RE: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux
Title: RE: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux >I haven't found a reliable way of getting NT to boot using >lilo without bootpart (keeping in mind that I only have one >hard drive to work with, so they are sharing, and a number >of my installs have been NT/Linux/Win... Well, I had a triple-boot system back in 1993, consisting of Win 3.1/NT 3.1/Linux. To do that, I had to do a double-double boot. LILO chose between Linux and Windows, and then (if Windows was selected) the Windows boot manager chose between 3.1 and NT. I haven't used NT on a double-boot system for years, though, and have never tried it with 3.51 or later. --Cathy
Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux
When I tried to get back into NT, it gave me an error msg, something about the paritition information. I don't remember exactly what it was now... I tried to recover, while maintaining my linux stuff, but I ended up having to do a reinstall OVER the existing NT and that's work, and since i wouldn't format, it saved all my stuffit was just a matter of redoing some things. I apologize for this not sounding very techy oriented...perhaps it has just been a while and I have blocked the majority of the experience out of my brain Kristin On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > then added linux...it screwed up my NT partitions EVERYTIME...and believe > > What was the problem with NT partition? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Parallel port mode
Title: RE: [techtalk] Parallel port mode >I can't find where to change the parallel port mode in the >BIOS it is now ECP and needs to be anything but ECP. Let me add to that my own plea; could someone explain what all these parallel port modes mean? SPP and ECP and... --Cathy James (keeping her fingers crossed that there's no @$%#$ Outlook formatting in this message)
Re: [techtalk] multibooting vs. VMWare?
> 3> a 3-way multiboot seems like an invitation to the ghods of chaos. I'm > thinking about just installing Linux and using VMWare to run Win95/98 > and/or NT once I, um, acquire a CD for either of those. However, I have no > experience with VMWare and whether it lives up to the marketing hype. > Anyone want to comment? While VMWare is terrific as a way to keep around Windows software that simply isn't available for Linux (in my case, Quicken), it's not so good for games. My SO and I have tried a number of games on our respective Linux/VMWare pairings, but most of the nicer ones don't work well. Riven and Myst were totally unplayable (the sound kept skipping, and the video ran into problems), and so was Ages of Empires. The fancier the sound and video stuff, the less likely it'll work on VMWare. They're improving VMWare all the time, but right now it's still a bit buggy. I'd suggest you go for dual boot. But I'll leave that stuff for the more experienced Chix around here. :) Good luck (and congrats on the new machine!) Ingrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Quicken and WINE?
Title: Quicken and WINE? Has anyone had any luck running Quicken (particularly older Quicken, such as v2) under WINE? --Cathy
[techtalk] Problem with format of list
Title: Problem with format of list We seem to have a problem with the mailing list. I just sent a note titled "Quicken and WINE?" to the list and cc'ed it to myself. The cc: arrived here correctly formatted (i.e., in plain text, no HTML, no fonts). The version that went to the mailing list and back showed up as HTML. Does anyone know why this would occur and how to defeat it? --Cathy James
Re: [techtalk] Quicken and WINE?
cathy...I see your message just fine, and i am using pine? the only thing i can say is that when i view it, it has the following : Subject: [techtalk] Quicken and WINE? Parts/Attachments: 1 OK 5 lines Text (charset: ISO-8859-1) 2 Shown18 lines Text (charset: ISO-8859-1) [ Part 1, Text/PLAIN (charset: ISO-8859-1 "Latin 1") 5 lines. ] [ Not Shown. Use the "V" command to view or save this part. ] [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. Some ] [ characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] which to me basically says that you're using a font i don't have. other than that, i have just included it so that others more wise than myself might be able to get something out of it... kristin On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Cathy James wrote: > > Has anyone had any luck running Quicken (particularly > older Quicken, such as v2) under WINE? > > --Cathy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Parallel port mode
Let me add to that my own plea; could someone explain what all these parallel port modes mean? SPP and ECP and... EPP/ECP (Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port) is a standard method for bi-directional parallel communication between a computer and peripheral devices that offers the potential for much higher rates of data transfer than the original parallel methods. EPP is for non-printer peripherals. ECP is for printers and scanners. EPP/ECP are part of IEEE Standard 1284, which also specifies support for current signaling methods so that both old and new peripherals can be accommodated.
Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux
What was the problem with NT partition? It holds a Microsoft product...and only a Microsoft product... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Problem with format of list
> Cathy James wrote: > > We seem to have a problem with the mailing list. > > I just sent a note titled "Quicken and WINE?" to the > list and cc'ed it to myself. The cc: arrived here correctly > formatted (i.e., in plain text, no HTML, no fonts). The > version that went to the mailing list and back showed up > as HTML. Does anyone know why this would occur and how to > defeat it? > > --Cathy James If you have the list in your address book, check whether the entry specifies HTML formatting. Jenn V. -- Humans are the only species to feed and house entirely separate species for no reason other than the pleasure of their company. Why? [EMAIL PROTECTED]Jenn Vespermanhttp://www.simegen.com/~jenn/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jeff Dike wrote: > > You should be able to create the linux partitions on the 4.5 gig > > drive, copy the FS from the 9 to the 4.5 (assuming of course, your not > > using all 9 gig for linux ;), swap drives, boot from floppy (not > > nescessary?) and run lilo. You should be set. > > Right. The copy is a little bit tricky. Mount the newly-formatted 4.5G drive > at /blah or something then try: > tar xpf - `echo * .??* | sed 's/blah//'` | (cd /blah ; tar cpf -) > > This is a standard tar-to-tar copy, except for that sed trickery which > prevents tar from grabbing the destination fs and tarring it up. I always wonder why people use tar beasts if they have the wonderful GNU cp? Mounting the new partitions under /blah, /blah/usr, /blah/home etc., this should do it: cd / touch /blah/blah <--- This is to avoid recursion :-) cp -av . /blah You will then see lots of lines (for each file/dir one line) and occasionally this: cp: cannot create directory `/blah/./blah': File exists Lean back and enjoy the show... I think this alternative is far less error prone, because people have less to type and actually understand what they do. > Then go into /blah/etc and edit lilo.conf, and rerun lilo with the > switch that tells it that /blah should be considered root. > > Then reboot, and you should be all set, except that you might need to tell you > BIOS to boot off a different disk. If you have SCSI, it might suffice to just switch the IDs afterwards, boot off a floppy and do the LILO stuff then. Remember: have a boot floppy at hand if you mess with LILO. Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Vogelsangstrasse 115 / D-70197 Stuttgart / +49.711.6599405 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .
> I always wonder why people use tar beasts if they have the wonderful > GNU cp? Because cp will completely foul up device files. Try copying /dev/mem from one place to another. You won't like the results :-) > Lean back and enjoy the show... I think this alternative is far less > error prone, because people have less to type and actually understand > what they do. And in all of the normal output, there might be an error that you will completely miss. I like things that shut up unless they have something to say that I really need to know about. Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .
Thank you all! :-) I know am completely unsure of what to do! (jk!) Actually, I can't do anything until the 18 gb drive I ordered arrives in a day or two. I'll let you know how it goes! Walt -~ At 11:28 AM 11/9/99 -0500, Jeff Dike wrote: >> I always wonder why people use tar beasts if they have the wonderful >> GNU cp? > >Because cp will completely foul up device files. Try copying /dev/mem from >one place to another. You won't like the results :-) > >> Lean back and enjoy the show... I think this alternative is far less >> error prone, because people have less to type and actually understand >> what they do. > >And in all of the normal output, there might be an error that you will >completely miss. I like things that shut up unless they have something to say >that I really need to know about. > Civilization is the encouragement of differences. Civilization thus becomes a synonym for democracy. Force, violence, pressure, and compulsion with a view to conformity is both uncivilized and undemocratic. Mahatma Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] CD-RW
hey folks, I hate to ask such a general question, but I am looking to by an IDE CD writer/rewriter and all the ones mentioned on the Hardware Compatiblity HOWTO are kind of outdated, and hard to find for sale. I am leaning towards a Ricoh, Phillips or maybe an HP ,hoping to spend downwards of $250, and it will be used mostly for mp3s/backup. I looked at the product specifications for a few models and I have been unable to determine if they'll be a problem under Linux If anyone could please let me know what make/model they have used successfully off list, or any brands to steer clear of I sure would appreciate it. thanks! -Jen G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .
Jeff, On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Jeff Dike wrote: > > I always wonder why people use tar beasts if they have the wonderful > > GNU cp? ^^^ > > Because cp will completely foul up device files. Try copying /dev/mem from > one place to another. You won't like the results :-) sorry, but I can't stand it if people don't actually try things instead of repeating false statements: ---8<--- snip --- root@wombat:/tmp> ls -l /dev/mem crw-r- 1 root kmem 1, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/mem root@wombat:/tmp> cp -a /dev/mem . root@wombat:/tmp> ls -l mem crw-r- 1 root kmem 1, 1 May 5 1998 mem ---8<--- snap --- What you say might apply to several commercial Unix vendors' cp, but not to any GNU cp I've seen (of course very old ones may differ...). > > Lean back and enjoy the show... I think this alternative is far less > > error prone, because people have less to type and actually understand > > what they do. > > And in all of the normal output, there might be an error that you will > completely miss. I like things that shut up unless they have > something to say that I really need to know about. Then leave out the -v switch. Some like silence, some not. When copying whole filesystems one might want to know how long it'll take to finish. That's where stderr redirection is due. Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Vogelsangstrasse 115 / D-70197 Stuttgart / +49.711.6599405 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .
> Because cp will completely foul up device files. Try copying /dev/mem > from > one place to another. You won't like the results :-) > sorry, but I can't stand it if people don't actually try things > instead of repeating false statements: > ---8<--- snip --- > root@wombat:/tmp> ls -l /dev/mem > crw-r- 1 rootkmem 1, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/mem > root@wombat:/tmp> cp -a /dev/mem . > root@wombat:/tmp> ls -l mem > crw-r- 1 root kmem 1, 1 May 5 1998 mem Mea culpa. I actually did try it, but only after I sent that mail. And I actually didn't like the results. My machine hung. I took that as evidence that something other than a mknod was happening. So, tar vs cp -a (and cpio) would be more a matter of taste. Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] CD-RW
I have had great success with a Memorex CDRW (cant remember the model number, but its an ATAPI IDE 4x write / 2x rewrite / 8x read) . The only issue I had when configuring the drive for writing was loading it as a SCSI emulated CD drive. Currently the software for burning CD's only supports a SCSI interface (although this should change soon). Check out the CD writing howto for specifics on configuring your kernel and lilo to use the scsi emulation. The howto also has some helpful hints on loopback block devices which come in handy (this lets you mount an ISO image stored as a file on the FS as a drive, thus letting you check the contents of the image before a burn to verify it if needed) As far as software goes, I use cdrecord / mkhybrid / mkisofs / BladeENC / cdparanoia for the burning and ripping needs with gcombust and grip as GUI front ends to the above applications. I can burn at 4x all day long with no errors while transferring archives over ethernet (max out the 100Mbit interface) ripping to hard drive on the other CD drive, and doing any type of X work / compiling / etc. Try that in windoze.. ;) (In windoze the same drive could only burn at 2x. at 4x the burn would crap out somewhere in the middle of the process due to buffer underruns) Linux ! JLG wrote: > hey folks, > > I hate to ask such a general question, but I am looking to by an IDE CD > writer/rewriter and all the ones mentioned on the Hardware Compatiblity > HOWTO are kind of outdated, and hard to find for sale. I am leaning > towards a Ricoh, Phillips or > maybe an HP ,hoping to spend downwards of $250, and it will be used > mostly for mp3s/backup. > > I looked at the product specifications for a few models and I have been > unable to determine if they'll be a problem under Linux > > If anyone could please let me know what make/model they have used > successfully off list, or any brands to steer clear of I sure would > appreciate it. > > thanks! > > -Jen G. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] netscape woes
I'm using Rh 6.0 with Gnome/Enlightenment on an i686 with 130 megs of RAM. I need multiple browser windows open most of the day, and I'm using Navigator 4.7 with strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load images until I need them, but it's still a constant hair-puller. Periodically I'll hear the rumble of frantic disk access, the entire GUI will switch to geological time, and I'll have to switch machines, telnet in, kill all my netscape processes remotely, and start over. It's getting ridiculous. Can anyone suggest advice or diagnostic tricks? Should I ditch Gnome/Enlightenment? Go back to an older Netscape? thanks, sha __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
Leave netscape running for a few days. Not even doing anything and watch the mem usage. Its got memory leaks. sometimes bad. The only way around this (AFAIK) is to stop it periodically. I am hoping the linux port of Opera comes out soon. Mozilla just isnt quite there yet... Shahla Bright wrote: > I'm using Rh 6.0 with Gnome/Enlightenment on an i686 > with 130 megs of RAM. I need multiple browser windows > open most of the day, and I'm using Navigator 4.7 with > strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the > sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load > images until I need them, but it's still a constant > hair-puller. Periodically I'll hear the rumble of > frantic disk access, the entire GUI will switch to > geological time, and I'll have to switch machines, > telnet in, kill all my netscape processes remotely, > and start over. It's getting ridiculous. > > Can anyone suggest advice or diagnostic tricks? Should > I ditch Gnome/Enlightenment? Go back to an older > Netscape? > > thanks, > sha > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
Hi, Sha, I had major problems with the Gnome/Enlightenment/Netscape combos. Switching to KDE fixed 90% of them. -Caity > I'm using Rh 6.0 with Gnome/Enlightenment on an i686 > with 130 megs of RAM. I need multiple browser windows > open most of the day, and I'm using Navigator 4.7 with > strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the > sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load > images until I need them, but it's still a constant > hair-puller. Periodically I'll hear the rumble of > frantic disk access, the entire GUI will switch to > geological time, and I'll have to switch machines, > telnet in, kill all my netscape processes remotely, > and start over. It's getting ridiculous. > > Can anyone suggest advice or diagnostic tricks? Should > I ditch Gnome/Enlightenment? Go back to an older > Netscape? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] netscape woes
Title: netscape woes ]I'm using Navigator 4.7 with ]strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the ]sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load ]images until I need them, but it's still a constant ]hair-puller. Netscape is simply not as mature a product as IE, unfortunately. There has been considerable discussion on LinuxToday about the lack of a mature browser for Linux. Some people have switched back to an older Netscape, reporting that earlier versions of 4.x are more stable. You might also consider Konqueror if you're willing to go the KDE route; I'm not sure if it will run on Gnome. In any case, your problem is due to Netscape, not Gnome or Enlightenment. --Cathy
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
Thanks, Caity -- I had a hunch that they weren't getting along, since my.xsession-errors file was full of things that looked like netscape: X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) So...(taking a deep breath, revealing ignorance) how do I get Gnome out of the picture? As an aside, I didn't intend to use it at first. Out of curiosity I just included both Gnome and KDE packages during my last RH install about a month ago. I thought it would be nice to try them out some time when I felt like it. I didn't realize Gnome would come up by default. And now there are so many unfamiliar directories and config files floating around that I'm not sure where to begin. Otherwise I'd have tried it as soon as I started having trouble! I've looked at HOWTOS and other docs, and nothing is basic or clear or simple-minded enough to tell me how this actually works. Thanks again, sha --- Caitlyn Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Sha, > > I had major problems with the > Gnome/Enlightenment/Netscape combos. > Switching to KDE fixed 90% of them. > > -Caity > > > > I'm using Rh 6.0 with Gnome/Enlightenment on an > i686 > > with 130 megs of RAM. I need multiple browser > windows > > open most of the day, and I'm using Navigator 4.7 > with > > strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the > > sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load > > images until I need them, but it's still a > constant > > hair-puller. Periodically I'll hear the rumble of > > frantic disk access, the entire GUI will switch to > > geological time, and I'll have to switch machines, > > telnet in, kill all my netscape processes > remotely, > > and start over. It's getting ridiculous. > > > > Can anyone suggest advice or diagnostic tricks? > Should > > I ditch Gnome/Enlightenment? Go back to an older > > Netscape? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > > = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
Excerpts from linuxchix: 9-Nov-99 [techtalk] netscape woes by Shahla [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can anyone suggest advice or diagnostic tricks? Should > I ditch Gnome/Enlightenment? Go back to an older > Netscape? What bit depth are you running in? X programs running in 24 or 32 bit color mode can occasionally use ridiculous amounts of memory. However, this will show up in the X server's memory usage, not netscape's. Have you looked at how much memory netscape and X are using? Have you looked at the difference in memory usage of X/Gnome/E while running and not running netscape? Have you tried not running Gnome | E? FWIW, I'm running slackware on a P200 with 32M of RAM, fvwm, no desktop environment, 8 bit color. netscape 4.5 with 5 windows open uses approximately 15 M of ram. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] netscape woes -- resend
Title: RE: [techtalk] netscape woes -- resend >I'm using Navigator 4.7 with >strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the >sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load >images until I need them, but it's still a constant >hair-puller. Netscape is simply not as mature a product as IE, unfortunately. There has been considerable discussion on LinuxToday about the lack of a mature browser for Linux. Some people have switched back to an older Netscape, reporting that earlier versions of 4.x are more stable. You might also consider Konqueror if you're willing to go the KDE route; I'm not sure if it will run on Gnome. In any case, your problem is due to Netscape, not Gnome or Enlightenment. --Cathy
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
Running RH6.0 on P166 64MB RAM, KDE, NSBrowser using ~23mb, NSMail&News using ~16mb (after a recent reboot, this will increase over the next week...) I've been using Netscape 4.6 (yes, yes, I should update it) w KDE (yes, yes, its not GPL, I know, I thought I'd try it anyway, reverting to GNOME sometime in the not-too-distant future) and, indeed, I have noticed memory leakage that seems resolved only upon rebooting (which ends up happening about once/week), since merely closing Netscape doesn't always free up the memory its been using and eventually acheiving major-kludge status. I learned early on not to leave it running any longer than necessary. [=^J I keep the KDE Task Manager (ktop) running to watch the memory usage over time, originally hoping to glean some insight towards a solution... At first I thought it was just Netscape, then I thought perhaps it was Netscape and KDE ...apparently 4.7 doesn't seem to address this problem, according to what Shahla posted... Not sure what to do, other than use Mutt and tin *all* the time for mail and news. I did D/L and install Star Office, which is pretty good for mail and news, but I don't like having an even more mammoth all-in-one program open for using only a couple of its applications. I D/L'd Corel's WordPerfect to try a pared-down word-processor (the free D/L is pared down) that doesn't also try to be your mail-news-reader/browser... but I haven't installed it yet, priorities being what they are these days... but I digress... ;^) Well, this isn't a useful post, but it confirms that Netscape seems to be more the culprit of memory leakage than GNOME or KDE...? Back to the work I'm avoiding (reports... bleagh!) Erin 8) TheCoder wrote: > Leave netscape running for a few days. Not even doing anything and > watch the mem usage. Its got memory leaks. sometimes bad. The only > way around this (AFAIK) is to stop it periodically. > > I am hoping the linux port of Opera comes out soon. Mozilla just isnt > quite there yet... > > Shahla Bright wrote: > > > I'm using Rh 6.0 with Gnome/Enlightenment on an i686 > > with 130 megs of RAM. I need multiple browser windows > > open most of the day, and I'm using Navigator 4.7 with > > strong encryption. I've disabled Java. most of the > > sites I use are fairly barebones, and I don't load > > images until I need them, but it's still a constant > > hair-puller. Periodically I'll hear the rumble of > > frantic disk access, the entire GUI will switch to > > geological time, and I'll have to switch machines, > > telnet in, kill all my netscape processes remotely, > > and start over. It's getting ridiculous. > > > > Can anyone suggest advice or diagnostic tricks? Should > > I ditch Gnome/Enlightenment? Go back to an older > > Netscape? -- Erin Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web Networks Systems Administration http://community.web.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
Shahla Bright wrote: > So...(taking a deep breath, revealing ignorance) how > do I get Gnome out of the picture? Put 'startkde' in the .xinitrc (create it if needed) in your home dir. - Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Parallel port mode
OK, so it turns out (found my mother board manual!) that you change the parallel port mode in the bios by going to: CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP selecting: Parallel Port Mode (on the right, fourth down) EPP allows didirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed; ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speeed faster than the maximum data transfer rate; ECP+EPP allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode. Hope this helps you. Tonya Original Message Follows From: Cathy James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [techtalk] Parallel port mode Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 07:36:35 -0500 >I can't find where to change the parallel port mode in the >BIOS it is now ECP and needs to be anything but ECP. Let me add to that my own plea; could someone explain what all these parallel port modes mean? SPP and ECP and... --Cathy James (keeping her fingers crossed that there's no @$%#$ Outlook formatting in this message) __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux
I don't know what your problem was, but when I installed linux on my machine (with win95/NT on it) the swap partition shifted the partition numbers and I got something like that : "Windows NT could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please reinstall a copy of the above file.". There is very simple solution to it. You have to open boot.ini file and change the partition number [multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00"] probably to the next one. If it doesn't work just keep changing them. You will get the rigth one sooner or later. If this wasn't the same problem, then i don't know :-) Anyway, you can double boot with windows, just remeber that lilo has to be below 1024'th cylinder. Good luck. Agata > When I tried to get back into NT, it gave me an error msg, something about the > paritition information. I don't remember exactly what it was now... > > I tried to recover, while maintaining my linux stuff, but I ended up having to > do a reinstall OVER the existing NT and that's work, and since i wouldn't > format, it saved all my stuffit was just a matter of redoing some things. > > I apologize for this not sounding very techy oriented...perhaps it has just > been a while and I have blocked the majority of the experience out of my brain > > > Kristin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] netscape woes
> I had major problems with the Gnome/Enlightenment/Netscape combos. > Switching to KDE fixed 90% of them. I think that's a bit drastic for a browser problem, really. I've got RH6.0, using GNOME and Enlightenment, on a PII-333 w/128Mb RAM (my laptop). I run NS Communicator 4.51 not only for web browsing but also as my mail/news client. I start NS first thing in the morning, immediately open the mail client (assuming I haven't just left it on all night), and opening at least 2 browser windows. I often have as many as 6-8 browser windows open, depending on what I'm doing. NS is on all day, every day. Seriously. The only time I don't have NS open is when my laptop is actually shutdown or suspended, which is about 30-40 mins during weekdays when I'm on the bus going to/coming from work. Yes, sometimes NS turns into a big blobby piece of memory/cpu-sucking dung. When that happens I ususually just close all the NS windows and restart it. If it's so bad that it's not responding, I pull up an xterm, do a ps -ef, and kill the process. It goes away, I get my machine back, and I restart NS, no problem at all. If, for some reason, things get -really- bad, I'll restart x, but that's only in extreme and -very- rare situations when things get sluggish for a long time and nothing else seems to be working. I have _never_ been forced to reboot because of NS, and I've only ever experienced one situation where I've had to telnet in from a remote machine to kill the process. Someone else recommended perhaps downgrading your version of NS. As I said, I run 4.51 with few problems at all. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to a stable Mozilla as much as (if not more than) anyone else :) - deb -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
