Linux-Misc Digest #963, Volume #26 Mon, 29 Jan 01 14:13:03 EST
Contents:
Errors In Partition Table ("Werner Fangmeier")
Re: Which Linux version? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel's HARD reset (David Vidal Rodriguez)
Anti-virus ("Armando Duarte")
Re: System.map - kernel compilation (Johan Kullstam)
uninstalling using kpackage ("Sudhakar R.")
Re: copying /dev/* files (David Vidal Rodriguez)
Re: Anti-virus (David)
win98se -> ICS -> Redhat 6.2 (Sol ....................................)
Re: YALE (yet another LILO error...) (Eric Sandeen)
Re: Macintosh disk images in Linux / win9x ? (Rod Smith)
Re: partition strategy (David Vidal Rodriguez)
Re: Modem with ESS-1989-Chip (BCT)
Re: nameserver not available, Linux network goes down (John Hasler)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Bruce Scott TOK)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Bruce Scott TOK)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Bruce Scott TOK)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Bruce Scott TOK)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Bruce Scott TOK)
Re: is there any good browser out there?? (Steve Ackman)
Reading QIC Tapes (Kevin)
Re: how to unzip a .zip file (John Thompson)
Re: dhcpd (BCT)
Re: Kernel's HARD reset (David Vidal Rodriguez)
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From: "Werner Fangmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Subject: Errors In Partition Table
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:51:52 +0100
Hi folks,
Not quite sure where to post this ... anyway, here it goes:
I have a Samsung SV306 harddrive (30 GB) in my PIIIE box (667 Mhz), running
Win 98 SE and Linux 2.2.1x.
I'm having a hard time partitioning the disk; I first used Partition Magic 5
on the blank hard drive
to create a 10 GB FAT-32-Partition (C:), and a 17 GB Extended Partition,
containing one logical FAT-32 10 GB
partition, whcih is my D: drive in Win 98.
Later, I installed a Linux distro (EasyLinux 2.2), and had it create 3
partitions within the extended one,
namely two Linux Ext2 (FSID 83) and one Linux Swap (FSID 82). Both Win 98 SE
and Linux are working OK.
Now, when trying to commit any changes from PM, it freaks out with "Error
#717", which seems to be related
to the "overlapping partitions" warning #113 within my PARTINFO.TXT.
Moreover, I did a "fdisk -l /dev/hda" from Linux, and used the FINDPART-tool
to list the partition table
contents. My problem is undestanding, where the partition table contains
errors, as far as the "overlaps"
are concerned, as well as the "head boundary" and the "not one head" away
messages.
So, here's PARTINFO.TXT
============================================================================
================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 3722 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63
Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head Sect
StartSect NumSects
============================================================================
================
FESTPLATTE 0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 1023 254 63 63 20,980,827
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 1305 254 63 63 20980827
0 1 00 1023 0 1 0F 1023 254 63 20,980,890 34,925,310
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
0 1 00 1306 0 1 0F 3479 254 63 20980890 34925310
SICHERUNG 20,980,890 0 00 1023 1 1 0B 1023 254 63 20,980,953 20,980,827
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
20980890 0 00 1306 1 1 0B 2611 254 63 20980953 20980827
20,980,890 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 41,961,780 12,546,765
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
20980890 1 00 2612 0 1 05 3392 254 63 41961780 12546765
41,961,780 0 00 1023 254 63 83 1023 254 63 41,961,843 4,658,787
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
41961780 0 00 2612 1 1 83 2901 254 63 41961843 4658787
41,961,780 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 46,620,630 7,887,915
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
41961780 1 00 2902 0 1 05 3392 254 63 46620630 7887915
46,620,630 0 00 1023 254 63 83 1023 254 63 46,620,631 6,249,284
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
46620630 0 00 2902 0 2 83 3290 254 63 46620631 6249284
Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 2.
46,620,630 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 52,869,915 1,638,630
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
46620630 1 00 3291 0 1 05 3392 254 63 52869915 1638630
52,869,915 0 00 1023 254 63 82 1023 254 63 52,869,916 610,469
Info: Begin/End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values
are:
52869915 0 00 3291 0 2 82 3328 254 63 52869916 610469
Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 2.
============================================================================
================
Partition Information for Disk 1: 29196.3 Megabytes
Volume PartitionType Status Size MB PartSect #
StartSect TotalSects
============================================================================
================
C:FESTPLATTE FAT32X Pri,Boot 10244.5 0 0 63
20,980,827
ExtendedX Pri 17053.4 0 1
20,980,890 34,925,310
EPBR Log 10244.6 None --
20,980,890 20,980,890
D:SICHERUNG FAT32 Log 10244.5 20980890 0 20,980,953 20,980,827
EPBR Log 6126.4 20980890 1
41,961,780 12,546,765
Linux Ext2 Log 2274.8 41961780 0
41,961,843 4,658,787
EPBR Log 3851.5 41961780 1
46,620,630 7,887,915
Warning #113: EPBR partition starting at 46620630 overlaps previous EPBR
partition.
Linux Ext2 Log 3051.4 46620630 0
46,620,631 6,249,284
Info: Logical starting at 46620631 is not one head away from EPBR.
EPBR Log 800.1 46620630 1
52,869,915 1,638,630
Warning #113: EPBR partition starting at 52869915 overlaps previous EPBR
partition.
Linux Swap Log 298.1 52869915 0
52,869,916 610,469
Info: Logical starting at 52869916 is not one head away from EPBR.
Free Space Log 1184.5 None --
53,480,385 2,425,815
Free Space Pri 1898.3 None --
55,906,200 3,887,730
What can I do about it ? There are several suspicious parts in the infos
above: normally, there seems
to be a difference of 63 between the EPBR start sector and the partition
start, e.g. the EPBR for
the first Ext2 is 41,961,780 and the Ext2 starts at 41,961,843, which is
41,961,780+63. Also, the
EPBR for the logical FAT-32 within the extended p. start 63 sectors before
the p. itself:
EPBR at 20,980,890, p. at 20,980,953. BUT with the 2nd Ext2, this changes
dramatically:
The EPBR is at 46,620,630, while partition starts at 46,620,631, only 1
sector and not 63 sectors away!
This seems to be the reason for the "not one head away" messages, for the
Linux Swap p. has it's EPBR at
52,869,915, while the Swap p. starts already at 52,869,916, again only 1
more.
Anyway, here's the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda under Linux:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3722 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1306 10490413+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 1307 3480 17462655 f Win95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1307 2612 10490413+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 2613 2902 2329393+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 2903 3291 3124642 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 3292 3329 305234+ 82 Linux swap
And finally, what FINDPART had to say about it:
Findpart, version 3.95.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001.
OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10 Partition tables:
Disk: 1 Cylinders: 3722 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 29196
-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1*0C 63 20980827 10244 0 1 1 1305*254 63 OK OK
0 2 0F 20980890 34925310 17053 1306* 0 1 3479*254 63 OK
1306 1 0B 63 20980827 10244 1306* 1 1 2611*254 63 OK OK
1306 2 05 20980890 12546765 6126 2612* 0 1 3392*254 63 OK
2612 1 83 63 4658787 2274 2612# 1 1 2901*254 63 OK OK
2612 2 05 25639740 7887915 3851 2902* 0 1 3392*254 63 OK
2902 1 83 1 6249284 3051 2902# 0 2 3290*254 63 NB OK
2902 2 05 31889025 1638630 800 3291* 0 1 3392*254 63 OK
3291 1 82 1 610469 298 3291# 0 2 3328*254 63 OK
Moreover, I heard of "russian doll" models for extended partitions, as
opposed to "chaining" models. Could these
different paradigms be the reason for the "overlapped" messages ?
I know, I can make Partition Magic ignore partition table errors with
PQMAGIC /IPE. But what actions
should I perform to clarify the partitioning situation? Of course, I do not
want to loose the Linux partitions,
if it's possible in any way.
Is there anyone able to interpret the above partition informations, and
point out the sources of the
information and warnings ? If I would use a partition editing tool like
PTEDIT, what parts do I have to
correct ? Is it those two "difference 1 instead of 63" situations, where the
EPBR is only 1 sector before it's partition,
or are there false sector numbers somewhere ?
Desperate, TIA. Werner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Which Linux version?
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:48:19 GMT
I have purchased both Caldera v2.4 ($39.99cdn) and MaxOS, genesis ed
($69.99 cdn). Both are very good products. MaxOS (www.maxos.com)
states, "if you can find the on switch, you can install linux".
In article <953sh9$nip$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which one? Just now looking into Linux and I see many versions.
Debian,
> Calerda, etc. Which one?????
>
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From: David Vidal Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Kernel's HARD reset
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:00:35 +0100
Hi there!
I have a (veeeery old) Pentium90 (AMI-Bios), and I've been using Linux
for relatively long time now (3 years). My problem is the following:
If I power on the machine, I can see the IRQ assignments being done to
PCI devices, also after having rebooted using any Microsoft OS, because
they all do a warm reboot, ie, no memory test is done. But now I've
noticed that the Linux kernel makes some kind of cold reboot that makes
the BIOS get confused: no assigments are done, concretely sth like "PCI
slot 1 using IRQ: none" appears.
I haven't taken care about this till some days ago, when I bought a
USB PCI card. It works perfectly when it has an IRQ assigned for it, but
after rebooting with Linux, neither Windows 2000 will boot (a Blue
Screen of Death comes out with a STOP: IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) nor Linux
2.4 will detect the USB device, for nothing is to be seen in
/proc/interrupts, /proc/devices or /proc/bus. Only the reset switch will
help after rebooting the machine with the "Penguin" :-P.
So what's the problem? I don't expect an explanation from the BIOS' side
(if any) but from the kernel's, in other words: can I do something on
the kernel for it to perform a warm reboot, just as all Win* will do?
Thanks in advance,
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David Vidal R. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Armando Duarte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anti-virus
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:18:26 -0000
Does anyone knows aboute an anti-virus for Linux? I mean, I have a Lx box as
a Mail Server, and I want to have the incomming mail scaned for virus.
Thanks
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Departamento de Informa��o para a Gest�o
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Subject: Re: System.map - kernel compilation
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Jan 2001 12:30:18 -0500
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The only data that System.map provides that is of any interest is the
> addresses of functions that are static. Otherwise you can get the
> information from /proc/ksyms.
isn't it useful to find symbols from a kernel you are not running?
e.g., a couple of weeks ago i got a panic shortly after boot. i
didn't want to run the obviously broken kernel since it couldn't write
files so i booted into one that worked and ran ksymoops with the
system.map from the broken kernel and not the running kernel.
/proc/ksyms is the current running kernel.
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[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: uninstalling using kpackage
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:24:29 -0500
hi!
i've tried using kpackage to uninstall a couple of unnecassary to free up
some valuable disk space. though kpackage displays all the installed
packages, when i try to uninstall any of them..it says.
package <package name> is not installed
this is obviously not true...'coz i have been using these packages.
so can someone plz point me to how to go about cleanly removing a package
i don't want.
thanx in advance
-sud
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From: David Vidal Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: copying /dev/* files
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:42:57 +0100
Use 'cp -a' for special files.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anti-virus
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:50:18 GMT
Armando Duarte wrote:
>
> Does anyone knows aboute an anti-virus for Linux? I mean, I have a Lx box as
> a Mail Server, and I want to have the incomming mail scaned for virus.
Haven't tried it but here is one.
http://www.amavis.org/
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From: Sol .................................... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: win98se -> ICS -> Redhat 6.2
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:52:33 GMT
I am trying to setup internet connection sharing through a windows
machine. has anyone set one up and if so .. what settings do you use in
your hosts and configs?
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From: Eric Sandeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: YALE (yet another LILO error...)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:09:43 -0600
Thanks for the ideas - and the "make floppy" is a nice thing!
However, even with that, I ran into some problems.
Some strange behavior - when my scsi adapter was set to allow booting
from a CD-ROM, the utility disk only saw the IDE hard drive, even if
SCSI booting was enabled in the system bios.
If I turned off the cd-rom boot in the scsi adapter, the floppy saw hda
at 0x80 and sda at 0x81.
However, trying to boot from sda at 0x81 didn't work...
What finally did work was:
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x80
-and-
lba32
in the global section.
And, this worked whether or not the cd-boot was enabled.
Strange that the utility disk, when it saw the scsi drive, saw it at
0x81, but I had to tell LILO to look at 0x80 for it to work.
Well, it boots, I'm happy now. :)
-Eric
John in SD wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
> Second thoughts.
>
> Eliminate 'linear'. Let LILO do the mapping of disk geometry. And be sure
> the BIOS and LILO report the same Cylinders/Heads/Sectors.
>
> The utility diskette with the LILO distribution ("make floppy") will help with
> this diagnosis. Get more information from the boot installation with:
> /sbin/lilo -v <n> n = 1.. 5
>
> --John
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Macintosh disk images in Linux / win9x ?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:09:45 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alexandros Sklavos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> does anybody know how mac diskette images can be created in Linux or
> in Win95/98 ??
It might help if you said precisely what you want to accomplish, since
what you're asking about is a bit unusual, and there are usually easier
ways to transfer files than creating diskette image files. Nonetheless,
if you want to do this, you'll need to locate and install a package
called hfsutils (try http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/HByName.html or your
distribution if you use an RPM-based distribution). Then issue the
following commands:
dd if=/dev/zero of=hfs.img bs=1024 count=1440
hformat hfs.img
xhfs hfs.img
You'll then be able to copy files to the empty HFS floppy image using
the xhfs utility. Alternatively, if your kernel includes HFS support,
rather than the final command, you can mount the image using the
loopback device:
mount -t hfs -o loop hfs.img /mnt/floppy
You can do all this directly with floppies, too, by using /dev/fd0
rather than hfs.img (and omitting "-o loop" from the mount command if
you use that). Depending upon your needs, you may need to take special
precautions to get resource forks handled the way you want.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: David Vidal Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partition strategy
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:15:53 +0100
The best thing would be if you use the Logical Volume Manager that comes
with SuSE 7.*. That allows you to dynamically enlarge your partitions
(called logical volumes) on demand, even if the available space is on
another disc.
For info & downloading, visit http://www.sistina.com
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David Vidal R. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: BCT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem with ESS-1989-Chip
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:14:44 GMT
In article <953oa6$sal$04$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"lordq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a terra aura notebook ... which is certified by SuSE ... but
with
> the restriction of the on-board-modem with an ESS-1989 Chip ... (i
think
> its an ensoniq one) ... for which i cant find any drivers ... anyone
> knows where i can get one?
>
> thx
>
> lordq
>
If this is your model, apparently it doesn't work with Linux currently:
http://mobilix.org/modem_ci10113.html
You can look at this list for ones that do:
http://mobilix.org/modem_linux.html
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nameserver not available, Linux network goes down
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:14:18 GMT
Peter writes:
> Correct. Didn't they have their own hostname in their /etc/host tables?
I believe that he should be able to ping the IP of any interface that is
configured up no matter what is in /etc/hosts. IIRC the kernel
short-circuits such packets.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Scott TOK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: 29 Jan 2001 19:18:34 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>why is having a guy as President that actually has a universal set of
>morals such a bad thing? Some people view having a good moral
>background as more important than being able to supposedly invent the
>Internet or 'putting the economy back on track'. They are only his
>morals in the fact that he has embraced them, just like most other
>Christians in the world. You can't say he shouldn't share them b/c they
>are God's to share, not his. If Bush dies those morals still exist, even
>if a lot of people like making their own.
You fell for that PR Bullshit like a real sucker didn't you.
Bush has no moral background. Neither does Gore.
--
cu,
Bruce
drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Scott TOK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: 29 Jan 2001 19:22:45 +0100
In article <94sp41$ehd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <94snje$ekf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (.) wrote:
>...
>>Wasnt there something about a government BY the people and FOR the
>>people written down somewhere?
>...
>
>The US is a republic not a democracy. Kindly read the Federalist Papers
>for the rationale behind not trusting the populace. It has a government
>of laws, and the laws in the state of Florida were fairly clear, and
>the polling stations had signs giving instructions that voters should
>make sure that their ballots were punched through and to remove hanging
>chads. And if they double-punched, they could ask for new ballot papers.
>
>Maybe there's a good reason for literacy tests after all.
Typical racist nonsense. You forgot to mention the harassment and lies
(oh, the polls are closed today, at 15h00) that caused many people who
were on their way to the polls not to vote. And you also forgot the
fact that many black people were denied registration because of felony
even though they were not felons at all.
Florida has a long history of such stuff. Even in Democrat-run
districts, where some of the abuses occurred, against a segment of the
electorate that in Florida was voting 13-1 Democrat. Just Stupid.
--
cu,
Bruce
drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Scott TOK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: 29 Jan 2001 19:24:20 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (.) writes:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe there's a good reason for literacy tests after all.
>>
>> Perhaps. But ill put my verbal SAT score up against yours or anyone
>> elses, any time.
>
>You mean << I'll >> and << else's >>? ;)
>
>We just need better election equipment. Jeb Bush's primary goal right
>now is to upgrade all the counties in Florida, so he can wipe the egg
>off his face. Even in remote states like Idaho, we're re-vamping the
>entire system before the next congressional election.
I really don't understand all the problems they had with the counting.
Here in Germany, people vote by ticking a box on a slip of paper, and
the counting is done in 1-2 hours. In Munich that is 900,000 votes.
--
cu,
Bruce
drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Scott TOK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: 29 Jan 2001 19:27:51 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>yeah <sarcasm> what a horrid idea to actually believe in God huh? <sarcasm>
Then why are so many of the people who wear it on their chests such
bloody hypocrites?
>Considering the US was founded on Christian beliefs I find this normal
>and hopeful that people might actually have a set of morals not based on
>their own ideology (which would be inherently imperfect given we are human).
Except that the self-professed moralists are so immoral in fact.
--
cu,
Bruce
drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Scott TOK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: 29 Jan 2001 19:28:49 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Steve Ackman wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:11:37 GMT, J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >John Hasler wrote:
>> >
>> >> Edward Rosten writes:
>> >> > Christian morals were also invented by people.
>> >>
>> >> And the US was _not_ founded on "Christian beliefs".
>> >
>> >You're splitting hairs -
>> >
>> >There was a strong deist influence, at the very least.
>>
>> Jefferson was a Deist, yet was branded an Atheist by his
>> Christian detractors. Deism is a far cry from Christianity.
>>
>
>But did he use _Linux_? Or was he another MicroSofty? :-)
They were elitists who were terrified of democracy. They would have
used Windows. :-)
--
cu,
Bruce
drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Ackman)
Subject: Re: is there any good browser out there??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:51:27 -0500
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:57:17 +0200, nybblex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>It seems that there is no good browser for linux... Netscape crashes all the
>time,
Netscape 3.04 hardly ever crashes for me. Leave JS off,
and it'll run for days and days before going poof.
Netscape 4.76 seems fairly stable too, but since it's
such a memory hog, I rarely leave it running for more than
an hour or two, so I can't really say how stable it is.
>Mozzila is tooooo heavy, kfm is toooo light and I can't find any good....
>...any idea??
Check out some browsers for Linux at
http://twovoyagers.com/devel/screenshots.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Reading QIC Tapes
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:35:57 GMT
Howdy,
I've got a SCSI Tanberg 250MB QIC tape drive at /dev/st1.
'mt' works with this drive. I'm trying to read some tar and
cpio format tapes that I created on a Sun 60MB QIC tape drive
a few years ago. I did this about a year ago with a dozen or
so similar tapes in the same drive on the same computer, and
it worked great.
Now I can't read any tapes. Whether I use tar, cpio or dd I
just get input/output error after about 30-60 seconds of tape
motion in the drive.
I was running Redhat 5.2 and kernel 2.0.36 when I read tapes
successfully. I'm running Mandrake 7.02 and kernel 2.2.14 now.
Any ideas?
Thanks....
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to unzip a .zip file
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:42:26 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> According to the info pages on gzip, it uses the same algorithm as PKZIP,
> which is Lempel-Ziv. PKZIP calls the method it used "deflate." The file
> that gunzip extracted was a text file which I opened in emacs and it was
> perfectly readable.
Yes, it uses the same compression algorithm as pkzip, but the
file structure is entirely different. As another poster pointed
out, .zip files are collections of individually compressed files
with a directory to find them within the archive. gzip-ed files
OTOH, are single files that have been run though a compression
algorithm that just happens to be the same as the one used by
pkzip. gzip files do not have directories analogous to those
found in .zip files and gunzip does not even try to find such a
directory when you invoke it to un-compress a file. Archive
utilities such as "tar" may support calling gzip to un-compress
an archive and feed the result through a pipe to tar to process
the output stream, but this is quite different from the way pkzip
works.
> I don't have unzip.
If you need to access .zip files from linux, you will need to
find unzip and install it.
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From: BCT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dhcpd
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:33:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bernd Huebenett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> to a retreive an adresse from a dhcp server on your network just type
>
> dhcpcd
>
> on your command line.
>
> Bye,
> Bernd
>
Or you can put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local script "/sbin/dhcpcd". The .exe
file is just the script the daemon runs whenever it detects a change in
ip address (usually just logs the change in system log).
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From: David Vidal Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Kernel's HARD reset
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:41:48 +0100
OK, I think I have it. The kernel option "reboot=warm" should do it,
shouldn't it?
Is there a /proc-style solution for the same?
Regards,
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