Re: Windows/Linux virus

2001-03-29 Thread David Jones
On 29 Mar 01 at 6:00, Richard Adams wrote: > If i understand correctly they are saying when the > program is installed it starts to work, as i see it > that will only happen if 'root' does it, Hmm, my reading was that if it's run under Windows on a Linux/Windows dual boot machine, the virus coul

Re: Failed Swap et All

2001-03-29 Thread Peter
Thanks to all. I swear in the pantheon to all possible Gods that i did nothing of the sort suggested by Lawson. That very day when boot crashed I never went into root/su. BTW when I had all 'fixed' I tested booting twice and it worked till the third time. Now I am back in Linux with reinstall. All

RE: My first Linux installation

2001-03-29 Thread Barrett, Peter G
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Greg Partin wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I'm just getting ready to install my first version of Linux on my PC > that > > i'm hoping you guys will help me pick. I'm familiar with Berkley Unix, > I > > have a programming background and i've done easy tasks such as > insta

BASIC newbie stuff

2001-03-29 Thread Barrett, Peter G
I have often seen programs written in BASIC that I feel I would like to try but I have no idea how to compile them for llinux or rewrite them in C++. I'm trying to teach myself some C programming and I'm up to about the hello.C stage 8-d What sort of things must I consider when doing this sor

Re: My first Linux installation

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Roland
If you're more familiar with BSD, you could get warmed up to FreeBSD, but an entry level Linux that I would suggest is either Mandrake with the easiest (but you have less control) installer. RedHat is decent for all levels, but may be a little difficult for someone who has never seen Unix coming

Re: do i need any programming skills to compile my own kernel?

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Roland
~~ Jim Roland, RHCE (RedHat Certified Engineer) Owner, Roland Internet Services "The four surefire rules for success: Show up, Pay attention, Ask questions, Don't quit." --Rob Gilbert, PH.D.

RE: Failed Swap et all

2001-03-29 Thread Marco Calistri
On 29-Mar-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to boot this morning after a normal shutdown of RH6.2 > the evening before I received the following message: > > Activating Swap: /dev/hd8: invalid argument :[failed] > > the superblock could not be read or does not de

Re: My first Linux installation

2001-03-29 Thread Richard Adams
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Greg Partin wrote: > Hi folks, > I'm just getting ready to install my first version of Linux on my PC that > i'm hoping you guys will help me pick. I'm familiar with Berkley Unix, I > have a programming background and i've done easy tasks such as installing > mySQL, drivers a

Re: do i need any programming skills to compile my own kernel?

2001-03-29 Thread Richard Adams
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Jim Roland wrote: > > One thing i dont understand is why people dont "express" the need to define an > > "EXTRAVERSTION" in the Topdir Makefile, when the option was not there just > > about everyone was screeming for it, now we have that wonderfull option very > > few people

My first Linux installation

2001-03-29 Thread Greg Partin
Hi folks, I'm just getting ready to install my first version of Linux on my PC that i'm hoping you guys will help me pick. I'm familiar with Berkley Unix, I have a programming background and i've done easy tasks such as installing mySQL, drivers and API's onto RedHat. What version of Linux do yo

Re: 3 NIC cards problem

2001-03-29 Thread Tarik Miller
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Richard Adams wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, you wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, it is like apache, except it is my own web server but when an > > incomming request comes in on 192.168.2.1:80, my program does not pick up > > the connect request. > > > > My program is listening

Re: 3 NIC cards problem

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Roland
See the HOW-TO on ipchains and ipmasqadm for more details...but in short: Use ipchains to add a rule that will "REDIRECT" traffic on 192.168.2.1:80 redirect to 192.168.1.1:80, and another for the 192.168.3.1 address. I do not think you will need ipmasqadm unless you're redirecting and forwarding

Re: do i need any programming skills to compile my own kernel?

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Roland
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Richard Adams wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Jim Roland wrote: > > Absolutely not. Although I have programming skills, I have no clue about > > C/C++, which is what the kernel is written in. > > C++ in the kernel.? > > > It does not hurt to know C > > or C++, but it's

Re: Failed Swap et all

2001-03-29 Thread Richard Adams
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to boot this morning after a normal shutdown of RH6.2 > the evening before I received the following message: > > Activating Swap: /dev/hd8: invalid argument :[failed] > > the superblock could not be read or does n

Re: do i need any programming skills to compile my own kernel?

2001-03-29 Thread Per Jessen
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:51:23 +, Richard Adams wrote: >On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Jim Roland wrote: >> Absolutely not. Although I have programming skills, I have no clue about >> C/C++, which is what the kernel is written in. > >C++ in the kernel.? Probably not ... :-) [snip] > >One thing i don

Re: 3 NIC cards problem

2001-03-29 Thread Per Jessen
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:53:59 -0500 (EST), Lee Chin wrote: >Hi, >I have a system with 3 NIC cards, each on a seperate subnet, with IP >addresses 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1 and 192.168.3.1. > >I have a program listening for socket connections on 192.168.1.1, port 80. > >What I want to do is have inco

Failed Swap et all

2001-03-29 Thread pfheiss
Hi, When I tried to boot this morning after a normal shutdown of RH6.2 the evening before I received the following message: Activating Swap: /dev/hd8: invalid argument :[failed] the superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. Your might

Re: 3 NIC cards problem

2001-03-29 Thread Philips
Lee Chin wrote: > > Hi, > Yes, it is like apache, except it is my own web server but when an > incomming request comes in on 192.168.2.1:80, my program does not pick up > the connect request. > > My program is listening on port 80 on 192.168.1.1 > > I think I need to set up some ipchains ru

Re: where Linus is posting latest kernel anounces?

2001-03-29 Thread Philips
Richard Adams wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Philips wrote: > > I do not want to discuss any kernel details too... > > I just want to know where can I get latest information. no more no less. > > and definitely I'm newbie too... > There used to be a list called "linux-kernel-annou