Mouse in xterm , mc problem.

2001-05-12 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, all debian users, I am not new to Linux but quite new to Debian :-) as I just finished installation yesterday (switch from slack). And I am impressed !. I got a minor problem ,I can not use mouse in rxvt or xterm running mc; before in slack I can use it. Even vim , I can not use (although I

Re: Startx error with XFree86 4.3 & i810

2001-05-12 Thread Anthony Lau
. Symbol VBEInit from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o is unresolved! Symbol vbeDoEDID from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o is unresolved! Fatal s

how to setup WMPPP

2001-05-12 Thread Ardy -- Not Entered --
Hello There =) hai i need some help from you guys out there , does anybody know hot to setup WMPPP and also how to make it work? because this is first time for me to use wmppp , before i just use "pon and poff" to connect/disconnect my dialup internet , so please if someone knows about how to s

apt-get to testing and shellutils on hurd ?

2001-05-12 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Hi! I am a little confused. I inserted this in my sources.list deb http://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://sunsite.tut.fi/ftp/Mirror/debian/kde.tdyc.com/pub potato main optional crypto qt1apps deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contr

Re: apt-get to testing and shellutils on hurd ?

2001-05-12 Thread chris
On Saturday, 12 May 2001, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: try 'apt-get update' to update the apt-sources.list first Hi Jan, > Hi! > > I am a little confused. > > I inserted this in my sources.list > > deb http://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib > non-free > deb http://

config of xfree86 with i810

2001-05-12 Thread Derya PALANCI
Hi everybody,   I'm new to linux and debian... I've just installed debian ad chose the x window and components but it says it cannot make a config file and cannot communicate with x server... My pc has i810 motherboard and i chose i810's all modules but still i couldnt manage to have a x serv

Re: joe and -backpath

2001-05-12 Thread Miquel Mart?n L?pez
Hi! The /etc/joe/joerc file is global for all users, so you probably don't want to make all the user's backups in Kent's directory. I'd advise you to do this changes in /home/kent/.joerc Now about not being able to create backup files: I tried to set the backup path to ~/something or $HOME/some

Re: Mouse in xterm , mc problem.

2001-05-12 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
Steve Kieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got a minor problem ,I can not use mouse in rxvt or > xterm running mc; before in slack I can use it. Even > vim , I can not use (although I have set mouse > options). In console I try to run gpm and mc, but have > not test it yet. I use debian 2.2 r3. Y

Re: how to setup WMPPP

2001-05-12 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
Ardy -- Not Entered -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [you might like to wrap your lines a wee bit..I did it for you] > hai i need some help from you guys out there , does anybody > know hot to setup WMPPP and also how to make it work? because > this is first time for me to use wmppp , before i just

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2001-05-12 Thread chris
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Re: config of xfree86 with i810

2001-05-12 Thread Andreas Tscharner
> Hi everybody, Hello, > > I'm new to linux and debian... I've just installed debian ad chose the x > window and components but it says it cannot make a config file and cannot > communicate with x server... My pc has i810 motherboard and i chose > i810's all modules but still i couldnt manage to

Re: joe and -backpath

2001-05-12 Thread ktb
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 12:02:24PM +0200, Miquel Mart?n L?pez wrote: > Hi! > > The /etc/joe/joerc file is global for all users, so you probably don't want > to make all the user's backups in Kent's directory. I'd advise you to do > this changes in /home/kent/.joerc > Ya I know. I would rather

Re: config of xfree86 with i810

2001-05-12 Thread Derya PALANCI
i dont know the version of Xfree... how can i learn?? but i tried the command you wrote and it said bash : xfree86 : command not found did i make smth wrong? thanks derya

mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread chris
hi, i just wann ask, howto tell my mutt that it saves all the mail from this mailing list automaticly in a seperate mailbox?

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread ktb
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 02:10:44PM +0200, chris wrote: > hi, > > i just wann ask, howto tell my mutt that it saves all the mail from this > mailing list automaticly in a seperate mailbox? Look into the package "procmail" kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread ktb
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 02:10:44PM +0200, chris wrote: > hi, > > i just wann ask, howto tell my mutt that it saves all the mail from this > mailing list automaticly in a seperate mailbox? > You might also find this helpful - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/filtering-faq/preamble.html kent -- F

Source rpms

2001-05-12 Thread Stephen J . Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello all, Is there a way to extract source rpm's on a debian box? If so please could you state how? Thanks. Regards, Stephen. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iQIXAwU

cdrecord can't get mmap on /dev/zero

2001-05-12 Thread Graham Williams
Using cdrecord 1.10a18-2 on an up to date Debian unstable installation with kernel 2.2.18 (self compiled) trying to write to CD writer: cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes on /dev/zero Any ideas what the problem is and a solution? Many Thanks, Graham

Re: Can anyone help me with a modem problem ?

2001-05-12 Thread Dean
On 11 May 2001, at 22:29, Ricardo Mauricio wrote: > Hello, > I have a Us Robotics 33.6 Internal modem, it has jumpers to set the com port > and irq, and if i remove all jumpers i turns to PnP. When i connect to my isp > i spend a secs online and then suddenly disconnects.. sometimes i can dial

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread Alexander Wasmuth
* chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i just wann ask, howto tell my mutt that it saves all the mail from > this mailing list automaticly in a seperate mailbox? The easiest way is using procmail. | :0: | * [EMAIL PROTECTED] | debian.user Alex

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread chris
yes, this FAQ is great! i hope i understand it (iam from germany, my english isnt very good) :) thank you chris On Saturday, 12 May 2001, ktb wrote: Hi ktb, > On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 02:10:44PM +0200, chris wrote: > > hi, > > > > i just wann ask, howto tell my mutt that it saves all the mai

Re: Source rpms

2001-05-12 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hallo Stephen, * Stephen schrieb: > Hello all, > > Is there a way to extract source rpm's on a debian box? > > If so please could you state how? apt-get install rpm cpio rpm2cpio package.src.rpm| cpio --list rpm2cpio package.src.rpm| cpio --extract filename cya Waldemar -- It's naive to ass

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread chris
On Saturday, 12 May 2001, chris wrote: hmm. i think i dont understand the .forward and rc.test filez. can somebody post me the config lines i need to wirte in .forward and rc.foo egg. i dont want this mailinglist in my stadart inbox, but i want it, automaticly in a file like ~./Mail/deb-usr s

Re: Multi-platform software development

2001-05-12 Thread Gerd Arlitt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm in the need of developing a multi-platform system. > Can anyone give me a hint of which tool's (libraries) to use? I'd like to > develop applications for linux(es), unix(es) and windows. > I'm even about to pay a little amount of money for it. Why don't you give Ada

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread chris
On Saturday, 12 May 2001, chris wrote: YES! it works :) thanks to all Hi chris, > On Saturday, 12 May 2001, chris wrote: > > hmm. i think i dont understand the .forward and rc.test filez. > can somebody post me the config lines i need to wirte in .forward and rc.foo > > egg. i dont w

Re: mutt and mailinglists

2001-05-12 Thread ktb
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:08:41PM +0200, chris wrote: > On Saturday, 12 May 2001, chris wrote: > > hmm. i think i dont understand the .forward and rc.test filez. > can somebody post me the config lines i need to wirte in .forward and rc.foo > > egg. i dont want this mailinglist in my stadart inb

Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

2001-05-12 Thread Johann Spies
I get the error in the subject line when I try to run mp3blaster on a mp3-file. I have tried xmms, alsaplayer and freeamp and they also fail. I can play CD's without a problem. How can I find out what the problem is and how to solve it? Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 082 782 0336. Posbus 4668, Ty

Re: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

2001-05-12 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hello Johann, * Johann wrote: > I get the error in the subject line when I try to run mp3blaster on a > mp3-file. I have tried xmms, alsaplayer and freeamp and they also > fail. > > I can play CD's without a problem. How can I find out what the > problem is and how to solve it? Your soundcard

RE: OT: M$ Outlook Virus

2001-05-12 Thread Steve Barr
Searching through the archives I found this message. Exactly what I want to accomplish, but I can't get it to work. I installed procmail and copied the recipe to /etc/procmailrc. Then I sent myself a test message, the attachment still came though as .vbs. If I copy /etc/procmailrc to ~/.procmai

gnome dependancy

2001-05-12 Thread damm fool
I have installed gnome and all the packages it said it required. When I attempt to run gnome or any related applications in a window manager i get the error: /lib/libc.so.6: version "GLIBC_2.2" not found (required by /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.so.1) I have the latest libc6 package (2.1.13-18) from po

gnome dependancy

2001-05-12 Thread damm fool
I have installed gnome and all the packages it said it required. When I attempt to run gnome or any related applications in a window manager i get the error: /lib/libc.so.6: version "GLIBC_2.2" not found (required by /usr/lib/libgdk_imlib.so.1) I have the latest libc6 package (2.1.13-18) from po

Re: OT: M$ Outlook Virus

2001-05-12 Thread will trillich
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:58:17AM -0400, Steve Barr wrote: > Searching through the archives I found this message. Exactly what I want to > accomplish, but I can't get it to work. > > I installed procmail and copied the recipe to /etc/procmailrc. Then I sent > myself a test message, the attachme

Re: How do I set route at boot time ?

2001-05-12 Thread will trillich
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:13:49PM -0600, Stefan Srdic wrote: > I'm interrested in the same thing, only I want to be able to edit my routing > table upon startup to define the mss and window of my LAN and external > gateway. > Is there some sort of text stream I can run through to accomplish this?

Re: I don't get it.

2001-05-12 Thread will trillich
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:23:22AM +0600, V.Suresh wrote: > Somedays back somebody in the list told me that woody is the unstable > version, and it will soon be stable version. If so, then what is the > testing version? And what is sid? I am a bit confused about these names. > Is Sid testin

woody release date

2001-05-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
i know that it is not announced ahead of time, but any way, sometime ago i remember some comment about woody expected for august or so. is that right, A.F.A.Y.C.T.? thanks, t.

locale settings fail

2001-05-12 Thread Pollywog
I upgraded woody today and got this: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_US" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard

Re: locale settings fail

2001-05-12 Thread Ilya Martynov
P> I upgraded woody today and got this: P> perl: warning: Setting locale failed. P> perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: P> LANGUAGE = (unset), P> LC_ALL = (unset), P> LANG = "en_US" P> are supported and installed on your system. P> perl: warning: Falling back

Re: Filtering mail w/ procmail

2001-05-12 Thread will trillich
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:33:07PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Will wrote: > > here are some samples from my own bloated ~/.procmailrc : > > > > DEBIAN=$MAILDIR/debian > > POSTGRES=$MAILDIR/pg > > MODPERL=$MAILDIR/mperl > > DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/inbox > > > > :0 > > * ^X-

close exim to outside connections

2001-05-12 Thread Carl Fink
Okay, this is a stupid question, and I acknowledge it. I recently reinstalled Potato from scratch. As part of this I changed some system software, including smail --> exim. How can I tell exim to refuse connections from other than local addresses? I've searched the docs, but can find no answer.

Re: cdrecord can't get mmap on /dev/zero

2001-05-12 Thread Simeon Walker
Graham Williams wrote: > > Using cdrecord 1.10a18-2 on an up to date Debian unstable installation > with kernel 2.2.18 (self compiled) trying to write to CD writer: > > cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes on > /dev/zero > > Any ideas what the problem is and a

New Epox 8KTA3=Slower CDROM ?

2001-05-12 Thread Telocity
I purchased a Epox 8KTA3+ with 850 Duron from my local Fry's. Install was no problem, but now when I went back to finish ripping my CD collection, the ripping speed went from approx 1X down to .3X. The only reason I am asking on this list is because right after I installed the board, I downloaded

upgrade to testing

2001-05-12 Thread MaD dUCK
hey guys, i would finally like to pull one of my systems up to testing, but i still can't really afford losing it, so i am a little cautious. i guess i would simply like to know if anyone of you had previous bad experiences with the dist-upgrade. i am on a laptop, currently running potato with a cu

Re: [users] RE: Aliasing an IP address? [semi-OT]

2001-05-12 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Matt Chipman (on Sat, 12 May 2001 10:23:56AM +1000): > Use windows hardware profiles. They are there for exactly this reason. He > will get a menu at boot asking if he is at work or home. he doesn't want to reboot. since windoze takes like 2.5 years... martin; (greeting

Re: Sendmail and local addresses

2001-05-12 Thread Jason Majors
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 12:28:00PM -0400, Richard A Nelson scribbled... > On Thu, 10 May 2001, Jason Majors wrote: > > > I have several machines, one acts as a mailserver, with an MX entry and all. > > The others are clients that know to use the server as a smarthost. > > Are all the boxes config

Re: config of xfree86 with i810

2001-05-12 Thread freedman
On Sat, May 12, 2001, Derya PALANCI wrote: > i dont know the version of Xfree... how can i learn?? at command prompt: dpkg -p xfree86-common | grep 'Version:' This uses dpkg to show the entry for xfree86-common (base package of xfree86) then pipes output through grep to only display the version

TuxTops Amethyst (Compal N20U OEM) lockups, video/APM suspected

2001-05-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
Previously posted to debian-laptop, no responses yet. Problems continue after latest updates, seems to be display related as leaving system powered on w/ X off has yet to crash. Slightly updated. I've got a TuxTops Amethyst

Installing debian on Atlas computers?

2001-05-12 Thread Lars Jensen
The machines from atlas seems like a goof deal, and I'm considering getting one. Did anyone try to install debian (potato) on one of these. Is the install smooth? Is the hardware supported? I'm thinking in particular about the video card which is an eVGA Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 32MB Video Card on the V

ftp.isc.org refusing connections

2001-05-12 Thread Bud Rogers
Thought I would download the latest bind sources. ftp.isc.org is refusing connections. Are they down or has my reputation preceeded me? -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr All things in moderation. And not too much moderation either.

who gets this bug, pppconfig or ash?

2001-05-12 Thread Bruce Sass
Whenever I do "pon", /etc/resolv.conf get rewitten with, -e \nnameserver 198.73.176.2 (i.e., I can only get to hosts listed in /etc/hosts) which I've traced back to, echo -e "\nnameserver $DNS1" >> $TEMPRESOLV in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up. The problem goes away if I tell 0dns-up

BASH question

2001-05-12 Thread Sunny Dubey
Hey, Anyone know where I might find info about using BASH to create an installer for a application? something that would just ask the person various questions, and use that info to create config files and what not? thanks Sunny Dubey

Re: BASH question

2001-05-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, May 11, 2001 at 03:06:07AM -0400, Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey, > > Anyone know where I might find info about using BASH to create an > installer for a application? something that would just ask the person > various questions, and use that info to create config files and w

Re: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

2001-05-12 Thread Johann Spies
Waldemar, Thanks for your reply. Waldemar Brodkorb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Johann, > > * Johann wrote: > > > I get the error in the subject line when I try to run mp3blaster on a > > mp3-file. I have tried xmms, alsaplayer and freeamp and they also > > fail. > > > > I can play

Creating boot floppy

2001-05-12 Thread Matt Armstrong
When installing a kernel created with kernel-package, you're given the option of creating a boot floopy with the kernel. Is there some way to create a boot floopy with the current kernel after the install? -- matt

Re: Creating boot floppy

2001-05-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:21:14PM -0700, Matt Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When installing a kernel created with kernel-package, you're given the > option of creating a boot floopy with the kernel. > > Is there some way to create a boot floopy with the current kernel > after the instal

Re: Creating boot floppy

2001-05-12 Thread Edward Kear
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:21:14PM -0700, Matt Armstrong wrote: > When installing a kernel created with kernel-package, you're given the > option of creating a boot floopy with the kernel. > > Is there some way to create a boot floopy with the current kernel > after the install? > > -- > matt >

Re: System Limits (in Debian)

2001-05-12 Thread Gordon Hart
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 05:59:37PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > echo 40960 > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max > > in a bootup script, probably whatever starts your servers. > > > I'm afraid you need to reboot the server (the machine) to activate these > > changes. > > > You probably don't, just find the boo

Re: Alternatives to xcdroast?

2001-05-12 Thread Gordon Hart
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 10:38:09PM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > I'm looking for a GUI cd-burning tool that I can let loose on users > > without expecting them to patch the source or jump through any other > > hoops to get it going. In other words, something that works. There is > > xcdroast b

Re: close exim to outside connections

2001-05-12 Thread Gordon Hart
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 11:21:06AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > I recently reinstalled Potato from scratch. As part of this I changed some > system software, including smail --> exim. > > How can I tell exim to refuse connections from other than local addresses? > I've searched the docs, but can fi

Re: Emacs sends mail, but doesn't show-up in exim.

2001-05-12 Thread Robert Cymbala
On Mon, 7 May 2001 18:58:33 -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: >On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:01:02PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote: >> >> I'm still seeing a problem. Have eliminated Emacs, by sending test >> messages with: >> $ echo "TEST" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This time I've noticed that an emai

Re: Setting up X server

2001-05-12 Thread Gordon Hart
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:57:06AM +0200, chris wrote: > does it work ? It does, but I purged it as soon as I realised you could do apt-cache search ^task* and then just apt install task-name for the one you want... do you really need a front end for that :)

Re: Source rpms

2001-05-12 Thread John Galt
First install package rpm (by apt, dpkg, dselect, deity, whatever) Then rpm -bp just as if you were running RootHat. In fact, Debian's RPM is simply RootHat's with a few cosmetic changes. On Sat, 12 May 2001, Stephen J. Thompson wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: RIPEMD160 > >He

Re: upgrade to testing

2001-05-12 Thread Michael B. Taylor
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:08:03PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > hey guys, > i would finally like to pull one of my systems up to testing, but i > still can't really afford losing it, so i am a little cautious. i > guess i would simply like to know if anyone of you had previous bad > experiences with th

Re: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

2001-05-12 Thread John Galt
On 12 May 2001, Johann Spies wrote: >I get the error in the subject line when I try to run mp3blaster on a >mp3-file. I have tried xmms, alsaplayer and freeamp and they also >fail. The error is pretty much what's happening: you have an IRQ conflict. If you have an ISA card, is there something th

xfree86 4.0.2 & keyboard

2001-05-12 Thread MaD dUCK
hey debians, i just dist-upgraded to testing and am now running XF86 4.0.2. however, my keyboard seems to be going wild. I have the following settings: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver"keyboard" Option"CoreKeyboard" Option"XkbRules" "xfree86" Opti

funky hardware problem

2001-05-12 Thread Monte Milanuk
A while back I 'rescued' an old P5-133 w/ 16MB of RAM to be a firewall machine. The original CDROM didn't work, so I replaced it w/ another, and replaced the HD w/ a WD 3.2GB HD. Everything seemed to work ok for a while, but then the CD started acting up, i.e. whenever I inserted a disk, it would

Re: BASH question

2001-05-12 Thread Henrik Enberg
"Karsten M. Self" : > You could also look at some standard installer scripts...trying to think > of one off the top of my head. None are floating up that aren't > attached to some monster applications -- DB/2's installer comes to mind, > but that's a pretty hefty download.. Mayby xmcd.. Henrik

Re: funky hardware problem

2001-05-12 Thread Stefan Srdic
Monte Milanuk wrote: > A while back I 'rescued' an old P5-133 w/ 16MB of RAM to be a firewall > machine. The original CDROM didn't work, so I replaced it w/ another, and > replaced the HD w/ a WD 3.2GB HD. Everything seemed to work ok for a while, > but then the CD started acting up, i.e. whenev

Question de Newbie : Le son manque de "Patate" !?

2001-05-12 Thread JFLANCE
 Voilà mon problème : J'ai installé la potato 2.2r2 et je n'arrive pas à configurer le son. J'avais au début de l'installation du son sous root mais pas en tant qu'utilisateur, la machine me disant que la carte son n'était pas configurée dans le noyau... J'ai recompilé au moins 6 fois le n

Re: locale settings fail

2001-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kleinehellefort
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:43:50PM +, Pollywog wrote: > I upgraded woody today and got this: > > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: > LANGUAGE = (unset), > LC_ALL = (unset), > LANG = "en_US" > are supported and i

Re: funky hardware problem

2001-05-12 Thread Monte Milanuk
- Original Message - From: Stefan Srdic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Monte Milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 3:30 PM Subject: Re: funky hardware problem > Well, your running an Pentium class system so that rules out improper jumper > settings on the hard drive contro

NAT problem, !

2001-05-12 Thread Steve Kieu
= S.KIEU _ http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger - Voice chat, mail alerts, stock quotes and favourite news and lots more! mail-debian Description: mail-debian

Re: cdrecord can't get mmap on /dev/zero

2001-05-12 Thread David Purton
On Sat, 12 May 2001, Simeon Walker wrote: > > > > Using cdrecord 1.10a18-2 on an up to date Debian unstable installation > > with kernel 2.2.18 (self compiled) trying to write to CD writer: > > > > cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes on > > /dev/zero > > > >

Copying one hard drive to another

2001-05-12 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I need to copy everything from hard drive to another. I'm assuming this is done w/ dd, but I need to be sure. Could someone give me an example of how to copy /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1? Thanks, Cameron Matheson _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your

Re: [users] Copying one hard drive to another

2001-05-12 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Cameron Matheson (on Sat, 12 May 2001 09:06:17PM -0600): > I need to copy everything from hard drive to another. I'm assuming this is > done w/ dd, but I need to be sure. Could someone give me an example of how to > copy /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1? only if they are the same size partitio

Re: [users] Copying one hard drive to another

2001-05-12 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I'm actually copying from a 4GB to a 40GB partition, so I guess that won't work. Would tar or rsync be more suitable for this? Oh yeah, will it still be bootable if I use tar or rsync? Thanks, Cameron Matheson On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:58:18PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Camero

Re: [users] Copying one hard drive to another

2001-05-12 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Cameron Matheson (on Sat, 12 May 2001 09:14:22PM -0600): > I'm actually copying from a 4GB to a 40GB partition, so I guess that won't > work. Would tar or rsync be more suitable for this? Oh yeah, will it still > be bootable if I use tar or rsync? yes, it would be more suitable as dd

Re: Copying one hard drive to another

2001-05-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Cameron Matheson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010512 23:05]: > I need to copy everything from hard drive to another. I'm assuming this is > done w/ dd, but I need to be sure. Could someone give me an example of how to > copy /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1? I did this not too long ago. A simple "cp -a" command

Re: woody release date

2001-05-12 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 11:34:58AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > i know that it is not announced ahead of time, but any way, sometime ago > i remember some comment about woody expected for august or so. is that > right, A.F.A.Y.C.T.? > thanks, > t. no the current `we smoked lots of crack and a

Re: Filtering mail w/ procmail

2001-05-12 Thread mdevin
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 11:07:25AM -0500, will trillich wrote: > ah, yes. you wish to be inducted into the cult... step this > way-- (door creaks open into darkness) > > the DN part is just a plain ol' variable: > DB=`echo $MATCH | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` > heck, that's just like in most any com