[SLUG] how to use kernel-package and patch kernel for xfs?

2001-12-27 Thread Rob B
Hi all, I'm going to try a journalled filesystem on my Debian box, and I need some assistance. I'm running Woody (Testing) at the moment, and I have downloaded the kernel 2.4.14 source and xfs-patch and installed it via apt. I notice in the kernel-package documentation, there is reference to p

Re: [SLUG] Re: Sunday Night Linux Challenge!

2001-12-27 Thread getadog
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 03:58:38PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Anyway, that's how I got myself into the pickle. Not sure as to whether the > box is back up or booted yet, too much festivity going on between times. strings /lib/ld-2.2.4 | grep "kernel too old" FATAL: kernel too old So you stuff

Re: [SLUG] Re: Sunday Night Linux Challenge!

2001-12-27 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Anyway, that's how I got myself into the pickle. Not sure as to whether the > box is back up or booted yet, too much festivity going on between times. Hahaha: $ telnet x.x.x.x Trying x.x.x.x... Connected to x.x.x.x. Escape character is '^]'. FATAL: kernel too old Connection closed by foreign

Re: [SLUG] Re: Sunday Night Linux Challenge!

2001-12-27 Thread Jeff Waugh
> That probably won't work since all that does is get init to run > /sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now ie forking a new process. So annoying! :) Every way I could think of killing off a system involves actually running something. > So who wins the prize Jeff? No one, my telnet session didn't last.

Re: [SLUG] Re: Sunday Night Linux Challenge!

2001-12-27 Thread Jeff Waugh
> .. i don't get it. > > kill is built into bash.. > > "kill -INT 1" should be equivalent to ctrl-alt-del on the console, and > shouldn't actually need to spawn another process. Tried that, never worked. > (and whats this "kernel is too old" huff?) Well, there's the full spiel... :) There'

Re: [SLUG] Re: Sunday Night Linux Challenge!

2001-12-27 Thread John Ferlito
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 03:45:53PM +1100, Angus Lees wrote: > kill is built into bash.. > > "kill -INT 1" should be equivalent to ctrl-alt-del on the console, and > shouldn't actually need to spawn another process. > That probably won't work since all that does is get init to run /sbin/shutdown

[SLUG] Re: Linux Pocketbooks

2001-12-27 Thread Angus Lees
\begin{Matt -} > I am wondering if anyone has seen any Linux Pocketbooks > around recently. I have tried several newsagents and many > say they are sold out till some time next year (March?!). i've got a free copy of the advanced pocketbook (debian on the cd) here. it was sent to slug, i just ke

[SLUG] Re: Sunday Night Linux Challenge!

2001-12-27 Thread Angus Lees
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > Holy cow! Krazy Sunday Linux Challenge! > > > > Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is: > > > > Reboot a linux-mipsel machine using only... a running root bash process. > > > > You may not execute any program [1], you may not use the swit

[SLUG] can I retrive my email on someone else pc?

2001-12-27 Thread Donald Hoskin

Re: [SLUG] hello every one!

2001-12-27 Thread Dane
Emails sent to everyone are so cliche Ben. -D On 0, Ben de Luca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey im new to the list and I thought I might say hello to every one out there! > > Ben de Luca -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Hard disk wipe / file shredders etc

2001-12-27 Thread David
you obviously dont have my dog On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, S wrote: > Why are troubleing the poor dog, it cant even digest that :-) > > Quoting Paul Cameron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:00:40AM +1100, Damien Elmes wrote: > > > > > > looking to cover your tracks? :P > > > > >

RE: [SLUG] IPROUTE2 and IPTABLES combination

2001-12-27 Thread George Vieira
but how do you SNAT a machine to a _different_ external IP address? Internet | | Linux FW (203.x.x.1) | | WWW (192.168.0.1) goes out to internet as (203.x.x.2) know what I mean, iptables doesn't have a syntax to do this does it??? thanks, George Vieira Systems Manager Citadel Computer Systems P

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Hard disk wipe / file shredders etc

2001-12-27 Thread Jon Biddell
At 06:04 27/12/01 -0500, S wrote: >Why are troubleing the poor dog, it cant even digest that :-) Ah, but only if the H/D had Windows on it in the first place - it would definately cause a bowel blockage...:-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: htt

[SLUG] hello every one!

2001-12-27 Thread Ben de Luca
Hey im new to the list and I thought I might say hello to every one out there!   Ben de Luca

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Hard disk wipe / file shredders etc

2001-12-27 Thread S
Why are troubleing the poor dog, it cant even digest that :-) Quoting Paul Cameron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:00:40AM +1100, Damien Elmes wrote: > > > > looking to cover your tracks? :P > > > > I think we're being a bit too paranoid here. > > Here's an easier way to en

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Hard disk wipe / file shredders etc

2001-12-27 Thread Paul Cameron
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:00:40AM +1100, Damien Elmes wrote: > > looking to cover your tracks? :P > I think we're being a bit too paranoid here. Here's an easier way to ensure total security: 1) Retrieve hard drive from computer case 2) Apply hammer 3) Apply dogfood 4) Feed to dog