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apcupsd talk by Doug Mildram

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, At our most recent WLUG meeting, Doug Mildram gave us a nice demo of his APC Smart UPS 620 which was connected to a Linux laptop running apcupsd and also a Windows laptop running the same free software. I had mentioned in the meeting that I was able to view the UPS data via a GUI on my web browser. I am running version 3.12.4 of apcupsd, and in the src/cgi directory is a file called upsstats.cgi. That's the magic file to which I point my browser to set the GUI type display. Thanks, Doug, for giving the talk on short notice. We enjoyed it! Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG6LhrHl0iXDssISsRAiAxAJ98/On8bhPVftBOA2GzFXgvI1oOfwCffW+/ 5Ocxju9/JvdyJpBtw0X4i3A= =+8Qy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Sept. 13, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Web hosting

by Stephen Daukas

Over the past n years, I have gone from a few RH boxes sitting on the ping-pong table in the basement running sendmail, apache, dns, etc., all the way to paying XO $20 a month for everything. While running what amounted to my own "ISP" was fun for a while, not running one turns out to be even more fun! ;-) Not having to pay the additional fees for static IP / bandwidth, etc., more than compensates for paying XO. But... If you've got a personal connection for a colo type setup and need/want to be able to do whatever you want without having to think about how a provider's rules might constrain you, then that's the way to go. Most providers have reasonably priced options for everything up to e-commerce, and you don't have to worry about backup, powerfail, redundant high-speed connections, etc., etc., but you have to play by their rules... On another note... I'm not as happy with XO as I once was... Has anyone looked at Google's hosting? Steve On 9/12/07, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > What about godaddy or something like that? I've been thinking about > setting up a server at home here, but not sure if I should just go > with a hosted solution or not... > > -Jared > > On 9/12/07, Aaron Haviland <orion(a)parsed.net> wrote: > > Jamie Guinan wrote, on Sep 11, 2007 at 22:32 EDT: > > > > > > I ended up doing a (rather pricey) full colo, but if I had gone > > > with shared hosting, these guys[1] looked interesting, > > > > > > http://linode.com/ > > > > > > -Jamie > > > > > > [1] When I read about it, I got the impression that it is mostly > > > one rather smart dude behind it. > > > > Caker *is* a smart dude. Now he has two employees helping him. > > > > I've been with them since their first month of public operation. I think > > I'm customer #7 or somesuch. Through periodic upgrades that they give > > out, what was once a Linode 128 is now a Linode 600 (the number refers > > to the amount of RAM in the plan). (i.e., they upgrade your plan as > > their capacity increases, instead of making you pay more for it. We've > > already had two upgrades this year.) > > > > It's all based on UserMode Linux. > > > > Stop by #linode on irc.oftc.net. Tell 'em guinea-pig sent ya' :) > > > > -- > > Aaron Haviland > > 34 Wayne Ave, Dudley, MA home: [508] 943 - 7974 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFG52WiNL5skATtxLERArFMAJ90N5+mUIfzww0EqTXUFl4JeNxyzgCg2j9t > > 56Ck0k+oIixZoCA/QsMa2v8= > > =Tl++ > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Stephen C. Daukas Engineer, Geoscientist, Environmental Analyst ________________________________________________ - Please, before printing, think about the environment -

Sept. 12, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Web hosting

by Jared Greenwald

What about godaddy or something like that? I've been thinking about setting up a server at home here, but not sure if I should just go with a hosted solution or not... -Jared On 9/12/07, Aaron Haviland <orion(a)parsed.net> wrote: > Jamie Guinan wrote, on Sep 11, 2007 at 22:32 EDT: > > > > I ended up doing a (rather pricey) full colo, but if I had gone > > with shared hosting, these guys[1] looked interesting, > > > > http://linode.com/ > > > > -Jamie > > > > [1] When I read about it, I got the impression that it is mostly > > one rather smart dude behind it. > > Caker *is* a smart dude. Now he has two employees helping him. > > I've been with them since their first month of public operation. I think > I'm customer #7 or somesuch. Through periodic upgrades that they give > out, what was once a Linode 128 is now a Linode 600 (the number refers > to the amount of RAM in the plan). (i.e., they upgrade your plan as > their capacity increases, instead of making you pay more for it. We've > already had two upgrades this year.) > > It's all based on UserMode Linux. > > Stop by #linode on irc.oftc.net. Tell 'em guinea-pig sent ya' :) > > -- > Aaron Haviland > 34 Wayne Ave, Dudley, MA home: [508] 943 - 7974 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFG52WiNL5skATtxLERArFMAJ90N5+mUIfzww0EqTXUFl4JeNxyzgCg2j9t > 56Ck0k+oIixZoCA/QsMa2v8= > =Tl++ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Sept. 12, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Web hosting

by Aaron Haviland

Jamie Guinan wrote, on Sep 11, 2007 at 22:32 EDT: > > I ended up doing a (rather pricey) full colo, but if I had gone > with shared hosting, these guys[1] looked interesting, > > http://linode.com/ > > -Jamie > > [1] When I read about it, I got the impression that it is mostly > one rather smart dude behind it. Caker *is* a smart dude. Now he has two employees helping him. I've been with them since their first month of public operation. I think I'm customer #7 or somesuch. Through periodic upgrades that they give out, what was once a Linode 128 is now a Linode 600 (the number refers to the amount of RAM in the plan). (i.e., they upgrade your plan as their capacity increases, instead of making you pay more for it. We've already had two upgrades this year.) It's all based on UserMode Linux. Stop by #linode on irc.oftc.net. Tell 'em guinea-pig sent ya' :) -- Aaron Haviland 34 Wayne Ave, Dudley, MA home: [508] 943 - 7974

Sept. 12, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Web hosting

by Jamie Guinan

I ended up doing a (rather pricey) full colo, but if I had gone with shared hosting, these guys[1] looked interesting, http://linode.com/ -Jamie [1] When I read about it, I got the impression that it is mostly one rather smart dude behind it. On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Mike Leo wrote: > I know this question has gone around a few times, but I don't keep all the = > emails i get!=0A=0AAnyway, i host a weak little personal web site out of my= > house and was looking into hosting companies.=0A=0ANot quite sure how it w= > orks, if I want linux/mysql/wordpress. I need more than just a place to ho= > ld my index.html.=0A=0AAre there companies that give me total control over = > a "server" on the internet? I say "server" 'cause my guess would be a virt= > ual machine I could control remotely.=0A=0AAny advise would be greatly appr= > eciated.=0A=0AMike=0A=0A

Sept. 12, 2007

Web hosting

by Mike Leo

I know this question has gone around a few times, but I don't keep all the emails i get! Anyway, i host a weak little personal web site out of my house and was looking into hosting companies. Not quite sure how it works, if I want linux/mysql/wordpress. I need more than just a place to hold my index.html. Are there companies that give me total control over a "server" on the internet? I say "server" 'cause my guess would be a virtual machine I could control remotely. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Mike

Sept. 12, 2007

Reminder: Meeting, Wed Sept 12th, 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, September 12th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. If anybody would like to drive the discussion, feel free, otherwise, it will be a round table discussion. I'm wondering if anybody has any interest in giving a group presentation for any upcoming meeting. If so, please contact me. Afterwards, we'll get pizza on Highland Street. See ya then! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG5gwhHl0iXDssISsRAn/fAJ0dMWdoPYXrSgXnHqArYw5CCWq38gCfZeeO q8tycQ3bhyEeuDAvhbxjMzQ= =PukN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Sept. 11, 2007

Re: [Wlug] AMD Details Strategic Open Source Graphics Driver Development Initiative

by John Stoffel

I have to say that I'm in the market for a new system, or possibly upgrades to my old system. My Matrox G450 has worked well for years, but it's too darn slow for OpenGL stuff now. Esp since I'm on a 550mhz PIII Xeon (dual) box. kstratton> I am al little unfamiliar with ATI and their video kstratton> cards(chips) numbering system. Does releasing information kstratton> of the HD 2000 series mean all 2X00 HD cards may be kstratton> supportable in the future with an open source video driver? This announcement from AMD/ATI has really gotten my interest. I've been thinking about which system to get and I had almost decided on an Intel solution precisely because the drivers were more open. But now I think I can wait and get an AMD solution instead. Maybe. :] kstratton> If this is the case, cards like the HD 2600 XT may start kstratton> looking more attractive than lets say an 7300 or 7600 kstratton> Nvidia card. I currently use www.tomshardware.com and kstratton> www.anandtech.com for a general overview of PC technology. kstratton> Are there any other sites worth looking at? I am not a kstratton> hard core gamer (For me to spend $300 on a video card is kstratton> ridiculous), but I am interested in affordable and power kstratton> efficient technology. I'm curious what people think of the AMD/ATI line of cards for 2D graphics and clarity? The Matrox cards always had a stellar rep for crystal clear 2-d text and I want to stay with that, since I primarily use only 2-d stuff. Thanks, John

Sept. 10, 2007

Re: [Wlug] thursday meetings?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Stein wrote: > Is it just me, or did we used to meet on Wednesdays? I have a class at > that time, I guess this is bye until spring. HI Eric, I was originally asked to alternate between Wednesday and Thursday evenings when WLUG was first founded 10 years ago (wow! time flies). This was done to accommodate students who had class, so they could attend at least some WLUG meetings. We used to alternate between these two nights on a monthly basis for the first 7 years or so. Since I started teaching Linux class on Thursday evenings about 3 years ago, I've been scheduling the WLUG meetings for Wednesday evenings. When I'm not teaching, I move the WLUG meetings back to Thursday. Thus, we end up with a few consecutive meetings on one evening or the other. I apologize if this means that people will miss a few meetings when we switch from their preferred evening. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG5S4gHl0iXDssISsRArFFAJ4vnF9g7rWCxUvwYUO6upLDmPUCFACfaAcj utKqgTeqC51wEG2e9SwYBhg= =t+By -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Sept. 10, 2007

thursday meetings?

by Eric Stein

Is it just me, or did we used to meet on Wednesdays? I have a class at that time, I guess this is bye until spring. Eric

Sept. 10, 2007

Re: [Wlug] AMD Details Strategic Open Source Graphics Driver Development Initiative

by kstratton＠fastmail.us

I am al little unfamiliar with ATI and their video cards(chips) numbering system. Does releasing information of the HD 2000 series mean all 2X00 HD cards may be supportable in the future with an open source video driver? If this is the case, cards like the HD 2600 XT may start looking more attractive than lets say an 7300 or 7600 Nvidia card. I currently use www.tomshardware.com and www.anandtech.com for a general overview of PC technology. Are there any other sites worth looking at? I am not a hard core gamer (For me to spend $300 on a video card is ridiculous), but I am interested in affordable and power efficient technology. On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:41:16 -0400, "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)comcast.net> said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Interesting reading: > http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~119372,00… > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) > Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) > Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFG4bdsHl0iXDssISsRAj7bAJ0Zrnmt+OZfcOcCM/BNnFokdcBg+ACfQJVS > LpZyqlOLvo5OgfYRvMgOs20= > =GvlO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- kstratton(a)fastmail.us

Sept. 9, 2007

AMD Details Strategic Open Source Graphics Driver Development Initiative

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Interesting reading: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~119372,00… - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG4bdsHl0iXDssISsRAj7bAJ0Zrnmt+OZfcOcCM/BNnFokdcBg+ACfQJVS LpZyqlOLvo5OgfYRvMgOs20= =GvlO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by John Stoffel

Brett> The advertised price for the triple play is a 12 mo promo of Brett> $106/mo plus taxes & fees. Is that what you have? I guess Brett> when I see a bill that high (and going higher after a year) Brett> it's hard to get excited about how much I'm *saving* :-) I'm Brett> sure it's worth it for some people though. I've gotten the 5mb down, 512kb down Internet, plus Phone (unlimited calling in the US, plus 6c/min for Internation calls to Switzerland/UK) plus Digital Cable with the Total View Tier (BBC America mostly... :] all for $119.97/mon for 12 months. Then it will go up (hah!) to something like $133/mon. Considering that I was already paying $106+ a month for Cable/Internet, plus $50ish for Verizon phone, I'm feeling ok about it. Yes, I'm saving money, plus we'll all Call Waiting without having to pay extra for it like we would with Verizon, etc. But I will say that researching this was a total pain in the ass while looking at the Charter Web site. They really don't make it easy to figure out which channels are in which tiers, what the various (Big, bigger and biggest!) channel bundles really are, etc. It's a friggin maze of useless info which you have to dig deep into to figure out. Oh yeah, and if you read the fine print, if you over use your "unlimited" phone calling, they get to pull your service if they want. So be careful if you have teenagers in the house. :] Luckily, my 5 year old doesn't have anyone to call. Yet. :] John

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by John Stoffel

Robert> Flood? Backhoe? Heh. I'm in an old sand & gravel pit. We *never* flood. *grin* But I take your point. Backhoes, the enemy of connectivity!

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by Brett Russ

On 9/6/07, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Frank> Yup - I got the whole triple play bundle, with a fedora 7 box > Frank> as firewall. > > I've just sprung for the bundle as well. I'm going to save a bunch of > money, even on international (rarely done) calls, since they're just 6 > cents a minute. If they haven't lied to me. :] The advertised price for the triple play is a 12 mo promo of $106/mo plus taxes & fees. Is that what you have? I guess when I see a bill that high (and going higher after a year) it's hard to get excited about how much I'm *saving* :-) I'm sure it's worth it for some people though.

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by Robert L Krawitz

Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:34:46 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> Sean> Verizon for all their faults is very good about getting you Sean> reconnected if there is a line down. I could be mistaken, but I Sean> believe that they are required by law to do certain levels of Sean> service. They are required to *try*. Also, my neighborhood is all underground lines, so I only need to worry about the other umpteen miles of wires in the air going down. Flood? Backhoe? -- Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> 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 Gutenprint -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by Scott Venier

John Stoffel wrote: > > They are required to *try*. Also, my neighborhood is all underground > lines, so I only need to worry about the other umpteen miles of wires in > the air going down. > Don't discount the possibility of a neighbor and a backhoe. :) Many the famous large internet outages have been underground fiber cuts. Scott

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by John Stoffel

Sean> Are there issues with regards to guarantee of service when you Sean> go whole hog onto Cable? Sure, there are potentials that I could lose it all. But in the 9 years I've been in the house, I haven't lost cable for more than a few hours, and that was a few years ago. The past results do not predict the future, yadda yadda..." *grin* Sean> Verizon for all their faults is very good about getting you Sean> reconnected if there is a line down. I could be mistaken, but I Sean> believe that they are required by law to do certain levels of Sean> service. They are required to *try*. Also, my neighborhood is all underground lines, so I only need to worry about the other umpteen miles of wires in the air going down. Sean> I have a friend in Leicester, whose street lost the Charter Sean> Cable line last Friday and they restored it Wednesday Sean> morning. That would be a long time to be without phone service. We both have Cell phones, so it would be an inconvenience, but not the end of the world. It would be worse for my wife because she a) roots for the red sox and b) works from home doing web mistress stuff. Sean> I'm in Shrewsbury, so we have municipal electric, cable, Sean> internet connectivity, and they are starting to offer VOIP as Sean> well. Are they required to offer certain levels of service and to get things working again as quickly as Verizon? Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing you here, I'm trying to just point out that noone can guaranttee perfect uptime in any service. In Boylston we have town Power. I'd love for the town to allow Verizon Fios in with full phone, internet and TV support. Then I could shop for the best deal between them and Charter. Competition is good. Anyway, it's an experiment in some ways. Saving money is nice, but if worse comes to worse, I punt and move back to Verizon for phone. Sean> John Stoffel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently >> got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky >> all the time, esp when it rains. >> >> So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter. >> I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild >> about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet >> another set top box to have to deal with... >> >> So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service? >> >> Thanks, >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> Sean> _______________________________________________ Sean> Wlug mailing list Sean> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sean> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug Sean> !DSPAM:46e18bf595945955411388!

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by Sean Flynn

Are there issues with regards to guarantee of service when you go whole hog onto Cable? Verizon for all their faults is very good about getting you reconnected if there is a line down. I could be mistaken, but I believe that they are required by law to do certain levels of service. I have a friend in Leicester, whose street lost the Charter Cable line last Friday and they restored it Wednesday morning. That would be a long time to be without phone service. I'm in Shrewsbury, so we have municipal electric, cable, internet connectivity, and they are starting to offer VOIP as well. John Stoffel wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently > got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky > all the time, esp when it rains. > > So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter. > I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild > about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet > another set top box to have to deal with... > > So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service? > > Thanks, > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Oh my gawd.. What do I do now?

by Chuck Anderson

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 09:33:21AM -0400, Ken Jones wrote: > The XP side of the machine works fine, but it crashes overnight. > Where do I start? What do I do? Can I save the linux half of the > hard drive? It's probably too late. You already have data corruption due to the failed hard drive. First of all, stop using the drive immediately. Get a new one and only connect the old one for rescue purposes, and only try to read from it, not write. You could try using a rescue utility like "ddrescue" or the other one "GNU ddrescue" (yes there are two with the same name) to copy the good sectors to a new hard drive or file, then use a utility like "foremost" to carve the original files out of it if it won't mount normally. If you want to try modifying the copy, make a second copy and always keep the original unmodified copy in case further modifications, fsck, etc. messes it up even more. Next time, make sure to set up smartmontools (smartd) to email you when a hard drive starts to fail, and perhaps get a second hard drive and mirror it using Linux software RAID. If you use Linux software RAID, setup mdadm monitor (mdmonitor) to email you if you have a failed device in the RAID set. These email monitoring steps are crucial, since if you have redundancy, you might not otherwise notice a single failed device until the second one fails, and by then it is too late. I just had a hard drive fail and lost no data thanks to a RAID 1 mirror and mdmonitor/smartd.

Sept. 7, 2007

EEProm Programmer

by Tom Misilo

Hey, I know this isn't completely linux related, but I was wondering if anyone happened to have any information on a Omni 64 EEPROM programmer.The Model is "Omni 64" And was manufactured by Oliver Advanced Engineering, Inc. (OAE). What I really want to do is be able to use the programmer to program some EEPROMs and make them boot eeproms for a few network cards so I can use LTSP (Thin Clients) on more computers I have and not have to attempt to boot from cd or floppy. Thanks, Tom Misilo -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org http://tmisilo.ath.cx

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Oh my gawd.. What do I do now?

by Lee Keyser-Allen

My knee jerk reaction would be to get a replacement drive. Install Linux on it and attempt to mount the failing drive and see if you can pull off the information that you care about before the whole drive goes casters up. Good luck! On 9/7/07, Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > > > > I have a single 120 Gig hard drive dual booted XP and Fedora Core 6 machine. > > Recently Linux had been running slowly. I restarted, selected the linux > side and was shocked to have it fail into a fix disk mode. It suggested > that I use fsck. I did and answered "yes" to seemingly thousands of > questions. Once finally done fixing errors I rebooted. Now it fails > completely. > > It complains about multiple "dma-intr: error" and {uncorrectable error} > > The last gasp before terminating says: > "not syncing: Attempted to kill init!" > > Then it hangs indefinitely. No keyboard input has any affect. > > The XP side of the machine works fine, but it crashes overnight. Where do I > start? What do I do? Can I save the linux half of the hard drive? > > Ken Jones > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Lee Keyser-Allen (lkeyser(a)alum.wpi.edu)

Sept. 7, 2007

Oh my gawd.. What do I do now?

by Ken Jones

I have a single 120 Gig hard drive dual booted XP and Fedora Core 6 machine. Recently Linux had been running slowly. I restarted, selected the linux side and was shocked to have it fail into a fix disk mode. It suggested that I use fsck. I did and answered "yes" to seemingly thousands of questions. Once finally done fixing errors I rebooted. Now it fails completely. It complains about multiple "dma-intr: error" and {uncorrectable error} The last gasp before terminating says: "not syncing: Attempted to kill init!" Then it hangs indefinitely. No keyboard input has any affect. The XP side of the machine works fine, but it crashes overnight. Where do I start? What do I do? Can I save the linux half of the hard drive? Ken Jones

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by John Stoffel

Frank> Yup - I got the whole triple play bundle, with a fedora 7 box Frank> as firewall. I've just sprung for the bundle as well. I'm going to save a bunch of money, even on international (rarely done) calls, since they're just 6 cents a minute. If they haven't lied to me. :] John

Sept. 7, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by Frank Sweetser

Tal Cohen wrote: > I have Vonage and have been using them for a few years no. No problems at > all running over a Verizon DSL connection. I've heard mixed reviews about Vonage. For some people, it's flawless. A handfull I've talked to, though, have had a problem where there's no audio for the first 10 seconds or so of a call. Most people, hearing nothing, just hang up on the other end. One guy in particular, when his wife couldn't get through to the doctor when the baby was having problems, ditched Vonage very quickly. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Sept. 6, 2007