1) I also run into problems with the postscript that acroread produces. My gs
version is 3.33.
2) gs-aladin is in non-free.
I have tried xpdf (with the included pdftops) version 0.6, which is declared
as beta. It did not worked for me. Perhaps you will have more luck. Maybee
there is a new
It seems to me that the man package does not create the required data base
immediately after its installation. Rather, it let a cron job to this work
when it is schedualed to.
I think this approch is wrong, since the installer of a new system might want
to browse the man pages immediately after
If you have access to a debian system you can split files using
1) dpkg
or
2) The dd command.
I have installed Debian Linux on a PC that does not have a modem and is
not on a LAN, using floppy disks I created on my PC with a modem. How
do I install packages
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It seems to me that the man package does not create the required data base
immediately after its installation. Rather, it let a cron job to this work
when it is schedualed to.
I think this approch is wrong, since the
A related timezone question:
What is the difference between GMT and UTC ?
I was told that GMT is obsolete, and that UTC is now considered as its
successor.
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Perhaps the eject package (from misc), or its documantation, can help ?
The following is from its description:
On supported ATAPI/IDE multi-disc CD-ROM changers, it allows
changing the active disc
Can someone point me towards docs on how cd changers function under
2.0.x
Hi. I'm realy stuck here. I have managed to get the PPP set up
(barely) and connect to my internet account. I can not, however DO
anything. When I try to use ftp, dpkg-ftp, telnet, ect., I get an
error reading 'ftp : URL : Hostname lookup failure'. The send data
light and recieve data light
On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 01:06:59PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
I have three dial-in modems on my hamm box. They are all identical
USR Couriers AFIAK, and their configuration *appears* to be the same.
But one port always shows connect speed in wtmp, and the others do not:
Are you sure that
1) I have a Serial-HOWTO among the various HOWTOs at /usr/doc/HOWTO.
2) Look at getty man and other documantaion.
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I guess I am only repeating what I have said before, but it realy odd.
Have you tried to dump the configurations and user profiles of the modems
(ATV with my modem) ?
The modem settings are identical. The modem firmware revisions are
identical. The mgetty configuration lines are the same.
Why not just add -R to the gpm configuration and use /dev/gpmdata and
MouseSystems in XF86Config; then you can have both.
Doesn't the gpm man page says that what you are suggesting doesn't apply to
serial mice ?
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GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the same thing as UTC (Universal
Coordinated Time--UTC is actually the acronym as it is in French). So
the term GMT is obsolete but the meaning is unchanged.
Does Debian knows that ?
I mean, does the timezone package, and the rest of the debian distribution,
On a previous posting I said that I needed to run the mentioned cron script
manualy.
Now I found out when I had to run this script manualy.
It turned out that it happaned after a shutdown command when I was logged to
an xterm (and su to root). Prior to the shutdown I also had an xman window
I run across ckermit when I was looking for some other package in bo.
I suggest you will try again, perhaps on a different site.
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A20 GATING FAILED
CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO GET PASSED THIS S.O.S
1) It could be a hardware fault.
2) Perhaps there is a BIOS entry for A20 that you want to change.
Is it a new machine ? A new installation ? Does the machine has a working
DOS/WINDOWS ?
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I try to Install xearth, version 1.0 under Linux but I got an error
message, which isld: cannot open -lXt No such file or directory
make: *** [xearth] error 1
I think that the loader is looking for a library that is not found on your
As a test, can you replce the ATZ with a full init command (I use
ATFE0V1C1D2S95=47S0=0M0 with my modem) ?
By the way, the following is copied from /usr/doc/mgetty/README.debian
High Baud Rates
---
Linux supports 115200 and 57600 Baud, so does mgetty. But some to ols
In bash or sh or ksh -
echo ^g^g
Doesn't work for me.
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Can I dowmload the whole Debian-user FAQ (all fom files) in a manner that will
enable me to print it nicely (perhaps after formatting it using tex or
whatever) ?
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I can't explain you that in great details, since I did not do such a thing.
However, look at /etc/inittab. There is a commented (getty) line that should
help you. i beleive it is quite easy.
I have managed to get my Linux side up and running. Boy is linux sure
great! I have an old 286 here
I have the debian 1.3.1 cd and am trying to make a boot(Rescue)disk of
the file resc1440.bin with no avail. I keep getting a message stating
that the file is too large for a 1.44 floppy. I've tried new disks,
reformatted disks, different computers, and even tried downloading the
file from the
I did not experienced with the kind of setup that you are talking about.
However, I wonder, perhaps mgetty-voice has something to do with what you want
?
Have you tried the mgetty mailing list ?
If you look further into it, please keep us informed.
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You probably have an old BIOS. Old bios is known not to recognize HD over
528M, unless special measures, such as LBA, are incoperated.
Besides, I think that DOS would not recognize a partition that is over 2.1G.
I use Linux with a HD that the BIOS sees as LBA.
Does all this BIOS/DOS problems
On a previous posting I said that I needed to run the mentioned cron script
manualy.
Now I found out when I had to run this script manualy.
It turned out that it happaned after a shutdown command when I was logged
to an xterm (and su to root). Prior to the shutdown I also had an xman
I was trying to setup debian on another computer:
The serial module only detects /dev/ttyS1.
Is the modem on differenet tty ? Perhaps it is a PNP modem ?
I tried to get minicom to dial out on /dev/ttyS1, but it doesnt seem to
initialize it, and the modem doesn't make any noise when I try to
I am trying to downlod the resc1440.bin and it seems that is larger than a
WIN95 formated disk do you have any suggestions
Thanks in advance
Elias G. Gounaris
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You have to use rawrite. Don't simply try to copy the file to the diskette.
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I've finally connected and mounted the SyJET onto my Linux box.
Everything seems to work fine. However, I noticed that the SyJET
mount point would sometime 'magically' change itself from 'rw' to
'readonly' mode. I suspect that when the drive went into idle
for a long time and it
But, when I try launching, from root, _dselect_, no packages get charged:
it asks me for the top directory to start with on debian CD, and I enter
/debian or
/debian/boor
/debian/bo/binary etc.
in vain: the program insists on looking for '../stable/binary-i386'
I've a Syquest (1.5 G) drive and I do not seem to be able to mount
it onto any partition:
mount /dev/sdca /syquest
Always gave me some error on unknown ftype... Did I do something
wrong?
As it says, you didn't specified the file system type.
If the disk is formatted as an ext2 fs,
Is there a neat utility to display what things are using what IRQs?
Does not
cat /proc/interrupts
be of some help ?
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This is exceedingly odd. As a power engineer in training I would say
somebody did a really rotten job designing the power supply in one of your
machines. Was there any other equipment on either of the machines's
outlets? Poor power regulation aside, I don't see how a phase difference
Is there any program where I can extract files from that MS-DOS
expand/compress format under UNIX?
Isn't unzip from the utils section what you are looking for ?
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Where is the mgetty home page? The site I found in the info file did not
exist. Or do you know the mgetty mailing list address?
The following is copied from the info file:
Also, I have created a mgetty mailing list, for discussion of problems and
suggestions. You can subscribe by sending
Am I using it in a wrong manner or is there a bug:
$ sgml2latex -a example.sgml
SGML-Tools driver version 0.99.7
Usage:
driver.pl format [options] infile
General options:
--papersize={a4,letter} -s {a4,letter}
--language={en,english,english,de,deutsch,german,nl,nederlands,dutch,fr,franç
I have persuaded a co-worker to install Debian on his machine.
However, he has a LS-120 drive (essentially a 120MB capacity
floppy) and no normal floppy drive. I wrote a resc1440.bin
(from hamm/main/disks-i386/current) for him since rawrite2
will not work (apparently) with these disk drives.
how do i do to configurate the minicom for conecting to interntet wiht a
pulse telephone line???
As far as I know, you can't configure minicom to connect you to the Internet.
Minicom can only be used to test your connection to your ISP, and to see his
gretting.
To accomodate the pulse
I tried to customize the installation kernel, but I was not completely
succesful.
1) Debian FAQ says that dpkg will
* install the custom kernel in /boot/vmlinuz_VVV-Custom.N, and set
up appropriate symbolic links to the most recent kernel version.
my /boot
How can I dumb the console screen to a file via a bash shell command (or
program)?
Perhaps by using script(1) ?
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I assume you have set the root device for the kernel image on
the floppy correctly? (man rdev). If not, the kernl maybe mounting
the wrong partition aas teh root device and failing ;-( (though I'm
not sure it would fail in the manner you describe; I think it is a
possibility).
I were
$ sgml2latex -a example.sgml
SGML-Tools driver version 0.99.7
The filenames have not changed accidentally, I am running the command from the
same directory where the sgml file is, I have tried it with the the sgml-tools
pkg (which was not an upgrade, but a fresh installation) and it is the
Hi,
This is a really interesting problem... Sorry I cannot be of any help.
It was Paul Rightley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) question (if I remeber correctly). I
was only trying to help.
It however is of interest to me as, just this afternoon, I was thinking of
the possibility of putting a minimal
If Linux and Win95 are on different partitions of the same HD, I think that
the Win95 installation forces the Win95 to be the active partition. Therefor,
you might try to use fdisk from the DOS prompt in order to make the Linux
partition active.
First I have windows 95 system and I
You seem to only have one kernel on your machine. That is the
reason that you have judt /vmlinuz and no /vmlinuz.old. When you
install the next kernel version, you shall get the second link in /.
As to the names in /boot, the names are /boot/vmlinuz-version
If you need more than
The PPP-HOWTO is a good source, but there are some differences between it and
the way debian assume the system is handling PPP connections.
The debian way to handle PPP is with the PPP package.
Take a look at /usr/doc/ppp/*, especialy at /usr/doc/ppp/README.debian.gz, to
see how debian assumes
bash: /dev/lp0: No such device or address
If I understand it correctly, the above line says that you do not have the
parallel port device.
You must have a parallel port device (/dev/lp?) in order to use a printer that
is attached to the hardware parallel port.
What does
ls /dev/lp*
Secondly, what is the best options to used for the mke2fs on partion used
for mirror? I formatted an ext2 partion on my syjet 1.5G cartridge drive
and it can have only 1414447 1024-blocks available. The numbers did not add
up to be 1.5G!
At least under Linux, the kernel usualy keeps 5% of
I am only guessing:
1) How does it work on DOS/WIN (assuming that you have it installed) ?
2) I would try to change what might be relevant definitions in the BIOS and
see what effects these changes might have.
3) Does the HD and the CD know that they supose to be master and slave
respectively ?
I am trying to set up a dial up ppp connection to my ISP. I did it before
but I am trying to use a Boca 28.8 MV34.AI it doesn't seem to want to work.
What can I do to make it work? In Win95 it is on com2. Could someone give me
the exact thing to type i.e. pppd connect 'chat'
I have an NE 2000 Plug Play network card. My Bios detects it. Putting the
line ne in my modules list doesn't work. How do I set it up?
I have no experience with the PNP staff since I have no hardware of this kind.
However, doesn't PNP hardware suggests using linux ISAPNP tool ?
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Firstly, dmesg should show a lot of the kernel messages that
scrolled off to fast. Secondly; it is risky installing another
instance of the same kernel version on top of the forst one,
especially the modules part.
My advice: before installing the new kernel (assuming 2.0.29)
#
I've just install debian linux and I'm having problems getting ppp
working. I have the modem setup and the pon script will dial and I get
a connection but pppd just hangs up after about ten seconds. I've gone
through the FAQ's and HOW to's but I can't seem to figure out what I'm
doing
what is a image file?
The meaning of an image file depends on the context. In the context of
installing debian it means a file that is a bit by bit copy of another file.
This is needed bacuase OSs tend to add headers and other signs for varuios
files. For example, DOS will add the ^Z character
It seems that I did not understand what is the problem.
I thought you can't *start* the installation process because the machine has
no normal floppy drive. Reading your reply made me thought that the problem
is that the installation process does not run becuase the default kernel could
not get
I heard that glibc2 (libc6) supports an extended character set.
Is it correct ?
Where (www.where) can I learn more about this support ?
Thank you.
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xisp looks very nice.
However, I can't use it becuase it concatentes its own chat script to mine.
I want to initialize the modem before giving it the atd... command. And I can't
get it done in minicom before dialing becuase:
1) I run mgetty which will change the modem settings immediately after
I am using Debian 1.3.1.
On which ftp sites can I find deb package for Netscape 4.05 (communicator)
installer ?
Are there deb packages for the last issues of Linux Gazzete ?
Thank you.
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There used to be a package netscape4_4.0-7.deb (for example on
ftp.linux.it/pub/Debian/dists/frozen/contrib/binary-i386/web/netscape4_4.0-7.de
b) which could install netscape4 on Debian 1.3.1.
Is there any way that I can get it (or something else that can do the same
thing) ?
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Isn't *bo*.deb means that they can be installed on a bo system ?
If so, why is communicator4-smotif_4.05-0bo0.11_i386.deb depends on ldso (=
1.9.7-0) ? My bo has only 1.8.10-2.
Or do I completly missed something ?
Thank you.
Script started on Sat Jun 20 01:37:21 1998
rakefet# dpkg -i
I am using xisp_2.3p4-0.1_i386.deb and xforms0.86_0.86-2_i386.deb on Debian
1.3.1 system, and used to activate it from .xsession
$ cat .xsession | grep xisp
exec xisp -geometry 372x299+1152+572
It worked fine until recently. I think that the point when it started making
problems was when I
If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer.
Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are
only keeping the one for Hamm ?
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Shaul wrote:
If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer.
Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are
only keeping the one for Hamm ?
Supposedly this also works for bo.
At least the package that I found
sector 19 ? Doesn't a normal MS-DOS floppy contains only 18 sectors ?
Are you using some special floppy and / or a special drive ? Perhaps you
should try other floppies and and / or format one before you use it ?
ok here's the message that I get every time I stick a drivers floppy
into my
Not directly answer your questions, but might be helpful.
1) There is a (quite old) Hebrew HOWTO
2) I am sending you, (on a private mail) a compressed tared 24k file.
In there you'll find, among other things, a makefile and a readme. I hope that
they will assists you in some way.
BTW: If you'll
I am using xisp.
I think that Debian should have an updated AND bugfree version of it.
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I have the following line in /etc/inittab:
S1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
How can I stop it whenever I need to, do something (like changing some
parameter) and restart it again ?
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$ mail -s test rami /dev/null
Null message body; hope that's ok
would sent the user rami a mail with the subject test and with null message
body.
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I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity
to
study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files.
I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported,
though the files should not have been saved with the Fast
1) Adding fonts to X11 (in existing directories):
If I wanted to add the file courR14h.pcf.gz to the (existing) directory
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, I would:
chmod 444 *.pcf.gz
mv courR14h.pcf.gz /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
mkfontdir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
xset
Isn't a Baud_base of 115200 too small for a 56k speed ? Shouldn't it be
23something (231400 ?) for that speed ? don't they say that the modem-computer
rate should be at least 4 times then line speed ?
The changes made no difference. Thanks for the suggestions, though.
Last thing I can
If i understand correctly, one of your problems is that it is very slow.
1) Is it a plug-and-play modem ?
2) what does setserial (setserial /dev/ttyS3 -a) reports ?
3) Perhaps you should consider giving a more specific modem initialization
string, rather then ATZ ?
4) I think you should read the
Is there a package that contains a diary and a telephone list ?
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Hi
Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my
computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good
file manager ???
No one mentioned offix-files. Why ? (I don't use it myself. I am just
cuorious.)
offix-files - Drag Drop based filemanager
of it)
I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a
Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the Internet.
Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP login name
is beitamos and my ISP's mail server is mail.inter.net.il
I am going through a book on Linux programming. One of the examples does
not work. I was wondering if someone could take a look at the script and
see why it doesn't work. The program is exactly like the example from the
book, in fact I downloaded it from www.wrox.com the
publisher of the
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Jeff Schreiber wrote:
I'm with you. I think a larger subset of folks will screw this up. I'm sure
it's an attempt to save a bit of bandwidth, but . . .
Personally I think it's cool.
i agree. just cut and paste the line into an xterm window or console.
what
I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a
Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the
Internet.
Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP login
name
is beitamos and my ISP's mail server
There used to be a link to an introductory page of debian-i18n on Debian home
page. Where is it ?
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smail configuration ? I tried the
man and the documantation on my system but I didn't get much from it.
Does anybody remember the address of Daniel Martin's page ? Is that page still
there ?
4) What is the defualt MTA in Hamm ?
Thank you.
On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Shaul wrote:
I am using
Hi. I really need some help here. I have fetchmail working fine. It pops
my mail off my ISP's server just fine. I can't figure out how to make smail
send mail through my account on my ISP to the internet when I am logged in.
If I use netscapes mail it works fine. I have looked through
I did a similar thing to get my smail working.
I use exmh/mh for email. My problem is that the sender field is set to
[EMAIL PROTECTED](FQDN). The user is jmb (or whoever I'm logged
in as) and the hostname is achimota. The network I'm on (from my dial-up
ISP)
is ziplink.net. My
On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 08:51:13AM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
is ther any way to force monitor come to power saving mode when i'm in
full-screen mode ?
setterm -powersave on?
How can I tell and change the parameters that controls the saving power mode ?
I tried to find the answer
... and at least one of the vendors in Europe is strictly a reseller of CDs.
Perhaps you have his email or www address ?
Does anyone knows other CD vendors in Europe ?
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:27:02 +0300 (IDT)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: test
Fri Jul 17 02:27:02 IDT 1998
However, when I am using exmh I get
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Subject: test
As is stated in the quickstart instructions, I tried to run 'dos -A', dir c:
and sys c:. Everything seems to be O.K until the sys c:, when I got:
ERROR: write protect!
ERROR: write protect!
What is wrong and how to fix it ?
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Supose I have a program that output long text to stderr. Can I use the less
command to page in it ? How ?
Can I switch the stdout with the stderr ?
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I am trying to set up dosemu. I don't understand much about what I am doing. I
am simply reading the docs and do what I see fit.
What I wanted to report is that when I am starting dos (that is dosemu) from
the console, I am getting win95 startup screen (its logo) and after that I see
the
Hello,
I'm sorta new to Debian.. and I was wondering if anyone could help
me with limiting users to their own directory. I've read docs about it,
but still can't get it working. Anyone help? Thanks.
I am not sure but I think giving them rbash will keep them in their own
directory.
Could someone explain what the following line, which is taken from
/usr/include/errno.h, means :
extern void perror __P ((__const char* __s));
As I understand it, it means that perror is defined in an external file and
returns a void type. But what are the __P, and __const ? And
I am trying to run the example programs that accompany the book Beginning
Linux Programming.
I don't undestand what is wrong with this one (it produces
Aug 10 02:42:38 rakefet logmask[13691]: debug message, should not appear
, although it is not execpected to):
bash-2.00$ cat logmask.c
I understand that setting PS1=[\t]$ (in bash) will show me the time that
the prompt appeared.
Is it possible to have it advance the time as a regular clock would ?
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were
encountered:
1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM:
Primary IDE Master:4.3G (hda), LBA MODE
Primary IDE Slave: NONE
Secondary IDE Master: SONY CD-ROM(CDU611)
Secondary
Doesn't it simplly says that the HD has bad sectors ?
I am trying to install debian onto a partition on my second hard drive,
I get finished installing, and making my boot floppy, by i get a lot of
error messages,when I reboot to continue installion. There are so many
messages after a while
I'm new to debian and maybe I' overlooking something simple, but have
not been able to send a text file with Minicom. Can it be configured to
do so? Thanks for any assistance.
Kim Breedlove
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I haven't did it myself, but I am 100% sure that minicom can do it. I consider
this
very near the beginning and:
Initializing random number generator...
Configuring serial ports
done.
/dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
/dev/ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Typematic Rate set to 15.0 cps (delay = 500 mS)
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
How did you produced
Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why
when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This
causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate files
between linux and dos...
Since linux assumes that an MSDOS file system is to be operatable even
It does seems as a domain name related problem.
A possible solution would be to install the BIND package.
5. I cannot ping anything that is not localhost or the gateway (see below)
Ex. 'ping sunsite.unc.edu'
6. DNS configuration does not seem configured properly. I am inferring this
by
In short, I should get the new version.
I don't have an entry init in the options-communication. Probably because I
am running the old version.
Do you know if the new version will run on an old Debian 1.3.1 (with libc5,
xform0 (0.81-6)) ? By old Debian 1.3.1 I mean not 1.3.1r6.
Thank
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
How did you produced these lines ? Are they are written in one of the log
files ?
I couldn't get the INIT line in the log. If I remember correctly, you also
have the lines that comes after the INIT line. I couldn't get them either.
It seems to me that the last
dev/hda1 Boot Primary Dos FAT16 (has Win95 installed on it)
/dev/hda5 Logical Linux
/dev/hda6 Logical Linux Swap
If I run LILO and tell it to generate a new /etc/lilo.conf and then answer:
Install a partition boot record to boot linux from /dev/hda5?yes
Install a
OK, I'm finding all this Linux thing really difficult because I'm using it
on my home computer and have to go to my mother's college to download
things, and I'm a total newbie no! I hate that word. I'm a Brit! so I
don't have a clue when it comes to recompiling the Kernel to put NTFS
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