Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread TheCoder
I missed the first thread of this problem so I apologize if I repeat something already covered. You may want to try turning the debuging output on for the dial up process by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 and changing the line: 'DEBUG=' to 'DEBUG=yes' Then when you bring up the

Re: [techtalk] pppd problems, redhat 6.0

1999-11-07 Thread TheCoder
Just to make sure.. you do have the line 'CS->' 'ppp' after the username / password info in your chat-ppp0 script correct? > > THe annex server that UNC has prompts for username and password. THen it > > gives the prompt UNC-CS-> at which you can type telnet, rlogin, ?, ppp, > > hangup, or a

Re: [techtalk] Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:19:57 -0500

1999-11-07 Thread TheCoder
I love my 3com ISA modem cards. Just configure the com settings correctly and add a /dev/modem symlink if necessary and you should be good to go. Chris Ritsert wrote: > I am looking for a new modem to use with Red Hat Linux 6.0. I have 3 modems > and I can only get my old 2400 modem to work.

Re: [techtalk] multibooting vs. VMWare?

1999-11-08 Thread TheCoder
Yup, that will work. Buy a *BIG* drive ;) hda will need to be a beast. srl wrote: > On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Caitlyn Martin wrote: > > > As far as this is concerned, '98 and '95 are the same. Also, some > > distributions (Caldera for example), give you a Windows based installer for > > Linux and s

Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux

1999-11-08 Thread TheCoder
Were you using a boot loader from the distro? (lilo, etc)? Kristin Ziel wrote: > Hi all-- > > question about the NT/Linux dual boot...at one point, I had 95, NT and > linux installed, and booting just fine from one harddrive. They were > installed in that order also. > > When I decided to cle

Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .

1999-11-08 Thread TheCoder
I had to restore a linux install from CDR backup, which may apply here. (same principle) I created the partitions ext2 and swap on the disk, booted from floppy and mounted the drive, and then copied over the filesystem peice by peice from teh 3 CDR backups. Once I was done the filesystem was ther

[techtalk] Journaling file system for linux.

1999-11-08 Thread TheCoder
Has anyone tried installing the 2.2.13 kernel with the journaling ReiserFS? I will be attempting an install today with this modified kernel, and was wondering if anyone might have some gotchas / quirks to be aware of before I start... no more fsck on 12 g of linux partitions *drool* P.S. heres

Re: [techtalk] CD-RW

1999-11-09 Thread TheCoder
I have had great success with a Memorex CDRW (cant remember the model number, but its an ATAPI IDE 4x write / 2x rewrite / 8x read) . The only issue I had when configuring the drive for writing was loading it as a SCSI emulated CD drive. Currently the software for burning CD's only supports a S

Re: [techtalk] netscape woes

1999-11-09 Thread TheCoder
Leave netscape running for a few days. Not even doing anything and watch the mem usage. Its got memory leaks. sometimes bad. The only way around this (AFAIK) is to stop it periodically. I am hoping the linux port of Opera comes out soon. Mozilla just isnt quite there yet... Shahla Bright