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Rami

The Linuxologist
Dec 24, 2004
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I already have rar on ubuntu.

But there was a function in Winrar where I could split up a 100 mb archive into 5 20mb archives. Send them all, when the reciever downloads all 5, and executes one using winrar it merges up into one 100 mb archive.

This is what I am specifically looking for...
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
Rami said:
I have rar, but it is text based, and I couldn't find that option:confused:
Code:
$ rar

RAR 3.51   Copyright (c) 1993-2005 Alexander Roshal   7 Oct 2005
Shareware version         Type RAR -? for help

Usage:     rar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...>
               <@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\>

<Commands>
  a             Add files to archive
  c             Add archive comment
  cf            Add files comment
  cw            Write archive comment to file
  d             Delete files from archive
  e             Extract files to current directory
  f             Freshen files in archive
  i[par]=<str>  Find string in archives
  k             Lock archive
  l[t,b]        List archive [technical, bare]
  m[f]          Move to archive [files only]
  p             Print file to stdout
  r             Repair archive
  rc            Reconstruct missing volumes
  rn            Rename archived files
  rr[N]         Add data recovery record
  rv[N]         Create recovery volumes
  s[name|-]     Convert archive to or from SFX
  t             Test archive files
  u             Update files in archive
  v[t,b]        Verbosely list archive [technical,bare]
  x             Extract files with full path

<Switches>
  -             Stop switches scanning
  ad            Append archive name to destination path
  ag[format]    Generate archive name using the current date
  ap<path>      Set path inside archive
  as            Synchronize archive contents
  av            Put authenticity verification (registered versions only)
  av-           Disable authenticity verification check
  c-            Disable comments show
  cfg-          Disable read configuration
  cl            Convert names to lower case
  cu            Convert names to upper case
  df            Delete files after archiving
  dh            Open shared files
  ds            Disable name sort for solid archive
  e[+]<attr>    Set file exclude and include attributes
  ed            Do not add empty directories
  en            Do not put 'end of archive' block
  ep            Exclude paths from names
  ep1           Exclude base directory from names
  ep3           Expand paths to full including the drive letter
  f             Freshen files
  hp[password]  Encrypt both file data and headers
  id[c,d,p,q]   Disable messages
  ierr          Send all messages to stderr
  ilog[name]    Log errors to file (registered versions only)
  inul          Disable all messages
  isnd          Enable sound
  k             Lock archive
  kb            Keep broken extracted files
  m<0..5>       Set compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal)
  mc<par>       Set advanced compression parameters
  md<size>      Dictionary size in KB (64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 or A-G)
  ms[ext;ext]   Specify file types to store
  n<file>       Include only specified file
  n@            Read file names to include from stdin
  n@<list>      Include files in specified list file
  o+            Overwrite existing files
  o-            Do not overwrite existing files
  ol            Save symbolic links as the link instead of the file
  ow            Save or restore file owner and group
  p[password]   Set password
  p-            Do not query password
  r             Recurse subdirectories
  r0            Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only
  rr[N]         Add data recovery record
  rv[N]         Create recovery volumes
  s[<N>,v[-],e] Create solid archive
  s-            Disable solid archiving
  sfx[name]     Create SFX archive
  si[name]      Read data from standard input (stdin)
  t             Test files after archiving
  ta<date>      Process files modified after <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
  tb<date>      Process files modified before <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
  tk            Keep original archive time
  tl            Set archive time to latest file
  tn<time>      Process files newer than <time>
  to<time>      Process files older than <time>
  ts<m,c,a>[N]  Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
  u             Update files
  v             Create volumes with size autodetection or list all volumes
[B]  v<size>[k,b]  Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024, *1][/B]
  ver[n]        File version control
  vn            Use the old style volume naming scheme
  vp            Pause before each volume
  w<path>       Assign work directory
  x<file>       Exclude specified file
  x@            Read file names to exclude from stdin
  x@<list>      Exclude files in specified list file
  y             Assume Yes on all queries
  z<file>       Read archive comment from file
?
 

gray

Senior Member
Moderator
Apr 22, 2003
30,260
I'm stuck... unable to boot up Ubuntu or at least install Windows so I have a boot loader to begin with... (because whenever I try that my computer just turns itself off). I'm downloading a fresh Windows ISO but I don't have a blank CD at home so it'll be at least 12 hours before I can at least try to reinstall Windows. I don't have a floppy drive either so a boot disk won't work :(

I've tried following a million different guides for installing Grub for my MBR, but nothing's working...

Argh...

my Ubuntu experience lasted all of 24 hours before I ran into a major hitch (in the form of Windows, surprise surprise) :disagree:

EDIT: Ahh crap, look what I just read... apparently even if I do get a proper Windows CD, it won't solve my problem :(

4) Reinstalling Windows or any other OS will not work, since they require a base MBR BT-Loader section to build on. Now you need to download the smallest version of Linux that ships with Grub. NB: Lilo does not work. It needs to be Grub. If you already have Linux installed, reinstall it in Rescue Mode to re-add Grub.
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
Found a funny comparison on the songbird site.

Windows

Minimum Hardware:

* 733 MHz Pentium III CPU (Recommended: 1.5 GHz Pentium IV or comparable)
* At least 128 MB of physical RAM (Recommended: 256 MB for Windows XP)

Linux

Minimum Hardware:

* 233 MHz Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ CPU (Recommended: 500 MHz or greater)
* At least 64 MB of physical RAM (Recommended: 128 MB or greater)
 

gray

Senior Member
Moderator
Apr 22, 2003
30,260
Martin said:
Then you do this:

# grub
grub> root (hd0,4)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit

This will overwrite your mbr to use grub on partition /dev/hda5.
Yep, my Ubuntu LiveCD has Grub on it, and I've tried a million variations of the grub commands and grub-install, with no luck :(

Code:
grub>
      root (hd0,4)

Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
Code:
sudo grub-install /dev/hda5

Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.

Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.
Umm what the heck... it umm... works now... I don't know why

Code:
sudo grub

find /boot/grub/stage1

(hd0,4)

root (hd0,4)

setup (hd0)

quit
It just... worked, and I'm back in business... unless I want to install Windows again :disagree:
 

V

Senior Member
Jun 8, 2005
20,110
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Martin said:
Ever tried large writes? Any performance problems?
what's large? 3gb or 700mb? if it's the latter i moved divx movies and the likes from windows onto the ext3 partition, no problems whatsoever.

@ graham; first install windblows than install ubuntu. other way around is possible but includes restoring the grub, which is a pain in the ass i heard.
 

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