Linux-Misc Digest #1, Volume #27 Fri, 2 Feb 01 14:13:02 EST
Contents:
hot-swap on IDE disk (Natanael Copa)
Re: CVS, committing files, and groups (FamilleBaizid)
Re: Is FreeBSD Linux ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Convert Word-DOC to PostScript ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FTP for KDE2 that's as good as gFTP ? (Gregory Spath)
slow sockets ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
secure access to company email server (Danny Wang)
Re: Is Debian RPM compatible ? (Gerbrand van Dieijen)
Re: FTP for KDE2 that's as good as gFTP ? (Paul Colquhoun)
Re: secure access to company email server (Mike E.)
Java synchronized Text editing applet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: slow sockets (Mike E.)
Red Hat 7 ("Jeff")
Kernel 2.4.1 -- 'free' report 0 shared memory (Matt Haley)
Re: Time to compile a kernel (John Thompson)
Re: User write privilege on /dos partition (Mike E.)
Re: Multibooting 5 OSs => Win98, NT4, Linux, Solaris 8 and Unixware 7 - HOW TO???
(Rod Smith)
Stucked login prompt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
VNC server for Linux (Willie)
Re: Creating CD from ISO image? (Rod Smith)
Installing Partition Resizer (Morris Greer)
Re: VNC server for Linux (Lee Allen)
removing partition with data in it ("doug edmunds")
Re: Creating CD from ISO image? (Lack Mr G M)
Re: semi-newbie network/sound problem (Tim Limbert)
Re: fuck... (Andrew Purugganan)
Zip command (Anna Gori)
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From: Natanael Copa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hot-swap on IDE disk
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 16:04:58 +0100
I have installed linux on an ide disk. I wonder how I change the slave
without turning off the power. I tried with scsi disks and that worked
fine. (just unmounted the fs, rmmod scsi-diver, plugged out the disk,
insmod scsi-driver and mount fs)
But I cant just unload the IDE driver since I've got the os on the other
IDE disk.
Isnt there a command for forcing the kernel to rescan the idebus? or the
slave?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FamilleBaizid)
Date: 02 Feb 2001 15:14:12 GMT
Subject: Re: CVS, committing files, and groups
CVS repository files are no magic. They are ordinary unix files...
Set the GID or the UID on the directories. You'll see the difference.
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Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD Linux ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 08:23
I second that.
To me as computer enthusiast(gick?), the best thing about internet is
not the web and its bells and whistles. To me the best thing about it
is the NG's.
This reply is THE prime example of how useful the NG's are.
Excellent Elf.
Thanks Elf.
Masoud
>Thank you for such an informatitve/educational reply to my question.
>
>----------------------------------------------
>Elf Sternberg wrote:
>
>> In article <XW4e6.2958$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> >Is FreeBSD Linux ?
>>
>> No. *BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and others) is a Unix
>> kernel developed by the Berkeley Software Group in the late 1980s and
>> early 1990s. If it hadn't been for AT&T (which at the time owned the
>> Unix trademark) suing the Berkeley group and preventing its widespread
>> release, we'd all be using BSD and Linux would be an interesting side
>> project. But because it was held up in the courts, Linus's release of
>> his kernel made Linux the defacto "free Unix" to play with.
>>
>> >I'm trying to figure out FreeBSD. I'm currently using RedHat 7, and
>> >I'm happy with it.
>>
>> RedHat 7 is a Linux kernel with a variety of tools, some GPL,
>> some not, wrapped around it. Just remember: X is not Linux; the shell
>> is not Linux. Those are additional tools wrapped around a kernel.
>> FreeBSD is a kernel.
>>
>> If you look, almost all of the tools you'll find on both FreeBSD
>> and Linux are built from the same source code. The only difference is
>> in their assemblage into programs; Linux and FreeBSD have different
>> access points to things like filesystems, modems, networks, and things
>> like that, although from the outside the networking all looks the same
>> (Internet TCP/IP).
>>
>>
>> >I read that FreeBSD uses Mach 3.0 kernel. Correct? Or does FreeBSD
>> >use the Linux kernel? What is Mach? How is Mach related to Linux?
>> >What about NetBSD or OpenBSD?
>>
>> They're all *different* kernels. Some are designed to be
>> compatible with other kernels, either at compilation or execution time.
>> Which one you choose depends entirely on your needs.
>>
>> Linux is the cutting-edge system; it's where all the
>> experimentation gets done and things like Journal File Systems and
>> kernel-level server hacks get developed. It's also very
>> high-performance and often seems optimized for desktop applications.
>> While it's far more stable than any Windows, it's still one that has
>> more "beta" software in it than others.
>>
>> FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD are all variant distributions of
>> the BSD core kernel. Their differences lie in their philosophies:
>> FreeBSD was meant to be the best-performing x86 kernel; OpenBSD is the
>> most secure, with a line-by-line security review conducted on every
>> release; NetBSD has been ported to the widest array of architectures,
>> even moreso than Linux.
>>
>> All of these are Monolithic; that is, one core program, the
>> kernel, does everything: running programs, managing the filesystems,
>> communicating with network peripherals, controlling access to the
>> printer, and so on. Mach kernels (such as the GNU Hurd project) are
>> different; one tiny kernel does nothing but run the programs; other
>> programs do all of the other things, and the core kernel grants
>> permissions to these other programs. The trade off is that there's
>> less performance, but much greater adaptability.
>>
>> >Is Linux Unix? What's the difference between Linux and Unix?
>>
>> Unix is a trademark, currently owned, I beleive, by a consortium
>> called "The Open Group." To have any distribution of Linux branded with
>> the Unix trademark would require that some distributor pay tens of
>> thousands of dollars and pass some tests stating that the core
>> operational abilities of Linux fall within the parameters of the Unix98
>> Standard.
>>
>> All of the currently running "Unix" systems, like Solaris, BSD,
>> HP/UX, Ultrix, and so on, pass this test and have paid their money.
>> Nobody on the Linux side has done so yet that I know of, but the Linux
>> interface and associated tools are so close as to make no difference.
>>
>> Confusing this issue further is something called Posix, which is
>> yet another standard, the standard for communicating with the kernel via
>> library calls. There are two common Posix standards that people worry
>> about: Posix One and Posix Four. Almost all Unixes are Posix One
>> compliant; very few are Posix Four.
>>
>> >Can software written for Linux run on BSD systems?
>>
>> Few people write software "for Linux." Linux 2.4.0 has some
>> serious performance hacks, like the asynchronus I/O system (even better
>> than that outlined in Posix Four) and kernel-level file serving through
>> HTTP, but those are on top of its Unix-compatible interface. If you
>> write "to Unix," as most programs are, then anything you write on your
>> Linux box will run on BSD, Solaris, HP-UX, and so on.
>>
>> Some things are special. 3D graphics, for example, requires a
>> familiarity with 3D chipsets and the knowledge that a certain 3D library
>> will be available only on some systems. If you want to use GTK and
>> Gnome, realize that these are available only on some systems because
>> they're so large and complex that assuring their portability is
>> sometimes the real problem.
>>
>> Ever run "./configure" for building a program? Although Unixes
>> are "close," they are rarely "exact," and "configure" is the horrible
>> compromise we programmers have agreed on as a way to find all the
>> differences between Unixes and make the subtle changes needed to make
>> our programs build on a multitude of OSes. "./configure" is the way we
>> detect if your unix uses flock() or fcntl() to guard files, if your
>> stdio.h file is broken, and so on, and if we've ported our program to
>> your unix, we can compensate for these minor differences.
>>
>> Elf
>>
>> --
>> Elf M. Sternberg, Immanentizing the Eschaton since 1988
>> http://www.halcyon.com/elf/
>>
>> "You know how some people treat their body like a temple?
>> I treat mine like issa amusement park!" - Kei
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Convert Word-DOC to PostScript
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:33:02 GMT
Even I'm looking out for a command line tool (unix/win) to convert
word or ms-office files to PS format
please let me know if you are aware of any
thnx
abhijit
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:23:28 +0100, [BRDLocutus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >can anyone here tell me where to find a Linux-Tool to convert Word
Documents
> >to PS (PDF would be ok, too) ?
> >
> Hi
>
> You can do that in four steps:
>
> First, convert the doc file to html with wvHtml (though there are
> problems with some embedded images). Then, convert the html file to
LaTeX
> with html2latex. After that, you have to run latex to produce a dvi
> file. Finally, you can convert the dvi file to ps with dvips or to pdf
> with dvipdf.
>
> --
> Saludos,
> Esteban Flocco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory Spath)
Subject: Re: FTP for KDE2 that's as good as gFTP ?
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:49:16 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <uDre6.493$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arctic Storm
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>FTP for KDE2 that's as good as gFTP ?
>I'm currently running KDE 2.0.1.
>I used to run GNOME that came with RedHat 7, and I liked the gFTP.
>Is there an FTP cilent that's as good as gFTP? As you all know, gFTP is
>GUI-based, unlike the text-based NcFPT in KDE2.
>
>
dumb question, but why not just keep using gftp?
--
Gregory Spath
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://freefall.homeip.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: slow sockets
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:39:41 GMT
I recently installed linux (Corel) on my 333 Mhx PC.
Getting a port from the outside takes over 60 seconds each
request. This is a problem with POP3 as well as FTP, but
HTTP connections work fine.
I've got over 128 MB of RAM and I'm using a 100 MB NIC.
I've encountered this problem in the past with routered
connections where the port switch failed due to router
configurations, but this happens inside my network, not
past the router.
Any ideas?
-David
+ DGS Consulting
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From: Danny Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: secure access to company email server
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:47:15 GMT
Hi, all.
My company has setup a mail server on Linux server with qmail. Usually
we can access its POP service in company via the intranet. But it also
denies all access from outside company for security purpose. So I
cannot get mail at home. What is the solution for such kind of problem?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerbrand van Dieijen)
Subject: Re: Is Debian RPM compatible ?
Date: 2 Feb 2001 16:08:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:56:51 GMT, Rod Smith wrote:
>
>> Does RPM stand for "RehHat Package Manager" or "RPM Package Manager?
>
>The former (aside from the typo). At this point, though, Red Hat is far
>from the only distribution using RPMs -- Caldera, Mandrake, SuSE,
>TurboLinux, LinuxPPC, Yellow Dog, and probably several others all use
>RPMs.
>
Unfortunately many RPM for Redhat won't install on Suse and vice versa
because of diffent naming and directory location. Basically SuSe might as
well had used it's own package format because it's hardly compatible.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Colquhoun)
Subject: Re: FTP for KDE2 that's as good as gFTP ?
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:17:45 GMT
On Fri, 02 Feb 2001 05:32:10 GMT, Arctic Storm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|FTP for KDE2 that's as good as gFTP ?
|I'm currently running KDE 2.0.1.
|I used to run GNOME that came with RedHat 7, and I liked the gFTP.
|Is there an FTP cilent that's as good as gFTP? As you all know, gFTP is
|GUI-based, unlike the text-based NcFPT in KDE2.
Why not just run gFTP? Gnome apps run under KDE, as long as the
Gnome libraries are installed.
BTW, ncftp is not part of KDE. It's been arround for longer and
will quite happily run with no KDE (or Gnome) libraries installed.
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From: Mike E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: secure access to company email server
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:27:57 GMT
In article <95ekpv$377$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Danny Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> My company has setup a mail server on Linux server with qmail. Usually
> we can access its POP service in company via the intranet. But it also
> denies all access from outside company for security purpose. So I
> cannot get mail at home. What is the solution for such kind of
problem?
> Thanks.
>
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Set up your mail server (maybe an IMAP server) outside the firewall.
Allow you access through the firewall to the mailserver. Or, setup up a
Virtual Private Network between your home and the company.
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Java synchronized Text editing applet
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:37:14 GMT
Has Anyone seen or know of a java applet that is a complete, synchronized
(shared) text-editing tool. Also has anyone come across a Plugin for VoIp on
Linux desktops similar to what Hearme.com has for the Windows environment.
Any information on where to find such code or development is appreciated. I
dea is to see if someone has already built this if not to try and fill the
void.
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From: Mike E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slow sockets
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:54:21 GMT
In article <95ekbs$2ln$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I recently installed linux (Corel) on my 333 Mhx PC.
>
> Getting a port from the outside takes over 60 seconds each
> request. This is a problem with POP3 as well as FTP, but
> HTTP connections work fine.
>
> I've got over 128 MB of RAM and I'm using a 100 MB NIC.
>
> I've encountered this problem in the past with routered
> connections where the port switch failed due to router
> configurations, but this happens inside my network, not
> past the router.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -David
> + DGS Consulting
>
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>
Which daemon is running, inetd or xinetd? Are the services that you are
having trouble with properly listed in /etc/services and not commented
out? Also, are you using tcp-wrappers?
Mike
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From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 7
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:34:19 -0800
I see a fair bit of bashing of Red Hat 7 on this newsgroup....
As someone who is setting up a new server for development in our company, I
was going to go with RH7.
Is there any reason not to at this point? The server will be running a test
platform to migrate our existing POS environment from SCO to Linux on many
servers. Also considering Suse7
I guess my question is this : Is RH7 stable? What are the problems? Are they
working them out?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Subject: Kernel 2.4.1 -- 'free' report 0 shared memory
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 17:41:41 -0000
Hi all,
I just upgraded to Kernel 2.4.1 the other day and I noticed that:
[matt@java matt]$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 62360 53384 8976 0 1596 33500
-/+ buffers/cache: 18288 44072
Swap: 64224 25896 38328
I have no shared memory, is this a problem? The only reason I ask is be-
cause with version 2.2.18 it did show shared memory.
--
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Mandrake 7.2 / RedHat 6.1 / Windows 98 SE / FreeBSD 4.2 / Windows NT 4
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Time to compile a kernel
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 11:47:03 -0600
Phil Durbin wrote:
> I reflashed my BIOS an viola I have a screaming athlon box. Build time was about
> 5 minutes with about 90 processes running (servers and such). I am amazed at the
> difference a bad bios makes.
I have to wonder why it would make a difference at all. I
thought the BIOS dropped out of the picture a few seconds into
the boot process when the kernel switches from real mode to
protected mode.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Mike E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: User write privilege on /dos partition
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 17:57:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
> I've browsed the how-to's and the FAQ's, trying different flags,
> but to no avail.
>
> As root, I can read/write to /dos*. As joe user however, I can
> only read.
>
> Can anyone suggest a fix so that "joe user" can also write to the
> /dos* partitions?
>
> I'm using slackware 7, if that matters.
>
> Thanks
>
> Here's an extract from my fstab:
> /dev/sda1 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /dev/sda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> /dev/sdb4 /zip vfat user,noauto 0 1
> /dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults 1 0
> /dev/hda5 /dosd vfat defaults 1 0
> /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 1
> [snip]
>
>
What are the permissions you have set for the /zip, /dosc, and /dosd
directories which are the directories you are mounting you partitions
to? They have to have write permission (w) in the second set if they
are a memeber of the group that owns that directory and write permission
in the third field. an ls -al would then look something like;
drwxrwxr-- 1 <owner> <group> blah blah blah xxxxx
or
drwxrwxrwx 1
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Multibooting 5 OSs => Win98, NT4, Linux, Solaris 8 and Unixware 7 - HOW
TO???
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.unix.solaris,alt.solaris.x86
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 18:09:58 GMT
In article <wgxe6.3149$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Some points to ponder:
>
> 1. The boot would like to have a partition on first disk accessible by BIOS
> disk drivers. I recommend making a small (8 - 16 MB) Linux ext2 partition at
> the very beginning of first hard disk before installing Microsoft packages.
This isn't true of all OSs. In particular, Linux boots just fine
entirely from the second (or even third or fourth, in most cases) hard
disk. You DO need some form of boot loader to direct the boot process to
this partition, though. LILO in the MBR of the first disk is the usual
way to do this in Linux, but there are alternatives, such as System
Commander, OS/2's Boot Manager, etc. (In these cases, you generally need
LILO in the Linux boot partition, which can be on the second or
subsequent disk.)
> 3. The Windows installation program tends to behave like the only system on
> disk. Create the C: partition and the extended partition to cover the rest
> of the first disk with Linux fdisk before starting Windows installation.
> Boot Windows from floppy with format and format C: before starting
> installation.
In my experience, Linux's fdisk sometimes creates partitions that other
OSs find objectionable in one way or another. IMHO, it's better to use
DOS's FDISK or a cross-platform utility like PartitionMagic (or maybe
System Commander, although I've not used it for this) to create
partitions that all OSs are happy with.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Stucked login prompt
Date: 2 Feb 2001 18:14:30 GMT
Hi,
I've Redhat 6.2 Linux installed with all the latest patches. The
system has been up and running for the last 6 months without any
problems.
Yesterday, after rebooting my computer, I cannot login again. Telnet or
rlogin into the box does not work either. Luckily, I've "rsh" setup and
after checking the processes, it appears that the "login" process is
chewing up a lot of CPU time. What is going on?
Another problem I have is that after the rebooting, the time returned by
"date" is the correct local time, but the filesystem or the "ps" time
is showing GMT time, i.e., if my current time is 8:00:00, the file time
will be 16:00:00.
This is the first time I've experienced these two problems since I used
Linux for 8 years. Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TIA.
William
=====================================================================
William Cheung ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
=====================================================================
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From: Willie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VNC server for Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:44:08 -0500
Can anyone tell me where I can download vnc server for linux? I'm
running RedHat Linux 6.2.
Thanks,
Will
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Creating CD from ISO image?
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 18:23:32 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rob Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> This is the first time I have tried to make an ISO CD and am not sure
> how to go about it. I did RTFM but it focused more on how to build
> hybrid Mac/ISO9660 cd's, and only then, building them from scratch. It
> also appears that when they talk about building a CD from an image,
> they are talking about making it from a Mac disk image.
>
> When I tried to follow what I thought they were saying, the progress
> bar just froze. There didn't appear to be any CD activity although the
> hard drive light stayed on for a while. When I checked the CD, it was
> still unburned and had no content.
Normally, you select an option called "create CD from image file," "use
ISO image," or something similar, then point it to the file on disk. I
have no experience with Mac CD-R software, however, and it's possible
that such software expects an image file created with MacOS's Disk
Copy. I just checked with an image file I created, and Disk Copy *WAS*
able to mount a CD-R image I created using mkisofs on Linux (chances are
that's what was used to create the image you've got). I can think of
several reasons it might not be working:
- Toast may be buggy, and refuses an image created by mkisofs (or
whatever was used to create your image). If this is the case, you're
out of luck.
- Toast may insist on a particular file creator and type. Try editing
them to ddsk and dimg, respectively, if that's not what they are.
- You may have a corrupt download. Try mounting the image file you've
got (double-clicking the file should do it if the file and creator
types are set correctly). If it doesn't mount, try downloading it
again, preferably from another site, and be extra careful about
details like using binary mode for the transfer.
If all else fails, you can buy a CD-ROM set for a few dollars from
http://www.lsl.com, http://www.cheapbytes.com, http://www.linuxmall.com,
or the like.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Morris Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing Partition Resizer
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 18:30:03 -0000
I've downloaded Partition Resizer to my C: drive, when I opened it, it
looks like a chat box (room). Did I do something wrong, if not how to I
install Redhat (linux) onto my partition resizer. I can't seem to find
the information in the Redhat install procedures, nor can I find info on
the downloaded partition resizer. Thanks, any information is greatly
appreciated.
Morris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Subject: Re: VNC server for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 18:33:58 GMT
On Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:44:08 -0500, Willie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Can anyone tell me where I can download vnc server for linux? I'm
>running RedHat Linux 6.2.
The VNC home page:
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html
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Reply-To: "doug edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "doug edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: removing partition with data in it
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:40:20 -0800
I have 2 linux partitions, /dev/hdc2 and /dev/hdc5, both have data in =
them.
/dev/hdc5 is /home
I want to merge the data all into one partition, so the
other will be empty.=20
My idea --
1- make a new directory in the first partition i.e., /newhome.
2- copy everything from /home to /newhome
3- unmount /dev/hdc5
4- rename /newhome to /home
5- edit /etc/fstab to remove /dev/hdc5
6- reboot
Will that work? Too many steps, missed something?
Thanks. This has probably been asked
and answered many times, but I can't figure
out the magic search words.
doug edmunds
2-Feb-2001
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lack Mr G M)
Subject: Re: Creating CD from ISO image?
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 18:34:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Peacock
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|> I am trying to burn a copy of RH7 from the ISO images downloaded from
|> ftp.freesoftware.com using my Mac but am having some issues.
|>
|> I did RTFM but it focused more on how to build
|> hybrid Mac/ISO9660 cd's, and only then, building them from scratch.
Which FM's did you read? The only relevant ones here are those for
the CD writing software on your Mac. As such this is really a Mac
question.
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This message *may* reflect my personal opinion. It is *not* intended
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From: Tim Limbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: semi-newbie network/sound problem
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:39:13 -0600
On Fri, 02 Feb 2001, Tim Limbert wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>I have just built a new system with two hard disks, TurboLinux Workstation
>6 on one, and Windows 98 SE on the other. Both OS's boot and run fine, but
>I have no networking or sound on the linux side, although everything is
>working fine on the Windows side. I assume this is an IRQ problem (?) but
>am not sure in linux how to resolve that. When I go into turbosoundcfg,
>and try to set the IRQs and DMAs to the same as they are on the Windows
>side, I get an error when I try to save the changes, and turbosoundcfg
>quits.
>
>My network card is a 3Com 3509b (ISA) and my sound card is a Sound Blaster
>16 PCI.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
Problem solved (sort of). I found the original driver install floppy that came
with the Ethernet card, and ran the utility to automatically configure IRQ.
Now, I have networking (I am writing this from linux). Still don't have sound,
but I think that's a separate problem, and not that important.
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: fuck...
Date: 2 Feb 2001 18:52:43 GMT
nybblex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ Yes I did!.. I also changed lilo.conf and run lilo...
[ The fact is that now I 'm booting with my old kernel which was working just
[ fine.. Maybe still does, but I can't use KDE... It is weird because I didn't
[ do anything...
[ what if I try to reinstall KDE??
maybe you want to start linux with"linux 3" (text mode) so that you can
begin troubleshooting your GUI by using "startx" and then looking at the
resulting messages there. At least you will be able to get in even in
text mode. From the startx attempt, you could fix it or post a new
question here to see if a IDE reinstall is necessary
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: Anna Gori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Zip command
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 20:10:17 +0100
Hello,
coult you tell me what packet I have to install on my linux 6.4 to get
the command zip?
Or where can I find information about the find of the right packet for
the zip command?
thanks
bye
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