Hello folks!
During February-March I started two threads, which were left unresolved. As
before the underlying distro is SuSE Pro, now 9.3.
1. Configuring a keydisk
Nothing special is needed! The system mounts the thing automatically, like a
hard disk. Since I'm formatted FAT32 there are no hangups over permissions etc.
It is mounted by root, and creates an entry under /media,i.e. /media/KEYDISK.
This is important, since before removing it, you must become root and issue a
umount /media/KEYDISK. You do need the latest SuSE 9.3 patch to make this work.
Once the unit is mounted, an icon is displayed on the desktop, which can be
clicked to open up a konq display.
This is somewhat unsatisfactory in that there is nothing in mtab or fstab "seen"
by utilities like kdiskfree. (There is the usual
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs user,noauto 0 0
entry in fstab & mtab - which doesn't seem to get picked up.)
It seems that SuSE has butchered mount(8) in some cruel and unusual manner. My
previous solution that worked under SuSE 9.2 no longer works.
2. Setting up a Router
I finally got this working - more by intuition than skill. At the moment I'm
using the SuSE 9.3 box configured as a router to an Alcatel ST 510 (network, not
USB) on the Bezeq side.
I have a Win 2000 client networked via a standard 8 port hub. One major change I
made since the previous thread, was to configure the DHCP server instaed of
fixed addresses. (I should have done that ages ago!)
If anyone is interested in the morbid details, I'll supply them by private
communication.
I suppose that makes me a fully qualified Network Engineer ... or some other
fancy title.
3. Something new:
SuSE Pro is an excellent distro but very expensive. I got 9.3 on two double
layered DVD's cost $26 including S&H, about two weeks after the official
release. Take a look at http://www.pctech101.com/. They have all the major
distros at reasonable prices.
Chag Sameach to all,
Daniel
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