KCLUG November 2004

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130 discussions

Mounting ffs
by Ben Coffman 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Does anyone have any experience in mounting ffs on fedora core 3 I have an old Unix style system with ffs on it and I was wondering if I could get the information off of it with my Linux machine. Thanks, Ben

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RE: Windows BackUp
by Brian Densmore 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: djgoku > > > To automate ghosting in Linux, try making a shell script > > that runs dd based on entries read in from a table > > (call it something like ghost.conf). Then take that script and > > a boot floppy and make an entry in your boot floppy's boot process > > to call your ghosting script on boot. Tada, instant > automated ghosting > > on a disk. It also has the added bonus of being totally configurable > > by editing the ghost.conf file in any text editor. > > I want the whole process to be separate of the cdrom/floppy way, I > want full automation. I want to do like I said create another boot > partition and boot to it, or something to that effect. I could also > possible create the ghost files on the local hard drive and then copy > to the server, since compressing and send is very slow ~22Mbps or less > for one transfer, but regular file transfer are well above 22Mbps. For > about 300GB of data that is being compressed then sent to server > would take about 30 hour to transfer. > Simple, create a new run level (let's say 7) and make the linux_ghost script an entry in that run level. Then you could schedule "telinit 7" on any machine that needs to be ghosted, and the last thing that the ghost script does is init to the standard run level. This could also be controlled from a central server that connects automatically to the various machines needing ghosting and running "telinit 7". The ghost script would have to be installed every machine you are ghosting. The added bonus here is each machine would have it's own "ghost.conf".

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RE: Windows BackUp
by Brian Densmore 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

We don't do things easy in Linux. Any attempts to do so will result in immediate retribution from the System Lords. > -----Original Message----- > From: djgoku > > I have to ghost 25-30 pc's weekly. Cricky! > ... > Wish it [was] as easy in Linux, but maybe it is and just not seeing it. > To automate ghosting in Linux, try making a shell script that runs dd based on entries read in from a table (call it something like ghost.conf). Then take that script and a boot floppy and make an entry in your boot floppy's boot process to call your ghosting script on boot. Tada, instant automated ghosting on a disk. It also has the added bonus of being totally configurable by editing the ghost.conf file in any text editor.

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OT: Cisco Routers
by sirsky 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Anyone know where I can find a used Cisco 2600 series router locally? The cheaper the better, and I've a 2500 that isn't going to suit my needs I'd trade for it as well as cash. -Lucas

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Re: Proposed Web site redesign (beta)
by Brian Kelsay 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Put the info about the IRC channel in somewhere. I've answered that question tons of times. If not Mirc, then how about a free client for Windows and a free client for Linux. On Windows there is Icechat, which is pretty good. And then there is also Pirch, Dirc and others that I haven't tried. If you can still get it, X-Chat 2.04 was precompiled and free, but not now. I don't know if someone out there is compiling the current perversion and providing it for download. On Linux, there is BitchX (yuck), X-Chat, irssi, Kopete, Gaim, etc. Might want to just point users to one linked page that describes how IRC works and lists all the available clients. I think http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/altircfaq.html does that. And http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/ lists clients for all OSes. Brian Kelsay >>> djgoku <> 11/09/04 11:05AM >>> This is minor but KcLUG seems out of place maybe KCLUG or kclug. I remember you saying something about having a irc link to the #kclug channel, also if you add that you might add a link to download mirc too =).

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Orinoco wireless pc card
by kurt＠verruckt.org 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Anyone running an Orinoco wireless pc card? 84xx series? Just want to do some research before zapping the drive on my laptop. So far im not finding any recent information.

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Help --- can't get on to CenturyTel ISP
by Gary Hildebrand 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

>From what I can tell, their end is some sort of weird protocol, at least from what my ear can tell from the usual burps and squeals. My modem and theirs just don't connect. No error msgs, nuffin. Dials in, and I hear the dialog between protocols and it just gets lost in the woods somewhere. There has to be some sort of Init string for my USR Sportster 56k that would work. Their help desk doesn't support Linux (shame on them) and I've had a couple bum steers, so I'm open to any and all suggestions. Maybe there is someone out there who knows someone who is both a Linux and CenturyTel ISP user who might have the answer. If you know of a way to cross post this, go right ahead. Looks like their services are worth very little if I can't get this to go. They already have a reputation for having lousy customer service --- so far I've seen little to contradict that. I'm stuck with them for my telephone service up here in the boonies. Tnx in advance, Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

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RE: Thunderbird
by Rob Becker 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

I am using Thunderbird in a windows environment and sending mail out through and Exchange server. I don't pull my mail from the Exchange server. I use Tbird to read my personal mail. My hosting company doesn't have an smtp server available so I just use exchange to pass mail out. It's not too tough to set up. The biggest kicker is making sure you enable authentication for smtp and plug in credentials for your exchange server. Let me know if I can help further. Thanks. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Brian Densmore [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:14 PM To: KCLUG (E-mail) Subject: Thunderbird Anyone using Thunderbird on Windows? Any one using thunderbird with an Exchange server account? Will this email actually get sent from Thunderbird? [no it didn't] Brian D. _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug(a)kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug

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Thunderbird
by Brian Densmore 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Anyone using Thunderbird on Windows? Any one using thunderbird with an Exchange server account? Will this email actually get sent from Thunderbird? [no it didn't] Brian D.

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RE: paper on new FreeBSD scheduler
by Brian Densmore 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

It would appear, after a very short scan of the doc, that both Linux and BSD have modified the schedulers with the specific goal of clustering in mind. It looks like Linux does pretty good overall from the charts, but there are certain areas that need improvement and the new BSD w/ ULE looks pretty good. I wonder what would happen if one of the top 5 supercomputers were to load BSD. I bet the SGI machine could run BSD, doubt there is a BSD for BlueGene though.

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