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Searching for Linux Laptop

Posted: 04 Jun 2008 05:54 PM PDT

On 4 jun, 21:54, Ramu <com> wrote: 

Why don' t you try Asus Eee PC 701?

It runs Linux and It has everything you need to an office work.

Best Regards!

Merge Debian's /usr and /usr/local partitions together?

Posted: 04 Jun 2008 12:17 PM PDT

Ant <com> writes:
 


With Unix, you can move files around anyway you want to, and create symbolic links to point to the new location.
 


Sure. Symbolic links work fine. It's in the file system, not the application.

Perhaps the only issue might be if some application does something like

cd /new directory
cd ..
it might end up in a different location.

rtc error

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 05:03 PM PDT

Hans-Peter Diettrich <com> writes:
 
 
 

It is only of use (if then) if you are a server serving other machines. It
is of no use whatsoever for an ntp client. It should not be used for a
client.

Seeking xorg.conf entry for Nokia 477Xpro on Fedora 9

Posted: 30 May 2008 04:33 AM PDT

Allen Kistler <moc> writes: 

Thanks.

"partition table on device sda was unreadable" on FC6 --> FC9 upgradeattempt

Posted: 28 May 2008 12:38 PM PDT

Markku Kolkka wrote:
 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common#Partition_table_claimed_to_be_invalid_on_ previously_working_drive 
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-Installer.html#Upgrade-Related-Issues 
Get Mandriva instead.

Doug.

Clonezilla - clone or image file?

Posted: 26 May 2008 02:02 PM PDT

"John Hasler" intoned: 


Most of the partition does not contain data, and I don't want to
wait while dd copies non-data.

TimDaniels

Q: Wildcard subdomains with GoDaddy?

Posted: 26 May 2008 10:29 AM PDT

On 27 May, 21:14, example.tld (Moe Trin) wrote: 

I'm overseas for a while, and I travel. Google works for me on the
road, without spending extra money for an ISP to provide service to
replace what my landlord provides. And it lets me keep a permanent
email/newsgroup address, without having to change it whenever I move
and take up with a different ISP.
 

Now, that is silly on his part.

GRUB problem upgrading from Fedora 8 to 9

Posted: 22 May 2008 12:39 AM PDT

* Dave wrote in comp.os.linux.setup:
 

have you try a supergrub boot CD?

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

--
David

Unusual distribution requirements

Posted: 21 May 2008 08:11 AM PDT

On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:11:17 -0700, Swandog46 wrote:
 

If it's not a stupid question why do you want to boot it off the HDD
rather than using Knoppix which can mount and read - not sure about write
- NTFS.

--
John Stumbles

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana
like coconuts

GRUB and reboot

Posted: 17 May 2008 11:44 PM PDT

On May 18, 7:44am, com wrote: 

Something changed. Do you have a custom kernel, especially one used to
boot with hardware that was not supported by the default FC6 kernel?
Or has someone been installing kernels and modules, such as those for
VMware or Xen HP or Dell management tools?