You should make an appointment to see what Action Target has done with Linux. They're here locally in Provo. Ask to speak with Kyle Bateman.
On 8/29/05, Levi Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > I am aiding in some research here at work. Please help me brainstorm so > nothing is missed. I am looking for companies and products that are needed > to make a Linux desktop a viable solution for everyone. > > I am looking into solution stacks for all types of workstations users. > Technical workers to home enthusiasts. > > Products that are currently not bundled, possibly not even supporting Linux. > Hardware that is not supported, or not supported very well. > > Please share any thoughts you have. Feel free to email me direct if you > like. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks, > > -Levi > > > > On 8/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Send PLUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://plug.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of PLUG digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Adding an existing drive as second drive (Al Byers) > > 2. Re: Adding an existing drive as second drive (Ross Werner) > > 3. Re: Adding an existing drive as second drive (Jeff Schroeder) > > 4. Re: installing Sun JDK on Fedora Core 4 (Joel Finlinson) > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Al Byers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:23:37 -0600 > > Subject: Adding an existing drive as second drive > > I am running SUSE 9.1 and I would like to throw in the main drive from > > an old RH 9 machine and get some info off of it. The system sees it as > > /dev/hdf but I can't mount it or determine its filesystem (I guess there > > could be several). Does this have something to do with the way that the > > super block is written? Anyway, is there a way around this problem? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Al Byers > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List <[email protected]>, Al Byers < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:34:56 -0600 (MDT) > > Subject: Re: Adding an existing drive as second drive > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Al Byers wrote: > > > > > I am running SUSE 9.1 and I would like to throw in the main drive from > > an old > > > RH 9 machine and get some info off of it. The system sees it as /dev/hdf > > but > > > I can't mount it or determine its filesystem (I guess there could be > > > several). Does this have something to do with the way that the super > > block is > > > written? Anyway, is there a way around this problem? > > > > Are you doing "mount /dev/hdf /mnt/mountpoint" rather than > > "mount /dev/hdf1 /mnt/mountpoint"? You'll have to do the latter to > > actually mount the partitions (first partition is 1, second is 2, etc). > > > > If you don't know what all the partitions are, you can do: > > "fdisk /dev/hdf" followed by the command "p" (print the partition table), > > followed by "q" (quit without saving changes). That will give you a list > > of all the partitions, their filesystem types, and their relative sizes. > > (If you already know all this and are having different problems, please > > ignore this email :-) > > > > On that note, does anyone else happen to know another/easier way to print > > the partition table without dabbling in fdisk? > > > > ~ Ross > > > > -- > > > > "What are you doing?" > > "Work . . ." > > "What sort of work?" > > "I am thinking," he answered. > > Dostoevsky, "Crime and Punishment" > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Jeff Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:39:54 -0600 > > Subject: Re: Adding an existing drive as second drive > > Ross asked: > > > > > On that note, does anyone else happen to know another/easier way to > > > print the partition table without dabbling in fdisk? > > > > Not without fdisk, but to save yourself a couple of commands you can do > > it in one line: > > > > # fdisk -l /dev/hdf > > > > The -l argument just lists the partition table and quits. > > > > HTH, > > Jeff > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Joel Finlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:28:49 -0600 > > Subject: Re: installing Sun JDK on Fedora Core 4 > > On 8/26/05, Russel Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to intall Sun JDK on a machine that has Fedora Core 4 on it > > > but I'm getting a message that it can't run in graphical mode and it > > > suggests running the installer in -console or -silent mode. When I run > > > it in -console mode I get a similar message and when I run it in > > > -silent mode it seems to install but I can't find the installed > > > package afterwards. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to > > > install it? Also, I've run into a Redhat document that suggests to > > > manually install the Sun Java tarball but I have not been able to find > > > a tarball. Does it exist and if so where is it? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Russ Caldwell > > > > Have you tried following these instructions from Stanton Finley? > > > > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#Java > > > > I've found that he has lots of helpful steps for installing apps > > for FC3 and FC4 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://plug.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > .-----------------------------------. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `-----------------------------------' > .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
