RE: apache inconsistancies

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, at 1:36pm, Derek Doucette wrote: > So is this my fault or theres? and if its mine, is there a way to > fix? Have you checked your Apache access and error logs? Not to mention the general system (syslog) logs? -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in th

Re: apache inconsistancies

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, at 4:22pm, Peter Beardsley wrote: > I can telnet into the port and manually issue a "GET /", it just > hangs. H. I just tried GET /bogus and it gave me a standard 404 "Not Found" response. So I am guessing something is happening in the default home page to g

Re: Detect output type in shell script

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, at 2:53pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: > The dup2(2) system calls simply duplicates to file descriptor. The important part about dup2(2) is that it lets you specify the file descriptor you want opened, since STDOUT is just a symbolic name for "file descriptor number 1". > Also, I

Re: Detect output type in shell script

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, at 2:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ahm, I don't think you can, since the shell is sending to STDOUT in this > case, and STDOUT has been redirected at *shell* level to be someplace > other than STDOUT; in this case, a file. STDOUT is simply file descriptor 1. (STDIN is FD

Re: sendmail and alternate ports

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, at 5:52am, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > I'm at LinuxTag in Germany, and whomever is providing the network is > blocking port 25 (SMTP). Don't ask me why.. :-/ It is an anti-spam measure. (It prevents spammers from setting up their own SMTP mail exchanger and bypassing I

Re: Ethernet device

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 3:46pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> So I had him chmod 4755 the binary. This works as a temperary solution, >> but as it is this binary they are working on, it would require all the >> users to have sudo and that would defeat the purpose. > > Ahhhm, I think you misundersta

Re: High-speed connectivity in NH (was http://www.whizwireless.com/)

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 8:25am, Jerry Feldman wrote: > Another satellite vendor is Starband. Again, the real issue with satellite is latency. It is ideal for "streaming" content, like multimedia or large file downloads. It can be made to work for things like web browsing. For anything interac

Re: Linux Virus -?

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 4:33pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just got this alert from our Security folks. IMO, Linux is not at the email worm propagation stage yet. It needs greater marker share (read: more clueless users) and software that lets said clueless users do stupid things (like run a pr

Re: Message Boards

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 3:30pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > That's a pretty good description of the Internet, though, and it hasn't > happened yet... > (I forget where I first heard that) Generally attributed as: "Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewrite

Re: RPMs and Slackware

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 12:59pm, Bill Freeman wrote: > Is there an easy answer to installing from an RPM file on a Slackware box? Slackware is a big believer in the "build from source" approach. That is probably your best bet. Should that prove infeasible, you can try converting the RPM to a

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 1:27pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > T1 equiv- 595/mo > + what looks like about $2500 worth of install fees. > > Is this normal a normal price for this kind of service? Seems like it > would be cheaper to get a T1 loop & service. Hah! Where we are (Salisbury, MA), the

Re: http://www.whizwireless.com/

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 1:12pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > ... anybody know anything about them? We have had no direct contact with them, but one of our customers has, and they were not happy at all. It is unclear whether this was due to the core wireless Internet feed being dissatisfactory, or

Re: GNHLUG mailer barf

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 11:55am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > I suspect Mark would be amused to see you wagging your finger at me about > this, because I've sent him dozens (if not hundreds) of those barf > messages over the years. Apologies for my fat-finger mistake - I'm just > back from vacation

Re: GNHLUG mailer barf

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 9:58am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: >> This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Please do not forward these bounce messages to the list. Send them, along with a nice note, to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and the GNHLUG listmaster (which has to be one of the

Re: What are your thoughts on PATH order?

On Thu, 30 May 2002, at 5:39pm, Bill Freeman wrote: > Specificly, should /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin come first in one's PATH? I always put "local" first, for the reason you state: I might want to override a "factory" program with something else. (If I need to preserve the factory default for s

Re: My Website

On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 8:51pm, Alexander DelMore wrote: > With M$ SharePoint I Have Setup a Calendar to put up for GNHLUG Dates .. so > send'em to me Not that we don't appreciate the effort, but what is wrong with the existing calendar at ? -- Ben Scott <[EMAI

Re: Bootable image on CD?

On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 12:23pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > Even if I can dd to a file, then from the bootable cd, dd that back - that > would be good enough. Let's back up a second, here. Exactly what are you trying to accomplish, and why? :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions e

Re: Bootable image on CD?

On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 11:54am, Ben Boulanger wrote: > Anyone have any experience with making an image of your disk, dropping it > to a CD and making that CD bootable? My ultimate goal is: > > Take the current image I have of a linux box > Burn it to a CD, making the CD bootable

Re: Request for Software

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 2:33pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> SuSE places the ISOs online after the release has been out for a month. >> >> This does not give you the right to make and/or distribute copies. > > That is correct, but that would apply also to Red Hat unless they > specifically permit

Re: Suse 8.0 Professional problem

On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 3:31am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Unfortunately, it is a laptop and Suse doesn't seem to like it too much. > It doesn't even seem to have PCMCIA drivers. Hmmm. I have definitely seen SuSE running on a laptop with PCMCIA drivers (two sets of them, even). Maybe you ne

Re: Suse 8.0 Professional problem

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 11:21pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I choose yes and go to the bottom of the log and it says > that the package is not found on the cd. Well, can you check the obvious, and verify that the file in question is actually readable? Perhaps you have a bad CD. If possible,

Re: header munging, yet again.

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 7:02pm, Derek D. Martin wrote: > It would seem that the gnhlug-announce has the reply-to header munging. > And it further seems that it's not even going to the right place. Can > this be turned off? That is a feature. Posts to gnhlug-announce set Reply-To to be <[EMA

Re: NT Authentication?

On 21 May 2002, at 6:01pm, Paul Iadonisi wrote: > Unlike one poster wrote (forgot who), however, I *think* that you do need > a machine account on the PDC in order to even join the domain. Um, not exactly. When one speaks of "joining a computer to a domain", what they are actually describing i

Re: NT Authentication?

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 4:58pm, Joseph E. Mainusch wrote: > ... Windows 2000 domain, but it was designed for NT domains. Every Windows 2000 domain is also an NT domain. Active Directory is basically LDAP bolted on to NT domains. There are a few base architecture improvements, and the Kerberos

Re: NT Authentication?

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 4:37pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What I'd *like* to do is set up the environment so that all the systems > authenticate against a central LDAP or NT PDC server. LDAP would use the OpenLDAP PAM functionality. Supposedly, this works like NIS. That is about as much as I

Re: Request for Software

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 6:23pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I love it. I make a simple request for some software to run on my laptop > and I start a long legality thread. Well, as others have said, distributions like Debian and Red Hat, with an "Open Source only" policy, avoid this particular i

Re: Request for Software

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 4:32pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I didn't know about Suse's restrictions. I kind of figured > Linux --> GPL --> Freely distributed. Linux is GPL, but Linux is just the kernel. Your average distribution includes quite a mix of GPL, LGPL, BSDL, Artistic, MPL,

Re: Request for Software

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 1:48pm, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote: > Ben Scott mentioned that he couldn't find SuSE's copyright on their web > site. It's probably not there, but I'm sure you'll find it on the box > and/or the CDs and/or the cardboard folio used to hold the CDs. One of the reasons I got

Re: Request for Software

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 1:40pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: > SuSE places the ISOs online after the release has been out for a month. This does not give you the right to make and/or distribute copies. They are still copyrighted works (automatically); SuSE must explicitly give permission for copying.

Re: MELBA Meeting Tomorrow night!

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 12:40pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Abstract: > Maddog will talk about recent conference in Brazil > Paul Lussier will demonstrate GNUcash > General discussion and planning for next meeting (June 26th) What, no heckling me?! -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Request for Software

On Tue, 21 May 2002, at 3:34pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was wondering if anyone who has Suse 8 (Professional would be great) > would be nice enough to burn me a copy? Is this legal? YaST has various restrictions on it which I have never had explained to my satisfaction. Can anyone provid

Microsoft admits their products are fatally flawed

Oh, this is just too good. http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp Microsoft Vice President Jim Allchin has testified *in a court of law* that their code is so flawed that it seriously threatens the security of the United States of America. Using Microsoft

Sony to outlaw felt-tip marker pens?

http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/05/20/copy_proof_cds.html Basically, Sony has come up with yet another bogus copy-protection scheme. This one is (was) designed to prevent you from listening to your music CD in your computer. Someone discovered that you can circumvent this "protect

Re: May MELBA Meeting information

On Mon, 20 May 2002, at 5:12pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > (anyone know any tap routines?) Just ask Microsoft about their business practices. ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or po

Re: Meeting Wednesday night

On Mon, 20 May 2002, at 4:51pm, Jon Hall wrote: > As far as food goes, the American Buffet is very close by, and could > supply enough food for even GNHLUGers. I like this place better all the time. ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of th

Re: Meeting Wednesday night

On Mon, 20 May 2002, at 4:59pm, Jon Hall wrote: > after all, Ben will still be there to be heckled. Yes, I am dedicated to serving all your heckling needs. ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily rep

GNHLUG charter (was: A note on Netiquette...)

On Mon, 20 May 2002, at 4:34pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it worth taking a stab at drafting a trial run of a charter or > "Rules of GNHLUG" type doc? This is one of the many things I wanted to bring up, but was deliberately blocking until the GNHLUG server situation got sorted out. Since

Re: vi humor(!?), plus useful info

On Fri, 17 May 2002, at 11:35pm, Michael Bovee wrote: > Basically seems like an amusing introduction to the "cult of vi" for the > un-enlightened, like me! There is only one thing one needs to know about "'vi': 'vi' has two modes: The one that beeps, and the one that doesn't. ;-) -- B

Re: Samba & Windows Virii

On Fri, 17 May 2002, at 2:36pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How does NT do it? Do they really scan the data stream before it gets > written to disk? NT has system calls that allow services to hook into the filesystem API stack, and intercept reads and writes, where they can be scanned for virus

Re: Samba & Windows Virii

On Fri, 17 May 2002, at 1:25pm, mike ledoux wrote: > we now will also scan for virii on the Samba servers whenever a file is > accessed. The general concensus is that the only way to do this without taking a huge performance hit would be to build the anti-virus engine into either Samba or the k

Re: Dealing with spaces in filenames re: scripts...

On Fri, 17 May 2002, at 4:08pm, Derek D. Martin wrote: > Some (like me) would argue that the right way *is* to remove the spaces > from your filenames. Computers are a tool to be used by people, not the other way around. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this m

Re: Dealing with spaces in filenames re: scripts...

On Fri, 17 May 2002, at 7:55am, Ken Ambrose wrote: > Unfortunately, it takes each seperate "word" as a different paramater. I > -know- I've done this before, but I just can't remember how. Suggestions? Place variables which may contain shell special characters in "double quotes", i.e.,

SuSE 8.0: Personal vs Professional

Does anyone have information comparing what you get with SuSE 8.0 Personal vs Professional? Obviously, you get more CDs and support with the Pro release, along with a higher price tag, but what is actually on those CDs? I've tried looking for a comparison matrix on SuSE's website, but had no

Re: EXT2 to EXT3

On 15 May 2002, at 9:49am, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > I've read a couple of the ext3 howto's, and it looks to be a simple > procedure that won't damage any of the existing data on the drives. EXT3 is simply EXT2 with journaling added. There really isn't a "conversion" process; it is more a ma

Re: Good Netizenship [was Re: linux BIOS ]

On Tue, 14 May 2002, at 10:51am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem with using individual emails as a forum - by the time you > manage to create a reply, a dozen other people have said the same thing. > Would the news site help this? No. The problem is the delay inherent in constructing an

Re: Good Netizenship [was Re: linux BIOS ]

More effort has now been spent on this thread than will ever be spent summarizing anything. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organizati

Re: linux BIOS

On Tue, 14 May 2002, at 9:27am, Ben Boulanger wrote: > I find it pretty presumptious of you to assume people should provide you > with the summary. I don't want a summary, I want you to read it for me, too. ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are tho

Multi-headed displays (was: 1600SW w/ Xinerama anyone?)

On Mon, 13 May 2002, at 1:53pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > E! I just realized this weekend, after sending this, that the Rage128 > card I have is an AGP slot card. AFAIK, none of my systems have 2 AGP > slots :( I do not think such a beast exists. While having more than one Advanced Grap

Re: Red Hat 7.3

On Mon, 13 May 2002, at 1:06pm, Matthew J. Brodeur wrote: >> Would be neat if they'd offer something that would lead one through the >> process of getting the windows boot loader to boot the Linux partition... > > Not only is this not necessary, IMAO it's the Wrong Way to do things. I think th

Re: Red Hat 7.3

On Fri, 10 May 2002, at 5:35pm, Willard Flagg wrote: > The possibillity also exists that the fault is caused by either faulty > memory or insufficient heat dissipation ... Not to mention bad termination, faulty cables, and any number of other things. :-) If the hardware is bad, all bets are o

Re: Red Hat 7.3

On Fri, 10 May 2002, at 1:47pm, mike ledoux wrote: > All that aside, I find it slightly insane to abort the entire installation > because there was an error reading the RPM for wine-devel. Error checking has never been Red Hat's strong point. I remember encountering a bad CD drive with the 4.0

Hosstraders Report

Hello GNHLUG, I told Paul I would write up a report about what happened at Hosstraders this Spring. So, here it is. Hosstraders , the twice-yearly hamfest and technology flea-market, was held last Friday and Saturday (May 3 and 4). As has become a tradition, GNH

Re: DOJ's kids do's and dont's page

On Tue, 7 May 2002, at 10:38am, Ben Boulanger wrote: > ... but the "Get your driver's license" section is pretty rediculous. You have to consider the target audience here. Eight year old children do not see things the way you do. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in t

Re: Changing tz from UTC to local?

On Tue, 7 May 2002, at 9:49am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'mm having a minor brain fart here, can someone please refresh my memory > on how to change time zones under Linux? The system is currently > reporting UTC and I want EST5EDT (I think:). Distro? Under Red Hat, for example, you run t

Re: We should have such leadership in the US!

On Mon, 6 May 2002, at 2:23pm, Andrew W. Gaunt wrote: > This is a must read > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-06-012-26-OS-SM-LL Damn. A politician wrote that? Makes me want to move to Puru. That sort of truth would never fly in the US. Our congress has too many mem

Re: OT: Client Side Includes for HTML

On Mon, 6 May 2002, at 4:49pm, Rich C wrote: > I have been searching the web for two days looking for an easy way to do > this. Unfortunately, your list of "don't wants" excludes all the easy ways. You are basically asking, "How can I perform advanced functions using software that does not su

Re: cat an Exchange inbox?

On Thu, 2 May 2002, at 7:58pm, Karl J. Runge wrote: > Is it possible to "cat" an Exchange/Outlook mailbox from a unix shell? Locally, Outook uses a PST/OST (Personal/Offline Folder Store) format, which even Exchange and Outlook people don't like. It is a single, large, binary file, and prone t

Re: Tape Backups

On Thu, 2 May 2002, at 11:23am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think this is taken care of by the fact they don't actually send the > gzip stream directly to tape. What amanda does is create "chunks" of > backup data from the file systems you are backing up. Each "chunk" is > separately gzipped, t

Re: Tape Backups

On Thu, 2 May 2002, at 10:40am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, usually they come included for the price of your OS. However, I > recently discovered that MS OSes do not *have* this device. I believe, as > with everything in MS land, it's an added cost for such a device. Actually, each proce

Re: Tape Backups

On Thu, 2 May 2002, at 9:40am, Alex Hewitt USG wrote: > Imagine if the OS were smart enough to recognize that you were copying to > /dev/null and would simply optimize that operation out of existence! GNU tar does this. Seriously. If checks to see if the target device is /dev/null, and if so,

Re: Tape Backups

On Thu, 2 May 2002, at 9:50am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > With amanda, sw compression is better IMO. Be aware: A single bad block on the tape can corrupt the gzip data stream, rendering the rest of the backup unusable. gzip does *not* recover well from errors. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

On Wed, 1 May 2002, at 12:19pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > Western Dig. used to be the choice disk maker, however recently they've > been suckin' as bad as quantum. What do you mean by "sucking"? That's rather vague. :) > I'd go with Maxtor - their RMA policy is the best. WD's warantee may be

ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

On Wed, 1 May 2002, at 10:35am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Of course, if the system Ben is bringing has a CD burner, we can burn > there as well. It does have a CD burner. As of last night, it does not, unfortunately, have a hard disk. I'm hoping to pick one up after work today. Since I need

Re: streams, block devices, and buffering, oh my...

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, at 9:40am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Someone mentioned to me that setvbuf() is "meant to be used on streams, > which is character based data, and in Linux, all devices are block based" > so I can't use setvbuf. This, BTW, is bogus. Streams are an artifact of the C standar

Re: streams, block devices, and buffering, oh my...

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, at 12:00pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... setvbuf only controls buffering between the app and the stream/file > it's writing to, whereas f*sync is essentially an OS buffer control > mechanism? More or less. Gory details: The C standard I/O library (stdio) defines files

Re: dump vs. tar

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, at 10:58am, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote: > There are a bazillion switches and the syntax is a bit arcane ... While what Bayard says is true, basic usage of tar isn't *that* hard tar --create --file=/dev/tape /thing/to/back/up /another/thing Basically, tar takes one "c

Re: dump vs. tar

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, at 10:52am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... [XFS] comes with xfsprogs like dump and restore. I think reiserfs and > jfs do as well. ReiserFS does not have a "dump" program, nor are there any plans to implement one. The Reiser team's stance is, "Why should every filesystem

Re: Desktop skewed

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, at 1:44pm, Jerry Feldman wrote: > They have the single utility for system management, but you are not forced > to use it. I'm not forced to breath, either. :-) If all I do with a distribution is spend time finding ways around what the vendor did, chances are, I have the w

Re: ODBC vs unixODBC

On 29 Apr 2002, at 7:05pm, Cole Tuininga wrote: > ... what is the difference between ODBC and unixODBC? It has been awhile, and my memory is rather fuzzy at this point, but I believe there is more than one implementation of ODBC available for Linux, and I suspect that is what you are seeing. I

Re: SMP kernels?

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, at 10:43am, Rich C wrote: > I think the newly rewritten VMM is effective with 2.4.17, correct? So > that may be part of the speed increase you are seeing. I believe that went in at 2.4.10. (Which is why, incidentally, that Red Hat is holding at 2.4.9. They like the old

Re: Desktop skewed

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, at 10:22am, Jerry Feldman wrote: > Also, others who use SuSE 8.0 seem to feel that it is very easy to install > and manage. H. So... people who like SuSE like SuSE. ;-) I tried SuSE seven point mumble about a year ago, and I was impressed by the feeling of polish a

RE: Apache configuration question

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, at 10:11am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Incorrect. Apache 1.3 is always and immutably single-threaded, >> except on Windows. > > Well, it looks like Ken nailed our pretty well. Time to talk to the > powers-that-be to bring us up to date on our version. Whoa. What are you

Re: Apache configuration question

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, at 9:31am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Apache (1.3.23) by default appears to run single threaded. Every Apache I've ever seen (on Unix, anyway) uses multiple processes, not threads. The number of processes ("servers") is controlled by the MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers,

Re: SMP kernels?

On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, at 5:42pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How does one tell if the SMP kernel is recognizing both CPUs? Boot messages will make mention about the number of processors (check 'dmesg'). /proc/cpuinfo will show each CPU detected. > Yet, /proc/self/cpu has 2 lines in it: I b

Re: Desktop skewed

On 28 Apr 2002, at 12:29pm, R. Sean Hartnett wrote: > ... interested in a release that tends to keep up with the desktop glitz. I would say Linux-Mandrake definitely does well in the "glitz" department. Lots of desktop extras, like video games and productivity apps. Lots of choices for edito

Re: Fixed wireless (was: ISP Recommendations)

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, at 7:46pm, Kurth Bemis wrote: > Using Breezecom Breeze Access II gear. I think that is what MVA.NET is using. I think the guy said it was based on an 802.11 standard, but I might be having a delusion on that. > Ben is right though - a lot of ISP's use off the shelf .11b c

Fixed wireless (was: ISP Recommendations)

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, at 5:37pm, Bill Sconce wrote: > Maybe we exiles can go in with JLC to build a wireless cloud out here in > the boonies one of these days. Do not discount that as unlikely. As I mentioned at the meeting the other night (Wed 24 Apr 2002), fixed wireless is becoming more and

Re: By the time you read this it may no longer apply

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, at 4:52pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > Does saying > >fdisk /mbr > > preserve the existing partition boundary info? Yes. It simply re-writes the MBR boot code. It does not touch the actual partition table. > Compile? Shouldn't the .deb have a binary in it that's us

Re: By the time you read this it may no longer apply

On 26 Apr 2002, at 4:10pm, Alexander Gallichon wrote: > I told him this; his reply 'no dice'. I think XP isn't as based on DOS as > the other Microsoft OS's You need to boot the Windows XP installation CD-ROM and choose the "Recovery Console" option when prompted. Then issue the "FIXMBR" comma

Re: ISP Recommendations?

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, at 9:07am, Michael Costolo wrote: > Hopefully this is not off topic. My apologies if it is. Nothing's off-topic here... ;-) > So, back to dialup it is. I'm interested in any recommendations anyone > might have regarding dialup ISPs. I use TTLC , a

Re: ISP Recommendations?

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, at 12:51pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > A bad cablemodem is better than any good dialup in my opinion! Some cable ISPs have areas that are so screwed up, the effective average available bandwidth approaches zero. Even a modem is better than that. But, like others, I *wish* I

Re: console access through serial port?

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, at 4:52pm, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > What a thing to leave out of the Linux (or grub) documentation.. The thing with Linux is that it is all documented *somewhere*. Just finding *where* is difficult. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in

Re: ping (DUP!)

On 25 Apr 2002, at 1:03pm, R. Sean Hartnett wrote: > Occasionally when pinging something I see the phrase at the end of the > report time of (DUP!). I don't recall seeing this before, can anyone tell > me what it means? The 'ping' command sent an ICMP 'echo request' packet. It received two (or

Re: raidtools for RH?

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 1:54pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Under Debian, there is a tool called 'mdadm' which allows you to manage md > devices. Does anyone know where this tool exists for RH? I have always just used "mkraid", "raidhotadd", and so on. They are part of the "raidtools" package.

Re: Another (simpler) bash scripting question...

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 11:47am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm interpreting this as an out-of-memory error as a result of too many > file names filling up an array? Is that an accurate interpretation of > this trace? No, what happened is that the heap management routines detected a corrupion

Re: Another (simpler) bash scripting question...

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 10:57am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nothing happens ... Try "xyzzy". ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | orga

Re: Another (simpler) bash scripting question...

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 10:43am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > ...a memory leak somewhere in the fork() path? Try: while true ; do /bin/true ; done -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the

Re: Another (simpler) bash scripting question...

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, at 10:09am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > Here's what I do to cause bash to say "Segmentation fault" > >cd / >find . -type f | while read f >do >ls -laFd $f >done Here are some test cases to try... Test 'read' in a loop: yes | while read f

Re: Another (simpler) bash scripting question...

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 11:00am, Michael O'Donnell wrote: >> This is a classic example of why I prefer doing actual >> script work in ksh and have my login shell as bash. > > Aren't you just saying that you prefer to stick with a familiar set of > idiosyncracies for scripting purposes? Heh. T

Re: (OT) Hardware Pointers

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 5:50am, Michael Costolo wrote: > The BIOS that comes with the ABIT boards. I've seen it called SoftBIOS and > SoftMENU. [...] > http://www.ocaddiction.com/articles/howto/kt7abiostweakguide/index.shtml Ahh, okay. It is a "BIOS Setup" interface to CPU settings. Nice. T

RAMBUS (was: AMD vs Intel)

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 1:02pm, Rich C wrote: >> There is also the latency issue, which I have yet to have confirmed >> or denied to my satisfaction. > > There IS higher latency with RAMBUS ... I stated that poorly. What I should have said was that I have not seen an analysis of the latency i

Re: AMD vs Intel (was: Hardware Pointers)

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 12:24pm, Rich C wrote: > The fact that VIA's implementation of the AGP specification is flawed ... I was not aware of this. Please elaborate. > ... or their AC97 sound codec is worthless has nothing to do with the > board manufacturer. Their cheap onboard sound is c

Re: Wireless

On 23 Apr 2002, at 4:35pm, R. Sean Hartnett wrote: > Despite what the rep stated, it still seems elusive to find. [HUGE SNIP] [ Self-Appointed Net.Cop Mode = ON ] You just quoted 142 lines of message, including signatures and footers, to add a *single line* of text. Please observe p

Re: Wireless

On 23 Apr 2002, at 4:09pm, R. Sean Hartnett wrote: > The Linksys rep also stated that a pair (or more) of WAP11A models would > do the wireless "base station" idea. Yes. The LinkSys WAP11 models can function as Ethernet bridges. Great for crossing streets. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Wireless

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 3:46pm, Alex Hewitt USG wrote: > Even though WEP is considered a very weak standard, it's better than > nothing. Some have argued that you are, in fact, better off with nothing, as WEP simply gives you a false sense of security. In my opinion, it depends mostly on wha

Re: (OT) Hardware Pointers

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 5:12am, Michael Costolo wrote: > I don't believe that NVidia only releases binary drivers. I distinctly > recall compiling the drivers for my TNT2 card. These Open Source drivers were contributed by NVidia, but they are maintained by XFree, and their functionality and p

Re: (OT) Hardware Pointers

On 22 Apr 2002, at 8:38pm, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > I don't know that I would spend the money on a dual Athlon board. Does > anyone really need that much power in a desktop system? As alway, "it depends". If you compile code (i.e., software development) on a regular basis, two CPUs is def

Re: (OT) Hardware Pointers

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, at 9:19pm, James R. Van Zandt wrote: > What motherboard do you have? I have an Epox EP-8K7A+, and I have been very happy with it. No problems to speak of. Board design and layout is impressive. The manual, while still lacking in the detail I really want (remember when co

Re: AMD vs Intel (was: Hardware Pointers)

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, at 6:12pm, Rich C wrote: > However, powering the chip on with no heatsink is not really any different > than removing the heatsink from a running processor. I believe the theory was that there were in fact relevant differences, but I sure don't know what they were supposed

Re: (OT) Hardware Pointers

On 21 Apr 2002, at 12:15pm, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > ... hardware ... point me in the right directions ... http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.tomshardware.com http://www.amdmb.com http://www.maximumpc.com > I am looking to buy a new motherboard ... http://www.asus.com http://ww

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