Re: High Speed Leased Line Providers
In a message dated: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:39:40 EST Dan Jenkins said: Rob wrote: I heard a rumor that Choice One was going down. After taking over Fairpoint I guess they have been going down hill. I can't tell you that it's true, but I know some people who work for Conversent. Just hearsay though. I've heard the same rumor - for several years. Network Plus (who re-sold Northpoint) used it in several sales pitches. Of course, then Northpoint went under. Lightship used it a few times too. And didn't Network Plus just file chapter 11? * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
NetFilter news on Yahoo
For those that want to read it, the link is: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/cn/20020301/tc_cn/flaw_weakens_linux_security_softwarecid=70 The article is interesting, talking about a vulnerability in the 2.4.14-2.4.18pre9 kernels. I don't think that the article says anything that hasn't been known for a while now. What I find interesting is that it is on Yahoo news. A minor kernel bug, if even that, is worthy of such main stream placing. This is so cool ;-) C-Ya, Kenny - There's nothing you shouldn't speak of if you've got something to say, and there's no one to be scared of, just get them out of your way. -- The Alarm * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Increase your Linux Wireless LAN
Perhaps this is a little OT, but I thought some of you might want to see this and/or try this at home in true linux fashion. These guys build high gain antennas from Pringles cans for about $6. Some claim ranges of several miles. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Increase your Linux Wireless LAN
I found the article from Robert Cringley regarding how he used a pair of binoculars and some 802.11 gear to get Internet at his house: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010628.html He has a followup article two weeks later where he answers FAQs from the article http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010712.html -Mark On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 09:13, Taylor, Chris S. (IS) wrote: Perhaps this is a little OT, but I thought some of you might want to see this and/or try this at home in true linux fashion. These guys build high gain antennas from Pringles cans for about $6. Some claim ranges of several miles. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Testing UPS
Hi, I have a BestPower Fortress 1800 (16A) that seems to have blown the power supplies inn two of my servers. I'm not a happy camper, especially since Best Power want nothing to do with it unless I give them my damaged servers for two months while they evaluate the situation. In any case, does anyone know where I can get the UPS tested properly? I don't want to test it by plugging another machine into it. :-) Thanks, Rob. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Testing UPS
How about sending them just the damaged power supplies? I'm sure you've replaced them by now anyway, and if they can't evaluate with just those, I wouldn't put much stock in them as a company anyway... As far as testing the UPS...well, the only way a UPS can blow a power supply is to exceed its input ratings for either voltage or frequency, so you would need to monitor those under varying conditions to see if it's that. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com - Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Testing UPS Hi, I have a BestPower Fortress 1800 (16A) that seems to have blown the power supplies inn two of my servers. I'm not a happy camper, especially since Best Power want nothing to do with it unless I give them my damaged servers for two months while they evaluate the situation. In any case, does anyone know where I can get the UPS tested properly? I don't want to test it by plugging another machine into it. :-) Thanks, Rob. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
RE: Testing UPS
Thanks, I just don't have the equipment to test the UPS myself. I'm not 100% sure it's the UPS, it's just very coincidental that two machines died on the same UPS within a 24 hour period. I have two of the same UPS's and the other one is ok and I have three identical machines on that one with no issues yet (as far as I know). I was a little pissed that the tech support was absolutely unwilling to help in any way whatsoever. I won't be buying any Best Power stuff in the future. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rich C Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 4:18 PM To: GNHLUG Subject: Re: Testing UPS How about sending them just the damaged power supplies? I'm sure you've replaced them by now anyway, and if they can't evaluate with just those, I wouldn't put much stock in them as a company anyway... As far as testing the UPS...well, the only way a UPS can blow a power supply is to exceed its input ratings for either voltage or frequency, so you would need to monitor those under varying conditions to see if it's that. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com - Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Testing UPS Hi, I have a BestPower Fortress 1800 (16A) that seems to have blown the power supplies inn two of my servers. I'm not a happy camper, especially since Best Power want nothing to do with it unless I give them my damaged servers for two months while they evaluate the situation. In any case, does anyone know where I can get the UPS tested properly? I don't want to test it by plugging another machine into it. :-) Thanks, Rob. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
2.5 inch hard drive mounting holes
I have in old Netwinder I'm trying to resurrect. The 2 GB drive in it died about two years ago, and last night I pulled it apart with the intent of replacing it with a 6 GB IBM drive from an old laptop that had died long ago. However, I discovered that the mounting holes were spaced differently, and when I poked aroud IBM's web site for specs on their Travelstar drives, I found no mention of the mounting holes. I've managed to get the thing to work with an nfs-mounted root, but I'm hoping to use it as a portable server for the BLU meetings and installfests, so I need to get it working from a hard drive. The disk image I pulled from ftp.netwinder.org is about 1.5 GB when uncompressed, so I need at least a 2 GB drive. The Netwinder mounts the drive onto its motherboard; the posts screw into the bottom of the hard drive using four holes that are roughly a third of the way in along the length of the drive. The holes on the 6 GB drive are all at the outer edges of the drive, with no holes a third of the way in, so I'm unable to install it into the Netwinder. I'd consider ordering a new drive, except i can't figure out how to make sure the mounting holes are spaced correctly. Does anybody know how to determinie this for a particular drive? The pdf files from the IBM site describe their drives' physical dimensions and other details, but they make no mention of where the mounting holes are located. Failing that, does anybody have an old laptop drive they could spare that has the mounting holes spaced the way I need? Thanks. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] / YAHOO abreauj Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 msg13299/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 2.5 inch hard drive mounting holes
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, at 8:10pm, John Abreau wrote: Failing that, does anybody have an old laptop drive they could spare that has the mounting holes spaced the way I need? About a third of the way in is rather vague. Your specifications are as bad as the ones IBM provides. :-) If you post exact measurements of the original drive, including outside dimensions as well as the relative position of the screw holes, someone may be able to help you. I have some stuff I can look through, for example. But without knowing what to look for... well, it becomes difficult. :-) -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: 2.5 inch hard drive mounting holes
Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: About a third of the way in is rather vague. Your specifications are as bad as the ones IBM provides. :-) If you post exact measurements of the original drive, including outside dimensions as well as the relative position of the screw holes, someone may be able to help you. I have some stuff I can look through, for example. But without knowing what to look for... well, it becomes difficult. :-) Measuring from the connector end along the length of the drive, the old one has holes at 1-3/4 inches and 2-7/8 inches. The drive I had hoped to replace it with has holes at 9/16 inches and 3-9/16 inches. The drives are 4 inches by 2-34 inches; the old one is 3/4 inch high and the newer one is 1/2 inch high. From past experience with desktop hard drives, I had expected that the drives would have a standard layout for the mounting holes. I was surprised to discover what appeared to be two incompatible standards, particularly when the specs on these drives didn't give me any reason to expect multiple standards. Upon further examination, I notice that the bracket from the old laptop had six holes along its sides, which would fit to four screws to the Netwinder drive or two screws to one end of the 6 GB drive. This leads me to suspect there are just the two standard layouts for mounting holes in laptop hard drives. What I need is a drive where the mounting holes on the bottom are spaced 1-1/2 inches apart along the length of the drive. For now, anything that gets the box up and running (i.e., anything that can hold at least 2 GB) would be great. Once I'm employed again, I'd like to pick up something larger, so I'd like some way of finding out how a particular drive model's mounting holes are laid out. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] / YAHOO abreauj Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 msg13301/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
