[brlug-general] Kernel 2.6 + Cingular HSDPA + Sierra Wireless 860

2007-06-22 Thread Joe Fruchey
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[brlug-general] 3d Seismic data SEG-Y stuff

2007-06-22 Thread Tim Fournet
Strange that you wouldn't get anything out of a dd, even if it was in a different format. I've heard that what happens sometimes is an older tape drive will get out of alignment. When this happens, the drive can still read and write backups to its own tapes, but when you go to read them in a dif

[brlug-general] 3d Seismic data SEG-Y stuff

2007-06-22 Thread Shannon Roddy
Anyone here ever do any work with 3d seismic data, as in oil exploration surveys. Someone I know has 4 data tapes (8mm 112m tapes) that we tried reading in an exabyte drive on Linux. dd wouldn't even take a bit for bit image of the tape. Does anyone know if the oil industry uses something specia

[brlug-general] Kernel 2.6 + Cingular HSDPA + Sierra Wireless 860

2007-06-22 Thread Karthik Poobalasubramanian
I finally managed to get Sierra Wireless 860 to work under linux 2.6. I have been struggling with it for the past 6 months. My quick and dirty instructions are at http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?p=202298 Anyone else using an aircard under linux? Karthik

[brlug-general] Getting blood from a stone (a sad tale)

2007-06-22 Thread Tim Fournet
Mat is right. I called microsoft up on the provision that Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition allows for up to four virtual machines running either Enterprise or Standard Edition. I wanted to install a Standard Edition and didn't have the media or an OEM key. Their licensing rep's response w

[brlug-general] Getting blood from a stone (a sad tale)

2007-06-22 Thread Edmund Cramp
Good point - I know Mat well and I'm sure that he would not advocate that I break the law. Although it would seem that the only way to actually restore functionality to the software product that I legally "license" from Microsoft is to purchase a second physical copy... except that of course it