mount win partition

i have an old windows partition that i have set to be mounted upon boot in /etc/fstab... /dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat defaults 0 2 as the partition is mounted, it hangs there for a bit, and just before that, i get an odd error message. can't find "nls-iso-" can't find "someother module" i c

set up cd-rw

i'm having bit of a problem. when i first installed xcdroast (including cdrecord and mkisofs)) with dselect, it ran me through a little setup for the cd-rw device and my cdrom. i had to pick which drives i had and name them. unfortunately, i picked the incorrect drives and i didn't name my cd-

Re: set up cd-rw

no, no. i don't think i made it clear what i wanted. i saw THAT setup program. anybody who couldn't find that setup button you spoke up should be shot. :). i'm looking for a text based setup program. i can't use xcdroast's. for some reason, it's not showing my cd-rw device, i can't get i

what package is sh(bourne) in?

i'm trying to figure out what package "sh" is included in. anyone know? i can't seem to find it. i suppose i could do a grep of "sh" but that would take forever to search through. thanks. Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.co

napster won't work after new 2.2.15 kernel

napster was working fine under my 2.2.14 kernel. but then i compiled the new 2.2.15 kernel with ip masq and firewalling capabilities, which i previously did not have. now, i can't download anything. can someone give me a hand? thanks. jer Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com G

outdated deb's in dselect

i'm having problems with outdated packages and dselect, ala dpkg. for instance, the alsa modules at version 4.1 are pretty old. say i want the updated alsa, for whatever reason. unsupported soundcard, whatever. so i download the source from alsa and install it. but i also want to install xm

outdated packages

there are several packages included in debian archives that are outdated. instead of installing the outdated ones, in some cases are useless to me, i want to compile an updated copy of the source. i'm trying to figure out how i can compile this source, and let dpkg/dselect know that they've been i

Re: outdated packages

to build > debs. > > Marshal > > >>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry J Jaskierny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > there are several packages included in debian archives that are > > outdated. instead of installing the outdated ones, in some >