On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Ken Simpson wrote:
> Hi all, traffic on this list is getting pretty small, have I missed something?
>
We're still here ;^)
> 1. I would like to network my Powerbook running LM8 to my desktop
> running MacOS 9.2.1. From my reading it looks like I need netatalk,
> but I can't work out if it has been installed by Mandrake, and if it
> has, how to use it. I have read the HOWTO's on the disk, but so far
> have not been (mainly able to work out if it is installed and how to
> run it. Any help here?
>
Not on the CD - but there is an RPM on my web page - below. As to how to
use it, you could try this piece I wrote a while back:
http://networking.earthweb.com/netos/oslin/article/0,,12284_624251,00.html
David is working on an official MDK netatalk RPM
> 2. I would like to be able to use my (SCSI) zip disk on my powerbook.
> dmemsg tells me it is sensed at sda so I made an entry in fstab
> /dev/zip /mnt/zip hfs nosuid - can't rememebr the next bit ... 0 0
>
> then I made a directory /mnt/zip and made a link from /dev/sda to /dev/zip
>
> Then I tried mount /dev/zip - can't mount because wrong start block,
> or too many filesystems mounted.
>
> tried canging it from hfs to vfat - no difference
>
Try to examine the partition table of the disk - chances are your data is
on a particualr partition. Typically DOS formatted Zips are on sda4,
MacOS, I don't know, but the 1st partiton is usually the map, with a few
more for drivers.
Try this
sync
sync (just in case)
/sbin/pdisk -l /dev/sda
and look for the data partition (the big HFS one)
> Any idea where to go next (zip won't work on my desktop either)
>
> Finally, the rpm blues are getting me down, nearly every package I am
> interested in fails due to broken dependencies. Is there an easier
> way than this?
>
Oh yes - try urmpi - it will find the dependencies and offer to install
the other packages for you ;^)
Stew Benedict
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