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Firewall on 486 w/8 MB of memory

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, As part of the Lancaster MA project, there is a 486 machine with 8 MB of memory which we would like to make into a firewall. I'm seeking recommendations on how best to do this. Are we memory limited, or can this work, and if so, how? Can we put at least a minimal installation of something on this machine, or are we going to have to explore the single floppy firewall solutions such as the Linux Router project? Finally, is there somebody who would like to volunteer for Saturday 9/29 to explicitly help with solving this problem? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Sept. 22, 2001

Single disk linux distros

by Track

Hey folks! I have been recently playing with the likes of Freesco and Smoothwall for a router solution based on a single floppy disk. I was wondering if anyone has heard of or used the same sort of setup for a webserver application. I thought I remember seeing something about "WAD" aka Webserver on a Disk. Anyone have any experience with this? TIA! --Track -- Tim Trachimowicz track at trackspace dot com http://www.trackspace.com

Sept. 20, 2001

Re: [mwblug] [newbie] one last (maling list) hurrah for USA

by pSudonic

now if they just had some long sleeve t's. i would get the female hackers coalition but i don't think they would fit heheh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Reed" <jmr71769(a)earthlink.net> To: <mwblug(a)linuxbusca.com>; <newbie(a)linux-mandrake.com>; <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: [mwblug] [newbie] one last (maling list) hurrah for USA > i would personally like to thank the JINX hackwear company > for sincerely expressing exactly how i feel on their front > page... > > check it out... > > http://www.jinxhackwear.com/ > > -- > > //-- Jeff Reed > //-- Co-founder / Odd (Job) Guy > //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group > //-- jreed(a)linuxbusca.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: mwblug-unsubscribe(a)linuxbusca.com > For additional commands, e-mail: mwblug-help(a)linuxbusca.com

Sept. 20, 2001

Re: [Wlug] make bzdisk

by doug waud

Andy Stewart wrote: > I've seen this happen on a couple of occasions. A bad floppy will cause > it. Try dd'ing to another floppy. Another trick is to first try /sbin/badblocks -v /dev/fd0 1440 to make sure the floppy is not defective. The dd process is too primitive to check for such things on its own. It just spews the stuff out and hopes it will land intact. doug -- Douglas R Waud, Professor Emeritus -- Pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School Mailing address: 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA 01545-2006

Sept. 17, 2001

startup scripts & pid

by Bill Mills-Curran

I'm installing an ircd variant (ircd-hybrid-7) on a server at work. I didn't find an rpm for this newer version, so one of the people in my group built it. However, there is no startup script, so we'll have to cook one ourselves. I have a question about storing the pid in /var/run. Does one of the common functions in the functions script (/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions) handle storing the pid, or is that something that most daemons have built-in? I've found shell code for killing processes using the pid from /var/run, but nothing for storing the pid. Another question... Is there a decent template for writing our own script? I hate to reinvent the wheel. (I never seem to get it very round.) Any suggestions? Thanks, Bill

Sept. 17, 2001

Re: [Wlug] make bzdisk

by Andy Stewart

I've seen this happen on a couple of occasions. A bad floppy will cause it. Try dd'ing to another floppy. Later, Andy On Sunday 16 September 2001 07:02 pm, you wrote: > I downloaded the 2.4.9 kernel and built myself a new, up to date kernel, > which works fine. I can run 'make bzdisk' and it dd's the kernel to the > floppy. When I try to boot the floppy, I get loading > ............................................... (lots of dots...) > followed by these numbers; > 0400 > AX:0212 > BX:7400 > CX:5009 > DX:0000 > > These repeat until I reboot with out the floppy. > > What's going on???? make bzdisk used to work, should I use another > command to create a bootable floppy with the kernel? > > Thanks, > Chuck > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Sept. 16, 2001

make bzdisk

by cc.noyes

I downloaded the 2.4.9 kernel and built myself a new, up to date kernel, which works fine. I can run 'make bzdisk' and it dd's the kernel to the floppy. When I try to boot the floppy, I get loading ............................................... (lots of dots...) followed by these numbers; 0400 AX:0212 BX:7400 CX:5009 DX:0000 These repeat until I reboot with out the floppy. What's going on???? make bzdisk used to work, should I use another command to create a bootable floppy with the kernel? Thanks, Chuck

Sept. 16, 2001

Re: [mwblug] one last (maling list) hurrah for USA

by rek2

YAP! On Sunday 16 September 2001 11:33, Jeff Reed wrote: <><>i would personally like to thank the JINX hackwear company <><>for sincerely expressing exactly how i feel on their front <><>page... <><> <><>check it out... <><> <><>http://www.jinxhackwear.com/ <><> -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon.html#cyberpunk Since 1990 or so, popular culture has included a movement or fashion trend that calls itself `cyberpunk', associated especially with the rave/techno subculture. Hackers have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, self-described cyberpunks too often seem to be shallow trendoids in black leather who have substituted enthusiastic blathering about technology for actually learning and doing it. Attitude is no substitute for competence. On the other hand, at least cyberpunks are excited about the right things and properly respectful of hacking talent in those who have it. The general consensus is to tolerate them politely in hopes that they'll attract people who grow into being true hackers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hacker /n./1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than ust theorizing about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating hack value. 4. A person who is good at programming quickly. 5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.) 6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example. 7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.

Sept. 16, 2001

one last (maling list) hurrah for USA

by Jeff Reed

i would personally like to thank the JINX hackwear company for sincerely expressing exactly how i feel on their front page... check it out... http://www.jinxhackwear.com/ -- //-- Jeff Reed //-- Co-founder / Odd (Job) Guy //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //-- jreed(a)linuxbusca.com

Sept. 16, 2001

Re: Laptop recommendations

by Robert L Krawitz

I found an HP Pavilion 5470 for $1500 at Circuit City. It was a return. It's only 1024x768, which is less than I want (although it is a 15" display), but with 256 MB, the price, and the combo CDRW/DVD drive, it looked awfully appealing. I have 14 days to decide whether to keep it (there's no restocking fee, since it was an open box). It has a non-Lucent lusemodem. The processor is an Athlon 4/1GHz, for what little that's worth; it's way, way cheaper than anything similar on Pricewatch. According to http://www.deater.net/john/PavilionN5430.html, it's possible to run Linux on it, albeit it uses a not very well supported Trident chipset, among other things. Is anyone familiar with this laptop? Comments? -- Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/ Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf(a)uunet.uu.net Project lead for Gimp Print/stp -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton

Sept. 13, 2001