Linux-Networking Digest #679, Volume #9 Sat, 26 Dec 98 02:13:42 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux: ppp connection to Earthlink? (Mark Swanicke)
Re: What restricts incoming telnet connections? ("Michael J. Saletnik")
DEC 21040 problems under RedHat 5.2 (David Rounds)
Re: Setting up SendMail for Lan at home ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Pop3 problem ("Charles Stack")
PLIP: homepage ? NT driver ? (Eric Trimmer)
Re: POP3 email question (Mario R Ginglass)
Re: redhat advice (Jeff Iverson)
UPDATE: NetGear PCI card and MediaOne (Nicholas Barry)
Re: IP masquerading... (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Where to get diald? (Stuart R. Fuller)
dial-in problem (no answer) (Jean-Francois Bigras)
Re: Realtek RTL8029 Ethernet Adapter Driver for Linux. (Andy Calcraft)
Re: Samba and WinNT - HELP! (Paul Sery)
Network Booting, NICs ("Mike")
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From: Mark Swanicke <mark_53**xspm**@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Linux: ppp connection to Earthlink?
Date: 25 Dec 1998 19:32:15 PST
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Gernot Koch wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>I can't connect to Earthlink ISP on Linux. The modem dials and gets
a
<br>connection, but PAP-authorization doesn't happen. Is anybody out there
<br>who has a working dial-up connection to Earthlink and who could provide
<br>me with example script files? Please send a carbon copy of your answer
<br>to me directly.
<p>Thnx,
<br>Gernot</blockquote>
You may want to switch to <font color="#3366FF"><font size=+2>Concentric
Network</font></font>. They are much more reliable. ;-)</html>
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From: "Michael J. Saletnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What restricts incoming telnet connections?
Date: 25 Dec 1998 21:55:33 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Carver) writes:
> Nope. Doesn't work. Two Red Hat 5.2 boxes with identical
> /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files. I can telnet into one but
> not the other. It doesn't make any difference whether /etc/hosts.*
Make sure that:
Your shell, as defined in /etc/passwd (or the NIS passwd map),
exists and is executable.
Your shell, as defined in /etc/passwd (or the NIS passwd map), is
listed in /etc/shells.
-Michael
--
Michael J. Saletnik, PE Tufts E'91 G'93 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Software Engineer, Thomson Financial Services
Registered Professional Structural Engineer
AIM: msaletni, ICQ: 24238794, www.tiac.net/users/icarus
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From: David Rounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DEC 21040 problems under RedHat 5.2
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 22:58:28 -0500
Hello,
I am new to Linux and am trying to set up a Linux box with 2 ethernet
cards. The second interface (eth1) is an Asante card that uses the DEC
21040 chip. I added this card (tulip) to the kernel module list and
configured it to use DHCP. When the machine boots it configures eth0
correctly and appears to load the module for eth1, (tulip.c (5/23/98)
and identifies the card as a Digital DC21041 tulip @ 0x6100 21041
mode. Although this is not the exact model number it seems
reasonable. It then prints 3 lines 'Media Verification at 30 default
media 0000 (10baseT)' and announces it is using DHCP. After some period
of time it appears to time out and reports a failure and goes on with
the boot.
I believe that the driver is not being loaded correctly because the the
link diodes only flash briefly but do not stay on. Am I missing some
obvious configuration step or is there a known problem with this type of
card? This ethernet card works in another machine running Win98, the
cables are good and the other side is speaking DHCP correctly. Any
advise?
Thanks for any help.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Setting up SendMail for Lan at home
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:04:51 GMT
I noticed you mentioned pop/smtp as your desired protocols. I'll get you
started on this...but it is a rather large and involved topic (to really know
it, you're gonna need to purchase a couple of books, including "Sendmail"
from O'Reilly). For an office lan type situation (or any situation for that
matter), I would highly recommend using IMAP4 instead of POP3. IMAP,
although it has some issues with standardization, etc, is far superior, and
allows server side mail folder storage, etc. There are a couple of free
IMAP4 server implementations out right now. As a matter of fact, one of them
(imap-4.4-2) is on your RH 5.2 CD. For the most part, though, it is not very
good. I have yet to be able to keep a real production quality mail system
using this server. I would suggest using the Cyrus IMAP Server (which is
downloadable and free) which you can obtain from
http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/cyrus. It is VERY stable and is perfect for a
very small OR very large implementation. It is easy to maintain and
administer, and gives your users some very nice features. In addition, it
also is HIGHLY customizable and can use kerberos, /etc/passwd, etc. It is
supported by sendmail 8.7 and higher, and supports mail quotas for individual
users. You can customize it very much when you build the system. This is
how you should start your endeavor:
1) If needed, download and read the electronic mail HOWTO. 2) Get
documentation on sendmail (because you will need to use M4 to "recompile"
your sendmail configuration files, and this is not super easy, although it is
not as hard as some newbies imagine). As I mentioned above, its almost a
MUST to get your hands on the 3rd edition of the book 'Sendmail'.
Alternatively, you could gather as much as you can from the internet, and
then read the docs for the cyrus server. 3) Visit
http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/cyrus and download the source for cyrus imap
server and get all the docs on how to build, install, and configure (they are
very straightforward). 4) Build, install, and configure cyrus as shown in the
docs. This will include running a sendmail config file through M4 to get a
new sendmail.cf that will send mail on the mail server to the cyrus server,
etc. This will also include editing you /etc/services file (if needed) and
your /etc/inetd.conf file to ensure that the new cyrus server is spawned when
an imap request comes in. 5) Configure Cyrus IMAP for your system, and add
the users. 6) Test. 7) Roll out your new email system to be used from ANY
client that has imap support, which includes Outlook Express, Netscape mail,
and many, many others on a multitude of platforms (all *nix, Mac, OS/2, Win
3.1/95/98/NT, etc).
I think you will be pleased with the results. Not only will this be a great
setup for your lan, but if you get the lan connected to the internet, it will
work great for that as well.
Good luck, and I hope some of this will be useful to you.
Bill~
In article <75umss$26u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to set up a mailserver for my Lan at home
> I have a i486/33 with RedHat 5.2 and I've installed Sendmail and pretty much
> everything else right out of the box. I've setup all the NIC's and all the
> computors on the net can ping all the other computors.
>
> I'm pretty new to linux and I have never used sendmail before so here
> goes...
> Can anybody tell me what I have to do (with files to change and how) to get
> this setup to work so that I can send e-mail between my Windbows computors
> on the Lan using M$ Outlook or something like that (POP/SMTP)
>
> TIA/Jonas
>
>
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From: "Charles Stack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pop3 problem
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 23:28:22 -0500
My client workstation runs CRT 2.3 for Windows as a Telnet client. It works
fine with my POP3 server (a RH 5.2 box...naturally). I telnet in to my
services to verify that I am actually reaching them and to verify that they
are working properly. Additionally, it also makes a great learning tool.
But, I agree with you that in the course of day to day activity....no one
uses telnet to chat with their POP3 (or SMTP servers).
Charles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Trimmer)
Subject: PLIP: homepage ? NT driver ?
Date: 26 Dec 1998 04:18:19 GMT
Is plip strictly a Linux and/or MSDOS networking protocol ? I would like to
connect an NT machine to my Linux system and I have no more available slots
to add a network card. Is PLIP available for NT ? Better yet; is there a
webpage for PLIP question and answers ?
Thanks,+
--
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Eric Trimmer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
of Web Address: http://et.trimmer.org
et.trimmer.org
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From: Mario R Ginglass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: POP3 email question
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 20:27:27 -0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
news.netway.at wrote:
> Do a ps ax and look for popper or something like that to make sure the
> daemon is running
> Jackel! schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I just installed a linux 4.1 or 2 system following standard
> >installation guide. Every thing works except pop3 email. I can telnet
> >to the box and send and receive emails from users on the box. However,
> >all attempts to use things like netscape to retrieve my email failed so
> >far:
> >
> >1) When I telnet to localhost port 110, I get discounnected after a few
> >seconds.
> >
> >2) When I do netstat I DONT see any pop3 listening
> >
> >Yes, the inetd is running and pop3 is not commented in the
> >/etc/inetd.conf
> >
> >Any ideas????? Please help...
> >
> >Sams,
Is pop3 in the /etc/services ?
There is an server in /sbin/ or /usr/sbin like in.pop3d ?
If everything ok try to uncomment imapd...
[ ]'s Mario
Ps.: Sorry for my english...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Iverson)
Subject: Re: redhat advice
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:53:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here are some suggestions:
The Linux Internet Server
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558285458/iversonsoftwarecA
Linux Web Server Toolkit
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764531670/iversonsoftwarecA
Red Hat Linux Unleashed
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067231410X/iversonsoftwarecA
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:35:39 GMT, "Clay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Looking for advice on RedHat 5.1 specific books. I have the book "Linux,
>The Complete Reference, 6th Edition", however I would prefer to have a book
>that is RedHat specific and preferable covers as much about the topics I
>have listed below.
>
>Here is what I would like to do the Linux, should you have any other
>suggestions on any books.
>
>1. DHCP server
>2. HTTP server
>3. FTP server
>4. SAMBA server for Win95 and/or Win98 clients
>5. Mail server
>6. IP Masq for PPP(dialup) internet connection
>7. Database server for Window clients, so far thoughts on this are Sybase or
>mSQL (won't be doing this anytime soon though)
>
>Please note that everything above is for in-house and not for Internet use
>(except for the IP Masq).
>
>Is there a better choice than RedHat for the topics listed above??
>
>
>Thanks,
>Clay
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
Kind Regards,
Jeff Iverson
--
Iverson Software Co. 507-235-9209 - voice
418 N. State St. #7 507-235-8835 - fax
Fairmont MN 56001 http://www.iversonsoftware.com/
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From: Nicholas Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPDATE: NetGear PCI card and MediaOne
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 05:00:29 +0000
Well, I'm pathetic, since I'm posting this info on Christmas night, but
here goes anyway.
As some of you may know, I was having a little trouble getting my
Netgear FA-310TX PCI ethernet card working under linux while it was
working just fine under Winblows. I tried 3 different versions of the
tulip.c driver and I had fully confirmed that this was a genuine DEC
Tulip card (not a newer knockoff). I finally concluded that the problem
most likely came from my SCSI card (a Future Domain TMC-3260, aka the
Adaptec AHA-2920).
I sucked it up and purchased an Adaptec AHA-2940U and placed it in my
machine last night. Viola! With the change of the SCSI card the
ethernet card came to life. DHCP finally started working right out of
the box (I fully re-installed RedHat) and there were no more errors of
this type:
ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS (ifConfig): Resource temporarily unavailable
And to boot, I could connect my second SCSI hard drive without LILO
puking on me.
The problem with the ethernet card conflict was that apparently the
TMC-3260 can have conflicts with other PCI cards, and in particular,
ethercards. The LILO problem was from the fact that the TMC-3260
assigns drive priority not by low ID to high ID (as the rest of the
world works), but the other way 'round. LILO was looking for /dev/sda,
but the Future Domain card was giving /dev/sdb as the "boot" drive,
causing LILO to hang. Now that I've switched cards, things are working
like a charm.
I would like to thank all of those that helped me. I apologize for not
remembering all of your names since my emails are on my Windoze
partition and I'm (happily) working under Linux right now. But anyway,
the moral of the story is: stay away from the Future Domain
TMC-3260/Adaptec AHA-2920 if you have the ethercard that I do or if you
have more than one SCSI hard drive.
nick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: IP masquerading...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:58:48 GMT
sh0gun_fu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: ok I'm very new to linux, when i recompile my kernel for IP MASQ how do i
: set it up? any answers and or help will be greatly appreciated, thank you
:
http://www.tor.shaw.wave.ca/~ambrose/
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Where to get diald?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:58:48 GMT
Bob ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Where do I get diald?
:
: The diald home page at http://www.loonie.net/~eschenk/diald.html
: doesn't seem to be working.
I just connected to it. Whatever it was must have been a temporary condition.
Stu
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From: Jean-Francois Bigras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: dial-in problem (no answer)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 05:45:56 +0000
I have a modem on cua3 and it is work fine for dial-up, but I'm unable
to receive call. These are my configuration files use with
getty_ps-2.0.7j.
Thanks for help.
J-F B.
=======================================================================
# /etc/inittab
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have
networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6
# Things to run in every runlevel.
ud::once:/sbin/update
# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting
Down"
pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown
Cancelled"
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon
s3:2345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty ttyS3 57600
=============================================================================
# /etc/gettydefs
# Format: <speed># <init flags> # <final flags> #<login
string>#<next-speed>
#
# Virtual Console entry
VC# B9600 SANE CLOCAL # B9600 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL #@S login: #VC
# 38400 fixed baud Dumb Terminal entry
DT38400# B38400 CS8 CLOCAL CRTSCTS # B38400 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL CRTSCTS
#@S login: #DT38400
# 19200 fixed baud Dumb Terminal entry
DT19200# B19200 CS8 CLOCAL # B19200 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL #@S login:
#DT19200
# 9600 baud Dumb Terminal entry
DT9600# B9600 CS8 CLOCAL # B9600 SANE -ISTRIP CLOCAL #@S login: #DT9600
# 230400 fixed-baud modem entry
F230400# B230400 CS8 CRTSCTS # B230400 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #F230400
# 115200 fixed-baud modem entry
F115200# B115200 CS8 CRTSCTS # B115200 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #F115200
# 57600 fixed-baud modem entry
F57600# B57600 CS8 CRTSCTS # B57600 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #F57600
# 38400 fixed-baud modem entry
F38400# B38400 CS8 CRTSCTS # B38400 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #F38400
# 19200 fixed-baud modem entry
F19200# B19200 CS8 CRTSCTS # B19200 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #F19200
# 9600 fixed-baud modem entry
F9600# B9600 CS8 CRTSCTS # B9600 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#F9600
# 2400 fixed-baud modem entry
F2400# B2400 CS8 CRTSCTS # B2400 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#F2400
# 230400 autobauding Modem entry with hard flow control
230400# B230400 CS8 CRTSCTS # B230400 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #115200
115200# B115200 CS8 CRTSCTS # B115200 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S
login: #57600
57600# B57600 CS8 CRTSCTS # B57600 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#38400
38400# B38400 CS8 CRTSCTS # B38400 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#19200
19200# B19200 CS8 CRTSCTS # B19200 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#9600
9600# B9600 CS8 CRTSCTS # B9600 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#2400
2400# B2400 CS8 CRTSCTS # B2400 SANE -ISTRIP HUPCL CRTSCTS #@S login:
#230400
====================================================================================
# /etc/default/uugetty.ttyS3
#
INITLINE=cua3
TIMEOUT=60
INIT="" \d+++\dAT\r OK\r\n ATH0\r OK\r\n AT\sM0\sE1\sQ0\sV1\sX4\sS0=0\r
OK\r\n
WAITFOR=RING
# format: <expect> <send> ... (chat sequence)
CONNECT="" ATA\r CONNECT\s\A
DELAY=1
================================================================================
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From: Andy Calcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8029 Ethernet Adapter Driver for Linux.
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:08:37 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought I had this problem. I found that, using Slackware 3.5, all I needed
to do was compile the kernel with NE2000 allwed and all was well. (The card
gets probed at boot time)
Maybe ne2k-pci would work as well but I did not try that since I was indending
to switch cards to an old ISA NE2000 but thought it was worth a try.
Allen Edwards wrote:
> For PCI card you can use "ne2k-pci" but "ne2000" is said to work as well.
> Assuming you are using RedHat 5.2. Here is what I did. PCI card with
> RTL8029 chip. Set IRQ to 12 in the boot bios (hit Delete during re-boot)
> You see what card slot the card is in and force that slot to IRQ=12. Then
> everything worked fine. By the way, I forced the IRQ because I had so many
> cards I needed the two network cards to share IRQ 12 and this is the way I
> did that. Anyway, if you need to enter irq and io addresses, I think I
> already sent a message on that, os you must not be asking that and I will
> not repeat myself.
>
> Good luck,
> Allen
>
> GENIN wrote:
>
> > Karl Gray wrote:
> > >
> > > I use the default Ne2000 Driver No probs.
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > OK, but NE2000 configuration needs IO addresses and IRQ numbers to be
> > known. How can I get them from the console, possibly not opening the box
> > of the computer ? I thought NE2000 to be an ISA board and Realtek
> > RTL8029 a PCI one. Am I wrong ?
> >
> > Jacques GENIN
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
===========================================
Andy Calcraft
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Petrophysical and Geological Consultant
Railway Modeller to 2mm scale (1:152)
Tel: 07 3870 1640 (Australia)
Fax: 07 3371 5700
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Sery)
Subject: Re: Samba and WinNT - HELP!
Date: 26 Dec 1998 04:38:55 GMT
WinNT, Win98 and - I believe - the newest versions of 95 all use
password encryption. You can readily enable Samba to work with
encrypted passwords by using the newer versions of Samba (1.9.18).
You will need to modify two lines in the smb.conf file and create
a smbpasswd file. The detailed intstructions can be found in the
ENCRYPTION.txt, WinNT.txt, Win98.txt and other files that come
with the Samba RPM. You can find further instructions at my web
site (www.swcp.com/~pgsery/LNTK) in the README.samba, README.win98,
README.nt files. (Btw, you mostly likely are able to access your
printer because it does not require authentication.)
Good luck!
Cliff Etzel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have the following setup:
: Linux server running RedHat 5.1, Workstation is dual boot RedHat 5.2 and Winnt
: w/ SP4
: Problem: Under NT, I browse the Network neighborhood - I can initially see
: the server listed, but when I go to either map the drives, or explore the
: server from explorer, I get the following error message:
: \\SERVER(Name of Machine)is not accessible
: The network path was not found
: I have the book "Linux Network Toolkit", which has been a great resource, but
: it uses Win95 as the client machine, and I am running NT, so many of the
: things relating to the windows side is not relevent.
: I can connect with my RedHat partition, print via network printing and browse
: the local server for the web development that I do, so I know my IP network is
: running.
: Any Ideas?
: TIA
: Cliff Etzel
: ClifCom
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network Booting, NICs
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 02:02:58 -0500
I was recently doing some work for a company that had an odd workstation
setup. The computer's were running without a hard disk, I was told they
ysed a "network boot". Apparently they boot off of a network drive and load
all essential components into the system memory, thus removing the need for
a hdd. Anyone have the slightest idea how to implement this? The company
was using Netware and I would like to implement it on a couple of RedHat
workstations that I use. Also, what's the best NIC to use?
_ph-
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"Software is like sex; it's better when it's free." - Linus Torvalds
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