[techtalk] Re: Dual Booting Mandrake and W2K

Elinor elinor at mn.rr.com
Wed Jul 11 06:16:38 EST 2001 

I found an excellent how-to on dual booting W2K and Mandrake.  Hope you find it helpful, too.  Elinor

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00011.asp

On 7/11/2001 6:01 AM, techtalk-request at linuxchix.org wrote:

>Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Re:Linux replacement for Outlook/Exchange (Victor Rodriguez)
>   2. Ethernet question (Brian Sweeney)
>   3. Re: More X (Martin.Caitlyn at epamail.epa.gov)
>   4. lpd (Ryan Thibodeau)
>   5. Ghostscript (Stephanie Maks)
>   6. Re: lpd (Tricia Bowen)
>   7. Re: Ghostscript (Almut Behrens)
>   8. Forte and JHTML on Linux (Tricia Bowen)
>   9. Re: More X (Michelle Murrain)
>  10. Dual Booting between Mandrake and Windows (Christian MacAuley)
>
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>
>Message: 1
>From: "Victor Rodriguez" <vrodriguez at imagedog.com>
>To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:16:11 -0400
>Subject: [techtalk] Re:Linux replacement for Outlook/Exchange
>
>Clara,
>
>It's hard to get rid of outlook/exchange. Checkout phprojekt.
>It's free and it has different modules that you can add/delete.
>
>
>http://www.phprojekt.com/
>--
>Victor
>
>
>> The one killer app that keeps a lot of small businesses from migrating 
>to
>a
>> Linux backend is Outlook/Exchange, with the group calendaring, 
>shared
>> folders, mail list management, and stuff. I've had a lot of success
>putting
>> small biz on Linux file and print servers, authentication and user 
>account
>> management, firewall and proxy server. But when it comes to groupware,
>some
>> of them want their durned Outlook. (could be worse- like Lotus 
>Notes.)
>
>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Carla Schroder, Ace PC Goddess
>>Plain English spoken here
>>www.bratgrrl.com
>>www.computerbits.com
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 2
>From: "Brian Sweeney" <bsweeney at physics.ucsb.edu>
>To: "Techtalk at Linuxchix. Org" <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:25:46 -0700
>Subject: [techtalk] Ethernet question
>
>Hey guys,
>
>Thanks for all the help with the Sun stuff.  My friend emailed me 
>again with
>the following priceless quote:
>
>"...no one here sees it as a problem that more time is spent maintaining
>this network than using it."
>
>Ah, the joys of System Administration ;-).
>
>In any case, this next one's sort of related to my ongoing gig firewall
>fiasco.
>
>Does anyone know of a way, if you have a Linux box with 2 NICs, to 
>force
>them to go out over the wire to communicate with each other.
>
>So, like the following:
>
>-----------------			-------------------
>		nic0==============interface0		|
>Linux Box	    |			|		Switch|
>		nic1==============interface1		|
>-----------------			-------------------
>
>I'd like the traffic from nic0 to nic1 to go through the switch, 
>rather than
>just stay internal on the Linux box.  The rather twisted logic here 
>is that
>in this case nic0 and nic1 are gig cards, and I've got to test the
>throughput with and without the firewall running.  Unfortunately, 
>I've got
>no machine to test against with other gig cards.  So I need to test 
>it
>against itself.
>
>Is this even possible?
>
>-Brian "wishes he never said 'Sure, I can make a firewall.  Gig cards? 
>No
>problem.'" Sweeney
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:26:59 -0400
>From: Martin.Caitlyn at epamail.epa.gov
>Subject: Re: [techtalk] More X
>To: Michelle Murrain <michelle at murrain.net>
>Cc: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>
>
>Hi, Michelle,
>
>> (II) GLINT(0): XZE:4369: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-75.00 Hz
>> (II) GLINT(0): Clock range:  16.25 to 230.00 MHz
>
>That vertical refresh rate *can't* be right for a modern monitor. 
> I'd
>dounle check those numbers against your monitor specs.  That may 
>well be
>where your problem is.  The correct range is probably either 50-90Hz 
>or
>50-100Hz.
>
>Regards,
>Caity
>
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:42:32 -0400
>From: Ryan Thibodeau <rthibode at onlineathens.com>
>To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>Subject: [techtalk] lpd
>
>I seem to have lost the ability to print. I suspect something is 
>wrong 
>with the lpd. I have used lpc to stop it and restart it, clear all 
>jobs 
>in que, and deleted all of the spool directories and added them again. 
>
>Nothing seems to work. When I run printtool (I am running Redhat 
>6.2) 
>and try to print a test page, I get the error message, "Print jobs 
>
>queued, but cannot start daemon". Not sure what to try next. Any 
>
>suggestions?
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:50:29 -0400
>From: Stephanie Maks <steph at maksystems.com>
>To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
>Subject: [techtalk] Ghostscript
>
>Hello,
>
>I've been using linux for a few years now, pretending to be a system
>administrator in a small company.  Since I know how to install it, 
>I'm the
>'expert' around here.
>
>I've come upon a situation that I hope is probably very simple, but 
>I have
>found no examples of how to do it.
>
>Our printer is an HP with no postscript, just PCL5.  I've started
>experimenting with Ghostscript and have been very pleased with the 
>success
>of being able to print from a Macintosh client onto the linux server, 
>by
>manualy copying the .ps file and running ghostscript to convert it.
>
>I've read in a few places (Printing HOWTO, etc) that you can set 
>up a custom
>filter so that print jobs automaticaly go through ghostscript, but 
>have not
>found any information on how to actually do that step.
>
>I've got printcap configured with lp as the main printer using normal
>filters, and I'd like to set up an lp1 which would use a 'ghostscript'
>filter, but going to the same /dev.
>
>Can anyone let me know how to do this, or point me to where I would 
>find
>some documentation?
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>-Stephanie
>
>p.s. the system in question is currently running Red Hat 5.2 (i know, 
>we're
>going to upgrade soon).  It does not have X on it, (we've never needed 
>it on
>this box).
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 6
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:39:27 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Tricia Bowen <tbowen at capitalthinking.com>
>To: Ryan Thibodeau <rthibode at onlineathens.com>
>cc: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
>Subject: Re: [techtalk] lpd
>
>
>Try doing a ps -af to get the pid and kill -9 it. Type lpd and hit 
>enter
>to restart.
>--Tricia
>
>On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Ryan Thibodeau wrote:
>
>|I seem to have lost the ability to print. I suspect something is 
>wrong
>|with the lpd. I have used lpc to stop it and restart it, clear all 
>jobs
>|in que, and deleted all of the spool directories and added them 
>again.
>|Nothing seems to work. When I run printtool (I am running Redhat 
>6.2)
>|and try to print a test page, I get the error message, "Print jobs
>|queued, but cannot start daemon". Not sure what to try next. Any
>|suggestions?
>|
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 7
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:38:55 +0200
>From: Almut Behrens <almut_behrens at yahoo.com>
>To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>Subject: Re: [techtalk] Ghostscript
>
>On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:50:29PM -0400, Stephanie Maks wrote:
>> 
>> Our printer is an HP with no postscript, just PCL5.  I've started
>> experimenting with Ghostscript and have been very pleased with 
>the success
>> of being able to print from a Macintosh client onto the linux server, 
>by
>> manualy copying the .ps file and running ghostscript to convert 
>it.
>> 
>> I've read in a few places (Printing HOWTO, etc) that you can set 
>up a custom
>> filter so that print jobs automaticaly go through ghostscript, 
>but have not
>> found any information on how to actually do that step.
>> 
>> I've got printcap configured with lp as the main printer using 
>normal
>> filters, and I'd like to set up an lp1 which would use a 'ghostscript'
>> filter, but going to the same /dev.
>> 
>> Can anyone let me know how to do this, or point me to where I would 
>find
>> some documentation?
>
>There are at least a dozen different printing system (CUPS,
>magicfilter, etc.) and printing setup/installation tools (e.g.
>printtool on RH) -- but before you've figured out which one to use,
>you might just as well set it up manually, if your requirements
>aren't too complex. Here's what you would need to do:
>
>(1) add an entry to /etc/printcap
>
>lp1|postscript|PostScript via ghostscript:\
>        :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp1:\
>        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp1/ps2pcl:\
>        :mx#0:\
>        :sh:
>
>You may need to change the device to the one you are using...
>  lp : printer device
>  sd : spool directory
>  if : input filter (the script below)
>  (see man printcap(5) for details and other available options)
>
>(note: the printcap file format is a bit picky about whitespace
>in the wrong place -- be especially careful not to have some
>garbage after the "\"s)
>
>
>(2) create the gs filter script /var/spool/lpd/lp1/ps2pcl
>
>#!/bin/sh
>gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -q -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - 2>/dev/null
>
>Substitute the device driver you need for your printer.
>"gs -h" prints a list of options and available devices.
>The essential thing is that the gs command works as a pipe,
>i.e. reads from stdin and outputs to stdout -- that's what
>the dashes in "-sOutputFile=- -" are for. The other options
>are basically the ones you would use to print a postscript
>file from the commandline.
>
>
>(3) create the spool directory 
>
>mkdir /var/spool/lpd/lp1
>chown root.deamon /var/spool/lpd/lp1
>chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/lp1
>
>(not 100% sure about the ownerships and permissions -- just make
>it resemble the spool directory that's already working...)
>
>
>(4) restart lpd
>
>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd restart
>
>
>Hope I haven't forgotten anything important. The details may need 
>some
>fine tuning. Simply report back if you don't get it working :)
>
>- Almut
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 8
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:06:31 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Tricia Bowen <tbowen at capitalthinking.com>
>To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
>Subject: [techtalk] Forte and JHTML on Linux
>
>
>Is anyone out there using Forte, who knows how to get it to recognize
>jhtml files as html files? I want to get the nice color formatting. 
>If
>not, its back to emacs.
>--Tricia
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 9
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:54:56 -0400
>To: Martin.Caitlyn at epamail.epa.gov
>From: Michelle Murrain <michelle at murrain.net>
>Subject: Re: [techtalk] More X
>Cc: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>
>At 12:26 PM -0400 7/10/01, Martin.Caitlyn at epamail.epa.gov wrote:
>>Hi, Michelle,
>>
>>>  (II) GLINT(0): XZE:4369: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-75.00 
>Hz
>>>  (II) GLINT(0): Clock range:  16.25 to 230.00 MHz
>>
>>That vertical refresh rate *can't* be right for a modern monitor. 
> I'd
>>dounle check those numbers against your monitor specs.  That may 
>well be
>>where your problem is.  The correct range is probably either 50-90Hz 
>or
>>50-100Hz.
>
>Um, that's what the manufacturer says - I checked the web site, *and* 
>
>called. (It is an LCD panel, not a standard monitor).
>
>Michelle
>-- 
>------------------------
>Michelle Murrain
>michelle at murrain.net
>
>
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>
>Message: 10
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:46:09 -0400
>To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>From: Christian MacAuley <csm at jellspace.net>
>Subject: [techtalk] Dual Booting between Mandrake and Windows
>
>Hi, everyone.
>
>I installed Mandrake 7 on my laptop when it already had Windows 2000 
>
>Professional installed. Since Mandrake has its own boot loader but 
>Windows 
>already had reserved the first part of the single hard drive, i have 
>to 
>insert a boot disk to get to LILO.
>
>I'd prefer to be able to choose which OS i boot to without using 
>a boot 
>disk. What have you folks tried? Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Smiles,
>Christian
>
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