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From: Digestifier <Linux-Admin-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 94 07:13:44 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #70
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Linux-Admin Digest #70, Volume #2 Fri, 16 Sep 94 07:13:44 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Putting Linux on 20 PC's at a Time (Brian Curti Harvell)
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Intel Saturn chipset for 486 (w linux) ??? (Angelo Haritsis)
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Notebook and XF (!NOT) (Lloyd Sponenburgh)
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Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Stephen Harris)
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Re: Converting from DOS to linux... (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
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Security (Michel Paradis)
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Re: Enhanced IDE (Ji-Hong Jiong)
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Converting from DOS to linux... (Matthew Dharm)
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Re: *** Why can't Linux access partitions with Linux FDISK? *** (Tom Griffing)
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Re: ftp login message (Ron Atkinson N8FOW)
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Re: patching the kernel (Stephen Harris)
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Re: Yggdrasil Install Prob. (Dan Halverson)
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Re: talk problem (Steven Pritchard)
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RE: "Perf" - James Nykiel (Christophe Person)
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RE: Re: Lilo wish" - Jay Schlieske (Christophe Person)
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Re: Putting Linux on 20 PC's at a Time (Thomas Quinot)
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Re: Two Hostnames: Possible? (Thomas Quinot)
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Re: Telnet... (Thomas Quinot)
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Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Eric J. Schwertfeger)
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Re: Linux v1.0 SMAIL problem (Caesar M Samsi)
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How to use a host as a router - READ THIS (Jay Ashworth)
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From: kiko@chopin.udel.edu (Brian Curti Harvell)
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Subject: Re: Putting Linux on 20 PC's at a Time
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Date: 14 Sep 1994 21:38:49 -0400
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In article <dhawkCw11F4.J3K@netcom.com>,
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David Hawkins <dhawk@netcom.com> wrote:
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>I have 5 classrooms with 20 PC's in each classroom. (Different
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>make/model/everything in each classrooom. No CD-ROM drives).
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>We plan on teaching on DOS one week, Linux the next, going back at
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>forth on a weekly basis. So we need to rebuild on a weekly basis.
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>Some of the classrooms have a Novell sever, others are Windows NT,
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>and the new ones coming up will have Windows for Workgroups.
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>Rebuilding DOS is not my problem, Linux is.
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>
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If you have nfs settup on your sun then that is the way two go. Slackware 2.0
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has nfs install built in, and it is pretty nice.
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Brian
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From: ah@doc.ic.ac.uk (Angelo Haritsis)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Intel Saturn chipset for 486 (w linux) ???
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Date: 16 Sep 94 02:22:58 GMT
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Hello all,
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Does any of you have any comments on the Intel Saturn chipset for
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486 DX/DX2 m.boards (PCI/ISA only with 4x72 simm slots)?
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Boards come with NCR scsi built-in + IDE +multi I/O.
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Have you had any problems using such a board?
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Does the NCR 810 scsi work with no problems?
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Which version(s) should I look for? (chipset + bios)
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I will need to use it with linux/dos/windows/os2/nt.
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Please reply via personal e-mail.
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Thanks in advance,
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Angelo
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--
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#include <standard.disclaimer.h>
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Angelo Haritsis, Applied Systems Section
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s-mail: Dpt of Computing,Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK
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e-mail: ah@doc.ic.ac.uk - !!!NEW!!! tel:+44 71 594 8434 - fax:+44 71 589 7127
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From: bridges@enterprise.america.com (Lloyd Sponenburgh)
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Subject: Notebook and XF (!NOT)
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Date: 14 Sep 1994 16:33:03 -0400
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I have successfully installed Linux (1.0.9 kernel) on my Midwest Micro
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Elite Soundbook. But I'm NOT an X-pert, and haven't even a clue where to
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go or what to do now.
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I've attempted to configure XF for my lcd display, but I cannot get any
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of the servers to recognise my hardware.
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I have a Chips & Tech F65540 controller, and a ???? monitor.
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Has anyone else gotten this working? If so, would you care to share
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your config info (specifics please, for this dummy(!?)) so I can learn
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to use the X-window environment? It LOOKS like a very nice GUI, but I've
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never used it on any other platform before.
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Thanks, LLoydS
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From: hsw1@papa.attmail.com (Stephen Harris)
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Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 20:12:55 GMT
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Hey, will this replace the BogoMip as a measure of performance? On bootup
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the Linux kernel runs the Doom demo and then works out the FPS? :-)
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Anyway, 486DX2/66 16Mb RAM, Cirrus5428 VLB. Had two xterms & tin running.
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Sound option selected.
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Got 12.48 FPS (on demo1) using the shareware files from Sunsite (doom1.wad)
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(my disks are the slowest part of the system!)
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--
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rgds
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Stephen
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From: dlj0@Lehigh.EDU (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
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Subject: Re: Converting from DOS to linux...
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Date: 16 Sep 1994 04:38:48 GMT
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In article <Cw72CB.8ts@sci.kun.nl>, ericb@cs.kun.nl (Eric Boon) writes:
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>In <359t5b$hfo@jaws.cs.hmc.edu> mdharm@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu (Matthew Dharm) writes:
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>
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>>BUT, I'm not going to do this unless I can get a foolproof way of
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>>moving files back and forth from one machine to another. What I
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>>envision is some DOS or linux command that will copy a file from my
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>>linux partition to my DOS partition.
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>
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>Erhm.. I'm quite a newbi in this, so please don't be too harsh in any
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>flames :-)
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>But, ehh, isn't this what the <mtools> are for? RTF!
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>
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Read a bit more. You can MOUNT a DOS partition, and deal with it as a
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completely accessible filesystem, (with dos filename restrictions of course).
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I had trouble once with mtools, and don't recommend it for regular accesss to
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a hard disk. But you might as well mount your DOS partition, since it
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gives better, faster access.
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--
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David L. Johnson dlj0@lehigh.edu or
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Department of Mathematics dlj0@chern.math.lehigh.edu
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Lehigh University
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14 E. Packer Avenue (610) 758-3759
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Bethlehem, PA 18015-3174 (610) 828-3708
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From: mike@inasec.ca (Michel Paradis)
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Subject: Security
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Date: 15 Sep 1994 16:23:09 GMT
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What tools are available to Linux (.9) users which will allow us to
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monitor, track abuse calls?
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We would like to track things from the gateway since we have multiple IP
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addresses within our domain environment. In other words, someone telnets
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into 000.000.000.4, our gateway is 000.000.000.1. We'd like to track the
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call from the router/gateway rather than from the .4 machine.
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Are there any tools which can help us do these things or any sort of
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tracking of individuals?
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I realise folks can fake addresses and so on but for the most part, there
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is a VERY small number of people who bother with that.
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Any suggestions, ideas, utility mentions are welcome!
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--
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Michel J Paradis - InaSec Inc. Box 70053, 160 Elgin St/Ott/Ont/Can/K2P-2M3
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LiveWire Online: Telnet 198.53.239.3. (613)780-3569 - (819)682-6969/0610.
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Custom Applications For Business Or Leisure Services.
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From: jiong@pipeline.com (Ji-Hong Jiong)
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Subject: Re: Enhanced IDE
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Date: 16 Sep 1994 01:28:44 -0400
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rgollent@stwing.resnet.upenn.edu (Roman Gollent) wrote:
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>I am thinking of purchasing an enhanced ide VL-B
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>controller plus hard drive (1 gig WD Caviar). I was
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>just wondering if there were any compatibility
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>problems with Linux.
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All the so called Enhanced IDE, FAST IDE, or Mode 3 IDE
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should be compatible with Linux. In fact, most of the
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new manufactured IDE hard drives are all claiming to be
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the Enh/Fast/Mode3 hard drives. Without a ENHANCED/MODE3
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VL-BUS controller, those drives work just like the
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ordinary/mode2 hard drives. I tried a Seagate(Enh) HD
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with Acculogic Enh(mode3) IDE controller 3 months ago and
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encountered some problems. I think the controller is to
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blame. But without certain controllers and drivers, those
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drives will not take advantage of mode 3 features. I
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assume that Linux will need a patch to enable the Enh
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IDE function. Now I have a Seagate mode2, a Maxtor mode3
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and an ordinary VLB IO/IDE controller without a problem.
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And the Maxtor's (master drive) performance doesn't seem
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to boost.
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BTW, your best bet should be a SCSI drive.
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And check this out,
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Conner 1080MB CFP1080Scsi 2yr warranty: US$549
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Conner 1080MB CFP1080A(IDE) 5400rpm 256k cache: $529
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^^^^^^^ ^^^^
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WD 1083MB AC3100(IDE) 4495rpm 128k cache: $499
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^^^^^^^ ^^^
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(plus S&H)
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Prices will fall every business day. Good luck to you.
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--Jiong
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From: mdharm@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu (Matthew Dharm)
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Subject: Converting from DOS to linux...
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Date: 15 Sep 1994 16:35:55 GMT
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I am considering getting another HD and installing linux.
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I allready know all of the benefits, so no one has to convince me that
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this is a good idea.
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BUT, I'm not going to do this unless I can get a foolproof way of
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moving files back and forth from one machine to another. What I
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envision is some DOS or linux command that will copy a file from my
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linux partition to my DOS partition. I realize that I could use FTP,
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but I would need a third computer to use for temporary storage if I
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did this. What I'm looking for is something completely and totally
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self-contained.
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I realize that this has, in all likelyhood, allready been done. I
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just need to hear from someone who has done it in order to console my
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fears about totally changing OSes from something that I know, to
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something almost totally foreign.
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Matthew Dharm
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From: tom@metronet.com (Tom Griffing)
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Subject: Re: *** Why can't Linux access partitions with Linux FDISK? ***
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 03:53:59 GMT
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In article <35272s$57m@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>,
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Albert So <so@markov.commerce.ubc.ca> wrote:
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>
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>Hello one and all...
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>
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>In setting up the partitions of my 540 MB hard disk,
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>I have created only one partition on this disk - a 380 MB
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>MS-DOS partition.
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>
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> Question: am I correct in assuming that one (and only one)
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> MS-DOS (primary) partition is required on the entire hard disk?
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>
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>Correct me if I'm wrong... you don't create a Linux partition using
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>MS-DOS' FDISK utility. The Install Documentation is a little vague
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>to me on this.
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Right ... Only Linux knows about Ext2 filesystems.
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I create Linux Swap, Linux Ext2 and MS-DOG filesystems using
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Linux's fdisk.
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>After creating the boot and root disks with bare.gz and
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>color144.gz, and after having booted my PCI Pentium PC into
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>Linux, I run into the following problems...
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>
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>I run SETUP, and it tells me that I do not have Linux
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>partitions set up. Next I enter
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>
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> fdisk /dev/hda2
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This will work for IDE, ESDI and other disks that appear
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as "normal" PC hard disks. If you are using a SCSI disk,
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use the command "fdisk /dev/sda" for the primary disk
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or "fdisk /dev/sdb" for the secondary disk.
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>and then I get the message
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>
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> Cannot read /dev/hda2
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>
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>or any other /dev for that matter. Is there something that
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>I am missing here?
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I get this message when I type "fdisk" on a system with a
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SCSI hard drive. This is because Linux's fdisk assumes
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the device "/dev/hda1" and scsi devices have designations
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like "/dev/sda1".
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Hope this helps,
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--
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_____________________________________________________
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| Thomas L. Griffing | |
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| tom@metronet.com | (214) 352-3441 |
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|__________________________|__________________________|
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From: ron@chaos (Ron Atkinson N8FOW)
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Subject: Re: ftp login message
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Date: 16 Sep 1994 05:37:22 GMT
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>I am trying to provide my users with a message when they try to
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>ftp. Especially when they log in and also when the CWD command
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>is issued.
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Look in /etc/ftpaccess and also do a man ftpaccess to get more
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information on this. To create a login banner you need to add in a
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line something like:
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banner /var/spool/ftpd/msgs/banner.msg
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And that file contains your message that you want displayed before the
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login prompt. The line
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message /var/spool/ftpd/msgs/welcome.msg login
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displays a file after the login.
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Ron N8FOW
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From: hsw1@papa.attmail.com (Stephen Harris)
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Subject: Re: patching the kernel
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 21:47:22 GMT
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Matija Nalis (nalis@srce.hr) wrote:
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: Also, somewhere around 1.1.48 or so, I have to do
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: make symlinks, which made some symbolic links, and after that
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: 'make' stopped complaining about missing 'entry.S'...
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make config
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should have done that. If you don't do a 'make config' after each upgrade
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then you get exactly what you deserve - especially when config.in changes:-)
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--
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rgds
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Stephen
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From: ceet1065@eiger.ceet.niu.edu (Dan Halverson)
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Subject: Re: Yggdrasil Install Prob.
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Date: 13 Sep 1994 22:42:30 -0500
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Jeff Kesselman (jeffpk@netcom.com) wrote:
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: In article <deuelpm.54.2E74EB84@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> deuelpm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Pete Deuel) writes:
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: >In article <350qjc$nf4@ccnet.ccnet.com> laguilar@ccnet.com (Luis E. Aguilar)
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: >writes:
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: >
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: >>I give up, I just bought the Fall release of Yggdrasil Linux and I am not able
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: >>to install anything, I am able to use Linux with /usr linked to the cd, but
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: >>my intention is to install everything on the Hard Drive, it is very slow to use
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: >>/usr on the CD. When I tried to install the other packages nothing
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: >>happened because /usr was linked to /system_cd. Anyone out there with a work
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: >>around for this?
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: >
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: >The install_package script should do it, but I think you'll need to reboot
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: >from the install floppy, log in as root, and do it (this should be in the FM;
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: >you may have to dig--last I knew, the book was a little unreadable).
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: Even easier, if you RTFM. Boot from the install floppy, log in as
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: install, and follow the on-screen directions.
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Well, just my two cents worth RE: FA94 release.
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I had Yggdrasil ship me out a fall release red he day they got it in. It
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seems that when you try to install additional software via the graphical
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control panel, they forget to unlink the /usr link from /system_cd/usr,
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so all cp commands to /usr get a read-only file system error. My
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solution was to manually copy the whole /system_cd/usr to /usr (which is
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linked to my /scsi/linked/usr directory) with cp -Rd, and then remove and
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link the source tree. You should be able to do a "rm /usr" after the
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control panel is running and have it work. Unlike the SP94 release, they
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do not install anything into /usr.
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RTFM doesn't work all the time. Sometimes, you have to UTFH (Use The
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F...ing Head)
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Dan
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From: spritcha@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Steven Pritchard)
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Subject: Re: talk problem
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Date: 15 Sep 1994 23:32:31 -0600
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peter.lewis@info.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis) writes:
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>Sun's use old talk. Linux uses new talk (as do most non-Sun machines
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>these days). old talk is completely broken as a protocol (it's machine
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>and system dependent). new talk, is better, but not much. Basically the
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>whole protocol is stir fried.
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If this is true, then it explains my problems with talk. I couldn't talk
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to a Sun and vice versa.
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It all seems so obvious now...
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Steve
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--
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spritcha@nyx10.cs.du.edu | Steven
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sjpritch@siucvmb.siu.edu | Pritchard
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GCS/M/S d? p+ c++(++++) l++ u+(-) e+ m+(---) s/+ !n h--- f+ g+ w@ t++ r- y?
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From: chrisp@dirac.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Christophe Person)
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Subject: RE: "Perf" - James Nykiel
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Date: 15 Sep 1994 00:40:22 -0500
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Try xsysline (or sysline) available on sunsite.
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Cp++;
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From: chrisp@dirac.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Christophe Person)
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Subject: RE: Re: Lilo wish" - Jay Schlieske
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Date: 15 Sep 1994 00:43:49 -0500
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Just add a line
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delay=5
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in /etc/lilo.conf and re-run /sbin/lilo.
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It will wait 5 seconds before booting the first OS specified in /etc/lilo.conf.
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You can make this number whatever you want.
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Christophe Person
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From: thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net (Thomas Quinot)
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Subject: Re: Putting Linux on 20 PC's at a Time
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Date: 13 Sep 1994 18:14:03 +0200
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Le Prostetnic Vogon David Hawkins <20>crit :
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> We plan on teaching on DOS one week, Linux the next, going back at
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> forth on a weekly basis. So we need to rebuild on a weekly basis.
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Why not make 2 partitions on each hard disk and use LILO to select the OS
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at boot-time ?
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--
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Thomas QUINOT | "Un roi sans divertissement est un
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<thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net> | homme plein de mis<69>re."
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Linux - choice of a GNU generation | Jean GIONO
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------------------------------
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From: thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net (Thomas Quinot)
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Subject: Re: Two Hostnames: Possible?
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Date: 13 Sep 1994 18:49:28 +0200
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Le Prostetnic Vogon Bill C. Riemers <20>crit :
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> Sure you already have 2 names:
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> localhost
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> lupo
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> If you want more, just list them in /etc/hosts.
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You can also have lupo listed as an alias for slip65 in the DNS (ask your
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ip provider...)
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--
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Thomas QUINOT | "Un roi sans divertissement est un
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<thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net> | homme plein de mis<69>re."
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Linux - choice of a GNU generation | Jean GIONO
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||
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------------------------------
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From: thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net (Thomas Quinot)
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Subject: Re: Telnet...
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Date: 13 Sep 1994 18:53:07 +0200
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Le Prostetnic Vogon Paul Gabler <20>crit :
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> Andreas:
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> Vi /etc/login.defs and update the CONSOLE field.
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And open the barn-door... The fewer root login's the better. If your
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*really* need remote root access, I suggest you login as a "normal" user
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then su root.
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--
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Thomas QUINOT | "Un roi sans divertissement est un
|
||
<thomas@melchior.frmug.fr.net> | homme plein de mis<69>re."
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||
Linux - choice of a GNU generation | Jean GIONO
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
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From: eric@pandora.Las-Vegas.NV.US (Eric J. Schwertfeger)
|
||
Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
|
||
Date: 16 Sep 1994 01:29:44 GMT
|
||
|
||
Rene COUGNENC (rene@renux.frmug.fr.net) wrote:
|
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: Well, I confirm this. On my 486dx33, 8Mb RAM / 8Mb swap, Cirrus 5426,
|
||
: DOOM under DOS is really fast. Under Linux/X, (without sound), it is
|
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: playable but is very slow, and fills the 8Mb swap partition.
|
||
|
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Did you rename/delete the sound-driver or just use the -nosound flag.
|
||
Things were pretty slow even without -nosound, until I deleted the sound
|
||
server, and then the game started flying :-)
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: csamsi@clark.net (Caesar M Samsi)
|
||
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.prog,dc.org.linux-users
|
||
Subject: Re: Linux v1.0 SMAIL problem
|
||
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 19:55:56
|
||
|
||
What is the latest version os smail and where can I ftp it from ?
|
||
|
||
I have 3.1.28.1 #5, Nov 93 and it is broken. It inserts extraneous
|
||
linefeeds and tabs making the spool file looking like follows:
|
||
|
||
>From root Thu Sep 15 18:08:36 1994
|
||
>Return-Path: <root>
|
||
>Received:
|
||
> by csamsi_ppp.clark.net
|
||
> (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5)
|
||
|
||
> id m0qlOyp-0004vrC; Thu, 15 Sep 94 18:08 EDT
|
||
>Message-Id: <m0qlOyp-0004vrC@csamsi_ppp.clark.net>
|
||
|
||
While Linux's pine (3.89) can read it just fine, other email readers are
|
||
confused like hell.
|
||
|
||
Thanks, Caesar.
|
||
|
||
In article <1994Sep14.042231.5409@tragus.atl.ga.us> jcej@tragus.atl.ga.us
|
||
(James CE Johnson) writes:
|
||
|
||
>Actually... I think the bug is from calling ferror() after the pipe
|
||
>to uuname has been closed. Look in comp.os.linux.help (?) for a similar
|
||
>discussion (search for smail or my name). Basically, you want to edit
|
||
>smail*/src/routers/uuname.c and find where it closes the pipe to
|
||
>uuname. Below that you will see a call to ferror(). Move the ferror()
|
||
>code above the close code and everything starts working. (For me at least.)
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: jra@zeus.IntNet.net (Jay Ashworth)
|
||
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
|
||
Subject: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS
|
||
Date: 15 Sep 1994 12:57:16 -0400
|
||
|
||
jbarrett@onramp.net writes:
|
||
> However, neither local or internet hosts can access a machine on the
|
||
> far side of the Linux box being used as a router.
|
||
> I can see the incomming packets being counted in /proc/net/dev, but I
|
||
> never see packets being sent out the other interface.
|
||
|
||
... and half the net is having the same trouble.
|
||
|
||
Here's the most important thing to remember:
|
||
|
||
*When using a multi-homed host as a router, EACH interface must have it's
|
||
own address.*
|
||
|
||
Routing on your local host tells IP where to send packets, based on their
|
||
destination address. What you _tell_ the routing code is _which
|
||
interface_ to send the packets out on. Therefore, each interface, (PPP is
|
||
an interface) must have a unique address. Usually, you get the IP address
|
||
for your PPP interface from the provider's net, either statically, or
|
||
dynamically. The "inside" address, the one you ifconfig onto your
|
||
ethernet interface, is part of your private net (either one you've
|
||
registered yourself, or part of a block assigned by your provider.)
|
||
|
||
A typical route information output in such a case might look like this...
|
||
|
||
Destination Gateway Netmask Flags MSS iface
|
||
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UH 1536 lo0
|
||
199.245.227.0 199.245.227.254 255.255.255.0 U 1436 eth0
|
||
default 198.147.221.1 255.255.255.0 U 1436 ppp0
|
||
|
||
(The person I'm helping with this right now, who owns those addresses,
|
||
will recognize them... :-)
|
||
|
||
This routes packets for the local host to the loopback interface, packets
|
||
for the local net (199.245.227) to the local interface which connects to
|
||
that net, and packets for every other network number to the PPP interface,
|
||
for forwarding to the outside world.
|
||
|
||
Everyone understand that? :-)
|
||
|
||
Cheers,
|
||
-- jra
|
||
--
|
||
Jay R. Ashworth Ashworth
|
||
Designer & Associates
|
||
ka1fjx/4 High Technology Systems Consulting
|
||
jra@baylink.com +1 813 790 7592
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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