On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, {USER_FIRSTNAME} {USER_LASTNAME} wrote:
> Dear Fellows,
Be aware that some of our fellows are women...
> On Friday ( my birthday) we suffered a complete system failure.
> We lost everything that was on the HD.
One hopes this wasn't a demonstration of why backups are good and
nothing irreplacable wasd lost.
> Could someone forward copies of the gateway posts from last week to
> me?
Can I point you to www.euglug.org where the list is achived?
> Also my Linux box says it sees the modem, but when I try to dial up
> the pppd fails to come up and the mouse freezes. Any ideas?
Switch consoles (from X ctrl-alt-F(1-6), if you're not using X
alt-F1-6) and check system logs for useful error messages
> Thirdly: does anyone have a 2 to 4 gig HD they want to get rid of?
> I accidently destroyed the 2 gig HD I had intended to put into a 486
> system.
For a 486 firewall you don't efen need a gigabyte.
> Someone said it was possible to run a firewall using only a floppy
> drive? Would you elucidate PLease?
www.freshmeat.org will have at least two distributions which'll
launch from a floppy. and need no hard drive,
--
Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can afford a Free OS)
Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia
