On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 08:50:16PM -0800, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
Actually, I went ~x86 in order to try and solve that problem. It had
mixed results (solved some, created others..) I mostly stopped updating
anything that didn't need to be updated to fix a problem or security hole.
I think
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:28:28PM -0800, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 04:04:13PM -0800, Patrick R. Wade wrote:
2) do I need to do anything to keep my efn mail?
No; mail originating inside efn.org is automatically whitelisted.
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On 20031112.1850, Mr O said ...
Um, here I am. You shouldn't have any real trouble booting off
your PCI card. As long as the BIOS sees it as a boot device
you're in good hands. Linux will just see your drives as
/dev/hde or higher. As for booting from SCSI it loads the
drivers during the
Rob Hudson wrote:
My latest idea is to use the 6GB disk that's in there as the /boot,
swap, and backup drive. Then the new drive as the OS and web directory
drive on a PCI card.
In general, it's a good idea to put a swap partition on every drive in
the system. The partitions don't have to
Hey,
kbob mentioned Computerbase as a place in Eugene to
buy custom PCs/components; does anyone else have
recommendations for this or other places to buy custom
systems in town? I'd like to buy local and will be
needing a new system when I get back to Eugene. I will
probably be getting case/power
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:08:24AM -0800, Jason wrote:
Hey,
kbob mentioned Computerbase as a place in Eugene to buy custom
PCs/components; does anyone else have recommendations for this or
other places to buy custom systems in town? I'd like to buy local and
will be needing a new system
I know I might [now] get slammed for not using yum [yet], and maybe
I'll be promoting it soon, but I'm still enjoying apt-get (apt-rpm) on
redhat... there's a nice apt GUI tool call synaptic, which I'm sure some
debian users know. It's real nice = )
regards,
Ben
PS - does anyone have some
Cory Petkovsek wrote:
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:08:24AM -0800, Jason wrote:
Hey,
kbob mentioned Computerbase as a place in Eugene to buy custom
PCs/components; does anyone else have recommendations for this or
other places to buy custom systems in town? I'd like to buy local and
Ben Barrett wrote:
I know I might [now] get slammed for not using yum [yet], and maybe
I'll be promoting it soon, but I'm still enjoying apt-get (apt-rpm) on
redhat... there's a nice apt GUI tool call synaptic, which I'm sure some
debian users know. It's real nice = )
I'm not getting warm
Best RedHat yet.,.. unfortunately (since they're giving up on us in
favor of corporate entities). I wanted to say, Worst... episode...
ever! but that is just a fun Simpson's reference.
Here's an idea, one could possibly say it tests a certain aspect of
robustness within an OS: attempt to do
I've nearly derailed in the past, by such proliferation, but only when I
tried to use both Ximian's tree and Apt-rpm's... I had to choose one or
the other to get my main system updates, primarily because Ximian does
indeed release their own package tree -- in my case, most of my Gnome
binaries got
Id like to see a system that more like a few gig and be part of the
system ram, like a simm that you pop in and is electronicly
re-programmable, but non-volitile. and hard drives that didnt come on
unless you needed them and ofcourse dirt cheap so that everyone
could have them! -Jamie
This
Yes!! You rock, Bob! Well put.
Looks like the SCO-brained analysis and G5-speccing mentalities are
merging; here's one: I have this computer in my closet that has an
*infinitely* better price-performance ratio than ANY computer you can
buy today, it was free.
Ben
PS - for those looking
Bob Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Cory Petkovsek wrote:
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:08:24AM -0800, Jason wrote:
Hey,
kbob mentioned Computerbase as a place in Eugene to buy custom
PCs/components; does anyone else have recommendations for this or
other places to buy custom systems
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:53:55AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
I'm not getting warm fuzzies about the proliferation of package
managers that TDFKAR (The Distribution Formerly Known As RedHat) is
using. Package management and version synchronization is hard enough
without introducing three
What I was thinking was something like a simm(dimm... whatever) that you pop
in where you would normally have simm/dimms (say you have 3 slots, put one
that is the operating system, the other 2 are primary storage as usual) The
one simm would be nonvolitle ram so it doesnt go away on power
...that's what I thought you meant. Well, you can have that today!
Just put in the IDE-CF adapter, and the special magical mystery memory
is a CF that you boot from. It is programmable as you call it,
meaning you can write a new OS to it, and it is nonvolatile.
The problem with using a DIMM
On 20031115.1840, Patrick R. Wade said ...
I mentioned this to several people today who hadn't remembered it:
http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/index.html
Can you give me the background on this link? I've read about half of
the first chapter of the first article and it is
Jason wrote:
Hey,
kbob mentioned Computerbase as a place in Eugene to
buy custom PCs/components; does anyone else have
recommendations for this or other places to buy custom
systems in town? I'd like to buy local and will be
needing a new system when I get back to Eugene. I will
probably be
yeah... Ive been considering something like that. I have a cf pcmcia adapter,
and cant find my camera... I saw a cf card on sale somewhere (think it was
like 256mb. I could build a small system on that card (maybe even have X on
it. or possibly a wireless firewall box (put a wireless card in
At least the business news said this was a breaking story. Windows shut out?
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Ill chime in too and confirm pretty much the same thing others are saying...
computer base has really good friendly service, and knowlegable employees,
one of which has been a eug-lug member for a couple years now.
VOS - Id never recommend...
Stan (PCtrainingCenter) is a crusty old bugger, but
I've heard this from a number of other folks, too, but I for one have
not [yet] had any problems with them... they are the hardware suppliers
for Lunar Logic and seem to do us well so far.
If there are problems with them in the future, I'll suggest ComputerBase
to my superiors... but I did want to
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:27:10 -0500
Linux Rocks ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
| Id stick with computer base or pctraining... most of the other small
| shops are kind of expensive, and look at you funny when you mention
| linux.
VOS seems to be getting wiser: we have procured many systems from
PCPartsExpress used to be great. They have/had 'national warehouse'
prices, and you could make an order and then just drive over and pick it
up.. they're in Springfield, in the light industrial district between
Gateway Mall and I-105. However, I guess they got tired of being a local
retail
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 01:55:24PM -0800, Rob Hudson wrote:
On 20031115.1840, Patrick R. Wade said ...
I mentioned this to several people today who hadn't remembered it:
http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/index.html
Can you give me the background on this link? I've read about half
Ben Barrett wrote:
...that's what I thought you meant. Well, you can have that today!
Just put in the IDE-CF adapter, and the special magical mystery memory
is a CF that you boot from. It is programmable as you call it,
meaning you can write a new OS to it, and it is nonvolatile.
The
PCPartsExpress used to be great. They have/had 'national warehouse'
prices, and you could make an order and then just drive over
and pick it
up.. they're in Springfield, in the light industrial district between
Gateway Mall and I-105. However, I guess they got tired of
being a local
I like Linux on BIOS, but hearing about how many mobo's had to get
thrashed down at Los Alamos's ACL (by Matt) made me, well, scared.
I'm looking forward to some end-user-ready linux bios systems!
I know it boots much faster, but why would you have to have a linux bios
(if you already do boot
Ben Barrett wrote:
I like Linux on BIOS, but hearing about how many mobo's had to get
thrashed down at Los Alamos's ACL (by Matt) made me, well, scared.
I'm looking forward to some end-user-ready linux bios systems!
I know it boots much faster, but why would you have to have a linux bios
Grigsby, Garl wrote:
Are you sure that was PCPartsxpress and not edgemicro (formerly known as Computer X Press)? PCPartsxpress has a small shop right off Q Street (across the street from Safeway).
Right you are. I didn't know them as Edge Micro, just Computer X Press.
Edgemicro, has stopped
Hi Gang,
Wayne K9DI es Leader Dog Patriot. I'm attempting to install
OpenBSD 3.4 on my laptop and have had good success up to the point where
it wants to install sets. At that point, things go rapidly south.
There's trouble with name resolution so I cannot ftp the
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:13:29AM +, Wayne Scace wrote:
Hi Gang,
Wayne K9DI es Leader Dog Patriot. I'm attempting to install
OpenBSD 3.4 on my laptop and have had good success up to the point where
it wants to install sets. At that point, things go rapidly south.
Didn't there used to be an IRC channel that user group people hung out in?
--TimH
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At one point I belive #euglug was setup, but I dont think anybody really used
it... There is always #linux, #distro of choice, and #application of
choice
I sometime yack in #linux and #slackware, but Im not always available (even if
Im logged in)
I would ofcourse suggest using
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