Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's! (PS. M$ shucks)

2001-03-07 Thread kmself
on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:44:42PM -0500, MaD dUCK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > also sprach Robert Tucker (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:40:07PM -0800): > > Can I change my mind about this partition scheme later? If not, your > > earlier recommendation included several more partitions and I'd like > > to

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's! (PS. M$ shucks)

2001-03-06 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:40:07PM -0800): > Can I change my mind about this partition scheme later? If not, your > earlier recommendation included several more partitions and I'd like > to understand the change in thought. I don't have a problem with > partitions. It is my u

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-05 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 07:02:37AM -0800): > Didn't partition yet. Want to get all my ducks in a row and do everything at > the > same time. I've been gathering everything together... then partition like this: hda2 your ram size hda1 /everythin

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-05 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 03:07:58AM -0800): > MaD dUCK wrote: > > with 42Gb, you will be safe as follows: > > > > > hda1 /boot16M > > hda2 your RAM size > > hda5 /500M > > hda6 /usr 10G > > hda7 /home29G > > hda8 /var 1G > > hda9 /tmp

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-04 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> - WinNT 4.0 (did not test) Works like a charm. > - Linux 2.x (Installed caldera openlinux 2.4 and RedHat with x on my debian > woody, no complaints) Add Suse, Turbo, Trustix, and Mandrake to that list. Sam Morgan

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-04 Thread Martin Marconcini
VMWare won't do MacOs nor amiga nor nothing far beyond the followin list. - Dos/Win3.11 (i did try it and it worked, but didn-t have video drivers) - Win95/8 (I tried 98 only) - WinNT 4.0 (did not test) - W2k Profesional (Works good, depending on Video Card) - FreeBSD (Works Cool!) - Linux 2.x (I

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-02 Thread kmself
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:00:06PM -0500, MaD dUCK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > also sprach Robert Tucker (on Thu, 01 Mar 2001 10:14:44PM -0800): > > Ok... Now, what is vmware? And pvm? I see I have a lot of > > memorization to do. I have two other computers (both 486's) and I > > plan to initially

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-02 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach will trillich (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:47:12PM -0600): > ANY operating system? would that include mac os x? :) > seriously, would it do mac os 8 or 9? don't quote me on it, but i don't think so. i should have said - any operating system that runs on x86. martin [greetings from the hea

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-02 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:00:06PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote: > vmware allows you to run windoze on top of linux. or any operating > system as a matter of fact. and pvm is distributed processing, i > really just threw it in to emphasize that i don't see a place for > computer games in the life of any p

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-02 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Thu, 01 Mar 2001 10:14:44PM -0800): > Ok... Now, what is vmware? And pvm? I see I have a lot of memorization to do. > I > have two other computers (both 486's) and I plan to initially net them and > leave > them W95. What is the general outline of using a Linux machi

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-02 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach will trillich (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:50:16AM -0600): > when you enter the linux world, you'll be amazed at the uptime > (167 days for my server downstairs) and perplexed at how much > there is that can be done, and how much there is to learn in > order to do it. you're about to enter a

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-02 Thread will trillich
> > I would like advice about partitioning. > > with 42Gb, you will be safe as follows: > > hda1 /boot16M > hda2 your RAM size > hda5 /500M > hda6 /usr 10G > hda7 /home29G > hda8 /var 1G > hda9 /tmp 1G hell, with 42gb you'll need some serious effort t

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-01 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Charles Lewis (on Thu, 01 Mar 2001 02:15:36PM -0800): > I've been very happy creating just 2 partitions. 1 for swap and 1 for > everything else. Simple and easy, and I have yet to regret it on any of the > systems that I have installed. I would be interested in a discussion of > possibl

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-01 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Robert Tucker (on Thu, 01 Mar 2001 12:44:34AM -0800): > I plan to net 2 other computers to this computer. My DSL service > requires pop3 so I assume that I will have to use that for dsl and > assume I can use any type of mail for the netted computers. my question was whether you want t

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-01 Thread Charles Lewis
on 3/1/01 11:35 AM, MaD dUCK at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what is the machine going to serve? > > - pop3? i'd assume no > - smtp yes > - proxy services? yes > - NAT? yes > - DNS? no > - DHCP?

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-01 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, > > I've read over the docs for Debian and still feel a bit shy about making > hard decissions about how to partition my new drive. I want to > completely purge Microsoft from my system (life!) so I plan to replace > the 10gig with the 42gig or at least put W95 back as an alternate > system.

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-01 Thread MaD dUCK
what is the machine going to serve? - pop3? i'd assume no - smtp yes - proxy services? yes - NAT? yes - DNS? no - DHCP? no - firewall no > I wo

It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-01 Thread Robert Tucker
I could use some "advice". Here is your chance to directly influence a new installation of Debian without experiencing the repercussions. I have a PII w/128 ram, 1.44 floppy, 1 cd-rom, 1 cd-rom burner, ZIP drive, Unknown video mfr. (works w/W95 and it was free), SoundBlaster pro, ethernet card, D