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From: kirsch@eaeps1.tuwien.ac.at (Rainer Kirsch)
Subject: Help needed: mtools usage
Summary: I want to receive usage examples for new mtools package
Keywords: linux mtools man MS/DOS
Organization: Inst. for General Electrics & Electronics, TU Vienna
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 13:21:21 GMT

Hello Linux users!

I loaded mtools (the new version with only one binary file) onto my Linux 
partition in order to use it for transfer of the various utilities.
But mtools does not react on my usage tries.
I would like to receive usage templates and/or examples for usage of the new 
mtools version (which uses only one binary file for all utilities)

Many thanks in advance
Rainer Kirsch

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From: anthony@cae.wisc.edu (Anthony Frey)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Non-destructive repartitioning (was Re: What is linux?)
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:58:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: doug.1992Apr8.125839.5474
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

In article <1992Apr4.192714.12174@rice.edu> adam@owlnet.rice.edu (Adam Justin Thornton) writes:
>Using pfdisk, it's actually not that bad.  Use a disk optimizer to put all your
>stuff on the front of the disk.  Use pfdisk to create your partitions, making 
>sure that the DOS partition is bigger than all the stuff you now have in it.
>If it's your boot partition, use Norton or something to edit the boot record so
>that the whole filesystem believes it's the right size.
>
>Then boot from linux and mkfs on your new partition(s).  No problem.
>
>Adam
>

Hi everyone,

I think this non-destructive partitioning is the route I want to take. I've
done most things up to the point of running pfdisk and I feel fairly confident
of what I'm doing but there's one thing that's hanging me up. I guess this is
kind of a DOS question but there's probably more repartitioning going on here
than the average DOS newsgroup.

I'm running DOS 5.0 and Norton for DOS 5.0 and the Norton optimizer reports the
very last few clusters of the hard disk as being unmovable and owned by a file
called 'image.idx'. I believe this has something to do with an extra copy of
the DOS 5.0 boot image. The question is, does DOS absolutely need this file in
that particular location, or might it possibly create a new image in the last
few clusters of a new partion? If not, can this file be moved and how?

I've got an extra 40meg free on my hard drive that's got Linux written all
over it. Thanks! 
-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony Frey
anthony@cae.wisc.edu                          "Building stereotypes
                                               for the 90's"
From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux makefile
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:28:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: hammer.1992Apr14.112835
Organization: Prime Computer R&D

In article <1992Apr14.070524.4163@muddcs.claremont.edu>, jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
> Speaking of the 80x50 code, does anyone know of a simple routine to
> tell the difference between VGA and EGA monitors?  Apparently there
> are problems with using 80x43 on EGA screens because Linux thinks it's
> really 80x50.  (Actually, I know of one quick 'n dirty way to fix
> this, but I was hoping for a more elegant answer.)

The easiest thing to do is in setup.S, which runs while the machine
is still in REAL mode, and still has access to the video BIOS.

Generate an INT 10 request for a VGA only function.  Check the
AL (or is it AH) register upon return.  If it is 0, then a VGA
is present.  If it is the same as the function request number,
then a VGA is NOT present.  Do the same for an EGA or better
function to distinguish EGA from CGA.  You can also check the
machine equipment byte in the CMOS to distinguish color monitor
from monochrome.  A full method for doing this was described by
Dr. Dobbs Journal when they started their GRAPHICS column a couple
of years ago.  setup.S should be doing most of what they described
to determine the video type, and THEN try and figure out specific
card vendors.

=================================================================
Kevin J. Cummings                       Prime Computer Inc.
20 Briarwood Road                       500 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham, Mass.                       Framingham, Mass.

Work:  cummings@primerd.Prime.COM
Home:  cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us

Std. Disclaimer: "Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration,
		  I've come to the conclusion that your new
		  defense system SUCKS..."   --  War Games
=================================================================
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: thomas dunbar <GSTD@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: /usr/root/.emacs sample
Reply-To: GSTD@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:58:41 GMT



(setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
(setq make-backup-files nil)
(put 'eval-expression 'disabled nil)

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; depending on your 1) linux version 2) termcap file 3) TERM setting
;  you may need to change some of the key codes - in particular
;  the ones for the cursor keys..use Ctrl-q  to find the key code.
;  when i changed fm v 0.12 to 0.95c+, i had to add the ESC-O map
;  for the cursor keys (used ESC-[ before)

(defvar cursor-map-1 (make-keymap)
"for ESC-O")
(fset 'Cursor-Map-1 cursor-map-1)
(define-key esc-map "O" 'Cursor-Map-1)

(defvar cursor-map-2 (make-keymap)
"for ESC-[")
(fset 'Cursor-Map-2 cursor-map-2)
(define-key esc-map "[" 'Cursor-Map-2)

(setq exec-directory "/usr/local/emacs/etc/")
(setq load-directory "/usr/local/emacs/lisp/")
(define-key esc-map "OA" 'previous-line)        ;cursor keys
(define-key esc-map "OB" 'next-line)
(define-key esc-map "OC" 'forward-char)
(define-key esc-map "OD" 'backward-char)
(define-key esc-map "OH" 'beginning-of-line)
(define-key esc-map "OY" 'end-of-line)
(define-key esc-map "O5^" 'scroll-down)
(define-key esc-map "O6^" 'scroll-up)
(define-key esc-map "[[A" 'help-for-help)           ;function keys
(define-key esc-map "[[B" 'delete-other-windows)
(define-key esc-map "[[C" 'isearch-forward)
(define-key esc-map "[[D" 'query-replace-regexp)
(define-key esc-map "[[E" 'eval-defun)
(define-key esc-map "[[F" 'eval-current-buffer)
(define-key esc-map "[[G" 'buffer-menu)
(define-key esc-map "[[H" 'global-set-key)
(define-key esc-map "[[I" 'save-buffer)
(define-key esc-map "[[J" 'save-buffers-kill-emacs)
(define-key esc-map "O2^" 'set-mark-command)   ; insert key
(define-key esc-map "O3^" 'delete-char)        ; del key
(define-key esc-map "Ow" 'beginning-of-buffer) ; gray home key
(define-key esc-map "Oq" 'end-of-buffer)       ; gray end  key
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: johnsonm@stolaf.edu (Michael K. Johnson)
Subject: man, nroff/groff --> Help me!!!!
Reply-To: johnsonm@stolaf.edu (Michael K. Johnson)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:48:22 GMT

From: cm445a17@socrates.umd.edu (cm445a17)

   Does anyone know of a working copy of the man/nroff-troff package?
   I got the man package from tsx-11.mit.edu and nroff and iit works
   fine for pre-formatted pages, but for unformated ones, nroff complains
   of unrecognized commands!!! (this is using the man switch)  Maybe this
   is a problem with the nroff I got.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
   Thanks,

   Jaime Jofre

Use the -mandoc command, rather than the -man command, as that will
recognize both the new BSD-style documentation and the regular -man
documentation. (BSD uses -mdoc -- thus -mandoc...)

This will be in documentation documentation ( ;-) once we get things
rolled together.

michaelkjohnson
johnsonm@stolaf.edu
linux-man-request@stolaf.edu

Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: juh@qt.IPA.FhG.de (Juergen Henke)
Subject: Re: what does linux rhyme with?
Organization: /users/juh/.organization
	<1992Apr14.092142.26968@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
	<0duhdNm00j5uIEpW0n@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:41:03 GMT

In article <0duhdNm00j5uIEpW0n@andrew.cmu.edu> sh2v+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen Hathorne) writes:

   Yes Linus- This should be in the FAQ us silly americans think that people
   might even be vain enough to include their own name in a product!

   Sorry about that!


   Stephen Hathorne
   ******************************************************
   Computing Systems Administrator
   Department of Statistics
   Carnegie Mellon 
   sh2v@andrew.cmu.edu                                  

   /* comments are all mine */
   ******************************************************

And we silly europeans learnt from this that some americans are vain enough to put
their job into a signature... :-) :-) :-)

Juergen

--
_________________________________________________________________________
Juergen Henke, e-mail juh@IPA.FhG.de, PSI-mail PSI%4505016002::JUH_IPA
Fraunhofer-Institut f. Produktionstechnik u. Automatisierung
Nobelstrasse 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80
From: johnsonm@stolaf.edu (Michael K. Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: stuff at tsx-11.mit.edu
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:30:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Apr9.003030.3404
Reply-To: johnsonm@stolaf.edu (Michael K. Johnson)
Organization: The Internet

I said recently....

   I made patched source for patchlevel .95c (not including the
   patchlevel fix -- If you are really worried about that, you darn well
   better be able to fix it yourself ;-) available:

   tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/system/0.95c.source.tar.Z
   (gee, I hope I remembered that right)

Ok, this has been changed:
1) UTS_VERSION _has_ now been fixed.
2) VFS code has been fixed.
3) filename is now:

tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/system/linux-0.95c.tar.Z

   Also, I have fixed the .95c patches in the patches directory, for
   those of you who may have noticed that I unwittingly broke them.
   There is also a diffs.Z it you don't want to uudecode them yourself.

This is still true.

   I hope that we get a compiled version soon -- I have been unable to,
   and will be for another day or more, so if anyone running virgen .95c
   would like to upload a copy, I'd be very grateful.  But if you do,
   please make sure that it is just .95c (patchlevel fix optional) and
   please mail ftp-linux@tsx-11.mit.edu when you do.

Apparently Linus will be putting one on nic.funet.fi, and when he
does, tsx-11 will snarf it.

   michaelkjohnson
   johnsonm@stolaf.edu
   etc.  no .sig, as usual...

still michaelkjohnson
johnsonm@stolaf.edu
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.)
Subject: Re: Binaries considered harmful
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:46:26 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.165844@hammer.Prime.COM> cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:
>In article <1992Apr7.201618.29108@muddcs.claremont.edu>, jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
>> I have the (as I know it) most current source for all of this, and
>> I'll be uploading them as a package today (hopefully) to tsx-11, etc,
>> and they should be available soon.  Look for system-0.95a.tar.Z.
>> 
>> Included:
>> 	chsh	-	new to this release (change shell for a user)
>> 	fdisk-x	-	fdisk that understands extended partitions
>> 	hostname-	set your computer's name!
>> 	passwd	-	change a user's password
>> 
>> Like I said, keep an eye out for 'em - they are mostly the versions
>> from the 0.95a root disk, with some cleanup of the code, the addition
>> of a couple of minor utilities, and some other minor changes.
>
>Not all of these executables are on the 0.95a root disk.  fdisk-x,
>hostname, and passwd.  Who is packaging these executables for us?

Right - I thought I made it clear that there was the addition of a
couple of minor utilities, such as hostname, passwd, chsh, etc.
fdisk-x is actually just a new version of fdisk, but I have kept the
old fdisk around for now.  Eventually, fdisk-x will replace fdisk.

As far as I know, nobody is packaging the executables - I'm releasing
the source, but not executables, since they can easily be compiled.
Once the ABC Release is out, this sort of issue will be moot - I
expect both binaries and sources for this to be part of that.  Until
then, you'll have to recompile them yourself, or find someone else to
do it.

>(I downloaded hostname from tsx-11, and got passwd from my 0.95
>root disk.  Where can I find fdisk-x?????)

The source can be found on tsx-11 in
/pub/linux/patches/fdisk-extended.c, or something very similar.  It
will also be available in the package I'm putting together.  The
executable, as of yet, is unavailable.

A quick, fairly uncertain word on a v0.95c root disk.  Don't count on
seeing one!  The 0.95a root disk will still work, and has no
unsurmountable problems.  I would much rather wait for the 0.96
release of Linux to do another root disk.  I may change my mind,
however, so keep your ears open.
-- 
Jim Winstead Jr. (CSci '95)    | "Catch a fish!"
Harvey Mudd College            |  -Geddy Lee,
jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU |   San Diego Sports Arena
Disclaimer: Mine, not theirs!  |   January 20, 1992
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: fenster@taveng.enet.dec.com (Yaacov Fenster)
Subject: Does Linux support QIC (Wangtek) tapes yet ?
Reply-To: fenster@taveng.enet.dec.com
Organization: "Expert Systems Industries (Sub contract to Dec)"
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 08:36:10 GMT


--

Does Linux suport QIC (Wangtek) tapes yet ?

Does anyone know what the status of the X project is ?

	Thanx in advance

		Yaacov
-------------------------------------------------
Yaacov Fenster			+(972)-3-9307239
y.fenster@ieee.org	
fenster@taveng.enet.dec.com	DTN 882-3141
All the opinions voiced are mine alone and do not reflect anyone else's 
opinion. (Including Dec).
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: jimb@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Jim Belesiu)
Subject: Re: Non-destructive repartitioning (was Re: What is linux?)
Organization: HP McMinnville - OR
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 21:32:41 GMT

> very last few clusters of the hard disk as being unmovable and owned by a file
> called 'image.idx'. I believe this has something to do with an extra copy of
> the DOS 5.0 boot image. The question is, does DOS absolutely need this file in
> that particular location, or might it possibly create a new image in the last
> few clusters of a new partion? If not, can this file be moved and how?
>
That file was created by Norton utility image.exe.  This creates an image
of the FAT and directory structure.  You can erase this file without harm
as it will be created the next time you boot (I suspect that image is in
you're autoexec.bat file).

Jim Belesiu
HP Cardiology Business Unit
McMinnville, Oregon
 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: drew@caesar.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
Subject: Re: expr & sort
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 13:11:55 GMT

In article <ccx062.32@cov.ac.uk> ccx062@cov.ac.uk (Chris Taylor) writes:
>Can anyone tell me where I can get sort & expr (preferably
>with the sources) ??

prep.ai.mit.edu, /pub/gnu, shellutils (with apropriate version # 
and .tar.Z suffix tacked on)
From: kxb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl R. Buck)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: jipped zip!
Date: 14 Apr 1992 23:06:21 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

jgifford@attmail.com writes:

>I have a question about tex: does it work for plain old dot-matrix printers?

I think so. As long as you have a printer that does epson emulation.

>Also, is X public domain, or is it commercial?

It is not public domain, but it is freely distributable and
copyrighted by the folks at MIT. X for linux is being worked on as we
speak, but is not available for mortals to use yet.

>Is it possible to write a dos-emulator under Linux(you know, kinda like
>Soft-PC under Mac)?

Blech. 

>I have seen a couple of references to mice(mouses?) lately in the digests,
>is there a driver for a mouse for Linux? if so, where can I get it?

You want to get the select program and its associated patches at
tsx-11.mit.edu. I patched the 0.95c+ kernel with only a few offset
messages. This is really a great little package; I'd love to see it as
an option during installation.

-- 
Karl Buck, kxb@matt.ksu.edu 	:)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: lee@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Greg Lee)
Subject: Re: Non-destructive repartitioning (was Re: What is linux?)
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 02:58:28 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.125839.5474@doug.cae.wisc.edu> anthony@cae.wisc.edu (Anthony Frey) writes:
}... I'm running DOS 5.0 and Norton for DOS 5.0 and the Norton optimizer reports the
}very last few clusters of the hard disk as being unmovable and owned by a file
}called 'image.idx'. I believe this has something to do with an extra copy of
}the DOS 5.0 boot image.

The Norton utility 'image', presumably called in your autoexec.bat file,
creates the image.idx file to help you reconstruct msdos disk structure in
case it becomes corrupted.  Just delete it. 

--
Greg Lee <lee@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: wanting to install Linux.  2 Questions.
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:30:03 GMT
Followup-To: LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
Organization: Computing Centre, University of Manchester


In article <1992Apr6.013618.22998@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> mccs2548@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu writes:
>      2.  What is the minimum amount of space I need to install Linux,
>          untilize a c compiler and keep about 5 megs storage space?

If you have everything compiled with shared libraries, you will
need about 3mb for the basic system, plus about 4mb for the
C/C++ compiler and stuff.  This is with no man pages or communications
software.  You would find a 12mb limit rather cramped before
long, or so I expect.  I have only 25mb, and I don't have
root to move around.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: thomas dunbar <GSTD@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: TeX Installation for Linux
Reply-To: GSTD@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Organization: The Internet
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:38:38 GMT


 now that lp is commonly avail., here's a few notes on installing TeX.

1. get (tsx-11.mit.edu) ptex.tar.Z and either dvips.tar.Z or
dvilj2p.tar.Z (PostSript|LaserJet)

2. see below for default locations. (for dvips, set TEXCONFIG to point
to config.ps and edit config.ps if necessary). the tex binary looks
for the format file tex.fmt which is plain format + the eplain macros
in the .fmt i put in ptex.

Testing:  make test.tex:
             This is a test of \TeX, blah blah
             \bye
run:
   tex test
 to get a DVI file
run:
   dvilj2p -e/dev/lp test
 to print on a laserjet 2p (or better) hanging off /dev/lp.
(dvilj2p.tar.Z has notes on source for other lj)
  or
   dvips test
   cat test.ps >/dev/lp
  for a PostScript printer.

               TeX for the Impatient; Abrahams, Berry, Hargreaves
               The TeXbook; Donald Knuth

FTP sites:     ymir.claremont.edu   (134.173.4.23)
               ftp.cs.umb.edu       (192.12.26.4)
               labrea.stanford.edu  (36.8.0.47)

/usr/local/bin:
-rwxr-xr-x      58368       dvilj2p
-rwxr-xr-x      22          dvp
-rwxr-xr-x      199459      tex
-rwxr-xr-x      2275        MakeTeXPK
-rw-r--r--      12532       dvi2xx.dvi     doc for dvilj
-rwxr-xr-x      58368       dvilj2p
-rwxr-xr-x      49415       gftopk
-rwxr-xr-x      203563      mf

/usr/local/emacs/lisp:
-rw-r--r--      21941       auc-tex.elc         fancy
-rw-r--r--      2073        minor-map.elc       alternative
-rw-r--r--      5069        outline-m.elc       to
-rw-r--r--      9373        tex-buf.elc         tex-mode.elc
-rw-r--r--      2119        tex-cpl.elc
-rw-r--r--      2900        tex-math.elc
-rw-r--r--      2490        tex-misc.elc
-rw-r--r--      3027        tex-site.elc
-rw-r--r--      9018        tex-symb.elc
-rw-r--r--      3758        vir-symb.elc

/usr/local/lib:
drwxr-xr-x      96          mf
drwxr-xr-x      48          tex

/usr/local/lib/mf:
drwxr-xr-x      1568        macros

/usr/local/lib/mf/macros:
-rw-r--r--      3677        cmr10.mf       font parameter file
-rw-r--r--      171720      mf.base       really cmmf.base
-rw-r--r--      39793       romanl.mf      MetaFont source

/usr/local/lib/tex:
drwxr-xr-x      48          fonts
drwxr-xr-x      48          formats
drwxr-xr-x      160         inputs

/usr/local/lib/tex/fonts:
drwxr-xr-x      320         pk.hplaser
drwxr-xr-x      96          tfm

/usr/local/lib/tex/fonts/pk.hplaser:
-rw-r--r--      4456        cmtt10.300pk     300dpi font for Canon engine

/usr/local/lib/tex/fonts/tfm:
-rw-r--r--      928         cmex10.tfm       TeX Font Metric

/usr/local/lib/tex/formats:
-rw-r--r--      304682      tex.fmt          format file(eplain)

/usr/local/lib/tex/inputs:
-rw-r--r--      574         fonts.lst        put texinfo.tex here
-rw-r--r--      7886        stables.tex      also
Xref: sparky alt.os.linux:2364 comp.os.linux:266
From: csn0314@ux.acs.umn.edu (tim)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Job Ctrl && $$->programmers (How....)
Date: 8 Apr 92 22:27:00 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota


you're probably not using bash at all. you're probably using ash from
the 0.95a root disk? you can get bash from the 0.95 or 0.12 root disk
or possibly alone from   one of the ftp sites.

			tim
From: bolsen@cs.umr.edu (Brian Olsen)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
Subject: Help!!
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:03:29 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla
Originator: bolsen@mcs213d.cs.umr.edu


Hello all!

I've had linux running on my machine now for about months. When running .12
I never had any trouble with reading from floppies.  
Unfortunately very soon after I installed .95 and repartitioned my hard drive
to make a 64 Meg partition, I had troubles reading any file at all above
300 or 400k to the file system without corrupting it.  I've tried just about
everything I can to try to find out what the problem is.  I've recompiled 
mtools a few times, written tar files to disks, tried zmodem and even used
the .12 kernel again with the same results.

Before this all started happening I was able to install gcc2.0, 1.4 prolog and
other packages.  Unfortunately I can't get groff, tex or any games onto my 
system.

My configuration is:
386/25
8 Meg Ram
3.6 Meg swap
Opti chip set
AMI Bios
5.25" floppy A
3.5" floppy B
Seagate 1144A IDE hard drive

Thanks,
Brian

bolsen@cs.umr.edu
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: "Arthur Recktenwald" <arthur@lusi.uni-sb.de>
Subject: No more mail
Reply-To: arthur@lusi.uni-sb.de
Organization: The Internet
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:19:32 GMT

Hello,

please send me no more mail about Linux


Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
From: harvard!ames!amdcad!yarc!scott@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Scott Beckstead)
Subject: Re:  Linux-Activists Digest #41
Reply-To: harvard!ames!amdcad!yarc!scott@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Scott Beckstead)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:38:57 GMT

I seem to be getting two copies of many messages (not in the group but in the
mailing) in any case.  I am actualy using linux as t compiler development environment.  I prefer having binaries available.  I have of course had to port a 
couple of things to it but nothing very serious (emacs 3.11 and rz/sz) 
I also compiled but have not tested gnuucp of an unknown version I will test
and report if I have the time.  Nice work Linus (I'm still using 0.95) I 
would love to upgrade but I have been seing so many problems lately that
I will wait untill someone posts the binaries to BIX or CIS.  I have no FTP 
access which most of you so cavalierly assume the world has and it gets 
frustrating when I use an ftp server that delivers a package containing 
133 60 kbyte pieces with a few missing or munged.  I don't want source 
unless it's small.  So please keep up the binary postings that way I get 
themn when someone has time to upload them to something I DO have access to.
Thanks
Scott
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