[newbie] Advice needed

2004-07-29 Thread M.Schild
I have just received Mdk 10.0 Powerpack. I am currently running 9.1 but quite a few things don´t work propely so I sha;; make a clean install. I would like to keep my Home. I am always a bit confused when it come to define about mnt points and sizes. I have a 40G memory drive and only run

Re: [newbie] Advice needed

2004-07-29 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 23:36, M.Schild wrote: I have just received Mdk 10.0 Powerpack. I am currently running 9.1 but quite a few things don´t work propely so I sha;; make a clean install. I would like to keep my Home. I am always a bit confused when it come to define about mnt points and

Re: [newbie] Advice needed (Update from 9.1 to 10.0)

2004-07-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Thursday 29 July 2004 09:27, Q.H.Wang wrote: Sorry, I add some in the subject:;) I also want move to MDK 10.0 from 9.1. How could I left applications I installed, e.g., Matlab, untouched by the new installation? Or is it possible to do this? Bests, QingHua You could backup Matlab to a

Re: [newbie] Advice needed

2004-07-29 Thread Tomas Tudja
: M.Schild [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:36 PM Subject: [newbie] Advice needed I have just received Mdk 10.0 Powerpack. I am currently running 9.1 but quite a few things don´t work propely so I sha;; make a clean install. I would like to keep my Home. I am always

Re: [newbie] Advice-Setting up a dedicated server

2002-10-26 Thread - netmaniac -
Thanks for the reply, netmaniac. I would be interested in you opinion as to whether I would be able to successfully be able to access my server from the outside, being that I do not have a static IP from my cable modem service provider and that I do not want to open up my firewall too much. I

Re: [newbie] Advice-Setting up a dedicated server

2002-10-24 Thread Technoslick
Thanks for your insight. What kind of horsepower do you have currently in the Win2k server? I am opting to stay away from any Internet related services since my Lynksys router seems to do a decent job of it and I don't want to bottleneck the file server. However, I like the added protection of

RE: Re: [newbie] Advice on modem purchase

2001-07-19 Thread Michael Scottaline
Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip AFAIK, all external modems are hardware modems. Swann appears to be a respectable brand (although I've never tried one myself), and I believe that they use Rockwell chipsets (like many other modem makers), which would mean they are good to

[newbie] Advice on modem purchase

2001-07-19 Thread skinky
Hi All I'm looking at buying an external modem because I currently have a poxy HSF Conexant Soft56K WINMODEM (ugh!). Am I right in assuming that all external modems are compatible with Linux? The modem that I'm considering is a Swann SpeedDemon 56K V.90 External Modem (serial) - the reason

Re: [newbie] Advice on modem purchase

2001-07-19 Thread Paul
I'm looking at buying an external modem because I currently have a poxy HSF Conexant Soft56K WINMODEM (ugh!). Am I right in assuming that all external modems are compatible with Linux? The modem that I'm considering is a Swann SpeedDemon 56K V.90 External Modem (serial) - the reason being

Re: [newbie] Advice

2001-06-29 Thread Michael D. Viron
Daho, There are quite a few reasons to choose some type of *nix box over windows 2000. #1. Less of a cost involved for software, including the operating system. #2. The ability to not have to buy per-user licensing to cover database connections (since mysql / postgresql are both essentially

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-30 Thread Paul
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michael O'Henly wrote: The way I understand it, portsentry senses a port scan and then immediately creates a rule that adds the scanning host to a REJECT or DENY rule. So if you've told your firewall to do this by default for all external hosts, is that the same thing? It

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-28 Thread Paul
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Michael O'Henly wrote: My impression is that DrakConf's "internet connection sharing" command runs a DHCP server and masquerades IPs. This is more than I need (DHCP) but it works so I'll use it. At http://mandrakeuser.org you can find a few simple tips to run internet

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-28 Thread Michael O'Henly
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 21:53, you wrote: After setting up ipchains with pmfirewall's script, also find portsentry and have that loaded. Works fine against port-attacks. Then you should be reasonably safe. Thanks for your reply. I'm interested that you run portsentry as well as

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:27 pm, Michael O'Henly wrote: I've tested this network with Shields Up and it does indeed appear not to be visible to casual miscreants. PMfirewall is available at ... http://www.pointman.org/ Shields Up is available at... https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-28 Thread David Boles
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:59:43 -0600, Tom Brinkman said: On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:27 pm, Michael O'Henly wrote: I've tested this network with Shields Up and it does indeed appear not to be visible to casual miscreants. PMfirewall is available at ... http://www.pointman.org/

Re: [newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-28 Thread Mark Weaver
On Thursday 28 December 2000 14:59, you wrote: On Wednesday 27 December 2000 08:27 pm, Michael O'Henly wrote: I've tested this network with Shields Up and it does indeed appear not to be visible to casual miscreants. PMfirewall is available at ... http://www.pointman.org/ Shields Up is

[newbie] Advice needed on firewall...

2000-12-27 Thread Michael O'Henly
Hi... I've installed LM7.2 with "medium" security. I would have chosen a higher level but I found LM's documentation on security unclear and confusing. I know that I need to close some ports -- and I also want to use my Linux host to masquerade IPs for a couple of other machines. Ideally, I'd

Re: [newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux

2000-10-27 Thread GAPrichard
Colin, And please post the answer here. Now that you asked the question I'm interested. This list is about learning. -Gary- In a message dated 10/26/2000 8:39:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks to all fro the replies. I''ll try the expert list

Re: [newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux

2000-10-26 Thread Doug McGarrett
I think you're asking on the wrong list. Try the "expert" list. Probably most of the folks reading here do not even understand the first of your questions! (I speak for myself, of coourse.) --doug At 11:48 AM 10/25/2000 +0100, you wrote: Hi, I'm new to Linux but I cut my teeth on SVR4 so

Re: [newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux

2000-10-26 Thread John Couturier
I don't know about other unices but in Linux that is the way Library stuff works. You usually have one actual file libGL.so.1.2.3 then you have libGL.so and whatever other version links you need as sym links to libGL.so.1.2.3. It seems rather silly to have version links I agree as libGL.so will

Re: [newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux

2000-10-26 Thread root
Thanks to all fro the replies. I''ll try the expert list Regards, Colin Close Doug McGarrett wrote: I think you're asking on the wrong list. Try the "expert" list. Probably most of the folks reading here do not

[newbie] Advice on Library Versioning in Linux

2000-10-25 Thread root
Hi, I'm new to Linux but I cut my teeth on SVR4 so I'm pretty familiar with Unix like systems; but I'm stumped on this one. I'm trying to build a program that uses the mesa3d libs the package (freedraft-0.38) uses the standard GNU configuration tools which are normally very effective. In

[newbie] Advice on a non-standard network setup....

2000-10-02 Thread Scott Allan
Hi, I am having troubles configuring a "non-standard" network install, and would like advice on how to best set this up. Ultimately, I will need three network interfaces installed in my box: 1. d-link pci ehternet adapter - - Bell HSE ADSL 2. d-link pci ehternet adapter - - connect to hub to

RE: [newbie] Advice on a non-standard network setup....

2000-10-02 Thread TiGereYe
are good documents and very easy to follow and understand Hope that helps... good luck TiGereYe - Aceept No Substitues - --Original Message-- From: Scott Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 2, 2000 12:33:43 PM GMT Subject: [newbie] Advice on a "non-standard&quo

RE: [newbie] Advice on a non-standard network setup....

2000-10-02 Thread gene
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