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Date:      Sun, 27 Apr 1997 14:09:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        SysX <SysX@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 PRINTER and MOUNT
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970427140558.2816E-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <19970427011921.AAA21180@sysx>

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On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, SysX wrote:
> 1. I was unable to use the lpr command,
>     when I issued the command "lpr", I received
>     the message: /usr/bin/lpr: lp: unknown printer 

vi /etc/printcap

It should have an entry like:

lp|local line printer:\
		:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

>     and when I issued command "ls -l > lpt0", 
>     the printer only print 2 lines; such as:
>     total 24
>                drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel   512 Apr 3 11:15 X11R6

You need to either have your printer interpret newline as a
carriage return/newline or provide a filter that turns
newlines into carriage return/newlines

> 2. When I issued the mount command,
>     I got the error messages; such as:

vi /etc/exports and fix it.  man exports for info.

Dan
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