HI everybody,
I was a little disappointed at the turnout from the last WLUG meeting. We had
8 or 9 people show up, and while we did have a good time watching Scott and
Doug get a couple of scanners working under Linux, it would have been alot
more fun with more people in attendance. I believe this was the lowest
attendance we've seen at a WLUG meeting in our 5.5 year history. :-(
We discussed possible reasons for the low attendance at the Boynton over a few
beers.
One suggestion was that I should update the WLUG website to show what we have
done at past meetings so people wouldn't think that nothing was accomplished.
I've done that and will endeavor to keep that part of the WLUG website
current (see "Past Meeting Information").
Another thought was that some people will only come to a meeting if the topic
looks interesting to them, and if it is announced well in advance. I must
admit to having been somewhat lax in that area lately.
Therefore, in an attempt to remedy that (at least for this month), I'm putting
out the call now for a speaker and a topic for the Dec. 12th meeting (its
coming up fast!). I sent out a list of potential topics last month, but I
know that there are a zilliion interesting things happening in the Linux
world that could be discussed at a WLUG meeting.
The meeting need not be discussion based, either! Although Kinnicutt Hall
lends itself well to this type of meeting, we do have access to other rooms
on campus.
People have tossed out ideas such as these:
o build a network for multiplayer Linux games
o build a network to see if WLUG crackers can break into your system (not to
destroy it, but to teach you what to fix to secure your system)
o more live demos!
The group exists to meet your needs, so please, state your needs! I can't
arrange a meeting to your liking if I get no feedback on what you want to see
at future WLUG meetings.
More importantly, I'd like to see more and different people volunteer to do
the presentations or to run a live demo. If you look back at the last year
of WLUG meetings, you'll see the same names many times. While I'm *quite*
happy that these folks continue to volunteer, I'd like to see others jump in
also.
Finally, if anybody has feedback regarding the last meeting and why it lacked
attendees, please bring it up on the list so we can all discuss it. Without
such candid discussions, WLUG cannot improve.
Later,
Andy
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Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA USA
http://www.wlug.org
HI everybody,
The message thread about DVD writers makes me think that there are many
standards or types of writeable DVD media that not all drives can handle - is
this true?
Could somebody compare/contrast the different types?
Thanks,
Andy
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Well the next question is... What do you want todo...
The cross post in question wants to backup large amounts of data. I would
think a drive that could do DVD-RW or DVD+RW would be their choice since
they could setup some sorta rotation. As for supported drives you'd want to
check the cdrecord website.
Now, if you want to make backups of the DVD's that you own, or convert the
VHS you've got into DVD, you'll also want a drive that can author DVD disks.
However you'll want to check a site like www.vcdhelper.org they've got a
good matrix of what different disks DVD players supports (such as
VCD/SVCD/DVD-R/DVD-RW/etc...)
Personally I've had luck making backup's of my DVD's onto DVD-R media.
However this was using a mix of freeware windows utilities and Nero, I'm
pretty sure that that the cdrcord-prodvd utilities it would work fine.
Later,
Tim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian J. Conway [mailto:bconway@alum.wpi.edu]
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 15:36 PM
To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org
Subject: Re: [Wlug] DVD writeable media
> The message thread about DVD writers makes me think that there are many
> standards or types of writeable DVD media that not all drives can handle
> - is this true?
Yes, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM. Why share sales with a
standard format when a company can make up its own DVD standard to sell
and hope to take the market with?
> Could somebody compare/contrast the different types?
Here's a good rundown on the different types:
http://www.dvformat.com/2002/03_mar/features/dvd_standards.htm
Brian J. Conway
bconway(a)alum.wpi.edu
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I'm thinking of getting a DVD writer. My primary intention is to use
it for system backups; CD's just don't cut it any more (with about 18
GB and 11 GB respectively on my two systems). The Sony DRU-500A looks
like a rather interesting one, supporting a lot of formats. Any
comments on that vs. any of the others out there? This is for a pure
Linux system.
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--Eric Crampton
You are probably seeing the difference between 80 * 10^9 representation and
80 * 2^30 representation of GB. An "80 GB" drive usually is seen by an OS
as having ~73 GB of space. But without stating why you think so, it's
difficult to tell for sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: Aramico
To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org
Sent: 11/21/02 7:37 AM
Subject: [Wlug] Partition left 7 Gbs!
Hi all,
I've got a Baracuda 7200 RPM 80 Gbs Seagate.
I've creating the partition using fdisk on Linux RedHat.
Why does it always leave 7 Gbs that not partitioned ?
So, Here I have 7 Gbs space useless :(
Any idea to solve this ?
Thanks,
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Can anyone on this list shed some light on my question below?
Thanks,
Brett
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Clarify: GRUB setup on RAID1
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:34:03 -0500
From: Brett Russ <icycle(a)charter.net>
To: bug-grub(a)gnu.org
I looked through all of the archives on this list as well as google
searching for help. I want to make sure that GRUB supports installation
on RAID1 (mirror) units. I have seen several methods to do this:
Method 1)
device (hd0) /dev/hde
root (hd0,0)
install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000
(hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst
install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000
(hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst
device (hd0) /dev/hdg
root (hd0,0)
install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000
(hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst
install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000
(hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst
...and so on for each device--substituting each additional RAID1 member
drive in the /dev/hdX line.
Method 2)
echo '(hd0) /dev/md0' > /boot/grub/device.map
grub-install '(hd0)'
...and so on for each (hd#) that is part of the md.
Method 3)
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
...and so on for each hd# present in the RAID1.
My question is whether the /dev/hdX syntax or /dev/md# or (hd#) syntax
is correct and what the significance of the value 0x8000 for the Stage 2
load address. It certainly seems like method 3 is the cleanest.
And, are any of these methods considered better than the others?
Thanks,
Brett
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Those of you who use Solaris or AIX have access to a system statistics
tool, sar. Is there any equivalent tool for Linux?
-Adam
"lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum"
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508-647-7298 Natick, Ma
www.mathworks.com
FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator
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I'm not sure what distro your using, but my Redhat 7.3 box has sar
installed.
Tim.
"It's pretty hard to 'Rage Against The Machine' when you work for the Sony
Corporation"
-- funny slashdot sig.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Keck [mailto:akeck@mathworks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 15:25 PM
To: WLUG List
Subject: [Wlug] Sar for Linux
Those of you who use Solaris or AIX have access to a system statistics
tool, sar. Is there any equivalent tool for Linux?
-Adam
"lingua machinationis creo, ergo sum"
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www.mathworks.com
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HI everybody,
This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting, to be held on Wednesday,
November 20, 2002 at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall at WPI in Worcester, MA.
I'm open for topics to be discussed at this meeting. Ideally, I'm hoping
somebody will volunteer at the last minute to talk to the group about some
topic of interest. Surprisingly enough, this happens frequently and works
out well when all is said and done, so I'm not in a panic (yet). My only
problem with this is that some folks come to a meeting only if the topic is
announced in advance and it is of interest to them.
So, what do you say, gang? Here are some ideas which I had:
a) Does anybody want to demo their scanner under Linux? How about a live
install of SANE ?
b) Linux software for (grand)kids - I"ve seen TuxPaint and KTuberling, there
must be others. Inquiring kids want to know!
c) TiVO - doesn't that run Linux? Can you do any interesting hacks to the
Linux software that could be demonstrated at our meeting?
d) MAME - some guys at work built a MAME machine. Maybe you did, too? Tell
us about it, or better yet, bring the machine to the meeting.
e) LTSP - this one might be a bit involved if the demo was from scratch, and
would involve around 2 or 3 computers to be useful. Does anybody have any
experience with this?
f) Do you have other ideas? Let the group know what they are!
The "live demo" meetings have been well received in the past, especially if
some problem crops up during the demo (which makes us demo folks squirm
uncomfortably, to the amusement of the audience!).
I hope somebody volunteers to speak at the next meeting. It'll be pretty
boring otherwise, and nobody wants that to be the case. I've been working
flat out for the last couple of months and have no time to prepare anything
for ths meeting.
If you want to volunteer, send me or the group e-mail ASAP. You'll be glad
you did. :-)
Thanks!
Andy
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Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA USA
http://www.wlug.org
