regular expressions

1998-03-26 Thread lucier
Howdy all.:-) During a chat with a linux developer, he mentioned that OS/2 (plus DOS and Windows) didn't support regular expressions. From what I have been able to gather from reading app docs (like the EPM INF file) , *nix ported to OS/2 app docs and shareware descriptions, it

Re: more or less Newbies?

1998-03-24 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:37:00 -0500 (EST) On Mon, 23 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wasn't about setting up servers...it was about setting up a USEABLE default install for NEWBIES. Most installations are NOT going to

Re: more or less Newbies?

1998-03-24 Thread lucier
aware of the whys and wherefores. shrug Another point I want to stress is the importance of regular expressions, a concept that in the three operating systems mentioned by lucier is not even known. While I must admit, I am certainly not up on all the ins and outs of regular

Re: more or less Newbies?

1998-03-24 Thread lucier
users are not always aware of the whys and wherefores. shrug Another point I want to stress is the importance of regular expressions, a concept that in the three operating systems mentioned by lucier is not even known. While I must admit, I am certainly not up on all the ins

Re: Attn: Newbies Re: Random Broken Pipe

1998-03-23 Thread lucier
Addressed to: Art Lemasters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Art Lemasters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:41:26 -0600 (CST) Some wonderful developer(s) fixed our manpage readers of the coming release (hamm) so

Re: Attn: Newbies Re: Random Broken Pipe

1998-03-23 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from Art Lemasters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:20:29 -0600 (CST) default, or my bo was broken. In any case, less was an excellent idea for a default for manpage paging. Quite honestly I can't think of any DOS, Windows or OS/2 text file viewer program

more or less Newbies?

1998-03-23 Thread lucier
To: Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Attn: Newbies Re: Random Broken Pipe ** Reply to note from Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:19:06 +0100 On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 11:31:10PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **

Re: lilo, linux and win95

1998-03-17 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:38:28 -0500 (EST) /dev/hda1 Boot Primary Dos FAT16 (has Win95 installed on it) /dev/hda5 Logical Linux /dev/hda6 Logical Linux Swap From the numbering above, I can surmise that you installed linux

Re: lilo, linux and win95

1998-03-17 Thread lucier
To all that replied to my LILO, Win95 and Linux problem..thanks very much for responding to my plea for help. Much appreciated! :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lynx

1998-03-17 Thread lucier
Howdy all.:-) Can someone please tell me which file contains the information for which directory lynx places it's downloaded files in? I checked over lynx.conf but there doesn't seem to be any reference, AFAIK, regarding the download directory in this file. Funny thing is, I

Java runtime URL?

1998-03-15 Thread lucier
Howdy all.:-) I need an URL to download the Java runtime for linux. Thanks for any information you can send me. :-) -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lilo, linux and win95

1998-03-14 Thread lucier
howdy all.:-) Just installed Debian linux and win95 on a system and wish to have dual boot system with LILO as boot manager. cfdisk shows: /dev/hda1 Boot Primary Dos FAT16 (has Win95 installed on it) /dev/hda5 Logical Linux /dev/hda6 Logical Linux Swap If I run

Re: *-* auto-upgrade from rex to hamm

1998-01-20 Thread lucier
Addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard) debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard) Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:03:55 -0500 (EST) I believe it is desirable for debian to provide a painless upgrade route from rex to hamm,

Re: Question re:Debian and ppp...

1998-01-10 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 9 Jan 1998 21:57:44 -0500 (EST) hand, and see what happens when you get past the login. Also, make sure /etc/resolv.conf is set up correctly. You should see something like: Jan 9 20:19:53 cnhobbes pppd[320]: local IP address

Re: IRC for Linux

1998-01-07 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:28:30 -0500 (EST) On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Dana M. Epp wrote: Does somebody know some user friendly program to use IRC , like mIrc , for You might try zircon. FWIW, I just set this irc program up on a herc amber 386

Re: IRC for Linux

1998-01-07 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:28:30 -0500 (EST) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Bad bad dselect

1998-01-06 Thread lucier
Howdy all..:-) Have tried unsuccessfully to obtain ncftp via ftp dselect at the main debian and some mirror sites. Here's a session log output: Connecting to ftp.debian.org Login as anonymous Setting transfer mode to binary Cd to /debian/non-free/binary Checking ncftp/binary-i386 Warning:

ls no display directory

1997-10-04 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all:-) I inadvertently typed cd\ (without the quotes) while at the root prompt. I got a what looked like a DOS prompt (again without the quotes) so I am assuming that somehow I switched over to DOS mode somehow. I haven't even looked at running stuff from the DOS side yet as I

Re: mono monitor with x (fwd)

1997-10-01 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Lazar Fleysher [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Lazar Fleysher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 30 Sep 1997 13:16:14 -0600 (MDT) I have an old Hercules card and monitor. (I do not know whether being old matters). In /etc/X11/XF86Config

Re: dpkg and dselect

1997-09-27 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT) On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote: The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my

Re: dpkg and dselect

1997-09-27 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:19:49 -0400 (EDT) On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote: The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my

dpkg and dselect

1997-09-26 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all:-) First off, many thanks to the people who responded to my DOSKey and file format queries. Lots of great information sent my way and much appreciated at this end! :-) Quick recap of my problem here: The Rescue/Base installation refuses to install LILO on my system. The

Re: [RANT] The Future of Debian (and Linux)

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) See from the docs (and various net searchs) there is a newsgroup called linux.debian.users available but I haven't been able to track down a news server which carries it. Anyone

Re: [RANT] The Future of Debian (and Linux)

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) Using Rescue disk install program, I have set up Boot Manager, DOS, OS/2 HPFS, Linux ext2, and linux swap partitions on my harddrive. Seems that the floppy install didn't (won't

lilo

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) Using Rescue disk install program, I have set up Boot Manager, DOS, OS/2 HPFS, Linux ext2, and linux swap partitions on my harddrive. Seems that the floppy install didn't (won't

newsgroup

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Howdy all.:-) See from the docs (and various net searchs) there is a newsgroup called linux.debian.users available but I haven't been able to track down a news server which carries it. Anyone

formatted floppy type??

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Hi all. Is there any way of determining which kind of filesystem a floppy has been formatted with? The reason I'm asking is because my boot floppy and install disks don't seem to respond to either ext2 or dos when I try to mount them. Or maybe because I'm a newbie at linux I am

Re: formatted floppy type??

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:14:08 -0400 (EDT) reason I'm asking is because my boot floppy and install disks don't seem to respond to either ext2 or dos when I

DOSKey equivalent

1997-09-25 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all:-) Just wondering if there is a proggie analogous to MSDOS's DOSKey (which saves typed in keystrokes and then allows the user to recall them by using the arrow keys)? Thanks...:-) PS.I am having trouble getting past the installation floppy boot stage so even though a

Re: Newbie going crazy........

1997-09-21 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Addressed to: Jose Oncina Carratala [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian-user@lists.debian.org ** Reply to note from Jose Oncina Carratala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat, 20 Sep 1997 13:25:01 +0200 Lawrence Lucier wrote: Howdy all...:-) Picked up the following files: 9-18-97 2

Re: Newbie going crazy........part 2

1997-09-21 Thread Lawrence Lucier
** Reply to note from Lawrence Lucier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 21 Sep 1997 01:28:15 PST Howdy all...:-) Still having problems with trying to install DebianI have included my original message below but am also providing some new information on this: The boot floppy

Newbie going crazy........

1997-09-20 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all...:-) Picked up the following files: 9-18-97 2:24p 1474560 42 base14-1.bin 9-18-97 2:28p 1474560 42 base14-2.bin 9-18-97 2:27p 1474560 42 base14-3.bin 9-18-97 2:23p 1299456 42 base14-4.bin 9-18-97 12:05p 1474560

Newbie going crazy........

1997-09-19 Thread Lawrence Lucier
Howdy all...:-) Picked up the following files: 9-18-97 2:24p 1474560 42 base14-1.bin 9-18-97 2:28p 1474560 42 base14-2.bin 9-18-97 2:27p 1474560 42 base14-3.bin 9-18-97 2:23p 1299456 42 base14-4.bin 9-18-97 12:05p 1474560