Re: [Leaf-devel] More on dates

2002-02-09 Thread Matt Schalit
David Douthitt wrote: > > On 2/9/02 at 6:18 AM, Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I use UTC/GMT for my router, because I think it's harder > > to track abuse across disparate systems that use local TZ. > > Is this reasoning sound? If you are going to be sharing your log with respect

Re: [Leaf-devel] More on dates

2002-02-09 Thread Matt Schalit
David Douthitt wrote: > > On 2/9/02 at 2:14 AM, Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, since we are limited to shell scripting and my > > recent work on leaf has required me to compare dates and > > times, a working-as-advertised -d operation would simplify > > alot for me

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: ADM Write Protect

2002-02-09 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > This is a cmos logic device.. not a power driver. It will not burn > > out any resistor. You often see resistors inline to limit current > > (say, for LEDs or transients from off-board inputs), but these are > > NEVER zero ohm resistors. > > I will have to agree with that, a real small diode

Re: [Leaf-devel] ANN: LRP Developer's Guide

2002-02-09 Thread guitarlynn
On Saturday 09 February 2002 12:25, David Douthitt wrote: > There is a new version of the LEAF/LRP Developer's Guide. Minor > revisions really - a new section on notes about compiling the Linux > kernel. Thanks David!!! -- ~Lynn Avants aka Guitarlynn guitarlynn at users.sourceforge.net http:

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: ADM Write Protect

2002-02-09 Thread guitarlynn
On Saturday 09 February 2002 04:01, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > The altered states to start to come into focus. :) hehe, kind of scary, eh? > This is a cmos logic device.. not a power driver. It will not burn > out any resistor. You often see resistors inline to limit current > (say, for LEDs or

Re: [Leaf-devel] Preferred package/filesystem location ???

2002-02-09 Thread guitarlynn
On Saturday 09 February 2002 11:16, David Douthitt wrote: > I think if one wants to stick to a standard, the LFS is a good place > to start. I tried, but got lost in the thick of things. I DID try > to put all required system files in /bin or /sbin and user stuff into > /usr/bin and /usr/sbin..

Re: [Leaf-devel] Booting Flash on PCMCIA vs. IDE

2002-02-09 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> I asked this on the linux-router list, but the devel list is a bit > more active, so I figured I'd give a shot. My apologies to those who > are recieving this a second time. > > I am currently experimenting with some flash boot alternatives > outside the Disk-On-Chip which I implemented and docu

Re: [Leaf-devel] Booting Flash on PCMCIA vs. IDE

2002-02-09 Thread Johan Ugander
>At 2002-02-09 09:06 -0500, Johan Ugander wrote: >>Hello devel, >> >>I asked this on the linux-router list, but the devel list is a bit >>more active, so I figured I'd give a shot. My apologies to those >>who are recieving this a second time. >> >>I am currently experimenting with some flash boo

[Leaf-devel] ANN: LRP Developer's Guide

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
There is a new version of the LEAF/LRP Developer's Guide. Minor revisions really - a new section on notes about compiling the Linux kernel. A few more updates - that's about all... It's available from http://leaf.sf.net/pub/oxygen/development/ until its available from the release area. -- David

Re: [Leaf-devel] More on dates

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
On 2/9/02 at 2:14 AM, Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, since we are limited to shell scripting and my > recent work on leaf has required me to compare dates and > times, a working-as-advertised -d operation would simplify > alot for me . . . > > What do you think? The da

Re: [Leaf-devel] More on dates

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
On 2/9/02 at 6:18 AM, Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use UTC/GMT for my router, because I think it's harder > to track abuse across disparate systems that use local TZ. > Is this reasoning sound? Not sure. The usual reason given for using GMT (on the hardware, anyway) is so that the

[Leaf-devel] ANN: Oxygen 1.8.1

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
Oxygen 1.8.1 is an update to 1.8 which adds updated packages - tinylogin (1.00) e3 (2.1) syslinux (1.67) Nothing else has changed... It is available from http://leaf.sf.net/pub/oxygen/development/ until it makes it into the release area. -- David Douthitt UNIX Systems Administrator HP-UX, Unixw

[Leaf-devel] ANN: Oxygen 1.9.0

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
Oxygen 1.9.0 is the first stable development version of Oxygen. It no longer requires the LRP patches. This release is using the Linux 2.2.20 kernel with Openwall patches still; there is (or will be) parallel development for the 2.4 kernel. This is the release used for the new Oxygen Bootable C

Re: [Leaf-devel] Preferred package/filesystem location ???

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
On 2/9/02 at 2:09 AM, Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Douthitt wrote: > > I don't place a lot of faith in standardizing on binary > > locations... > > I'm a devout believer in systems and process. > > We are dealing with a very small system with LEAF. The > process of re

[Leaf-devel] ANN: Oxygen Bootable CD (1.9.0)

2002-02-09 Thread David Douthitt
This is an Oxygen Bootable CDROM using Oxygen 1.9.0 - the Oxygen development environment... The CDROM includes a prepatched 2.2.20 kernel (with Openwall and LRP patches) and a 2.4.16 (prepatched only with GRSecurity) and 2.2.20 kernel (prepatched with Openwall). The latter two can be used with O

[Leaf-devel] Re: netsnmp

2002-02-09 Thread Michael D. Schleif
kp => I am releasing -- to you, per your request -- my three (3) leaf/lrp packages based on NET-SNMP. Descriptions for each package follow. For whatever reason, I cannot get cvs access -- anybody know what I need to do to become a card carrying leaf d

Re: [Leaf-devel] More on dates

2002-02-09 Thread Mike Noyes
David Douthitt, 2002-02-09 01:41 -0600 >On 2/8/02 at 5:23 AM, Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > I use rdate on my current floppy to set the time on boot. > > rdate connects a server on my lan, and my server connects > > to a timeserver on the Internet with xntpd. I use this > > setup for

Re: [Leaf-devel] Booting Flash on PCMCIA vs. IDE

2002-02-09 Thread Mike Noyes
At 2002-02-09 09:06 -0500, Johan Ugander wrote: >Hello devel, > >I asked this on the linux-router list, but the devel list is a bit more >active, so I figured I'd give a shot. My apologies to those who are >recieving this a second time. > >I am currently experimenting with some flash boot altern

[Leaf-devel] Booting Flash on PCMCIA vs. IDE

2002-02-09 Thread Johan Ugander
Hello devel, I asked this on the linux-router list, but the devel list is a bit more active, so I figured I'd give a shot. My apologies to those who are recieving this a second time. I am currently experimenting with some flash boot alternatives outside the Disk-On-Chip which I implemented an

[Leaf-devel] Running LEAF on a halted system??

2002-02-09 Thread Robert Sprockeels
If you managed to miss it (I *really* don't know how you *could* :-)): both slashdot and linuxtoday run a story from SysAdmin Magazine about running a Linux (2.2.x kernel) in a... HALTED state! see http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1824/sam0201d/0201d.htm This could be interesting, no? Robert

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: ADM Write Protect

2002-02-09 Thread Jeff Newmiller
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, guitarlynn wrote: > OK, a little back-ground on me, so maybe this makes a little more > sense to follow. I have had 3 years of electronics schooling, a > little over 2 years of Electrical engineering, and been a licensed > electrician for around 4 years after a 5 year apprent