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[SuSE Linux] Why no Firewall/Masquerade Info in SuSE 6.0
by skoper＠mediaone.net 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Hi, I just picked up a copy of SuSE 6.0 (I'm using 5.3 at the moment), and reading through the manual, I didn't see a section (or any reference in the index) on Firewall and Masquerade. Given that a lot of people are using Linux on a 486 box for internet access for a LAN, how come no instructions? Should I make copies of files like rc.config, hosts, etc., before attempting to upgrade? I figure I'd better write down the IRQ and interrupts for my two ethernet cards for sure. Stan Koper -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] StarOffice 5 and SuSE 6 problem with tables
by tgdcuro1＠gd2.swissptt.ch 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Greetings, I have installed StarOffice 5.0 (from the SuSE 6 CD) and am running SuSE Linux 6 with kernel 2.0.36. When I am in a word processing document and I insert a table the table appears as one large grey rectangle. I can move the cursor from table entry to table entry but I can't see anything. I even imported a document with 3 tables and they all showed up grey. When I printed the document however every- thing is ok! Has anyone any idea what is wrong (I have ensured that the background and foreground are not the same colour)? My PC is a Pentium 133MHz (non MMX), 64MB ram with a Matrox Millenium 4MB graphics card (Display is 1280x1024@24bits). Any help most appreciated, Roy -- Roy G. Culley Tel: +41 31 342 56 62 Dept. CIT-SEO-131 Fax: +41 31 342 04 62 Swisscom Email: Roy.Culley(a)switzerland.org Key fingerprint = 6B AD 68 79 30 0B C0 5F 16 BC 90 57 35 E9 FC 40 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re:[SuSE Linux] gftp rpm
by paspartu＠uni.net 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

>I just got mail about the gftp rpm's, so I downloaded it. I have gtk 1.1.13 on >my box, but yet the rpm would not install. I downloaded the source myself and >it compiled fine. >I guess my question is: Once one has made an rpm and it thinks it needs a >certain version of a depended program library it won't install? >I am usually a src type of person..but I thought I would give rpm a try... Hi Ben, As I explicity stated on the rpm description, on the package's notes on the web site and on the mail I sent to the list, gFTP requires gtk-1.1.x or higher to work. For this reason I added a manual dependency to the gFTP package: Requires: gtk >=1.1.0 (actually, on the release #1 I added gtk+ >=1.1.12, which is wrong for 2 reasons - the plus sign and the 12. That's why I made a release #2). When you install a package, RPM will check its database to see if all the dependencies are satisfied. SuSE 6.0 comes with gtk-1.0.6 and gtk-1.1.x (I don't remember exactly) which is labelled as gtkn. The "n" is necessary to permit the coexistence of gtk-1.0.x and gtk-1.1.x. (hey, this is necessary for the RPM database, only. In fact the libraries have their own version number and don't need any extra label). You say that you have gtk 1.1.13 installed on your system. Well, it can satisfy the required dependency of gFTP only if you made gtk-1.1.13 an rpm labelled as gtk-1.1.13. If you compiled it by yourself, then don't expect RPM to care about its existence! If you have a gtk version >= 1.1.0 installed on your system, you can force the install of the gFTP rpm using: rpm -ih --nodeps gftp*.rpm Have you already tried that? Maurizio -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] New book on Suse linux, authors wanted
by lyates＠cris.com 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Why not check it out further? Call! MCP is very reputable... I think that you 'should' be flattered. -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <jlkreps(a)navix.net> To: zentara <zentara(a)mindspring.com> Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] New book on Suse linux, authors wanted > >Zentara, > >About Three months ago this guy sent me a similar email claiming he had >read over 800 of my posts while searching the DejaNews and threw me some >flattery claiming he recognized in me the skills necessary to write a >book on Linux, not SuSE. Then came the same pitch he gave you. I gave >him the same response as you. I can't believe a reputable book >publisher would "shake a bush" this way. A con artist trying to flush >pidgeons might. > >Jerry > >zentara wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I just received this. >> Members of this list are far more qualified than me. >> So I forward this to all of you. >> Please email them if you can help. >> >> Subject: SuSE book with Que Publishing >> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:16:18 -0400 >> From: gganser(a)mcp.com >> To: zentara(a)mindspring.com >> >> Hello, >> I am an acquisitions editor with Que Publishing, a division of >> Macmillan Computer Publishing, and am currently working on a book >> dedicated to SuSE Linux. >> >> As you may know, Macmillan Computer Publishing is the world's >> largest >> computer publishing company as well as the top publisher of Linux >> titles. We are always searching for top-quality writers, >> reviewers, >> and editors to lead and help with our books, and at the moment I am >> trying to bring forces together to publish this book on SuSE. >> >> Would you be interested in acting as a lead author or helping write >> some chapters? If so, please contact me as soon as possible and I >> will provide you with more details. Likewise, if you know of >> someone >> who might be interested and qualified, I would appreciate it if you >> could forward this message. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Gretchen Ganser >> >> Que Publishing/Macmillan Computer Publishing 201 W. 103rd Street >> Indianapolis, IN 46290 >> gganser(a)mcp.com >> 800-545-5914 x4969 >-- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the >archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> > -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Letter to editor....
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

What follows is a copy of a letter I sent to the Editor in Chief of "Windows NT Systems, which they've been sending me at work for awhile. Normally I send it out with the recycling, unread, but today I did look at it. Maybe I was just in a bad mood, but his ignorant biased "editorial" really irritated me. I'm also tired of writers like him, who regurgitate the "party line" from Redmond as if it were fact, instead of what it is....fiction. Fred ______________________________ Nicholas Baran Editor in Chief Windows NT Systems Dear Mr. Baran, I normally "pitch" "Windows NT Systems" when it arrives because we've been planning on throwing NT "out on it's ear," as is being done in so many other places. However, for some unknown reason, I didn't today when I received the May issue. After reading your Editorial and having a good laugh, I decided that a response was indeed needed, even though you more than likely won't publish it. You take the position that just because Oracle and IBM have ported some of their applications to Linux, that it's simply a recompile and therefore shouldn't mean much to the market place at all. As the Editor in Chief of a magazine, no matter how small the circulation, you must be aware that these are only 2 fish in a large pond who have ported their wares to Linux as well, and that is significant. You claim that, "Your choices of graphical user interfaces are the Unix command shell or X-Windows, a primitive windowing system designed more than 15 years ago." First, your ignorance of X-Windows is showing. "X" can be customized by the user to be a very attractive, fast, and functional GUI. Second, there are window managers that load onto "X," like KDE that ships with the SuSE Linux distribution, that make any flavor of 'DOZE look like what you describe for "X!" Further, all of this can be loaded on an "old" '386 that will more than likely out-perform 'DOZE on a '486. KDE in design is so far ahead of anything MickySoft has come up with that even you'd have to "take notice!" Another bogus claim you make is, "Systems administrators are users too, and tools like Microsoft Management Console are of great benefit. The fact is that the Windows interface has improved greatly and makes X-Window a poor substitute." I'm a Systems Admin., my friend, and like a great deal of other Sys. Admins. from one end of the Country to the other, we've dumped NT "like a bad habit," and not just because it's "butt ugly!" Namely, NT is not stable, not even by the stretch of your imagination. "X" is much, much, more functional than NT....period! Further, a user can have a number of "X" terminals up and running at the same time, with windowed apps. running in each one, all in a fraction of the RAM NT would require, and with performance Bill Gates can only dream of! Here again, I prefer KDE, but you wouldn't know about that because you didn't "do your home work" very well. You also said, "The only major office productivity application available on Linux is WordPerfect, which won't get you very far in today's business world." Again, you didn't "do you homework," or you're being a MickySoft apologist. StarOffice puts Office-97 to shame. The Applix office suite is also a fine performer, and the entire Corel Suite will be available before years end....what's your problem? You're concerned about Linux being used as an application server. Really? Most Sys. Admins today have enough brains to know that the most efficient use of software for workstations is loaded locally, not from a server. If that's the way you think people should work, then the only real performance option is to run Linux apps. from X-Terminals. Don't even suggest that NT is capable of serving this function for 'DOZE applications. To do so would prove much more than just ignorance. The only accurate information in your "editorial," is that Linux is more difficult to install than NT, but not my much. I fully expect that installation will become much easier before the end of the year, based on the development being done at SuSE. The SuSE distribution of Linux has replaced NT here in my dept. at Cornell. It is STABLE, FASTER, easier to install, easier to manage, and cost us MUCH less than NT. I will soon replace 'DOZE on some of the workstations as well with SuSE, using the KDE window manager as the GUI. In the future, I'd recommend that you at least do a credible job when reviewing an OS. To have a bias is normal, but to have an agenda is not only obvious, but discredits any valid comments you may make. Sincerely, Fred A. Miller ______________ Disclaimer: Opinions are strictly my own, and may or may not be those of my employer. -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. 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Re: [SuSE Linux] HELP with StarOffice Key
by simonc＠i-way.net.uk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

I'll have to check when I get home. The box is there. I'm sure pretty sure it's in the box somewhere, not in the manual or the CD case. I had a similar problem when I installed StarOffice, but I found the key in the box. I'll mail back later. Regards, Simon * Simon Chapman * Network Desk, I-Way Limited * simonc(a)i-way.net.uk On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, millerd wrote: > No card in mine, what do you suggest I do > > Denis > -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Xfree and 3 D
by jboonen＠Worldonline.nl 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Dear all, This is a link about 3d acceleration with xfree86: <A HREF="http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna/XFree86-3D-status.html"><A HREF="http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna/XFree86-3D-status.html</A">http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna/XFree86-3D-status.html</A</A>> This is a link of a alpha 3d accelerator for matrox cards: <A HREF="http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/~goetz/indexeng.html"><A HREF="http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/~goetz/indexeng.html</A">http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/~goetz/indexeng.html</A</A>> I haven't tested the downloads or anything, so i don't know how well they work. Regards, Joop Boonen. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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R: [SuSE Linux] Letter to editor....
by g.rizzo＠usa.net 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Well done, Fred! :) but, unfortunately, I guess that guy will keep the same ideas... unfortunately, being in chief of such a sectorial magazine, one should be VERY close-minded, and if he changed idea on the subject, he'd lose his work, after all... About this, unfortunately the computer magazines actually don't give to Linux the space it'd deserve; here, in Italy, there isn't a mag. dedicated to it (I hope in other countries the situation is different), and on the others they doesn't speak so often about Lin... Luckily, the situation is beginning to change: some mags, like PC Magazine or Inter.Net are dedicating a few pages to it, even if it seems to me that they speak of it in 'yeah, nice to play with, but what has it that win doesn't?' terms; Inter.net even published a demo of SuSE 6.0, and I bought my copy after trying it... I don't mind about its popularity; I'm thinking that, if Linux was more diffused, maybe some other good coders would pass to program for it, and its quality would improve... In conclusion, I think it's our duty to spread the verb of Linux in the world, and your letter is a good step in this direction. Maybe one day things will change, and Linux will exit from his elitary circle and those in Redmond will stop to joke on it and feel the anguish of concurrence, and maybe then they'll stop to mock us... Mano :) ---------------------------------- Germano Rizzo - g.rizzo(a)usa.net <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/germano"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/germano</A">http://members.xoom.com/germano</A</A>> webmaster of <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea</A">http://members.xoom.com/ACSpinea</A</A>> Linux Registered User N° 114445 Official Linux KDE Doc. Translator PLUTO member - www.pluto.linux.it ---------------------------------- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GE d-(--) s:- a-->? C++++>$ UL>+++$ P L+++>++++ E++ W+++ N+(++) ?o w---(+) !O M- ?V PS+ PE-- ?Y> PGP+ t-(--) ?5 X+ R tv- b+++ DI++ D+++ G++ e h! r@ y?* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ <A HREF="http://www.geekcode.com"><A HREF="http://www.geekcode.com</A">http://www.geekcode.com</A</A>> -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Fred A. Miller <fmiller(a)lightlink.com> A: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Data: venerdì 26 marzo 1999 5.22 Oggetto: [SuSE Linux] Letter to editor.... > >What follows is a copy of a letter I sent to the Editor in Chief of "Windows NT >Systems, which they've been sending me at work for awhile. Normally I send it >out with the recycling, unread, but today I did look at it. Maybe I was just in >a bad mood, but his ignorant biased "editorial" really irritated me. I'm also >tired of writers like him, who regurgitate the "party line" from Redmond as if >it were fact, instead of what it is....fiction. > >Fred >______________________________ > >Nicholas Baran >Editor in Chief >Windows NT Systems > >Dear Mr. Baran, > >I normally "pitch" "Windows NT Systems" when it arrives because we've >been planning on throwing NT "out on it's ear," as is being done in so >many other places. However, for some unknown reason, I didn't today >when I received the May issue. After reading your Editorial and having >a good laugh, I decided that a response was indeed needed, even though >you more than likely won't publish it. > >You take the position that just because Oracle and IBM have ported some >of their applications to Linux, that it's simply a recompile and >therefore shouldn't mean much to the market place at all. As the Editor >in Chief of a magazine, no matter how small the circulation, you must be >aware that these are only 2 fish in a large pond who have ported their >wares to Linux as well, and that is significant. > >You claim that, "Your choices of graphical user interfaces are the Unix >command shell or X-Windows, a primitive windowing system designed more >than 15 years ago." First, your ignorance of X-Windows is showing. "X" >can be customized by the user to be a very attractive, fast, and >functional GUI. Second, there are window managers that load onto "X," >like KDE that ships with the SuSE Linux distribution, that make any >flavor of 'DOZE look like what you describe for "X!" Further, all of >this can be loaded on an "old" '386 that will more than likely >out-perform 'DOZE on a '486. KDE in design is so far ahead of anything >MickySoft has come up with that even you'd have to "take notice!" > >Another bogus claim you make is, "Systems administrators are users too, >and tools like Microsoft Management Console are of great benefit. The >fact is that the Windows interface has improved greatly and makes >X-Window a poor substitute." I'm a Systems Admin., my friend, and like >a great deal of other Sys. Admins. from one end of the Country to the >other, we've dumped NT "like a bad habit," and not just because it's >"butt ugly!" Namely, NT is not stable, not even by the stretch of your >imagination. "X" is much, much, more functional than NT....period! >Further, a user can have a number of "X" terminals up and running at the >same time, with windowed apps. running in each one, all in a fraction of >the RAM NT would require, and with performance Bill Gates can only dream >of! Here again, I prefer KDE, but you wouldn't know about that because >you didn't "do your home work" very well. > >You also said, "The only major office productivity application available >on Linux is WordPerfect, which won't get you very far in today's >business world." Again, you didn't "do you homework," or you're being a >MickySoft apologist. StarOffice puts Office-97 to shame. The Applix >office suite is also a fine performer, and the entire Corel Suite will >be available before years end....what's your problem? > >You're concerned about Linux being used as an application server. >Really? Most Sys. Admins today have enough brains to know that the most >efficient use of software for workstations is loaded locally, not from a >server. If that's the way you think people should work, then the only >real performance option is to run Linux apps. from X-Terminals. Don't >even suggest that NT is capable of serving this function for 'DOZE >applications. To do so would prove much more than just ignorance. > >The only accurate information in your "editorial," is that Linux is more >difficult to install than NT, but not my much. I fully expect that >installation will become much easier before the end of the year, based >on the development being done at SuSE. > >The SuSE distribution of Linux has replaced NT here in my dept. at >Cornell. It is STABLE, FASTER, easier to install, easier to manage, and >cost us MUCH less than NT. I will soon replace 'DOZE on some of the >workstations as well with SuSE, using the KDE window manager as the GUI. > >In the future, I'd recommend that you at least do a credible job when >reviewing an OS. To have a bias is normal, but to have an agenda is not >only obvious, but discredits any valid comments you may make. > >Sincerely, > >Fred A. Miller > >______________ >Disclaimer: Opinions are strictly my own, and may or may not be those of >my employer. > >-- >----/ / _ Fred A. Miller >---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator >--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services >-/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm(a)cupserv.org >-- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the >archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Boot under NT Boot loader
by A.Crowe＠OPENMAIL1.TSEA-E.sukepabe.simis.com 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Jim, I'm assuming that the partition that you are trying to install NT on is either at the start of the drive, or there are less than 4Gb of partitions between the start of the drive and the beginning of the partition you are trying to install NT onto. If that is not the case, you would get the partition formatted and all the files copied to it, but when you try and boot NT from that partition, you would get a "Missing signature AA55" error message. Unfortunately, this is a complete show stopper, because the partition has to start less than 4Gb into the drive. As to not being able to get the partition to format, I think it's probably down to the partition type being used. FAT is a bit weird in that it can actually support partitions of up to 4Gb in size, but doesn't allow you to use them, once they are formatted, for "real-life" applications. NT uses this facility to create partitions up to 4Gb in size. On the downside for NT, this is the largest partition that the setup program can create, because it has to create a FAT partition and either install on that, or convert it to NTFS later on during setup. I used partition type e, which is the Windows 95 FAT 16 (LBA) type. It seems to be able to create the partition absolutely correctly for sizes <2Gb, but beyond that, NT proclaims that the partition is "Damaged or unformatted", probably because FDISK isn't entirely comfortable writing a partition using 64Kb clusters. I'd be interested to know how you get on with this one: keep me posted... Later, Alan. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] General information about samba and kernel 2.2.x
by jboonen＠Worldonline.nl 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Dear all, The samba mount instruction has been changed for kernel 2.2.x . The mount command does now look like: smbmount \\\\nbsserver\\users -U boonen -c 'mount /nbsserver/users -u jboonen -g users' . You need to recompile samba and you need a high version of samba 1.x but preferred is to use samba 2.x . when you do /configure --help you will see al the options. As far as i know doesn't SUSE have any samba rpm package that works for kernel 2.2.x . It is advisable to install the new samba in /usr/local and to delete the samba rpm package first. You need to put in the /etc/profile file the paths for the binairies and the man pages. Important don't forget to include the smbmnt instruction while running ./configure (see ./configure --help). When someone need specific information you may email me. Please include in that case also the email address for the mailing list as it might be useful information for other people too. Regards, Joop. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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