Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #99
From: Digestifier <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 94 12:13:49 EDT

Linux-Admin Digest #99, Volume #2                Sat, 24 Sep 94 12:13:49 EDT

Contents:
  Re: MultiTape Compressed Backups (Jason Sokolosky)
  slip-b-rest of the world (Stu Mitchell)
  Re: Want to read boot messagezx (Steve DuChene)
  Re: terminal servers (Jim Williams)
  Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Yaz Rut)
  New version of AUIS available (Terry Gliedt)
  O'Reilly interviews Kirch (Usenet News)
  URGENT: /dev/cua* problems with mouse and modem (Patrick Reijnen)
  Re: PPP install and setup (Jim Williams)
  Re: Linux v1.0 SMAIL problem (Bill Wiest)
  Re: PPP install and setup (Al Longyear)
  Re: Linux NOT logging people out on hangup (Sven Goldt)
  Re: Howto duplicate boot floppy? (Greg Cisko)
  lp polling driver = no irq? (Andre Fachat)
  Compiling kernel 1.1.45 (James Nykiel)
  Re: SLIP/PPP configuration (Greg Cisko)
  Re: SLIP/PPP configuration (Hermann Kurz)
  Any HOWTO using and administering postgres in Linux (Ted Hoang)
  Re: Smail on Linux.  Was: Smail has intermittent fits (Arnt Gulbrandsen)
  Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS (Riccardo Pizzi)
  Mosaic & Sound (James Nykiel)
  Re: Printers on the parallel port (joerg)

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From: [email-masked] (Jason Sokolosky)
Subject: Re: MultiTape Compressed Backups
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 22:28:02 GMT

Tom Griffing ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]>,
: Jason Sokolosky <[email-masked]> wrote:
: >Is there ANY WAY to do a MultiTape Compressed Backup????????

: Use GNU tar and add the flags:

:         [ -L, --tape-length N ] [ -M, --multi-volume ]
:         [ -Z, --compress ] [ -z, --gzip, ]

The versio of GNU tar that I have doesn't allow multi-volume compressed
archives.  Does yours???

--
Jason Sokolosky                       
[email-masked]             
[email-masked]            
                                      
-Long Live the INTERNET!!!!           

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From: [email-masked] (Stu Mitchell)
Subject: slip-b-rest of the world
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 10:20:22

Hello..

I'm trying to set up a slip server and I can't seem to get get to the 
outside world. Can Somebody please help?!

Here's what I've done..

Winsock -- modem -- phone -- modem-- linux 1.1.50 -- ethernet----backbone

Winsock = 164.159.2.2
Linux (modem side) 164.159.2.1
Linux (ethernet side) 164.159.1.1
Backbone (164.159.1.0)
Router on backbone 164.159.1.62 (to the rest of the world)
Netmask 255.255.255.192

I'm using dip to set up the server and I have the following entry in the 
diphosts file:

ttyS0::164.159.2.2:164.159.2.1:255.255.255.192:Slip:CSLIP,296

When I dial in, the slip line comes alive and I'm able to ping 164.159.1.1 
which is the host. (Note: the ping time is 465 ms! on a 14.4 modem, this isn't 
right..) I'm NOT able to ping my router at 164.159.1.62.

I've added the arp entry using arp -s 164.159.2.2 {ethernet address} as per 
the FAQ.

I'm not running routed or gated because I thought that adding the arp entry 
would fix the problem. Dip seems to be adding the route to the routing table 
because I see 164.159.2.1 and 164.159.2.2 in the route table.

What am I missing? This seems like a perfect FAQ, but for some reason I'm not 
getting it right. Ideas? Please!

Stu

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From: [email-masked] (Steve DuChene)
Subject: Re: Want to read boot messagezx
Date: 20 Sep 1994 01:45:28 -0400

Greg J. Pryzby ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Where (or are) the messages displayed at boot stored?  Is there a way
: to read the messages that are written to the console at boot?

: Everything scrolls by so fast that I can't read them, but I would like
: too.

: Thanks in advance for the help!

        You can also use the command "dmesg" from the command line. The
        /var/adm/messages file on my system (at least the way syslogd is
        configured here) does not contain all the boot-up messages.
-- 
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| Youngstown State University  | Computer Science / Math / Mech. Eng.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|       Friends don't let friends do DOS

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From: [email-masked] (Jim Williams)
Subject: Re: terminal servers
Date: 24 Sep 1994 14:10:01 GMT

Robert Lanning ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Stefan Nehlsen ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : In <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Dave H) writes:

: : >Does anyone have any idea what kind of terminal server will work with 
: : >Linux?  I would like the cost also.  Looking for a cheap way to get more 
: : >lines into linux.  Preferably something that works on a ethernet card.  
: : >Thanks in advance!

: : I think terminal servers are never cheap :-(

: : Stefan

: : -- 
: : Stefan Nehlsen    [email-masked]    Kiel/Germany
: Try calling DigiBoard.

: They have a product the sits on a TCP/IP Ethernet network.
: There is a deamon that runs on the unix box.  It creates
: local tty's that are realy the ports on the terminal server.

: Bob Lanning

Ok does this termserver have to have any drivers for it to work. We all 
know that Digiboard doesnot have at this time any drivers that will work 
with Linux. If the above termserver will work I would love to know which 
model this is. I get the run around and a bunch fax's when I ask which 
will work with Linux. No specifics. Theere is however a tech. there named 
Troy that has helped me out with there inteligent boards. Other than that 
no luck.        

 Jim [email-masked]

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Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: yaz@xilinx (Yaz Rut)
Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 09:40:42 GMT

The connect string is not vital,  why not calculate the average CPS 
(which will effect the transfer time), this could be put to use in a very 
effective manner...

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From: [email-masked] (Terry Gliedt)
Subject: New version of AUIS available
Date: 24 Sep 1994 09:22:08 -0500

During the Sunsite-troubles, several files from the Andrew User
Interface System distribution were lost.  I have just put up a new
release of AUIS (based on 6.3.1 from CMU).  AUIS is an integrated set of
tools that allow you to create, use, and mail multi-media documents and
apps containing formatted text and embedded objects. AUIS has been
broken into five packages which you may mix in various combinations:

        -wp is aimed at the WORD PROCESSING audience.  All other packges
        require this.
        -src is aimed at the SOURCE CODE DEVELOPER, a programmer writing code 
        -mail is aimed at those needing A BETTER MAIL INTERFACE and
        interested in a MULTI-MEDIA (MIME) MAIL INTERFACE
        -doc contains all AUIS documentation not found in the other packages
        -dev is aimed at those who want to develop their own AUIS
        application. This requires the -src package.

The principle changes are:

-wp (word processing)
        A few fixes
        Default # colors increased to improve look of images
        Can now print documents on A4 paper
        New command, setpapersize
        Improvements in htmltext - WYSWIG editting of HTML docs

    -src (source editting)
        A few fixes

    -mail (multi-media mail user agent)
        A few fixes
        Better instructions on how to get this working

    -doc (the rest of the documentation)
        A few fixes

    -dev (if you want to write your OWN ATK app)
        A few fixes

The following files are currently in pub/Linux/Incoming, but should
eventually be moved to pub/Linux/X11/andrew:

   1384 auis63L2-dev.lsm
3750748 auis63L2-dev.tgz        
   1370 auis63L2-doc.lsm
2024926 auis63L2-doc.tgz
   1502 auis63L2-mail.lsm
1964585 auis63L2-mail.tgz
   1437 auis63L2-src.lsm
724846  auis63L2-src.tgz
   1317 auis63L2-wp.lsm
1474178 auis63L2-wp.tgz

===================================================================
Software Toolsmiths  Terry Gliedt [email-masked]  MIME OK  507-356-4710 

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From: [email-masked] (Usenet News)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: O'Reilly interviews Kirch
Date: 24 Sep 1994 07:43:48 -0700

     In the next issue of the O'Reilly & Associates' magazine _ora.com_,
Tim O'Reilly has a lengthy interview with Olaf Kirch, author of our
upcoming book, _Linux Network Administrator's Guide_.
     This interview is available now on our Web server and gopher.  To
access it:

     http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/ora/features/

     or

     gopher.ora.com (login as gopher)  
     [check under feature articles]

     Please direct any questions to me.

     Brian Erwin
     O'Reilly & Associates
     [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Patrick Reijnen)
Subject: URGENT: /dev/cua* problems with mouse and modem
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 18:28:21 GMT

Hi guys,

Since this weekend I have severe problems with my system.
I tried to install a soundblaster 16ASP using the factory
settings (irq5, irq0 and an unknown irq for the mitsumi
cdrom).

After rebuilding the kernel with sbpcd support and iso9660
I rebooted the system (yes, I reinstalled using lilo).

At the moment I tried to use my modem, some way or other
it looked like I got connected but kermit 5a189 didnot present
any screen output. Looking further I saw my cua0 and cua1 in 
/dev had been changed. For some reason also my mouse does not
work anymore.

I'm using kernel 1.0.9.

I guess I have some IRQ problems. I could only use my harddisk 
again by removing the soundblaster card.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Patrick Reijnen

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From: [email-masked] (Jim Williams)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PPP install and setup
Date: 24 Sep 1994 14:25:06 GMT

Greg J. Pryzby ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I am running the 1.1.49 kernel of Linux.  I got 2.1.2a of ppp from the
: net and built and installed.

: Now the questions:
:     There are files that are referenced in /etc/ppp, but I can't find 
:         examples of the files...
:     There are many readme and SETUP, Notes, etc files, but they all seem
:         to talk about what is needed to setup/install ppp and what needs to
:         be done withour reference to the others.... I am confused,,,

: (My Linux box will use a modem to call a Sun [SunOS 1.4.*].  The Sun will
: have separate entries in the /etc/passwd for different ppp dialups.  Then
: when the system connects, a person can run csh (or your favorite) or exec
: a script for the person dialing up to run ppp.  The Sun is connected to
: a network that that is 'hooked' to Internet.  The goal is is to have my
: Linux box 'on the net' using ppp.... easy huh?

: Any help on getting PPP running is appreciated.

 Ok thats what I do here.I use kermit. WHat I do is this.

call up kermit set the line /dev/cua0 (you can use what ever line)
then set speed 38400
hit c which brings me to the term part then dial the number to the 
remote system. then it ask me for login and passwd. Then it starts it ppp.

I then hit cntrl \ c which brings me back to the kermit prompt. I then 
issue this command.

!nohup pppd /dev/cua0 crtscts -d defaultroute 38400 -detach 

brings the connect right up no problems. There may be a easier way to do 
this but it works for me. Also do you have a ip address assigned to you. 
If not I would ask them to do this.

                
Jim [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Bill Wiest)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.p
Subject: Re: Linux v1.0 SMAIL problem
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 01:16:01 EDT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Bill Wiest)

[email-masked] (root) writes:

> Phil Homewood ([email-masked]) wrote:
> : Mihail S. Iotov ([email-masked]) wrote:
> 
> : : The easiest way out is to install uucp, then smail will call uuname to
> : : find out that the mail is not going to one of your uucp_neighbours and 
> 
> 
> : An even better solution still os go and get sendmail 8.6. 
> : Why have everything forward off through a smart host when it can get
> : to its destination directly anyway? (OK, I know smail can be
> : configured... but it's a pain to get it to send out un-munged headers
> : and such anyway...)
> 
> Any anyone direct me to sendmail 8.6 ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
I believe you can find at ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/ucb/sendmail

--Bill Wiest

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From: [email-masked] (Al Longyear)
Subject: Re: PPP install and setup
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 14:14:50 GMT

[email-masked] (Greg J. Pryzby) writes:

>I am running the 1.1.49 kernel of Linux.  I got 2.1.2a of ppp from the
>net and built and installed.

>Now the questions:
>    There are files that are referenced in /etc/ppp, but I can't find 
>        examples of the files...

The reason that there are no examples is that the files in this
directory vary too much from user to user to give examples. The only
file that you need have is the /etc/ppp/options file. This became a
"mandatory option" (if you can call it that) with the 2.1 release. The
2.0 code and before, the 'option' to require it was disabled by
default.

In case you wish to disable it, it is a compile time option in the
pppd process. Look for the REQ_SYSOPTIONS in main.c. Change it to "0"
rather than "1".

The chap-secrets and pap-secrets files are described in the man
page. They are used if you use CHAP or PAP authentication protocols.

The ip-up and ip-down programs/scripts are used only if _you_ wish to
use them. The system does not need them.

>    There are many readme and SETUP, Notes, etc files, but they all seem
>        to talk about what is needed to setup/install ppp and what needs to
>        be done without reference to the others.... I am confused,,,

"Without reference to the others"? What is "others"? Each file is
independent of the others required to run ppp. There is no
inter-action between them.

>(My Linux box will use a modem to call a Sun [SunOS 1.4.*].  The Sun will
>have separate entries in the /etc/passwd for different ppp dialups.  Then
>when the system connects, a person can run csh (or your favorite) or exec
>a script for the person dialing up to run ppp.  The Sun is connected to
>a network that that is 'hooked' to Internet.  The goal is is to have my
>Linux box 'on the net' using ppp.... easy huh?

[These comments are relative to the setup on the SunOS system]

Easy, but not very secure. It would be better to have one account for
PPP for which all users may use. Do CHAP authentication on the
users. If you have the IP addresses to spare, then subnet the IP
domain and do a network route to the Sun system. Give each user a IP
address. Accept a remote IP address, but fix the local one.

If you don't wish to give each user an IP address, then fix the local
and remote IP addresses. This would mean that they could not receive
mail directly to the remote sysetm, but if you don't have the IP
addresses, then you don't. Something has to give.

In either case the users would then call your system; sign on as the
"ppp" user with the associated password; and the system would run the
ppp software for them.

-- 
Al Longyear           [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Sven Goldt)
Subject: Re: Linux NOT logging people out on hangup
Date: 23 Sep 1994 17:55:48 GMT

John Spade ([email-masked]) wrote:
:       I can't find this in a FAQ so...  I need to find a way to
: get linux to log people out on hangup.  If a user hangs up the modem
: line, and there is a program that is running, linux doesn't kill it.
:       My worst example is when people are using telnet via gopher.
: They hang up and gopher telnet bombs the site it was connected to so
: people have a hard time logging into the remote site.  (Our little
: 486 shut down the telnetd on the faculty Mini)

That sounds interesting. I think this is a problem i do have aswell.
A 'fix' for you could be 'stty hup'.

Sven
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From: [email-masked] (Greg Cisko)
Subject: Re: Howto duplicate boot floppy?
Date: 24 Sep 1994 14:44:45 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

In article [email-masked], [email-masked] (Jim Sun) writes:
> How to duplicate more boot floppy from one existing floppy?
> I'm facing some serious trouble when installing linux on a Pentium
> with 1G HD; linux is within the first 300meg, so I don't think the
> 1024 cylinder problem should affect me.  But the new installation
> refused to boot ("partition table error"); the floppy created during
> the installation refused to boot too.  The only thing got the system
> going was a floppy from a previous installation on a 486.  Now since
> that disk was reated only for backup purpose, I'd prefer to make a
> seperate one for booting the Pentium box.  Any thoughts on how to
> copy a floppy containing kernel image?
>

I always use the slackware 2.0 setup program to do this... All you need
is slackware & a DOS formatted floppy. Then run setup & configure the system.
Making a boot floppy is one of the steps.
 
> Thanks; please cc:[email-masked] in your response
> 
> Jim

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From: [email-masked] (Andre Fachat)
Subject: lp polling driver = no irq?
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 01:12:47 GMT

Hi there!

When my Linux box boots, I get something like
"lp_init: lp2 exists, using polling driver"

Does that mean, I can assign the now used IRQ for the printer
to another serial port?

Will DOS go on printing?

Thanks
Andre

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From: [email-masked] (James Nykiel)
Subject: Compiling kernel 1.1.45
Date: 20 Sep 1994 06:43:08 GMT

I recently downloaded the 1.1.45 kernel and un-tared it in my usr/src directory
as the root user (tar -xvf filename) and then type make config which brought
up the script for selecting the options, here are my questions...

1.  Is there anywhere that I can get a detailed description of the choices
    that I can make (what does each selection do...), I would like to know
    if I am making the right choices!.

2.  After I typed make dep and then type make zImage I am left with a file
    called zImage which I copied to a floppy.

*   I rebooted and noticed that I still get a message that says Linux version
    1.1.18 (root@fuzzy), etc.  I know that I can change the MOTD to read
    Welcome to Linux 1.1.45 if I need to but should'nt I be seeing some-
    thing like Linux version 1.1.45 (root@fuzzy), etc.

*   Also how can I test to see if my sound card is working with the support
    that I compiled for it, is there any way to give it a test drive of sorts.

*   If I have successfully compiled the new kernel do I still need the follow-
    ing directories that are located in /usr/src, these are Linux-1.0.9 and
    Linux-1.1.18+UMSDOS-0.3a+IFS-5.1.

Any help that can be provided will be greatly appreciated,

Thanx...

JAmes A. Nykiel   

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From: [email-masked] (Greg Cisko)
Subject: Re: SLIP/PPP configuration
Date: 24 Sep 1994 14:48:40 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

In article [email-masked], [email-masked] writes:
> I've been trying to get a slip connection to my linux box from a windows 
> client running tcpman 1.0a. 
> I followed instructions in the HOWTO/NET-2-HOWTO/help/man/...
> 
> Almost everywhere they say to do a ifconfig., here is what I get when I 
> do that:
> 
> #  /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 93.89.34.1 pointopoint 93.89.34.50
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device or address

It may be complaining about one of the IP's you specified... Without knowing
more about how your network/system is configured, it is hard to tell.

> 
> 
> the same using sl0 or anything else.
> Of course I selected SLIP/CSLIP/PPP when I recompiled my kernel 1.1.51.
> 
> 
> Anybody has any idea and examples?
> 
> thanks,
> andre
> 
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From: [email-masked] (Hermann Kurz)
Subject: Re: SLIP/PPP configuration
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 16:19:30

In article <[email-masked]> 
[email-masked] writes:

>#  /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 93.89.34.1 pointopoint 93.89.34.50
>SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device or address

You have to use "slattach" first.
Try "man slattach".

All this (and much more) is explained in the 
"Linux Network Administration Guide 1.0" available at ftp servers near you.
A "must read" for newbie network administrators.

Hermann
-- 
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From: [email-masked] (Ted Hoang)
Subject: Any HOWTO using and administering postgres in Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 03:19:53 GMT

Hi,
I am new with postgres and would like to learn this database but don't know
how to start, using, and administering this database software. I'm appreciated
if someone point to me where to get doc. or howto or any info. related with
this.

Thanks in advance
Ted Hoang

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From: [email-masked] (Arnt Gulbrandsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.smail
Subject: Re: Smail on Linux.  Was: Smail has intermittent fits
Date: 24 Sep 1994 15:26:43 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Lee J. Silverman <[email-masked]> wrote:
>       First, and ABSOLUTELY critical: (if you skip the rest of this
>post, at least read this!!) Put the line: 
>-smtp_debug 
>in your /usr/lib/smail/config file.  It turns off SMTP debugging,
>which can give an unauthorized user access to run commands on your
>machine (probably as user nobody, but remember that smail runs as
>root.)

How?  I read the source when I first heard this long ago, and
couldn't see how this is possible?

--Arnt

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Crossposted-To: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: [email-masked] (Riccardo Pizzi)
Subject: Re: Need DL/Time Limiting ideas - Linux BBS
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 00:44:20 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Trevor Lampre) writes:

>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.

This is only partially true. UniBoard _does_ check for time expiration
after each downloaded file (even during batch download) and will disconnect
the user if his time limit is overridden.

Rick
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From: [email-masked] (James Nykiel)
Subject: Mosaic & Sound
Date: 20 Sep 1994 07:06:50 GMT

I have Mosaic installed on my computer and I have notice that there are certain
times that you can select an icon to hear sound clips, I beleive that I have 
compiled my kernel correctly for my sound card but when I select the sound icon
I get a message that says spawning external viewer and then the little watch
symbol comes on screen like its doing something but nothing happens after that
point.

Do I need to be doing something different, I have looked at the app-defaults 
and saw nothing that says anything about sound, I really have not researched
this in depth and have possibly overlooked somthing obvious.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated,

Thanx...

James Nykiel

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From: [email-masked] (joerg)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Printers on the parallel port
Date: 19 Sep 94 21:28:01 GMT

George Photakis ([email-masked]) wrote:
>In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (K Webb/Lab Acct) writes:

>>I am trying to connect a laser printer to the parallel port.
>>The printer HOWTO file specifies to use /dev/lp1 for this port, but it
>>doesn't work.  I even tried ls -l > /dev/lp1 and I got the following error.

>LPT1 in DOS is /dev/lp0 under Linux.... 

it should be, but my kernel (1.1.33) tells me:

 jope kernel: tty03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
 jope kernel: lp_init: lp1 exists, using polling driver
 jope kernel: lp_init: lp2 exists, using polling driver
 jope kernel: Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 3.01 BogoMips

and i can use them as LPT1, LPT2 with DOze. So have a look at Your logfile.

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