Re: [techtalk] gnome inter-panel rivalry

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 07:55:56PM -0800 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Marisa Mack thought: > i thought maybe someone else would respond, (someone with a better idea > of what's going on here) but they haven't, so i'll try... > > > 1). When I start panel-h, I get told "there is a panel alread

[techtalk] creating filesystems

Hi all, Does anyone know of a way in linux to create a ufs filesystem? In /home on hda, I have an x86 Solaris image that I'd like to dd to hdb, which is unformatted. I tried mkfs -t ufs, but of course that didn't go over too well :) Also, any information on the stability of linux ufs write sup

RE: [techtalk] creating filesystems

You don't need to format a drive before putting an image back down with dd. In fact, dd will totally overwrite any formatting already done as it is a byte by byte copy. Jason -Original Message- From: -sjh- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PR

Re: [techtalk] creating filesystems

Hmm. In that case, is there any way I can move this image to hdb without it becoming ext2? -Sally - Original Message - From: "Angela Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'-sjh-'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:22 AM Subject: RE: [techtalk] creatin

Re: [techtalk] creating filesystems

Hi I'm not sure if its gonna be of any help in your situation, but you should be able to mount the Solaris image file like this. # mount -t ufs /home/solaris_image_file /mnt/whatever -o loop bye :) Anmol On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, -sjh- wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know of a way in linux to cr

Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes

Excerpts from linuxchix: 6-Nov-100 Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is .. by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I think "boot=" should be pointed to /dev/hda. > Try adding - > boot=/dev/hda > to /etc/lilo.conf > and run /sbin/lilo again. It doesn't have to be. (I have mine as boot and root both /dev/hda3) I think it's

Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes

kent wrote: > I think "boot=" should be pointed to /dev/hda. > Try adding - > boot=/dev/hda > to /etc/lilo.conf > and run /sbin/lilo again. Laurel wrote: It doesn't have to be. (I have mine as boot and root both /dev/hda3) I think it's something to do with the debian mbr,

Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is it mbr?) woes

Excerpts from linuxchix: 8-Nov-100 Re: [techtalk] Lilo (or is .. by Sunnanvind Briling@swipn > I did change it to just /dev/hda, wich resulted in the new lilo > overwriting th e mbr (it hadn't before). While this works, I'd like > the Debian mbr back, like it used to be. Is it just "install-mbr"