Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-25 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Meyer wrote on Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 03:41:22PM -0500 : And I'll add: Why does Mandrake use one anyway even if it is not required? Which do you think is easier to support: A) Create an initrd for every install that you do. B) Create an

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but whatisinitrd?

2003-03-25 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 17:43, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Meyer wrote on Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 03:41:22PM -0500 : And I'll add: Why does Mandrake use one anyway even if it is not required? Which do you think is easier to support: A) Create an

[expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what is initrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Adrian Golumbovici
I saw that some compiled kernels include such a file in the /boot directory and also include it in lilo, but others don't put any initrd in the /boot directory and also I find no initrd section for them in the lilo. Despite the lack of initrd, those kernels still boot and work ok. Can someone

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Adrian Golumbovici
- Original Message - From: Kwan Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd? On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 14:04, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: I saw that some compiled kernels

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but whatisinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Kwan Lowe
Thx for the answer mate. Have one more question tho... How do I know if I need a module upon start and how do I create an initrd for the needed modules? If you're using SCSI or more esoteric boot devices or don't have your your filesystem type (ext3, reiser) built into the kernel then you need

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but whatisinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 15:41, Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 22 March 2003 02:52 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: Thx for the answer mate. Have one more question tho... How do I know if I need a module upon start and how do I create an initrd for the needed modules? And I'll add: Why does

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but what isinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 22 March 2003 02:52 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: Thx for the answer mate. Have one more question tho... How do I know if I need a module upon start and how do I create an initrd for the needed modules? And I'll add: Why does Mandrake use one anyway even

Re: [expert] sorry for being a little newbie again, but whatisinitrd?

2003-03-22 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 12:41, Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 22 March 2003 02:52 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: Thx for the answer mate. Have one more question tho... How do I know if I need a module upon start and how do I create an initrd for the needed modules? And I'll add: Why does

[expert] Sorry all

2003-03-07 Thread James Sparenberg
Seems I'm double posting my replies I'm running the latest Cooker here and trying to figure out why it's started this all of the sudden... Please forgive me... James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Sorry all

2003-03-07 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 07 March 2003 04:00 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Seems I'm double posting my replies I'm running the latest Cooker here and trying to figure out why it's started this all of the sudden... Please forgive me... James We forgive you... We forgive you... grin Gotta keep a sense

Re: [expert] Sorry all

2003-03-07 Thread Jim C
Bless you, my son. You are forgiven. ;-) chuckleI even have a certificate from the ULC that says I can forgive others sins. ;-) Seems I'm double posting my replies I'm running the latest Cooker here and trying to figure out why it's started this all of the sudden... Please forgive me...

[expert] sorry :-(

2002-09-04 Thread Michael Holt
Sorry all about the bounced email you must have received. The phone company came yesterday and installed a second line for our neighbor and in the process they managed to make a clean cut in our line! Consequently, by the time we got home and realized what happened and were able to call

Re: [expert] Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

2002-05-28 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 01:52, J. Craig Woods wrote: A little early morning humor (hey, the list had no traffic). A little old lady called 911. When the operator answered she yelled, Help! Send the police to my house right away! There's a damned republican on my front porch and he's

[expert] Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

2002-05-27 Thread J. Craig Woods
A little early morning humor (hey, the list had no traffic). A little old lady called 911. When the operator answered she yelled, Help! Send the police to my house right away! There's a damned republican on my front porch and he's playing with himself. What? the operator exclaimed! I

[expert] Sorry for the double posts.

2001-07-18 Thread Randy Kramer
Attn: civileme Sorry! My last two posts to the list may have been sent twice (because my Internet connection died and I stopped them and then sent them when the connection was restored). The second one to civileme corrects one typo and is more correct -- I make it clear that I will put the

Re: [expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-07 Thread Vic
An addendum: This is the kind of crap I am getting with when I try to ping out somewhere. [root@kittypuss wavs]# ping rmci.net PING rmci.net (205.162.184.20): 56 octets data 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=1496.0 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe9 but was 0xe8e8 8e a5

Re: [expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
Try replacing your network card and see if it works (after you've configured it properly). Could it be a bad network cable, or maybe electromagnetic ineterference somewhere along the line? Just some brainstorming, j --- Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An addendum: This is the kind of crap I

[expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-06 Thread Vic
Hello list. I seem to be having great difficulty with my serial ports being engaged. I have a motherboard from JDR Microdevices with the VIA chipset on it, (Host bridge: VIA technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 (rev 4) PCI Bridge same as Host Bridge. ISA Bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C586

Re: [expert] sorry to harp - but i don't want kdm on command line

2001-01-06 Thread stephen
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001, you wrote: On Tuesday 02 January 2001 12:22 pm, stephen wrote: I would ... do ;) su to root in a term and start DrakConf. Then UserGroup Manager | hi-lite the user | Settings | Preferences, and UNcheck 'Active autologin support'. Its not checked.

[expert] sorry to harp - but i don't want kdm on command line

2001-01-05 Thread stephen
kde behaviour via startx has changed between m7.1 m7.2 now i seem to get kdm login behaviour, it goes to the users home account under m7.1 it stayed put, if in dir fred, cwd in an xterm was fred would someone please tell me whats changed, and perhaps how to revert stephen parkinson who

Re: [expert] sorry to harp - but i don't want kdm on command line

2001-01-05 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 02 January 2001 12:22 pm, stephen wrote: kde behaviour via startx has changed between m7.1 m7.2 now i seem to get kdm login behaviour, it goes to the users home account under m7.1 it stayed put, if in dir fred, cwd in an xterm was fred would someone please tell me whats changed,

[expert] Sorry to beat a dead horse (SBLive!), but...

2000-04-21 Thread Kevin Talley
Is there a definitive "howto" or anything about getting a SBLive to work under 7.0.2? I apologize for asking this -- I'm sure it's been answered a hundred times (but I can't find anything specific in my list archives). Mine did NOT auto-detect -- however, when I run sndconfig it appears to

Re: [expert] Sorry to beat a dead horse (SBLive!), but...

2000-04-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 07:55 -0500, Kevin Talley wrote: Is there a definitive "howto" or anything about getting a SBLive to work under 7.0.2? I apologize for asking this -- I'm sure it's been answered a hundred times (but I can't find anything specific in my list archives). So, if you're

Re: [expert] Sorry to beat a dead horse (SBLive!), but...

2000-04-21 Thread Mage Grimau
I got the same thing when I replaced my Ensoniq with PCI512 (SBLive without the Live! update feature). Had to get the driver from the CD. Unlike Windows, it looks like only drivers you actually use are copied onto your drive by install. --- Kevin Talley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a