Re: [newbie] Theme problems
> I installed a theme and now my background changes between the theme > background and another background at seemingly random times. Why?!? There is a random background option. I think you can right-click the desktop and look at properties to fix this. Of course, I may be wrong: I haven't had access to Mandrake in a long time (will those guys hurry up with the laptop?!?).
[newbie] Books for the linux net-admin to be?
Kwira all :) Well...after playing around with Linux for a few months at home and for a few weeks at work, I've finally convinced my boss that Linux is the way to go for our server. We'll be doing email (internal and to/from the Net), messaging (found an ICQ server in freshmeat...sounds perfect to me :) and web (intranet and the company's Internet site). The only real problem I'm facing about this nice project is that of the 3 net-admins on site, I'm the only one who knows Linuxmy assistant has played on my box a bit, but nothing that really matters, and the other guy is an entrenched NT dude (who will proly end up leaving if we stick to Linux). I need to educate them, and myself (I don't really claim being an expert at this...am just good enough to do the basic admin stuff and killing of un-necessary services :) Somy question (at least :) iswhat would be the 5 (or 10 or whatever) books that we should get? I have done some HOWTO reading, but never really thought about the need to get real books till my boss asked me about it :) Besides the net-admining stuff, I'd like to learn Perl (for our web stuff(, so a good book on that would also be great :) Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long windy post :) Vox "Vox populi, Vox Dei" Pain is the gift of the gods...and I'm the one they chose as their messenger
Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah
> > FIPS, eh? Yeah, I read that it could resize partitions as well. Does > > anyone have any success stories? Any reports of failures? > > Fips basically performs one function: It takes a DOS partition, and splits it > into two smaller partitions. It cannot resize Linux partitions, and it cannot > (as far as I know..) make DOS partitions larger, it can only make a DOS > partition smaller. > > So it is perfect for the typical user who has Windows on one partition that > takes up their entire HD, and wants to make some space to install Linux without > wiping Windows. I used it myself for that and it worked fine. Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. > > Since I'll have to reformat the disk to the BIOS format instead of the > > Ontrack Proprietary Format, I'm going to lose my data anyway. > > > > > > > > First, I think I'll empty the C: (which is a compressed partition ala > > DoubleSpace). Then I'll move all the important DOS/Windows files onto > > it. Next, I'll reformat and repartition the big hard disk. I can > > reinstall everything I want onto it, and I can recover the important > > data and hard-to-find programs from the C:. After that, I can redo the > > old hard disk so that it has two partitions (one msdos and one ext2). > > This plan will reduce the need for floppy backups (except for backing up > > my Linux stuff--which I don't have much of yet). > > Things will be a little easier on you if you make at least TWO Linux > partitions, a / partition and a /home partition. Either I forget to mention that or I forget to mention my swap partition (or both!). Don't worry. I am planning out (on paper, no less) my partition structure so that it works great in Linux *and* in DOS (with the drive letter names I want). I will have a total of four Linux-related partitions: /, /home, , and backup. I'm not quite sure how to mount the backup into things yet... I think I should make a /backup directory (is there anything wrong with adding straight to the root directory?). I would like to assign each user a folder on the backup disk, but that's not too hard. What I *really* would like would be if each user had a ~/backup directory. I guess I can do that with symlinks and an enhanced adduser script. By the way, what's the difference between symbolic and hard links? > Most of your user-specific > configuration files go in your home directory, and you can toss anything else > you might want to hold onto there too (I keep all the tar.gz and rpm files I > download there, so I can reinstall them conveniently later without > redownloading). /home/download or /home/package would work. > Then if you reinstall Linux, choose to reformat / but NOT to > reformat /home, and you will keep everything that's in your home directory. Good. Now that that's settled... is there anything wrong with making a /backup directory and mounting the secondary hard disk to it?
Re: [newbie] Theme problems
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Trevor Wilson wrote: > I installed a theme and now my background changes between the theme > background and another background at seemingly random times. Why?!? A little information would help. What environment is it in - KDE, Gnome, ect. ? What window manager are you using - kwm, Enlightenment, WindowMaker, etc. ? What method did you use to install the theme in question ? John Love [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
> > > It's a DOS floppy, so: > > > > > > mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > > > > > That should do it. > > > > I thought that was -t msdos. > > it could be msdos, or fat, or vfat. > > vfat would be best, as it supports long file names. > > none of it matters, though, if you still have problems with the command. If I have a FAT16 disk that Windows has "touched up" to have long filenames, how can I access them through Linux? Is that what vfat is for?
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
> Run on down to Fry's and get the parts and roll your own computer. None > of the ones I have built fail me. AL the Famous Maker brand > computer fail me for shitty parts, winmodems, etc. I paid $1500 for a > FAMOUS MAKER brand computer (not Dell, but one quite as well known) and > it sucked bad. After a year, I ran on down to Fry's, got new > motherboard, cpu, RAM, modem, etc. Now, it's a good computer. I went to Fry's looking for a Linux-compatible modem. I didn't find a single one. However, they do sell SuSE.
Re: [newbie] Still Having Trouble Configuring my internal PNP Modem
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Joe Patton wrote: > The information provided to me below by Jason was very helpful in > understanding how to query and configure my serial ports in Linux and > X-Windows(Thanks, Jason), but I still haven't been able to get the isapnp > utility to assign a free I/0 port to my internal pnp modem. I need to free > up the following resources in order to get my modem working: > > 1. One of the I/O ports that is currently in use by com1(cua0), com2(cua1), > com3(cua2), or com4(cua3) > > 2. One of the IRQ's that is in use by my serial ports(IRQ 3 or 4). > > After reading the man pages on setserial, I tried to use the following > command to disable a serial port: > > setserial cua1 uart none > > I thought that the above command would disable COM2, and free up it's > resources so that my internal modem could use them. I tried to run isapnp > after using the 'setserial cua1 uart none' but the program informed me that > there was still a conflict with the I/O port that i specified in my > isapnp.conf file(the port that I thought I released from COM2). > > Is anyone out there using an internal plug-and-play ISA modem successfully > with Linux? > > Thanks, > > Joe Patton That won't work if the hardware is actually there, if you have a resonably new motherboard then you most likely have two serial ports built onto the board. If this is the case, then you will need to disable one of them if they both are not already being used by an actual device rather the just by the serial connectors on the back of your computer. How to do that depends on your computer, most of the newer boards use the bios setup to turn the ports on and off, this is possibly the case with your machine. Try starting the bios setup when you boot up (with many bios's that is hitting the Delete key once the bootup sequence starts) it will depend on your bios as to how to start the setup. With a Award flash bios the delete key starts the setup program, then the settings for the builtin ports is in the "peripherals" section, it should say something like first serial port, second serial port or something like that, to the right of that is the current settings for each port, toggle the one you don't need to the disabled possition. That should do it. John Love [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Theme problems
I installed a theme and now my background changes between the theme background and another background at seemingly random times. Why?!?
Re: [newbie] how does one.....
try goingto the website. They should have a archive there. Http://www.linux-mandrake.com - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 1:02 AM Subject: [newbie] how does one. > how does one find old posts to this mailing list? i printed a great little > tut someone posted, but i lost my only hard copy and i deleated the mail :( > It was hot to mount a zip drive and it was realy good! > > > thanks > jerrud >
[newbie] How to compile?
How can I compile programs I write in C or C++?
Re: [RE: [newbie] Floppy?]]
On 24 Jul 1999, Don Whitman wrote: > "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 24-Jul-99 Don Whitman wrote: > > It would only let me type that command as root. But it did mount the > floppy. > > There has got to be a better way to work with a floppy. > > Don > > > > Well, it's not normal behavior (it only gave me that problem on one occasion > and has been fine since). I don't know what caused it or what I did to fix > it, > so all I can suggest is trying to tweak the fstab settings for the drive, > which > is easy to do in Linuxconf. > > Run linuxconf as root, go to 'File systems', then 'Access local drive', and > then > you will see a list of drives you have mount points set for. Go into the > settings for /dev/fd0, make sure it has 'auto' set for the type, and make > sure > the 'User mountable' option is checked under the Options tab. > > > -Tom > > I went to linuxconf and everything was set to the above options. Does it > matter that there is nothing on the disk it is just formatted to the ext2 file > system? So this sounds like something I might need some customer support from > mandrake about. How do you save stuff to a floppy? Does it have to be mounted > first? Could I save something to it then try to mount? Or did something go > terribly wrong at install time? > > Thanks for your help Tom > Don > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com. > Ok so i haven't slept still, you'll need to modify fstab the unhide option and ext2 don't get along.
[newbie] how does one.....
how does one find old posts to this mailing list? i printed a great little tut someone posted, but i lost my only hard copy and i deleated the mail :( It was hot to mount a zip drive and it was realy good! thanks jerrud
[RE: [newbie] Floppy?]]
"Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 24-Jul-99 Don Whitman wrote: > It would only let me type that command as root. But it did mount the floppy. > There has got to be a better way to work with a floppy. > Don > Well, it's not normal behavior (it only gave me that problem on one occasion and has been fine since). I don't know what caused it or what I did to fix it, so all I can suggest is trying to tweak the fstab settings for the drive, which is easy to do in Linuxconf. Run linuxconf as root, go to 'File systems', then 'Access local drive', and then you will see a list of drives you have mount points set for. Go into the settings for /dev/fd0, make sure it has 'auto' set for the type, and make sure the 'User mountable' option is checked under the Options tab. -Tom I went to linuxconf and everything was set to the above options. Does it matter that there is nothing on the disk it is just formatted to the ext2 file system? So this sounds like something I might need some customer support from mandrake about. How do you save stuff to a floppy? Does it have to be mounted first? Could I save something to it then try to mount? Or did something go terribly wrong at install time? Thanks for your help Tom Don Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
[newbie] mount partition problem solved!
I posted this in a newsgroup, but since it solved a problem I had earlier asked about here, I thought the solution might be of interest to someone on the list: - From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jul 24 21:44:48 1999 - Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 21:25:05 -0600 - From: Richard Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup - Subject: Re: mount problem-- still not working On 22 Jul 1999, Colin Watson wrote: > In article <7n6qum$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >: Have you tried using the full syntax for mount, that is: > >: mount -t ext2 /dev/hda9 /mnt/win2 [...] > > Does creating a completely new partition and mounting it work? No. But I solved the problem-- it was a lot more stubborn than I had expected. I went looking for a partition table problem when I saw in a help file or man page that logical partitions should start numbering at 5-- mine started at 6. (I had wondered about this, but decided earlier that I didn't know enough to consider it a problem.) Somehow I had a "hidden" partition, /dev/hda5, which was only a fraction of a megabyte. It was so tiny that fdisk, partition magic, and even Linux itself did not see it. I didn't discover it until I ran cfdisk, which showed it plain as day. Such a small sliver of free space, guess I might have noticed if I had really studied those numbers carefully. But it was enough to mess up the swap file, and some other stuff, because Linux couldn't tell if it should be assigned as /dev/hda9 or /dev/hda8. I removed the tiny partition and re-installed Linux, and things are working much better now. Thanks for the help! Lesson: look at a stubborn problem in a number of different ways, using a number of different tools. The solution may jump out at you just when you're about to pull your hair out!! ;-) And with experience, I will know that my vague unease about the numbering starting at /dev/hda6 instead of /dev/hda5 is something to prompt quick investigation next time. best wishes, richard myers
Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
Definate sign it's time for bed. I'll correct my self before you all deside to hang me. -t msdos -t vfat they are linked against fat.o =X On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Axalon wrote: > > Have a second look at /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/f* > > On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > > > Well, he was right that fat is not an option. It would be either -t msdos or > > -t vfat. :) > > > > On 25-Jul-99 John Aldrich wrote: > > > Not anymore. :-) Especially if you want long filename support. > > > John > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 5:26 PM > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy?? > > > > > > > > >> > It's a DOS floppy, so: > > >> > > > >> > mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > >> > > > >> > That should do it. > > >> > > >> I thought that was -t msdos. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >
Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
Have a second look at /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/f* On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > Well, he was right that fat is not an option. It would be either -t msdos or > -t vfat. :) > > On 25-Jul-99 John Aldrich wrote: > > Not anymore. :-) Especially if you want long filename support. > > John > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 5:26 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy?? > > > > > >> > It's a DOS floppy, so: > >> > > >> > mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > >> > > >> > That should do it. > >> > >> I thought that was -t msdos. > >> > >> > >> >
Re: [newbie] FW: Redhat 6.0 cachemgr.cgi lameness
The affected package is squid, not apache. If you haven't installed squid your fine, if you've installed squid and not configured it you should do so. If you don't know what squid is you probably don't need it. The program works as expected, it will return a server error upon timeout, prints connect messages on a network error. Remove it or secure it, we could seperate it and patch apache config files but that is bound to cause problems with larger servers, and there isnt a real need for an admin-only cgi-bin quite yet as there are very few that we supply. On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, James J. Capone wrote: > This could also go for Mandrake 6.0 that same file is in the cgi-bin directory. >Cover yourselves... > > James J. Capone > > *** > Webmaster http://www.linuxuser.8m.com > Webmaster http://www.teammajestic.8m.com > Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com > Co-Author: Linux For Newbies > > "Even Common People Can Attain Uncommon Results" > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Redhat 6.0 cachemgr.cgi lameness > > Hi... After installing Redhat 6.0, I looked around a bit and I > noticed something interesting: > In /home/httpd/cgi-bin there is a CGI program called cachemgr.cgi, > and it can be accessed by remote users by default. > So I went to look at it, and I noticed that what it does is it > lets any user connect to any hostname/port he/she chooses via the > interface it provides.. and then see the connection results - > if the connection was not successful it prints out the full connect() error; > otherwise it just stays frozen, waiting for HTTP data, or httpd might > give you an "Internal Server Error" - Both of those mean that a connection > has been established. > This is what it looks like from lynx: > > Cache Manager Interface > >This is a WWW interface to the instrumentation interface for the Squid >object cache. > _ > >Cache Host: localhost_ >Cache Port: 3128__ >Manager name: __ >Password: __ > >Continue... > > This is, obviously, not good, because this CGI program can be used as a > powerful portscanning or a denial of service tool. I suggest that Redhat > 6.0 users check to see if they have it, and then disable it if they do. > > - Daniel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >
Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
Well, he was right that fat is not an option. It would be either -t msdos or -t vfat. :) On 25-Jul-99 John Aldrich wrote: > Not anymore. :-) Especially if you want long filename support. > John > > - Original Message - > From: Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy?? > > >> > It's a DOS floppy, so: >> > >> > mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy >> > >> > That should do it. >> >> I thought that was -t msdos. >> >> >>
Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
> > It's a DOS floppy, so: > > > > mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > > > That should do it. > > I thought that was -t msdos. it could be msdos, or fat, or vfat. vfat would be best, as it supports long file names. none of it matters, though, if you still have problems with the command.
RE: [newbie] Kerenel Problems
Thanks Friend, James J. Capone *** Webmaster http://www.linuxuser.8m.com Webmaster http://www.teammajestic.8m.com Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com Co-Author: Linux For Newbies "Even Common People Can Attain Uncommon Results" -Original Message- From: Axalon Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 7:18 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [newbie] Kerenel Problems On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, James J. Capone wrote: > Ok, > > Here it is. I had to recompile my kernel to add some support and > take out something I do not have nor plan on getting. Now when I boot It > goes to > > finding module dependencies. > > Never past that.. > > What could the problem be. > > Also I have lilo setup so that it looks at > > /boot/vmlinuz for the Kernel that was compiled with the system >and > /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9mdk2.2 for the one I created. > > There is no conflict between the two and only vmlinuz is symlinked. > > > Thanks for the Help > > James J. Capone Hit ctrl-c when it hangs ignore any errors for now, run depmod -a reboot and you should be ok > P.S. > > These are the steps I took > > make clean > make menuconfig > make dep > make bzImage > make modules > make moudles_install > cp /arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9mdk2.2 > make clean > make mrproper > > pico /etc/lilo.conf > > /sbin/lilo > lilo > shutdown -r now > > > > Thanks, > > James > :) >
[newbie] FW: Redhat 6.0 cachemgr.cgi lameness
This could also go for Mandrake 6.0 that same file is in the cgi-bin directory. Cover yourselves... James J. Capone *** Webmaster http://www.linuxuser.8m.com Webmaster http://www.teammajestic.8m.com Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com Co-Author: Linux For Newbies "Even Common People Can Attain Uncommon Results" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Redhat 6.0 cachemgr.cgi lameness Hi... After installing Redhat 6.0, I looked around a bit and I noticed something interesting: In /home/httpd/cgi-bin there is a CGI program called cachemgr.cgi, and it can be accessed by remote users by default. So I went to look at it, and I noticed that what it does is it lets any user connect to any hostname/port he/she chooses via the interface it provides.. and then see the connection results - if the connection was not successful it prints out the full connect() error; otherwise it just stays frozen, waiting for HTTP data, or httpd might give you an "Internal Server Error" - Both of those mean that a connection has been established. This is what it looks like from lynx: Cache Manager Interface This is a WWW interface to the instrumentation interface for the Squid object cache. _ Cache Host: localhost_ Cache Port: 3128__ Manager name: __ Password: __ Continue... This is, obviously, not good, because this CGI program can be used as a powerful portscanning or a denial of service tool. I suggest that Redhat 6.0 users check to see if they have it, and then disable it if they do. - Daniel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Still Having Trouble Configuring my internal PNP Modem
Have you tried disabling one of the com ports in BIOS? Sorry if you've already tried this and it hasn't worked. :-) Seems to me that disabling serial ports in BIOS should allow you to permanently remove it from Linux. John - Original Message - From: Joe Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 8:25 PM Subject: [newbie] Still Having Trouble Configuring my internal PNP Modem > The information provided to me below by Jason was very helpful in > understanding how to query and configure my serial ports in Linux and > X-Windows(Thanks, Jason), but I still haven't been able to get the isapnp > utility to assign a free I/0 port to my internal pnp modem. I need to free > up the following resources in order to get my modem working: > > 1. One of the I/O ports that is currently in use by com1(cua0), com2(cua1), > com3(cua2), or com4(cua3) > > 2. One of the IRQ's that is in use by my serial ports(IRQ 3 or 4). > > After reading the man pages on setserial, I tried to use the following > command to disable a serial port: > > setserial cua1 uart none > > I thought that the above command would disable COM2, and free up it's > resources so that my internal modem could use them. I tried to run isapnp > after using the 'setserial cua1 uart none' but the program informed me that > there was still a conflict with the I/O port that i specified in my > isapnp.conf file(the port that I thought I released from COM2). > > Is anyone out there using an internal plug-and-play ISA modem successfully > with Linux? > > Thanks, > > Joe Patton > - Original Message - > From: Jason Cotterell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 6:50 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Need Help Using isapnp, pnpdump, and isapnp.conf to > configure my PNP internal modem > > > > in console, type "statserial" for each port (cua0,cua1cua2cua3). > > these are com 123and 4 in windows. using modemtool from consle will let > > you set a link from whatever cua you choose to /dev/modem > > so you can select it in Kppp or what ever ppp program you use > > also use setserial for changing the i/o port irq and uart settings > > for instance: > > [root@/dev/modem]setserial cua1 > > [root@/dev/modem](irq:4, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8) > > now typing in "setserial irq 3" would set /dev/modem to use irq3 > > > > >
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
On 25-Jul-99 Steve Winston wrote: > > Run on down to Fry's and get the parts and roll your own computer. None > of the ones I have built fail me. AL the Famous Maker brand > computer fail me for shitty parts, winmodems, etc. I paid $1500 for a > FAMOUS MAKER brand computer (not Dell, but one quite as well known) and > it sucked bad. After a year, I ran on down to Fry's, got new > motherboard, cpu, RAM, modem, etc. Now, it's a good computer. Well, I'm already using a computer I built myself, and it runs great, and I agree with everything you just said. However, not everyone has the time or motivation to build their own computer, which is understandable; building your own is only really a plausible option for someone who has an active interest in computers. My note was simply meant to point out that end users not buying winmodems would not stop them from being made, because most of the buying of winmodems is done by computer manufacturers, and most computer users buy their computers from those manufacturers. And most of them use Windows and don't care about the specifics of what's inside their computer as long as it seems to work. (As for my gf's situation, she can't build her own and doesn't live close enough to me for me to build one for her, and she's more comfortable with having Dell's support. I'm her tech support as far as software goes :), but there's nothing I can do if a piece of her hardware goes bad, so having a warranty from a usually trustable company like Dell was good for her despite their lack of an option for a non-winmodem.) > --- "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 24-Jul-99 Jo wrote: >> > >> >> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason >> for Netscape to be >> >> different in Linux. I'd know better if I could >> *connect* to the >> >> Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers >> seem to think that >> >> Winmodems are popular. >> > >> > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying >> them... >> > >> > Jo >> >> The problem is, for the most part, it's not us >> buying them in the first place, >> it's the computer manufacturuers. They buy >> winmodems to make their computers >> cheaper while still making more money, and most of >> the end users don't even >> realize it at the time they buy it. (Either that, >> or they don't care, because >> they can't imagine using anything other than Windows >> anyway, until a year later >> when they decide to try this new Linux thing for the >> fun of it but then WHOOPS >> the modem doesn't work.) >> >> My gf recently ordered a computer from Dell (which >> seems to be widely >> considered to be the top computer maker now), and we >> discovered that ALL of >> the modem options they offer for their Dimension >> computers are winmodems. >> Buying a top of the line desktop computer from a top >> of the line manufacturer, >> and you can't even get them to preinstall a real >> modem. >> >> >> -Tom >> >> (P.S. They told my gf, who plans to install Linux, >> that they would put the >> cheapest winmodem option in the computer for her so >> she could then buy a real >> modem from somewhere else and install it herself. >> Now there's great customer >> service.)
Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
Ahh :-) Yes. I see your point. However, others may not have understood you need a boot floppy/bootable CD. :-) Just clarifying. After all, this IS a "newbie" list. :-) John - Original Message - From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. > > You get a syslinux prompt with the boot.img floppy or your bootable cd. > Obviously he has no lilo prompt, it was included for others, and for the > sake of the mailing list archive. > > On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > > > That seems to be the problem...they're not GETTING a prompt... just boots to > > Win98... > > > > James... Go to your Linux Distro ftp site and pick up a boot and rescue > > image and find a copy of the program to write a Linux boot disk in Windows > > (Sorry...forget the program name) and create a boot disk and a rescue disk. > > Then, using at least the boot/install disk (you may need to run the rescue > > disk instead) type the command Axalon gave below... should take you into > > Linux where you can re-run lilo and it'll reinstall lilo on your MBR. > > John > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:02 AM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: > > > > > > > For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just > > boots > > > > into Win98... How can I get it back. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > James J. Capone > > > > > > > > > > at a lilo or syslinux prompt > > > linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= > > > and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
Not anymore. :-) Especially if you want long filename support. John - Original Message - From: Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy?? > > It's a DOS floppy, so: > > > > mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > > > That should do it. > > I thought that was -t msdos. > > >
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
Winmodems ARE popular, because they are cheap, and work just great for the vast majority of the computer subliterate public. Ty >> Original Message << On 7/23/99, 11:32:02 PM, Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves: > > Netscape 4.6 sometimes unexpectedly quits when I close one navigator window. Is > > this a problem that is fixed in 4.61? Where can I download 4.61? > I find that Netscape quits totally when the last of its windows is > closed. Sometimes--rarely--it stays alive--but once again, that's > rare. Occasionally I'll accidentally click the close button multiple > times. It'll lag, and then I find that it killed several (maybe all) of > its windows. > Another thing you'll have to be careful of is the File menu. If you > select Close, it'll stay alive but kill off a window. If you select > Exit, Netscape dies. > This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > Winmodems are popular.
Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?
I could boot form the CD, but I still got Lilo, then it would give me NTDetect failed (not found? Something). Sux. Ty >> Original Message << On 7/23/99, 12:38:25 PM, Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?: > Can't you boot off the NT CD? If not, you should boot to DOS from a > floppy, and run the NT setup program to make the NT boot floppies. Then > boot from those. > -Matt > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Ty Mixon wrote: > > I'm trying to re-install WinNT on hda, but every time I try to boot, > > Lilo jumps in and asks what I want to boot. I need to get rid of that > > temporarily. How do I do it? > > > > I've tried Linuxconf from KDE, but it doesn't stop it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ty > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?
I finally got it, but I had to wipe the entire hard drive, losing some programs I wanted that were on another partition. No big deal, just means I have to download them again. But get this - NT said my 8Gb hard drive was too large of a partition to install to, so I ended up having to cut it to 2Gb. But the FIRST time I installed, it didn't care. I hate windoze . . . . Ty >> Original Message << On 7/23/99, 11:53:14 AM, Theo Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?: > Create a DOS boot floppy with CD-ROM support, and set your bios to boot > from the floppy drive first. Then, put the floppy in the drive and > reboot. > OR > If your system supports booting from the CD-ROM, try setting your bios > to boot from the CD-ROM drive first and put the CD in before rebooting. > Either of those should do it. > - Theo > Ty Mixon wrote: > > > > I'm trying to re-install WinNT on hda, but every time I try to boot, > > Lilo jumps in and asks what I want to boot. I need to get rid of that > > temporarily. How do I do it? > > > > I've tried Linuxconf from KDE, but it doesn't stop it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ty
Re: [newbie] Still Having Trouble Configuring my internal PNP Modem
Hello, I use a US Robotics fax modem, pnp. I set the jumpers on the modem itself, for com4 and irq7 (i think..I cant remember) and all is well in either Linux or Win95. > Is anyone out there using an internal plug-and-play > ISA modem successfully > with Linux? > > Thanks, > > Joe Patton > - Original Message - > From: Jason Cotterell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 6:50 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Need Help Using isapnp, > pnpdump, and isapnp.conf to > configure my PNP internal modem > > > > in console, type "statserial" for each port > (cua0,cua1cua2cua3). > > these are com 123and 4 in windows. using modemtool > from consle will let > > you set a link from whatever cua you choose to > /dev/modem > > so you can select it in Kppp or what ever ppp > program you use > > also use setserial for changing the i/o port irq > and uart settings > > for instance: > > [root@/dev/modem]setserial cua1 > > [root@/dev/modem](irq:4, UART: 16550A, Port: > 0x03f8) > > now typing in "setserial irq 3" would set > /dev/modem to use irq3 > > > > > > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
Run on down to Fry's and get the parts and roll your own computer. None of the ones I have built fail me. AL the Famous Maker brand computer fail me for shitty parts, winmodems, etc. I paid $1500 for a FAMOUS MAKER brand computer (not Dell, but one quite as well known) and it sucked bad. After a year, I ran on down to Fry's, got new motherboard, cpu, RAM, modem, etc. Now, it's a good computer. --- "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 24-Jul-99 Jo wrote: > > > >> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason > for Netscape to be > >> different in Linux. I'd know better if I could > *connect* to the > >> Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers > seem to think that > >> Winmodems are popular. > > > > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying > them... > > > > Jo > > The problem is, for the most part, it's not us > buying them in the first place, > it's the computer manufacturuers. They buy > winmodems to make their computers > cheaper while still making more money, and most of > the end users don't even > realize it at the time they buy it. (Either that, > or they don't care, because > they can't imagine using anything other than Windows > anyway, until a year later > when they decide to try this new Linux thing for the > fun of it but then WHOOPS > the modem doesn't work.) > > My gf recently ordered a computer from Dell (which > seems to be widely > considered to be the top computer maker now), and we > discovered that ALL of > the modem options they offer for their Dimension > computers are winmodems. > Buying a top of the line desktop computer from a top > of the line manufacturer, > and you can't even get them to preinstall a real > modem. > > > -Tom > > (P.S. They told my gf, who plans to install Linux, > that they would put the > cheapest winmodem option in the computer for her so > she could then buy a real > modem from somewhere else and install it herself. > Now there's great customer > service.) > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] Still Having Trouble Configuring my internal PNP Modem
The information provided to me below by Jason was very helpful in understanding how to query and configure my serial ports in Linux and X-Windows(Thanks, Jason), but I still haven't been able to get the isapnp utility to assign a free I/0 port to my internal pnp modem. I need to free up the following resources in order to get my modem working: 1. One of the I/O ports that is currently in use by com1(cua0), com2(cua1), com3(cua2), or com4(cua3) 2. One of the IRQ's that is in use by my serial ports(IRQ 3 or 4). After reading the man pages on setserial, I tried to use the following command to disable a serial port: setserial cua1 uart none I thought that the above command would disable COM2, and free up it's resources so that my internal modem could use them. I tried to run isapnp after using the 'setserial cua1 uart none' but the program informed me that there was still a conflict with the I/O port that i specified in my isapnp.conf file(the port that I thought I released from COM2). Is anyone out there using an internal plug-and-play ISA modem successfully with Linux? Thanks, Joe Patton - Original Message - From: Jason Cotterell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Need Help Using isapnp, pnpdump, and isapnp.conf to configure my PNP internal modem > in console, type "statserial" for each port (cua0,cua1cua2cua3). > these are com 123and 4 in windows. using modemtool from consle will let > you set a link from whatever cua you choose to /dev/modem > so you can select it in Kppp or what ever ppp program you use > also use setserial for changing the i/o port irq and uart settings > for instance: > [root@/dev/modem]setserial cua1 > [root@/dev/modem](irq:4, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8) > now typing in "setserial irq 3" would set /dev/modem to use irq3 > >
Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
You get a syslinux prompt with the boot.img floppy or your bootable cd. Obviously he has no lilo prompt, it was included for others, and for the sake of the mailing list archive. On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > That seems to be the problem...they're not GETTING a prompt... just boots to > Win98... > > James... Go to your Linux Distro ftp site and pick up a boot and rescue > image and find a copy of the program to write a Linux boot disk in Windows > (Sorry...forget the program name) and create a boot disk and a rescue disk. > Then, using at least the boot/install disk (you may need to run the rescue > disk instead) type the command Axalon gave below... should take you into > Linux where you can re-run lilo and it'll reinstall lilo on your MBR. > John > > - Original Message - > From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:02 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. > > > > > > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: > > > > > For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just > boots > > > into Win98... How can I get it back. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > James J. Capone > > > > > > > at a lilo or syslinux prompt > > linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= > > and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system > > >
Re: [newbie] Kerenel Problems
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, James J. Capone wrote: > Ok, > > Here it is. I had to recompile my kernel to add some support and > take out something I do not have nor plan on getting. Now when I boot It > goes to > > finding module dependencies. > > Never past that.. > > What could the problem be. > > Also I have lilo setup so that it looks at > > /boot/vmlinuz for the Kernel that was compiled with the system >and > /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9mdk2.2 for the one I created. > > There is no conflict between the two and only vmlinuz is symlinked. > > > Thanks for the Help > > James J. Capone Hit ctrl-c when it hangs ignore any errors for now, run depmod -a reboot and you should be ok > P.S. > > These are the steps I took > > make clean > make menuconfig > make dep > make bzImage > make modules > make moudles_install > cp /arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9mdk2.2 > make clean > make mrproper > > pico /etc/lilo.conf > > /sbin/lilo > lilo > shutdown -r now > > > > Thanks, > > James > :) >
Re: [newbie] executing an '.exe' file???
Standard "unzip" which comes with Linux will unzip DOS/Windows ZIP files already. You don't need pkunzip for Linux. - Original Message - From: Joe Brault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:12 AM Subject: [newbie] executing an '.exe' file??? This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk mounted, butnow I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for linux) How do I do this?? THanks!
Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
That seems to be the problem...they're not GETTING a prompt... just boots to Win98... James... Go to your Linux Distro ftp site and pick up a boot and rescue image and find a copy of the program to write a Linux boot disk in Windows (Sorry...forget the program name) and create a boot disk and a rescue disk. Then, using at least the boot/install disk (you may need to run the rescue disk instead) type the command Axalon gave below... should take you into Linux where you can re-run lilo and it'll reinstall lilo on your MBR. John - Original Message - From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: > > > For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots > > into Win98... How can I get it back. > > > > Thanks, > > > > James J. Capone > > > > at a lilo or syslinux prompt > linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= > and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system >
RE: [newbie] disk druid
On 24-Jul-99 Axalon wrote: > > > On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > >> >> On 24-Jul-99 Axalon wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: >> >> On the subject of cfdisk and fdisk, does anyone know why cfdisk would >> >> give >> >> me >> >> this message: >> >> >> >> FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: >> >> Press any key to exit cfdisk >> >> >> >> and refuse to work, while fdisk and disk druid work just fine with no >> >> such >> >> errors? >> >> >> >> hda6 (I assume that's what's referred to by 'logical partition 6') is my >> >> swap >> >> partition, and I don't know what would be wrong with it. I first got >> >> that >> >> message when I was playing around with installing Slackware (at least >> >> that >> >> forced me into acquainting myself with fdisk), so I thought it might have >> >> just >> >> been Slackware, but cfdisk gives me the same thing in Mandrake. >> >> >> >> >> >> -Tom >> >> >> > >> > whats fdisk -l say, also the table printout from fdisk in expert mode. >> >> fdisk -l says: >> >> [root : ~]# fdisk -l >> >> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes >> >>Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System >> /dev/hda1 * 1 265 2128581b Win95 FAT32 >> /dev/hda2 266 788 4200997+ 5 Extended >> /dev/hda5 649 776 1028128+ 83 Linux >> /dev/hda6 777 788 96358+ 82 Linux swap >> /dev/hda7 266 457 1542177 83 Linux >> /dev/hda8 458 648 1534176 83 Linux >> >> Disk /dev/hdb: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 973 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes >> >>Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System >> /dev/hdb1 * 1 973 1961536+ 83 Linux >> >> >> >> And the table printout from fdisk: >> >> Command (m for help): p > > x, then p. ;) these are same printout, and i don't seee anything blatently > wrong offhand, somethings i wouldn't do but nothing wrong > Sorry, I didn't notice the x option :), here you go: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl StartSize ID 1 80 1 10 254 63 264 63 4257162 0b 2 00 0 1 265 254 63 787 4257225 8401995 05 3 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 4 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 5 00 1 1 648 254 63 775 6152958 2056257 83 6 00 1 1 776 254 63 787 63 192717 82 7 00 2 1 265 254 63 456 63 3084354 83 8 00 1 1 457 254 63 647 63 3068352 83 Quick question while on this subject... is it normal to have that 'Extended' partition with all of my Linux partitions apparently grouped inside it? I don't see anything like that when partitioning in Disk Druid and have been wondering about it. -Tom
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
"Thomas J. Hamman" wrote: > > On 24-Jul-99 Jo wrote: > > > >> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > >> different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > >> Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > >> Winmodems are popular. > > > > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them... > > > > Jo > > The problem is, for the most part, it's not us buying them in the first place, > it's the computer manufacturuers. They buy winmodems to make their computers > cheaper while still making more money, and most of the end users don't even > realize it at the time they buy it. (Either that, or they don't care, because > they can't imagine using anything other than Windows anyway, until a year later > when they decide to try this new Linux thing for the fun of it but then WHOOPS > the modem doesn't work.) > > My gf recently ordered a computer from Dell (which seems to be widely > considered to be the top computer maker now), and we discovered that ALL of > the modem options they offer for their Dimension computers are winmodems. > Buying a top of the line desktop computer from a top of the line manufacturer, > and you can't even get them to preinstall a real modem. > > -Tom > > (P.S. They told my gf, who plans to install Linux, that they would put the > cheapest winmodem option in the computer for her so she could then buy a real > modem from somewhere else and install it herself. Now there's great customer > service.) Yes, they CAN be so nice if they, really, really want it... I hope she told them to put the modem where the sun doesn't shine? I thought Dell was one of the first computer manufacturers to support linux? Jo
RE: [newbie] disk druid
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > > On 24-Jul-99 Axalon wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > >> On the subject of cfdisk and fdisk, does anyone know why cfdisk would give > >> me > >> this message: > >> > >> FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: > >> Press any key to exit cfdisk > >> > >> and refuse to work, while fdisk and disk druid work just fine with no such > >> errors? > >> > >> hda6 (I assume that's what's referred to by 'logical partition 6') is my > >> swap > >> partition, and I don't know what would be wrong with it. I first got that > >> message when I was playing around with installing Slackware (at least that > >> forced me into acquainting myself with fdisk), so I thought it might have > >> just > >> been Slackware, but cfdisk gives me the same thing in Mandrake. > >> > >> > >> -Tom > >> > > > > whats fdisk -l say, also the table printout from fdisk in expert mode. > > fdisk -l says: > > [root : ~]# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 265 2128581b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 266 788 4200997+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 649 776 1028128+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 777 788 96358+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda7 266 457 1542177 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 458 648 1534176 83 Linux > > Disk /dev/hdb: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 973 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 * 1 973 1961536+ 83 Linux > > > > And the table printout from fdisk: > > Command (m for help): p x, then p. ;) these are same printout, and i don't seee anything blatently wrong offhand, somethings i wouldn't do but nothing wrong > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 265 2128581b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 266 788 4200997+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 649 776 1028128+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 777 788 96358+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda7 266 457 1542177 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 458 648 1534176 83 Linux > > > I appreciate any help you can give. > > > -Tom >
RE: [newbie] executing an '.exe' file???
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > > On 24-Jul-99 Joe Brault wrote: > > This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk > > mounted, butnow I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for > > linux) How do I do this?? THanks! > > > > > > > > An .exe file? Are you SURE it's for Linux? .exe files are generally Windows > executables, which will not run in Linux. Technically you COULD rename a Linux > binary file with an .exe extension... but I've never seen a program distributed > for Linux with that extension. > > Anyway, make sure the file is set to be executable (type 'chmod +x ' > if it isn't), and from the directory it's in type './' (without > the quotes of course) to try running it. If that doesn't work, that file is > probably meant for DOS/Windows. > > And you shouldn't need pkunzip in Linux anyway. If you've installed Mandrake, > you already have a program called unzip which deals with pkzipped files. And > most files you download for Linux are in tar.gz format, which you use tar and > gzip for. > > > -Tom > If you really do want to install PK's unzip, try unzip pkunzip.exe, unzip also handles self extracting zip's
RE: [newbie] executing an '.exe' file???
On 24-Jul-99 Joe Brault wrote: > This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk > mounted, butnow I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for > linux) How do I do this?? THanks! > > > An .exe file? Are you SURE it's for Linux? .exe files are generally Windows executables, which will not run in Linux. Technically you COULD rename a Linux binary file with an .exe extension... but I've never seen a program distributed for Linux with that extension. Anyway, make sure the file is set to be executable (type 'chmod +x ' if it isn't), and from the directory it's in type './' (without the quotes of course) to try running it. If that doesn't work, that file is probably meant for DOS/Windows. And you shouldn't need pkunzip in Linux anyway. If you've installed Mandrake, you already have a program called unzip which deals with pkzipped files. And most files you download for Linux are in tar.gz format, which you use tar and gzip for. -Tom
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
On 24-Jul-99 Jo wrote: > >> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be >> different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the >> Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that >> Winmodems are popular. > > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them... > > Jo The problem is, for the most part, it's not us buying them in the first place, it's the computer manufacturuers. They buy winmodems to make their computers cheaper while still making more money, and most of the end users don't even realize it at the time they buy it. (Either that, or they don't care, because they can't imagine using anything other than Windows anyway, until a year later when they decide to try this new Linux thing for the fun of it but then WHOOPS the modem doesn't work.) My gf recently ordered a computer from Dell (which seems to be widely considered to be the top computer maker now), and we discovered that ALL of the modem options they offer for their Dimension computers are winmodems. Buying a top of the line desktop computer from a top of the line manufacturer, and you can't even get them to preinstall a real modem. -Tom (P.S. They told my gf, who plans to install Linux, that they would put the cheapest winmodem option in the computer for her so she could then buy a real modem from somewhere else and install it herself. Now there's great customer service.)
Re: [newbie] executing an '.exe' file???
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Joe Brault wrote: > This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk >mounted, butnow I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for linux) >How do I do this?? THanks! > > > > man unzip rm pkunzip.exe
RE: [newbie] disk druid
On 24-Jul-99 Axalon wrote: > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: >> On the subject of cfdisk and fdisk, does anyone know why cfdisk would give >> me >> this message: >> >> FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: >> Press any key to exit cfdisk >> >> and refuse to work, while fdisk and disk druid work just fine with no such >> errors? >> >> hda6 (I assume that's what's referred to by 'logical partition 6') is my >> swap >> partition, and I don't know what would be wrong with it. I first got that >> message when I was playing around with installing Slackware (at least that >> forced me into acquainting myself with fdisk), so I thought it might have >> just >> been Slackware, but cfdisk gives me the same thing in Mandrake. >> >> >> -Tom >> > > whats fdisk -l say, also the table printout from fdisk in expert mode. fdisk -l says: [root : ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 265 2128581b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 266 788 4200997+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 649 776 1028128+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 777 788 96358+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 266 457 1542177 83 Linux /dev/hda8 458 648 1534176 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 973 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 973 1961536+ 83 Linux And the table printout from fdisk: Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 265 2128581b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 266 788 4200997+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 649 776 1028128+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 777 788 96358+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 266 457 1542177 83 Linux /dev/hda8 458 648 1534176 83 Linux I appreciate any help you can give. -Tom
[newbie] executing an '.exe' file???
This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk mounted, butnow I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for linux) How do I do this?? THanks!
Re: [newbie] Tar options
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote: > > That's exactly the intention, because there sort of IS a file (or, more > > accruately, a directory) called simply ".". > > Oh yeah. I forgot. > > > If you type "ls -a" from any directory in Linux, the first two things you'll > > see are "./" and "../". ./ always refers to the current directory, and ../ > > always refers to the directory directly above the current directory. It works > > the same way in DOS I believe. > > > > So if you type "tar cfz /tmp/backup.tgz ." from /home/username, it's actually > > the same as typing "tar cfz /tmp/backup.tgz /home/username" just more concise. > > Tarring the directory itself also has the convenient effect of tarring > > -everything- within the directory, hidden or unhidden, without having to use > > wildcards. > > Uh huh. > A better example would be compareing ls . and ls *
Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: > For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots > into Win98... How can I get it back. > > Thanks, > > James J. Capone > at a lilo or syslinux prompt linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system
RE: [newbie] disk druid
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > > On 23-Jul-99 darkknight wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Ken Wilson wrote: > >> Try using fdisk, it's command line and a litte more terse. "Definitely" > >> read the man page before starting though as it is very powerful and you can > >> cause all sorts of destruction if you're not careful. > >> > >> > > >> > what's the command to run disk druid from a terminal? > >> > > > > > If fdisk is a bit confusing for you, try using cfdisk, it is in /sbin I > > believe. > > It is a bit easier to use for someone new to linux. Text based graphics and > > you can manuver around with the cursor keys and tabkey. Anyone who > > ever installed SlackWare will know it right away. > > > > John Love > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On the subject of cfdisk and fdisk, does anyone know why cfdisk would give me > this message: > > FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: > Press any key to exit cfdisk > > and refuse to work, while fdisk and disk druid work just fine with no such > errors? > > hda6 (I assume that's what's referred to by 'logical partition 6') is my swap > partition, and I don't know what would be wrong with it. I first got that > message when I was playing around with installing Slackware (at least that > forced me into acquainting myself with fdisk), so I thought it might have just > been Slackware, but cfdisk gives me the same thing in Mandrake. > > > -Tom > whats fdisk -l say, also the table printout from fdisk in expert mode.
Re: [newbie] INTERNET ACCESS
To my knowledge all internal LT modems are winmodems. Anyway my USR 33.6 worked sweet back in the 33.6 days, then I had it flash upgraded to a 56K V.90 and it to works sweet. I get a speed of 49333 on Windows and 52666 on Mandrake.never slower on both.or faster for that matter. Mark Drake wrote: > I have a Gateway Essentials 366 which has a 366MHZ AMD K6-2 processor. > The current modem installed is a Lucent Technologies 56K Fax-Modem > installed in a PCI slot. My research says that this is a form of > "winmodem". Is this true? Are all modems that plug into a PCI slot a > form of "winmodem"? If so, can you recommend some external serial modems > that would enable me to get internet connectivity? Thank you for your > assistance. > > Mark Drake > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Ontrack Disk Manager
While cruising through fdisk, I noticed there are four partition types relating to Ontrack Disk Manager.It might be helpful to whoever was using it to set their partition types to one of these. -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, you wrote: > > This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > > different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > > Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > > Winmodems are popular. > > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them... I own a Winmodem. It's sitting in a non-functional computer collecting dust. Which is what Winmodems excel at:-) Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] INTERNET ACCESS
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, you wrote: > check these sites. > http://www.linuxhardware.net/ > > http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html > > http://www.kc.net/%7Egromitkc/winmodem.html > > - Original Message - > From: Mark Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 12:36 AM > Subject: [newbie] INTERNET ACCESS > > > > I have a Gateway Essentials 366 which has a 366MHZ AMD K6-2 processor. > > The current modem installed is a Lucent Technologies 56K Fax-Modem > > installed in a PCI slot. My research says that this is a form of > > "winmodem". Is this true? Are all modems that plug into a PCI slot a > > form of "winmodem"? If so, can you recommend some external serial modems > > that would enable me to get internet connectivity? Thank you for your > > assistance. afaik, pretty much ALL PCI modems (I think there's one exception, but I don't know what it is) are Winmodems. Either get an external modem or an ISA modem. Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, you wrote: > > Basically what Partition Magic does that fdisk doesn't, is resize existing > > partitions without requiring you to first destroy them (and everything on them) > > and recreate them. I guess that's convenient but -I- wouldn't pay $70 for it. > > :) > > So it's a nondestructive partition resizer? That doesn't sound > exceedingly hard to write. I mean, shouldn't fdisk be able to do this? > I understand that it's still *much* easier to reformat everything, but > moving data... The snag is that it'll take direct writes. It shouldn't > be too hard to grab one block of data and move it over some on disk. If > they overlap, start from the other direction. Use memory, too, when the > overlapping gets to be too much. What more is there? you can also use 'fips" which is another FREE partition resizer.It's probably on your Mandrake disk. But be sure to READ THE DOCS FIRST!! -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, you wrote: > > Netscape 4.6 sometimes unexpectedly quits when I close one navigator window. Is > > this a problem that is fixed in 4.61? Where can I download 4.61? In the "cooker" pre-release. there's RPMs of Netscape 4.61 (regular and Communicator. Alternatively, you can d/l it directly from http://home.netscape.com. It would probably be in tar.gz form at Netscape. If you need a secure browser (128 bit; Netscape refers to it as strong encryption), you can get that there, too. If you don't live in North America, you can still get strong encryption from http://www.fortify.net (it's in Australia, so the US gov't rules don't apply) > This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > Winmodems are popular. Winmodems are popular with manufacturers because they are cheaper to make. (ah, that old profit motive again) Unfortunately, as we have seen, they don't work with anything else.I bought one for a computer that never ran anything but Windows.Unfortunately, the computer was too wimpy to handle a Winmodem. I would never buy another. My advice to you would be to buy either an external modem or an ISA REAL modem. -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] BootMagic
> New to this group, and to linux. Have PartionMagic 4.0 and have tried to install Boot Magic so that we can boot easily into Linux or Windows and BootMagic will not install because of Error # 164. This error claims that the drive is in Bios Standard format, but the Ontrack software (DiskGo!) claims it is in Ontrack Proprietary Format. Any suggestions? Thanks Lawrence Hettinger
Re: [newbie] Netscape Misbehaves
> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be > different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the > Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that > Winmodems are popular. They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them... Jo
Re: [newbie] Need Help Using isapnp, pnpdump, and isapnp.conf to configure my PNP internal modem
in console, type "statserial" for each port (cua0,cua1cua2cua3). these are com 123and 4 in windows. using modemtool from consle will let you set a link from whatever cua you choose to /dev/modem so you can select it in Kppp or what ever ppp program you use also use setserial for changing the i/o port irq and uart settings for instance: [root@/dev/modem]setserial cua1 [root@/dev/modem](irq:4, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8) now typing in "setserial irq 3" would set /dev/modem to use irq3
Re: [newbie] Mailer is possessed
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Re: [newbie] mounting a floppy??
> I downloaded some utilities on my win98 machine, and want to transfer them > over to my linux machine, but when I put the disk in the drive and click on > the icon, it says: > > could not mount > error log: > > mount you must specify the filesystem type It's a DOS floppy, so: mount -t fat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy That should do it.
