Re: Specific Installing Debian GNU/Linux question

2002-03-20 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "John Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 3:24 AM Subject: Specific Installing Debian GNU/Linux question > Hello everyone > > I have a specific question for installing Debian GNU/Linux. > > What is the swap partition and is it necces

Re: spammers are killing me

2002-03-19 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "martin f krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian users" Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: spammers are killing me it's either too late in the night or here's something going on. IP=3D195.226.187.154, postfix 1.1.3-1 on debian woody, port 25, mailh

Re: unsubscribe accts@tlmbangladesh.org

2002-03-17 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 9:16 PM Subject: Re: unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] - On 18/03/02 Paul Chowdhury did speaketh: > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: The future of Debian install??

2002-03-08 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Oki DZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Michael Marziani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:55 PM Subject: Re: The future of Debian install?? > Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote: > > Well, I don

Re: Hi

2002-03-07 Thread Bruce Burhans
I'm a newbie and can't take any credit for Debian, but I sure can agree with you and thank you for recognizing the efforts and genius of the Debian Developers and Maintainers &c..and don't forget Linus and GNU .. Bruce<+> - Original Message - From: "Clayton Hedge

Re: ÕâÊÇÒ»·â¹ã¸æÐÅ£¡Èç¸øÄú´ø²»±ã£¬Çëɾ³ý£¡

2002-03-06 Thread Bruce Burhans
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Re: Retry.. no more crybaby bs

2002-03-01 Thread Bruce Burhans
Go for it! And don't feel bad. I've been staring at the CDs for a month, and have yet to muster the courage to even try. I'll be following your adventure and plan to learn a great deal from it, so thanks for hanging in there.. This is how we learn, is it not? Bruce<+> -

Re: (OT) chicago

2002-02-26 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: Re: (OT) chicago > > Thanks to all who provided some info regarding Chicago and Elgin. > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 01:19:26PM +0200, Juhan Kundla wrote: > | Greeting

"Resrve" Boot Argument

2002-02-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
I'll be using an external modem with Debian, but there's a Winmodem on ttyS0. In order to prevent any problems, it seems like a wise idea to put the Linux modem on ttyS1 and to block the driver from probing ttyS0 with the Reserve bootprompt argument-

Re: That antivirus spam...

2002-02-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
Makes for a dramatic entrance! Welcome, Jim Bruce<+> - Original Message - From: "James McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-isp" ; Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 12:55 AM Subject: Re: That antivirus spam... *cough* Excuse me, my antivirus software went mental. I'm alw

Re: Blank Messages To Mailing List With Attachments Containing Message

2002-02-20 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Alex Malinovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Blank Messages To Mailing List With Attachments Containing Message > > > On 20 Feb 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > > People don't put up with Outlook Express...they

Re: OT: Web Standards

2002-02-20 Thread Bruce Burhans
I find more than half the web sites out their to be ugly, offensive, and often nearly unreadable, and am very much looking forward to using w3m. Bruce<+> P.S. Wanna have some fun? Take a cookie in, open it on an editor, make a few changes, put it back in the right file, then continue on t

Re: Massive abuse from various Yahoo Groups to Debian Lists

2002-02-15 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Mark Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ; Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:35 AM Subject: Massive abuse from various Yahoo Groups to Debian Lists Shall we turn the tables on them? What if everyone were to join 10 groups and send e

Ben's MS Rant

2002-02-13 Thread Bruce Burhans
I think you're being unfair, Ben. It adds spice to one's life having to go to bed wondering whether that file you spent 4 hours on will still be there the next time you boot up Bruce<+>

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- From: "Chris Jenks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > At 03:05 PM 2/10/02, Bruce Burhans wrote: > > > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume that "max security" > > > means that cook

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Scott Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 14:48, Ron Johnson wrote: > > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume that "max security" > > means that c

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:45:48 -0800 > " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [big snip] > >

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Cc: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 2:51 PM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > Hi Bruce, > > Leaving 10

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Burhans
Thanks to Caleb and Noah for their advice, which I have saved along with Bens. To repeat: I'm a-ok with using a floppy to boot Debian until I become skilled enough with it to be able to dump XP.This won't take long. I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear, but the heart of my question is

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Burhans
Ben- Thank you very much. But my posting makes very clear that the dual-boot arrangement is only temporary, and that I'll be dumping XP I've read tons of material on dual-boot arrangements, but only for the purpose of hanging onto XP until I've got my basic Linux chops d

XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Burhans
I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that. So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free space. Then I use -m and -n commands to create a Linux-only maximized (extended) partition from the free sp

Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³»

2002-02-08 Thread Bruce Burhans
l XP think? And thanks for straightening me out there Gratefully Yours, Bruce<+> - Original Message - From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³» > On Thu, Feb 07,

Re:2.4.17 ?

2002-02-08 Thread Bruce Burhans
Msny thanks dman. (and to Deva too) Sure glad there was a phonebooth handy. The new kb sounds like a good idea, but that would be a _serial_ kb, no? And the only serial port I have on my Gateway 300S PRB is the one the phoneline plugs into, where I'll be attaching my new external, controller-ba

2.4.17 ?

2002-02-07 Thread Bruce Burhans
Okay. I have 2.2r5 coming but have a USB keyboard too. So where can I find the 2.4.17 Kernel? Searched ftp://ftp.debian.org and ftp://ftp.us.debian.org from top to bottom. Can I just substitute the new Kernel for the old one during installation? If my experience follows Ray's, I won't have

Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³»

2002-02-07 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³» > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 07:09:44PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote: > | From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: unsubscribe

2002-02-04 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Paul 'Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "zot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:20 PM Subject: Re: unsubscribe > On 4 Feb 2002, zot wrote: > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject o

Re: USB Keyboard

2002-02-04 Thread Bruce Burhans
Submitted 03-Feb-02 by Bruce Burhans: > > Will my USB keyboard cause problems when I install 2.2r5? > I just ordered the CDs from TechBroker! ! ! ! ! > Now, I just need to order some courage... It shouldn't, I installed 2.2r4 on a Compaq Presario 5000 with a

USB keyboard

2002-02-04 Thread Bruce Burhans
Will my USB keyboard cause problems when I install 2.2r5? I just ordered the CDs from TechBroker! ! ! ! ! Now, I just need to order some courage... Bruce<+>

Re: The New World Order is Here !

2002-02-03 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "CaT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: Re: The New World Order is Here ! > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 10:08:29PM -0800, ben wrote: > > > [1] -- Nothing personal; this is an issue that have i

Ben Inspires Newbie

2002-02-03 Thread Bruce Burhans
gt; On Saturday 02 February 2002 08:22 pm, Bruce Burhans [a newbie] wrote: > > Ben. Thanks. I've seriously looked into the dual-boot approach and > > concluded that I'm very likely to end up with two non-working OSs. If I > > had more experience or a pro like you fo

Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³»

2002-02-02 Thread Bruce Burhans
ect: Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³» > On Saturday 02 February 2002 07:09 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote: > [snip] > > I'm working on it Dman. Have read 2 Debian Install Manuals, 3X each, > > dselect, cfdsk, bootprompt HOWTO, > > basic book on Unix, modem HOWTO, Josh's

The New World Order is Here !

2002-02-02 Thread Bruce Burhans
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Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³»

2002-02-02 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³» > On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 03:17:37PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote: > | > | From: "Carl Johnson" <[EMAI

Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³»

2002-02-02 Thread Bruce Burhans
From: "Carl Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: Re: [±¤°í] CD¹øÈ£ºÎ2002 Àü±¹ÆÇ ¾È³» Date: Saturday, February 02, 2002 2:31 PM terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what are these chinese/japanese/exotic/* advertisement emails that we get > regularly on the list(?)...lol I don't know eithe

Source

2002-02-01 Thread Bruce Burhans
Is Kernel 2.4.1.7 (or is it 2.4.17 ?) the one that comes with 2.2r5? I searched from top to bottom and couldn't find this info. Don't want to buy source for wrong kernel. Thanks, Bruce<+>

Re: Windows vs. Linux

2002-02-01 Thread Bruce Burhans
Erik wrote, on 2/1/02: Bruce Burhans wrote: > > Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was, > and I presumed to answer: > > Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and > Linux grew out of the work of people > concerned wi

Re: Windows vs. Linux

2002-02-01 Thread Bruce Burhans
Adam Majer responed, on the below date: On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:49:32PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote: > Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was, > and I presumed to answer: > > Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and >

Windows vs. Linux

2002-01-31 Thread Bruce Burhans
Someone asked me what the difference between Windows and Linux was, and I presumed to answer: Windows grew out of the work of self-involved gameplayers, and Linux grew out of the work of people concerned with using the computer to make the world a better place. That's my impression,

Re: help

2002-01-31 Thread Bruce Burhans
Jason wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 06:33:30PM -0500, Kelly Kwasniuk scribbled... If you'd like assistance with your problem send an email, not a web page. :) __ I'm pretty sure that was a disguised commercial Bruce<+>

VIRUS WARNING

2002-01-31 Thread Bruce Burhans
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: sWdesktopdesktopsampledesktopdesktopdesktopdesktopsampledesktopsamplesam plesamplesamplesamplesampledesktopsampledesktop Date: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:00 PM this one, with attachment VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS Bruce<+>

VIRUS WARNING

2002-01-31 Thread Bruce Burhans
My Norton Anti-Virus program identified 2 viruses in the message from erich (check spelling- I dumped it in a hurry) @ debian.org The subject is a phrase that repeats over and over with no breaks Bruce<+>

Re: Debian Install

2002-01-31 Thread Bruce Burhans
Eduard *is* trying to help, in his own way, Liam. If I wasn't still working up the courage to wipe out Big Tit XP and install 2.2r5, I might be able to help you, but just be patient, and one of the experts like MARTIN will lend you a hand. Actually, according to the Install Manual, the CDs

Hi Martin !

2002-01-28 Thread Bruce Burhans
HI MARTIN !

Re; Eathlink Dialup

2002-01-26 Thread Bruce Burhans
XENO Sounds more like AOL.com, which I affectionately call "A-hOLe dot COMmie. They are trying to do the same thing to me, after I canceled the year of free service with them that came with my computer after two weeks. So I closed the account anticipating just the sort of problems you had

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-26 Thread Bruce Burhans
Xeno Campanoli wrote: _ Bruce Burhans wrote: > > Is Earthlink Linux friendly? [Actually, David Teague wrote that. My experience is that Earthlink is slimy. They ended up having a mysterious account they billed me for that I didn't ord

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-25 Thread Bruce Burhans
Is Earthlink Linux friendly? Can I use Kermit or other terminal program to talk to it? Will it respond to a normal PPP connection? --David My connection uses PPP and UDP, and TCP/IP I have a 56k ac link voice modem. The authentication is MD5 CHAP, no compression on link, but is enabled

Re: Earthlink Dialup-Jason

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
Yes. > > before you reinstall, run dmesg. it will give you a lot of information > > about > > the system that might make the reinstall less tedious. > > > > I'll assume that dmesg is on the Debian CDs and thank you much. This > > is quite an adven

Re: Earthlink Dialup-Ben

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
On Thursday 24 January 2002 02:00 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote: > Ben wrote, on 1/24/02 @ 1:10PM > > [snip] > > > before you reinstall, run dmesg. it will give you a lot of information > about > the system that might make th

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
Ben wrote, on 1/24/02 @ 1:10PM [snip] before you reinstall, run dmesg. it will give you a lot of information about the system that might make the reinstall less tedious. I'll assume that dmesg is on the Debian CDs and thank you much. This is quite

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
Thanks Jason. Copied to hard drive (literally) Bruce

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
Jason Majors wrote, on 1/24/02 @ 12:19PM > I'll probably just re-install, putting XPernicious on a 10G primary > partition, and Debian on a 10G extended partition with /, Home, and Swap > on logical partitions. Am worried about that "boot must be on first 1024 > cylinders" thing, though.

Re: Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
D. wrote, on 1/24/02: I think that FIPS will do what you want done. Its a non-distructive repartationing program that I have used and works great and its free. Do a search on www.google.com, that is how I found it. Don --- Jason Majors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, you have to log on t

Earthlink Dialup

2002-01-24 Thread Bruce Burhans
On 1/24/2002 @ 1:41 AM, Ben wrote: [snip] the @ in the login wouldn't influence the network behavior, and i know from an acquaintance who's also on earthlink--using a mac--that she has to login with her full email address. on win & mac, subscribers have to download proprietary dialup software an

Hello......

2002-01-21 Thread Bruce Burhans
nstall the latest Stable distribution in a week or so, on an extended partition of 10G. My primary purpose here is to introduce myself, and I couldn't find a more suitable e-mail address, although I would appreciate being put on the mailing list. V?R Bruce Burhans [EMAIL PROTECTED]