Linux-Setup Digest #384, Volume #19 Sat, 12 Aug 00 16:13:05 EDT
Contents:
External ZIP Drive ("Oraxid")
Re: localtime and zoneinfo (H Dziardziel)
Modem hangup immediately after dialing in (gk7eong)
Saving and Restoring an MBR (Randy Cooper)
Re: system font? (Steen Suder)
Re: Linux on AMD (Fred Nastos)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
partition problem... ("Pat Ho")
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From: "Oraxid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: External ZIP Drive
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:19:58 GMT
How do I setup an External zip drive to work with linux?(I have mandrake
7.0)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Subject: Re: localtime and zoneinfo
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:25:38 GMT
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:43:10 -0700, Michael Nadler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>You probably have the "TZ" environment variable set to your default
>timezone. If you unset this variable, your timezone changes will appear
>as you expect. Read `man tzset` for further explanation.
>
>
>Fran�ois Patte wrote:
>
>> Bonjour,
>>
>> I try to set my clock using the symlink /etc/localtime and nothing
>> happens: I only get the hour of bios.
>>
>> /etc/localtime --> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris
>>
>> or
>>
>> /etc/localtime --> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta
>>
>> return the same hour!!
>>
>> Who could help me?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -- Fran�ois Patte. UFR de math�matiques et informatique.
>> 45 rue des St P�res. 75270 Paris Cedex 06
>> Tel: 01 44 55 35 59 -- Fax: 01 44 55 35 35
>> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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Force the system clock with hwclock --hctosy which should
set the system clock to use the timezone. See man hwclock.
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From: gk7eong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem hangup immediately after dialing in
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:24:59 +0800
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Hi, I have been trying to use internet with my slackware 7 but
unsuccesful i use kppp to dial to my isp. I have a Thundercom 566TV
external modem. I got this log file from my kppd
Aug 13 01:37:15 linux_box pppd[242]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0
Aug 13 01:37:15 linux_box pppd[242]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 13 01:37:15 linux_box pppd[242]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Aug 13 01:37:33 linux_box pppd[242]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Aug 13 01:37:33 linux_box pppd[242]: Modem hangup
Aug 13 01:37:33 linux_box pppd[242]: Connection terminated.
Aug 13 01:37:33 linux_box pppd[242]: Exit.
can someone tell me wat's wrong? or what I need to do?
thank you in advance.
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From: Randy Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Saving and Restoring an MBR
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 13:39:47 -0500
I have noticed a lot of questions regarding recovering lost / damaged
Master Boot Records (MBR) lately. So I thought it was about time to
repost this.
You should make a backup copy of your MBR on a bootable floppy disk
before installing Linux and then again after installing Linux.
============================================================
I can suggest two ways that you can back up the Master Boot Record (MBR)
on an IDE drive under Windows and DOS.
1. Use the Norton Utilities.
2. Use Debug, as found in DOS, it is also available from the DOS prompt
in Windows/95 so I assume it is also available in Windows/98.
Enter the following commands to save the MBR on the C drive, ignore
the text after the '<=' on each line as it is only a comment:
DEBUG MBR.DAT <= Ignore the FILE NOT FOUND message
A <= Assemble a program
MOV DX,9000 <= Use segment 9000
MOV ES,DX <= Setup the segment register
XOR BX,BX <= Clear BX to zero
MOV CX,0001 <= Start at track 00 sector 01, the MBR
MOV DX,0080 <= 80=C:, 81=D:, 00=A:, 01=B:
MOV AX,0201 <= Read 1 sector, 02=read
INT 13 <= BIOS disk i/o call
INT 20 <= Return to o/s
<= Press the return key to end program entry
G <= Execute the program
R CX <= Display the value of CX
:200 <= Change the value of CX to decimal 512, size of
MBR
W 9000:00 <= Write the sector stored at address 9000 to
MBR.DAT
Q <= exit DEBUG
If you examine the contents of MBR.DAT using a disk file editor the last
2 bytes must be AA55.
At this point you should copy the MBR to a bootable floppy along with
DEBUG.EXE
This technique may be used to recover the MBR as well, assuming you can
boot from another device (say a floppy with DEBUG.EXE on it).
Enter the following commands to restore the MBR on the C drive, ignore
the text after the '<=' on each line as it is only a comment:
DEBUG MBR.DAT <= The file containing the desired MBR, if you
get a
FILE NOT FOUND message type Q immediately! If
you
continue you will write garbage over the MBR.
L 9000:00 <= Load the MBR into memory at this address
A <= Assemble a program
MOV DX,9000 <= The segment address containing the MBR
MOV ES,DX <= Setup the segment address
XOR BX,BX
MOV CX,0001 <= Track 00, sector 01
MOV DX,0080 <= 80=C:
MOV AX,0301 <= Write one sector, 03=write
INT 13
INT 20
<= Press the enter key to stop program entry
G <= Execute the program
Q <= Exit DEBUG
The MBR should now be restored to the C drive, making it bootable.
For more information on this technique for saving and restoring an MBR I
refer you the book 'The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide' by
Mark
Minasi, published by Sybex.
Once you have Linux running you can save the boot record with the
command:
dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.MBR bs=512 count=1
It can then be restored with:
dd if=/boot/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
or if you do not want/need to overwrite the partition table with:
dd if=/boot/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
as the partition table is kept in the last 66 bytes of the MBR.
DISCLAIMER:
Although I have double checked the above, I cannot be held responsible
for any errors. I suggest you try it on a bootable floppy disk before
using it on a hard drive. If it does not work on a floppy disk let me
know.
BTW: I find it easier to boot Linux from a floppy disk or CD-ROM than to
recover an MBR from DOS. The Slackware 3.5 (or greater) CD-ROM
makes a
good rescue disk if you have a bios that supports bootable CDs.
I can suggest two ways that you can back up the Master Boot Record (MBR)
on an
IDE drive under Windows and DOS.
1. Use the Norton Utilities.
2. Use Debug, as found in DOS, it is also available from the DOS prompt
in
Windows/95 so I assume it is also available in Windows/98.
Enter the following commands to save the MBR on the C drive, ignore
the text
after the '<=' on each line as it is only a comment:
DEBUG MBR.DAT <= Ignore the FILE NOT FOUND message
A <= Assemble a program
MOV DX,9000 <= Use segment 9000
MOV ES,DX <= Setup the segment register
XOR BX,BX <= Clear BX to zero
MOV CX,0001 <= Start at track 00 sector 01, the MBR
MOV DX,0080 <= 80=C:, 81=D:, 00=A:, 01=B:
MOV AX,0201 <= Read 1 sector, 02=read
INT 13 <= BIOS disk i/o call
INT 20 <= Return to o/s
<= Press the return key to end program entry
G <= Execute the program
R CX <= Display the value of CX
:200 <= Change the value of CX to decimal 512, size of
MBR
W 9000:00 <= Write the sector stored at address 9000 to
MBR.DAT
Q <= exit DEBUG
If you examine the contents of MBR.DAT using a disk file editor the last
2
bytes must be AA55.
At this point you should copy the MBR to a bootable floppy along with
DEBUG.EXE
This technique may be used to recover the MBR as well, assuming you can
boot
from another device (say a floppy with DEBUG.EXE on it).
Enter the following commands to restore the MBR on the C drive, ignore
the text
after the '<=' on each line as it is only a comment:
DEBUG MBR.DAT <= The file containing the desired MBR, if you
get a
FILE NOT FOUND message type Q immediately! If
you
continue you will write garbage over the MBR.
L 9000:00 <= Load the MBR into memory at this address
A <= Assemble a program
MOV DX,9000 <= The segment address containing the MBR
MOV ES,DX <= Setup the segment address
XOR BX,BX
MOV CX,0001 <= Track 00, sector 01
MOV DX,0080 <= 80=C:
MOV AX,0301 <= Write one sector, 03=write
INT 13
INT 20
<= Press the enter key to stop program entry
G <= Execute the program
Q <= Exit DEBUG
The MBR should now be restored to the C drive, making it bootable.
For more information on this technique for saving and restoring an MBR I
refer
you the book 'The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide' by Mark
Minasi,
published by Sybex.
Once you have Linux running you can save the boot record with the
command:
dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.MBR bs=512 count=1
It can then be restored with:
dd if=/boot/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
or if you do not want/need to overwrite the partition table with:
dd if=/boot/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
as the partition table is kept in the last 66 bytes of the MBR.
DISCLAIMER:
Although I have double checked the above, I cannot be held responsible
for any errors. I suggest you try it on a bootable floppy disk before
using it on a hard drive. If it does not work on a floppy disk let me
know.
BTW: I find it easier to boot Linux from a floppy disk or CD-ROM than to
recover an MBR from DOS. The Slackware 3.5 (or greater) CD-ROM
makes a
good rescue disk if you have a bios that supports bootable CDs.
--
Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mail checked week nights and weekends)
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From: Steen Suder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: system font?
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:42:12 +0200
Andrey Shipsha wrote:
>
> I am using RedHat 6.2. Recently I have tweaked the system for using dpi
> 100 fonts as default. It worked just fine but the font in the menus of
> most the applications (for example, Netscape, GhostView, Acrobat Reader,
> etc.) looks a bit large to me. It used to be smaller in 75 dpi mode.
>
> Where I can find the font settings to decrrease the font in the
> application menus?
In your /etc/X11/fs/config you change your
"default-point-size = xxx"-line to "default-point-size = 100" or what
might render a sensible result.
It's usually around 120 or so.
Then restart xfs:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
Now, logout of your X session and press Ctl-Alt-Backspace to restart X.
This, off course, changes the general font size offset in X in most
areas.
--
Best regards / Mvh.,
Steen Suder, sysadm kollegie6400.dk -|- OpenSource --- Sign of the time
Scan-Aqua ADVARSEL WARNING http://www.uk.k64.dk/sfs/Scan-Aqua/
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From: Fred Nastos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 12 Aug 2000 18:56:51 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2.2.14 has a serious security bug in it. This is why SuSE has released and
> update to the k_default.rpm package with a 2.2.16 kernel. Keep up with the
> security advisories.
Where can we do that? Is there a page where updates are posted? I looked
around for few, but found nothing recent. Thanks
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,alt.fan.warlord
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:27:41 -0700
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > >
> > > Andrew Halliwell writes to the blowfish:
> > > > Are you thick, or what?
> > >
> > > You can only play a fish for so long before you have to either gaff it or
> > > release it. He's given some good sport, but he's getting tired now. Let's
> > > let him go.
> >
> > 00000000 596f 7520 6172 6520 6a75 7374 2064 656e
> > 00000010 7969 6e67 2074 6865 2072 6561 6c69 7479
> > 00000020 2e20 556e 7769 6c6c 696e 6720 746f 2061
> > 00000030 6363 6570 7420 7468 6520 7472 7565 2e0a
>
> voltaire would defend your right to say this -- with his life if need be!
>
I wouldn't bet on it. He might defense it, but one show to the jury will make his
defense attempt a lot harder.
> > --
> > - Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
> > user.
> > (Have Fun with geek's culture: Part-1.)
> > --
> > - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
> > hands,
> > lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
> > time.
> > But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
> > takes
> > Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
> > - The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
> > geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
> > geek + vi | ~/emacs
> > ==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
> > newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
> > EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
> > - My SAS (Sing-A-Song) Fingerprint -v.i007.bond: Doe1(-a deer, a female
> > deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
> > Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
> > needle pulling thread.)
> > lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
> > will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
> > (c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000.
>
> a masterpiece signature like this could use some ascii art.
I'll work on the ascii art later. Thankx.
There're more to come on the .signature still. It's like all the kernel de jour of
the 2.4 kernel. :-)
>
> --
> J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Don't Fear the Penguin!
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:31:00 -0700
NF Stevens wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay Maynard) wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > You seek to deny me the right to control my own
> >work merely because it is an improvement on your work. This is not freedom.
> >It is communism.
>
> No, this is copyright law; as specifically enabled by the constitution
> of that bastion of anti-communism, the US of A.
>
> Norman
The GNU-GPL is communism. Not the copyright law.
The GNU-GPL wants to communalise everything.
So, the GNU-GPL groupies are the commies. ;-)
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
------------------------------
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:33:50 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > So. You're hired hand for Debian. Or unofficial hired hand (or coder, if
> > you prefer.) No?
>
> It's rather traditional to be payed when someone hires you...
> When did Debian pay him anything?
>
Are you talking to me?
Did Mr. Hasler asked you to defend him?
I'm sure Mr. Hasler can handle the situation well without your "help."
Now, go back to your room and stay there and shut up. Or no dinner for you
tonight.
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
> | in | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
> | Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
------------------------------
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:35:25 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> >>
> >> blowfish writes:
> >> > Anyway. You have sold your code for profit.
> >>
> >> For there to have been a sale there would have to have been a contract
> >> which obligated me to deliver the code and my customer to pay me. None of
> >> my Debian work has involved such a contract (some of my other work has).
> >>
> > Then, please enlighten me in how to make $25k for no reason.
>
> He's already explained the VA Linux IPO!
> Are you thick, or what?
>
No. I'm just right.
But OTOH. You're too thin. ;-)
> > I don't mind to have that happen to me a few times a year. :-)
>
> >> > Because you know the whole idea of GNU-GPL, FSF and profit takings are
> >> > contradictory to one another.
> >>
> >> Wrong.
>
> > Right!
>
> No, wrong!
>
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" |
> | in | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
> | Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
------------------------------
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,alt.fan.warlord
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:39:34 -0700
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > >
> > > Andrew Halliwell writes to the blowfish:
> > > > Are you thick, or what?
> > >
> > > You can only play a fish for so long before you have to either gaff it or
> > > release it. He's given some good sport, but he's getting tired now. Let's
> > > let him go.
> >
> > 00000000 596f 7520 6172 6520 6a75 7374 2064 656e
> > 00000010 7969 6e67 2074 6865 2072 6561 6c69 7479
> > 00000020 2e20 556e 7769 6c6c 696e 6720 746f 2061
> > 00000030 6363 6570 7420 7468 6520 7472 7565 2e0a
>
> voltaire would defend your right to say this -- with his life if need be!
>
> > --
> > - Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
> > user.
> > (Have Fun with geek's culture: Part-1.)
> > --
> > - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
> > hands,
> > lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
> > time.
> > But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
> > takes
> > Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
> > - The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
> > geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
> > geek + vi | ~/emacs
> > ==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
> > newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
> > EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
> > - My SAS (Sing-A-Song) Fingerprint -v.i007.bond: Doe1(-a deer, a female
> > deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
> > Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
> > needle pulling thread.)
> > lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
> > will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
> > (c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000.
>
> a masterpiece signature like this could use some ascii art.
>
I am working on a Windoz version too. I've to tame it down a bit before I can
release it. The Windoz's port is *really* juicy! :P~
> --
> J o h a n K u l l s t a m
> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Don't Fear the Penguin!
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user. (Have Fun with geek's culture:Part 2.4.test.pre.release-1234567.)
- Don't fear the Duck. Resistance is futile. Eat your duck soup.
- World Domination:60% foo.bar.com now serveing Duck a l'Orange with
free side order of duck soup.
- Official Duck a l'orange Counter Registration:
#345678.(https://foo.duck.org/orange/duck_soup/duck_counter.php)
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
------------------------------
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:56:56 -0700
John Hasler wrote:
>
> Andrew Halliwell writes to the blowfish:
> > Are you thick, or what?
>
> You can only play a fish for so long before you have to either gaff it or
> release it. He's given some good sport, but he's getting tired now. Let's
> let him go.
I doubt it. The fish is just getting stronger.
Maybe turning into Moby Dick!?
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
> Dancing Horse Hill
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From: "Pat Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: partition problem...
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:02:51 GMT
Hi guys,
I have a problem with installing Mandrake 7.1. I booted the CD, it ran into
setup program. And try follow the steps they provided. However when it came
to detecting harddrive, it just said the partition is too corrupted for me,
and turned out giving a "bad blank partition" which have 2GB (99% of the
drive space????). I have tried fdisk to partition my harddrive first, and
the 2nd time I used IBM disk manager to partition it.
Here's the list of my hardware:
Abit KA7 w/ Althon 700Mhz CPU
128MB ram
IBM 75GXP 20.5GB harddrive partitioned into 3G each except the last one 1.2
GB
soundblaster live value
gvc v.90 pci hardware modem
asus v6600 pure vga card
2 network cards
mitsumi 4804TE cdrw writer
panasonic 40x cdrom drive...
First I tried my old 8.4GB harddrive and it can read the partitions. Is it
related to the number of cylinders of the IBM harddrive? Any solutions?
Since it's the first step to install, I cannot continue without the problem
solved.
Thanks so much !!!
Pat.
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