18 Mar
1999
18 Mar
'99
1:33 p.m.
Hi,
I don't currently have any good books on UNIX or Linux, and am trying to
configure a Linux system mostly from scratch, with a lot of my own
'improvements'. However, there is one thing I'm stuck on (the inittab
shutdown and reboot scripts), and I'm wondering if anyone here knows what
would be the list or newsgroup most able to answer my question. Of course,
if someone on this list wants to take a shot at it, by all means e-mail me
privately.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
18 Mar
18 Mar
2:05 p.m.
New subject: OT: Re: UNIX/Linux info?
I don't currently have any good books on UNIX or
Linux, and am trying to
configure a Linux system mostly from scratch, with a lot of my own
I don't understand.
Why aren't you using a consumer operating system... like Windows 98?
- Joe
(Oh, I really want to send this out with a straight face, but I don't want
to be responsible for massive OT flamage, so here's the smiley:
:-)
It's a joke, son, a joke :-)
2:36 p.m.
New subject: OT: Re: UNIX/Linux info?
I don't understand.
Why aren't you using a consumer operating system... like Windows 98?
It's a joke, son, a joke :-)
Joe,
I've seen the light. I'm now running Win95 and WinNT 4.0 Server (Yes,
legal copies, I bought them in a fit of madness about a year ago when I
wanted to learn some about them) on my PII/333. However, since I don't
want my system to crash I'm running them under Linux. I had Linux, Win95,
and WinNT Server all running at the same time on the same system last
night!
It's so cool I've been playing with it since Monday and haven't had any
time to work on configuring my VMS Cluster. Of course 95% of the time has
been spent cursing Windows!
BTW, how's everything up there in Redmond going with the port of MS Office
to Linux that supposedly isn't happening?
Zane
Sorry all, couldn't resist, and it is really cool running Linux/Win95/WinNT
at the same time on the same machine. For more info see,
http://www.vmware.com I need to test a couple more things, but I think I'll
be buying a copy, despite the price tag.
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+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
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3:18 p.m.
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[ Zane sez: ]
I've seen the light. I'm now running Win95
and WinNT 4.0 Server (Yes,
legal copies, I bought them in a fit of madness about a year ago when I
wanted to learn some about them) on my PII/333. However, since I don't
want my system to crash I'm running them under Linux. I had Linux, Win95,
and WinNT Server all running at the same time on the same system last
night!
I agree, this is just the coolest thing.
For those who don't know what the heck we're talking about, see
http://www2.vmware.com/products/linuxscreen.html
BTW, how's everything up there in Redmond going
with the port of MS Office
to Linux that supposedly isn't happening?
Actually, I live in the SF Bay Area (San Bruno), not Redmond.
And I think we'll have to wait for the split-up of Microsoft (or maybe the
massive upcoming reorg that we have to read about in the papers) before
Office will compete against Windows...
- Joe
19 Mar
19 Mar
12:04 p.m.
New subject: OT OT OT really OT [Re: OT: Re: UNIX/Linux info?]
For you 2 that seem to be running this system (I'm very interested in it after
looking at it) do you see any major problems with it so far? (I'm always
cautious with beta software). I am extremely tempted to download and set it up,
but I was curious first what type of performance you have seen.
Thanks!
Noel
"Joseph S. Barrera III" wrote:
[ Zane sez: ]
I've seen the light. I'm now running
Win95 and WinNT 4.0 Server (Yes,
legal copies, I bought them in a fit of madness about a year ago when I
wanted to learn some about them) on my PII/333. However, since I don't
want my system to crash I'm running them under Linux. I had Linux, Win95,
and WinNT Server all running at the same time on the same system last
night!
I agree, this is just the coolest thing.
For those who don't know what the heck we're talking about, see
http://www2.vmware.com/products/linuxscreen.html
BTW, how's everything up there in Redmond
going with the port of MS Office
to Linux that supposedly isn't happening?
Actually, I live in the SF Bay Area (San Bruno), not Redmond.
And I think we'll have to wait for the split-up of Microsoft (or maybe the
massive upcoming reorg that we have to read about in the papers) before
Office will compete against Windows...
- Joe
3:13 p.m.
New subject: OT OT OT really OT [Re: OT: Re: UNIX/Linux info?]
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Noel Fields wrote:
For you 2 that seem to be running this system (I'm
very interested in it after
looking at it) do you see any major problems with it so far? (I'm always
cautious with beta software). I am extremely tempted to download and set it up,
but I was curious first what type of performance you have seen.
I find it interesting that in one of the screenshots, total memory is
listed as 198 Megabytes of RAM. Do you have 198 megabytes of RAM :)
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
18 Mar
18 Mar
3:22 p.m.
New subject: OT: Re: UNIX/Linux info?
They should consider a VMS port.
I would waste no time adding the three OS's to my VAXcluster. I wonder if
I would have my quorum disk as ext2, fat32, ODS, or NTFS.
Couldn't resist.
Paul
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
wanted to learn some about them) on my PII/333.
However, since I don't
want my system to crash I'm running them under Linux. I had Linux, Win95,
and WinNT Server all running at the same time on the same system last
night!
It's so cool I've been playing with it since Monday and haven't had any
time to work on configuring my VMS Cluster. Of course 95% of the time has
been spent cursing Windows!
Sorry all, couldn't resist, and it is really cool running Linux/Win95/WinNT
at the same time on the same machine. For more info see,
http://www.vmware.com I need to test a couple more things, but I think I'll
be buying a copy, despite the price tag.
| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
| healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |
19 Mar
19 Mar
5:45 p.m.
New subject: OT: Re: UNIX/Linux info?
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Sorry all, couldn't resist, and it is really cool
running Linux/Win95/WinNT
at the same time on the same machine. For more info see,
http://www.vmware.com I need to test a couple more things, but I think I'll
be buying a copy, despite the price tag.
It do look like an interesting product, and I too am probably going
to license a copy once stability has been demonstrated. (There have
been no counter-demonstrations reported so far in the channels I
follow -- so I'll probably get the first non-beta edition). But not
to run Windoze (the only MS products I'm running regularly are Excel
[under Wine -- I've got to move my videotape catalog to another
spreadsheet] and the TRS-80 ROM image I use with xtrs). I want to
have Free-BSD and SCO on my machine subordinate to Linux.
(Actually, I do have other MS stuff going -- the ROMs in my Mod 100s
and my Color Computers, the BASICs in my TRS-80 Model II and my 4p.
Stuff where Bill G. was still doing some of the coding before he
decided to concentrate on bloating his fortune and the programs his
employees wrote.)
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