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kernel choices in Debian

by Gregory Avedissian

I'm planning on wiping out my SuSE 7.2 installation and trying Debian 3.0r0. The install manual says that kernel 2.2 is the default, and kernel 2.4 is an option. I can't find anywhere that says why I should choose one over the other. My SuSE is already using 2.4. Seems like it would be a step backward to install the default 2.2. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks. Greg

July 26, 2003

Re: [Wlug] SCO is getting greedy...

by Bill Smith

Le Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:40:30 -0400, « "Clint Moyer" <cdmoyer(a)charter.net> » a écrit: CM> To further muddy the waters, Novell (from whom SCO bought CM> Unix and Unixware) claims that it still owns the copyright CM> to the code: CM> CM> http://news.com.com/2100-1016-1010569.html?tag=nl The kicker is that this may be a bit outdated. I don't pretend to fully understand copyright law to any real extent, but it seems that SCO has recently applied for the copyright registrations, so it looks like Novell may be nudged out of the loop. CM> Here's ESR's take on the issue: CM> CM> http://www.catb.org/~esr/hackerlore/sco-vs-ibm.html I remember reading that a while ago. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy." -- Danielle Steel * TAG! v3.1 *

July 22, 2003

Re: [Wlug] SCO is getting greedy...

by Clint Moyer

To further muddy the waters, Novell (from whom SCO bought Unix and Unixware) claims that it still owns the copyright to the code: http://news.com.com/2100-1016-1010569.html?tag=nl Here's ESR's take on the issue: http://www.catb.org/~esr/hackerlore/sco-vs-ibm.html On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:59:34 -0400 Bill Smith <wsmith(a)chezsmith.com> wrote: >I got this as part of a mailing list for Information >Week. I thought >you would find it interesting. > >It's worth noting that SCO is working on THEIR SAY-SO. > It is my >personal opinion that any company that cowers and pays >SCO just >because they are using Linux is foolish. IANAL. It >would be very much >like some company deciding they wanted to bill you for >services they >didn't render. Would YOU pay that bill? > >If you haven't been following this story, SCO is the >current owner of >the Unix source code. They CLAIM that some of the System >V source code >made it into the Linux kernel, a claim that has not yet >been >substantiated. SCO has not (yet) publicly shown their >"evidence". To >date, the only way to see the source of their claims (no >pun intended) >is to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Many of the >people that >have agreed to SCO's requirements aren't technically >savvy. Most of the >people that WOULD know what they were looking at are >either not >interested in signing anything (like an NDA), or they >just don't think >that SCO has a leg to stand on. > >SCO themselves think that most of the Linux community >will laugh in >their (SCO's) face. I am proud to say that I am one of >the people >laughing. ;) > >ANYWAY, here's the teaser and the link to the article: > > >SCO Group Wants Its Money >With Unix System V copyrights in hand, the vendor >introduced a >plan to charge those who've used Linux as an alternative >to Unix >for UnixWare licenses. >http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eMu10FEZ5Z0V20B4bt0AU > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > William Smith > wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com > Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com > > "And 1.1.81 is officially BugFree(tm), so if you > receive any bug-reports on it, you know they are >just > evil lies." -- Linux Torvalds > * TAG! v3.1 * >

July 22, 2003

SCO is getting greedy...

by Bill Smith

I got this as part of a mailing list for Information Week. I thought you would find it interesting. It's worth noting that SCO is working on THEIR SAY-SO. It is my personal opinion that any company that cowers and pays SCO just because they are using Linux is foolish. IANAL. It would be very much like some company deciding they wanted to bill you for services they didn't render. Would YOU pay that bill? If you haven't been following this story, SCO is the current owner of the Unix source code. They CLAIM that some of the System V source code made it into the Linux kernel, a claim that has not yet been substantiated. SCO has not (yet) publicly shown their "evidence". To date, the only way to see the source of their claims (no pun intended) is to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Many of the people that have agreed to SCO's requirements aren't technically savvy. Most of the people that WOULD know what they were looking at are either not interested in signing anything (like an NDA), or they just don't think that SCO has a leg to stand on. SCO themselves think that most of the Linux community will laugh in their (SCO's) face. I am proud to say that I am one of the people laughing. ;) ANYWAY, here's the teaser and the link to the article: SCO Group Wants Its Money With Unix System V copyrights in hand, the vendor introduced a plan to charge those who've used Linux as an alternative to Unix for UnixWare licenses. http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eMu10FEZ5Z0V20B4bt0AU -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "And 1.1.81 is officially BugFree(tm), so if you receive any bug-reports on it, you know they are just evil lies." -- Linux Torvalds * TAG! v3.1 *

July 22, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Linux Redhat 7.3 Remote Boot Installation.

by Karl Hiramoto

from the mirrors: http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html read the docs: ftp://ftp.webtrek.com/pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/9/en/doc the root of the install treee: ftp://ftp.webtrek.com/pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386 The images directory ftp://ftp.webtrek.com/pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/images On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Aramico wrote: > Thanks Karl, > > > But, I did not see any images directory here... > Hmm, what a day..!! > > Do you have any other detail information to release it ? > > Thanks. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karl Hiramoto" <karl(a)zoop.org> > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Linux Redhat 7.3 Remote Boot Installation. > > > > > > under the redhat linux distro images/ directory write the bootdisk.img > > and drvnet.img to a disk. > > > > dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 > > dd if=drvnet.img of=/dev/fd0 > > > > boot the computer with the bootdisk, and insert the network driver > > disk when prompted. > > > > I would suggest installing redhat 9.0 versus 7.3 > > > > > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Aramico wrote: > > > > > Friends, > > > > > > Can you help me that where or how can I create a bootable disk for Linux > Remote Installation ? > > > So, I can do Linux Installation using ftp, nis, or http under tcp/ip. > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Aramico > > > > -- > > > > ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > > Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> > > Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 > > Cell: 508-517-4819 > > http://karl.hiramoto.org/ > > AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto > > ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø > > > > For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they > like. > > -- Abraham Lincoln > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 http://karl.hiramoto.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Klingon phaser attack from front!!!!! 100% Damage to life support!!!!

July 22, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Linux Redhat 7.3 Remote Boot Installation.

by Karl Hiramoto

under the redhat linux distro images/ directory write the bootdisk.img and drvnet.img to a disk. dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 dd if=drvnet.img of=/dev/fd0 boot the computer with the bootdisk, and insert the network driver disk when prompted. I would suggest installing redhat 9.0 versus 7.3 On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Aramico wrote: > Friends, > > Can you help me that where or how can I create a bootable disk for Linux Remote Installation ? > So, I can do Linux Installation using ftp, nis, or http under tcp/ip. > > > Thanks. > > > Aramico -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 http://karl.hiramoto.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like. -- Abraham Lincoln

July 22, 2003

Linux Redhat 7.3 Remote Boot Installation.

by Aramico

Friends, Can you help me that where or how can I create a bootable disk for Linux Remote Installation ? So, I can do Linux Installation using ftp, nis, or http under tcp/ip. Thanks. Aramico

July 22, 2003

Possible Linux Sysadmin Job!

by Keller, Tim

Hey, A buddy of mine just dropped me a mail asking me if he knew of anybody looking for linux sysadmin job... Drop me a line and I'll send you in the right direction. Tim.

July 18, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Postal Experiements

by Stephen C. Daukas

I especially like the one about the cheese wheel that "oiled" its way through the box! ;-) Charles R. Anderson wrote: >I mentioned this at the BBQ...you might find this funny. > >http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html > > >

July 18, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Client could not connect using FTP in a network which the server using ipchains.

by Charles R. Anderson

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 10:34:14AM +0700, Aramico wrote: aramico> I 'm implementing ipchains in my gateway server, aramico> so, all the thing I've done were masquerading all the clients connection, aramico> so, port 20,21,22,23,25,110,80,53 (ftp data,ftp, ssh,telnet,mail, http, and dns are masqueraded. Normally you don't masquerade individual ports; why did you do that? Just masquerade your internal IP block to your external address: ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.0.1/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ aramico> My clients got no problem using the internet for http, mail access, aramico> but they get problem on ftp, they could not connect, aramico> the error was " ftp: connect :Unknown error number" Active (PORT) FTP doesn't work across NAT without special help. Try using passive (PASV) FTP instead of active FTP (enter "passive" on ftp command line), or switch to iptables, which can handle NATting FTP: http://www.linuxchix.org/content/courses/security/connection_tracking -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

July 18, 2003