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I started download LibraNet during lunch, at 190 kb/sec (gotta love broadband!), and will install it tonite. I'll post my thoughts. Ed Richards, PE Staff Electrical Engineer Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC 12021 Lakeland Park Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 Office - 225-297-3335 Fax - 225-756-3056 Ce

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do a tomsrtbt, mount yer rom, put in a floppy, and do a 'dd' - a device write. can't remember the parms but a google search will yeild the correct command -Original Message- From: Larry Braud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 2:36 PM To: General@brlug.net

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Good luck. I warn you though. It could be bad. You might never go back to your other distributions --- "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started download LibraNet during lunch, at 190 kb/sec (gotta love > broadband!), and will install it tonite. I'll post my thoughts. > > Ed R

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Wow, I gotta get me some of that! hey is that kilobyes/second or kilobits/second? Richards, Ed wrote: > I started download LibraNet during lunch, at 190 kb/sec (gotta love > broadband!), and will install it tonite. I'll post my thoughts. > > Ed Richards, PE > Staff Electrical Engineer > Ford, B

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General@brlug.net Subject: RE: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate Good luck. I warn you though. It could be bad. You might never go back to your other distributions

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--Original Message- From: Jason DeWitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:27 PM To: General@brlug.net Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions

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Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:27 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: > [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate > > Wow, I gotta get me some of that! > > hey is that kil

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Try this: dir /x flop*.img Use the short filename. Your floppy2-ide.img is over your 8.3 limit. Jim > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Larry Braud > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:32 PM > To: General@brlug.net > Subject: Re: dis

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The debian address was a cut and paste (read operator) error. If it is not working for either file, it could be a file name size issue, although I do not remember having that issue... the file sizes on those should be 474560. Try it with just: rawrite floppy1-ide.img skipping the variables. Let

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nyone that has to make the floppies. Without DOS experience, one would not know what to do when nothing works. - Original Message - From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:17 PM Subject: RE: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general]

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OS available. I did not have any of these problems when I installed Mandrake. Larry - Original Message - From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to

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OS available. > I did not have any of these problems when I installed Mandrake. > Larry > - Original Message - > From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:42 PM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlu

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I have a 5.7 G, and I used 240 MB for the swap. Nothing else on the drive. Larry - Original Message - From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to

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ginal Message - > From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed > distrib > utions to donate > > > > Larry: > > What was the size of yo

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Doug Where are you located? I'm near the Mall of Louisiana, on Gail Drive, about 1/2 mile North of I10. Larry - Original Message - From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:06 AM > I've never had an install fail with LibraNet. Any chance your image > is b

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Ahm out in Baaker. ;-) I have to make a trip into town anyway though. Can I drop them off for you today? I have to go to Radio Shack (They closed the Baker Radio Shack! Cretins!), so I will be going into town this morning in all likelyhood. Doug --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do

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Doug, There's a Radio Shack in Zachary, in the shopping area in front of WalMart. Probably just as easy to go into Baton Rouge, though. Bill At 05:26 AM 8/30/02 -0700, you wrote: >Ahm out in Baaker. ;-) I have to make a trip into town anyway >though. Can I drop them off for you today? I hav

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AIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:26 AM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate > Ahm out in Baaker. ;-) I have to make a trip into town anyway > though. Can I drop them off for you today? I have to go to Radio >

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Almost half a dozen of one six of the other, but I planned on grabbing lunch at Fleur de Leis. I have to go on a diet. But darn it, I'm having my Pizza first! --- Bill LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug, > > There's a Radio Shack in Zachary, in the shopping area in front of > WalMart.

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gt; To: > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:26 AM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed > distrib > utions to donate > > > > Ahm out in Baaker. ;-) I have to make a trip into town anyway > > though. Can I drop them off for you today? I ha

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Thanks, but I'll be working in the yard until lunch. If I don't answer the doorbell, come around to the back, I'll be in the yard. Larry - Original Message - From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:07 AM Subject: Re: dist

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I believe the recomended swapfile size for 2.4 kernels is 2x ram size. - Original Message - From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:34 AM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate

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Mine is 3.75 X RAM (64M) - Original Message - From: "Byron Como" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:43 AM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate > I believe the recomended swapfile size for 2.