Re: PPPoE instead of PPTP on Bezeq ADSL - howto

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Kobets
It sounds right in theory, has anybody tried it, besides Doron ??? As you know, there is 2 common versions of Alctatel modems, version 2.x and version 3.x Now, the config is slightly different and so is the functionality. What I need to know, is there someone who succedded in this setup over the

cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Hi everybody, All of a sudden, my CD writer refuses to work properly (it has been working just fine until now, for at least 18 months or so). Platform: RH7.3 on Pentium III 866 Mhz, different variations of RH's 2.4.18 (2.4.18-{5,10,18.7.x}), cdrecord-1.10-11. Symptoms: # cdrecord -v speed=4

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: All of a sudden, my CD writer refuses to work properly (it has been working just fine until now, for at least 18 months or so). 1. Clean the lens. Buy a CD/DVD lens clean disk for about 20-30 NIS. 2. Look for microcode updates on the web. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S.

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: All of a sudden, my CD writer refuses to work properly (it has been working just fine until now, for at least 18 months or so). 1. Clean the lens. Buy a CD/DVD lens clean disk for about 20-30 NIS. Anything in

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Kobets
1. Use different recording the media. 2. Clean the cd-r lenses as Geofrey mentioned. 3. Try complete poweroff, NOT reboot. (I know, I know, but it works nevertheless) --- Oleg Kobets Network Administrator Breakthrough LTD. 054-747132 03-6349922 Ext 26 Black hole is God divided by zero -

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Anything in particular that I should need to know in connection with Linux? Brands that work or don't? Commands to make the cleaning disk spin? Or do they come with music? Some do, some come with videos, Any one will do. Put it in your drive and try to mount it. Does not

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Orna Agmon
On 24 Nov 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: 1. Clean the lens. Buy a CD/DVD lens clean disk for about 20-30 NIS. Anything in particular that I should need to know in connection with Linux? Brands that work or don't? Commands to make the cleaning disk spin? Or do they come with music?

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Oleg Kobets [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. Use different recording the media. Tried. It is the same for 2 different brands of CDs, both used successfully in the past. 2. Clean the cd-r lenses as Geofrey mentioned. 3. Try complete poweroff, NOT reboot. (I know, I know, but it works

Re: OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software

2002-11-24 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002, Tal Achituv wrote about OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software: I need to write an essay about is it right or wrong to copy proprietary software Can some of you please point me to good resources on the subject? Several people have told you to look for

OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software

2002-11-24 Thread Tal Achituv
Sure it is. Same thing as stealing a tomato from a market stall. You are depriving the seller of a probable sale. Uh, no. One tomato is not a probable sale. A kilogram of tomatos is. When you steal a kilogram of tomatos it raises a question - how come you are so poor you aren't

OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software

2002-11-24 Thread Tal Achituv
Sure it is. Same thing as stealing a tomato from a market stall. You are depriving the seller of a probable sale. Uh, no. One tomato is not a probable sale. A kilogram of tomatos is. When you steal a kilogram of tomatos it raises a question - how come you are so poor you aren't

Re: OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software

2002-11-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Tal Achituv wrote: I'd love to get your comments on this... This is a good subject for hackers-il, I believe... -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir = To

Re: OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Tal Achituv [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One tomato is not a probable sale. A kilogram of tomatos is. It seems that a private mail was followed up on the list... Anyway, don't try to come up with quantitative criteria. I recall a Jack London story involving a stolen potato. The problem was, it

longhorn's winFS, what about linux ?

2002-11-24 Thread Amir Tal
i've seen a lot of feedback on the net lately on winFS (the new filesystem MS are going to use in their next version of windows, codenamed longhorn.) Longhorn will include a database-like file system called Windows Future Storage (WinFS), which is based on technology from SQL Server 2003

Re: OT: right or wrong to copy proprietary software

2002-11-24 Thread Michael Stolovitzsky
Since a private discussion wound up on the list anyway, I would repost my private response to mulix to the list below. - Cut here - On Sunday 24 November 2002 16:46, you wrote: [snip] I do not advocate stealing or, for this matter, software piracy, but it is absolutely pointless

Re: longhorn's winFS, what about linux ?

2002-11-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Amir Tal wrote: i've seen a lot of feedback on the net lately on winFS (the new filesystem MS are going to use in their next version of windows, codenamed longhorn.) Longhorn will include a database-like file system called Windows Future Storage (WinFS), which is based

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any one will do. Put it in your drive and try to mount it. Does not matter if it does or not. Obviously, it didn't. Why should it find this particular CD if it does not find any other? Nor does the disk spin with any CD player app I tried (it's

Re: longhorn's winFS, what about linux ?

2002-11-24 Thread guy keren
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Amir Tal wrote: Longhorn will include a database-like file system called Windows Future Storage (WinFS), which is based on technology from SQL Server 2003 (code-named Yukon). This file system will abstract physical file locations from the user and allow for the sorts of

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread guy keren
On 24 Nov 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any one will do. Put it in your drive and try to mount it. Does not matter if it does or not. Obviously, it didn't. Why should it find this particular CD if it does not find any other? Nor does the

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Orna Agmon
On 24 Nov 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any one will do. Put it in your drive and try to mount it. Does not matter if it does or not. Obviously, it didn't. Why should it find this particular CD if it does not find any other? Nor does the

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: oh, not at all. you bought some knowledge with those 35 NIS. until now - you had a _hunch_. I referred to the hindsight 20/20 that should have told me that if ordinary CDs don't spin the cleaning one won't either... why don't you step over to the

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Orna Agmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And of course never open it when it is operating- LASER. (yes, i know you know, but I would not have slept had I not said it) To tell you the truth, I would be much more concerned about getting electrocuted one way or another while opening a working

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Oleg Kobets
Actually all computer parts operate at 12v and 5v. Those are the voltages that power supply emits. There is no way you can be electrocuted, but rather you'll feel gentle tickling senstaions :-) As for the laser, it can only harm you if you are looking strait at the eye when it's working (i mean

Re: cdrecord, mount complain there is no disk

2002-11-24 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Orna Agmon wrote: The primitive way is to do this with an ear-stick(??) (MAKLON OZNAYIM), dipped in alcohol, and exremely gently clean the eye manually. But of course this takes taking apart the CD. I have done this sucessfully on audio CDs readers, never on a burner. And of course never