[SLUG] feedback on SLUG presentation

2007-04-23 Thread justin randell
hi all, i've volunteered to give a talk at the May SLUG meeting: "Building a load-balanced, highly-available web site with debian, pound, apache, spread and wackamole" this will be my first SLUG talk, and i'm looking for feedback on what people would like to hear on the subject, or just general

[SLUG] 27th April 2007 SLUG Monthly Meeting

2007-04-23 Thread James Dumay
Hey guys, It's time for another spectacular SLUG meeting! == 27th April 2007 SLUG Monthly Meeting == When: Friday 27th of April 2007 - Starts at 6.30pm through to 9.30pm Where: Level 13, IBM Building, 601 Pacific Highway, St Leonards Maps, more info, etc at http://slug.org.au/node/66 We will h

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-23 Thread David Ward
Thanks Craige. I am generally good at presentaitons and public speaking and I know a few things about Linux (about 5 years exp). But yes, I haven't experience in combing the two. Interesting website you linked to there. I might indeed take up the offer if another, bigger opportunity (speakin

Re: [SLUG] AcetoneISO is a disk image emulator that mounts images of DVD and CD media.

2007-04-23 Thread David Ward
Thanks for the find. It looks like something that has been missing on Linux; a GUI ISO mounter. Can check that off the list now :) On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:18:14 am elliott-brennan wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just tried this out. > > It seems quite handy and very easy to use. > > > http://www.cyb

Re: [SLUG] AcetoneISO is a disk image emulator that mounts images of DVD and CD media.

2007-04-23 Thread David Ward
Look what I found. For KDE users. http://kiso.sourceforge.net/ Not sure if it has as many features, but its apt-getable. On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:18:14 am elliott-brennan wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just tried this out. > > It seems quite handy and very easy to use. > > > http://www.cyberciti.biz

Re: [SLUG] Dual booting a USB stick

2007-04-23 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
Howard Lowndes wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible, and if so how, a USB stick can be made to be setup as dual boot with either Lilo or Grub (I assume). I have a 2Gb USB stick which currently boots to SysRescueCD, but I would also like to dual boot to Ubuntu as well. I have played with

Re: [SLUG] Dual booting a USB stick

2007-04-23 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
Marghanita da Cruz wrote: Howard Lowndes wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible, and if so how, a USB stick can be made to be setup as dual boot with either Lilo or Grub (I assume). I have a 2Gb USB stick which currently boots to SysRescueCD, but I would also like to dual boot to Ubuntu as

[SLUG] Video card that is actually a terminal server?

2007-04-23 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
Hi folks. Is there such a device as a "video card" that is actually a terminal server? I.e., I can telnet/ssh into the console remotely and independently of the actual computer? I have a server in the corner that I don't want to attach a screen to, but need to be able to see the bootup/shutd

Re: [SLUG] Video card that is actually a terminal server?

2007-04-23 Thread David Gillies
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > Hi folks. > > Is there such a device as a "video card" that is actually a terminal > server? I.e., I can telnet/ssh into the console remotely and > independently of the actual computer? I have a server in the corner > th

Re: [SLUG] Video card that is actually a terminal server?

2007-04-23 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, David Gillies wrote: > Do you have a particular brand of server Simon? IBM, HP and Dell all > have their own cards which provide this service (RSA for IBM, rILO for > HP, can't remember what its called for Dell). It's actually an IBM workstation (Intellistation M Pro

Re: [SLUG] Dual booting a USB stick

2007-04-23 Thread jam
On Tuesday 24 April 2007 07:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know if it's possible, and if so how, a USB stick can be > made to be setup as dual boot with either Lilo or Grub (I assume). > > I have a 2Gb USB stick which currently boots to SysRescueCD, but I would > also like to dual boot

Re: [SLUG] Video card that is actually a terminal server?

2007-04-23 Thread Glen Turner
Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > Is there such a device as a "video card" that is actually a terminal > server? There used to be a card called a PC Weasel 2000. Haven't heard from them for a while. Worse still, I think it was a ISA card. Most manufacturers now offer a remote access card for their ser

Re: [SLUG] Dual booting a USB stick

2007-04-23 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 09:11 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 07:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does anyone know if it's possible, and if so how, a USB stick can be > > made to be setup as dual boot with either Lilo or Grub (I assume). > > > > I have a 2Gb USB stick which

Re: [SLUG] Dual booting a USB stick

2007-04-23 Thread jam
On Tuesday 24 April 2007 09:20, you wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 07:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Does anyone know if it's possible, and if so how, a USB stick can be > > > made to be setup as dual boot with either Lilo or Grub (I assume). > > > > > > I have a 2Gb USB stick which curren

Re: [SLUG] AcetoneISO is a disk image emulator that mounts images of DVD and CD media.

2007-04-23 Thread bill
Installed without problems for me in Kubuntu 6.06 and LinuxMint KDE 2.2 version ( ubuntu 6.10) and works well - though on Linux Mint the GUI is a little "off". Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailing

[SLUG] Re: Video card that is actually a terminal server?

2007-04-23 Thread bill
I use FreeNX to do this with my File Server on my Home LAN, also use it to access my MultiMedia ( ie Music and Video/TV) PC attached to my Stereo and Analogue TV. Only thing is NX doesn't access actual running Desktop ( if you are using the GUI), but starts another ( I assume virtual) desktop.

Re: [SLUG] Video card that is actually a terminal server?

2007-04-23 Thread David Gillies
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > This one time, at band camp, David Gillies wrote: > >> Do you have a particular brand of server Simon? IBM, HP and Dell all >> have their own cards which provide this service (RSA for IBM, rILO for >> HP, can't remember what

[SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-23 Thread jam
G'day Because I do not want to run yet another machine 24x7, my desktop is my server. For various reasons I've decided to Xen my server. I have a long love-hate relationship with apt-get paradigism, so am toying with Feisty Server for the Xen part. I want dns, ssh, mail, www with multiple site