Re: Email Server

1998-05-27 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Have you been to Linux Applications and Utilities? wow for everything! http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/textonly.shtml and the many links to other important information. BTW, I have just loaded RH5.0 and am impressed with the features. As a newbie of six months, I have loaded two other

Re: partitioning strategy

1998-05-25 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Deryk: I have an ASUS TX97-E Revision 1.12, using the clock chip ICS9147-09 and Bios Rev 4010a-0107e. the web page http://www.asus.com/support/mb/answers/chipset/75or83.asp contains all the info straight from the horses' mouth about running at 83 mhz. I have an Intel Pentium, SL27S series 233.

Re: Overclocking Pentium 233 to 373.5 mhz

1998-05-22 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Linux, with 602 packages totaling 702 mbytes, loads in 19 minutes from cdrom, while it takes over 59 minutes on my 133mhz Cyrix P166+/soltek system, both having otherwise similar options. When I run Winbench 97, I get 411 index on Pentium 233 at 373.50 mhz. I would enjoy any help in

Re: partitioning strategy

1998-05-21 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Ray Curtis wrote: "ptb" == Patrick T Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ptb I am overclocking a 233mx at 373.5 mhz! Boy, I hope you have this on a block of ice, this is a 66% overclock speed ! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clark.net/pub/ray I am using an ASUS TX97-E Rev

Re: partitioning strategy

1998-05-18 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I usually put about 350 to 600 MB of drivespace towards DOS/Win. Windows 95 takes about 114Mb. DOS 7.xx is in the X:/Windows/Command directory. the rest of the partition is usually enough for lots of apps. Linux is cool anywhere, because you will probably use LILO to choose which system

Re: IOMega ZipDrive 100

1998-05-13 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Me Too! I have both, an internal IDE and a SCSI ZIP100. I want both to work on different computers, so to transfer my work. Any drivers or pointers to them are very much appreciated, and I will give out brownie points. Mike Stanczyk wrote: Excuse me for coming late to the discussion but I

Re: Help for a prospective newbie.

1998-05-08 Thread Patrick T. Berry
This is so simple, once you do it once! Just do the DOS and/or Win install. When you start to load Linux, at some later date, my experience is that you need to know how much disk you have used (or dedicated to) DOS OS(leave some growing room), but make sure that the first cylinder of the Linux

Re: How to be a linux hacker?

1998-05-08 Thread Patrick T. Berry
One thing we would really like is a Lisp to Perl translator so we could run Autocad R14 on Linux. Unless someone out there knows how it can be done now. I am s tired of Win95 crashing! hYou know we would pay for the program. You could make a fortune! Dave Wreski wrote: Maybe this is a

Re: Linux user wants to install Win95

1998-05-05 Thread Patrick T. Berry
You might want to check out the FAT32 support for Linux at http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/ look for a link to team researcher Gordon Chaffee, who is very involved in compatibility issues for the m$ to Linux platforms. In my readings, I have found that athe Win95 OSR2 wipes out the partitions

Re: CPU

1998-05-05 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I just recently restarted computing after 6 years hiatus, so am not too far removed from purchasing decisions like you are trying to make. I picked the Intel 233MMX, and put it on a ASUS TX97-E mainboard. I have been a tech and EE since 1965 in USAF and commercially, but had strayed from

Re: Slackware install errors

1998-05-05 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Ezekiel J. Krahlin wrote: I could not in my life, record all the errors I received during Slackware installation! The lines scrolled faster than I could scribble...and the There is no way I will bother, ever again, to writie down screen statements of such length, no matter how bad the

Re: Who enforces GPL? (was) e: Micro$oft declaring war?

1998-05-04 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Have you guys and gals read about the lawsuit after some Boston(?) jerk submitted perjured documents for a U.S. Copyright(?) on LINUX in 1994? Just about every one who is anyone was ready to put up the money to prosecute, but some of the big guys in software actually joined the suit, as the

Re: SHOULD I???

1998-04-29 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I believe Wordperfect is ported to Linux. This could save you a lot of time learning new conventions in a word processor! Good luck. Rich Shepard wrote: would be nice if there was a good word processor package for Linux - anyone any ideas? I admit I haven't looked in to this too much, but it

[Fwd: Central Florida's new LUG!]

1998-04-29 Thread Patrick T. Berry
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Patrick T. Berry wrote: "Everyone's Linux Users Group" located near Eustis, Florida, is West of Orlando, about 25 miles. The Domain name is elug.org. Contact Jeff Rose, [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. tks. Thanks for the link. It should show

Re: FAQ for this group?

1998-04-26 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I suggest you absorb kernels of knowledge from the site - PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Re: SHOULD I???

1998-04-26 Thread Patrick T. Berry
As a newbie myself, I recommend you "go for it", and get the Redhat 5.0 in lthe box ($49.95) includes a great book! It will include everything you may need, and even maybe more than you could use in applications! It is possible to dual boot, and I think you can handle it. There is also the

Re: Off Topic... Power supplies?

1998-04-17 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Attempting to operate power supplies (other than Monitors, TVs, and other line synchronized appliances) on the "wrong" frequency most often shortens the life of the power supply, at the least, but, can cause a fire hazard. The transformers which step the voltage down are designed to operate

Re: Q: Swap space

1998-04-17 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I just loaded Walnut Creek "TurboLinux 1.2" and was reading all the howto's, and there was the data about the 128Meg limit but I saw that multiple swap partitions could be used, but I am a newbie, and really recommend you read the how-to firsthand! I have several 12GB hard drives, and am building

Re: Linux in general

1998-04-15 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Hang in there, I'm 51, and got Linux up for the second short time yesterday, and am just learning the best talked about OS there is. I intend to pitch windoze. I have about seven Linux books, and hope I learn to be a competent teacher, cause we will be in great demand in about a year! Web users

Re: Of men mice (tad off topic)

1998-04-08 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I would like to see your list, DB, as (Computers Gadgets, Inc.)is selling IDE Linux boxes for less than $800 (+ tax) in Florida with monitor, modem, sound, etc. and Linux on system. Sorta like bundled Windoze, but Linux instead. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Db wrote: returned to normal. (hahaha) It was

Re: of men mice

1998-04-08 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Dear Db: We in the USA have been there, done that, but did not notice our Consumer Affairs "Police" doing much beyond confiscating outright counterfeit equipment and software. We tend to vote with our feet here. Word of mouth kills the bad guys quick! I was referring to the list of what

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Patrick T. Berry
The dealer network is hopefully growing, Computers Gadgets, Inc in Orlando Florida, opened last week, selling IDE computers with Linux bundled and loaded in them for under $800 each including a monitor, sound, modem. Time and gossip are on the side of Linux, Even almost every article in the

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-03-31 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Noted at the Marketpro Show in Orlando, Florida, on March 28/29, that two windoze software vendors each had one or two old copies of Infomagic and one copy of RedHat. No LXPRO9117 (PN#00500) , Linux Pro rel 5.4, not one other distro of any linux! They both asked me if they could refer their

Re: Redhat 5.4? Was: Re: thanks, but no thanks

1998-03-31 Thread Patrick T. Berry
WGS (WorkGroup Solutions, Inc.), at http://www.WGS.com, sent"Linux Pro" release 5.4. As a newbie, having 9 distros available, with none loaded to date, I decided to start with this. On the ASUS TX-97-E board, I selected "CDROM, A,C" in BIOS for boot and loaded it on a new 1.2 GB drive.

Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry

1998-03-31 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I found Linux in October, on the Nov. "Bootdisc", have been learning it, my Cp/m experience in athe early '80's on home built Z80 computers helps a lot, but after windoze, it is a chore. There is another thread discussing WINE and Wabi, but it says that most Linux users just dual boot for the

Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry

1998-03-29 Thread Patrick T. Berry
This newbie to Linux is having less trouble with Linux in the second hour of installing 8 hard drives than I had with MS Win95 in the past year! At least no distro of Linux appears to lock up on just about any architecture I use/install. Thank you all, both group one - "Hobbyists" and tinkerers

Re: thanks, but no thanks

1998-03-27 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Let us remember that we chase the rainbow, those who persue knowledge. There is always another "gotcha" around the corner. As I learn more, I realize there is more to learn. I am joyous to discover that my curious wandering mind will not lack for questions to ponder. So, this retired USAF

Re: 3D modeling software?

1998-03-27 Thread Patrick T. Berry
No Source code? That is why I want to quit "AutoCad" as we needed a raster to vector converter, could have written a patch ourselves if Source was available. Sell the millions of builders and architects a program as good as "AutoCad", and provide the source code under a GPL or Copyleft, and you

Re: thanks, but no thanks

1998-03-27 Thread Patrick T. Berry
A better manual may not help, as when I learned heathdos,cp/m, etc., I finally had to confer with the guru's in User Groups, when the web was Easylink, by Western Union. There will always be a place for a forum, and I think also one answer is small business support of LUG's is growing, and also

Re: thanks, but no thanks

1998-03-27 Thread Patrick T. Berry
No pun intended, I'm sure, and besides, we all tend to rant and babble occasionally. So, I had hoped to install RedHat 5.4 Pro today, but my day went from busy to hectic. Vidiot wrote: I've made a mistake here. The original rant was from Mat Serwas [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I'm sorry to mix you

Re: Kernel Compile gives sig-11

1998-03-26 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Would be nice if the rest of us knew what motherboard! Could you divulge? James W. Mills Jr wrote: I had this problem with a kernel compile the only resolution was a diffrent motherboard. disabling both internal and external cpu cache had no effect. I have had no problems after the

Re: Want to give back to linux? Was Re: BYTE reviews Web servers (on Linux,...)

1998-03-24 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I am opening a store to try to educate, and sell Linux boxes at the same time. Computers Gadgets, Inc. at 4950 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Florida 32839, and I hope to serve both the local Linux Users Groups with Freebies, and share knowledge. I will sell machines at the lowest

Re: Want to give back to linux?

1998-03-24 Thread Patrick T. Berry
I am trying to get to market for the two Linux users groups and the public at large, a decent Linux box at under $800. So far I have IDE stuff, and am trying to qualify the hardware before it is bought cause I don't want to blow big bucks on junk. If you want to help me "kick butt", and you

Re: Network (fwd)

1998-03-23 Thread Patrick T. Berry
As for lightning, I live in the bullseye of "most struck" northern hemisphere area, near Lakeland, Florida. The voltage from lightning is defined as a) Direct Hit- This has come out of the blue sky and there is not much hope for survival of people animals or equipment; b) Induced Voltage - Any