Linux-Misc Digest #868, Volume #26 Sat, 20 Jan 01 16:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Help, Urgent! Partition Table screwed up, Want bruteforce recovery
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Emacs / Colors / C-Mode (Ken MacFarlane)
Re: ipchains & doubleclick.net (David)
Re: Linus Torvalds is dead?!?! (Steve)
Re: Ethernet Newbie needs help (Hannu)
Re: What distribution seems the most popular and easy to work with? (Rod Smith)
Re: Strange problem with cooledit/VNC (Rod Smith)
alert when a user logs in (Michael R. Fox)
Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors?? ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: Help, Urgent! Partition Table screwed up, Want bruteforce recovery (Svend Olaf
Mikkelsen)
Re: Linux on a 64MB flash disk (Bob Hauck)
Re: terminal emulator (Bob Hauck)
HELP!!Only the L appears in LILO ("bindou")
Re: bad printing quality ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: instrumentation displays (question) (James Knott)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help, Urgent! Partition Table screwed up, Want bruteforce recovery
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:31:08 GMT
[posted and courtacy message sent]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm in a terrible situation now. I lost my entire linux partition.
>
> You can get Findpart at http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
>
> do from DOS or Windows:
>
> findpart all fp.txt
Cool product. I did
findpart 1 part1.txt
findpart 2 part2.txt
because the two of my HD are partitioned the same, only sectors are a
little bit different.
Look at the results and trying to interprete the data myself I found
that my linux parttion has really lost, even findpart can't find it.
Here is the diff of the two part? file, (The whole files are included at
the bottom of this message)
$ diff -wu part1.txt part2.txt
--- part1.txt Sat Jan 20 14:49:47 2001
+++ part2.txt Sat Jan 20 14:49:47 2001
@@ -9,43 +9,32 @@
OS: DOS 7.10
-Disk: 1 Cylinders: 2491 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19540
+Disk: 2 Cylinders: 2494 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19564
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 B0 OK
- 0 - 83 1028160 4096568 2000 64 0 1 318 254 56 B0 OK
+ 0 - 83 1028160 4096568 2000 64 0 1 318 254 56 B5 OK
+ Lilo sector 64 0 1
0 - 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056 254 63 B OK
- 1057 1 83 63 15631182 7632 1057# 1 1 2029*254 63 NB OK
- 1057 2 05 15631245 7405965 3616 2030# 0 1 2490*254 63 1057 OK
- 1057 - 83 63 15631176 7632 1057 1 1 2029 254 57 B0 OK
- 1058 1 83 63 16466562 8040 1058# 1 1 2082*254 63 NB OK
- 2030 1 0C 63 7405902 3616 2030# 1 1 2490*254 63 NB OK
- 2084 1*0B 63 6538392 3192 2084# 1 1 2490*254 63 R0 OK
- 0 - 0B 33479523 6538392 3192 2084 1 1 2490 254 63 B OK
+ 0 - 0C 15631245 11711385 5718 973 0 1 1701 254 63 B OK
+ 1057 - 83 63 16498692 8056 1057 1 1 2083 254 63 B0 OK
+ 2084 1 0B 63 6586587 3216 2084 1 1 2493 254 63 R0 OK
+ 0 - 0B 33479523 6586587 3216 2084 1 1 2493 254 63 B OK
+ 0 - 04 40017915 48195 23 2491 0 1 2493 254 63 B OK
-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
- 319 0 33 11556 4 2 11556 0 0 0 000530 5602
- 2084 1 33 6373 4 2 6373 0 0 0 000924 2
+ 319 0 33 11556 4 2 11556 0 0 0 000530 2735
+ 973 0 33 11426 4 2 11426 0 0 0 000530 1699
+ 2084 1 33 6426 4 2 6426 0 0 0 000923 715
+ 2172 0 5 Second FAT not found.
+ 2491 0 2 47 2 512 47 0 0 0 0
+ 2491 0 49 Second FAT not found.
======FAT CHS LBA Sector Confidence Distance Type Sig
- 0 237 11 14941 11 32 NB
- 1 42 30 18740 12 3799 32 NB
- 1 72 8 20608 15 1868 32 NB
- 1 129 43 24234 15 3626 32 NB
- 1 129 45 24236 14 2 32 NB
- 1 164 42 26438 17 2202 32 NB
- 1 192 29 28189 14 1751 32 NB
- 1 244 29 31465 10 3276 32 NB
-
-Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:
+Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk:
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 OK OK
0 2 83 1028160 4096575 2000 64 0 1 318 254 63 NB OK
- 0 3*0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056*254 63 OK OK
- 0 4 0F 16980705 23037210 11248 1057# 0 1 2490*254 63 OK
-
- 1057 1 83 63 15631182 7632 1057# 1 1 2029*254 63 NB OK
- 1057 2 05 15631245 7405965 3616 2030# 0 1 2490*254 63 OK
+ 0 3 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056*254 63 OK OK
+ 0 4 0F 16980705 23085405 11272 1057* 0 1 2493*254 63 OK
- 2030 1 0C 63 7405902 3616 2030# 1 1 2490*254 63 NB OK
Here is the output of the sfdisk:
Disk /dev/hda: 2491 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from
0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 0+ 63 64- 514048+ 93 Amoeba
/dev/hda2 64 318 255 2048287+ 93 Amoeba
/dev/hda3 319 1056 738 5927985 1c Hidden Win95 FAT32
(LBA)
/dev/hda4 1057 2490 1434 11518605 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1057+ 2029 973- 7815591 83 Linux
- 2030 2490 461 3702982+ 5 Extended
- 1057 1056 0 0 0 Empty
- 1057 1056 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda6 2030+ 2490 461- 3702951 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
- 2030 2029 0 0 0 Empty
- 2030 2029 0 0 0 Empty
- 2030 2029 0 0 0 Empty
Disk /dev/hdb: 2494 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from
0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 0+ 63 64- 514048+ 93 Amoeba
/dev/hdb2 64 318 255 2048287+ 93 Amoeba
/dev/hdb3 319 1056 738 5927985 1c Hidden Win95 FAT32
(LBA)
/dev/hdb4 1057 2493 1437 11542702+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
- 1057 1056 0 0 0 Empty
- 1057 1056 0 0 0 Empty
- 1057 1056 0 0 0 Empty
- 1057 1056 0 0 0 Empty
Based on the above info, I can see that
- the /dev/hdb4 might be bad. (?)
- the lost linux & dos partition on my hdb should be (in fdisk format):
/dev/hdb5 1058 2084 8249314+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb6 * 2085 2494 32xxxx b Win95 FAT32
What do you think? Any suggestion or comment for my next step? Thanks a
lot!
Tong
Enclosed, two partition files:
$ cat part1.txt
Findpart, version 3.95.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001.
Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83,
plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors
is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the
supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1.
OS: DOS 7.10
Disk: 1 Cylinders: 2491 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19540
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 B0 OK
0 - 83 1028160 4096568 2000 64 0 1 318 254 56 B0 OK
0 - 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056 254 63 B OK
1057 1 83 63 15631182 7632 1057# 1 1 2029*254 63 NB OK
1057 2 05 15631245 7405965 3616 2030# 0 1 2490*254 63 1057 OK
1057 - 83 63 15631176 7632 1057 1 1 2029 254 57 B0 OK
1058 1 83 63 16466562 8040 1058# 1 1 2082*254 63 NB OK
2030 1 0C 63 7405902 3616 2030# 1 1 2490*254 63 NB OK
2084 1*0B 63 6538392 3192 2084# 1 1 2490*254 63 R0 OK
0 - 0B 33479523 6538392 3192 2084 1 1 2490 254 63 B OK
=====FAT CHS =Size Cl ==Root =Good =Rep. Maybe ==Bad YYMMDD DataMB
319 0 33 11556 4 2 11556 0 0 0 000530 5602
2084 1 33 6373 4 2 6373 0 0 0 000924 2
=====FAT CHS LBA Sector Confidence Distance Type Sig
0 237 11 14941 11 32 NB
1 42 30 18740 12 3799 32 NB
1 72 8 20608 15 1868 32 NB
1 129 43 24234 15 3626 32 NB
1 129 45 24236 14 2 32 NB
1 164 42 26438 17 2202 32 NB
1 192 29 28189 14 1751 32 NB
1 244 29 31465 10 3276 32 NB
Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 OK OK
0 2 83 1028160 4096575 2000 64 0 1 318 254 63 NB OK
0 3*0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056*254 63 OK OK
0 4 0F 16980705 23037210 11248 1057# 0 1 2490*254 63 OK
1057 1 83 63 15631182 7632 1057# 1 1 2029*254 63 NB OK
1057 2 05 15631245 7405965 3616 2030# 0 1 2490*254 63 OK
2030 1 0C 63 7405902 3616 2030# 1 1 2490*254 63 NB OK
$ cat part2.txt
Findpart, version 3.95.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001.
Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83,
plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors
is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the
supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1.
OS: DOS 7.10
Disk: 2 Cylinders: 2494 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19564
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 B0 OK
0 - 83 1028160 4096568 2000 64 0 1 318 254 56 B5 OK
Lilo sector 64 0 1
0 - 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 15631245 11711385 5718 973 0 1 1701 254 63 B OK
1057 - 83 63 16498692 8056 1057 1 1 2083 254 63 B0 OK
2084 1 0B 63 6586587 3216 2084 1 1 2493 254 63 R0 OK
0 - 0B 33479523 6586587 3216 2084 1 1 2493 254 63 B OK
0 - 04 40017915 48195 23 2491 0 1 2493 254 63 B OK
=====FAT CHS =Size Cl ==Root =Good =Rep. Maybe ==Bad YYMMDD DataMB
319 0 33 11556 4 2 11556 0 0 0 000530 2735
973 0 33 11426 4 2 11426 0 0 0 000530 1699
2084 1 33 6426 4 2 6426 0 0 0 000923 715
2172 0 5 Second FAT not found.
2491 0 2 47 2 512 47 0 0 0 0
2491 0 49 Second FAT not found.
Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk:
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 OK OK
0 2 83 1028160 4096575 2000 64 0 1 318 254 63 NB OK
0 3 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056*254 63 OK OK
0 4 0F 16980705 23085405 11272 1057* 0 1 2493*254 63 OK
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 14:44:41 -0500
From: Ken MacFarlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Emacs / Colors / C-Mode
Try playing around with M-x customize-face. You'll be prompted for
something like "select face". The face name you're looking to adjust is
probably called font-lock-variable-face.
(I'm not currently at a workstation where I have color emacs available, or
else I'd be more specific...)
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Daniel Smith wrote:
> Can someone PLEASE tell me how to adjust the colors of Emacs' C-Mode?
> The default ones for, like, variables, are yellow on white. Can someone
> please tell me how to change them?
--
Ken MacFarlane
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://members.dca.net/ksm/
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipchains & doubleclick.net
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:58:57 GMT
David wrote:
>
-- snip --
>
> ipchains -A output -j REJECT -i $EXTDEV -p tcp -s $ANYWHERE -d
> 209.67.38.0/24
You may need to change the "$ANYWHERE" part to "0/0" or what ever you
use.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 99.005% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Linus Torvalds is dead?!?!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:02:22 GMT
* Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>| John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>| >Floyd Davidson writes:
>| >> But can you trust a dead man to tell the truth?
>| >
>| >Good point. Also, notice that the message wasn't signed. Suspicious, all
>| >this coming right after the release of 2.4.
>|
>| Its a dead issue though.
>|
FWIW, Linux has been chosen Readers Digest `European of the Year'.
<http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/magazine/euro2000.htm>
--
Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764
Powered by Caldera Open Linux
2:56pm up 6 days, 2:34, 9 users, load average: 0.06, 0.17, 0.36
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From: Hannu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Ethernet Newbie needs help
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:16:13 +0200
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>hi
>
>
Check your cable 1st. Is it really a crossover cable? (it should be!)
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: What distribution seems the most popular and easy to work with?
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:23:48 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <2s0a6.57085$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"jt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay, going to take the Linux plunge...
>
> I'm looking at all distribution packages, pluses and minus on all of them
> for sure.
>
> My main purpose is to do C development....
>
> What would you recommend and why?
You'll probably get a lot of different responses on this one. For my
thoughts on several distributions, see:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
One special comment, though: Red Hat 7.0 ships with an unstable version
of GCC. Therefore, if you decide to go with RH 7.0, you'll probably want
to replace that with something else.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Strange problem with cooledit/VNC
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:25:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have been trying out cooledit for script editing etc. and so far it seems
> great except for one small problem:
>
> Everything works fine if I use cooledit from the Linux box itself, but if I
> use it via VNCViewer running on a W98 machine, I can do everything except
> type a '#' character. Cooledit will accept all other characters except this
> one.
>
> I can type a '#' in a terminal window in VNCViewer Ok so VNC is not blocking
> the keystroke, but only cooledit seems to be affected.
Interesting. I've found that Nedit just plain doesn't work via VNC; it
accepts NO keystrokes, although other applications are fine, and Nedit
is fine via normal remote X servers. I'd say CoolEdit is getting off
easy. ;-)
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael R. Fox)
Subject: alert when a user logs in
Date: 20 Jan 2001 15:24:25 -0500
how can i set up an alert for when a specific user logs in to my machine? is this
possible?
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors??
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:33:31 GMT
"Jerry Kreps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:94c71d$l18$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Have you tried "Quanta+" (Quanta Plus)?
> It has about everything you want and it will upload your pages to your
> website, too.
Quanta is great, and it's my HTML editor of choice. It's basically a
Homesite clone *without* the WYSIWYG fluff. In other words, it's still not
a WYSIWYG editor.
Don't screw around. Get the right tool for the job. Go get a cheapo
Win-box like an Emachines, load Dreamweaver, and be happy. Frankly,
Dreamweaver is the only WYSIWYG editor that actually works, on any platform.
Anything else is a waste of time.
And just as trying to run a web server on Windows 98 or Macintosh is a waste
of time, so is expecting to run top quality desktop apps on Linux.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help, Urgent! Partition Table screwed up, Want bruteforce recovery
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:35:48 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Look at the results and trying to interprete the data myself I found
>that my linux parttion has really lost, even findpart can't find it.
Findpart did find it. See below.
>Findpart, version 3.95.
>Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001.
>
>Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83,
>plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors
>is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the
>supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1.
>
>OS: DOS 7.10
>
>Disk: 2 Cylinders: 2494 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19564
>
>-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
> 0 - 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 B0 OK
> 0 - 83 1028160 4096568 2000 64 0 1 318 254 56 B5 OK
> Lilo sector 64 0 1
> 0 - 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056 254 63 B OK
> 0 - 0C 15631245 11711385 5718 973 0 1 1701 254 63 B OK
> 1057 - 83 63 16498692 8056 1057 1 1 2083 254 63 B0 OK
> 2084 1 0B 63 6586587 3216 2084 1 1 2493 254 63 R0 OK
> 0 - 0B 33479523 6586587 3216 2084 1 1 2493 254 63 B OK
> 0 - 04 40017915 48195 23 2491 0 1 2493 254 63 B OK
>
>-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
> 319 0 33 11556 4 2 11556 0 0 0 000530 2735
> 973 0 33 11426 4 2 11426 0 0 0 000530 1699
> 2084 1 33 6426 4 2 6426 0 0 0 000923 715
> 2172 0 5 Second FAT not found.
> 2491 0 2 47 2 512 47 0 0 0 0
> 2491 0 49 Second FAT not found.
>
>Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk:
>
>-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
> 0 1 83 63 1028097 502 0 1 1 63 254 63 OK OK
> 0 2 83 1028160 4096575 2000 64 0 1 318 254 63 NB OK
> 0 3 0C 5124735 11855970 5789 319 0 1 1056*254 63 OK OK
> 0 4 0F 16980705 23085405 11272 1057* 0 1 2493*254 63 OK
OK. Then we take it in news.
Download http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/suntong1.zip, and put
suntong1.bat on the same boot floppy or in the same directory as
findpart.exe. Then run suntong1.bat, which contains:
set findpart=edit
findpart 2 1057 1 - 83 1057 1 1 2083 254 63 1057 2494 255 63
26force
findpart 2 1057 2 - 05 2084 0 1 2493 254 63 1057 2494 255 63 26
findpart 2 1057 3 - 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2494 255 63 26
findpart 2 1057 4 - 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2494 255 63 26
set findpart=
findpart tables fp2-1.txt
(Not word wrapped in the batch file). Download the batch file, do not
type the commands.
You have the option to post the content from fp2-1.txt for
confirmation before reboot.
This edits the extended partition table in cylinder 1057, head 0,
sector 1.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Linux on a 64MB flash disk
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:43:44 GMT
On 20 Jan 2001 08:47:15 EDT, fledermaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just playing, to see and possibly find a way of using a flash disk as an
>emergency boot. Any idea of the "LI" from LILO?
>From the lilo README file:
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage
boot loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be
caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without
running the map installer.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: terminal emulator
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:43:46 GMT
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:02:47 GMT, Roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>is there a terminal emulator running on linux to connect to a host like
>a vt100 terminal or similar ?
Look for kermit, seyon, or minicom.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: "bindou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP!!Only the L appears in LILO
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 00:52:48 -0800
Help!.
I have installed linux redhat 7.0 on a computer running windows me an i get
the following problem when i restart the computer:
only L appears when booting and the screen freeze.
i have installed it on a primary slave disk.
Note that the computer does not have a primary master disk
Also i have tried to modify the lilo.conf found in by removing linear and
putting lba32,but when i type lilo it gives the following warning:
/dev/hdb is not the first disk.
I have also tried to copy the boot.b and map file from the linux boot floppy
but without results.
Any help please as i cannot even boot on the Windows System
Rgds
Jbk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: bad printing quality
Date: 20 Jan 2001 19:00:38 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb
am Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:08:31 GMT in comp.os.linux.misc:
> Hi,
> I have a printing problem with Suse 7.0 distro. When I want to print a
> picture, the generated postscript file is in a very bad quality. Very low
> resolution and maybe 16 different colors, and this is not enough :-). The
> printer resoltion is not the problem (I tried it with 720x720 as with
> 1440x720, nearly the same results). So my question is: where can I change the
> quality of the generated postscript file? As far as I undestood the Linux
> printing concept, the file is send to a2ps. There it will be converted to an
> .ps file, then it is send to gs, to change it to the appropriate printer
> language. After this, lpr sends it to the printer. Is this correct?
Not really.
The general Printing concept is:
1. Application creates a PostScript File
2. Postscript file is sent to the Printing System
3. The printing System Spooles and queues the user requested Datafiles
4. Printingsystem takes Postscript input and
a) translates PostScript to the Raster-Outputformat
matiching your Printer,
b) or not Translate if you have
configurered a *native* Postscript Printer the Data(Postscript)
may be sent directly.
Stage 4.a) is known as "Printer Driver".
Mostly all Manufacturers DOES NOT DELIVER those Drivers for Linux !
Mostly all Manufacturers DOES NOT DELIVER those Drivers for Linux !
Mostly all Manufacturers DOES NOT DELIVER those Drivers for Linux !
This are IDIOTS. (HP, Epson, Cannon, Fujitsu, NEC, ...)
HP lies to their customers. According to the HP Website, I tried
to buy a native PostScript Printer (HP 1220c/PS) but I was
*very* pissed off by HP. They offer PS Printer and lie about.
My one can do only Postscript with WINSHIT Drivers.
So I had to buy extra Software to use this printer.
(Easy Software PrintPro, http://www.easysw.com,
$249 extra.) This Money I shorted the bill to HP. The Lawyers
and the lawsuite will start next time.
Mostly all Manufacturers DOES NOT DELIVER those Drivers for Linux !
Mostly all Manufacturers DOES NOT DELIVER those Drivers for Linux !
Mostly all Manufacturers DOES NOT DELIVER those Drivers for Linux !
Stage 4.a) is often done by ghostscript, without the support off the
Printer-Manufacturer.
If you have problems with the Printer, the problem is hidden in the
Ghostscript (PostScript -> Printerrasterformat) driver, those drivers
are often made of the old well known printers.
If a newer printer is designed and has an other Printing LAnguage,
or other colormodell Parameters, you are on your own.
The Suse Printing System is not very well, it works almost only
on local systems with one user. (the standard spolling package
lprold.rpm is not really netwoerk capable, printing refused etc.,
better to replace the lprold against plp.rpm... but this gives other
errors.)
The best way to work with printers is to use Cups. (http://www.cups.org)
This looks like a charm. But in the freeware version are only
the elder Printermodells from HP and Epson supported.
Mostly this is good enough. (In cups 1.1.5-2 the HP 970cx does not
print correctly, colors too dark, colors are ugly wrong, only 300 dpi).
If you want to print out ASCII Files you have to create first
PostScript, this is a2ps for.
If you are using Cups mostly all files are printed correctly by the intelligent
Driver. It recognizes ASCII, PNG, JPG, GIF and does the correct raster workout.
In Suse Standard you have to use a2ps or other Tools to create intermediate
Postscript files...
mfG
Jojo
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: instrumentation displays (question)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:02:03 GMT
Steve Allen wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> This is a question that is the reverse of the usual -- how do I *decrease*
> the XWindow security?
>
> I have a half-dozen machines with RH6.2/GNOME installed, and set to boot
> to an XWindow login. A separate system runs a program that is to put a
> display up on these machines.
>
> What I want is to have the display be presented on the RH systems without
> having to log in to them. What do I need to do to accomplish this? In
> the same vein, what is the best way to turn off the screensaver for these
> systems? (While the app is running would be best, but an all-the-time
> shutoff would be acceptable; we can just turn the displays off.)
>
> Thanks,
> ~Steve
>
> --
> Steven R. Allen - SGI Admin Weenie
> http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/
> Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly.
> It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.
You could try rexec.
I have a similar set up here, where I launch X apps on my
Linux system from my OS/2 box. The command format (in OS/2)
is:
rexec <remotehost> -l <userid> -p <password> <path &
filename> -display <localhost>
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