Re: [Scottish] [Fwd: Demon ADSL]

2004-04-16 Thread David Irvine
If you have not already got your router give serious consideation to getting an etec 38xx router (they have noraml ethernet, integrated 4p hub, and wireless flavoured ones). I install them all the time and wont let the company buy any other type, since they are easy to set up with basic

Re: [Scottish] Mini ITX

2003-05-30 Thread David Irvine
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 15:42, Elwell, AD (Andrew) wrote: Folks, Having just got a new small (40') boat, OYT Scotland are looking for a new computer for it. We previously used a laptop n docking station, but this time are thinking of builing a mini-itx system into a cupbpard. Anyone

Re: [Scottish] tarring

2003-03-21 Thread David Irvine
You may want to tar -cvpf foo.tar path/to/directory/ where c creates an empty tar v tells you what its doing p preserves permissions f creates a file you can also pipe it into stuff for example tar -cvpf - /var |gzip|ssh hth David On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 16:40, Allan Whiteford wrote: On

Re: [Scottish] editors

2003-03-08 Thread David Irvine
Assuming your a glutten for punishment :) cat - newfile will allow you to create files, ctrl-z when your done now you can create files and assuming you have perl. you can now paste into your terminal the following: #!/usr/bin/perl # my @lines; my $line=0; while (my $oldfile=STDIN){

Re: [Scottish] Debian: need help installing new kernel package

2003-03-02 Thread David Irvine
On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 14:49, David Marsh's list-reading hat wrote: I'm trying to upgrade my kernel under Debian. I'm trying to install kernel-image-2.4.20-k7, but have got stuck. Can anybody help me? I get this: snip erm, does this mean I should make /etc/lilo.conf look like this in

Re: [Scottish] Anyone got......

2003-02-25 Thread David Irvine
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 16:05, Ben Thorp wrote: Now that everyone has shiny new WLAN cards, does anyone have a PCMCIA ethernet NIC going cheap? (*cheep cheep*) Not personally, but have a look at www.corega.com, they were the mutts nuts for me last year, very cheap and very good stuff imho. They

Re: [Scottish] Not anopther OT post

2003-02-19 Thread David Irvine
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 21:25, george wrote: I seem to remember someone on this list is involved with a wireless network project for Glasgow. Can someone point me in the right direction to find out more info. There are quite a few of us, but you probably want to get in touch with Kyle

Re: [Scottish] Quality, low cost hosting

2002-11-12 Thread David Irvine
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 12:50, Ritchie Logan wrote: Hi, Been a lurker for a while I'm doing a network for someone as a sideline, and need some advice: Sorry for being a wee bit OT, but I do remember this getting discussed in the past. can anyone recommend a good, low cost host for a