Re: Resizing the Linux ext2 partition

1998-04-27 Thread John Waalkes
Richard Layton wrote: > > I haved tried Partition Magic before. Partiton Magic could only view the ext2 > file system. It COULD NOT resize it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it might be > that I have an older version. > > John Waalkes wrote: > > > My weapon

Re: Resizing the Linux ext2 partition

1998-04-26 Thread John Waalkes
Richard Layton wrote: > > I'm running out of space in my linux ext2 partition. I need to take > about 300MB or HD space from my msdos partion and add it to my / > partition. This MUST be possible. Can anyone tell me how I would go > about doing this? My weapon of choice is Partition Magic for

Re: Booting into win instead of Linux

1998-04-26 Thread John Waalkes
ISA wrote: > > Hi there! > Question: > How can I tell LILO to default to windows 95 instead of Linux? (ie > typing linux to load it > and to load win95) Now that you've got how set the default once you've installed Linux covered, here's how to do it during your next installation: Hit 'F2' at

Re: 5.1 upgrade?

1998-04-26 Thread John Waalkes
aoc wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Mike Edwards wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Mark McGlone wrote: > > > > > This is probably a stupid question, but I'm gonna go with it anyway. > > > Is RedHat gonna offer 5.1 at an upgrade price for those of us who > > > already bought 5.0 (likely answer: N

Re: 2A59Ht5BC-00 meets ultimate doom..

1998-04-26 Thread John Waalkes
Moore Brett wrote: > > A cautionary recount; ..'then powerdown your machine and short the jumpers > to reset the cmos settings..blablabla. You can then restart your machine, > and..' Sounds like the time I messed up my hard drive editing the MBR. My post to my BBS buddies recounting the adventur

Alps Glidepoint mouse problems

1998-04-25 Thread John Waalkes
Hi, I just installed RH5.0 from scratch (I had previously upgraded over 4.2) and I can't get the mouse to work. It had been working fine under 4.2, even after the upgrade. But under 5.0, I just can't seem to get the bugger to work. I've tried just about all of the 'gpm -t {mm|msc|logi...} modes,