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Solve : Linux to Windows porting - Need help on tools? |
Answer» Hi, |
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502. |
Solve : Can you put linux on a Floppy disk?? |
Answer» I NEED to somehow get *censored* Small Linux on a floppy or another linux version that will install from off of the floppy. The problem is I have a Toshiba laptop that only has 64mb of ram in it and a very small hard drive and the cd rom on it doesn't work. It's RUNNING windows 98 on it. The cd rom drive is bad or won't boot from first boot option under the bios. Could it be because I was using a RW cd instead of CD-R that threw it off? Try it with a CD-R, and then you'll know. I have a Toshiba 440CDX. I can confirm that it will not read CD-RW discs, and additionally refuses to read Silver-Silver CD-Rs.Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 08, 2009, 03:40:42 PM I have a Toshiba 440CDX. I can confirm that it will not read CD-RW discs, and additionally refuses to read Silver-Silver CD-Rs. What's Silver-Silver Cd's? You talking about the color on the top of the cd?Sorry... here, I'll explain somewhat. CD-Rs are manufactured with two layers, recording layer and a die layer- the two colors are expressed as reflective layer-dye layer. the recording layer I think is more important to wether a device will recognize it- for example, some recordables are "yellow" on the bottom, a shiny gold, if you will. Others are pure silvery, and others are BLUISH... (I hope you know what I mean...) As an example of the "Dye layer"- take a Playstation 1 disc, with the black underside. It's really just the die layer being coloured. It is transparent to the disc laser. Anyway- some drives have difficulty with particular colour combinations. I originally thought that my Drive had died... but it could still play audio CDs and factory CDs... I was trying all sorts of things to fix it... then I popped in an old backup CD-R (with BLUE reflective layer), and it read just fine. Unfortunately I still have a spindle of the buggers to go through, but thankfully(for me) I don't really use that laptop much. the BEST CD-R's are manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, and are Gold-Green, really quite distinctive. Note that manufacturer is not the same as the distributor... If in doubt- buy a small pack of the "most expensive" CD-Rs- for example, a 5-pack. Make sure it isn't lightscribe or special labels or whatnot that your paying for- you just want the discs. Hopefully you'll find success. of course- if you have available CD-R with you, just test it out. Maybe my drive is just a crapster.Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 08, 2009, 04:13:16 PM Sorry... here, I'll explain somewhat. What BRAND of cd's worked on your laptop? And what color were they?the brand that worked on it were TDK, I believe. I don't have any nearby, but I think[/t] they had a bluish reflective layer (the metal part) Also remember to burn at the lowest speed |
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Solve : Ubuntu password? |
Answer» Is it possible to install Ubuntu with no password? |
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504. |
Solve : networking solaris 8 with my xp box and going online? |
Answer» i am rookie. i need to know how to get online and share FILES with my xp BOX. i have solaris 8(intel) on a dell box. xp on dell box. both run through a 4 port hub then to dsl router. can my solaris box use this to get online? how can i share files on my xp box? i set up DHCP on the solaris box. looks LIKE the router gave it an ip address(192.168.1.44, loopback 127.0.0.1). router is 192.168.1.1. i can ping router and xp box from solaris terminal WINDOW.... please help.... First you would have to set up a network share on Windows XP. Right-click the folder holding the files you want to share and choose Properies. Then go to the Sharing Tab. |
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Solve : unix network operating system? |
Answer» hello guys |
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506. |
Solve : Going to try my first dual boot? |
Answer» Ubuntu and other linux distros can be found at: www.distrowatch.combest of luck...Just a thought, instead of DUAL boot, how about using VM? I have played around VM recently, Both Microsofe's VIRTUAL PC and VMware-server by VMware. All my machines are Dual or Multi boot. But I started to really like using virtual machine because with virtual machine, I can switch in and out of OS on a dime. No need to reboot. |
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Solve : how can i install fedora12 on xp?? |
Answer» i have xp sp2 on C drive. i have I drive 10 GB. i want to install fedora on I drive. i created root-2000mb, boot-3000mb, home-1230mb,var-500mb, and swap-3000mb. but i unable to install fedora12. it shows not enough SPACE. plz help.A quick Google revealed that a FRESH install of Fedora 13 is around 9GB (which shouldn't be that much more than 12). Chances are you aren't partitioning your drive in a manner that gives it enough room to install the packages and what-have-you. |
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Solve : Freespire? |
Answer» My Windows XP computer got INFECTED with a virus last week. I tried the recovery disk as I did not have important files on the hard drive. My goal was to just restore the hard drive to its original state. The disk would only GET 8% completed so I gave up and installed Freespire. I chose to instal Freespire to the entire drive. Now I'm thinking of buying Windows 7 and overwriting Freespire. Only problem is that I can no longer get to the part of the BOOT menu that says boot from CD. When I turn the comp on, it goes straight to Freespire. Pressing the "f" buttons does not HELP. Can anyone tell me how to clear Freespire off of my drive and install a new operating system? |
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Solve : Which Linux is good for a old laptop?? |
Answer» I want to install Linux on a old laptop that's probably has a 133mhz cpu on it. I want it to be as user friendly as you can get and work well with the limited specs that I have. Any names of ones to try? There are a few to try, it's all about trial and error. and seeing as the distros are free you can try as many os you like! First if your sytem spec is really low i'd try dsl (d**n small Linux) http://damnsmalllinux.org/ It surprisingly a small and low resource Linux package, low on features and not especially user friendly. Yeah the Dsl one is great for specs I like that. I would like it to be more user friendly. Satellite Pro 440CDX? I have that one... but it's CD-ROM drive doesn't work properly.Quote from: BC_Programmer on November 26, 2008, 07:09:37 PM Satellite Pro 440CDX? I think the model number is pa1241uvcd something like that. I assume it's a 133mhz cpu. I was thinking I would put either windows 2000 pro or Linux. Trouble is the people I'm going to be giving it to are not very computer savvy. You could try putting Ubuntu on it, see what happens? that i think is the most user friendly. FBWhat about puppy linux? I TRIED it and it does seem to me user friendly. I HEARD about Xubuntu but it requires to much ram to install. |
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510. |
Solve : How do you install Open Office on Puppy Linux?? |
Answer» How do you INSTALL Open Office on Puppy LINUX? |
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511. |
Solve : removing of read only files? |
Answer» HI |
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512. |
Solve : Ubuntu totally took over!? |
Answer» I tried to follow an online guide to dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows 7, but I must have messed up somewhere. I tried to follow an online guide to dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows 7, but I must have messed up somewhere.So, you see no screen during startup where you can choose which OS to boot, right?You NEED to find the custom file and add Windows 7 to it if grub didn't PICK it up (unlikely) or run update-grub /dev/sda as root (assuming it is sda, and not HDA--run parted -l to see your list of drives). |
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Solve : suse linex enterprise desktop 10 help? |
Answer» I INSTALLED this OS and UPON finishing I receive a message on my SCREEN that reads |
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514. |
Solve : Accessing thumb drive? |
Answer» How do I change from looking at the computer's hard drive to a USB thumb drive? Tried Mount but that did not work. Follow-up question--how do I identify the thumb drive's drive letter? ThanksUsually a thumbdrive is named a Removable Storage or a name by the Brand of the Thumb drive. If you want to see the actual, try opening up My Computer(windows explorer), then insert the Thumb drive on the usb port. When or if the usb is recognized/read then it will appear on Windows Explorer along with your other drives such as DVD/CD drive or Hard drive. USB inserted could also appear w/out Windows explorer with a Windows Prompt whether you want to open USB files or documents, Play music or movies(if there are music/movie contents) on installed media software.What version of linux?Arch LinuxQuote from: Solar Dude on October 04, 2010, 07:22:55 PM Arch Linux to my knowledge, No version of Linux refers to drives via drive letters; usually it's SOMETHING like /dev/sda or /dev/usb1 and so forth. I installed Arch to a VM here but was unable to get a desktop environment installed (something wrong with my repository setup, so pacman couldn't update or install anything). I tried a few things in the terminal but to no avail; I was able to "see" the USB drive via ls /dev/disk/by-label but was UNSURE how to mount it. (mount /dev/disk/by-label/CRUZER was my first try, that failed). Since you probably have a desktop environment, and since that environment is probably SIMILAR to other WINDOWING environments, you generally access USB drives via the LEFT hand pane of your distros file explorer. (Nautilus is one example, Dolphin is another)I have never tried Linux Arch but I have Ubuntu 10.04LTS installed as a VM in VMware Player. A flash drive is recognized by Ubuntu upon being connected to the computer. |
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515. |
Solve : Please help the rookie? |
Answer» I am going to go online with a linux OS and want to add some kind of virus and spyware protection. Can anyone offer some suggestions. |
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516. |
Solve : Edit fluxbox login for all users? |
Answer» Hello, everyone. |
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517. |
Solve : Downloading Linux straight to HDD?? |
Answer» Greetings: System: Gateway with 2.5Gig CPU. 512MB, HDD's C and D. I have |
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518. |
Solve : Please take time to help? |
Answer» I was reading some old topics on this forum to try to educate myself. I ran into a very interesting topic from a ubuntu newbie, and I could relate. This person was instucted to read the freaking manual and was GIVEN several links to expedite his search. this SOUNDED LIKE very good advice so I went to the link help.ubuntu.com//something/somthing. I spent an hour of my spare time at work reading the UBUNTO backround and hardware PARAMETERS. I would love for some direction to links to educate myself on the system, any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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519. |
Solve : Which LINUX is the best?? |
Answer» I found many of them around like Fedora, Ubuntu, .... |
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520. |
Solve : Log in ubuntu?? |
Answer» I have just downloaded ubuntu, in order to get my files of off my laptop that will not boot. |
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521. |
Solve : Ubuntu LINUX, booting from CD? |
Answer» I have downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu LINUX and GOING to burn it to a disk.
Now the question is how to shut down the LINUX and while booting back or that, will I get chance to enter the BIOS menu to set the HDD as the boot device.You will continue to get whatever info your computer currently provides, in the sense that, unless you're getting a "splash screen" with a brand that "covers" what the computer is doing while it boots up, you should still see a brief display of the video card TYPE and video RAM, followed by the Power On Self Test, at which time you can enter BIOS, and make system changes before the computer actually boots the operating system which it's going to run.Thanks for help. So, it is - insert the disk before the info is shown, ain't it? Secondly, does LINUX have a decent 'Shut Down' option (like Windows)? And: How to get back to Windows after having done with LINUX?Yes, Ubuntu has good shutdown options, like Windows. You might try to run Ubuntu Live! from the CD. It will run slower, because it has to access the CD for everything, but you can try it before you actually install it. Are you planning on installing Ubuntu "over" your Windows installation? Are you going to try to install it on an empty partition on your current drive?No I want to have windows until I'm very fine with it and even after that. Somebody on the chat, don't remember who it was said that Ubuntu will ruin the Master Boot Record of windows if I try to install on a partition. Do we get to enter the BIOS menu at LINUX boot? And are the steps for Live CD Boot correct? |
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522. |
Solve : vi and crypt? |
Answer» I have some files which were encrypted using an OLD version |
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523. |
Solve : help please...? |
Answer» Hi to all of you...I need help cause i installed UBUNTU from the Live CD and the installation got stuck at 33%(because of insufficient disk space)...Then i got "Error loading OS" nxt time i started my pc... |
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Solve : ESXi 3.5 hangs during shutdown? |
Answer» I'm running VMWare ESXI 3.5u4 on a ProLiant DL760 G2 and whenever I try to reboot it with "halt" or "reboot" from an ssh login it hangs during shutdown and the only WAY out is to force a power off. |
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525. |
Solve : TFTP commands to use in a TFTP Sever? |
Answer» Hello all, |
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526. |
Solve : Best Linux Distro? |
Answer» Hello |
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527. |
Solve : what do i need to boost a signal from a router that is a distance away? |
Answer» I am WORKING from my BROTHERS buisness and his router is a distance away from where i am working what do i need to get to BOOST the wireless SIGNAL pleaseExactly how FAR is it? |
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528. |
Solve : Linuxmint debian won't open? |
Answer» I honestly don't think it matters which distro you use. The DIFFERENCES between them are not as great as their similarities. If you want to be one of those people who play with distros, go AHEAD. Play with three or four and then go back to Windows. Linux is more than a toy OS however, and if it is really for you you won't really care which one you use. everyone has to begin somewhere to learn That is exactly right. You may as well PICK any Linux DISTRIBUTION and start USING it. There is enough help, both included in the OS and on the Web that you can solve any problem you might have. |
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Solve : Ubunta Crash. Need Help? |
Answer» I installed Ubunta on my computer and it crashes after about 15 MINUTES of being on. i tried restarting and reinstalling but it DOESNT help. the screen turns black and FLASHES with white, vertical lines. can somebody help? email me at [emailprotected] |
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530. |
Solve : retrieve a previously entered command - Linux? |
Answer» I've attempted to determine how to retrieve a previously command . My experience is basically Windows/DOS command line using the arrow direction keys.. This saves a lot of extra typing... I've tried the arrow keys.. no success... I forgot to mention that I'm Maybe this will help... Code: [Select]SecurerCRT is just a dumb terminal emulator. The command history and recall features are part of your shell. ASSUMING your shell is /usr/bin/sh or /usr/bin/ksh, add these lines to /etc/profile (so all users will have this feature): export HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history export HISTLINES=2000 export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi set -o vi Now login again and you'll see your command history. Useful commands: history history -20 history is an alias to fc -l and fc is a shell built-in command. man sh-posix or man ksh. You can type r ### where ### is the line number of a command line shown by history. You can use ESC / to recall previous commands by searching for a string. Use + or - to move up and down once you have recalled a command. http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1160294 Just a thought: Is your local machine running Windows or Linux? You may need to get the key mappings right. My local machine is running Windows (T42 laptop).. I thought about the key mapping but I suspect its the remote machine which is the issue here... Don't know ....Have you tried the history command, and the ESC / keys, and + and - ? The history command works.. the esc / key COMBINATION, the + and - do not.. At this point, with the history command, I guess the best way to repeat a cmd in the history list is using the r # cmd... |
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Solve : Installing Ubuntu v10.04.1 LTS 64-bit? |
Answer» I was installing Ubuntu, and I think I've got myself a problem. Can you boot into Windows 7 at all?For me to help you, here is what I'd like you to do: Boot into Ubuntu with the Live CD, go to System>Administration>Disk Utility, on the left sidebar choose your disk drive, take a screenshot (Print Screen key) and post it on here. |
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532. |
Solve : using the left/right arrow keys on the line command to position and edit? |
Answer» I am using SecureCRT to remote access to a Linux server from a T42 laptop. |
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533. |
Solve : Linux as a popular Desktop Operating System?? |
Answer» Knew I was missing something. Thanks for pointing that out. Been meaning to give Ubuntu Tweak a try. Knew I was missing something. Thanks for pointing that out. Been meaning to give Ubuntu Tweak a try.It depends on how comfortable the user is with the Terminal. There are some task for which I use the the Terminal and others the GUI. For example if I wanted to install 10 programs it would be a lot easier to do Code: [Select]sudo apt-get install program1 program2 program3 program4 program5 program6 program7 program8 program9 program10 in Terminal. It would take a lot LONGER to do that task in Synaptic. There are definitely USES for the terminal. Another example: I was helping someone with their Vista laptop. They had a folder on their computer that could not be deleted (Vista said they didn't have permission but he/she was an administrator)! On Ubuntu I would bring up terminal and run "gksudo nautilus", then I would just delete the file. Deleting it in Ubuntu is a lot easier. I've done that as well. For instance, right now I'm going through my Trash, shredding all the files, then deleting them permanently. I find it much easier to do a 'shred -vn3 * && rm *' than to go through and do it all in Nautilus. Quote from: CITYSCAPE on September 09, 2010, 02:08:04 PM Another example: I was helping someone with their Vista laptop. They had a folder on their computer that could not be deleted (Vista said they didn't have permission but he/she was an administrator)! On Ubuntu I would bring up terminal and run "gksudo nautilus", then I would just delete the file. Deleting it in Ubuntu is a lot easier. Well, was the folder empty? Or perhaps you have the folder open or you have something contained in the folder still in use by the system? Most likely reasons for not having permission even though you are administrator.|EQuote from: Cityscape on September 09, 2010, 02:08:04 PM Another example: I was helping someone with their Vista laptop. They had a folder on their computer that could not be deleted (Vista said they didn't have permission but he/she was an administrator)! On Ubuntu I would bring up terminal and run "gksudo nautilus", then I would just delete the file. Deleting it in Ubuntu is a lot easier.running Explorer as an administrator is 6 keystrokes. Quote from: 2x3i5x on September 09, 2010, 02:30:00 PM Well, was the folder empty? Or perhaps you have the folder open or you have something contained in the folder still in use by the system? Most likely reasons for not having permission even though you are administrator.no the folder had files in it. they weren't system files but the may have been for some program. So yah that'd be why I had problems deleting. Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 09, 2010, 02:45:55 PM running Explorer as an administrator is 6 keystrokes.which strokes?windows key, c,m,d, application key, a, enter. Actually it's 7, I forgot the last enter. Although if somebody has UAC disabled it would only be 6. |
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Solve : BIOS Refusing to boot Linux CDs? |
Answer» I'm not sure where to post this so I posted this here.. |
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535. |
Solve : PLS CHECK IT OUT...............? |
Answer» #include |
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536. |
Solve : Knoppix drive install? |
Answer» I can see an partiton both of my hd's in knoppix but when I go to install it like how it is off the DISC it TRIES an installs it on the second drive. I'm makeing a root partiton on the second drive an a 1 gb swap on the main drive an the rest for the root.Hi, |
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Solve : linux fdisk utility? |
Answer» GOOD DAY! i am looking for a linux utility disk that i could use on repartitioning my drive.is this utility goes with the software itself? or can this be DOWNLOADED through the internet?ty.good day. Here's one: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ Also fdisk is a linux COMMAND too, but GPartEd is excellent as its a bootable CD so you can resize the BOOT partition. |
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Solve : Help, i desperately need help? |
Answer» I have 2 teenage daughters, and I suspect they are involved in inappropriate ACTIVITIES in the internet. They both have computers in their rooms. : They both have computers in their rooms.This is the first thing that caught my mind. Surely it's not necessary to have them in their rooms. Family room, kitchen table, etc. are better locations. Solution #1: Depending on the router you have, you can turn on the logs... meaning it'll log anything that goes through it. It might show it in cryptic format (e.g. IP addresses you'll have to look up), but it'll be an unclearable record unless they know the password. Solution #2: If they are clearing their history, then that's probable cause right there. Mention to them to stop clearing their history. You're the boss. Solution #3: Sometimes there are parental controls on the routers.... you might check those as well. This is the best option in my opinion. Solution #4:There are dozens of webfilters out there... Besafe online to name one. Choose one, make up a password, and your problem is solved. Unless they know the password you can be fairly sure the problem is solved. IM I'm not so experienced with... I'm fairly sure that #2 and#4 would solve it, but not completely sure. I think the last two are the best solutions-- they communicate your love for them rather than distrust. |
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Solve : dedicated server + gamepanel redhat? |
Answer» HELLO to you. Well let me explain .. I have a dedicated server (Redhat) and gamepanel (opbase) to manage a game server .. the gamepanel is HOSTED on another dedicated server. gamepanel communicates with the dedicated server. I need to install the sceen and sftp 2 thing's done.I need to install the dedicated server on the gamepanel root:password and ip all that is done the game panel communicate WHIT the dedicated server . The problem is that I am unable to ftp created a user with the gamepanel because I have this error: "Write" permission check failed. Check folder / file permissions. chown-Rf server1: server1 / home/server1 here is a picture: throughout the game server and the user folder in the ftp home / user I am sure this is ez to fix but i am really newbie on linux think you be able to HELP me? sorry for my bad english..Have you TRIED just what it told you to do? It wants you to run this command in the terminal: Code: [Select]sudo chown -Rf server1:server1 /home/server1That should clear you up. Post back if that does not work. |
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Solve : Regular Expression Help (Searching name patterns)? |
Answer» Quote from: Sidewinder on September 01, 2010, 05:14:23 AM I'm not understanding the reasoning of building a regex pattern that specifically masks upper case letters (Mister, Miss, M) and then directing the regex engine to run in case insensitive mode.You are not wrong. INITIALLY, i was only doing for Mr, Mrs, Ms so i USED character class. Later on, I found that i have to do Mister, Miss etc so I chose to use -i, without changing those upper cases. Mister, Miss can be written as mister, miss, since I am using the -i option anyway. Same as [Mm]. It can be written just without character class. so essentially its just CODE: [Select]grep -Pio "(m[rs][s]*\.*|mister|miss)\s+\w+[- \t,]*\w+[ \t]*" file Quote from: BC_Programmer on August 31, 2010, 01:39:59 PM Wow he's REALLY desperate for Troll food! Then why continually feed him?Yes ghost dog, I am still learning I have been since I have been born. All is what I needed was help with just the regex to use but I figured it out. I have a difficult time with just the expressions the the programming with them.Quote from: Circuit_Girl on September 01, 2010, 12:05:08 PM Yes ghost dog, I am still learning I have been since I have been born. All is what I needed was help with just the regex to use but I figured it out. I have a difficult time with just the expressions the the programming with them.its good to learn them, but they are also not the holy grail. regex performs string manipulations for you "behind the scenes", using its own language. For example, check for beginning of line starting with "ABC" --> /^ABC/. In your favourite language, for example if i were to do it in Python, Code: [Select]if string.startswith("ABC") or if string[:3]=="ABC" The logic behind is to do a substring from first character to 3rd and perform a comparison with "ABC". LIKEWISE, with other operations, you are able to do it just with using your language's own string manipulation functions. That line of ghost and sidewinder left was exactly what I was looking for. thanks for all your help. I did get it working. I am also going to check that program out that sidewinder posted. |
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Solve : Exciting Day? |
Answer» I am fairly competent with computers, have been using them for quite some time. Recently I decided to upgrade my OS knowledge by adding Linux familiarity to my repertoire, good idea right? Added a GRUB boot manager with a linux ext3 partition and Ubuntu. So then I recently decided to change my linux distro from Ubuntu over to backtrack3 in an attempt to upgrade my computer security knowledge as well. oh yes, side note, dont reformat, or repartition, play with the MBR/GRUB/Lilo etc while extremely tired. of course, you're most likely gonna be extremely frustrated AND extemely tired. Linux, I feel, is not as convenient as mac or windows because you need to do many things through the terminal which INVOLVES writing code (llike the old windows DOS DAYS but a bit more complex) Linux should just be a click and play system like windows or mac generally is .... If For Linux, just do a task and if terminal coding is required, the OS would just load the terminal code as necessary ..... It would be more usable Quote from: mcxeb52! on December 19, 2008, 05:18:41 PM Quote from: Valadur on December 19, 2008, 04:58:52 PMoh yes, side note, dont reformat, or repartition, play with the MBR/GRUB/Lilo etc while extremely tired. LOL yeah that made things worse and fast, true enough. Quote from: mcxeb52! on December 19, 2008, 05:18:41 PM Linux, I feel, is not as convenient as mac or windows because you need to do many things through the terminal which involves writing code (llike the old windows DOS days but a bit more complex) Linux should just be a click and play system like windows or mac generally is .... You obviously don't use Linux. In recent years, Linux has become easier to use than Windows. I use Windows at work and am constantly frustrated with it. I use 4 different distros of Linux at home and enjoy their diverse strengths. You don't have to use a terminal window for anything anymore. But many users, including me, make good use of the Bash shell because it is extremely powerful and quick. Why would I want to click and wait through a series of steps (the Windows way) to do something that I do all the time when I can just write a small script to do it all at once? |
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Solve : Alternative to XP? |
Answer» I am wondering whether to a different OS other than XP but know very little about how to go about it or what to use. You can download what is called a Live-CD for Ubuntu or any other distro for that matter. I would download ubuntus Live-CD and boot from that to try it out before you install anything. It will run slower from the CD than it will from the hard drive but other than that it should run basically the same. If you like it than you can install it to that spare hard drive. Hi, mate Thanks for your help. If I understand you correctly I can download Ubuntu over the net, save it to my desktop then copy it onto a CD? This presumably won't affect my existing XP set-up and I could just put the CD in and boot up from that to try it out? However, if I can't get the hang of it I can just carry on using my existing XP set-up as now? I've heard that you have to change the BIOS settings which I am very wary of doing as I have INADEQUATE knowledge of that sort of thing is that true, please? You download the image file. Then you will have to burn the .ISO image to a CD with a CD burning software that will burn image files. If yours won't this one will http://cdburnerxp.se/download.php . Many computers now a days boot from the CD first then the HD. I would just stick the CD in then reboot your computer and see if it boots to the CD. If not, some computer manufactures have alternate boot options if you hit a function key at boot. Dell i believe is F12 and Gateway I think is F8.You can also WRITE a Ubuntu ISO to a USB stick and boot from that much like a CD, that includes the option to install the distro should you decide to. Other alternatives to Windows would include something like Puppy Linux, its about a 95mb download depending on which version you wish to download. Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Puppy are my recommendations. Check out my Xubuntu screenshot to see what Xubuntu Linux looks like. |
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Solve : need a script? |
Answer» Hello, I need a bash script for the following situation: I have a text file and I need to extract every LINE that contains the expression "ORA-" and the line above it. I would like the result to be redirected to a separate file named result.txt. Any help is apreciated. I am a beginer in shell scripting.This forum. This forum. Nope. Read the POST, he wrote "bash script". Quote from: Dias de verano on February 03, 2009, 04:10:45 AM Quote from: BatchRocks on January 31, 2009, 08:16:55 PMThis forum. I'll say LOL now, rather then after whatever BatchRocks posts NEXT in this thread. It's a one-liner... grep -B1 "ORA-" yourtextfilenamehere | grep -v ^\-\- > result.txt |
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Solve : thread clarifications.....!!!? |
Answer» I am a CS bachelor and am reading OS. I have a doubt REGARDING the processes and threads.....The theoretical conceptions are clear by far.But i haven't received any practical and visual clarification of a thread.I can see how processes exist in a computer while an OS is running but concerning threads am really doubtful. |
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Solve : touch and diff problems? |
Answer» My name is Josh and I'm a student worker at Western Illinois University. I was GIVEN an assignment to assist someone with UNIX problems. I have no UNIX experience, but I'm resourceful. He is having issues with the commands, TOUCH and diff. He says he's used them previously, but they aren't working anymore. He says that he is using them to install software in the computers in ONE of our labs. Is there any information that you could share, or simply POINT me in the right direction?Well, 'touch' changes the access and modification times of a file, and 'diff' compares files line by line to FIND any differences between the two. |
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Solve : Whats Basic Difference in varios Distro's.? |
Answer» Hi this is my first post to this forum. Since no one has replied yet, I shall lead you to the ultimate source of knowledge INFORMATION and mis-information:I was jumping around post and seen this, thought that I may give it a try. I cant fully answer his question since I dont know that much myself. I was showing him differences in commands. KAy???That is where GOOGLE comes in. Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on May 05, 2009, 03:44:04 AM Thank you sir for teaching one how to search through google. I was douting myself for seraching skills you just chave to think it threw like everything ELSE. Not everyone can be as good. |
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Solve : How can I live with GRUBB?? |
Answer» How can I live with GRUBB? I did a Google on that and got offers to buy a book by somebody named GRUBB who lived somewhere Edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst,Thanks, I will try that. |
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Solve : Postfix refuses POP clients after mysqlizing back end? |
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Solve : Installing LINUX, Tips? |
Answer» Anybody could give any tips about installing linux on my XP Pro SP3? (but I doubt you would uninstall it just because you didn't like it! ) LOL it happened as you said... Its for high performance PCs and mine is not one... It wont start correctly.. Now I'm happy with Puppy LINUX. |
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Solve : Reg: thread - cpu utilization? |
Answer» am trying to GET specific thread cpu utilization... want to know is this be POSSIBLE to get if so PLZ let me know the command. |
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