RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Norma Armstrong
Ooops missed a 5 in there somewhere it's 2.2.5-15. I just checked my CD (I have to post under Windows). Sorry about the confusion. So many kernels to keep track of :) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ian Hall-Beyer > Sent: Friday, Oct

Re: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Beverly Guillermo
> You should have the following line in your lilo.conf though (replace hdb > with your drive): > append = "hdb=ide-scsi" This only works for version 2.0.x kernels. For version 2.2.x, you have to do a little something different, well, at least on mine. =) > Then make sure the necessary support

RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Beverly Guillermo
On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Norma Armstrong wrote: > I found out how to set it up. The next question I hope is a little easier. > If I have the line append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" only my cdreader is > able to get mounted. Mounting the writer will only show what's on the > reader. However if I leave

RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread JoAnn Elliott
hello all, as long as this discussion is on, my Mitsumi CDRW is 4802TU for USB, is there any hope for this? I am using Linux on laptop. Jo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Beverly Guillermo Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:09 AM To: [EMA

Re: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
JoAnn Elliott wrote: > hello all, > as long as this discussion is on, my Mitsumi CDRW is 4802TU for USB, is > there any hope for this? I am using Linux on laptop. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for kernel 2.4, which will be released sometime in Nov or Dec... -- |< () http://kir.sever.net [EMAI

RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Norma Armstrong
Thanks, kindly for the replies Beverly! Norma __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Norma Armstrong wrote: > Ooops missed a 5 in there somewhere it's 2.2.5-15. I just checked my CD (I > have to post under Windows). Sorry about the confusion. So many kernels to > keep track of :) Hehe... don't blame ya. FWIW, the -?? is some sort of odd redhat designation. Th

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Terry Randall
On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Deb Richardson imparted the following wisdom: ->Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 13:47:39 -0400 ->From: Deb Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ->Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: [techtalk] request for ideas -> ->Hi all. -> ->I'm thinking abou

RE: [techtalk] Setting up my Mitsumi 4802TE CDRW under Redhat Linux6.0

1999-10-09 Thread Norma Armstrong
Maybe I haven't seen it anywhere else :) Norma > > Hehe... don't blame ya. FWIW, the -?? is some sort of odd redhat > designation. The redhat kernel source packages make the source tree > unpatchable, since it lacks everything bu the i386 portion. > > -Ian >

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 13:47:39 -0400, Deb Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I'm hacking together an outline for it at the moment, and I would >like to know what you think such a Guide should include. Input from >users of all experience levels would be appreciated. When you >started with Linux

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Karl-Heinz Zimmer
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 13:47:39 -0400, Deb Richardson wrote: > I would like to know what you think such a Guide should > include. Input from users of all experience levels would > be appreciated. When you started with Linux, what > stumbling blocks did you encounter? What did you find > most diff

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Ellen Gibboney
Deb Richardson wrote: > > Hi all. > > I'm thinking about writing a "New User's Guide to Linux" (to be released > under an appropriate open-content license, of course :). > > I'm hacking together an outline for it at the moment, and I would like > to know what you think such a Guide should inclu

[techtalk] Warning: Newbie... 1st installation, with networking issues

1999-10-09 Thread Deanne
So, I managed to get Linux to recognise my ALN-101 NIC, by installing without it and then adding it afterwards, but I've got some weirdness happening when I try to get out onto my own LAN, or to the net. My network is connected to the internet via ADSL on a Win98 box running Sygate. I couldn't g

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread erica raspberry
How about how to save a file to a floppy disk? I downloaded a file the other day...and I had no clue as to how to save it to a disk...I know the floppy was mounted (and do you have to do that everytime you reboot?...another question.) I could see the file in the file manager but there seemed to

Re: [techtalk] Warning: Newbie... 1st installation, with networking issues

1999-10-09 Thread Deanne
Rudely following up on myself, in case any other newbies run across this error: At 07:26 PM 10/09/1999 -0400, I wrote: [...] >I can't ping or traceroute, but if I traceroute to, say, www.linuxchix.org >the name is resolved to the IP (so I must be reaching the name server >outside my network, no?)

[techtalk] ADSL - Progress, but...

1999-10-09 Thread Just This Girl
Thank you for all your responses so far... they have been of great assistance. However, I am still having a problem. What follows are captures of 'ifconfig', 'route', and 'arp'. I can connect and interact with the Internet through my Windows98 partition without issue. The linux partition still re

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 9-Oct-99 Re: [techtalk] request for .. by "erica raspberry"@sedona > How about how to save a file to a floppy disk? Use mtools. It's easier than mounting stuff, and most likely you won't mind using a dos formatted floppy. > I downloaded a file the other day...and I h

[techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Deb Richardson
Hi all. I'm thinking about writing a "New User's Guide to Linux" (to be released under an appropriate open-content license, of course :). I'm hacking together an outline for it at the moment, and I would like to know what you think such a Guide should include. Input from users of all experien

[techtalk] Re: [grrltalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Nadine
PPP!! That's the first thing I wanted to figure out, but I had RedHat 5.2 - now most distributions come with KDE or Gnome, so they got easy stuff like kppp or gnome-ppp to work with. What I find funny though, is that at first netconf's ppp dial-up configuration didn't work. Maybe it was the upgr

RE: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread JoAnn Elliott
I am new like in finally last week I got it working, so I will take some time and give you my list of things I had trouble figuring ou, and things I still do not understanf fully. JoAnn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Deb Richardson Sent:

[techtalk] Overview of the directory tree (was: Re: [grrltalk] request forideas)

1999-10-09 Thread Deb Richardson
> Whether this is covered elsewhere, I don't know, since I haven't actually > looked for it yet, but I think that an explanation of the directory > structure, including what should (and shouldn't) go in each directory, > where things can be found on a typical system, etc., would be terribly > help

[techtalk] Re: [grrltalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 9-Oct-99 [grrltalk] request for ideas by Deb Richardson@thepuffin > I'm hacking together an outline for it at the moment, and I would like > to know what you think such a Guide should include. Input from users of > all experience levels would be appreciated. When you st

[techtalk] Re: [grrltalk] request for ideas

1999-10-09 Thread Lee-Anne Hodgson
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, Deb Richardson wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm thinking about writing a "New User's Guide to Linux" (to be released > under an appropriate open-content license, of course :). Great idea > I'm hacking together an outline for it at the moment, and I would like > to know what you t