Re: Need linux for alpha

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 03:33:47PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > My lab has an old Alpha 3000 sitting around (at least that's what the case > says) that's not being used for anything, and for various reasons we're > in search of a new OS to run on it. > > Can Alpha linux run here? Is there a decent

Re: dump again

On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 04:50:05PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote: > > That's actually what I tried first. I get the same results with -i. > > > dragon:~/tmp# restore -i -v -f ~/prev/dragon.hda2.19980523.0 > Verify tape and initialize maps > Tape block size is 32 > Dump date: Sat May 23 03:44:19

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

better (and much more thorough) benchmark can be found at: http://gwyn.tux.org/~mayer/linux/bmark.html the benchmark displays integer, floating point, and some of the memory system performance. there is a link to a lot of results from various contributors on that page as well. --andy --

Re: Year 2000 & Debian

-> blah blah blah blah... y2k this, y2k that. all that stuff just described above talks about the y2k problem according to the *applications* used. the >> original question << was whether or not the operating system (in this case, Debian Linux) has a problem with it. the OS doesn't. fixing applications is another story. --andy -- Andy Kahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])Phone: 603-884-2557 (DTN: 264-2557) Digital Equipment CorporationFax : 603-881-2257 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Netscape font question

Hi all, i recently installed Debian and even more recently put Netscape on my system as well. when launching Netscape, it complains: Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-12

Re: Linux in Wired

rocess was unbelievable and beats the heck out of grinding through gnuplot's numerous options. --andy -- Andy Kahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])Phone: 603-884-2557 (DTN: 264-2557) Digital Equipment CorporationFax : 603-881-2257 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &qu

Re: Virtual Console is garbaged

-HUP on getty, I tried kill on getty -- no dice. Any -> > ideas? -> > -> logging out and logging back in doesn't necessarily reset the terminal correctly. a better solution would be stay logged in, and then do ctrl-v, ctrl-o, and hit return. --andy -- Andy Kahn ([EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [backup method] - what about TOB?

fsf 1 where /dev/ntape represents the >> non-rewinding << device entry for your tape drive. afterwards, you can tar again. --andy -- Andy Kahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])Phone: 603-884-2557 (DTN: 264-2557) Digital Equipment CorporationFax : 603-881-2257 -- TO U

Re: Using procmail to filter and MH to read.

ered to your system. considering that i'm fairly new to the Debian set (after being a Redhat user for a while), i'm sure there are other (possibly better ways) to do this, but this has worked for me in the past. hope this helps, --andy -- Andy Kahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])Phone: