Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Printer sharing
As I recall it is enabled by default in /etc/smb.conf if not the following should do it for you. I also created a guest account so that my son could print from the basement without me actually having to add him as a user. # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print public = yes writable = no printable = yes guest ok = yes Since you should already have the printer drivers installed for Windows you won't need to install them again. If you don't then you can install them from the disk(s) or CD that you got with your printer. - Original Message - Hi all. I'd like to share a printer between a Linux box and a Windows 98 box. The printer is connected to the Linux box. I need to be able to print TO this printer FROM the Windows box. How is this accomplished? By the way, the Linux box is a dual boot (Windows 98 / Linux). When running Windows on the Linux box, networking is flawless.
Re: [newbie] Floppy Tape Drive Device Name
In case you didn't get a reply already to this. from the console enter "modprobe zftape" (minus the quotes) then fire up taper. Regards Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again!, I have a Colorado T1000 floppy tape drive that I have been trying desperately to configure for Linux. I have found much info on ftape, and even an old program that I used to use for backing up SCO (Microlite Backup Edge) that has been ported to Linux. I cannot, however, get over the first hurdle which is how in the heck to get Linux to "see" the tape drive. I currently have the tape drive "sharing" the floppy cable with my "a:" drive(fd0), so I would ASSume the tape drive would be fd1? No luck there. Tried every possible twist, turn, flip and flop of cables and drives. Still does not show up in dmesg. How do I find this device name? I recall something about floppy tape drives possibly not working when "sharing" a floppy cable with another drive. If this is the case, do I need a floppy controller card? If the floppy controller card is the way to go, should I tell my bios that now a drive "b" exists? How should this drive be mounted, (mt)? Thanks, Bryan -- Regards Dan
Re: [newbie] LS120 MB floppy
I use an LS-120 and which is my master on my second IDE controller. I have a directory /mnt/ls120 so the command to mount the drive is "mount /dev/hdc /mnt/ls120" (minus the quotes). I hope this helps Regards Dan - Original Message - From: "Patrick Dyer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 3:05 PM Subject: [newbie] LS120 MB floppy I need some help here. Linux will not mount my floppy. This is a new one . I had 120MB floppy drive before and it got damaged, it was working fine before I stupidly damaged the head. I got a new and installed it. When linux is booting it seem to recognize the drive. However, when I put a floppy disk in and try to mount I get the following error , "Could not mount Error log: mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only. mount:wrong fs type, bad option , bad superblock on /dev/fd0 or too many mounted file systems" Could someone help me. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] login probs
I think I had that problem once. Instead of typing in root just press enter then try it when the prompt comes up again. Either that or just enter the password after you enter root. Good luck. - Original Message - Thanks, But to type in where?!!! I don't get password prompt. Any suggestions? Fortis
Re: [newbie] Various questions
Hi 2) Linux says it cannot open my modem - so does that automatically mean that is a winmodem (it's an OEM modem w/ my Compaq Presario 4550)? And if it is, Chances are that it probably is a WinModem your system is 12 to 18 months old. It could be. However, on the offchance that it could be due to an IRQ setting, check your settings in the bios of your computer. But more than likely it is a winmodem. are there any other ways to make it work w/ Linux other than buying a new modem (such as finding a driver even if it is a winmodem)? There is NO way a winmodem is going to work in linux. Not going to happen..and there are no drivers to do so. Unfortunately you are going to be stuck with getting another modem. If so, getting an external model will ensure that you dont mistakenly buy another winmodem. Up until recently this is / was very true. Lucent has released a Linux driver for WinModem's that use the Lucent chipset. Of course that doesn't help anyone with a Rockwell chipset but who knows you might see one of those too. 3) I've just installed Corel Wordperfect 8 and I wasn't too sure what directory I should install it in so i installed it in /dev/usr/wordperfect (I logged in as root), so would that be ok or should I install it in a different directory. I installed mine off of /urs/local as I recall. I really don't know if it makes much difference. Regards Dan
