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Wlug Meeting
by James Gray 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Not to start rumors or anything, but I think there is a wlug meeting tonight. According to the website J.R. Mauro will do a presentation on 'Source Code Management'.

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REMINDER: Meeting on Wednesday, Nov 19th, 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Don't forget about the WLUG meeting! J.R. Mauro will be our guest speaker (he was at the last meeting, too, for those who might remember him). His talk will be on Source Code Management. Please refer to the WLUG website for a more detailed description of J.R.'s talk. As a side topic, either after J.R.'s talk, or over pizza, I'll entertain any discussion of why I shouldn't dump Kubuntu in favor of SuSE on my laptop. The Hardy and Intrepid versions of Kubuntu are backward steps in functionality compared to Gutsy (in my very limited experience). The SuSE live CD works just fine. Don't reply to the email...repeat, don't reply to the email...save the flame wars for Wednesday evening! :-) See ya there! 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 iD8DBQFJIh3fHl0iXDssISsRAtwmAJ9tlKVAX0/Iyb1n1K5No8ki5lrUqACdEpX9 AKbuVmG6qlBMUCmYSYuwKRc= =Zb/V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Automatically deleting old email
by Clint Moyer 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Is it possible in Evolution (or another email client) to configure messages to be deleted after a specified period without manual intervention? I have a few folders set for mailing lists and shopping offers, but the contents are irrelevant after a few days. I'd like to be able to set up each folder to delete messages older than seven days, for example. Thanks.

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Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA)
by Tal Cohen 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Is anyone from WLUG going to the Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) in San Diego next week? Tal

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Samba config help
by Pete Wason 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I wil PAY someone to come to my house and help me configure Samba on my CentOS server. I have three Windows machines set up with an admin user and a non-admin user. I don't really care right now if the non-admin user can access my server, I just want seamless access as admin so I can transfer stuff for my websites without using floppies or CDs. I have lots of money. No, wait, I *don't* have lots of money :) but maybe we can work something out. If I can make my server an ldap server and set up domain stuff, cool. If not, whatever works. I also have a Pegasos running MorpOS (which has its own copy of Samba), and a couple of Amiga 3000s which could either be setup with smbfs (which I had working at one point), or they could just FTP to the linux box (assuming I can get SMB access there from the Windoze side). Lot of fun to be had by all! Open to suggestions, Pete Wason???Hy Noom Publications???codevark(a)aim.com???508.865.5414

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OPENING - Prin Engineer - Embedded Linux Platform Developer
by John Spencer 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

I have a client in northern MA looking for a Principle Engineer - Embedded Linux Platform Development, salary $115K range, depending on experience. Some details are listed below. If you are anyone you know is interested, please give me a call or send me an email Principal Engineer Platform development experience: o Embedded Linux expertise - 2.6.21 kernel version or higher o OSAL and System Service Layer integration o Experience using 3rd party development IDEs such as Wind River WorkBench, processor emulation tools and on-chip debug technologies o Hands-on development, configuration and debug of platform BSPs (Board Support Package) - PPC and ARM architecture experience preferred o POST (Power On Self Test) development and integration o Bootloader configuration and debug experience e.g. U-boot, RedBoot o NAND Flash support: Flash Filesystems configuration and debug o Kernel Driver development o The qualified candidate will assume the platform lead development responsibility for a new CPE platform. He/she will contribute to the specification, development and integration of the platform BSP: Regards, Optimal Engineering Partners Inc. is now Symphony Services! John Spencer Office: 978-256-1113 ext 7608 Fax: 978-256-1184 jspencer(a)symphonysv.com Symphony Services 1 Technology Park Drive Westford , MA 01886 www.symphonysv.com <blocked::file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\hripley-boyd\Application %20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.symphonysv.com> This electronic transmission (and any attached documents) contains information from Symphony Services and is for the sole use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you receive this message in error, please notify me and destroy the attached message (and all attached documents) immediately.

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free codeweavers
by Minkov, Ross 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Codeweavers is giving out free versions of their software. http://down.codeweavers.com/ -Ross

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Anyone going to LISA'08
by Tal Cohen 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Anyone going? I'll be there from Saturday night through Wednesday...and hate eating alone :) Tal

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GIMP question
by Richard Klein 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

It's not necessarily a Linux-specific question, but I'm creating some maps for the company Halloween party to direct kids to cubicles that have candy. I want to mark those cubicles with jack-o-lanterns. Using the GIMP, how can I use some jack-o-lantern clip-art as a stamp? It might be useful to keep the jack-o-lanterns on a separate layer in the process. -- Thanks! Rich

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Sorry I didn't make it!
by Tim Keller 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hey Gang, I might be at the next meeting! My wife and I decided to go off this month and spawn another daughter process. Olivia Keller was added to the global name space on Oct 7th. Later, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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ACM Professional Development Seminar
by Bob Breznak 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hey,The Worcester Area Chapter of the ACM is hosting a professional development seminar entitled "Eclipse: Inside and Out". It will be a day long event that covers everything about the Eclipse IDE including installation, advanced features, available plug-ins leading up to developing a plug-in from scratch. The end portion will cover specific tools and uses at WPI. For more information: http://acm.wpi.edu/pds Thanks, Bob ------------------ Bob Breznak 908 672 2841 robert.breznak(a)gmail.com Senior Assistant for Computer Science ACM President UPE President IEEE Webmaster

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A REALLY nifty utility for making CD's and USB keys
by Karl Lind 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

It's called Universal Netboot Installer and "UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it's no different from a standard install, only it doesn't need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

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Mythtv Hardware
by vze284qe＠verizon.net 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Hello all, I'd like to know what Wlug'ers are recommending for mythtv hardware these days. I already have a Hauppauge PVR-350 TV capture card. I'd like to build a low-profile quiet mythtv box that I can put next to a standard TV (not hi-def). What do people recommend? What about disk space? Ideally, I'd like something about the size of the mac-mini, but I don't think I can use a mac-mini as a mythtv backend. I already have a mythbuntu box, but it's big, noisy, and not suitable for what I'm looking for. Any ideas?? -- -Chuck

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Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting - a potential topic - on Wed Oct 15th 7:00
by Karl Lind 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hey all, I've got Ibex(Alpha) on my test notebook and I've just locked the display at 1024X768 at 60 HZ and I will be bringing it to the meeting.

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Upcoming meeting - a potential topic - on Wed Oct 15th 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI all, I was hoping that we could talk about the upcoming Intrepid Ibex release of (K)Ubuntu. I loaded this software onto my laptop, but unfortunately, I cannot get dual monitors working, and that means the projector won't work with my laptop in its current state. I've seen a lot of bug reports and complaining about this problem, but nothing that I've tried will make it work. If/when I do get it working, I'll bring my laptop to the meeting, but it is not looking promising. Failing that, as a backup, if anybody has a laptop that is running this software, and has its output VGA port configured for 1024x768@60Hz (and tested prior to the meeting!), and would like to lead a discussion, please let me know. Otherwise, I'm open to other suggestions. Note that whatever the topic, our meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15th, at 7:00 PM. See ya there! Thanks! 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 iD8DBQFI8o73Hl0iXDssISsRAoUQAJkBVEaVbOcn6okcLYYBKAx2LvoPAQCdFVL1 uup4ykRo8hfwbHGDY9e1PUw= =4wAq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SSH problems
by Eric Martin 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

I have an outward facing ssh box at work that is currently being attacked. somebody's going through a dictionary attack of usernames; currently he or she is on abl. I can't block the IP Address because the ip is different with each username. Does anybody have any good ideas on how to stop this? I'm probably going to move the ssh port to some random high number to get rid of this, but I don't know yet if anybody else ssh's in besides me. Thanks in advance -- Eric Martin Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F

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Re: [Wlug] List broken?
by James Gray 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Your message ended up in my gmail spam folder. Perhaps it ended up in yours as well? On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I sent mail around 1am last night and it's yet to make it to the list...are > we having a problem? > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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List broken?
by Tim Keller 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

I sent mail around 1am last night and it's yet to make it to the list...are we having a problem? Thanks, Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Funky LVM hack we talked about...
by Tim Keller 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hey Gang, For those of you at the meeting who don't remember, Kevin had a 32GB flash disk that had a controller that had a built in understanding of FAT32. Thus formatting it as any other file system would work until you actually wrote to it then it would go insane. I postulated that one way to solve this would be to use LVM or MD, however when we tried this I hit a road block in that pvcreate won't let you pvcreate a regular old file, you need a device file, the same thing with MD. I finally managed to get it to work without having to hand add any devices into /dev... here's how... For my testing I created 4 100MB files using the command: dd if=/dev/zero of=part[1-4] bs=1024k count=100 This is what Kevin would need to do to on his flash drive... 1. Create 16, 2GB files on the flash drive named part[1-16] 2. Create loopback to file mappings using the command "losetup /dev/loop1 part1", repeat for all devices Also note, with this you could setup loopback encryption on these devices... If you suddenly find yourself without a loopback device issue the command in /dev "./MAKEDEV loop" However, I think udev will probably take care of it behind the scenes. 3. pvcreate /dev/loop1 /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3 /dev/loop4 ... 4. vgcreate vgHACK /dev/loop1 /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3 /dev/loop4 ... At this point if you issue a "vgdisplay" you should see how many (PE) physical extents you have. 5. lvcreate -n volume_name -l num_of_extends vgHACK If you use -L you can specify 300M, etc. Also you can specify how many stripes you want the data to be written in, which is handy if your 16 devices were on seperate disk controllers... Also you don't have to use all the extends in one logical volume, you could create lots of little volumes. 6. mkfs.ext3 /dev/vgHACK/volume_name 7. mount filesystem, sit back in bemusement that linux gives you the flexibility to do such things. Now... while were at it, if instead of LVM, if you wanted to use MD, this is what you'd do. If you have the lvm stuff from above, unmount the filesystem and issue a vgremove vgHACK it'll warn about active volumes, blah, blah... This command will take loop1,loop2,loop3,loop4 and put them into a 4 member RAID0 with no spare. mdadm -C /dev/md0 -l 0 -n 4 /dev/loop1 /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3 /dev/loop4 This command will create a raid5 out of the four devices without a spare. mdadm -C /dev/md0 -l 0 -n 4 /dev/loop1 /dev/loop2 /dev/loop3 /dev/loop4 It'll go off and build the array, now just format and mount and you're set to go. cat /proc/mdstat to see what it's upto. I was thinking of other insane things that Kevin can do with his 3 32GB flash disks. He could create 3 logical volumes each containing 16 members and then create an raid5 MD device using the logical volume members... He could create 3 16 member raid0's and then create a raid 5 out of them. He could install ZFS on top of fuse and then put all 48 devices into a zpool... I'll stop here, but I'm sure others have some even demented/funny ideas... Enjoy! Tim. -- I am weary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting on Wednesday
by Andy Stewart 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, The next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid Room at WPI in Worcester, MA USA. Currently, we don't have a speaker for the meeting, but if anybody wishes to volunteer, please send me email. I'd be curious to see a demo of (K)Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 if anybody has one available. See ya there! 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 iD8DBQFIzvzSHl0iXDssISsRAqL0AJ0cF3oe5XDFH43fL5MAfApRVTzrHgCfQmRF +rJjaZcg8at52lND2aPVENY= =EKXD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fwd: REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting on Wednesday
by James Gray 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Did you mean 8.04 or 8.10? There are already alphas available for 8.10. I would kind of like to see a demo of the features in this next release. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:24 PM Subject: [Wlug] REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting on Wednesday To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, The next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid Room at WPI in Worcester, MA USA. Currently, we don't have a speaker for the meeting, but if anybody wishes to volunteer, please send me email. I'd be curious to see a demo of (K)Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 if anybody has one available. See ya there! 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 iD8DBQFIzvzSHl0iXDssISsRAqL0AJ0cF3oe5XDFH43fL5MAfApRVTzrHgCfQmRF +rJjaZcg8at52lND2aPVENY= =EKXD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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(redhat,fedora)(LONG) yum.repos.d? for local-net base RPMs
by Doug Mildram 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

Hi! I had imperfect luck googling the best/easiest answer to this one. Maybe I just need a good "yum book/tutorial". I may have solved (poorly or OK) my "simulated challenge" (planning for an RHCE exam) which is: Let's say I had no Internet, but I did have RedHat RPM's on a local server, so doing a new-install with JUST the first boot cd, then linux askmethod (chose ftp/nfs/http, whatever the server's offering) And did the install using network'd RPMs. Later, say I wanna "yum install" something-else missed earlier, without manually pointing to RPMs. (keep using yum, without Internet). Out of the box, yum didnt adjust itself to my "askmethod" location. Tis on the RHCE exam prep list: "configure to update/install pkgs from remote repositories using yum or pup" I'll attempt (poorly,toomuch...) to finetune a more specific QUESTION: .....................How to modify the yum (config or yum.repos.d/files) IN ORDER TO: either REPLACE ( I managed this) or ADD TO (more intelligently) to use a local-network source for "base RPMs" (whatever comes on the .iso CD/DVD's , a likely RPM stash/set) Here's one answer that might be OK in the isolated situation: a) Comment OUT primary line in /etc/yum.repos.d/*file within [base] (ymmv, "baseurl" or "mirrorlist" line, look for comments/fallbacks) then b) add ONE LINE "baseurl=ftp:...", whatever the server's offering. I'll assume ==dumb to create a NEW /etc/yum.repos.d file with [base] or [??] Also assume there's better ways to solve this. ====== here's a comparison of a centOS 4 vs rhel 5 /etc/yum/repos.d : CentOS release 4.5 (Final) [doug]$ pwd /etc/yum.repos.d [doug]$ grep \\\[ * CentOS-Base.repo:[base] CentOS-Base.repo:[update] CentOS-Base.repo:[addons] CentOS-Base.repo:[extras] CentOS-Base.repo:[centosplus] CentOS-Base.repo:[contrib] CentOS-Media.repo:[c4-media] ==== centOS 5 looks the same as above/centOS4. but RHEL 5 is quite different in yum.repos.d below:=======RHEL 5 workstation: $ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga) [doug]$ ls /etc/yum.repos.d rhel-debuginfo.repo # ONLY ONE short FILE , # and it's ignored ("enabled=0") anyways. ## NOTE LACK OF visible [base], [updates], etc.... So there's some hidden magic here, neither in /etc/yum.conf. [doug]$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-debuginfo.repo [rhel-debuginfo] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - Debug baseurl=ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/$releasever/en/os/… enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release oops, too much info. Favorite yum pointer for this topic, or just advice welcome! thx -doug

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OPENINGS in MA - Multiple Linux kernel roles contract & perm (mid to Prin level)
by John Spencer 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

We have several clients in MA with openings for Linux engineers. I have included some info below, but have not included all roles. If you are interested in hearing/finding out more details, please give me a call at the # below or send me an email with your updated resume. We also have a referral bonus program so if you know someone else looking, please forward this along to them. Linux drivers/kernel builds (12+ mth contract in northern MA) KEYS: Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations; Mid/Senior level software developer responsible for user mode device drivers and Linux kernel builds, configurations and customizations. Additional responsibilities include upgrade, download, install of Linux and application software on a running Linux system with little disruption of normal operation. - Candidate should have experience in Linux tool chain, runtime library and utility configuration, and building. Detailed understanding of the interaction of these utilities and the underlying Linux environment is required. Linux Kernel Engineer (perm in 495/Mass Pike area) Responsibilities: A minimum of 8 years of software development experience with a focus on operating systems, and device drivers, preferably on Linux or a UNIX variant. Proficient in Linux Kernel Architecture, the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 Kernels, Experience working with complex state machines. Experience developing Linux kernel mode and user mode device drivers. Linux Engineer (perm in northern MA) Our customer is looking for a Software Engineer with C/C++ (strong C preferred) and Linux based user space application software development experience (not embedded). Must have Excellent C programming and debugging skills, should have some C++ as well. Excellent design and specification skills Strong written and verbal communication skills Experience with networking and distributed systems Understanding and experience designing and implementing socket, multithreaded and multi-process application Linux and Embedded system experience. Regards, Optimal Engineering Partners Inc. is now Symphony Services! John Spencer Office: 978-256-1113 ext 7608 Fax: 978-256-1184 jspencer(a)symphonysv.com <mailto:risaac@symphonysv.com> Symphony Services 1 Technology Park Drive Westford , MA 01886 www.symphonysv.com <blocked::file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\hripley-boyd\Application %20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.symphonysv.com> This electronic transmission (and any attached documents) contains information from Symphony Services and is for the sole use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you receive this message in error, please notify me and destroy the attached message (and all attached documents) immediately.

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CNR updating?
by Bill Mills-Curran 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

I put linspire on a laptop many months ago (better support for my wireless card). I would have expected some kind of notification that software updates are available for applications, but I see nothing indicating that I should update things. I'm using ubuntu on other systems, so I'm familiar with that update method. What do I do to poll for updates with CNR? Thanks, Bill

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raid1
by Simeon MacMillen 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

I'd like to set up Raid-1 on my computer. I have 2 500Gig hds, one of which is empty, and one of which has data (that I want to keep). I found this guide, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Raid (I use Ubuntu), and liked the "super simple md" recipe, but I'm not sure how to do this so that I don't loose data. (I searched around, but the only thing I found required the alternate install CD, which I have issues with.) Any help would be appreciated. Simeon MacMillen

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