Kernel Panic

I had my system hang last night while running a statistical process. I used Ctrl-Alt-Delete to reboot. Now I get a kernel panic. UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted ... HPFS: hpfs_read_super: Not HPFS ... Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05 Does 03:05

mh and piping

I am new to piping commands and was hoping to get some help. I have mail in a MH folder which I wish to move to another MH folder according to if the mail was sent before a particular date. I can find the mail using pick pick +Folder1 -before 01 Feb 99 but I am not sure how to move the mail

Netscape and $XNLPATH

Something happened to netscape and now everytime I try to start it I get the errot message that locale 'C' not supported perhaps $XNLPATH is not configured properly What does this mean and what might I try to correct it so that netscape will work?

lp configuration question

When I try to print I get: /dev/lp0 - ;Device not configured' Is there software that will onfigure lp0 for me or how do I configure this device? Thanks Lance

Sound and Hamm Home setup?

When I setup up Hamm I selected the 'Home-User' option believing that it compiled the kernel with the sound drivers. I don't appear to have sound. How can I check to determine if the driver was compiled in the kernel? Lance

Printer Problems

I try and print and get an error lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found What does this mean and what do I need to do to print? Thanks Lance

Dosemu problems

I have read the HOWTO and followed the instructions. IN my /etc/dosemu.conf I have a line disk {partition /dev/hda3} and added a line lredir d: /linux/fs\dos in autoexec.bat both on my dos partition and in /usr/lib/dosemu/commands. When I go into dosemu and type d: I get a directory of

XWindows Help

I am trying to setup XWIndows with one of the configuration programs. XF86Setup and xf86config. When I configure with XF86Setup everything works fine but when I type 'xstart' I get an error message: exec of /usr/vin/X11/XF86_NONE failed How do I solve this? I imagine XF86_NONE is a file I

PPP ibm.net

Any have the scripts necessary o contect to ibm.net from ppp or wvdial? I get a dial tone and the sound when one connects to a server but I am always disconnected. I imagine that the server is not receiving my login and password. I have tried the HOWTO scripts but they don't seem to work

Moving linux to another partition?

I just installed a new harddrive and I wish to move linux over to it. Is there a way to do this without having to reinstall everything? The newest version of partition magic may do this but I do not have it and I am not that familiar with the Virtual File System that LInux uses since I am a

How do I - Directory manipulation

3 questions How do I delete a directory with all subdirectories and files (similar to deltree)? AFter using emacs some mysterious directories have appeared that I cannot remove #this dir# How do I get rid of these? I downloaded a file using lynx and now cannot find it. I tried 'find' but

Help:StarOffice in German?

I downloaded StarOffice and installed only to find out it is in German, which I don't understand. Did I download the German version or is there a way to convert it to English? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Can't recognize com port

ANy suggestions on how I can get PPP to recognize my com port? I just installed linux on my system. I set pgm to tty1 (com2) (it was orignally on tty0) which is where my mouse is. It it working. Neither PPP nor minicom will recognize cua2, Com3. Thanks Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to