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Re: [Wlug] Flowchart software

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 17 July 2004 10:28 am, Chuck Haines wrote: > Yea but open office draw doesn't have the flowchart "stencils," which > means I'd have to create all the basic flowchart types myself. Xfig > kinda falls under the same category. I'm really looking for something > that does flowcharting out of the box and I've yet to find it. This > is one of the few things that keeps me rebooting into my windows > partition. > > Chuck xfig can handle symbol libraries. There is a library for flowcharting symbols. Check it out, it might suit your needs. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+UxCHl0iXDssISsRAuKHAJ4jGxUePdDDLjw9PkgtmRa8yIUaYQCbBbmZ PxsFEYFTtrpmcPL4aAVk/RM= =25Xs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

July 17, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Flowchart software

by Chuck Haines

Yea but open office draw doesn't have the flowchart "stencils," which means I'd have to create all the basic flowchart types myself. Xfig kinda falls under the same category. I'm really looking for something that does flowcharting out of the box and I've yet to find it. This is one of the few things that keeps me rebooting into my windows partition. Chuck On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:58:32 -0400, Brett Russ <icycle(a)charter.net> wrote: > Chuck Haines wrote: > > >Does anyone know of any decent flow chart software for linux besides > >Dia or Kivio. Kivio is nice, however it's inability to export to a > >png or to be copy and pasted into star office makes it useless for me. > > Dia just doesn't cut it. Anyone know of anything? > > > > > > xfig ;-) > OpenOffice Draw > > HTH, > BR > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity WPI Class of 2005 ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

July 17, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Encrypted USB pen drive

by Chuck Haines

Yea, I ended up following the loop-aes and it work beautifully. The only problem is that the mount it root:root and can't be changed. However I was able to create a directory that is owned by my user and use that directory underneath just fine. It's actually really neat to have and was easier than I thought with Fedora Core 2. Chuck On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:43:28 -0400, Chuck Homic <chuck(a)vvisions.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:08:09AM -0400, Chuck Haines wrote: > > Has anyone configured an encrypted usb pen drive under linux? I'm not > > talking about encrypting single files, but being able to mount the pen > > drive as an encrypted device? I've look at loop-aes, but I'm curious > > is anyone has done this before and might give some pointers. > > loop-aes is way easy if you follow the instructions EXACTLY. > > As for tips, here you go: > > If you want to be able to use the device on Windows, you have to leave the > FAT filesystem on there. Your encrypted filesystem will just be a large > file on that filesystem that you'll mount loopback-style. You won't be > able to read the encrypted stuff in Windows, but you can use the free > space to do things, which is handy sometimes. > > Umm... that's it for tips. > > Now I have a question for someone. When I plug in my USB thingy, I get > some pseudo-random SCSI ID for the device (depending upon whether I was cd > burning, or I installed a different USB media). Is there any easy way to > figure out the mapping between the USB device and the SCSI ID? (So I can > improve my magic scripts...) > > Thanks. > > -Chuck (Homic) > > Confidentiality Notice: > > This message, including any attachments, may contain confidential > information. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify > the sender immediately, delete all copies, and do not distribute or use > this information. Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity WPI Class of 2005 ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

July 15, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Encrypted USB pen drive

by Brian Waite

What about looking at /proc/scsi/scsi? You can probably parse out the Vendor/Model to decide what ID you are. That is just off the top of my head tho. Thanks Brian > Now I have a question for someone. When I plug in my USB thingy, I get > some pseudo-random SCSI ID for the device (depending upon whether I was cd > burning, or I installed a different USB media). Is there any easy way to > figure out the mapping between the USB device and the SCSI ID? (So I can > improve my magic scripts...) > > Thanks. > > -Chuck (Homic) > > Confidentiality Notice: > > This message, including any attachments, may contain confidential > information. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify > the sender immediately, delete all copies, and do not distribute or use > this information. Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 15, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Encrypted USB pen drive

by Chuck Homic

On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:08:09AM -0400, Chuck Haines wrote: > Has anyone configured an encrypted usb pen drive under linux? I'm not > talking about encrypting single files, but being able to mount the pen > drive as an encrypted device? I've look at loop-aes, but I'm curious > is anyone has done this before and might give some pointers. loop-aes is way easy if you follow the instructions EXACTLY. As for tips, here you go: If you want to be able to use the device on Windows, you have to leave the FAT filesystem on there. Your encrypted filesystem will just be a large file on that filesystem that you'll mount loopback-style. You won't be able to read the encrypted stuff in Windows, but you can use the free space to do things, which is handy sometimes. Umm... that's it for tips. Now I have a question for someone. When I plug in my USB thingy, I get some pseudo-random SCSI ID for the device (depending upon whether I was cd burning, or I installed a different USB media). Is there any easy way to figure out the mapping between the USB device and the SCSI ID? (So I can improve my magic scripts...) Thanks. -Chuck (Homic) Confidentiality Notice: This message, including any attachments, may contain confidential information. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the sender immediately, delete all copies, and do not distribute or use this information. Thanks!

July 15, 2004

[OT] Introduction

by Brian Waite

Hi all. I wanted to quickly introduce myself. I just recently subscribed to the list and wanted to do a bit more than lurk. I hope to make a LUG meeting in the near future also. I don't want to waste too much bandwidth so I'll keep this short. If anyone is going up to the Ottawa Linux Symposium this month, maybe we can catch up and make some introductions, for everyone else, I look forward to meeting you all the LUG meeting. As I side note, I read the archives and wanted to second the idea for a "distro debate" LUG meeting. I think that would be really interesting to see what everyone runs and why. Thanks for the time Brian Waite

July 15, 2004

Encrypted USB pen drive

by Chuck Haines

Has anyone configured an encrypted usb pen drive under linux? I'm not talking about encrypting single files, but being able to mount the pen drive as an encrypted device? I've look at loop-aes, but I'm curious is anyone has done this before and might give some pointers. Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity WPI Class of 2005 ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

July 15, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by doug waud

Hi Greg I tend to use old hardware and I have the same impression; SuSE 9/XFree 4.x is less forgiving.than SuSE 8/Xfree 3.x was. I also found the 9/4 did not like my new video board (forget the model; it was a problem with the card maker not letting vendors include their driver as open source although you can freely download it. SuSE still did not seem to want to deal with it; will have to go back to XFree 3.x when I get return to it.). doug Gregory Avedissian wrote: > Update: > > Micro Center had a deal I couldn't refuse on a dvd drive, so I took a > spare hard drive and installed SuSE 9.1 yesterday. The first install had > a bunch of errors and wouldn't boot. I saw a list of programs that > reported errors, and it was too large to even bother with. I got > prompted to start the installation process and went through it a second > time. > > I guess it didn't like my vid card. Unlike 8.2, this one doesn't come > with the xfree 3.x environment that lets me run the 3.x server for my > card with xfree 4.3. The entire installation process was done in console > version of yast, rather than yast2. This surprised me, since earlier > versions of SuSE gave me yast2 during installation, even with my funky > vid card. By the end of the installation, I couldn't see words on the > screen (choices) untill they got highlighted by tabbing. > > Second install turned out ok, except for being stuck with 640x480 > display. I wiped it out, and I'll try it on another machine when I get > a chance. > > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 15, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Gregory Avedissian

Update: Micro Center had a deal I couldn't refuse on a dvd drive, so I took a spare hard drive and installed SuSE 9.1 yesterday. The first install had a bunch of errors and wouldn't boot. I saw a list of programs that reported errors, and it was too large to even bother with. I got prompted to start the installation process and went through it a second time. I guess it didn't like my vid card. Unlike 8.2, this one doesn't come with the xfree 3.x environment that lets me run the 3.x server for my card with xfree 4.3. The entire installation process was done in console version of yast, rather than yast2. This surprised me, since earlier versions of SuSE gave me yast2 during installation, even with my funky vid card. By the end of the installation, I couldn't see words on the screen (choices) untill they got highlighted by tabbing. Second install turned out ok, except for being stuck with 640x480 display. I wiped it out, and I'll try it on another machine when I get a chance. Greg

July 14, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Flowchart software

by Adam Keck

Hello Chuck, What about Open (Star) Office Draw? It does have dynamic connectors. -Adam On Jul 13, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Chuck Haines wrote: > Does anyone know of any decent flow chart software for linux besides > Dia or Kivio. Kivio is nice, however it's inability to export to a > png or to be copy and pasted into star office makes it useless for me. > Dia just doesn't cut it. Anyone know of anything? > > Chuck > > -- > Chuck Haines > chaines(a)gmail.com > ------------------------------------------- > Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity > WPI Class of 2005 > ------------------------------------------- > AIM: CyberGrex > YIM: CyberGrex_27 > ICQ: 3707881 > ------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 13, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Flowchart software

by Brett Russ

Chuck Haines wrote: >Does anyone know of any decent flow chart software for linux besides >Dia or Kivio. Kivio is nice, however it's inability to export to a >png or to be copy and pasted into star office makes it useless for me. > Dia just doesn't cut it. Anyone know of anything? > > xfig ;-) OpenOffice Draw HTH, BR

July 13, 2004

Flowchart software

by Chuck Haines

Does anyone know of any decent flow chart software for linux besides Dia or Kivio. Kivio is nice, however it's inability to export to a png or to be copy and pasted into star office makes it useless for me. Dia just doesn't cut it. Anyone know of anything? Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity WPI Class of 2005 ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

July 13, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Open Source CMS?

by Dwight A. Ernest

Thanks, I'll look at these, but they appear to be pointers to OSS CMS products rather than pointers to integrators (which is what I am seeking). --Dwight Matt Higgins wrote: > Here are some links. > > I'm not a big php fan but this is popular. > http://www.postnuke.com/index.php?module=Navigation > > Enterpreise grade CMS, a more secure port of postnuke written in Java > http://www.jboss.org/products/nukesjboss > > Perl/Mason based CMS. This is used by macword.com > http://www.bricolage.cc/ > > -Matt > > Quoting "Dwight A. Ernest" <dwight(a)significant.com>: > > >>Hi. I have a consulting client that is a non-profit in the midst of an >>IT management change. They have been seeking a good content management >>system for some time, but have not been seriously considering open >>source solutions for that need in spite of my cajoling them into that >>direction, in spite of the fact that the majority of their current web >>solution is built on Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL/etc. >> >>The main objection has been a lack of knowledge of any providers of a >>full-service CMS solution: sizing, integration, training, >>implementation, etc., which is something one can pretty much take for >>granted when dealing with proprietary CMSes. >> >>So what I'm seeking are pointers to open source content management >>integrators (either houses or experienced individual consultants) who >>can show a proven, referenceable list of happy clients for whom they've >>provided a full-service CMS solution. >> >>I look forward to hearing from you. >> >>-- >>Dwight A. Ernest, dwight at significant dot com GPG key A6999567 >>Cell: +1-508-523-1416 FAX: +1-978-405-2504 YIM: dwight_ernest >>RHCE #803004293310030 http://significant.com/~dwight/ KA2CNN >>Papa, partner, pilot, net geek, sysadmin, consultant, cohouser. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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

July 12, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Open Source CMS?

by Matt Higgins

Here are some links. I'm not a big php fan but this is popular. http://www.postnuke.com/index.php?module=Navigation Enterpreise grade CMS, a more secure port of postnuke written in Java http://www.jboss.org/products/nukesjboss Perl/Mason based CMS. This is used by macword.com http://www.bricolage.cc/ -Matt Quoting "Dwight A. Ernest" <dwight(a)significant.com>: > Hi. I have a consulting client that is a non-profit in the midst of an > IT management change. They have been seeking a good content management > system for some time, but have not been seriously considering open > source solutions for that need in spite of my cajoling them into that > direction, in spite of the fact that the majority of their current web > solution is built on Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL/etc. > > The main objection has been a lack of knowledge of any providers of a > full-service CMS solution: sizing, integration, training, > implementation, etc., which is something one can pretty much take for > granted when dealing with proprietary CMSes. > > So what I'm seeking are pointers to open source content management > integrators (either houses or experienced individual consultants) who > can show a proven, referenceable list of happy clients for whom they've > provided a full-service CMS solution. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > -- > Dwight A. Ernest, dwight at significant dot com GPG key A6999567 > Cell: +1-508-523-1416 FAX: +1-978-405-2504 YIM: dwight_ernest > RHCE #803004293310030 http://significant.com/~dwight/ KA2CNN > Papa, partner, pilot, net geek, sysadmin, consultant, cohouser. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 12, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Open Source CMS?

by Martin, Eric

I've played with Mambo (openmambo.org) and openeffect. There is a website that has a bunch of CMSs up with admin passwords so you can play around (the CMS sites go back to default every 15 minutes). Can't remember what the site is, but when I find it I'll post it to the list. -----Original Message----- From: Charles R. Anderson [mailto:cra@WPI.EDU] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 2:19 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Open Source CMS? On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 10:34:56PM -0400, Dwight A. Ernest wrote: > So what I'm seeking are pointers to open source content management > integrators (either houses or experienced individual consultants) who > can show a proven, referenceable list of happy clients for whom they've > provided a full-service CMS solution. This topic comes up from time to time. Has anyone played with any CMS stuff? I think it would make a great talk at an upcoming WLUG meeting, even just to answer the basic questions, What is a CMS? Why do I need/want one? _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 12, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Minkov, Ross wrote: MR>I just signed up for the WLUG mailing list. Can someone send me the link MR>to request a Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell? I assume it's MR>free? Follow the thread from here: http://paramount.ind.wpi.edu/pipermail/wlug/2004-June/003821.html (but that'll only get you June posts...) -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

July 7, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Baris Hasdemir

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 18:42, JONATHAN BEALL wrote: > hey, > > Just got my email from novell. is it only dvd? or does it come with cd's > too? > no cd s. just three dvd s are included in the pack.

July 7, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Baris Hasdemir

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 18:38, Minkov, Ross wrote: > Hi, > > I just signed up for the WLUG mailing list. Can someone send me the link > to request a Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell? I assume it's > free? > > Thanks, > Ross > here's the related message: http://paramount.ind.wpi.edu/pipermail/wlug/2004-June/003821.html

July 7, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by JONATHAN BEALL

hey, Just got my email from novell. is it only dvd? or does it come with cd's too? -Jonathan Beall >From: Gregory Avedissian <gma2004(a)verizon.net> >Reply-To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >Subject: Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell >Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:58:07 -0400 > >I got mine in the mail today. Immediately tried to boot up the 9.1 >disk on my office machine and couldn't get it to work. Checked the >boot settings in the bios a couple of times, booted my hard drive to >try to read the damned thing and couldn't even mount it. Finally >figured out that it's a DVD. Lemme know what it says - I won't be >getting to it this week. > >Greg > > > >Bill Smith wrote: >>On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:04:29 -0400 >>Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >>>... If anybody gets one of these, I'd be curious >>>to know what they think of it. >> >> >> >>On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:00:55 -0400 >>Bill Smith <wsmith(a)chezsmith.com> wrote: >> >> >>>I just filled out the questionaire. the final page had this to >>>say: >>> >>> Thank you William ! Your Linux Technical Resource Kit has been >>> successfully received. >>> We will contact you by e-mail as soon as your order ships. >>>... >> >> >>OKAY! >> >>I got THIS in my email box yesterday (Friday, 02 July) [edited to >>protect... Suffice to say it was addressed from Novell!]: >> >>======================================================== >> >>Subject: Novell/SuSE/Ximian Technical Resource Kit >>Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:23:01 -0600 >>X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Beta >> >>I just wanted to let you know that the free Tech resource kit you >>have >>ordered has been shipped and you should be receiving it soon. >> >>Brent Sharp >>Novell Customer Communities >> >>======================================================== >> >>Ahhhh... i can hardly wait! :D >> >>I figure that because of the holiday, it should get here sometime >>around Thursday, give or take. I'll let you all know what >>happens... >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com >> Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com >> >> Eliminate the impossible. Whatever remains, however >> improbable, must be the Truth. -- Sherlock Holmes >> * TAG! v3.1a * >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 >

July 7, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Minkov, Ross

Hi, I just signed up for the WLUG mailing list. Can someone send me the link to request a Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell? I assume it's free? Thanks, Ross -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:01 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:58:07 -0400 Gregory Avedissian <gma2004(a)verizon.net> wrote: > I got mine in the mail today. Immediately tried to boot up the 9.1 disk on > my office machine and couldn't get it to work. Checked the boot settings > in the bios a couple of times, booted my hard drive to try to read the > damned thing and couldn't even mount it. Finally figured out that it's a > DVD. Lemme know what it says - I won't be getting to it this week. Okay... I don't have a spare machine at this exact moment to install anything on (but this will change VERY soon... ;) ), but I poked around. There are three DVDs in a tri-fold paper-board carrying case. DVD 1A says it has the following (screen printed on the disc): -- SUSE(r) LINUX Enterprise Server 8 -- Nterprise Linux Services 1.0 -- GroupWise 6.5.1 -- Red Carpet Enterprise Server 2.02 -- ConsoleOne -- Linux Resources DVD 1B says it's got: -- SUSE LINUX Professional 8.2 -- Ximian Desktop 2 DVD 1C says it has: -- SUSE LINUX Professional 9.1 The README file on disc 1A specifically states that Ximian Desktop 2 needs to have SUSE Professional 8.2 installed, NOT 9.1, so that's why 8.2 is there. Disc 1C is bootable, assuming that your system is rigged to deal with that. ;) Other than that, each DVD has .iso files, which the user would burn to CDs (or mount locally, depending on what you're out to accomplish). I think I'll try to "sacrifice" my FC1 system to play with this... :D Although the package said that the contents were time-sensitive material (and each disc says that it is an Evaluation Software DVD-ROM), there was no indication in the README file of when anything (like the licenses) would expire. This will have to be explored further. Thanks, Andy, for bringing this to our attention! Best, -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com There are 10 kinds of people in the universe: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. * TAG! v3.1a *

July 7, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:58:07 -0400 Gregory Avedissian <gma2004(a)verizon.net> wrote: > I got mine in the mail today. Immediately tried to boot up the 9.1 disk on > my office machine and couldn't get it to work. Checked the boot settings > in the bios a couple of times, booted my hard drive to try to read the > damned thing and couldn't even mount it. Finally figured out that it's a > DVD. Lemme know what it says - I won't be getting to it this week. Okay... I don't have a spare machine at this exact moment to install anything on (but this will change VERY soon... ;) ), but I poked around. There are three DVDs in a tri-fold paper-board carrying case. DVD 1A says it has the following (screen printed on the disc): -- SUSE(r) LINUX Enterprise Server 8 -- Nterprise Linux Services 1.0 -- GroupWise 6.5.1 -- Red Carpet Enterprise Server 2.02 -- ConsoleOne -- Linux Resources DVD 1B says it's got: -- SUSE LINUX Professional 8.2 -- Ximian Desktop 2 DVD 1C says it has: -- SUSE LINUX Professional 9.1 The README file on disc 1A specifically states that Ximian Desktop 2 needs to have SUSE Professional 8.2 installed, NOT 9.1, so that's why 8.2 is there. Disc 1C is bootable, assuming that your system is rigged to deal with that. ;) Other than that, each DVD has .iso files, which the user would burn to CDs (or mount locally, depending on what you're out to accomplish). I think I'll try to "sacrifice" my FC1 system to play with this... :D Although the package said that the contents were time-sensitive material (and each disc says that it is an Evaluation Software DVD-ROM), there was no indication in the README file of when anything (like the licenses) would expire. This will have to be explored further. Thanks, Andy, for bringing this to our attention! Best, -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com There are 10 kinds of people in the universe: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. * TAG! v3.1a *

July 7, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Technical Resource Kit from Novell

by Gregory Avedissian

I got mine in the mail today. Immediately tried to boot up the 9.1 disk on my office machine and couldn't get it to work. Checked the boot settings in the bios a couple of times, booted my hard drive to try to read the damned thing and couldn't even mount it. Finally figured out that it's a DVD. Lemme know what it says - I won't be getting to it this week. Greg Bill Smith wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:04:29 -0400 > Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > >>... If anybody gets one of these, I'd be curious >>to know what they think of it. > > > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:00:55 -0400 > Bill Smith <wsmith(a)chezsmith.com> wrote: > > >>I just filled out the questionaire. the final page had this to say: >> >> Thank you William ! Your Linux Technical Resource Kit has been >> successfully received. >> We will contact you by e-mail as soon as your order ships. >> ... > > > OKAY! > > I got THIS in my email box yesterday (Friday, 02 July) [edited to protect... Suffice to say it was addressed from Novell!]: > > ======================================================== > > Subject: Novell/SuSE/Ximian Technical Resource Kit > Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:23:01 -0600 > X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Beta > > I just wanted to let you know that the free Tech resource kit you have > ordered has been shipped and you should be receiving it soon. > > Brent Sharp > Novell Customer Communities > > ======================================================== > > Ahhhh... i can hardly wait! :D > > I figure that because of the holiday, it should get here sometime around Thursday, give or take. I'll let you all know what happens... > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com > Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com > > Eliminate the impossible. Whatever remains, however > improbable, must be the Truth. -- Sherlock Holmes > * TAG! v3.1a * > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 7, 2004

Firewire/USB2.0 external case

by bryon3245＠netzero.com

I am also in the market for a nice external hd case. But i have a few specs for mine. I need it to be able to cary very large drives 250gb>. It needs to be alandium, becuase that way it will last a lot longer and I will not be in fear of it cracking under my brutil use. If anyone has any like that, that they have used before I would appericate a review. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - NetZero HiSpeed! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month -visit www.netzero.com to sign up today!

July 6, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Firewire/USB2.0 case recommendations?

by John Stoffel

Doug> Laptop hard drive or full-sized? The lab I work in has a couple Doug> of these portable Firewire/USB 2.0 enclosures: Since I had a full size (3.5") 120gb hard disk, that's what I got for a case. Doug> http://www.cooldrives.com/25firmobexen.html Doug> It needs external power (there's a picture of the adapter on the Doug> page) only for plugging into the mini-Firewire connections Doug> (i.e. most laptop firewire connections), but works fine with a Doug> full-sized firewire, or USB without external power. It's just Doug> large enough for a laptop drive, so very portable (we fit the Doug> whole kit including all the extra connectors into one of those Doug> 25-CD nylon cases). I on purpose got a case with a fan and a builtin power supply, along with both USB 2.0 and Firewire interfaces. We'll see how well it works out in practice later this week sometime. I could have gotten a smaller case, but I really don't like having to lug around the wall wart as well. And this way, it's all in one package, and I can find standard power cords *anywhere* I got pretty much. More details once I've played with the unit a bit. John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel(a)lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-952-7548

July 6, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Hot Swap Drives on a Inspiron 9100

by Brian J. Conway

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Chuck Haines wrote: > I just got a nice new Inspiron 9100 for work (a huge beast I might > add) and I just installed Fedora Core 2 on it. I'm curious if anyone > has any links or experience in how to make it so I can hot swap the > drives (dvd burner, cd-rom, floppy, extra battery) without having to > reboot. I've done some googling searching but haven't really found > anything yet. If you could reply back to hainesca(a)nv.doe.gov (my work > email), I'd be much appreciative. I'm sure various distributions have scripts setup to do that with the hotplug package, but what I've always done is compile those pieces as modules, and load and unload them before swapping hardware (no modules for the battery, the BIOS picks those up fine). Brian J. Conway bconway(at)alum.wpi.edu "LINUX is obsolete" - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992

July 6, 2004