[Hampshire] Recovering flash (was: Flash memory performance timing)

2009-03-11 Thread Antony
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:04:02 +, "Antony" said: > I'm trying to check the raw speeds of a few SD cards, partly to choose > the fastest for the camera and partly out of curiosity as some are > unbranded. [snip] > r...@pc5:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=10 bs=1M oflag=dsync > Oops... expect

[Hampshire] Set bond mode, when bonding is compiled in to the kernel?

2009-03-11 Thread David Ramsden
Hi, I've got a kernel where module support is disabled. The server the kernel is running on needs to make use of bonding to increase network throughput. Normally, you'd modprobe bonding and set the bonding options. e.g. in modules.conf: alias bond0 bonding options bonding mode=6 miimon=100 B

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Tim
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 18:13:40 Paul Tansom wrote: > ** Tim [2009-03-11 12:42]: > > I have a SATA hard disk from work which I would see if it can be > > recovered. Can anybody suggest any companies in the south that they would > > recommend please (I know it is not cheap but I have been asked

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread alan c
Hugo Mills wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 06:05:34PM +, alan c wrote: >> Kev wrote: >> > I didn't ask previously, but thought I would check - you have looked in >> > spam boxes I assume. >> > >> > Anyway, pm sent to the admin regardless. >> >> Tried again, still nothing in my waitrose mail

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Tim
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 18:00:05 Paul Tansom wrote: > ** Andy Random [2009-03-11 13:28]: > > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > > > 2009/3/11 Tim : > > >> For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin > > >> up nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Tansom
** Andy Random [2009-03-11 13:28]: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/3/11 Tim : > >> For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin up > >> nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and the PC saw the disk > >> and > >> was happy to use it. > > > > W

Re: [Hampshire] 10 reasons why Linux is better than Windows & Vice Versa

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Tansom
** Stephen Davies [2009-03-11 10:32]: > 10 reasons why linux is best > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=528 > > now for > 10 reasons why Windows is best. > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=556 > > This second post is a bit of ramble. One moment he is talking about > se

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 06:05:34PM +, alan c wrote: > Kev wrote: > > I didn't ask previously, but thought I would check - you have looked in > > spam boxes I assume. > > > > Anyway, pm sent to the admin regardless. > > Tried again, still nothing in my waitrose mail account, however, I did >

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Tansom
** Tim [2009-03-11 12:42]: > I have a SATA hard disk from work which I would see if it can be recovered. > Can > anybody suggest any companies in the south that they would recommend please > (I > know it is not cheap but I have been asked to find out). > > For the record the disk did not show

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread alan c
Kev wrote: > I didn't ask previously, but thought I would check - you have looked in > spam boxes I assume. > > Anyway, pm sent to the admin regardless. Tried again, still nothing in my waitrose mail account, however, I did find one of my attempted memberships *did* get a response to my yahoo a

Re: [Hampshire] When I'm gone?

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Tansom
** alan c [2009-02-04 19:27]: > Paul Tansom wrote: > > OK, somewhat prompted by my current state of mind and recent events, but > > a valid question none the less. > > > > For those that have non-technical other halves, relatives or etc. who > > don't know other techies, what, if anything, have y

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Michael-John Turner
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 01:45:44PM +, Tony Whitmore wrote: > Some of the documentation on the Debian wiki suggests that Lenny doesn't > play nicely as a domU in 64-bit. Is that your experience? I didn't have any issues - both my dom0 and domUs are 64-bit (I haven't tried any 32-bit domUs, so c

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread James Ashburner
Tim wrote: > I have a SATA hard disk from work which I would see if it can be recovered. > Can > anybody suggest any companies in the south that they would recommend please > (I > know it is not cheap but I have been asked to find out). > > For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread alan c
Kev wrote: > I didn't ask previously, but thought I would check - you have looked in > spam boxes I assume. Kev, yes, in my normal mail, at all levels, and also when I used yahoo webmail too. I was fully expecting their system to be broken! > Anyway, pm sent to the admin regardless. Thanks! ala

Re: [Hampshire] 10 reasons why Linux is better than Windows & Vice Versa

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Johnson
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 10:30:10 Stephen Davies wrote: > 10 reasons why linux is best > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=528 > > > now for > 10 reasons why Windows is best. > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=556 > It's nice to see both sides of the argument juxtaposed l

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:45:44 +, Tony Whitmore wrote: > Also, when I try to boot the Netinst i386 CD ISO (using full VT > virtualisation) I get nothing but a black screen. It boots Debian Etch and > Windows 2003 CD images OK! I have checked the MD5sum. Did you come across > this and if so, how

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread Kev
I didn't ask previously, but thought I would check - you have looked in spam boxes I assume. Anyway, pm sent to the admin regardless. Kev Kev wrote: > Of course - I would say that it might take a while - the only admin > hasn't been on the forum since the 4th :) > > Of course - possibly he's on

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread Kev
Of course - I would say that it might take a while - the only admin hasn't been on the forum since the 4th :) Of course - possibly he's on holiday Kev alan c wrote: > Kev wrote: >> The only help that I can offer at the moment is that the e-mails do get >> sent - I just tried to join and it worke

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread alan c
Kev wrote: > The only help that I can offer at the moment is that the e-mails do get > sent - I just tried to join and it worked ok. Thanks! I have used firefox and konqueror, and smtp based email and also a yahoo based webmail,. none give emails which arrive. difficult to understand Would you

Re: [Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread Kev
The only help that I can offer at the moment is that the e-mails do get sent - I just tried to join and it worked ok. Kev alan c wrote: > I have been trying to join up at these forums with no success. > http://linuxfreedom.com/forums/index.php > > They have a nice name and seem like a good idea.

[Hampshire] Trouble joining linux freedom forums

2009-03-11 Thread alan c
I have been trying to join up at these forums with no success. http://linuxfreedom.com/forums/index.php They have a nice name and seem like a good idea. I have registered (or tried to) a new membership, however, the confirmation (activation) email does not seem to get through to me, and I have

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Tony Whitmore
Hi Michael, On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:58:43 +, Michael-John Turner wrote: > I've been running a Xen Dom0 and several DomUs on a lenny system for > several months now without problem. The Dom0 did panic once, but that was > several kernel updates ago and hasn't happened since. Some of the docum

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Andy Random
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/11 Tim : >> For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin up >> nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and the PC saw the disk >> and >> was happy to use it. >> > > What make/model of disk is it? It's not a Seaga

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Isaac Close
--- On Wed, 11/3/09, Tim wrote: > > I have a SATA hard disk from work which I would see if it > can be recovered. Can > anybody suggest any companies in the south that they would > recommend please (I > know it is not cheap but I have been asked to find out). > > For the record the disk did

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Tim
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 12:50:07 Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/11 Tim : > > For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin up > > nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and the PC saw the > > disk and was happy to use it. > > What make/model of disk is it? It might

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Alan Pope
2009/3/11 Tim : > For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin up > nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and the PC saw the disk and > was happy to use it. > What make/model of disk is it? It might be the board underneath the drive rather than the drive itsel

[Hampshire] [OT] Hard disk recovery

2009-03-11 Thread Tim
I have a SATA hard disk from work which I would see if it can be recovered. Can anybody suggest any companies in the south that they would recommend please (I know it is not cheap but I have been asked to find out). For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin up nothi

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Michael-John Turner
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:24:41AM +, Tony Whitmore wrote: > I'm looking to set up a Debian 5.0 (Lenny) domU under Xen on hardware that > supports VT. At the moment the dom0 is running Ubuntu 7.10. (I could be > persuaded to upgrade it to 8.04 LTS if it helps.) I'd like to ensure that > the dom

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:16:07 + (+), Tony Whitmore wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:50:07 +, Adrian Bridgett > wrote: > > A colleague said he saw problems with the 2.6.26-xen kernel as a DomU > > FWIW. TBH I'd look at KVM as it seems to be the future (I swapped > > from Xen to KV

[Hampshire] 10 reasons why Linux is better than Windows & Vice Versa

2009-03-11 Thread Stephen Davies
10 reasons why linux is best http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=528 now for 10 reasons why Windows is best. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=556 This second post is a bit of ramble. One moment he is talking about servers then he is talking about OpenOffice then again I

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:50:07 +, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > A colleague said he saw problems with the 2.6.26-xen kernel as a DomU > FWIW. TBH I'd look at KVM as it seems to be the future (I swapped > from Xen to KVM pretty painlessly). We might do that move in the future, but for now we have t

Re: [Hampshire] Free machine

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Stimpson
Hi, I could do with freeing up the space so I may drop it round if that's ok with you. The machine currently has 2 Realtek 8139 NICs in it. Would you like me to leave those in? Cheers, Paul. --Original Message-- From: B STEVENS Sender: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk To: Hamp

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-11 Thread B STEVENS
thank you for clarifying that, lisi :-) regards bryan --- On Wed, 11/3/09, Lisi wrote: From: Lisi Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd) To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 9:33 AM On Wednesday 11 March 2009 09:0

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-11 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 09:02:58 B STEVENS wrote: > the point i was attempting to convey was that if *G*CSEs are the equivalent > to CSEs, then a top grade *G*CSE is equivalent to a mid range O level. GCSEs are not the equivalent of CSEs. GCSE was set up to combine GCE "O" Level and CSE. Hen

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-11 Thread B STEVENS
--- On Wed, 11/3/09, Vic wrote: > From: Vic > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format > magazine] (fwd) > To: "B STEVENS" > Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2009, 8:26 AM > > i think a grade 1 CSE was equivalent to a mid-grade O > level (or so i was > > led to beli

Re: [Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:24:41 + (+), Tony Whitmore wrote: > I'm looking to set up a Debian 5.0 (Lenny) domU under Xen on hardware that > supports VT. At the moment the dom0 is running Ubuntu 7.10. (I could be > persuaded to upgrade it to 8.04 LTS if it helps.) I'd like to ensure that > t

[Hampshire] Debian 5.0 Lenny domU

2009-03-11 Thread Tony Whitmore
Hi, I'm looking to set up a Debian 5.0 (Lenny) domU under Xen on hardware that supports VT. At the moment the dom0 is running Ubuntu 7.10. (I could be persuaded to upgrade it to 8.04 LTS if it helps.) I'd like to ensure that the domU performs as well as possible, in particular disk and network. D