Re: Question about installation from a live CD

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen
but if you do it as i say its kinda dirty... On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Stephen wrote: > or do the chown permissions check and then just alter your mount for > hda7 in fstab clearing out the contents of home so it can be a new > mount point. > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM, JD Austin

Re: Question about installation from a live CD

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen
or do the chown permissions check and then just alter your mount for hda7 in fstab clearing out the contents of home so it can be a new mount point. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM, JD Austin wrote: > First chown the old directories to have the same owner and permissions they > used to. > Then m

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen
i just never mention Linux, i just Ask for X Y and Z and then hook things up. Only when questioned do i tell them anything. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > On 4/17/09, Stephen wrote: >> it mostly just reconfigured the modem with a uPNPesque application. >> >>  but honestl

Re: SAN storage practical list of options

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen
well i have a large project, I need to create a "growable" store of data that is redundant as it will have archival media (audio and video). both will be HD quality media. so i am looking at a large pool fo data. i can build a NAS box that will last a while, but it will hit a terminal point of cap

Re: Question about installation from a live CD

2009-04-17 Thread JD Austin
First chown the old directories to have the same owner and permissions they used to. Then move the new home to home2 (or whatever). Then either symlink or create a mount point to the old home. reboot. If all is well then you can delete home2 (or whatever). JD -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Ser

Question about installation from a live CD

2009-04-17 Thread Josef Lowder
In reinstalling my Linux system, I ended up with two /home/joe directories -- a new one on my hda5 partition that I designated as "/" and another on partition hda7 where it had been from my original installation. All of my original files are still in the /home/joe directory on partition hda7 (whic

Re: where to buy presentations

2009-04-17 Thread Lisa Kachold
How about a contest for the best presentation? BTW: How is that new server coming along? I want to complete the new PLUG Site design! On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 17. Apr, 2009 schwätzte Ryan Rix so: > > Is this the only thing scheduled for West Side? >> > > No. We h

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Lisa Kachold
SEE FAQ: http://www.qwestchoice.com/faqs.html Excerpt: *What if I want to upgrade to the faster service later?* Choice OnLine is available in two different service packages, Classic and Select. At anytime these services can be changed from one to another. Change of service is immediate. To hav

Re: where to buy presentations

2009-04-17 Thread Ryan Rix
I haven't 'bought' any Linux products, or I'd offer my services ;) On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 17. Apr, 2009 schwätzte Ryan Rix so: > > Is this the only thing scheduled for West Side? >> > > No. We have a presenation on getting involved. I'm supposed to get bio and > d

Re: where to buy presentations

2009-04-17 Thread der.hans
Am 17. Apr, 2009 schwätzte Ryan Rix so: Is this the only thing scheduled for West Side? No. We have a presenation on getting involved. I'm supposed to get bio and description this weekend. We don't have a "Where to buy" presentation until someone volunteers. We need volunteers. ciao, der.h

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 15:36 -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: > Does switching from my current Qwest DSL 1.5 Mbp service to a faster > fiber-optic connection require any system changes? > > When I first got hooked up with Qwest DSL, I remember it was quite a > hassle to get it to work. But once I got it

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Lisa Kachold
No switching to a higher bandwidth DSL Qwest service will equate to nothing more than a QoS jockey batch running the settings to each level of service based on your support tags. I would, however, be sure that they did not charge you for the "self install" kit. Once you determine it was not part

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Joseph Sinclair
Instead of Linux, try telling them you have a network setup, and need to make the settings changes on/through the router. (Assuming this is true) If they still aren't helpful, ask to speak to a knowledgeable tech, sometimes you can get past the script-readers to someone who knows what they're tal

Re: where to buy presentations

2009-04-17 Thread Ryan Rix
Is this the only thing scheduled for West Side? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > anyone want to cover one of the products that comes with GNU/Linux for > Wednesday's west side meeting? > > We should regularly have short presentations on where you can get > GNU/Li

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Josef Lowder
On 4/17/09, Stephen wrote: > it mostly just reconfigured the modem with a uPNPesque application. > > but honestly call their customer service department and ask them what > your settings need to be to connect. they most likely can get you that stuff. I'll try that, but in the past, whenever I m

Re: now I have a reason to learn backtrack3

2009-04-17 Thread Ryan Rix
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM, mike havens wrote: > people areasking me how to find out their wep passwords. can you teach me > how to help these people? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.a

Re: SAN storage practical list of options

2009-04-17 Thread Alex Dean
On Apr 17, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Stephen wrote: anyone here using a SAN and if so what are they using, maybe some of the points that sold you on it? or i fyou hate it why? it would be nic to have real world thoughts on it instead of all the markey speak... Could you elaborate on the requirements

Re: Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen
it mostly just reconfigured the modem with a uPNPesque application. but honestly call their customer service department and ask them what your settings need to be to connect. they most likely can get you that stuff. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Does switching from my cu

SAN storage practical list of options

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen
anyone here using a SAN and if so what are they using, maybe some of the points that sold you on it? or i fyou hate it why? it would be nic to have real world thoughts on it instead of all the markey speak... -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over

Re: where to buy presentations

2009-04-17 Thread James Finstrom
If anyone was willing to donate any of the listed Items I would be happy to do up a presentation on it :) James Finstrom On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > anyone want to cover one of the products that comes with GNU/Linux for > Wednesday's west side meeting? >

Does switching from 1.5 Mbp to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes?

2009-04-17 Thread Josef Lowder
Does switching from my current Qwest DSL 1.5 Mbp service to a faster fiber-optic connection require any system changes? When I first got hooked up with Qwest DSL, I remember it was quite a hassle to get it to work. But once I got it sorted out, with a few relatively minor outages, it has been wor

Re: now I have a reason to learn backtrack3

2009-04-17 Thread Bishmer Sekaran
mike havens wrote: > people areasking me how to find out their wep passwords. can you teach > me how to help these people? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailin

where to buy presentations

2009-04-17 Thread der.hans
moin moin, anyone want to cover one of the products that comes with GNU/Linux for Wednesday's west side meeting? We should regularly have short presentations on where you can get GNU/Linux products and/or reviews on GNU/Linux boxen you can buy. Examples would be the ASUS Eee, OLPC, Dell Mini, Re

now I have a reason to learn backtrack3

2009-04-17 Thread mike havens
people areasking me how to find out their wep passwords. can you teach me how to help these people? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: htt

RE: iButton anyone?

2009-04-17 Thread Bob Elzer
To be clear, where is the readout coming from ? If each machine is running software, that reads the iButton, and stops at 30,000 logins. Then my questions would be Is it the software that is stopping the logins at 30,000, in which case, can we bypass the software ? Or fix it. Is it the iButto

RE: Samba share and file attributes

2009-04-17 Thread Dayley, Alan
> -Original Message- > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On > Behalf Of Craig White > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:44 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Samba share and file attributes > > I thi

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-17 Thread Tim Noeding
Thanks for the response Daniel, but sadly it is exactly 30k. The machine has a readout on the display which gives a warning at 25k and stops functioning at 30k. I'll post again when the 1-Wire usb and the scanner come in. Thanks again for the responses! Tim On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Dani