Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-18 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
Steve, I just learned something new and in my opinion quite excelent about the fsck forced check when it runs and finds problems. Last night while doing my email thing, I experienced a power failure. When the power did not come back on, I went to bed. Today, I got up and went to work, then just

Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-17 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
If you are using the 6.0 version of Linux-Mandrake off the CD, you will want to go to one of the ftp mirrors listed on the Mandrake site, and in the download folder, get the kernel version 2.2.9-27mdk RPM file. Use either the rpm command or the graphical RPM icon on the KDE desktop to install the

RE: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-16 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On 16-Oct-99 PSM 0x2710] wrote: Another question for any interested parties. At boot i get the following message: /dev/hda5 has reached maximum mount count, check forced. . . could someone tell me what that's in reference to and how i might go about fixing that? Thanks all! That's

Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-16 Thread Jesse Scott
Nothing to fix really, simply means that you have reached the maximum number of times Linux will mount your hard drives without checking them for errors. Normally it only checks for errors if it was not properly unmounted before the last reboot, so if you always properly shutdown your hard drive

Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Seth and friends: Whenever you exit Linux improperly (su - to shutdown -h now), Linux will run the fsck on your hard drives to check and fix and file system errors. It does this magnificently, by the way. It's like the ScanDisk in Windows, only (I am told by experts) much better and more

Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-16 Thread Alan_N
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Seth and friends: Whenever you exit Linux improperly (su - to shutdown -h now), Linux will run the fsck on your hard drives to check and fix and file system errors. It does this magnificently, by the way. It's like the ScanDisk in Windows, only (I am told by

Re: [newbie] Thanks for insights and one more question

1999-10-16 Thread Steve Winston
that maximum mount count message is, I believe, Linux automatically defragging the partition. It occurs regularly especially if you are in a big hurry to booted up. --- "PSM 0x2710]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Firstly thanks to everyone who offered insight as to the Office Suite question.