modprobe not an ELF file

Hi there, can somebody tell me what the message "modprobe not an ELF file" means? It is printed during the boot process right after the check module dependencies. Basically I want to net boot a diskless client (PentII) with a Realtek PCI network card. The kernel works well for other diskless cli

disk backups

Hi wizards, is it somehow possible to save a complete disk structure via a net booted system. I guess I have at least to do the(re-)partitioning by hand. I especially think about some windows based clients which I want to quickly repair in case of "emergency". Therefore, I'd like to install the s

transfer of mail and (kernel)automounted homes

Hi there gurus and wizards, I'd need some advice on what to do with my mailing system on machines with automounted home directories. As a fact my clients smail is not able to read out ~/.forward files, at least not temporarily so that there are always undelivered messages accumulating under /var/s

accessing samba server across switch

Hi there, is it possible to access a samba server across a switch or router so that the client is on one side and the server on the other side (physically) of the wire? We ran into this problem because our network group decided to exchange the repeater and put a switch there instead. What do I hav

Re: mapping mail names to user/account names

John Hasler wrote: > > > In short, I'd like to do some user name mapping that's it. The mail > > should be received by an existing user of course. > > Put lines like this in /etc/aliases: > > john.hasler: john Thanks a lot to all of you! Seems to work. However, there is just one more question.

accessing samba server across switch

Oh my god, it's time to ask this question, Hi there, is it possible to access a samba server across a switch or router so that the client is on one side and the server on the other side (physically) of the wire? We ran into this problem because our network group decided to exchange the repeater a

mapping mail names to user/account names

Hi dear mail wizards, can sombody tell me how to do the following with my debian installation: For at least some maybe even all of the accounts on our server I'd like to have it receive emails addressed to it in a more formal naming convention. Means the "machine" should transport mail addressed t

debian hamm and GigaByte GA-5AX

Hi there, Does anybody know about troubles with linux running on a Gigabyte GA586 (ali chipset, AGP, supports 100MHz) board (with 200MHz Pentium - no MMX, 64MB SDRAM, NO overclocking)? I just got one and tried to start an already working hamm by remote booting (linux 2.0.35). However, after detec

roasting cdr's for Apple Macs

Hi, is there a way to produce Apple Macintosh conformat CDR's under linux? I guess it is necessary to write hfs formated data onto disk therefore, but I'm not absolutely sure. Regards, Ferdinand.

non-root xcdroast?

Hi, there is a non-root version of xcdroast available now. Is there anybody working on this? Regards, Ferdinand.

pine-4.05

Is there anybody working on a port of pine version 4.05 or any other version later than 4.0? I want to use pine for reading emails from a pop server, but unfortunately the currently available debian package of pine is 3.96 or so and does not yet enable me to read from pop servers. Regards, Ferdina