RE: OT: Where to get the Linux 0.01 source code poster sent out by Red Hat

2001-12-11 Thread Dan Browning
filings. Does anyone know where I can get another one of these? Thanks, Dan Browning Kavod Technologies ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

OT: Where to get the Linux 0.01 source code poster sent out by Red Hat

2001-11-29 Thread Dan Browning
, Dan Browning Kavod Technologies ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: wvdial and default routes

2000-11-14 Thread Dan Browning
Thanks Jack! route del default did it! (I guess I should have 'man route'ed) > The latest drop of ppp will not set a default route if there > is already > one in your routing table. Simply do a "/sbin/route del default" and > you will be off to the races next time you fire up your ppp > connecti

wvdial and default routes

2000-11-13 Thread Dan Browning
* 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default a 0.0.0.0 UG1 0 0 eth0 [root@lxrouter /root]# Best regards, Dan Browning Network/DB Admin Cyclone Computer Systems _

RE: VPN + Masquerade (ISAKAMP): ip_masq_ipsec?

2000-11-08 Thread Dan Browning
ks for all your help, Best regards, Dan Browning Network/DB Admin Cyclone Computer Systems > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cokey de Percin > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 6:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

VPN + Masquerade (ISAKAMP): ip_masq_ipsec?

2000-11-08 Thread Dan Browning
Hello, I'm trying to allow ISAKAMP on my linux box that does NAT for a windows network. I am reading the VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO, and did everything it suggested, but it still does not work. One thing I could not find on my RedHat 7.0 box was "ip_masq_ipsec" module. Where is that module? Do I ne

RE: Upgrade to 7.0 from 6.2

2000-11-06 Thread Dan Browning
> Is there ANY reason that I should upgrade this machine to RH 7.0? Yes. Many people suffer from a common disease that 7.0 cures: boredom. After upgrading, 7.0 will cure you of those countless hours that used to be wasted on boredom, but are better spent filing 7.0 bug reports at bugzilla.redha

RE: RESPIN

2000-11-06 Thread Dan Browning
So this means that the "updates" disk (10-09) changes were not applied to the respin cd-rom? Too bad. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jamin Collins > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 2:37 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: R

RE: System clock still not right

2000-11-05 Thread Dan Browning
> What is wrong? All files are created with UTC/GMT time, > instead of local > time. Date shows localtime, as well as the OpenWindows > clock. Yet, any > file that is created is created with GMT time. I believe that is by design. One is supposed to use programs that are smart enough to adjust

RH7 + new kernel + root RAID-5 = ext2 corruption on boot?

2000-11-04 Thread Dan Browning
get 'Warning: unable to open an initial console'. DETAILS: * Four Seagate 20gb barracudas (ultra-66) * Two are on the Intel i815 Mobo (onboard LAN / vid) * Two are on the Promise Ultra66 controller (2.00b18 firmware) <-- th

RE: status of ipchains regarding stateful firewalling

2000-11-02 Thread Dan Browning
> What's your opinion regarding the level of security between > linux/netfilter/ipchains versus a BSD box? Am I splitting hairs? If you went all out and went with OpenBSD (very few exploits found in last 3 years) instead of FreeBSD or NetBSD, then I think it would be worth it. Otherwise you are

RE: Promise Ultra66 + root RAID 5 + RedHat 7.0-respin Installation + Mike Brancato's ATA/66/100 floppy

2000-11-02 Thread Dan Browning
sound > like a good combination to y'all? > > 2.2.18pre17 with the following patches: > (kernel.org) people/hedrick/ide.2.2.18-3.all.2904.patch.gz > (kernel.org) people/mingo/raid-2.2.18-A2 > (linuxtapecert.org) ide.2.2.18-3.all.2904.patch.gz &

RE: Key-combo to send process to background?

2000-10-30 Thread Dan Browning
obs" to get a list of backgrounded jobs > > HTH, dan. > > At 9:07 PM -0800 30/10/00, Dan Browning wrote: > >What happens when you run something that ends up taking longer than > >you thought, but you don't want to stop the process, just move it to > >backgro

Key-combo to send process to background?

2000-10-30 Thread Dan Browning
an existing command go into the background and not die after logout (from ssh)? Thanks Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Promise Ultra66 + root RAID 5 + RedHat 7.0-respin Installation + Mike Brancato's ATA/66/100 floppy

2000-10-26 Thread Dan Browning
(linuxtapecert.org) ide.2.2.18-3.all.2904.patch.gz \-> this is for my Onstream DI-30, a 30gb IDE tape backup. How do you build RawHide ISO's? For that matter, how do I build my own Rh7 dirs? Do I just take the FTP directory and burn it to a disc? Also, what

Promise Ultra66 + root RAID 5 + RedHat 7.0-respin Installation + Mike Brancato's ATA/66/100 floppy

2000-10-26 Thread Dan Browning
vanilla non-raid Redhat, then compiled my own kernel and configured RAID after the thought? Is there a Disk-Druid alternative for Post-Installation that can do RAID? Thanks everyone for the help, Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Synronization to current INIT level for newly installed apps.

2000-10-23 Thread Dan Browning
ing for. I'm really looking for something ala: "ntsysv --sync" or something. It's probably right under my nose, but I'm asking anyway. Thanks, Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___

RE: Need help setting up a stand-alone HP network printer

2000-10-23 Thread Dan Browning
RTFM. Read the Friendly Manual. :-) Here's how I got my HP 4000N printing beautifually with Linux. hp.com. Search for your printer model. Read all the docs. Then search for "unix" or "linux". Read the stuff related to that (especially lpd related). Summary: If you use JetDirect cards, s

RE: IP address and pump

2000-10-21 Thread Dan Browning
Some NIC's can be hacked to report a different MAC address--look it up. Otherwise, you could try just throwing in another NIC if you have one. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darren R. Weber > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:16 PM >

Headless linux boxes, monitors through serial ports? Plus Q on Wyse 30,50,60,150 models as monitors

2000-10-16 Thread Dan Browning
there anyway to use old WYSE 30's, 50's, 60's, and 150's and have either green, amber or white screens as monitors for linux boxes? Is it as simple as a WYSE->serial converter device, or does it require an internal ISA or PCI card, or is it just not possible? Thanks, Dan

RE: Super secret! - Don't tell anyone...

2000-10-14 Thread Dan Browning
Ack! Quick, call the KGB and have this man "taken care of"!!! We can't let mere mortals run around trying to figure out our new brain-control file: "module-info-2.2.16-22". If someone found out what this file REALLY does, and where it was REALLY generated from, then they would discover our mind

RE: Thanks & port 80 filtering by IP

2000-10-13 Thread Dan Browning
\ --destination-port $UNPRIVPORTS -j DENY #--destination-port $UNIVPORTS -j ACCEPT > -Original Message- > From: Chad M. Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 9:06 PM > To: Dan Browning; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Compiling: one driver at a time (instead of make modules)

2000-10-13 Thread Dan Browning
What is the process for compiling just one driver? (Or even, one directory?) I would like to compile the 2.2.9 DAC960 driver (drivers/block/DAC960.c and DAC960.h). When I do a 'make modules', it can take a long time, and I just want drivers/block/DAC960.o to be built. Thanks. Da

Thanks & port 80 filtering by IP

2000-10-13 Thread Dan Browning
E -p tcp ! -y \ --source-port 80 \ -d $IPADDR $UNPRIVPORTS -j ACCEPT # ------ Again, thanks for all of your help. Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems __

RE: odd memory access problem

2000-10-13 Thread Dan Browning
The number at the bottom of the screen when you first boot the system can be used to identify your mb. There is a site on the net with the listing of all the numbers. motherboard.org? someone else have the link? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: solaris or linux

2000-10-13 Thread Dan Browning
I've ask this in the FORD list, but as the discussion could have taken place here, I'll ask: How does a Ford work internally, and why should I think that Chevy is better (on ASPHALT or DIRT). Thanks > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

kernel compile: make'ing just one driver (instead of make modules)

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
What is the process for 'make'ing one driver? 'make modules' can take a long time, and I just want drivers/block/DAC960.o to be compiled (from drivers/block/DAC960.[ch]). Thanks. Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator

RE: Firewall configuration question: httpd appears to some ip addresses, but to others

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
hains -P input DENY #instead of denying everyone, try specific deny. ipchains -A input -i eth1 -p tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 65.0.81.146/24 80 -j DENY Again, thanks for all your help. Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems > -Original Message- > Fro

RE: Samba config. (Swat) won't start in RH 7.0

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
eference the /etc/hosts > file. 99.999% of all ISPs, etc. don't put an entry for > localhost in their > name tables, so the name request fails. > > and remember to > kill -USR1 `pidof xinetd` > > after making the change. > > rwt > --- > Robert Tash

RE: [OT] recommended tape drive for home use?

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
These are probably already incorporated into 2.2.18pre15, if you are into kernel compiling. (I remember seeing some onstream-related stuff in Alan's changelog). > -Original Message- > From: Chris Morton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:20 PM > To: [EMAIL P

RE: Samba config. (Swat) won't start in RH 7.0

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
not sure if someone else answered this already, but. I had to remove the "= localhost" line (I forget the exact parameter) and the "diabled = yes" lines in /etc/xinetd.d/swat file. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jens Ove Kjær > Sen

RE: [OT] recommended tape drive for home use?

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
Onstream (http://www.onstream.com) has 30gb and 50gb tape drives. (30g=ide, 50gb=scsi). The unit is about $200, but three tapes will cost you $100. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael R. Jinks > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 200

RE: Comparison: AIX - RH

2000-10-11 Thread Dan Browning
I think AIX's smit is just AWESOME. (Sorry for shouting, wont happen again). If linuxconf had that kind of ability, Linux would be worshipped by admins everywhere. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Warner > Sent: Tuesday, Octobe

Off Topic: Clustering linux servers, looking for consolidated RAID enclosures with multiple Ultra-160 interfaces

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Browning
60 SCSI card drivers and simplicity. Does anyone have any pointers to information or resources that I could research? Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lis

Firewall configuration question: httpd appears to some ip addresses, but to others

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Browning
dual zeon, Cable net access. I'm still learning ipchains. Thanks for the help. Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Help! Redhat7: 2.2.17 no module AIC7XXX found error

2000-10-06 Thread Dan Browning
If you are booting off of the SCSI, then you don't need mkinitrd. But if you do in fact need mkinitrd for some reason, you run mkinitrd --omit-scsi-modules Which will cause it not to look for your aic7xxx.o and just create the initrd file. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PRO

Best way to stay informed about Rawhide

2000-10-02 Thread Dan Browning
What is the best way to stay informed about RawHide? Granted, I could mirror ftp.redhat.com/pub/rawhide and watch actual file changes. But is there some kind of mailing list, CVS, or other way that I can learn more? Thanks for any leads, info, etc. Dan Browning Network & Data

rhnsd: reports: /usr/sbin/rhn_check ERROR: unable to read system id.

2000-09-30 Thread Dan Browning
Periodically my rhnsd logs /var/log/messages: /usr/sbin/rhn_check ERROR: unable to read system id. What is this and what do I do about it? Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing

RE: SWAT on RH 7.0 says "network error: broken pipe"

2000-09-29 Thread Dan Browning
edit /etc/xinetd.d/swat and comment out the "disabled=yes" and "hosts_allowed = localhost" lines. -Original Message-From: Tom Pennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:00 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: SWAT on RH 7.0 says "network error: broken

AMI Megraid Express 500 Support in 7.0?

2000-09-29 Thread Dan Browning
. Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

SWAT on RH 7.0 says "network error: broken pipe"

2000-09-27 Thread Dan Browning
linuxconf a few times to change services, could that have ruined things? I'm using http://localhost:901/, and the error message is: "A network error occured. Network error: broken pipe" Thanks for any help, Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems

RE: Dual boot question

2000-09-26 Thread Dan Browning
Worked OK for me. I just made the first partition /boot on the first disk (important that it's below 1024 cylinders sometimes). Then put Linux in MBR, and it could boot NT4 and Win2k just fine (like you describe). > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Anyone receiving old list emails today

2000-09-25 Thread Dan Browning
No. But I haven't been getting many e-mails at all (compared to regular traffic). I suspect this has to do with redhat.com getting slammed with traffic because of 7.0 news. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Hardowa > Sent: Monday

RedHat 7.0 - will somone please notify the list of mirrors that have it up? (when they get it up)

2000-09-25 Thread Dan Browning
Would someone in-the-know please be so kind as to announce which mirrors will have 7.0, when they have them? (e.g. sourceforge just got seven.iso at 11pm pst, etc.). So that way I don't have keep running LS in NCFTP? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [E

RE: HP OpenMail vs. standard imap-4.7

2000-09-16 Thread Dan Browning
il name does not mean "opensource". It means it's based on open standards. It uses X.500 directory protocol, LDAP (as we know), and lots of other directory standards that make it easy^H^H^H^H possible to write an application to take advantage of the openmail server store. Dan Browni

slow performance problems: Setting processes per-user limits for daemons (such as postgres, interchange, etc.)

2000-09-13 Thread Dan Browning
tion to increase my 256 processes-per-user dilemma that applies to daemons? I know that Oracle avoids the problem all together and just has you run it's osh program (which is suid root) and that sets ulimits. I'm using rh62 on a dual Zeon, raid0/1 on 6 ultra160 cheetahs, and 1gb

RE: Per-user process limit: ulimit -u unlimited, how to set it for certain users

2000-09-12 Thread Dan Browning
SOLVED. Thanks to Steve Borho [[EMAIL PROTECTED]], I found the /etc/security/limit.conf file in my rh62 box, where I could set all the limits in a per-user or per-group basis. > -Original Message- > From: Dan Browning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 12,

Per-user process limit: ulimit -u unlimited, how to set it for certain users

2000-09-12 Thread Dan Browning
ed It doesn't report any errors, but ulimit -a still reports that my per-user limit is 256. So how do I increase the limit for certain users (besides root)? Such as postgres, interchange, etc. Or what about increasing the limit for ALL users on a system? Thanks, Dan Browning Network

Removing all instances of "NOT NULL" from an entire directory of files

2000-09-11 Thread Dan Browning
g on the pgsql/ directory of .sql files that interchange uses to build the database tables). Thanks, Dan Browning Network & Database Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

cat infile | translate all occurences of "NOT NULL" to ""

2000-09-11 Thread Dan Browning
what command do I use to substitute all occurences of a certain string (say, "NOT NULL") with another arbitrary string, (e.g. "")? I've tried grep and tr, but can't figure it out. Thanks, Dan Browning Network & Database Admi

Central location for posting case studies, success stories, etc.

2000-09-05 Thread Dan Browning
I've had a great time planning and building a .com, which will be launching in a few weeks. I thought it would be great for many others in the community to hear about my hurdles, successes, and failures with implementing a completely open source, yet high-profile solution. I plan on doing a comp

RE: FTP Transfer of a RH ISO Image just STOPS???

2000-09-04 Thread Dan Browning
If you are behind a NAT (ip masqing box), make sure your ipmasq-ftp module is insmodd'ed correctly, and your UDP timeout values are high enough. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kirk > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:31 PM > To: [

IDE installation moving to a root RAID (hardware RAID) - bootup problem: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel.

2000-08-24 Thread Dan Browning
odules)? Thanks for your help, Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Mylex AcceleRAID 352 Ultra160 Hardware RAID Card - Root RAID installation?

2000-08-23 Thread Dan Browning
). And after putting a few things in modinfo and pcitable, the driver disk doesnt' work. When I get to "inserting DAC960.o", it says something like "error: header read Success". What I really need to know is how to create a driver diskette. Thanks for

Driver disk creation - where do I find the .config file that was used to create the driver disk vmlinuz file?

2000-08-23 Thread Dan Browning
e following: Version 0 DAC960 scsi "Mylex AcceleRaid 352 DAC960" But then what do I put in the pcitable file? anyway, when I try to use the above driver disk, after selecting it from the list I get: error: read header success Thanks for any help, Dan Browning Network

Mylex AcceleRAID 352 Ultra160 Hardware RAID Card - Root RAID installation?

2000-08-23 Thread Dan Browning
have any drivers either. How do I make my own RedHat 6.2 driver disk with the 2.2.8 DAC960 included? Or, how do I make a new rh62 boot disk that has an updated kernel with 2.2.8 dac960 compiled in? I've also tried RH6.9 to no avail. Thanks for any help, Dan Browning Network Adm

Assigning ip address for dynamic interface to shell variable

2000-04-28 Thread Dan Browning
In a shell script, how do I assign a varialbe the current dynamic ip address for a given interface? What about current default gateway? Thanks Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

ASUS K7V- a nice motherboard, is it linux compatible? (It has the Via Apollo Pro KX133 Chipset)

2000-04-24 Thread Dan Browning
runs the older AMD-750 chipset. Largely they were silent regarding the K7V, so I was hoping someone out there had some words to share. Thanks, Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Console non-interactive smtp without local sendmail

2000-04-17 Thread Dan Browning
>From a script I do cat blahblah | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] by using sendmail running on the local machine. Is there a program that can use a remote smtp server (hey, maybe mail can do it) so I can disable sendmail? Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -

Must be a simple solution: Port forwarding in 2.2.x and conflicting documentation and a confused admin leads no where

2000-03-27 Thread Dan Browning
ething tells me that I will be happy when the netfilter 2.4.x stuff is stable enough for use and I can switch to userland for all this stuff. Thanks for the help Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ne

FW: Linux/Dual Monitors

2000-03-27 Thread Dan Browning
Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems > -Original Message- > From: Jon Califf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 2:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Linux/Dual Monitors > > > installed mandrake earlier.. l

Getting RedHat to understand the perl shebang

2000-03-22 Thread Dan Browning
on SCSI. RPMS: perl-MySQL-1.2202-1 mod_perl-1.21-2 perl-5.00503-6 perl-MySQL-1.2202-1 perl-DBI-1.13-2apache-manual-1.3.9-8 thanks, Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a messa

2 problems: 1. Disabling "wait for dial tone" on console-only RedHat 5.x and 6.x boxes, and 2. ifup ppp0 locks up (becomes zombie)

2000-03-01 Thread Dan Browning
work out of the box on rh61, don't lock it up, and can be easily customized? Also, I have updated to the latest linuxconf and redhat updates to no avail. Thanks for the help. Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

HTTP list archive access?

2000-02-11 Thread Dan Browning
There has to be a better way of accessing the list archives than through an e-mail interface. Has anyone already put up an archive on their web server? If not, to what address do I politely request that RedHat do so? Thanks, Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -- To

RE: lp: unknown printer

2000-02-10 Thread Dan Browning
I'm cc'ing this to you just in case you're not on the list, $cat /etc/printcap | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]? What model Jet Direct card do you have? Did you get the latest firmware update for your Jetdirect card? (G.08.04 for the J3111A) Have you tried using rlpr? rlpr prints to a remote lpr queue

Anaconda Installation Program

2000-01-19 Thread Dan Browning
hanks for any information you may be able to pass a long. Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: Intellectual Starvation!

2000-01-13 Thread Dan Browning
read [EMAIL PROTECTED], and learn to describe computer problems in asm faster than you could in english. Waiter: "Would you like strawberry or rasberry jelly on your toast?" You: "movl %eax,0x4(%edx), c0232dfb movl %edx,0x8(%ebp) eax: c7fe8408 ebx: 0012 ecx: c7fea4a0 edx: es

RE: hardware testing

1999-12-30 Thread Dan Browning
[...snip...] > Nearly all my systems live with the cover off ! its easier to blow out > dust, change components and keeps them cooler to bootwhat I need is > racks really ;-) HARDCORE ! That is a common misconception. Computer cases (especially good ones) are designed specifically

RE: 686 distro. [Was: What about Mandrake?]

1999-12-27 Thread Dan Browning
Why not just create an installation program that compiles the RPMS at installation time? For example, RedHat provides a binary i386 disc for those who want a quick & easy install. But there could also be an installation option that lets you chose to compile every source package before installati

RE: USR 56K external

1999-12-09 Thread Dan Browning
I'm no expert, but what CONNECT speed are you getting on average? You can use a terminal program like $ minicom and do the ATDT555-1212 command manually to find out. Maybe your 56k is connecting at 1200 baud, but your 288 connects 28800 just fine? > -Original Message- > From: Oleg Okune

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT Ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Dan Browning
CAT5 UTP Ethernet: Category Five Unshielded Twisted Pair Ethernet cabling. CAT5 STP Ethernet: Category Five Shielded Twisted Pair Ethernet cabling. STP is when you are worried about other signals interfering. UTP is for everything else, because it's cheaper. There are several qualities

RE: Do I have RH 6.1?

1999-11-16 Thread Dan Browning
I don't know much, Tom, so I'm not really qualified to answer your question. But I do know that the 6.1 distro comes with the "kudzu" tool, which checks your system for new hardware (such changing mouse from serial to ps/2), and can reconfigure your system automatically. > -Original Message--

RE: Partition problem

1999-11-16 Thread Dan Browning
ll getting same error from LILO). Any more ideas? Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems > -Original Message- > From: 'Machina' R. Whitney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 4:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subjec

"Unexpected EOF" when LILO tries to boot Win98 SE.

1999-11-16 Thread Dan Browning
itions). So if anyone coudl help I'd appreciate it. Dan Browning Network Administrator Cyclone Computer Systems -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Redhat 6.1: Where's the kickstart file? (also: moving WinNT4 server to linux server went great!)

1999-11-03 Thread Dan Browning
ey load in about 1 minute instead of 2. On NT, even under heavy load, it seemed that mem usage never went past about 100mb of the available 384mb. On Linux, I watch the memory load go straight to about 350/380mb at 8:00am in the morning (I assume the memory is cacheing reads from the hdd). My

3Com Fast EtherLink XL NIC (3C905B-TX) locks on RedHat 6.1 during /sbin/ifup

1999-01-16 Thread Dan Browning
My 3Com Fast EtherLink XL NIC (3C905B-TX) locks on RedHat 6.1 during /sbin/ifup (where the boot scripts say, "Bringing up interface eth0"). It just sits their for a long time. I've booted into single user mode and insmod works fine, then when I #/sbin/ifup eth0 It just sits there. The c