Try creating the diskette using tar then you don't have to make a file system diskette.
on Xenix
I think that there is a 14 character file name limit on Xenix.
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My dear friends,
I am trying to install red hat linux. I have downloaded its disc1. On the instructions page, the next stage is to make the boot disk, so that I can boot from the floppy. However, I am unable to locate the boot image iso file. I tried on google, but I got a few files which... (3 Replies)
My question is: what's the best way to implement mutual exclusion for a shared memory segment. I want to ensure that while updating a shared memory segment that another process will not get read part of the segment before and the other part after the update. (I also want to ensure that the update... (3 Replies)
Hello to everyone,
I am new to linux and I want to move to this system after bad experiences with windows.
I have also a particular problem. An old laptop is probably able to handle just linux at this point of its life.
The cdrom is gone, the bios doesn't have usb boot support, there is no... (6 Replies)
hello this is laya. I need some help regarding linx installation and also trouble shooting.
i installed linux mandriva 2009 in my school months ago and now it says password expired and doesnt start up. So i was wondering if there could be any default password for linux versions??? and next is that... (1 Reply)
hello this is laya. I need some help regarding linx installation and also trouble shooting.
i installed linux mandriva 2009 in my school months ago and now it says password expired and doesnt start up. So i was wondering if there could be any default password for linux versions??? and next is... (2 Replies)
Ultimately, I'm looking to create a script that allows me to plug in a usb drive with lots of jpegs on it & copy them over to a folder on my hard drive. So in the process of copying I am looking to hash check them, record dupes to a file, copy only 1 of the identical files (if it doesn't exsist... (1 Reply)