Re: perfect chicken egg Alma Web site.
Hello, have you tried this? https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.plop.at_en_bootmanagers.html=DwIFaQ=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=LXtMJLL75E23Dy8lk8HA9sQgMQwDyw94d-8zzFARP7MPDNDpGoXK9qZh2wY5Uw4z=5A_mPihVP-WILX5D0IBoDfsGBZiGPmLdDDCnUPkFl5g= El lun, 3 ene 2022 a la(s) 19:26, Larry Linder ( 0dea520dd180-dmarc-requ...@listserv.fnal.gov) escribió: > Planning to upgrade a number of WS's to Alma 8.5. > I need to ask them a question but their web site says my brouser is too > old. So I can't ask them a question about installing Alma 8.5 > > Since some developers monitor this web page. I was hoping to get a > question answered by the back door. > > Problem: We have a number of GigaByte 970A DS3 Version 2 (black MB) > The bios on these MB will not boot from a USB Flash. Most of the stuff > on the internet is Noixe. > I can load Alma 8.5 minimal but need the full version that will not fit > on a DVD. I have it on a USB Flash but it will not boot. > Is there there anyway to load alma 8.5 minimal and later update via the > internet or ??? to the full 8.5 version. > > I have asked Gigabyte Support for a specific Bios update to remove the > security BS. They are working on finding it ! I know the bios update > version number but it does not exist anymore. > > I would be nice to be able to disable security to install a system and > then turn it back on. I guess it too logical. > > Maybe I should consult Dilbert. Got two new Dilbert books for Christmas > - there really a hoot. Reminds me of a place where I used to work. > > Happy New Year > Larry Linder > -- Marcelo Ferrarotti
Re: Is Scientfic Linux Still Active as a Distribution?
Hello there, I'm quite sad about SL EoL. I'm no scientist, just an electronics guy who do a lot of research in RF (as hobby, mostly testing antennas for ham radio in VHF bands) from Argentina. Fot SL the most "well done" linux distribution, for people who simply knows. Will look forward to move to another distribution. Cheers from Argentina El sáb., 22 de febrero de 2020 8:46 p. m., Keith Lofstrom escribió: > I'm an independent electronics inventor, heavily dependent > on both competent software and competent laboratory science, > both for the knowledge I depend on and the tools I use to > transform that knowledge into products and services for > my customers. > > SL has been a very good tool for that. Thanks to all who > have contributed. > > I depend on "benign neglect" for a stable computing > platform - just enough funding and staffing to fix urgent > problems, but not continuously mutate the platform to > conform to ephemeral fashion or management whim. > > I moved /from/ Windows to gain that stability, even if > that limits the choice of new widgets I can attach to my > (older) computers. I have plenty of replacement-spare > old widgets, and I don't need the distraction of a > rapidly mutating platform optimized for market churn > and planned-obsolescence sales. > > I'm actually glad that Microsoft, Apple, and IBM are > busily churning those markets, because it keeps their > customers distracted and not bothering me with those > distractions while I think and work. The hardware cast > off by the fashion-chasers is still abundant on eBay, > and I have enough of it to last me for life (except > for the batteries and backlights for my old Thinkpads). > > I presume there are enough like me, some of whom are on > this list, that we can continue to carve out a community > space on top of CentOS, focused on inquiry and reliability. > > If CentOS 9 or 10 or 11 goes off the rails, there are > enough of us here to tweak CentOS 7 or 8 into something > we can continue to use, just like Linux was "in the good > old days". > > While "security by obscurity" is not optimum, I presume a > smaller community of impoverished science geeks is a less > tempting target for professional software criminals than > million-dollar IT departments for billion-dollar > corporations and governments, or billions of hapless > consumers. We are part of the global target, but we are > unlikely to attract specific attention from the bad guys. > > And while we still benefit from the use of servers at > Fermilabs for our "static" distro and our active mailing > list, perhaps we should have a backup plan for migration > in case some bureaucrat decides to pull the plug on us. > That has /always/ been a risk for what we do here; we are > one presidential tweet away from Saint Louis USDA exile. > > As a community of scientific, like-minded Linux users, > let's begin to prepare a rudimentary plan B, and hope > that we never need to implement it. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com >
Re: Is Scientfic Linux Still Active as a Distribution?
Hello there, I'm quite sad about SL EoL. I'm no scientist, just an electronics guy who do a lot of research in RF (as hobby, mostly testing antennas for ham radio in VHF bands) from Argentina. Fot SL the most "well done" linux distribution, for people who simply knows. Will look forward to move to another distribution. Cheers from Argentina Marcelo El vie., 21 de feb. de 2020 a la(s) 13:03, Peter Willis (pwil...@aslenv.com) escribió: > Hello, > > > > I can’t say I’m negative toward CentOS, I used it back in the late 90s (? > Maybe early 00s), as an alternative to RedHat at that time. > > It’s more a familiarity thing. I have used more Debian based Linux > distros since the mid 1990s than anything else. > > I will certainly look into CentOS as an option. Could be a shorter path > to completion. > > Thanks for reminding of that as an alternative. > > > > My friend just toured Fermi Lab and brought me back a lapel pin. I was > thankful but very envious of her visit there. > > It’s certainly on my list. > > > > I could probably just retire and, quite happily, tour all the worlds > particle accelerator facilities. > > Make a nice scrapbook of blueprints. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > >I'm surprised by the so negative feeling against CentOS which is a great > project too and has been working well since it was "acquired" by Red Hat. I > see no >official sign that it should change. Moving from SL to CentOS is > straightforward, I don't think you can speak about it as a migration as it > is exactly the same >product. And staying with CentOS will give you a > chance to meet the DUNE people at some point and more generally the HEP > community if you liked >interacting with it! > > >Cheers, > -- Marcelo Ferrarotti
