Re: Restoring win95 boot manager

1998-05-22 Thread ptleung
> I was wondering if it is possible to restore the Win95 boot manager, but = > still retain the Linux system and the ability to boot into the Linux = > system? What would be ideal for me is if I could have Win95 boot as = > default (not thru LILO) and have linux boot from a floppy disk. Just fdi

simple question on ftp

1998-05-17 Thread ptleung
Dear all, Could anybody tell me how to ftp a directory containing subdirectories, files , etc? If it needs tar first, how can I tar a directory as above? Thanks. yours, cwlai -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ

xdvi can't see postcript files

1998-05-14 Thread ptleung
Hi all, I need to use latex. But my xdvi can't see the postcript files I include in the latex files. Does anybody know how to do that? I have installed latex, xdvi, ghostview during installation of REDHAT5.0 and have not changed any setting. Thanks. yours, cwlai -- PLEASE r

searching the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES

1998-04-23 Thread ptleung
Hi. Something come across my mind. Every time when I have a question, I would like to search the mailing list archives in order not to disturb all of you. However, the list is too large. I wonder if there is any searching method like "/" and "//" in elm. Could any body tell me how to

searching the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES

1998-04-23 Thread ptleung
Hi. Something come across my mind. Every time when I have a question, I would try to search the mailing list archives in order not to disturb all of you. However, the list is too large for me. I wonder if there is any method to search a particular topic like the "/" and "//" searching comma

FIPS

1998-04-22 Thread ptleung
Hi, all. I have a friend who also want to install Linux. She want to use FIPS to resize her current dos partition. However, the readme file of FIPS said that it don't work on window 95 OSR2, which is the OS of her current partition. My question is: is it true? If so, is there any non-commer

Re: reinstallation of windows

1998-04-09 Thread ptleung
> to make a boot disk... > (as root) > 1. put floppy in drive > 2. find which kernel image your using (vmlinuz, zImage, bzImage, etc...) > 3. copy image to floppy (do not mount the floppy) > > dd if=/boot/zImage of=/dev/fd0 > > if stands for infile, of stands for outfile > zImage is what my curr

Re: reinstallation of windows

1998-04-09 Thread ptleung
Hi. Could any one explain a little more on how to write my earlier MBR to the bootsector? If it needs parameter specific to my system, how do I know that? Thanks cwlai > > > Yes you'r right windows will overwrite your MBR, but just install > Windows, boot linux from a floppy and run lilo witc

reinstallation of windows

1998-04-08 Thread ptleung
Hi. Due to a disaster, my window95 cannot run properly. Some error message MSGSRV32 caused a general protection fault in module CSPMAN.DLL at 0001:13a1. Registers: EAX=0003 CS=2177 EIP=13a1 EFLGS=0246 EBX=17770003 SS=0e7f ESP=2bb6 EBP=803d2bca ECX=0e7f DS=216

System halt, please HELP!

1998-03-27 Thread ptleung
I have recently installed redhat 5.0. When I logged in as a user, my computer is accidently power off. When I turned on the computer again, the Linux no longer work. The message on the screen is /dev/hda4 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. and the system halt. As a newbie to L

Re: adduser

1998-03-26 Thread ptleung
> Pardon me; I'm relatively new to the Linux discussion world, but have been in > Unix since about 1980; taught internals at BTL ca 1982-4. So, I may not reflect > the general Linux community; but I do like to believe I still know something > about SW development. > > I would suggest that you lo

Re: Not enough free space

1998-03-19 Thread ptleung
> >After issue the p command, the following appears: > > > >Disk /tmp/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders > >Units=cylinders of 4032*512 bytes > > > >Device Boot BootBegin Start End Blocks Id System > >/tmp/hda1 * 1 1 6751038208+ 6 DOS 16-bit

Re: Not enough free space

1998-03-19 Thread ptleung
> >On the other hand, if I use fdisk, > >When I try to edit /dev/hda -Model ST32122A > >and issue the command: > >n > >It just responds with: > >No free sectors available. > > > >What should I do? > >cwlai. > > Do the fdisk command (forget Disk Druid), then issue the p command to > print out the

Re: Not enough free space

1998-03-19 Thread ptleung
> > Current Drive Partition > > > > Mount Point Device Requested Actual > > hda11013M 1013MDos 16-bit>=32 > >/hda3 61M 61MLinux native > > hda4 31M

Re: Not enough free space

1998-03-19 Thread ptleung
> >When I install redhat5.0 and partitioned with Disk Druid's, a message Not enough >free space appears. A similar message appears when I type "n" during using > >fdisk. But actually I have free space in my hard disk. (There is no extended type >choice in Disk Druid's case). (My hard disk h

Re: rm help please

1998-03-19 Thread ptleung
A foolish suggestion: If you have pico, you can type the followings: pico [Enter] ^R [Enter] ^T [Enter] (Select any file you want to delete) D[Enter] It requires many steps, but it works anyway :-) Anyother foolish suggestion: Create any files start with "+" by any me

Not enough free space

1998-03-19 Thread ptleung
Hi. Can anyone tell me why and how to do with the following situation? When I install redhat5.0 and partitioned with Disk Druid's, a message Not enough free space appears. A similar message appears when I type "n" during using fdisk. But actually I have free space in my hard disk. (There is

what files should I get?

1998-03-18 Thread ptleung
Hello, I am a new subscriber to this rehat-list and I want to install RedHat 5.0 by anonymous ftp to get what I want. I have a Petium 200 MMX, so I connect to ftp://sunsite.ust.hk/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/current/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ I have read many HOWTOs and FAQ but still do not know