Re: [nlug] trying to single-user boot a system

2012-05-02 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:05 PM, David R. Wilson da...@wwns.com wrote: If you can't take it down I would be tempted to replace the box with another firewall temporarily and then use the root / boot disk to fix the password problem. The other possibility is to do it now; i.e. at 2am Central

Re: [nlug] trying to single-user boot a system

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Boniol
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Howard White hwh...@vcch.com wrote: Okay guys, I'm counting on you :) Jack alluded to my having a new job; systems admin in Nashville. We have a Fedora 13 (ominous as a starting point, no?) box that is our primary firewall. Somebody changed the root

Re: [nlug] trying to single-user boot a system

2012-05-02 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
- Original Message - Okay guys, I'm counting on you :) Jack alluded to my having a new job; systems admin in Nashville. We have a Fedora 13 (ominous as a starting point, no?) box that is our primary firewall. Somebody changed the root password and then left. I have complete access

Re: [nlug] Howard's Dream Desktop!

2012-05-02 Thread Curt Lundgren
I take it the simulator is running from that floppy disk on the left computer... On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: But only if it could be done from ONE display card! :) ... Jack ( Image from HowToGeek.com email ) -- You received this message because you

Re: [nlug] Howard's Dream Desktop!

2012-05-02 Thread Howard White
On 05/02/2012 09:02 AM, Jack Coats wrote: But only if it could be done from ONE display card! :) ... Jack Can you imagine how much heat such a rig would put out??? Yikes. Howard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups NLUG group. To post to this

Re: [nlug] trying to single-user boot a system

2012-05-02 Thread Howard White
On 05/02/2012 07:48 AM, Jon Moore wrote: It's been a while since I've used Fedora, but as I recall it doesn't show the grub menu by default and has an extremely short timeout period. Pressing the ESC or similar should cause the menu to appear. There is a sweet spot between POSTing and grub

Re: [nlug] trying to single-user boot a system

2012-05-02 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
- Original Message - Failing to get to grub will then cause me to boot the machine from a live disk and go at things that way. The custom here seems to be to create a boot partition and then lump all remaining space into lvm. I don't know who's bright idea that was... Howard

Re: [nlug] Howard's Dream Desktop!

2012-05-02 Thread David R. Wilson
The only thing missing is an exercise machine. Dave On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 09:02 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: But only if it could be done from ONE display card! :) ... Jack ( Image from HowToGeek.com email ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [nlug] Howard's Dream Desktop!

2012-05-02 Thread Howard Coles
Any guesses as to what year that pic was taken (it was 2000 something, 2002 maybe trying to see the calendar.)? I would imagine the heat would be much less if this was built today with flat panels. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Howard White hwh...@vcch.com wrote: On 05/02/2012 09:02 AM, Jack

Re: [nlug] Howard's Dream Desktop!

2012-05-02 Thread Jack Coats
I did notice the seat belt on the desk chair (but no hydraulics for seat movement). Many monitors are in the 100W category, with 13 monitors, then add the 'old school' processors and graphic cards. ... ... It would help to have a 'Mr Fusion' to generate the 1.21giggawatts for the machines and the

Re: [nlug] I give up (i guess I will let the moths out of my wallet)

2012-05-02 Thread Curt Lundgren
Jack, having seen 'Cabin in the Woods' last night, I'm very leery of ritualized systems. Who's the client? (Those who have seen the movie, don't offer any clues, please!) Curt On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: I am considering purchasing a reasonable new (or

Re: [nlug] I give up (i guess I will let the moths out of my wallet)

2012-05-02 Thread Howard White
On 05/02/2012 05:42 PM, Jack Coats wrote: I am considering purchasing a reasonable new (or nice used) machine with a recent version of CPU that can do 64 bit and run ritualized systems. Does someone have suggestions of appropriate systems? Mother boards? CPU's? My frustration has built, and

Re: [nlug] I give up (i guess I will let the moths out of my wallet)

2012-05-02 Thread Chris McQuistion
What's your budget? Are you looking for a desktop system or another laptop, like you had? Chris On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: I am considering purchasing a reasonable new (or nice used) machine with a recent version of CPU that can do 64 bit and run

Re: [nlug] I give up (i guess I will let the moths out of my wallet)

2012-05-02 Thread John F. Eldredge
Curt Lundgren verif...@gmail.com wrote: Jack, having seen 'Cabin in the Woods' last night, I'm very leery of ritualized systems. Who's the client? (Those who have seen the movie, don't offer any clues, please!) Curt On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote:

Re: [nlug] I give up (i guess I will let the moths out of my wallet)

2012-05-02 Thread John F. Eldredge
Howard White hwh...@vcch.com wrote: On 05/02/2012 07:08 PM, Jack Coats wrote: I had a friend with a brass duck paperweight. He would carry it to users desks when asked to help them. He would do a fake chant and slowly wave the duck over the top of their mainframe display (keyboard and