Linux-Misc Digest #71, Volume #26 Wed, 18 Oct 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux cdrecord DESPERATE!!! (Douglas E. Mitton)
Re: End-User Alternative to Windows (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: mounting to windows2000 drive?? (Eric)
Re: rh 7.0 iso files (Eric)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (SCHeckler)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Matthias Warkus)
Getting sound with i810 ("Dr. Jason J. Hogan-O'Neill")
Re: Intel 810 chipset problem (Ketil Klepsvik)
Lilo silly question. ("Lodo Nicolino")
Re: What is a good graphical mail client? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: What is a good graphical mail client? (Hugh Lawson)
Need Sound Advice, please. (Martin McCormick)
Re: Lilo silly question. (Eric)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Harry Lewis)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Harry Lewis)
Re: Please recommend a DHCP, DDNS & Netbios NameServer (NAVARRO LOPEZ)
Re: test (NAVARRO LOPEZ)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Subject: Re: Linux cdrecord DESPERATE!!!
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:20:54 GMT
Have you changed anything on your system since you last had several
successful CD burns? For instance have you updated your distribution
or kernel? What distribution are you using?
When I updated beyond kernel 2.2.13 I can no longer make reliable
burns. I am using a Creative 6424 drive.
On 17 Oct 2000 20:59:31 -0700, TTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
># cdrecord -version
>Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
>
>kernel 2.2.17 with SCSI emulation.
>
>HP 7200i drive
>
># hdparm -t -T /dev/hda
>
>/dev/hda:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.37 seconds = 93.43 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 12.77 seconds = 5.01 MB/sec
>
>All the suden I cant do one single good CD, even from a ISO image!!!
>
>Writing time: 2317.990s
>Fixating...
>cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
>CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
>Sense Bytes: F0 00 05 00 00 00 00 19 00 08 3A 02 2C 04 00 00
>Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
>Sense Code: 0x2C Qual 0x04 (current program area is empty) Fru 0x0
>Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid)
>cmd finished after 0.009s timeout 480s
>Fixating time: 0.059s
>cdrecord: Input/output error. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
>CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
>status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
>Sense Bytes: F0 00 05 00 00 00 00 19 00 08 39 E0 24 00 00 00
>Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
>Sense Code: 0x24 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in cdb) Fru 0x0
>Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid)
>cmd finished after 0.004s timeout 40s
>cdrecord: fifo had 21775 puts and 21775 gets.
>cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 21633 times full, min fill was 97%.
>
>Only the writer drive can read this semi-coasters!!!
>
>It is P-III 800 with 256Mb RAM.
>
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: End-User Alternative to Windows
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:28:49 -0400
Gardiner Family wrote:
> In theory, say if Microsoft made the DOS component of Windows totally 32bit and
> then slapped Windows (made totally 32bit) on top, would this result in a more
> stable OS, if so, why didn't MS do it? Just a question :)
>
> Matt
I think they intended to do that with the first release of NT. I suppose they
failed because of all the backwards compatability issures and the rush to release
the stuff before it was ready. Once they got into those bad habits, it was tough
to start over yet again and do it right. Their embedded base is so large that I
imagine they will never get another opportunity to get it right. I think their
corporate culture militates against doing it right, too. I had hoped Steve Ballmer
(sp.?) could turn that around, but I guess it is too low on his priority list.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 9:25am up 8 days, 15:03, 3 users, load average: 2.15, 2.13, 2.09
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting to windows2000 drive??
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:41:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> mounting to windows2000 drive??
>
> Does anyone know how to mount to a windows2000 drive??
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
DON'T DO THIS
I really hate it when people multi-post.
For my (other) respons, look in col.setup
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rh 7.0 iso files
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:43:25 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Carsten Huettl wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am going to download the rh 7.0 iso files for cd image.
> But I found there are
> 7.0-i386-disc1.iso
> in the current dir
> and
> 7.0-i386-respin-disc1.iso
> in the rh70 dir
> What are the right image files the discs?
> What is the right filesize (kb)?
>
> TIA
> C.
What is this, is everybody multiposting these days.
if you want to post your message in multiple NG's, setup a crosspost,
but DO NOT MULTIPOST
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SCHeckler)
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:50:05 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Heller wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Perrin),
> In a message on 17 Oct 2000 19:14:06 -0400, wrote :
>
>AJP> Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>AJP>
>AJP> > Roberto Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>AJP> > In a message on 16 Oct 2000 17:15:08 -0400, wrote :
>AJP> >
>AJP> > RT> >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>AJP> > RT>
>AJP> > RT> Jan> The most portable document format is PDF (Portable Document
>AJP> > RT> Jan> FOrmat - D'uh). RTF is not half as portable.
>AJP> > RT>
>AJP> > RT> Not to start a document format war, but isn't PDF a proprietary
>AJP> > RT> format? What about PS? I don't know if PS is proprietary, but it sure
>AJP> > RT> is *very* portable
>AJP> >
>AJP> > Except for MS-Windows boxes....
>AJP>
>AJP> gsview32 exists for windows and displays postscript fine.
>
>True, but *most* MS-Windows people don't know this.
So send them a PDF instead. The PDF will be much smaller anyway:
ps2pdf myfile.ps
will do the trick.
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Gregory Spath
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:39:54 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:26:40 +0100...
...and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You've misunderstood latex. LaTeX allows you to write a document without
> worrying about typesetting. You just say, "this is a new section",
> "emphasize this", etc etc. LaTeX typesets for you. With word, you have
> to do the typesetting yourself, such as 2 spaces after a full stop,
> underlining or emboldening titles, and section numbering by hand.
>
> The point about latex is that it does the typesetting for you, not the
> other way round (although you can force it to do what you want).
Actually, writing LaTeX code is a lot like typing a manuscript with
typesetting directives for submission to an old-fashioned print shop.
The LaTeX macro package is the funny old guy working at the Monotype
keypunch, and TeX is the other guy who does the layout with repro
film, wax paper and a razor. :)
For documents which are basically just a stream of text with
subdivisions, markup and floating elements, LaTeX is much more
advanced and much better suited than any other word processing or DTP
software I know. Documents which are not stream-oriented but instead
take the form of a plane inhabited by linked frames are hard to handle
with LaTeX, that kind of stuff is the job of a DTP program.
Classic word processing is out as it is hardly more than typing with a
huge, overfunctional typewriter. Of course, all the "friendly" LaTeX
front ends we've got are clumsy (don't get me started on LyX, a
valiant effort, but not good enough for someone who's used to using
all of LaTeX's power), which makes classic WPs look better
superficially. But the paradigm that any productive editing action
will immediately insert hard elements into the document which will
remain unchanged up to the printout is obsolete.
You'll notice that modern "word processors" are all moving towards
becoming DTP programs. MS Word, for example, is a monstrosity which is
very hard to qualify.
mawa
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From: "Dr. Jason J. Hogan-O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,,comp.os.linux.setup,,comp.os.linux.,answers
Subject: Getting sound with i810
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:05:48 +0300
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Does anyone know how to get sound working with the Intel i810? I am
running with the 2.2.17 kernel, XFree version 3.3.6 and am using Redhat
6.1
Many thanks in advance
Jason
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Helsinki University of Technology Fax: +358-9-451 3116
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<br>Does anyone know how to get sound working with the Intel i810? I am
running with the 2.2.17 kernel, XFree version 3.3.6 and am using Redhat
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<p>Many thanks in advance
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Subject: Re: Intel 810 chipset problem
From: Ketil Klepsvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Oct 2000 16:06:56 +0200
"Jonathan G. Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, I have _Not_ got my sound system working -- any ideas anyone?
>
I have installed "alsa-driver-0.5.9d.tar" on a i815 chipset. That
worked (exept for my mp3's playing at about 120% speed, givin it all a
bit smurfy feeling), and alsa claims that the same driver should work
on i810. And as both cards use the ac97 sound "system" I believe it
does.
I cannot remember the link to their page, but that should not be to
hard to find.
Sincerely
Ketil Klepsvik
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From: "Lodo Nicolino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo silly question.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:07:59 GMT
Hi i am Nico.
I have a linux box in my offices ( we support unix and would like to start
and have a look about linux) for tu study this O.S.
I have RedHat 6.2 and i want to add a second hard disk whit win98.
how have i to modify my lilo.conf for to have the chance to choose from
which
hdu i want to boot. (Sorry for my english)
Thanks in advance
Nico
--
E pensare che ti ho fatta studiare a Detroit
( Jonny Stecchino )
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Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,linux.debian.www
Subject: Re: What is a good graphical mail client?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Oct 2000 10:07:47 -0400
"Tom Huckstep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there such a thing as a decent graphical mail program for Linux,
> which supports POP3 and SMTP? I have spent all day looking through
> dselect for such a thing.
one problem is that under unix the mail is broken up into several
parts. basically there are three pieces
1) smtp client -- this program makes mail go out *from* your machine
2) smtp server -- this listens on port 25 for incomming connexions.
it also places incomming mail on some local file(s) where other
programs can find them.
3) mail user agent (MUA) -- this is your graphical mail program.
the problem with unix is that often one program doesn't do all these
things (well netscape can but doesn't have to).
in unix, a mail transport agent MTA like sendmail or qmail handles 1
and 2 (although they may well be seperate executables). the MTA is
hidden layer of daemons and typically doesn't directly interact with
users. you have to set up the MTA which can be a pain in the rear.
once you have the MTA set up, the choice of mail user agent -- your
graphical mail program -- is wider. all unix MUAs can read a unix
mailbox.
here is what i have ---
i have fetchmail pull mail from my isp pop3 server (qmail).
then fetchmail stuffs it into my local smtp server (qmail-smtpd and
friends). the smtp server puts it in my mailbox (Maildir).
i can read my mail from the mailbox using mutt. i have since switched
to emacs/gnus but this might not be for everyone.
to send, mutt gives it to the smtp client (qmail-inject and
qmail-send) which delivers (and queues and re-tries until it can)
straight to the destination (i.e., without relaying through my isp).
> I would like a simple interface which will let me save messages in an
> outbox, to be sent when I connect to the internet via my modem. I
> have tried both balsa and spruce, but both seem to be very early in
> development, and I can't get either to work with any degree of
> success.
i think mutt is about as good as it gets, but it is not "graphical".
> Emacs doesn't seem to offer any easily configured mail
> clients either.
i like gnus. it can do pop3 fetching and it can do its own smtp
sending. you are correct; it isn't easily configured.
> I don't want to have to go through exim or sendmail,
> but straight to my ISP's server.
why don't you want to go through exim or sendmail? windows avoids it
because windows (9x) isn't capable of running background daemons well.
> Ashamed as I am to admit it, Outlook Express does nearly all that I
> want. POP3 and STMP, easy folder management, along with an outbox for
> saving messages when offline, and a sent items folder. (The search
> facility is also excellent).
and then outlook gives you the virus of the month.
> If you use a program that has these features, or know of one, please
> let me know. (I will also be happy to use a text-based one, if it is
> any good).
i recommend mutt.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Lawson)
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,linux.debian.www
Subject: Re: What is a good graphical mail client?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 14:34:45 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johan Kullstam wrote:
>i like gnus. it can do pop3 fetching and it can do its own smtp
>sending. you are correct; it isn't easily configured.
Thanks for the overview, Johan. I'm pulling out one snippet just for a
question. Does this mean that gnus, configured properly, needs no
fetchmail and no sendmail (or sendmail-like) programs? That it can pick
up its own mail from an isp, and send it out as the netscape mail program
seems to to?? (please correct any misunderstandings I have embedded in
this question..)
--
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Need Sound Advice, please.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin McCormick)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:01:56 GMT
I have been working to set up sound on a Dell Dimension 266-MHZ
Pentium2 with Yamaha OPL3-SA2 chip set.
The Linux sound HOWTO has some crude tests that one can try to
play and record sound using cat and /dev/audio or /dev/dsp. They
almost work perfectly except for the following nasty little problem:
The sample rate seems to be locked solidly on 8 KHZ. I can
cat a .wav file in to /dev/dsp and it sounds clear as a bell except
that it was recorded at the original .wav sample rate of about 11.25
KHZ so it sounds like a 45-RPM phonograph record being plaid back at
33-and-1/3. In other words, the speed is about 2/3 of what it should
be although everything else about it sounds fine.
I first thought this was due to not having a proper .wav
player.
I installed sox from the Linux distribution disk I bought last
year and it seems to run correctly. I can even use the reverse feature
in sox and hear my slowed-down sample backwards. No matter what rate
I give to sox, the sample rate is still 8KHZ.
I think I may have found one possible problem. When I
configured the kernel, I told it about the Yamaha sound card as that
is one of the ones that is supported. The dmesg output is happy with
that and says it passed initialization. Dmesg also identifies it as a
Microsoft Sound system or MSS. Originally, I answered no to the MSS
in the kernel config script so that may be why I can't seem to change
the sample rate. Am I right?
What does actually control the timer that controls the sample
rate?
Some sound documentation mentions /dev/audio while others
mention /dev/dsp. It seems that /dev/dsp is raw PCM while /dev/audio
is digital audio, all right, but expecting one of the piece-wise
logarithmic data streams such as MU-law or A-law encoding. If you
feed WAV or data captured from /dev/dsp in to /dev/audio, the sound is
atrociously distorted and still at the 8KHZ sample rate.
I tried /dev/dsp1 and got an error saying that the operation
was not supported.
Are all these UNIX audio devices standard? This is Debian
Linux. Would a Red Hat system have the same-named devices with the
same functions?
The HOWTO's are excellent, but I am interested eventually in
trying to write some audio applications, myself.
Finally, on the sample rate, Is this rate a large number that
is written to some programmable counter somewhere? Is it essentially
continuously variable so that I could adjust for speed errors in
recordings that have them?
This is probably enough questions for now, but I didn't see
anything obvious in the documentation which is otherwise a real
treasure trove. I am definitely not griping.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Data Communications Group
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo silly question.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:44:07 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lodo Nicolino wrote:
>
> Hi i am Nico.
> I have a linux box in my offices ( we support unix and would like to start
> and have a look about linux) for tu study this O.S.
> I have RedHat 6.2 and i want to add a second hard disk whit win98.
> how have i to modify my lilo.conf for to have the chance to choose from
> which
> hdu i want to boot. (Sorry for my english)
> Thanks in advance
> Nico
>
> --
> E pensare che ti ho fatta studiare a Detroit
> ( Jonny Stecchino )
This depends a bit on how you got win98 on this second HDD.
I assume you installed this in another machine and disconnected it from
there and then put it in your linux machine. Then there's not much
hassle. Connect it as hdb (that is slave disc on the primary controller)
and in lilo.conf add the following lines:
other=/dev/hdb
label=win98
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
table=/dev/hdb
Now rerun /sbin/lilo and reboot. win98 is now an option at the lilo
prompt, and choosing it will start windows 98
Eric
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:48:54 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brian Langenberger wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> : If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
>
> : If all you have is a typesetting program, everything looks like a
> : typesetting problem.
>
> And if all you have is a word processor, everything looks like a
> page layout problem.
Exactly - what you need is the right tool for the job! (Believe me, I
know, as I was once asked to implement a workflow-like system using Word
and VBA!)
However, a word processor *should* focus on content, with facilities for
outlining, merging documents into complex documents, creating tables of
contents and indexes etc.
> : Problem is, everything isn't a typesetting problem. Typesetting is the
> : business of printers. Word processing is what users do.
>
> Typesetting is TeX's problem. Picking the right fonts and margins
> and page numbers is LaTeX's problem. Generating content is the user's
> problem.
>
> Word processors are nice for quick and ugly disposable documents,
> but don't expect me to write anything of value with one.
The value is in the content - a good word processor should provide you
with facilities for managing content.
Harry
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:51:52 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2:1 wrote:
>
> Harry Lewis wrote:
> >
> > Grant Edwards wrote:
> > >
> > > In article <8seufm$c7d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MH wrote:
> > >
> > > >Latex is fine. But try to give this to an experienced user of Word and it's
> > > >not going to happen in this life time.
> > >
> > > Wow. Word must be far worse than I had initially thoought if using it
> > > causes so much brain damage that it renders the user incapable of learning
> > > simple tasks with even a lifetime to do so.
> > >
> > > Learning to use LaTeX is certainly no more difficult than learning to use
> > > Word. Provided with a set of LaTeX templates, I've seen people with no
> > > typesetting or programming experience whatsoever producing within a day
> > > documents that looked like they were professionally typeset. You can spend
> > > the rest of your life plus most of the next one futzing with Word and will
> > > never end up with anything that wouldn't make a discerning reader gag.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Grant Edwards grante Yow! My mind is making
> > > at ashtrays in Dayton...
> > > visi.com
> >
> > If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
> >
> > If all you have is a typesetting program, everything looks like a
> > typesetting problem.
> >
> > Problem is, everything isn't a typesetting problem. Typesetting is the
> > business of printers. Word processing is what users do.
> >
> > Harry
>
> You've misunderstood latex. LaTeX allows you to write a document without
> worrying about typesetting. You just say, "this is a new section",
> "emphasize this", etc etc. LaTeX typesets for you. With word, you have
> to do the typesetting yourself, such as 2 spaces after a full stop,
> underlining or emboldening titles, and section numbering by hand.
>
> The point about latex is that it does the typesetting for you, not the
> other way round (although you can force it to do what you want).
>
> I as a user prefer not to have to worry about typesetting, so I use
> LaTeX/TeX. I also prefer the much higher quality output.
>
> So your right, not everything is a typesetting problem, which is why the
> task of seting type (what must be done in order to print the thing in
> any system) is best left to a computer program.
>
> -Ed
>
> --
> Konrad Zuse should recognised. He built the first | Edward Rosten
> binary digital computer (Z1, with floating point) the | Engineer
> first general purpose computer (the Z3) and the first | u98ejr@
> commercial one (Z4). | eng.ox.ac.uk
I agree with what you say, but my point is that, these days, using a
computer for word processing is all about content management. A good
word processor will provide you with better facilities for this than a
program that evolved from a typesetting tool.
Harry
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From: NAVARRO LOPEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please recommend a DHCP, DDNS & Netbios NameServer
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:23:56 +0200
Paul wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am the Unix administrator for a Council that uses Windows NT4 servers for
> File and Print services to around 5000 PCs across a WAN.
>
> We are looking to setup a number of DHCP servers (which all talk to each
> other and share reservations and also lease details), we would like to have
> these DHCP servers talking to a Dynamic DNS (Bind 8). A friend of mine
> suggested using Linux to do this, however I need someone to let me know what
> products would do this for me.
>
Hmmm... does mean I probably don't understand how DHCP works at all...
To my knowledge, DHCP clients simply broadcast a request and the first
server answering give a lease to the client: it's the first time I hear
about DHCP servers "which all talk to each other and share reservations
and also lease details" (I'm not saying this is not a good feature,
indeed I think that such a thing should be very good for redundancy
purpouses, but *really* is the first time I hear such a beast is indeed
implemented. Could you expand a bit on it?).
> NT4 servers commonly find each other by means of a WINS server which is just
> a NetBios nameserver that Microsoft have corrupted. Is it possible to find
> a Linux product that does this?? I think Samba may offer this but I would
> like that confirmed.
Yes it does.
>
> I am currently using RedHat Linux mainly becuase I had a copy of the
> distribution, is this the best Linux to use??
>
Neither better nor worse than any other. I do use RH for these
purpouses (among others), but I feel it would be just the same with
Debian or any other.
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Jes�s
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From: NAVARRO LOPEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: test
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:36:51 +0200
"G�rek" wrote:
>
> test,too
Well...
Test three
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SALUD,
Jes�s
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