util. for users of dual-boot systems: ms-windows linux

2000-08-30 Thread Sean Champ
hi. i came across this tonight, hoping it won't seem spam-ish to mention it, and that it might be of use to those who are running a dual-boot system with ms-windows 95,98, or NT installed alongside debian: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm 's for reading an ex2fs partition

'menu' package : question : console support ? ; mailing-lists

2000-08-30 Thread Sean Champ
hi. if the debian 'menu' package [ http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu.html/ ] does offer console-support , this email can probably be disregarded. ( having a need to stay booted to ms-w right now, i can't check this myself, yet. also, the following ) if it ('menu') doesn't

feature-proposal: apt-get : single-package reinstallation

2000-08-30 Thread Sean Champ
hello. i've come across a need to reinstall some packages, a few times so far. ( yeah, this probably shouldn't need to be done, by someone who knows what they're doing. that's why i'm trying to learn. ) ( and most recently, this reinstall-need is a result of kluding up some things

x-windows 4.0.1

2000-08-10 Thread Sean Champ
hello. I tried a search in the debian mailing-lists about this, and on irc.debian.org , but wasn't finding anything. has anyone tried alien'ing the x-windows 4.0.1 binaries? ( the current standard x-w dist. is breaking on my graphics card, with the mach64 server. returning a meaningless-to-me