Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Mayank Jain
On 1/17/06, Mithun Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=1 [2]=5 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i486-pc-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Seems some of you guys dont read the obvious thing which is the variable name - it is

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
--- Mayank Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Certainly it might now work on all platforms its just the BASH version, but atleast it allows identification of a stock RH/Fedora installation. Likewise, /etc/issue.net can be changed anytime, but atleast it allows you to identify a system in some

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of

2006-01-17 Thread Wah Java !!
For LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/) compliant Linux distros do: cat /etc/lsb-release and I remember that Fedora ((or Redhat distros), currently I'm not on Fedora) when boot prints: Welcome to Fedora Linux so, check for the initial scripts that are to be executed the boot time. I'd seen that

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: What I have been saying is that to know specifically which version of a distribution is installed just follow the strategy which the distribution uses to determine version. RedHat : /etc/redhat-release Fedora :

Re: [ilugd] NAS idea

2006-01-17 Thread Prashant Verma
--- Mithun Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If my understanding is correct a simple NAS is: 1. A storage space available over the network 2. Fault tolerant 3. Expandable 4. Transparent 5. Compatible across OSes The way I see it is I need the following to get it going 1. Gigabit

[ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Nitin Gupta
Hello, Somehow my ext3 partition of linux got crashed. It have all the important data including emails. I tried a number of software, but none of it was successful. Is there any way, we can get my data from there??? Please help me . Regards, Nitin Gupta

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Nitin Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow my ext3 partition of linux got crashed. It have all the important data including emails. I tried a number of software, but none of it was successful. Is there any way, we can get my data from there??? [...] It would help if you gave us more

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Nitin Gupta
Firstly it got corrupted, so i ran e2fsck on it. While it was running, my system got restarted(power failure) and it never started back. :( then i tried commands like tune2fs, dump2fs etc etc... and by default wrote mke2fs :( which made it a new partition and removed all of my data. Hope this

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Nitin Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Firstly it got corrupted, so i ran e2fsck on it. While it was running, my system got restarted(power failure) and it never started back. :( then i tried commands like tune2fs, dump2fs etc etc... and by default wrote mke2fs :( which made it a new

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Nitin Gupta
Hello, I am ready to shed my pockets for my emails, but i want someone real expert who can do it. Is anyone of you know a real linux recovery expert? Also, how much will he charge?? I am thinking to visit nehru palace tomorrow and see, anyone there might be able to do something. Any

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Nitin Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am ready to shed my pockets for my emails, but i want someone real expert who can do it. Is anyone of you know a real linux recovery expert? Also, how much will he charge?? Sorry, no idea on any of these. I am actually not sure that it is even

[ilugd] Intel lan card installation and detection

2006-01-17 Thread Monster
I am having intel 10/100 pro+ pci adapter (LAN CARD) and its not been detected by Red HAT - 9 nor with fedora and many of other linux versions its working perfect in windows what could be the possible solution for this plz describe in details . Its been detected by lspci command

[ilugd] KUDZU

2006-01-17 Thread Monster
How to start kudzu and what r the benefits of using it . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send ilugd mailing list submissions to ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd or, via email, send a message with

Re: [ilugd] ilugd Digest, Vol 34, Issue 26

2006-01-17 Thread Monster
How to start kudzu and what r the benefits of using it . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send ilugd mailing list submissions to ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd or, via email, send a message with

[ilugd] Fwd: [Debian-in-workers] Participation in LinuxAsia 2006

2006-01-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Hi, Soumyadip is looking for volunteers for manning the Debian stall at Linux-Asia. He asked in the debian-in mailing list, but has had no repsonses so far. He says that he will be running the stall only if he gets 3 volunteers in addition to himself. Please see the appended message for

[ilugd] C/C++ on Linux presentation

2006-01-17 Thread Tushar Shah
Hi, Can anyone point me to a link/send me presentation of C/C++ on linux given at Dec 05 ILUG-D meet (by supreet If I remember correctly :) ) Bye Tshah -- Somedays you're the dog, and some day's you're the hydrant ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] Intel lan card installation and detection

2006-01-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Monster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having intel 10/100 pro+ pci adapter (LAN CARD) and its not been detected by Red HAT - 9 nor with fedora and many of other linux versions its working perfect in windows what could be the possible solution for this plz describe in details .

Re: [ilugd] ilugd Digest, Vol 34, Issue 26

2006-01-17 Thread Gora Mohanty
Monster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to start kudzu and what r the benefits of using it . As root, do /sbin/chkconfig --add kudzu Depending on your version of chkconfig, the syntax might be slightly different. 'man chkconfig' for details. kudzu does some hardware detection and

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Saurabh Nanda
I am ready to shed my pockets for my emails, but i want someone real expert who can do it. Is anyone of you know a real linux recovery expert? Also, how much will he charge?? If e-mails (text only) is your primary concern I *think* the following solution might work: o You have run mke2fs on

Re: [ilugd] KUDZU

2006-01-17 Thread Manish Kathuria
Monster wrote: How to start kudzu and what r the benefits of using it . chkconfig kudzu on OR ntsysv ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] KUDZU

2006-01-17 Thread विवेक ऐय ्यर விவெக ஐய்யர் Vivek Iyyer
On 1/17/06, Monster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to start kudzu and what r the benefits of using it . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send ilugd mailing list submissions to ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]

2006-01-17 Thread Raj Shekhar
There are a gazillion ways to check your distro version - the easiest one being that the previous sysadmin or the box owner tells you. Sometimes that is not possible. /etc/issue.net is *one* of the ways to find the distribution - though not the only one. Cheers -- _.-,

Re: [ilugd] ext3 file format

2006-01-17 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nitin == Nitin Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nitin Hello, I am ready to shed my pockets for my emails, but i Nitin want someone real expert who can do it. Is anyone of you Nitin know a real linux recovery expert? Also, how much will he