Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-31 Thread Matthew Carpenter
I believe that was the AMD K5 or K6. :p On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:50:17 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many would argue that a Cyrix was equivalent to a 386. ;) > > On 01/30/03 20:21, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > > Unfortunately, not "lesser" enough to install on my Cyrix 6x86 P166

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-30 Thread Net Llama!
Many would argue that a Cyrix was equivalent to a 386. ;) On 01/30/03 20:21, Matthew Carpenter wrote: Unfortunately, not "lesser" enough to install on my Cyrix 6x86 P166+ or 120+... Authentic Pentium and above. On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:51:13 -0800 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are y

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-30 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Dude, you have got to cut back on the caffeine... Or start smoking again... or something. What the @#$% did Chang do to chap your a55 so bad? The guy is looking to use Linux as a server, so let him! The fact that it is great as a desktop doesn't mean everyone is ready to make that jump. He has

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-30 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Unfortunately, not "lesser" enough to install on my Cyrix 6x86 P166+ or 120+... Authentic Pentium and above. On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 19:51:13 -0800 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure that you have a compatible CPU? The Caldera server > installations require a Pentium II or bett

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread m.w.chang
write you back later tonight (HKT). Kurt Wall wrote: Feigning erudition, m.w.chang wrote: % thank you. that's my point. % % I would love someone to mail me his/her working cdrom via surface mail. % I could afford a few USD. Send me an address in private email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I'll send

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread Kurt Wall
Feigning erudition, m.w.chang wrote: % thank you. that's my point. % % I would love someone to mail me his/her working cdrom via surface mail. % I could afford a few USD. Send me an address in private email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I'll send you copies of the CDs I burned. Kurt -- Boston, n.:

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread m.w.chang
ok, I got no money or the right political environment to hire you. anyway, this part of the thread was no longer related to my query on the integrity of the iso. Cut out this "your honor" BS. My full time job has nothing to do with knowing how to burn a CD. I was hired because i knew Linux, n

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread m.w.chang
possible...but he didn't manage the ftp server. he merely gave the orders. I had to re-iterate the fact that I had never failed to boot a linux iso burnt under Window$, your majesty. I meant all, except this COL 3.1.1. Its probably Ransom Love's fault.. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread m.w.chang
You Honour, could we go back to the original topic? we were talking about the integrity on the COL 3.1.1. iso, not whether I used a window$ or linux to burn the image. ISO is the data format. you can question the compilance of Nero Burning ROM to the linux cdr-record, but you shouldn't shift the

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread m.w.chang
thank you. that's my point. I would love someone to mail me his/her working cdrom via surface mail. I could afford a few USD. The point is that all of this discussion, other than helping Chang with his actual problem belongs on the General list. The CD burning software available on Windows and/

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread James Bonnet
That's one of the more pathetic excuses i've heard lately. I honestly wouldn't know how to burn a CD under windoze. THen again, i'm not the one having problems using a CD burnt under windoze. I had to re-iterate the fact that I had never failed to boot a linux iso burnt under Window$, your

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread Leon A. Goldstein
M. W. Chang wrote inter alia: could someone burn  it for me and mail me (in Hongkong) the cdrom over  snail mail?? :) Try chguy.net.  I've had good experiences here. re CD burning: I installed Libranet  2.7 on my "new" P4 box last night and updated XCDRoast.  The latest Deb installs a version

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread Net Llama!
Why, your beloved windoze can't check MD5SUMs?? On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, m.w.chang wrote: > of course not. > > Net Llama! wrote: > > You verified the MD5SUM in windoze? > >> but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from > >> > >> a. the authentic cdrom or > >> b. the file on the server (which

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread Collins Richey
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:49:58 -0800 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:44:55PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > >the point is whether it's a standard iso file or a linux-specific iso > >file. > > Nothing Linux specific about it. I burn most of my ISOs on an Apple > Pow

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread m.w.chang
of course not. Net Llama! wrote: > You verified the MD5SUM in windoze? >> but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from >> >> a. the authentic cdrom or >> b. the file on the server (which may have been corrupted) >> >> ? :) >> >> when did you guys download the iso? My first download (do

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread Net Llama!
You verified the MD5SUM in windoze? On 01/26/03 23:05, m.w.chang wrote: I did. The result is the same as the openlinux-workstation.md5sum file published on the ftp server. but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from a. the authentic cdrom or b. the file on the server (which may have b

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-27 Thread Net Llama!
On 01/26/03 20:17, m.w.chang wrote: I paid $59.95 for COL 3.1 because of my respect for the original Caldera. I paid 0 for my OS, how did you pay? but yuo work full-time in linux and unix, I was working full-time in Foxpro and DOS. hwo could you apply your belief over me, your honour? Cut

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
I did. The result is the same as the openlinux-workstation.md5sum file published on the ftp server. but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from a. the authentic cdrom or b. the file on the server (which may have been corrupted) ? :) when did you guys download the iso? My first downlo

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:16:12PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >that's really puzzling I pulled the image with wget. it pulled with >binary mode, right? Probably. Did you pull the file with md5sums and check the ISOs against these? >Bill Campbell wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:44:55PM +08

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
that's really puzzling I pulled the image with wget. it pulled with binary mode, right? Bill Campbell wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:44:55PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: the point is whether it's a standard iso file or a linux-specific iso file. Nothing Linux specific about it. I burn most

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:44:55PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >the point is whether it's a standard iso file or a linux-specific iso file. Nothing Linux specific about it. I burn most of my ISOs on an Apple PowerMac G4 running OS X 10.2.3. It happens to have the fastest burner here. Bill -- INTERN

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
the point is whether it's a standard iso file or a linux-specific iso file. Why burn in wintendo? what the heck is wrong with: cdrecord -eject -v -data speed=XX dev=0,0 isoname.iso where XX= whatever the speed (writing) of your burner is. Its faster, cleaner and bug free. Why would you want

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Ted Ozolins
m.w.chang wrote: I don't know how to burn a cd on linux.. (my last priority, frankly) besides, it's not my first time to do it. gentoo, knoppix, COL 3.1 beta, COL 2.4 server, ... virtually all linux iso was burnt under Window$. no error was ever found, excpet this COL 3.1.1. So it could not b

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
I paid $59.95 for COL 3.1 because of my respect for the original Caldera. I paid 0 for my OS, how did you pay? but yuo work full-time in linux and unix, I was working full-time in Foxpro and DOS. hwo could you apply your belief over me, your honour? I received no official UNIX or Linux train

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
yes, after I figured out the ide-scsi things.. later. I didn't say it was impossible. could someone burn it for me and mail me (in Hongkong) the cdrom over snail mail?? :) As for burning .iso's under linux it's as easy as : cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=4 somedumb.iso No big deal... If you hav

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
it's a P3. so it should be fine. I had no idea why the COL 3.1.1 refused to boot up, except a suspicious bad cd image The COL 3.1 worked fine (ok, that one costed me US$ 59.95) Are you sure that you have a compatible CPU? The Caldera server installations require a Pentium II or better while

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Net Llama!
On 01/26/03 19:52, m.w.chang wrote: for this, I had to disagree, your honour. It's freaking easy to burn a cdr under Window$, esp if yuo used Nero Burning Rom. It occured to me naturally. I paid 0 for my OS, how did you pay? Once I figured out the hardware issues on linux, I would say it migh

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Jerry McBride
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:32:46 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know how to burn a cd on linux.. (my last priority, frankly) > > besides, it's not my first time to do it. gentoo, knoppix, COL 3.1 beta, > COL 2.4 server, ... virtually all linux iso was burnt under Window$. no

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
for this, I had to disagree, your honour. It's freaking easy to burn a cdr under Window$, esp if yuo used Nero Burning Rom. It occured to me naturally. Once I figured out the hardware issues on linux, I would say it might be as easy to do it with command=line cdr burnign tools under linux. my

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 11:01:42AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: > >I downloaded the ISO image again. this time, I ran md5sum on it. >same as the website. I copied it to Windows 2000 and burnt it with >cdrwin 5. No error in the burning prodcess but it still didn't installed >(saying that COL cannot be

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Net Llama!
On 01/26/03 19:32, m.w.chang wrote: I don't know how to burn a cd on linux.. (my last priority, frankly) That's one of the more pathetic excuses i've heard lately. I honestly wouldn't know how to burn a CD under windoze. THen again, i'm not the one having problems using a CD burnt under windoz

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
I don't know how to burn a cd on linux.. (my last priority, frankly) besides, it's not my first time to do it. gentoo, knoppix, COL 3.1 beta, COL 2.4 server, ... virtually all linux iso was burnt under Window$. no error was ever found, excpet this COL 3.1.1. So it could not be Window$' fault.

Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread Net Llama!
On 01/26/03 19:01, m.w.chang wrote: I downloaded the ISO image again. this time, I ran md5sum on it. same as the website. I copied it to Windows 2000 That was your first mistake. -- ~ L. Friedman

COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]

2003-01-26 Thread m.w.chang
I downloaded the ISO image again. this time, I ran md5sum on it. same as the website. I copied it to Windows 2000 and burnt it with cdrwin 5. No error in the burning prodcess but it still didn't installed (saying that COL cannot be installed on the machien. consult the .. brah...) My very first