RE: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Vik Olliver
On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 10:11, Steve Bell wrote: > Hmm. Does it involve wheels? I've thought about that too, but mp3 players > for cars are getting real cheap. Guess there's nothing like doin' it > yourself though. Yup, and there's one with FM radio output too, so you don't even have to wire it in

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
No, there seems to be a win32 binary of bouncer on the site. On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:20:19 +1300 (NZDT) David Zanetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, httptunnel has a win32 port, bouncer doesn't. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread David Zanetti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > How does this bouncer thing someone mentioned work? Similar to httptunnel, but using the CONNECT method. I've personally found it more stable than httptunnel (which uses more conventional request types,

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Andrew Errington
You are right, and these questions must be addressed before you buy. The on-board stuff can be disabled in the BIOS, thus allowing you to install your own alternative display adaptor or ethernet card, and the PCI slot can have an adapter installed that gives you two PCI slots. All the hardware on

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> Situation is sshd at home, ssh client (putty) on corporate network. > > corp network is heavily protected and all outgoing is through proxy > server. No doubt incoming is also protected. Well, the bottom line is the only way to get out is probably http. As they surely have an http proxy, the on

Re: MandrakeUpdate - found no updates??

2003-02-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Bryce Stenberg wrote: Hi, I'm using Mandrake 9.0 I finally have my web browsing working so I went to the Mandrake site to check for any new updates to Mandrake (as had seen a number of patches released for various security holes, etc over last several months). Found updates listed on Mandrake's

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Nick Rout wrote: Situation is sshd at home, ssh client (putty) on corporate network. corp network is heavily protected and all outgoing is through proxy server. No doubt incoming is also protected. Is there a way to get an ssh client to get OUT of the corp network? shifting sshd to a common por

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread Robert Fisher
Should also mention that this is a Windows machine at work. On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 13:41, Nick Rout wrote: > Situation is sshd at home, ssh client (putty) on corporate network. > > corp network is heavily protected and all outgoing is through proxy > server. No doubt incoming is also protected. >

MandrakeUpdate - found no updates??

2003-02-16 Thread Bryce Stenberg
Hi, I'm using Mandrake 9.0 I finally have my web browsing working so I went to the Mandrake site to check for any new updates to Mandrake (as had seen a number of patches released for various security holes, etc over last several months). Found updates listed on Mandrake's site - one option to ch

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
Hiff a modem into said-machine and dial out directly? ssh over cellular link? portscan the firewall from inside and out to see what you can see (might be a wise move to get permission first...) Last resort - ask corporate nazi to change stuff - make a business case for what you want, and present

RE: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread David Kirk
Nick, How about using something like java-ssh on a web page on your home PC? http://www.javassh.org/ or http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/software/java-ssh/ These give you a web page with a java applet that is the ssh client. I haven't used either of these before, I just saw it and thought it woul

Re: ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread David Zanetti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Nick Rout wrote: > Is there a way to get an ssh client to get OUT of the corp network? > shifting sshd to a common port accessible thru the proxy (eg 80, 443,) > does not work. Have sshd listen on 443. Get a little tool called "b

Car-sized computers

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
Heres some links A mainboard for the project - 300 MHz Geode CPU, means no fan and no heatsink required. Onboard video (LCD and CRT)/lan/sound/128 Mb ram/DiskOnChip http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/products/wafer-5820.htm This is the case, available with a 240 V AC or a 12 or 24 V DC PSU http://www.jen

ssh through closed network with proxy server?

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
Situation is sshd at home, ssh client (putty) on corporate network. corp network is heavily protected and all outgoing is through proxy server. No doubt incoming is also protected. Is there a way to get an ssh client to get OUT of the corp network? shifting sshd to a common port accessible thru t

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
They're very cool - but they'd be an absolute pig if any part is not supported by your OS. Theres only one PCI slot, and its probably a half-height (case dependant) What if the video card dies? or the network card starts acting weird? you can't swap and chop. Personally on-board video and netw

Cars and power and mp3 players

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 10:22, Andrew Errington wrote: > Err, the mini-ITX has AC97 sound out, and with a Cubid case you get a > fanless ATX style PSU which accepts 12Vdc input. > > My car MP3 player was built on a standard Pentium 100 mobo with a > soundblaster card. I built my own 12V AT-style P

Re: Tim Wright about?

2003-02-16 Thread Peter Glassenbury
No, I did not choose the hostname for my laptop. The COSC programmers choose it for me. I'll ask them to change it, but doubt they consider it a real prority. But if it isn't set up properly, then the COSC programmers will BLOCK the mail :-) Our DNS handles the '_' -- The client host address s

Re: Tim Wright about?

2003-02-16 Thread Mike Beattie
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:57:49PM +1300, Tim Wright wrote: > Wow. I don't check my email for *2* days and I'm a major thread. Cool. Sorry :) > Then perhaps emailing me might have been the best bet. You did have my > email address after all (because there were 12 or so email messages from > me in

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread nordkyn
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:33:49 +1300 (NZDT) Helmut Walle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > discussions in the docs about having swap on the CF... and they have > some recommendations on other flash-related issues when running Linux > from CF instead of HD. There is also an experimental (or at leas

RE: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Steve Bell
> Very cool - but I'd want a sound output for what I want :) > And a 12 V PSU (can anyone guess what I want to do?) Hmm. Does it involve wheels? I've thought about that too, but mp3 players for cars are getting real cheap. Guess there's nothing like doin' it yourself though.

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
I was mainly pointing to it for info on compact flash, I actually don't know that they are that pricey when you start to look at other small style computers (pc-104 etc) Not too hard to get hold of, $35 US for delivery ex US, 5-6 days delivery time. I saw mini-itx boxes offered locally in chch in

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Andrew Errington
Err, the mini-ITX has AC97 sound out, and with a Cubid case you get a fanless ATX style PSU which accepts 12Vdc input. My car MP3 player was built on a standard Pentium 100 mobo with a soundblaster card. I built my own 12V AT-style PSU. I looked at the Soekris stuff (thanks), and it is a bit pr

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
Very cool - but I'd want a sound output for what I want :) And a 12 V PSU (can anyone guess what I want to do?) Jenlogix has some cool shit - but its more industrial. http://www.jenlogix.co.nz/ (they're in Auckland, I drove past them on Wednesday but was late for the plane) On Mon, 2003-02-17 a

Re: Tim Wright about?

2003-02-16 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 09:04:05AM +1300, C Falconer wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Mike Beattie wrote: > > No, I did not choose the hostname for my laptop. The COSC programmers > > choose it for me. I'll ask them to change it, but doubt they consider it a > > real prority. Please get your quotin

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Nick Rout
these devices boot from compact flash - there is some documentation there that may assist. http://www.soekris.com/ PS I am interested in importing one of these, irf anyone else wants one & share costs, let me know. Its just a vague thought at this time. N On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:33:49 +1300 (NZD

Re: Anyone on CLUG tried Flash booting?

2003-02-16 Thread Helmut Walle
Hi Andy & embedded folks, You may want to take a look at the PsiLinux project. They are running Linux on Psion 5mx machines from a CF card. There are also some discussions in the docs about having swap on the CF... and they have some recommendations on other flash-related issues when running Linu

Re: Tim Wright about?

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 16:57, Tim Wright wrote: > Wow. I don't check my email for *2* days and I'm a major thread. Cool. Notoriety :) > On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Mike Beattie wrote: > No, I did not choose the hostname for my laptop. The COSC programmers > choose it for me. I'll ask them to change it, b

Re: Debian Archive

2003-02-16 Thread C Falconer
On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 16:51, David Kirk wrote: > Before I re-installed, I copied /var/cache/apt/archives to another PC. I > have copied that directory back to the re-installed PC, but when I apt-get > install it starts downloading it again. > > Does anyone know how I can get it to use the file

Re: Tim Wright about?

2003-02-16 Thread James William Butler
I haven't caught all messages in this thread but thought you would like to know: Most implementations of DNS will accept underscores in hostnames, however a few will refuse them, example MS WIndows DNS will not allow you to enter a DNS name with an underscore but it will process them. Also the ho