Perhaps some of you read some recent press indicating the IBM is no
longer supporting Linux on Thinkpads. This is not completely true,
but certainly true enough to catch mine, and some likeminded peer's,
attention. IBM fully intends to support Linux across our product line
but, due to lack of
a GRUB
boot question. Does anyone have something similar running? The GRUB manual
gives some great advice but I can't get any combination to work.
TIA, GGK
Ben Boulanger wrote:
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Greg Kettmann wrote:
So here's the problem. I put back my original hard drive as a slave
I'm going to install a dual boot drive in my IBM Thinkpad T21. I'll be
starting from a fresh drive. I expect to be using Microsoft XP and
probably Red Hat 7.2.
I assumed I'd install RH 7.2 and LILO first, that way I can keep below
the cylinder limit.
I assume that XP will not play nice and
Sorry to pipe in, but I must. The fact is that the learning / use curve of
Linux, particularly compared to Windows, is very high. I completely agree
that the man pages are confusing. They often lack real world examples as
well. This can be very imposing to the new user. The response well
Interestingly, LinuxWorld has an article called The Kernel of Pain regarding the
2.4 kernel. http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=628921
Derek D. Martin wrote:
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At some point hitherto, Ken D'Ambrosio hath spake thusly:
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 12:09,
I want add another hard drive to an existing RH 7.1 machine. The
machine is SCSI.
First thing I assume I should watch out for is SCSI jumpering, making
sure my address is higher than those in use, or, at the very least,
higher than the boot drive. (If not higher, than I assume I have to
modify
A follow up question. I moved a bunch of data around. At one point one of
the drives was pretty much full. The machine is EXT2. Do I need, or is
there, some sort of defrag utility? Is EXT2 subject to fragmentation?
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I don't recall seeing the original post on this. Yes, often reseating
the connector fixes a problem, however, please note that on most
keyboard's, at least most that I work with, they go through some sort of
initialization routine when the machine is powered on. They must go
through this
I'd like to experiment with this environment (Linux - RH 7.1 - USB
WebCam). The WebCam is from 3COM and, unsurprisingly, it doesn't have
any Linux Drivers. It seems to me that much of this must be generic
however. I'd actually posted this a few weeks ago (or maybe longer) and
didn't get any
This is not specifically Linux related but it has fairly great impact to
many of us.
I am very confused by all of this Excite@Home stuff and it's possible
impact. Once upon a time I was a MediaOne customer. My accounts still
reflect this. They apparently use the Road Runner service, but I
I've a machine running RH 7.1. It has two USB ports. The machine is
several (or more) machines old, but I assume they're have been no major
changes to the USB spec. It runs Apache and various other services.
I'm interested in a Web Cam off of this machine. Briefly, how is this
done (what
As much as I love Linux as a Server I've problems with it as a desktop
(missing applications). Not a complaint, I suppose it's more of an
apology :-) . My primary work platform is still winblows. I refuse to
use M$ Internet Explorer and Outlook. Netscape (4.77) has become more
problematic
. If not,
no problem.
Thanks again for the detailed help. I really appreciated it. GGK
Paul Lussier wrote:
In a message dated: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:24:18 EDT
Greg Kettmann said:
First, sort of an apology. I ask for a fair amount of help and I really
appreciate those that answer.
Well, we
First, sort of an apology. I ask for a fair amount of help and I really
appreciate those that answer. My job does NOT require that I have any
hands on Linux skills, although I'm very well versed on how and where to
use Linux and how to build clusters. I try to learn Linux because I
want to,
Actually, the amusing part, to me, was that mainstream operating
systems
often lack critical security features that could
enforce the confidentiality and integrity of network
communications. I wonder what mainstream OS's they might
be talking about :-)
NSA OFFERS SUPERSECURE LINUX
Posted
I'm running RH 7.1 with the default Apache (1.3.19). It was working last
week, then the power failed. Now it won't work. The only thing I know I've
done is to modify the /etc/sysconfig/network file to reflect the machine name,
that fixed a problem with Samba. When I start the service it just
working now.
Benjamin Scott wrote:
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Greg Kettmann wrote:
I'm running RH 7.1 with the default Apache (1.3.19). It was working
last week, then the power failed. Now it won't work. The only thing I
know I've done is to modify the /etc/sysconfig/network file to reflect
:
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=name of file for MBR bs=512 count=1
I don't remember what all it stands for, but my mneumonics are,
respectively, in file, out file, block size, with a count of one
block.
-Ken
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Greg Kettmann wrote:
I thought I was all set the other day
I thought I was all set the other day, but ended up with further
problems. I have a laptop. I have both W2K (official company build)
and Linux, RH 7.1 running on my laptop. I used Partition Magic to
shrink down partitions and get the hard drive geometry down. My next
problem was loading it
As previously mentioned I have a work supplied Win2K Laptop, built on
NTFS. I couldn't install RH 7.1 because my free space began after the
1024 cylinder limit. I know there are many ways around this. I decided
to shrink the NTFS C: drive to smaller than 8Gb (below 1024 cyl) and to
add a D:
OK, first dumb question. How and where do I store the machine name?
I'm running RH 7.1. Samba gets the server name from the host name.
Setting host name using hostname doesn't seem to last through a boot.
What is the proper procedure for permanently setting the host name?
Second dumb question
I come from a Novell, OS/2, Windows background. My experience comes
from that arena.
As per the subject my questions are about permissions, users and groups.
I've read tons of stuff and think I've got a pretty good handle on file
or directory permissions. My questions are a bit more esoteric.
Red Hat supports Kick Start files. With this method you basically answer
all the questions up front, in the kickstart (.ks) file. It's fairly simple
to script in some RPM's as well if you'd like. I would think that this
might work well for you.
Brian Chabot wrote:
I recently recieved an odd
My environment is mixed, actually mostly Winblows. At any rate. I
don't get to use Linux as much as I'd sometimes like. As often as not
it's to rebuild a machine to test a new installation or product.
That's exactly what I'm doing now. Removing an old Mandrake and putting
on a RH 7.1.
Sorry, I don't have any of the original notes so can't respond directly
to the poster.
I stumbled across the following link in my notes and thought it might
apply to the recent request for statistics, etc for the various Linux
Distributions.
http://www.distrowatch.com/
Hello, can anyone suggest a program for capturing screen shots under
Linux? This is for documentation purposes. The standard capture of an
application shot or even the entire desktop for integration into a
manual.
I've used Electric Eyes but found it lacking. Just wondering if there
was
Hello Greg, and Welcome. Coincidentally my name is Greg as well. My advice
to you is to get your machine OFF THE INTERNET. I've no doubt the following
will get lengthy and that it is flame bait, however it is based on what I've
learned from this very mailing list. Because of what I've read on
Sorry, not trying to trump you guys but wanted to mention what we (IBM)
have done with Linux Clusters. That's what I do and Linux Clusters are
really, really getting some attention. They just released the new top500
lists.
On the fastest computer list at http://www.top500.org or more
Another negative of Starband (or DirectPC) is that they both use (to the
best of my knowledge) a VPN. That is they encrypt and then decrypt all
traffic to and from your site. Your connection is actually to their
encrypt/decrypt server farm. This precludes any VPN's of your own (if you
use
Pardon me? What planet are you (Brad) and Benjamin from? Surely not this
one. You invalidate your own arguments before you've finished making them.
I'll accept what happened to me is all my fault. You say however that Linux is
OK for amateurs. However you expect that amateur to be able to
Wow :-)
I'd like to go over three points. Then, hopefully, this will settle down
and everyone can get back to what they normally do.
1) You've said Linux isn't for 'amateur's'. It's just too powerful
for the average user. This has come across loud and clear. I'm not
real happy with the
Hey, I'm in. Just give me some warning and I'll cancel all business trips.
Hey, I'll even be happy to talk about what NOT to do :-)
Mark Komarinski wrote:
Another vote. I can demonstrate Coyote Linux (single floppy Linux
firewall) and maybe bring along my SMC Barricade box for demo as well.
Folks: First, I really appreciate all the feedback. Most has been excellent.
About the only area that I fundamentally disagree with is sort of the
combination it's my fault / M1 - ATT is doing OK. Yes, I accept my share
of the responsibility but I really, REALLY think that M1/ATT, who have
I'm an Architect, which means I design computer solutions. Once upon
a time I was a network administrator but my hands on skills are not what
I'd like them to be, certainly not in the Linux space. This is sort of
an apology for asking potentially dumb questions.
Recently my Linux Firewall,
Last night I was watching channel 4. I saw an advertisement and just
couldn't stop chuckling. Microsoft is advertising, proudly I might add,
that their enterprise server software stays up for days at a time
without attendance. Wow, I'm so impressed I think I'll run out and buy
some :-) My
your question. A search brings up many hits but the short
Intel writeup is at:
http://developer.intel.com/ial/wfm/wfmover.htm#new
Paul Lussier wrote:
In a message dated: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:48:35 EST
Greg Kettmann said:
We use RH's Kickstart and PXE Linux to avoid the diskette problem
We use RH's Kickstart and PXE Linux to avoid the diskette problem and to make
decisions at boot time as to whether we'd like to boot across a network or
from the local hard drive. This allows us to manage many nodes in a cluster
and easily reconfigure a cluster in a matter of minutes. SuSE has
Sorry, this is off topic, but I know that only extremely intelligent
people use Linux so someone will probably know the answers ;-)
Could someone please clarify resolutions. I have a scanner and a
digital camera (and of course a regular camera). Now 300DPI is pretty
self explanatory. My
Well, perhaps if I'd done this several days ago, like I was supposed to,
I wouldn't be in such a bind. As it is, any help is greatly
appreciated, particularly if given quickly ;-)
I need to cut a CD. The problem is that the CD is for Linux. The
further problem is that I've always used
In my never ending quest to play with new toys I've decided I want to
install a web cam. In the Windows world that is fairly simple. There
are dozens of USB cameras for less than $50. However, I seem to recall
that Linux doesn't support USB yet. Also, the software is all for
Windows.
What
I know we're all just jumping in on the con side to help flesh out information
but I'd like to refute some of these statements.
Bruce Dawson wrote:
I believe most PHB's would consider the following disadvantagous:
1. It doesn't run MS Windows software (but it sorta does; and some
First, just a gripe (to vent). Man MediaOne/ATT Broadband is bad.
Their DNS server always slow and their mail servers are often down.
I've run larger networks and can honestly say that if we provided
equivalent service we'd have been fired. Hey, maybe we need to go in
there and pitch Linux and
To Jeff's:
Yea, they like it, but most of those statistics fit with Mark Twain's
"Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics." They especially require a good
and Paul's
MTBF is another meaningless statistic. Just thinking about the words
makes it blatantly apparent that it doesn't apply to an OS.
I
I've a couple of questions (as usual), all related. I'm trying to find
the best way to distribute a package to the greatest number of
distribtutions. RPM seems to be the best choice but will it work on
packages other than Red Hat and Mandrake? What exactly are TGZ files?
I thought they were
Pardon me if this is inappropriate for this forum. My ISP uses Linux
(although it probably doesn't matter). One of my web pages is corrupted
and it appears that each file (Index.html and the JPG's) has some junk
added to the middle. Since the Index.html is text it was easy to fix.
I could see
Sorry to post again so quickly. I have a need to support a large Linux
Client environment. What suggestions might anyone have regarding
workstation management, particularly in regards to software
distribution? This would include kernel patches and/or software
installation/upgrades. This would
The official Red Hat suggestion is a swapper that is 2X actual memory. A /boot
drive of 20Mb and the rest as / . I personally don't like to break things up
further. That said this will likely be an interesting thread.
It should be fairly easy to set up LILO to boot multiple systems. I don't
It seems to me that I read about an AIM compatible client for Linux.
Could someone provide the proper pointers or suggestions? Thanks. GGK
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Hello all. Sorry for this marketing type question but I'm trying to
compile a list of reasons for selecting Linux as the platform of choice,
particularly in reference to Windows NT or 2000. I deal with large
customers and they are interested in things like Total Cost of
Ownership,
I've a friend who lives in the Northern Virginia area. They are having
some of the usual installation problems. You know Xwindows
configuration. Sound Configuration, etc. If the standard probes don't
work it can be a bit daunting to get it working. I'd like to put them
in touch with a user
I've never had a problem with the fact tha MediaOne doesn't support my
Linux Firewall. However, did you know that they don't support Netscape
either? I was told, in no uncertain terms, that they only support M$
Internet Explorer. This strikes me as a very poor support position.
The only
Jim (and all).
I must adamantly disagree with your viewpoint. I've been a friend and then a foe of
M$ for many years. Yes, their products are easy to use, and yes, Mr. Bill is VERY
good at plagiarizing others idea and then crushing them (and yes, that is a
compliment, sort of), just ask
It seems to me that we could have them "pressed" for considerably less time and
money. A gold blank is about a buck, right? I didn't think that professional
pressing and silk screening was much more. The real question is the quantities
required. Does anyone else have pricing information on
OK, and I'm really not trying to stir up trouble...
I use Netscape for sole reason that it's not MS/IE. Call me paranoid but I've been
in this field a long time to know that once MS has established a "solid base"
(recently declared a monopoly) it will use that to competitive advantage. Now
Hmmm, not to rain on your parade but my usual recomendation is to buy something like
a Linksys BEFSR41.http://www.linksys.com/scripts/features.asp?part=BEFSR41
It's a 4 port switch with a firewall and DHCP server designed to share a cablemodem
or DSL connection through a house. It's $169
Hey, how many dumb questions are we allowed before we're shunned ;-)
I happen to be using Mandrake V7 but could easily switch distributions
at this point. I'm rebuilding my firewall. The new one will also have
Samba, DHCP, SSH, Apache, Poptop (VPN) and a few misc. other things.
Right now I
Very good, I like it.
There's also another very big difference, from where I sit as a consultant. A
Business to Business connection usually has higher demands on capacity and reliability
and thus the customer is more willing to pay for it, and for support. The solutions
to the desktop are
I know it was discussed on Tuesday night but what are some options,
either commercial or free, for Linux VPN software. Actually, I might
prefer something commercial with the associated support.
TIA, GGK
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How can I tell (from Netscape?) the platform and HTTP engine that is
hosting a site?
Also, and I should know this, ASP stands for Active Server Pages
(right?). Isn't that an M$ thing? It certainly doesn't seem to be
limited to them anymore but is it a specification that they could
"embrace and
Paul: (hopefully your specific paragraph is properly placed below).
Interoperability in the VPN space is a bit of a misnomer still. It's still a bit
of the wild wild west with each vendor doing their own thing. The security
standards are open and published but which one in use is up to each
Hey, this snow is kind of nice. Maybe I can get some work done on my Linux box...
That is if I can get the kids off it ;-).
I need some advice on how to get my sound card running. I posted this a few weeks
to a month ago but still haven't got it running (haven't spent a lot of time
either).
Well, I still agree with what I've said on Linux Futures, but... That said. That
was slick. A simple "sndconfig" worked great. It configured the card, finding it
with no problem, and then played some test sounds to verify it worked. Way cool!!!
Thanks for your advice and help. GGK
Adam
I have two comments.
First, I know for a fact that AOL is working on things Linux related. I
don't know exactly what that means but I know people that work there that
are working on Linux products. I'm not really at liberty to discuss much
more I just know I've helped them out with Linux
More dumb questions. I know, I know... Linux is just as easy to use as
Windows.
Most importantly, I have a home network. Works great, Linux Firewall, NAT/IP
Masq, etc. Unfortunately, for various reasons (mostly because I couldn't
load Linux on a MicroChannel box) I'm running NT on my server.
First, the support here is incredible (as in extremely good, fast and reliable)
Thank you all.
Benjamin Scott wrote:
If you want to mount a share from a Windows box to a Linux machine, you need
to have smbfs support compiled into the kernel (or available as a module).
Then it is simply a
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