Re: [Eug-lug] Re: Knoppix 5.1.1 -> NTFS 3G?

2007-04-21 Thread roger
On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 14:08 -0700, Mr O wrote: > Speaking of filesystem limitations, has anyone had an > oppurtunity to play with NTFS 3G(?)? Is write support truly > reliable like writing to FAT? The reason I ask is I often use > boot CDs for data rescue and I keep my rescue partition as FAT > so

Re: [Eug-lug] Re: Knoppix 5.1.1 -> NTFS 3G?

2007-04-21 Thread Mr O
Speaking of filesystem limitations, has anyone had an oppurtunity to play with NTFS 3G(?)? Is write support truly reliable like writing to FAT? The reason I ask is I often use boot CDs for data rescue and I keep my rescue partition as FAT so I can comfortably write to it. That be all, Mr O. ---

Re: [Eug-lug] looking for free IMAP mail

2007-04-21 Thread Garl Grigsby
I've considered gmail but so far rejected it. POP does not meet my needs since it important to me to be able to access my e-mail from multiple locations. Gmail web access is a possibility but for me it has some drawbacks that imap does not have: 1. It is incompatible with my current IMAP e-ma

[Eug-lug] Re: Knoppix 5.1.1

2007-04-21 Thread Alan Crandall
Hello roger On 04/21/07, you wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 15:56 -0700, Alan Crandall wrote: > >> sorry I forgot to mention the downloading was via Windows > > eh. > >> > Do you mean you get a pop-up from Firefox (or other browser) stating >> > "Disk Out Of Space"? If so, probably a quota res

Re: [Eug-lug] Knoppix 5.1.1

2007-04-21 Thread marbux
On 4/21/07, Alan Crandall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 20 April 2007 18:51, Mr O wrote: > It may be something as simple as dealing with a file size > limitation of the filesystem you are writing to. > don't thing so as I have dled dvd isos before. Not all DVD ISOs are as packed to the l

Re: [Eug-lug] Knoppix 5.1.1

2007-04-21 Thread roger
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 15:56 -0700, Alan Crandall wrote: > sorry I forgot to mention the downloading was via Windows eh. > >Do you mean you get a pop-up from Firefox (or other browser) stating > >"Disk Out Of Space"? If so, probably a quota restriction on the server, > >and not you the client. :

Re: [Eug-lug] You've got to be crazy when...

2007-04-21 Thread roger
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 17:32 -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > roger wrote: > > > You take the time to write an entire o/s in Assembly. :-) > > Um, prior to Unix, all O/Ses were written in assembly. OS/360, > RSX-11, RT-11, VAX VMS, and dozens of others. > > That still doesn't make it a good idea, thou

Re: [Eug-lug] You've got to be crazy when...

2007-04-21 Thread roger
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 17:32 -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > roger wrote: > > > You take the time to write an entire o/s in Assembly. :-) > > Um, prior to Unix, all O/Ses were written in assembly. OS/360, > RSX-11, RT-11, VAX VMS, and dozens of others. > > That still doesn't make it a good idea, thou

Re: [Eug-lug] Knoppix 5.1.1

2007-04-21 Thread marbux
On 4/20/07, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It may be something as simple as dealing with a file size limitation of the filesystem you are writing to. Yes, if you're downloading to a FAT or FAT 32 partition, the Knoppix DVD somewhat exceeds the maximum file size limit or 4 GB. I remember that

Re: [Eug-lug] Knoppix 5.1.1

2007-04-21 Thread Neil Parker
You wrote, >Hello all, I have been trying for the last 2 days to download Knoppix 5.1.1 >dvd iso and no matter if I try a torrent or plain iso, I get a "disk is out >of space" message.This is on both my tower and laptop.Both have plenty of >space ? >Any ideas why ? You aren't by any chance trying