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> debian-user-digest Digest                               Volume 97 : Issue 1127
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> Today's Topics:
>          Re: XDM seem to hang until I reboot.
>          Re: kernel sound defaults wrong?
>          Re: Debian/WindowsNT partitioning
>          Re: PPP problem (?)
>          Re: Partitioning
>          COMMERCIAL: Arkeia v4.0r6 - network backup software (fwd)
>          Re: kernel sound defaults wrong?
> 
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> Subject: Re: XDM seem to hang until I reboot.
> Date: 10 Dec 1997 18:18:52 -0000
> From: cpb4@ukc.ac.uk (Charles Briscoe-Smith)
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> In article <[🔎] 2090112795E@adm105.adm.louisville.edu>,
> Jay Barbee <jay.barbee@louisville.edu> wrote:
> >
> >What I am having problems with is a lockup or hangup from XDM.  If I
> >am running a X session, it is possible to hangup, and I cannot seem
> >to run anything.  I cannot click on an XTERM button, or even run
> >xterm if I have a free window up.  When I do run a new 'xterm &' from
> >an available window, after a certain time it tells me it cannot write
> >to the display.
> 
> It sounds to me like you're saying that the X programs which are already
> running continue to run, but new ones do not start.  I've come across
> a similar problem when using eXceed here; eXceed was running on PC-NFS,
> which could only handle 16 network connections at a time.  When the limit
> was reached, typing "xterm" in a shell window would give an error message.
> NT might have a similar limit.  (I'd expect it to be much higher, though.)
> 
> Are you getting an error message when you type "xterm" (without an
> "&")?  How long do you have to wait until you get the error (it might
> be some minutes)?  If there's no error message, what exactly happens
> when you type "xterm"?  Do you get your prompt back, or do you have to
> press control-C to get a prompt?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Charles Briscoe-Smith
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> Subject: Re: kernel sound defaults wrong?
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:25:56 -0600
> From: "Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>
> To: Rick Hawkins <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> Rick Hawkins wrote:
> >
> > After playing for an extended period with the default settings, I finally
> > figured out why my sound card wouldn't work:  the defaults in the kernel
> > package use Irq 7 rather than 5.  Isn't 5 the standard on this?
> 
> "standard"? Surely you jest. Yeah, it's also the "standard" for a lot
> of other ISA cards whose manufacturer decided that 5 should be the
> "standard" IRQ for their board. I believe this myth has originated
> because the Creative Labs Soundblaster board factory-defaults to an
> IRQ of 5. This by no means makes it a standard. Since there are only
> 15 IRQs on the Intel (AT) platform and closer to half of them are
> actually usable by add-on boards, there can't ever be a standard on
> a given board (or board-type, eg. "sound card") using a certain IRQ.
> Granted there are "tendencies" one sees among manufacturers.
> 
> --
> Jens B. Jorgensen
> jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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> Subject: Re: Debian/WindowsNT partitioning
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:21:24 -0500 (EST)
> From: Bill Leach <bleach@bellsouth.net>
> To: Gertjan Klein <gklein@xs4all.nl>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> Yes I am aware of this but also have experienced in the past that doing
> this (fdisk/mbr) has made it possible to partition a disk that would not
> otherwise be accepted by fdisk.  Because of what you say, I feel as though
> it borders on "FM" but possibly it has something to do with the BIOS of
> the particular machines where this has workded?
> 
> best,
> -bill
>       bleach@BellSouth.net  b.leach@Worldnet.att.net
>            b.leach@usa.net  LinuxPC@Hotmail.com
> from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign:
> "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!"
>          See!  They do get some things right!
> 
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Gertjan Klein wrote:
> 
> > Bill Leach <bleach@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> >  > If you can boot a DOS session, you might want to try doing a fdisk/mbr on
> >  > that drive.  Not being sure just exactly what you are trying to do though,
> >  > realize that issuing the above command _will_ wipe out everything on the
> >  > drive.
> >
> >   The (undocumented) fdisk /mbr command replaces the MBR software of the
> > first harddisk with the standard MS-DOS software.  It does not alter the
> > partition table in any way, so all present partitions will remain
> > accessible.  It also doen't change anything _in_ those partitions.  If a
> > boot manager program such as LILO was installed in the MBR, it will of
> > course be removed (in fact, this is one thing the command is often used
> > for).
> >
> >   Gertjan.
> >
> > --
> > Gertjan Klein <gklein@xs4all.nl>
> > The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html
> 
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> Subject: Re: PPP problem (?)
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:55:22 -0500 (EST)
> From: Bill Leach <bleach@bellsouth.net>
> To: Liran Zvibel <liranz@math.tau.ac.il>
> CC: Debian Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> 
> Before you connect do a "/sbin/route -n" command and note how many lines
> of entries you have.  You should probably have just one like this (I am
> assuming that you do not have an ethernet card or a slip/plip link also
> up):
> 
> bash-2.01$ /sbin/route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination    Gateway   Genmask        Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 127.0.0.0      0.0.0.0   255.0.0.0      U     0      0   8    lo
> 
> When you connect, wait for about a half a minute and do a "/sbin/route -n"
> command again.  This time there should be "new entries" (two, one for the
> connection "Iface ppp0" and one for the "default").
> 
> You _REALLY_ need to look at the PPP-HOWTO (and maybe the NET3-HOWTO)!
> 
> >From your description it is not possible to tell if you did or did not
> successfully connect.  If the above commands give the sort of results that
> I mentioned then you did indeed connect and your problem is probably a
> basic network setup problem (see NET3-HOWTO).
> 
> And NO, PAP is most definately not a Micro$loth "invention"!!  Indeed, I
> am astonished that Micro$loth has not figured out a way to create an
> incompatible version of PAP for no valid technical reason such as they did
> do in creating their useless derivative "MS-CHAP"!
> 
> Contrary to the BS that you see, read, and hear in the media and most
> especially in the popular computing press, Micro$loth has probably not
> created a single advancement in computer technology no matter how trivial.
> Contrast that with Sun Microsystems, AT&T, DEC, and a few others.  Though
> I personally have no real "love" for IBM the true facts of the matter are
> that IBM Labs has invented &/or developed &/or been a significant force in
> the development of almost every item of computer technology that has any
> importance to computing whatsoever--even if IBM never exploited or even
> tried to exploit the item commercially.
> 
> Sun Microsystems' contributions to the development of ARPANET, DARPANET,
> and Internet as well as to the development of AT&T's Unix is legendary.
> That Micro$loth should come along with their unbelievably arrogant and
> superior attitude, claiming to be at the "forefront" of computer
> technology, and appearently insisting "that their way is the only right
> way" is enough to make anyone with even a little knowledge of the truth
> sick and disgusted!
> 
> Indeed, Linux is practically proof all by itself as to where Micro$loth
> stands with respect to "forefront of computer technology".  That a
> multitasking, multiuser operating system (freely developed no less) can
> run something like X-windows and STILL beat the cr** out of Win95 in
> performance says a whole lot about "forefront".
> 
> Micro$loths's DOS was the most inferior OS available for the Intel chipset
> when it was introduced and that condition remained unchanged.
> 
> To hear Gates' talk, Micro$loth _invented_ windows (this stuff reminds me
> of the Joseph Stalin method of governmental information handling).
> Naturally at least some of the 'computing public" knew or remembered that
> Apple MacIntosh was a windowing computer system but it seems that far too
> many knew or know that Xerox "gave" the world the basic windowing
> environment upon which MacIntosh, MS-Windows, and even X is based.
> 
> I suppose that after all of this I should apologize (for the bandwidth)
> and do a:
> <flame off>
> 
> best,
> -bill
>       bleach@BellSouth.net  b.leach@Worldnet.att.net
>            b.leach@usa.net  LinuxPC@Hotmail.com
> from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign:
> "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!"
>          See!  They do get some things right!
> 
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Liran Zvibel wrote:
> 
> > Hello again!!!
> > Thanks for helping me set my Debian system last week. Everything works OK
> > but the ppp connection.
> > The modem problem was an incorrect irq setting. Now I'm able to dial. I
> > downloaded XISP and configured it (was pretty easy - cleaver user
> > interface!) and dialed (using PAP). It finished negotiating with the
> > server quickly (took it less time then win.95 does it - isn't PAP a
> > win.95 protocol?) and changed the IP from --------- to
> > ???.???.???.??? when ? is a digit from 0 to 9. I thought I was connected,
> > but when I tried to use lynx, ftp or telnet they told me they couldn't
> > find host. (when I configured XISP I included the two DNS addresses my
> > ISP use). Am I missing something?
> >
> > Please help.
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Liran Zvibel.
> 
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> 
> Subject: Re: Partitioning
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 13:46:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Bill Leach <bleach@bellsouth.net>
> To: Gertjan Klein <gklein@xs4all.nl>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Gertjan Klein wrote:
> 
> > Bill Leach <bleach@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > ...
> >  > Though it depends upon what one might mean by the term "knows", the PC
> >  > BIOS _IS_ the implementation of this particular filesystem abstraction.
> >
> >   You constantly confuse the issue.  The BIOS 'knows' how to load a
> > sector from disk to memory or vice versa.  This has _nothing_ to do with
> > filesystems.  Filesystems define how data is ordered and stored on these
> > sectors.
> 
> We appear to be "arguing" from different perspectives about the same
> things.  I am probably guilty in that I am not being at all specific about
> what I mean when I talk about the BIOS.  The BIOS, as you point out
> (implicitly anyway) is not the same today as yesterday, etc.  Obviously
> these are judgement calls and opinions but when the original hard disk code
> was written decisions were made concerning such things as sizes for device
> storage parameters.  While what you have said about the cost of 10Meg HDs
> and the like is true, that fact did not seem to influence others in such a
> limiting way about how to deal with the matter.  More importantly, I
> think, is that it has taken many years to finally to address this issue.
> 
> > ...
> >  > ...
> 
> >   I'm not exactly sure what you think is the nightmare part of the
> > original design (and frankly, I don't care).  There are a ...
> 
> And if you don't care then we are probably both wasting our time.
> 
> > ...
> 
> > ... sequential block numbers, though, and e.g. W95 _will_ install MBR
> > software that uses these (and install itself on a partition with a type
> > that MS-DOS doesn't understand) if installed on a HD/partition of above
> > (I believe) 2 GB.
> 
> Though, I must admit that you have provided a piece of information that I
> was not aware of, since I have never installed Win95 nor tried to install
> Linux on a machine with Win95 (I would look at the appropriate HOW-TO
> before making such an attempt however).
> 
> >  * There is a limited number of primary partitions available in the MBR.
> > This limitation is no serious problem, as many modern OSes don't object
> > to being installed in an extended partition (of which there can be as
> > many as required).  Of course the MS-DOS MBR software does not support
> > booting them, but should modern PC hardware be judged by old software?
> > There are plenty decent boot mangers around.
> 
> Yes, many often incompatible workarounds exist.  As to your question, I
> still maintain that the PC is a nightmare of horrible design decisions.
> You obviously, to me anyway, to not agree -- so be it.
> 
> > ...
> 
> >  > Linux, for very practical reasons, chooses to honor this brain dead,
> >  > convoluted drive abstraction.
> >
> >   There is nothing brain-dead about partitioning a drive - it is a
> > perfectly logical way of having multiple independent filesystems and/or
> > operating systems on one disk.
> 
> No there is nothing brain dead about partitioning a drive and I see no way
> that anyone could conclude from anything that I have said that I think
> otherwise.  It is the arbitrary decision to create the "tiered" partition
> types (primary, extended, and logical) abstraction that I object to.
> 
> >
> >  > ...
> 
> > ...
> >   Not in modern BIOSes.  It is backward compatibility that makes LILO
> > use the old-style BIOS calls, but it is probably (by now) capable of
> > making the newer style calls if told to (I can't check that as I don't
> > have the latest version here).  (Note that it is also backward
> > compatibility that made the PC to what it is now: powerful hardware for
> > very low prices).
> 
> These "modern BIOSes" have finally caught up with BIOSes of more than
> twenty years ago.  Are you suggesting that had different decisions
> concerning how to deal compatibly with the various limitation that were
> arbitrarily built into the original design had been handled differently
> that the PC would not be as popular or have such a favorable
> performance/price ratio as it currently has?
> 
> >  > I repeat:  There is _nothing_ inherent in Linux that requires any of this
> >  > "grew like topsy", screwball "design".
> >
> >   Ignoring your qualifications here, I never said there was.  I was
> > objecting to your misinformation about the basic PC hardware and BIOS.
> 
> I have "lost it".  In as much as I really do not wish to mislead anyone
> then by "misinformation" are you talking about my assertions with respect
> to the BIOS design (and indeed design evolution) upon the overall
> filesystem design, or rather my (admitted) failure to even mention that
> there are new BIOS designs that do not themselves impose this scheme, or
> both?
> 
> >  > ...
> > ...
> >  > I would be
> >  > willing to defer to your claims that I am wrong concerning primary
> >  > partitions being visible in DOS, but am having some trouble with that.
> >  > My experience with DOS and Windoz is _very_ limited.
> >
> >   Mine is quite extensive.  Why do you not believe me, when you yourself
> > say that your experience here is _very_ limited, and I am telling you I
> > have the very thing you claim to be impossible running on my system (and
> > on quite a few others, I might add)?  Why do you combine lack of
> > experience with such strong opinions?
> 
> As I pointed out in the previous message, I have seen many PCs with
> multiple primary partitions where only ONE primary partition is visible to
> DOS or Windoz (or OS2 for that matter).  In addition I have read in
> multiple books on PC machines that such is the normal design behaviour
> for a PC.  Though I consider my experience with PCs to be "_very_ limited"
> in part because I have written very little software to run on ix86 or
> under DOS and none to run under Windoz.
> 
> OTOH, I have HAD to fight with PC boxes from time to time for over 20
> years.  I have (several different times) had experience with PC scsi
> controllers that refused to work with drives that would work fine on
> non-PC scsi buses.  I have had to solve (employers) problems with
> incompatible hardware and software (hundreds of different times).
> 
> I have seen (though thankfully was not involved) with machine upgrades
> where the new IDE drives were of the same make an model as the existing
> drive but would not work as master/slave pairs.  Yet the same drives would
> work just fine on several other brands of PCs (and of course different IDE
> drives would work on these PCs).  The company was not thrilled as there
> were several hundred of these machines.
> 
> I have worked with many hundreds of computers ranging from dedicated
> micro-controllers to Super-Minis.  While each certainly offered its'
> problem sets, I honestly believe that none provided problems as ludicrous
> as are available to you in the average PC.
> 
> Are you "right" that this disaster is what has given us an affordable
> computing platform that has capabilities almost unimaginable 20 years ago?
> I admit that I don't know for sure.  The only real example in the PC world
> suggests to me that you are right.  IBM's microchannel attempted to
> address many of the major points of the disaster but was clearly a
> failure.  Though if one asks why, then those answers are not so clear.
> The "success" of things like "win-modems" suggests a possible answer to
> me.  And that is that the overwhelming majority of people buying computers
> are attentive to price to such an extent that almost no other factor
> "matters" (short of Windoz compatibility).  It is also likely that
> whatever does cause the incredible popularity of the PC and Micro$loth is
> also involved in preventing a great many technically superior hardware and
> software innovations from becoming common.
> 
> In a sense all of this opinion matters not.  The PC is what it is and it
> does seem to be evolving in the "right" direction even if it has taken
> nearly 15 years to do make significant progress.  In the meantime all of
> the "standards" and incompatibilities that exist in the PC world are the
> "part and parcel" of a huge percentage of the development work in Linux
> and the activities of listservers.
> 
> best,
> -bill
> 
>       bleach@BellSouth.net  b.leach@Worldnet.att.net
>            b.leach@usa.net  LinuxPC@Hotmail.com
> from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign:
> "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!"
>          See!  They do get some things right!
> 
> 
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> 
> Subject: COMMERCIAL: Arkeia v4.0r6 - network backup software (fwd)
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:58:02 -0800 (PST)
> From: <mike@bcinternet.com>
> To: Debian Users mailling list <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> 
>         I saw this in c.o.l.a. and didn't see this mentioned on
> debian-user or the webpage.  Did I miss this or is this news to everyone
> else?  Either way if it's not bulls*$t then it's pretty cool.
> 
> Micro$oft, what do you want to spend today?
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri,  5 Dec 1997 09:16:38 GMT
> From: Knox Software <sales@knox-software.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
> Subject: COMMERCIAL: Arkeia v4.0r6 - network backup software
> Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:30:46 -0800 (PST)
> Resent-From:  <mike@bcinternet.com>
> Resent-To: mike@bcinternet.com
> Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> Knox Software announces the release of Arkeia v4.0r6 for Linux.
> 
> Arkeia network backup software, by Knox Software,
> is now available as shareware for Linux home users.
> A fully functional copy of Arkeia is available for download at
> http://www.knox-software.com or ftp://ftp.knox-software.com.
> Suggested contribution is $25.00 US dollars.
> 25% of each contribution over $20.00 will be donated to Software in the
> public interest.
> This is the parent organization of the Debian Linux distribution.
> 
> Knox Software is also making Arkeia available at an entry-level price of
> $199.00 for small work group settings.
> This package lets you interactively backup any mix of 5 Linux and
> Windows 95
> client machines to a Linux based backup server.
> See www.knox-software.com for download instructions.
> 
> BURLINGAME, Calif. (November 24, 1997) - Knox Software today announced
> Arkeia for Linux, v4.0r6, network backup software.
> This software enables system administrators to implement a fast, easy,
> reliable
> and economical backup solution for Linux powered networks.
> 
> "By leveraging 10 years of large scale UNIX backup expertise,
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> to provide the type robust network backup solution previously available
> only in large UNIX shops," said Sam Siegel, general manager of Knox
> Software USA.
> "With Arkeia v4.0r6, we are providing a high-performance network backup
> solution
> for both large and small Linux environments such as ISPs,
> Web development, workgroups, and home users."
> 
> The system, originally developed for the Sun, HP, and AIX environments,
> and now ported to Linux, is designed for centralized operations with
> remote control.
> Each backup server can be accessed from any client that has the user
> interface loaded.
> This password-controlled access lets the system administrator manage the
> backup
> server from any machine on the network.
> The administrator can even dial-in from a remote location, to perform
> backup,
> and restore operations. Only control information is communicated to the
> client machine.
> There is no X traffic over the network when the remote machine is an X
> server.
> A Java based user interface is provided for Windows NT and Windows 95
> clients.
> 
> Arkeia v4.0 for Linux features:
> 
> Backup server:
>     O Backup as many as 200 clients at a time.
>     O Manage multiple tape drives simultaneously.
>     O Perform backup and restore operations simultaneously.
>     O Maintain an online catalog of backups.
>         Catalog size is typically less than 1% of the amount of data
> backed up.
>     O Provide policy based security mechanism.
>     O Drive autostackers, libraries and robotics.
>     O Maintain an online catalog of tape pools.
>     O Does not require root login when doing backup or restore
> operations.
>     O Monitor tape drive, library and TCP/IP for errors and initiate
> recovery.
>     O Monitor client connections; retry backup from point of failure
>         if client goes offline and comes back online.
>     O Maintains log files.
>     O License management.
> 
> Graphical interface:
>     O X11 interface for Linux systems.
>     O Java interfaces for Windows 95 and Windows NT clients.
>     O Configure Tape drive, Drive pool and library definitions.
>     O Configure Tape, and Tape pool definitions.
>     O Configure Savepacks (a savepack defines machines and directories
> to backup)
>     O Configure periodic backup schedule.
>     O Initiate interactive backup.
>     O ID and password management.
>     O Initiate interactive restores.
>     O Browse catalog of backups.
>     O Browse log files.
>     O Login to local or remote backup server.
>     O Interactively monitors backup and restore operations.
>     O User customizable color and background settings.
> 
> Client:
>     O Compress files during backup. (At user option.)
>     O Encrypt files during backup. (At user option.)
>     O Pace network data transmission with backup server.
>     O Uncompress files, if required, during restore.
>     O Unencrypt files, if required, during restore.
> 
> Arkeia v4.0r6 supported software:
>     O Caldera - Tested and working.
>     O Redhat - Tested and working.
>     O Slackware - Tested and working.
>     O SusE - Tested and working.
>     O Most Linux, v2.0.0 or higher, distributions.
> 
> Arkeia v4.0r6 hardware requirements:
>     O 16 MB ram (32MB recommended)
>     O SCSI card (AH2940 recommended)
>     O 486 or higher processor
>     O 1GB disk drive or greater.  (30MB for code and room for catalog
> growth.)
>     O Linux v2.0.0 or greater; TCP/IP up and running.
> 
> Supported Server Operating systems:
>     Linux
>     Solaris
>     IRIX
>     AIX
>     HPUX
>     And, others.
> 
> Supported Client Operating Systems
>     Linux
>     Solaris
>     IRIX
>     AIX
>     HPUX
>     Windows NT
>     Windows 95
>     Windows 3.x
>     And others.
> 
> What you get for shareware: ($0.00 - $50.00)
>     O Arkeia backup server for Linux
>         Supports a single-tape tape drive
>         Supports interactive backup
>     O 2 clients any mix of Linux or Windows 95.
>     O X interface for Linux backup server.
>     O X interface for Linux clients.
>     O Java interface for Windows 95 clients.
> 
> What you get for $199.00:
>     Basic offer
>     O Arkeia backup server for Linux
>         Supports a single-tape tape drive
>         Supports interactive backup
>     O 5 clients any mix of Linux or Windows 95.
>     O X interface for Linux backup server.
>     O X interface for Linux clients.
>     O Java interface for Windows 95 clients.
> 
> What you get for $699.00:
>     Mini Lan Offer
>     O Arkeia backup server for Linux
>         Supports a single-tape tape drive
>         Supports interactive backup
>         Supports unattended, scheduled, backup
>     O 5 clients: any mix of Linux or Windows 95.
>     O 1 Unix/NT/Novell client
>     O X interface for Linux backup server.
>     O X interface for Linux clients.
>     O Java interface for Windows 95 clients.
> 
> What you get for $899.00:
>     Enterprise Lan Offer
>     O Arkeia backup server for Linux
>         Supports a single-tape tape drive
>         Supports interactive backup
>         Supports unattended, scheduled, backup
>     O 10 clients: any mix of Linux or Windows 95.
>     O 2 Unix/NT/Novell client
>     O X interface for Linux backup server.
>     O X interface for Linux clients.
>     O Java interface for Windows 95 clients.
> 
> Optional features:
>     O Automated unattended backup scheduling; for Basic offer only:
> $500.00
>     O Additional Windows 95 or Linux client:
> $40.00
>     O Additional Unix/NT/Novell client:
> $150.00
>     O Client 10-pack for Unix/NT/Novell
> $1,100.00
> 
> Please contact us for pricing on the following items.
>     O Multiple tape drives support.
>     O Library support.
> 
> Users can download and evaluate a demo copy of Arkeia v4.0r6 for Linux
> right now from the Knox Software Internet site:
> http://www.knox-software.com,
> or ftp://ftp.knox-software.com
> 
> In addition to supporting the Linux platform, Arkeia, v4.0r6, is also
> available
> for use larger facilities that use HP, SUN, HP, IBM AIX, and SGI.
> 
> Additional information on Knox Software is available on the Internet at
> http://www.knox-software.com or by sending email to
> sales@knox-software.com.
> 
> Knox Software, Arkeia and the Knox logo are registered trademarks of
> Knox Software,
> which is registered in the United States and other jurisdictions.
> All prices are US dollars and do NOT include local taxes, shipping and
> handling.
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