RE: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Iftach Hyams
The last option - extended partition. Inside this partition you can make more logical partitions (I've just did it - it works fine). For the /boot partition - FAT32 ??? What is it. A home user can do with one partition for Linux. The most reasonable additional partition is a FAT32 partition you

Re: RedHat6

1999-05-30 Thread Gili Granot
Isaac Aaron wrote: > > You might get it from PF1 systems for 50NIS if they still have CDs. > I bought the prior to the last CD, but I don't know if they have any > intentions > of making more CDs. > > If I recall correctly the number is 03-5617175. > > Boris Dinkevich wrote: > > > Hello, > > >

[meta] Why Questions go Unanswered

1999-05-30 Thread Gaal Yahas
Hello. Mark-Jason Dominus has an interesting rant about bad questions at: http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/Questions.html I would love it if: - people read this - newbies learn from this how to ask - old timers learn from this how to ignore rather than flame M-J D is a Perl hacker, but

Re: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Yoni Elhanani
Isaac Aaron wrote: > > Hello > > On my effort to gain a new Linux user, I went to my friend's house > with a Red Hat CD with the intention of installing it on his brand > new Hard Disk. [snip!] > How do I do that? > Different partition order? > Extended paritions? Yeah. There can be o

Re: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Yedidya Bar-david
Hi Isaac Aaron wrote: [snip] > > According to my plan the disk partitions should go > 7 GB FAT32 -- 10 MB /boot -- 5 GB FAT32 -- 3 GB root-- 127MB swap [There was quite a long discussion on the size and use of partitions, so I give no comments] > > When I try to insert the fifth partition (no

Re: Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Leonid Igolnik - LiM
|According to my plan the disk partitions should go |7 GB FAT32 -- 10 MB /boot -- 5 GB FAT32 -- 3 GB root-- 127MB swap | |When I try to insert the fifth partition (no matter what order) I |get an error message saying that I con't allocate any more |partitions because I ran out of primary partition

Partitioning

1999-05-30 Thread Isaac Aaron
Hello On my effort to gain a new Linux user, I went to my friend's house with a Red Hat CD with the intention of installing it on his brand new Hard Disk. It seems that partitioning a large hard disk is trickier than I thought ! I've tried to install Red Hat 6 on a 17GB HDD Along with Windows 9

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Omer
Hiya. I'm not sure about this specific problem (switched to console and checked if it's really there and executable?), but RH released an updated boot image that deals with some problems with Adaptec 2940 (cannot recall if UW or not). he problem it deals with is actually an infinite loop when they

Re: DVD driver

1999-05-30 Thread Isaac Aaron
Sorry to disappoint you, but there isn't any. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > I have the dvd-rom creative 5240E dxr3. where can I get a driver for DVD and there > is a program for linux for watching dvd movies? > > bye >Yaron

[malicki.1@osu.edu: MAJOR NTFS BUG - DO NOT USE WRITE!]

1999-05-30 Thread Gaal Yahas
This from lkml. Eli, you have your serious kernel bug :-) - Forwarded message from Joseph Malicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Joseph Malicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 05:06:36 -0400 Subject: MAJOR NTFS BUG - DO NOT USE WRITE! - --Boundary-=_nWlrBbmQBhCDarzOwKkYHIDdqSCD

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Andre E. Bar'yudin
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Ariel Biener wrote: > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andre E. Bar'yudin wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I beg your pardon. If you cannot afford buying software, make your own. > Would you go and steal from a shop using the "I am not as wealthy as some > rich Arab, so I am allowed to

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
BNM>> But if the software company would reduce the price (lets say BNM>> half) she will double her sells because one of the 5 thief's BNM>> will say "In this price ? i wont steal ! its not worth me !" And there's a proof for it - when some company in Russia - the country where ALL games where tra

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
AB>> Pirating software is downright stealing. The fact Israelies don't see it This thesis needs proof. Let's take example: it occurs to me, that I write some nice song, which, being recited sufficiently loud, raises your morale and allows you to work twice as efficiently as before. I claim that

DVD driver

1999-05-30 Thread yjakoby
Hi! I have the dvd-rom creative 5240E dxr3. where can I get a driver for DVD and there is a program for linux for watching dvd movies? bye Yaron

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Ben Nes Michael wrote: You are right that prices in Israel are high. You are right that taxes here are high. Still, software is not food. I'd steal if I was close to starvation, because that is the point where survival is at stake, and moral issues take a back seat. I do n

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: This is becoming a moral debate, it's place is not on this list. And about your claims, they are all fine excuses, and ways to avoid questions on moral issues. If you feel ok with it, just go on and take shortcuts like everyone else around you. --Ariel

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Ben Nes Michael
Hi All - My Point of View If Anonymous person live in a country that have 70% tax and he cant finish the month, hill probably start steeling from the country so he could finish his month. The government know that very well so it put line where people more less calm and wont steel, but if the gov

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Ariel Biener wrote: > I beg your pardon. If you cannot afford buying software, make your own. > Would you go and steal from a shop using the "I am not as wealthy as some > rich Arab, so I am allowed to steal" excuse ? There are cases when the "I am not wealthy enough so I am

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Ariel Biener
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andre E. Bar'yudin wrote: Hello, I beg your pardon. If you cannot afford buying software, make your own. Would you go and steal from a shop using the "I am not as wealthy as some rich Arab, so I am allowed to steal" excuse ? Pirating software is downright stealing.

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Aharon (Al) Schkolnik
>>Hi There, >>On 26 May 1999, Aharon (Al) Schkolnik wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm trying to install RH 6.0 on a new machine which has an IDE CD, and >>> a SCSI disk on an adaptec 2940 UW controller. The install fails as >>> follows: >>> >>> Boots from the CD fine. >>> >>> I get the error: I c

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Aharon (Al) Schkolnik
> "James" == James Olin Oden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> "Itamar S.-T." wrote: >> "Aharon (Al) Schkolnik" wrote: > > Hi. > > I'm trying to >> install RH 6.0 on a new machine which has an IDE CD, and > a >> SCSI disk on an adaptec 2940 UW controller. The install fails

Re: M$ IL latest craze

1999-05-30 Thread Andre E. Bar'yudin
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andre E. Bar'yudin wrote: > On Sun, 30 May 1999, naftali wrote: > > > [...] > > I dont agree with you, first of all, Hebrew support isnot just > > transporting fonts but rather support the entire hebrew syntax: writing > > left to write, switching and embeleshing english,dic

Re: what is system.map....

1999-05-30 Thread Andre E. Bar'yudin
On Sun, 30 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > [...] > well... RedHat insisted on installing its 2.2.5 kernel and when reinstalled > kernel 2.2.7 every line in the system boot and shutdown (and some other programs > such as ps... complain about incorrect kernel version in system.map... > [.

what is system.map....

1999-05-30 Thread Nezer . Zaidenberg
Hi. among my many sins was owning a RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.2.7) system running my beloved afterstep enviroment, and being the sinner that I am I've upgraded to RedHat 6.0 (by the infamous upgrade feature) I know it was wrong but the sweat scent of the forbidden upgrade fruit overcame me well..

Re: Install Fails - Adaptec 2940 UW

1999-05-30 Thread Aharon (Al) Schkolnik
> "Itamar" == Itamar S -T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Itamar> "Aharon (Al) Schkolnik" wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I'm trying to install RH 6.0 on a new machine which has an IDE >> CD, and a SCSI disk on an adaptec 2940 UW controller. The >> install fails as follows: >>

Re: cdrw

1999-05-30 Thread erez
I have HP7100 at home (internal - ide) and at work (external - parallel) for cdr both works perfect with linux. for cdrw, only windows (afaik) regards erez Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > I'm considering buying one of two CDRW drives - HP 7550i Surestore > EIDE or Mitsumi t802TE EIDE. Similar (previo