Linux-Misc Digest #661, Volume #21 Fri, 3 Sep 99 17:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: looking for... (ellis)
how to make Win98 filesystem compatible with Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution (Linus Torvalds)
bypassing fsck ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: linux hangs during boot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI? (Donn Miller)
Running a program on a SGI from a PC with LINUX system ("Sylvain Haudegond")
Re: A REAL Linux for free (John Girash)
Re: Distributions RH, Suse, Mandrake (Jason Rotunno)
Re: *nix vs. MS security (Grant Edwards)
probs with external modem ("Ruairi")
any RAMDISK programs out there? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Distributions RH, Suse, Mandrake (Ben Belchak)
Re: full backup minus content of CD (H.Bruijn)
Re: help me, can't get my data out of the zip file! (Pallex)
Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!! (Leonard Evens)
DHCP Server ("Jonathan Desrochers")
Re: linux hangs during boot (Leonard Evens)
Re: how to set up news server easily (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Moving Linux (Jayan M)
Re: Installation of CD-Writer on existing Redhat system (Bruce Stephens)
Re: Removing a package from linux? (Leonard Evens)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ellis)
Subject: Re: looking for...
Date: 3 Sep 1999 19:21:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Frank Eersels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm looking for a command or script which displays the files which
>have been altered the past two days.
find can do that
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: how to make Win98 filesystem compatible with Linux
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:12:47 GMT
I'm upgrading my Win95 "OS" to Win98. What should (and what should I
not) do to make sure that all Linux partitions and the data thereon
survive, and that all data on the Win partition is still readable from
Linux?
System is RH5.2, KDE, kernel 2.2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Torvalds)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution
Date: 3 Sep 1999 19:03:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Birch <nospam> wrote:
>
>QNX does a number of things right that Linux does flat wrong (true
>_uncrashable_ (almost) micro kernel, real time performance etc)
Ehhh..
Sure, teh QNX microkernel is pretty uncrashable. But have you ever asked
yourself why? Maybe because it doesn't do all that much.
Put it in a general-purpose system, do some real work with it, open it
up to people who aren't polite, and see what happens. Not many people
care that the microkernel hasn't crashed when everything else has.
>I'm sure you're right, the problem for QNX is that few people know how
>good it is because it is so expensive (aimed at a different market).
It's good for that market. But think about that _really_ means for a
moment. Don't make the mistake of extrapolating goodness in a very
specialized market into goodness a more real-life and much less
constrained market.
Linus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: bypassing fsck
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:09:23 GMT
How can I set things up so that certain partitions are never checked at
boot time? (They are not written to, and several are normally not read
from either. I just don't want to have to mount them by hand in the rare
but occuring case that I need something from them, so they are in
/etc/fstab.
By the way, for those partitions that I want checked, can I arrange fsck
to run at shutdown time instead of boot time?
System is RH5.2, KDE, kernel 2.2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux hangs during boot
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 19:20:21 GMT
I think you can use a boot floppy to boot linux and rescue floppy into
rescue mode and fix the problem. The images are located in the RedHat CD
which you can rawrite to floppies under DOS/windows, or you can download
them from any ftp site that contains RedHat6.0.
good luck.
Jesse Marandino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: If anyone can help me. I need to find a way to boot
: Linux RH6.0 without having it bring up the eth0 interface.
: I setup the eth0 incorrectly and now it hangs during boot.
: thanks in advance. I tried init=single, but it didn't do
: anything different.
: jesse marandino
: --
: --
: jesse at mips dot com - jesse marandino
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From: Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 15:01:10 -0400
TNC wrote:
> Here's a little flamebait for you all. What is the best distro and GUI
> combo? By "best" let me explain. I'm a very experienced Linux
I think GNOME is prettier than KDE. KDE is little more complete,
as it has its own web browser. But GNOME is better looking than
KDE.
As for window managers, I like WindowMaker; it's pretty nice
looking. I thought Afterstep was pretty nice also, but it seemed
a little too quirky. So now, I'm using WindowMaker 0.60.0.
Isn't Enlightenment kind of like WindowMaker in that it has a
NextStep like user interface? Yeah, when GnuStep comes out, it
will probably put the smack down on both KDE and GNOME as the
best looking desktop on the X11 planet. I like WindowMaker
because it has those neat square dockable icons.
Another I like about wmaker is that once you start certain apps
for the first time, such as gvim, Netscape, and Acrobat reader,
you can drag the icons over to the dock. Then, you can just
click on the icons in the dock the Next time you start the
programs. I think the dock-able apps look pretty cool in general
(such as wmWeather and asclock).
In a way, I think WindowMaker is easier than KDE or GNOME to
configure, because all you need to do to add an icon to the dock
is start the program the first time, and then drag its icon to
the dock. In KDE and GNOME, you need to open up some cascading
menus to do the same task.
KDE is pretty nice, but it looks a little too plain-jane. Also,
I don't even use half of those apps that KDE has as part of its
distro, such as kmail and krn. So, I like something simple, yet
good looking, but not as simple as fvwm2. WindowMaker and
Enlightenment seem to fit those criterion.
But, to each his own, and that's one of the nice things about
X11. I'm not going to force anyone to use WindowMaker/GNUStep,
and no one's going to force me to use KDE or GNOME. There's a
wide range of GUIs available to fit individual needs, which is
what's so great about X's "mechanism not policy" policy. Who
knows, maybe there's some nut out there who think twm is great
looking window manager. ;&)
HTH.
--Donn
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From: "Sylvain Haudegond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Running a program on a SGI from a PC with LINUX system
Reply-To: "Sylvain Haudegond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 19:40:53 GMT
Hi everybody,
Do anyone know if it's possible to run a program on a Silicon Graphics
(Indigo XS24/R4000 with Irix5.3) from a PC with Linux 6.0. Does the rlogin
command work for this ? Are these two systems "compatible" ?
TIA
Sylvain
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From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A REAL Linux for free
Date: 3 Sep 1999 13:13:12 -0500
Philip Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 1 Sep 1999 23:36:58 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:>- linux has free tech support, the promo solaris has none
: oh, come now... "free" solaris has the same "free support" that "free" linux
: does.
: newsgroups.
yeah, but if usenet is your only source of support, how good will that support
be for Solaris (x86 or Sparc) v. if you're looking for usenet linux support?
That's all I was trying to say.
:>- native versions of web apps like Netscape, Realplayer etc for x86
: ??? all these were originally for solaris x86 first, I thought. They
: are certainly there now for solaris.
Really? I thought they were on Solaris/Sparc first but not Solaris/x86.
I'm working from memory here though: I recall seeing a RealPlayer G2 for
Solaris on real.com, and thought for sure it was Sparc only. (Now they
only officially list v5.0 for any Solaris or any Linux, and of course we
all know that G2 for Linux is there in alpha).
As for netscape, it looks like they have 4.61 for x86 Linux 2.0 (libc5 or 6)
and for x86 Solaris 2.4 and 2.51 . Of course, neither is current. so I
guess I'll have to eat my words on that one. (And good for Netscape!)
jg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Rotunno)
Subject: Re: Distributions RH, Suse, Mandrake
Date: 3 Sep 1999 20:15:25 GMT
what happened to linux being free. can't you download it at no cost?
Ben Belchak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: > I was looking over the various distributions available at the
: > computer store and noticed Mandrake, which appears to be RH 6.0
: > plus some extra stuff, for less than half the price of RH 6.0.
: > What's the catch?
: >
: > I had RH 5.2 on my old HDD and would like to get Linux back and
: > running, but I can't see forking over almost $80 for RH 6.2. I
: > could just reinstall 5.2, but would like the newer kernel and
: > Gnome.
: >
: > It appears that Red Hat's rpm is more standardized than
: > Suse's packager, which would make getting new software easier
: > than with Suse. Are there any problems with, say, installing
: > Suse 6.2 over RH 5.2? What are the pro's and con's of Suse
: > vs. RH?
: > --
: > Eric Goforth | Senior Applications Programmer | SimTek, Inc.
: >
: > If you'd like to respond via e-mail remove the what's between ew and
: > goforth in my return address to get my real e-mail address.
: Well, the beauty of Linux is the fact that if you want upgrades, they're all
:free...What you can do is install RedHat 5.2 or whatever version you have right now
:and download the newer kernels and any packages that you'd like to update...
: There isn't much difference between the distributions except for newer versions of
:popular software modules and kernel revs. I would suggest saving your money and
:spending a little more time upgrading your packages...
: --
: Ben Belchak
: iEngineer.com
: I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can
:picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: *nix vs. MS security
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:30:03 GMT
In article <7qotae$i6i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Moore wrote:
>My own observation is that it is the Linux boxes that are being
>cracked.
Maybe it's like cars. The ones that get stolen the most aren't
the ones that are easiest to steal -- they're the ones most
worth stealing.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! MERYL STREEP is my
at obstetrician!
visi.com
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From: "Ruairi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: probs with external modem
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 19:28:48 +0100
Hello,
I have one of those Intenral Winmodem which Linux does not recognise.
In the meantime I purchased an externa 33.6 Micocom OfficePorte Voice modem
on the assumption that external modems are 'real' modems and that it would
work. I think Microcom is owned by Compaq
However, I cannot get the system to recognise it. In minicom I set the
modem up and when exiting it says 'initializing modem' and nothing at all,
no lights or anything flash on the modem. When the words initializing modem
disappear and the terminal screen appears but when I try and type AT on the
keyboard nothing appears on screen. All I can do is press CTRL A Z for
help. It does'nt matter what com port I place it on.
The modem works ok in windows.
Any one know if this modem can work with Redhat 5.2? I think the modem may
be plug and play, even if a plug and play modem is external will there still
be probs. Plug and Play is a guess, there's nothing in the modem doc to say
plug and play.
thanks,
Ruairi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: any RAMDISK programs out there?
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:23:00 GMT
Does someone know of any programs that set up a ramdisk (i.e. portion of
the memory that is accessed like a filesystem)? Preferably, the program
should take care of copying some files of my choice to the ramdisk when
it starts and move them back to hard disk before the computer shuts
down. (Of course, this could also be done with a separate script.)
Ideally, it would also have compression (such ramdisks existed in the
days of computers that ran from floppy), but that is not necessary, I
have plenty of spare RAM.
System is RH5.2, KDE, kernel 2.2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Belchak)
Subject: Re: Distributions RH, Suse, Mandrake
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 20:22:55 GMT
In article <7qpa8t$q8g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Rotunno) writes:
> what happened to linux being free. can't you download it at no cost?
>
It is still free. It's just that when you purchase it from RedHat or any other
commercial distributor, you usually get free installation support and a printed
manual...That's what you're paying for.
You can still download it, and that is what I meant when I suggested him spending more
time and less money by updating from the FTP servers.
>
> Ben Belchak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>: > I was looking over the various distributions available at the
>: > computer store and noticed Mandrake, which appears to be RH 6.0
>: > plus some extra stuff, for less than half the price of RH 6.0.
>: > What's the catch?
>: >
>: > I had RH 5.2 on my old HDD and would like to get Linux back and
>: > running, but I can't see forking over almost $80 for RH 6.2. I
>: > could just reinstall 5.2, but would like the newer kernel and
>: > Gnome.
>: >
>: > It appears that Red Hat's rpm is more standardized than
>: > Suse's packager, which would make getting new software easier
>: > than with Suse. Are there any problems with, say, installing
>: > Suse 6.2 over RH 5.2? What are the pro's and con's of Suse
>: > vs. RH?
>: > --
>: > Eric Goforth | Senior Applications Programmer | SimTek, Inc.
>: >
>: > If you'd like to respond via e-mail remove the what's between ew and
>: > goforth in my return address to get my real e-mail address.
>
>: Well, the beauty of Linux is the fact that if you want upgrades, they're all
>free...What you can do is install RedHat 5.2 or whatever version you have right now
>and download the newer kernels and any packages that you'd like to update...
>
>: There isn't much difference between the distributions except for newer versions of
>popular software modules and kernel revs. I would suggest saving your money and
>spending a little more time upgrading your packages...
>
>: --
>: Ben Belchak
>: iEngineer.com
>: I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can
>picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
--
Ben Belchak
iEngineer.com
Some people are only alive because it's illegal to kill them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: full backup minus content of CD
Date: 3 Sep 1999 20:26:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:38:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] allegedly wrote:
>Since I will be upgrading a certain OS made by Microsoft on my machine,
>I thought I'd backup my Linux partitions first. Of course the question
>is: How? I don't have a CDR, so must be selective. For example, I am
>interested in backing up all files on the system EXCEPT those that come
>from the Linux CD and are unmodified. How do I find out which ones are?
>
>This selection procedure of course has to be automatic - there's 1000's
>of files on the system.
>
>System is RH5.2, KDE, kernel 2.2.
>
I dunno how to determine that,
the thing is you just need the list of packages you have installed, then
back up /etc in which all the configuration resides, that is where all
system configuration resides.
Then you need a back up of /home where all the users keep their data.
Alll programs you haven't installes from rpm's should be in /usr/local
anyways.
This is all I think, though you may have been configuring a lot more, it
is unlikely to reside anywhere besides /etc.
--
Herman
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
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=====================================================================
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From: Pallex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.compression
Subject: Re: help me, can't get my data out of the zip file!
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:20:46 GMT
> I know my other files are still inside, I can do 'strings' command on
> the file, and see my other files names listed. but when I unzip, they
> do now get out. I can not even do unzip and select one of those files
> that did not come out, becuase I get the above error.
No, if unix zip utils are anything like any other zip type utils, you
*dont* know that your other files are inside... You just know that the
filenames exist there. Unfortunately they are probably all that remains
of them...they`re often stored seperately from the data, usually in a
table at the start of the zip file, so that utils can just look at the
first few bytes and see which files are present, rather than having to
read the whole 200 terrabyte file, byte by byte...
Alex.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!!
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:43:34 -0500
Azzy wrote:
>
> I am getting ever-closer to that point of no-return where one completely
> removes Windoze and goes 100% Linux. However, I need a little help. A
> lot of the services and conveniences of Wintel has pretty much become
> ingrained in my life, and I'm not sure what (if any) alternatives are
> available yet in Linux. If you fine fellows could edumicate me on the
> following, it would be most helpful:
>
> 1) Software. Certain applications are critical to my job and life. I
> need to know if there are Linux versions or adequate replacements for
> these in Linux--
> * Quicken 98
There is gnucash which apparently doesn't work too well (although
it may eventually), and some other shareware programs such as
moneydance. Or you can try to run Quicken under the windows
emulator wine. But this may not work with current version of
Quicken.
> * Cold Fusion Studio (aka Homesite.. the best HTML editor I have seen)
> * Microsoft Outlook 2000 or Symantec ACT
> * A good Java IDE (Visual Cafe Pro or VisualAge for Java are among my
> favs)
> * Visio Professional
> * Adobe Illustrator
I don't know about these but I would not be surprised if there were
good Linux substitutes for some of them.
> * Adobe Photoshop
Take a look at gimp (www.gimp.org). This is quite comparable
to Photoshop. It has some advantages over Photoshop and some
disadvantages. The main disadvantage is that fewer inkjet
printers are supported. It is of course free and constantly
being improved by an active group of enthusiasts.
>
> 2) A shared printer. I have several machines on my home network, all
> Windoze, which share a central HP LaserJet 3100 printer over the network.
You can certainly share printers over a network, but if you want
to print from both Linux and Windows, you may need to set up
samba on your Linux machine. My wife and I share an HP MP5
between a Windows machine and a Linux machine just using the
switching included in the printer. In any case I have no doubt
you will be able to figure out how to do this.
> I need to know if it is possible, and how to do, for a Linux machine to
> print to this printer which is served by Windows NT. Is this Samba
> functionality? Would HP need to make a driver specific for Linux for it
> to work?
I don't run samba, but I believe it is the other way around.
You put the printer on the Linux machine and then use samba to
allow the NT/windows machines to print. But in my department,
we have several printers networked directly which are used by
a combination of Linux PCs, Suns, and NT or Windows machines.
We had to install some monitoring software to negotiate among
the different machines because the printers are directly on
the network rather than connected to any specific machine.
At one point, we even had an NT machine and Linux machines
printing independently (without coordination) to a printer,
and it appeared to work.
I haven't checked that specific printer, but every HP laser
printer we've installed has worked fine under Linux with the
filters Linux provides. But we only use Postscript printers
and that may simplify matters. We haven't tried color laser
printers, but if they use postscript, I suspect they will be
okay, particularly with gimp.
>
> And that's really it. If I can get suitable replacements for those above
> programs, and resolve the printer issue, I would feel quite confident in
> scrapping NT and going Linux all the way.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> -Azzy
You may have some work cut out for you, but eventually you should
be able to do it.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Reply-To: "Jonathan Desrochers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jonathan Desrochers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP Server
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 20:53:15 GMT
Besides man dhcpd where can I find more informatrion on setting up a dhcp
server running SuSe Linux 6.1?
Thanks
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux hangs during boot
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:50:04 -0500
Jesse Marandino wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If anyone can help me. I need to find a way to boot
> Linux RH6.0 without having it bring up the eth0 interface.
>
> I setup the eth0 incorrectly and now it hangs during boot.
>
> thanks in advance. I tried init=single, but it didn't do
> anything different.
>
> jesse marandino
>
> --
> --
> jesse at mips dot com - jesse marandino
This has been posted before. You should let us know at which
point the boot process fails with as much detail as possible,
particularly if you are booting single user, i.e., at the LILO prompt
linux single
To the best of my knowledge, if you boot single user, the module
for the ethernet card is not installed. If for some reason you
are using a kernel other than the generic kernel, and it has
ethernet support built in as part of the kernel rather than as
a module, then use the generic kernel to boot.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: how to set up news server easily
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:34:18 GMT
Install the "leafnode" package. It's simple, easy, and lightweight enough for a small
system.
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:16:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>What's the fastest and easiest way to set up a news server on my Linux
>machine (for just one person who reads news on that machine)? It's
>connected to the net via PPP over a phone line.
>
>System is RH5.2, KDE, kernel 2.2.
>
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System Consultant
Toronto Dominion Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Jayan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moving Linux
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:42:59 GMT
- Make a bootable linux disk first
- Make sure it boots right..
- delete all the partitions you need to using linux fdisk.
- recreate partitions and save changes.
- create lilo.conf to boot dos/linux using the new root device specified
- use rdev to change the root device tor your kernel
- reboot.
oh, and then:
- Make sure you have hpfs in your kernel or as a module.
- add a line in /etc/fstab to mount your os/2 data partition
(how else would you be accessing it?)
have fun..
Jayan
Mick Howe wrote:
> I need to remove a couple of partitions on my hard disk, how can I do it
> without breaking Linux or fix what breaks.
>
> the current partitions are:
> 300 mb DOS stays
> 8 mb OS/2 BootManager stays
> 400 mb OS/2 System goes
> 400 mb OS/2 Data goes
> 1600 mb OS/2 Data stays
> 700 mb NT4 System stays
> 80 mb Linux / stays
> 1000 mb Linux /usr stays
> 500 mb Linux /home stays
> 80 mb Linux swap stays
>
> /\/\ick
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From: Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation of CD-Writer on existing Redhat system
Date: 03 Sep 1999 20:58:57 +0100
"Graham C. Welling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> I have read through the Howto documents for CDROM and CD-Writing and
> am confused as to what needs to be done to associate the new CD-RW
> drive with a device in /dev.
Nothing, as far as I know. You need to ensure that your kernel (or
modules) have the necessary support, but you say you have a SCSI hard
disk, so you're probably OK. You may also need to configure in SCSI
CD support, but I suspect it's already there.
> I plan to install the cdrecord 1.6 RPM but before doing so I would
> like to make sure that the CD-RW is visible to the system.
If cdrecord doesn't work, don't panic. Try recompiling from
source---it seems to be sensitive to the kernel version or something.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Removing a package from linux?
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 14:28:15 -0500
Brad Powell wrote:
>
> This might be in the FAQ, but I can't find the FAQ :-(
> I know its supposed to be posted to comp.os.linux.misc, so don't
> bother pointing me there. :-)
>
> How do I remove a software package (specifically applix) and all of
> the links/menu items?
>
> Is there a utility or at least a listing of all associated files?
>
> TIA,
>
> B-
This depends on the system. If the package was installed as
an rpm package, the command
rpm -e package_name
should delete it all. Sometimes it will leave some directories
behind which can be removed by hand.
If it was installed using a makefile, there may be a make clean
option. If it was installed by a script, you would have to
examine the script to see what was done and then remove all
the directories and files that were created. You may also have
to undo changes that may have been made to various system
files, although it is usually not crucial that you do so.
I believe that applix can just be removed by removing the entire
directory and possibly the link to the program which may have
been put in another location. Users also might have applix
subdirectories which should be removed, but it won't hurt if
they aren't.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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