Andy Goth wrote:
Well, I'm no programmer, but it must not be terribly difficult as I have a
couple of programs that do similar things. But Partition Magic is still the
best, and comes with more than just the partition creator and resizer. I
have Partition Magic 4.0 which has a Windows
Richard Myers wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote:
Neat stuff, huh? This is Unix.
best wishes,
richard myers
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, darkknight wrote:
: ) Ever thought about teaching?
We, I taught an online college-level Intro to Unix course for several
years.
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
I was about to make that statement earlier, but I then thought it wasn't
tre since everything that has been said indicated that hard links point
to a single file and when all hard links die the file does as well (and
that kinda invalidated what I
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
I was about to make that statement earlier, but I then thought it wasn't
tre since everything that has been said indicated that hard links point
to a single file and when all hard links die the file does as
Congrats for this wonderful explanation of hard/symlinks.
Patrick
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, you wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
I was about to make that statement earlier, but I then thought it wasn't
tre since everything that has been
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote:
Neat stuff, huh? This is Unix.
best wishes,
richard myers
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, darkknight wrote:
: ) Ever thought about teaching?
We, I taught an online college-level Intro to Unix course for several
years. Gave it up because (1) the
I'm game for a few online "quickies"
Regards,
Joseph Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Company
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From: Richard Myers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Hmmm. Glad it helped. Maybe we should do some quickie Unix-command-line
intro lessons online. QUESTION: should it be on this list, or would it be
better to start a new, separate maillist? Or should we just try a few easy
lessons, and see how it goes, with the
I was about to make that statement earlier, but I then thought it wasn't
tre since everything that has been said indicated that hard links point
to a single file and when all hard links die the file does as well (and
that kinda invalidated what I thought). It's a good thing this isn't
I would be interested in short tutorials, geared to the time I take to
scan my incoming e-mail and mail lists. I am reading Teach Yourself
Unix in 24 Hours at the moment. The discussion on hard links was
esoteric for my present state of Linux, but I didn't know what a
CD-rom was a few years
Anything you can do to help us command-line idiots would be greatly appreciated!
Richard Myers wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Richard Myers wrote:
Neat stuff, huh? This is Unix.
best wishes,
richard myers
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, darkknight wrote:
: ) Ever thought about teaching?
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
Then what are hard links good for?
There are two applications which do something similar. Call them xyzzy and
plugh. xyzzy gives you a help menu, but plugh is for expert users who
don't need (and don't want) a menu.
I write a better application-- better
Sounds like bzip2. Except that bzip2 uses symlinks, instead. I believe
that "bunzip2" and "bzcat" are both _symlinks_ to "bzip2."
Although, I imagine that if you're paranoid about deleting files, you
might use hard links as a "backup." As was stated earlier, all regular
files are hard links
What if all the hard links are deleted but the original file remains?
Or will it just disappear?
Each file has at least one hard link. If you delete all the hard
links, you just deleted the file.
So, each file name is like a hard link to the data?
From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So, each file name is like a hard link to the data?
Yes, precisely.
So, each file name is like a hard link to the data?
Yes, precisely.
I was about to make that statement earlier, but I then thought it wasn't
tre since everything that has been said indicated that hard links point
to a single file and when all hard links die the file does as well (and
On 25-Jul-99 Andy Goth wrote:
FIPS, eh? Yeah, I read that it could resize partitions as well. Does
anyone have any success stories? Any reports of failures?
Fips basically performs one function: It takes a DOS partition, and splits
it
into two smaller partitions. It cannot resize
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From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah
Basically what Partition Magic does that fdisk doesn't, is resize
existing
partitions without requiring you to first destroy them
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Basically what Partition Magic does that fdisk doesn't, is resize existing
partitions without requiring you to first destroy them (and everything on them)
and recreate them. I guess that's convenient but -I- wouldn't pay $70 for it.
:)
So it's a
FIPS, eh? Yeah, I read that it could resize partitions as well. Does
anyone have any success stories? Any reports of failures?
Fips basically performs one function: It takes a DOS partition, and splits it
into two smaller partitions. It cannot resize Linux partitions, and it cannot
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
I've spent long sleepless nights before fixing the system.ini file after
moving programs from C:\Program Files to D:\Prog. Luckily, I had a
utility to rename most references that went to my CD-ROM drive after it
changed letters. In Linux, such a thing
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
Probably for the same reason DOS can only use 640kB RAM. I can
hear it now... "Nobody will ever have a drive larger than 2GB!"
Correction: Nobody will ever BE ABLE TO have a drive larger than 2GB!
That is, with DOS.
I like learning about the
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Probably for the same reason DOS can only use 640kB RAM. I can
hear it now... "Nobody will ever have a drive larger than 2GB!"
Correction: Nobody will ever BE ABLE TO have a drive larger than 2GB!
That is, with DOS.
I like learning about the internals
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
I broke my disk up in 3 partitions. 2 Gig or so for "/root", 64M for "swap", and
the balance (6Gig) for "/home". This allows me to reinstall (reformat :-0 ) the
/root and swap and not touch any home (user) files
What about /usr and all those other
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
Probably for the same reason DOS can only use 640kB RAM. I can
hear it now... "Nobody will ever have a drive larger than 2GB!"
I'm sure somebodys got that one on tape too ;)
Correction: Nobody will ever BE ABLE TO have a drive larger than 2GB!
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
I broke my disk up in 3 partitions. 2 Gig or so for "/root", 64M for "swap", and
the balance (6Gig) for "/home". This allows me to reinstall (reformat :-0 ) the
/root and swap and not touch any home (user) files
What about /usr and all those other
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Lloyd Osten wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
I've spent long sleepless nights before fixing the system.ini file after
moving programs from C:\Program Files to D:\Prog. Luckily, I had a
utility to rename most
Linux's answer to the FAT is: Trim it
:)
Are you just joking, or do you mean that the file allocation table (I
think it's called an I-Node table... correct me) grows as necessary?
You could use Partition Magic (the $70 is worth it if you can't find "other"
means of aquiring it). It comes with an additional program called Magic
Mover which can place a complete program and all of it's folder contents in
a new directory, even on another drive. And there will be no
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote:
You could use Partition Magic (the $70 is worth it if you can't find "other"
means of aquiring it). It comes with an additional program called Magic
Mover which can place a complete program and all of it's folder contents in
a new directory, even on
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote:
You could use Partition Magic (the $70 is worth it if you can't find "other"
means of acquiring it).
Search around the net for a copy of partition magic 3.0. It will work with
win98 and create you partitions. For linux
On 24-Jul-99 Andy Goth wrote:
Search around the net for a copy of partition magic 3.0. It will work with
win98 and create you partitions.
I don't have (or want) Windows 98.
What's wrong with (c)fdisk? What more do I need? Remember. I'm
reinstalling Windows, so I don't need to update
Some products are worth paying for, but sometimes I don't really need
them that badly. That PartitionMagic thing... I don't even know why I
need it. And then I don't see a point to use it more than once. If it
was free, then I would just download it. Since it isn't, ... you know.
I'll
Basically what Partition Magic does that fdisk doesn't, is resize existing
partitions without requiring you to first destroy them (and everything on
them)
and recreate them. I guess that's convenient but -I- wouldn't pay $70 for
it.
:)
It also does a good job of cleaning up after other
The 3.0 version is the one that I am familiar with. It works great. I
bought
mine for $15 with a $15 rebate. I also have calder'a 2.2 but I can't get
partition magic's bootloader to see my mandrake partitions.
3.0 was great, but didn't know from ext2
William Meyer
Basically what Partition Magic does that fdisk doesn't, is resize existing
partitions without requiring you to first destroy them (and everything on them)
and recreate them. I guess that's convenient but -I- wouldn't pay $70 for it.
:)
So it's a nondestructive partition resizer? That
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
I heard that I should have two Linux partitions. Can anyone give me
more information on this?
You need a bare minimum of two partitions for Linux. One will be your
root partition and the other partition will be your swap partition.
It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Andy Goth wrote:
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are trivially easy in Linux... Wonder why
Microsoft chose such a half-assed method of drive management...
Because they're
I heard that I should have two Linux partitions. Can anyone give me
more information on this?
Sure. You should have one partition for files, and another for swapping.
Of course, you can distribute your file system between several partitions-
I have /home on a separate partition so that when
Dan wrote:
Andy Goth wrote:
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are trivially easy in Linux... Wonder why Microsoft chose such
a half-assed method of drive management...
--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meddle not in
Andy Goth wrote:
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
I don't put things there, unless forced. It is a path embedded in so many
install tools, though, that you have to be vigilant when you install, and
some programs will give you no choice.
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Lloyd Osten wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Andy Goth wrote:
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are trivially easy in Linux... Wonder why
Microsoft chose
Lloyd Osten wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Lloyd Osten wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, you wrote:
Andy Goth wrote:
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are trivially easy in Linux...
I broke my disk up in 3 partitions. 2 Gig or so for "/root", 64M for "swap", and
the balance (6Gig) for "/home". This allows me to reinstall (reformat :-0 ) the
/root and swap and not touch any home (user) files
What about /usr and all those other directories I am forgetting?
So, what if
Installing Mandrake is pretty easy since it uses all those cool Red Hat
configurator programs. I'm sure Bill would like to discredit it by
saying, "But that's text mode! Windows has the edge since it uses
graphics." Edge? I really like text mode. Text mode graphics is fun
to do since it's
Probably for the same reason DOS can only use 640kB RAM. I can
hear it now... "Nobody will ever have a drive larger than 2GB!"
Correction: Nobody will ever BE ABLE TO have a drive larger than 2GB!
That is, with DOS.
I like learning about the internals of my computer. I try to learn all
I
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are trivially easy in Linux... Wonder why
Microsoft chose such a half-assed method of drive management...
Because they're Microsoft and want to make things as easy as
I heard that I should have two Linux partitions. Can anyone give me
more information on this?
You need a bare minimum of two partitions for Linux. One will be your
root partition and the other partition will be your swap partition.
It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you use a swap partition.
Then run Linux . . . ;)
Ty
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On 7/22/99, 8:39:38 PM, Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah:
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are trivially eas
- Original Message -
From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah
mind. If only I could map "\Program Files" to be on a different
partition...
Of course, such things are
Then run Linux . . . ;)
I am not the only user of the computer--I have to share it. My dad uses
Office on it, and everyone uses DOS games. Just so you know, X runs
very, very slowly, so don't bother suggesting using a X Window Office
workalike.
I read that Das Boot document, and I learned
I used to copy mine to E:\, then run a program called "Registry Search Replace"
and replace all instances of c:\program files with e:\program files. Reboot and then
delete c:\program files. Never a problem. If some poorly written program insisted on
c:\, I would let it install, then repeat
On 23-Jul-99 Andy Goth wrote:
I broke my disk up in 3 partitions. 2 Gig or so for "/root", 64M for
"swap", and the balance (6Gig) for "/home". This allows me to reinstall
(reformat :-0 ) the /root and swap and not touch any home (user) files
What about /usr and all those other
I understand - my g/f would kill me if I didn't let her have the 8gb
hd for WinNT. BTW, if you have a burner, I have 98 (don't use it) and
Office2k (nice).
Ty
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On 7/22/99, 10:35:09 PM, Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
Re: [newbie] Oh, yeah:
Then run Linux
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