[newbie] deleting contents of a file

2001-07-08 Thread Craig Westerman
Is there a linux command that will remove the contents of a file, but leave the file name? Thanks HW

[newbie] Partition Size Recommendation

2001-06-30 Thread Craig Westerman
Hello all, I'm installing Mandrake 8 on a 30 gb HD with 512 mb RAM. What size should I make the following? Why? / swap /usr /var /home I'll be using mostlyfor graphics, HTML authoring and learning Perl/CGI. Thanks Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Latest Hard Drake

2000-09-12 Thread Craig Westerman
Anyone having trouble installing latest version of Hard Drake? I am. It is supposed to have fixed many of the modem configuration problems many of us are experiancing. http://www.linuxmandrake.com/harddrake http://www.linux-mandrake.com/harddrake/download.html Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] I can't detect my modem - Attention Charles A Edwards

2000-09-11 Thread Craig Westerman
5$2f301aa0$76833dd0@quantex Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Craig Sorry for the flare up. The humor just hit me wrong when I read it. Denis replyed to another post that recalled something I had forgotten. Did you set up any kind of network

[newbie] Hard Drake version

2000-09-08 Thread Craig Westerman
How do I find what version of Hard Drake I have installed? Thanks Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] Possible modem solutions

2000-09-05 Thread Craig Westerman
In my quest to get my Linux compatible modem working with Mandrake 7.1, I ran across this article that may be of help to some of you. If it has already been posted here. My apologies. http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2000-03article=newbies Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] The dish net work going isp

2000-09-04 Thread Craig Westerman
Hugh, Read more about it herehttp://www.gilat2home.com/index.html Available through Dish Network and Radio Shack. Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hugh wrote: I had my system upgraded I use the Dish Network which has one of those tiny dish setups. Well the gentleman and I were talking about

[newbie] Modem doesn't show up in HardDrake

2000-09-02 Thread Craig Westerman
Hello Guys and Gals, Just installed Mandrake 7.1 a few hours ago. Was running SuSE 6.4 for about 3 weeks prior. My system is: ASUS P3V4X motherboard 800 Pentium III 256 - 133 MHz RAM 2 - 29 gb Seagate UDMA 66 hard drives Sony CD Sony CDR SoundBlaster 128 US Robotics 3CP5610A Matrox G400 video