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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: Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:13:12 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #866
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Linux-Misc Digest #866, Volume #2 Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:13:12 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN (Benjamin John Walter)
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Re: 56.6 Kb simulated with 2 28.8Kb modems. Is it possible? (Benjamin John Walter)
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Re: Where do I get PPP software? (Benjamin John Walter)
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Is there a firewall for slackware? (The Weasel !!)
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Re: PROBLEM with console (Bernd Eckenfels)
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*** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.07) (Ian Jackson)
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HELP NEEDED - Converting SCO users biz.sco.general (Shahid Ikram Butt)
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Re: How to pronounce Linux?? (Joseph W. DeVincentis)
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Linux Documentation (Franco Gerace)
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Re: PROBLEM with console (Carlos Dominguez)
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Re: How to pronounce Linux?? (jbriscoe@delphi.com)
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moxftp 2.2 for mosaic (Benjamin Alman)
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Wanted, any Linux commercial software (SET SY)
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Re: New User HOWTO proposal (Clifford Story)
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Motif (Philip Thambidurai)
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Intel EtherExpress ??? (CHARLES SYERS)
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Re: Is anyone using a TEXEL CD-ROM (SCSI) with Linux? (Mark Bolzern)
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Re: [Q] SW Technology (Sridhar Kodela)
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Re: Linux Documentation (Matt Welsh)
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xdm / chooser (Martin Oldfield)
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Re: [Q] SW Technology (Cheng-Tang Lee)
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Re: [ppp] One works, the other almost works. (Al Longyear)
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Re: Boot disk -> Root disk (Patrick J. Volkerding)
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TMC-850 on IRQ 11 no workee... (ecarp@netcom.com)
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Thanx (Eric Hausgaard)
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: ben@tsunami.demon.co.uk (Benjamin John Walter)
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Subject: Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 07:06:34 +0000
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: Won't work. The kernel code in most systems is smart enough to either
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: know 224.x.x.x is multicast or to ignore it.
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Apart from my Linux system, apparently ;-)
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peace, Ben
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--
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/ / (_)__ __ ____ __
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From: ben@tsunami.demon.co.uk (Benjamin John Walter)
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Subject: Re: 56.6 Kb simulated with 2 28.8Kb modems. Is it possible?
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 07:12:06 +0000
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Alan Cox (iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk) wrote:
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: In article <1994Sep23.172102.5103@umr.edu> dpe@rocket.cc.umr.edu (David Edwards) writes:
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: >Hmmm... maybe the load balancing stuff could do this... (I have no idea
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: >how much of the load-balancing stuff has been implemented, or how stable
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: >it is...)... If you could set up routing tables at both ends for this, it
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: >seems like it would probibly work. (Famous last words, I know... :) )
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: It's in, it should work. You'll need the ifslave program to try it out
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: and probably to do a bit of hackery with dip etc to set it up. Email me
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: if you want the bits
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I'd be interested in seeing them, where can I find them?
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peace, Ben
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--
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From: ben@tsunami.demon.co.uk (Benjamin John Walter)
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Subject: Re: Where do I get PPP software?
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 07:14:32 +0000
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: Hello netters! I have PPP enabled in my kernel with Slackware 2.0, but I do
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: not know how I can go about using it? Currently, I am using slip with dip,
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: but I cannot find any software for dialing in with PPP. I have a dynamically
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: allocated IP address, and I have to dial in to get it, so I need software
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: that meets these needs. Much thanks in advance!
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Hi there! Check out the ppp-2.1.2a collection on sunsite. It
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contains a program, pppd, that you use to manage your PPP connections
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as well as a program to called 'chat' to automate your login.
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I think its probably lurking somewhere under
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/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial on sunsite.unc.edu.
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Peace, Ben
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--
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From: pescej@news.db.erau.edu (The Weasel !!)
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Subject: Is there a firewall for slackware?
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Date: 2 Oct 1994 06:22:20 GMT
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We are tring to setup a firewall to help protect data on our system.
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Is there a firewall out there for slackware? I need to install it
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on our gateway linux box.
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From: ukd1@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Bernd Eckenfels)
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Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.linux
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM with console
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 13:37:49 GMT
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Joerg Schoeppe (p4001bf@sun1.lrz-muenchen.de) wrote:
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<...xconsole...>
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Der Aufruf TIOCCONS kann nur von root ausgefuehrt werden. Aus dem
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Grund muss man xconsole entweder SUID root machen (bin mir aber nicht
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sicher, ob das sicher ist), oder man laesst es vom XDM anstarten,
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dann laeuft es als root.
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xterm z.B. ist auch SUID Root, und mit xterm -C kann man sich die
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console anschauen!
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Gruss,
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Bernd
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--
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(OO) -- Bernd_Eckenfels@Wittumstrasse13.76646Bruchsal.de --
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( .. ) +4972573817 ecki@lina.ka.sub.org ukd1@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
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o--o *QUAK* Jetzt auch mit Plueschtier in der .Sig!
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(O____O) <A href=http://rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ukd1/>Eckes@IRC</A>
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From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.07)
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Date: 2 Oct 1994 04:04:15 -0600
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Please do not post questions to comp.os.linux.misc - read on for details of
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which groups you should read and post to.
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Please do not crosspost anything between different groups of the comp.os.linux
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hierarchy. See Matt Welsh's introduction to the hierarchy, posted weekly.
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If you have a question about Linux you should get and read the Linux Frequently
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Asked Questions with Answers list from sunsite.unc.edu, in /pub/Linux/docs, or
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from another Linux FTP site. It is also posted periodically to c.o.l.announce.
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In particular, read the question `You still haven't answered my question!'
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The FAQ will refer you to the Linux HOWTOs (more detailed descriptions of
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particular topics) found in the HOWTO directory in the same place.
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Then you should consider posting to comp.os.linux.help - not
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comp.os.linux.misc.
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Note that X Windows related questions should go to comp.windows.x.i386unix, and
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that non-Linux-specific Unix questions should go to comp.unix.questions.
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Please read the FAQs for these groups before posting - look on rtfm.mit.edu in
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/pub/usenet/news.answers/Intel-Unix-X-faq and .../unix-faq.
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Only if you have a posting that is not more appropriate for one of the other
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Linux groups - ie it is not a question, not about the future development of
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Linux, not an announcement or bug report and not about system administration -
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should you post to comp.os.linux.misc.
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Comments on this posting are welcomed - please email me !
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--
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Ian Jackson <ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu> (urgent email: iwj10@phx.cam.ac.uk)
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2 Lexington Close, Cambridge, CB4 3LS, England; phone: +44 223 64238
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From: sib1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Shahid Ikram Butt)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
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Subject: HELP NEEDED - Converting SCO users biz.sco.general
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Date: 2 Oct 1994 05:37:16 -0500
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Okay, Okay I should have crossposted it in the first place.
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I posted an article under the subject : "Does nobody here know about
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Linux ? " in biz.sco.general few hours ago and already have a good
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response. This is an honest attempt to convert SCO users to Linux.
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Hopefully we'll get attention of some developers and they might think
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about porting their popular application to Linux.
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If you have been enjoying Linux without paying for it then now is a
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good time to pay back to Linux community. Your job is to get more
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and more people to start using Linux instead of any other OS. The
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more people use Linux, more applications, faster development etc.
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etc. Its a good thing you see. Jump to biz.sco.general now and
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participate in that discussion.
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Shahid
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______________________sib1@Ra.Msstate.Edu____________________________
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Cruising Information Super Highway
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From: devjoe@wilma.che.utexas.edu (Joseph W. DeVincentis)
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Subject: Re: How to pronounce Linux??
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Date: 1 Oct 1994 00:22:53 GMT
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In article <1994Sep30.221516.23658@midway.uchicago.edu>,
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Richard L. Goerwitz <goer@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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>inge@drealm.drealm.org (Inge Cubitt) writes:
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[discussion of how to pronounce Linux, short I or long E first syllable?]
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>>What is all this long and short business? They seem to take the same length
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>>of time to say whether it's i as in in or i as in line. Which is which?
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>
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>It's what the old schoolteachers teach English-speaking students, and
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>most never stop to think whether it's true or not.
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I took a linguistics class once, and one of the interesting things I
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learned then was the answer to this question. It's long so I'll summarize.
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At one time far in the past the "long" and "short" vowel sounds were
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actually long and short versions of the same sounds. Over time, there
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have been many changes in the way English is pronounced, including a
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couple massive vowel-shifts, such that none of the vowels are pronounced
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today as they were originally pronounced. Other languages have undergone
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similar but different changes.
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From: f_gerac@pavo.concordia.ca (Franco Gerace)
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Subject: Linux Documentation
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 20:35 -0500
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I noticed that the Linux documentation (LDP) at sunsite is not ftp'able.
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In other words, I am not able to FTP the LDP files. Has anyone encountered
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the same problem? Is there any other site where one can FTP these files?
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--Thank You . . .
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From: carlos@interport.net (Carlos Dominguez)
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM with console
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 10:24:41 -0400
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Bernd Eckenfels (ukd1@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) wrote:
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Gutentag!
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: xterm z.B. ist auch SUID Root, und mit xterm -C kann man sich die
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: console anschauen!
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I gather that it can't be done?
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Gruss :)
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--
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__ __ __ | .__. __. :::: Carlos Dominguez - proprietor - sysadmin
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|__ |__| | | |__| .__| :::: Basselope *nix systems
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--------------------------- Internet services consulting is our forte
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From: jbriscoe@delphi.com
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Subject: Re: How to pronounce Linux??
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 12:53:40 -0500
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Will someone please drive a stake through the heart of this issue.
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How do you pronounce "C++" in Danish?
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From: alman@strangiato.res.wpi.edu (Benjamin Alman)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: moxftp 2.2 for mosaic
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Date: 2 Oct 1994 15:56:09 GMT
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Reply-To: alman@strangiato.Res.WPI.EDU
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does anyone out there have the moxftp (compiled for mosaic) binaries (and
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man page(s), docs, app-default-files, etc) they can .tar up and put up for
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ftp somewhere? I'm running linux, but I don't have the space to compile
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this myself... Could anyone help me out? THANKS!
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PLEASE reply be email if possible.. thanks!
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--
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______ _____
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`/ \_____/ __)' From: Ben Alman [][][] [] [] [][][] []
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| / Internet: alman@wpi.edu O O [] [] [] [] []
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| I===::====::==============================|H=H] [] [] [] [][][] [][][]
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| I===::====::==============================|H=H] [] [] [] [] [] []
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| o o _____ \_ Running Linux 1.1.50 O O [] [][][] [][][] [] []
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\______/ \____) and XFree386-2.1.1 Why Are We Here? Because...
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From: sys93r@ecs.soton.ac.uk (SET SY)
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Subject: Wanted, any Linux commercial software
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Date: 1 Oct 1994 13:53:25 +0100
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I am interested in looking for any commercial software for
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Linux. Please email to me if you have any commercial software to sell.
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thanks in advance
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From: Clifford Story <CSTORY@gallant.apple.com>
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Subject: Re: New User HOWTO proposal
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 14:12:40 GMT
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And how about this: If I'm installing Linux and I get a query, "Install
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blip-oxr, which combines features of blip and oxr?", it would be
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helpful if I knew what blip and oxr were. So a glossary would be
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helpful.
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Someone new to Linux might have UNIX admin experience, UNIX user
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experience, or (like me) no UNIX experience at all. The installation,
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I think, sorta expects the first. Of course, a Linux user will have to
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learn all that stuff but he's got to get installed first... Actually,
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this
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might be an argument in favor of the rookie-distribution proposal
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discussed in another thread.
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Cliff
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From: pthambid@atl.ge.com (Philip Thambidurai)
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Subject: Motif
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:05:20 GMT
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Which vendors sell Motif for Linux?
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Thanks
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Philip Thambidurai
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Martin Marietta Laboratories TEL: 609-866-6546
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Route 38, Bldg.145-2 FAX: 609-866-6397
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Moorestown, NJ 08057, USA email: pthambid@atl.ge.com
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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--
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Philip Thambidurai
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Martin Marietta Laboratories TEL: 609-866-6546
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Route 38, Bldg.145-2 FAX: 609-866-6397
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Moorestown, NJ 08057, USA email: pthambid@atl.ge.com
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: charles.syers@corpsoft.com (CHARLES SYERS)
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Subject: Intel EtherExpress ???
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 11:30:00 -0600
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Reply-To: charles.syers@corpsoft.com (CHARLES SYERS)
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as "still in the testing phase". Some potential problems are
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mentioned. What's the current status on this?
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Thanx -
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Chuck.
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---
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<20> OLX 2.2 <20> LINUX - The choice of a GNU generation!
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From: mark@gcs.com (Mark Bolzern)
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Subject: Re: Is anyone using a TEXEL CD-ROM (SCSI) with Linux?
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 00:36:48 GMT
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In article <ppearson.18.00111B7C@folio.com>,
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Paul Pearson <ppearson@folio.com> wrote:
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>If so, could you let me know what model and what firmware revision? I have
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>a DOS program that will scan the SCSI devices and tell you what the
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>firmware revision is if you need it. I can email it or whatever -- just let
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>me know. Thx.
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>
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>
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>--Paul Pearson
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> ppearson@folio.com
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> "Please Wait... Brain booting from floppy."
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Texel 3028 on Soundblaster SCSI under Linux. Also have one for my SCO BOX
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EPROM 3.06 on SCSI ID#5 Works fine
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--
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Mark Bolzern : mark@gcs.com USA Tel: (303) 699-7470 Fax: (303) 699-2793
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WorkGroup Solutions, Inc. The FlagShip "CA-Clipper and XBase on Unix" People
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FlagShip is a 4GL Database Development System & XBase Porting Tool for Unix
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No Runtime Fees Info at ftp.wgs.com : /pub2/wgs/Filelist OR mail: info@wgs.com
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.help
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From: kodela@netcom.com (Sridhar Kodela)
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Subject: Re: [Q] SW Technology
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 14:16:42 GMT
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Bill Broadley (broadley@turing.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
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: : There is a guy in this news-group who was VERY unhappy with his experences
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: : with this company, I believe. Look back through the posts of the last 2
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: : weeks or so.
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[SNIP]
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: is widely regarded as unreliable, and shouldn't blame SWT for such
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: problems.
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I bought my system from SWT almost one year back and am pretty happy
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camper. I got a 486DX33 machine. SO far it never gave me trouble. Later I
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added another HDD, CDROM, sound card. I bought all these from SWT. Marvin
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came to my apartment to put it in. Later I bought a bubble jet printer and
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tape drive from some place else (hey they are in sale) and tried to set it up.
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I ran into trouble with filters and he helped me out then also eventhough
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i didn't buy them from him.
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I consider this pretty good service. This is my experience and got
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no association with SWT except as a happy customer.
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cheers
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have a nice weekend,
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sridhar kodela
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kodela@netcom.com
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: --
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: Bill Broadley Broadley@math.ucdavis.edu UCD Math Sys-Admin
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: Linux is great. http://ucdmath.ucdavis.edu/~broadley PGP-ok
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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
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Subject: Re: Linux Documentation
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 16:44:53 GMT
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In article <30SEP199420355280@pavo.concordia.ca> f_gerac@pavo.concordia.ca (Franco Gerace) writes:
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>I noticed that the Linux documentation (LDP) at sunsite is not ftp'able.
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It certainly should be. Sunsite's FTP seems to be flaky over the
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last few days. You can get the LDP files from tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux
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if you can't get sunsite to cooperate.
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If you continue to have problems please mail me a log of your FTP session.
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mdw
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------------------------------
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From: mjo@mrao.cam.ac.uk (Martin Oldfield)
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Subject: xdm / chooser
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Date: 02 Oct 1994 17:00:07 GMT
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Has anyone managed to successfully run xdm and the chooser under Linux ?
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At the moment I'm having hassles but that might just be because xdm is
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somewhat new and complicated. I'm running stock XFree86, as supplied
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with the current slackware release on 1.1.49 kernel.
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Thanks in advance,
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--
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Martin Oldfield, MRAO, Cavendish Labs, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0HE
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Work: 0223 337365 Fax: 0223 354599 Home: 0223 67940
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Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine. - Dylan
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------------------------------
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From: leecheng@samba.egr.msu.edu (Cheng-Tang Lee)
|
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: [Q] SW Technology
|
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Date: 01 Oct 1994 01:33:25 GMT
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In article <10426@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>, A.R.R.Torres <arrt@ukc.ac.uk> wrote:
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>
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>I am about to order a system from SW Technology.
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>I am planning to run dos/windows and Linux.
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>Does anyone have any experience dealing with
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>them?
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>-- or would anyone recomend another dealer with
|
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>a similar price?
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>They are offering a P90 (intel plato), 8MB, 540 M Quantum HD, NCR SCSI,
|
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>2x CD-Rom for $2499.
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>
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>
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||
|
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|
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I've bought several machines for my school and my friends. We're very happy
|
||
with SWT. However, I kept seeing people warning others not to order from
|
||
SWT because they saw a long article complaining about SWT. Well, I saw it,
|
||
too. The only thing impressed me is its length. And my only comment is that
|
||
I wish that guy knows a bit about linux, or even Unix. I'm only a new user
|
||
in Linux. I also happen to experience same problems like the person did.
|
||
Most of the problems can be remedied in minutes, even seconds. I don't know
|
||
if one should yell out for them. My only real problem is that SWT forgot
|
||
to send me DOS drivers for the parts because I run Linux only on my machine.
|
||
One phone call to Marvin solved this. I got everything I need in one week.
|
||
I'm not affiliated with SWT, just a happy user.
|
||
|
||
James
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: longyear@netcom.com (Al Longyear)
|
||
Subject: Re: [ppp] One works, the other almost works.
|
||
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 16:38:34 GMT
|
||
|
||
pp000547@interramp.com writes:
|
||
|
||
> Made some progress, but not there yet.
|
||
|
||
> Let me try to isolate the difference.
|
||
|
||
> 1. Here is where snarf.com craps out:
|
||
>-----------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
> [...]
|
||
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: (45)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:34 bedlam Oct 1 2
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: received ADDR
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: (0.0.0.0)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: (ACK)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0>]
|
||
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 2, id 2.
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: Untimeout 2194:114e0.
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: Setting itimer for 0 seconds in untimeout.
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: up
|
||
>Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: Could not determine remote IP address
|
||
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
> [...]
|
||
|
||
>Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: fsm_rtermack(LCP).
|
||
>Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: Connection terminated.
|
||
>Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: set kernel debugging level to 2
|
||
>Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: Exit.
|
||
|
||
|
||
> 2. Here is what interramp.com does:
|
||
|
||
>------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
> [...]
|
||
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (45)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (ACK)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: ipcp: received ADDR
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (38.145.180.110)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (ACK)
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x4a <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr 38.145.180.110>]
|
||
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 2, id 74.
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: IO signal received
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: IO signal received
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 38.10.180.76> <compress VJ 0f 00>] e0 f7
|
||
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: fsm_rconfnakrej(IPCP): Rcvd id 1.
|
||
|
||
> [...]
|
||
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:05 bedlam pppd[116]: local IP address 38.10.180.76
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:05 bedlam pppd[116]: remote IP address 38.145.180.110
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:05 bedlam pppd[116]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started; pid = 121
|
||
>Oct 1 21:19:07 bedlam pppd[116]: Alarm
|
||
>------------------------------------------- and done!
|
||
|
||
>
|
||
> How come interramp.com gives me its IP address but snarf.com won't?
|
||
|
||
It is because they don't have one. Let me see if I can explain further.
|
||
|
||
The RFC 1332 (and others) defines the IPCP configure request frame to
|
||
send the various options to be used in the IP protocol exchange. One
|
||
such option is the IP address. The purpose for telling your remote
|
||
the IP address is so that it knows the value when it configures its
|
||
local routing.
|
||
|
||
The point-to-point links such as PPP, SLIP, and PLIP, do not use their
|
||
own local IP address. There are no routes to that address. All routes
|
||
are to the peer's IP address. (This is one of the reasons why you can
|
||
not ping your own IP address.)
|
||
|
||
Each side has the option of sending or not sending their IP
|
||
address. It is not a MUST field. (For a definition of the RFC term
|
||
MUST, see most any of the RFC documents.)
|
||
|
||
If you do not know your IP address, you are to send an invalid IP
|
||
address to the remote. The invalid address is 0.0.0.0. The remote is
|
||
to recognize that this is an invalid address and send a NAK frame for
|
||
this field and supply the proper IP address to be used.
|
||
|
||
The problem is that the RFC does not say what to do if the remote
|
||
doesn't know the IP address either. It can't send a NAK and supply the
|
||
address of 0.0.0.0 since the protocol requires that the remote then
|
||
take this value and send it again on a new configure request frame. It
|
||
can't send a IPCP reject frame. This means that it does not wish to do
|
||
IP protocol. The only other option is to send an ACK for the frame.
|
||
|
||
So, when the IPCP protocol is completed, the software looks for the
|
||
remote IP address. This is 0.0.0.0. Well, this will not work. So, the
|
||
system immediately takes down the IP layer. Since you don't want to
|
||
exchange any other protocol but IP at this time, the LCP layer goes
|
||
down and the connection is terminated.
|
||
|
||
There are three solutions to the problem:
|
||
|
||
1. You may refuse to negotiate the IP addresses. To do this, include
|
||
the option "-ip". This will ignore the IP addresses given by the
|
||
remote and not give your IP address to the remote in your configure
|
||
request frame. You must then include both local and remote IP
|
||
addresses on the pppd execution line.
|
||
|
||
2. You may give the remote your IP address and refuse to accept
|
||
theirs. This is done with the option "ipcp-accept-local". (What this
|
||
option means is that while you give your address, you are willing to
|
||
accept the remote saying "no, I want you to use address x.x.x.x".)
|
||
|
||
3. You may specify the remote address and not your own. This will
|
||
request that you get an IP address for your local access from the
|
||
remote system and have an address for the remote to use.
|
||
|
||
If I was in your situation, I would do option #3.
|
||
|
||
So, I recommend that you add the following option to the pppd process
|
||
execution:
|
||
|
||
:10.10.10.10
|
||
|
||
This will simply give the remote a phoney IP address so that when it
|
||
sends you the invalid IP address, you will have something to give it
|
||
in response.
|
||
|
||
You don't have to worry about the address 10.10.10.10 going on the
|
||
internet. Only your local IP address and the final destination IP
|
||
address will be used in the frames. It would be difficult for them to
|
||
not have a valid IP address for you.
|
||
|
||
> Is snarf.com maybe saying "I'll tell you my IP address if you tell
|
||
>me your IP address"?
|
||
|
||
No. It means that they don't know their IP address. This is not a problem.
|
||
Just tell them one. :)
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: gonzo@magnet.mednet.net (Patrick J. Volkerding)
|
||
Subject: Re: Boot disk -> Root disk
|
||
Date: 2 Oct 1994 17:21:57 GMT
|
||
|
||
In article <36k9lv$beu@mailer.fsu.edu>,
|
||
Pramod Koshy <koshy@nu.cs.fsu.edu> wrote:
|
||
>The problem I am having is that the boot disk makes a Ram disk and then
|
||
>boots the system from RAM. Then it tells me to load the root disk which also
|
||
>works fine. After this when I try to run the fdisk , it says "out of memory"
|
||
>.Having only 4 MB of RAM , i need the command that disables the ram disk and
|
||
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
>loads the boot, root from the floppy. The information accompanying the
|
||
>distribution I have does not give me any information on how to do it. Can
|
||
>somebody please help me.
|
||
|
||
Slackware 2.0.1 has a file, LOWMEM.TXT, which describes a couple
|
||
simple workarounds to this problem. You can get the file from most
|
||
Slackware mirror sites, including
|
||
ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/linux/slackware/LOWMEM.TXT.
|
||
|
||
Hope it helps -
|
||
|
||
Pat
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: ecarp@netcom.com
|
||
Subject: TMC-850 on IRQ 11 no workee...
|
||
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
|
||
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 13:46:21 GMT
|
||
|
||
I have this really flaky Adaptec 1542B, so I decided to dust off a TMC-850
|
||
compatible card and use it. Since I have a four-port comm card, I decided
|
||
to switch the TMC-850 over to IRQ 11. I changed the IRQ #define in
|
||
seagate.c to 11, rebuilt the kernel, and rebooted. (1.1.51).
|
||
|
||
The kernel booted, recognized the card as an ST-0X, but recognized my
|
||
Maxtor as not only LUN 0, but also LUN4 and 7! Then it proceeded to
|
||
delete some entries (bogus, but it didn't say which ones it was deleting),
|
||
and go on.
|
||
|
||
The kernel read the partition table OK, but right after it did, it gave me
|
||
the message "SCSI error ... id 4 lun 0 rc=27010000", then "I/O error 0810
|
||
sector 0, unable to read partition table of dev 0810". Then the kernel
|
||
panicked: "kernel panic: no device passed to allocate_device()". The root
|
||
device is /dev/sda3 (0803). I have six partitions on this SCSI drive. The
|
||
drive itself is a Maxtor 1.2GB HD.
|
||
|
||
This same card worked on a pre-1.0 kernel, and it works with the Summer
|
||
1994 Yggdrasil kernel.
|
||
|
||
The machine is basically down for the moment, since the Adaptec card is
|
||
pretty flaky, and I don't have the spare cash to replace it. Help??
|
||
--
|
||
Ed Carp, N7EKG Ed.Carp@linux.org, ecarp@netcom.com
|
||
|
||
Finger ecarp@netcom.com for PGP 2.5 public key an88744@anon.penet.fi
|
||
** PGP encrypted email preferred! **
|
||
|
||
"What's the use of distant travel if only to discover - you're homeless in
|
||
your heart." --Basia, "Yearning"
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: ueh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Eric Hausgaard)
|
||
Subject: Thanx
|
||
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 15:29:38 GMT
|
||
|
||
|
||
First, I would like to say Thanx to everyone who E-Mailed me with their
|
||
suggestions with my SMC Ultra Problem. I came in one day and it started working
|
||
beautifully. I have not had any problems since!
|
||
|
||
Next, could you tell me how I can get the passwd program to use the /etc/shadow
|
||
file. in Slackware 2.0 (? the latest from ftp.cdrom.com) I need this so I
|
||
can be compatable with BSDI which the REST of the school is using.
|
||
|
||
Also, whoever put together the Slackware Distributions, there is a bug in
|
||
the Ytalk implementation. It kicks out an error but keeps working after.
|
||
|
||
Lastly, I KNOW this is the wrong place to post this, but with CNEWS,
|
||
How the *&#$@&^* do I allow other machines to use my site's net-news (as well as myself)
|
||
|
||
Thanx again
|
||
|
||
Eric
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
<place really neat saying here>
|
||
============================================================================
|
||
My Opinions Change Every Half Hour |Eric Hausgaard: EX-VP Comp Sci Club
|
||
Flames/E-mail to ueh@sunyit.edu | SUNY Institute of Treknology
|
||
--
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
|
||
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