as & ld equivalents of gcc

Can someone save me some time by giving me the proper options for using gcc -S to generate an absolutely minimal assembler output & listing; then as & ld that will result in a proper compile for a simple "hello world" program? I am getting problems with this in cygwin. A simple gcc of the hello

slightly off topic: LISP

OK, all you LISPers got me off my duffus to take a LISP tutorial. So, can you please email me off-list with answers to this question? I don't understand something, but I'm not sure what I am missing: it seems to be either the QUOTE or the REST function. I will show you what I think ought to be

dialing up my home box

If, while away on vacation, I want to call up my home box & then telnet (or whatever) in, how should I set it up? Do I need to set up a telnetd? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: PDAs

I too need to buy a PDA this week. Could those offering advice on this thread also consider any knowledge they have about cell-phone/modem integration? I understand that the Palm 7 can come with a modem. But can you get a cell phone in there too? I also looked at the literature for a cell phon

Re: script to convert filename to lowercase

Eric: Thanks! You guys are great. Unfortunately, I now realize that I am screwed worse than I thought. How would I easily alter this script to list files in a case insensitive order? In other words, the idiots who preceeded me imported a few times into this directory & never paid attention to

script to convert filename to lowercase

Can one of you gurus quickly help me with a script? I have a directory with several thousand files named inconsistently with a mix of uppercase and lowercase. I need to rationalize these to be named with all lowercase. I know you guys will have a dozen ways to do this. Regards, Darryl ___

coexistence with Windows 2000

Apologies in advance. Through delete-itis, I inadvertently lost the good advice I receive for my Debian coexistence with windows. I got everything set up ok & I can now boot Linux by using a boot floppy. My default MBR is still Windows 2000, so without the boot floppy in I get Windoze. But I

Upgrade advantage in Debian vrs. RedHat

Can someone explain the advantage many see in Debian upgrades vrs. RedHat? To take a concrete example, lets say I planned to start upgrading my home throwaway box (where I put up slink a few years back). I have only installed so far using dpackage. If I do apt-gets for a whole set of packages,

logging make config

I have a question about makeconfig on the kernel. I am a habitual logger, but I don't know how to log the build of a new kernel. What I really want is to get not only the stdout and stderr (which I get by redirection (2>&1), but also the stdin, so I can get a recording of all the choices I make

Re: coexistence with Windows 2000

Casper, et. al.: Sorry I got distracted from this thread. If I am understanding this lilo.conf properly, I have a question and would appreciate comments on my rough plan to install, to see if I am missing something or if it should work. TIA for the help. (1) When the lilo.conf points to /dev

Beowulf cluster (was: parallel clusters of single cpu boxes)

Bingo Jimmy! Thanks a million! Anyone here ever try putting together a Beowulf cluster? TIA Darryl _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

parallel clusters of single cpu boxes

I am curious if anyone knows anything about clustering several single cpu boxes together and attempting to run a multi-cpu build of Linux on top of them. Has anyone figured out a way to thus put together a relatively cheap emulated parallel architecture? I have searched for info on this, but a

coexistence with Windows 2000

Dear all: As much as I would like to just wipe out Windows, I have to have it for some support purposes (work). However, I would like to repartition and get Debian up. I have been reading and re-reading "tfm," but wonder if anyone has any experience on this. I put up slink with just the fl

newbie can't install packages from floppy

What is the proper procedure for installing packages from a floppy? I downloaded them via my NT box (hiss, hiss) at work, but can't seem to read them (dpkg -info, or dpkg --install) when I mount the floppy as type vfat. What additionally puzzles me is that after I get the package I want from the

newbie can't install packages from floppy

What is the proper procedure for installing packages from a floppy? I downloaded them via my NT box (hiss, hiss) at work, but can't seem to read them (dpkg -info, or dpkg --install) when I mount the floppy as type vfat. What additionally puzzles me is that after I get the package I want from the

slink newbie tries to dpkg

I'm the newbie who just got slink base up on a floppy only system. I am trying to get some packages installed, and must be missing something. I tried to start installing the admin packages, so I picked cron from the following URL: ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/adm

etc/lilo.config & thinkpad

I gather that I need to add a boot parm of "thinkpad=floppy" into my etc/lilo.conf. Where should I do this? I have to get the inverted DCL sorted out for everyday use, I just got the dbootstrap part finished. TIA, Darryl __ Get Your Private,

Newbie rudely asks for directional pointers

Hi: I am a Debian newbie, with a moderate knowledge of Unix and a long history of Mainframe system programming (I go back to when source was available for MVS!). I just got an old CD-less laptop loaded up with the basic Debian. Can anyone give me some profitable pointers for determining what p