Hope to come to your next ALUG meeting if possible. I live in Beccles, Suffolk and are urgently in need of Linux help. If I bring my computer and leads, what else do I need to bring? Monitor, etc. (I only have a small car!). I'm a computer-mad OAP, but absolutely clueless with Linux. If anybody lives near to me I would very much appreciate help and I would, of course, pay for your trouble, I shouldn't imagine, for an expert, it would take long.
Hope someone can help
Thanks
Terry T C Filby, 98 St George's Road, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 9YA Tel: 01502 715989
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5 messages in this digest: for testing only don't read it Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Tue Apr 4 22:59:03 2000 Re: [alug] for testing only don't read it Instant reboot, I just won't have it! (was Re: [ALUG-DIGEST]) Linux in a small space
=== MESSAGE 1 === Subject: for testing only don't read it From: Thai dvt@dee.hcmut.edu.vn Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:02:38 +0700
=== MESSAGE 2 === Subject: Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Tue Apr 4 22:59:03 2000 From: Terry Filby m02we400@cwcom.net Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 19:44:52 +0100
I'll start by giving you a resume of my computer in case it has a bearing on the trouble I am having with Caldera OpenLinux 2.2.
Computer: Packard Bell Executive 200MHz (Upgrade - CenterHauls x86 Family 5 Model 4 Stepping 1 200MHz MMX), S3 (I think) 1Mb Graphic Card, 48Mb Physical Memory, American Megatrends Bios, version 100.05CP0R, dated 4/15/96, 4.3 Gb Hard Drive partitioned by FDisk into 2 equal size partitions - C and D, FAT16.
Have no trouble with installing Linux, just rebooting it. Tried several times with PartitionMagic on Linux disk with no success and couldn't partition on D as I wanted, so bought on-line System Commander 2000, it too has, so far, been unsuccessful but there are signs (encouraging?). I was able to partition D, it said Linux is bootable, which it still isn't and also said that I must be sure to select Root Superblock choice - I would, but have no idea where this is located.
In both cases, with PartitionMagic and System Commander, when I try to reboot Linux, it goes to the first OpenLinux page that I first saw when I installed it, with Boot at the top and (sometimes) a second line, but the next thing ALWAYS happens! It boots back to the opening Bios first-page. What am I doing wrong or is some part of my equipment not compatible with Linux? If you need other info, let me know, and I will do my best to supply it.
Thanks, I hope you can help me solve this, all I wanted to do is to have a look at Caldera Linux!.
Terry
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13 messages in this digest: Re: [alug] Alug 6 Re: [alug] Alug 6 Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Sun Apr 2 22:59:02 2000 Re: [alug] Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Sun Apr 2 22:59:02 2000 What I can bring CheepLinux Next ALUG meeting Re: [alug] Next ALUG meeting Free magazines... Re: [alug] Free magazines... Download manager on gateway? Re: [alug] Download manager on gateway? Re: [alug] Download manager on gateway?
=== MESSAGE 1 === Subject: Re: [alug] Alug 6 From: "John Woodard" john@woodard.freeserve.co.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:07:47 +0100
I'll be there if anybody needs a lift from Diss onwards contact me off list.
I need a hand getting SUSE 6.3 on a machine so perhaps an installathon!!! is called for.
Cheers all,
BJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Green J M K jmkgre@essex.ac.uk To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:16 AM Subject: [alug] Alug 6
I shall be there, assuming I can get transport from Norwich.
Andrew/others?
James.
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=== MESSAGE 2 === Subject: Re: [alug] Alug 6 From: Andrew Savory A.Savory@uea.ac.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 01:08:08 +0100 (BST)
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Dave Cook wrote:
When and where is this next meeting please and is it open to all or only a limited number of people. I'm new to Linux, but would like to attend and learn.
See the other messages to the list and the website (www.anglian.lug.org.uk) which will be updated with details tomorrow. It's open to all, the more the merrier!
Andrew.
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=== MESSAGE 3 === Subject: Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Sun Apr 2 22:59:02 2000 From: Terry Filby m02we400@cwcom.net Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 09:01:12 +0100
I've only just joined ALUG because I'm an absolute beginner in Linux and am having great difficulty, so it's disappointing to see ALUG is not exactly thriving. If individual help to me is possible somehow, please let me know.
Thanks
Terry
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1 messages in this digest: Alug 6
=== MESSAGE 1 === Subject: Alug 6 From: Adam Bower adamb@thebowery.co.uk Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 21:11:05 +0100
Hi all,
I'm going to cancel the venue for Alug now due to a lack of enthusiasm.
If I'm wrong then let me know asap, It's just only two people have muttered anything to the effect that they are coming, Let me know though if its just everyone going on holiday/home in their uni easter break. I'm sorry if I sound pessimistic but it looks as though the current part of the mail archive is broken and everything looks grim.
Adam
=== MESSAGE 4 === Subject: Re: [alug] Re: [ALUG-DIGEST] Sun Apr 2 22:59:02 2000 From: Andrew Savory A.Savory@uea.ac.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:20:37 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Terry Filby wrote:
I've only just joined ALUG because I'm an absolute beginner in Linux and am having great difficulty, so it's disappointing to see ALUG is not exactly thriving. If individual help to me is possible somehow, please let me know.
Hi Terry,
You've just hit a low spot - I guess a fair number of our members are away dealing with university-related pressures. Why not come along to ALUG28 on 16th April, or if you have any questions feel free to post them to this mailing list and we'll do our best to help.
Andrew.
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=== MESSAGE 5 === Subject: What I can bring From: Justin Jonas Justin.Jonas@Kingswood.co.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:24:44 +0100
At the moment I see no reason why I should not be able to attend
I have Boxed definate Linux deluxe, Mandrake 7(PC Plus coverdisc - expect most of you will probably have this), Corel Linux(1 disc), Suse 6.2 Boxed, Suse 6.4(single disc- got from Suse stand at Windows2000 show! (it was the best bit of the show) - I cant make up my mind which distro to use :)
I may also be able to dig up
Redhat 6.0(1 CD) WinLinux 2000 final beta PhatLinux
Let me know if any of this will be useful?
Justin Jonas
=== MESSAGE 6 === Subject: CheepLinux From: Justin Jonas Justin.Jonas@Kingswood.co.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:27:47 +0100
might be useful
get Linux for #2.99
Justin Jonas
=== MESSAGE 7 === Subject: Next ALUG meeting From: Justin Jonas Justin.Jonas@Kingswood.co.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:32:15 +0100
Can we clear something up is it ALUG 6 or ALUG 28?
If ALUG 28 where were the other 23 meetings?
Justin Jonas
=== MESSAGE 8 === Subject: Re: [alug] Next ALUG meeting From: Andrew Savory A.Savory@uea.ac.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:39:23 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Justin Jonas wrote:
Can we clear something up is it ALUG 6 or ALUG 28?
Yes!
If ALUG 28 where were the other 23 meetings?
IIRC, Adam kindly volunteered to host one of the later ALUGs in North Norfolk - he said around ALUG28 or so. Since we didn't have any other venues that we hadn't already visited many times, we decided to hold ALUG28 after ALUG5.
I suspect ALUG6 will be after ALUG28. Almost as confusing as Sun's OS numbers...
Andrew.
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=== MESSAGE 9 === Subject: Free magazines... From: Andrew Savory A.Savory@uea.ac.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:30:52 +0100 (BST)
Hi all,
As of the June issue a magazine called D Cafe will be expanding from Java to include linux. They have free subscriptions to offer to around 10,000 people.
If you would be interested in receiving the magazine, email me with your postal address and I will collate and forward the details to D Cafe.
Andrew.
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=== MESSAGE 10 === Subject: Re: [alug] Free magazines... From: "Ian Thompson-Bell" itb@techprt.co.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:23:58 +0100
Hi all,
As of the June issue a magazine called D Cafe will be expanding from Java to include linux. They have free subscriptions to offer to around 10,000 people.
If you would be interested in receiving the magazine, email me with your postal address and I will collate and forward the details to D Cafe.
Andrew.
Put me down please,
Ian
Ian Thompson-Bell
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Tel: +44 1763 262626 Fax: +44 1763 261582
mailto:itb@techprt.co.uk
=== MESSAGE 11 === Subject: Download manager on gateway? From: Neil Sedger n.sedger@bigfoot.com Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 23:15:17 +0100
Hi all
I've got a RH6.1 box working to masquerade (using ipchains) my dialup connection to my network... everything seems to work fine on both it and the Windoze boxes connected. The server has no keyboard/monitor and is usually up 24h.
I usually use a download manager - GetRight or GoZilla - on my Windoze box to download files. Its nice because if my connection goes down or the server goes down it will automatically retry and resume any files. It intercepts clicks from Netscape/IE and adds the URL to its list.
What I'd like to do is have a download manager on the linux box so that I can take down the 'client' machines and have the linux box continue to download files into the night...
What software is around that will do this for me? How could I make it easiest to get a URL from Netscape on a Windoze box to the download manager on the linux box?
Is there some kind of FTP/HTTP proxy server that will act as a download manager for certain types of files (e.g. zip/gz/tar/mp3 etc) but pass through files that don't match that filter (so I can browse the web/FTP sites quickly)?
Suggestions most appreciated
Cheers Neil
=== MESSAGE 12 === Subject: Re: [alug] Download manager on gateway? From: Paul Russell Paul.Russell@uea.ac.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:21:54 +0100
Is there some kind of FTP/HTTP proxy server that will act as a download manager for certain types of files (e.g. zip/gz/tar/mp3 etc) but pass through files that don't match that filter (so I can browse the web/FTP sites quickly)?
You could write one in perl fairly easily. See the HTTP::Daemon module in libwww. If you give me a few days, I can probably come up with something for you, let me know.
Paul
=== MESSAGE 13 === Subject: Re: [alug] Download manager on gateway? From: MJ Ray h089@mth.uea.ac.uk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:32:36 +0100
On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 11:15:17PM +0100, Neil Sedger wrote:
Is there some kind of FTP/HTTP proxy server that will act as a download manager for certain types of files (e.g. zip/gz/tar/mp3 etc) but pass through files that don't match that filter (so I can browse the web/FTP sites quickly)?
You could possibly use wwwoffle for this, but I don't know if it bends into quite the shape you're wanting. The intr-download-* options should do most of it (ie start the download, then cancel and let the cache continue it). http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/
-- | MJR "Everything is planned, from -- crime to leisure time."
=== MESSAGE 3 === Subject: Re: [alug] for testing only don't read it From: MJ Ray h089@mth.uea.ac.uk Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:19:08 +0100
An excellent opportunity to tell people that an upgrade to the listserver is imminent and stuff like this message should be a thing of the past soon. Of course, lots else may break ;-)
Oh, and next person to send a "test" or an "unsubscribe" gets a free email from postmaster@stu.uea.ac.uk to their connection provider, as per standard terms ;-) Behave, people...
-- | MJR "Everything is planned, from -- crime to leisure time."
=== MESSAGE 4 === Subject: Instant reboot, I just won't have it! (was Re: [ALUG-DIGEST]) From: MJ Ray h089@mth.uea.ac.uk Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:34:58 +0100
On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 07:44:52PM +0100, Terry Filby wrote:
I'll start by giving you a resume of my computer in case it has a bearing on the trouble I am having with Caldera OpenLinux 2.2.
Can you start by trimming the message you're replying to next time, please? It's a digest and I've seen all those messages twice...
Computer: Packard Bell Executive 200MHz (Upgrade - CenterHauls x86 Family 5 Model 4 Stepping 1 200MHz MMX), S3 (I think) 1Mb Graphic Card, 48Mb Physical Memory, American Megatrends Bios, version 100.05CP0R, dated 4/15/96, 4.3 Gb Hard Drive partitioned by FDisk into 2 equal size partitions - C and D, FAT16.
Nothing there makes me instantly suspicious except the CPU being an upgrade... is it a straight "pull out one chip, insert another" type? If you have any doubts, check it with the Hardware HOWTO from http://www.linuxdoc.org/ (local mirror http://webdocs.essex.ac.uk/LDP/)
Have no trouble with installing Linux, just rebooting it. Tried several times with PartitionMagic on Linux disk with no success and couldn't partition on D as I wanted, so bought on-line System Commander 2000, it too has, so far, been unsuccessful but there are signs (encouraging?). I was able to partition D, it said Linux is bootable, which it still isn't and also said that I must be sure to select Root Superblock choice - I would, but have no idea where this is located.
Dual boots are always trickier. However, I have no recent experience with them, only with cantankerous single-boots. There's something about having two bootable partitions that worries me, and I'm assuming that the Caldera installer didn't offer to let you put the bootloader whereever you wanted?
-- | MJR "Everything is planned, from -- crime to leisure time."
=== MESSAGE 5 === Subject: Linux in a small space From: Aquarius aquarius@kryogenix.albatross.co.uk Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:08:39 +0100
I'd like to build a Linux install on a machine I have, an old IBM PS/2-70, which has 8MB of memory, 160MB of HD space, and is a 386. What I'd like to have on this box is Debian Linux (slink, probably, until frozen happens), X, AbiWord, Gnumeric, some kind of accounts package (anything that can handle home and simple business accounts), dosemu, a DOS program (not massive in size) for which I do not believe there is a freely available Linux equivalent, and a few documents, converted from their current WordPerfect for DOS (!) format to AbiWord.
Am I vastly over-reaching the capabilities of the machine? Problems I foresee:
o X in 8MB, ouch. Is this vastly unlikely? Is there a smaller version of X than XFree86? I seem to recall something called Micro-X existing, but I can't find any trace of it any more, so perhaps it was my deluded imagination. o Shortage of HD space in general -- will I get all that lot into 160MB less swap? I think so -- the box doesn't need a great deal of space free once it's been built, just enough to hold documents created in the apps specified. o It's a PS/2, which means it isn't upgradeable for any small amount of money, so no suggestions about doing something like putting more RAM in it :) o It only has a floppy drive -- no CDROM, it won't take an internal modem because the PS/2s had weirdness connectors, and I'm not buying an external modem just for this project. I can presumably get hold of a null modem cable and install from *this* slink box using SLIP or PPP or something and doing a network install, assuming I build a suitable Debian boot diskette, which is the best plan so far.
Suggestions? Comments? Laughter? :-)
Aq.
PS. While I think about it, yes, I shall almost certainly come to ALUG{28,6} in Aylsham, since I now have a daughter (born Monday evening, 11.12pm), and therefore don't need to necessarily worry about having to be here every minute of every day, so I may try and put this plan into action that day :)
-- "The grand plan that is Aquarius proceeds apace" -- Ronin, Frank Miller
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Terry Filby wrote:
If I bring my computer and leads, what else do I need to bring? Monitor, etc.
It's worth bringing the monitor and keyboard if you can, as we can't guarantee there'll be any spares.
If anybody lives near to me I would very much appreciate help and I would, of course, pay for your trouble, I shouldn't imagine, for an expert, it would take long.
You can ask as many questions as you like of us via this list, and we'll do our best to help, free of charge!
Andrew.
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