Re: Quick UUCP Question..

Adam Shand writes: > > Hi. > > A quick question I hope. We are moving our main server to debian in the > next few days. At the same time I hope to move from UUCP hdb configs to > taylor configs. I found the utility uuconv which got me started and I > think that I have that sorted out. My ques

Checking those packages

I'm not sure if my initial message made it to the list (spam filter intervention 8-) ). Let's try it again. I fetch my Debian release packages manually with FTP. I've always wanted an easy way to verify the integrity of the packages (looking for stupidity like using text mode instead of binary mode

spam filtering

Bruce writes: > There's one Debian developer who has voiced strong objections to the spam > filter. I'd prefer to leave it on. What do you guys think? Please reply to > me, not the list. > > Thanks > > Bruce While it is a pain in the A** for that initial posting, I like it! I wish I co

two things

anyone have some words of wisdom? 1) When I do a reboot or shutdown, my system will hang. This hangup is intermittant. I've installed the "buzz" release, would upgrading to "rex" solve this? 2) I'm now seeing messages off of this list showing a "M" in the left side of the menu. Going into the mess

modules

Bruce Perens writes: [snip] > It's now possible to build a kernel with little more than the ramdisk > and console drivers and load everything else including the driver for > the root disk from a module (see the initrd documentation). That means > that the user can put together an efficient kernel w

Re: Virtual Hosting

Fundamental writes: > [snip] > Now, what else do i have to do to get this virtual host to work on my > machine? IF anyone has some advice or can point me in the right direction > for a HowTO, id much apprecaiate it:) [snip] Excuse my ignorance, but what is a virtual host? (and what would be the

Re: Mounting a file as a filesystem

Hamish Moffatt writes: > > > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This may be true (most probably is) but mkisofs is the tool I know about > > > from personal experience. How would I create an ext2fs in a file? Wouldn't > > > it still need to be a ro file system? > > > > You use losetup