[SLUG] vfat partition mounted wrongly reported as file system full

2002-02-16 Thread Christopher Booth
I have a Dos fat16 partition mounted automatically at bootup /dev/hda6 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,rw 0 0 I use this drive as a storage drive as the machine is dual boot Windows NT 4 (NTFS), and Mandrake 8.1 (EXT3) because fat is read-writeable from both OSes. I have

[SLUG] C library implemting FTP?

2002-02-16 Thread Michael Still
Hey all, I am after a library that implements FTP in a manner which makes it accessible to C code. Specifically, it would be very cool if I could connect to an FTP server (providing user name and password), and download files and get directory listings. Support for caches would be good too. A

[SLUG] 1 million emails for sale - £5

2002-02-16 Thread UK Emails 4 Sale
Bulk email list for sale: 1 million emails in total, including 200,000 UK. Emails have been validated, removing the bad ones. List comes on a CD in two files in comma separated value format, one file contains 200,000 UK addresses, and the other contains 1 million of the world + uk. The CD is

Re: [SLUG] *NEWS!!!* Only slightly off topic! RMS comes to Aus!!!

2002-02-16 Thread Kevin Waterson
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 23:01:04 +1100 James Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Expressions of interest please, only firm 'yes I will turn up responses' are wanted at this stage so I can give rms the numbers of firm responses. Yes I will turn up, keep me in the loop. Kevin Waterson -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] vfat partition mounted wrongly reported as file system full

2002-02-16 Thread Steve Kowalik
At 8:23 pm, Saturday, February 16 2002, Christopher Booth mumbled: I am wondering if there is a maximum amount of files that the file system driver can read on fat16 drives ? That I'm not sure about. I'm not sure how to do file count on the drive to see how many files I have. How do you do

Re: [SLUG] Hewlett Packard Printer

2002-02-16 Thread Paul Copeland
Hi Bob, I recently installed SuSE 7.3 on my computer, which also has an HP LaserJet 1100 printer connected to it. Printer is supported and works well, except if the printers internal memory is below 4MB (I think) then you can only print at 300 dpi. Hope this helps Regards Paul On Sat, 16

[SLUG] Nomination for President.

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Hardy
I would like to nominate Jeff Waugh, for the position of SLUG President. -- Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] And it came to pass that in that time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: 'Psst!' -- (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group

[SLUG] Newbie Needs Help!

2002-02-16 Thread Michael Jordan
To all those who have enough patience to deal with a newbie and are familiar with Redhat Linux 7.1: I want to install KDE 2.2 which I have from a CDROM. I understand that the best option to do so is by using the command line. Now, the KDE directory contains 32 individual rpm files. Does that mean

[SLUG] (no subject)

2002-02-16 Thread Michael Jordan
I know this is a bit out of topic, but I am a bit desperate! Can anyone recommend a place that offers cheap/reasonably priced hardware? In particular I am in dire need for a hard disk, cd burner and a stick of memory. Cheers, -Azan #9-MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your

Re: [SLUG] Installing many RPMS (was Newbie Needs Help!)

2002-02-16 Thread Michael Still
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Michael Jordan wrote: I want to install KDE 2.2 which I have from a CDROM. I understand that the best option to do so is by using the command line. Now, the KDE directory contains 32 individual rpm files. Does that mean I have to repeat the command line syntax 32 times?

Re: [SLUG] C library implemting FTP?

2002-02-16 Thread Michael Still
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Michael Still wrote: I am after a library that implements FTP in a manner which makes it accessible to C code. Specifically, it would be very cool if I could connect to an FTP server (providing user name and password), and download files and get directory listings.

[SLUG] Nomination for Secretary

2002-02-16 Thread Jan Schmidt
I would like to nominate Peter Hardy for the position of SLUG Secretary. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to

Re: [SLUG] VP Nomination

2002-02-16 Thread Crossfire
Anthony Rumble was once rumoured to have said: On 15 Feb 2002, Tony Green wrote: I'd like to nominate Chris 'XFire' Collins for the position of VP I will second this nomination. Thanks, I will accept this nomination and run for the position of Vice President. C. --

Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] *NEWS!!!* Only slightly off topic! RMS comesto Aus!!!

2002-02-16 Thread Ken Foskey
On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 21:25, Kevin Waterson wrote: On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 23:01:04 +1100 James Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Expressions of interest please, only firm 'yes I will turn up responses' are wanted at this stage so I can give rms the numbers of firm responses. Yes I

[SLUG] Patrick Mougin for treasurer

2002-02-16 Thread Ken Foskey
I wish to nominate Patrick for Treasurer. KenF -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Nomination for President.

2002-02-16 Thread David Kempe
I would like to nominate Jeff Waugh, for the position of SLUG President. -- Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll second that. dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Nomination for Secretary - Peter Hardy

2002-02-16 Thread Matt Hope
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : I would like to nominate Peter Hardy for the position of SLUG Secretary. Seconded. msg20305/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [SLUG] Patrick Mougin for treasurer

2002-02-16 Thread Steve Kowalik
At 3:43 pm, Sunday, February 17 2002, Ken Foskey mumbled: I wish to nominate Patrick for Treasurer. Seconded. -- Steve mathieu99 sid seems much harder to setup than stable! Vakor mathieu99: that's why stable is called stable, and sid isn't.

Re: [SLUG] GoBack Wards

2002-02-16 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 17:09, OhSo Spunky wrote: any ideas on recovering, without killing Windows (the missus will kill me) Can you boot off you Debian installation CD, press [F3] for help and follow the rescue instructions. This should (depending on what has really happened) put you into a