From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.mail.yahoo.com([128.11.68.32]) (2166 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:smtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:41:39 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from unknown (HELO whowellhq.hq.nasa.gov) (131.182.140.181) by smtp.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Apr 2000 04:41:39 -0700 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <000701bfb03c$9a3eda80$b58cb683@hq.nasa.gov> From: "Scott Howell" To: Subject: cron question Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:34:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 List-Id: Just a quick question. I noticed that my Linux box used to run a cron job about 4:30 in the morning to flush the file system. I can't say what, why, or when the line containing that info got deleted or even if it did. Why I don't know is because it hasnt' run,b ut then I dont' know the line either so assume this is the problem. I am running Slackware 7. Does anyone know this line that I am refering too? If so, could you please send it to me? I see the line that flushes pop mail every 15 mins, but well in any case I can't find this other line. I did make a backup of the root cron file, but apparently cron makes a back as well cause the root.bak file I had made looked exactly like the current root file which leads me to believe cron had the same file name in mind as I did. Oh, one other question. I can't get my floppy to mount, but it had worked in the past. I havent' changed anything lately and this is really frustrating me to no end. I am mounting /dev/fd0 in the following way. Also note the floppy is good cause I tested it on a windows box to be sure. mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt now I get the famous error msg of /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device Of course this seems to be the favored error msg on my Linux box here of late. tnx Scott __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com