[expert] kernel compiling
is there some program that compiles the kernel source and produces the vmlinuz and initrd files that the regular kernel has? I've followed the directions in the readme file and end up with a bzImage file. There are instructions for making an initrd file from scratch but surely there must be some script file somewhere that does that.
[expert] Fw: hacker-friendly Windows XP!
-Original Message- From: pablito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: hacker-friendly Windows XP! >Forwarding this message of interest in which a Windows programmer had to >switch to a unix-based news server because of insufficient security in >windows > >_ > > The May 2001 Denial of Service Attacks Against GRC.COM >_ > <http://grc.com/dos/intro.htm> > > >During the first few weeks of May, GRC.COM was the target of >several distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks launched >by a 13-year-old hacker using a tool he did not write. Using >this tool, "Wicked" commanded multiple sustained attacks from >474 security-compromised Windows-based PC's. > >The whole tale turned into a pretty good read, and is >something I imagine you may enjoy. You can read the entire >page online on our web site, or you can download the PDF >file for offline reading or printing. > >The page on our site: <http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm> > >The PDF file: <http://media.grc.com/files/grcdos.pdf> > > > >Windows XP: > >The experience with Windows-based denial of service attacks >focused my attention on Microsoft's planned release of Windows XP >with its planned inclusion of "Full Raw Socket" support. Full raw >sockets are a powerful and dangerous Internet API that exists in >all Unix-based operating systems. But under Unix they are >deliberately protected by the rigorous requirement for "root" >privilege. (Similar to Microsoft's "Administrative" privilege.) >However Microsoft has done away with this distinction in the Home >Edition of Windows XP which threatens to populate the world with >a needlessly dangerous capability. > >Microsoft and I have been arguing about this quite a lot >recently. Last Thursday, this culminated in an eight-way >telephone conference: > >My page explaining the XP threat: <http://grc.com/dos/winxp.htm> > >About our phone conference: <http://grc.com/dos/xpconference.htm> > > > >The new GRC News server: > >The denial of service attacks adversely affected our Windows- >based newsgroup server forcing us to give up on it and switch to >a Unix-based solution. That machine has a different name and IP >address. If you were using the news server at "grc.com" and IP >address of [207.71.92.193] please change your news reader to >connect to "news.grc.com" at the IP address of [207.71.82.194]. > > > >Our new Media page: > >Since I last wrote, we finally got the video clips from my various >appearances on ZDTV and TechTV online. Those who are interested >may find a page describing their format and an index to them here: > > <http://grc.com/dos/media.htm> > > > >A new ShieldsUP! coming soon: > >In preparation for the "Spoofarino" freeware (mentioned at the >bottom of the long DoS report page) we will be bringing the GRC >NanoProbe technology over to the main GRC server for the first >time. Our existing ShieldsUP! security evaluation system will >receive its first significant upgrade since its introduction. > >As soon as it's ready for your testing I'll let you know! > >_ > >Thank you for your time. I hope this has been useful to you. > >Steve Gibson. http://grc.com/"; >GRC Website > >
[expert] Three trivial questions
Three trivial questions on LM 8.0 -- sorry to waste everyone's time: 1. How do I get rid of the opening screen that says "Welcome" in different languages? it is about as interesting as a flyer off an airline. 2. How do I get the penguin image back for "root" in the opening xwindow dialog? 7.2 had a viking penguin as root, but now there is nothing and you have to type "root" in. 3. How do I change the opening numlock state? There used to be something in setup to do that but now there's nothing and the numlock is always set on.
Re: [expert] Usb mouse isn't loaded after install
I have the same mouse and it works on my regular computer. maybe your usb port is buggy. There usually are two, try switching the mouse from one to the other and see if it works. However, I tried installing 7.2 on a Sony VAIO laptop however, and the USB mouse didn't work --linux didn't recognize whatever USB system Sony had. I had to use the little green adapter that came with the mouse and run it off the PS2 port. -Original Message- From: RODRIGUES Nuno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:01 PM Subject: [expert] Usb mouse isn't loaded after install >Hi >I've installed Mandrake 7.2 an during the install my usb mouse was >recognized and I could use it without problems, but after rebooting the >mouse isn't working anymore. >I get on start on the start (boot) /usr/mouse Device not found. > > >it's a Logitech weel mouse usb I read the mandrake manual, and there it >says choose your mouse click ok and the settings will work... I used >Drakconf choose Usb mouse and this didn't work > >I have mandrake since 3 days so that it's for me difficult to explore and >try out without mouse (I'm using for the moment F12 and then I move with the >arrows keys..) > > >Please help me thanks > > >Nuno > > >
Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)
What if the configuration buttons could make the car anything from a two-seater economy car to a van, and you only had to configure it once, and the car was free, or if you felt generous, you could send the car company a hundred dollars or so? And what if the only other cars available were (a) a big fat plush gold-plated bumbling Caddillac that came in various styles, but each one used lots of gas, or (b) a Volkswagen new beetle available in candy-apple-red, bottle-fly-blue, or jolly-rancher-purple, with a picture of John Lennon on the side saying "I drove this" even though he died before they were made, and both of the other cars cost $25,000 apiece? I'll bet more than a few people would learn mechanical engineering to get the first car. -Original Message- From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: expert mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups) How many cars would sell (no matter how >brilliantly engineered) if they came, not with a standard gas pedal, clutch >and brake, but with 120 different configuration buttons you needed to use to >run the car smoothly - but mechanical engineer documentation designed for >the repair engineer about which button did what or how they interacted with >each other, the manufacturer expecting you to "learn" how to use it. And >then each color or brand (read distributor) of that car had slightly >different buttons that worked slightly differently and which changed again, >ever so slightly depending on the month (read version) of production?
[expert] Re: cds of Mandrake beta 8.0
cds of Mandrake beta 8.0 at nominal cost are now available from www.lsl.com (not cookfire, just the first two cds), for those who don't have a fast connection to the net. I assume it's the one from the iso files posted in mid-February on various sites.
Re: [expert] One BIG anoying Pain in the A**
doesn't that mean that you've gotta go UNINSTALL kdelibs-sound, etc., before going on? I assume you are installing the KDE upgrades that don't require glibc 2.2 or whatever that is in the cooker. I used gnome or icewm instead of KDE to do this (if you are in KDE it either won't work or you'll crash.) When I got to that point I used rpmdrake to uninstall the offending 2.0-5 packages. Then I installed kdebase or kdelibs or whatever it was. You've got to install the libs before the base, as I recall. At that point the useful kpackage utility disappeared and I then had to use rpm commands in a terminal window to install the rest of the packages. (I could have used the rpm uninstall command instead of rpmdrake but I couldn't get it right.) At that point I logged out, logged back in as KDE and it worked, except there was still no kpackage. I used rpmdrake again and found that there were some uninstalled miscellaneous little kde files left over from version 2.0-5, which I reinstalled and then kpackage reappeared. Trying to install one of the later KDE versions that require glibc 2.2 is much harder and I think pretty much requires downloading all of the cooker files. -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, December 29, 2000 7:57 AM Subject: [expert] One BIG anoying Pain in the A** >Ok...I've followed the directions, done everything that was to be done, and >still I get the same stinking, anoying, almost M$-like error. I've got ALL >the KDE2.0.1 RPM's downloaded and in the same dir. And STILL there's a >problem of one type or another. Theres something I'm just not getting. > >Anyway, heres the console message when testing the KDE RPM upgrade >installation; > >[root@mdw1982 KDE2.0.1]# rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm >error: kdebase-2.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm cannot be installed >error: failed dependencies: >kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk >kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-devel-2.0-5mdk >kdelibs = 2.0 is needed by kdelibs-sound-devel-2.0-5mdk > >I know what it looks like on the surface, but I've grabbed everything I can >possibly think of to satisfy any dependency issues and still the same message >persists. What now? This is SO frustrating. >-- >Mark > >"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," >"Sharing is what makes them powerful." > > Linus Torvalds > >
[expert] Disk partitioning and Disk Drake
If you are installing linux on a clean hard drive, Disk Drake may be okay. If you are installing linux on a system with windows on it, like a lot of people will be, and are trying to create a linux partition out of unused space on the drive, sorry, Mandrake, but someone needs to work on this. I have found that various versions of Disk Drake will create partition errors, anything from minor errors that don't seem to affect the drive to real goofball errors on some cooker versions. Whatever you do, don't create a linux "primary" partition using Disk Drake. Disk Drake doesn't resize the extended Dos partition that the dos fdisk originally set up. Instead, it creates linux partitions in the extended Dos partition. This kind of bothers me. Shouldn't the linux partition be created as totally separate from the Dos partition? "Extended" seems to be the default choice in Disk Drake. If you try to create a "primary" linux partition in the extended Dos partition, you'll end up with a truly goofed-up partition table. I fixed this with a third party program called Partition Commander but was freaked for a short while, thinking I'd lost everything. It is safer to use something like Partition Commander to set up the linux partitions, and then install linux. You can change the default file system in the linux partition to reiserfs when you install linux. If you install linux as a secondary os on a laptop, careful, because you might not even be able to boot from a floppy if things go wrong. There is no bios setup in the Sony VAIO laptop I have, it seems to be a stupid windows program! Grub got stuck and wouldn't boot anything, just displayed a "grub" on the screen, even though I'd set the stupid windows Bios configuration to boot CD-floppy-hard disk in that order. The only way to fix this was to stick in the linux installation cd and reinstall or upgrade without selecting files so you can redo grub or whatever. I really think the Mandrake versions of linux are great -- the only ones that were ever easy to install and use -- and I hate to have to rely on third party software to fix things, but that's just the way it is. Partition Commander is pretty cheap (I picked one up for about $30).
Re: [expert] can't set video refresh
do those extra mode lines work with version 4.0 or is it just limited to the old versions? I never noticed any difference. -Original Message- From: Amit Bapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [expert] can't set video refresh >This is how I did when I had similar problem. > >Install XF 3.3.6 >and then look at the Modeline in the /etc/X11/XF86Config for the >1024x768 @ 100Hz modeline. Cut and paste this Modeline in your XF86Config-4 >config file. > >Other option: >Start XF 3.3.6 and fireup xvidtune. Note down all the values. >Then start XF4 and start xvidtune and adjust all the values to the ones >noted. and then generate a Modeline. Use this mode line in your >XF86Config-4. > > >Original Message Follows >From: "Phil R Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [expert] can't set video refresh >Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:08:48 -0600 > >I must have a loadstone under my cubicle, because 85Hz refresh rate flickers >horribly. Fortunately I have a Gateway vx700 monitor, which (along with my >ATI card) does 100Hz @ 1024x768. > >Unfortunately, I can't get this setting in mandrake. My monitor and card >are detected correctly. XF86Config-4 has the correct ranges for vertical >and horizontal refresh rates. I ran xf86config by hand and it produced the >same output that is already in XF86Config-4, no additional parameters for >specific refresh rates were evident. when I startx, however, my monitor >reports it is running at 85Hz. > >How can I force this thing to do 100Hz @ 1024x768? > >Thanks, >Phil R Lawrence > > >Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: >Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > >___ __ >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Partition errors using Disk Drake
Oh, you probably know this already but Disk Drake causes errors when it makes partitions.I think it partitioned off part of an extended dos drive rather than making a new partition. It is better to use something else to make the partitions, like partition commander or something. They're not the type of errors that crash the computer but they showed up in a partition check and made me nervous. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
Not the hdreiser image file! space on the hard disk big enough to copy two cds onto it. actually I could make space but I have stuff sitting on it that I'd have to put somewhere else. The hdreiser boot image doesn't work with my CDs. The same problem applies to installing from cooker. I'm going to have to get another hard disk. - Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [expert] reiserfs : So sprach pablito am Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:14:32AM -0800: : > so you don't have to use that hdreiser.img file. that's good. I don't have : > that much space on the hard disk and can only get one of the mandrake cds : > copied onto it. : : The hdreiser.img file is 1.44mb small. You don't have that "much" space? : : Alexander Skwar : -- : How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) : Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx : GnuPG ID: 59F6A6F5 FP: DC8AFA56C492EE6058D5 BAA62EEE3AD559F6A6F5 : ICQ: 7328191 Uptime: 1 day 22 hours 47 minutes : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
I did get reserfs installed using the expert install. This is the "expert" install after the initial boot, not the command line option "expert." Noticed that linux no longer spends time rechecking a not mounted cleanly error. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
thanks - Original Message - From: "Salane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [expert] reiserfs : THis is how i installed a pure reiserFS system. : hdreiser.img is just to upgrade a reiser system but it can be used to install : too. This must be done in expert mode. boot with the floppy image then when : you get to the diskdrake section of the install you must change the file type : to reiserFS in expert mode of diskdrake you will have to look for the right : button to push. It has been almost a month since i have done this. Reiserfs : has its minor problems ie. sometimes it freezes up and i have yet to get a : 2.4.0 kernel to boot. Good Luck : : Salane : : : : On Friday 24 November 2000 02:54 pm, you wrote: : > Maybe this will sound dumb, but can you experts tell the rest of us, how do : > you install reiserfs if you have to unmount the partition to do it? Do you : > create two partitions, install a minimal linux on one, format the other : > partition, copy all the linux files to it, reboot, change the parms in grub : > to point to the other partition, delete the other parition, and then use : > the reiser expand function to expand the partition? or do you create a : > minimal linux system, copy it to a cd, point grub to the cd, etc? Or are : > you limited to a home partition for the reiser file system? : > : > Is this image file hdreiser.img that comes with LM 7.2 meaningful or do you : > have to patch the kernel? I tried making a boot disk with that image but : > it would not read from my cd even though it offered that as a choice, and : > somehow I don't think it enabled the reiserfs option. : : : Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" : Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit : Content-Description: : : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
so you don't have to use that hdreiser.img file. that's good. I don't have that much space on the hard disk and can only get one of the mandrake cds copied onto it. - Original Message - From: "T. Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 5:21 PM Subject: RE: [expert] reiserfs : > -original message----- : > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pablito) : > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 1:54 PM : > : > Maybe this will sound dumb, but can you experts tell the rest of us, how : do : > you install reiserfs if you have to unmount the partition to do it? Do : you : > create two partitions, install a minimal linux on one, format the other : > partition, copy all the linux files to it, reboot, change the parms in : grub : > to point to the other partition, delete the other parition, and then use : the : > reiser expand function to expand the partition? or do you create a : minimal : > linux system, copy it to a cd, point grub to the cd, etc? Or are you : > limited to a home partition for the reiser file system? : : If you're doing a fresh installation you have the ability to create : partitions as ReiserFS, although this is not the default behaviour. I : believe you have to select the "custom" (or "expert") installation type for : the full DiskDrake functionality, otherwise DiskDrake uses some default : partition scheme (without ReiserFS). : : > Is this image file hdreiser.img that comes with LM 7.2 meaningful or do : you : > have to patch the kernel? I tried making a boot disk with that image but : it : > would not read from my cd even though it offered that as a choice, and : > somehow I don't think it enabled the reiserfs option. : : The "hdreiser.img" image is only useful if you're going to be installing : from a ReiserFS partition; it would appear to be a drop-in replacement for : the "hd.img", only with ReiserFS support. : : Regards, : Tom Howell : : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] reiserfs
Maybe this will sound dumb, but can you experts tell the rest of us, how do you install reiserfs if you have to unmount the partition to do it? Do you create two partitions, install a minimal linux on one, format the other partition, copy all the linux files to it, reboot, change the parms in grub to point to the other partition, delete the other parition, and then use the reiser expand function to expand the partition? or do you create a minimal linux system, copy it to a cd, point grub to the cd, etc? Or are you limited to a home partition for the reiser file system? Is this image file hdreiser.img that comes with LM 7.2 meaningful or do you have to patch the kernel? I tried making a boot disk with that image but it would not read from my cd even though it offered that as a choice, and somehow I don't think it enabled the reiserfs option. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] mode lines
That cute little mode line configurator -- does it work only with the 3.3.6 version of XFree86, or does it work with the 4.0 version as well? running either version, the extra mode lines didn't seem to make a difference. Occasionally I got a menu saying that the extra resolutions were there, but they weren't really. The highest resolution was a 1280x1024, which I use. I've fooled with the registers of older video cards before and remember that there are often locking bits or registers that prevent the user from using anything but the garden variety screen resolutions. The card is an NVIDIA RIVA TNT, just an old generic version with 16megs of memory. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] I give up on linux
I noticed that usb cuts out from time to time for no apparent reason, but I thought it might just be my machine. - Original Message - From: "Brent Timmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Expert@Linux-Mandrake. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:07 AM Subject: [expert] I give up on linux : I give up on linux. Now I boot in and usb just decides not to work. You : spend sooo much time trying to get the hardware working (which it very : rarely ever does), then you do something so small like change a character in : some file, or click the worng button, or not even do anything at all, then : the whole system stops working, just shuts down completely. Someone has to : come up with an os that's as friendly as windoze, with all the perks of : linux :) : : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] USB-mouse and 7.2
Same mouse, same thing, except I "upgraded" the install the second time around and reinstalled the mouse, then it worked. - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [expert] USB-mouse and 7.2 :I have a Logitech Optical Wheelmouse and I had the same problem with it. : The USB mouse driver would load during boot but Mouse Con fails with a no : dev/mouse error so that when I got to the graphical login my mouse would not : work. :The way I was able to fix mine was to hook-up a PS/2 mouse as well as the : USB mouse, boot the system. When the new hardware wizard launched I : configured the mouse as a USB Wheel mouse. Once the system finished booting : I shutdown and unhooked the PS/2 mouse. I restarted my system and the USB : mouse including the wheel functions worked perfectly. : :Charles (-: : : : : - Original Message - : From: "Burkhard Zombronner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:56 AM : Subject: [expert] USB-mouse and 7.2 : : : > Hello there, : > : > just installed 7.2 over weekend and its really great and nearly all is : > working except my usb-mouse ( MS Intellieye). Its working during install : > without any problem, after first reboot its gone. (Good luck Ihave a PS/2 : > adaptor) : > : > Any help please? : > : > Regards : > : > Burkhard Zombronner : > : > -- : > Microsoft is not dead, it just smells funny : > : > : : : -- -- : : : : > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : > : : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] LM 7.2 and beyond (part 2)
I don't find the existing install that hard. If a ignorant user has enough space on the hard disk he or she could just go ahead and ignore all the geekoid stuff that somehow gets stuck on there unless you really pick and choose. There ought to be a warning, however, that choosing the simpleminded install will make linux the default bootup selection! : > I think LM should be working towards an "ignorant user" install option as : > well (I like the ideas in the previous message!). If you really want to : : I think you're right but it's a tough call what to include/exclude. The : silly thing is that the first things the "ignorant" ones want to do is : play music, games and connect to napster. I do believe that dumping the : wide variety of interfaces would be a huge step forward. A simple "KDE : vs Gnome/Enlightnement" option would make things much easier. : : Cheers --- Larry : : : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Differences between Red Hat and Mandrake 7.1
I tried installing the latest redhat and the Xwindows installed in interlaced mode (jigjigjigglejigj). For some reason Mandrake 7.1 wouldn't install from the CD but it did install from the hard disk without problems. Mandrake also does a much better job sticking on the various programs that make Linux easier to use. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Differences between Red Hat and Mandrake 7.1 : That is scary, particularly for a newbie who would upgrade to the next : version, but good in the long run. Where can one find a description of the : new organizational system? : : What other differences are there between RH and Mke 7.1 that a novice user : should be aware of to avoid disaster? : : Thank you. : : Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Registered Linux user 183185 : : - Original Message - : From: Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Newsgroups: liste.expert : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:47 AM : Subject: Re: [expert] Differences between Red Hat and Mandrake 7.1 : : : > On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: : > : > :~>Therefore my question is: what are the differences between RH and : Mandrake : > :~>that a user needs to be aware of to avoid causing problems. To : include: : > :~> : > :~>file locations, config, etc.(I obviously do not know what else or I : would : > :~>not be asking the question). : > :~> : > : > As far as "file locations" go, there is very little difference between LM : > and RH. However, both RH and LM are going to change file positions a lot : > in the future, in order to be Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy compliant. : > : > Therefore, most of the the info about file-locations in these books will : > be wrong for ML 7.2. : > : > cu : > Denis : : : : : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] installation
Yes, I realize that, but that is a DrakX text install, not an old-style text install. There is a difference. The DrakX text install was included simply to satisfy people who do not like graphics installs, but it still uses DrakX. I would be willing to bet that an old-style text install would not work, either, but who knows? - Original Message - From: "Ken Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 6:19 AM Subject: Re: [expert] installation : On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, you wrote: : > Does anyone know whether Mandrake ever created a txt_boot.img file for : > Mandrake 7.1? : : Pressing F1 at the first screen (using either boot disk or booting from : CDROM) will bring up a text screen giving you several install choices : including a text insall. -- : Ken Thompson 73 de WA7SYR : Electrocom Computer Services : Payette, Idaho 83661 : 1-888-642-7101 : Sales - Services - Repair : Web: http://www,nwaa.com : E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Registered Linux User #183936 : Driver Petition sig. # 00063954 : :
[expert] installation
Does anyone know whether Mandrake ever created a txt_boot.img file for Mandrake 7.1? If not, is there any way to install it if neither the DrakX graphics or text installation works? I have SCSI-3 hard disks and two CD drives, one HP CD Writer and one CD Rom. Mandrake 7.0 installed via txt_boot.img, but never recorded the passwords properly. - Original Message - From: "Mike Bowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 2:49 AM Subject: RE: [expert] 10 favorite Linux tips... : Deno : : Did that URL actually work for you? I get a "host not found" error. I : managed to find the top 10 tips article at :- : : http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=2904061455 : : Mike : : -Original Message- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: 04 September 2000 14:15 : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: [expert] 10 favorite Linux tips... : : : 10 favorite Linux tips... : (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2904061455) : : I just read a Top 10 Tips for Linux Users Top 10 Tips for Linux Users , : and this made me think... : Everyone has its own favorite tips, any mine are certainly different from : his: : : : : I never leave the bash, and use perl + xemacs for most : of the work, so i do not consider "changing a shell" : so important , and there is nothing better for printing : man-pages than xemacs + pretty-print. : The rest is OK, except for the last tip, since you get this : out of the box for Mandrake-linux. : : I guess my favorite Linux tip is: : use private/public keypair for ssh! And LM 7.1 comes with a : special surprise: Once you have generated such keypair with : "ssh-keygen", your X-session will be started as ancestor of "ssh-agent". : So, all you have to do is just copy the public key to machines where you : want to log-in, : and make sure to run "ssh-add". For the rest of the day : you will not have to type any passwords. :-)) : : How about YOUR favorite tips? : : :
