Re: [newbie] Boot up Error Message
Andre Baron wrote: At 00:01 12/03/99 EST, you wrote: In a message dated 3/11/99 8:50:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would have imagined that /dev would cause problems (a simple cp in /dev will quickly fill your destination directory... that /dev/zero file just never ends...) i ment in windows Even in windows a copy of the whole HD doesn't work. It won't even let you copy any file which is used. And explorer is in use when you copy files. And many win dlls are in use... The solution to this is too boot into command line mode... 2 ways of doing this when windoze is starting up press F8 right at the beginning, or if you are in windows select shutdown then the ms-dos mode option. the command thn would be copy *.* /r d: I believe you can always do /help to figure out for sure. That doesn't really help if he wants to back up his Linux partitions, does it? For copying Linux installations between hard drives, here's what I'd try: 1) Mount the new hard drive. mkdir /mnt/new-drive mount -text2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/new-drive 2) Change to the root directory and start the copy. cd / cp -ax / /mnt/new-drive 3) Edit /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the name of the new drive. If you'll still be BOOTING from the same drive, you'll just need to change the root= lines within the individual image= stanzas. If you're changing to a new boot drive also, modify the boot= line. 4) Run /sbin/lilo. Watch for errors. 5) Make a boot disk. 6) Shutdown, change the hardware around, and reboot. 7) If there are problems booting from the hard drive, use the boot floppy. It's been awhile since the original question in this thread, and truthfully, I've forgotten what the question even was! Could the original poster please post again? Thanks! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Updated KDE Apps.
Pankil Richards wrote: Steve Philp wrote: I've installed Mandrake 5.3 (the latest release), and have Korganizer 1.0. Sorry for making you repeat yourself, but did you do the install from the Mandrake CD or did you download Mandrake? On their FTP site the apps are listed as the most current ones, but in a section of the site which lists what's included on the CD they list some older versions. I installed from the Mandrake GPL CDROM sold by CheapBytes. I know there was a bit of confusion...package listing at the Mandrake site isn't current? That's quite likely. I just want to be certain before I make the big jump to Mandrake. Check the vendor that you're buying the Mandrake stuff from and see if they can get you a listing of what's included on the CD. I believe CheapBytes has a full listing of everything on the CD available to view at their website (http://www.cheapbytes.com). Just one more question, is the RH Linux 5.2 that is included with Mandrake a scaled-down version of the original RH 5.2 or is it the complete version? I know there's a lot of add-ons (KDE, for one) to RH 5.2, but are there are any "deletions" from the orginal one? I've never seen the original, official Red Hat 5.2, but I'd imagine that the only things that aren't included are the commercial apps that they shipped (RealAudio encoder and the like). Nothing glaringly obvious is missing. It's completely usable. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] linux compatible modems, and home networking?
Kuraiken wrote: hello people, i just started using linux like a month ago, and i just noticed i got a damn winmodem heh. please reply with the modem you use for linux, pleeasee, also i just wanted to know if their is a way to network 2 linux computers together through the parallel port, if you have any ideas for home networking etc. please respond, thanks a ton! -tac Your best bet for modems on Linux are external modems. I do not know if there are any external winmodems but I think this is unlikely. I've had cases where even the cheapest taiwanese externals (no-name!) work fine. But be careful of internal ones. Do not go for PCI modems as they all seem to be winmodems...like mine :-( ISA modems would require you ro run isapnp tools to configure it in Linux. This is a command line program. Plug-N-Play modems require isapnptools. There are alot of ISA modems that allow you to turn of PnP mode. My Zoom 56k internal is one of them. No need for isapnptools here. So to sum it up - best bet: get an external modem. Yup. As for parrallel port...I'll leave that to the gurus on the list (am I right in saying you need to use PLIP?) :-) With the price of a pair of NE2k cards being around $20-30, why even bother with PLIP? SOHO Basics (made by Accton) are probably the cheapest Taiwanese hardware pieces I've ever seen, but I've been really happy with them. I think the NICs were around $10, the 4 port hub was $20. Toss in a pair of network cables and you're done for under $50. And you've got room to add two more computers to the network when the urge strikes you. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Command line path display?
Steve Philp wrote: Lawrence Sayre wrote: My command line path only shows the directory I'm in, and not all of the directories below it. How can I set this for complete path information? To change it for all users: Edit /etc/profile, changing this line: PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ " to this: PS1="[\u@\h \w]\\$" To change it just for yourself, add the line above to ~/.bash_profile. You can find information about what the \u, \h, \w and \$ mean in the Bash manpage. (man bash) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry Steve, but this didn't work. Thanks for trying! Lawrence Sayre - "Man's mind is his basic tool of survival!" (a quote from the famous 'John Galt' speech in the equally famous book "Atlas Shrugged") Lawrence Sayre [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Re: [newbie] linux compatible modems, and home networking?
As for parrallel port...I'll leave that to the gurus on the list (am I right in saying you need to use PLIP?) :-) With the price of a pair of NE2k cards being around $20-30, why even bother with PLIP? SOHO Basics (made by Accton) are probably the cheapest Taiwanese hardware pieces I've ever seen, but I've been really happy with them. I think the NICs were around $10, the 4 port hub was $20. Toss in a pair of network cables and you're done for under $50. And you've got room to add two more computers to the network when the urge strikes you. Steve is right. That is dirt cheap. However, if you can, spend the little extra in getting a PCI NIC. Ones with the RTL 8029 chip are widely used by the cheap-o-rama Taiwanese manufacturers. And these are extremely easy to set up. I've used these at work for a long time with no problems. (our server has been on Linux since RedHat5.0). With RedHat and Mandrake's install / setup it works first time every time. (Set to NE2000 PCI) Regards, -- Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster --
Re: [newbie] TNT Card
you need the latest xfree86 server: 3.3.3.1. Mandrake 5.2 comes with 3.3.2. go to www.xfree86.com
Re: [newbie] Linux at ZDU/ZDNET
Good tip-offs Steve, I try to avoid all the twisted freaks. Steve Philp wrote: Sam Bonham wrote: SOFTWARE: Red Hat Linux v 5.2 (or later ) Korn Shell What sort of twisted freak would teach the Korn shell instead of Linux's default Bash shell?? Why do I get the feeling that the Korn shell is being taught so these students think they're getting a real Unix environment with that Microsoft Unix-On-NT product?? :) -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] TNT Card
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 15:51:12 -0500, Dredd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Riva TNT video card. How do i get it to work?? I have tried using everything and nothing seems to run this thing and i wind up using standard vga which is terrible. I want the resolution to be at least 1024x whatever. I need the resolution to be small and i can't get it any smaller with standard vga other than 640x480 what should i do? i ran xf86config and it does no good for me either. What I did was select "Generic Mulitscan" and configured from there. HTH Regards, Qman...
Re: [newbie] linux compatible modems, and home networking?
In a message dated 3/13/99, 2:08:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] hello people, i just started using linux like a month ago, and i just noticed i got a damn winmodem heh. please reply with the modem you use for linux, pleeasee, also i just wanted to know if their is a way to network 2 linux computers together through the parallel port, if you have any ideas for home networking etc. please respond, thanks a ton! -tac !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN" HTML HEAD META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR /HEAD BODY bgColor=#ff DIVFONT size=2hello people, i just started using linux like a month ago, and i just noticed i got a damn winmodem heh. please reply with the modem you use for linux, pleeasee, also i just wanted to know if their is a way to network 2 linux computers together through the parallel port, if you have any i i have a 56efx externel modem that works in linux it was 29 bucks at OfficeMax
Re: [newbie] modem problems
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, you wrote: I got my modem configured fine, but when I start to connect, it gets stuck on "setting speaker volume." What causes this and how can I fix this. G'day Try the following commands to the modem. ATX3 ATW0 (thats W zero) This might sound strange I had the same problem and its not the volume holding up things its the modem looking for the dialtone and if set to X4 some modems in some countries have problems. -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://landofoz.apana.org.au
Re: [newbie] Command line path display?
Lawrence Sayre wrote: Steve Philp wrote: Also, after making the change to whichever file, did you logout and log back in? You can try the PS1 stuff right from the command line for instant tests. I made the change to /etc/profile. It did nothing (\w was the same as \W). I tried re-booting, but still nothing. My /etc/profile file is attached. I suppose this is a stupid question, but are you, infact, using the Bash shell? -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
