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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: Thu, 22 Sep 94 13:14:02 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #91
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Linux-Admin Digest #91, Volume #2 Thu, 22 Sep 94 13:14:02 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Two Hostnames: Possible? a: yes... (lembark@ug.eds.com)
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Any News on Next SLS Release ? (Dave Hirvela)
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Re: Install without repartitioning?? (Bjorn R L Elenfors)
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Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Herbert Xu)
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Re: Disappearing Keyboard (Herbert Xu)
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Named Problem (Brian Kramer)
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Re: problems with connecting.. (Stephen Vance)
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Monitoring open files (Stefan Mueller)
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Re: Whats the best ISA video card for Linux/Xfree? (Elwin E. Klaver)
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Linux Device Registration (Eric Youngdale)
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modules broken with 1.1.50 ? (Alastair McKinstry)
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Bug in Linux 'mv'? (Karsten Johansson)
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Re: message display in ftp (Karsten Johansson)
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Re: Named Problem (Martin Patzel)
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ftape and linux-1.1.45 (Mike Haaland)
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Re: common backup scripts in Linux community? (Koen Holtman)
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Possible bug in hd.c? (Marc A. Runkel)
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Re: Using IDE multiple mode (Mark Lord)
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Re: Possible bug in hd.c? (Mark Lord)
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Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Trevor Lampre)
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Mkfs.sysv (Linux Nils)
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Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS (Matthias Urlichs)
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Subject: Re: Two Hostnames: Possible? a: yes...
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From: lembark@ug.eds.com
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Date: 20 Sep 94 07:59:48 PDT
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> | >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Suetterlin <ps@kis.uni-freiburg.de> writes:
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>
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> | Peter> problem is receiving mail: I tried to convince smail to
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> | Peter> accept both names, i.e. lupo locally and slip65 for
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> | Peter> external connections. But smail refuses until I completely
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> | Peter> change the hostname to slip65. But, as I dislike the new
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> I don't think it works so easily. You'd better change your
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> /usr/lib/smail/config-file (I don't know if you can do it with the
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> configure-script or if you must do it by hand):
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>
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using UCB sendmail you can use the standard macro set to do this quite easily
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via MASQURADE_AS("hostname"). check out the sendmail/cf/README and
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sendmail/cf/cf/*.mc macro sets for instructions and examples of how it works.
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using the m4 macro sets provided with UCB sendmail you can set up a fully
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domain-ised system w/ alternate host names and uucp in 6-8 lines and a single
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run of m4 (e.g., my own case of a uucp link to the internet using uucp-dom in
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taylor uucp-1.05 takes 5 lines total).
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steve lembark
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(lembark@wrkhors.la.ca.us)
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From: dhirvela@icaen.uiowa.edu (Dave Hirvela)
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Subject: Any News on Next SLS Release ?
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 08:05:36 GMT
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The subject kinda says it all, is now a good time
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to grab sls 2.0 or are there changes or bugs
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to hold out for fixes on ?
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Dave
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--
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Any opinions expressed are obviously wrong. * dhirvela@icaen.iowa.edu
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Save Ferris ! Use only optical media ! * dhirvela@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
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Try Telemate-PC and save feeping creatures ! * Booster Gold in mail on:
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"I don't think that word means what you * bbs.isca.uiowa.edu login:
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think it does." _The Princess Bride_ * iscabbs - Try it today !!!
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From: d91bjoel@ida.liu.se (Bjorn R L Elenfors)
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Subject: Re: Install without repartitioning??
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 10:36:33 GMT
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durzya@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Alexander A Durzy) writes:
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>Does anyone know if there is a way to install linux
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>without repartitioning a DOS formatted drive?
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Try the UMSDOS filesystem, it should be availible from your normal
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LInux supplier. (I've never got it to work, but I've only tried once)
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Another way is to use FIPS which can split your DOS partition into two
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parts without erasing the contents of the drive, you just have to run
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defrag first so all dos files are on the beginning of the drive.
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/Bjorn Elenfors
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From: herbert@greathan.apana.org.au (Herbert Xu)
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Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs
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Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 19:28:55 +1000
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Michael C. Loewen (mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us) wrote:
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: In article <35l52k$3ju@xanax.apana.org.au> trevor@xanax.apana.org.au (Trevor Lampre) writes:
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: >
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: >A BBS needs to know what speed the user connects at to estimate
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: >if they have enough time to finish downloading a file. This requires
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: >knowing the connect string. A standard Unix getty doesn't see this or
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: >pass it onto the BBS. [rest of line deleted]
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: >
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: It's a fairly trivial task to add code to getty_ps to parse the connect
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: string, and save it in a file for use by a BBS package. I've done exactly
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: that for my UNIX system, and the BBS software I wrote. The BBS can then
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: reasonably estimate download times, based on the connect speed and an
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: efficiency factor assigned to each file transfer protocol.
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Actually, the debug file written by getty_ps contains the complete connecting
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string.
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--
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A. B <=> True B. A <=> False
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Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@greathan.apana.org.au>
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PGP Key: pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu or any other key sites
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From: herbert@greathan.apana.org.au (Herbert Xu)
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Subject: Re: Disappearing Keyboard
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 19:31:19 +1000
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Kai Petzke (wpp@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de) wrote:
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: gburk@netcom.com (Gene R Burk) writes:
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: >Does anyone have an idea why after boot up my keyboard would suddenly act
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: >as if it's not getting any power? Everything worked fine as I set things
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: >up using the root and boot disks.
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: Did you accidently press Ctrl-Q? That stops any further screen output,
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: including, what you type.
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: Press Ctrl-S for remedy.
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Actually, it's the other way around.
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--
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A. B <=> True B. A <=> False
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Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@greathan.apana.org.au>
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PGP Key: pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu or any other key sites
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------------------------------
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From: bjkramer@pluto.njcc.com (Brian Kramer)
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Subject: Named Problem
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 06:26:42 -0400
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My nameserver dies occasionally for no apparent reason. Anyone know
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what is wrong and how to fix it? Anyone happen to have a working
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binary?
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--
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Brian Kramer - Owner/Systems Administrator - bjkramer@pluto.njcc.com
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New Jersey Computer Connection - Public Access Unix Site - pluto.njcc.com
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Voice: 609-896-2799 - Fax: 609-896-2994 - Dialups: 609-896-3191
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Dialup or Telnet to pluto.njcc.com and log in as guest for more information.
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From: srvance@unix.secs.oakland.edu (Stephen Vance)
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Subject: Re: problems with connecting..
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 10:23:51 GMT
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In article cpamd@ingers105.halls.colostate.edu (Alan Donald) writes:
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>I have this small problem.. it seems that i can't connect to my own pc
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>with any consistancy. I can connect out everytime, but when i try to
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>connect via ethernet, either when i use telnet it says connection established,
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>but no login appears. It also appears that any other service that is run via
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>inetd suffers this problem, it connects but does not run the appropriate
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>daemon. The twist is that when i type inetd from the prompt _everything_
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>from then on works fine until a random time later when it decides to not
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>work anymore :(. I am running slackware 2.0 with a 1.1.50 kernel with a
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>ne2100 compatible ethernet card, also the /etc/rc.d/* file are pretty
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>much as they were when they were installed (except for ip's,gateways,etc)
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I've noticed similar behavior under both 1.0.8 and 1.1.49. It seems that
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route loses the eth0 interface. I am looking into it in more detail right
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now, but don't have any more info.
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I am using a 3COM 3c509 with 1.0.8 and a 3c589 with David Hinds' Card
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Services 2.2.1 with 1.1.49.
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Steve Vance
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------------------------------
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From: smueller@dbis3 (Stefan Mueller)
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Subject: Monitoring open files
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Date: 20 Sep 1994 17:17:58 GMT
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Hi there,
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is there a tool to get a glance at the files opened at the moment :
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- showing the users it's opened by
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- showing the mode it's opened by
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- etc.
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I imagine something like the "monitor"-command of novell's netware.
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Thanks, and bye.
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Stefan.
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+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| snail : _ | email: |
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| Stefan Muller | smueller@dbis1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de |
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| Widukind Str. 5 | voice: +49 40 553 8955 |
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| D-22529 Hamburg | fax : +49 40 553 8956 |
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+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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From: klaver@cs.utwente.nl (Elwin E. Klaver)
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Subject: Re: Whats the best ISA video card for Linux/Xfree?
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 09:38:51 GMT
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|> : I had very good experience with an ATI Graphics Ultra Pro. It's ISA,
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|> : it's fast, the driver for it seems to be in excellent shape... works
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|> : like a charm.
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|> :
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|> Here's another vote for the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro. The ATI Mach32
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|> drivers work like a charm, and the speed is excellent for an ISA card!
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|>
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|> All IMHO of course.
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O.K., But what's the best 1280*1024 PCI videocard.
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What's the best 1024*768 PCI videocard.
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What's a good card with a reasonable price (read cheap).
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E. Klaver
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BIT, University of Twente
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e-mail: klaver@cs.utwente.nl
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------------------------------
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From: Eric Youngdale <ericy@cais.cais.com>
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Subject: Linux Device Registration
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 07:50:59 -0400
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Reply-To: ericy@cais.cais.com
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>I am sending this letter/article to several people (Michael Beck for
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>PCSNDRV, ibcs2 Mailing list, Patrick Volkerdinck for Slackware) and also
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>to the comp.os.linux.admin newsgroup because I hope we can come to an
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>agreement on this topic before the "official" 1.2 kernel is released.
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I spoke to Linus about this in Heidelberg, and the solution that
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we came up with was to use dynamic allocation of major numbers. The only
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tricky part is that you somehow need a way of refreshing the /dev/ entries
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whenever you load the module.
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Perhaps a better solution would be for the iBCS2 stuff to have a
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preferred major number of 30, and if it cannot get it, then it tries
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to dynamicly allocate one. This way most of the time it will have the
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same major. Even then, some simple script should be used after the module
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is loaded to make sure that the /dev entries are correct.
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The iBCS2 emulator can already use dynamicly allocated majors, as
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I recall, and the kernel support is already there. Thus for iBCS2,
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the changes would be quite trivial. I am not sure about the sound driver,
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however.
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-Eric
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From: amck@maths.tcd.ie (Alastair McKinstry)
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Subject: modules broken with 1.1.50 ?
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 21:07:29 +0100
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Trying to get the ftape package up on Linux 486 with 1.1.50, I have the
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kernel compiling fine, ftape-1.13b with a slight patch working
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(add "ftape" to the request_dma()) , but the modules package seems
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to be broken. When I try loading the demo module drv_hello.o
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I get
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_kernel_version undefined
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and insmod ftape.o gives
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get_kernel_syms failed: Cannot find kernel symbols!
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Can anyone help ?
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-^-
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<amck@maths.tcd.ie> | Alastair McKinstry
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Finger or mail me for PGP Public Key
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PGP Key fingerprint = 19 72 38 40 D6 BF FD E0 21 17 96 05 B4 81 09 B1
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When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro -- HST
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--
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-^-
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| Alastair McKinstry
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(amck@maths.tcd.ie)
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------------------------------
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From: ksaj@csis.pcscav.com (Karsten Johansson)
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Subject: Bug in Linux 'mv'?
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:43:45 GMT
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My system is setup with the entire Linux installation on my main hard drive,
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and my /home directory on a separate 40Meg hard drive.
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If I move large files from my root disk to the /home disk, the command will
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complete, but then the system is locked up (which you don't notice until you
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try to execute another command). This seems to not happen if I use
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'copy -a * /home/wherever;rm *', but that is just plain ridiculous. After I
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reboot, I have to run 'e2fsck' manually on my /home drive, because of an
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unexpected inconsistancy.
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It happened on another system of mine, which was essentially the same, but a
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different system altogether. I blamed it then on my second hard drive. Now
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it happens on this system, so the blame points to at least Linux 'mv'.
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Has anybody encountered this? Any reason's why this would be? Any fixes
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for it out there? I can't have my system locking up every time someone has
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the need to 'mv' a large file across the file system.
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I'm using slackware v1.0
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--
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There are those who are born UNIX | Karsten Johansson
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Those who are made UNIX | 416/691-9838
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And those who become UNIX |
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For the kingdom of heaven's sake | Matthew 19:12
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------------------------------
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From: ksaj@csis.pcscav.com (Karsten Johansson)
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Subject: Re: message display in ftp
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:49:58 GMT
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Roh Nam-Seok (nsroh@juno.kaist.ac.kr) wrote:
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: I have installed Slackware 2.0 and there was anonymous ftp setted.
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: Everything was okay, except for message displaying.
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: In /etc/ftpaccess, there was message command as following...
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: message /var/spool/ftpd/msgs/welcome.msg login
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: but no message was displayed on ftp loggin on.
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: I tryed another message command like
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: message .message cwd=*
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: to display .message in each directory, but nothing happens also.
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: Please advise me what todo.
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: Thank you...
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I noticed this problem. Here is a screen shot:
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ksaj:~# ftp localhost
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Connected to localhost.
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220 csis FTP server (Linux csis 1.0 #1 Wed Aug 24 08:09:30 EDT 1994 i486)
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ready.Name (localhost:ksaj): ftp
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Password (localhost:ftp):
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331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.
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230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
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Remote system type is UNIX.
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Using binary mode to transfer files.
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ftp>
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---
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Notice that the '331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.' is
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presented _after_ you already login? It should occur after you type in the
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login name.
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I don't think it should say ready.Name either.
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I hope this is fixed in slackware 2.0. I noticed this in the SLS
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distribution as well.
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--
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There are those who are born UNIX | Karsten Johansson
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Those who are made UNIX | 416/691-9838
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And those who become UNIX |
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For the kingdom of heaven's sake | Matthew 19:12
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------------------------------
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From: patzel@happy.informatik.uni-ulm.de (Martin Patzel)
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Subject: Re: Named Problem
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 13:03:42 GMT
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Brian Kramer (bjkramer@pluto.njcc.com) wrote:
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> My nameserver dies occasionally for no apparent reason. Anyone know
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> what is wrong and how to fix it? Anyone happen to have a working
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> binary?
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I had the same things. Now I'm using the named from the BSD-Kit
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(Version 4.9.3-Beta9) and had no single crash yet.
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Martin
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--
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Martin Patzel, Universitaet Ulm, URG Informatik, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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patzel@informatik.uni-ulm.de
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------------------------------
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From: mikeh@vkgs.com (Mike Haaland)
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Subject: ftape and linux-1.1.45
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Date: 22 Sep 94 13:04:33 GMT
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After installing and rebuilding my kernel 1.1.45, then compiling
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ftape-1.13b, I try to install the new ftape module and get the message
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"_irqaction undefined". I looks like the function irqaction() is not
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in my kernal.
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What do I need to do to make ftape work? Anyone using ftape with
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linux-1.1.45?
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Thanks,
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Mike Haaland <mikeh@vkgs.com>
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------------------------------
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From: koen@wswiop07.win.tue.nl (Koen Holtman)
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Subject: Re: common backup scripts in Linux community?
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 14:40:03 +0200
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rca@queernet.org (Bob Arnold) writes:
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>Are there any commonly used backup scripts in the Linux community?
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As far as I know, two scripts are commonly used: tbackup and Backscri.
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Both can be found on sunsite in /pub/Linux/system/Backup.
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A port of dump for ext2fs is underway I believe.
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> Bob
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Koen.
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------------------------------
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From: mrunkel@twain.ucs.umass.edu (Marc A. Runkel)
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Subject: Possible bug in hd.c?
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 13:11:32 GMT
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I'm wondering if this is just me or what. I'm currenly running kernel
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v1.1.51, but am still having problems. When I ran v1.1.50, I couldn't
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get linux to see my second WDC31000 IDE drive. Now, with v1.1.51, it
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only sees the drive if I boot off a floppy diskette. This is not
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crucial, but I'd like to figure out if it's just my system, or if others
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have this problem..
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When I boot off of the hard disk, the system does a partition check on
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/dev/hda, and sees that it's a WDC31000 and compensates for the irregular
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drive geometry. It doesn't even see /dev/hdb.
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When I boot off of a floppy, the system performs the partition check on
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both drives, and everything works like a charm.
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Is this a timeout (very quick) problem? I noticed that there were some
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changes to the timeout code in hd.c in patch51.
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Any help would be appreciated.
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--
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Marc A. Runkel marc.runkel@registrar.umass.edu
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Network Analyst Of course, this is just my
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Registrar's Office * Systems Support Group tiny, insignificant, humble
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst opinion. If you don't like it....
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From: mlord@bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
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Subject: Re: Using IDE multiple mode
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 13:31:45 GMT
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In article <35ro5n$cg@news.kreonet.re.kr> nsroh@juno.kaist.ac.kr writes:
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..
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<When I use hdparm to /dev/hda, I get following results.
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<
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<# hdparm -m 16 -u 1 /dev/hda
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<# hdparm -i /dev/hda
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<
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<I get follwoing
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<
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</dev/hda:
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<
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< Model=SAMSUNG SHD-3212A (APOLLO-4) AD, FwRev=AW103S, SerialNo=48170831
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< Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
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< Physical CHS=1002/16/52, TrkSize=31200, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=11
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< BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=128KB, MaxMultSect=16
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< Features: DblWordIO=no, LBA=no, DMA=yes, tPIO=medium, tDMA=fast
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< (valid): Logical CHS=1002/16/52, TotSect=833664
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< MultSect=off, DMA-1w=0001, DMA-mw=0101
|
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<
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<I have question... I can see MulSect=off in above line.
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Yeah. That's because MultSect=off was in effect *at BOOT time*,
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like the manpage says for -i.
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<Now, do I have to change any setting in hard disk to turn ON the MultSect function
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<or just use hdparm -m 16 command to activate Multi sect function?
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Just the -m16 -- that turns it on.
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--
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mlord@bnr.ca Mark Lord BNR Ottawa,Canada 613-763-7482
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------------------------------
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||
|
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From: mlord@bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
|
||
Subject: Re: Possible bug in hd.c?
|
||
Date: 22 Sep 1994 13:35:13 GMT
|
||
|
||
In article <35rvq4$t75@nic.umass.edu> mrunkel@twain.ucs.umass.edu writes:
|
||
<I'm wondering if this is just me or what. I'm currenly running kernel
|
||
<v1.1.51, but am still having problems. When I ran v1.1.50, I couldn't
|
||
<get linux to see my second WDC31000 IDE drive. Now, with v1.1.51, it
|
||
<only sees the drive if I boot off a floppy diskette. This is not
|
||
<crucial, but I'd like to figure out if it's just my system, or if others
|
||
<have this problem..
|
||
|
||
Yeah, I'd like to know as well.
|
||
|
||
<When I boot off of the hard disk, the system does a partition check on
|
||
</dev/hda, and sees that it's a WDC31000 and compensates for the irregular
|
||
<drive geometry. It doesn't even see /dev/hdb.
|
||
<
|
||
<When I boot off of a floppy, the system performs the partition check on
|
||
<both drives, and everything works like a charm.
|
||
|
||
Hmm.. master/slave jumpers set correctly? Double check them?
|
||
|
||
<Is this a timeout (very quick) problem? I noticed that there were some
|
||
<changes to the timeout code in hd.c in patch51.
|
||
|
||
Unrelated, unless you see timeout messages in /var/adm/messages
|
||
--
|
||
mlord@bnr.ca Mark Lord BNR Ottawa,Canada 613-763-7482
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: trevor@xanax.apana.org.au (Trevor Lampre)
|
||
Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs
|
||
Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS
|
||
Date: 20 Sep 1994 08:28:28 +0930
|
||
|
||
In article <35dc52$h8s@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
|
||
Greg Corteville <gcortevi@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
|
||
>mdf@vigard.mef.org (Matthew Francey) writes:
|
||
>
|
||
>>basically, you need no "BBS Software" for a Linux machine. just setup
|
||
>>the users like yourself, turn on the modem and away you go.
|
||
>
|
||
>>well, er, there are a few other things (of course), but thats about it.
|
||
>
|
||
>Umm... Sure, but not every BBS user even has a clue about UNIX. They'd
|
||
>be 100% lost.
|
||
|
||
This is so. I used to run an OS/2 based BBS but switched to Linux/Uniboard
|
||
to give my users access to the Net. Before I switched I did a mail-out to
|
||
see what interest there was. About 30% of my users responded, of those only
|
||
about 50% said they would like a Unix shell account. OF the shell accounts
|
||
I created only about 50% of those ever bothered to log in.
|
||
|
||
Switching from the more friendly DOS type BBS's to a Unix one can be very
|
||
risky. I haven't had a new user in months, before I switched things were
|
||
ticking over quite nicely.
|
||
|
||
Many people can't even log in. I've changed the login message so many times
|
||
it's not funny, people still can't seem to get the idea of logging in as 'bbs'
|
||
before they get to the bbs. Even giving out my home phone number didn't do
|
||
the trick.
|
||
>
|
||
>You'd be surprised what levels of stupidity can be reinvented if you ever
|
||
>sat at the console of a BBS and just watched.
|
||
>
|
||
My favorite is the watching a new user entering their name:
|
||
|
||
'Fred Nurk, is this your correct name? (Y/N)'
|
||
|
||
About 5 minutes is the record where the user sat staring at this prompt.
|
||
Perhaps he thought it was a trick question! I had to give him extra time
|
||
to log in, took about 15 minutes total.
|
||
>
|
||
>>case. i am laughing at the idea of a "BBS Program" for Linux, and am somewhat
|
||
>>concerned at the prospect of an MSDOS front end (and all that it implies)
|
||
>>on a Linux machine. for Linux offers you and your users a real escape from
|
||
>>the basic limitations of the MS-DOS remote-access model.
|
||
>
|
||
>My intention is to create a system that combines the positives of both
|
||
>operating systems. MS-DOS's ease of use with Linux's power and
|
||
>flexibility. Things don't have to be complicated for the user to make it
|
||
>powerful.
|
||
|
||
Getting a good Unix BBS has been the bane of my existence. Uniboard isn't
|
||
bad but it still isn't as good as the DOS based ones. Unix doesn't help
|
||
either. A BBS needs to know what speed the user connects at to estimate
|
||
if they have enough time to finish downloading a file. This requires
|
||
knowing the connect string. A standard Unix getty doesn't see this or
|
||
pass it onto the BBS. As a result Uniboard will let users download for
|
||
hours beyond their time limit.
|
||
|
||
Be prepared for a lot of hard work if you want to get a good BBS going
|
||
under Unix. I'd be very interested to hear about it, and what you did
|
||
to overcome the problems.
|
||
|
||
>Anybody else with a USEFUL tip? The "at" command was a nice suggestion.
|
||
>Any others?
|
||
|
||
Maybe not so much tips as warnings. I'm sure it can be done but it requires
|
||
a lot more work than I realised or allowed time for. I'll be taking a couple
|
||
of weeks leave soon just to stay home and hopefully thrash my system into
|
||
shape. Good thing I never had a life, I'd probably miss it :-)
|
||
|
||
Trevor Lampre
|
||
Sysop - Xanax BBS/Unix/Internet +61-8-370-7339
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: gl055@appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de (Linux Nils)
|
||
Subject: Mkfs.sysv
|
||
Date: 20 Sep 1994 17:33:03 GMT
|
||
|
||
Hey all Linuxers!
|
||
I'm experiencing a tiny problem ...
|
||
On one hand I'm able by kernel to read from and write to SysV filesytem,
|
||
on the other hand I cannot create one :-)
|
||
I know that this feature should be used to be compatible and to be able
|
||
to read other filesystems. But right at the moment I'd like to create
|
||
a SysV filessystem on a floppydisc and cannot find any sources.
|
||
So if there are, would you please email me the ftp site address?
|
||
Or the sources?
|
||
Many thanx in advance
|
||
CU
|
||
nils
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: urlichs@smurf.noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
|
||
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development
|
||
Subject: Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS
|
||
Date: 22 Sep 1994 09:17:30 +0200
|
||
|
||
In comp.os.linux.development, article <ianm.780078992@miles>,
|
||
ianm@qualcomm.com (Ian McCloghrie) writes:
|
||
> jra@zeus.IntNet.net (Jay Ashworth) writes:
|
||
> >Now, since we know that IP addresses must be unique, it follows that it is
|
||
> >not correct practice to assign the same address to two different
|
||
> >interfaces on the same machine.
|
||
>
|
||
IP addresses must be unique, true -- but unique per host, or per host
|
||
interface? The RFCs don't say. I say ;-) that I can't think of any problems
|
||
with using the same IP address for multiple interfaces, and in fact it's a
|
||
good idea to do so (it avoids wasting network addresses).
|
||
|
||
> Keep in mind that BSD is just the most prevalent TCP/IP
|
||
> implementation, and not the definition of the protocols.
|
||
>
|
||
Fortunately not, or else we'd still be using BSD 4.2ish networking with
|
||
all-zero broadcast addresses.
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children
|
||
produce adults.
|
||
-- Peter De Vries
|
||
--
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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