Re: [expert] Streaming MP3-wav conversion problem

2003-06-09 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Sunday 08 June 2003 09:20 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to convert a streaming MP3 file to a wav file for editing in Audacity. The mp3 stream was caught by XMMS with the MPEG Layer 1/2/3 plugin. XMMS and Noatun play it prefectly, so I bet that I can convert it to a wav file somehow.

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-09 Thread Evaristo Ferrari
Hi, I have installed lilo on hda8 mount as root partition and created a boot floppy. TIA Evaristo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 07:19 am, Evaristo Ferrari sent this :- just install mdk 9.1 download edition and I chose not hda lilo install. First reboot got lilo prompt and

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-09 Thread charlie
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 04:09 am, Aleksey Naumov sent this :- 3. I did hard reboot. Selected y for System Integrity check. Problems were reported on /dev/hda6 (that's my / as I recalled later). System offered to fix problems (data may be lost), I said n hoping first to boot and save my today's

Re: [expert] help with greek!!!

2003-06-09 Thread manolis
I don't use the keyboard layouts of kde. Simply because it doesn't work. If I install there greek layout as secondary layout I cannot write english. Iget greek letter both for english and greek and no toning too. I use the option in mandrake control , hardware keyboard as you propose but no

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 2:12 am, Mark wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 01:52, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 3:52 pm, Mark wrote: I will be interested to see how you go if you give it a go, particularly that if you like to try different E-mail packages. Some other niceties with this

Re: [expert] Saving monitor power

2003-06-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 4:08 pm, charlie wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 02:31 pm, charlie sent this :- And that is where? Look at man mount and there is another reference to UTF8 there also. It doesn't appear to be anything but a benign thing? Quoting from last Thursday: I had similar problems

[expert] Configuring snd-cmipci sound module

2003-06-09 Thread Marco Poloni
Hi experts, I'm a new user of Mandrake 9.1. My on-board sound card is based on the C-Media 8738MX sound chip. Per default I get 4 channels working, but front and subwoofer are not working I'm aware how to configure the cmpci sound module (already done in another distro), but Mandrake is

[expert] whimper

2003-06-09 Thread James Sparenberg
For those who have been following my life of joy and fun trying to get wireless working on my laptop... Good news. I no longer have to worry about it. the ide controller on the mainboard went south on me and I no longer have to worry about it. However Knoppix + vnc ... and I can at least use

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-09 Thread Steven Broos
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 06:40, Rob Blomquist wrote: I say watch out for ext3. It may give headaches to some of us. ext3 is the same filesystem as ext2, only with a journaling mode. If ext3 goes mad on you, mount it as ext2 and it will work just fine. There are commands to fix the

Re: [expert] Modem dials wrong number

2003-06-09 Thread Per-Olof Litby (Java Web Services Reg'l Mgr - Nordic - Sun Microsystems)
How strange. There's nothing wrong with the sound functionality in my system, e.g. music and DVD playback work fine as do all the system sound effects. I've tried fiddling with the various modem parameters in kppp, like dialing speed and such, but that doesn't change anything. The funny thing

Re: [expert] Modem dials wrong number

2003-06-09 Thread Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr Nordic/Baltic - Java Web Services - Sun Microsystems
Found a little article on linmodems.org that helped me solve the problem. I was running version 2.7.14 of the Smartlink modem drivers, and apparently this version "fixed a bug" that allowed the software to work with some compatible but not original Smartlink drivers. I went back to version

[expert] new server, old users

2003-06-09 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List! I'll set up a new server (MDK 8.0 - 9.1) and I would like to keep the same users, but without cloning or copying /home folders. I know I can copy /etc/passwd file. But I don't know how to regenerate automatically new /home/users folders (from /etc/skel ?) without using

Re: [expert] new server, old users

2003-06-09 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 08:39, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: Hi List! I'll set up a new server (MDK 8.0 - 9.1) and I would like to keep the same users, but without cloning or copying /home folders. I know I can copy /etc/passwd file. But I don't know how to regenerate

[expert] alsa vs. via686 sound

2003-06-09 Thread Vincent Chen
Dear all, I have an IPC equipped with via686 ac97 sound. After alsa start, it seems ok. Here is info I got: --- lsmod output --- snd-seq-midi5024 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-oss31104 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 5640 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq

[expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
I recently picked up an Athlon XP2700+ to replace my Duron 1100. The switch went fine except my [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobo apparently doesn't support anything greater than an XP1500+. It is an MSI KT333 ultra and the manual says it can do a 200MHz FSB, etc, which would support the chip but...in any

Re: [expert] alsa vs. via686 sound

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 06:52, Vincent Chen wrote: Dear all, ... But I can't set mixer, here is what I got: alsamixer alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Permission denied How can I fix it, kmix has the same problem? give yourself permission. su to root and ls -l

Re: [expert] whimper

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 02:21, James Sparenberg wrote: For those who have been following my life of joy and fun trying to get wireless working on my laptop... Good news. I no longer have to worry about it. the ide controller on the mainboard went south on me and I no longer have to worry

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Steven Broos
Maybe: Your kernel is using modules for the 'old' mobo and cpu. While booting, auto-hardware-detect changes the settings for another mobo, but it's not installed so the modules are not found. If that's more or less right, you can try to recompile your kernel ? Steven (just a wild guess... But I

Re: [expert] alsa vs. via686 sound

2003-06-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 2:52 pm, Vincent Chen wrote: Dear all, I have an IPC equipped with via686 ac97 sound. After alsa start, it seems ok. Here is info I got: --- lsmod output --- --- /etc/modules.conf --- above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx ---

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Larry Sword
Praedor Tempus wrote: I recently picked up an Athlon XP2700+ to replace my Duron 1100. The switch went fine except my [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobo apparently doesn't support anything greater than an XP1500+. It is an MSI KT333 ultra and the manual says it can do a 200MHz FSB, etc, which would support

Re: [expert] SD Card Reader in Mandrake 9.1?

2003-06-09 Thread Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr Nordic/Baltic - Java Web Services - Sun Microsystems
No, Kdiskfree doesn't list it. Maybe not a surprise since DrakConf lists it as follows - it apparently hasn't found a driver for it. Vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1179:805:1179:1 Location on the bus: 2:d:0 Description: SD TypA Controller Module:

Re: [expert] whimper

2003-06-09 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Sparenberg wrote: For those who have been following my life of joy and fun trying to get wireless working on my laptop... Bummer! - -- KevinO Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The others escaped with

Re: [expert] Mozilla - KB Freezing

2003-06-09 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daryl Johnson wrote: The last couple of days Mozilla has been freezing on me to the extent that I have to kill the processes. Delete the file 'XUL.mfasl'. (Make sure mozilla is not running) It will be a couple directories down inside your

Re: [expert] Mozilla - KB Freezing

2003-06-09 Thread Daryl Johnson
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 8:45 pm, KevinO wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daryl Johnson wrote: The last couple of days Mozilla has been freezing on me to the extent that I have to kill the processes. Delete the file 'XUL.mfasl'. (Make sure mozilla is not running) It

[expert] Bookmarks Konqueror - Mozilla

2003-06-09 Thread BOURDEU d'AGUERRE Philippe
Keditbookmarks can convert konqueror bookmarks from and to Mozilla. Is there a way to access these fonctions from a shell script ? -- Philippe BOURDEU d'AGUERRE Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Visor Edge and HotSyncing under MDK9.1

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Goshko
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 15:29, Rob Lindsay wrote: If I reboot for any reason I find that my Visor Edge stops HotSyncing under KPilot. The trial and error work around I have come up with this is to SU in a terminal, cd to /dev and rm -r pilot. Everything then starts working again. Can

[expert] Evolution Browser

2003-06-09 Thread Alan Carbutt
I was wondering if anyone has been able to change which browser opens up on clicking a link in an e-mail. Currently my evolution opens up mozilla. I was just wondering if it was configurable. Thanks, -- Alan Carbutt Systems Administrator/Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL

Re: [expert] Evolution Browser

2003-06-09 Thread Steven Broos
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 23:12, Alan Carbutt wrote: I was wondering if anyone has been able to change which browser opens up on clicking a link in an e-mail. Currently my evolution opens up mozilla. I was just wondering if it was configurable. Thanks, ~/.gnome/Gnome http-show=galeon %s

Re: [expert] Evolution Editor (was Evolution Browser)

2003-06-09 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:37, Steven Broos wrote: http-show=galeon %s https-show=galeon %s ftp-show=galeon %s On a similar note, do you know of a way to change the Evolution editor to something else (preferably vim)? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[expert] Listserve Volume Drop?

2003-06-09 Thread David Rankin
Mates, I have received only about 10 messages from the listserve in the past 4 days. That doesn't sound right based upon the list volume history. Anyone else have this problem? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333

Re: [expert] Evolution Browser

2003-06-09 Thread SainTiss
You can, but it's a global gnome1 setting... I have this section in ~/.gnome/Gnome You can configure it as you like... (note that galeonTab is a script in my case, but of course you can just enter any command there... %s is the URL) [URL Handlers] default-show=galeonTab %s ghelp-show=nautilus

[expert] Mdk 9.1 Pentium 4

2003-06-09 Thread Philip Webb
painful noises in the box, a 3-yr-old CPU (Celeron 466) extra income (grin) have brought me to the point of looking at buying a faster CPU an associated motherboard upto-date memory. however, Mandrake's Redhat's compatibility listings offer little advice a review of the latest Pentium +

[expert] Xvidtune

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Storey
Dear All, When I start X, the whole screen image is displayed slightly too far to the right. Although I could use the buttons on the monitor to adjust the image further left, that would create problems because I have other distros installed on this computer, and these distros have the image

[expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
I just copied my L-M 9.0 drive to another hard drive of the same size using dd. Everything copied over, but the new drive won't boot past the initial LILO screen. TIA, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Monday, June 09, 2003 05:58 PM I was

Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 Pentium 4

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
I make my choices based on market price -- I'm not willing to spend more than $100 on any component except RAM, so I put together a system based on the best quality I can get. Whatever leftover budget there is goes into RAM, because you can never have too much. On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 14:58, Philip

Re: [expert] Xvidtune

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
just put Xvidtune into ~/.xinitrc or some other autostart location. On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 14:58, Robert Storey wrote: Dear All, When I start X, the whole screen image is displayed slightly too far to the right. Although I could use the buttons on the monitor to adjust the image further

Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:01, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: I just copied my L-M 9.0 drive to another hard drive of the same size using dd. Everything copied over, but the new drive won't boot past the initial LILO screen. TIA, man lilo. something like /sbin/lilo -M /dev/mynewdrive /sbin/lilo

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Monday 09 June 2003 6:09 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:01, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: I just copied my L-M 9.0 drive to another hard drive of the same size using dd. Everything copied over, but the new drive won't boot past the initial LILO screen. TIA, man lilo.

Re: [expert] Listserve Volume Drop?

2003-06-09 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:56, David Rankin wrote: Mates, I have received only about 10 messages from the listserve in the past 4 days. That doesn't sound right based upon the list volume history. Anyone else have this problem? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510

Re: [expert] Evolution Editor (was Evolution Browser)

2003-06-09 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 14:49, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:37, Steven Broos wrote: http-show=galeon %s https-show=galeon %s ftp-show=galeon %s On a similar note, do you know of a way to change the Evolution editor to something else (preferably vim)? Use the program

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:40, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: On Monday 09 June 2003 6:09 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:01, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: I just copied my L-M 9.0 drive to another hard drive of the same size using dd. Everything copied over, but the new drive won't boot

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Monday 09 June 2003 7:00 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:40, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: On Monday 09 June 2003 6:09 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:01, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: I just copied my L-M 9.0 drive to another hard drive of the same size using

Re: [expert] new server, old users

2003-06-09 Thread Mark Williamson
Hi Kwan, Nice looking script, but did you try it? But it seems to have problems, getting the fields mixed up.. Cheers Mark On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 23:14, Kwan Lowe wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 08:39, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: Hi List! I'll set up a new server (MDK 8.0 - 9.1)

Re: [expert] Make applications be silent

2003-06-09 Thread Stephlub
is anybody can help me? I'm looking for the way having konqueror not to tell HTTP_REFERER and Kmail and Knode not to tell their name and above all version, on each message they send. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited... and xml?

2003-06-09 Thread Stephlub
is anybody can help me? ...and about an xml converter mbox2xml maildir2xml anyproprietary2xml (mailxml2mbox mailxml2maildir mailxml2sql...) 1 I think it very useful: convert and archive mail with xml for cataloging reasons, from kmail 2 less important: make kmail (and others) able to read

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-09 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 23:33, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Aleksey Naumov wrote: Thanks to all (Rob, Rolf, Steven) for good suggestions! No linux-nonfb and failsafe do not for me giving the same INIT messages. I was able to make some progress by booting with MDK 9.1 CD into rescue, then going

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:16, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: ... Jack, here are the results of using the two lilo options. Any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -M /dev/hdb1 Fatal: /dev/hdb1 is not a master device with a primary parition table [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -b /dev/hdb1 Ignoring

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Larry Sword
Larry Sword wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I recently picked up an Athlon XP2700+ to replace my Duron 1100. The switch went fine except my [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobo apparently doesn't support anything greater than an XP1500+. It is an MSI KT333 ultra and the manual says it can do a 200MHz FSB, etc,

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited... and xml?

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
Not likely -- XML would not be a good fit. XML is a great solution for getting structured data out of one system into another system, because it allows you to define the meta data attributes right there with the raw data. XML is a lousy solution for storing unstructured data that you don't intend

Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 Pentium 4

2003-06-09 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 09 June 2003 05:58 pm, Philip Webb wrote: painful noises in the box, a 3-yr-old CPU (Celeron 466) extra income (grin) have brought me to the point of looking at buying a faster CPU an associated motherboard upto-date memory. however, Mandrake's Redhat's compatibility listings

[expert] DEVFS and /dev not matching

2003-06-09 Thread Trey Sizemore
While updating Mandrake 9.1 via urpmi, I got the following message when lilo was getting upgraded: Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure. Name change: '/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' - '/dev/sda' The kernel was compiled with DEVFS_FS, but

Re: [expert] Voodoo 2

2003-06-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks for the reply, Jack. This is in my son's computer (I am trying to indoctrinate him into linux while he is at school). The machine came with a 4M S3 Trio 3D on the motherboard, so I added a Voodoo 2 3D accellerator (bought on ebay). It works in Windows, but I haven't been able to get

Re: [expert] new server, old users

2003-06-09 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 19:25, Mark Williamson wrote: Hi Kwan, Nice looking script, but did you try it? But it seems to have problems, getting the fields mixed up.. Nope, just wrote it on the spot.. Sorry... Lemme see..Try this... #!/bin/bash # kwan:x:500:1000:Kwan

Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited... and xml?

2003-06-09 Thread Stephlub
Thank you for your answer and explainations. It think the problem harder than it looked like to me. I told XML, cause it is universal, but anything easy to manipulate and transform could be fine. My problem is how to manage hundred and hundred email I need to archive and access quickly, and how

Re: [expert] emergency [resolved]

2003-06-09 Thread Aleksey Naumov
Thanks to all for valuable suggestions! I ended up taring /home to a FAT32 partition, then reinstalling from scratch and restoring /home. This time I set / and /home to ReiserFS (Rolf, Rob -- thanks for the advise). Funny, after all this work -- in the new installation trying to access Zip in

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Crawford
On Monday 09 June 2003 19:43, Larry Sword wrote: Larry Sword wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I recently picked up an Athlon XP2700+ to replace my Duron 1100. The switch went fine except my [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobo apparently doesn't support anything greater than an XP1500+. It is an MSI

Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 Pentium 4

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Crawford
I second Greg's fine advice- Linux hardware compatibily an stability is generally one generation behind. And, I always recommend AMD over Intel for both value and performance. I've got two VIA kt333 boards, an ABIT, and an MSI, with Athlon xp thoroughbred B cpus, and both have been flawless

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-09 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Evaristo Ferrari wrote: Hi, I have installed lilo on hda8 mount as root partition and created a boot floppy. TIA Evaristo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 07:19 am, Evaristo Ferrari sent this :- just install mdk 9.1 download edition and I chose not hda lilo install. First reboot

Re: [expert] Voodoo 2

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
ah, one of those I don't know how to get it working either, sorry. There is a ton of documentation on the web for Linux and Voodoo, but unfortunately a lot of it is very dated :-( On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:47, Brian Schroeder wrote: Thanks for the reply, Jack. This is in my son's computer

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 June 2003 09:27 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: On Monday 09 June 2003 19:43, Larry Sword wrote: Larry Sword wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I recently picked up an Athlon XP2700+ to replace my Duron 1100. The switch went fine except

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Monday 09 June 2003 7:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:16, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: ... Jack, here are the results of using the two lilo options. Any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -M /dev/hdb1 Fatal: /dev/hdb1 is not a master device with a primary parition

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Monday 09 June 2003 7:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:16, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: ... Jack, here are the results of using the two lilo options. Any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -M /dev/hdb1 Fatal: /dev/hdb1 is not a master device with a primary parition

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-09 Thread Robert Crawford
Praedor, H.. I thought with a bios upgrade you could run faster cpus on the kt333 Ultra. The 5.7 bios for the Ultra 2, which I have one of supposedly supports XP 3000+. Yours is just the plain Ultra, correct? If so, I just looked at this page, and looks like you are in good shape for much

[expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?

2003-06-09 Thread Rob Blomquist
Well, I was trying to correct a few weird permission faults today in my mp3 server, when I sent a chmod -R 666 * at my home directory. It knocked out my KDE Desktop, and probably several other things, but luckily I killed it quick! One other time, I pointed a chmod -R at another folder, and

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 21:18, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: On Monday 09 June 2003 7:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:16, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: ... Jack, here are the results of using the two lilo options. Any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -M /dev/hdb1 Fatal:

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Tuesday 10 June 2003 12:39 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 21:18, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: On Monday 09 June 2003 7:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: (snipped for legth) Could not mount device. The reported error was: mount: Not a directory that's coming from the mount target.

RE: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?

2003-06-09 Thread Steve Cox - dig
Had a /bin directory in my home directory for binary downloads. As root I decided to delete the directory and every thing inside it, except a little finger error and I enetered: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rm -rf /bin Man it was fast. Well we live and learn. Almost the fastest way to destroy your

Re: [notspam] Re: [expert] making hard drive bootable

2003-06-09 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 21:54, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: On Tuesday 10 June 2003 12:39 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 21:18, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: On Monday 09 June 2003 7:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: (snipped for legth) Could not mount device. The reported error was: