In the end I found out that the nature of the
difficulty is fundamentally mechanichal (Hardware) - I
tried to re-install Debian and could not create a boot
floppy.
Thanks for the tip on www.basiclinux.net - want to
take those courses.
Sincerely - Mr. Jan Hearthstone.
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on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:28:59AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 09:17, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
> > > > I ran "/etc/fstab" all I get (for all entries)
> > > is -
> > > > "Permission denied". I always run everything as
> > > the
>
>
> > > Please state exactly
On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 09:17, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
>I just wish there would be a way for those who do
> not want to learn programming, and any other technical
> stuff, but just to USE a computer for whatever, to
> learn to use LINUX. I have been trying to learn LINUX
> for ages, and it is
sponse you're
> getting. Your post makes no sense.
>
>
> > --- "Karsten M. Self"
> wrote:
> > > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> > > From: "Karsten M. Self"
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject:
I strongly
recommend 72 as a good default.
Thank you.
Please state exactly what you're running and what response you're
getting. Your post makes no sense.
> --- "Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> > From: "Karsten M. Se
t; wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700
> From: "Karsten M. Self"
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: floppy - permissions? Can't write to
> floppy!
>
> on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan
> Hearthstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan Hearthstone ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I have Debian potato, and suddenly I couldn't save
> to floppy (this would happen now and then, but till
> now I managed to fix it, somehow). I tried linuxconf
> (both - WindowsX and console mode), but n
on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:57:32PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:14:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
> > > here's my iteration on top of your stuff, and
>
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:14:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > here's my iteration on top of your stuff, and
> > please
> > feel free to gimme pointers on how to make this (particularly colors) more
> >
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:48:55AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > It's a shame that you've solved your problem; now I don't have an
> > excuse to tell you that this is a great root prompt.
>
> Not half bad. My own approach is slightly more subtle, but reasonably
> effective:
Here's mine, whil
on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:07:38PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:48:55AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > Not half bad. My own approach is slightly more subtle, but reasonably
> > effective:
> >
> > function proml
> > {
> > case $TERM i
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:48:55AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Not half bad. My own approach is slightly more subtle, but reasonably
> effective:
>
> function proml
> {
> case $TERM in
> xterm*|rxvt|eterm|wterm)
> local TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\007\]
> I wanted to save a document created in StarOffice to /mnt/floppy/
> but it told me I didn't have the right perms. As user, I am already
> added to the group 'floppy'.
How is it mounted?
In my /etc/fstab I have
/dev/fd0/floppy autodefaults,user,noauto0 0
/dev/fd0
On Tuesday 17 April 2001 03:22 pm, Ethan Benson wrote:
> i don't understand why the chmod made `windoz' world writable instead
> of floppy... unless it already was and your point is that chmod is
> not working on floppy.
Yeah, the perms were already set for 'windoz', though I'm still new enough
on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:48:15AM -0400, Rob Mahurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:06:33AM -0700, JC Portlock wrote:
> > YOU ARE ROOT!! on jchammin
> > /mnt pts/4> chmod 777 floppy
>
> It's a shame that you've solved your problem; now I don't have an
> excuse to tell you
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:06:33AM -0700, JC Portlock wrote:
> YOU ARE ROOT!! on jchammin
> /mnt pts/4> chmod 777 floppy
It's a shame that you've solved your problem; now I don't have an
excuse to tell you that this is a great root prompt.
Rob
--
Cynic, n.:
Experienced.
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:06:33AM -0700, JC Portlock wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> New subscriber to the list and have the following situation.
>
> Running a potato box.
>
> I wanted to save a document created in StarOffice to /mnt/floppy/ but it told
> me I didn't have the right perms. As user, I
Just using a bit of bandwidth to let y'all know I fixed my own prob. I had
the appropriate line in /etc/fstab rem'd out. But thanx all the same.
--
73,
JC Portlock KE6UME
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