On Saturday 21 Jun 2003 4:04 am, Erylon Hines wrote:
I don't disagree with that, and I certainly expect my $300 scsi to
last longer than a $30 Maxtor. But, it doesn't always happen that
way. The only safe thing to do is back up your data regularly, and
keep a couple of extra drives on hand.
On Thursday 19 June 2003 13:15, you wrote:
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:23 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:03 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on
On Thursday 19 June 2003 11:49, you wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:45:04 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Go here and configure all your sources:
http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php
2. then as root, urpmi [packagename]
make sure you add texstar, that's where the msfont
On Thursday 19 June 2003 08:03, you wrote:
If you install packages built for the release you are using you will not
get these dependency issues. If however you try to install packages built
for other distros, or try using Mandrake 'Cooker' packages you will run
into all sorts of problems.
Come on people. ALL drives fail, and I don't care what brand you have. When
I was an admin a couple of years ago we had a stack of failed Seagates 2 ft
high. I have 8 boxes here, and have lost 1 drive in the past 2 years (a WD).
I have Quantum, Seagate (factory rebuilt scsi full-height 9
On Friday 20 June 2003 08:58 am, Isaac Curtis wrote:
8.0. I'd love to be using one of the newer less clumsy versions but have
no $. I'd download a newer version (have a nice fast cable connection) but
I can't download anything at all because even simple things like gaim won't
install on my
On Friday 20 Jun 2003 5:10 pm, Isaac Curtis wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2003 13:15, you wrote:
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:23 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:03 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 20 June 2003 01:57 pm, Erylon Hines wrote:
Come on people. ALL drives fail, and I don't care what brand you have.
When I was an admin a couple of years ago we had a stack of failed Seagates
2 ft high. I have 8 boxes here, and have lost 1 drive in the past 2 years
(a WD). I have
I don't disagree with that, and I certainly expect my $300 scsi to last longer
than a $30 Maxtor. But, it doesn't always happen that way. The only safe
thing to do is back up your data regularly, and keep a couple of extra drives
on hand.
e.
On Friday 20 June 2003 06:17 pm, Carroll Grigsby
Isaac Curtis wrote:
Hey all:
I'm back on Mandrake after a one year hiatus (had no computer at all for that
time). I feel like I'm back at square one and running into the same problems
I did several years ago and I don't remember exactly how to deal with them
all. At the top of the list
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:03:19 +0100
Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for fonts it is really quite easy now with Mandrake 9.1
Just set up the urpmi sources as I described. Ignore the Mandrake Fonts GUI
you no longer need it, and just type in a root terminal
urpmi msfonts
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 3:38 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:03:19 +0100
Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for fonts it is really quite easy now with Mandrake 9.1
Just set up the urpmi sources as I described. Ignore the Mandrake Fonts
GUI you no longer need it,
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:38:20 -0500
Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I'm struggling with fonts here this morning and tried the above
command - what returned was no package named msfonts Did I do
something wrong or is this specific to 9.1? I'm using 9.0
1. Go here and configure
Hi Derek,
I'm struggling with fonts here this morning and tried the above command -
what returned was no package named msfonts Did I do something wrong or is
this specific to 9.1? I'm using 9.0 Thanks
Curt
That package is in Texstar and Tex does not keep a 9.0 source anymore.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:31:32 -0500
Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I just discovered the easyurpmi site and set up sources a couple days
ago.
I have 9.1 here, just waiting on Maxtor to get my replacement disk to
me.
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:45:04 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Go here and configure all your sources:
http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php
2. then as root, urpmi [packagename]
make sure you add texstar, that's where the msfont and msfont-style rpm
come from.
Been there did
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:49:55 -0500
Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Been there did that... but I didn't see texstar listed for 9.0
heh, I been having some problems with my e-mails taking a long time to
get to the list, not sure why, I think my ISP doesn't like the fact
that they
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this list...
I've noticed that too..think I've seen it on other lists also.
Cust serv said This drive's proven to be very solid... right, this will be my third
since December
On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:03 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this list...
I've noticed that too..think I've seen it on other lists also.
Cust serv said This drive's proven
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:23:16 -0400
Crak600 - Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:03 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this list...
I've noticed
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:23 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote:
On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:03 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this
list...
I've noticed that too..think
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:13:10 +0100
Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 4:35 pm, JoeHill wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:31:32 -0500
So play safe, as I did. Install 9.1 alongside 9.0. If it goes badly
wrong you can still use your old install. If it doesn't you can
Tom Brinkman wrote:
As far as WD drives go, they shouldn't be a problem unless used
with certain other brand drives on the same IDE channel with Linux.
They only do proper CRC checking usin Windoze software aid. Under
the Linux kernel, they can corrupt the other drive and themselves.
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:31:40 +0100
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I sometimes wonder whether much of the problem people have with hard
drives is to do with mixing the makes on the same ide - line
Same with partitioning tools , keep to the same one for all
partitioning.
could
I sometimes wonder whether much of the problem people have with hard
drives is to do with mixing the makes on the same ide - line
Same with partitioning tools , keep to the same one for all partitioning.
John
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John Richard Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well,
I have windoh's on a WD as
At 11:03 AM 6/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:15 -0400
JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this worries me, I here a lot of Maxtor's failing on this list...
I've noticed that too..think I've seen it on other lists also.
Cust serv said This drive's proven to be very solid...
well i bought a WD For windows ONLY... My maxtor does linux duty.
My g'f has a maxtor. No problems with either. But they bought
out another company repackaged them as maxtors on the box...
maybe thats the problem? That was less than ayear ago I
bought mine 2 years ago...
Yeah, they
Hey all:
I'm back on Mandrake after a one year hiatus (had no computer at all for that
time). I feel like I'm back at square one and running into the same problems
I did several years ago and I don't remember exactly how to deal with them
all. At the top of the list right now are fonts and
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