Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-17 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 18:24, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Example to make a printable file of the tar manual: > > $ man tar | col -b > tar.txt > > > > Then take a look at tar.txt in an editor before printing and you'll see > > that its all formatted for you. > > > > HTH > > Sharrea > > That sounds bril

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 9:05 pm, you wrote: > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 9:59 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > > > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > > > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. > > > > Talking of whi

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-16 Thread Sharrea
On Friday 15 Nov 2002 9:59 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. > > Talking of which - I'm sure there is a way to get man files to print o

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 15 November 2002 03:59 am, you wrote: > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. > > Talking of which - I'm sure there is a way to get man files to print out

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 15 Nov 2002 10:08 am, you wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 19:59, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > > > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > > > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. > > > > Talking of which

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 19:59, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > > > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. > > Talking of which - I'm sure there is a way to get man files to print

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 15 Nov 2002 12:40 am, you wrote: > Typing hdparm will give you some params, doing a man hdparm will > definately fill you with info - sometimes too much info. Talking of which - I'm sure there is a way to get man files to print out, but I can't do it. Can you help me, please Anne W

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 12:05, Technoslick wrote: > Sounds good to me! More reading..like I can get any more in? > ;-) > > Thanks for the info! > > T :-) As was stated in George Orwell's 1984 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER -- Fri Nov 15 12:10:01 EST 2002 |_

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Technoslick
Sounds good to me! More reading..like I can get any more in? ;-) Thanks for the info! T :-) - Original Message - From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandr

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 11:04, Technoslick wrote: > Not bad...not badI dig it. > > I agree with you, especially on what I have seen. I never leave a Windows > system un-tweaked. With my Linux installs, I end up having to re-pick the > video card every time; as well as monitor and frequency, most

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Technoslick
Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 23:23, Technoslick wrote: > As for the hdparms setting you suggested, I am not as

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 23:23, Technoslick wrote: > As for the hdparms setting you suggested, I am not ashamed to admit that > without checking the man pages, I haven't a clue as to what they mean or why > you have imposed them over the deafult settings. I am still very new to the > very hands-on con

Re: [newbie] Now VERY OT - Mandrake 9 & ASUS A7N266-VM Motherboard

2002-11-14 Thread Technoslick
I am not sold on any one particular drive being a problem for Linux, which is why I was interested in hearing from Ricardo, however... The one drive manufacturer I use to have the most trouble with, in any O/S, was Conner. The way they set them up was to provide the O/S with set of parameters that