laplink to 286 pc?
Hello, I have an old 286 w/ msdos and a laptop w/ linux. I would like to transfer the 286's hard disk to the laptop using the parallel port. Does anyone know a way of doing this? I was thinking to use laplink on the 286 side, but I don't think there's a laplink for linux (despite various searches). Any advice very welcome, Etienne
Re: Consoles inaccessible w/ Ctl-Alt-FN
Hello, thank you for the answers. From: Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Etienne == Etienne Grossmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: # Etienne Hello, I can't access the linux consoles through # Etienne Ctl-Alt-F1 anymore. # Perhaps your window manager has re-mapped the keys, so that they key # that you *think* is Alt is really something else. # If you've got a Windows keyboard, try pressing Ctrl-Windows-F1. According to 'xev', my 'alt' is 'Alt_L', which I would say is ok. The left 'Windows' is 'Select' and the right one is 'Mode_switch'. Neither C-Left_Windows-F1 nor C-Right_Windows-F1 changes to console. I forgot to say that when I do C-M-F1, the terminal freezes : the mouse and keyboard have no apparent effect, except that C-M-F7 restores control over the terminal. I guess I'll try to install the usual gnome. The problem is that apt only sees the helix packages. I'll see if removing the 'extra' cd from the sources.list does the trick. Thanks again for the advice, Etienne
Consoles inaccessible w/ Ctl-Alt-FN
Hello, I can't access the linux consoles through Ctl-Alt-F1 anymore. I'm running Potato 2.2r2, with Windowmaker and plenty of Ximian Gnome packages installed. These come from a debian non-free cd obtained at ftp.hu.debian.org. I can't recall if I ever was able to access linux consoles since I installed the Ximian packages. Do users of the vanilla Gnome packages still have access to the linux consoles? Thanks in advance for any advice, Etienne
Cloning a Debian system
Hello, is there any way to install on a Debian system the same packages that are found on another Debian system? The machines are not strictly equal. Tia, Etienne
Re: Cloning a Debian system
Hello, Something like apt-get selections... -chris thanks for the hint. I would have started by the mail archives, but I didn't find out how to search them... Cheers, Etienne
What is /dev/log ?
Hello, would anyone know where the file /dev/log comes from? ls -l /dev/log srw-rw-rw-1 root root0 Jul 18 07:46 /dev/log RTFM is an acceptable answer, especially if the man page is specified. Cheers, Etienne
Re: SED question
Hello, I am writing a shell script using sed I need to figure out how I can store the output of grep florida roam.db | sed -e s/^.*\? //g to a variable. roam.db has entries like, one per line. florida: 555-1212 you mean, in a shell variable? In bash and maybe sh this should work : myvar=`grep florida roam.db | sed -e s/^.*\? //g` HTH, Etienne
Re: 410cdt MODEL?
Hello, maybe this can help : a site on linux and laptops; you should be able to find info on specific models. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ Cheers, Etienne ps : My general impression is that Toshiba and LInux go along well (source : that site, various mailing lists and personal experience on Satellite 210 and Tecra 7?0).
Re: Cannot mount root after crash
Hello, could you send your /etc/fstab file (if you can bring your machine to the network), or the line(s) in it concerning /dev/hda4 ? Etienne
Re: what is texinfo?
Hello, if you are using emacs, try C-h-i (Control-h-i)(h like help, i like info). Etienne
Re: PS/2 mouse problems
Hello, did you check that your file /etc/X11/XF86Config specifies the correct mouse device? I have : ProtocolIMPS/2 (XF86Config produced by XF86Setup, with some help of xf86config). Also, do you manage to have gpm running? Etienne
re: Laptop install Help Needed
Hello, 2. I can't get the machine to talk on the network. How do I do this? Do you have an IP number for the laptop? Your sysadmin should give/lend you one, and also tell you what the values for broadcast, gateway are. I know there are a hundred right answers to this question, I'm looking for the easiest/quickest ways How do I get 3c575 support? I'm not sure I'm up to compiling a kernel yet. Should I As of the pcmcia 2.9.6, driver I am not sure 3c575 is supported. 3c589 is. I am not sure, but hamm/slink may have built-in pcmcia support. consider other pcmcia cards that I have access to like NE200 or 3c589, or is pcmcia problematic and should I look for a pocket adatper or something else? 3. Once I get the network working should I use NFS or FTP to access the packages? (are there important pro's and con's of each?) It may be easier to do it by ftp, because for nfsm, your sysadmin will need to give you mount authorization on a server. Hope that helps, Etienne
Re: how to use wheel on Logitech mouse?
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to use wheel on Logitech mouse? Hello, here is an extract from http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1998/08/15/903164189.html : imwheel Jon Atkins (Rabbid Rabbit) - August 15th 1998, 02:56 EST Imwheel makes the wheel of your Intellimouse (and other wheel mice) work in Linux/X11 to scroll windows up and down, or send keys to programs. It runs in the background as a daemon and requires little reconfiguration of the XWindows se tup. 4 or more button mice and Alps Glidepad 'Taps' may als Homepage: http://solaris1.mysolution.com/~jcatki/imwheel/ Installation is quite straightforward. Good luck, Etienne
