Posts by alc6379

Even the DVD-ROM is optional, since drive-to-drive copy is rarely a good idea.

I don't know if this is true or not anymore, but I remember reading somewhere that, if you can afford it, it's a good idea to get a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive in addition to your CD-RW/DVD-RW drive.

Basically, the article I read contended that, because of the write mechanisms on the rewritable drive add more weight to the drive. What the author said was that the extra weight increases the wear and tear on the drive, thus causing it to fail earlier. If you did a lot of reading of DVDs and CD-ROMs, it is this reason that the guy said you should have a regular DVD or CD drive in addition to your burner.

...But like I said, I don't know if that's true anymore. I will agree, though, that drive-to-drive copying isn't a very good thing to do, considering data throughput issues.

I can do it, but since it's the holidays, I'm won't be on IRC that much. If anyone gets the unction to do it before I do, be sure to post the server and the channel name here!

i was refering to the fact of how it loads moduals onto its already running system sorta like Linux does

That doesn't neccesarily make it Linux-like. I mean, there are tons of OSes that do that. I realized that you could load modules into the Netware kernel, but I didn't know that's what you meant. I mean, the BSDs, all of the SCO OSes, I think even Solaris does that. So, you could really even go so far as to say that it's "FreeBSD-like" or, "SCO OpenServer-like" if that's your basis

Actually, all novell servers, from 1.0 and on run on DOS! FreeDOS, Dr. Dos, MS-Dos, some type of dos. Basically, dos loads, loads the autoexec.bat and runs SERVER.EXE, the Novell loader. Novell isn't a kernel, just everything else. Just an interesting fact

Novell NetWare 7.0 will run on a Linux kernel, thats all.

NetWare is 3000x easier to set up then Linux, and it runs almost all of the most popular Linux open source software now - PHP/MySQL/Apache and so on.

Now, only if it did ASP.NET.

Actually, Netware doesn't run under DOS, it's just loaded by DOS. Kind of like how you can use loadlin to load up a Linux kernel through DOS. After server.exe is started, Netware removes DOS from memory.

I remember a little bit from the Netware class I took...

So, it does turn out that Netware 7 will use the Linux kernel after all?

I don't claim to know that much about Novell, but what do you mean when you say "Linux-like"? I mean, every kernel pretty much does the same thing, but they differ in how it's done. When you say that it's like Linux, my ears perk up-- in what way is it similar to the Linux kernel? I do have some vague knowledge of Novell history, when they owned the Sys V code and everything, and I even realize that they used some of that code to enhance their Netware line... Is that what you mean?

But, I did just do some reading. Apparently, Novell has shifted direction, but only slightly. I don't think they're going to have the option of running Netware 7 with a Linux kernel anymore. Instead, what they've done is developed a package of tools that allows tighter integration with a Linux server. It's called Nterprise tools for Linux or something.

It's not going to be Novell running on a Linux kernel, it's going to be Novell services running on a Linux kernel. So, that means you'll be able to use Novell tools like ZENworks to manage the Linux machine, just like it was a Novell server, FWIW.

Nope, there's no IRC channel. Mostly because I've never been much of an IRC junkie and wouldn't know the first thing about setting one up. A second reason is because bandwidth and processor usage of the server is, of course, a huge concern.

Cool thing is, you wouldn't have to set it up on your server. There are plenty (irc.freenode.net and irc.oftc.net are good ones) that let you set them up for free. That way, no bandwidth or anything would be consumed from this server, because it'd all be somewhere else.

Heck, I'm no IRC guru, but I could help set one up somewhere.If anything, folks are welcome in #justlinux at irc.freenode.net. It's the unofficial JustLinux IRC channel. We don't always talk about Linux, and everyone there (when there's anyone) is really friendly.

Vicomsoft FTP

I really like that piece of software. I've used it since OS 8, and it integrated really nicely into the Finder with its drag-n-drop capability.

I personally shy away from striping.

Why? Because if one drive goes funky, then you'd lose all 500GB of data. Also, I'd be willing to bet that as fast as SATA is, the performance gain wouldn't be that big.

I mean, c'mon, you've got a G5 with Serial ATA. How much more speed are you looking for? :p

Fink uses the apt-get system with a special binary repository. I really doubt that the binary release for the Debian install would work for OS X, even if you got a PPC version.

..There's also xsmbrowser that's available for Linux. If you have the X server and Fink running on your Mac, then you should have the appropriate tools available to you for compiling a package from source.

Compiling a program isn't that bad, really-- just make sure you have the required libraries and programs installed. Most tarballs are really easy to compile. You unpack the tarball:

tar -xvzf tarball-foo-1.27.tar.gz

Then you build it:

cd tarball-foo-1.27
./configure
make
su
make install

If you have all of the proper tools installed already, then the package will build, and no errors will occur. Of course, building it like this requires you to have the root user enabled in OS X, something that isn't done by default.

My case exactly.

Can't you see the market, though? Nifty looking little translucent pieces of plastic, with an adjustable arm and a monitor-shaped notch on top:

THE IMAC EASEL!!!

/me grabs a patent application

Novell is the bomb.

Everytime I hear someone say, "Novell sucks", I cringe. Most likely, they've never touched it-- they probably only know it's some relic from the past.

From a directory services standpoint, you can't beat it. For stability, it runs like a champ. Even with the Release of NetWare 6, you are able to integrate nearly every box you have in a network, be it UNIX, Linux, Windows, Novell, whatever, into one single directory structure. The cool thing is you can administer the whole deal from any machine with a web browser.

What's even greater is that once NetWare 7 comes out, you'll have the option of running NetWare with the Linux kernel. So, you'll have all of the NetWare features that make it so great, and you'll have the Linux applications available to you.

Quick Fact: Did you know that many Formula 1 racers use Novell? Because NetWare can represent any object in your organization as a leaf object in its tree, F1 techs use Novell to monitor all of the various telemetry that's recorded on the race car!

Just curious...

This forum seems really neat, and I'll bet the people here are really interesting. Is there a TechTalk Forums IRC channel?

I already frequent irc.freenode.net-- do you guys hang out anywhere else?

This just reinforces a question I've had all along about these new Imacs...

Knowing how hinges can wear out, what's going to happen in a few years to all of these swivel monitors, especially one as heavy as a 20" model?

I'm envisioning a lot of hunched-over Mac users in a few years once the tension on those arms start drooping...

is linneighboorhood available for OS X?

I'll bet that you can compile it, or maybe it's available through Fink...

It could definitely be overheating.

I'm not sure of what the operating range is for that chip, but I'd look into an aftermarket CPU cooler for the chip. Also, it could be an issue with your motherboard. I used to have an older Asus K7V-133C that, everytime the machine froze, it would reset itself back to the lowest multiplier and the lowest frequency available. It was some kind of "Safe Mode" or something, I dunno. It could be like you said: the CPU is overheating, the motherboard detects it, and it clocks back the chip.

...Or, it could be that the feature has gone awry. Try updating your board's BIOS to the most recent revision available.

Tell him that I stole you guys away :P and I'll fight for ya if I have to! LOL j/k

Not trying to be coy or anything, but the admin of this board is WAY cuter than our admin... ;)

Check pricewatch. Just a couple months ago, I purchased a dual-fan 500W PSU for $16, shipped.

Even though you can slave two power supplies together, that's pretty, UM, GHETTO. For one thing, how easy would it be to find a case that accepts two PSUs? You'd probably end up drilling a old in the side and sitting the second PSU on top.

Serial ATA is better than Parallel ATA (IDE) drives
SCSI is great if you can afford it but really meant for high-performance servers

Just an FYI: According to Tom's Hardware guide, Serial ATA drives have almost caught up with SCSI in terms of speed and reliability. Those used to be the big things with SCSI-- speed and reliability. But, considering that Serial ATA is in between Parallel IDE and SCSI in terms of cost, but nearly up there with SCSI in performance, I'd recommend going with Serial ATA if you can afford it.

Personally, I'm going to get a Serial ATA controller card and some SATA drives in the next few months or so.

I'd go with the ECS board, too.

I've got one of them, and they're pretty nice. They'll definitely support that memory+processor combo, and they're really affordable. There's nothing wrong, neccesarily, with that PC Chips board, but it might not hurt to spend a little extra for some more features.

Here are a couple of tips, at least, these are ones I've been told.

Put your DVD and your hard drive on the same Primary ide channel. Make the hard drive the master, and the DVD the slave. Put the CD-RW on your secondary master position, and leave secondary slave empty.

The reason I suggest that is because when you're burning a CD, extra data on the IDE channel can interfere with the CD burning properly. My wife has a Zip drive and a CDRW on one channel, but she never uses them both at the same time. If you can do that, then you'll be okay, too.

Also, I'd have to agree with Paladine. Make a partition for Applications and system files, and one for data. That way, if your system install goes nutty, then you'll still have all of your data. 2.8 ghz is pretty darn fast, and 512MB is a lot of memory, so putting your swap file on a fast disk would, IMHO, not do that much for your performance.

Aside from that, the only other speed increases I could see is using a RAID 0 configuration. Your hard drive reads would be faster, but if one drive in the RAID setup failed, you'd lose all of your data. Either that, or I'd look into using SCSI or Serial ATA disks for data storage. Both formats are way faster than regular ATA disks.

An IDE channel can have two IDE devices on it. So long as they have IDE connectors, the devices should work. A floppy isn't an ATA/IDE device-- it has its own special port. So, you should be okay with that motherboard.

But, as a point of Netiquette, "please respond quick" is pretty rude...

Working with Gnome menus

Straight from the official Gnome User's Guide

:cool:

Seriously, you should just read the documentation that comes with any major Linux distribution.

If you download Red Hat or Mandrake, for example, each distribution's website will have excellent directions on how to setup your disk drives and install Linux onto it. Now, though, Red Hat's consumer release is called Fedora Core. Despite the name, it's still just as easy to install. Here is the link to that project.

Mandrake Linux, like I mentioned earlier, has good instructions as well. Both of these distributions have nice, point-n-click installers which essentially will hold your hand through installing Linux.

...And remember, there are always forums like these around to help you through it!

I don't see why it wouldn't...

First off, try posting the specs of your machine. If you do that, we may be better able to troubleshoot your install.

It may very well be that you don't have correct jumper settings on a drive or something...

For files transfer, the best is to use SAMBA. But, remeber that NTFS is ready only for samba. One alternative is to create a Fat32 partition on win side to allow file transfers.

I'd have to agree with the first sentence of this statement, but not with the rest of it.

If you're running Linux and Windows, regardless of which one is host and which one is guest, your best bet is to set up the guest OS with a virtual network adapter and run SAMBA. That way, you would just treat it like you have two machines on a network. Additionally, when you're working with SAMBA, it's irrelevant which filesystem the OS has that you're copying files to. If you're copying from the Linux system to the Windows system, it will work just fine whether the Windows system is running NTFS or FAT.

I should know-- I'm constantly copying files between *nix boxen and Win2k servers running NTFS!

Console.

I'm just faster there. :cool:

Most of the things I do, with the exception of movies and graphics, have command-line tools available. I type way faster than I click, so console it is!

Funny thing is, I do most of my work in a console, but I'm usually using a terminal. That's why I use a windowmanager like ion that is VERY minimalistic, and allows me to have a freaking TON of X terminals open on my dual 1280x1024 monitor setup. Sometimes, I'll have so many things running, I can have 8 or 9 gnome-terminals (gnome-terminal has tabs!) running, and have 3 or 4 tabs in each window.

I'll throw my hat in-- Woo Woo!

Here, I'm alc6379. At justlinux.com, I'm Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379, the "Cookie Moderator"! I'd've used the same nickname here, but most forums don't like my long username.

Glad to be here, and I hope I can help somebody!

you would need to setup filesharing :D which i belive would be rather a pain in the arse :)

It's not any different than setting up filesharing for two distinct machines running Windows XP and Linux.

You could do it any number of ways. Because VMware allows for virtual NICs on the guest OS, you could set up an FTP server on the host Linux install, give the Windows XP install a virtual NIC with an IP address, and then upload/download the files to the FTP server. Or, you could again set up the virtual NIC, set up Windows Networking on the XP install, create a shared folder, and use Samba to access the Windows share in Linux.

Basically, all of my suggestions would revolve around getting a virtual Ethernet connection set up, and then using some filesharing protocol to exchange the files. Once you get the virtual connection set up, choosing what protocol to use boils down to what tools you have experience working with...

ftp://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/bin-pkgs/RedHat/RPMS/i386/

Just pick your version of Red Hat, and download away! Just be sure that you have all of the required packages needed by the RPM to install Samba with. If you don't have them, the install will fail, and it will bark at you, telling which packages are needed.

It depends on how users are logging in.

If it's through telnet, you would edit /etc/issue.net. Otherwise, it's dependant upon each particular service. /etc/motd would be displayed for users after they've logged on.

Interestingly enough, if your terminal supports it, you can do some neat things with /etc/issue.net and its local equivalent, /etc/issue . If you fancy yourself an ASCII artist, and you know escape codes to generate colored text, you can draw and color neat little ASCII art pictures. Once, I drew an orange castle, complete with a blue sky and yellow blinking stars, and I used it for a machine I named "fortress" :cool:

I'll take a stab at this, but I could be completely wrong.

Knute's onto something, I think, with xemacs using the X Windows default window decorations. Last time I used the X11 server under OS X, all of the X Windows had the Aqua theme. I'd be willing to bet that what Knute said would apply-- if you used emacs-gtk, it would have Gtk window decorations, and if you used Xemacs, it would have the default X Windows window decorations, ala Aqua's buttons.

So, I'd imagine it's the opposite of what you said in your second post.

To those running as root all the time:

Running as an upriviledged user is one of the best security features available to a Linux user. If you're checking your email, surfing the web, or doing ANYTHING pertaining to the USE of your computer, there's no reason you shouldn't run as a regular user. The only time you should run as root is when you specifically need to do something pertaining to the maintainance or running of the computer, like installing a package, or changing system settings. As a matter of fact, you shouldn't really ever log in as root-- you should use su or some other tool and gain root priviledge.

One big reason is malicious code. One of the ways Windows virii do so much damage is because as a regular Windows 9x user, you have full power to do anything to your system, including trashing it. Even in Windows XP, IIRC, new users are automatically added to the Administrators group. If you open an e-mail with malicious scripting in it, the code can have its way with your machine if you're running as a priviledged user. In a properly configured Windows system, or in any other Unix-like system, the damage such a script could do would be limited to only the files the unpriviledged user had permission to modify. 9 times out of 10, that unpriviledged user won't have file permission to delete any important system files.

I'm not going to dissuade anyone from running …