Well, GNU-grub is trying to be os agnostic. It doesn't depend on any
libraries AFAIK, so it should work on any version of linux. I've dl it and
am trying to get the half-hour of time to configure it and try it. Looks
very nice.
Mark
At 09:45 PM 5/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Are there any issues
Running a server (apache) without a good reason is not a good idea. Apache
is a web server--it allows others to view web pages that you have installed
on your computer. A general rule of linux is if you don't need a service,
don't install it (it is very easy to install later and you don't hav
In a similar message last week, Chuck said that the archive rebuilds its
databases during the wee hours. Looking at the time stamp of your message,
you may have tried to access the archives at that time. Chuck suggested
that you try again.
HTH,
Mark
At 01:25 AM 4/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I ju
At 08:37 PM 4/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
>...ready for viewing...
>
>http://www.moongroup.com/stories.php?story=01/04/11/5531276
Cute, but don't give up the day job.
Mark
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Mark
At 08:09 PM 3/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
>4am is default (more ideal for server operators, though).
>
>/etc/crontab
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Hi All,
I noticed on my RedHat 6.2 machine that cron changes the day at a bit after
4:00 AM (it says so in the log). Is there a way to change when this and
other automatic tasks are done?
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Hi Everyone,
I just found a company on the web (www.actiontec.com) that has a device
which you can plug a cordless phone into and make long distance calls over
the Internet. This is just what I've wanted for a while. Problem is that
the site says that it only has a windows interface. Does an
Hi all,
I have my home network (RedHat 6.2) set up so that everyone is on the
Internet full time. I have eth1 going out to the net via DSL and eth0
going to the local net (192.168.1.*). I'd like to be able to turn net
access off on an ip-address by ip-address basis. (Its easy to turn off the
At 02:13 PM 2/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Maybe I am getting more observant in my old age but does it seem to anyone
>else that there has been a tremendous pile of RTFM type questions over the
>last few weeks.
>It is a problem I have dealt with for years, trying to get end-users to
>read at least the
At 09:52 AM 1/22/01 -0600, you wrote:
>A person I work with made a mistake and reloaded Win95 in the other
>partition. Now that LILO is gone, he can't boot Linux. No, he didn't
>make the emergency reboot floppy before installing Windoze.
You need to have SOMETHING that will boot into linux. You
At 12:35 PM 1/15/01 +1100, you wrote:
>You will probably find that you need to mount /dev/sdc4 rather than
>/dev/sdc1 - this is the case with both Jaz & Zip disks..
That's it! Many thanks,
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I just got a SCSI 1 Gig Jaz drive. Attached it to my Buslogic BT948
controller and it comes up on the sdc interface (sda & sdb are hard disks).
When I try to mount the drive I get the message that sdc1 is not a valid
block device. (Yes, I created the mount point) Is this a kernel pr
From the category of "strange but true" computer stories... IRQ9 is
actually the cascade interrupt from IRQ2 (this allowed the 286 PCs to have
more than 8 interrupts). So, don't use IRQ9 or you will get the behavior
you describe.
Mark
At 01:30 PM 1/9/01 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Can som
..and howdy back to you,
Couple of comments:
1. The reason that back up software vendors can charge for their products
is that they provide the fallover/failproof features, tested and guaranteed
that you require without you having to write the programs yourself (can you
do the level of testing
At 10:17 PM 10/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello:
>
>I know from seeing past post that quite a few of you have DSL and I have
>just been informed today that DSL is now available in my area via
>earthlink.net. They are charging 49.95 /month and the offer includes:
>
>ยท FREE DSL Modem and Equipment
It might be better if you said more precisely what you want to do. I've
done a lot and can offer you specific suggestions.
Mark
At 09:17 AM 10/6/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Anybody know a good site or book for do-it-yourself twisted pair cabling
>written for nitwits like me? I cannot wire a clip to
At 10:11 PM 10/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I really need some help here...my system won't shut down properly any more.
>
>I have two drives in my RedHat 6.2 box. One of them had linux on it and the
>other windoze. I was running out of space in linux, so I wiped windows off
>the other disk (/dev/hda1
MS designed Internet Connection Sharing into Win98SE (or some version like
that) because linux did the ip forwarding and masquerading so easily. You
can upgrade the box with the modem to the correct version of windows, or
you can move the modem to the linux box and set up the masquerading &
n
At 04:15 PM 09/14/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>is this true??
>
>I had redhat 5.2 running on a number of computers for years and about a
>week ago I upgraded to redhat 6.2 but running the upgrading install.
>
>To make a long store shot, redhat tech. support now tells me that I have
>to format my driv
ctory is on
>one partition and if you have something mounted there it's on another.. or
>you might have a /lib partition and a /lib/modules one)
>
>On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, M. Neidorff wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm about to tar my directory tree, repartition
Hi folks,
I'm about to tar my directory tree, repartition (include a new drive) and
then restore. Being careful (TM) I used tar to make an archive of the /lib
tree and then extracted the directory tree to a new partition. I thought
that would give me a good sampling of what I was in store fo
At 03:13 PM 09/03/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm almost doen building my linux - oracle database server...
> >
> > Just one question for the SCSI experts.
> >
> > The board is a supermicro P6DBS with an onboard adaptec SCSI controller.
>
At 12:33 PM 09/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> > Your hard drives MUST be LVD drives, your controller
> > has to be an LVD controller and I think you may also need
> > special cables.
>
>That's not entirely true. I had an LVD drive in use for
>quite awhile on a non-LVD controller. Some drives have
At 10:14 AM 08/31/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>But in any case, if you can burn CDs and have a computer that can boot
>from the CDROM
>(almost any computer built in the last few years), then in a situation
>like this you might want to consider downloading the "Linuxcare Bootable
>Business Card".
>
>ht
At 09:32 AM 08/31/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>How do I set my partitions where I want them? I am using Disk Druid and it
>keeps putting my / as hda6 the only way I can get it to hda1 is to not put
>in /boot. This is how it is setting it
>
>Mount PointDeviceRequestedActualType
>/Boot
Hi folks,
While I am thinking this through, it occurred to me that once I delete the
existing partitions I won't have tar or fdisk available anymore to work
with. I've created a boot disk (mkbootdisk) and verified that it will boot
the system. Will cp'ing the files "tar" and "fdisk" to the bo
Hi folks,
I know that we have beat this topic up for a while. I just want to clarify
an issue. I've just gotten a new HDD and want to take my RH 6.2
installation and
tar the partitions onto the new drive (easy)
delete existing partitions from old drive, (also easy)
* re-partition old d
At 10:25 PM 08/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>just a thought, if someone were to say, chmod 000 /home would that make
>it look like it was just gone and not show up in a ls -al?
root would be able to see it, so that is not what is happening. Why not
use rpm to verify that all binaries that are ins
At 03:34 AM 08/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Good People:
>
>I hope someone can help me with my dilemma. After using Win95 for a
>while, I tried to boot RH 6.2 but is stops right after 'Freeing unused
>kernel memory: 64k freed' and gives the error:
>
>Warning: Unable to open an initial console.
At 05:34 PM 08/25/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Something is different due to the separate hard disk. As I stated
>before, the RH 6.2 install on the same hard disk as Win95 is not
>affected, only the install on the third hard disk.
h. Is the 3rd HDD the master on the secondary channel or the slave?
At 10:08 PM 08/24/2000 -0400, you wrote:
I'm going to start with the obvious: Have you tried a different floppy. If
you don't have one, try to boot from the install floppy, change to a
different console, and mount the / partition manually? If all goes well,
then it is the floppy gone bad.
At 01:32 PM 08/24/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Sorry my info was out of date use http://lists.samba.org/ instead as
>they are in the process of moving the lists to a different host.
Thanks Hugh,
They have a new interface which they (apparently) just got working. I'm
now subscribed.
Mark
Hi,
Very briefly, I'm trying to subscribe to the SAMBA mailing list
([EMAIL PROTECTED]), but I don't seem to be subscribed or get a reply from
the list (I've waited days!!!). If you are a subscriber, please tell me if
the list is up or down (possibly privately so that this doesn't clog the
r
Hi folks,
Is the ultra ATA66/EIDE drive type supported in the stock RH 6.2? (I saw
on the web that Win NT, etc. require a special driver)
Thanks,
Mark
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At 08:56 PM 08/19/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>How can command at to run xfmail at 10am say on monday?
>I tried this line the following
>:at 10:00 am
> >xfmail
>and nothing happened
>also I tried
>:at 10:00 am xfmail
>and nothing happened.
To me the question is why do you want to start xfmail at 10 am
At 03:07 PM 08/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>Addendum:
>I just found out that a runaway program created a
>43.8M
>swapfile that used up 100% of the disk space in the
>/home partition. Could that have kept X from
>starting?
Bingo!! You got the problem.
Mark
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I checked my log.smb file when a user was not able to print and I found the
following messages are generated when the user tries to print:
[2000/08/14 22:08:50, 1] lib/util_sock.c:client_name(997)
Gethostbyaddr failed for 192.168.1.3
[2000/08/14 22:08:50, 0] lib/access.c:chec
At 01:29 PM 08/14/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Rob Smith spewed into the bitstream:
>
>RS>Does anyone know when RH 7.0 will officially be released...or a rough idea?
>RS>I had to wipe my hard drive and I don't want to put 6.2 back on if 7.0 is
>RS>coming soon
>
>It's coming out
Hi Folks,
I've tried the docs and can't seem to find out what is wrong. I'm running
RedHat 6.2 with the default samba installed. I have a win98 machine on the
192.168.1 network and I want it to be able to print to my (working under
linux) HP III. What happens is when the win user prints, the
I like pmfirewall. Have you checked it out?
At 09:15 AM 08/10/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm looking for an ipchains rules generator program. I'd like it to also
>be able to deal with forwarding, log viewing, and other (?) aspects of
>firewall operation.
Mark
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>Do these have a specific name or am I calling them by the correct
>name? I want to buy some (what I think are called) modular Cat 5
>wall jacks for my house. Anyone know where I can get some of these?
You might also want to check out belkin (www.belkin.co
If this is a question (I'm not sure you are asking or not), then what you
say is correct. It is exactly what I am doing here. The one possible
misunderstanding is that ipchains is not required to make the
connection...it does security.
At 07:53 AM 07/28/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I am under th
At 01:56 PM 07/27/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>anyone have a speculation on when 7 is coming out?
Sometime after the next major release of the linux kernel.
Mark
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At 10:24 AM 07/26/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I finally got a copy of vmware, and want to run win98 under it.
>I have made an .iso image of my win98cd (my cd drive is crap, so I cant
>really use the actual cd). I can mount the .iso image thru loopback, and
>it looks great. But I cant successfully tell
At 07:19 AM 07/06/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>Enlarging or reducing the FAT32 is no problem, but when it comes to
>enlarging the Linux Ext2FS, no luck, even if there is a free partition.
>All I can do is create another Linux partition from the free space, but I
>can increase the main Linux partiti
At 12:08 PM 06/17/2000 +0800, you wrote:
>hi,
>
>I would like to ask your help regarding my undergraduate
>thesis (4th Year, BS Mathematics, Major in Computer Science)
>and I am now looking for a thesis topic that can be done in
>6-months time. I hope you can give me some suggestions to
>work on.
At 07:13 PM 06/16/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I am having serious montior here !
> > My screen is flickering something fierce !
> > When I type, it flickers on and off and goes black more than once.
> > When I drop to console mode it flickers in different colors too.
I've done the same and had no problem--even as root. BTW, you don't have
to re-boot to see if everything is OK. I consider that a Windows thing
which linux doesn't need. The most you may need to do is unmount a
partition and fsck it after you are done deleting things.
At 12:16 PM 06/13/2000
Hi Folks,
I just noticed (although it could have been there for a
while) that my /tmp directory (RH 6.2 upgraded from 5.2) has a link it in which is
called tmp and points to /tmp. This seems to be a pointless
recursive link to me, but there may be a good reason for it
being there. Does this lin
Hi folks,
Just an update to let you know that I was able to get over the large hurdle
of making the system bootalbe again by starting the installation, switching
to virtual console 2, mounting the / partition and then correcting my silly
errors that I described below. Now, some process in the
Hi folks,
Well, I guess it happens to us all. Now its my turn. I've made the system
unbootable by accident and I'd like to get it back working. Here's what
happened:
Did an update from 5.2 to 6.2.
Found that the / file system filled (the installer went into the slack
space reserved for /)
Don't let 40 bother you (it sure did for me). It was really a shame that
he did not have a better life. At 52, I'm still going strong. Just
upgraded to 6.2 and am fighting with the installation blues now. (Lets get
back to linux)
At 06:34 AM 05/09/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I read that earlier
At 03:03 PM 05/09/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Gang
>
>I have been asked if RH 6.2 ( or 5.2 even) will run on a 386 with 32 mb
>memory and 40mb hard disk.
>Can't say why he wants to but I suspect it is some old junk he is wanting to
>get some use out of.
>
>Does any one think it can be done and stil
At 08:58 AM 05/03/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>You shouldn't need windows to do anything with any connection. If you can
>get a modem to work in linux, cable, dsl, etc.. anything will work.
Not necessarily. Some DSL "modems" (actually routers)that are internal
devices do not have an ethernet interf
Hi,
If anyone knows of the site where I can download the 6.2 powertools iso
image, please post the site.
Many thanks,
Mark
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At 10:56 PM 04/07/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello!
>This machine has no floppy, no CDROM drive, and it doesn't have any kind
>of PCI or ISA bus for a currently supported networking *card*
>
>However, it does have a hard drive (now) and USB, which is how I have it
>networked under Win*lows
Arent t
At 01:48 AM 04/07/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>-
>Additionally, I tried to kill all processes for user 'foo' (owner of
>original gnome/X lockup):
>
> ps aux | grep foo | awk '{print $2}' | kill
>
>and
>
> ps aux | grep foo | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill
>
>but no go.
>
>What's the best way to "l
Gee, your request is a little vague You could do something on the
kernel source (that's advanced!!). Who is the target audience? Are you
looking for sys adm type stuff or end user stuff? What about setting up
DNS/home networking/ vmware?
At 08:42 AM 03/18/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd lik
Hi,
I know this has been asked before, but I forgot the answer When 6.2 is
released, does RedHat give an upgrade rebate for those who recently
purchased 6.1?
Thanks,
Mark
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At 04:07 PM 12/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Ok, I have to say I've never seen this one in the typical Hoax "alerts"
>people pass around, I'm not sure how these programs can "lie dormant until
>activated" (sure crontab, but it'd be pretty obvious somethings up..)
>anyone confirm this is a hoax?
Th
Well, I'm assuming that the same machine is working under some other
os. Check on how ttyS0 is set up in your system. Sounds like it is
configured as the loopback device in error.
At 10:21 PM 12/12/1999 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi ,
> can anybody help me , When I connect to the internet t
Well, two things come to mind.
1. Have you patched your 5.2 machine up? There have been some security
issues that have been addressed. Are you logging everything, and checking
the logs?
2. I've noticed that the net is very slow over the last day or two. (Esp.
since Bell Atlantic screwed up
At 02:56 PM 11/23/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Rick Forrester said:
>
>RF>
>RF>No messages from the Red Hat mailing lists in > 24 hrs, it seems.
>RF>Testing to see if listserver is dead, or just list users. 8^)
>
>I am seeing a lot of traffic but long delays after posting... I'm no
At 02:47 PM 11/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm sure there are others but these are the ones I might use and have seen
>the most often.
You forgot TANSTAAFL (one of my favorites) "There ain't no such thing as a
free lunch"
Mark
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At 10:38 PM 11/14/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>My second question and then I will go back to my corner. How does one
>go about getting more fonts, namely true-type, available to Netscape. I
>only have about 5 I can choose from. My fontpaths seem to be all there
>and I did the fix on the errata page
Ken,
I have to put my 2c in here... Are you really, REALLY sure that you want to
do this? Please keep in mind that all of the security of your linux
machine will be lost on the windows machine. If you want to see a good
example of what I mean, connect a windows machine directly through a mod
At 10:54 PM 6/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
[snip]
Name calling??? luddites??? That doesn't help.
Web documents created in html do a lot. They are important and they have
their place. IMO, they are the "eye-candy" of the Internet. They are what
catches people's attention and gets them interested
At 09:34 AM 6/7/98 +1000, you wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> i have a ne2000 too and none of the auto-probes work on it.
>> i havent attempted to upgrade to 5.1, but I know with 4.2 and 5.0
>> i had to specify the i/o address and irq for the card. ive had no
>> problems with the 8390 and
At 05:45 PM 5/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>However, it still does not recognize my bus mouse. I have a bus mouse card
at a definable irq, now at 5 and cannot understand why even on install, the
system could not probe it. The serial works fine, but need to preserve my
two serial ports for other stu
There is a busmouse HOWTO which didn't really help me.
At 08:43 PM 5/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Is there such a thing as a mouse HOWTO ? I can't seem to find any
documentation on how to reconfigure /dev/mouse to use /dev/inportb with a
given irq for a Logitech bus mouse and LH 5.0 or XFree86...
>
Hi folks,
One of the things that a nt server can do for a win based network is store
each user's profile so that no matter what machine the user logs on at they
get the same icons, etc. on the desktop. Could that kind of nt server be
replaced with a linux server? If so, what would do the user
Hi folks,
I don't know why configuring a mouse has always given me so much trouble. I
have a MS Inport BusMouse (It says so on the bottom of the mouse)which makes
it a busmouse. I have it set to IRQ 2. From experience in 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 I
learned that I had to change the mouse header file (busmous
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