RE: [newbie] DOS on MBR
Hi, I think this is what you are after; To scrap the current MBR boot from your boot disk and type; fdisk /mbr from a boot disk Then to create the (minimal boot) file system, type; sys c: Of course you will need a DOS (or Win95/95/ME) boot disk with fdisk.exe and sys.com on it to do this. Hope this help Nick -Original Message- From: Davinci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 June 2001 13:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] DOS on MBR Hi all, I'm a newbie. Anybody know how to create DOS file system on MBR from C prompt? davinci
RE: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
Oops, sorry bout that, just got in and jumped the gun - you can write a script to loop through the contents of a directory and perform commands on the files therein, but I don't know it off the top of my head. Nick -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 May 2001 04:37 To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how? Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
I believe in my very limited knowledge that the command is mv oldfilename newfilename e.g. mv mydocument mydocument.bak Nick -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 May 2001 04:37 To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how? Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] kmail configuration or list?
No, it's not just you. Same happens here. I have to cut & paste the newbie address into the To... box every time. Nick -Original Message- From: bascule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 May 2001 12:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] kmail configuration or list? i have just noticed that when i choose 'reply...' from the right click menu to a message the recipient is not the list but the original sender - every time ! is the list malfunctioning by not inserting the 'reply to' header in the posts back to list subscribers? or do i have my kmail configured wrong,i have looked for some relevant setting but nothing seems to apply, it does seem that the headers in these list posts should have 'Reply-To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]' in them but they do not, of course this explains why none of my recent posts have made it on the list and why some folk have had direct mails, my fault for not reading the recipient headers on my posts! but i would like to know if it's just me or if this is a list problem (it applies to 'expert' too but other lists are fine) bascule
RE: [newbie] How to uninstall GRUB OS switcher
I believe you will also have to sys the C drive. What I do is make a Windows boot disk and copy fdisk.exe, format.com and sys.com from c:\windows\command. Then boot from that disk and type; fdisk /mbr sys c: Then you should get your windows loader back. Fdisk /mbr kills the Master Boot Record, it doesn't replace it with the Windows one. Now if only I knew a thing about Linux ;) Nick -Original Message- From: s [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 May 2001 07:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] How to uninstall GRUB OS switcher Boot into dos and type fdisk/mbr and it should restore the old windows boot record. -s On Wednesday 23 May 2001 07:33 pm, you wrote: > Hey all. I'm having a big, big problem. I can uninstall LM just fine, but > after I do I'm stuck with a computer that refuses to boot! It comes up with > that GRUB program, but it can't boot Windoze! I have to reinstall LM in > order to boot to Windoze again! > Please help! > Is there a way I can get it to go back to booting straight to Windoze? > > Please tell me because I need to get this back to Windoze because I will be > getting a more powerful comp and giving this one to my mom's office. > > Thank you all in advance! Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description:
RE: [newbie] Looking for a Notebook to run dual boot LM 8.0 and Windows
Yep, I've never really touched Linux beofre, but after reading the review on Littlewhitedog.com I thought I'd give it a go. How easy was it ? I couldn't believe it. Now all I have to do is work out what to do with it ;) Everything seemed to install OK, I even got it browsing the web through our firewall at work. Sound worked too. And I know NOTHING about Linux. Well a tiny bit now. I'm impressed I have to say. My laptop FYI is a Dell Latitude CPx (I think that's the model). Nick -Original Message- From: Scott Canady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 May 2001 05:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Looking for a Notebook to run dual boot LM 8.0 and Windows Hey everyone. Have any of you installed a dual-boot Linux Mandrake 8.0/Windows XX on a notebook? If so, and if the install was fairly painless (or if you could describe the pain), would anyone be able to recommend a brand to me? I'm fairly clueless about notebooks in general (this will be my first one), so any info. you could give would be helpful. Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
