linux file systems - frag-up

Hi - Can anybody out there familiar with linux filesystem formats tell me if I need to be concerned with file system fragmentation. I have a copy of the new AIX (4.1.4) on my rs6k and have noticed that it comes with a file sys. defrag utility.

want lilo on sda not sdb

after installing debian on sdb (the second drive in scsi based machine - scsi id2), lilo went and performed its installation to /dev/sdb, not /dev/sda ... woe is me - now I'll need to use a floppy to boot... I only can boot this machine from the floppy now.

dsik with new kernel hung at rc.don (sort-of)

Hi all... Created a new kernel for my litlle compaq tecra laptop. (386sx, 6mb ram, 120mb +- HDD, mono vga) After doing a make bzImage, I copied the image to the floppy as linux and boot the contura with the new disk to perform a new install on

Make your kernel with make bZimage. ???

Make your kernel with make bZimage. This statement can be found on the boot disk rsc1440.bin in the file readme.txt I am rather new to the compiling of kernels and found that this statement did not work for me... I was able to run make

help - need to read a floppy from SCO

Hello all... I have a disk with some information on it that came from an SCO box (some version that was current about 3 years ago - 3.0 ODT ?). I recall that the disk was formated with the format command native to SCO. If im not mistaken the disk was

SB cfg problem - need docs

Hello all... I recently acquired a Sound Blaster 16 card for my debian box. I have seen the card working in a windows machine w/ an ide disk. After plugging it in and powering up, the card obviously conflicts with the adaptec 1542c controller. The

Re[2]: SB cfg problem - need docs

Sorry to bother everyone with this issue. The simple answer is that http://www.creativelabs.com/wwwnew/tech/spec/specs.html did actually have a rather nice configuration sheet for this card. Pictures and everything. I guess I just didn't think that they would have gone

Re: 1.1 installation notes.

I just installed the beta debian 1.1, over a very old Slackware system (I'm going to update a debian 0.96 system soon, using floppies no less). I used .deb files that I had ftp'ed on April 26, but the boot,root,base disks I freshly ftp'ed. It went very smoothly. One trouble

Re[2]: DEBIAN Linux on floppy disks

use a cable to transfer the files to the laptop from the machine with the cdrom. Dont forget to use a proper cable setup... It'll save your ass a ton-o-time. and you wont have to be splitting files across floppies. I use xtgold's xtlink which works great...

rename a machine

Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my machine ??? If I issue the hostname command: hostname newname the node name is set to newname - HOWEVER after a reboot the original name returns. Where is this info written ?

eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet

While using the dpkg-ftp option within dselect - I am able to get the few packages that I requested - HOWEVER - I also get these messages at random locations in my download session eth0: Memory squeeze, dropping packet eth0: Memory

Unidentified subject!

hey ... I would like to mount a filesystem from my crummy IBM RS6000 R20 onto my massive 486-66 w 8 mb of ram. THE QUESTION - How big can a Debian ( and/or slakware) filesystem be?? - AND is that size limitation consistent with

netscape de-caffeinated

The browser works fine, but I can't get any java applets to work. I have the setting set right and used the package setup that Brian put together, but something still isn't working. I don't receive any errors when I aim at a page that I know has an applet on it, it

Console Setup

Hello all ... I'm getting the following information upon bootup of my debian box. The console seems to work fine... Can anyone tell me if I should be concerned with the information below - and how to fix it ??? Console setup: Linking /dev/console to

help - cant find fonts ...

Hello all ... Can someone please help me resolve some (or all) of these missing fonts? I get the following messages after running xinit, and then starting fvwm and fvwm2 reports: can't get font -adobe-times-bold-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* can't

static vs. dynamic - gimp

Hello all. I would like to install gimp. Pardon my ignorance ... I see that there are two versions. gimp-dmotif (dynamic) vs. gimp-smotif (static) I am using a standard debian install with X, tcp/ip ... I would like to know

fvwm2 as default wm from xdm

Hello all ... a debian node of mine is using xdm ... Q1? Can someone please tell me how to set fvwm2 as the default window manager. Q2? Is there a deb install package for olwm/olvwm and those related apps that go along with it?

imagemagick depends on libtiff3

Hello all ... I'm trying to install imagemagick ... -AND- I get the following messages: imagemagick depends on libtiff3 libtiff3 does not appear to be available. Q1: Can somebody tell me where I can find libtiff3 ?

sound blaster or GUS

Hello all... The FHF has struck again... Someone has dropped off a sound blaster card on my desk, and I'm about to install it in my debian box. It is an original Creative labs Sound blaster. oh yeah - speakers and a microphone also. --

Re: Filename case - the simple solution ...

Resolving the case problem can also be solved VeRy simply by typing the one magical word... case - NEXT TIME - when you do your FTP'ing don't forget to use the case statement. For example ... ftp bin 200 Type set to I

Unidentified subject!

hello all ... I'm working on a machine that has a 1.2 gb hdd in it (scsi) 1 gig is ms-dog 200 mb is debian. because I have transferred my debian system to a dedicated machine, I would like to reclaim that 200 meg and append it to the 1 gb dos

tcpip communications not available

Hello all ... I have a strange problem that consistently comes up upon a reboot of two Debian nodes of mine. After these nodes reboot (cold or warm) no one can telnet to, or ping ... to them. HOWEVER - if I login as any user including root (onto

Re: Boot disk SCSI kernel panic

Hello ... I have the same identical problem as you. And unfortunately I have not figured out a cure either. I had to resort back to using an older AHA 1542c controller.(which gives me no problems). I also have experimented with the slakware distribution and found that

firewall on my web server

Hi all ... I need to install the tis firewall (fwtk) onto my debian machine which is also a web server. I have no other hardware to install it on so I need to run with what I have - our simple web server. I imagine it will take some time to properly

Unidentified subject!

Hello all ... Some idiot here has given me a vax! Specifically a 4100. Anyway I have no desire to run VMS - but I would consider running any form of a free Linux / unix on it. Q: is there a version of linux available for this platform ??? if

UMSDOS partition and debian

Hello all... I have gathered that it is possible to run the debian installation in a dos fat partition. I am hoping that this configuration would resemble the slakware installation running over the dos fat partition. I've not seen any documentation

What package do I need ? (libXpm.so.4)

Hello all... Installed the new 1.2 - loved it... 1) did any body else out there notice some funky things going on inside the drivers/modules selection menu? It worked but there was some strange goings on when I moved the selection bar up and down.

Unidentified subject!

hello all... I should have been more specific when I spoke of the strangeness I saw in the drivers selection menu. I saw this in the net selection for ethernet device drivers. This was not serious because I could recognize my ethernet card by

Unidentified subject!

hello all ... I would like my xdm startup to start in 1024x768 resolution. How can this done - can it be done? I don't see any parameters in the xdm-config file ??? Also - on machines without xdm can I configure the startx process to start up

rawrite under nt - bad things happen...

hello all ... Has anybody else out there tried to run rawrite/rawrite2 under NT ? I get this message when running rawrite: ... Number of sectors per track for this disk is 18 Writing image to drive A: Press ^C to abort. Attempt to DMA

Re[2]: rawrite under nt - bad things happen...

RE: RAWRITE.exe under MS N/T - Bad things happen... The fix? was to load DOSKEY. I think it has something to do with memory pages. Maybe rawrite has to be on a single page and I added enough junk into that page to force it to find a whole new clean one.

Doom .deb file for debian 1.2

Hello all... Can anyone tell me if there is a .deb file for doom, and/or any other game(s) similar to doom for debian. oh yeah ... A very merry Christmas and all that garb to all of you... -AND- a very prosperous new year to all the debian

EGA driver for Xfree ?

Hello all... Can anybody out there tell me if there exists an X11/XFree86 driver for my ol' EGA monitor/card combo (IBM). Hate to ask - but I (sob weep ...) feel sorry for the poor thing - its brand new. (literally never been used) ... -- TO