Re: Linux on DECpc 433 revisited

1998-04-13 Thread John Higginbotham
CSI ID 6). Hmmm... Would I specify this as a boot option? _____ - john higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - webmeister - - http://www.pntprinting.com - work - - http://limbo.netpath.net - experimental (renovating) - -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST

Linux on DECpc 433 revisited

1998-04-13 Thread John Higginbotham
e case here, is it? _____ - john higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - webmeister - - http://www.pntprinting.com - work - - http://limbo.netpath.net - experimental (renovating) - -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips,

Linux on DecPc 433 Workstation

1998-04-12 Thread John Higginbotham
r I should be aware of? I'm mainly looking for anyone that has installed linux on this box or is currently running linux on it. E-mail me privately for any tips that'll help me along in this adventure. :) _____ + John Higginbotham

Grepping shell script

1998-04-09 Thread John Higginbotham
to check the results. I'm sure it is something really simple I am missing, but what? Or maybe even an easier way to do it perhaps??? _____ - john higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - webmeister - - http://www.pntprinting.com - work

RE: Grepping shell script

1998-04-09 Thread John Higginbotham
A local friend found the problem. Here is the complete working command line: date +'%b %_d'>file.txt (no double-quotes needed; grep takes content as literal ls -laR /home/higginbo | grep -f file.txt | mail higginbo If I had run grep in verbose mode, I would know that it was actually searching f

RE: Grepping shell script

1998-04-09 Thread John Higginbotham
odifying this basic script to handle other operations as well. I wonder if I can do a nested grep command like that, and what it would be useful for... I haven't had this much fun since I had to configure a DOS batch file to handle Binkleyterm and Simplex! :) __

Sendmail going commercial?

1998-03-18 Thread John Higginbotham
Anyone hear (from a good source) if Sendmail is going commercial? A local Microsoft Zealot pushed this little tidbit in my face: For those of you that are familiar with the most widely used message transfer agent on the Internet, Sendmail, they announced today they are going to start charging fo

Re: EMacs?

1998-03-16 Thread John Higginbotham
everyone else for their editor suggestions. They will keep me busy for a while. ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://limbo.netpath.net - - Torvaldanite

Re: EMacs?

1998-03-16 Thread John Higginbotham
habits die hard I guess. If I had to, I could learn vi or emacs, but I want to stick with something that I am familiar with. Any suggestions? ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://l

Re: Fwd: a good email reader?

1998-03-13 Thread John Higginbotham
At 06:34 PM 3/13/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good emailer reader >that has good filtering? No, and I've tried netscape and it doesn't seem >that good. I mean something like Eudora on windows. I would walk on broken glass for Linux ver of Eudora.

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread John Higginbotham
the software, though. I think I know where I screwed up: Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for Linux. I just got a little confoosed. ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://limbo

Re: Gimp (was Re: A little humor to break the monotony)

1998-03-12 Thread John Higginbotham
At 10:36 AM 3/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >If they'd only port quark & photoshop to linux, my live would be way easier. Photoshop is available for linux, isn't it? ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://ww

Re: STOP THIS CRAP!!!!!!

1998-03-12 Thread John Higginbotham
good laugh, and that would be it. The message, though humorous, was right on the edge of ontopicity, so I don't feel wrong for posting it, only feel bad that it snowballed. Once again, my apologies to everyone. (A reply to this message is neither needed nor expected) __

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread John Higginbotham
At 01:47 PM 3/11/98 -0800, you wrote: >Actually I'd go further than that, at least as refers to Windows. The >reason people like windows is the applications that it will run, not the OS, >nor the user interface shell. I think that says it all right there. I am involved in a virtual flame war wi

A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-11 Thread John Higginbotham
the meanest Dobermans and Rottweilers in the world > and the biggest meanest Siberian wolves." > > "That's nothing", Bill Gates replied. "We had our best plastic > surgeons working for five years to make an alligator look like a > Dachshund." > __

Re: httpd: Could not bind to port 80

1998-03-10 Thread John Higginbotham
and I assume this is what is calling it, but I could be wrong. Have you installed any other server software that may inadvertantly be sharing port 80 with apache? ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - -

RE: "mem" command does not work

1998-03-10 Thread John Higginbotham
es running/sleeping, how many users logged on, etc. ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://limbo.netpath.net - - Follower of Torvalds - -- PLEASE read th

Re: Installing Linux w/no CDROM?

1998-03-09 Thread John Higginbotham
the directory >structure in intact) and installed from there. ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://limbo.netpath.net - - Follower of Torvalds - -- PL

EZFlyer Install help wanted

1998-03-09 Thread John Higginbotham
Anyone want to give me a complete walkthrough on setting up my Syquest EZFlyer parallel port drive under linux? - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://limbo.netpath.net

Re: FAT32

1998-03-07 Thread John Higginbotham
At 07:34 AM 3/7/98 -0700, you wrote: >School me oh guru, why then would you need it if the core portion of Win95 >is 16, yes 16, and NOT 32 bit? You would need the fat32 patch if you ran Win95b (OSR2+) and had fat32 partitions, if you only had vfat (16-bit) partitions, you'd just use the vfat opt

Re: FAT32

1998-03-07 Thread John Higginbotham
At 10:14 PM 3/6/98 -0700, you wrote: >Thats' odd, I mount Win95 with: 'mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dosc/' That's vfat, not fat32. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To u

Re: mounting read only floppy

1998-03-06 Thread John Higginbotham
p: Mount it as read only set by mount or in fstab, and leave the thingy on the floppy off read only. That should work, right? ____ - John Higginbotham - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Webmaster - http://www.pntprinting.com - - Designer - http://limbo.netpath.net

RH default mount for DOS drives

1998-03-06 Thread John Higginbotham
Observation: I'd like to see an option in Redhat install so that when it asks you to mount any other volumes, like DOS volumes, it'll autodetect the file system to use vfat instead of DOS if it finds Win95 on said partition. ____ - John Hi

Re: plug n' play modem (hate these damnt things)

1998-03-06 Thread John Higginbotham
At 11:01 PM 3/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > >I am trying get my Dimond Supra 33.6 PnP modem to work under RH5. I >followed a couple of peoples suggestions and tried doing the following: I've seen prices on new 33.6 internal ISA modems like around $29-$29. I'd dump the Diamond and get one tha

Trident Providia 9685 Success

1998-03-05 Thread John Higginbotham
to yourself. I don't shop for the best, I shop for the cheapest!) :) - John Higginbotham - limbo.netpath.net -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: ma