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2000-07-12 Thread Walter Williams
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RE: ckermit

2000-07-11 Thread Walter Williams
Hey Man Try http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ Walt -Original Message- From: Magnus Sandberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 11 July, 2000 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: ckermit Hi, I have an older i

RE: Combining 4 C-class networks: how?

2000-07-10 Thread Walter Williams
Excuse me, for butting in, but, all the documentation I have read on TCP/IP still refer to "Classes". Walt >Sorry to break in on this thread and being off-topic, but... >CIDR is 10 years old! Anyone still thinking in class A and class C >is probably still using COBOL too... sigh

RE: ethernet card

2000-07-10 Thread Walter Williams
You have to be careful in buying hardware for your system. Not everything is supported. Investigate before you buy. You can simple check your kernel configuration to see what's supported with the standard issue kernel. I investigated my ATI graphics card before I bid on it on Ebay at Xfree86's

RE: Making new "/dev" entries

2000-07-10 Thread Walter Williams
-Original Message- From: paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 10 July, 2000 9:27 AM To: Walter Williams Cc: Debian ListServer (E-mail) Subject: Re: Making new "/dev" entries > Thank you > > I do have my kernel source installed. Others > suggested using a sc

RE: Making new "/dev" entries

2000-07-10 Thread Walter Williams
netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 07 July, 2000 9:11 PM To: Debian ListServer (E-mail) Subject: Re: Making new "/dev" entries On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 08:21:01AM -0600, Walter Williams wrote: > Good Friday Morning > > Does anyone know where I can find info

RE: su question

2000-07-07 Thread Walter Williams
When you bring up your xterm window you first have login as "su" then give the root password. The system is done this way because Linux is a secured system, that and you don't want regular users messing with necessary system files like /etc/fstab in a LAN environment. Walt -Original Messag

RE: Making new "/dev" entries

2000-07-07 Thread Walter Williams
subject I would have to delve into kernel construction. I should count my blessings that it was made this easy. Walt -Original Message- From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 07 July, 2000 11:45 AM To: Walter Williams Cc: Debian ListServer (E-mail) Sub

RE: Making new "/dev" entries

2000-07-07 Thread Walter Williams
to do this in Linux. Thanks in advance Walt -Original Message- From: Adrian Thiele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 07 July, 2000 8:28 AM To: Walter Williams Subject: RE: Making new "/dev" entries Check out the MAKEDEV command , I use it under FreeBSD, go to the dev

Making new "/dev" entries

2000-07-07 Thread Walter Williams
Good Friday Morning Does anyone know where I can find info on how to make my own "/dev" entries. I am trying to setup an old 386 as a 4 port print server and would like to create an "lp3" device file. I am only asking for someone to direct me to the instructions, this way I will learn more on t

RE: RE: Samba Setup

2000-07-06 Thread Walter Williams
Hello I setup and got Samba working with a Win95 machine. Under the "My Computer" you right click on the item you want to share and select "Sharing" from that menu and set up the item for sharing. It's pretty easy to understand. In the Control Panel, Network, setup your you'r Windows system to ha

Kernel question

2000-07-06 Thread Walter Williams
Greetings I have subscribed to this list server to find out more about non-Red Hat derivatives. Is the Debian distribution of the type that I can, when I want to update the kernel, download a complete kernel tar ball or a patch file from what ever web site I choose, install it, and have things