RE: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]
-- From: Ed Cogburn[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 7 januari 1999 8:21 To: Debian-Users Cc: recipient.list.not.shown Subject: Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98] Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: Now, if I could only get that silly Window$ logo at boot time replaced with something more Linux, like a penguin ... Just in case you don't know: You can disable that Windows boot logo with an entry in msdos.sys (a text file now) of Logo=0 in the Options section. Works for W95. Replacing it with a penguin is an entirely different matter, though. :-) No it isn't... the file c:\logo.sys is in fact a .bmp file (Pathetic MS attempt to ensure nobody changes their logo) HTH, Felix
RE: killing off the *)@ NT bootloader
Once the c:\bootsect.lnx file exists, you can put in /etc/lilo.conf:
boot=/win95/bootsect.lnx
(assuming c:\ is mounted on /win95, which in my case always is)
and you won't have to do the dd thing ever again. Saves a lot of trouble
*especially* when you forget the dd thing!
HTH
Felix
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Subject: Re: killing off the *)@ NT bootloader
I use the NT bootloader to boot between NT/dos|95/linux, the
Linux+NT+Win95 or whatever it was called HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini was
very helpful, basically I have an entry for c:\bootsect.lnx in my
c:\boot.ini. And updated it with a new kernel or whatever. So basically
after a new kernel I do:
dd if=/dev/sda5 of=/win95/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
where /dev/sda5 is my linux partition and /win95 is my win95 (primary dos
or whatever the hell) partition.
Also, the howto says you have to copy the bootsect file to a floppy and
reboot or whatever, but using something like the above this step is not
necessary.
On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 08:13:01PM -0500, Sean Johnson wrote:
An easier solution is to open Disk Administrator
{Start-Programs-Administrative
Tools-Disk Administrator} and mark the Linux partition as active.
Sean
Jeff Katcher wrote:
Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
yikes, that thing is stubborn. I've supposedly installed lilo half
a
dozen times, and the thing still comes up asking which NT
configuration
to use . . .
It needs to be able to boot NT at least for a little while . . .
Okay, i'm flyin by the seat of my pants here, but you should be able
to
add an entry to the NT C:\BOOT.INI file that will point to your linux
in
some way (isn't there a howto on this somewhere??) try the linux
howto's maybe there is a Linux+NT HOWTO.
Jeff
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RE: APM on Linux?
I'm experiencing the same. On my machine, suspend mode usually triggers a lockup after some while. Moreover, crontabs won't run and the system clock runs slow (well, not the system clock in BIOS but the Linux one); I also use the vgetty for faxing and that didn't work anymore either. So, I chose to disable suspend in BIOS and only allow the PC to fall into standby mode. Until now, this works. BTW, I have an Asus TX97 with AMD K6-233. The apm utilities work well, (except for apm -s :)) If someone has a solution I'd be happy to learn of it. Felix ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Jinsong Zhao[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 22 december 1998 0:31 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: recipient.list.not.shown Subject: APM on Linux? Hi, It would be very nice if we can leave the computer on without consuming too much energy. My computer has a CMOS option to turn the APM on system (doze, standby, suspend) and harddisk. If I disable the feature, no problem; but if I enable those features, the computer locked after some time: no response at the keyboard, dead. The APM works fine on X11: the monitor will automatically enter suspend mode after sometime. Hope this feature also works on the whole system. What's the best way to set up the BIOS and kernel? Thanks a lot! Jinsong -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
WP8 - now does it *read and write* Word docs?
Hello all, All the ranting about Corel's misleading strategies aside, before I download it (paying by the minute, you know), I'd like to know: 1) does it load Word 95 (or 97) docs *correctly* ? 2) does it write these *correctly* ? 3) can it cope with fastsave docs *correctly*? With `correctly', I mean does it also understand some done-by-myself meddling with normal.dot and strange objects like embedded .bmps in such a fashion that what comes out of the printer does look in some way like what I see on the screen etc, etc, ... (I had *quite* some problems in StarOffice with this) I don't need the equation editor (LaTeX is my friend), but I'm perfectly willing to sacrifice some megs on my HD for not having to reboot to NT to read silly Word attachments to my e-mails... Has someone encountered/discovered anything? Greetings Felix ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: hardware questions - Promise Ultra DMA 33 + Asus TX97E
Thanks, though I didn't really need it (it is mostly about patching old kernels). I got things working by experimenting with the order, jumpering and master/slave combinations of the drives. (Quite a lot of combinations, 4 interfaces, 8 ports, 5 drives, master/slave choice, etc,etc..) At a certain point it just miraculously worked.. Can't (won't :)) even reproduce the problem now. Strange. Regards Felix ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Curt Daugaard[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 10 december 1998 12:31 To: Chang, FKK Cc: recipient.list.not.shown Subject: Re: hardware questions - Promise Ultra DMA 33 + Asus TX97E My hardware is similar to yours and the mini-howto helped me get up and running. You'll find it at http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA.html If you find you have trouble with Lilo let me know. I found I had to alter its source and recompile it before things would work right. Good luck. Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: switch of Debian
Never turn off the computer just like that. (It's just like Win 95 :)) Log in as root and issue a 'shutdown' command. The system has to do some administrative tasks before shutting down, the most important of which is to flush the filesystem buffers. Be careful, you might lose data and/or end up with corrupted data if you don't do this! The same applies for rebooting. See man shutdown for details. HTH, Felix ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Michael Wahl[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: vrijdag 11 december 1998 15:00 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: recipient.list.not.shown Subject: switch of Debian Hello out there, After all I finally installed DEBIAN. And, what else, I have a question: When I successfully logout, a knew login appears. Know I switch of the computer. When I switch it on again, there is a check for some stuff. Is this right? Or have I not correctly finished it? Please help a greenhorn! Thanks Michael, Trier, Germany __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
hardware questions - Promise Ultra DMA 33 + Asus TX97E
Hello all,
I know that hardware questions aren't reallly the thing here
but I do not have regular access to newsgroups so I try anyway :)
OnIDE0 (Motherboard) I have a UDMA Quantum fireball 3.2G as master, no
slave;
On IDE1 I have DMA quantum sirocco 1.6G as master (PIO4), no slave;
Since I want to attach some other IDE devices (CD, Zip, CD-RW, Tape)
,without
disturbing the 'fast' HDs, I have bought
a Promise Ultra DMA-33 card for ide2 and 3. It is given IRQ 10 by the BIOS
and the video card (Tseng ET6000) gets IRQ11. These IRQs are both unused by
ISA
cards.
I run stock hamm, custom kernel 2.1.131 (or 2.0.36). I have an Asus
mainboard
TX97E, K6-233, 80M. ISA MAD16 sound card, IRQ 7/9, Ditto Dash, IRQ5,
Internal modem on ttyS3, IRQ 3.
A problem arises when I start Linux with the new card.
When booting, it always hangs on
checking partitions...
hda:
and nothing happens. Ctl-alt-del doesn't work.
I turned off all BIOS settings for UDMA and set drive I/O to the lowest
level
(mode 0/0). Then I get (from the top of my head) some messages in braces:
checking partitions
hda:
{ DriveSeek Complete Drive Not ready Error 0x50 }
or somthing like that. The drive still hangs.
BTW, there are NO drives attached to the card (yet). When I remove
the card, all is OK. NT boots as well (always, btw).
Questions...:
Strange thing is, the card (formally) has nothing to do with hda, or does
it?
I know UDMA used to be a problem, but not with these recent kernels I use?
What DMA channel is used for it? Should I reserve it in BIOS?
I hope someone has an idea here
If you want, I'll be more specific (though I have no access to that PC here)
Thanks in advance,
Felix
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Re: (off-topic)
Hello all, I am having a discussion with my colleagues here about the use of RE: in mail reply messages. Since the Dutch versions of certain Microsoft Mail programmes use AW: for replies (Antwoord, Reply), people here are convinced that Re: stands for Reply. I always thought it was the Latin re as in about, or subject. Anyone who can shed some light on this matter? Thanks Felix ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: PPP options for different providers - how ?
Thanks to all who suggested that I toss away my /etc/ppp/options file and reinstall using pppconfig. It now works. Felix
PPP options for different providers - how ?
Hello all, I hope someone can help me with the following problem. I have three providers, with different names, so that i can use pon name1 etc. The scripts are made with pppconfig and they work. Problem is, for each one I have different options, such as dns xxx.yyy.zzz.uuu name myname auth etc. in the file /etc/ppp/options. These should be different for each provider (esp. the login name, authentification, etc.). Now it only works for one provider. How can I make sure that the right options file is read for each provider? Thanks in advance, Felix ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Felix Chang Hoogovens Research Development P.O. Box 10.000 1970 CA IJmuiden tel (+31) 251 492927 fax (+31) 251 470114 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian and Win32?
Hello all, As I am forced to work with Dos 95 at work here - after a fruitless crusade to be at least *allowed* to use Debian/TeX, I stumbled upon the Cygnus win32 - GNU - thing. Nice, since I now can use Xfig, my favourite drawing program and bash, my favourite shell on this stupid 95 machine here (unfortunately - as you may notice - still stuck with M$ exchange and NO TeX allowed) Some questions (or rather, thoughts) then occurred to me. This cygnus-win32 base seems an ideal base for distribution of free software a la Debian, using the cygnus lib instead of the linux kernel. Am I right? It would be a VERY nice opportunity to have '95 people discover the joy of free software with all its blessings. Is there any effort towards this being done by Debian (or any other gnu/linux-based organisation) If so, why don't I hear anything of it? If not, why not? Copyright issues? Money? Fear of M$ lawyers? Bye Felix PS The same goes for XFree. Why no X server for 95/NT machines?
Zip drives
Hello all, Is there a package that can get/set the status of Zip disks like the Iomega tools do (write protect, unprotect until eject, etc.)? Bye Felix
