Re: Cron examples?

1999-02-17 Thread Christopher A. MacKay
Well, in the (distant) past, I used to occasionally use cron to create a su account with root priveleges in the middle of the night, and then to kill it again 5 minutes later. That wasn't on my own system, though... :) Oh, I suppose you're going to tell me that's not what you're looking for, huh

Re: 96% packet loss on my network

1999-02-15 Thread Christopher A. MacKay
Cat 3 is required for Tbase 10 connection, Cat 5 is for Tbase 100 and lower. Mac. Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > > > I plugged in my other laptop using the same pcmcia NIC and > > wire. Same amount of packet loss. > > > > Do I conclude that it's eith

Re: Debian locks up after short time

1999-02-11 Thread Christopher A. MacKay
What's your hardware configuration/bios? Mac. Mike Archer wrote: > > Hello everyone. I have a newly setup Debian Linux box running only > Debian. My problem is that anytime i let debian sit for more than a > minute or two, the system totally locks up. the keyboard doesn't > respond at all, not e

Re: Network problem - 3Com card

1999-02-11 Thread Christopher A. MacKay
I believe updated drivers for 3Com cards are available at : http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html Mac. Mark Muffett wrote: > > I've just installed Linux for the first time. Almost everything went > smoothly - including X windows, but I cannot get the network card to > work. >

Re: Losing Linux

1999-02-11 Thread Christopher A. MacKay
First off, I know this sounds obvious, but make sure your BIOS settings are letting you boot first from floppy, then HD, not from HD first, which might cause this... Then, if you had LILO installed, try using: fdisk [drive letter] /mbr on your HD's master boot record. My fiance had a similar pr