Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
Ah, the old how do I
Hello scoundrel50a,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.
Nothing. As I stated, a simple single pass of dd is all that's
needed to practically do that, and if you need more than that then
Hi Nick,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:00:10PM +, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
Not as such. Also it depends what you mean by format.
Hi Paul,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:16:19PM +, paul sutton wrote:
On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.and why do people feel the need to be so condescending
when somebody asks about it...trying to make the
Hi Liam,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 09:24:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
Well, in theory, if you paid Kroll Ontrack £LOTS then they claim to be
able to get much or all of the data off a zero-overwritten drive by
meticulously examining the very edge of the tracks for a sort of
magnetic overspill.
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 11:52:58PM +, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Not trying to start a flame war, but I loved the OLD Ubuntu, now that Ubuntu
is Mint.
For someone who is not trying to start a flame war, I would say
that posting this to the Ubuntu UK list was a very poor choice.
Other
Hello,
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 12:12:46PM +, Gareth France wrote:
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
It is very difficult to take a post like this seriously.
I don't know, it seems to have sparked a rather healthy debate.
I just can't imagine
Hi Jon,
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 09:45:44AM -, Jon Reynolds wrote:
Do you make a point of bottom posting regardless of the recipient's style?
Or do you just stay 'bothered' inside but think 'what's the point' and
just top-post?
I'm fairly confident that email will be dead—even in a
Hi Bruno,
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:49:50PM +, Bruno Girin wrote:
Following the last meeting [1], I was left with the action to look for a
venue to do some Ubuntu desktop app hacking evenings. As suggested by
Jorvik during the meeting, I went tonight to have a look at the London
Hi Alan,
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:35:03PM +, alan c wrote:
I am starting to use G+ and have just written an item, shared (I
think)with the Ubuntu UK Team (circle).
If that is a circle that you created, I think that only influences
what the people you put in that circle see.
Is it
Hi Simon,
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 02:48:41PM +, Simon Watson wrote:
Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's
easier for people from outside London to join?
As usual with these things they can be wherever they are organised.
So if someone wants one that is
Hi Jon,
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 08:20:25PM +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
On 9 September 2011 19:45, Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net wrote:
- Your host has IPv6 forwarding enabled so won't listen to RA by
default
- You've blocked ICMPv6 router-advertisement inbound and/or ICMPv6
router
Hi Jon,
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 05:33:15AM +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
But the answer doesn't make sense. You don't need to run ufw to use IPv4 so
why would you need it to run IPv6?
There are many things that don't work the same in v6 compared to
v4...
I don't use ufw so am not sure what it
Hi suprengr,
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 07:12:56PM +0100, suprengr wrote:
Sorry Alan Lord - sincerely,
that should of course read:
Anyone know Alan Smith can give a nudge?
Third time lucky - you meant Andrew Smith (not me). And he probably
doesn't care.
As a concrete suggestion, it may be
Hi,
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 01:29:43PM +0100, Vicente Fontanella wrote:
I am a Linux administrator living in london and I'm without a job right now.
I recommend subscribing to GLLUG and linuxjobs and waiting for jobs
to be posted (as well as actively looking elsewhere).
Hi Alan,
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 04:50:18PM +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
looks like we have somewhere between 13 and 19 people coming so far. The
plan is to meet at the British Library entrance at 11:00 on Sunday 24th
July, wonder round the exhibition http://www.bl.uk/sciencefiction and
Hello,
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 03:26:43PM +0100, Laura Czajkowski wrote:
I also for non techy meet ups, bit of fun and getting to know the folks
on the List/IRC the Ubuntu UK community! Be it a pub, Geeknic, Bowling
or outing of some sort.
I think this is a good idea also.
Cheers,
Andy
Hello,
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 01:38:41PM +0100, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
It might be a bit too soon to say, but how would we meet up?
Perhaps it would be best to have two meeting times; one for a picnic
before hand and one for at the British Library?
If it's a nice day I'm up for a picnic
Hi Daniel,
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 01:11:57AM +0100, Daniel Case wrote:
I was just curious as to how i would go about adding add-on domains with
the apache configuration files?
I'm assuming by add-on domain you mean vhost and that we're
talking about apache2..
Normally you would put the new
Hi Joe,
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 06:09:33PM +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote:
Basically, it has all ground to a halt because I have received little to no
response outside of the Doodle Poll, (which has 7 people on it); Editing on
the wiki for ideas fizzled out after the first few days also.
I think
Hi Nigel,
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:20:34PM +0100, Nigel Verity wrote:
I feel that the ideal approach for any distro should be to install the OS and
management utilities from the live CD, then leave the rest to the choice of
the user.
I would feel hesitant to make a generalisation like any
Hello,
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:55:02AM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Andy Smith wrote:
However it all sounds like a massive hassle and personally I would
buy the computer online using a credit card making sure the store
was aware it was for Ubuntu.
You'd need to do more than make them
Hi,
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote:
Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
listed here
Hi Rob,
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:28:32PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
I guess in say the case of eBuyer.com you could send an eNote, but they
might turn round and say that they can't guarantee compatibility (at
least that was the case back in 2003 when I worked at eBuyer, I was told
not to
Hi David,
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 03:03:24PM +0100, David wrote:
What does everybody think about these certifications?
In late 2008, LPI-UK sent me what I considered at the time to be several
pieces of uninteresting unsolicited email. After asking how they got
my address it turned out that I
Hi,
I originally posted this email to my users' list as I have some
customers who are concerned about the Digital Economy Act. I was
asked to repost it here as it may be of interest, so I'm editing it
a little and doing so.
I attended the UK Network Operators' Forum meeting yesterday and saw
a
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:51:23AM +, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi David,
Apologies for the dupe - hit the wrong key in my mailer. :(
Cheers,
Andy
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Hi,
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:14:56PM +, Alan Pope wrote:
May last few laptops have included a Dell XPS (never again after they
refused to replace the video card that broke multiple times), Asus EEE (not
again until they sell them again with Linux), Toshiba (never again -
apalling
Hi Isabell,
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 04:40:57PM +, Isabell Long wrote:
It just occured to me that I haven't heard of any events going on in or
around London and I was just wondering whether there are any coming up or at
least are some planned?
Do you mean specifically events related to
Hello,
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 02:13:05PM +, Jon Spriggs wrote:
That'd be great, were it not for the fact they've run out of capacity! D'oh :)
If you ask, we can almost certainly fit you in.
Cheers,
Andy
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Hi Tim,
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:51:29PM +, Tim Dobson wrote:
So we are looking at putting together a custom server in a micro-ATX
sized case with the provisio that it needs to be able to accomodate a
full height PCI/PCI-E card.
Who does one go to for Micro-ATX server-grade
Hello,
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:39:31PM +, Dave Walker wrote:
This was my opinion, until recently when I was advised that non-LTS
Ubuntu Server should be considered a technology preview, for the next
LTS release. This was quite a surprise to myself.
On a related note, can someone tell
Hi Tony,
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:36:17PM +, Tony Travis wrote:
Andy Smith wrote:
[...]
On a related note, can someone tell me officially what defines an
install of Ubuntu Server? I ask because this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
says that 8.04 LTS has an EOL date
Hi Rob,
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:42:16PM +, Rob Beard wrote:
Andy Smith wrote:
On a related note, can someone tell me officially what defines an
install of Ubuntu Server? I ask because this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
says that 8.04 LTS has an EOL date in 2011
Hello,
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:09:15PM +, Andy Smith wrote:
On a related note, can someone tell me officially what defines an
install of Ubuntu Server?
It was pointed out that this was perhaps best asked on the
ubuntu-server list, so I have:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 06:26:26PM +, Paul Sutton wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
Paul Sutton wrote:
I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to
find out :)
Al.
Do people no longer speak English, the above is meaningless.
[...]
Ok my point was more
Hello Alan,
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 07:46:07PM +0100, alan c wrote:
I note that the Banking code section 12.9 advises users to 'Keep your
PC secure'.
http://www.bankingcode.org.uk/pdfdocs/PERSONAL_CODE_2008.PDF
This is something I fully support.
However the Code goes on to give specific
Hi James,
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 08:03:14PM +0100, James Milligan wrote:
Just a quick update for y'all (I've also turned American!)
I've been in touch with the PL, and essentially he's saying that there
is now no license, nor was there ever one (I still need to confirm this,
but I'm not
Hi,
On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 06:49:27AM +, Matt Daubney wrote:
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:22:50 +0100, Jim Kissel j...@osml.eu wrote:
There is some good SF available? I must live a sheltered life. The SF
I've been exposed to on the small screen seems to be Cowboys and
Indians c1950
Hello,
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 05:47:37PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
Dave Walker wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
Well part of the standard clause of GPLv2 states:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
Hi John,
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 08:51:26PM +0100, John wrote:
It looks like my site is gone. The host has not backed up as promised,
and they are just saying its gone no backup. That's all I'm getting.
They wont tell me what happened, they wont tell me how the hacker got
in, tjhey wont
Hi Andrew,
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 05:19:22PM +, Andrew Oakley wrote:
Who's coming to the Canonical-organised Intrepid release party at Waxy
O'Connors, London on Thursday night?
I'll be there as last year but probably only for an hour or so this
time. I'm on call and have some other
Hi Chris,
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:18:53PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
I'm configuring a server with software RAID and wondered if any of you
have any ideas about monitoring the RAID array. Does anyone have any
ideas about suitable applications for monitoring software RAID status
under
Hi Lee,
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 06:19:38PM +0100, LeeGroups wrote:
But, what I'd love, is a way I can type say 11 command and get it to
turn 11 lines into a comment.
Does anyone know of a nice way to do that in vim?
CTRL-v (number), DOWN ARROW, SHIFT-i, #, ESC, DOWN ARROW
Hi Tim,
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:53:58PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
It's worth pointing out that whilst people disagree with each other it
does not necessarily stop them working together on common ground.
(The converse of course is that just because you share the same views
doesn't mean you
Hi,
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:28:00PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
| Hi all,
|
| We'll be recording episode 10 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast shortly. Have any
| of you seen any Ubuntu/Linux/FLOSS related news recently that we might
| want to include or talk about?
Maybe a
Hi,
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:41:34PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote:
I've just set myself up a GPG key etc., and was wondering if anyone
could recommend which keyserver to use? There are a couple of examples
in the default gpg.conf file, but so gpg hasn't been able to retrieve
the public keys for
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:08:25PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote:
The next thing I need to do is try and get in the web of trust.
The easiest way is to attend conferences and geek meet ups. But
don't expect too much - very few people actively use PGP :(
P.S. How come you didn't sign your last
Hi Sean,
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 05:46:31PM +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:32 +0100, James Grabham wrote:
Linutop?
http://aleutia.com/
So what's wrong with the Linutop?
You keep mentioning
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:57:44PM +, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Sean,
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 05:46:31PM +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
So what's the issue, Al? Aren't they paying you enough?
I suspect it was more like you top-posting and quoting the entirety
of Alan's email just to say
Hi,
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 09:29:13AM +0100, Kat Kinnie wrote:
Just wanted to let you know that we have an area reserved in a pub
called De Hems in the West End from 7pm next Thursday to celebrate the
8.04 LTS release.
Just wanted to say thanks to those who organised this; it was fun
and
Hi,
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:44:30AM +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 09:29 +0100, Kat Kinnie wrote:
Stick it in your diary and feel free to bring along friends and family
too, the more the merrier. You can see it on the wiki page for Ubuntu
release parties
Hi Johnathon,
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:15:49AM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
I'm planning on ?driving? up on Thursday. Anyone in the
Epsom/Ewell/Banstead/Sutton ish area want a lift?
Also, would you recommend public transport? (Obviously, if I'm driving, I'm
tee-total...)
I would
Hi Chris,
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:51:19AM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Just a quicky. I've been mucking around with iptables for a while, but I'm
still a bit shaky with them. Would anyone mind checking this over for me
please?
Looks pretty good. I would add RELATED to the ESTABLISHED bit so
Hi James,
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:46:39PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote:
Andy Smith wrote:
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote:
The BBC is a socialist corporation - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW.
[...]
With no financial incentives, they won't
Hi Steve,
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:26:57PM +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
Channel4 recieve some funds from the licence fee. so should be under
they some obligations as the BBC.
Not saying this is untrue but do you have a cite for it?
The last I was aware on this issue was:
Hi Jmaes,
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote:
The BBC is a socialist corporation - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW.
Therefore there's no profit increasing who gets thei I-services. If you
had to pay, theyd be getting an extra however much per user, but as
Hi,
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 12:08:06AM +0100, Josh Blacker wrote:
Well, as the time fast approacheth, I'm going to throw my hat in the
ring and say, come the 24th, I shall be sat in the Pembury with a pint.
Any other Londoners willing to join?
Likely..
Cheers,
Andy
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Hi Jonathon,
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:38:17AM +0100, Jonathon Tinsley wrote:
I've just been made redundant... anyone know where I could find a job working
with Ubuntu, preferably sysadmin sort of work (trainee or junior). I'm on
jobserve.com, is there any other good jobs boards that you
Hi Kris,
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:30:13PM +, Kris Douglas wrote:
What kind of content can we expect to see?
Audio mostly, but possibly gaseous and heat components from Mr Pope.
Cheers,
Andy
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