Year 2000 status of debian

1999-06-14 Thread John Lines
useful if someone who understands dpkg and the other debian specific bits could decide if they are y2k compliant and if they are, then to arrange an update to the web page. John Lines

Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?

1999-03-02 Thread John Lines
It is useful for people running in a mixed environment because it allows you to pinch space from your DOS partition and use it as real Unix space John Lines p.s. Slackware had support for a UMSDOS boot disk - you could run with no 'real' Linux partition at all. It would be very handy to have that in Debian at some stage.

Re: DNS-DHCP solution for linux?

1998-12-02 Thread John Lines
you do not use this on a production network at present as this is leading edge development work. John Lines

Re: Spam abuse?

1998-05-19 Thread John Lines
ll them the UTC time when the spammer was operating so they can work out who it was) John Lines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: modem

1998-03-27 Thread John Lines
some time (I only borrowed the card yesterday and have to give it back soon). I cant remember if /etc/pcmcia/serial creates /dev/modem or not (I dont have my laptop handy to check at the moment) - also Debian uses the more modern /dev/ttyS* John Lines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: DEBIAN does not find my harddisk!!

1998-01-08 Thread John Lines
n edited the resulting /tmp/fdisk With this I could enable swap, and eventually mount the root partition (you have to keep recreating /tmp/fdisk because dinstall keeps overwriting it) I have now reached the stage where it is installing the base set, so hopefully everything will be OK from here.

Re: UPS

1998-01-05 Thread John Lines
le as a Debian package but when I looked (some time ago) it was the only 'smart mode' UPS monitor available for Linux. (and the APC UPS - which I inherited from another project) John Lines -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [

Re: Alternatives to NIS?

1998-01-05 Thread John Lines
y Unix distributions (US versions) include Kerberos and it is written into the security related internet standards such as GSSAPI. John Lines -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Debian Installation on IBM PS/2 Model 70

1997-10-15 Thread John Lines
age where it is installing the base set, so hopefully everything will be OK from here. John Lines p.s. it would be useful to have some way (not nescessarily obvious) to re-execute dinstall, for people who have edited it in the second window - I havent really looked into exactly how it is star

Re: Loading multiple GNU/Linux machines

1997-10-01 Thread John Lines
ried it yet, but I certainly will when I get the chance. John Lines p.s. Bootp is well integrated with the PCMCIA support for laptops with ethernet cards. I take my laptop from one site to another, or to my home ethernet, and just plug it in and boot, and it picks up the appropriate IP c

Debian and they Year 2000 problem

1997-09-16 Thread John Lines
ependancies on other packages to the normal Debian depandancy machanism. John Lines -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Debian over MS-DOS (UMSDOS distribution)

1997-09-05 Thread John Lines
Linux from Windows file manager very quickly if they want. (Very few people do get rid of it, but it is much easier to persuade someone to try it if they know they can get back to where they started very easily.) John Lines -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Installing onto Compaq Proliant SCSI system

1997-07-03 Thread John Lines
I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on a SCSI based Compaq Proliant system, and the built in drivers cant find a hard disk to become the system disk. Has anyone managed to get Linux to run on the Compaq Proliant ?? Is the Compaq FAST SCSI adaptor a rebadged something else? John Lines