Linux-Misc Digest #755, Volume #26 Mon, 8 Jan 01 18:13:01 EST
Contents:
Kernel 2.4.0 and pppd ("Ninewands")
PPP and a Palm IIIxe?
Re: ppp problem with ISP (Glitch)
Re: How to obtain info on "GNOME vs KDE" ? (Harlan Grove)
Re: glibc v2.2 update? (mst)
Re: Backup software for Linux? (mst)
File System questions -- please help. (Vijaya Chandran)
Re: Linux Gripes...
Re: Safe Upgrade to glibc 2.2? (mst)
Re: what news reader do you use? (Grant Edwards)
lilo for secondary IDE ("Hung P. Tran")
Re: epoch time <-> human time (rj)
Re: ppp problem with ISP ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Modifying the RedHat installer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to obtain info on "GNOME vs KDE" ? (Roberto Alsina)
Re: epoch time <-> human time (Mike Wescott)
changing linux OS form 7.0 to 6.2 (Don)
Re: user problem with x (kalkulus)
Re: GeForce2 MX Driver for Linux ("jujubeesRULE")
active FTP client from Redhat 7.0 to other system ("Jonathan Epstein")
Re: The mailx program (* Tong *)
Re: who's rewriting /etc/fstab? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HighPoint Technologies HPT370 RAID Setup in Linux (Tim Moore)
Re: How to obtain info on "GNOME vs KDE" ? (Harlan Grove)
Re: File System questions -- please help. ("lenny")
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From: "Ninewands" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.4.0 and pppd
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:03:18 -0600
Reply-To: "Ninewands" <newsgroup>
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I upgraded all the system utilities (binutils, modutils, util-linux,
e2fsprogs and ppp) on my Linux box to the versions specified in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes and built the newly released
2.4.0 kernel. I compiled the kernel ppp driver and both sets of
compression code directly into the kernel. The only error messages I
noticed during the build were the normal warnings.
However, when I ran 'make modules_install', I got the following
errors:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.0/misc
depmod: kfree_s
depmod: do_mmap
depmod: waitqueue_lock
I repeat, these were the ONLY errors I got in the entire process that
appeared serious.
I went ahead and rebooted and everything seemed to go fine ... I got
NO errors at all during the init run. I set the permissions
appropriately on the new pppd , but when I tried to start it up, I
got the message that PPP could not run because my kernel does not
support it. The message says that if I compiled ppp support as a
module (I didn't) to try insmod /usr/sbin ... etc.
My basic distro is RH 6.0 upgraded to kernel 2.2.18 and X 4.0 ... I
was calling up ppp from a terminal using chat under enlightenment. I
actually built very little of the kernel as modules, just enough to
keep the image small enough to make a bootdisk with it.
My question is this. Can someone guess why I got the unresolved
symbols from depmod? Could they be the cause of the ppp problem? If
not, what should I look for to solve the problem with ppp?
TAI and regards,
ninewands
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP and a Palm IIIxe?
Date: 8 Jan 2001 16:14:07 -0500
Has anyone ever tried to get a Linux box and a Palm Pilot talk to each
other via PPP (or SLIP) for that matter? This is definitely not anything
critical, I just think it would be cool if I could do it.
Thanks,
Mike
--
Mike Styne
Program Director
WHRW Binghamton 90.5 FM
http://www.whrw.org
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:22:51 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ppp problem with ISP
> Ask them! They changed their protocol. Tell them that you are starting
> ppp, and that their end doesn't respond. But you haven't proved that
> to me, and so I for one don't believe you. It's easy to prove it to me:
> show me the pppd log messages. Nothing more nor less is required. Just
> do it instead of rambling on.
>
i've already provided the error messages that were in /var/log/messages
One of them being that pppd was getting a sigterm.
<begin sarcasm> hmmm, that's funny, if pppd wasn't running....how could
it get a sigterm? Weird. <end sarcasm>
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From: Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to obtain info on "GNOME vs KDE" ?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:14:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>Where can I get some *objective* evaluation of both GNOME and KDE?
>An objective analysys,... Have there been any magazine articles? Web
>sites? etc,...
Well, not here.
I installed KDE2 from rpms for Red Hat 6.2, and these don't seem to
have included documentation. I could build it myself following the
instructions on the KDE site, but it's too much trouble for now. Maybe
not an issue for you under Red Hat 7 (different set of rpms).
As for bundled applications, neither suite (if Gnome's collection can
be called that, and if AbiWord, gnumeric, etc. matter anymore given
Helix has embraced OpenOffice) is anywhere close to as stable
as 'commercial' suites. StarOffice may be a resource hog, but it
provides much more than either KOffice or the Gnome bundle (with the
exception of Gnome's Dia, which is worth keeping as a stand-alone app).
If you're willing to pay for software, Applixware Office is pretty
good, and Xess is the most stable spreadsheet I've ever used on any(!)
platform. Both work just fine under both KDE and Gnome (and twm, FWIW),
so desktop environment doesn't matter much for 'productivity' software.
Konqueror is a good browser, but for me insufficient on its own to
justify using KDE exclusively.
In terms of anecdotal evidence, KDE users seem to like KDE much more
than Gnome users like Gnome. For something a bit objective, see the
Linux Magazine interview with the Nautilus folks (October, November or
December 2000 issue - don't recall which) on why they decided on Gnome.
You've already been given the best advice: use both and decide for
yourself. With both KDE and Gnome installed, you can run applications
from one under the other. Why burden yourself deciding on The One
Desktop when you can use what you want? And both are hogs, so there are
times twm comes in handy.
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: glibc v2.2 update?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:16:48 -0500
John Thompson wrote:
>
> As I have been encountering more and more programs that want
> glibc v2.2 I have been considering updating my present glibc
> v2.13 installation to v2.2. After my experience with the
> glibc2.0 => glibc2.1 debacle I am reluctant to simply jump into
> this. I'm running RH v6.1 with kernel 2.2.18 and not sure I want
> RH 7.0 yet. Has anybody here made the jump to glibc2.2 without
> installing a new distribution and survived to tell the tale? Was
> it as much a PITA as glibc2.0 => glibc2.1? Inquiring readers
> want to know...
>
I have upgraded my glibc 2.0.3 to 2.2.3 a couple of weeks ago, and
survived to tell it. But then, it's on Slackware, not RH.
MST
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup software for Linux?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:21:36 -0500
Chris MacTavish wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> Does anyone know of a good backup program for Redhat 6.2? I have tried
> "taper" but i get a memory fault error halfway through when running it from
> the command line. I have a Seagate 20/40 Dat backup drive and im trying to
> back up 30 GB of data. I need a backup program that does compression. Maybe
> taper will work if i can figure out why it memory faults. If anyone has any
> ideas as to why taper memory faults or of another way to back up my data
> then please help me....i can't be the only one trying to back up large
> amounts of data!
>
> Thanks
> Chris
I've had good results with BackBurner
http://w3.one.net/~bilshell/backburner/backburner.html. I have no idea
how well it works with tape, I do my backups on CDRW.
MST
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From: Vijaya Chandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: File System questions -- please help.
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 15:28:53 -0600
Hi Group,
I downloaded some freeware for linux (like Star Office etc), using a
Windows PC and saved them in the Windows 98 file system. Now, I have to
use these files to install the software in Linux 7.0. Is is possible to
use these files directly to install them in Linux 7.0 ? Will there be
any file system conflicts involved ?
Thanks,
Vijay.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Gripes...
Date: 8 Jan 2001 16:27:18 -0500
Neil Cherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Neil,
> The real elegance is making that which is complex appear simple.
That sounds almost Yoda-esque. :-)
Mike
--
Mike Styne
Program Director
WHRW Binghamton 90.5 FM
http://www.whrw.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Safe Upgrade to glibc 2.2?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:28:07 -0500
Bob Schreibmaier wrote:
>
> I have a Slackware-based system using glibc 2.1.3. Now that glibc 2.2
> is available, how does one safely upgrade? Installing glibc 2.2 and
> removing the old glibc 2.1.3 seems to make it impossible to login!
>
Slackware user here. You should be familiar with the package
administration tools on your system. For upgrading a package to a newer
version, you use "upgradepkg". Download glibc.tgz (slackware-current has
2.2.3 AFAIK), and run "upgradepkg glibc.tgz". Done it many times w/o any
trouble.
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: what news reader do you use?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:33:01 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hasler wrote:
>Wroot writes:
>> I've heard, in the earlier days of UNIX, people were reading news by
>> grepping some files on the system or something,...
>
>The structure of the news spool has never changed.
That's news to those of use using NNTP servers. Perhaps the
NNTP server keeps things in that type of directory hierarchy,
and perhaps not. Since it's not visible to the user, it
doesn't really matter.
The "structure of the news spool" for many of us is defined by
RFC-977 and RFC-2980. ;)
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm having an
at emotional outburst!!
visi.com
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From: "Hung P. Tran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: lilo for secondary IDE
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:37:53 GMT
I am trying to make a boot hard drive to boot from a
secondary IDE. My lilo.conf is as followed:
#boot=/dev/fd0
boot=/dev/hdc
map=/mnt/floppy/map
install=/mnt/floppy/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
image=/mnt/floppy/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
Note that the same lilo.conf works for a floppy (just by replacing
the boot line to /dev/fd0). However, when I mount my secondary
harddrive to the same place (to minimize lilo.conf change) using:
mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/floppy
The same lilo.conf will not work. All I get is an "L" and then
a bunch of 01 dump onto the screen. I also try to use "linear"
to no avail. Any advice.
Thank you for any help,
hung
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From: rj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: epoch time <-> human time
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:42:12 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> >> Is there a simple way to find human-readable time from "978931272 since
> >> midnight jan 1 1970"?
> Hmmm .. I was hoping someone else would answer this, since I don't know
> a one-step method. I'd use touch to create a file with that date, I
> guess. ... ha! The manpage for date pays off:
>
> date --date="1 Jan 1970 + 1000000000 seconds"
> % Sun Sep 9 02:46:40 MET DST 2001
Hmm. I hadn't landed on that particular variation. However, when I just
tried it I got a few different things:
rj@ncc1701:~$ date --date="jan 1 1970 + 978989450 seconds"
Sat Jan 10 17:40:50 PST 2032
rj@ncc1701:~$ date --date="1 jan 1970 + 978989450 seconds"
Mon Jan 8 21:30:50 PST 2001
Those seconds should have come back as Mon Jan 8 13:30:50. Hmm... 8 hours
diff, 8 hours between me and GMT... I think I see a pattern...
Thanks for the info!
rj
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ppp problem with ISP
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:32:47 +0100
In comp.os.linux.misc Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Ask them! They changed their protocol. Tell them that you are starting
>> ppp, and that their end doesn't respond. But you haven't proved that
>> to me, and so I for one don't believe you. It's easy to prove it to me:
>> show me the pppd log messages. Nothing more nor less is required. Just
>> do it instead of rambling on.
>>
> i've already provided the error messages that were in /var/log/messages
And I've already told you what to do with them. Look, for the MILLIONTH
time: turn on debugging in pppd; divert pppd messages to the file of
your choice (/var/log/messages is fine); show us the log that
results. You'll know it when you see it. Your previous 4 or 5 lines
(from a pppd without debugging turned on) will comprise
about 0.1% of it. You'll get every aspect of the protocol interchange
logged.
> One of them being that pppd was getting a sigterm.
> <begin sarcasm> hmmm, that's funny, if pppd wasn't running....how could
> it get a sigterm? Weird. <end sarcasm>
Are you naturally dense or WHAT?
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Modifying the RedHat installer
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:37:32 GMT
In article <91n3ja$r86$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Nelous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi ,
> I would like to modify Red Hat modules collection , modules.cgz , of
> initrd.img at Red Hat Linux installaion with floppy disk . And refer
to
> http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/KickStart-HOWTO-9.html
> It describes how to uncompress modules.cgz archive :
> # gzip -dc /mnt/initrd/modules/modules.cgz >/tmp/modules.cpio
> # cpio -itv <modules.cpio >modules.listing
> # mkdir modules
> # cpio -idumv <../modules.cpio
>
> But not mention how to recreate the modules.cgz.
> If you know how to do it or how to make a floppy disk for
> Red Hat installer on "expert mode" to insert module ,
> please tell me. Thanks a lot !!
>
>
# cd modules
# ls | cpio -ov -H crc | gzip -c9 > ../modules.cgz
HIH
Regards
Zameer Ahmed
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From: Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to obtain info on "GNOME vs KDE" ?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:40:11 GMT
In article <93daiq$9dc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> Konqueror is a good browser, but for me insufficient on its own to
> justify using KDE exclusively.
No need to. Konqueror runs under any WM you want to use.
> In terms of anecdotal evidence, KDE users seem to like KDE much more
> than Gnome users like Gnome. For something a bit objective, see the
> Linux Magazine interview with the Nautilus folks (October, November or
> December 2000 issue - don't recall which) on why they decided on Gnome.
Erm. Excuse me, but Eazel has a vested interest in GNOME becoming the
de facto standard desktop for Unix. I wouldn't say they are unbiased.
Besides, IIRC, that article had simple factual errors.
--
Roberto Alsina
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Subject: Re: epoch time <-> human time
From: Mike Wescott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:37:49 GMT
rj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The squid access.log file writes time in 'seconds since midnight jan 1
> 1970' format.
>
> Is there a simple way to find human-readable time from "978931272 since
> midnight jan 1 1970"?
perl -le 'print scalar localtime 978931272'
Mon Jan 8 00:21:12 2001
--
Mike Wescott
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: changing linux OS form 7.0 to 6.2
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:59:40 -0500
Here's a question that I doubt I'll get a positive response but here's
hoping.
I'm using RedHat Linux 7.0 and NOT liking it. Many problems trying to
run Perl modules that don't seem to function in 7.0
I've verified that they function on a 6.2 platform.
My question is, can I downgrade from 7.0 to 6.2 without losing
everything? If not, what suggestions are there for doing so
efficiently.
Thanks,
Don
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From: kalkulus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: user problem with x
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:35:19 +0100
On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:40:55 +0000, Kae Verens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> I have a problem with x. I am using Slackware 7 and when root starts
>> an x session it works. but when user tries the same, either with
>> startx or loging at xdm, it just shows xterm in tne corner of the
>> screen.
>
>sounds like X is starting without a window manager. I have minimal
>experience with Slackware, so I don't know what window managers ship
>with it. Try "startx fvwm", and see if that does anything. Or, try
>creating ~/.xinit, and place the line "exec fvwm" in it.
thanks, I'll try
--
pozdrav
http://kalkulus.go.to
...If you can read this, you are in phaser range.
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From: "jujubeesRULE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GeForce2 MX Driver for Linux
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:17:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rasmus
B�g Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Jason Ng wrote:
>
>> I've just bought a new computer with Winfast GeForce2 MX display card
>> and I would like to install Linux on this machine. But I can't find the
>> driver for the display card. How can I get the driver and how to
>> install it?
>
> AFAIK it is supported with XFree86 4.0.2. So just choose a distro with
> this version of X - or upgrade after the installation.
>
> If you want to install it manually, you can get it at www.xfree86.org.
>
>> Regards, Jason
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
>
X 4.0.2, I believe, doesn't include 3d acceleration(the "nv" driver). If
you want accelerated 3d, you'll need to install nvidia's driver (the
"nvidia" driver) available from
http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html (0.9-5 does work
with X 4.0.2).
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From: "Jonathan Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: active FTP client from Redhat 7.0 to other system
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:26:03 -0500
Hi,
I use a program which, among other things, includes an Active FTP client. I
have run this software successfully on a variety of Unix systems, but am
having trouble with it on Redhat 7.0 because Redhat expects FTP to be
passive-only. The software which I am using doesn't support passive-mode,
and I am (rightly or wrongly) not sufficiently concerned about the security
issues to figure out how to re-code the program so it will support
passive-mode. FYI, the remote FTP servers are SGI's running Irix 6.X.
Again, this is not the more common-asked case where one wants to either:
(a) use Linux as a firewall
OR
(b) Use the Linux system as the FTP server
So far, I have tried:
/sbin/insmod ip_masq_ftp
but I don't think this is the right solution, and it doesn't achieve the
desired result.
TIA,
-Jonathan
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From: * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The mailx program
Date: 08 Jan 2001 18:29:57 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent) writes:
> On 08 Jan 2001 15:44:44 -0400, * Tong * wrote:
> >There are two version of command line email programs: mail and
> >mailx. At least it is true for Solaris. I'm wondering where I can
> >find the mailx for Linux.
> >
> >The reason I'm asking here is that the mail tool come with Redhat is
> >called mailx-8.1.1-10.i386.rpm, but it is actually mail.
>
> Mail works much like mailx on Solaris. If you want attachments and other
> goodies, look at nail:
>
> http://omnibus.ruf.uni-freiburg.de/~gritter
thanks Bob, actually what I am looking for is just a mailx that have
all (or almost all) mailx command line parameters. Especially, the
"-r" which specify the "From:" field on the fly.
PS, I typed "man Mail" and it still brings me to "mail".
--
Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
http://members.xoom.com/suntong001/
- All free contribution & collection & music from the heavens
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Subject: Re: who's rewriting /etc/fstab?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 16:30
>Snip . . .
>It's too bad, as I've been using PQ's Partition Magic and Boot
>Magic for some time and am generally satisfied. Maybe they'll
>improve Drive Image in the future but the current 4.0 release
>is worthless.
>
Well it at last it is making sense!
A while back I bought a new HD. When I installed it, I decided to take
some off the swap partition and some off my OS/2 and NT partitions and
add them to my Linux partition. All went well after using Pattion Magic
4.01. That is Nt booted just fine. OS/2 booted just fine. But when I
booted to Linux, it threw up. I retried several times but it did the
same thing. So I booted to NT, looked around the net and found ext2
driver for NT, thank God. My suspicions were right, there was a line in
the /etc/fstab file that I had not put in. It was trying to mount hd19,
where as it should have been trying to mount hdb1!!!
I posted to a Linux NG,trying to find out what happend. Only one person
guessed that it was linuxconf's doing.
Now , based my experience and yours, I know it was PM.
I have used Partion Magic for a long time, and always liked it until
now. I wonder if the newer versions of PM have the same bug in it.
Thanks for confirming my hunches.
Masoud
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: HighPoint Technologies HPT370 RAID Setup in Linux
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:36:16 GMT
RAID functions are implimented in software drivers. For linux software
raid, see http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
> Does anybody have experience in setting up RAID in Linux using HPT370
> chipset produced by HighPoint Technologies?
> I can only find a Linux patch from its website
> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/ , but it supports only non-RAID harddisk.
> Is there any solution to get RAID worked?
--
timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to obtain info on "GNOME vs KDE" ?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:39:47 GMT
In article <93dc3q$aud$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <93daiq$9dc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>>In terms of anecdotal evidence, KDE users seem to like KDE much more
>>than Gnome users like Gnome. For something a bit objective, see the
>>Linux Magazine interview with the Nautilus folks (October, November or
>>December 2000 issue - don't recall which) on why they decided on
>>Gnome.
>
>Erm. Excuse me, but Eazel has a vested interest in GNOME becoming the
>de facto standard desktop for Unix. I wouldn't say they are unbiased.
>Besides, IIRC, that article had simple factual errors.
They decided to go with Gnome in 1999 when KDE users were much more
numerous than Gnome users. Why? Death wish? Lack of understanding? Lack
of seriousness? Maybe their current explanation for their choice back
then is biased, but the choice itself? I'd like to think they had a
good reason not to have decided on KDE (other than Qt's licensing at
the time). So, if KDE/Gnome users/developers are all biased, counter
biased, pro-Gnome atricles with biased, pro-KDE articles. Name some.
Nuts. This is getting like the Windows vs Mac arguments of yore.
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From: "lenny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: File System questions -- please help.
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:55:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Vijaya Chandran"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Group,
>
> I downloaded some freeware for linux (like Star Office etc), using a
> Windows PC and saved them in the Windows 98 file system. Now, I have to
> use these files to install the software in Linux 7.0. Is is possible to
> use these files directly to install them in Linux 7.0 ? Will there be
> any file system conflicts involved ?
>
> Thanks, Vijay.
no problem if you can mount the windows partition
I did it all the time before I figured out how to
my oddball one way cablemodem working with linux
now windows is a thing of the past
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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