Re: [Hampshire] HP servers and Debian
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:17:10 +0100 (+0100), Hugo Mills wrote: [snip] >If that's the case, then you're *far* better off ditching the > "Onboard RAID" and using Linux's software RAID implementation, which > is rather better tested. Yes, I can second that from personal experience. Namely when it breaks badly and you end up doing really _evil_ things to get it working again (not least since at the time Linux couldn't rebuild a broken "BIOS raid" array). Background reading for the interested: http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/04/01/fakeraid-avoid/ Adrian -- bitcube.co.uk - Expert Linux infrastructure consultancy Puppet, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Nokia N900 as a tethered modem using the USB cable
On 17/08/10 14:47, Ian Park wrote: > I bought a Nokia N900 a few months ago after seeing the views of various > people on this list when I asked about smart phones with keyboards. I'll > be going away to (very) foreign parts next month, and I'd like to use > the N900 as a modem tethered to my netbook via the USB cable (before you > ask, I find the keyboard and screen of the N900 too small for more than > occasional use, notwithstanding the fact that it has email client, web > browser, ...). > > I've tried following the "Howtos" to get it working with Ubuntu 10.04 - > these indicate that I simply need to connect the phone to the netbook by > the USB cable, and it should be plain sailing from there. However, > although the output of lsusb indicates that the phone is recognised as a > USB device, in both "mass storage" and "PC suite" modes, and Ubuntu > offers to play audio files and display photos in "mass storage" mode, > the modem isn't recognised in "PC suite" mode. Is there something > fundamental that I'm overlooking, or is it a hardware problem in the > phone (in which case I'll be back to the Nokia shop...)? If anyone has > been down this road and can offer suggestions, I'd be very grateful. > > Thanks in advance > > Ian As a follow-up to this, it seems that the modem in my N900 is (sort of) working, because when I hooked the phone up to my 'doze XP box (which I keep for ill-behaved hardware such as my TomTom sat nav, which refuses to do updates on a Linux box) and installed the Nokia PC suite, I was able to establish a 3G connection with a reported speed of about 460kbit/s. However on both my Linux laptops (both running Ubuntu 10.04), the behaviour is as described above. Ironically, I've just tried hooking up the N900 to my Linux desktop, and the wizard to set up a mobile broadband connection just sailed through and established the connection with no trouble. I've just used it to send this email... Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [OT] Nokia N900 as a tethered modem using the USB cable
I bought a Nokia N900 a few months ago after seeing the views of various people on this list when I asked about smart phones with keyboards. I'll be going away to (very) foreign parts next month, and I'd like to use the N900 as a modem tethered to my netbook via the USB cable (before you ask, I find the keyboard and screen of the N900 too small for more than occasional use, notwithstanding the fact that it has email client, web browser, ...). I've tried following the "Howtos" to get it working with Ubuntu 10.04 - these indicate that I simply need to connect the phone to the netbook by the USB cable, and it should be plain sailing from there. However, although the output of lsusb indicates that the phone is recognised as a USB device, in both "mass storage" and "PC suite" modes, and Ubuntu offers to play audio files and display photos in "mass storage" mode, the modem isn't recognised in "PC suite" mode. Is there something fundamental that I'm overlooking, or is it a hardware problem in the phone (in which case I'll be back to the Nokia shop...)? If anyone has been down this road and can offer suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
