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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 94 17:13:21 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #815
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Linux-Misc Digest #815, Volume #2 Sat, 24 Sep 94 17:13:21 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: 80-bit floats with f2c and linux (Trent Piepho)
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Re: 80-bit floats with f2c and linux (Trent Piepho)
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Re: Royal Computers - How are hey in general and with Linux? (Craig)
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Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN (Al Longyear)
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Re: Linux on a 386 (davidsen@tmr.com)
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Summary: SCSI and IDE working together (MS-DOS/Win & Linux) (amullick@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu)
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Mosaic for Linux? (Luis Mirantes)
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Linux install questions (Luis Mirantes)
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Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz. (Larry Pyeatt)
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Support for CD-ROM hosted by sound card (Jean Daigle)
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Re: 80-bit floats with f2c and linux (David E. Fox)
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Re: Linux on 40,000 FREE(ish) CD's (Rasta Smurf)
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Re: reccomend a CD-ROM? (Joe Pannon)
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Re: Where do I get doom1.wad (Andrew Robert Ellsworth)
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Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! (System Administrator)
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Re: C++ fabs() not defined in g++??? (pommnitz%prometheus.heidelbg.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
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Re: *** LINUX BOXES FOR ONLY 100 ECUs!! BUY BUY BUY!! *** (jon m)
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More Memory? (G. Browning)
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Re: Biostar motherboards any good? (Kenneth Crudup)
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Re: *** LINUX BOXES FOR ONLY 100 ECUs!! BUY BUY BUY!! *** (Anthony Lovell)
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Re: Yggdrasil Linux Plug and Play CD ver1.1 ? (Erik Ratcliffe)
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From: xyzzy@u.washington.edu (Trent Piepho)
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Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
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Subject: Re: 80-bit floats with f2c and linux
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 21:59:42 GMT
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In article <grunes.81.780248296@imsy1.nrl.navy.mil>,
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Mitchell R Grunes <grunes@imsy1.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
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>>In <35iu09$1l4@news.u.washington.edu> xyzzy@u.washington.edu (Trent Piepho)
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>>writes:
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>>routines in libm. Does anyone know if getting 80-bit numbers ( and
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>>exponentation ) from f2c+gcc+linux is possible??? What if I write 80-bit
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>>libm routines?
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>
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>There may be another approach, since someone did once post
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>the following message:
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[message about multi precision library deleted]
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I'm not sure if this will work for me. I'm trying to speed the program up, and
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using more precision causes it to converge faster. The multi-precision
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functions are probably so much slower than the native machine instructions that
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any speed gain from fewer iterations will be lost. Since the x87 does all its
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math at 80-bits internally anyway, using 80-bit numbers will just increase
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load/store operations a little.
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From: xyzzy@u.washington.edu (Trent Piepho)
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Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
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Subject: Re: 80-bit floats with f2c and linux
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 22:01:53 GMT
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In article <1994Sep19.152759.615@rzu-news.unizh.ch>,
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Serge Pachkovsky <ps@ocisgi7.unizh.ch> wrote:
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>Anselm Lingnau (lingnau@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de) wrote:
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>
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>: Please consider also that FORTRAN, at least the obsolete version that
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>: f2c is supposed to compile, *requires* DOUBLE PRECISION variables to
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>: occupy twice as much storage as REAL variables (or, incidentally, as
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>Fortran-90 requires that as well:
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>14.6.3.1 Storage sequence
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>
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>....
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>(1) A nonpointer scalar object of type default integer, default real or
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>default logical occupies a single {\bf numeric storage unit}
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>
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>(2) A nonpointer scalar object of type double precision real or default
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>complex occupies two contiguos numeric storage units.
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>....
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What if my program doesn't use any REALs or complex numbers? It has integers
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of course, and I can't make them 40-bit.
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
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From: tracker@netcom.com (Craig)
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Subject: Re: Royal Computers - How are hey in general and with Linux?
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 06:52:16 GMT
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Larry Doolittle (doolitt@recycle.cebaf.gov) wrote:
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: money back guarantee. Has Royal learned to use heat sink compound
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: (when they install heat sinks on processors) yet?
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Using the heat sink compound with a cpu cooling fan on Intel cpu's voids the
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Intel 5 year warranty. Best to use clip-on cpu cooling fans to not void
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the Intel warranty.
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--
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=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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// Only believe in quality: \\
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\\ 1)AT&T, Motorola/Codex, Multi-Tech, //
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// Telebit, ZyXEL. \\
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\\ 2)Untouchable, Dr. Solomon's AVTK, //
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// AVP, F-Prot, TBAV. \\
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=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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From: longyear@netcom.com (Al Longyear)
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Subject: Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 14:35:32 GMT
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dangit@netcom.com (Lam Dang) writes:
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>I have set up an IP net of several nodes at home. Following general
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>conventions, they're given the addresses 192.0.0.1, 192.0.0.5, and
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>192.0.0.9. At least one of these addresses (.1) already exists on the
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>Internet. If this one is connected via PPP to a node on the Internet, it
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>must be given another address to avoid confusion.
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>Are there IP addresses set aside for standalone LANs? Where are they
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>documented?
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From RFC 1597 . . . .
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3. Private Address Space
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the
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following three blocks of the IP address space for private networks:
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10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
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172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
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192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
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We will refer to the first block as "24-bit block", the second as
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"20-bit block, and to the third as "16-bit" block. Note that the
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first block is nothing but a single class A network number, while the
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second block is a set of 16 contiguous class B network numbers, and
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third block is a set of 255 contiguous class C network numbers.
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An enterprise that decides to use IP addresses out of the address
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space defined in this document can do so without any coordination
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with IANA or an Internet registry. The address space can thus be
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used by many enterprises. Addresses within this private address
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space will only be unique within the enterprise.
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--
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Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com
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From: davidsen@tmr.com
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Subject: Re: Linux on a 386
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Date: 20 Sep 1994 18:42:43 -0400
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In article <Pine.SUN.3.90.940920190840.10825A-100000@gilgalad>,
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Rusty Chris <holleman@ncssm-server.ncssm.edu> wrote:
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:
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:I`m running 1.1.22 on a 386sx 16, with 8MB. before i "acquired" the 8
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:MB, though, I always got the kernel panic stuff when i tried to install.
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:it`s not too terribly slow, but big compiles, like the kernel, still take
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:a good hour or two. BTW, i`m looking to upgrade- does anyone have
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:an idea of which would be better: a 486slc40 or a 386dx40 w/CP ?
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:i`m sure it depends a lot on the applications, but does anyone have a
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:general idea?
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I would avoid the slc and go for a dlc. The dlc is quite a bit faster
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than the dx40, by about 40%. I don't have the numbers here, but when I
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built a machine for my wife I use a 486dlc40 and checked it against my
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own 386dx40.
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I have a whole stack of old motherboards I'm waiting to give away to a
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deserving organization, some 386dx40s, a 386sx16 like yours, and a
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386dx16 from my original 1986 "first 386 in town" system. That should
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give you an idea of my personal opinion is about their speed ;-)
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--
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Speaking *from* but never *for* Prodigy
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"Pain builds moral fiber" -my dad
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"Pain hurts" -me
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.periphs.scsi
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From: amullick@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu
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Subject: Summary: SCSI and IDE working together (MS-DOS/Win & Linux)
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 23:49:52 GMT
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About a week ago, I posted requesting information about the
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experiences of the Net regarding SCSI/IDE combinations in
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general, and specifically in regard to MS-DOS/Windows and
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Linux setups. Though the original query went out in a couple
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of different forms to a number of different lists and groups,
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this single summary is being cross-posted to those newsgroups.
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I received responses from a number of people, and while a
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few indicated that problems would abound, most agreed that
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this setup was generally problem free.
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Specifically, of those with Buslogic and Adaptec 1522 SCSI
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controllers not one reported problems. One person who has
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a Trantor 130B indicates that while it works, it is very
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difficult to configure.
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While obvious to many, conflicts between address and IRQ spaces
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between IDE and SCSI controllers were mentioned often. One
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person suggested a combination IDE & SCSI controller but
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provided no more specifics (anyone have a specific one in mind?)
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Two or three people report being able to boot MS-DOS off of the
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SCSI drive but most indicated that booting off of the IDE would
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be the only workable solution. One suggested that connecting
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the IDE drive to the middle connector on the ribbon cable
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connecting it to the controller would enable it to be the D:
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drive and the SCSI drive the C: drive.
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As far as booting Linux, consenus seems to be that LILO needs to
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be on the IDE drive and everything else can be anywhere.
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As far as contact information goes, I got Adaptec info from the
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SCSI FAQ but can't locate Buslogic info...anybody?
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I thank those who responded and if anybody has anything to add
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either followup to this summary or email me.
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Apu
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amullick@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu
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--
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===============================================================================
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Apu..............................................amullick@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu
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WARNING: I DISCRIMINATE
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E-mail is dealt with immediately;
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Snail mail, if I have nothing to do (never) or I'm bored (sometimes)
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From: lmirante@mason1.gmu.edu (Luis Mirantes)
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Subject: Mosaic for Linux?
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Date: 23 Sep 1994 00:34:23 GMT
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Is there a version of Mosaic, or similar program that'll run under XFree?
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Luis.
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From: lmirante@mason1.gmu.edu (Luis Mirantes)
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Subject: Linux install questions
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Date: 23 Sep 1994 00:43:59 GMT
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Since I've installed the Slackware distribution of Linux in my machine I
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haven't been able to polish a few problems, mainly these two:
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1 - I can't mount the CDROM (a 2X NEC connected to a or Audio Spectrum
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Sound Card SCSI port.)
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2 - I get disconnected a few seconds after I connect to my school account
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using Seyon. I'm using a Hayes Optima 28.8.
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Any help will be apprecited,
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Luis.
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From: pyeatt@cervesa.cs.colostate.edu (Larry Pyeatt)
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Subject: Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz.
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 16:08:18 GMT
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In article <35vean$cnj@mark.ucdavis.edu>, broadley@turing.ucdavis.edu (Bill Broadley) writes:
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|>
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|> : 2. SGI Indy does not cost ~3 times more than a top of the line DELL.
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|> : Let's look at the numbers, shall we:
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|> : Dell XPS 90, 16Meg ram, 17" monitor, #9 graphics card,
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|> : CD Rom Drive, 1G IDE disk, ethernet card, 3 year warranty.
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|> : Price: ~$4400
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|> Funny in my 2 month old magazine I see a DELL P-90, 16 MB ram, 17" monitor,
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|> #9 2 MB vram card (250k xstones), 1 GB disk, 3*cdrom for
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|> $3899. I'm sure the ethernet card doesn't cost $500
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You are free to call Dell and check my price. I did call them.
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You have two choices for ethernet cards. I went with the slow one.
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From: jaydee@thor.ats.qc.ca (Jean Daigle)
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Subject: Support for CD-ROM hosted by sound card
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 16:44:08 GMT
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I have recently acquired a CD-ROM based distribution of Linux
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(Walnut Creek). My system is somewhat out of date (AMD 386DX40...,
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), and underconfigured (quaint 170MB IDE drive...). Fortunately,
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there is the luxury of consulting the expertise out in netland
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before purchasing additional hardware.
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Two upgrade paths seem feasible:
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1) Sound card with CD-ROM support; appropriate CD-ROM drive;
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2nd large IDE hard drive
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2) SCSI host adaptor; SCSI CD-ROM drive; large SCSI hard drive
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Option 1 is more appealing with the added functionality of
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a sound card, and probably lower cost. Option 2 would be
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higher performance, and components could eventually migrate
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to subsequent non-PC platforms.
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The Linux FAQ and HOWTO's have been very helpful in cataloging
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supported hardware, but there are a few points that need
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clarification.
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In particular, I am wondering whether there is current, alpha,
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or planned support for CD-ROM hosted by the Gravis UltraSound MAX
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card?
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Are there any strong testimonials for other sound card/CD-ROM
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combinations? The HOWTO's explicitly state support for ProAudio
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Spectrum and various Sound Blaster products. I have no special
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requirements for sound card features, aside from an aversion
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to conspicuously obsolete technology.
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Thanks in advance for any info.
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Cheers,
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Jean.
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=================================================================
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| Jean Daigle ATS Aerospace Inc. |
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| Software Designer 1250 Boul Marie-Victorin |
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| St. Bruno, QC J3V 6B8 |
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| jaydee@ats.qc.ca Tel: (514) 441-9000 Fax: (514) 441-6789 |
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=================================================================
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Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
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From: root@belvedere.sbay.org (David E. Fox)
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Subject: Re: 80-bit floats with f2c and linux
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 04:41:05 GMT
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Dan Pop (danpop@cernapo.cern.ch) wrote:
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: If you think that the extra bits of precision/exponent are worth the
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: effort, try it. But you'll have to do a lot of work testing the
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: correctness and consistency of your changes.
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Doesn't the coprocessor do all arithmetic internally in 80 bits already?
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If so, the question then becomes whether or not it is prudent to keep
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around the extra bits from the 80 bit internal operation when stored in
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variables.
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I think you can use 80-bit values (tenbytes) directly but you need to drop
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to some inline asm to accomplish it, since the language doesn't support it
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directly.
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--
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David Fox root@belvedere.sbay.org
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5479 Castle Manor Drive
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San Jose, CA 95129 Thanks for letting me change
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408/253-7992 magnetic patterns on your hard disk.
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From: rsmurf@ritz.mordor.com (Rasta Smurf)
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Subject: Re: Linux on 40,000 FREE(ish) CD's
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 02:25:50 GMT
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What issue of PC PLUS is it, I looked at the Sept. 1994 issue and I didn't
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see any mention of Linux on the CD, or an article in the magazine. Any help
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would be greatly appreciated.
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From: danubius@chinook.halcyon.com (Joe Pannon)
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Subject: Re: reccomend a CD-ROM?
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 18:40:45 GMT
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In article <35vgorINNfsj@afshub.boulder.ibm.com>,
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Andrew T. Brown <s1a7@music.transy.edu> wrote:
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>Hello,
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>
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>I was wondering if someone could reccomend a CD-ROM drive for use
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>with Linux. I also want to use this drive under MS-DOS and OS/2.
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>I'm looking for a 3x or 4x speed w/ a SCSI-2 interface. It will be
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>used w/ a SoundBlaster 16 w/ SCSI-2 interface.
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I hope the answers to this request will not be by e-mail 'cause there
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may be many of us interested in the same question.
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So let's hear about preferred CD-ROM/Sound card combos with SCSI-2
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interface.
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Joe Pannon
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From: are1@ritz.cec.wustl.edu (Andrew Robert Ellsworth)
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Subject: Re: Where do I get doom1.wad
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Date: 23 Sep 1994 01:45:50 -0500
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In article <CwJ7D7.3t9@tsegw.tse.com>, Paul Julie <pjulie@tse.com> wrote:
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>I downloaded the X version of DOOM for linux. However, I don't have
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>the DOOM1.WAD shareware file. Where do I get this????
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Someone upped a copy of it on wuarchive.wustl.edu (bless them), so if you don't
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want to peruse thru sunsite's multitudinous files, you can find it in
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/pub/linux/doom1wad.tgz.
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(Sorry, but if I attached a > 2MB file to this message, it would make a lot
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of people angry...)
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Andy Ellsworth
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are1@cec.wustl.edu
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(INSERT CREATIVE FOOTER HERE)
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From: root@jaguar.tigerden.com (System Administrator)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze!
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 17:04:26 GMT
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DABOUS@CHIP.FNAL.GOV wrote:
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: Hello everyone,
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[ Text deleted]
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: Said that, I am having problems with telnet an MTU sizes. If I
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: telnet/ftp to my Linux box from a remote site, I find my sessions _sometimes_
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: hang up. ifconfig shows that some packets have been dropped. Reading some
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: documentation, I found out that this is a fragmentation problem that is
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: being worked on in Net-2E. I choose mtu with different sizes, but I guess
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: the best that can work for me is 576 (though this still breaks.) I am
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: running v1.1.48 and using SLIP protocol.
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: The problem gets much worse and freeze much quicker if you telnet
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: to your Linux machine, and then from your Linux machine you telnet/ftp to
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: some other machine.
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: I've seen this problem being reported several times on Linux
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: newsgroups, but no one had given an answer to it. I have programming
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: experiecne and I would like to help in solving it.
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We have had a similar probem. We are running slip to our internet
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provider, and intermittantly experience telnet lockups during logins.
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The system either 1) refuses connections 2) accepts the connection, but
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just sits 3) provides a login prompt, takes input, and never gives the
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password prompt (ususally creating a login zombie in the process).
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This is our singularly most vexing problem. It has been present since
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the first <1.0 kernel we used (now 1.1.45).
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Anyone else seeing such behaviour?
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-- George Nemeyer (tigerwolf@tigerden.com)
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Systems Administrator
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Tigerden.com
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From: pommnitz%prometheus.heidelbg.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: C++ fabs() not defined in g++???
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Date: 23 Sep 1994 11:18:37 GMT
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Reply-To: pommnitz%prometheus.heidelbg.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com
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In <1994Sep21.064430.5715@stevegd.equinox.gen.nz> steve@stevegd.equinox.gen.nz (Stephen Gourdie) writes:
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>compiling the above with the command line
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>
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>g++ -lm -o test test.cc
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How about:
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g++ -o test test.cc -lm
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Best regards
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Joerg
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================================================================================
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Joerg Pommnitz, ARTe Team, IBM Scientific Center Heidelberg, Germany
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Mail1: pommnitz%prometheus.heidelbg.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com
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Mail2: jpo@vnet.ibm.com
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Tel. : Germany (06221) 59 3609
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Subject: Re: *** LINUX BOXES FOR ONLY 100 ECUs!! BUY BUY BUY!! ***
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From: icqo409@iupui.edu (jon m)
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Date: 22 Sep 94 14:37:47 -0500
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In article <PC.94Sep19124314@isolde.dale.dircon.co.uk>,
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Pete Chown <pc@dale.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
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>(An ECU - a European Currency Unit - is worth roughly the same as a US
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>dollar, in case that was the only reason you read this article... :-)
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yup!
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so, someone's selling linux boxes for 100 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!
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i'm next in line!
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>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>Pete.Chown@dale.dircon.co.uk "The Pen is mightier than the Quill"
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> -- anonymous
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jon
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--
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jon madison
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oit consultant in training
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From: gbrownin@sun1.iusb.indiana.edu (G. Browning)
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Subject: More Memory?
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 20:12:39 GMT
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Hello, I currently have 32 Megs of actual RAM and have a 50 meg
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swap partition and I was wondering if expanded memory boards would
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work with linux. Basically, I want to have a LARGE amount of actual
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RAM for many services that are planned for our linux box. Basically,
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I would like to have somewhere around 64 megs + of ram (the computer
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is maxed with 32 megs extended).
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Second topic,whenever I connect to my linux box from an old version
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of PCTCP (2.05) it says it is connecting using 7 data bits but when
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I connect to other linux boxes it reports using 8 data bits.. how
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did mine get changed?? (i am using linux kernel 1.1.51)
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Third topic, quota.. has quota been implemented for the newer kernel
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versions? I have 1.1.51 and want to use quota again.
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Thanks
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-Gary R. Browning
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Indiana University South Bend
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From: kenny@panix.com (Kenneth Crudup)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
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Subject: Re: Biostar motherboards any good?
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 13:26:57 -0400
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In article <3600jn$rc4@perot.mtsu.edu>,
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csjohn@perot.mtsu.edu (John Wallace) says:
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>Are Biostar motherboards any good? They use the Bioteq chipset.
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I used one under OS/2 2.1 for quite some time- had to give it up 'cause the
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clone system MB I had didn't busmaster on the VLB slots.
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-Kenny
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--
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Kenneth R. Crudup, Unix Software Consultant, Scott County Consulting
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kenny@world.std.com (kenny@panix.com) +1 617 524 5929/4949 Home/Office
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16 Plainfield St, Boston, MA 02130-3633 +1 617 983 9410 Fax
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On "panix" temporarily while my regular IP gets over growing pains. OS/2 it!
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From: alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk (Anthony Lovell)
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Subject: Re: *** LINUX BOXES FOR ONLY 100 ECUs!! BUY BUY BUY!! ***
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 16:31:44 GMT
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Joshua R. Poulson (jrp@widcat.Widener.EDU) wrote:
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: In article <PC.94Sep19124314@isolde.dale.dircon.co.uk>,
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: >(An ECU - a European Currency Unit - is worth roughly the same as a US
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: >dollar, in case that was the only reason you read this article... :-)
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: And here I thought it was a bird on the endangered species list. :)
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I don't know about that, but as a Currency it's on the endangered list
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--
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anthony
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==============================================================================
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alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk | If at first you don't succeed
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PGP Key available from a server |
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alovell@cix.compulink.co.uk | Get a Bigger Hammer
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==============================================================================
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From: erat@netcom.com (Erik Ratcliffe)
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Subject: Re: Yggdrasil Linux Plug and Play CD ver1.1 ?
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 19:55:36 GMT
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Guy Bobenrieth (guy@lmias6.u-strasbg.fr) wrote:
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: I'm looking for informations about this CD ans its quality
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: Thanks for sending them to me : contains, installation, ...
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I bought the Summer 1994 edition of "Plug-and-Play" and used it for
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a few months (I have since bought a 420 meg hard drive and don't need the CD
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stuff anymore). I think it's an alright setup, but it's slow (at least on
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my double speed CDROM drive) and it can't seem to install packages from the
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control panel in X-Windows like it says it can. I don't know why this is; I
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|
just never had any luck making it work.
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Also, the hard drive installation options are quite limited. The
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Summer 1994 edition offered three options:
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cd_dependent (4 megs) System runs from the CD, but files/configurations you
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create are stored on the HD
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custom (35 megs) Small set of programs, including a minimal X-Windows
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setup, are stored on the HD. Supposedly the X
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"control panel" lets you install other packages, but
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it never worked for me...
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standard (600 megs) Supposed to be only 300 megs, but the Yggdrasil guys
|
|
changed it at the last minute to include storage of
|
|
all the source code (compressed) in the HD
|
|
installation. This setup contains pretty much every-
|
|
thing that's on the CD.
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complete (1 gig) Everything on the CD; source code decompressed.
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|
The programs that are included on this CD pretty much cover
|
|
everything you'd need for a solid Linux system: X-Windows (along with a slew
|
|
of graphic editors, games, graphic file viewers, multimedia mail, on and
|
|
on), emacs, TeX, Ghostscript, gcc, communication software (minicom, xc,
|
|
rz/sz, seyon, kermit), mail readers (elm, pine, mail, smail/rmail),
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newsreaders (tin, nn), UUCP stuff, TCP/IP networking stuff, ftp, gopher,
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yadda yadda yadda... You name it, it's there. If only there were options
|
|
to install by package instead of the above CD dependencies... The
|
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distribution could use a bit of work.
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|
But for systems that only have about 40 megs to dedicate to Linux,
|
|
the Plug-and-Play CD is a fairly good option. It needs some tweaking, but
|
|
it gives you access to programs that you would otherwise not have access to
|
|
without lots of hard drive space. Hell, it's only about $25...
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--
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| (0)(0) erat@netcom.com | "Drink up... Happy Hour is |
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| (oo) Greetings from fragrant | now enforced by law." |
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| =\/= Old Town Alexandria, VA (USA) | -- Dead Kennedys |
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