Nice job on the articles Carla , Not sure if I agree with the statement in one of your articles that 2.5" hard drives are not designed for 24/7. Todays 2.5" drives should last for years and years running 24/7 provided they are not dropped or physically shocked in some way while running. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
-----Original Message----- From: Carla Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Editing configuration files offline On Sunday 10 December 2006 06:16, Phil McKerracher wrote: > OK, I've downloaded astlinux 0.4.4 (and donated), bought a net4801 and > got it up and running. Now I'm trying to configure it. > The first problem was finding the IP address of the unit. I managed to > find it by trial and error, but there must be a better way! The > options seem to be a) Use a null modem cable or b) Edit the > configuration file offline to fix the configuration address. You've already gotten some good advice, but I have one more .02 to add: null modem cables are cheep, and they are necessities for administering headless boxes like the Soekris. Don't handicap yourself by not having one. Here is an article on talking to Soekris boards from Linux: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3627861 And using Linux as a serial terminal in general: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3396731 Windows users have Hyperterminal built-in, and I imagine finding a howto shouldn't be too hard. Here are some basic AstLinux howtos: http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3643491 http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3644891 http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3645586 http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3646976 They have been tech-reviewed by the awesome KH himself, but any blunders are mine all mine. The series will continue until I run out of inspiration. :) Carla -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder Linux geek and random computer tamer check out my Linux Cookbook! http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxckbk/ best book for sysadmins and power users ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER: AstLinux mailing lists are moving soon: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=170462 Please move any discussions ASAP!
