Re: Careers in Linux

"Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 01:52:02AM +0100, mark wrote: > :Hi, > > :Iam finding it very hard to even get looked at by > :empolyeers.Basically i have made a career change 1 1/2 years ago > :from being a factory worker to supporting pc's

Re: LVM, RAID stability

Stefan Traber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, Hi, > i have a question regarding the software RAID and LVM support in Linux. I am > planning on setting up a Debian system for use as a file-server in a > production environment. I want to set up RAID-1 (mirroring) and if possible > use the > L

debian and 3rd-party certifications

Hi all, I recently had to set up and configure a linux-box at our company. I naturally wanted to take the best UNIX ever made, debian linux, but I was told that i had to use redhat, because veritas netbackup client is only certified to work with redhat. My argument, that if it runs on redhat, I wi

Re: LVM, MD, what's what?

Hi, Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Right now I've got a 10GB drive split into 4 partitions (/, /boot, /home, and > swap). I'd like to add another drive to the system, adding its space to /home, > which is /dev/hda7 under my current setup. The machine currently runs kernel > 2.2.18 > an

Re: Laptops for Debian GNU/Linux?

"Dexter Graphic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The site is a rich source of information on GNU/Linux laptops. > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ > > But it's almost too much information and to general in nature > to be of immediate use. I still have no idea how to go abou

Re: lvm

> "JM" == Julio Merino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JM> Hi all, JM> I have now a currently working Potato system organized in simple JM> partitions as I posted in another message. Well, my question is about JM> how can I use LVM. JM> Can I convert my current installation structu

console-apt and absolute paths

Hi, everytime I try to install something with console-apt (and aptitude) I get the message Package manager (dpkg) failed: * Internal Error, Pathname to install is not absolute 'bash-doc_2.03-6_all.deb' apt-get install works. Greetings Christoph

Re: Reading Sun disks/backup tapes on a Debian system

> "EGM" == Eric G Miller writes: EGM> On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 03:09:12PM +0100, Melanie Dymond Harper wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Does anyone have information about how one might read Sun-format >> (ufsdump) backup tapes or, alternatively, ufs-format disks on a Debian >> syst

Re: Win & Potato on LAN

> "V" == Vitux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: V> Dan Hutchinson wrote: >> >> You know there has to be a default gateway with the NIC in Windows! >> Also which version of Windows 95/98 or WindowsNT/2000. >> >> Dan >> V> Sorry, Win98 1st.ed. V> I tried setting "gatewa

Re: Debian Linux on Sun UltraSparc IIi

> "WY" == Wilson Yau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Where did you fail in the boot process? ie. did the Sun access the floppy >> and spit out an error message, or did it simply say something like "can't >> find boot image" off the HDD? WY> When the system started booting, I saw it

Re: Raid 1 Problems

> "MK" == Matt Kopishke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MK> Hi, I am running potato and a 2.2.16 kernel on our file server. I MK> have two raid 1 devices set up, each 10 gigs big. The problem is that it MK> does not seem to cleanly unmount/update the superblock when I MK> restart/shu

Re: roaming user

Matt Emmett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > This is question for those users that have a deskop machine and a > laptop... do you have any suggestions for making the life of a roaming > user easier? Most importantly, how does one keep their home > directories "synced"? I use coda for t

Re: Coda filesystem?

Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3 May 2000, Christoph Gaitzsch wrote: > > I use it on my laptop with my home machine as Coda-Server, and I like > > it very much. I keep my diary and address-files there, and some other > > stuff I want to share. If it keeps bee

Re: Coda filesystem?

Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Norman Walsh wrote: > > > I'll shortly have both a laptop and a desktop machine, just out of > > curiosity, is anyone using the Coda filesystem on top of Debian? > > Not yet, but already installed. > > Oki I use it on my laptop with my

Can only print dvi

Hi all, I have a problem with printing something other than dvi-files with lprng/magicfilter on slink. Somehow magicfilter doesn't call gs (I can see dj500-filter in top a short time), but lpd thinks, it has printed with sucess: Any hints? Greetings, Christoph