Re: [e-smith-devinfo] flexbackup contribs available

2002-10-22 Thread Brian Read
- adds a 'Configuration, Flexbackup' panel providing access to change flexbackup parameters to match specific tape drive requirements. As an example for a valid backup to occur, here are two tested drive parameters: Darrell I get the adv. Backup/Restore panel ok, but do not see the

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] flexbackup contribs available

2002-10-22 Thread Brian Read
- adds a 'Configuration, Flexbackup' panel providing access to change flexbackup parameters to match specific tape drive requirements. As an example for a valid backup to occur, here are two tested drive parameters: Darrell I get the adv. Backup/Restore panel ok, but do not see the

[e-smith-devinfo] IDS

2002-10-22 Thread Kees Vonk
I would like to run the Image Display System (http://ids.sourceforge.net/) in an i-bay. Has anyone done this before and if so is there a rpm available or is it easy to install the tar.gz file they provide? Kees -- Anything send to this address that I don't expect will be deleted

[e-smith-devinfo] Re: SquirrelMail folders

2002-10-22 Thread stephen noble
my problem is that SquirrelMail is set up to save it's files in the root of the users directory, rather then in the Maildir directory. And there is no option to change this there is a way as i store my mailfolders in ~/Maildir/ with squirrelMail it was a pain, i can't remember what i did and

[e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates/flexbackup and rewind (was Re: flexbackup contribsavailable)

2002-10-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Darrell May wrote: Darrell May [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: dmc-mitel-flexbackup-0.0.1-1.noarch.rpm ...Forgot to mention this also removes via a custom template the rewind after dd in /sbin/e-smith/backup. RPM packages should never contain custom templates. Custom

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates/flexbackup and rewind (was Re: flexbackup contribs available)

2002-10-22 Thread John Phillips
Yes Darrell, any information about the failure may help me also. I still have the problem I posted to the Forum back in August (see below) I've applied every patch or update for SME 5.5 But no luck. I'm hoping I'll learn something new as you discuss the behaviour of these different options.

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates

2002-10-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote: What you should do here is to make a patch to the e-smith- flexbackup package ... Or, perhaps a third level in the template expansion process. ... Might confuse the heck out of the local admins for a while, though :-) Indeed. How

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates

2002-10-22 Thread Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)
-Original Message- From: Charlie Brady [mailto:charlieb;e-smith.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates How is this better than patching the original package. [There is an additional benefit in updating the original package via

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates/flexbackup and rewind (was Re: flexbackup contribs available)

2002-10-22 Thread Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)
-Original Message- From: Charlie Brady [mailto:charlieb;e-smith.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates/flexbackup and rewind (was Re: flexbackup contribs available) On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Darrell May wrote: Darrell May [EMAIL

[e-smith-devinfo] Flexbackup blocksize setting (was Re: flexbackup contribs available)

2002-10-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Darrell May wrote: [Seagate STT2A 20GB IDE] - Tape block size: [ 10 ] ... [OnStream ADR260.IDE] - Tape block size: [ 32 ] ... Since your template contains: $mt_var_blksize = 'true'; the blocksize setting will be ignored for dd commands. Perhaps you want the

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates

2002-10-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote: Also, what happens if you want to remove the third-party package? You remove it. -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lead Product Developer Network Server Solutions Grouphttp://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Flexbackup blocksize setting (was Re: flexbackup contribs available)

2002-10-22 Thread Darrell May
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Thanks for the code suggestion Charlie, rpms updated. Regards, -- Darrell May DMC Netsourced.com http://myEZserver.com -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates

2002-10-22 Thread Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)
Also, what happens if you want to remove the third- party package? You remove it. Does that restore the original/prior version of the package? Scott -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom templates/flexbackup and rewind (was Re: flexbackup contribs available)

2002-10-22 Thread Darrell May
John Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Yes Darrell, any information about the failure may help me also. I believe the rewind after dd in /sbin/e-smith/backup (which I've removed) may be the cause of this. Install the rpms and perform a backup as is. If this works, you have your answer. If

[e-smith-devinfo] RE: flexbackup and rewind

2002-10-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Darrell May wrote: John Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Yes Darrell, any information about the failure may help me also. I believe the rewind after dd in /sbin/e-smith/backup (which I've removed) may be the cause of this. The rewind cannot be the cause of the

[e-smith-devinfo] RE: flexbackup and rewind

2002-10-22 Thread Darrell May
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The rewind cannot be the cause of the problem, If you take an in depth look you will notice that this rewind is completely unneccessary based on the correct flexbackup configuration parameters. Here is an excerpt from my panel: panel Specify whether to

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] RE: flexbackup and rewind

2002-10-22 Thread Des Dougan
At 12:15 22/10/2002, Charlie Brady wrote: The rewind cannot be the cause of the problem, since it just puts the tape back to the beginning which is were we expect it to be when we perform a backup. It *might* be a workaround which happens to work, just as the write a block of zeroes and then