Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 11:41 AM 11/30/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > At 09:39 AM 11/30/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >[...] > > >The only restriction would be that whatever gets c

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Pedro Barreto
At 22:36 29-11-2000 +0100, you wrote: >Hello Pedro, Mike > > I like the idea about separation data and style, but why XML? why use xml > > when the final client (browser) will see html, and besides, editing a > how-to > > in xml?!?! we'd had to have either a standart for ourselves and an editor,

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Rick Onanian
Ray Olszewski wrote: > >combo CD and floppy together. That might work...for those who > >don't have a burner, somebody (me?) can burn & sell cheaply. ;) > > How realistic is this as an option? My guess is that it works at a very > small scale (a few CDs per month), or on large scale (whatever vol

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> Everyone, > Note: I'm not a developer, so the following comments may be out of line. > > I think we're drifting from the purpose LEAF was started for. I thought we > agreed that we weren't going to create an embedded distribution. This means > we wouldn't create our own kernel patches, and we wo

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, you wrote: > > I'm currently working on porting the initrd_archive patch to 2.4. > so am i. allthough not so effectively obvious :) > > > > I want to expand the work I've done to get a CD booting LRP system. With > > the kernel bootstrapping modules from the initial ramdisk

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 09:39 AM 11/30/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > >The only restriction would be that whatever gets checked in, is what > >gets checked out... ie if someone checks in a document in

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > I suggest the following structure for CVS: > > /eigerstein + > +- ? > /oxygen + > +- ? > > /doc + > +- devel_guide > +- etc. > > /web + > +- images > +- devel_pages + > + mhnoyes >

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 04:31 PM 11/29/00 -0500, Rick Onanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mike Noyes wrote: > > I think we're drifting from the purpose LEAF was started for. I > > thought we agreed that we weren't going to create an embedded > > distribution. This means we wouldn't create our own kernel patches, > > a

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 09:39 AM 11/30/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > At 09:48 AM 11/29/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >G'day all, >[...] > > >IMHO, everything should be put into CVS, including webpages and > > >documentat

Re: [Leaf-devel] LEAF sources in CVS

2000-11-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
Quoting David Douthitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 29 Nov 2000, at 9:48, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > > IMHO, everything should be put into CVS, including webpages and > > documentation. CVS gives you a revision history and backup > > archive. This is indespensible for any data that you want to keep

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 09:45 AM 11/30/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: ... >I dunno about you guys, but I use etherboot to load the image off a tftp server >on the network. The only size restriction is RAM, and I can load images >directly off the host where I build them. Although this method hardly qualifies as "ub

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
Quoting Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > I'm currently working on porting the initrd_archive patch to 2.4. > > I want to expand the work I've done to get a CD booting LRP system. > With > the kernel bootstrapping modules from the initial ramdisk (which I > already > have working

[Leaf-devel] Serial Console

2000-11-29 Thread David Douthitt
I found something that would have come from LRP 2.9.7, and I'm not sure if it's fixed in newer versions, but I thought I would mention it. Looking at /dev/console, under LRP 2.9.7 we would see: [...]4 Nov 28 11:29 /dev/console -> tty0 Under Red Hat 5.2, I see: [...] 5, 1 Oct 21 14:28 /

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
Quoting David Douthitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 28 Nov 2000, at 17:56, Robert Depenbrock wrote: > > > I am at the moment porting my LRP to Glibc 2.1. I have a 8Meg > > FlashDisk, so space is not my problem. > > It would be nice to see what your end results are. > > Is there an alternative me

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Donovan Baarda
Quoting Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 09:48 AM 11/29/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >G'day all, [...] > >IMHO, everything should be put into CVS, including webpages and > >documentation. CVS gives you a revision history and backup archive. [...] > While I agree wi

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Rick Onanian
Mike Noyes wrote: > Everyone, > Note: I'm not a developer, so the following comments may be out of line. Neither am I...but I'll give you my take on it. > I think we're drifting from the purpose LEAF was started for. I thought we > agreed that we weren't going to create an embedded distribution.

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 11:49 AM 11/29/00 -0800, Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Charles and David should determine what is included in their sub Correction: directories. Developers can help with either LEAF release as they see >fit, or create their ow

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello Pedro, Mike > I like the idea about separation data and style, but why XML? why use xml > when the final client (browser) will see html, and besides, editing a how-to > in xml?!?! we'd had to have either a standart for ourselves and an editor, > or edit the text trought the xml tags. > >

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
Everyone, Note: I'm not a developer, so the following comments may be out of line. I think we're drifting from the purpose LEAF was started for. I thought we agreed that we weren't going to create an embedded distribution. This means we wouldn't create our own kernel patches, and we would remai

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 08:53 PM 11/29/00 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Wolzak) wrote: >Hello, i agree with the group that said, the pages should be as >simple to load as possible. With a lot of advanced features, you >have completely different views with a IE or Netscape or Opera >I for example do use lynx only occa

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread PBarreto
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 7:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry > > > Hello, i agree with the group that said, the pages should be as > simple to load as possible.

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello, i agree with the group that said, the pages should be as simple to load as possible. With a lot of advanced features, you have completely different views with a IE or Netscape or Opera I for example do use lynx only occasional but stylesheet, javascript and so on are always switched off.

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread eric wolzak
Hello Charles, and all others On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, you wrote: > I'm currently working on porting the initrd_archive patch to 2.4. so am i. allthough not so effectively obvious :) > > I want to expand the work I've done to get a CD booting LRP system. With > the kernel bootstrapping modules fro

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 11:26 AM 11/29/00 -0500, Rick Onanian wrote: ... >CDROM: Fine, but most don't have burners, and very inconvenient >to re-burn everytime; suggestions for this have been to use a >combo CD and floppy together. That might work...for those who >don't have a burner, somebody (me?) can burn & sell ch

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread David Douthitt
On 28 Nov 2000, at 11:20, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > One major issue is exactly how to structure things: i.e. are your > heavily modified scripts a branch from 2.9.[7|8] or a new tree? My scripts originated in 2.9.7; /linuxrc has almost no remains from 2.9.7 in it. The next most heavily m

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Rick Onanian
David Douthitt wrote: > Is there an alternative media we can use (other than floppy) that is > ubiquitous enough and larger than floppy for a glibc 2.1 LEAF? Well, there's the problem: None is ubiquitous enough. > Perhaps CDROM is the ticket, eh? Or perhaps LS-120 disks or Zip > Disks... CDROM

Re: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread David Douthitt
On 29 Nov 2000, at 3:05, Pedro Barreto wrote: > but... come on... do you really use lynx that once in a while?? Used it last week > I don't know about you but I [haven't used] lynx for more than 2 years, > there is always a better browser next pc ;) As I said, I used Lynx just last week.

[Leaf-devel] LEAF sources in CVS

2000-11-29 Thread David Douthitt
On 29 Nov 2000, at 9:48, Donovan Baarda wrote: > IMHO, everything should be put into CVS, including webpages and > documentation. CVS gives you a revision history and backup > archive. This is indespensible for any data that you want to keep > and/or modify (nearly all data :-). I would agree w

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 03:32 PM 11/29/00 +, Pedro Barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >snip > > Ok, I thought this is why we were submitting multiple home > > pages. Different people have different ideas on page design. I > > thought we were going to leave it up to the leaf community to decide > > which one was be

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > I am at the moment porting my LRP to Glibc 2.1. I have a 8Meg > > FlashDisk, so space is not my problem. > > It would be nice to see what your end results are. > > Is there an alternative media we can use (other than floppy) that is > ubiquitous enough and larger than floppy for a glibc 2.1 LE

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 10:18 AM 11/29/00 -0600, David Douthitt wrote: >On 28 Nov 2000, at 17:56, Robert Depenbrock wrote: > >> I am at the moment porting my LRP to Glibc 2.1. I have a 8Meg >> FlashDisk, so space is not my problem. > >It would be nice to see what your end results are. > >Is there an alternative media

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 03:27 PM 11/29/00 +, Pedro Barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >css is some sort of extention to html. html tags are somehow limited, so >what you do is define a css style and aplly it to the html tag, since css >has plenty properties to modify html tags that arent present on the html >ta

Re: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Rick Onanian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was going to help you with your site, but rick started doing one! now I > can't help both! :) I'm about satisfied with mine as a style demonstration. I might try a couple other ideas I had, but I won't need much help (unless you want to do that background... :-) > >

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread PBarreto
> At 06:47 AM 11/29/00 -0800, Mike Noyes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >At 02:16 PM 11/29/00 +, Pedro Barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>for reference check my site, http://pxb.ods.org, it's in > Portuguese, but > >>comment the style(aside for frames!), if it is down, it's > the stupi

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux Kernel 2.4 and netfilter

2000-11-29 Thread David Douthitt
On 28 Nov 2000, at 17:56, Robert Depenbrock wrote: > I am at the moment porting my LRP to Glibc 2.1. I have a 8Meg > FlashDisk, so space is not my problem. It would be nice to see what your end results are. Is there an alternative media we can use (other than floppy) that is ubiquitous enough

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread PBarreto
snip > Ok, I thought this is why we were submitting multiple home > pages. Different > people have different ideas on page design. I thought we were > going to > leave it up to the leaf community to decide which one was best. I was going to help you with your site, but rick started doing one!

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 06:47 AM 11/29/00 -0800, Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 02:16 PM 11/29/00 +, Pedro Barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>for reference check my site, http://pxb.ods.org, it's in Portuguese, but >>comment the style(aside for frames!), if it is down, it's the stupid IIS >>that can

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread PBarreto
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > no, please! don't say that! my only consern was not 'visual > design', but > > funcional design, I'll try to explain: sometimes, when you > design a page, > > tables don't align with each other, paragraphs are not > indented, etc.. and > > thats when css has to be

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 02:16 PM 11/29/00 +, Pedro Barreto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >for reference check my site, http://pxb.ods.org, it's in Portuguese, but >comment the style(aside for frames!), if it is down, it's the stupid IIS >that can't serve for more than 1 day! I burned my redhat server's power >supp

Re: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Rick Onanian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > no, please! don't say that! my only consern was not 'visual design', but > funcional design, I'll try to explain: sometimes, when you design a page, > tables don't align with each other, paragraphs are not indented, etc.. and > thats when css has to be used. thats the ki

Re: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 08:39 AM 11/29/00 -0500, Rick Onanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Pedro Barreto wrote: > > great! the simpler the better, that's what I was talking about. > > > > but... come on... do you really use lynx that once in a while?? I > > don't know about you but I don't use lynx for more than 2 year

RE: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread PBarreto
> From: Rick Onanian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Pedro Barreto wrote: > > great! the simpler the better, that's what I was talking about. > > > > but... come on... do you really use lynx that once in a > while?? I don't > > know about you but I don't use lynx for more than 2 years, > there is

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4

2000-11-29 Thread Mike Noyes
At 09:48 AM 11/29/00 +1100, Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >G'day all, > >my 2c, from a lurker. > >Quoting Charles Steinkuehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > David, Do you agree with Charles? Should we put the scripts on > > > > CVS, or do you have another idea? > > > > > > I'm not sur

Re: [Leaf-devel] Home Page entry

2000-11-29 Thread Rick Onanian
Pedro Barreto wrote: > great! the simpler the better, that's what I was talking about. > > but... come on... do you really use lynx that once in a while?? I don't > know about you but I don't use lynx for more than 2 years, there is always > a better browser next pc ;) I had used lynx about 35 m