Move a locked file

2004-05-13 Thread Michael Alexander
Hi All: I have a multi-boot 3 unix box I'm toying with. I was using the Debian partition as my main work station for a while... till I broke it. I have some e-mails and addresses on that partition I would like to export to the other partitions, perhaps even create a permanent reference

Re: AMD vs Intel

2004-04-24 Thread MIchael Alexander
Hey Marc: Five of the six computers in my home office / conservatory are AMD's. They do run a little hotter than Intel, but they are cheaper to buy, and I'm a certified cheap-skate. Now the question Why do I have sooo many computers? I just do. On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 18:51, Marc G.

Booting Q.

2004-04-22 Thread MIchael Alexander
What is the command to make a bootable disk for FreeBSD? I need it in case I screw up my latest project. I have a dual OS set-up running BSD and Fedora C1. Fedora only boots from a floppy disk and doesn't show up as bootable when trying to boot from FreeBSD boot loader. Both partitions are

RE: Booting Q.

2004-04-22 Thread MIchael Alexander
Vijay wrote : Which OS did you install first? Fedora/FreeBSD ? I've FreeBSD first and then RH9. The Grub Seems to load the FBSD without any problem. Fedora was first. I didn't install a boot loader at that time because I was having problems with my MBR on previous installs of Mandrake

Re: Booting Q.

2004-04-22 Thread MIchael Alexander
). On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 20:17, Vijay wrote: Which OS did you install first? Fedora/FreeBSD ? I've FreeBSD first and then RH9. The Grub Seems to load the FBSD without any problem. On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 08:40, MIchael Alexander wrote: What is the command to make a bootable disk

file sharing accross desktops -unix

2004-04-21 Thread MIchael Alexander
Frog Here: I have a file on my /root desktop I would like to share on my /home/mike desktop (it's a file full-o-music). Which is better? Creating a hard link ln, a soft link ln -s, or would changing group do the job? Or should I just create a separate partition to hold the

Internet Problem

2004-04-18 Thread MIchael Alexander
Quick q. can't seem to get Internet to work in free bsd 5.1. Can ping to other addresses in intranet, but can't get out to www. Other machines in intranet work just fine. Also, mouse scroll doesn't work. Mouse is behind KVM but that may not make a diff. I am immersing myself in Linux /

RE: Imap Server and Procmail

2004-01-21 Thread michael Alexander
I believe you have to add it into IE's certificate list, and then outlook will remember it. As for how to do that step with FreeBSD, I'm not sure on that. -Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson Sent: Wednesday,

RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports

2004-01-21 Thread michael Alexander
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fbsd_user Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:39 PM To: Dinesh Nair Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports My friends PC is an MS/Windows 98

RE: inspiron 8000 pcmcia problem

2004-01-06 Thread michael Alexander
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of paul Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: inspiron 8000 pcmcia problem I've already posted this question to -mobile just trying to get as much traffic as

Help with Mylex Acceleraid250(DAC960) install

2003-12-29 Thread Michael Alexander
Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD4.9 (or 5.1 even) on a system that uses a Mylex Acceleraid250 (DAC960 driver) without success. The install CD hangs when it attempts to spin up the drives on the raid, waiting 15 seconds for scsi devices to settle is the last message on the screen. I found

DAC906 (was RE: Installation troubles)

2003-12-18 Thread michael Alexander
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michael Alexander Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Installation troubles Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD (have tried 4.9, and the 5.1 ISO's

RE: DAC960 (was RE: Installation troubles)

2003-12-18 Thread michael Alexander
Corrected subject in case someone else is searching for this later on. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michael Alexander Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Installation troubles

RE: Load new drivers during install

2003-12-17 Thread michael Alexander
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:47 AM To: michael Alexander Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Load new drivers during install michael Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes

RE: Load new drivers during install

2003-12-17 Thread michael Alexander
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter Pine Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Load new drivers during install The DAC960 drivers are built into the generic kernel. You shouldn't have

RE: Load new drivers during install

2003-12-17 Thread michael Alexander
Any chance you're talking about the do kernel configuration in full-screen visual mode stuff? That's just for old ISA hardware, *IIRC*. On most modern systems you can delete that whole list and everything still works. The GENERIC kernel already contains support for the mly driver

RE: Installation troubles

2003-12-16 Thread michael Alexander
-Original Message- From: fbsd_user [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:24 AM To: michael Alexander Subject: RE: Installation troubles Stop and think about your question, what is the purpose of raid? FBSD has no problem using an normal scsi hard drive

Load new drivers during install

2003-12-16 Thread michael Alexander
Is there a way to load updated or additional drivers during initial install? (like redhats 'expert' install option) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Installation troubles

2003-12-15 Thread michael Alexander
Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD (have tried 4.9, and the 5.1 ISO's) It hangs at: Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle My hardware: Intel NA440BX MB, 512MB ram, dual PIII 350 processors Mylex Acceleraid 250(DAC960) Latest bios/firmware downloaded and installed on both MB and Raid