Re: [newbie] 1.4 GB overkill for /boot?

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
certainly are. My linux machine has a /boot = 10MB, and it is more than sufficient to boot debian and mandrake, and that too with a development kernel and a stable kernel. Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] automated DUN lacking in Linux - why?

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
pular ones. ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
e to write it from scratch, coz DOS can never give the stability of the Unices. ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Running XFree on Intel i810

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
guide. HTH Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Unpacking tar gz files

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
make install. Read the man pages man tar tar --help -Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Fonts in Netscape

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
ape's borg. ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] MS Linux?

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
- technical and otherwise. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Slow mail

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
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Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
. Reboot, normally. Login as root. Goto KDE DrakConf and manage the user settings. Remove old users and add them anew if things dont work out as a last resort. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Firewall/security

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
. Security is one thing, paranoia quite another. Remember, no security settings can fully protect your computer. the best course is careful monitoring, and that comes of need and habit. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews

Re: [newbie] mozilla M16

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
is prety poor as you say. Read the mozilla developer postings and ask there if there's any way to do that. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com "So many people, so little purpose."

Re: [newbie] Linux on P120 laptop

2000-07-02 Thread Sthitaprajna
install process is a bit tricky tho, but you get a rock solid platform Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com "So many people, so little purpose."

Re: [newbie] Domain not bound message

2000-07-01 Thread Sthitaprajna
. Maybe, someone will decrypt it;] -Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] acrobat rpm

2000-07-01 Thread Sthitaprajna
. Colour rendering is nice, the text is visible and most essentially, have'nt managed to crash it, So far. Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Complete installation

2000-07-01 Thread Sthitaprajna
IDE hard drives one with 2.5 gigs and the other with over 8 gigs. I have 96 megs That is a great setup. The graphical setup program needs 32 MB RAM work, so it should be easy enough. Go ahead. Install:] Sthitaprajna

Re: [newbie] YA E-Mail Client?

2000-07-01 Thread Sthitaprajna
able? BTW, great to see people running BSD alongwith Lin;} ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Help:After installing Mandrake Windows donĀ“t boot

2000-07-01 Thread Sthitaprajna
/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdb6 append="" read-only HTH ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Installao?

2000-06-30 Thread Sthitaprajna
it Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] Installation problems still.....

2000-06-30 Thread Sthitaprajna
something silly like forgetting my password or typing it wrong during install. Finally did the dirty thing, booting into runlevel 1 at lilo prompt and set things right. This was with Mandrake 7.0 ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)m

Re: [newbie] Lilo MBR

2000-06-30 Thread Sthitaprajna
and make appropriate changes to /etc/lilo.conf, and run lilo -v. 2. Get loadlin for DOS, make a batch file and bot into Linux. Follow same instr. as above. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] 2nd Hard Drive

2000-06-30 Thread Sthitaprajna
probs, go ahead, buy the disk and install. Happy L'xing ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

[newbie] acrobat rpm

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
Hello folks Can anyone point out an url for adobe acrobat rpm which works with Mandrake Air without segmentation errors while changing pages? Rgds __ _ Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com

Re: [newbie] X-server crash

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
are using, that is most likely to be the culprit. __ _ Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f

Re: [newbie] installing an Intel i810 video card under Mandrake 7.0

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
quake, you'll also have to get the glx modules from utahglx. __ _ Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f

Re: [newbie] Booting Mandrake Linux 7.1 and Windows 2000

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Installao?

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
you want to download. But don't think KMAIL is capable of this. If your mail host follows the IMAP proto, it might help. __ _ Sthitaprajna | (at

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 Installao?

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
, with better drivers, the glx extensions and the new XFree4 __ _ Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f

RE: [newbie] No go on notebook

2000-06-29 Thread Sthitaprajna
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[newbie] Postfix configuration

2000-06-21 Thread Sthitaprajna
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than user@localhost. I had been using sendmail to do this with RedHat, but how do I make Postfix do the same? I am using Mandrake Air. URLs would be helpful as would be a little bit of elaborate help. -Thanks === Sthitaprajna

Re: [newbie] E-mail Clients

2000-06-14 Thread Sthitaprajna
you suggest me? Spruce, mahogany, CSCMail - all these under Gnome. Mutt - The best console based email client Gnus under XEmacs EXMH - The best mail client of all -Regards === Sthitaprajna @mailandnews.com

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-13 Thread Sthitaprajna
=== Sthitaprajna @mailandnews.com === Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something - Westley of "The Princess Bride"

Re: [newbie] About to give up.

2000-06-13 Thread Sthitaprajna
,kmail, netscape messenger, spruce...while you are setting up the perfect mail combination for yourself. === Sthitaprajna @mailandnews.com === Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling

Re: [newbie] No login after installing StarOffice!

2000-05-27 Thread Sthitaprajna
on. Just change that 5 to 3 and save the file. The next time you boot, u'll get the bash(or whatever u're using) shell. HTH Sthitaprajna @mailandnews.com

Re: [newbie] winmodem?

2000-05-27 Thread Sthitaprajna
can detect or configure the modem. If there's no response, it is a winmodem. A good internal modem supported byLinux is the HayesAccura. Sthitaprajna @mailandnews.com