Re: [Leaf-devel] LEAF documentation

2001-03-23 Thread Jack Coates
Good idea, but how will this system handle updates from the authors written in non-DocBook? Hopefully that's a stupid question. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner! On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Noyes wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-23 15:02 +0430 > >Jack Coates LRP-QoS How-to

Re: [Leaf-devel] LEAF documentation

2001-03-23 Thread Jack Coates
thanks for the kind words -- looks like I'll be writing a dial-backup HOWTO next, my IDSL line is through NorthPoint and I'm starting to see spotty service related to this press release: http://www.northpoint.net. My ISP (http://www.rawbandwidth.net, they're great!) is aggressively pursuing other

[Leaf-devel] Bandwidth...it's a good thing :)

2001-03-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
OK, just a reference point for everyone: I did something stupid and deleted the kernel directory from the website on my co-lo server (careful with those rsync switches!). I also needed to build an image of the kernel directory on my new internal staging web-server. Anyway, I had occasion to rsy

Re: [Leaf-devel] Something to watch?

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 04:49:50PM -0600, Charles Steinkuehler scribbled: > Looks like IBM will be giving away free linux access (based on their S/390 > mainframes, which can run thousands of independant virtual linux boxes): > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/os/linux/freeaccess.html

[Leaf-devel] Something to watch?

2001-03-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Looks like IBM will be giving away free linux access (based on their S/390 mainframes, which can run thousands of independant virtual linux boxes): http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/os/linux/freeaccess.html It's so cool that IBM is pushing linux...I can't wait for JFS to stabalize. Ch

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> I was thinking what with working on a CDROM based install that > a CDROM-based Oxygen could use Linux 2.4 and glibc 2.2 or 2.3... and > thus would be worthy of a new name. > > Names like Oxygen lead to successors like: > > Water - H20 > Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide) - NO2 > Carbon Dioxid

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images name

2001-03-23 Thread David Douthitt
Paul Batozech wrote: > Element or chemical names somehow appeal to me also, i.e. oxygen. Again > there are many to choose from, some being much easier to spell than > others. The thing I like here is the ease of referring to them by > abbreviation: Oxygen - O2, Nitrogen - N2, Helium - He, even Me

RE: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread Steven Peck
Mike, Perhaps we should add Debian in their as LRP is based off Debian. If so, I'll look up some posibly relevant 'general' information links next wee. Also, perhaps links to ?lineo? for busybox. Again, I can do this next week when I get back home if that's all right. Steven Peck -Origi

RE: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread Steven Peck
We ought to name them after weeds. Because even with the small contribution I make, it is consuming my time like weeds are consuming my yard. This was a joke btw. I'm learning a hell of a lot doing this stuff. I like the proposed naming convention. Steven Peck -Original Message- Fro

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-23 12:05 -0800 >My habit, when responding to questions on the list, is to right click on >the URL and copy it. Jeff, I've never used that feature before. >It is quicker to do this than to select the >inactive URL, but the pasted text may have to be re-typed by the read

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread jdnewmil
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Noyes wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-22 14:24 -0500 > >Well, how about putting the links in the description; or even better, > >how about instead of the link displaying as > >"Embedded Linux Consortium" > >and pointing to the phpwebsite redirect crud, the link could

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
Charles Steinkuehler, 2001-03-23 13:52 -0600 >So...How about major releases indicated by a particular family (genus?), >like Maple, and individual releases indicated by specific variety >(species?...I'm forgetting how the 5 latin catagories fit with common >names...). > >This would give something

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:52:33PM -0600, Charles Steinkuehler scribbled: > So...How about major releases indicated by a particular family (genus?), > like Maple, and individual releases indicated by specific variety > (species?...I'm forgetting how the 5 latin catagories fit with common > names..

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-22 14:44 -0500 >On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:38:42AM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > > Rick, > > How about including the url just above the "Added On:" text. Take a > > look at the Embedded Linux Consortium link for an example. Let me know > > if that is what you're looking

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:42:00PM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > Charles, > My two cents. > > MML - Mountain Maple LEAF > Mountain Maple Leaf > http://wcd.saultc.on.ca:8900/dendro/webpages/mmtnleaf.html OK, the Eiger part of EigerStein needs to go because the new images will be based on LRP 2.9.

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:19:33PM -0600, David Douthitt scribbled: > > Of course, with a name like "EigerStein" perhaps you'd be better with > > beer names.. nah > > Heinestein > Heinekuehler > Imagine the missspellings... > > Sam Adamstein > Basstein > > Heheh... ;-) > Seriously, th

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:38:42AM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > Rick, > How about including the url just above the "Added On:" text. Take a look at > the Embedded Linux Consortium link for an example. Let me know if that is > what you're looking for. I don't like it as much as my idea, but it

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-22 14:24 -0500 >Well, how about putting the links in the description; or even better, >how about instead of the link displaying as >"Embedded Linux Consortium" >and pointing to the phpwebsite redirect crud, the link could >display as >"http://embedded-linux.org/" >? > >T

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:42:00PM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > Charles, > My two cents. > > MML - Mountain Maple LEAF Nice! I like it. > Mountain Maple Leaf > http://wcd.saultc.on.ca:8900/dendro/webpages/mmtnleaf.html > > -- > Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ --

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:19:33PM -0600, David Douthitt scribbled: > Of course, with a name like "EigerStein" perhaps you'd be better with > beer names.. nah Heinestein Heinekuehler Imagine the missspellings... Sam Adamstein Basstein Heheh... Seriously, though; just because it isn't c

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:01:01AM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > >It makes things difficult for people who want to do anything > >other than go there right away. Does phpwebsite not allow us > >to put real links in? > > Rick, > I don't think so. I used the web admin interface to add the links. I

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-22 13:51 -0500 >On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 10:16:33AM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > > Everyone, > > I added some links to our web site. Please review them. Thanks. > >Do the links have to look like this: >http://leaf.sourceforge.net/links.php?op=visit&lid=6 >instead of thi

Re: [Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread thc
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 10:16:33AM -0800, Mike Noyes scribbled: > Everyone, > I added some links to our web site. Please review them. Thanks. Do the links have to look like this: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/links.php?op=visit&lid=6 instead of this: http://embedded-linux.org/ ?? It makes things d

[Leaf-devel] WebSite links

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
Everyone, I added some links to our web site. Please review them. Thanks. Also, ssh access to shell1 is working again. :) -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ ___ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.source

Re: [Leaf-devel] LEAF documentation

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2001-03-23 15:02 +0430 >Jack Coates LRP-QoS How-to document makes me think about the question of >how-to LEAF documentation should be structured. There are obviously two >aspects to this question: >1/ A technical one >This one is already solved from what I understand from the

Re: [Leaf-devel] LEAF documentation

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
Jack Coates, 2001-03-23 07:55 -0800 >I think I tried to learn SGML once and decided it wasn't worth my time. >I write in ASCII text, then use txt2html to convert the doc, clean it up >by hand, and post it. Jack, That's fine. I found that trying to force people to use something they're not famili

Re: [Leaf-devel] LEAF documentation

2001-03-23 Thread Jack Coates
I think I tried to learn SGML once and decided it wasn't worth my time. I write in ASCII text, then use txt2html to convert the doc, clean it up by hand, and post it. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner! On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jack Coates LRP-QoS How-to

[Leaf-devel] LEAF documentation

2001-03-23 Thread jacques.nilo
Jack Coates LRP-QoS How-to document makes me think about the question of how-to LEAF documentation should be structured. There are obviously two aspects to this question: 1/ A technical one This one is already solved from what I understand from the list: DocBook (XML version ?) is the way to go.

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread Jacques Nilo
> I propose the following: > > 1) EigerStein2Beta is upgraded with a current weblet.lrp and dhclient.lrp, > released as EigerStein2 (non-beta), and left at that. May I suggest dnscache as well (V1.05 + the script since it presently interracts with dhclient ) > 2) A new disk image is created wit

Re: [Leaf-devel] New Disk images / Distributions

2001-03-23 Thread Jack Coates
at my last job about half the servers were named after Teletubbies -- nunu was the backup server, IIRC. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner! On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Dale Long wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > > The irony in all of this is, before joinin