Re: Was: Trying to get GUI'ed

2002-10-26 Thread John E . Jay Maass
s the executive services and the hardware abstraction layer, and is darned stable, so far, knock on wood. Thanks for putting up with my coffeed craziness. Jay > From: Bryan Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/10/26 Sat PM 01:11:57 EDT > To: "John E. Jay Maass" <[E

Was: Trying to get GUI'ed

2002-10-26 Thread John E . Jay Maass
Bryan Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Think that was informative? Learn assembly on x86 Linux. > You have NO idea what a computer goes through just to add > two numbers, let alone manage network traffic... The most > shocking part is the idea of virtual memory. Bryan, I thought my little

Re: Trying to get GUI'ed

2002-10-25 Thread John E . Jay Maass
> > How much do you have now ? (memory) > 80m. Why do you ask? I had 8m in an old 486 to start with. At Computer Learning Center we were required to memorize a rough block diagram showing a cpu, its ram, a hard drive controler, hard drive, and network card. Using arrows we had to trace a bit of

Re: Tape Backup

2002-10-25 Thread John E . Jay Maass
Bryan Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you guys suggest for a tape backup for a 100GB > hard disk system? [...etc...] This brings up a question I have always wanted to ask, but have been reluctant to broach. What ever happened to the idea of using a VHS recorder for tape backup? Anyo

Re: Sharing drives.

2002-10-03 Thread John E . Jay Maass
o predict that, upon answering your querry, *the experts will recommend you use Linux fdisk first, either not using Microsoft fdisk at all, or using it as a follow-up to Linux fdisk when partitioning for Microsoft operating systems within your large hdd. All best, Jay Maass, suburban Philadelphia -

Anger (WasTar Backups^_^)

2002-10-01 Thread John E . Jay Maass
Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On my first job, my first boss said to me: "Peter, if you are > angry do not write a letter, sleep it over first!" Peter, this is great advice. Point well-taken. And I still applaud Paul for letting his anger out. A person can keep himself screwed down tightly

Re: Large FTP transfers

2002-09-30 Thread John E . Jay Maass
I have to jump into this NIC thread to say that my impression is bad card-edge connecting, as described in other messages in this thread. One of the list group mentioned accumulations of out-of-tolerances. Dirty contacts were mentioned. I'd have to begin right there, since it was stated that pushi

Re: 'nobody' is using my system !!!

2002-09-27 Thread John E . Jay Maass
I am enjoying your posts, Heimo. What I recently read somewhere about leaving computers on overnight related to prevention of thermal stress in components transitioning from relative hot to cold, and back. Isn't component failure rather rare these days in either case? When was the last time someon

Re: LI -lilo booting problem

2002-07-30 Thread Jay Maass
-dos partition outside of XWindows, i.e., from your Bash shell? Regards, Jay Maass, suburban Philadelphia - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: Partitioning problem

2002-07-30 Thread Jay Maass
kay with Linux fdisk and lilo. Regards, Jay Maass, k7jkz suburban Philadelphia - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ

Re: Partitioning problem

2002-07-28 Thread Jay Maass
specifics, I do a quick Google search with terms like 'lilo howto' or something similar. Use Linux fdisk and lilo to set things up as your RedHat Installation Guide and Riley suggest, and I believe you will be pleased with your efforts and the results in both operating systems. Regards, Jay M