Re: Making a copy of a CD

Benjamin Pharr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the easiest way to make a copy of a CD in Linux? Thanks! I would recommend the "cdrdao" package. It's the best/easiest command line way to make a good disc-at-once copy of a CD. -- Zachary M. Loafman

Re: Will 'apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.17' work OK?

Brad Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The kernel-image-* packages all seem to be compiled for uniprocessor > support.. At this point I just compile the kernel myself (I have an SMP > system), but if there are any SMP versions I'm not seeing, could someone > point me to them? Compiling the k

Re: potato + certain unstable packages

Appending to myself: > cp /etc/apt/sources.list.stable /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > cp /etc/apt/sources.list.unstable /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update > apt-get install This method doesn't please me conceptually, though. Anyone know a better method?

Re: potato + certain unstable packages

Holger Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > How can I achieve that if I want only certain packages from the unstable > distribution (i.e. modutils) when doing an "apt-get dist-upgrade" but all > other packages upgraded from the stable distribution? It's not trivial. I think your best bet

Re: CPU optimization

Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I also don't know if -O6 does the same thing as -O9. > >> > >> []s, Roger... > > > I've read something on a archive of a gcc mailing list but apparently it > > doesn't relate to the gcc we use-don't remember the link ,I > > researched this for