Linux-Setup Digest #78, Volume #19 Wed, 5 Jul 00 00:13:08 EDT
Contents:
SuSE Linux on Compaq AP400
Re: Xhost configuration (E J)
Re: Runlevel ? ("David ..")
Re: Package or Tools in Linux (E J)
Re: How to put RH6.2 on end of 27gb HD, install new lilo? ("mnip")
How to reset root password (slackware) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing HD, Linux, and Win Question (Aravind Sadagopan)
Q: install Linux directly from network?? (Steven Christensen)
How to install with no CD-ROM ("Scott Watson")
CD Writing software ("Adam H.")
Re: Settings problems (Re: My Linux Adventure) (Laura Goodwin)
Re: How to install with no CD-ROM (C.J.)
Re: Q: install Linux directly from network?? (C.J.)
Re: How to reset root password (slackware) (C.J.)
The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus. (Mike Warner)
Re: I am a newbie and I need help. (Homer Jay)
Re: Problems with fsck on new disk (Frank Sweetser)
Re: CD Writing software (E J)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: SuSE Linux on Compaq AP400
Date: 5 Jul 2000 01:20:00 GMT
Dear Compaq users and linux users,
Please help me.
I am having a great difficulty installing SuSE linux on compaq AP400
workstation. I first installed NT4.0, then try to add SuSE on the second
hard drive (it's SCSI). Well, it does install fine. The problem is when
I shutdown linux, the machine does not reboot. I got error message saying
No-system disk or bad disk and machine stops there. I learned that the
way to get out was to insert the compaq SmartStart CD then boot. The CD
complains that it cannot do anything on hard disks, as it cannot talk to
them. it tells me to call reseller to fix this problem. I then reboot
without CD, then system boots. One time I installed LILO on first hard
drive's boot section. One time I installed LILO in second hard drive.
One time I installed LILO on floppy leaving hard disk's boot section
unchanged. No matter what I do, whenever I shutdown suse, system cannot
be rebooted and need that SmartStart which fixes problem without knowing
it. One time I halted installing SuSE. Even at that time, system cannot
reboot. So it doesn't seem to matter what is on the boot section.
Apparently compaq get exhausted after running SuSE, and need a kick from
the SmartStart. Being threatened to be sent back to factory, it starts
working again.
I would be VERY very appreciative if someone give me a clue. Why this
happens? How can I avoid it? Should I forget about NT? Should I try
some other distribution?
Thank you very much.
yosuke kimura
--
yosuke kimura
Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
The Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xhost configuration
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 18:49:25 -0700
12.34.56.78 is the ip address of your machine (godfrey)
Try this
$ xhost + 12.34.56.78
If this works, enter the ip address, hostname, hostname.domainname of
godfrey
# vi /etc/hosts
Append this to your end of the line of /etc/hosts
12.34.56.78 godfrey godfrey.godfrey.domain
Rick Shumway wrote:
> X-Server-Date: 4 Jul 2000 23:22:49 GMT
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-15mdk i686)
> X-Accept-Language: en
>
> In trying to get a couple of games running, I ran across the necessity
> of allowing access to xhost in order to run the games. On my system, it
> evidently defaults to allow no access, and I have to type xhost + to
> allow it before the game (xkobo) will run.
>
> According to the man page and help, I should be able to access xhost by
> typing "xhost +hostname". When I do this, however, and type "xhost
> +godfrey" (which is the hostname assigned to my computer), xhost tells
> me it is an invalid hostname and refuses to accept it. It will however
> accept "xhost +localhost".
>
> Also, the man page indicates in FILES: that there should be X*.hosts
> file(s) in my /etc folder. Since I have no such files, perhaps that is
> the reason xhost will not accept godfrey as a valid hostname. I can find
> no information on the format or content of the file(s). Does anyone know
> what should be there and how to make it available to xhost?
>
> Rick
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Runlevel ?
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 20:38:26 -0500
Homer Jay wrote:
>
> Hmmm. Now let... me... see.... It seems to me... there was some...
> sort... of... _utility_ for that. Hmm. Some sort of utility to
> check... the... _runlevel_.... What would such a RUNLEVEL checking
> utility be called.... Hmm.... How to check the `runlevel'....
I think you forgot the /sbin/ part of it.
You know /sbin/runlevel
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.help,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Package or Tools in Linux
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:03:26 -0700
$ man tcpdump
Peter wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was wandering, if there were any package or tools in Linux for testing
> TCP / IP protocols. I am looking for a package for adding some delay or
> loss between each IP datgram.
>
> Any help will be appreciated Peter
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From: "mnip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to put RH6.2 on end of 27gb HD, install new lilo?
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 02:17:26 GMT
> actually, the normal/old lilo will do just fine if you can simply
> guarantee that the files it needs at boot are accessible via bios.
> they could reside in, say, that first fat32 3G filesystem just fine.
> (assuming it lies under the standard 1K cyl limit...)
That's an interesting idea, I could just put a c:\linux directory, and copy
some boot files over, then point System Commander at that lilo binary?
Sounds good if it works, I agree with putting /boot on a different partition
than the rest of linux, but I would rather not dedicate a whole partition
for boot files. This may be the ticket
How will the linux loader know about FAT32 without loading a module or
something? Will I be able to edit/write kerkel files from the linux shell?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to reset root password (slackware)
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 02:13:55 GMT
Hey everyone,
I just installed Slackware 7.1, and during the configuration it asked
me if I wanted to set a password on root. I said yes, but the
installer failed to find /usr/bin/passwd. Now when I try to log in as
root, it doesn't give a password: prompt and just re-displays the
login: prompt a few seconds after I type "root" to log in.
Any pointers on how I can reset the root password? I can boot using my
boot/root disks, but am unsure if I can mount the hard drive or set the
root password on the hard drive installation.
Thanks for any help.
Tim
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Before you buy.
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From: Aravind Sadagopan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Installing HD, Linux, and Win Question
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 22:12:11 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Jason A. Cobb" wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am an advance Windows user but I am just starting out with Linux. I
> have a question about the order of which I should start out. These are
> the things I need to do:
>
> - Format 2 gig existing HD
> - Format 3 gig existing HD
> - Install new 20 gig HD
> - Install Win 98 or M.E.
> - Install Linux
>
> The Linux distribution that I purchased was SuSE 6.4 with 2.2.14
> kernel. I normally format and start over every year or so and thought
> this would be a great time since I will already have to do the Linux and
> HD work. I would probably like to partition the 20 gig into 15 and 5
> and use the 5 for Linux. Once again, I would appreciate the order in
> which I should do these things.
>
> Thank you,
> Jason A. Cobb
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> P.S. I noticed that the version of GNOME in SuSE is 1.0 while the Red
> Hat distribution came with a higher version. Should I try and update
> that, or is there much difference in the two? Thanks!
The procedure is simple
1. Format your existing hard disks
2. Use windows fdisk (that comes with the floppy) to create your 20 G
partiiton into 15 and 5(/boot + linux +swap) (the /boot must be within the
1024th cylinder for lilo to work properly)
3. Install Windows 98 (otherwise it assumes its the only OS on this planet)
4. Install Suse 6.4 ( a great choice)
5. During Install make sure you create a /boot partition (it can be very
small) within the 1024th cylinder
6. Allocate some space for swap partition (ususal formula : 2*RAM size),
partition the rset as Linux partition (Suse's advanced installer will guide
you)
Thats about it..I have a similar setup ..any problems mail me
aravind
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From: Steven Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: install Linux directly from network??
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 02:21:59 GMT
I have a cable modem, and want to install linux on a (new/spare)
computer. I don't have any CD-ROM versions of linux.
I seem to remember something about being able to install Linux on a
system which has a direct network connection (like mine) by downloading
minimal boot image(s), then the system automatically FTP'd the data from
the server. It took little interaction from the user to get the initial
linux loaded from the network.
I did a quick net search, and didn't find anything. Can somebody point
me to some information? Note I do *not* mean information on how to FTP
the CD-ROM image to my hard disk, then do the install. I am looking for
something which boots minimal linux then continues the install from the
network.
Thanks!
Steven
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From: "Scott Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install with no CD-ROM
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 22:10:37 -0400
Okay, now I have done it. I told my girlfriend's father that he should
install linux as his mailserver as it would run on a 486. Me and my big
mouth! He gave me the PC and it doesn't even have a CD 486 33. (I have a
used 5 1/4 if anyone is interested) anyway, this is what I was thinking for
a workaround.
Use my pc and rawwrite the rootdisk and bootdisk image onto a floppy drive.
>From there I should at least be able to boot his old klunker. Now my
problem is how do I access the cd rom on my other pc using my internal
network. My question is how do I access my cdrom on either my linux box or
win 98 from his freshly booted pc.
Clear as mud!
Thanks,
Scott
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD Writing software
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:35:46 +1000
Hi,
Does anyone know of some good CD Writing software for linux?
TIA
Adam
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From: Laura Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Settings problems (Re: My Linux Adventure)
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 22:12:12 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dex wrote:
> If you've already tried these suggestions, sorry to be redundant. Did you
> run Xconfigurator? It should set your display settings for you. You can set
> up your networking by running linuxconf and going under networking and
> setting up ppp.
Thanks Dex.
What is happening is I don't know what to say when asked for a video
card. I've got a FIC PAG-2130 motherboard (VIA chipset) with a Trident
AGP onboard. I have 128 MB of PC-100 SDRAM, and of that I set aside 8
MB of RAM for the vid.
I can go in and set up my monitor, but that too is a bit weird and asks
some things I don't know how to answer, like about RAMDAC and
clockspeeds. It's all very frustrating, and I can't get a decent
display, no matter what I do.
I also can't find a way to enable the soundblaster-compat onboard
sound. I did sndconfig and put in the settings I got from
BIOS...nothing! It's like the sys sees nothing there, although it works
fine in Windows.
I had similar problems when I tried BeOS. What's infuriating is my
chipset, CPU, vid chipset, and sound are all supposed to be supported by
Linux, especially a recent distro like this one. I'm so discouraged
right now, I can't even tell you. I consulted several manuals both
online and hard copy, I asked you guys in the NGs, I tried getting my
Linux-advocate pal over here to hold my hand through the whole
thing...NOTHING.
No progress. After reloading the OS several times to correct the many
ways I buggered it, I'm just worn out and kind of disgusted, frankly.
--
Laura Goodwin
"Pain is fleeting, glory is forever.
Remember: scars are sexy."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: How to install with no CD-ROM
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 03:03:56 GMT
You didn't mention what distribution you are using. With RedHat, you can
rawrite a netboot disk that includes NIC support and will download either from
FTP or HTTP. Of course, you'll have to either have HTTP or FTP working on
your system, but that's easy enough.
What I did recently (last week) is just mount my CD-ROM under the document
root for Apache. Then I was able to choose HTTP from the setup, and give it
an address like 10.16.1.12/rh-cd
In article <JPw85.1524$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Scott Watson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Okay, now I have done it. I told my girlfriend's father that he should
>install linux as his mailserver as it would run on a 486. Me and my big
>mouth! He gave me the PC and it doesn't even have a CD 486 33. (I have a
>used 5 1/4 if anyone is interested) anyway, this is what I was thinking for
>a workaround.
>
>Use my pc and rawwrite the rootdisk and bootdisk image onto a floppy drive.
>From there I should at least be able to boot his old klunker. Now my
>problem is how do I access the cd rom on my other pc using my internal
>network. My question is how do I access my cdrom on either my linux box or
>win 98 from his freshly booted pc.
>
>Clear as mud!
>
>
>Thanks,
>Scott
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: Q: install Linux directly from network??
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 03:17:25 GMT
Write down your Internet IP info.. (run WINIPCFG under Windows 9x)
IP address,
Subnet mask,
default router/gateway,
DNS server
>From Windows, download the following
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/images/bootnet.img
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/dosutils/rawrite.exe
Insert floppy.
At a DOS prompt in the directory you downloaded to,
RAWRITE BOOTNET.IMG
Reboot with diskette inserted and boot into Linux network install.
Follow directions
Enter all the IP info when asked.
Choose FTP install.
Give server name of ftp.redhat.com (or some good mirror)
Give directory containing the install files. For ftp.redhat.com, I think it
is either:
/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/
or
/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/
In article <8ju63s$blk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven Christensen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a cable modem, and want to install linux on a (new/spare)
>computer. I don't have any CD-ROM versions of linux.
>
>I seem to remember something about being able to install Linux on a
>system which has a direct network connection (like mine) by downloading
>minimal boot image(s), then the system automatically FTP'd the data from
>the server. It took little interaction from the user to get the initial
>linux loaded from the network.
>
>I did a quick net search, and didn't find anything. Can somebody point
>me to some information? Note I do *not* mean information on how to FTP
>the CD-ROM image to my hard disk, then do the install. I am looking for
>something which boots minimal linux then continues the install from the
>network.
>
>Thanks!
>
> Steven
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C.J.)
Subject: Re: How to reset root password (slackware)
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 03:22:46 GMT
Try this... and I'd love to hear if it works:
At lilo prompt, add "single" after your choice to boot linux. ie: if you type
linux, you would use:
linux single
Change root's password.
passwd root
reboot
done
In article <8ju5kq$b9c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hey everyone,
>
>I just installed Slackware 7.1, and during the configuration it asked
>me if I wanted to set a password on root. I said yes, but the
>installer failed to find /usr/bin/passwd. Now when I try to log in as
>root, it doesn't give a password: prompt and just re-displays the
>login: prompt a few seconds after I type "root" to log in.
>
>Any pointers on how I can reset the root password? I can boot using my
>boot/root disks, but am unsure if I can mount the hard drive or set the
>root password on the hard drive installation.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Tim
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: Mike Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.turbolinux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus.
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 20:42:29 -0700
TurboShitzu is a mess. Have any of you installed a minumum software set
and then gone in and tried to do the REAL install using turbopkg? Have
you noticed that
1. There is no way to select EVERYTHING? That you have to go down the
entire f--king list, checking the packages one at a time? Have you
noticed that turbopkg erupts with a segmentation violation wile trying
to install one of the network packages? EVERY TIME IN THE SAME PLACE?
At least Mandrake has an EVERYTHING option on *its* package installer.
Guess I'm not the only one that things its a NO-BRAINER.
2. Have you noticed that if you select writing the boot loader to the
root partition that you have NO SUBSEQUENT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BOOT
FLOPPY? Boy, what a bunch of friggin geniuses.
About the only good thing I can say about TurboShitzu is that it doesn't
hose down any other partitions. Try the "rain" release of Storm--the one
given away in the June issue of Linux Magazine ("Storm" is Sudanese for
"shitzu"--honest). Yea, notice how the place you end up writing the boot
loader is buried in a menu option rather than being out front where it
should be. Notice how, even if you write the boot loader to the root
partition, it hoses the MBR on C: anyway. Thank god that, compared with
*these* wankers, I *AM* a bloody genius, so I was able to get the MBR
back without reinstalling NT. Thank god for *them* that is, because I'm
quite capable of making a special trip right to their office door where
I would show them that it is in the long-term interest of their personal
physical well being that they pull their little pin heads out of their
pukey little asses. Now where was I?
Now I will give you the short course on how a CORRECT installation
architecture should proceed.
To begin with,
- the initial installation is NOT the place to be installing monster
software packages. How many of you have loaded down the platter with a
gig of software only to find out that you can't boot? The *initial*
installation should be concerned with ONE THING ONLY: creating
partitions, setting up recovery mechanisms, and installing a bare-bones
bootable system. THEN, when you find that everything is copasetic, and
you've actually logged-in and are grinning from pie-hole to ass-hole,
NOW start installing the platter-busting mega-system. Fawk. Do I have to
do everything myself? Apparently.
- Furthermore, the installation should have a TEST MODE that allows you
to simply create partitions and do a pseudo-boot into the root where you
would sit and be able to do nothing but reboot. After finding that, yes,
Margaret, I can create partitions and boot into them using whatever boot
system I HAVE ALREADY SELECTED, then and only then would the
installation continue. In essence, the Installation would not be
SEQUENTIAL; it would be DIRECT-ACCESS and have enough intelligence to
know what has to be done before what.
- The installation should be able to restore the system to the state it
was in just before the moment of installation. GUARANTEED. Installing a
linux system should be COMPLETELY WITHOUT RISK. Period f--king end.
-- If you can't give a WRITTEN GUARANTEE that your distro will NOT
NEGATIVELY IMPACT the current state of your box, then get out of the
game. You got no business in it. You're a piss-ant. You can't run with
the Big Dogs. You're a Tech Shitzu. Get off my leg.
Mike
--
http://www.bigfoot.com/~warnerm
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From: Homer Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I am a newbie and I need help.
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 03:42:08 GMT
"Phillip Oliven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just recently bought another computer just so I could install Linux and
> play around with it. I bought a copy of "Linux for Dummies" so I would have
> the operating system and something to help walk me through its operation. I
> have RedHat Linux V5.2 installed but my video card is an onboard
> CyrixGraphic Adapter on board the MediaGX 133 motherboard. The book says to
> install a newer version of Xfree86 but doesn't tell me how. My main computer
> which is running Win98SE is the only one that I can get on the Internet as
> the other has a WinModem which isn't supported in Linux. Is it possible to
> download Xfree86 onto a floppy and have Linux read the disk even though it
> is DOS? I would appreciate the help quite a bit but I would really
> appreciate a text file or a url where I could DOWNLOAD a manual or something
> so I could find this information for myself. I have found a couple of online
> manuals but that doesn't do me much good considering the two computers are
> at opposite ends of the house. Any Linux newsletters or really good
> homepages for beginners would be a tremendous help also.
Software for any operating system can be in two main forms: source
code or binaries. Source code is the human-readable format of the
programming language in which the program was written. Binaries are
the compiled, machine-readable version. Any linux can use the source
code to compile a binary, but new users will want to use the
pre-compiled binaries until they feel very comfortable with the OS.
RedHat wraps their binaries in a "package" called an RPM, short for
RedHat Package Manager. These rpms can be easily installed with a
simple command-line invocation of: `rpm --install packagefile.rpm'.
You want to download the newest copy of XFree86 you can for RedHat
5.2. Try ftp://ftp.redhat.com. (I think 5.2 is still supported.)
Getting that large of a file over to your Linux box on floppies will
be problematic. Some utils, such as WinZip, allow you to make an
archive over multiple floppies. However, I do not know about
compatibilites (if any) between linux and win compression programs
with such files. If you can find a good windows `tar' utility that
can span floppies, you may have an easy time untarring it on Linux.
Otherwise, either install network cards or buy a real modem.
Documentation (for all sorts of things) can be found at:
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Sweetser)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with fsck on new disk
Date: 5 Jul 2000 03:32:34 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am having problems adding a new harddrive to my system. It was working
>fine in Windows. It is a Western Digital Caviar 34000
>specs:
>7752 Cylinders
>16 heads
>63 spt
>4000.7 megabytes
>
>I tried to fdisk it. It runs fine, but When I ran an fsck it complained
>about not being able to find the superblock. I tried iterations of the
>superblock backup. No luck. I finally ended up doing a mk2efs /dev/hdb
Unlike in MSDOS, fdisk does not create the filesystem, it only sets up
the partition table. You *always* must use mke2fs on a given partition
after fdisk'ing it in order to place a useable e2fs partition on it.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net
Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I
hate plants. --A. Whitney Brown
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Writing software
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 21:06:07 -0700
Try to get cdrecord to work first with your CD-Writer.
Most of the GUI based program use cdrecord as its base.
"Adam H." wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of some good CD Writing software for linux?
>
> TIA
>
> Adam
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