Re: Red Hat Professional Workstation - it lives!

2003-10-07 Thread Bill Anderson
RHN which by itself is $60. > > > > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=20359120&loc=105&queryType=soft > > $100.- ?!?!? Definitely not targeted at the home user, meethinks, Hence the name; "Professional Workstation" as opposed to "Home USer Desktop" ;

Re: Looking for ISP class email package

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
ion via a web > interface. > > Anyone have any ideas? Right now we run IMail from ipswitch on a > windows box. I'd prefer opensource, but would pay for a good close > package. http://www.qmailtoaster.com/ -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

RE: malware firewall

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 05:58, Willem van der Walt wrote: > Trend's interscan runs on Linux too. And it stinketh mightily. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinf

RE: Reduce DHCP Client Timeout & send hostname

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
ld add the DHCP_HOSTNAME entry to the system. Maybe I'll go file something in bugzilla. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RHCE life cycle

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
5-7 > yrs). All training will be rolled over to RHEL 3 base this fall." > > I am not an RHCE so I do not have a formal announcement on this, but > this did come from a well-trusted Red Hat person. It is on the redhat site. This was announced when RHL9 came out. Thus, there was

Re: Taroon/Beta groups?

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
beta list is for the (former) RHL betas. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Best HBA's for use with Red Hat

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
would like some more input. > > > The QLogic cards seem fairly popular, and they are the only ones I've > used. I used to do testing of the fibre devices from HP (for HP). The 2300s were the best ones I found. I'd go with them. And stay away from Agilent (unless

RE: Should we stay with M$

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:27, Jason Tesser wrote: > OpenOffice can connect to a database. It nativly supports MySql through the jodbc > driver. > And PostgreSQL. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL

Re: linksys wpc11 version 4

2003-08-27 Thread Bill Anderson
e looking for. I hacked up a procedure to use this card, and it is there. Also, included in the box is an option to get a version 3 from linksys for free, as the card doesn't work with NT and a few other linksys products. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redh

Re: Exchange server

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Anderson
OWA/Exchange sucks so bad, or > because Ximian is very inefficient, but I do know that if you I've had ethereal open while using it to watch the stream. I was trying to determine if it was my system or the server. After watching OWA take up to 2-3 minutes to respond, I concluded it was the s

Re: Anyone grabbed and compiled a 2.6 kernel yet?

2003-08-20 Thread Bill Anderson
utils, etc.. I recommend that method. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: XFS, ReiserFS and dump

2003-08-14 Thread Bill Anderson
unately, this means no updating with RH kernels yet, as they do not have XFS. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Red Hat 10

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
any truth to this? > > Well AS doesn't include OpenOffice and other "desktop" eyecandy apps. WS Neither did RH7.x, which is what AS 2.x's base is. AS predates the 1.0 release of OOo as I recall. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-lis

Re: Red Hat 10

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
shake that but that's not to say it can't happen or won't. People, people, people. RedHat has a corporate Desktop version (WS) in addition to the releases home users use. One way or the other they will be sticking to desktops. Not to mention the fact that their admin tools are pretty

RE: redhat linux iso files .vs installation tree

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
remote > upgrade, I'm not going to have access to the CD player, and I will not be at > the keyboard... > > So.. I still have the question.. How/where do I get/create the installation > file tree. Will the box be rebooting to do this, or are you talking about an "o

[OT] Re: About your .sig

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
next to your smoke detector and you get *more* radiation than a DU round has. Further, Tungsten displays no sharpening capabilities on impact, making it *less* effective, not 'just as". In fact, Tungsten has more insoluble compounds when inhaled than does uranium. Thank you for playing &

RE: Outlook Quotefix

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
(Which is what I am > connecting to, maybe you are also?) > > In this case, anyone know of a exchange 2000 compatible mail client > other than Outlook? Evolution with the Ximian Connector works quite well. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list

Re: antivirus software for redhat server

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
crosystems has a fairly decent virus scanner for Linux Not in my experience. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Read & Exec by default - RH9 - why?

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Anderson
nd doesn't even reference /etc/passwd, as the usernames are stored in the log file. Go ahead, try it. Remove "other"'s ability to read /etc/passwd and run last. It is unaffected. Run strings against /var/log/wmtp and you'll see that the usernames are stored in it. If you don&

Re: PHP Scripting - Hope you get all this

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Anderson
x27;t recall at the time.) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: How do I find the IP address.

2003-06-30 Thread Bill Anderson
y have one non-localhost IP. You know it'd be nice if that info was stuck somewhere in /proc/net/ for easy retrieval w/o command output parsing. For example perhaps /proc/net/ip_ethN where N is the device number. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-

Re: Linksys WUSB11 2.5 Wireless Driver Installation

2003-06-30 Thread Bill Anderson
ust fine. IF AND ONLY IF it is Version 3 or less. Version 4 takes work. It's a new chipset in Ver4. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Best way to get evolution 1.4 ?

2003-06-29 Thread Bill Anderson
hanged/modified/replaced etc. > > I simply don't want any single Ximian package that replace the redhat > ones on any of my systems. So *don't*. The new installer has that as an option. That is, only install Evolution 1.4, and not the whole XD2. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #8073025

Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May BeOT]

2003-06-29 Thread Bill Anderson
HCP addresses is SPAM! If you want > to run a mailserver then do it properly! And since it is a "fact' you can prove it, right? -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Wireless pcmcia card -- which is best

2003-06-06 Thread Bill Anderson
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 10:00, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > > We're looking at putting wireless cards into a couple of laptops here, > > one is an older Toshiba, the other is a new Dell. Do any of you guys > > have opinions on which wireless cards are supported best and are > > easiest to set up? We'll

Re: Auto-Restart daemon

2003-06-05 Thread Bill Anderson
it should > restart automatically without my intervention. Is there a script I can > put into the crontab for that? You can use daemontools, by Dan Bernstein. You could get to them from www.qmail.org -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list

Re: Setting network card speed and duplex

2003-06-05 Thread Bill Anderson
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:11, Mike Burger wrote: > Have you tried mii-tool? > Also ethtool for the cards mii-tool does not work on. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/m

Re: Funny char in MAN even with LANG=en_US.UTF-8

2003-06-04 Thread Bill Anderson
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 14:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I *thought* the reason I was seeing funny characters in MAN output > was due to the fact that I had set LANG=en in my environemnt, > > however, > > Even *with* LANG=en_US.UTF-8 I see the same funny character pairs > (which I assume are UTF-8

Re: finding which RPM fulfills a dependancy

2003-05-29 Thread Bill Anderson
* have a larger database. In this case, apt-cache will not find it (the libwx_gtk library) , as wxWindows/wxGTK is not available there :( Searching rpmfind.net finds it. Or just go to www.wxwindows.org -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Wireless Woes

2003-05-27 Thread Bill Anderson
e Shrike list, IIRC. Something about a testing kernel from people.redhat.com fixing it, try the shrike-list archives. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Redhat 9 not 9.0 ?

2003-04-02 Thread Bill Anderson
ss sense > for RH to counter this - *if* they can. On the other hand, there will be more time in between releases for Q&A work. This could well lead to more stability, which may balance out newer packages being included. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redh

Re: Download Redhat 9 right now

2003-04-01 Thread Bill Anderson
RAM as well...so I might duck > down to K-Mart and grab a few 1gb chips... 12? Well crap, I was just getting ready for RHX (Rh-10)! ;^) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: RHCE certifications and how current they are - answer below

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
ks like we'll be seeing RH 11 at about this time next > year... Word I saw was that it will be a 12 month cycle. Seems to be an accomodation of the 1/3rd of peole who complain RH is to outdated, 1/3rd that complain it is released too fast, and 1/2 of people that complain it is too outdated A

RE: RHCE certifications and how current they are - answer below

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
gt; version numbers. Yes, I'm sure the folks at RH all sat around and said "Hey, I know, how about we do what Sun did with solaris and confuse everyone, that'll be productive!" Oops, did I forget the sarcasm tag? ;^) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RH 9: ok, so i overreacted ... but i'm still miffed

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 08:17, Rick Johnson wrote: > Bill Anderson wrote: > > > > Given the number of people who avoid X.0 releases, waiting instead for > > X.[1,2,3] releases, I would not be suprised to see a slower adoption > > rate. Some maye even see the 8.0 ->

Re: RH 9: ok, so i overreacted ... but i'm still miffed

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 07:30, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:09:02AM -0700, Bill Anderson wrote: > > Given the number of people who avoid X.0 releases, waiting instead for > > X.[1,2,3] releases, I would not be suprised to see a slower adoption > > rate. Some

Re: RH 9: ok, so i overreacted ... but i'm still miffed

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
as breaking binary compatibility. if the changes are enough to warrant a new major release number, then it will indeed be another X.0 release, complete with issues that tend to plague X.0 releases. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsub

Re: RHCE Exam, doing it now or wait.

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
^) Then, I'd wait for RH9 exams. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: beta install change not good?

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 19:50, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 > 19:27:20 -0700 > > > > That said, RH is already beginning to differentiate between Enterprise > > and non-enterprise. Since the &q

Re: Multiple identical NFS mounts under RH8

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
thing happens under RH7.3 - all of my machines are 7.3 and > I can replicate the same thing you just did. If I am not mistaken, this is a change the Kernel made in 2.4. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RH 9: ok, so i overreacted ... but i'm still miffed

2003-03-25 Thread Bill Anderson
on. If memory serves, there are people on this very list that acknowledge they tend away from X.0 releaes. Many suggest staying away from X.0 releases as well. I would think it more dramatic for these people to suddenly be pro-9.0. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: beta install change not good?

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 18:47, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Bill Anderson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 17:08, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:26:48PM -0700, Bill Anderson wrote: > > > > > > > > Also: "

Re: [ADMIN] RHCE and Red Hat Linux 9

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
Perhaps something like this should have been/be posted to certification central and/or a notice sent to RHCEs? Kind of strikes me as a legitimate use of the system. :^) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

Re: beta install change not good?

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 17:08, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:26:48PM -0700, Bill Anderson wrote: > > > > Also: "Minimal installations currently require more than a single CD." > > > > Seems like a bug to me. Why not arrange them suc

beta install change not good?

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
make people have to DL the whole set and thus be more likely to buy iy? ;) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
good for the next 2 > major versions, being 8 and 9. I should be good 'till RH10. Which at the "new" rate would be this fall -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 - Obsoleting RHCE's a an unprecidented pace....

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
put out a new major release, which does not promise total > binary compatibility with Red Hat Linux 8. > > Seems to me like a sensible choice. It seems like amuch less sensible choice when you realize what it does to RHCE certificate expirations. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #8073025975057

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
upporting the release of "8.1" says they were at least at some point planning on an 8.1. Given that as of a few minutes ago anyway, the position is still listed, it gets very confusing. 8.1 and 9.0?? -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
e 8.1 doesn't make > it so. Red Hat doesn't pre-announce version numbers, and you just found > out why. > > Version numbers are for marketing. Actually, they are advertising for a customer service person that will be supporting the rollout of 8.1. So I gues

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 - Obsoleting RHCE's a an unprecidented pace....

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
marketing "Look, their "Advanced" stuff is on something TWO whole versions old!". If they do not alter their RHCE program to match the changed release cycle, this is one RHCE that will not be recertifying when done (at this rate, this very year!). Nor will I

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
onsense. Actually, going to www.redhat.com counters it. Right there in the bottom right corner is a box talking about getting RedHat 9 early. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.co

Re: Installing a new motherboard - anything special to do?

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
e system online to 7.2. :) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Is RH8 Ever Going to be Updated?

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
I simply don't have time and If the struggle with a commercial app is not worth it, don't spend the money on it. If it is a hassle, hassle the company that made it. You may not have noticed, but OpenOffice (essentially SO) is included in RH, is in the menus, on the taskbar, and is the default

Re: OT : light years, arrrrggggh

2003-03-17 Thread Bill Anderson
ng "miles ahead of" but that is badjunk use too. > > call me an old f**t if you must, but I couldn't help responding to this > I feel for you. I'm the same way with "new and improved". Sorry if it is improved, it can not be new. If it is new, there w

Re: Is RH8 Ever Going to be Updated?

2003-03-17 Thread Bill Anderson
e"? it opens files, it writes and reads them, it saves them, it prints them, it can be in the menu, you can have it be the default open action when using Nautilus, etc.. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Practice Exams

2003-03-17 Thread Bill Anderson
those MCSEs that don't know what they are doing. But that's my personal preference, I prefer hands-on. That's one reason the training I do is all hands-on. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: rpm questions

2003-03-01 Thread Bill Anderson
permission to install > >packages. Be root with > >the machine, grasshopper, and the power will flow > >through you. ;^) > > >-- > >Bill Anderson > >RHCE #807302597505773 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Bill, buddy...check my command prompt up above,

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread Bill Anderson
> What does this mean? All of these directories do > exist. It means you do not have permission to install packages. Be root with the machine, grasshopper, and the power will flow through you. ;^) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list

Re: Red Hat on an Older Machine - Which Version? [REPOST]

2003-02-22 Thread Bill Anderson
l have is a very stable box running > the latest software, and doing so at a quite reasonable speed. On this > kind of hardware, do not expect a GUI (X Window) to run reasonably fast; > those are mostly designed for recently-bought hardware. I think one could get away with running bla

Re: Txt to DBF

2003-02-19 Thread Bill Anderson
DBF files. www.python.org and www.vex.net/parnassus would be good starting points. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Boot up order

2003-02-17 Thread Bill Anderson
creen and only boot up with > version 8, or at the very least make it the default selection? cd /boot/grub Edit the menu.lst file. Either remove the old entry, or change the default line. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe ma

Re: RHCE

2003-02-16 Thread Bill Anderson
how to get > into a system without a password file or something like that! I've got > vmware so I could see how small of an image I could come up with. You could do the same thing with User Mode Linux ... I'v got that here I'll see what I can come up with. -- Bill Anders

To firewall or not to firewall (was Re: What is the disadvantageof Linux firewall...)

2003-02-13 Thread Bill Anderson
ll systems that there is a period of vulnerability between the finding/reporting of the vulnerability/exploit and the updating of the system, by not using a firewall, you pile more openings on top of ones that affect, for example, bind or mod_ssl. There are exploits that allow the remote attacker

Re: scripting an ssh session

2003-02-12 Thread Bill Anderson
s. It worked perfectly. If interested, I can post my script example for it. It is one of the things I use in my sysadmin w/Python class. :) In shell, you wind up needing to do it the way you do with rcp: sending each command in it's own connection. Or use expect. :( -- Bill Anderson RHCE #80

Re: Interface status

2003-02-12 Thread Bill Anderson
mii-tool Man is your friend. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Dumb Grub question (on Phoebe)

2003-02-12 Thread Bill Anderson
few things..). > > And now, I want to re-add the other OS's to grub (it's a multi-boot > box). I swear, there used to be a way to configure boot options, and > grub through a utility... > > Can some kind soul refresh me? vi /boot/grub/menu.lst -- Bill Anderson RH

Re: RHCE

2003-02-10 Thread Bill Anderson
/or documented that it takes additional effort." :^) I've been thinking about making a nice list of things to break, making a program to manage it, and then provide random breakages to help get fix-it experience. In my copious spare time, of course. ;^) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #80

Re: RedHat 8.0 with XFS Filesystem support?

2003-02-08 Thread Bill Anderson
rough the archives of the FTP site, you'll find the iso image. It is beta, and has some problems with grub not installing but works otherwise (you can use LILO to start and move to grub post-install). -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list m

Re: RHCE

2003-02-07 Thread Bill Anderson
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 12:10, Periyasamy, Raj wrote: > Hello List, > > Any suggestions on a good book that I can refer to as a study guide > before attending my RHCE tests ? I can say that all of the books I've seen for it are crap. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773

RE: red-carpet and up2date on same machine

2003-02-06 Thread Bill Anderson
On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 23:45, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 00:32, Bill Anderson wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 23:24, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > > > > > All I've heard today still makes me feel like I shouldn't mix them. > > > >

RE: Remote Server upgrade

2003-02-06 Thread Bill Anderson
t it on www.libc.org. In the article, I had done it for a 7.2 to 7.3 upgrade. of course, you need a good connection to do it. :) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: red-carpet and up2date on same machine

2003-02-05 Thread Bill Anderson
OME desktop and RPM, you need their packages, whether your update tool is RC, up2date, or ftp and rpm on the command line. I teach this stuff, so that is why I want to see the arguments; nothing personal. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: redhat-config-users

2003-02-05 Thread Bill Anderson
eport the traceback. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: red-carpet and up2date on same machine

2003-02-05 Thread Bill Anderson
t. Jumping back and forth will be a problem, but it is a human error, not one related to the use of the tool. They both suffer from the same problem: namely that if it doesn't know where to get a dependency, it barfs. IMO, if they don't tell you *why*, get it from them. Those are my

RE: red-carpet and up2date on same machine

2003-02-05 Thread Bill Anderson
Hat channel (if that's > even possible) that it may be of some convenience. It is possible, in fact, if you are running RH8.0 you can't subscribe to a Ximian desktop channel. :) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mail

red-carpet and up2date on same machine

2003-02-04 Thread Bill Anderson
> > Oh. Unfortunately, Red Carpet and up2date do not seem to mix very well, > so Red Carpet is a solution I am not willing to implement. > How so? I use them both on the same machines w/zero problems. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list

Re: email client? (Netscape address book fix)

2000-12-22 Thread Bill Anderson
Shaheen Tonse wrote: > > It worked, the Netscape address book works fine after removing "locale" > lines. Thank you very much! Our help desk guys scratched their heads for > 2 days on this one. > Shaheen. Oh, is that all? ;^)= My wife was nagging me about it for

Re: server recommendations?

2000-12-17 Thread Bill Anderson
Ed Lazor wrote: > > These machines run RedHat with no problems? One person told me RedHat > didn't run smoothly on HP machines. I'm willing to consider them tho, if > they will work =) Disclaimer: I now work for HP. I have many machines form HP, including the new netservers ( 6 processors

Re: Best backup system/plan for maximum safety - what do y'all do?

2000-12-17 Thread Bill Anderson
Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 11:31:09AM -0700, Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > > Or my favorite: > | > > rm -rf .* > | > > thinking it will remove the current directory OR all the dotfiles in the > | > > current

Re: Best backup system/plan for maximum safety - what do y'all do?

2000-12-16 Thread Bill Anderson
Bret Hughes wrote: > > Bill Anderson wrote: ... > > Or my favorite: > > rm -rf .* > > thinking it will remove the current directory OR all the dotfiles in the > > current directory ... and are root. > > > >:) > > I assume this will delete everyth

Re: Linux compatable Mother Board

2000-12-15 Thread Bill Anderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok people, > > I have been off the list for quite some time now so I am out of the loop. I > have a box that is in need of an upgrade. I am looking to upgrade to a 1GHz > chip and am wondering if anyone can recommend a good processor/board combo > that is 100% Linux

Re: Best backup system/plan for maximum safety - what do y'all do?

2000-12-15 Thread Bill Anderson
Bill Carlson wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > > > For everyone who has suggested RAID: > > > > I like RAID, it's very cool. However, the kind of things are servers currently do >are not "worthy" of the price. What's valuable here, is not what it does, but the >long hour

Re: Best backup system/plan for maximum safety - what do y'all do?

2000-12-14 Thread Bill Anderson
em image could be done, with user backups done weekly as well? Once amonth (depending on size constraints of course), you could archive them to CDs or CDRW (cheaper in the long term). Well, that should give you some ideas. Remember the RAID option, IMO, it is your best option when combine