Re: Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, I forgot to mention, here's a little script I wrote to help me > find the cruft that a yum upgrade somehow manages to leave behind on > occasion (imperfect Obsoletes: I assume): (... Google ...) /me is mildly surpris

OT: P4 1U rackmount server for sale.

2008-10-20 Thread Scott Garman
I have a 1U rackmount server for sale that is Linux-compatible if anyone is interested. Details: * SuperMicro model 5013C-T with P4SCE motherboard * Intel P4 2.4 GHz with HT, 1 MB cache * 1 GB of DDR 333 MHz RAM (2x512 MB Crucial brand matched sticks in dual-channel mode) * Dual Seagate 120GB ST31

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Monday 20 October 2008 14:22, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > Hey all, >I'm looking for old, not necessarily functional rackmount > equipment to fill a rack with for some airflow experiments I'm doing, > and I was wondering if anyone had junk lying around that would > qualify. Anything I can bolt i

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Oct 20, 2008, at 14:22, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > and I was wondering > if anyone had junk lying around that would qualify If you can find the right place to advertise, this is a "we don't have to pay the recycler for 500lbs of gear?" for a company/ university doing a big/routine upgrade (t

Re: Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Bill McGonigle
Oh, I forgot to mention, here's a little script I wrote to help me find the cruft that a yum upgrade somehow manages to leave behind on occasion (imperfect Obsoletes: I assume): http://tinyurl.com/6pfeaf -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
I've got two things you're free to take off my hands: 1. 1U Cobalt RaQ3i with a bad power supply. I have another with a good power supply you can borrow, but I'll want to get that one back. 2. 2U Synaptic Managed Hub (16 ports of 10Mbps fury, yes I said Hub, not switch) Let me know. The stuff'

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Ed lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Confess Ben. You just cannot bear to part with all that old hardware. Well, there is an old APC Smart-UPS 1250 I have that I'm *sure* I can restore to working if I can just figure out how to get the batteries out. Sure, it'

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 03:47:39PM -0400, Ed lawson wrote: > Confess Ben. You just cannot bear to part with all that old hardware. Old? Old? Its not old. Its ah.. um... Its "mature" ... (like some of us... ;-) ) Jeff Kinz -- ___ gnhlug-discuss ma

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Ed lawson
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:41:27 -0400 "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was being (mostly) facetious. :) > > I do that a lot. Gets me into trouble sometimes. :) > Confess Ben. You just cannot bear to part with all that old hardware. -- Ed Lawson Ham Callsign: K1VP PGP Key

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Drew Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not trust faked equipment to act like real equipment. Reasonable. I was being (mostly) facetious. :) I do that a lot. Gets me into trouble sometimes. :) -- Ben

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Drew Van Zandt
The closer to a real, functioning rack it is, the more useful the results will be. I have a couple of elderly 1U servers that will be involved, but want more real stuff before I go tossing in things that *I THINK* will act enough like servers or whatever to produce useful results. I do not trust

Re: Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Drew Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for old, not necessarily functional rackmount equipment to > fill a rack with for some airflow experiments I'm doing ... Cardboard? :) > Bonus points if I can plug it in and it produces heat (but not fire,

Old rackmount equipment?

2008-10-20 Thread Drew Van Zandt
Hey all, I'm looking for old, not necessarily functional rackmount equipment to fill a rack with for some airflow experiments I'm doing, and I was wondering if anyone had junk lying around that would qualify. Anything I can bolt into a rack will do, from shelves to token-ring switches. Bonus p

Re: Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 12:33 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On Oct 20, 2008, at 09:15, Jefferson Kirkland wrote: > > > I have done some research already and see that htere is a yumupgrade > > option. > > I usually use yum upgrade between consecutive major versions but have > never been successfu

Re: Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Jefferson Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a few machines here at work (development, testing and Production > machines) that need to be upgraded to the latest version of Fedora (FC9). > The machines are all presently running FC6. #ifdef MAKE_THINGS_EVEN

Re: Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Oct 20, 2008, at 09:15, Jefferson Kirkland wrote: > I have done some research already and see that htere is a yumupgrade > option. I usually use yum upgrade between consecutive major versions but have never been successful leapfrogging major versions with it. In theory you can though. In

[GNHLUG] NHRuby meeting TOMORROW, Oct 21: Rails plugins, REST applications.

2008-10-20 Thread Scott Garman
Tomorrow night's NHRuby.org meeting will include two great talks: * Nick Plante will be talking about the Rails Plugin system. The Rails plugin system allows you to add powerful features to your applications by altering or enhancing key pieces of the framework. Plugins tend to be easy to use and c

Re: Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Jefferson Kirkland
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Jefferson Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hello everyone! I wanted to pose this question to everyone as I wasn't > sure the best way to proceed. I have a few machines here at work > (development, testing and Production machines) that need to be upgraded to >

Upgrade guidance

2008-10-20 Thread Jefferson Kirkland
Hello everyone! I wanted to pose this question to everyone as I wasn't sure the best way to proceed. I have a few machines here at work (development, testing and Production machines) that need to be upgraded to the latest version of Fedora (FC9). The machines are all presently running FC6. I am