Re: Another old SCSI request

2010-06-03 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Could you tell us about the scanner please? On 3 June 2010 17:53, Maurice Butler likema...@quicksilver.net.nz wrote: Hi, I have got a couple of compaq/hp dlts that's are se, may even be able to find a couple of tapes for them. Also got a scanner that's about 8 years old - never been out of

Re: Is there such a distro?

2010-06-03 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Thu 03 Jun 2010 16:03:38 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote: physical access means root access! Only if you can boot from CD/USB stick (which any lab admin has disabled), or if you manage to disassemble the computer while the lab admin looks at you holding his baseball bat. Good luck. On the list

Re: Is there such a distro?

2010-06-03 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Thu 03 Jun 2010 10:04:25 NZST +1200, aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: By the way, it's only five extra keystrokes to prefix a command with sudo . And exactly why do you think commands are called mv, rm, and ls? ;-) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not

RE: Another old SCSI request

2010-06-03 Thread Maurice Butler
i will dig it out tomorrow and post the details -Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:csawt...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2010 5:58 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Another old SCSI request Could you tell us about the scanner please? On 3

Re: Is there such a distro?

2010-06-03 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Solor Vox solor...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 June 2010 10:31, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote: If you are the owner of the computer in question and you are competant, there is no reason at all not to use root all the time. Just set your uid to 0 and be done with

Re: Bluetooth dongles

2010-06-03 Thread Stephen Irons
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Eliot Blennerhassett li...@blennerhassett.gen.nz wrote: Howdy Craig, did you order these? have they arrived OK, and do they work OK. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Craig Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: I'm going to buy a couple dozen for our

RE: Another old SCSI request

2010-06-03 Thread Maurice Butler
-Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:csawt...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2010 5:58 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Another old SCSI request Could you tell us about the scanner please? It is a Mustek Paragon 1200 III SP Plus with PCI