Linux-Misc Digest #422, Volume #26 Wed, 29 Nov 00 09:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Packer for Linux and Windows (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: disable right mouse button in X ? (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Linux colors screw up SCO console (Tony Lawrence)
Re: Can't mount or dd nonstandard floppy ("Mike Webb")
root password changed, need help (Bulent Sarinc)
Problem with read mail (Sasha)
Re: Memory leak ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: Linux colors screw up SCO console ("Jeremy Rogers")
Re: loggin everything ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ls --color (LuisMiguel Figueiredo)
Re: Memory leak (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Memory leak (Robert Kiesling)
Re: Memory leak (Robert Kiesling)
Re: ls --color (Bill Delphenich)
Re: root password changed, need help (Alexei Kichkine)
Timer in Linux (Sasha)
Re: Ok, putting money where my mouth is... ("Ken McFelea")
Re: root password changed, need help (Jean-David Beyer)
Gotmail (Bob Tennent)
Re: Memory leak (Pim)
Re: Problem with read mail (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Linux colors screw up SCO console (Thomas Dickey)
Re: Console fonts have changed to being unreadable :) (Thomas Dickey)
Re: lilo's parameters line too long (Michal Szymanski)
Re: Partitioning questions ("Alex Stoll")
Re: Memory leak (Stefano Ghirlanda)
COREL LINUX SECOND EDITION (Daniel Bechard)
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Packer for Linux and Windows
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:17:41 -0500
David Feller wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know a good packer that works under Linux and Windows and can be
> controlled from the command-line?
>
> Thanks,
> David
What's a packer? Do you mean something like zip/unzip?
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disable right mouse button in X ?
Date: 29 Nov 2000 12:03:24 +0100
Joerg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The Application the Users are restricted to is Netscape Navigator. I already
> experimented with setting it as the default shell in /etc/passwd, but
> failed. Is it possible at all ?
X must be running, of course, before netscape can be started.
Have you tried something like:
#!/bin/sh
startx
exec netscape
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Stefano
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From: Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux colors screw up SCO console
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:28:01 -0500
Olaf Zaplinski wrote:
>
> Tony Lawrence wrote:
> >
> > If you've ever accessed a Linux box from a SCO console, you've
> > probably experienced the messed up result from Linux using color
> > in vi, ls, etc.
> >
> > While you can do some things on the Linux side to prevent this or
> > set the colors to something more agreeable to SCO, there is a
> > simple "all or nothing" fix:
> >
> > Before accessing the Linux box, run "vidi vm80x25" on the SCO
> > console. This just shuts off color entirely, causing the Linux
> > color sequences to at worst give you bold characters.
>
> ... or you should try 'unalias ls'
"ls" is hardly the only thing that uses colors: vi will spew
color changes all over the place, "more" does it, and who knows
what else.. the "vidi" trick gets rid of all of them.
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job listings and more : http://www.pcunix.com
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From: "Mike Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount or dd nonstandard floppy
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:27:59 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:11:03 +0100
> I have a stack of floppies from a (now defunct) Smith Corona
> wordprocessor. A writer friend desperately needs the files on them. I
> can't figure out how to mount the floppies, or even to sucessfully dd
> them. Help! My absolutely non-techy buddy has his life's work on
> these floppies, and I can't let him down. I'm on SlackWare 4.0.
Have you tried the obvious? I just did a quick Yahoo! search, and
<http://www.smithcorona.com> popped right up. If you haven't tried
there, check it out and see there's some info or a tech support contact
to find out how to read the things.
P.S. The copy I sent directly to you went as a bcc: so to protect your
address munging.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Bulent Sarinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: root password changed, need help
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:27:42 +0100
Hi,
somebody has changed root password and i cant get into my linux box on
i386
debian version
heeeeelp please
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with read mail
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:35:01 GMT
Hi
Sorry if it is not right newsgroup !
I have a computer with dual boot (Windows 98 and Linux RH 6.2)
connected to a local network, we have Linux as a mail and file server.
I have some problem when i am reading my mail from windows with outlook
express, it would reset / empty my mailbox that i could not see any mail
in my mailbox when i am using Netscap 4.72 from Linux.
It is real treble i have more than 40 read mail in my mailbox when i am
looking from Windows using Outlook express, but no mail when i am
looking from Linux using Netscap.
I can receive and read mail in Linux using Netscape as long as i am not
using Outlook express (Windows ), as soon as i look my mail from Outlook
express, there wont be a single mail in Netscap.
I cant understand why it is happening, because both of them (Netscap in
Linux and Outlook express in Windows )pointing on the same mail server.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks in advance Sasha
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory leak
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:39:48 GMT
"Pim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I've got a memory leak somewhere in my system. There are no user
> programs that show abnormal memory usage. The problem are the buffers.
> A sample output of vmstat 60 is:
>
This begins to be a FAQ:
There is *no* memory leak - the kernel functions prefectly normally.
There is no sense for the kernel to keep some RAM totally unused. So, if
there is no other sensible use, the system keeps disk buffer cache in RAM
for as much as there is space. The cache speeds up disk accesses if the
accesses are for sectors already in RAM. The kernel kicks extra sectors out
of the cache as soon as there is some better use for the RAM space.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: "Jeremy Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux colors screw up SCO console
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:38:51 GMT
Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
<snip>
>
> "ls" is hardly the only thing that uses colors: vi will spew
> color changes all over the place, "more" does it, and who knows
> what else.. the "vidi" trick gets rid of all of them.
>
> --
I found export TERM=scoansi sorted it out. the default ansi emulation
didn't seem to work too well for me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: loggin everything
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:38:52 GMT
In article <902dps$cj5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to log all (failed and successful) attempts to
> connect to my linux box (all ports)?
>
> Thanks in advance!
Yes there is one. I have forgotten the exact file name - it's somewhere
in /var/log/. Just do a grep on all and look for let's say ftp.
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From: LuisMiguel Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ls --color
Date: 29 Nov 2000 12:59:26 GMT
I'm using debian 2.2 and i tried everything to put some colors on ls. The
only sucess i had was as root. As normal user i have to type
alias ls="ls --color" on the console
i doesn't work on .bashrc nor .profile
and yes i've read and tried everything on the Ls-Colors-HOWTO
maybe someone with a similar problem can help me.
Tanx in advance
+--------------------------------+
|elmig |
|http://www.alunos.ipb.pt/~ee3931|
|Luis.Figueiredo AT pt.bosch.com |
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory leak
Date: 29 Nov 2000 13:48:17 +0100
"Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Pim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > I've got a memory leak somewhere in my system. There are no user
> > programs that show abnormal memory usage. The problem are the buffers.
> > A sample output of vmstat 60 is:
> >
>
> This begins to be a FAQ:
>
> There is *no* memory leak - the kernel functions prefectly normally.
But he said that the system crashes.
--
Stefano
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Subject: Re: Memory leak
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:07:32 GMT
"Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Pim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > I've got a memory leak somewhere in my system. There are no user
> > programs that show abnormal memory usage. The problem are the buffers.
> > A sample output of vmstat 60 is:
> >
>
> This begins to be a FAQ:
>
> There is *no* memory leak - the kernel functions prefectly normally.
>
> There is no sense for the kernel to keep some RAM totally unused. So, if
> there is no other sensible use, the system keeps disk buffer cache in RAM
> for as much as there is space. The cache speeds up disk accesses if the
> accesses are for sectors already in RAM. The kernel kicks extra sectors out
> of the cache as soon as there is some better use for the RAM space.
*Right.* This is nothing new. I should think that people would be
less worried about their precious RAM consumption, not more. But I
can add that in, unless there is a major upgrade for the 2.4 kernel,
in which case it will probably change anyway.
--
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Subject: Re: Memory leak
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:10:19 GMT
Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > "Pim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > I've got a memory leak somewhere in my system. There are no user
> > > programs that show abnormal memory usage. The problem are the buffers.
> > > A sample output of vmstat 60 is:
> > >
> >
> > This begins to be a FAQ:
> >
> > There is *no* memory leak - the kernel functions prefectly normally.
>
> But he said that the system crashes.
That doesn't mean it's a kernel problem. I've experienced memory
leaks with enlightenment and sawfish, for example. He has to
give more specific info if he wants the problem resolved.
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From: Bill Delphenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ls --color
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:18:15 -0500
Luis,
I don't know if this is relevant or not, but I can not get my aliases (or
any other settings) to work in a terminal screen within KDE or GNOME. I am
running RedHat 7. It doesn't matter where I put them. If I boot up to a
command prompt and log in, they work fine, but once I go into the GUI they
stop working again. I have posted this several times to various newsgroups.
Several people have told me they have the same problem, but no one has come
up with a solution.
FWIW.
LuisMiguel Figueiredo wrote:
> I'm using debian 2.2 and i tried everything to put some colors on ls. The
> only sucess i had was as root. As normal user i have to type
>
> alias ls="ls --color" on the console
>
> i doesn't work on .bashrc nor .profile
>
> and yes i've read and tried everything on the Ls-Colors-HOWTO
>
> maybe someone with a similar problem can help me.
>
> Tanx in advance
>
> +--------------------------------+
> |elmig |
> |http://www.alunos.ipb.pt/~ee3931|
> |Luis.Figueiredo AT pt.bosch.com |
> +--------------------------------+
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From: Alexei Kichkine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: root password changed, need help
Date: 29 Nov 2000 17:51:14 +0500
Bulent Sarinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> somebody has changed root password and i cant get into my linux box on
> i386
> debian version
>
> heeeeelp please
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
lilo: linux single
....
....
# passwd
--
Best regards, Alexei Kichkine
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From: Sasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Timer in Linux
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:22:45 GMT
Hi everyone
I was wandering what kind of timer is used in Linux TCP implementation
to retransmit a packet. Because if a packet is not acknowledged in a
very short period of time it will be retransmitted. That means the
timer is independent of CPU's speed.
Could it be the same time function we use in C to show the time of the
day or what ?
Hope some body could give some answer.
Thanks in advance Sasha
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From: "Ken McFelea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Ok, putting money where my mouth is...
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:24:52 +0600
In article <wYPU5.3418$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "the_blur"
<the_blur_oc@*removespamguard*hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://pages.infinit.net/outcasts/pinguinos.html
>
>> Really fine drawings. I don't know anything about art, but you sure can
>> hold a crayon in your hands.
>>
>> One remark: Tux was never meant to be taken serious. It reflects the
>> character of the linux community: just a stupid picture,
> Hehe, I'm just following SOP to design a proper animal graphic. First, I
> draw pennguins. Lots of penguins, then I'll start stylizing them into
> graphic images, then I'll refine..refine and refine... and then start
> over for another pinguino.
>
You might start by offering some artwork to the people at Mandrake. Nice
OS. Terrible artwork.
Ken
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: root password changed, need help
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:25:41 -0500
Bulent Sarinc wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> somebody has changed root password and i cant get into my linux box on
> i386
> debian version
As somebody to what they changed it. I assume you did not give the
root password to very many people, so just ask them.
If you are too embarassed to ask them, you might boot your system into
single user mode and just change it to something you can remember.
Then be more cautious to whom you give the super-user password in the
future.
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/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:20am up 3 days, 15:48, 2 users, load average: 3.22, 3.24,
3.19
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Gotmail
Date: 29 Nov 2000 13:14:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone point me to a copy of the 0.6.5 version of this script? The older
version I have no longer works (changes at hotmail no doubt) and the home site
www.hawkins.emu.id.au seems to be inoperative.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pim)
Subject: Re: Memory leak
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:31:59 GMT
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:39:48 GMT, "Tauno Voipio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>"Pim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> I've got a memory leak somewhere in my system. There are no user
>> programs that show abnormal memory usage. The problem are the buffers.
>> A sample output of vmstat 60 is:
>>
>
>This begins to be a FAQ:
>
>There is *no* memory leak - the kernel functions prefectly normally.
>
>There is no sense for the kernel to keep some RAM totally unused. So, if
>there is no other sensible use, the system keeps disk buffer cache in RAM
>for as much as there is space. The cache speeds up disk accesses if the
>accesses are for sectors already in RAM. The kernel kicks extra sectors out
>of the cache as soon as there is some better use for the RAM space.
>
>Tauno Voipio
>tauno voipio @ iki fi
>
>
>
I know that. I am not talking about cache, but about buffers. The
system crashes after some weeks, and there are only not-abnormal
processes running: sendmail, apache and bind.
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with read mail
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:31:16 -0500
Sasha wrote:
> I have a computer with dual boot (Windows 98 and Linux RH 6.2)
> connected to a local network, we have Linux as a mail and file server.
>
> I have some problem when i am reading my mail from windows with outlook
> express, it would reset / empty my mailbox that i could not see any mail
> in my mailbox when i am using Netscap 4.72 from Linux.
>
> It is real treble i have more than 40 read mail in my mailbox when i am
> looking from Windows using Outlook express, but no mail when i am
> looking from Linux using Netscap.
>
> I can receive and read mail in Linux using Netscape as long as i am not
> using Outlook express (Windows ), as soon as i look my mail from Outlook
> express, there wont be a single mail in Netscap.
>
> I cant understand why it is happening, because both of them (Netscap in
> Linux and Outlook express in Windows )pointing on the same mail server.
>
When one of your machines (I consider a dual-boot machine to be two
machines only one of which operates at one time) picks up e-mail from
your ISP's e-mail server, it is not there for your other machine to
pick it up again. Here at home I have three machines (count 'em, two:
this one is Linux only, and the other is dual-boot with Windows 95)
and I solve the problem by reading e-mail with only one machine, so
all e-mail goes to one of them.
When I visit my sister or friends and pick up my e-mail from their
machines, I customize their Netscapes to leave my e-mail on the
server. That way, when I come home, I can see it again on this
machine. You might do the same. I do not know about Outlook Express,
but I imagine it has a similar option.
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/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:25am up 3 days, 15:53, 2 users, load average: 3.27, 3.29,
3.22
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux colors screw up SCO console
Date: 29 Nov 2000 13:33:03 GMT
Jeremy Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> <snip>
>>
>> "ls" is hardly the only thing that uses colors: vi will spew
>> color changes all over the place, "more" does it, and who knows
>> what else.. the "vidi" trick gets rid of all of them.
>>
>> --
> I found export TERM=scoansi sorted it out. the default ansi emulation
> didn't seem to work too well for me.
yes, they're different. "ansi" in most systems denotes something different
from the "ansi" used on SCO (but the "scoansi" matches that, give/take a
couple of fixes I made when adding it to ncurses).
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http://dickey.his.com
ftp://dickey.his.com
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Console fonts have changed to being unreadable :)
Date: 29 Nov 2000 13:34:29 GMT
Chris West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> tput rmacs
I use
reset
tput enacs
> "Tim Banner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message news:DV8T5.6174$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I did a "cat" on a database file, and for some reason my console fonts
> have
>> changed to a symbol set. Perhaps now my Linux server is secure from
>> internal persons playing with it ;)
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how to change the fonts back? Or how to reset the
>> console without downing the server? I have a few other consoles which are
>> still readable if required.
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ftp://dickey.his.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michal Szymanski)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: lilo's parameters line too long
Date: 29 Nov 2000 13:42:52 GMT
>I'm not sure whether it works, but I think I've seen it somewhere in the
>docs:
>try splitting the line in 2 parts, using 2 "append" parameters :
>
>image=/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> append="smart2=0x6000 sim710=addr:0x9000,irq:11"
> append=" console=ttyS1,9600 mem=64M"
lilo refuses to accept duplicate entries like above. README in docs
shows, however, an example with a long line which is splitted into two
with backslash, like:
append="first looooooooooooooooooooooooooong line \
second loooooooooooooooong line"
Still, this is contrary to what is observed at boot time (that the
loooong append lines get truncated).
I had a similar problem, with a line not-so-long:
append="apm=power-off,smp-power-off ide0=dma ide1=dma"
(dmesg was showing: ide1=dm - illegal parameter)
I have exchanged the items to:
append="ide0=dma ide1=dma apm=power-off,smp-power-off"
and it works fine now, though I don't know why (the length of the line
is the same as before).
Michal.
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Michal Szymanski ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Warsaw University Observatory, Warszawa, POLAND
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From: "Alex Stoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning questions
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:37:56 -0600
Reply-To: "Alex Stoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks, but, I have '98 installed on my C drive (I upgraded from '95, but I
installed my 8.4GB drive when I still had '95). I want to have my new drive
be the slave and have FAT32 and Linux partitions. I think I get what you're
saying though.
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Patrick Bartek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I bought a new 40 GB hard drive, and I'd like to partition it so I can
have
> > Linux and Windows partitions. I already have a 8.4GB drive as my master:
the
> > 40GB will be the slave. My master is partitioned into four different
drives
> > (I installed it when I had Windows 95 [and FAT16] - now I have 98 2nd
Ed).
> > How would I do this? How big do I need to make the Linux partition? Will
I
> > be able to access files from my Windows partition from Linux, and vice
> > versa? I've never used Linux before, but I'd like to. Thanks in advance,
>
> I'm assuming you want to keep Win95, although I have no idea why. I'd
> just get rid of it, and install W98 in its place on the Master (C:)
> drive, and put Linux on the 40 gigger.
>
> In any case, to install W98SE on the slave: after installing the
> drive, in a DOS window, run fdisk and put at least 2 DOS partitions
> on the 40 gig drive, and format them. One will be where W98 will go,
> the other will be deleted and repartitioned during the Linux install.
> If I remember correctly, with Second Edition, you can pick which drive
> and partition to install it, but to be on the safe side: shutdown your
> computer, remove the Master drive and install the 40 gig drive (as
> Master), and install Windows 98 on it. Then, switch everything back,
> and install Linux.
>
> Linux caveat (sometimes, depends on distro): with some versions of
> the boot loader lilo, the Linux kernal MUST be installed on a Linux
> partition that resides below the 1024th cylinder, about 8.4 gig on the
> hard drive, if it's configured with 255 heads/63 sectors. If you put
> lilo and the kernal on a Linux boot floppy, you don't have to worry
> about this limit. Most people just put a small (10 megs or so) Linux
> partition called /boot below that 1024 limit. It doesn't matter, if
> it falls between or before Windows partitions. It just has to be
> below 1024.
>
> The size to make (and how many) Linux partition depends on what you
> intend to do. For a first install, let the installer do everything.
> Later, after you learn what you're doing, you can reinstall
> everything, the way you prefer. This is what I did. No big deal.
>
> Linux can read and write to Windows partitions, as well as a lot of
> other filesystems. However, Windows can't do the same. (I guess,
> since Bill thinks his OS is the ONLY true OS, why would you need to
> read others.)
>
> Good Luck....
>
> --
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> NoLife Polymath Group
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory leak
Date: 29 Nov 2000 14:55:18 +0100
Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > There is *no* memory leak - the kernel functions prefectly normally.
> >
> > But he said that the system crashes.
>
> That doesn't mean it's a kernel problem. I've experienced memory
> leaks with enlightenment and sawfish, for example. He has to
> give more specific info if he wants the problem resolved.
If the system crashes, doesn't that mean that it is a kernel problem?
The system should never crash (for software reasons) :-)
--
Stefano
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From: Daniel Bechard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COREL LINUX SECOND EDITION
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:09:42 -0500
I'm new with linux and I need a little help
I install COREL LINUX SECOND EDITION on a partition that I create
during installation, the installation was successfull but when I
reboot I don't have any lilo it going straight to win98
Thank you
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