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Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive
by Chuck Noyes Nov. 23, 2006

Nov. 23, 2006

Hi All, I have a drive that sounds like it's about to fail (making strange noises and occasionally not booting), so I want to copy it to another identical drive. The drive has 1 NTFS partition on it - I very occasionally run Win2k. I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount failed". The original drive (/dev/hda1) mounts without any problem. If I use the fdisk utility and look at the partition table, there are no differences between the hda and hdb drives. Any ideas how I can solve this problem?? BTW: The qtparted utility on the KNOPPIX 5.0 CD and DVD fails with a "floating point exception" error. TIA, -Chuck

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by Mike Leo Nov. 18, 2006

Nov. 18, 2006

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Job postings
by Mike Leo Nov. 17, 2006

Nov. 17, 2006

Group, I work at Akamai here in Cambridge as a Unix Admin and we are on a massive hiring spree throughout the company, so much so that there is a sweet bonus program for referrals. Postings can be found here: http://aloha.akamai.com/html/departments/hr/current_job_openings.html Akamai was ranked the #1 technology company to work for in 2006 by boston.com. If anyone has an interest, please contact me off the list at mleo963(a)yahoo.com and we can chat. Thanks Mike ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $310k for $999/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre

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Seeking Linux distribution in Korean language
by Andy Stewart Nov. 8, 2006

Nov. 8, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I have a Korean colleague who is seeking a Linux distribution in Korean. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFTQ/PHl0iXDssISsRAs0IAJ42SoFH8hKXYXz10kxL3mcDae4n5ACfaBvU LxH0mMf4O5QsX/xtpG7inrE= =KtbQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: Meeting next week (Wed Nov 8)
by Andy Stewart Nov. 1, 2006

Nov. 1, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting, to be held on Wednesday, November 8th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. We don't currently have a speaker for this meeting. Are there any volunteers? If not, I could try to give a talk about the Smart Package Manager, which (thanks to Greg Avedissian) I have been using on my laptop for a month or two. If other folks know more about this than I know, it could turn into a discussion where we could all learn something new. I'm not sure that there's enough here to take up a full meeting, but it would certainly get us started. Let me know if this is of interest. Naturally, we'll adjourn to the Tech Pizza restaurant after the meeting for more socializing. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFSDJnHl0iXDssISsRAqJLAJ4zWtyWkIhkw85iql4sk/RNM/ZQdQCfURPr 5eIuTI47jNEPQJfY+nwsyHw= =pZud -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Exim and Spam Filtering
by Michael Zarozinski Oct. 27, 2006

Oct. 27, 2006

Hi all, Can anyone recommend a good Spam filter that hooks into the Exim MTA? I'm looking for something that is updated regularly but doesn't require much of my time. Thanx in Advance, Michael Z

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Not A Lixnux Question, But
by Mims Research Oct. 20, 2006

Oct. 20, 2006

Hi all, My organization is considering submitting an application to the FCC for a non-commercial full power radio station. An FCC window for applications will open sometime in early 2007. I need an engineer who has the resources and willingness to help us with this. I know there is mapping of spectrum involved and I know we must submit engineering data to the FCC with our application. I just don't know any engineers who can do this, so I thought I'd toss it out here. Our agency is a non-profit PEG station located in Athol, Massachusetts. We need to find alternatives to communications because the future of cable access television is constantly in jeopardy. I can explain more if you like. Any resources you might be able to offer would be great. We do have a small stipend we can offer, so it's not a totally freebie job. But we really do need someone who knows how to do *this* and who would be willing to guide us through the process. Thanks for your ideas, Marie MacDonald Athol, Mass. mimsresearch(a)gmail.com

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Xandros/Debian newbie question
by Andrew Perry Oct. 16, 2006

Oct. 16, 2006

Being a trusting fellow and having faith in Tux magazine in particular, I decided to spend $60 on Xandros 4 Desktop Linux, based on a review in the Septmeber issue. >From the review it appeared that Xandros was like a better version of Freespire/Linspire: even more useful software like RealPlayer out of the box, better documentation and support, and at least as easy to ise. Whatever software wasn't included directly in the distro, I figured, would be available with one or two clicks from Xandros networks- or at least from Debian. Problem is, there seems to be very little software available from Xandros networks (maybe 50 packages), and my 4 year old daughter's favorite software gcompris is not available. (By the way, she's going to get her own computer soon, and she says she would never run Windows, only Linux.) Xandros warns you against selecting any other repository other than their own, yet I (recklessly?)selected the "unsupprted debian site" as a second repository- but with no luck - still no gcompris and few choices. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas ? (Thanks in advance. You guys are great!) -Dr. Andrew B. Perry Assistant Prof. of Mathematics, Springfield College 263 Alden St., Springfield MA 01109 Work Phone (413)748-3193

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Truecrypt and Backups
by Mike Oct. 12, 2006

Oct. 12, 2006

Hi there, These two topics are completely unrelated. I was going to mention this tonight but it slipped my mind... A) I was curious if anyone is or has use(d) the truecrypt file system (truecrypt.org) If so do you have any recommendations or possible alternatives. I am thinking of using truecrypt for a partition on a USB thumb drive. B) Backups -- Giving finite resources/knowledge what software do people use to do full backups? Simple is better. And drive images are an option. I'm actually proxying this question for someone not on this list. Any insight is useful. Thanks, Mike -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

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Re: [Wlug] Please attend this Wednesday's WLUG, and bring your friends
by Mike Oct. 12, 2006

Oct. 12, 2006

Doug, Thanks for the talk tonight. I had mentioned to you a tool named Ant. I figured I'd follow up and give you some more info. Ant can be found at: http://ant.apache.org/ As I had mentioned Ant has some similarities to 'make'. Here is an example of an build.xml file that can perform an XML Transformation. <project default="transform"> <target name="init"> <input message="Input XML: " addproperty="input"/> <input message="Output XML: " addproperty="output"/> <input message="Style: " addproperty="style"/> </target> <target name="transform" depends="init"> <echo message="Transforming ${input} to ${output} with ${style}"/> <xslt style="${style}" in="${input}" out="${output}"/> </target> </project> Hope that is useful. Cheers, Mike <quote who="douglas.r.aker(a)verizon.com"> > Hi All: > > Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm working hard to make my preso at > this Wednesday's WLUG meeting (October 11) interesting, informative, > innovative. Something different, without being annoying. > > Bring any of your friends that might be interested in data visualization, > web design, XML, SVG, etc. > > During the preso, interrupt me with questions as much as you want, and > make a mental note where my presentation isn't clear or drags. I'm hoping > to get as much feedback as possible so that the next time I present this > topic it will be better. > > Thanks, > Doug_______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

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