Re: [newbie] don't unintialize XFS!

2001-03-09 Thread nlilly
Here are what the metioned services do; you decide if you need them: 1)IRDA = IR communication. Do you use an IR device? 2)XFS = The Xfont server. Normally required for X windows to run... 3)rawdevice = is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device.

Re: [newbie] Startup services, which are necessary?

2001-03-09 Thread nlilly
Here are what the metioned services do; you decide if you need them: IRDA = IR communication. Do you use an IR device? XFS = The Xfont server. Normally required for X windows to run... rawdevice = is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device. fetchmail = is a

Re: [newbie] Cable Modem

2001-02-06 Thread nlilly
The previous message was correct if you need a static IP address. There are problems with this however. If there are interruptions in your service occasionally (as is the case with North-east Ohio's RoadRunner service) you may come into conflict with another machine using the address you

Re: [newbie] Cd recorder works but-----

2001-02-04 Thread nlilly
is. listing the /dev directory should tell you. I have two drives with my burner as the second drive... lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 7 08:30 /dev/cdrom -> hdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 7 08:30 /dev/cdrom2 -> hdd ...//... brw--- 1 nlilly cdrom 22, 0 Sep 27 06:31 /dev/hdc brw--- 1 nlilly cd

[newbie] CD burning mystery...

2001-01-29 Thread nlilly
OK. So I've installed 7.2 on a machine that previously ran 7.1. It has installed an ide Mitsume 2/4x CD rom burner. After causing the the kernal to run the burner under scsi emulation, the cd burner now works! One issue, however. After burning the cd, and during the post-fixing stage of