Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #816
From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date:     Tue, 15 Mar 94 13:13:24 EST

Linux-Misc Digest #816, Volume #1                Tue, 15 Mar 94 13:13:24 EST

Contents:
  linux oracle (Vladimir Stavitsky)
  Re: broken crond ? (cummings@stingray.speedway.net)
  Which Linux Distribution to choose? (student_of_mrizki)
  Re: Which distribution installs from CDROM or Hard-disk. (Sebastian W. Bunka)
  Re: Linux and Hayes 28,800's - anyone have them working? (Innovative Logic Corp.)
  Re: Prepare for DOOM (parody) (Peter Suetterlin)
  Quic-80 (sp?) backup tape and Linux (Gonzalo Diethelm)

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From: vlad@dkbfpny.com (Vladimir Stavitsky)
Subject: linux oracle
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 22:30:09 GMT

Recently there was a thread on Oracle for linux; i tried to contact
Joe Portman, who recommended joining IBCS2 channel to get ver 6 of
Oracle, but he did not respond. The problem is i do not quite
understand how to join this channel.

I would appreciate any info on that.

Thank you very much

Vlad


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From: cummings@stingray.speedway.net
Subject: Re: broken crond ?
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 00:46:25 GMT

Jeremy Bettis (jbettis@cse.unl.edu) wrote:
: >: The crond program on my system is acting strangely..
: >: When I boot Linux, it sets off all of the crontabs - even

: In /etc/rc (i assume) crond is started up, and also the system clock is set
: from the CMOS clock.  Make sure that the clock is set first! before crond is
: started.  What is happining is that crond notices that the time changed and

This fixed my problem, I did run the crond Daemon before I set the clock.  My
system does not use GMT in the cmos, but under Linux I do, so the time was
off several hours.

Thanks Jeremy for the hints, and merely recompiling the new cron Daemon
didn't fix it either.  But it's got a few new features and the code ended up
smaller too, so it was worth getting anyways.
-- 
Internet: cummings@stingray.speedway.net

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Which Linux Distribution to choose?
From: ceg4760x@kiwi.cs.wright.edu (student_of_mrizki)
Date: 11 Mar 1994 22:05:53 GMT

Hi Guys
   I'm thinking of installing Linux on my PC in the near future.  I don't
know which distribution is the least buggy.
    I have a 486/66 with 8 MB ram.  I'll have about 150MB fre for linux
and will be needing X-windows.
    I know that the FAQ suggests not using the SLS, but which one should I
get ?
                                Thanx upfront.

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From: seb@i102pc1.vu-wien.ac.at (Sebastian W. Bunka)
Subject: Re: Which distribution installs from CDROM or Hard-disk.
Date: 15 Mar 1994 13:15:01 GMT
Reply-To: Sebastian.Bunka@vu-wien.ac.at

Mihail Stilianov Iotov (iotov@off.ugcs.caltech.edu) wrote:
: I won't to install Linux. As I understand Slackware is recommended but you have
: to make floppies if you ftp it. Is there a CD-ROM that lets you install from there ?

: I am very new at this and any help will be appreciated.

: Thanks,
: Miahil Iotov

Very easy: Order the Transameritech CDROM (cheap, 30$ +S+H, fast
I got the CD 4 days after order in my post box in vienna!, but NO
(almost no) documentation); read the installation guide (from DOS run
Install...)to create a uniboot disk (supports Mitsumi CDROM and other stuff)
reboot PC, create partition(s), run setup, choose 'install from CDROM',
choose MITSUMI (or other), choose default path(default=../slack*1.1.1 = 
Transameritech)choose packages to install, install, configure, 
reboot, ready
see faqs and docs and helpfiles ....
Have fun
SWB
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From: invlogic@clark.net (Innovative Logic Corp.)
Subject: Re: Linux and Hayes 28,800's - anyone have them working?
Date: 14 Mar 1994 22:00:32 GMT

Jason Conrad Sokolosky (jcsokolo@acs.ucalgary.ca) wrote:
: Brian Kramer (bjkramer@remus.rutgers.edu) wrote:
: : Does anyone have linux working with hayes 28.8's?  I may try
: : it for a slip connection if possible.

: I didn't know they had 28.8's out yet.  Who sells them besides Hayes????

I have 2 Microcom 28.8k modems that I use for my CSLIP connection to internet
that work rather well.  THruput is not what I would have hoped, but that is
more likely to an overloaded source provider.

   Mike was here...

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From: pit@lupo.kis.uni-freiburg.de (Peter Suetterlin)
Subject: Re: Prepare for DOOM (parody)
Date: 15 Mar 1994 12:38:28 GMT

Jayme (jaymecox@coyote.rain.org) wrote:
>       Well, it looks like the Doom port to linux (and quite a few
> other Unix's also) is well on it's way. So I thought I'd just get you ready
> for it by saying to prepare for at least 100+ articles with such exciting
> titles as:

>       HELP! DOOM slow over 14.4!!!
>       Doom crashes my PPP!
>       Doom crashes my SLIP!
>       Doom crashes my Xwindows!
>       Need XConfig for #9GE for DOOM!
>       How to run DOOM over Term?!?
>       Doom won't run on SLS1.0
>       Doom doesn't work with 0.9.pl10!!! (who cares?!?)
>       Doom is k00l!!! Play or Die!!

> and many more!  :^)

> -- 
> JaymeCox@rain.org

> "Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the
>  starry dynamo in the machinery of night."  --"Howl" by Allen Ginsberg

Looks like I should learn how to use killfiles! 

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From: gonzo@malloco.ing.puc.cl (Gonzalo Diethelm)
Subject: Quic-80 (sp?) backup tape and Linux
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 06:32:54 GMT


Will Linux read and write to a Quic-80 backup tape? You know, one
of those weird DOS concoctions that plug into the floppy drive
bus and are used for backups.

Gonzalo

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