Recent content by Kudagai

You could look at Mandrake. They have a fake install which puts Linux into a really large file on your hard disk. It's not as good as a real Linux install, but it's supposed to be a lot easier. (OTOH, this is based on their ads. I've never tried it myself.) The two other ways that I know of...

How do you want to use it? Normally it's better to get the source off of the distribution disks, as Red Hat patches it (most distributions do). An alternative is to get a more recently patched version from the Red Hat site (or a mirror). In my experience (well, it wasn't source, but ...) this...

Do it the easy way. Use the Linux fdisk from the DOS tools folder of the installation disk. This can't (won't?) write the DOS MBR record, but it can easily wipe the disk clean of all existing partitions. Then the DOS fdisk can do the rest. (Well, you could use it to create the new windows...

Consider using the mail command. It's not very fancy, but it's easy, it keeps track of who sent what when, it's on every system and the receiver can edit it.

Mandrake 7.1 and up is capable of using the Windows partition as a springboard to a boot of Linux. I haven't done it, so I'm not sure of the details, but it writes a bit of stuff into the Win32 partition, and uses this as a way to launch Linux. As I said, I've never done this. One of my...

My setup was a bit different, one of my partitions was windows, and my spare drive was SCSI, but I just made sure that LILO had both specified, and was written to the mbr of hda. Then it worked without problem. (This was with Mandrake 7.0, but it shouldn't matter). OTOH, as a work around...

If you have preexisting partitions, be sure that you download the Anaconda updater pack from the Red Hat Site (and include it on the boot disk). This isn't always needed, but appearantly, when it is, it really is.

My preference, when I leave the development phase, is to use the number of micorseconds since midnight (or free disk space, or othere dynamic system variable) as the seed for the random number generator.&nbsp;&nbsp;This isn't a good idea <b>during</b> development as one may wish to exactly...

I'm not certain that either dialect of C, C++ or Objective C, is a smooth transition to OO software construction.&nbsp;&nbsp;If THAT were my goal, then I would either investigate Eiffel or Java (or, if I didn't mind learning a new language, Smalltalk).<br><br>On Linux there exist SmallEiffel...

Ummm... I want to convert *from* Access, not to use it. I'm looking for a replacement that would be more cross-platform, and, ideally, that would be free (and easy) to install with an application on the machine of another person (well, about 15 other persons). I would only have access to...

Does anyone know how to get shelve-s working on Win95. I presume that I would need a dbm version, but gdbm seems to exist for Win95. Still, it seems to me that there are some pieces missing. And pickle appears insufficient.<br> <br> I am quite new to Python, so I am not sure exactly what I am...

There exists a Pascal for Linux, don't know the site off hand. OTOH, perhaps you would do better by checking with Borland directly. Current news/rumor has it that Borland is planning or in the process of porting their IDE(s?) to Linux. I'm not sure just how much smoke and how much fire is...

This may sound a bit silly, but do you have a copy of Windows95 lying around? If so, try this:<br> Reformat the hard disk for Win95. Install it. Print out the full system information. (Under the properties of My Computer). This is likely to be lots of pages of garbage, but somewhere in there...

That basically works, but forget LILO! If you install LILO, in the MBR then NOTHING works. It also appears that if LILO is installed in the boot partition (I shrank the Win98 partition to 6GB) then Linux doesn't work. But this may be to to a v. large partition (/work = 1024 cylinders)...

Actually, I picked this up from new.redhat.com @ redhat.config. It seems to address the topic in fair detail. (Haven't tried it yet, and I may not if VMWare pans out! [WINE would be nice, but until it's a bit nearer completion, I need something that will do what I need done.] )<br> <br> From...