RE: Commands for SCSI tape devices

2002-03-28 Thread Juan Martinez
On a Red Hat 7.2 system the package is mt-st-0.6-1 The command is /bin/mt Juan On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Jeff Graves wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:42:45 -0500 > From: Jeff Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: C

Re: commands

2000-08-10 Thread lee johnson
Brian Ashe wrote: > Hi lee, > > If this is when you are doing a jump to root (su) try "su -" instead. Normal > users don't have the same path statements as root does, and the dash will > help you get them when doing a su. yup and thanks., :-) lee - ___

Re: commands

2000-08-10 Thread Bret Hughes
lee johnson wrote: > > > > my commands aren't running from the directory they are in ie: > insmod > > i must do > /sbin/insmod > > is that normal for unix/linux? > > or does this mean i'm missing some system wide file linking this > correctly.. Check your PATH variable. As root you should h

Re: commands

2000-08-10 Thread Brian Ashe
Hi lee, If this is when you are doing a jump to root (su) try "su -" instead. Normal users don't have the same path statements as root does, and the dash will help you get them when doing a su. Have fun, -- _ Brian Ashe

RE: commands

2000-08-10 Thread John Losey
Looks like you will need to add /sbin to your $PATH environment variable. How you do this depends on the shell you're using (often it is in .cshrc, .kshrc, .bashrc, or .profile). Try `env | grep PATH` to see what directories will be checked. Also, `which insmod` or `whence insmod` will often tel

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-27 Thread Edward Marczak
27/6/00 12:38 PM, John Aldrich a écrit: > An option would be a combo boot disk (with CD drivers) and a "rescue" > CDROM. That way, on the old 486's (and other systems that won't boot > from a CD) you boot off the floppy and load the CD as your "rescue" > image. :-) Hey, sure. Good idea! I cou

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-27 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Edward Marczak wrote: > 26/6/00 10:55 AM, Steven W. Orr a écrit: > > > Your best best bet is the lubbock project stored on sourceforge. It's a > > 50M emergency bootable cd image. > > ...great, except for those older 486s that don't CD boot. > > > My opinion, emergency root

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-27 Thread Charles Galpin
check out mondo http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/index.html charles On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > Mmm, I just went there and there is nothing to download and the link for > anonymous ftp > produces an error. Is there actually something to download yet. I notice > Linuxcare's Busine

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Edward Marczak
26/6/00 10:55 AM, Steven W. Orr a écrit: > Your best best bet is the lubbock project stored on sourceforge. It's a > 50M emergency bootable cd image. ...great, except for those older 486s that don't CD boot. > My opinion, emergency root boot floppy sets are problematic. The boot > floppy is no

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: > Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot > > disk. Could anybody throw me some light. > > > > One alternative might be to use Tom's boot disk for rescue operations. > Tot

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Bret Hughes
Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot > disk. Could anybody throw me some light. > One alternative might be to use Tom's boot disk for rescue operations. Totally self-contained and easily used. I don't remember whe

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Gary Nielson
Mmm, I just went there and there is nothing to download and the link for anonymous ftp produces an error. Is there actually something to download yet. I notice Linuxcare's Business Card can be downloaded and appears to do the same thing. Gary "Steven W. Orr" wrote: > Your best best bet is the l

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Steven W. Orr
Your best best bet is the lubbock project stored on sourceforge. It's a 50M emergency bootable cd image. My opinion, emergency root boot floppy sets are problematic. The boot floppy is no problem. The root floppy is very hard. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROT

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread eric clover
er, oops ayup mkbootdisk sorry eric - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Eric Clover wrote: >

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Eric Clover wrote: > bootdisk > or > man bootdisk > You mean MKbootdisk. :-) John -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Kevin Rooney
I believe that's mkbootdisk -->bootdisk -->or -->man bootdisk --> -->Stephen Liu wrote: -->> -->> Hi Everybody, -->> -->> I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create -->a rescue/boot -->> disk. Could anybody throw me some light. -->> -->> Thanks in advance. -->> -->> B.R. -->

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot > disk. Could anybody throw me some light. > man mkbootdisk. Just remember, you DON'T need to prepend the "vmlinuz-" stuff to it I can never seem to remember t

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Eric Clover
bootdisk or man bootdisk Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot > disk. Could anybody throw me some light. > > Thanks in advance. > > B.R. > Stephen > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"

Re: commands without confirmation

1998-04-13 Thread plaven
You might already have the answer to this, but check the .bashrc file and you will find that an alias has been setup with the -i option. No doubt to protect us newbies.. :) Cya, Pete -- > From: Jim Kannengieser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: commands without co

Re: commands without confirmation

1998-04-09 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
>Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system >last >weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many >commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the >man, >but couldn't find a flag to turn confirmations off. Anyone have a >suggesti

Re: commands without confirmation

1998-04-08 Thread William T Wilson
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jim Kannengieser wrote: > Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last > weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many > commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man, This is a Redhatism, and I co

Re: commands without confirmation

1998-04-07 Thread Hans Feringa
Define some of the following aliases in your /etc/bashrc alias cp='cp -iv' alias mv='mv -i' alias rm='rm -i' Jim Kannengieser wrote: > > Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last > weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many > commands a

Re: commands without confirmation

1998-04-07 Thread Michael George
> Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last > weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many > commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man, > but couldn't find a flag to turn confirmations off. Anyone have a > sugge