Re: [techtalk] Newbie Install Problem

2000-05-13 Thread Jeff Dike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > When I get to Disk Druid and try to partion the root directory, I get > an error that says Boot Partiton is too big. I think what it's talking about is the LILO 1024 cylinder limit. The kernel has to be within 1024 cylinders of the beginning of its partition. That's w

[techtalk] Newbie Install Problem

2000-05-13 Thread Jamie
Hi! I'm trying to install Red Hat 6.1 on my Dell computer. I already have Win98 and had an extra partiton just sitting there that I thought would be perfect for Linux. Its about 2gigs in size. When I get to Disk Druid and try to partion the root directory, I get an error that says Boot Partiton

Re: [techtalk] help with sorting text in a file

2000-05-13 Thread Chris J/#6
Gene wrote: > > Try this ... > > cat file | grep 'QAA' | sed s/^.*QAA/QAA/ | sed s/:.*$// > > That's paraphrased, and I know there is a shorter way of doing it, > but that should get the job done. Basically, it gets all the lines > with QAA in them, then removes the text either side of the > QAA