--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00011 Date: 07/18/95 From: ANTHONY SEO Time: 09:05am \/To: MICHAEL LA FRAMBOISE (Read 12 times) Subj: Xenix Setup On Jul 16 16:07 95, Michael La Framboise wrote: >I am trying to setup a SCO xenix package on a 486dx-66 and I >can not get it to boot. This system was originally running on >a 286. Can anyone help with this problem. >Thanks... The 286 version of SCO Xenix, will not work on anything else. You need the 386 version. Tony --- QM v1.31 * Origin: vogon1!frackit!marcsys!anthony@cse.psu.edu (1:270/711.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00012 Date: 07/17/95 From: DAVID KIRSCHBAUM Time: 08:15am \/To: WILLIAM BURROW (Read 12 times) Subj: NO DOCUMENTATION?! DK> No, no manuals either. Three pages in a Spiral notebook with DK> scribbled notes. Period. WB> Uck. DK> So I'm snooping for some other local Xenix system where I can DK> snarf all the man files. I need a better generic Unix DK> manual anyway. My old basic one is about worn out. WB> The man files only came with the Text Processing option for Xenix, the WB> regular Xenix distribution did not have them. (Aren't I just the happy WB> camper for you? :) Well, thanks for the official word. At least I can quit suspecting the original installers just didn't bother, and all sorts of goodies are sitting out on some disk somewhere. ... To err is human, to forgive .... $5.00 --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: Toad Hall (1:3634/2.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00013 Date: 07/18/95 From: HARM ENSING Time: 12:31am \/To: EVALDAS TALURI (Read 12 times) Subj: Re: find+grep -=> Quoting Evaldas Taluri to All <=- ET> Hello All! Hello Evaldas, ET> The goal is to grep contents of all files on a disk for specific ET> pattern and display only names of files which contain that ET> pattern+lines with pattern. How? ET> find / -name "*" -exec grep -i whatImlookingfor {} \; ET> This does the half of a job but does not display file names. Just add /dev/null to trick grep into thinking that it has to search multiple files: find / -name "*" -exec grep -i whatImlookingfor {} /dev/null \; ET> Thank you. You are welcome. Greetings, Harm P.S. what does 'lt' stand for? Is it Lithuania? ... Press any key... no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE! --- Filosoft/PROGRAMMERS BBS * Origin: Linux ? Filosoft/PROGRAMMERS BBS: +31-50-412288/426071 (2:282/517) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00014 Date: 07/18/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 08:30pm \/To: WALTER VAUGHAN (Read 12 times) Subj: Are you awake? Walter Vaughan said in a message to Moderator: WV> Lawrence Garvin... are you on a really big summer vatcation? Hi Walter... boy do I WISH!...... Got involved in an "Intro to the Online" project in May.. immediately followed by a theatrical musical production which just opened last weekend.. so finally I should have some extra time to -participate-.. rather than just monitor... WV> Hopefully you will return (not like what happened in Visual WV> Basic - moderator dissabpered for months). Hehe.... you can trust that I will not 'disappear'.. if for some reason I should be unable to continue in this capacity, it has always been my intent to hold an election to replace myself......... but I'm not planning to leave in the forseeable future so rest assured all is safe and sound in Fido/Unix land. WV> How is your OpenServer 5 upgrade going? Any tips, traps, etc... Well.... the product was delivered the first week of July and I've spent the past week reviewing reviews and published materials about the product. I'm hoping to have a live version up on a work machine by the end of next week. I'll let ya all know about the play by play (or pray by pray, as the case may be).. seeing as how I have a fido node not three feet from where I'm going to do this OSR5 install.. I'll just wheel my chair around... and type away. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00015 Date: 07/18/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 09:09pm \/To: FRED HEBERT (Read 12 times) Subj: Unix/Database suggestions Fred Hebert said in a message to All: FH> SCO doesn't even sell Xenix any more and I have no idea what FH> happened to FoxBASE. Besides it's about time to update the FH> system. But you can buy a 5-user Open Desktop R5 system which should be sufficient to support your dial in application. The retail price is $695 (if I recall the ad I read day before yesterday). As for FoxBASE... it's now been upgraded to Microsoft FoxPro for Unix and should be available from any software store or your local SCO reseller. Your FoxBASE applications should drop right in and keep on running. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00016 Date: 07/18/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 09:13pm \/To: MICHAEL LA FRAMBOISE (Read 12 times) Subj: Xenix Setup Michael La Framboise said in a message to All: MLF> I am trying to setup a SCO xenix package on a 486dx-66 and I MLF> can not get it to boot. This system was originally running MLF> on a 286. Can anyone help with this problem. Methinks you need the 386 version of Xenix to run on that 486 box.. Most likely you have the Xenix/286 release and you're stuck on the 286 platform with it... although I believe SCO is still upgrading and supporting SCO Xenix v2.3.4 lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00017 Date: 07/18/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 09:14pm \/To: PHIL LENFESTEY (Read 12 times) Subj: YO! I'm a Unix SysAdm at last! Phil Lenfestey said in a message to John Poltorak: PL> Congratulations on becoming a sysadmin! I'd dearly love PL> to do that job too, but unfortunately I have absolutely PL> no qualifications as far as computers go, what sort of PL> qualifications would you recommend to be a sysadmin? PL> what have you got? Reply in netmail if you're shy. ;-) First requirement is to be a pharmacist.. or know a pharmacist.. the Valium prescriptions alone will break you... Second requirement is to have a sense of adventure.. I'd venture to say that the majority of today's sysadmins are functional as sysadmins cuz they dove in and worried about digging themselves out =after= it crashed in all around them.... (well, I did, at any rate.) On the flip side.. let's just say that I'm not aware of anyplace that grants you a B.S. with a major in Unix System Administration. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00018 Date: 07/18/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 09:17pm \/To: BARRY PEARCE (Read 12 times) Subj: UNIX on PC Following up a message from John Poltorak to Barry Pearce: JP> Hello Barry! JP> Saturday July 08 1995, Barry Pearce writes to Thomas Schenk: BP> I have become disgruntled with the 'British Management' technique... You BP> know new Jag for the Director and no pay rise for everyone else. There s BP> no need for this sort of behaviour from executives. That's why Im trying BP> to build a *new* sort of s/w house. One where the employees are human BP> beings and are trusted. Obviously the company will be about 20-50 eople, BP> esp. as a I dont like larger companies. JP> This sounds interesting. I'd be interested in any more JP> details/developments... Barry.. pass me on some notes as well... Thanks. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00019 Date: 07/18/95 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 09:18pm \/To: RENALD LOIGNON (Read 12 times) Subj: Unix/Database suggestions renald loignon said in a message to Fred Hebert: rl> Isn't there a Unix version of Foxpro (something like rl> Foxpro/DOS 2.6)? There was talk of it a year ago, but I rl> never tracked the evolution of the "product"... It was released about three months ago... my product arrived a few weeks ago... it's _SO_ compatible that it ships with MSDOS documentation... and an Unix Installation Guide. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: CBP00020 Date: 07/18/95 From: MODERATOR Time: 09:21pm \/To: HIKMET SALIH OZKAN (Read 13 times) Subj: Installing Linux Slackware 2.2 Hikmet Salih Ozkan said in a message to All: HSO> Hi There ... HSO> HSO> I'm having trouble with installing linux on my computer. Hi, Hikmet. I'm sure this answer doesn't help you much...... but with this type of question you'll be much better off pursuing it in the LINUX echo. Thankyou for your cooperation. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: My Mail Point * Houston, Texas * (1:106/6018.1)