Re: [Siglinux] Help needed for "bad super block" file systems ...

2002-09-23 Thread Michael Yuan
Michael Yuan's technology articles http://www.enterprisej2me.com/articles.php Dr. Dobbs Journal, JavaWorld, IBM developerWorks and more ... On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, chris wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 12:47:11AM -0500, Michael Yuan w

[Siglinux] Help needed for "bad super block" file systems ...

2002-09-22 Thread Michael Yuan
Hi Guys, OK, I am in an awkward situation ... My camera (Olympus 2020) uses SmartMedia cards and provide a USB interface to connect with computers. I can usually mount the camera as a vfat file system from device "/dev/sda1". But today, the camera battery died in the middle of a "write" operati

[Siglinux] Dual boot system with two harddrives

2002-08-26 Thread Michael Yuan
Hi guys, I have not used windows for years. But recently a project I am working on requires some tools that are only available under windows xp. So, I need to put in a second harddrive (I want it to be a slave on the first IDE bus) in my system and try to install windows xp on it. I hate this. B

[Siglinux] web hosts?

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Yuan
Hi, I want to find a good and cheap ISP to host a domain. It will be a small and low traffic site. But there are just so many choices ... I need some suggestion/experience! I only need the basic features: 1. SSH access (Unix or Linux machines) 2. My own CGI-BIN 3. Support for POP3 or email for

[Siglinux] RPM commands

2002-07-14 Thread Michael Yuan
Hi, Does anyone know how to list all the installation steps of an RPM package but not actually execute those steps? If this is not possible, can I get a list of files in an .rpm package and their installation paths? I do not seem to find the right rpm command line options to do this. I do not f

[Siglinux] LCD Test Programs?

2002-04-15 Thread Michael Yuan
Hi, I just bought a new LCD from Frys. (They have a $299 15" LCD for sale until 04/16) I wonder if there is any Linux program I could use to test the screen for burn-out pixels etc.? I know I just need full screen images for different colors and display them to see if there are any unchanging p

Re: [Siglinux] Tshirts and a Name

2002-04-05 Thread Michael Yuan
> As many of ya'll know, we plan to have RMS give a lecture for us later this > month(25th). However, a requirement is being listed as a GNU/Linux users group > at gnu.org. That is why we were SIGFree for a while. OK, I do not really care whether it is called GNU or Linux or GNU/Linux. I do under

Re: [Siglinux] Microsoft to base next generation OS on OpenBSD (fwd)

2002-03-31 Thread Michael Yuan
> -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:38:53 -0700 (MST) > From: Minister of Propaganda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Microsoft to base next generation OS on OpenBSD > > April 1, 2002 > > "Microsoft to base next generation OS on OpenBSD"