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From: Digestifier <Linux-Activists-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 19:13:08 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #285
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Linux-Activists Digest #285, Volume #6 Mon, 4 Oct 93 19:13:08 EDT
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Contents:
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Simple courtesy (rich@mulvey.com)
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How to load a Coherent cpio into Linux? (Patrick Draper)
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Re: Forward: QIC-80 (Juergen Prang)
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Re: LILO Default to MSDOS? (Joerg Stenger)
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SCSI for Linux? (Kevin Routh)
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nntpd (Mark Swanson)
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Office Package (Island Dr (John Will)
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Adaptec 1522 support, SLS 1.03? (hillg@vax.sonoma.edu)
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Mice (Dyllanne)
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Warning Message during Installation (Tony Wang)
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Re: Warning Message during Installation (Risto Kankkunen)
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Re: Adaptec 1522 support, SLS 1.03? (goodyear john)
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Re: Office Package (Island Dr (Jay Anderson)
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Re: Warning Message during Installation (Haak)
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CFC/CFI: XSysadmin (Michael Will)
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Re: Adaptec 1522 support, SLS 1.03? (Dr. Kirk C. Aune)
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SQL RDBMS (David Tannen)
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term+archie (Ronald Florence)
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networking with SLS 1.03 (Jun Yang)
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testing, pls ignore (jwest@jwest.ecen.okstate.edu)
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X _bug_ (was Re: Problem with xdm...) (Frank Lofaro)
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Re: The smallest Linux? (Christoph Adomeit)
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From: rich@mulvey.com
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Subject: Simple courtesy
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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 15:12:22 GMT
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AHHHHHHH!
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If I see one more post asking, "What is Linux? Will it run on my
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SuperTurboZippy 386-16? Is it Unix?" post, I'm going to become violent.
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Since the people who post these things obviously don't have the common
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courtesy to actually *READ* the Linux groups before blindly posting,
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perhaps we should do them a favor. Everyone should collect a complete
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set of HOWTO's, and whenever one of the above questions appear, send them
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to the poster.
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Cripes, I'm only 26 and I'm already complaining about the young
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whippersnappers who don't have a clue about politeness. :-)
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- Rich
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--
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Rich Mulvey Amateur Radio: N2VDS Rochester, NY
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rich@mulvey.com "Ignorance should be painful."
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.coherent
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From: pdrap@ctp.com (Patrick Draper)
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Subject: How to load a Coherent cpio into Linux?
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 13:49:17 GMT
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Hi,
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I've got a backup of all my Coherent stuff that I'd like to load
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into Linux. The backup is in the Coherent cpio format on a diskette.
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The trouble is that I can't load it into Linux. There's a difference
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between Coherent's cpio and others because I can backup and restore
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a diskette that I made only with Linux in the Linux cpio format.
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I purposefully used cpio to back up my stuff because the manual said
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that it's more portable than tar, however, I've never had trouble with
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tar before.
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I can't reinstall my backup to Coherent and used a different format
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because Coherent isn't on my hard drive anymore.
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Thanks in advance,
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/\/\ |Patrick Draper Mr. Order, he runs at a|
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/ /_.\|Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc. good pace, but old |
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\ /./|e-mail: pdrap@ctp.com Mother chaos is |
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\/\/ |Lansing, Michigan winning the race. |
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From: prang@du9ds4.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de (Juergen Prang)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
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Subject: Re: Forward: QIC-80
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Date: 4 Oct 93 15:53:17 GMT
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burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) writes:
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>By the way, about two weeks ago, there was an announcement for a
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>QIC-40/80 device driver that would let DOS back up the 386BSD partition
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>using an image backup format. I have just used it to back my drive up,
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>and I am please to say that version 1.1 (which is the most recent
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>version) works at least as well as advertised.
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>While this does not get a native *BSD driver for the tapes written, it
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>does allow us to at leat back up the hard drive while we get it going.
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>The program is available from ftp.uni-duisberg.de (I think). I have put
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^^^^
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Just a short note from the author: it is on ftp.uni-duisburg.de
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directory: /pub/pc/misc
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>version 1.1 up for anonymous FTP here in the pub directory. It is
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>called rawdsk11.zip and is a DOS zip file.
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>--
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>TSgt Dave Burgess
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>NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office
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>Brooks AFB, TX
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--
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Juergen Prang | prang@du9ds4.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de
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University of Duisburg |********************************************
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Electrical Engineering | Logic is a systematic method of coming
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Dept. of Dataprocessing | to the wrong conclusion with confidence
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From: stenger@zeus.uni-duisburg.de (Joerg Stenger)
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Subject: Re: LILO Default to MSDOS?
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 16:03:09 GMT
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Reply-To: stenger@zeus.uni-duisburg.de
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In article 162618K2002E1@ALIJKU11.BITNET, Warrior Of Darkness <K2002E1@ALIJKU11.BITNET> () writes:
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>Greetings,
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>
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>I would also like to do what is needed to setup LILO to boot DOS by default,
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>since my system is also used by DOS *puke* users who would prefer booting
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>straight DOS without having to specify the OS explicitly on bootup. So if there
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>is a possibility to do this, please post it here!
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>
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>Thx,
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>DrAkHaI
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First of all You should read the FAQ and the documentation that comes with
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lilo. Everything I will tell You can be found there.
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The default Boot-image is the first one that appears in the /etc/lilo/config.
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In Your case Your config should look like:
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---- begin /etc/lilo/config ---
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boot = /dev/<Your Boot-device (probably Your 1st HD, i.e. /dev/hda)>
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prompt
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delay = <what time do You like?>
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message = <Your message file with path >
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compact
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other = /dev/<Your DOS-partition (probably /dev/hda1)>
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table = /dev/<Your bootdevice (probably /dev/hda)>
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label = <Whatever you want, maybe "Dos"?>
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image = <Where is You Linux Image? mine is "/zImage">
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root = /dev/<Your Linux-partition (probably /dev/hda2)>
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label= <Whatever You want, maybe "Linux"?>
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--- end /etc/lilo/config ---
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Don't forget to do a "sh /etc/lilo/install" whenever You alter either Your
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config-file or one of the images.
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Hope that helps,
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Joerg
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PS: Questions like Yours belong to col.help.
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E-Mail: stenger@zeus.uni-duisburg.de [134.91.4.79]
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or
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hj902st@unidui.uni-duisburg.de [134.91.4.3]
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From: krouth@slee01.srl.ford.com (Kevin Routh)
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Subject: SCSI for Linux?
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 16:17:40 GMT
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I am looking for a SCSI controller which is compatable with Linux. I
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would like the least expensive available which will give reasonable
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performance. Anyone know (or own) such a beast? I am purchasing a
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second disk for Linux and would like to buy a SCSI rather than IDE.
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Thanks.
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--
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Kevin C. Routh Internet: krouth@slee01.srl.ford.com
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Ford Electronics IBMmail (PROFS): USFMCTMF
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IC Engineering
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17000 Rotunda Drive, LN-024A Voice mail: (313) 337-5136
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Dearborn, MI 48121-6010 FAX: (313) 248-6244
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From: ag010@Freenet.carleton.ca (Mark Swanson)
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Subject: nntpd
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 16:09:58 GMT
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nnptd[88]: read_groups: malloc 0 bytes: No such file or dir.
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unexpected response from ... server: 503.
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I have all the other networking stuff working.
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I have gone through all nntpd's config files and all the files that it needs
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are present in my system with proper permissions with the exception of rnews.
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I do not have it. Could it be the problem? Can I link it with sendmail?
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Please reply even if you are a few weeks behind the messages. Thanks!
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--
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Mark Swanson. ag010@freenet.carleton.ca
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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
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Subject: Office Package (Island Dr
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Date: 2 Oct 93 17:43:00 GMT
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TO>I got an answer some minutes ago. They know Linux, but at the moment they
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TO>have no plans to make a port. This may change if they will see a real
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TO>market for a Linux port.
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TO>
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TO>Now it is your turn!!! Please send me an E-Mail if you are pricipially
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TO>willing to bye a package like "Draw, Write, Paint" for Linux.
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TO>
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TO>I want to show that there _IS_ a market for commercial Linux software.
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TO>Please don't dissapoint me :-).
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Since this is the first time I ever heard of "Draw, Write, Paint", it's
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not likely that I'd agree to buy it for an unknown amount of money!
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I doubt you'll find a lot of people willing to spend an undetermined amount
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of money for an unknown package, think about it... :-)
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Subject: Adaptec 1522 support, SLS 1.03?
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From: hillg@vax.sonoma.edu
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Date: 4 Oct 93 08:46:00 -0800
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I am trying to Install SLS 1.03, It tells me that I have no SCSI
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drives or CD roms. In reality I do. After reading the current posts
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I notice somone said the Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller is not
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supported. Is this true? If so, will it ever be, or is there a work
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around? I would like to get this up on my machine so that I can
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evaluate it before spending $$$ to get new hardware.
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Thanks in advance
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Garrett
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ghill@sonoma.edu
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From: cbar68@ccsun.strath.ac.uk (Dyllanne)
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Subject: Mice
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 16:38:17 GMT
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Two questions about mice:
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1) Can you get mice that plug into LPT1 ?
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2) If so, are they compatible in XFree86? What do you set the values in
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XConfig to?
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Many thanks.......
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V.
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From: hwang@ecst.csuchico.edu (Tony Wang)
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Subject: Warning Message during Installation
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 17:17:40 GMT
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Hello there:
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When I was installing the Linux (SLS 1.03) on my 486/33 DX, I got the
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following warning message on the screen:
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Math coprocessor using exception 16 error reporting
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I just can not figure out what it means, because everything seems running ok
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after I finish installing the Linux (Main base system + X11).
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Any help or suggestion will be very appreciated.
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dwang
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+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+
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| Tony Wang |
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| University of California, Chico |
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| e-mail: hwang@hairball.ecst.csuchico.edu |
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| Address: PO BOX 6432 |
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| Chico, CA. 95927-6432 |
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+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+
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From: kankkune@cs.Helsinki.FI (Risto Kankkunen)
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Subject: Re: Warning Message during Installation
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 18:42:18 GMT
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> When I was installing the Linux (SLS 1.03) on my 486/33 DX, I got the
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>following warning message on the screen:
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>Math coprocessor using exception 16 error reporting
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It's not a warning, but an informational message telling everything is
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all right, things are working as they should and everything is really
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splendid.
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It's that time of the year again
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From: jgoody1@gl.umbc.edu (goodyear john)
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Subject: Re: Adaptec 1522 support, SLS 1.03?
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 14:56:13 -0400
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ftp to tsx-11.mit.edu. In /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi there are some scsi
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related patches. The One for Pl13 MAY include the 1522 support. If not, in
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that directory is an aha1522 directory that has the 152x driver in it. I
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believe the current package only includes a patch for Pl13.
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From: anderson@zymurgy.bms.com (Jay Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Office Package (Island Dr
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 20:13:02 GMT
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>>>>> On 2 Oct 93 17:43:00 GMT, john.will@satalink.com (John Will) said:
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TO>I got an answer some minutes ago. They know Linux, but at the moment they
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TO>have no plans to make a port. This may change if they will see a real
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TO>market for a Linux port.
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TO>
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TO>Now it is your turn!!! Please send me an E-Mail if you are pricipially
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TO>willing to bye a package like "Draw, Write, Paint" for Linux.
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TO>
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TO>I want to show that there _IS_ a market for commercial Linux software.
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TO>Please don't dissapoint me :-).
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John> Since this is the first time I ever heard of "Draw, Write, Paint", it's
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John> not likely that I'd agree to buy it for an unknown amount of money!
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John> I doubt you'll find a lot of people willing to spend an undetermined amount
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John> of money for an unknown package, think about it... :-)
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I didn't realize that your having heard of a product was the definite
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proof of it's existance. Unfortunately for you, Island Draw, Write
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and Paint are not unknown. They've been around in the Unix market for
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a number of years. I don't know where you've been, but if you're just
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crawling out from under a rock that's your problem, not the rest of
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ours!
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:-) Have a nice day.
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--
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Jay Anderson N3JMC anderson@optical.bms.com
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Document Imaging Systems Adminstrator
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute
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Princeton, NJ 08543 Work: (609)-252-6039
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From: i7110203@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Haak)
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Subject: Re: Warning Message during Installation
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 19:24:09 GMT
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In article <28plrkINN9q1@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>, hwang@ecst.csuchico.edu (Tony Wang) writes:
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|> Hello there:
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|>
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|> When I was installing the Linux (SLS 1.03) on my 486/33 DX, I got the
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|> following warning message on the screen:
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|> Math coprocessor using exception 16 error reporting
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|>
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Don't woory, this is just the report, that you _have_ a coprocessor (in your 486) and that
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it uses an error reporting scheme via interrupts.
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Cheers,
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Oliver
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From: will@oliver (Michael Will)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: CFC/CFI: XSysadmin
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 19:36:22 GMT
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Reply-To: will@peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
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CFC / CFI Call for Code / Call for Ideas :-)
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Xsysadmin - this is what I want to write, only I think there already is
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a lot of code outside?
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Please contact me if you are working on something similar, have done something
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alike or have something stuffed away which did not work to well...
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I would like to make a LinuxConfigurationtool for
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- usermaintainement (incl. shadow-support)
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- uucp
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- smail
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- cnews / tin
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- internet
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- cron
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- printers
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I do not know whether it is a good idea to put this all into one program,
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especially since many people should contribute to this program - I cannot
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do it all alone.
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I will throw myself at the user-maintainement-stuff first.
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The tool I would like to use for this task is the ObjectInterface/ObjectBuilder
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of ParcPlace (tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/OI) since it has good
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documentation in paperform :-) and seems to be good c++.
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Otherwise I would say: xview3?
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Any Ideas - sources - to contribute?
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Someone wanting to contribute a real nifty icon ?
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Cheers, Michael Will
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PS: a very (!) crude drawing:
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usermenue
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home directory | /home/michaelw |
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From: kaune@kellum (Dr. Kirk C. Aune)
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Subject: Re: Adaptec 1522 support, SLS 1.03?
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Date: 4 Oct 1993 20:57:45 GMT
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hillg@vax.sonoma.edu wrote:
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: I am trying to Install SLS 1.03, It tells me that I have no SCSI
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: drives or CD roms. In reality I do. After reading the current posts
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: I notice somone said the Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller is not
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: supported. Is this true? If so, will it ever be, or is there a work
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: around? I would like to get this up on my machine so that I can
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: evaluate it before spending $$$ to get new hardware.
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: Thanks in advance
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: Garrett
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: ghill@sonoma.edu
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You may obtain the driver from tsx-11.mit.edu in the ALPHA/scsi
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directory. It works beautifully under my SLS 0.99p12 system and our
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thanks go to Juergen Fischer.
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I believe he released it for folding into the next release, but I do not
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know if it made PL13.
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Kirk
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Kirk C. Aune, Ph.D. ( kaune@med.unc.edu ) |
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| Director, Associate Dean for Information Systems |
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| School of Medicine, UNC at Chapel Hill |
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.os2.apps
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From: tannend@source.asset.com (David Tannen)
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Subject: SQL RDBMS
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Reply-To: tannend@source.asset.com
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 19:05:30 GMT
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I need to find out what my options are for a SQL RDBMS would
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be for the following operating systems: OS/2, Windows NT,
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Novell or a PC based Unix.
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I have the following server requirements:
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1) Must be able to support up to 300 users.
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2) The users will be dialing into the system via a
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high speed modems.
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3) Portable to different operating systems.
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The client requirements are:
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1) The client software will be running on a PC using
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Windows 3.1.
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2) GUI will be developed using Borland Object Pascal,
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so the client SQL side needs to be available for
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this environment.
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If you have any suggestions, I would be appreciate it if you would
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respond to my email account (tannend@source.asset.com). I will
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summarize if others are interested in this information.
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---
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David Tannen
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tannend@source.asset.com
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==================================================================
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-- "Dependance on wizardry to mitigate the fundamental limitations
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-- of software is called 'hacking'." Grady Booch.
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--
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-- Developing MS-Windows applications often requires 'wizardry'.
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==================================================================
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Crossposted-To: comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.sun.apps
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From: ron@mlfarm.com (Ronald Florence)
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Subject: term+archie
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 20:02:18 GMT
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I've been experimenting with the term package from Linux to connect
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our Suns with an Internet site via serial lines and TB+ modems. The
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term clients and ncftp seem to work fine. I am wondering if anyone
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has modified an archie client to work with term, and if sources are
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available via ftp.
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Is there a mailing list or newsgroup for term and term clients?
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Or perhaps an up-to-date list of already modified clients?
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Thanks in advance for suggestions and comments via email or to
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comp.sys.sun.apps, the only one of these newsgroups we can get at our
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site.
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--
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Ronald Florence
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ron@mlfarm.com
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From: jyang@eoc.com (Jun Yang)
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Subject: networking with SLS 1.03
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Reply-To: jyang@eoc.com
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 21:42:59 GMT
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I installed SLS 1.03 with TCP/IP and am trying to get networking up and
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running. I am configurating my machine according to the NET-2-FAQ. It
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seems to me that SLS has a slightly different config than the FAQ's. That's
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OK. But there is no /conf directory on my machine. Did the SLS installation
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somehow miss it or is there something else wrong?
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Email reply preferred. Thanks a lot for any help.
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Jun
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From: jwest@jwest.ecen.okstate.edu
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Subject: testing, pls ignore
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Date: 4 Oct 93 18:44:20 GMT
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Reply-To: jwestJwest.ecen.okstate.edu
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Sorry to waste bandwidth, but my news-server doesn't recognize misc.test,
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so I thought I would send the test here, where not much happens anymore.
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Jim
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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From: ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro)
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Subject: X _bug_ (was Re: Problem with xdm...)
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 22:18:13 GMT
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In article <28pbgdINNf60@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> cbvetter@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Chris Vetter) writes:
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>In article <CEDGwn.Dr3@polytechnique.fr>, sarrato@polytechnique.fr (Jean-Pierre Sarrato) writes:
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>>
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>> I am currently using the last Slackware release, and I have a big problem
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>> with xdm. It starts normally and gives me access to an olwm session all right.
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>> But when I exit olwm, the computer hangs. I must add that I have the XS3
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>> package installed. I would welcome any idea ( or a definitive answer from
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>> a Linux Guru... ).
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>
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>It's not a prob of your XS3 package ...
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>
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>Now, to fix this 'bug':
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>
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>Login as root, go straight down to /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm and edit the config
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>file (forgot it's name, sorry).
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>Write the following line at the end of the file:
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>
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>DisplayManager.*.terminateServer: true
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>
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>Save and reboot, and xdm will work correct.
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>
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>> JPS
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>
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>--
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>
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First off, lets move this out of comp.os.linux (a dying group). I'm moving it
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to comp.os.linux.misc (not .help, this is a legitamate bug)
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Second, while the above _WORKAROUND_ will work, it is _*NOT*_ the proper
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final solution. The proper fix is for X to be compiled so that the SIGHUP
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signal handler is either not one-shot, or is reset, so that X doesn't just
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exit on the second SIGHUP. It seems X is expecting BSD signal handling,
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and is getting POSIX.
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Again, this is a serious _*BUG*_ in Xfree86 which must be fixed if Xfree86
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is to be useful in production enviornments and to be considered reliable, as
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opposed to just a toy. It wil be considered a toy by those that need a
|
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_working_ system, unless _KNOWN BUGS_ eventually get fixed.
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Luckily, when I mentioned and fixed the kernel bug with kill -0 pid back in
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0.98pl0, it was made part of the kernel for 0.98pl1. I hope the Xfree86
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people will be as responsive to this problem has Linus was with the kernel.
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P.S. Don't say: "Why don't _you_ fix this bug too?! Not unless you will give
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me a free 1GIG hard disk."
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I wouldn't be so frustrated, if the people in charge and those on the
|
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newsgroup acknowleged this is a bug, instead of pretending it is okay.
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A bug is a bug, whether you admit it or not.
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------------------------------
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From: ado@bigcomm.gun.de (Christoph Adomeit)
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Subject: Re: The smallest Linux?
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 01:36:33 GMT
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donley@cscns.com (Donley P'Simer) writes:
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>I was able to install Linux 0.99pl12 SLS 1.03 on a 20MB laptop. I used the
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>base installation with prompts and answered no to the stuff I didn't need.
|
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>Basically the system includes everything but Emacs, UUCP, GhostScript, News,
|
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>and the kernel source. The source would be neccessary if you ever wanted
|
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>to update or customize the kernel, but if you've got a friend with the
|
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>full system, they could compile a zImage for you.
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I've got a client here that runs TCP and NFS on a 8 MB Partition of a 20 MB
|
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Drive in a 386SX with 4 MB of ram.
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--
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==============================================================================
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fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity
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(stolen from L.Peter Deutsch, but the signature is too good,isnt't it)
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==============================================================================
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** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
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The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
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to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
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Internet: Linux-Activists-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
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You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux) via:
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Internet: Linux-Activists@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
|
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nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux
|
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tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
|
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tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/msdos/replace
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The current version of Linux is 0.99pl9 released on April 23, 1993
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End of Linux-Activists Digest
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