Linux-Misc Digest #856, Volume #26 Fri, 19 Jan 01 09:13:02 EST
Contents:
Sendmail - missing .cw file ?? ("Kevin Davis")
Re: gcc environment question ("Dave Korn")
Re: open-source Visio app? (Andi Kleen)
from Microsoft solutions to Java on linux ("Bindou")
help needed... ("Nitin")
Re: Linux on a 64MB flash disk (fledermaus)
Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02 (Ron Gibson)
Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370 ("Jason Ng")
Re: help profile a program (Yannick PERRET)
Re: VMWare: Problem installing guest OS Win98 (Steve Withers)
Re: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Bios upgrade in linux (Jean-David Beyer)
Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02 (Ron Gibson)
Re: freaky netscape stuff (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Bios upgrade in linux (Warren Bell)
Re: Sendmail - missing .cw file ?? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: gcc environment question (Erik de Castro Lopo)
HP Laserjet 4ML prints too large (Lars Oeschey)
Re: dmesg (Dirk Groeneveld)
Re: Kickstart creation (Dirk Groeneveld)
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From: "Kevin Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sendmail - missing .cw file ??
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:22:49 -0000
Hi,
I'm rather confused.
I recently purchased Redhat 7 installed it and have got 2 servers and a work
station running pretty well!
OK it does what i want.
I'm pretty new to linux and now i need to set up a system where my gateway
to the internet recieves all email and then will disribute that email to my
workstation. eventually that one workstation will be 50 or so.
Now i have borrowed a book called redhat linux 6 in small business. Written
by sery and harper.
It says i can use IMAP, SENDMAIL and FETCH MAIL to do what i want and it
details for me what files i need to configure!
so i start.
It mentions configuring a SENDMAIL.CW file in /etc/
it's not there! now has it changed name in version 7 or redhat? i'm
confused.
Can anyone help me , is there a website which i have not found that explains
what i have to set up to get this working???
Thanks very much for your help on this matter.
Kindest Regards
Kevin Davis
cis-tools.co.uk
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From: "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,gnu.gcc.help,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: gcc environment question
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:29:39 -0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <948r3u$r78$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>After being forced to build gcc-2.95.2 from source (to replace
>Redhat's buggy gcc-2.96), I can only get it to run if I add
>
>-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/
>and
>-I/usr/include/g++-3/
>I tried adding
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96:$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
>to ~/.bashrc and `re-sourcing` to get rid of the first option. Doesn't
>help. As to the second option (include files directory), I'm completely
>clueless.
>
>What can I do?
Telling us *why* it doesn't run otherwise would be a start...
DaveK
--
They laughed at Galileo. They laughed at Copernicus. They laughed at
Columbus. But remember, they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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From: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.visio,comp.os.linux.development.apps,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: open-source Visio app?
Date: 19 Jan 2001 13:25:41 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor Wagner) writes:
> In comp.os.linux.development.apps buddy_holly
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Is there anything like Visio that runs on Linux?
>
> dia
> tgif
> xfig
> tkpaint
A cool command line alternative is also
http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/
-Andi
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From: "Bindou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: from Microsoft solutions to Java on linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:47:11 +0400
Hi all,
I am very new to java being more involved in vb,Mts and sql 7 (microsoft)
side. I would like to switch to programming on linux using java but i am
unsure if i have the same type of architecture on linux/java.Here are some
points that i would like to know if i can do it on linux/java:
I use:
1. vb to program my "business objects" which is essentially an activex dll
which contains all the business rules.
2. Microsot transaction server (MTS) in order to set the transaction
properties of the various objects
3. MsDtc to handle my connection to remote sql server database
4. Active Server Pages for front end or Sometime a vb exe
In summary the famous "N-tier".Well i would to know the pros and cons on
switching to java/linux specially the tools available and the time involved
for development.
Rgds
Bindou
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From: "Nitin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help needed...
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:33:07 +0530
Hi,
Is there any way to estimate the size of an executable file , from object
files before building executable file from these object files.....?
Thanks in advance,
Nitin
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From: fledermaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Jan 2001 08:05:03 EDT
Subject: Re: Linux on a 64MB flash disk
I tried booting a ThinkPad600e using a 8MB FD but failed with a "LI" from LILO.
I used the same mini-Linux (ZLINUX) which I have on a Linux-fix 7MB partition.
This package serves as a rescue as well as a bootable system. I am fairly
certain that I did everything right and can boot into the flash disk from
another Linux partition.
I previously tried booting an OS/2 mini partition that way but the CPU
would not accept the flash disk as bootable.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02
Date: 19 Jan 2001 13:18:20 GMT
I have Slackware 7.0 and upgraded the kernel to 2.2.14 and X to version
4.0.2.
Now only KDE desktpop appears to be fully functional. Gnome is sorta
functional and all I get out of Elightenment is the splash screen with
not controls.
Do I need to reinstall (shotgun approach) those desktops or are there
some links and config files that can be fixed. If the latter any clues
where to start looking? I've looked at the obvious permutations of
xinitrc and no help there.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home Page: http://home.netcom.com/~rgibson/index.htm
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From: "Jason Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Kernel Parameters For Using HPT370
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:23:15 +0800
Hi,
My motherboard has 2 ordinary IDE controllers and 2 RAID controllers
supported by HPT370.
I found from Redhat Linux's web site that the kernel can automatically
detect the HPT370 chip for me if I can specify some kernel parameters during
boot time. But what should I enter for the kernel parameters?
e.g linux ide2=0x1e8
I would be grateful if anyone is able to help me solve this problem.
Thanks for your attention.
Regards,
Jason
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From: Yannick PERRET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: help profile a program
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:30:40 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How can I profile memory usage of my program, i.e.
> the maximum amount of memory used and whether it deallocated all
> dynamically allocated memory at the end?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Wroot
Look at 'void mtrace (void)' and 'void muntrace(void)' functions,
in 'mcheck.h'.
mtrace() start tracking malloc, free, realloc into a file which name is
given
by the shell variable MALLOC_TRACE.
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VMWare: Problem installing guest OS Win98
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:39:26 +1300
Subba Rao wrote:
>
> I have been trying to install Win98 as a guest host on my Linux system.
> The partition I plan to use for Win98 is /dev/hda3. I have tried toggling the
> partition id to FAT16, ext2 and FAT12.
>
> I am trying to install the Win98 on a virtual disk and not to a raw partition.
>
> FATXX id
> ========
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# fdisk /dev/hda
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 357 2867571 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 358 383 208845 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda3 384 524 1132582+ 6 FAT16
>
> Command (m for help): q
>
> (0)root@myhost:~#
>
> At this point, when I try to poweron the virtual machine. I get the following
> error message box
> -------------
> "Failed to open disk /windows98/win98.dsk. No such file or directory.
> Failed to configure ide0:0.
>
> The virtual machine cannot be powered on with an unconfigured disk."
> -------------
>
> When I do a listing of the /windows98 directory, I can see only these files.
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# ls /windows98
> ./ ../ win98.cfg* win98.log*
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# mount
> /dev/hda3 on /windows98 type msdos (rw)
>
> EXT2 id
> ========
>
> Now, I have even toggled the partition ID to ext2.
>
> (0)root@myhost:~# fdisk /dev/hda
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 357 2867571 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 358 383 208845 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda3 384 524 1132582+ 6 Linux native
>
> Command (m for help): q
>
> If I do a mount command:
> /dev/hda3 on /windows98 type ext2 (rw)
>
> Now, I try to poweron the virtual machine, I get the following message,
>
> "Windows 98 has detected that drive C does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32
> partition. There are several possible causes. ......"
>
> I have even tried to do a mkdosfs to the /dev/hda3 and that did not help.
>
> Currently, I have a NT 4 installed as a guest OS on a virtual disk in a ext2
> partition. I am not successful in installing Win98.
>
> I don't know where I am missing a step. An outside opinion would help.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
The virtual disk is a file in a directory on your ext2 Linux partition.
Mine is in /home/steve/vm.
You only specify a partition if you want a raw drive....(I think? - only
done it once - no problems). Virtual drives shouldn't need what you are
saying you are doing....
--
Regards,
Steve Withers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user #24688
http://counter.li.org
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:39:44 -0500
Steve wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Uh oh, I got a blue screen under Linux, it was black! I think it's some kind
> > of hardware problem, since it happens both with Debian Linux 2.2 and with
> > SuSE linux 6.4.
> > Under Debian I get the message as stated below, SuSE doesn't
> > say a thing and just hangs. It hangs very often (I rarely shut down in the
> > normal way anymore). If my kernel panics, so do I! :-) Anyone wants to take a
> > look at this? I have no idea where to look, and I wasn't able to isolate the
> > problem so far. After taking out the ISDN, network or SCSI card, the problem
> > still arises. Often (not always) when it hangs, the hdd light keeps burning.
> > I thought it may have to do with the hard disk, so I turned off the
> > auto-power-off in the BIOS setup. No effect. Bought new CPU fan, same thing.
> > Debian and SuSE each use their own hdd. If someone could at least tell me
> > what device causes it, I would be helped.
>
> I can't help with the dump, but I can tell you that when my machine
> was randomly crashing, I got memtest86, and sure enough, one of my
> SDRAMs was bad.
>
I have been getting too many crashes lately. I got memtest86 and it says
everything is fine (though the program crashed (locked up) instead of
exiting after the last of the default tests. I have 512 Meg RAM, so it
took over two hours to run.
Can you tell if it is a good program? Or is it just giving me a false
sense of security?
My Linux crashes in the same place when it crashes; when dialing up my
ISP. All the hand shaking is done and the ISP is just about to tell me
my IP address and their IP address, but instead, the system is totally
crashed.
It was suggested that I may have memory problems, so I ran two kinds of
memory test programs and they both indicate that memory is OK. Since it
is a Red Hat system, I did rpm -Va on the system, and it seems to think
my software is correct. Of course, and astute cracker could have
replaced the networking stuff and updated all my rpm files and my log
files so I cannot tell. If the USPS would ever get me my new CD-ROM, I
would re-install all my system software from fresh. I do not wish to use
my existing CD-ROM because it is Red Hat Linux 6.0 that is way too old.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:30am up 3 days, 19:33, 2 users, load average: 2.04, 2.12, 2.09
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bios upgrade in linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:44:56 -0500
David wrote:
>
> Warren Bell wrote:
> >
> > I want to upgrade my bios on a machine that's just running Linux. The
> > MB company has the flash utility and the .bin file but the utility is an
> > .exe file. How do I boot to and run that to upgrade the bios under
> > Linux?
>
> Boot with a windoz/DOS boot disk and run it from the command line should
> work if the upgrade files will fit on a floppy.
What if you do not have a Windows or DOS boot disk because you have no
Microsoft software and no license? I.e., what if you really have a
Linux-only system?
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:40am up 3 days, 19:43, 2 users, load average: 2.01, 2.06, 2.08
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Lost X Desktop after upgrading to X 4.02
Date: 19 Jan 2001 13:47:29 GMT
I have Slackware 7.0 and upgraded the kernel to 2.2.14 and X to version
4.0.2.
Now only KDE desktpop appears to be fully functional. Gnome is sorta
functional and all I get out of Elightenment is the splash screen with
not controls.
Do I need to reinstall (shotgun approach) those desktops or are there
some links and config files that can be fixed. If the latter any clues
where to start looking? I've looked at the obvious permutations of
xinitrc and no help there.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home Page: http://home.netcom.com/~rgibson/index.htm
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: freaky netscape stuff
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:48:55 -0500
Alex wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > when I sit at Linux Box A and 'ssh' to Linux Box B and start
> > netscape-navigator from the command line, it gives me a few surprises:
> >
> > a) it can access files on A
> > b) it saves files to A
> >
> > This must be a security bug, since one would assume that running an
> > application on B would not give it write permissions on A.
> >
>
> When you start ssh and run program using that ssh connection, you are
> actually running programs on A machine. It does not matter what program
> you run. Infact, if I run telnet or rlogin from machine A to machine B,
> I can use the CD writer and burn CD on machine B while I am sitting in
> from of machine A.
>
Are you sure about that? When I sit at machine A and ssh -X machineB,
and then run Netscape on machine B, Netscape runs on machine B, but
exports its window to the X server on machine A. I.e., only the X-Server
is running on A.
Could it be that the original poster has NFS or something running so
machineB can see the files on machineA?
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:45am up 3 days, 19:48, 2 users, load average: 2.24, 2.10, 2.08
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From: Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bios upgrade in linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:53:01 -0800
Warren Bell wrote:
>
> I want to upgrade my bios on a machine that's just running Linux. The
> MB company has the flash utility and the .bin file but the utility is an
> .exe file. How do I boot to and run that to upgrade the bios under
> Linux?
Thanks guys. I'll try a win boot disk first then bootdisk.com if that
doesn't work.
One other question, would it work to boot up with a win98 boot disk,
remove it, then run the disk with the bios utility? Or should I add the
bios utility and update to the win98 boot disk? I think I remeber the
bios page saying somthing about haveing nothing else on the disk besides
the update and utility..
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail - missing .cw file ??
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:53:42 -0500
Kevin Davis wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm rather confused.
> I recently purchased Redhat 7 installed it and have got 2 servers and a work
> station running pretty well!
> OK it does what i want.
> I'm pretty new to linux and now i need to set up a system where my gateway
> to the internet recieves all email and then will disribute that email to my
> workstation. eventually that one workstation will be 50 or so.
>
> Now i have borrowed a book called redhat linux 6 in small business. Written
> by sery and harper.
>
> It says i can use IMAP, SENDMAIL and FETCH MAIL to do what i want and it
> details for me what files i need to configure!
> so i start.
>
> It mentions configuring a SENDMAIL.CW file in /etc/
>
> it's not there! now has it changed name in version 7 or redhat? i'm
> confused.
> Can anyone help me , is there a website which i have not found that explains
> what i have to set up to get this working???
>
Newer versions of sendmail (e.g., sendmail-8.11.2) put the file in
/etc/mail and its name is /etc/mail/local-host-names
I am actually glad they did that, since /etc is kind-of cluttered. In
fact, most of the stuff is now in /etc/mail:
valinux:root[/home/jdbeyer]# ls -l /etc/mail
total 100
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123 Dec 27 19:26 Makefile
-rw-r----- 1 root root 829 Jan 15 06:34 access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20480 Jan 15 12:56 access.db
-rw-r----- 1 root root 842 Jan 11 12:40 aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20480 Jan 15 12:56 aliases.db
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Dec 30 16:11 domaintable
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 15 12:56 domaintable.db
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 5573 Dec 30 16:10 helpfile
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 188 Dec 26 15:42 local-host-names
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Dec 30 16:11 mailertable
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 15 12:56 mailertable.db
-rw-r----- 1 root root 43606 Jan 13 10:45 sendmail.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 0 Dec 30 16:10 statistics
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Dec 30 16:11 virtusertable
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 15 12:56 virtusertable.db
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 8:50am up 3 days, 19:53, 2 users, load average: 2.06, 2.09, 2.08
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,gnu.gcc.help,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: gcc environment question
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:00:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After being forced to build gcc-2.95.2 from source (to replace
> Redhat's buggy gcc-2.96), I can only get it to run if I add
>
> -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/
> and
> -I/usr/include/g++-3/
>
> to the command line options. This is a bit of a drag when compiling
> other people's code (have to edit Makefile, etc.).
>
> I tried adding
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96:$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> to ~/.bashrc and `re-sourcing` to get rid of the first option. Doesn't
> help. As to the second option (include files directory), I'm completely
> clueless.
When you compiled the new gcc, did you "make" or "make bootstrap"?
I think you need the second one.
Erik
--
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes its valid)
+----------------------------------------------------------+
IDIOT, n.
A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human
affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's
activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action,
but "pervades and regulates the whole." He has the last word in
everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and
opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and
circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.
Ambrose Bierce
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From: Lars Oeschey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP Laserjet 4ML prints too large
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:22:53 +0100
Hi,
I have a HP Laserjet 4ML attached to a Linux box running RH 6.2. I
configured the printer using printtool, setting resolution to 600x600
(the printer has that resolution) printing text with the "fast text"
option enabled is ok, but everything else (including text with "fast
text" not enabled) is too large, i.e. only the upper left of the page
is printed, and everything is way too big. If I set resolution of the
printer to 300x300 it's ok, but of course I want to use what the
printer is able to ;) (And I'd like to use the "Laserjet 4 - dithered"
driver, since graphics look much better then).
Any ideas?
Lars
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From: Dirk Groeneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dmesg
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:54:56 +0100
Harry wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a document that describes the linux boot
> process in detail (ie a work through the lines of dmesg, I suppose)?
If you want to dig into it, check out the Linux-From-Scratch-HOWTO
(www.linuxfromscratch.org).
It's about setting a system up just from the sources - including the boot
process of course.
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From: Dirk Groeneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kickstart creation
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:58:32 +0100
bill davidsen wrote:
> I have to install a bunch of servers, and for various reasons will be
> using Redhat.
[wanna use kickstart]
Why don't you use some drive imaging program? That would be the first thing
coming to my mind...
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