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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #203
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From: Digestifier <Linux-Activists-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
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To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Reply-To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 93 05:13:04 EDT
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Linux-Activists Digest #203, Volume #6 Sun, 5 Sep 93 05:13:04 EDT
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Contents:
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RE: Linux slow > 16 MB (R.L. Sanson)
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Diamond Stealth Pro (Peter P Chiu)
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delete libc.so.4.4.1 before symlink (Dongsung Kim)
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Xconfig (Peter P Chiu)
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FTAPE 0.9.5 problem Please help (levinson@vax.sonoma.edu)
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[ANNOUNCE] Slackware 1.0.2 released, a few updates (Patrick J. Volkerding)
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Re: CD-ROM Driver For GateWay 2000 486Dx2/66 (Eberhard Moenkeberg)
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Re: Public Domain driver for SMC Ethernet Card (Russell Nelson)
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Re: A Word Processor for Linux (Brandon C Long)
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gcrt0.o - HELP! (Robert Broughton)
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ll (Robert Broughton)
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mcd : Cannot initialize floppy drive (veena gondhalekar)
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Re: anonymous ftp 0.99pl1 (mrex@indigo0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de)
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Locking out bad sectors (Yousuf Khan)
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CL5426 graphics board? (Steven M. Palm)
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From: RSanson@massey.ac.nz (R.L. Sanson)
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Subject: RE: Linux slow > 16 MB
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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 23:38:13 GMT
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RE: Linux slow > 16 MB
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I have recently increased my memory from 8 MB to 20 MB, and I must
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admit X operations (moving windows, bringing up menus etc.) seem
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much slower. Previously I used an 8 MB swap partition, which I
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removed with the additional RAM.
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Should I pull out 4 MB and drop back to 16 MB? My system is a 33 MHz
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Cyrix 486 DLC system.
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Regards
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Robert Sanson e-mail R.L.Sanson@massey.ac.nz
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Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences ph. 0064.6.350-5020
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Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ fax. 0064.6.350-5616
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Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Pr.14v34
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From: ppc2@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter P Chiu)
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Subject: Diamond Stealth Pro
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 00:40:27 GMT
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Could anyone please send me the Xconfig for Diamond Stealth Pro?
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Thank You Very Much!
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.&______~*@*~______&. m Peter Chiu
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"w/%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\w" mmm*** Washington University, St. Louis
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`Y""Y""Y"""""Y""Y""Y' mm***** ppc2@cec2.wustl.edu
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p-p_|__|__|_____|__|__|_q-q mm**Y** 275 Union Blvd, #711, St. Louis,
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_-[EEEEM==M==MM===MM==M==MEEEE]-_.|..|.... Missouri 63108 (314) 367-3599
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From: dongsung@iris.usc.edu (Dongsung Kim)
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Subject: delete libc.so.4.4.1 before symlink
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Date: 4 Sep 1993 17:50:27 -0700
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Hello!
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I tried to upgrade my SLS 1.02 to SLS 1.03 and after install the 1.03 version.
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I deleted libc.so.4.4.1 before make symlink libc.so.4 to libc.so.4.4.2.
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Therefore, I can not even login because init can not load library.
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Please help me out.
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Thanks in advance.
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Dongsung Kim
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dognsung@iris.usc.edu
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From: ppc2@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter P Chiu)
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Subject: Xconfig
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 00:46:32 GMT
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In the previous news i posted, I forgot to say what monitor I am using.
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Here is the complete config. of my computer:
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Diamond Stealth Pro
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NEC 3FGx
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Any info appreciated!
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Thanks.
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--
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.&______~*@*~______&. m Peter Chiu
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"w/%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\w" mmm*** Washington University, St. Louis
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`Y""Y""Y"""""Y""Y""Y' mm***** ppc2@cec2.wustl.edu
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p-p_|__|__|_____|__|__|_q-q mm**Y** 275 Union Blvd, #711, St. Louis,
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_-[EEEEM==M==MM===MM==M==MEEEE]-_.|..|.... Missouri 63108 (314) 367-3599
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Subject: FTAPE 0.9.5 problem Please help
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From: levinson@vax.sonoma.edu
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Date: 4 Sep 93 20:07:47 -0800
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I have ftp'd the .99pl12 kernel source in its entirety and have gotten the
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ftape0.9.5. I patched the .99pl12 source and re-built the kernel. On bootup,
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it does say that buffers are allocated for the tape drive.
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I then compiled insmod and rmmod (the docs say there is supposed to be a lsmod,
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but I don't see it). I then rebooted and compiled the sys_hello.c and tested
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the system call. By typing ./hello, it worked and displayed Hello World. I
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then rmmod and it said it removed it.
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My problem is this, while making the tape stuff, I received several messages
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saying "RCSid Defined but not used" I would imagine it is a declared variable
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that is not used.
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My other problem is that when I type userft I get a message:
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Opening Tape: No such device
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What is the problem? Am I supposed to have an ftape device in my /dev
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directory? I have a Conner Archive 250MQT QIC80 tape drive hooked to my
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floppy.
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Any suggestions?
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--
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Eric Levinson
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rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com | Home computer (UUCP)
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levinson@vax.sonoma.edu | Vax
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I can also be reached on my BBS system, Color Galaxy Milky Way (415) 883-0696
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From: bf703@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Patrick J. Volkerding)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Slackware 1.0.2 released, a few updates
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Date: 5 Sep 1993 04:06:42 GMT
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Reply-To: bf703@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Patrick J. Volkerding)
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There have been a few minor updates to Slackware 1.0.2:
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A1: tagfile, tagfile.org replaced.
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A2: vgalib.tgz removed, diska2 edited.
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A5: vgalib12.tgz and tvgalib.tgz added, smail.tgz removed, diska5 edited.
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A12: install.end removed.
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A13: Disk added: smail.tgz, diska13, install.end
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Two more new disks were added: G1 and Q1.
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G1 is a games disk. So far, this just has the "fortune" program on it.
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Q1 is a disk containing the source for the new .99pl13 alpha kernel, and
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two precompiled kernel packages, one for IDE and one for SCSI. The Q
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series will contain alpha software, and may change or disappear at any
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time.
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Here's a copy of the official announcement sent to
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comp.os.linux.announce:
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Announcing version 1.0.2 of the Slackware distribution of Linux.
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Slackware is a full-featured distribution of the Linux operating system
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designed for computers with a 3.5", 1.44M boot drive. The Slackware release
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strives for ease of installation, and as much of the software as possible
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has been preconfigured - greatly increasing user "slack."
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These disk sets are currently available:
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A: Base system.
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E: Emacs 19.19
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F: All the most current Linux related FAQ lists. (HIGHLY recommended)
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G: Games. Currently, this only contains a port of the "fortune" program
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set up to print a random fortune when you log in. I'm open to suggestions
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for other stuff to add when I find time.
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Q: This is sort of an alpha-stuff series that may change and/or disappear
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at any time. Currently it contains source for the Linux kernel .99pl13
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alpha, and two .99pl13 alpha zImages, one for IDE and one for SCSI.
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X: XFree86 1.3 and related software.
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SERIES A (base system) FEATURES:
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-- The system files that go in /bin, /etc, /dev...
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-- Kernel level .99pl12.
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-- Libraries at 4.4.1
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Programming features:
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-- GNU make 3.62
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-- BSD pmake 4.4
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-- GNU rcs 5.6
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-- tvgalib 1.0 (Trident card utilities)
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-- vgalib 1.2 (Tseng/standard VGA card utilities)
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-- Common LISP
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-- Perl 4.0pl35
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-- Linux 0.99pl12 source code
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-- ncurses 1.7
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-- GCC/G++/Obj-C 2.4.5
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-- GNU debugger (gdb) 4.8
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-- p2c 1.19 (Pascal to C translator)
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-- GNU Smalltalk 1.1.1
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-- f2c (Fortran 77 to C translator)
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-- TCL Toolkit
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Editors/Text utilities:
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-- Selection 1.5 (Cut/paste from the screen)
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-- joe 1.0.8
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-- jove 4.14.10
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-- GNU troff 1.05
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-- GNU ghostscript 2.6.1
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-- ispell spell checker
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Networking/Mail/UUCP/News
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-- Taylor UUCP 1.04
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-- Cnews
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-- Linux NET-2 (uses /conf directory in recommended fashion)
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-- deliver (simple mail delivery program)
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-- Smail 3.1.28 with tons of sample files. (Thanks goes to Ian Kluft!)
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-- traceroute utility
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-- nn 6.4.18 newsreader
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-- tin 1.1pl8 newsreader
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-- trn 2.5 newsreader
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-- elm 2.4pl21
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-- mailx
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-- term 1.0.7
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Other extra shells/utilities:
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-- tcsh 6.04 with preconfigured csh.cshrc
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-- Second extended fs utilities, v. 0.3
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-- Time zone configuration
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-- DOS emulator source v. 0.49, with the libipc problem patched.
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-- sc spreadsheet v. 6.19
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-- national (changes virtual console fonts)
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-- cpio 2.2 (backup utility)
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-- GNU diff 2.0
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-- Elf binary support library and conversion utility.
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-- bc 1.02 (number cruncher)
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-- pdksh v. 4.7 (Public domain ksh)
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SERIES E (Emacs 19.19) FEATURES:
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-- This 5 disk series contains Rik Faith's port of Emacs 19.19 for Linux.
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-- All the LISP source and extra files are included. (Thanks Rik!)
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SERIES F (FAQs) FEATURES:
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-- Linux HOWTOs:
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-- Ethernet, Installation, Net-2, UUCP, and indexes/META-FAQ.
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-- comp.lang.c FAQ, GCC/G++ FAQ, TCL FAQ, Objective-C FAQ, Fortran FAQ.
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-- Linux main FAQ.
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-- LISP FAQ, LISP Window systems FAQ, OOP in LISP FAQ, Scheme FAQ.
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-- comp.lang.perl FAQ.
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-- Postscript FAQ.
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-- comp.unix.questions FAQ.
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-- comp.windows.X FAQ, OpenLook GUI FAQ, X on Intel FAQ.
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SERIES G (Games) FEATURES:
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-- Currently, just the "fortune" program. Set up to hook into your
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/etc/profile so that users get a free fortune when they log in.
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SERIES Q (Experimental stuff) FEATURES:
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This holds things that are currently being tested, or are alpha and are
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not going to be added until official versions are released.
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-- Linux kernel source .99pl13 alpha
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-- IDE zImage .99pl13 alpha
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-- SCSI zImage .99pl13 alpha
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SERIES X (X11) FEATURES:
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-- Complete XFree-86 1.3 binary release, including all programming utilities,
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libraries, include files, and the link kit.
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-- XS3-0.4.4 replacement X server for S3 based cards.
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-- monochrome and color xterms.
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-- OpenLook Window Manager
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-- libgr 1.2 graphics library.
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-- Simplified X windows setup procedures from the TAMU Linux release.
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-- PEX extentions package
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-- Slingshot/UIT examples.
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-- Interviews 3.1 idraw and doc.
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-- GNU chess 4.00pl62 with xboard 2.1pl11
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-- XV 3.00 Shareware image/document viewer
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-- Lots, and lots more!
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The Slackware Linux release can be found on ftp.cdrom.com in directory
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/pub/linux/slackware. All of the disks except for the bootdisk are also
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available as zoo archives in /pub/linux/slackware/zooed_disks. These will
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be kept up to date.
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Enjoy!
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---
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Patrick Volkerding
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volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com
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volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
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--
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Patrick Volkerding
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volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
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bf703@cleveland.freenet.edu
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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 93 00:47:13 +0100
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From: eberhard_moenkeberg@rollo.central.de (Eberhard Moenkeberg)
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Subject: Re: CD-ROM Driver For GateWay 2000 486Dx2/66
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Hello K. and all others,
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on 31.08.93 K. D. Nguyen wrote to All in USENET.COMP.OS.LINUX:
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KD> My CD is non SCSI but compatible with SONY, KPDAK and Phillips (I was
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toldKD> so by GateWay 2000 people). Can Anyone show me know how CD-ROM and
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sound
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KD> work under Linux?
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Can you tell what kind/type of drive & card you have?
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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: Public Domain driver for SMC Ethernet Card
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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 93 02:24:17 GMT
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In article <19948@news.duke.edu> sdj@acpub.duke.edu writes:
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I have an SMC 3016TP Ethernet card I would like to use on my linux system.
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I notice that SMC Elite is supported by default but I cannot get it up with
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my 3016. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am using a 386SX AMI BIOS if
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it helps.
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In article <1993Sep3.183522.16119@merlin.hgc.edu>, mikes@hgc.edu (Mike Stein) writes:
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Are there any Public Domain drivers for the SMC3016 Ethernet card.
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What ftp sites are there for Public Domain drivers?
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SMC 3016 != WD 8013. The SMC Elite/16 is a Western Digital 8013E.
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The board you have is I/O based. SMC doesn't make them any more.
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You *might* be able to get programming docs from them.
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-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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Crynwr Software Crynwr Software sells packet driver support.
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11 Grant St. 315-268-1925 Voice | LPF member - ask me about
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Potsdam, NY 13676 315-268-9201 FAX | the harm software patents do.
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From: blong@ih-nxt05 (Brandon C Long)
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Subject: Re: A Word Processor for Linux
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Date: 5 Sep 1993 05:12:56 GMT
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heiser@bumetb.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes:
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>In article <falk.744543195@unixg.ubc.ca> falk@unixg.ubc.ca (David Falk) writes:
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>>
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>>Yet,I have found that the only thing that keeps me tied to the DOS world
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>>is the lack of a good word processor in the UNIX World. I would like to make
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>Things like WORDPERFECT are available for UNIX, but not as far as I know
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>for LINUX. And I'd be surprised if it *ever* is. It is hard to get
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>around the fact that the "home type apps" available for PCs just aren't
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>available for Unix of any flavor. For example, when was the last time
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>you saw something equivalent to "QUICKEN", or "XTALK/WIN" for any
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>Unix platform?
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Actually, a lot of the standard software is available for unix, a fact I was
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mildly surprised to find out while perusing a copy Unixworld magazine. The
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problem is the cost (and using a version of unix which is supported). Unix
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versions of software are expensive. Since the software companies can't hope
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to match the huge number of copies sold of mswindoze apps sold, they are
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forced to charge a lot more in order to make up the cost of writing the apps.
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But the old standbyes of AutoCAD, Lotus 123, Wordperfect, XTreeGold, etc are
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all available for unix and xwindows. When version 1.0 of Linux comes out
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(whenever that may be) and the user base becomes a little larger, than sure,
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these apps will also be available for Linux. Why not? Being a unix os, the
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port wouldn't be too hard, and the companies would love to sell more copies,
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even if it is for a free un*x. But just because the apps are available,
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doesn't mean that they would be cheap. Right now, Linux is free, and
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everything you get for it is gnu, or written by (usually) some student
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with too much free time and the love of programming. (yeah, me too) But
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who wants to pay $995 to run MS WORD 5.1 on a sparc? Or Excel? (same price)
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Personally, emacs sound a lot better at that point. I can handle vi for free, but I can't afford ms word. Hell, I can't afford wordperfect, which is a steal
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at 299. Thank you, but no. Of course, if someone wants to right a great
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word processor, or quicken for linux, I'd love to use it (if the price is right)Otherwise, I'll do my bookkeeping by hand.
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Brandon
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---
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Brandon Long God Creates the Dinosaurs
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Computer Engineering God kills the Dinosaurs
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University of Illinois God Creates Man
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Urbana-Champaign Man kills God
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blong@uiuc.edu Man Creates Dinosaurs
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blong@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu Dinosaurs kill Man
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(NeXT mail) -- Jurasic Park
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Opinions are such flighty things, but these are mine, for now.
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From: Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Broughton)
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Subject: gcrt0.o - HELP!
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Date: 5 Sep 93 05:28:52 GMT
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When I attempt to "ln" a program that has XWindow stuff in it, I immediately
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get a message that says "no such file or directory for gcrt0.o". Does anyone
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know where this is coming from? I suspect library/compiler compatibilities. I
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have the XFree86 1.3 that was released in mid-June, and the gcc stuff that is
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in SLS 1.03 (version 2.4.5).
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--
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*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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Robert Broughton Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca
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"We calm and reassure. We embrace people with the message that we're
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all in it together. That our leaders are infallible and that there is
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nothing, absolutely nothing wrong." - Miles Drentell, _thirtysomething_
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From: Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Broughton)
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Subject: ll
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Date: 5 Sep 93 05:31:58 GMT
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I can type in "ll", and get the equivalent of "ls -l", but "find / -name ll
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-print" delivers nothing. What exactly is going on here.
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I'm interested because ll doesn't work when I'm in a non-login shell.
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--
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*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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Robert Broughton Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca
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"We calm and reassure. We embrace people with the message that we're
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all in it together. That our leaders are infallible and that there is
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nothing, absolutely nothing wrong." - Miles Drentell, _thirtysomething_
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From: veena@happy.cc.utexas.edu (veena gondhalekar)
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Subject: mcd : Cannot initialize floppy drive
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Date: 5 Sep 1993 01:22:49 -0500
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This started happening after I installed my machine
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again using SLS. It used to be fine before.
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# cat .mcwd
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B:/
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# mcd b:
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Warning: "//.mcwd" is out of date, contents ignored
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mcd: Cannot initialize 'B:'
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#
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Does anyone have any pointers on this one ?
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Thanks.
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Rajesh
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(using a friend's account)
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From: mrex@indigo0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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Subject: Re: anonymous ftp 0.99pl1
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Reply-To: mrex@rz.fht-mannheim.de
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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1993 00:45:25 GMT
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Malcolm Beattie (mbeattie@black.ox.ac.uk) wrote:
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>
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> The point is that ftpd does a chroot(2) and then can't see
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> the libraries whatever sort of links you use. You either need
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> to have copies of your shared libraries under ~ftp or else
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> only ever put statically linked binaries under there.
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only 1/2 true.
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symbolic links won't work for the anon-ftp, but hard links will work,
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so either of the following will work:
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1) ln /lib/libc.so.4.3.3 ~ftp/lib/libc.so.4.3.3
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ln -s libc.so.4.3 /home/ftp/lib/libc.so.4
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2) ln /lib/libc.so.4.3.3 ~ftp/lib/libc.so.4
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-Martin
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--
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Martin Rex
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Rechenzentrum
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Fachhochschule fuer Technik Mannheim, Germany
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E-Mail: mrex@roxi.rz.fht-mannheim.de
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From: ykhan@gandalf.ca (Yousuf Khan)
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Subject: Locking out bad sectors
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 08:00:01 GMT
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Hi, we have an IDE drive here that seems to have lost all of its reserve
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sectors and now bad sectors are starting to show up on the surface itself.
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We were able to identify what these physical sectors were by using one of the
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numerous DOS disk scanning utilities. Is there anything similar to these disk
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scanners that'll work with on of the non-DOS filesystems of Linux? If we
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reformat the drive to use one of these filesystems, all DOS bad sector info
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would be lost. The various *fsck utils that come with Linux (and Unixes in
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general), seem to expect files to be located there before it'll be scanned.
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We want to prevent from installing files onto these bad sectors from the
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beginning. But without files, *fsck won't scann that section of the disk.
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It's the proverbial chicken vs. eggs: no files, no scanning -- no
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scanning, no files.
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Please send e-mail.
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Yousuf Khan
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--
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Gandalf Data Ltd. Opinions expressed are my own.
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From: smp@solaria.mil.wi.us (Steven M. Palm)
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Subject: CL5426 graphics board?
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 07:32:07 GMT
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I just got a CL5426 graphics card. I believe the chipset is a Cyrix
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chipset. Does anyone know if this is supported in Linux for X?
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Thanks one and all.
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Steven M. Palm FidoNet, if you must, 1:154/600.0
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Milwaukee, WI smp@solaria.mil.wi.us
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