Linux-Misc Digest #524, Volume #19 Fri, 19 Mar 99 20:13:07 EST
Contents:
Mwave For Linux Project
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (Scott)
Re: CD music....HELP! (Ben Bos)
Re: V.90 ISA Modems!?!?! (Andrew Comech)
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (Allen Ashley)
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (E. Frank Ball)
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? (brian moore)
Re: Assembler for Linux (Thomas Rankin)
Re: Kernel update question (Paul Kimoto)
Re: [Q] Swap file not working. (Mark Parity)
Remote GNOME ("Tilo Reber")
Re: Linux and Y2K (Villy Kruse)
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Jeremy Crabtree)
LINUX ALONE OR WITH WINDOWS? ("Benjamin Sher")
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (Jerry Walter)
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Help With TAR (Francesc Guasch)
Detecting overrun,frame,parity errors (Dean)
HELP! Question about Oracle 8 on Linux -- how to auto-start? (Anubis)
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (David M. Cook)
Re: Memory suggestions anyone?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
rpm error: Operation not permitted (S P Arif Sahari Wibowo)
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux,ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad
Subject: Mwave For Linux Project
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:42 GMT
Hi,
Have you got an IBM Thinkpad or Aptiva with an
Mwave Soundcard and want to run Linux?
Maybe you would like to contribute to the native
Mwave driver project?
The Mwave Project for Linux has the answers.
http://www.flexion.org/mwave/
* Native Mwave driver project - NEW!
[HELP REQUIRED]
* Forum for Mwave/Linux Users - NEW!
* How to enable Sound Blaster Pro 3.1
Emulation under Linux
* Updated for 2.0.x and 2.2.x kernels.
* Improved layout and easy to follow.
* No Windows 3.x/95 or 98 required.
We look forward to your visit!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:09 GMT
Errrrr...
We heard you the first 5 times, thanks.
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:53:38 GMT
Denton wrote:
>
> Greg Waugh wrote in message
> >I thought I would do a cp -a * (or
> >a few with correct tmp mount points), then boot from a floppy with the new
> >HD as root and run LILO, but I'm fuzzy on how to set up the /proc and /dev
> >filesystem.... and if there are going to be any issues with the swap
> >space... Thanks everyone! Any help would be very appreciated!
>
> Don't use the 'cp' command for this task. I can't remember the reason, but
> it has something to do with changing permissions or messing up links (I will
Actually if you use ip with the -a option, it tries to keep as much of
the structure as possible. It worked for me, when I moved to a new
drive.
> research it and get back to you as to what happens). There is no reason to
> write or use some bloated program, such as DiskCopy. One has already been
> written for unix/linux, the 'tar' command.
>
> tar cvpf `/` | (cd <new drive>; tar xvpf `/`)
>
> The filename `/` should work, but you'll have to experiment. Make sure the
> new drive is mounted and use the mount point as the destination.
>
> Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Bos)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD music....HELP!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:47:51 -0500, Eric Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Folks!!!
>
>I need someone's help.
>
>My soundcard is working fine, I am running a P-166 /w Red Hat Linux 5.2
>installed.
>
>I have OPL-SA3 intergrated sound card but can only configure it using
>Sound Blaster drivers with the following configuration :
>
>IRQ=5
>DMA=1 (at least one of the DMAs)
>IO=220
>
>I can play wav files without a problems.....MIDIs too...
>
>Only one problem : I cannot play ANY audio CDs....they play all
>right...but no music comes out of my speakers... Anyone have ANY tips?
>
>Thanks a whole bunch
>
>Eric
>
Try this:
$ cd /dev
$ ls -l cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 26 02:43 cdrom -> hdc
$ ls -l hdc
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 May 6 1998 hdc
Have root give 'other' the same permissions to the device as 'user' and
'group',
# chmod o+r+w /dev/hdc
and see if this works for you.
Cheers,
Ben
--
ir. Berend Adam Bos
Corporate Computer Systems
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: V.90 ISA Modems!?!?!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:54:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am using an AOpen FM56-ITU (isa) modem with RedHat5.2. This was the
> easiest thing to setup. All I had to do was set the jumper to com2
Lying, old man! That modem is preconfigured to use COM2, IRQ3!
Cheers,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Ashley)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:55:16 GMT
Here is a script that I use to make quick backups to a spare partition:
#!/bin/bash
SOURCE=hdb1
DEST=hda4
mke2fs /dev/$DEST
mkdir /$DEST
mount -t ext2 /dev/$DEST /$DEST
cd /$DEST
#rm -rf /$DEST/*
#rm -rf /$DEST/.*
cd /
cp -apv --one-file-system . /$DEST
cd /$DEST
mkdir proc
cd etc
sed /$SOURCE/s/$SOURCE/$DEST/ fstab >fstab.1
rm fstab
mv fstab.1 fstab
cd
umount /$DEST
You have to change SOURCE and DEST to your situation.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E. Frank Ball)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: 19 Mar 1999 22:55:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:04:28 -0500 Greg Waugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
} Hey fellow Linux users! I'm going to be moving my current RedHat 5.2 Linux
} server to a new hard drive. Everything in the system is going to be the
} same, just a new /sda drive. I'm just curious if anyone has a procedure to
} do this of if it is documented anywhere. I thought I would do a cp -a * (or
} a few with correct tmp mount points), then boot from a floppy with the new
} HD as root and run LILO, but I'm fuzzy on how to set up the /proc and /dev
} filesystem.... and if there are going to be any issues with the swap
} space... Thanks everyone! Any help would be very appreciated!
See the Hard-Disk-Upgrade mini-HOWTO. It has what your looking for.
--
Frank Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 19:03:40 GMT
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:17:10 -0600,
John M. Janney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you all for your input... keep it coming... it is helping...
>
> Yes, I would like to "write that report" but I would also like to "enjoy my
> desktop."
>
> I checked out Windowmaker.org and am a bit confused...
>
> How does it differ from KDE/GNOME?
It's a window manager, and neither KDE nor GNOME is.
> What is a "window manager" and how does it differ from a "desktop
> environment?"
The window manager is what lets you move windows around, what adds
decorations to them (the borders and such), etc. Some have certain
features to them (like WindowMaker and AfterStep, say) that make people
write applets for them (like a zillion cd players, mixers and such that
are "dockable").
Those applets, though, aren't part of the window manager: they're just
plain old X clients.
> What does KDE/GNOME allow one to do that Window Maker does not and vise
> vera?
WindowMaker doesn't have a spreadsheet, a filemanager, a stack of games,
a few editors, etc.
> I'm guessing Enlightenment is a window manager like Window Maker?
Yep.
> Why can't I just use XFree86 (X-Window) that comes with Red Hat?
You can. Windowmanagers are a special X client. KDE and GNOME are just
a collection of X clients designed for more consistency with each other
than X usually have.
> Why is installing KDE/GNOME/Enlightenment/Window Maker a "step up" from
> XFree86, besides looking a heck of a lot better?
The same reason that installing other applications is.
> I admit, from working with XFree86 (X-Window), I didn't like it.. it was
> clunky and didn't seem to really work well.
You need to understand X. There are several major components to X:
1) The X server itself (the thing that draws that hatched grey
background and gets to talk to your keyboard and mouse). That's most of
what the X server does. It takes requests from clients and draws what
they ask of it. Traditionally, X provides mechanism, not policy. You
can write your code to do anything (even evil things like fvwm95) and
the X server won't care if you want to make it act like a Mac instead.
2) The window manager: this is what draws the borders on windows
(allowing you to pick them up and move them, resize them, etc). The WM
ends up defining a huge portion of the look and feel to a system and can
vary massively in appearance. See http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/
for examples of how widely different WM's can appear. (And note that
some, like Enlightenment or FVWM, are designed to allow you to make your
own setup that looks and behaves like no one elses.)
3) Ordinary clients: this is everything else, from xterm, to xemacs, to
xeyes. They just talk to the server and draw stuff. They handle their
own menus and such, with no help from the above except in the actual
rendering. Because of this and because X is more into mechanism than
policy, the look and feel of applications can vary depending greatly on
what library was used to create it. Some use Xaw (the Athena widget
set), some use Motif, some use XForms, some use GTK+ (GNOME, for
example), and some use QT (KDE). Some didn't like any of the choices
and use their own widget sets.
KDE and GNOME live mostly in the third group: they're just a collection
of applications built with common libraries and a style guide for a
consistent look and feel. Each has recommendations about Window
Managers, but neither forces you to use an 'official' one. Neither
cares a whit about what X server you run. Neither cares about other
applications you may run, though if you run two applications from the
same 'set', they'll more likely work better together than if mixed and
matched.
> Please... keep the comments flowing... it is really helping me get the
> picture...
>
> Thanks again
> John
>
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>
> John M. Janney wrote in message <7cotjo$u8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >From all my reading, I get the impression that KDE (for now) is a better,
> >more stable choice for the average user (I want to use my Linux box for a
> >variety of tasks, to include using WordPerfect and other apps).
> >
> >Does anyone have opinions, experiences, ect. regarding these two competing
> >desktop environments?
> >
> >And what about Enlightenment? Where does this come into the picture?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
--
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Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: Thomas Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Re: Assembler for Linux
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:24:23 -0600
Assembler for Linux is bin86 It does exist
Fred Donnelly wrote:
> What is the assembler program (is one exist) in Linux?
>
> Fred
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Kernel update question
Date: 19 Mar 1999 14:08:28 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Walter L. Williams wrote:
> I planning to update my kernel to version 2.2.3 .
> I'm starting with Red Hat 5.0 version 2.0.31.
> In the "Changes" file found in with the new kernel
> stuff. It says that I need to find the binutils with
> the rev level of 2.8.1.0.23 and 2.9.1.0.15 .
> The only file that I could find that looked it would
> fit the bill is:
>
> binutils-2.9.1.0.19a-glibc.x86.tar.gz
>
> Is this the replacment binutils for the ones listed
> above?
Probably; it is for glibc, which Red Hat 5.x has.
(Although it is probably egcs-compiled: is the Red
Hat libc gcc- or egcs-compiled?)
However, there should be updated binutils RPMs
available from Red Hat. Why not use those?
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Parity)
Subject: Re: [Q] Swap file not working.
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:08:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "G.M.Trias" <"tux"@kill -9_msn.com> wrote:
>Miernik wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, K.C. Adams wrote:
>> >Greetings!
>> >
>> >I'm running RedHat 5.2 on a P166 with 64M of memory. When I look at my
>> >swap file info in "top", it doesn't appear to be getting used. Anyone
>> >have this problem or is this a problem?
>> >
>>
>> Probably 64MB is enough for all your processes to fit in. Thats not so
>> strange.
>>
>> If you want it to use the swap file, try running all your applications
>> at the same time, Netscape 4.5 is a good thing: it uses 27MB at once.
>>
>> --
>> _____________________________________________
>> Miernik / / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> / / tel.(pager): +48 642 222 864
>> ________________/___/ http://www.elka.pw.edu.pl/fundusz/miernik/
>
>BZZZZZ!!! Wrong answer! It doesn't matter how many MB of RAM you have,
>you should still be able to have a swap file - the largest being 128 MB
>(or is it 125?) Anyway, try enabling your swap by using "swapon -a"
>command.
BZZZZZ!!! Double wrong. Linux will not use the swap space until it NEEDS to.
If there is enough memory, swap will remain unused. The first answer was
correct. Run enough memory hogs and swap will start being used.
>
>Hope that helps.
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From: "Tilo Reber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Remote GNOME
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 13:57:33 -0700
I'm logging into my Linux machine using rlogin from
another UNIX machine. I have been able to run
many graphic applications remotely this way.
For example, I can play freecell from my
AIX machine at work with the application running
on my Linux machine at home. But I'm having
problems getting GNOME applications to run
remotely. I get a warning like "Could not get name
service." , and then a function called "goad" errors out
at the process crashes. When GNOME is up I
can see a program running with a name that goes
something like gnome-name-service. This is not
a DNS or DISPLAY definiton problem. Does anyone
know what gnome name service is and what I need
to do to make it happy? Thanks in advance.
Tilo Reber
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Linux and Y2K
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:41:54 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Not really true.
>Some UN*X DO have Y2K problems.
>At least SCO products had.
>
That was a 29-2-2000 problem which was fixed by a patch -- I think -- some
3 or 4 years ago.
Someone though the tha day after 28-2-2000 was supposed to be 1-3-2000
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Crabtree)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 19:42:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marco Danti allegedly wrote:
>George Csahanin wrote:
>>
>> I've tried REDHAT and Slackware, and while setup of a "pretty" Linux system
>> is the goal of Redhat, try compiling a new kernel. You can't, even if you
>> tell it in the install to load all of what you think you need. They seem to
>> want you to use a "stock" kernel, kinda like the blue sky and white clouds
>> people. Do it their way. The system setup stuff in /etc/rc.d is a laugh. Try
>> to customize anything, it's tough, get ready to spend time with grep looking
>> for where stuff is.
>
>That was not true for me. I could recompile my RH5.2 kernel all right,
>and I didn't even install all the things from the CD.
Apparently you installed the right things from the CD, though.
>As for the setup scripts,
>they are just that: scripts. Anybody can read and change them as needed.
Then there are all the subdirectories full of symlinks that point to
those scripts.
--
"Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself
the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts
that are not hard" --Silvanus P. Thompson, from "Calculus Made Easy."
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From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LINUX ALONE OR WITH WINDOWS?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:42:09 GMT
Dear friends:
First, my thanks to all the many wonderful Linux people, specialists and
ordinary users, who have written to me personally or who have responded on
the pages of this newsgroup.
[specs: NEC, Pentium 166 MMX, 64 meg of RAM, OEM Win95B, ADSL, Red Hat
Linux 5.2]
It's D-Day minus 1 day. My Cosmos' Engineering special 4.3 gig Linux on a
Disk (LOAD) with 850 meg of software, including, of course, Red Hat Linux
5.2, will be arriving by UPS on Monday.
This gives me the option of running Linux WITH Win95B or as standalone (by
reformatting my original OEM hard drive and using it as storage for Linux)
or by using LILO and dual-booting back and forth between Win95 and Linux.
Personally, I am a monist and not a dualist by nature and would infinitely
prefer using Linux only and getting rid of every byte of Microsoft's junk
out of my system.
I am extremely impressed by the wealth and quality of applications already
available for Linux. They certainly meet my modest needs.
As a Russian translator, I have a special need at this time that involves
the Evil Empire:
I use not only RealPlayer (Real G-2 will be out real soon, by the way) but
also Windows Media Player for certain Russian-language programs as well as
for certain broadband programs. Microsoft has promised to provide a WMP for
UNIX (and Linux). See:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/download/unix.htm
However, as one Linux person said, that message has been there for months,
and I am all too aware of Microsoft' evasive, vaporware games.
Is there a way to play the specifically Netshow or WMP "asx" or whatever
STREAMING MEDIA video and audio files using a Linux application? Or can it
be played on Linux's nearly completed Windows Emulator?
Will WINE eventually be able to play EVERY Windows program on Linux,
including streaming media?
How are other Linux people dealing with this?
Thank you all very much.
Benjamin Sher
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web & Index
http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/s/h/sher07/index.html
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From: Jerry Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:43:00 -0500
George;
Following the well published HOWTO's I have had no problems at all
recompiling the kernel in RH5.1.
George Csahanin wrote:
>
> I've tried REDHAT and Slackware, and while setup of a "pretty" Linux system
> is the goal of Redhat, try compiling a new kernel. You can't, even if you
> tell it in the install to load all of what you think you need. They seem to
> want you to use a "stock" kernel, kinda like the blue sky and white clouds
> people. Do it their way. The system setup stuff in /etc/rc.d is a laugh. Try
> to customize anything, it's tough, get ready to spend time with grep looking
> for where stuff is.
>
> Slackware sets up almost as easily, and installs the kernel source. But in
> every case with Slackware, I've tried to install Xserver, and always been
> very disappointed. But, I don't use a gui, so that's not a problem. Want to
> customize startup in /etc/rc.d no problem in Slackware, most of the rc.xxx
> files are obvious, and are not links to somewhere else. It's all right
> there. Change IP address, edit rc.inet1, in Redhat...not sure where the hell
> it is, they almost force you to do that from the gui.
>
> But the Win9x look-alike window manager is kinds neat looking. Very similar
> to fvwm95...
>
> My $0.02
>
> -George Csahanin
> LIN Television Corp.
> Dallas
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Eric Melville wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >uhm, wouldn't that mean that redhat is also the "aol of linux" ??
> >
> >-E
> >
> >> redhat-fully automated
> >> slackware-for do it yourselfers
> >> suse-havent used, but good cde i hear
> >> caldera-aol of linux i hear
--
================================================
Jerry Walter
NetSpace Systems Inc.
A Bentley Strategic Affiliate
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(937) 332-0053
================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:38:14 GMT
In article <7cub89$8sm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Intel no one wrote:
Is it possible to leave that crap where it belongs to, say /dev/null ? Quite
a large part of the world is not interested in that and quite a large part
is either not using Intel CPU's or not interested in buying one and if they
do not care, esp. with a OS that can take care of that so if you think Intel
is after you see your nearest psychiatrist or buy a PPC machine or just buy
some food and stay in the woods till it is all over
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From: Francesc Guasch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help With TAR
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:25:27 +0100
Anthony E. Glover wrote:
>
> I'm trying to do a few things with tar that I need help with.
>
> First of all, I am trying to backup multiple machines using tar. I've
> got all of the drives nfs mounted on the machine that has the DAT drive,
> but when attempting to backup the remote drives, I get a permission denied
> error. This appears to be because I am not 'root' on the other machines
> event though I am root on the local machine. Is there any way to set
> the other machines to allow remote root access to the files?
This has to do with a parameter called root-squash. Check
the man for exports:
man exports
>
> Also, how does one set the compression on a DDS-3 drive using mt or tar?
>
You can call gzip from tar if you type like this:
# tar czvf /dev/tape source_file1 source_dir1 ...
^
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From: Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Detecting overrun,frame,parity errors
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:05:25 +1100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
How can I detect inside C program if there's been an overrun,
frame, parity or break error??
Thanks
Dean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anubis)
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: HELP! Question about Oracle 8 on Linux -- how to auto-start?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:45:04 -0600
Hi there-- dumb newbie question for ya'll:
I have Oracle 8.0.5 installed now on Linux (RH5.2).. As per the install
instructions, I created a file /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora containing the
following:
# Set ORA_HOME to be equivalent to the ORACLE_HOME
# from which you wish to execute dbstart and
# dbshut
# set ORA_OWNER to the user id of the owner of the
# Oracle database in ORA_HOME
ORA_HOME=/home/oracle/8.0.5.0.0
ORA_OWNER=oracle
if [! -f $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart -o ! -d $ORA_HOME]
then
echo "Oracle startup: cannot start"
exit
fi
case "$1" in
'start')
# Start the Oracle databases:
su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart &
;;
'stop')
# Stop the Oracle databases:
su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbshut &
;;
esac
In the instructions, it then says:
Link dbora by entering:
# ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora /etc/rc0.d/K10dbora
# ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora /etc/rc2.d/S99dbora
.. this is where I am assuming it is set so that this dbora gets executed
on system boot.. correct?
Anyway, it doesn't work. First of all, I am logged in as root. Second
of all, I am assuming the # signs in there are a mistake since they are
comments in the bash shell. Third of all, if I just try:
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora /etc/rc0.d/K10dbora
It returns an error saying:
ln: cannot create symbolic link `/etc/rc0.d/K10dbora' to
'/etc/rc.d/init.d/dbora': No such file or directory
So, I tried a 'ls /etc/rc*' and I got:
init.d rc.local rc.sysinit rc1.d rc3.d rc5.d
rc rc.news rc0.d rc2.d rc4.d rc6.d
... so, rc0.d IS there... so, THEN I tried: ls /etc/rc0.d and got:
ls: /etc/rc0.d: No such file or directory
huh?? why won't this work? does it or doesn't it exist?
Thanks for any help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:09:21 GMT
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:38:49 -0500, Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>at work... and sure would love the ability to run some of my favorite
>Linux/X apps through it....
You could try vmware: http://www.vmware.com
Somewhat pricey, though.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Memory suggestions anyone??
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:29:27 GMT
Space allocation is usually a matter of the minimum amount you can get away
with + any additional you want via personal preferences.
However, Naba Barkakati in RH Linux Secrets, 2nd edition recommends, assuming
a 1 Gb harddrive (you can scale up proportionally from there - i.e. if you
have 2Gb, double the figures below, 3 Gb, triple them, etc.)
Complex Linux install from CD: 400 Mb
Swap space for a 16Mb RAM machine (scale up proportionally if you have more):
16Mb
User space for Linux: 150 Mb
Windows 500 Mb
Seem abitrary? Pretty much, except for the 400 and 16 Mb figures.
More Linux links and info at: http://www.emuse.net
Good luck,
Randy
In article <01be71c2$fae10e80$a4eba1d1@johnadam>,
"John Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll be installing Redhat 5.1 over the weekend from a CD. I am extermly
> interested in software development and would to try and create programs for
> Linux and introduce more people to Linux - assuming I like it that is. I'm
> confident that'll be able to do the partition correctly. I'm sick of all
> the useless junk on my hard drive (I know some of you are thinking
> Windows), and am just going to format it and create the partition. I'm
> running Windows 95, Office 97, some development tools -VBasic, JDK, and
> VC++ - and of course browsers. How much memory should I have for Redhat
> and how much for Windows 95? Are there any tips for making the W95
> installation compact? On a side note, what type of development tools are
> available for use with Linux? Hopefully this posting will be of use to
> other newbies as well.
>
> --
> John Adams
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Bring on the brand new renaissance
>
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From: S P Arif Sahari Wibowo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: rpm error: Operation not permitted
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:17:50 -0600
Hai!
I tried to update a package:
rpm -U util-linux-2.8-11.i386.rpm
it gave an error:
unpacking of archive failed on file /bin/login: -2147483639: Operation not
permitted
error: util-linux-2.8-11.i386.rpm cannot be installed
Older package is:
util-linux-2.7-18
It is on a redhat Linux 5.1 (kernel 2.0.34)
Any idea why?
Thanks.
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