Re: [Server-devel] suggest new mailing lists for OLPC

2008-11-14 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Bill Bogstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can I suggest instead a new mailing list for server SUPPORT be >> created as opposed to DEVELOPMENT? And wha

Re: [Server-devel] Issue with ds-backup in XS 0.4

2008-11-11 Thread Bill Bogstad
not my daughter's machines), but could certainly work with people at 1CC on this. I might even be able to stop by to help with the test installs... Bill Bogstad ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Issue with ds-backup in XS 0.4

2008-11-11 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Bill Bogstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was just about to try to upgrade my XS 0.4 to 0.5 dev8 and noticed >> something odd concerning ds-backup. When

[Server-devel] Issue with ds-backup in XS 0.4

2008-11-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
the XS in order for backups to work? I can see no obvious significant differences in the /library/users directories. Thanks, Bill Bogstad ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] XS - XO archiving and backup (was Re: [OLPC India] Issues on the ground )

2008-11-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
x27;t know what the status will be for that release. Bill Bogstad ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] xs-otp: one time passwords for the XS

2008-10-26 Thread Bill Bogstad
ecurity... Note: I have no idea what ROM services are available to device ROMs. For example, can a device ROM call into the BIOS to do disk IO at this point in the boot process? Is there anything that such a card could usefully do with nothing more then its code. What if you add a smal

Re: [Server-devel] Weird timestamps on XS 0.4 user backup directories.

2008-10-25 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Douglas Bagnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The backup directories are created with cp -al, where the -a (for > "archive") recursively preserves modes, links and dates. I'm pretty > sure the main intention was to keep modes and links, and dates are > just an art

[Server-devel] Weird timestamps on XS 0.4 user backup directories.

2008-10-25 Thread Bill Bogstad
tamp (2008-10-14 20:00). The change time stamps on the other hand are consistent with the names. Is there a reason for this? Why that particular date/time for the mod time? Bill Bogstad ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://

[Server-devel] help with small/first world XS deployment issues requested

2008-10-18 Thread Bill Bogstad
Any suggestions how to get a handle on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bill Bogstad ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] physical security issue

2008-10-07 Thread Bill Bogstad
e > stolen. But it does put the server in the hands of a presumably > trusted individual in the community. One obvious problem is what happens if that teacher doesn't come to work today. In any school with more then one teacher, this would seem to be a potent

Re: [Server-devel] Yummy incron

2008-06-25 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Bill Bogstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm confused. Won't the XS servers always have swap/paging space? > > Paging is tolerable for batch pro

Re: [Server-devel] Yummy incron

2008-06-25 Thread Bill Bogstad
ge types not being specific enough. OTOH, If you were talking about the XO platform (paging to flash probably being a bad idea), I would agree with you. Bill Bogstad ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel