This is straight from the 'Linux-Mandrake Installation Guide', pg. 23
"In Linux, partitions of type swap cannot be bigger than 128 MB. If you
wish to use more swap, you should create several. Too much space allocated
to swap will always be useless. In general, it is considered that for a RAM
You should be okay just making the swap partition the same size as your RAM
configuration, keeping in mind the 128MB limit on individual swap partions.
Unless you're running a lot of servers for people the 64MB should be plenty.
There are a number of monitoring tools in the KDE if you want to
Do you have the installation manuals handy? If so, please read them. The
first partion you are going to boot from must be '/', ignoring the quotes.
All subsequent partitions are '/somename'.
Linux does not understand the drive-colon world of Mr. Gates. It uses
devices and partitions to do
It is getting better but don't wait for a
Bill-One-Size-Fits-All-As-Long-As-It's-Mine type of solution. Linux is
primarily for people who
a) don't like funnelling more billions into some commercial
venture, be it Microsoft or any of the commercial Unix
systems, and/or
MIPS = Millions of Instructions Per Second
BogoMIPS is a calculation of approximately how many instructions per second
your CPU is capable of executing.
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Click on the updates icon in KDE. Pick a site and then select the upgrades
you need. I usually just get them all. The download and installation of
the packages is automatic.
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This has to do with disk caching. What you read and work with is stored in
RAM. Linux writes it back to the disk when it is convenient to do so. It
shouldn't affect a cdrom, which is read only, but can cause problems for a
floppy if you remove it from the drive before Linux has a chance to
I don't know what message format you're using but it comes through awfully
strange. Does not appear in the normal preview pane of outlook.
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It should be in /usr/bin
Normal heading for a perl script would then be #!/usr/bin/perl
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Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 6:52 PM
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Subject: [newbie] Perl RPM
I'm
Add the partition number of the disk it resides on,
i.e. not /dev/hdc but /dev/hdcx
x being the partion number
In addition, have your done a mkdir of super in the /mnt directory?
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Make sure the pgcc package is installed.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Schmidt
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 2:21 PM
To: Linux-Mandrake Newbie
Subject: [newbie] compiler
Hi All,
I'm pretty new at this stuff, I'm trying to
Not true, I'm running with 128MB. Depending on how your kernel was
configured when it was built it may have a limitation built in. This is not
a Linux fault but necessary with some earlier BIOSs not being able to
accurately report more than a fixed amount.
If you go into /etc/lilo.conf you can
Adding to this, 'Beginning Linux Programming' by Neil Matthew Richard
Stones from WROX Press is good. Topics covered include:
- shell programming
- working with files
- the UNIX environment
- terminals
- curses (ncurses these days I think)
- data management
- development
HTML is bulkier as a lot of formatting tags and other extranious
non-information bearing garbage. What's wrong with a plain text message.
Also, not everyone is equipped to handle html, I'm pretty sure Pine doesn't.
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Use Save Link As under File on the menu bar
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew R. Etzler
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 7:03 AM
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Subject: [newbie] Downloading Files
I've been trying to download the KxICQ
I am doing some C programming on my recently installed Mandrake 6.0. As far
as I am aware I have the latest kernel and all the updates. However, I am
having troubles compiling a small test program with pgcc(gcc) and suspect
the libraries are missing or improperly linked as I can't use the log()
It might be tough finding one that is Mandrake specific. RedHat appears to
be the most popular flavour de jour so that's the one the publishers target.
Something to do with economics I think.
All that aside, one book I find extremely helpful and generic enough is
'Running Linux' from O'Reilly
Watch out for the file attachement on the below referenced mail. It has
Happy99.exe attached. This file contains the virus W32/Ska.exe. My McAfee
just picked it up.
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Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999
My apologies on behalf of whomever used the f* euphemism, however, please
make a concerted effort to check your system for viruses in the future. I
can fully understand someone's disconcert receiving a virus from one of your
postings. Some of us are slowly migrating away from Billy's World
I'm not an expert but I would suggest that you also make sure the settings
for your monitor are correct. It would not matter what your video card can
deal with if you're driving your monitor at the wrong refresh rates and may
actually be harmful for some monitors.
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Are you talking about the logon screen with that cute ASCII graphic of Tux?
If so, no, this would be the minimum screen. One of the security features
of Linux is you 'must' log on and be authenticated.
If you are talking about coming up with an X logon screen just edit the
'inittab' file line
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Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] now what- super newbie question
Ken Wilson wrote:
for Xwindows type 'startx '
Excuse me but...
(showing glaringly my newbie status :-))
What's
You might want to do this if you have some maintenance issues to deal with
and don't want all your daemons loading and complicating the work to be
done. Also, you have the machine all to yourself so you can be assured no
'outside processes' will be influencing the results you are seeing from
Normally you want to install user programs to /usr/local/bin. This should
be part of everyone's path. The reason is for easy back up of your add-ons
and to give one general location everyone can find things. The install
manager of the program may have other ideas, just go with it if it does.
for Xwindows type 'startx '
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Subject: [newbie] now what- super newbie question
well now that i got my password
That is why one of the most dangerous items on your system is an unguarded
server. The second most dangerous item is a user. Give 'Practical Unix
Internet Security' from O'Reilly publishing a read.
:)
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You are full of questions aren't you. :)
If you are logged in as root type 'shutdown -h now'
Otherwise, if you are logged in as a plain user, or not logged in at all the
Vulcan nerve pinch (CTRL+ALT+DEL) will drop you safely but will want to
reboot. Either let it reboot or power it down
Java and Javascript are both so similar in syntax and structure to C++
that it is quite easy to come up to speed in either one if you know the
other. This, however, may not be the same moving from Java/Javascript
to C++ as the richness and lack of protection of C++ requires a bit more
study.
I think there is an update to Netscape 4.61 that solves some problems.
Check it out at www.linux-mandrake.com
Subject: RE: [newbie] speed problems...
For some strange reason, my internet connection seems faster
using Win98 than in Linux. When browsing the web on Linux,
Netscape
That is much more restrained a reply than the piece of snot I e-mailed
to him just before adding him to my kill file.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
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Fill the 5 gallon bucket twice and pour it into the 3 gallon bucket each
time letting the 3 gallon bucket overflow. You will have exactly 4
gallons of water all over the ground. You didn't specify where you
wanted the water so I assumed an overflow condition would be acceptable.
:)
Ken Wilson
I hope someone knows how to nip this message in the bud. If you read it
carefully it appears to me an endless loop has been created. :(
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
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me be the first to congratulate you on receiving my killfile
candidate of the week award.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
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