV command but it's no where on my system.
What does that do exactly?
Am I doing something wrong?
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Error mouting Floopy
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:00:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:30:04 -0000, Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hey, I use Red Hat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.15. When trying to mount my floppy
I get
> >a error saying "Error mounting floppy major or minor bad numbers". I
was
> >thinking of recompiling the kernel, but I wanted a few suggestions
first.
> >So can you please instead e-mail the answer if you know.
>
> What command did you use? For example to mount a DOS/Win floppy
(assuming
> that you have an existing /mnt/floppy dir) would be:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> --
> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
> http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
>
>
I had this problem after upgrading my kernel.
Try mounting the floppy like:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0h1440 /mnt/floppy
if that reports an unknown filesystem then you may need to recompile
your kernel with DOS filesystem support.
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Error mouting Floopy
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:01:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Efflandt wrote:>>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:30:04 -0000, Yuri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >Hey, I use Red Hat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.15. When
trying to mount my floppy I get> >a error saying "Error mounting floppy
major or minor bad numbers". I was> >thinking of recompiling the kernel,
but I wanted a few suggestions first.> >So can you please instead e-mail
the answer if you know.>> What command did you use? For example to
mount a DOS/Win floppy (assuming> that you have an existing /mnt/floppy
dir) would be:>> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy>> --> David Efflandt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/>
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/>
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/>Yeah I did that, but the termimal
responds by saying /mnt/floppy has badmajor or minor numbers.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
I had this problem after upgrading my kernel.
Try mounting the floppy like:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0h1440 /mnt/floppy
if that reports an unknown filesystem then you may need to recompile
your kernel with DOS filesystem support.
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Error mouting Floopy
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:03:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yuri wrote:
> >
> > David Efflandt wrote:>>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:30:04 -0000, Yuri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >Hey, I use Red Hat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.15. When
trying to mount my floppy I get> >a error saying "Error mounting floppy
major or minor bad numbers". I was> >thinking of recompiling the kernel,
but I wanted a few suggestions first.> >So can you please instead e-mail
the answer if you know.>> What command did you use? For example to
mount a DOS/Win floppy (assuming> that you have an existing /mnt/floppy
dir) would be:>> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy>> --> David Efflandt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/>
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/>
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/>Yeah I did that, but the termimal
responds by saying /mnt/floppy has badmajor or minor numbers.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
> My god what a mess you made of this posting! I can hardly read it!
> Could you please list the result of `ls -l /dev/fd0`
> It should list
>
> brw-rw-rw- 1 user floppy 2, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0
>
> ^^^ ^^^
> major minor
>
> Check for the right major/minor numbers, if these are wrong, run
MAKEDEV
> fd0
> as root (and are in /dev)
>
> And post the EXACT error message you get. (/mnt/floppy doesn't even
have
> a major and minor number!)
>
> Eric
>
I had this problem after upgrading my kernel.
Try mounting the floppy like:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0h1440 /mnt/floppy
if that reports an unknown filesystem then you may need to recompile
your kernel with DOS filesystem support.
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Error mouting Floopy
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:01:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, I use Red Hat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.15. When trying to mount my floppy
I get
> a error saying "Error mounting floppy major or minor bad numbers". I
was
> thinking of recompiling the kernel, but I wanted a few suggestions
first.
> So can you please instead e-mail the answer if you know.
>
>
Thanks.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
I had this problem after upgrading my kernel.
Try mounting the floppy like:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0h1440 /mnt/floppy
if that reports an unknown filesystem then you may need to recompile
your kernel with DOS filesystem support.
Chris
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Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:17:10 +0100
From: Bateman T A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Booting Linux with NT
don't run NT :)
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Wyn Jones wrote:
> I have recently installed NT Server on my system. NT is installed on the
> first disk, while Caldera Open Linux 2.3 is on the second disk. LILO was
> installed to the Linux partition. I was previously using Boot Magic to dual
> boot between Windows 98 and Linux. Unfortunately Boot Magic does not work
> under NT Server.
>
> I need to boot Linux using the NT Boot Manager.
>
> I have tried the following entry
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\="Linux"
>
> This should be about right (from my somewhat limited knowledge of NT) but
> does not seem to want to play ball.
>
> Is there anyone out there who has done this? If so I would appreciate any
> assistance.
>
> Thanks
> Wyn Jones
>
>
>
>
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From: Stephane Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apache module with libpthread.so crashes Apache on RH 6.2
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:11:10 GMT
Hello,
I currently have a problem starting Apache daemon when a loadable
module links pthread.
The environment is RH6.2 + Apache 1.3.12
steps to reproduce the problem:
downloaded apache_1.3.12.tar.gz on a RedHat 6.2 Linux machine.
Configured, compiled and installed with
%configure --enable-shared=max --enable-module=most \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache
%make
%make install
Then we create a dummy module:
%export PATH=/usr/local/apache/bin:$PATH
%apxs -g -n testMod
%cd testMod
%make
apxs -c mod_testMod.c
gcc -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT
-I../lib/expat-lite -fpic -DSHARED_MODULE
-I/usr/local/apache/include -c mod_testMod.c
gcc -shared -o mod_testMod.so mod_testMod.o
And we link libpthread.so to it:
%rm mod_testMod.so
%gcc -shared -o mod_testMod.so mod_testMod.o -lpthread
%make install
Finally, we start the webserver:
%/usr/local/apache/sbin/apactrl start
Result: httpd doesn't comes up.
I understand that between 6.1 and 6.2 the glibc library changed.
In my real situation, I have a module that links a shared library which
needs pthread. So if I remove pthread link from it it needs to be
replaced by something else. What else?
Thanks for your time/support,
Stef.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Star office accesses my hard drive every few seconds!?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:24:16 GMT
Anyone know what causes Star Office to access my hard drive every
few seconds and how to make it stop that?
The older Star Office doesn't do this but now that I have a newer
version it's acting up with this.
Thanks,
-Tony
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From: Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ssh problems
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:31:11 -0600
I have openssh-2.2.0p1 installed on my system and the daemon
is running. To test it, I tried to connect to my own machine
from an xterm. I do "ssh -l praedor 10.0.0.5" and it connects
and asks for my password. I enter my password. The result is
"Permission denied, please try again."
I don't get it. I HAVE my own account on my own machine. I
logged onto it fer hell's sake. I can ftp into my own system
with the selfsame username and password.
I setup an IP forward in my cisco router (I am on a NAT network
if you didn't get this from my ip address above) to port 22
so I could ssh directly to my linux box. From university,
I did an ssh to my ip address and get connected and, again,
am asked for my password. Result is the same.
What does it take for ssh to accept my real-life, valid
password? I did not mistype and it is the ONLY password
I have on the box.
anyone?
praedor
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From: Matthew Matchura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:37:58 +0000
Gardiner Family wrote:
> the problem with the general public is the view that UNIX is a hard OS to
> work with, it has been made hard by companies not willing to listen to the
> end user
> . Finally, companies such as SUN have finally realised that if they want
> to capture the low end market they must make it so that any old dick head
> can set up and run a server, thus, that is why many of the major UNIX
> venders are now supporting GNOME, which looks pretty good so far, I can
> hardly wait until
> version 2 is finally released. The last thing (which is very minor), hide
> the boot sequence and instead have a nice graphical loader, in the case of
> Linux, a Penguin walking accross the screen indicating the progress of the
> boot sequence.
>
> Matt
>
> Tony Tribelli wrote:
>
> > Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 2:1 wrote:
> >
> > >> The early OSs were a lot less than DOS was. Dos is an old OS. 20
> > >> years ago, that wasw about all the OS you could fit o to one of those
> > >> computers, but it was still an OS. Just because it was used long past
> > >> it's use-by data, doesn't make it any less of an OS.
> > >
> > > The industry standards and real OS's were around long before DOS for
> > > OC's. IBM had a couple and UNIX was around.
> >
> > Microsoft offered a Unix, XENIX, and users stuck to DOS despite
> > Microsoft's advocacy for XENIX. Even with modern free Unix
> > implementations the public at large has a hard time accepting Unix.
> > Apple probably has the best approach with the upcoming MacOS X, bury and
> > hide Unix so the user doesn't even know it's there.
> >
> > Tony
>
Though I know that having a penguin walking around on the monitor
during bootup will make things 'appear' friendlier, one the nice things
about seeing the sequence is that you can 'see' if any of the processes you
want to start fail.
I too am waiting to see what Gnome V2 will look like. It is a nice
desktop, but then so are the other alternatives. With the big-time backing
Gnome is recieving, it promises to be a worthwhile wait.
--
>^..^<
Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:43:42 GMT
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:11:12 +1300, Gardiner Family
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Finally, companies such as SUN have finally realised that if they want
>to capture the low end market they must make it so that any old dick
>head can set up and run a server
And this is a good thing?
>The last thing (which is very minor), hide the
>boot sequence and instead have a nice graphical loader
You must live in a cave. Several Linux distributions offer this
already. Luckily it is easy enough to remove if necessary.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:43:43 GMT
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:59:57 GMT, lyttlec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Once up the learning curve, LaTex is easier to use than Word.
And if you use a front-end like LyX, the learning curve is easy to
handle too.
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-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Dual Booting Linux with NT
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:54:44 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wyn,
Read /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader
It allows Linux to load from the NT boot loader on my Toshiba
notebook just fine... Just follow the instructions.
Wyn Jones wrote:
>
> I have recently installed NT Server on my system. NT is installed on the
> first disk, while Caldera Open Linux 2.3 is on the second disk. LILO was
> installed to the Linux partition. I was previously using Boot Magic to dual
> boot between Windows 98 and Linux. Unfortunately Boot Magic does not work
> under NT Server.
>
> I need to boot Linux using the NT Boot Manager.
>
> I have tried the following entry
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\="Linux"
>
> This should be about right (from my somewhat limited knowledge of NT) but
> does not seem to want to play ball.
>
> Is there anyone out there who has done this? If so I would appreciate any
> assistance.
>
> Thanks
> Wyn Jones
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972-839-4489
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:53:08 GMT
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:36:46 -0600, David Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I stand corrected then "many people" as opposed to some.
>
>Btw, the other ATM stands for Asynchronous Transfer Mode and is a networking
>technology that allows for differing types of transmissions. There are some
>educational institutions that use it for phone, video, and Internet, all on
>one line.
Not the best definition of ATM that I've ever heard..
--
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Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:54:20 +0200
From: Niek van Suchtelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: qmail says: "warning: trouble opening info/19/623733; will try again
For some reason, my maillog (/var/log/maillog) is overflowing with these
messages, like this:
Oct 17 20:11:49 localhost qmail: 971827909.215462 warning: trouble
opening info/19/623733; will try again later
Oct 17 20:11:49 localhost qmail: 971827909.215629 warning: trouble
opening info/8/623745; will try again later
Oct 17 20:11:49 localhost qmail: 971827909.215675 warning: trouble
opening info/13/623750; will try again later
Why could this be? When i look at the files in question, they do show up
(they contain email addresses). They're located in
/usr/local/plesk/qmail/queue/info/....
And why would it work, if it tried again later? (i mean, if it doesn't
work now, why would it work later?). I just also deleted the complete
maillog, because it was already 25M big, and replaced it with an empty
file. However, now qmail doesn't write to this new log file anymore...
why not?? It just stays empty..
Does anyone know a solution for this? It used to be fine..
Niek
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: recommend a database
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 01:00:07 GMT
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:06:09 -0500, Frank Stetzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>3. Allow perl access to tables via DBI or ODBC.
>
>I don't care what the behind-the-scenes engine is (MySQL, GBD, etc),
>what I need is a frontend that will be friendly to Windoze refugees
>and import/export ability.
Why not just use an ODBC link and let them attach to the database
with whatever they are used to. For example, MySQL offers MyODBC.
--
Dustin Puryear <$email = "dpuryear"."@usa.net";>
Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Which Linux distro most 'generic' *nix ?
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:02:25 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Answer: AIX or Solaris
Hah!
"J.H.Delaney" wrote:
>
> Hi there.
>
> Since a few months I have to work with a commercial *nix version at work, so
> it seemed like a good idea to install linux at my system at home, just as a
> learning experience. But after having tried out a few distro's, namely
> RedHat and SuSe, it seems to me like every linux distro is trying very hard
> to set itself apart from every other distro by doing almost everything there
> own way and including a lot of distro specific add-ons, and including a lot
> of stuff that is not commonly found on commercial unices.
>
> It would help me learn *nix in general more quickly if, for example, I dont
> have to learn two different ways of how the init.d directories are layed
> out, or keep remembering (forgetting) that Linux does 'adduser', but most
> commercial *nixes do 'useradd'.
>
> So I was wondering which distro comes closest to a generic commercial *nix ?
>
> Any and all suggestions are more than welcome.
--
Brian Bidulock
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.openss7.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: ssh problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 01:01:46 GMT
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:31:11 -0600, Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have openssh-2.2.0p1 installed on my system and the daemon
>is running. To test it, I tried to connect to my own machine
>from an xterm. I do "ssh -l praedor 10.0.0.5" and it connects
>and asks for my password. I enter my password. The result is
>"Permission denied, please try again."
Are you trying to connect as root? Anyway, turn on verbose
mode on the client so you can see what's happening.
--
Dustin Puryear <$email = "dpuryear"."@usa.net";>
Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: postgresql : lo_export to stdout ?
Date: 18 Oct 2000 01:01:45 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hello !
>
>I'm using Postgresql 7.0.2-6, and I would like to use the lo_export
>statement in a shell script calling psql. What I would like to do is for
>psql to grab the large object and, instead of writing it to a file, to
>write it to stdout so that I can input it directly into a program. In this
>case the large objects are web pages that I would like to send directly to
>lynx. Right now the only technique I've found is exporting to a file,
>reading that file with lynx and then erasing it once done. Not very
>elegant...
>
>Any ideas ?
>From psql, try using /dev/stdout as the filename, like:
\lo_export <oid> /dev/stdout
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