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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: Fri, 1 Oct 93 09:13:08 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #278
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Linux-Activists Digest #278, Volume #6 Fri, 1 Oct 93 09:13:08 EDT
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Contents:
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Mouse busy problem (Joseph Russack)
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[summary] Installing Linux newbie (James F Hall)
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ATI video card (Charlie Oliver)
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Re: 1024x768 => Cirrus 5422 freaks out (Mr KAA. Smith)
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[UUCP] UUXQT can't spawn rnews/rmail after restore (Joe George)
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Re: Colorado streamer (Kenneth Edwards)
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Linux 0.99pl12 and NET-2 (Bennie Sexton)
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How to install packages from b: drive (3 1/2") ??? (Mong-Chuan Sim)
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Problem with system freezing while using X-win (travis jensen)
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Trouble installing Linux on IBM PS1 (laurent vallee)
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undump for Ultrix (David Rensin)
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Re: WHAT HAVE I TO DO TO SET UP THE .PROFILE (Nicola Pedrozzi)
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From: strange@cse.ucsc.edu (Joseph Russack)
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Subject: Mouse busy problem
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Date: 1 Oct 1993 00:25:48 GMT
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I recently recompiled linux (I patched .99pl12 to .99pl13) and am now
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having difficulty with my logitec busmouse. The problem materilizes in
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x, but it's because Linux is returning a "device busy". If I boot with
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the old kernel, everything is fine.
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I'm testing this with "cat /dev/mouse". Well, for asthetic reasons, I chdir
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to /dev and type "cat mouse". On pl13, I'm informed that the mouse is busy.
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I have read FAQs and I have turned on the flag for the logitec drivers.
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Linux is recognizing the logitec busmouse when I boot. I have also recompiled
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the kernel (a second time - after a make clean and a make setup) to ensure
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that I haven't overlooped something clueless like not compiling in the
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drivers for my mouse.
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Does anyone have any ideas? Or am I making some colossally stupid mistake?
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Oh, incidentially, does anyone know why minicomm won't take any input
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from my keyboard? It compiles and runs fine, I can set it up, but when I
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attempt to type anything on the term screen, it ignores it. It looks like
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I've sent an XOFF - completley frozen. Only a kill or a resizing of the
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xterm will cause it to react & kill itself.
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strange@cse.ucsc.edu
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Subject: [summary] Installing Linux newbie
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From: ph9991ha@uwrf.edu (James F Hall)
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Date: 30 Sep 93 20:30:17 -0600
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Since I had so much help from the readers of the net on how to install
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my Linux system, and since there is not much documentation on the
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subject for non-computer-geniuses (like myself), I thought I would
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summarize how to install Linux for first-time Linux users. This
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should repay at least part of my debt to you all! :-)
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Now, if only I can get X to work... :-)
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--James
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=================================< cut here >============================
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FIRST-TIME LINUX USERS -- INSTALLING LINUX, STEP-BY-STEP:
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=========================================================
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Author:
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=======
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James F. Hall
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If this is received well, I will make a habit of regularly posting this
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to the net. Errors should be reported to: <James.F.Hall@uwrf.edu>.
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Please redirect other questions to the readers of the net.
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What You Need:
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1. A blank 1Mb floppy, that is the same size (3-1/2" or 5-1/4") as the
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boot floppy drive. Format this under DOS first.
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2. Paper and pencil.
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3. All of your old data backup up. Just in case...
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Basic Premise:
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==============
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I had a lot of trouble when I first installed Linux, and I thought it
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would be better if someone wrote a step-by-step installation guide for
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first-time Linux users.
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That is what this is all about.
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I will assume that you are trying to install Linux without keeping
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another operating system on your machine at the same time you have
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Linux. This is probably the easiest way to go at first. If you
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decide later on to add another operating system, you can take those
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steps when you are ready.
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I will also presume that you do not use two hard drives at the same
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time. This is not easy, so it would be best if you waited until you
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gain more experience with Linux.
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This is written with the SLS disks in mind.
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Following this document will give you a complete Linux system, with
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just Linux and whatever programs you choose to install on your
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computer.
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When better help can be easily obtained from the programs involved
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with the installation, I let you find it out. That should help keep
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this document as short as it can be without putting you in the dark.
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Installation:
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1. Make sure that the computer is turned off. This assures that the
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memory is purged, and that we are all on equal ground.
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2. Boot the computer using the disk "a1" from the SLS release. When
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the "login:" prompt appears, enter "root" and hit return. Don't use
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the menu program, as some problems have been reported with this.
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3. Enter the command that enters the fdisk program:
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# fdisk /dev/hda
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4. Using the help found in fdisk, delete all of the old partitions.
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Then, ask for a new partition, which will be a primary partition,
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called #1, and use the full number of cylinders of your hard drive.
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The program will tell you how many cylinders you have.
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** The fdisk program may complain about a few things here. (1) That
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you are using an odd number of sectors on the disk. (2) That Linux
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cannot access __ sectors of the disk. You can safely ignore these
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warnings, as we will fix them in a minute.
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5. Use the fdisk help to print a list of the available partition
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types. Write down the number of the Linux ext2 type. I'll call it
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"xx" for use in step 6.
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6. Use the fdisk help to change the partition type. It will ask for
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the new type. Enter the value of "xx" that you found in step 5.
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7. Using the help found in fdisk, print a list of that partitions that
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are on the disk. You should get something like this (where "nnn" is
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the number of cylinders on your hard drive, "xxxx" is the size of the
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hard drive):
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/dev/hda1 1 1 nnn xxxx 83 Linux ext
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8. Write down the "xxxx" size of the hard disk, as you will need it in
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step 11. Use the fdisk help to save the partition table data, and
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then quit.
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9. Prepare your computer for rebooting by entering the command:
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# sync
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10. Reboot the computer using the "a1" disk from the SLS release.
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When the "login:" prompt appears, enter "root" and press return.
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Don't use the menu.
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11. Tell Linux that you want to use the new partition by entering the
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command (where "xxxx" is the size of the hard drive, which you found
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in step 7):
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# mke2fs -c /dev/hda1 xxxx
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** The mke2fs command takes a little while to run, and it will print
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out a lot of diagnostic information. Just sit back a wait until you
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get a prompt again.
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12. Enter the command to install the Linux system:
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# doinstall /dev/hda1
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13. Follow the prompts given in the installation program to select
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which software you want on your hard drive. I recommend using just
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the base Linux system, without installing X. The reason for this is
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that X is not easy to get going, and it would probably be a little
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better to get used to Linux before you started experimenting with X.
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14. Enter the command to prepare the computer for rebooting:
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# sync
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15. Reboot your computer using the boot disk that you make during the
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installation. When the "login:" prompt appears, enter "root" (you
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will always do this when you use Linux) and press return. Now begin
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using Linux...
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Subject: ATI video card
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From: charlie.oliver@cld9.com (Charlie Oliver)
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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 93 06:53:00 -0600
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Hi, I have a VGA wnoder video card with a chip set of ATI = 28800-5 and
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I can not get xconfig set up so windows will even start. I know the newest
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version of Linux supports this but I have had no luck at all. I keep
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getting the message that it 'ati'is not supported. Any help would be
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appreciated and thanks ahead of time
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--- BgNet 1.0b12 -
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From: edc187p@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr KAA. Smith)
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Subject: Re: 1024x768 => Cirrus 5422 freaks out
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 03:07:43 GMT
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I'm running Xfree 1.3 with a GL5422 in 1024x768 with no probs at all.
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I'm at work right now so I can't send my Xconfig...but if anyone needs
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it, mail me and I'll send it to you from home.
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Keith
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: [UUCP] UUXQT can't spawn rnews/rmail after restore
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From: jgeorge@whiffer.atl.ga.us (Joe George)
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 07:12:49 GMT
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Reply-To: jgeorge@crl.com
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Hi all,
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Help! I have an easy one, I think. I backed up and restored my Linux (99.12)
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partition to add about 30MB to it. Ever since I've restored it, I can not
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get uuxqt to work. uucico works, and feeds the items into /usr/spool/uucp,
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but when I run uuxqt I get the following failure:
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uuxqt whiffer uucp (1993-09-30 06:42:16.76 289) Executing X.whiffer1867 (rmail jgeorge)
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uuxqt whiffer uucp (1993-09-30 06:42:16.77 289) ERROR: ixsspawn: Permission denied
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uuxqt whiffer uucp (1993-09-30 06:42:16.77 289) Will retry later (X.whiffer1867)
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uuxqt whiffer news (1993-09-30 06:42:17.12 289) Executing X.whiffer1869 (rnews)
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uuxqt whiffer news (1993-09-30 06:42:17.13 289) ERROR: ixsspawn: Permission denied
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uuxqt whiffer news (1993-09-30 06:42:17.14 289) Will retry later (X.whiffer1869)
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I do not know what permissions the errors are referring to. uuxqt runs suid
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(reinstalling the uucp binaries don't help) and rnews and rmail can be run
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by hand from the root account.
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Everything APPEARS to have restored okay, but for some reasons some owner
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information was not restored correctly. The binaries in /usr/lib/uucp are
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owner uucp.root, and /usr/spool's rw permissions are, as best as I can tell,
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alright, and changing them does not help.
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Email replies gratefully appreciated!
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Joe
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--
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Joe George (jgeorge@whiffer.atl.ga.us, jgeorge@crl.com)
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Actually, I _do_ speak for the Waffle Whiffer | begin 644 foo
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M2&%V92!)(&9O=6YD($=O9#\@5VAA="P@9&ED('EO=2!L;W-E($AI;2!!1T%)
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$3C\-"C\- ` end
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nd
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From: edwardsk@cuug.ab.ca (Kenneth Edwards)
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Subject: Re: Colorado streamer
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 18:35:35 GMT
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In article <28a93p$j8i@boson.epita.fr> olle_n@argon.epita.fr (nicolas olle) :
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>subject: I have a 250 Mb streamer (Colorado) connected
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>on my pc (IDE). And i would like to use it under Linux.
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There seems to be quite a bit of traffic on this so I thought I'd post,
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a little about how I got ftape to work for me.
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MANY MANY THANKS to Bas Laarhoven and everyone who worked on this project.
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I get a warm fuzzy feeling looking at my stack of tapes and knowing that
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my Linux system is finally properly backed up.
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This is how I got it to work on my third ( or fourth, I lost count ) try!!
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Your mileage may vary.
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You must READ the instructions that come with ftape very very carefully.
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Read them again, UNDERSTAND them, FOLLOW them exactly.
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If you understand the instructions, you may get it to work on your
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first try, I did not and so got to do it again, and again etc.
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My system:
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Colorado Jumbo 250 running on the floppy controller that used to be fd1.
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SLS 1.03 source distribution lx99pl12.
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ftape-0.9.6 from kernel/tapes on sunsite.
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NOTE: SLS comes with modules installed but it is NOT configured to
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install ftape, so some of the patches have to be applied by
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hand, and some of them mess up duplicating code.
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0 Backup your linux source directory so you can do this again if you have to.
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1 Unpack ftape as per instructions.
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2 Unpack modules as per instructions.
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3 Apply the patch as shown.
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4 In SLS you must fix the patches that did not work !!!
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5 Try to rebuild linux ( make zlilo ).
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6 Fix the problems with unresolved externs according to the instructions.
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7 Rebuild linux ( make zlilo )
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8 Reboot
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9 Run make in the modules/utils directory and test the hello program.
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10 Put the executables ( insmod lsmod rmmod ) somewhere in you path.
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11 Run make in the ftape directory, it will make and install the tape driver.
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Note that I get lots of multiply defined messages etc. when I install the
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driver but it seems to work fine. It will not work at the same time as
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ANY floppy access but if you are on a single user system as I am then
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it is fine.
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I have created a bootable floppy with a minimal kernel that will run
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the tape. I could put it on the net if there is interest, and the folks
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that run the archive sites feel it is of significant value.
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Good Luck.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
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Subject: Re: Colorado streamer
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Summary:
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Expires:
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References: <28a93p$j8i@boson.epita.fr>
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Sender:
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Followup-To:
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Distribution: world
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Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
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Keywords:
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In article <28a93p$j8i@boson.epita.fr> olle_n@argon.epita.fr (nicolas olle) :
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>subject: I have a 250 Mb streamer (Colorado) connected
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>on my pc (IDE). And i would like to use it under Linux.
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There seems to be quite a bit of traffic on this so I thought I'd post,
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a little about how I got ftape to work for me.
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MANY MANY THANKS to Bas Laarhoven and everyone who worked on this project.
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I get a warm fuzzy feeling looking at my stack of tapes and knowing that
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my Linux system is finally properly backed up.
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This is how I got it to work on my third ( or fourth, I lost count ) try!!
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Your mileage may vary.
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You must READ the instructions that come with ftape very very carefully.
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Read them again, UNDERSTAND them, FOLLOW them exactly.
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If you understand the instructions, you may get it to work on your
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first try, I did not and so got to do it again, and again etc.
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My system:
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Colorado Jumbo 250 running on the floppy controller that used to be fd1.
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SLS 1.03 source distribution lx99pl12.
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ftape-0.9.6 from kernel/tapes on sunsite.
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NOTE: SLS comes with modules installed but it is NOT configured to
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install ftape, so some of the patches have to be applied by
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hand, and some of them mess up duplicating code.
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0 Backup your linux source directory so you can do this again if you have to.
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1 Unpack ftape as per instructions.
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2 Unpack modules as per instructions.
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3 Apply the patch as shown.
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4 In SLS you must fix the patches that did not work !!!
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5 Try to rebuild linux ( make zlilo ).
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6 Fix the problems with unresolved externs according to the instructions.
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7 Rebuild linux ( make zlilo )
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8 Reboot
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9 Run make in the modules/utils directory and test the hello program.
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10 Put the executables ( insmod lsmod rmmod ) somewhere in you path.
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11 Run make in the ftape directory, it will make and install the tape driver.
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Note that I get lots of multiply defined messages etc. when I install the
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driver but it seems to work fine. It will not work at the same time as
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ANY floppy access but if you are on a single user system as I am then
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it is fine.
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I have created a bootable floppy with a minimal kernel that will run
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the tape. I could put it on the net if there is interest, and the folks
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that run the archive sites feel it is of significant value.
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Good Luck.
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From: Bennie.Sexton%f118.n2230.z1@tpbbs.bloomington.in.us (Bennie Sexton)
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Subject: Linux 0.99pl12 and NET-2
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1993 00:20:54
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Has anyone had any luck in getting Linux 0.99pl12 to work with NET-2 with
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a subnet mask other than 0 or 8 bits? The following is an example of what
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I am doing and the error that I get. Any suggestions will be welcome.
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ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
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route add 127.0.0.1
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ifconfig eth0 128.99.4.128 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 128.99.7.255
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route add 128.99.4.0
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This yields a route table that looks OK.
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Destination net/address Gateway address Flags RefCnt Use Iface 128.99.4.0 * UH 0 0 eth0
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127.0.0.1 * UH 0 0 lo
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This looks OK, but a ping to 128.99.4.1 gives the following error:
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ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
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This should work though, becuase 128.99.4.1 is in the same subnet as
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128.99.4.128 which is 128.99.4.0 and it is in the routing table.
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From: ece_0199@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Mong-Chuan Sim)
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Subject: How to install packages from b: drive (3 1/2") ???
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Date: 1 Oct 1993 09:07:59 GMT
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Hi,
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I'm having trouble installing packages from drive b:. Everytime
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I typed sysinstall -mount -X11, my computer look at the HD instead of
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drive B:. I suspect that my drive B is not properly mounted. But how
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to mount drive B ???
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Any Help is GREATLY appreciated ... MANY MANY thanks in
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advance...
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__ Jeff SIM
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Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.help
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From: jensen%peruvian.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (travis jensen)
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Subject: Problem with system freezing while using X-win
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Date: 1 Oct 93 03:17:31 MDT
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I had an interesting problem begin this week. When I
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am running X (XF_86mono, olvm) my system will die.
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What happens is nothing. The screen and keyboard are
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completely frozen. What makes this problem so interesting
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is that is started recently and I haven't made any
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changes to any of my X window files.
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I know this isn't a lot of information, but does anybody
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have *any* idea what could be happening?
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BTW, I am running Linux 0.99p12 and Xfree86 v1.3 (from
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the SLS v1.03 release) on a Packard Bell 486dx-33 (Legend
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Supreme) with a Video-7 SVGA card.
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Oh, and sorry if this doesn't really belong in c.o.l., but
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I'm not sure if it has something to do with my linux setup
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or not.
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Thanks in advance,
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Travis
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--
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Travis A. Jensen
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jensen@peruvian.cs.utah.edu (preferred)
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jensen@cadehp0.eng.utah.edu (next best)
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"My elelator! Not your elelator, my elelator!!"--Baby Plucky Duck
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From: vallee_l@torion.epita.fr (laurent vallee)
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Subject: Trouble installing Linux on IBM PS1
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Date: 1 Oct 1993 12:40:33 GMT
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Hello,
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Last week, I have tried to install Linux SLS 1.03 on a IBM PS1 (486DX)
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for a friend. But it failed because of the hard disk. Linux told it was
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not a proper disk.
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I don't know well IBM machines and I have seen anything about that in the
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faq. Linux works well on my PC. So, if anybody has encounter the same problem,
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please tell me what is the solution.
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--
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+-------------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
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+ Laurent VALLEE | fan of Masamune Shirow + email : vallee_l@epita.fr +
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+ 74D, rue Lecourbe | fan of Macross + vocal : (33) 1 47 34 23 56 +
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+ 78520 LIMAY | fan of Silent Mobius + fax : (33) 1 30 98 40 52 +
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+ FRANCE | + +
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+-------------------+------------------------+----------------------------+
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From: rensin@eng.umd.edu (David Rensin)
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Subject: undump for Ultrix
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Date: 1 Oct 1993 12:20:57 GMT
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Very recently I got undump for Sun 4's to correctly create binaries
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of my perl scripts. I am happy. Does anyone know of undump code for Ultrix ?
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I have a Decstation that I want to "compile" stuff on.
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-thanks,
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- dave :)
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Dave Rensin
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rensin@eng.umd.edu
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College Of Engineering, University of Maryland
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(will hack Perl code for food) :)
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(I'm a JAPH and damn proud of it!)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc.help,comp.os.linux
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From: pedrozzi@staff-ether.cscs.ch (Nicola Pedrozzi)
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Subject: Re: WHAT HAVE I TO DO TO SET UP THE .PROFILE
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 12:30:53 GMT
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In article <1993Sep30.014222.13013@news.clarkson.edu>, glancebe@omnigate.clarkson.edu (Bryan E. Glancey Jr) writes:
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|> Rachid BELMOUHOUB <belmouh@cig.ensmp.fr> (belmouh@idefix.ensmp.fr) wrote:
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|> : Hi,
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|> : I have succefully now installed the SLS 1.03 release, on my 486DX50 clone,
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|> : I went through the Linux user's guide in search of informations about how to
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|> : configur my system but haven't found lot of things about the file .profile
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|> : I tryed to set the PATH environment variable to run X11, I did like in my
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|> : .cshrc file on a sun at work but after sourcing the .profile, I have run
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|> : printenv and none of the changes I've made was taken, I tryed unset PATH
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|> : and I had an answer that the systen can't unset PATH. Is there any document
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|> : that explains how to do this, or any one here that could help me.
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|>
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|> : Thanx
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|>
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|> : Rachid
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|> :
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|>
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|>
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|>
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|>
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|> ME TO!! Also, any information anyone can give me on which are
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|> the auto running shell files (I am used to the .cshrc and .login) would
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|> be apreciated.
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|>
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|>
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|> Bryan Glancey
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|> bry@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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|>
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The .profile file (or the .login) starts once at login time.
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The .cshrc starts each time you start a new shell.
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If you want to start X11 at login time insert the line 'startx' in
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your .profile.
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I hope this was helpfull,
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Bye, have a nice one
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Nicola Pedrozzi
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