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 got feedback?by howe81  ,  . Entries in the NEWS and FAQs section for this forum must be approved by the host before they are public. got feedback?by howe81 got feedback?by howe81 If you still do not know who the hosts are, please click here. got feedback?by howe81 got feedback?by howe81 got feedback?by howe81 If you do not know who the hosts of the All things UNIX forum, please click here. got feedback?by howe81 Some of us weren't happy with the way parts of the old logo looked so we were asked to find better images to compose the logo. Being the perfectionist that I am, decided to go out and not only find better images, but also to edit them myself, using comments others made, I designed the logo that we use now, then howe81 made some touch-ups, I want to thank everyone who helped in creating the fine logo we have now. Alnero
got feedback?by Alnero In addition to those listed on Distro Watch, the following list contains firewall distributions of a much smaller variety. Most, if not all, fit on a single 3.5" floppy disk and will run just fine on older hardware. If you're looking for a hobby box and want to put that old 486 or Pentium to work, you might give one of these a chance.
got feedback?by Qmanman9 Important note: Take care to download the ISO in binary mode (FTP). By default Netscape will download the file in ASCII mode which will corrupt the image. You can check the integrity of the ISO file with the md5 key (md5sum mandrake.iso under Linux). Go to md5com to get the md5sum.exe version if you are using Windows. Please avoid downloading the ISO with a 56K modem line. If the download fails you need to be able to use "Resume" which allows you to continue the download. This works with FTP (reget), ncftp, CuteFTP, Getright, ...  With Easy CD Creator:
With WinOnCD:
With Nero Burning Rom:
With CD-Record:
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•Download and install Bind. •Setup your zone file in /var/named (or wherever you configured for).
; mydomain.comSample reverse lookup db.127.0.0 file: $TTL 86400Another good tutorial on how to setup and configure BIND 9 can be found at Unixwiz.net thanks to Steve.
got feedback?by statemachine To remove the gz from a file do: gzip -d filename.tar.gz gzip -d filename.gz than to remove the tar: tar -xvf filename.tar to remove .bz2 bunzip2 filename.tar.bz2 bunzip2 filename.bz2 In recent versions of GNU tar you can also both decompress the file and expand the archive in one operation. The '-z' option decompresses gzip files (.gz) and '-j' decompresses bzip2 (.bz2) files. Try the following: tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz tar -zxvf filename.tgz tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2 Note that in many of these examples we are combining the command-line switches (the -z and such after the command). In the last example, we could have written the following and achieved the same effect: tar -z -x -v -f filename.tar.gz We like to combine switches purely for our own convenience. The '-z' we've already covered. The '-x' tells tar to expand the archive out into its individual files. The '-v' is for verbose, where it will print the name of each file it expands to the screen. The '-f' is the force option, where we simply tell it to automatically confirm each file; otherwise, we would have to confirm every file as it gets written to disk.
got feedback?the info was helpful and easy to implement 2009-04-06 05:21:20 by Techie2000
got feedback?by drjim The chat is an IRC channel. If you're already savvy to IRC, just connect to the following server and channel. If you need help connecting, keep reading.
You first need an IRC client. You have options, depending on your operating system. Here are a few choices:
Once you have an IRC client, you must connect to the proper network. There are literally hundreds of major IRC chat networks out there and many will be listed by default in your client's configuration screens. The one you need to connect to for our chat is Freenode. If Freenode isn't listed, then you must add it manually. This is always a simple operation, but it differs from client to client. Check the documentation for the client you chose and insert this server address:
There is also a field for port number. It should default to the correct value, but make sure this number appears there:
Once you are on the network, it will look something like a large IM window. A scrolling text area will appear at the top and a place to type messages and commands appears at the bottom. To join the chat, type the following command into the bottom area:
Note the leading slash (/) and the hash mark (#). Those are required. Once you're in there, the regulars can help you with the other intricacies of IRC, and help you with your *nix issues of course!
got feedback?by yock
Linux isn't the only open source operating system out there. The three more popular BSD variants maintain their own hardware support notes.
got feedback?by drjim We also have posting rules so that it will be easier for us to help you. This can be found by clicking on the "Before you post click here" link in the forum description Here are the rules:
•Images should be kept small, at a displayable size of 640x480. •If they are larger than the size stated above, please zip it up and upload as an attachment. •RESPECT for all members of the forum from the newbie to the guru. To the newbies, respect the more senior members of the forum. We have spent many hours, days, weeks and in some cases, years working, learning, tweaking and hacking. To those who have been here before, respect the newbies... Remember, at one time EVERYONE was a newbie...
•Check previous threads first. •"Catchy title" should relate to the topic of the thread. •Avoid using CAPS in "Catchy title". •State distribution/flavor and version. E.g Red Hat Linux 7.0.
got feedback?by howe81 The floppies copied with this procedure are indistinguishable from the originals, including their "bootable" status. insert the source floppyif= specify the input file of= specify the output file bs= specify the blocksize (9k is optimal for floppies) Note that the first step stores the contents of the floppy in the file /tmp/floppy.copy, and this file should be removed when it's no longer needed. But it can be reused to make multiple copies of a floppy (obviously, the floppy disks need to be changed each time). $ dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/floppy.copy bs=9k # read source floppy
got feedback?by Steve * to start vi you type in vi in the command line * to add lines in vi hit i with nothing after it, this will enter you into entering mode * to save a file after you done typing hit * then to quit vi enter a :q! * to load a file from vi enter :e filename * examples::: if you wanted to edit the message of the day you would enter this command vi /etc/motd from the root or username command line * to navigate in vi here are some key keys in command mode, if you are not sure if you are in command mode hit the * j = moves one line down * k = moves one line up * h = moves cursor one character left * l = moves cursor one character right * Control+F foward one page * Control+B backwards one page * x deletes chacter the curson is on * dd deletes the line the curson is on There are alot more advanced commands but these are the basic ones.
got feedback?by MystBlade 1. Download the latest version of Slackware. Please see »All Things Unix FAQ »Where can I download Linux? if you need to know where. 2. Download cdrtools. The program we need is mkisofs. You can find the current version here: »ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/win32/ 3. Extract the Slackware iso to any directory. There are many programs to extract an iso with. WinISO and isobuster are some programs. 4. Extract the cdrtools file to any directory. You will need winzip for this. 5. Next we will need to exclude some of the directories from the slackware-current directory so the iso image we create will fit on a cd. The slackware-current directory is just where you extracted it to-i.e. c:\slackware\*.* . There are suggestions in the readme.txt file in the isolinux directory as to what you may want to exclude. You can exclude directories and files two ways: A. use the -x parameter with mkisofs. The readme gives examples. B. Move/delete the directories/files you want to exclude to another location not under the slackware-current directory or its subdirectories. You can just move the files you don’t need or delete them. You still have the slackware iso if you mess up. I chose to delete all directories but the slackware, kernels, and isolinux directories. 6. If you don't already have one, make a temporary directory outside of slackware-current to create your iso image in. I used "C:\temp". 7. Using a text editor such as notepad, create a one line ".cmd" file to run the mkisofs utility with all its parameters. I called mine "iso.cmd". If you are using "C:\temp" for your iso image directory and you are moving out the directories you wish to exclude, as I did, you can just cut and paste the code below for your batch file. Code: mkisofs -o /temp/slackware.iso -R -J -V "Slackware Install" -hide-rr-moved -v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table -sort isolinux/iso.sort -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/isolinux.boot -A "Slackware Install CD" . Copy or type all of this code into your editor on one line, without any returns. Otherwise windows will treat separate lines as separate commands and all of the parameters will not be passed to mkisofs. If you are using a directory other than \temp or \temp is on a different drive than slackware-current, you will need to edit the "/temp/slackware.iso" part of the code to match your drive or directory. If you are not moving out the directories you wish to exclude, you will need to use the -x parameter5 in your batch file to exclude these directories from the iso image. Important! Please note the trailing "." at the end of the code listed above. This is the source path for mkisofs to copy files/directories from. That is not a period for the end of a sentence. 8. Save your batch file in the slackware-current directory using .cmd as the file extension. If you save and execute your batch file from a directory other than slackware-current, you will need to change the "." at the end of the mkisofs code listed above to the path to your slackware-current directory. 9. Now copy mkisofs.exe and cygwin1.dll to the directory where you extracted Slackware-i.e. c:\slackware\*.* . Now you could copy the contents of the cdrtools directory to your windows directory. This will put the mkisofs utility and needed cygwin1.dll in the search path so the utility can be run from any directory. I found it much easier to do it the first way. We’re just going to use this program for these steps. 10. Drop to a command prompt (click start > click run > type command or cmd > press enter) and change to your slackware-current directory. Run your batch file (for example, type iso.cmd then press enter). You should now see the mkisofs progress status as it creates your iso image. 11. Burn the image file (i.e., slackware.iso) to cd using your favorite cd burning app. I used Nero 5.5. 12. Enjoy your new Slackware ISO. The man page for mkisofs can be found at: »www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glo···.13.html The homepage for mkisofs is available at: »www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glo···ord.html
got feedback?Good tutorial!
Just a note, I have an old BIOS and changing the boot-load-size to 4 allowed it to load since 32 or even the bootable DVD/CD available for download off torrents/FTP/HTTP sites did not co-operate with my system. 2007-10-25 01:38:22 by proton666 A network connection A Java-compatible browser Java browser plugin Alternatively, a Flash-based test preview is available: »/speedtest?flash=1 Installing a Flash browser plugin will allow you to run this test. Get Flash here: »www.adobe.com/shockwave/download···aveFlash Get Sun Java here: »www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp or Blackdown Java here: »www.blackdown.org/java-linux/jav···-d2.html
got feedback?by No_Strings If you type the ALIAS command is will show you your entire current alias Examples Ls= ‘/usr/bin/ls –f’ Stop= ‘kill –stop’ Suspend= ‘kill –stop $$’ My files= ‘ls /u/home/mystblade’ To create an alias ls that replaces the ls command with a customized option,>>>>>>>>>type>>>>>alias ls= ‘ls –f’<<<<<<<< on the Korn shell To do the same on the C shell type >>>>>>>> Alias ls ‘ls –f’ (notice that the c shell does not like the equal sign) Bourne shell does not support aliases All in all if you wanted to, you could change all your commands from UNIX style to DOS style if you are more familiar with DOS, or something more unique of your own.
got feedback?by MystBlade If you want to keep your GRUB images and configurations in a directory like /boot rather than the root directory /, use the switch --root-directory=DIR (example: grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda). got feedback?by SpitefulCrow Check out the following link for more information: »www.pathname.com/fhs/ submitted by BeesTea got feedback?by bmn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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