Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #88
From: Digestifier <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 18:15:56 EDT

Linux-Admin Digest #88, Volume #2                Wed, 21 Sep 94 18:15:56 EDT

Contents:
  rdev -R /vmlinuz ?!? (Karsten Kreher (4D))
  Linux Device Registration ("Martin Kraemer")
  Administration Shells ------------ 2nd Request!!!! (Patrick Draper)
  Re: Linux Device Registration ("Martin Kraemer")
  Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Heikki Johannes Pernu)
  Linux as a Xserver (Dylan Greene)
  HPFS Filesystem (Heikki Johannes Pernu)
  Re: Dosemu in X (Peter Suetterlin)
  Need help crawling in ext2fs (Jay Schlieske)
  Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS (Frank van Maarseveen)
  Re: HYDRA - serial bidirectional transfer for Linux? (Ruedi Kneubuehler)
  NCR SCSI problems.. (Dejan Ilic)
  Re: Dosemu in X (Dan Wold)
  PCI 486 ASUS SP3G m/board in the UK ??? (Angelo Haritsis)
  Re: Converting from DOS to linux... (Colin Kelly)
  app-defaults directory in Yggdrasil (Lance Holmes)

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From: kreher@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Karsten Kreher (4D))
Subject: rdev -R /vmlinuz ?!?
Date: 21 Sep 1994 18:13:08 GMT

I added a scsi drive & made lilo boot from that device,
/dev/sda1.

But rdev -R /vmlinuz 1; lilo does not work as usual, the 
filesystem is not checked.

I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

--
karsten kreher

[email-masked]

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From: "Martin Kraemer" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Linux Device Registration
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 15:31:07 +0200 (MDT)
Reply-To: [email-masked]

X-Mn-Key: IBCS2

Hello,

I  am sending  this letter/article  to  several people  (Michael Beck  for
PCSNDRV, ibcs2  Mailing list, Patrick Volkerdinck  for Slackware) and also
to  the comp.os.linux.admin  newsgroup because I  hope we  can come  to an
agreement on this topic before the "official" 1.2 kernel is released.

I  detected the following device  number clash a couple  of months ago al-
ready but was too lazy to do anything about it.

The problem is this:

1)  in the Linux Device Map, the major number 30 is unallocated:
    [taken from LINUX.DEVICES.TXT List; Last revised:  April 26, 1993]:
    ....
     20.  DP8390-driver .  (character) ..  wd[0-3] ec[0-3] ne[0-3]
     21.  Sony-CD-ROM ...  (block) ......  sonycd
     22.  2nd AT-Cntrlr .  (block) ......  hd1[a-b]<[0-8]>
     23.  Mitsumi CD-ROM   (block) ......  mcd
     31.  Link Interface   (character?) .  ???

2)  in the PC Speaker Driver, the major number 30 is used (but
    apparently was never officially registered):

    [taken from linux/drivers/pcsnd/pcspinstall]:
        Michael Beck            [email-masked]

        Alternate Sound-driver for Linux 0.7

        This script creates the PCSP-driver devices and make links
        to the VoxWare-devices.

        It will create the following devices and (optional) the corresponding links:

        /dev/pcsp    PCSP device        (30, 3) (simulate /dev/dsp)
        /dev/pcaudio SPARC audio        (30, 4) (simulate /dev/audio)
        /dev/pcmixer PCSP mixer         (30, 0) (simulate /dev/mixer)

    [taken from: MANIFEST file in Slackware 2.0.1]:
    crw-rw-rw- root/sys       30,0 Jul 18 09:08 1994 dev/pcmixer
    crw-rw-rw- root/sys       30,3 Jul 18 09:08 1994 dev/pcsp
    crw-rw-rw- root/sys       30,4 Jul 18 09:08 1994 dev/pcaudio

3)  in the iBCS2 development, the major number 30 gets allocated also,
    and apparently also without official registration:
    [taken from ibcs/README]:
    5. The interfaces to some subsystems occur at the device layer and thus
       you need to create some device files in order to use them:

        * /dev/socksys and /dev/nfsd - interface for SVr3 STREAMS based
          TCP/IP applications

          # mknod /dev/socksys c 30 0
          # ln -s /dev/socksys /dev/nfsd

        * /dev/X0R - server side of SVR3 local X interface
          (see comments in Doc/Local-X)

          # ln -s /dev/null /dev/X0R

        * /dev/spx - client side of SVR3 local X interface
          (see comments in Doc/Local-X)

          # mknod /dev/spx c 30 1

    [taken from: MANIFEST file in Slackware 2.0.1]:
    crw-rw-rw- root/sys       30,0 Jul 18 09:09 1994 dev/socksys
    crw-rw-rw- root/sys       30,1 Jul 18 09:09 1994 dev/spx

So... there's trouble ahead...

Please, Michael, and please,  iBCS folks, can we find a  couple of numbers
which are mutually exclusive?

I _know_ this means a _lot_ of trouble anyway, since many header files ha-
ve to be changed and the sources recompiled and the devices have to be re-
moved and recreated.  I solved this  at home by  modifying one of the  two
defines:

  linux/include/linux/pcsp.h:
    #define PCSP_MAJOR              30

  ibcs/Makefile:
    SOCKSYS_MAJOR=30

But anyway.. the sooner we do it the better, right?

Sorry for bothering you,
    Martin
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From: [email-masked] (Patrick Draper)
Subject: Administration Shells ------------ 2nd Request!!!!
Date: 21 Sep 1994 17:51:40 GMT

Hi,

I am interested in knowing what administration shells exist for Linux.
I've asked this question before, but received nearly no response at all.
I am interested only in distribution quality shells that exist on FTP
sites for general use.

Please!!! This is important!!! Please write to me if you know of any that
exist.

Thanks in advance,

 /\/\ |Patrick Draper                        Mr. Order, he runs at a|
/ /_.\|Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc.      good pace, but old  |
\  /./|e-mail: [email-masked]                      Mother chaos is   |
 \/\/ |Lansing, Michigan                          winning the race. |

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From: "Martin Kraemer" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Linux Device Registration
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 15:52:49 +0200 (MET DST)
Reply-To: [email-masked]

Now I know why nobody applied for a device number.....

1> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 15:31:27 +0200
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25> Subject: Linux Device Registration
26> Cc: [email-masked] (Rick Miller Linux Device Registrar)
27> Reply-To: <[email-masked]>

I tried another address now. Hope Rick gets it (<[email-masked]>)

    Martin
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From: [email-masked] (Heikki Johannes Pernu)
Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs
Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS
Date: 21 Sep 94 13:51:48 GMT

>> either. A BBS needs to know what speed the user connects at to estimate
>> if they have enough time to finish downloading a file. This requires
>> knowing the connect string. A standard Unix getty doesn't see this or
>> pass it onto the BBS. As a result Uniboard will let users download for
>> hours beyond their time limit.

        Well ... I did program my own getty for that purpose.
        It puts the speed and protocol settings to environment
        variables and invokes login so that it'll preserve
        the environment for the shell ( -p option )

        All interested parties please mail.

        I might consider a ftp upload but it's really an 
        Alpha-Alpha release and uses many features that might not
        work with any other configuration but my own. It's
        not hard to program one, however.

        Send e-mail to [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Dylan Greene)
Subject: Linux as a Xserver
Date: 21 Sep 1994 19:25:05 GMT

Ok.. I'm not sure if this can be done, but i think it should..

I've got a linux with x on it, and a Sun Sparc with Solaris on it..

I can run x apps over ethernet with no problem, its pretty impressive..
What I'd like to do though, is setup a bunch of linux boxes with minimal
configuration / software which will access the Sun's X enviornment.

What i'm trying to get at, is that I dont want to just run the xapps
from remote, I want to run the sun's everything, from the sun, displayed
on the linuxs..  Like an X terminal.  Is this possible?   

Thanks..
..db70

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From: [email-masked] (Heikki Johannes Pernu)
Subject: HPFS Filesystem
Date: 21 Sep 94 14:05:08 GMT

        Anyone working on the HPFS filesystem?

        I've already posted to comp.os.linux.help and they directed
        me here.

        Is anyone trying to make HPFS read/write? I'm not the only
        one interested.

        Also I seem to get strange error messages about missing
        files of pattern 'eadata.*' even with ls...

        ( Means: <file>: No such file or directory , where file
        is something starting with eadata )

        I might begin to work with the project myself, but I'm
        not really a kernel hacker and know nothing about the
        internals of any filesystem. I might do some testing though.

        Thanks in advance ( I hope :-)

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From: [email-masked] (Peter Suetterlin)
Subject: Re: Dosemu in X
Date: 21 Sep 1994 09:08:54 GMT

Dan Wold ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I just setup pre53_20. It's working pretty well. 

: When I do "dos -AX" the dosemulator starts up in a nice "Dos in a Box"
: window. I was able to run Telix (a dos telecom program) in the window.
: I can't seem to figure out how to get backspace & delete to work in
: this window. When I logged onto a remote system with Telix the backspace and
: arrow keys worked normally. Does anyone have a hint on how to fix this?

The README tells you something about X (read: xmodmap) sending
keystrokes that dosemu doesn't expect. For german keyboards it is even
worse: you cant get ":", so changing drives is a no-go :-(

Has someone a 'useable' xmodmap for use with dosemu?

: The other problem is booting from the hdimage file. When I do "dos -CX" then
: the emulator starts up in the original xterm rather than opening "Dos in a
: Box".  I could use a clue on this one too.

Dont know about this. Maybe try  xdos -C ?

   Peter

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From: [email-masked] (Jay Schlieske)
Subject: Need help crawling in ext2fs
Date: 19 Sep 1994 13:21:07 GMT

Hi all,

Through a slip of the mind and my thumb, I managed to delete the
contents of my /usr/bin directory. (rm $$$ * instead of $$$*). I
don't normally run as root to avoid these things, but I su'd just
to delete a couple of files I'd renamed to old.$$$$$.

Anyways, I pulled the plug, hoping I'd be lucky and that somehow
the original info will be on the drive somewhere. It's been a 
couple of days, and I haven't attempted to boot into Linux till
I got some suggestions.

I can get into the drive via Norton diskedit, and have tried to
search for some of the names but have had not luck. Anybody know
how ext2 keeps track of files & inode info? I've done it in DOS,
editing the directory entries (just giving 1st letters to the
files) and with OS/2's eas, following FAT entries. But with ext2fs,
what should I be looking for ?

Luckily, right before this happened, I did a "frag / > file.name"
so have a full list of what I'm looking for. (thanks to diskedit).

And yes, I've tried to skim the net for any tech info on ext2fs,
but all I've come up with is non techical stuff.

Any help will be appreciated, TIA.

Jay                                   [email-masked]

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
From: [email-masked] (Frank van Maarseveen)
Subject: Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 12:11:49 GMT

Jay Ashworth ([email-masked]) wrote:
        [text deleted]
> A typical route information output in such a case might look like this...
>
> Destination    Gateway          Netmask       Flags   MSS    iface
> 127.0.0.1      127.0.0.1        255.0.0.0     UH      1536   lo0
> 199.245.227.0  199.245.227.254  255.255.255.0 U       1436   eth0
> default        198.147.221.1    255.255.255.0 U       1436   ppp0

Why has the loopback route a destination 127.0.0.1 instead of 127.0.0.0
in accordance with the specified netmask?
The loopback interface could have IP address 127.0.0.1 and connect to
a loopback network 127.0.0.0 with netmask 255.0.0.0 (conceptually)

About assigning the same IP address to multiple interfaces on the same
host:
One could argue that this is "correct" as long as the outer world cannot
see any difference. Consider all interfaces as one big specially designed
interface with the software (linux) hiding the differences. So, as long
as the software supports this concept it is correct IMHO.

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From: [email-masked]  (Ruedi Kneubuehler)
Subject: Re: HYDRA - serial bidirectional transfer for Linux?
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994  14:54 cet

In Article <[email-masked]> "[email-masked] (Holger Muenx)" says:
> 
> At least the documentation says so. Unfortunately, I did not find the source
> code on the net.
i don't know, if the source is on the net. maybe on ftp.fidonet.org.
but you will find it on the BBS of the author from HYDRA.
Arjen Lentz
Ainex BBS
Amersfoort NL
31-33-633916
ruedi.

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From: Dejan Ilic <[email-masked]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: NCR SCSI problems..
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 19:11:31 +0200 (MET DST)

I have problems installing my new ncr 53c810 PCI card.. Now I need som 
help cause i have goto my motherboard (ABIT (contaq chipset) with Award BIOS
VESA/IDA/PCI) from on company and my SCSI card from another and i try to 
localize the failure.. The card fails at test1..

here's a cut from the output..

Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Kernel logging (proc) started.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Console: colour EGA+ 80x50, 8 virtual 
consoles
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: bios32_init : BIOS32 Service Directory 
structu\re at 0x000fc5a0
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: bios32_init : BIOS32 Service Directory 
entry a\t 0xfc8d8
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.00 
entry at\ 0xfc908
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Serial driver version 4.00 with no 
serial opti\ons enabled
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: lp_init: lp1 exists, using polling driver
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: snd2 <SoundBlaster 2.1> at 0x220 irq 7 
drq 1
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: snd1 <Yamaha 2-OP FM> at 0x388 irq 0 drq 0
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 16.61 BogoMips
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Future Domain: TMC-16x0 SCSI driver, 
version 5\.18
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Future Domain: BIOS version 3.2, TMC-18C50
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Future Domain: BIOS at ca000; port base 
at 140\; using IRQ 5
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Future Domain: SCSI Bus Reset
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Future Domain: IRQ 5 requested from kernel
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi0 : Future Domain TMC-16x0
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : at PCI bus 0, device 
1,  fu\nction 0
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi-ncr53c7,8xx : NCR53c810 at memory 
0x88000\000, io 0xdd00, irq 9
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : using io mapped access
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : using initiator ID 0
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : using edge triggered interrupts.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 ; burst length 2
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : using 40MHz SCSI clock
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : m_to_n = 0x10, n_to_m = 0x20, 
n_to_n =\ 0x30
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : NCR code relocated to 0x1fa8d8
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : testing
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : test 1 started
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : driver test 1 timed out due to 
lost in\terrupt.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:          Please verify that the correct 
IRQ is\ being used for your board,
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: ^I      and that the motherboard IRQ 
jumpering\ matches the PCI setup on
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:          PCI systems.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:          If you are using a NCR53c810 
board in\ a PCI system, you should
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:          also verify that the board is 
jumpere\d to use PCI INTA, since
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:          most PCI motherboards lack 
support fo\r INTB, INTC, and INTD.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : DSP = 0x1fafa0 (script at 
0x1fa8d8, st\art at 0x1faf8c)
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi1 : DSPS = 0x4000000
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi : 1 hosts.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Future Domain: Selection failed
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:   Vendor: MAXTOR    Model: 
LXT-340S          R\ev: 6.74
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:   Type:   
Direct-Access                      A\NSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, id 5, 
lun 0
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Memory: 14876k/16384k available (712k 
kernel c\ode, 384k reserved, 412k data)
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: This processor honours the WP bit even 
when in\ supervisor mode. Good.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: FDC 0 is a 8272A
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Swansea University Computer Society NET3.016
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Swansea University Computer Society IPX 
0.28 B\ETA for NET3.016
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: NET3 TCP/IP protocols stack v016
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: PPP: version 0.2.7 (4 channels) 
NEW_TTY_DRIVER\S OPTIMIZE_FLAGS
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: TCP compression code copyright 1989 
Regents of\ the University of California
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: SLIP:<6>Sep 21 18:08:38 kernel: CSLIP: 
code co\pyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: NET3 PLIP.010+ [email-masked]
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: plip1: configured for parallel port at 
0x378, \IRQ 7.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300,  00 00 C0 02 50 
2F WD80\13, IRQ 15, shared memory at 0xcc000-0xcffff.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: wd.c:v0.99-14 11/21/93 Donald Becker 
(becker@s\uper.org)
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu 
using exc\eption 16 error reporting.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Linux version 1.1.51 (root@Morgaine) 
(gcc vers\ion 2.5.8) #1 Tue Sep 20 00:25:15 MET DST 1994
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: Partition check:
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:   sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:   hda: QUANTUM ELS170A, 162MB w/32KB 
Cache, CH\S=1011/15/22, MaxMult=8
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel:   hda: hda1
Sep 21 18:08:38 Morgaine kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) 
readonly.
Sep 21 18:26:00 Morgaine login: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1

*************************** END OF MESSAGE FROM FILE..

(sorry for the \)

My motherboard is set right (I talked to company 1).
the SCSI card is at INT A as the motherboard.
the selection failed is a old thing from when another SCSI disk died.

** QUESTION

Do you see where the problem is ?
what interupt do you mean in the message ? INT or IRQ ?
Does Linux require BIOS on the SCSI card (my is BIOS-less) ?

Thanks in advance.. 

Dejan.

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From: [email-masked] (Dan Wold)
Subject: Re: Dosemu in X
Date: 21 Sep 1994 17:32:39 -0400

Peter Suetterlin ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Dan Wold ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : I just setup pre53_20. It's working pretty well. 

: : When I do "dos -AX" the dosemulator starts up in a nice "Dos in a Box"
: : window. I was able to run Telix (a dos telecom program) in the window.
: : I can't seem to figure out how to get backspace & delete to work in
: : this window. When I logged onto a remote system with Telix the backspace and
: : arrow keys worked normally. Does anyone have a hint on how to fix this?

CTLR-H works for backspace/delete. The arrow keys work normally. Now I can
use QEDIT ( a popular ms-dos editor ). Thanks to Todd, the "Mad Viking"
([email-masked]), for this hint. Todd says a patch for this has been
submitted, hopefully to be included in pre53_21 or so..

: The README tells you something about X (read: xmodmap) sending
: keystrokes that dosemu doesn't expect. For german keyboards it is even
: worse: you cant get ":", so changing drives is a no-go :-(

: Has someone a 'useable' xmodmap for use with dosemu?

: : The other problem is booting from the hdimage file. When I do "dos -CX" then
: : the emulator starts up in the original xterm rather than opening "Dos in a
: : Box".  I could use a clue on this one too.

: Dont know about this. Maybe try  xdos -C ?

:    Peter

I tried xdos -C, it didn't load the emulator. Then I tried xdos -CV and it
worked ( "DOS in a BOX" starts up). 

But first I had to make a "bootdisk" file (see lines 371-378 in
/etc/dosemu.conf). Booting from this floppy-image is faster than booting
from the physical floppy.

These are the last 2 lines in my autoexec.bat in floppy-image
(var/lib/dosemu/bdisk).

lredir d: linux\fs/d
lredir c: linux\fs/c

 Drive A: in the emulator accesses the floppy-image
file. How to access the real floppy? Mount the floppy in a linux window in
the go back in dosemu and use lredir?

-Dan
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From: [email-masked] (Angelo Haritsis)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: PCI 486 ASUS SP3G m/board in the UK ???
Date: 21 Sep 94 18:53:15 GMT

Hello all,

Could someone tell me whether I can get the 486 ASUS SP3G m/board in the UK?
My search did not produce any fruit.

I am interested in running linux+ncr scsi properly.

Thanks,
Angelo
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From: [email-masked] (Colin Kelly)
Subject: Re: Converting from DOS to linux...
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 16:18:31 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Hugh Johnson x6549) writes:
|> 
|> One drawback, DOS does not recognize the filesystems of Linux, unix, and
|> many, many other OS'es. B. Gates does not want to believe that any
|> other file system, other than those he likes, exist.  ;-)

However, you can access Linux files from DOS when running DOSEMU.

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From: [email-masked] (Lance Holmes)
Subject: app-defaults directory in Yggdrasil
Date: 21 Sep 1994 20:35:35 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Lance Holmes)

I've got the min installation of Yggdrasil on my system.  I'd like to add
an X windows application but I cant seem to get the x software to look in 
the right directory.  I'm not familar with all the details on admin of X
so I assumed that X will look in a directory called /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
for the apps default file for that application.  The problem is in the 
Yggdrasil version of linux it looks some where else.  Normally the 
directory /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults is on the cdrom.  I created a directory
and all the sub directories and I also created soft links to all the other
files and directories contain in that path but when I try to start my 
new application I still get the message that No app-defaults file.
If someone knows how to admin X and define where the app-defaults are
located I'd appreciate hearing from them.

thanks

Lance Holmes

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