Linux-Misc Digest #278, Volume #26 Fri, 10 Nov 00 08:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Another question about the development of Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: The best tools to sync system time for FreeBSD, SuSE Linux AIX and (Nero Imhard)
Re: Kmail ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't get past REMOUNT again! (Kevin Hayes)
Re: remove LILO (Stefan Silberstein)
Was: can't ... REMOUNT; now: making boot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to install Sun's Star Office ? (Bill Cropper)
Re: Kmail (RickV)
Re: Was: can't ... REMOUNT; now: making boot ("Peter T. Breuer")
sendmail + SMS ("Igor Borisovsky")
Re: Kmail ("Peter T. Breuer")
SMP kernel won't soft power down? (Neil Bird)
rescue floppy lilo problem (Rune Elvemo)
Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down? (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: The best tools to sync system time for FreeBSD, SuSE Linux AIX and Windows98?
(Paul)
Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down? (Neil Bird)
Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down? (Neil Bird)
Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down? (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Help! Linux router between two NT networks. (UM)
Re: help with nfs (Jerry McBride)
Re: backups via NFS (Jerry McBride)
Re: remove LILO (Stanislaw Flatto)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Another question about the development of Linux
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:17:47 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 02:37:47 -0500, Jason Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Another thing i am wondering about: Who actually release the Linux
>kernal? Who decide if the current version is a prerelease or an official
>release?
As far as I know, Linus Torvalds still has a hand on this. You will find a
copyright notice of him in most of the kernel sources, and he owns a
registered trademark of Linux.
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Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:33:25 +0000
From: Nero Imhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The best tools to sync system time for FreeBSD, SuSE Linux AIX and
Antony Mak wrote:
> Does anyone successfully synchronise the system time of various machines
> e.g. Freebsd, SuSE Linux, AIX and Window98?
The protocol is called NTP. Widely used and quite nifty.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ would be your starting point
On FreeBSD: man ntpd (or xntpd). I expect Linux will have it as well.
Don't know if it's included with AIX but the above link will get you
the source.
For Windows98 you'll have to look for third-party ntp programs since M$
doesn't support standards.
--Nero
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Kmail
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:46:44 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:30:04 -0000, RickV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm using Kmail for my main e-mail/internet acounts..is there a way to get
>it to also send and recieve local mail? (ie. my "root" mail)
>Like the different "personalities' in Eudora...
To have different identities, you have to switch to kde2. kmail has improved
a lot.
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Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: can't get past REMOUNT again!
From: Kevin Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Nov 2000 19:22:49 +1000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It's happened again; I think it has something to do with mtab. Anyway, the
> boot halts (in Mandrake 7.0) at the point where the boot process is
> 'remounting filesystems for read/write'.
>
> I've created another partition on the HD and can e2fsck the problem
> partition and everything's clean.
>
> I got past it before but I can't recall how exactly -- I believe I started
> a reinstall but then aborted it, in short, a very risky procedure.
>
> (a) What is the problem?
> (b) How can I solve it? <--priority question!
>
> Thank God the HD is big and has a lot of empty space; I could do a small
> install and salvage a document I need to edit by 6:00 p.m. today!
>
> I'd _really_ appreciate some insights!
>
> F.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Felmon John Davis
> Union College / Schenectady, NY
> os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
Can you post your /etc/fstab...
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Kevin Hayes
Freshwater, Australia
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From: Stefan Silberstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: remove LILO
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:30:56 +0100
Pedro wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to remove LILO from MBR, and I want to know if I lose the
> information on my Hard Disk ( it is partioned in 2 partitions) if
> execute the command fdisk/mbr . If so, what can I do to remove it
> from the MBR ? (executing the command Lilo in LInux doesn�t work)
>
> Thank You in advance,
> PA
>
> Please reply do my e-mail address
Hello Pedro,
I prefer to reply here, to help others who have the same problem, ok?
I think you allready deleted your Linux-stuff from your HD (because you
want to remove lilo?
Ok, then fdisk /mbr will restore the original "DOS"-Bootsektor.
The bootsector is not the same as the partition-table (AFAIK)
You will be able to work with your DOS-Partitions and you will have to
fdisk and format the second (old Linux-partition) in order to use it under
doze or windoze.
Hope it helps,
Stefan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 05:53:23 -0500
Subject: Was: can't ... REMOUNT; now: making boot
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/10/00
at 07:22 PM, Kevin Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>Can you post your /etc/fstab...
No, I'm afraid not. I blew away my boot partition last night thinking I
could reinstall it (boot partition is about 20MB or so, so it's separate
from my other stuff).
I'm not finding the incantation for doing this either -- I'm not a
professional so I don't know this stuff by heart and I'm thousands of
miles away from my books, relying on docs, wit and newsgroups -- in short,
marooned.
So now the questions are:
(a) How do I configure a partition as boot partition (hda6 should be boot
and should invoke hda7 as root); (b) How do I make sure it will call hda7
as root without dropping me into this remounting loop?
I'm going to spend some time today (I'm in Germany) on question (a) and
still seeking insight into question (b).
The stuff I've found on the internet all assumes I am able to get past the
remounting message. I was able to get in using 'linux init=/bin/sh' but
then everything was read-only.
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
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From: Bill Cropper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install Sun's Star Office ?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:08:49 GMT
I believe you need to chmod +x
--
Bill Cropper
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Jeff Susanj wrote:
> I am guessing that the .bin file is in your local directory which is not in
> the path. Try preceeding it with ./ as in
>
> ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
>
>
> Jeff S.
>
>
> Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >How to install Sun's Star Office ?
> >I went to Sun's web site and downloaded the file
> >so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin.
> >According to the Sun's instructions, I simply type the name of the file,
> >but when I do that, I get an error that no such command exists.
> >Any help would be appreciated.
> >Thanks.
> >---
>
>
>
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From: RickV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kmail
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:30:03 -0000
How do you do this? Can you with Mandrake 7.1? thanks, Rick Eggert.Ehmke wrote: > > On
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:30:04 -0000, RickV wrote: > > >I'm using Kmail for my main
e-mail/internet acounts..is there a way to get > >it to also send and recieve local
mail? (ie. my root mail) > >Like the different personalities in Eudora... > > To have
different identities, you have to switch to kde2. kmail has improved > a lot. > > -- >
Eggert Ehmke > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Was: can't ... REMOUNT; now: making boot
Date: 10 Nov 2000 11:23:54 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/10/00
:>Can you post your /etc/fstab...
: No, I'm afraid not. I blew away my boot partition last night thinking I
It's what one would need to look at first if indeed "mount -a" gets
stuck. The first suspect would be a nonsensical entry. A
shoot-yourself-in-the-foot entry, for example, would be one that
mounted /etc or /dev from a separate partition.
: (a) How do I configure a partition as boot partition (hda6 should be boot
You don't, but I know what you mean. The boot partition is an
ordinary partition. It just happens to contain a kernel image.
There is nothing special about it at all. It doesn't have to be a
"linux" partition either. It does sometimes have to be below
the 1024 cylinder mark, depending on your boot method.
: and should invoke hda7 as root); (b) How do I make sure it will call hda7
It doesn't. It is the business of the kernel to mount the root
partition, scrabble among it for some initial script, and execute it.
You do that by passing the kernel the root=/dev/hda7 parameter at
boot time. Lilo will do it for you anyway, if you boot with lilo
and you have told lilo to do just that! (i.e. you have a root= entry
in lilo.conf).
You can make the kernel choose the right partition by default, even
without the help of lilo, with rdev. It writes a couple of bits in the
appropriate places in the kernel image.
: as root without dropping me into this remounting loop?
: I'm going to spend some time today (I'm in Germany) on question (a) and
: still seeking insight into question (b).
These are non-questions.
: The stuff I've found on the internet all assumes I am able to get past the
: remounting message. I was able to get in using 'linux init=/bin/sh' but
: then everything was read-only.
So remount it read/write! Problem? You are telling us that you have
none!
mount -wno remount /
Peter
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From: "Igor Borisovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sendmail + SMS
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:09:41 +0300
Hi everyone!
I can't send a sms message via e-mail.
In the command prompt i type: $sendmail [e-mail] < [file_name].
And this works if [e-mail] - is not the address of the e-mail2SMS gateway.
For instance the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] works well,
but the address [cell_phone_number]@sms.ncc.nnov.ru doesn't work.
Result:
============================================================================
=========================
===== The following addresses had permanent fatal errors =====
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(reason: 501 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender domain must exist)
===== Transcript of session follows =====
... while talking to mail.ncc.nnov.ru.:
>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=83
<<< 501 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender domain must exist
501 5.6.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data format error
============================================================================
=========================
Could anyone tell me what the reason for this failure?
P.S. datanaut.ru - is the doman in our LAN. The server which process this is
a gateway.
SMTP server is located on the same gateway.
---
Igor Borisovsky
DataNaut Incorporated
Nizhny Novgorod
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kmail
Date: 10 Nov 2000 11:35:37 GMT
RickV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: How do you do this? Can you with Mandrake 7.1? thanks, Rick
Eggert.Ehmke wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:30:04 -0000, RickV wrote:
> > >I'm using Kmail for my main e-mail/internet acounts..is there a way
to get > >it to also send and recieve local mail? (ie. my root mail) >
>Like the different personalities in Eudora... > > To have different
identities, you have to switch to kde2. kmail has improved > a lot. >
> -- > Eggert Ehmke > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">
Is this an advert for something? If so, I'm not buying!
Peter
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From: Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMP kernel won't soft power down?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:48:35 +0000
I've upgraded to the latest RH6.2 SMP-686 kernel. Using it, my BP6 with
2x533 Celeries now won't auto power down after printing 'Power Down'.
The previous (same numbered) kernel, but with no SMP, works fine.
The only other difference is that I *think* the non-SMP kernel is the
586 one, not the 686 one.
Is there sopmething remiss with the RH kernel (I won't have time to
learn to build my own for a while)?
Do SMP kernels simply not soft power down?
Should I actually be using a 586 built kernel with my Celerons, and
wwould that help?
I don't know where to start looking in the kernel to see what does it,
otherwise I'd grab the RH src for the one I'm using & nadger^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
patch it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rune Elvemo)
Subject: rescue floppy lilo problem
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:29:19 +0100
I'm going to make this little rescue floppy for my system.. so I had a look
in the Bootdisk HOWTO, but what it told me to do didn't work:
"lilo -v -C <config> -r /mnt/floppy" ...
lilo just shows me the "usage:" message...
btw: I'm using LILO 21.6
thank you very much!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Subject: Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down?
Date: 10 Nov 2000 12:58:16 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Bird wrote:
>
> I've upgraded to the latest RH6.2 SMP-686 kernel. Using it, my BP6 with
>2x533 Celeries now won't auto power down after printing 'Power Down'.
>
> The previous (same numbered) kernel, but with no SMP, works fine.
>
> The only other difference is that I *think* the non-SMP kernel is the
>586 one, not the 686 one.
>
>
> Is there sopmething remiss with the RH kernel (I won't have time to
>learn to build my own for a while)?
>
> Do SMP kernels simply not soft power down?
>
> Should I actually be using a 586 built kernel with my Celerons, and
>wwould that help?
>
>
> I don't know where to start looking in the kernel to see what does it,
>otherwise I'd grab the RH src for the one I'm using & nadger^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
>patch it.
>
AFAIK SMP has nothing to do with it (but I might be wrong). Make sure
that you have APM support in your kernel and that "power off on
shutdown" is enabled (it's in the APM support section of the kernel
options).
/A
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down?
Date: 10 Nov 2000 11:56:39 GMT
Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I've upgraded to the latest RH6.2 SMP-686 kernel. Using it, my BP6 with
: 2x533 Celeries now won't auto power down after printing 'Power Down'.
On a tangent, what are you doing to get the celerons to run dual? I
have the asus BX board (scsi, dual) and a couple of celerons fpga
on S370 converter boards to fit in the socket 1 slots, but
sticking them in there doesn't cause the bios to spot two processors
at bootup! I know the theory ... i.e. that the celerons have had one of
the lines cut which lets the processors swap ID periodically. But I
got the impression that in the fpga package the connection was there
and that the S370 would lead it to the right traceline.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The best tools to sync system time for FreeBSD, SuSE Linux AIX and
Windows98?
Date: 10 Nov 2000 11:48:33 GMT
Peter T. Breuer [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote in
<8uga9h$mp8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Yes, everyone does. (or do you think the world is divided into
>timezones by O/S!).
*grin* I sure hope not. That would probably change GMT into RMT (redMond
Mean Time) But yeah, it's easy enough using NTP. FreeBSD has a client
included in the standard distribution even. And a server is available in
ports (xntdp I believe) so one could use a FreeBSD server to grab the
time of the net and have other machines on the internal network sync of
that. I use 'Dimension 4' for W'98 (www.thinkman.com/~thinkman) which
works pretty good and is very easy to install. It is also free. *g*
Take care,
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From: Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:09:35 +0000
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I've upgraded to the latest RH6.2 SMP-686 kernel. Using it, my BP6 with
> : 2x533 Celeries now won't auto power down after printing 'Power Down'.
>
> On a tangent, what are you doing to get the celerons to run dual?
Um. "Using an ABit BP6". AFAIK, it's the only mobo that allows Celerons
to be used in an SMP sconfiguration without modification. Sorry!
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From: Neil Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:11:39 +0000
Andreas K=E4h=E4ri wrote:
> AFAIK SMP has nothing to do with it (but I might be wrong). Make sure
> that you have APM support in your kernel and that "power off on
> shutdown" is enabled (it's in the APM support section of the kernel
> options).
Hmm. Thing is, I've read that APM is incompatible with SMP in the
kernel, and that even if you /try/ to compile it in (which I guess RH
haven't), it disables itself at boot-up.
Is it APM that does it, then?
Surely *someone* has SMP working with soft power down!?!?!?
Maybe I'll have to wait and use 2.4.x ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Subject: Re: SMP kernel won't soft power down?
Date: 10 Nov 2000 13:35:48 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Bird wrote:
>Andreas K�h�ri wrote:
>> AFAIK SMP has nothing to do with it (but I might be wrong). Make sure
>> that you have APM support in your kernel and that "power off on
>> shutdown" is enabled (it's in the APM support section of the kernel
>> options).
>
> Hmm. Thing is, I've read that APM is incompatible with SMP in the
>kernel, and that even if you /try/ to compile it in (which I guess RH
>haven't), it disables itself at boot-up.
>
> Is it APM that does it, then?
Yes, APM is "Advanced Power Management".
>
>
> Surely *someone* has SMP working with soft power down!?!?!?
>
Not if what you said you read about SMP and APM is correct.
> Maybe I'll have to wait and use 2.4.x ...
>
/A
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Subject: Help! Linux router between two NT networks.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (UM)
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:34:55 GMT
Basically I have two networks
192.168.1.0 (255.255.255.0)
and
192.168.2.0 (255.255.255.0)
Instead of buying a Cisco Router I decided to build a linux router/gateway
to talk between these two networks. Its actually a laptop with two 3COM
PCMCIA network cards running Mandrake 7.0.*
After reading the docs I am able to ping a computer on 2.* network from the
1.* network.
However, I want the computers to be visible in Network Neighborhood ... ie.
the NT domain in 2.* should be visible in the 1.* window.
What will that take ?
Thanks!!!!
uday_menon
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suggestions be posted instead of anal flame wars I have noticed in other
threads.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: help with nfs
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:00:37 GMT
In article <8tujcf$qck$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Any tips or on-line references?
>
>Well, there's the NFS-HOWTO:
>
>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO
>
>Here's a brief summary.
If I may beg for some help also...
I'm doing pretty much the same setup, except I've implemented plip. NFS over
plip is a cinch. I can mount directories in both directions, giving me access
to resources that can be shared back and forth...
However... When mounting a cdrom from client to server (cdrom already mounted
on server) I get an error:
nfs_read_super: get root fattr failed
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad super block on servder:.. or too
many mounted file systems.
The only two possibilities that make sense to me are "wrong fs" or "bad option".
Both of wich I've looked into in depth and I haven't been able to resolve.
Would anyone here have an idea for me to follow?
Also... Mounting the cdrom on the client from the server, just the opposite
above, procedes normally and without any errors what so ever. I'm able to read
the cdrom just fine... Both machines are setup identically, except where it's
neccessay to be different... :')
This one really has me stumped...
Thanks, in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: backups via NFS
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:00:38 GMT
In article <3a056a21$1$qnivfs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>Ok, I have my laptop and desktop linked via ethernet and nfs.
>
>Part of the point of the exercise is to have a nice way to back up the
>laptop and to restore it in case of catastrophe.
>
>It's got three partitions: VFAT16 (Win98), HPFS (OS/2 Warp 4), RH 6.0,
>coming to about 3G altogether.
>
>What's the best way to pile this stuff onto my desktop for storage and
>ease of recovery using nfs? I assume somehow tar and gzip but I'm not sure
>what incantation. Remember, there's little free space on the laptop though
>there's plenty of room on the desktop so any swapping or temp files have
>to park on the desktop.
>
>Also, rough estimate, how long might I expect this to take, say, to park a
>1 Gig partition? The nfs connection is direct: cable from one computer to
>the other.
>
>I also need to consider my strategy for recovery: maybe a bootdisk which
>can enable nfs?
>
>Thanks!
>
You can dd the partition to be backed-up, then compress it and then toss it to
tape or whatever.
As for speed... What kind of cable are you connecting your two computers with?
Over here I've been using NFS over plip on a laplink cable. Flawless backup
operations, if a bit slow. I've got it all setup via a couple of scripts... I
just plug it all in, start the scrips and go to bed. Next morning, my laptop
is backed-up to cdr. My seat-o-da'-pants meter says this is all running like
about 2 or 3megs per minute...
If I were to buy a couple of lan cards, this would be a LOT faster... :')
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: remove LILO
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:13:57 +1100
Pedro wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to remove LILO from MBR,
Use DOS booting diskette with FDISK.EXE on it.
At the A:\> prompt type "fdisk /mbr".(no quotes)
> Thank You in advance,
> PA
Stanislaw.
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