Re: [Linux-users] Thunderbird portable, getting rid of header info

[Hadley Rich]

On 15/12/16 14:26, Nick Rout wrote:

I am an AA member and every email from them has an unsubscribe button.


I would hazard a guess that Trade Me and the Green Party also have 
working unsubscribe functionality. Any NZ organisation which doesn't is 
breaking the Anti-Spam law and should be made aware of it.


https://www.dia.govt.nz/Services-Anti-Spam-Index

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Re: [Linux-users] modem recommendations - VoIP on 2talk

[Hadley Rich]

On 18/04/16 10:45, Robert Fisher wrote:

Try Hadley at Nicegear.co.nz 

I am not sure that he is on this list but he is definitely on the MythTV
mailing list.


Thanks!

Curiously, I would recommend a Draytek 120 as they are good little 
modems if you're just looking for basic DSL connectivity. Very useful 
for handing off PPPoE to another router such as Linux etc.


Not sure why it wouldn't have worked for you before.

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Re: [Linux-users] Data cable

[Hadley Rich]

On 06/03/16 17:32, Ross Drummond wrote:

I am trying to avoid cable spaghetti under desks and in cabinets. You
suggestion that the most economic solution is to buy patch leads and
chop them to length sounds good to me.


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Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, , recommendations

[Hadley Rich]

On 28/07/15 08:39, steve wrote:

and now Cyanogen's gone all corporate,


I'm guessing you're talking about Cyanogen OS, not the 
same-as-it-always-was Cyanogenmod.


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Re: [Linux-users] anyone on Voda ADSL?

[Hadley Rich]

On 30/09/14 12:46, Steve Holdoway wrote:

Might do if I could get on it. The problem is*only*  http traffic
afaict. https is no problem, not is ssh...


Telecom have some sort of proxy that plays up some times, perhaps 
Vodafone too. Try a VPN as you suggested or ssh -D  somehost and set 
up your browser to use localhost:333 SOCKS to see if that fixes it.


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Re: [Linux-users] Advice wanted re hosting

[Hadley Rich]

On 16/06/13 18:01, Andrew Packer wrote:

What firms would you suggest we contact for domain registration and for
hosting?


Another couple to add to the list.

Domain registration; metaname.net - run by a Christchurch person. Also 
iwantmyname.co.nz is another alternative.


Hosting; sitehost.co.nz - in Auckland rather than Christchurch but very 
good.


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Re: [Linux-users] M/B suggestions?

[Hadley Rich]

On 04/06/13 14:11, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

On Tue 04 Jun 2013 13:39:00 NZST +1200, C. Falconer wrote:


I definitely have 2x 1920x1080 running here on a Nvidia 610 with the
nouveau driver, so it can do decent resolution.

Much improvement since my last experiments then - good to see.


I've had nouveau running at 2560x1440 so it definitely does support 
large resolutions these days.


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Re: [Linux-users] Usb/serial adapter

[Hadley Rich]

On 17/01/13 11:15, Andre Renaud wrote:

I've always been amazed at the lack of decent comms software on Linux
compared to the wondrous offerings that have been available on Windows.
Picocom is a nice alternative - slightly easier than cu, but still
essentially
'raw' with nothing between you and the serial port. Putty is quite nice
if you want something graphical without having to remember all the
keyboard shortcuts.


I use either screen or gtkterm myself.

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Re: [Linux-users] Linux Conf in Canberra

[Hadley Rich]

On 14/01/13 14:08, Malcolm Locke wrote:

Yep, I'm going.  Am flying in to Sydney a few days early for work, so
I'll probably see you there.  I'm staying at John XXIII.


After a couple of year absence I'll be there again. Driving down from 
Sydney.


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Re: [Linux-users] Vodaphone T stick

[Hadley Rich]

On 26/10/12 15:05, Nick Rout wrote:

G I have a router that Hadley kindly supplied post quake that can
take a white 2 degrees usb modem to supply internet for the whole
office when your normal wan is down. Very useful it was when the
phones and adsl were unavailable.

Last weekend we moved back into the city and knowing we would be
without adsl for a couple of days while telstra shifted us, I looked
for the white 2 degrees stick. Couldn't find the bloody thing so went
out and bought one of the black ones, which is twice the speed.
Bugger, it didn't work in that router, so had to find a white one,
which 2 branches of whorehouse stationery didn't have, ended up at the
two degrees store in riccarton mall to get the white one.


Hi Nick,

Bugger. The support (in the routers at least) really is dependant on the 
model, of which there are a lot!


Do you know what the model of the black 2 Degrees one is? I must check 
to see what it is compatible with.


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Re: [Linux-users] Internal speakers stopped working

[Hadley Rich]

On 25/05/12 19:28, Christopher Sawtell wrote:

The mute button to the immediate right of the ESC key on a ThinkPad is
NOT a toggle.


Depends on the hardware/software, on the T400 it is a toggle.

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Re: [Linux-users] Atheros wifi not working

[Hadley Rich]

On 16/05/12 14:49, Jim Cheetham wrote:

Is there a hardware or BIOS switch that controls the wifi? I've seen
really weird behaviour from some devices that have a hardware cutoff;
some remove the entire device from the OS view, others just cause it
to fail ... which sounds a bit like your problem.


Those hidden little switches are always catching me out.

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Re: [Linux-users] Non-evil smartphones

[Hadley Rich]

On 07/05/12 09:10, Aidan Gauland wrote:

The N900 keeps popping up.  It must have been really amazing.


It was okay, a little bulky and not fantastic in terms of usability, the 
main thing people liked about it was that it ran real linux (rather 
than Android), there were still closed source parts though.


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Re: [Linux-users] mounting a LVM image file

[Hadley Rich]

On 10/04/12 17:17, Nick Rout wrote:

The problem is that if you lose one disk you lose the lot.  Everything.


Only if the volumes span multiple disks of course. There are other valid 
reasons for using LVM :)


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Re: [Linux-users] Freeze on wake

[Hadley Rich]

On 02/04/12 22:29, Aidan Gauland wrote:

OK, Xfce doesn't seem to do anything differently to avoid the problem.


Not that surprising, it's just a desktop environment. I'd imagine 
suspend issues are more low level, a driver being unloaded or not 
unloaded when it should or something.


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Re: [Linux-users] WD-TV Live + Linux NAS / server.

[Hadley Rich]

On 01/04/12 19:51, Chris Hellyar wrote:

Ay, I had a play with xbmc and it is nice.

The two flaws in the plan would be no hdmi on our TV a this stage and I
couldn't be bothered with the hassle of building up a quiet PC to put it
on.

Next time round me thinks, no moving parts in a small black box wins the
day for the moment.


We use a couple of these;

http://global.shuttle.com/news/productsDetail?productId=1488

Got them out of the US as they were half the price of the NZ distributor 
landed.


XBMC is meant to run on the Raspberry Pi and the Apple TV (2) too if you 
wanted to go that way.


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Re: [Linux-users] WD-TV Live + Linux NAS / server.

[Hadley Rich]

On 02/04/12 12:41, Phill Coxon wrote:

Boxee certainly isn't without its faults but is the best retail media
player (by far) that I've personally tried.


Just as a point of interest, Boxee is a commercial fork of XBMC.

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Re: [Linux-users] UEFI v Coreboot

[Hadley Rich]

On 20/03/12 13:48, C. Falconer wrote:

Errr - are we reading the same list?   I see a lot of ancient slot 1
boards and a smattering of old AMD things like socketF and 939.


Yes, appears to be a bunch of old now-worthless boards.

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Re: [Linux-users] A new acronym to hate: UEFI

[Hadley Rich]

On 19/03/12 11:41, Ross Drummond wrote:

This is where UEFI lives. On no account should you blow away this partition
witout knowing exactley what you are doing. Romoving this partition will most
likely brick your computer


What? If that were the case it would also mean that you can't swap the 
disk out.


Do you perhaps just mean that Windows would no longer boot?

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Re: [Linux-users] Is it just me or...

[Hadley Rich]

On 06/03/12 12:05, Phill Coxon wrote:

As a diehard Firefox fan I'm so ignorant about chromium / chrome that I
didn't know there was a difference.


There isn't much difference.


I wish I could use Chrome but things like the Web Developer Toolbar seem
to be a nightmare on Chrome - all options buried deep in menus rather
than easily accessible as buttons on a toolbar. Then again maybe there's
a way to turn a toolbar on in Chrom/ium that I haven't noticed yet...


CTRL+SHIFT+J brings up the developer tools which are very good.

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Re: [Linux-users] Is it just me or...

[Hadley Rich]

On 06/03/12 12:09, Hadley Rich wrote:

There isn't much difference.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Differences_from_Google_Chrome

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Re: [Linux-users] ssl cert provider.

[Hadley Rich]

On 04/03/12 21:13, Steve Holdoway wrote:

Is that true for the email cert?


Good point, I don't know. I've only used them as server certs.


This is the one that's been a real pain
for me. And yes, after a month StartSSL demanded money from me to
re-validate. Certs lasted 2 years, but I couldn't generate any more.


That's not what should have happened. I was wrong though, identity 
validation is valid for one year.


I last validated in April last year and can still go in and generate 
certificates now. Check in the messages under the toolbox for the 
confirmation, this is mine;


Congratulations! Your Class 2 Identity Validation has been confirmed 
and approved. You are eligible for certificates at Class 2 level until 
2012-03-26.


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Re: [Linux-users] ssl cert provider.

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On 04/03/12 16:01, Steve Holdoway wrote:

It's that time when all my certs are about to expire again so am looking
for a new provider. I used StartSSL 2 years ago, but found that their CA
was a bit of a pain to install, plus you had to revalidate ( at cost )
any time you wanted to add a cert if a month had passed since you last did.


The ca isn't any harder to install than any other, just cat the proper 
files together and reference the file.


You should only have to pay to validate once every two years, in that 
time you may then issue as many certs for as many (of your own) 
hosts/domains as you like, including wildcards. Pretty good value if you 
have more than a one to do.


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Re: [Linux-users] Is anyone out there?

[Hadley Rich]

On 02/03/12 07:50, Nick Rout wrote:

android


Except the fact that the latest ICS devices just do PTP and MTP instead 
of USB Mass Storage which isn't that well supported under Linux.


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Re: [Linux-users] New Netbook time...

[Hadley Rich]

On 01/02/12 12:45, John Carter wrote:

Yup, nows the time for any Linuxy Dealers with linux netbooks in
Canterbury to announce your existence without fear of being called a
spammer.


As far as I'm aware we can't currently get any netbooks with Linux 
pre-installed these days. All the distributors have abandoned them and 
are selling only the Windows models.


I'll have another look around and see if anything has changed.

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Re: [Linux-users] Pet Peeve

[Hadley Rich]

On 28/11/11 01:47, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
 The huge problem with 'the cloud' is that it is situated in the land of
 the TLA none of which have any respect whatsoever for the privacy of
 either you or your clients.

Indeed this is a big issue, there are a couple of options as I see it;

- Encrypt data before you send it up to S3 which is achievable but adds 
a bit more complexity than the sync-and-forget alternative.

- Use a private hosted server or virtual server of which you have more 
control and can also more easily implement different encryption techniques.

I use a mix of both, S3 for non-sensitive data and a private server for 
more sensitive data. I've also been investigating (client controlled) 
encryption on top of S3 but am yet to find a solution I'm completely 
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Re: [Linux-users] Python books / Tutorials

[Hadley Rich]

On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 19:58 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
 About 2 years ago Nokia released a Python interface for Qt which
 looked very very promising. 

Indeed; http://www.pyside.org/ - it's still trucking along nicely and is
a good alternative to the original PyQt. Depending on what you're using
it for PySide is LGPL compared to GPL for PyQt which may or may not have
an impact.

My preference for GUI development in Python would be QT.

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Re: [Linux-users] ssh

[Hadley Rich]

On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 19:51 +1200, Mallett wrote:
 I have been wondering is there a way that I can copy a rsa public key
 to a server in one command. 

If you're on Debian/Ubuntu, `ssh-copy-id` will do it for you.

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Re: [Linux-users] pfsense on Alix board

[Hadley Rich]

On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 11:33 +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote:
 2 votes for Nicegear...
 
 I used a 3D2, or a 2D3?  it's not on the site any longer, Hadyn had
 them on special last year...  Got the case  Wifi card for it as well.

It's Hadley :) Thanks for the mentions guys.

They are still on the site, we've currently got the 2D13 instead of the
2D3 - they are the same but include an RTC battery for time keeping.

 Card is a Lexar 66x 1G CF card and wrote it using a Sandisk 12-in-1 
 reader.  My generic Chinese job failed to make it bootable for some 
 weird reason and I didn't figure that out till I hooked up a serial
 console. 

I can probably pop pfSense onto a CF card for people here if they need.

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Re: [Linux-users] Bluetooth headphones?

[Hadley Rich]

On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 14:56 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
 Anybody got a recommendation for a decent (Bluetooth ?) radio
 headset? 

I have some Jabra bluetooth headphones. I don't think they are an active
model any more. They seem decent enough quality though so perhaps one of
their current models would be worth looking at.

I never used them much and the mostly sit around now. I found them too
heavy with not fantastic battery life (hours rather than days).

As someone suggested, you need A2DP support from both devices. I've
found with A2DP if you move the devices at each end - say by wearing
them - you can get minor pitch changes in the music. This annoys me but
it will depend on your ears as to whether that bothers you.

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Re: [Linux-users] help wanted with sed usage

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 13:59 +1200, Glenn Cogle wrote:
 Presently I think sed is the tool, as eventually the input will be a
 multi-line text file;
 
 cat $FILE | sed -e 'fiddle about with every line'  $OUTPUT

If you just want a solution then I've attached one for you. If you want
to do it with sed I don't know how to achieve that.

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import sys

try:
infile = sys.argv[1]
except:
sys.stderr.write('No input file\n')
sys.exit(1)

for line in file(infile):
try:
out, body = line[:5], line[5:].strip()
except IndexError:
continue
i = 1
while i  len(body):
out += body[i]
if i % 4 == 0:
  out += 'Z'
i += 1

print out
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Re: [Linux-users] World IPv6 day tomorrow

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 17:54 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
 Well, I updated my webservers (:

Ditto, I'll be adding  records for the root domain in addition to
the ipv6 subdomain that already exists.

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Re: [Linux-users] Considering a wireless keyboard and mouse?

[Hadley Rich]

On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 14:55 +1200, Andrew Sands wrote:
 I'm considering during a tidy up of my desk to replace my keyboard and
 mouse with wireless versions.
 
 I am hopeful that I can gain some thoughts from the community of 
 pitfalls with devices out there in the marketplace. Any war stories or
 even better positive device reviews would be much appreciated. 

I have a couple of Logitech wireless mice, I believe the model is VX.
They are superb, a single AA battery lasts months, the range is far more
than you will ever use (10m+), accuracy is good, wake from sleep is
fast.

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Re: [Linux-users] Brute forcing an ssh server

[Hadley Rich]

On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 19:11 +1200, Col wrote:
 A couple of possible solutions for you
 
 http://nicegear.co.nz/electronics-gear/sparkfun-ftdi-breakout-33v/
 http://nicegear.co.nz/electronics-gear/rs232-shifter-smd/ 

Thanks for the links. Personally I would use either the FTDI Breakout
you listed above or the 3.3V FTDI cable;

http://nicegear.co.nz/electronics-gear/ftdi-cable-33v/

Both are basically the same thing in a different form factor. There may
be someone in Christchurch who could lend one if you didn't want to buy
one.

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Re: [Linux-users] opening some file types over openvpn

[Hadley Rich]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 07:33 +1000, Jim Cheetham wrote:
 I'd recommend trying to use sshfs to mount your remote folders on a
 local filesystem instead, so that non-KDE apps (in fact, all apps) can
 access these remote folders natively. 

If you use sshfs over OpenVPN you may not be getting ideal performance. 

Being encrypted you can use sshfs directly over the Internet or you
could also use NFS over OpenVPN etc.

sshfs is nice and simple though.

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Re: [Linux-users] ssh for android tablet

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 19:21 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote:
 Do any of you recommend an ssh app for android tablet?

I use ConnectBot

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Re: [Linux-users] ssh for android tablet

[Hadley Rich]

On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 09:02 +1200, C. Falconer wrote:
 However I see that Viewsonic has an awfully cheap 7 inch tablet
 running android 2.2
 
 Retail price should be around $350-$400 +GST 

Not bad at all, would be great if it was supported by Cyanogenmod so you
don't have to rely on the manufacturer for upgrades.

We've got a Nook Color running CM7 which is great, worked out to the
lower of that price range. No 3G or GPS though if that's what you're
wanting to use it for.

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Re: [Linux-users] Just Installed Linux Mint on my Mothers computer (Bevan Thomas)

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 12:19 +1300, bevan wrote:
 I think will are all guilty of not backing up documents. Even the most
 seasoned linux user would admit to that

If you want to keep your data then you need to back it up.

I use rdiff-backup myself, pulling data around the world.

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Re: [Linux-users] Just Installed Linux Mint on my Mothers computer

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 13:47 +1300, Daniel Hill wrote:
 This year after the earthquake I realized I should probably back up
 but I haven't had the money to purchase another drive, I've been
 trying to organize some sort of space sharing system with friends but
 that hasn't gotten any where 

Using a service such as Amazon S3 (or Dropbox, Ubuntu One, etc.) is a
good alternative to a disk in some situations.

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Re: [Linux-users] Ubuntu as simple router?

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 21:59 +1300, Kent Fredric wrote:
 In non-virtual environments at least, my personal experience has told
 me using Ubuntu as a dumb/headless router is a bad idea. I used one
 for a good 4 months and had constant issues with it that were
 impossible to resolve, and nobody I talked to had any idea how to
 solve.  The biggest of which is ubuntu didn't really work well at
 being a headless box that no humans directly interact with. 

I don't think your experience is representational of the larger one in
this instance.

Although I'm not necessarily recommending Ubuntu as a good distribution
for creating a router, it certainly works fine as a headless box. I
imagine that it's used pretty extensively in this configuration.

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Re: [Linux-users] Ubuntu as simple router?

[Hadley Rich]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 06:53 +1300, Kent Fredric wrote:
 That may be the case. In my estimation however, ubuntu simply isn't
 designed for this task as being one of its primary uses, and my
 preference is towards systems that are =).

Actually, Ubuntu Server is designed for it, and works fine.

 Ubuntu may be convenient and practical for some, just like windows and
 mac are convenient and practical for others, but I do not count myself
 among those people. =)

Which is completely fine. Choice is great.

 However, in my estimation if
 you're trying to achieve something like a router or a database server,
 can I please humbly suggest you use something else ;).

As I mentioned, I'm wasn't suggesting that Ubuntu is a good choice for a
router. There are plenty of distributions for that. OpenWRT, pfSense,
Voyage etc.

A database server however, Ubuntu is fine for. In fact I look after a
few of them, and don't have any issues.

So, while it may be your preference not you use Ubuntu as you've had
issues with it, please don't expand that to it's not suitable for a
headless box - as this isn't the case.

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Re: [Linux-users] Multi-port network card on Linux

[Hadley Rich]

On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:51 +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote:
 The description reads more like its a switch rather than a multi-port
 card. I'm not sure how these would show up, but it doesn't immediately
 sound like you'd see 5 interfaces; possibly one internal interface.
 Think of things like the WRT54GL ... Have you tried plugging external
 devices into the ports while powered up and seeing of they can talk to
 each other?

Sounds like you're right going by the description. I haven't used one
myself but can have a chat to the suppliers and sort it out if needed.

 In the first instance, I would check that expectation with Hads @
 Nicegear :-) 

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Re: [Linux-users] Biased geek hub

[Hadley Rich]

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 10:03 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote:
 A wiki of *nix related bossiness, services and products in Canterbury would 
 be 
 really useful. Is that possible?

There's this;

http://www.linux.net.nz/node/view/14

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Re: [Linux-users] Has anyone done this before?

[Hadley Rich]

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 20:02 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote:
 Hey has anyone tried using a virtual machine to install onto an
 unmounted hard disk? I've told qemu that /dev/sdb is an image that it
 can use as a virtual hard disk. As far as I can see it is a
 theoretically sound idea.
 Thought? 

I use VirtualBox to do installs to compact flash cards. Like so;

VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename \
/home/hads/sdb.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sdb

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