[SLUG] Xandros - lack of success installing

2004-06-23 Thread SL
Dear SLUG I have had a spectacular lack of success with installing Xandros Open Circulation version 2.01 ( which I got from Lankum, Sydney...lest you think I stuffed up the download etc... ;-). My computer is a dual boot HP Brio BA 600 (I think), with a 14 G hard drive, with Windows 98 SE on

[SLUG] SUSE 9.1 Personal ISO Available For Free Download

2004-06-23 Thread Graham Smith
DistroWatch.com was the first to report that a complete, bootable, and installable ISO image of SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal has appeared on SUSE's ftp server and its mirrors. No public announcement on SUSE's website is available yet. This is the first time ever that SUSE makes an ISO for i386 of

Re: [SLUG] Xandros - lack of success installing

2004-06-23 Thread James Gregory
On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 23:00 -0800, SL wrote: So, I can't instal Xandros (supposedly dead easy), but I can instal Mandrake or Red Hat. I am able to instal Windows as well. I think Mt Gates would say there is an obvious answer to my problems ;-) I can only guess since I've never used

[SLUG] rprint source code

2004-06-23 Thread Wojciech Gacka
Hi! I just read that you might have a rprint (equinox terminal server) tar file?? (source code) We are connecting an equinox terminal server up to an x86 solaris platform, but unfortunately I've lost the source files, is there any chance that you could send us if you got'em??? Thanx /Wojtek --

[SLUG] grub.conf: rebuilding kernel blues

2004-06-23 Thread Jan Newmarch
Hi I used to use lilo quite happily, but now have to use grub since lilo is not in Fedora. There seems to be a lack of doco in changing up grub.conf - at least, I can't seem to get it right. So, in /usr/src/linux, I run make, copy bzImage to /boot, run make modules_install and then modify

Re: [SLUG] grub.conf: rebuilding kernel blues

2004-06-23 Thread Harald Richard Ashburner
Jan Newmarch said: Hi I used to use lilo quite happily, but now have to use grub since lilo is not in Fedora. There seems to be a lack of doco in changing up grub.conf - at least, I can't seem to get it right. So, in /usr/src/linux, I run make, copy bzImage to /boot, run make modules_install and

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2004-06-23 Thread James Gregory
forgot to CC the list. Forwarded Message From: James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jan Newmarch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] grub.conf: rebuilding kernel blues Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 01:43:42 +1000 On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 22:00 +1000, Jan Newmarch wrote: Hi I used to

Re: [SLUG] Xandros - lack of success installing

2004-06-23 Thread bill
Since you have previously installed Mandrake, I suggest that you boot with the Mandrake CD and select CUstom Install. As part of the install process you will then be able to use DiskDrake to partition your hard drive. Delete the existing Mandrake partitions then exit the install process. Then

Re: [SLUG] grub.conf: rebuilding kernel blues

2004-06-23 Thread kisa
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 01:25:00AM +1000, Harald Richard Ashburner wrote: Hi Jan, Rather than copying bzImage around the place how about make make modules_install make install or make help to see the full list of options, which from memory you can make an rpm package which you can then

Re: [SLUG] Xandros - lack of success installing

2004-06-23 Thread Kanwar Plaha
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Re: [SLUG] arch rm foo; cvs up foo equiv

2004-06-23 Thread Benno
On Thu Mar 18, 2004 at 13:32:50 +1100, Benno wrote: Sorry this is probably a dumb question, but what is the arch way of reverting a file back to its latest copy. In cvs I do: rm foo; cvs up foo Following up my own question... The answer is that tla can't do this. The easiest way I've found it

Re: [SLUG] arch rm foo; cvs up foo equiv

2004-06-23 Thread Benno
On Thu Jun 24, 2004 at 10:38:37 +1000, Gavin Carr wrote: On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:27:59AM +1000, Benno wrote: On Thu Mar 18, 2004 at 13:32:50 +1100, Benno wrote: Sorry this is probably a dumb question, but what is the arch way of reverting a file back to its latest copy. In cvs I do:

[SLUG] RedHat 9.0/Linux 2.4 broken mouse

2004-06-23 Thread woodgrove
I've managed to solve this (details of original problem below solution). When upgrading from RedHat 9.0 to Fedora Core 2, there is a change made to /etc/X11/XF86Config. I don't know whether it changed with Core 1 or 2, as I skipped Core 1. in the section Input Device there is a line, Option

[SLUG] Fedora Core 2 Blues Sound/Mouse

2004-06-23 Thread woodgrove
I have taken the latest steps suggested by James Gregory, as I will outline below (in case others experience similar difficulties) and they were unsuccessful. However, in the meantime I managed to suceed on my second front, so I won't be pursuing this further - see my posting RedHat 9.0/Linux

[SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Kevin Waterson
What systems are available these days for archival storage of info. Optical storage is not really archival. Kind regards Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/

Re: [SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Michael Lake
Kevin Waterson wrote: What systems are available these days for archival storage of info. Optical storage is not really archival. It depends on how far back you define archival. By my definition of archival there is no digital archival medium. Archival to me means being able to store information

Re: [SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Alexander Samad
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 01:29:57PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: Kevin Waterson wrote: What systems are available these days for archival storage of info. Optical storage is not really archival. It depends on how far back you define archival. By my definition of archival there is no digital

Re: [SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Terry Collins
Alexander Samad wrote: ..snip Basically looking back from the future our age will be an age that archivists may call The information dark age - not because we were un-enlightened but because the information never lasted. What about punch cards! Hmm, guess who has never had the job

Re: [SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Denis Crowdy
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:33:29PM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: What systems are available these days for archival storage of info. Optical storage is not really archival. foolishness Wax cylinders rock for audio - there are recordings from the Torres Strait in 1898 still around. /foolishness

RE: [SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Rowling, Jill
We (Aristocrat) have recently celebrated our 50th anniversary, and some items of interest were archived such as old engineering designs. The material that has lasted so far has included film drawings (onto polycarbonate film with black latex-based ink), and some paper drawings that were stored

Re: [SLUG] Archival storage

2004-06-23 Thread Alexander Samad
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 02:09:08PM +1000, Terry Collins wrote: Alexander Samad wrote: ..snip Basically looking back from the future our age will be an age that archivists may call The information dark age - not because we were un-enlightened but because the information never