[SLUG] Formating a USB Floppy

Hi Folks Can someone please tell me how to format a disk in MSDOS format with a USB floppy drive. I am running Kondara MNU/Linux 2000 which has Kernel 2.2.17-10k. My computer recoginses the USB floppy as /dev/sda. I cannot use the fdformat command since it only works on the devices

Re: [SLUG] Formating a USB Floppy

hi folks thanks for all the suggestions, mkfs.msdos -I /dev/sda did the trick cheers tony John Clarke wrote: On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 11:48:08AM +0900, Antony Stace wrote: doesn't want to work No, sorry, my fault. fdformat does a low-level format, which I didn't know (thanks

[SLUG] Problems with an expect script

Hi Folks I am having problems with a simple expect script. The contents are x #!/usr/bin/expect -f set addy devmachine set user devuser set password PASSWORD spawn telnet -l $user $addy expect "user name:" send "$user\r" expect "password:" send

Re: [SLUG] Convert unix timestamp to human readable?

When you say timestamp do you mean seconds since epoch? What format do you want the output in, example please. "MacFarlane, Jarrod" wrote: Does anyone have a script/method/program that'll convert a unix timestamp in to something I can read? I've searched google, found some scripts that

Re: [SLUG] Read a:

if you have problems with mtools, make sure /etc/mtools.conf is configured correctly Raoul Golan wrote: "David Slater" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From a REAL beginner to Linux, How do I read my DOS zipped file on the A: drive ? (Because I want to activate my TANDBERG Tape

Re: [SLUG] Ftping multiple files on command line

look at ncftpget and ncftpput John Ferlito wrote: Anyone know of a nice tool perferably something standard that will let me ftp files from the command line. I'm currently using this lftp -e 'mget dat*.tar; quit' ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/ but it's hard to

[SLUG] Is there an open source VSS client?

Hi Folks Does anyone know if there is an open source client out there which can access a Visual Source Safe(VSS) repository? I want to access a VSS repository from Linux and LynxOS. Cheers Tony -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] mySQL delete problem.

do you have delete permissions on the password table? Stephen Robert Norris wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 01:09:29PM +1000, Grahame Kelly wrote: Hi all. I have a table called password which has: Field Type uname varchar(64) Key passwd varchar(16) and another

[SLUG] Looking for c source code which can generate passwords for cvs

Hi Folks Does anyone know where I can find some c source code which can generate the passwords used by cvs. Cheers Tony -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Dragging Applications between Destops in KDE2, is it Possible?

Hi Folks Is it possible to change a setting somewhere so I can drag an application between Desktops in KDE2? Cheers Tony -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Finding open files on the system

sounds like lsof if you wrote your utility in c I would be interested in looking at the source code, does it parse the /proc file system to get the information? Cheers Tony Andrew Eager wrote: At the last meeting, it was asked: " If the disk is spinning madly is there any way to

[SLUG] Does java compiler with Suns JDK supports multiprocessors in Linux

Hello I have had a look on the web, but can't seem to find much information on this. Does anyone know if the java compilers and runtime environments included with Suns JDK 1.3 and 1.4 take advantage of a multiprocessor linux system(Assume a fairly recent stable kernel) or will they use(in a 2

Re: [SLUG] linux grinding to a halt

Sometimes (too often) I am working on my Mandrake 8.1 machine and suddenly everything grinds to a halt making me have to do a cold boot. This is quite annoying and has the potential to corrupt data and losing information I am working on. This happens sometimes when using Mozilla, or anything

Re: [SLUG] RE: slug digest, Vol 1 #1519 - 9 msgs

Look in /etc/xinit.d On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:05:21 +1100 "Upendra Singh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, I have Red Hat Linux 7.0. I am trying to disable/enable a few services, but /etc/inetd.conf does not exist on this system. Could you tell me what is that, if there is any, the

[SLUG] How can I get a list of locks in a table in Postgres?

Hi I have run into a problem with postgres. I cannot update some rows in a table while i can update other rows in the same table. How can I see what locks are on a table/row in postgres? -- Cheers Tony$B!#(B -

[SLUG] Shutdown sequence on Kondara 2.0(Redhat 7.1 Based) hangs

Hi Ladies and Gentlemen Everytime I shutdown my computer(Kondara 2.0, based on Redhat 7.1) the shutdown sequence always hangs, the last messaage on the screen is starting killall: su(pam_unix)[2689] session opened for user tomcat by(uid=0) The shutdown sequence just stays on this script and

[SLUG] Looking for Calender Generating Program

Hi I am looking for a calender program for linux which works like /usr/bin/cal but produces output suitable for printing One month should take up one A4 page and each day should be in a box/rectangle big enough so someone can write a small note for a particular day Any such program floating

Re: [SLUG] bash shell script variables

RRexportflag=yes XXexportflag=no for i in `cat companies` do if [ $iexportflag = yes ] ; then do some exporting fi done The problem I have is that the $iexportflag becomes RRexportflag and Not the value (yes) which is what I want you might want to try using == (equality

Re: [SLUG] bash shell script variables

you might want to try using == (equality check) instead of =(assignment) Opps, Monday!forget i said thati should have read your email better Tony _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoocom address at http://mailyahoocom -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] Logging onto ftp.oracle.com failing

Hi I need to get a patch for oracle, ftp://ftp.oracle.com/pub/www/otn/linux/glibcpatch.tgz It prompts for a username and password, I signed up and got one. However whenever I try and 1. ncftp -u myusername ftp.orcale.com 2. Enter this link into a Internet Explorer 6(All other browsers do

Re: [SLUG] ext2 or ext3?

ext3 by a long shot; by default, it uses ordered writes (a kind of journalling), so your data is safer, and you don't have to wait through laborious fscks when you start up. You can also turn on full data journalling, which, whilst slower, is safer again (it's also oddly faster for some

[SLUG] A question for vi gurus

Can someone please enlighten me on how to yank from mark a to mark b and place it in 1. the default no name buffer 2. a named buffer Cheers Tony -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake

[blah@blah tar]# rpm -tb smpeg-xmms-0.3.5.tar.gz smpeg-xmms-0.3.5.tar.gz: No such file or directory is . in your PATH?, if not you might try PATH=$PATH:. ; rpm -tb smpeg-xmms-0.3.5.tar.gz or rpm -tb ./smpeg-xmms-0.3.5.tar.gz _ Do

[SLUG] Mozilla to Netscape cookie converter

Anyone know of a program that can convert a Mozilla format cookie file to a Netscape format cookie file? Thanks Tony _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing

Re: [SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet

watch out though as Dingoblue (and hence optus I gather since I don't think there's anything special with the hardware/connection for dingoblue versus optusnet customers) block inbound ports 25 and 80 (and possibly others). This means you can't run your own web or mail server (well not on

Re: [SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet

What about Optus's Cable and DSL services. Is there a website somewhere that lists the suburbs where Cable is available, both Optus and Telstra. I just looked on the Optus site and the only way to see if a suburb has Optus Cable is to type in the postcode. The postcodes I tried didn't

Re: [SLUG] Optus Dial-Up Internet

You have to give them a call and ask them. Will do. If you live in a unit, chances are they won't be able to provide cable service to your home. Is there any one who has Cable/DSL to a unit/apartment? If so who is the providor? _ Do

[SLUG] What is an easy way to see the HTTP headers in a HTTP request?

What is an easy way to see the HTTP headers in a HTTP request. I want to see things like HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:12:23 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.3 (Unix) Cache-Control: max-age=1800, must-revalidate .. .. .. Thanks for your wisdom!! Cheers Tony

Re: [SLUG] What is an easy way to see the HTTP headers in a HTTP request?

Thanks Chris. On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:00:10 +1000 Chris Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 03:58:29PM +0900, Antony Stace wrote: What is an easy way to see the HTTP headers in a HTTP request. I want to see things like HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:12:23

Re: [SLUG] What is an easy way to see the HTTP headers in a HTTP request?

Thanks for the help folks! 1) You can telnet to port 80 try 1)telnet www.server.com 80 (You will see something like this) Trying www.server.com Connected to www.server.com Escape character is '^]'. 2)HEAD / HTTP/1.0 (press return twice)

[SLUG] Any recommendations for an on line secondhand computer shop located in Australia?

Any recommendations for an on line secondhand computer shop located in Australia? Cheers Antony _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] run levels

you need to change /etc/inittab The link http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/x2111.html might be helpful. On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:11:02 +1000 Mick Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to change the default run level in redhat 7.1 for a while. how do I do it? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's