RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread mark . wilkinson
Hi Ron, Andreas, Andreas, which version of LB where you looking at ? People still seem to be getting on ok with V1 and the HOW-TO I wrote some time ago. Which version of the EPIA are you using, is it the original EPIA or one of the other version (ie EPIA-M, EPIA-MII etc) ? If it's the EPIA, I may

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread Andreas Thienemann
Hi Mark, On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andreas, which version of LB where you looking at ? People still seem to be getting on ok with V1 and the HOW-TO I wrote some time ago. I tried the Linuxbios 1 version together with the howto. Which version of the EPIA are you using, is it

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread mark . wilkinson
Hi Andreas Quoting Andreas Thienemann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Mark, On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andreas, which version of LB where you looking at ? People still seem to be getting on ok with V1 and the HOW-TO I wrote some time ago. I tried the Linuxbios 1 version together with the

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andreas, which version of LB where you looking at ? People still seem to be getting on ok with V1 and the HOW-TO I wrote some time ago. Which version of the EPIA are you using, is it the original EPIA or one of the other version (ie EPIA-M,

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread Alan Mimms
: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:13 PM To: Alan Mimms Cc: Andreas Thienemann; linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: One problem tho: no form for creating usernames

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: So would someone who DOES have an account please edit the login page to put a mailto link there to allow users to at least know that the UI on that page isn't as described in the error you get when you try to create an account the way the page says to

Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-03-01 Thread Richard Smith
So would someone who DOES have an account please edit the login page to put a mailto link there to allow users to at least know that the UI on that page isn't as described in the error you get when you try to create an account the way the page says to do so? It's guaranteed to be an FAQ

Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Ronald G. Minnich rminnich@lanl.gov [050228 17:08]: if you see errors let me know (I did not write this but they will take input). I know the comment about linuxbios being stripped-down linux is not quite right; anything else? The number of supported boards is really small and includes

Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Bari Ari
Also on Slashdot earlier today: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/02/28/1126226.shtml Stallman Calls For Action on Free BIOS Ronald G. Minnich wrote: if you see errors let me know (I did not write this but they will take input). I know the comment about linuxbios being stripped-down linux is not

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Alan Mimms
: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:40 AM To: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html Importance: Low Also on Slashdot earlier today: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/02/28/1126226.shtml Stallman Calls For Action on Free

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: I think it would be MOST helpful if the linuxbios web site reflected true and accurate recent information. It appears to be very out of date and doesn't even say how to get to freebios2 IIRC. If I knew more of what WAS true and correct, I would offer

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: has picked it up. Since one of the maintainers is not at Cray, it has been now sorry. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Jamie Rollins wrote: I agree very strongly on this point. If linuxbios is going to move forward, it's public face needs to be very well presented, which at the moment, it is not. The linuxbios.org web site is very out of date. The page desperately needs a

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Jamie Rollins
Liberty Lake, Washington v: 509-343-3524 f: 509-343-3501 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bari Ari Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:40 AM To: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: new free software foundation crusade: http

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Jamie Rollins
I am very new to this whole project and have never actually used linuxbios myself (I'm trying to get started, which prompted my previous rant), but I would be more than happy to help maintain the web page to the extent that I'm capable. How can people help? jamie. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Ronald

Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread yhlu
Ron, At least your update the MB support list at first. V1: . V2: . YH On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:12:33 -0700 (MST), Ronald G. Minnich rminnich@lanl.gov wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Jamie Rollins wrote: I agree very strongly on this point. If linuxbios is going to move

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http: //www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Josh England
Ron, The offer still stands to host SVN for the freebios trees as well as host linuxbios.org, plan9.net, etcI think the server is close to being ready. We'll have to figure out how to best transfer the CVS history over to SVN -- I've heard the tools for that are not the best. -JE On Mon,

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http: //www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Josh England wrote: The offer still stands to host SVN for the freebios trees as well as host linuxbios.org, plan9.net, etcI think the server is close to being ready. We'll have to figure out how to best transfer the CVS history over to SVN -- I've heard the tools

Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Bari Ari
The correct link to version 2 is: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/freebios-cvsroot.tar.bz2 We also have it posted on a page at our site: http://www.onelabs.com/linuxbios02.html The link at the download page at LinuxBIOS.org has been wrong for at least a year. It's been mentioned before,

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Andreas Thienemann
Hi, On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: [new website] volunteers? Well, I would volunteer to a) create the new webpage and b) set it up with some kind of CMS so that someone else can fill it with content. I've got about 2 more weeks of holidays and am in dire need to practice a bit

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Andreas Thienemann wrote: [new website] volunteers? Well, I would volunteer to a) create the new webpage and b) set it up with some kind of CMS so that someone else can fill it with content. OK, guys, we've got a new web site for linuxbios, courtesy Stefan. Check it

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Alan Mimms
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald G. Minnich Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:13 PM To: Andreas Thienemann Cc: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Alan Mimms
Of Alan Mimms Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:28 PM To: Ronald G. Minnich; Andreas Thienemann Cc: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html Importance: Low Woo. Very nice. Thanks to all - maybe we can create some nice

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: Woo. Very nice. Thanks to all - maybe we can create some nice content for this cool new container! I will do what I can when I have some content to share. Yh Lu did a great job of adding content to day. I am hoping to get guys like Eric and

Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread David Hillman
I'm willing to help in any way with the site. I've been meaning to get back into my remote-controlled epia project with linuxbios2 ever since my old board went up in flames. Someone needs to diagram where the site is right now and plot a course for where it needs to go. My current day job is

RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html

2005-02-28 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: One problem tho: no form for creating usernames. Was this intentional? yes. Creating users who can edit the pages is going to pass through sysops so we don't have people randomly dropping in and trashing the pages. Plan 9 wiki had a terrible time with