Re: Promise Ultra100 TX2 IDE Controller card Support

2002-02-05 Thread Edward Kear
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:40:15AM +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote: > I am new to linux and I have decided to use Debian. My problem is that I am > using a Promise Ultra100 TX2 IDE controller card. Promise do not seem to > provide a driver for it although I was told that they do when I bought the >

ext3 vs xfs

2002-01-09 Thread Edward Kear
I just received a 160 gb hard drive that I plan to partition as one big partition and mount as /home/public on the family file server (woody). Most of the files in this directory are mp3, mpg, avi, etc. I've constructed a 2.4.16 kernel with the required ide patch and patched it to support xfs.

Re: Help!!! Ethernet card hell!

2001-06-24 Thread Edward Kear
; floppy and try that way? Otherwise, does anyone sell Woody CD's? > > Thanks for your response. > > --Aaron > > Edward Kear wrote: > > > > natsemi is included in kernel 2.4.x. If you can upgrade to that, that would > > be best. > > You can d

Re: Help!!! Ethernet card hell!

2001-06-23 Thread Edward Kear
natsemi is included in kernel 2.4.x. If you can upgrade to that, that would be best. You can download the driver for kernel 2.2.x from www.scyld.com/network/ethecard.html read www.scyld.com/network/updates.html for compiling/installation instructions. good luck On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:42:19A

Re: [OT] Maxtor Ultra ATA/100 pci card

2001-05-13 Thread Edward Kear
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 02:48:32PM -0500, ktb wrote: > I've been searching through various Linux hardware databases and the > archives and can't find support listed for the card. Anyone have any > experience with this card and 2.4 kernel? I see there is support for > the Promise card. > Thanks >

Re: Creating boot floppy

2001-05-12 Thread Edward Kear
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:21:14PM -0700, Matt Armstrong wrote: > When installing a kernel created with kernel-package, you're given the > option of creating a boot floopy with the kernel. > > Is there some way to create a boot floopy with the current kernel > after the install? > > -- > matt >

Re: cable modems

2001-05-09 Thread Edward Kear
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:22:43PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:54:15PM -0400, Eric R Cheney wrote: > > > > Hi all. I recently got connected using cable modem and noticed that the > > download speed is terribly slow under linux. I get good download > > speeds under Windo

Re: Potato and DLink NIC

2000-04-26 Thread Edward Kear
At 11:58 AM 4/25/00 -0500, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: Greetings, I tried to do a fresh install of Potato from a CD I burned from ftp://ftp.kando.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/ which is "a test version of the Potato i386 Net-Install CDROM, which features just enough to get you on t

Re: ppp: frame with bad fcs

2000-03-04 Thread Edward Kear
At 03:33 PM 3/2/00 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "...something munging bytes on the way through," is what I assume. I can load the same pages on my Win95 laptop with no problem with the same ISP, so it appears to be Linux somehow that is doing this. I had a similar problem a couple of months

Re: Woody? when did this happen?

2000-01-21 Thread Edward Kear
At 08:45 PM 1/20/00 -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: I don't know why Debian people can't understand that releases/versions also need to be accessible by names that _don't_ change. You mean like "ham", "slink", "potato" or "woody"? I believe that "stable" and "unstable" are symbolic links to what

Re: slink -> potato

2000-01-21 Thread Edward Kear
At 05:05 PM 1/20/00 -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hi, > > My box running slink here would like to do the > potato upgrade but I'm concerned that it might run > out of disk space: > > Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Cap

Re: 2 questions on apt-get

2000-01-02 Thread Edward Kear
At 06:40 AM 1/2/00 -0800, Fish Smith wrote: >hi freaks, Who's a freak?? >1. After apt-get update/upgrade I always get the >standard kernel-image >and >pcmcia-modules which overwrites my own compiled >versions. How can I >exclude >this packages from being upgraded? I would backup the compiled o

Re: Ethernet drivers...

1999-12-27 Thread Edward Kear
At 07:19 PM 12/26/99 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I just bought a D-Link DE-220PCT ethernet card for my linux box. It's a 10mpbs ISA card, so I figured it would work. I need to know what drivers/modules I need to install during the debian installation for it. Also, I need to know what all

Re: DNS and IP MASQ

1999-09-25 Thread Edward Kear
At 07:09 PM 9/25/99 +0200, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: >On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:10:32AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: >> >> I have a server that dials into the internet with a client attached on a home network. My IP MASQ is working and the >> client can connect to the internet, but only using I

Re: pppd (slink version) with kernel 2.2.X

1999-09-22 Thread Edward Kear
At 08:17 AM 9/21/99 -0300, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: >On 20 Sep 1999, John Hasler wrote: > >> damir writes: >> > I'm running ppp 2.3.5-2 alongside the 2.2.10 kernel in slink environment. >> >> I'm in a mostly potato environment, but that shouldn't matter. >> > >kernel docs says you must use

Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

1999-08-31 Thread Edward Kear
At 02:24 PM 8/31/99 MDT, Duggan Dieterly wrote: >i'm thinking about switching from debian to red hat. is there any compelling >reason why debian is better than red hat? >-- >Duggan Dieterlyvoice: (970) 898-7906 >Software Design Engr

Re: help me to undertand GMT time!!!!

1999-03-12 Thread Edward Kear
At 10:19 PM 3/11/99 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: >On 10 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: > >> > If it is 12:00 pm GMT it is 7:00am EST (12 - 5). >> >> 12:00 noon, please. 12:00 pm is midnight, as is 12:00 am. >> >> Better yet, use 24 hour notation. Timezones are confusing enough without >> the am-pm n

Re: Prob:block on freelist at 00b10bd1 isn't free

1999-03-09 Thread Edward Kear
At 07:37 PM 3/8/99 PST, rick hunter wrote: >Can anyone help me with this error mesg? > >Prob:block on freelist at 00b10bd1 isn't free > >I usually get it when I am using the dselect program, >afterwhich any program I run (including shutdown) >will result in the same error mesg. > >The only solution

Re: debian 2.0 cd from lsl

1998-10-02 Thread Edward Kear
At 09:29 PM 10/1/98 -0400, Rahul Sood wrote: >2 weeks ago I ordered the Debian 2.0 CD from Linux System Labs in >Michigan, US, and included a $50 contribution to Debian with my payment. >I haven't heard from them since, and their web site, www.lsl.com is down. >Has anyone bought from lsl recently