HI gang,
Would somebody who attends the WLUG meeting on Thursday be willing to write up
something which can be posted on LWN, LinuxToday, and LinuxUsersGroups.org?
Kara has asked, and I told her that we'd come up with something.
Thanks in advance,
Andy
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Subject: Your 4/19 LUG meeting
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:24:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kara Pritchard <kara(a)luci.org>
To: <andystewart(a)mediaone.net>
Hi Andy,
Looks like you have a fun evening planned for your next LUG meeting. I'd
be interested if you (or someone in your group) would do a write-up about
the special meeting, or perhaps an interview. I'll host it at
LinuxUsersGroups.org and have it posted to LWN and LinuxToday. It'll be a
good opportunity both for your group and for Ziegler's book.
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> > Is linux limited to 4GB memory?
>
> Nope, not 2.4 anyways. I don't remember the limit, but it's a big
> number. ;-)
>
> > I have inherited some boxes with 5GB each and I'm planning on loading linux.
Some things to remember - if these are x86 architecture boxes, you
still have a 3GB per process user space limit. Even with 64GB of RAM,
no single process can see more than 4GB and the top 1GB of that is
mapped as kernel space. Big memory means that you get to have lots of
large virtual address spaces that can remain mapped in physical RAM.
For virtual address spaces with wider than 32-bit addresses, you need
64-bit processors.
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At 4/16/2001 11:50 AM (Monday), Scott Venier wrote:
>You might also want to mention codewarrior. http://www.metrowerks.com
>Nice and pretty for those folks who grew up developing on macos or
>windows.
You might keep in mind that the Delphi Developers Group is made up of
developers who are 99% likely to use Kylix for development. Therefore, they
won't be much interested in alternative development environments.
However, they WILL be interested in auxiliary tools which are considered
essential to managing applications on Linux not matter what the original
language the app is written in. I would put the rpm and other
packaging/installing tools in this category.
P.S. I think Kylix includes a debugger. If it is as good as the one Borland
has for the Win32 platform then it is all these developers will be using.
Nope, the new kernel will work with 64gb, you just have to go under
"Processor type and features" and change the settings for High Memory
Support.
Tim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Mills-Curran [mailto:bcurran@clariion.com]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 11:54 AM
To: Worcester Linux Users Group
Subject: [Wlug] max memory?
Is linux limited to 4GB memory? I have inherited some boxes with 5GB
each and I'm planning on loading linux.
Thanks,
Bill
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If not, are there tools to convert it into something viewable on a Linux box?
There are viewers available for Solaris, but not Linux.
Thanks,
Andy
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LRP 3.1.0. You need to browse the various kernel images at www.linuxrouter.org to find
the one that most closely matches
your environment. You'll probably want an image that has a pppoe (if you're using
Verizon DSL), ipchains, DHCP, caching DNS, etc. You can download it along with the
modules for your ethernet cards. Since this is a router, you'll need at least 2 ethernet
cards; one for the "WAN" side (DSL connection) and one for your local (LAN) network.
I use my LRP box as a gateway/router and a firewall (running ipchains). My Verizon DSL
"modem" is connected to the LRP box via one of the ethernet cards and the other ethernet
card in the LRP box is connected to a hub in my house. All of the PCs in the house are
also connected to the hub. I configured a private class C ethernet network in my house
and all the PC's have a 192.168.x.y address, including the LAN interface of the LRP box.
The WAN side gets it IP address from Verizon via DHCP. These addresses get "spoofed" via
IPMASQ to the outside world.
The whole set-up works great. You can get other modules to load from the floppy, but
remember everything has to fit on a floppy. One neat trick is the ability to format a
floppy to hold more than 1.4 MB. I don't recall if it's the fdformat command or
something else (I'm sure someone on this list can supply the details.....it's been a
while, and I don't remember), but you can format a floppy so it will hold 1.6 MB (maybe
more) and Linux has no trouble booting from it.
The neat thing is that you can use an old "clunker" PC that you may have lying around
for the LRP box. You don't even need a hard drive, and it's recommended that you DON'T
use a hard drive (secruity reasons...remember this box is exposed to the outside world).
I don't even have a monitor or keyboard connected to the LRP box. It just runs and runs
and runs....
Step through the LRP configuration, write-protect the floppy, and you're in business....
I hope this helps.....
-Chuck
Randall Hofland wrote:
> That was more like a whole nickel. Which version of LRP? Are you running just the
> router or do you have some of the other goodies like the firewall, etc.? And the big
> question: is it possible to run multiple floppies to add services?
>
> I've actually been planning on using OpenBSD either on one of my 68K Macs or on a
> Pentium/K6 box for my front end, but if I can get the LRP to work with a couple of
> floppies, that would do as well. But I am still waiting for any version of "broadband"
> so I can hook up my various clusters to the web.
>
> "cc.noyes" wrote:
>
> > I've had Verizon's ADSL service (the "cheapo" $39.95 service) since December and
> > it's been solid. I have no complaints. I use an old PC running LRP (Linux Router
> > Project, see www.linuxrouter.org) The LRP boots from a single floppy (I removed
> > the hard drive). The LRP uses Ragin Penguin's pppoe. It's simple to install and
> > set up.
> >
> > Verizon has NO clue about anything other than Win98. So they were no help to me.
> > I installed their h/w and my own LRP box, but it was no big deal. I've never had
> > to call fo support, so I don't know how good they are, but...they only want to deal
> > with systems runing Win98.
> >
> > Just my $.02.....
> >
> > -Chuck
> >
> > Mark Caron wrote:
> >
> > > I'm considering DSL for myself at home. I've already checked out the Verizon
> > > site and I am about 6,000 ft or so away from the c.o., so I'm ok on that front.
> > > I am wondering if there's anything new regarding Verizon DSL in regards to
> > > Linux. How Linux friendly are they these days? I know from reading their
> > > website that I'm probably on my own for supporting linux on their DSL, but
> > > that's ok I figured that. Any problems or other considerations I should be
> > > looking into? Besides buying a DSL/cable modem router, that's already on the
> > > 'to buy' list. I know it's about a 3 week wait I believe for the setup date.
> > > Also a friend of mine in NYC just got hers 2 weeks ago, and had to go through a
> > > setup program on her windows box. Is this just setting up pppoe? Or does it
> > > also setup the DSL modem? Am I correct in thinking that it's just the pppoe and
> > > I can just setup my linux box with pppoe and setup the DSL router and be done
> > > with it. Or should I just plug in my win95 harddrive and let the setup program
> > > setup the DSL modem then fire up linux and finish setting up linux and the DSL
> > > router?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any advice.
> > >
> > > Mark
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HI everybody,
Here's a quick reminder about upcoming events.
==================================
Wednesday, April 18th: Richard Stallman will be speaking at Holy Cross in
Worcester
Location: 112 O'Neill Hall
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Here's a map of the campus:
http://www.holycross.edu/about/camp_mapbw.html
==================================
Thursday, April 19th: WLUG meeting
Location: Kinnicutt Hall, WPI in Worcester
Time: 7:00 PM
Speaker: Bob Ziegler, Linux Firewalls
==================================
Monday, April 23rd: Delphi Developers' Group Meeting
Location: Allaire Corporation, Newton, MA
Time: starts at 7:00 PM (be there earlier to setup)
Directions to this meeting can be found here:
http://www.discom.com/delphi/
I will be giving a presentation to this group (details can be found at the
"Meetings" link on the Delphi website). A group of WLUG volunteers will be on
hand to demonstrate Linux software.
One person who had volunteered to help at the Delphi Developers group has had to
drop out, so I am looking for 1 or perhaps 2 more volunteers who'd like to come
to this meeting to help out with demos of Linux on their own hardware. Please
get back to me ASAP. Thanks!
==================================
Later,
Andy
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Hi,
I was wondering if someone can help me
configure a cale modem to use in linux.
I am on charters network. I have tried myself but it
is not working.
I setup my ethernet card eth0 this seems to have taken
because I can ping localhost. However I cannot ping
past it.
TIA,
Bill
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