Nic setup

Craig S. plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 21:16:47 +0000


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>    1. OT: compgeeks hardware [monitor for sale] (Julian M Catchen)
>    2. Re: Fwd: Linux executive accuses Microsoft (Kevin Brown)
>    3. Re: compiling on openbsd (Kevin Buettner)
>    4. resizing partition (Eric)
>    5. parted (Eric)
>    6. Re: resizing partition (Craig White)
>    7. Re: Fwd: Linux executive accuses Microsoft (George Toft)
>    8. Re: resizing partition (George Toft)
>    9. Re: Fwd: Linux executive accuses Microsoft (dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com)
>   10. [PLUG-announce]Apr PLUG-devel mtg: Fx() Interception Techniques (plug-announce-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us)
>   11. mounting windows file system (Bruner, Andrew)
>   12. Nic setup (Bruner, Andrew)
>   13. Re: mounting windows file system (jtannenba)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:21:18 -0700
> From: Julian M Catchen <julian@catchen.org>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: OT: compgeeks hardware [monitor for sale]
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I have recently replaced my CRT monitor with a flat panel and was hoping
> someone on the list was in the market for a used, 19" monitor.  It is a
> CTX VL950SL, and can be seen on the web here:
>
> http://www.ctxintl.com/products/vl950sl.htm
>
> It is a fine monitor and still works as it did when I bought it.  I was
> hoping to sell it for about $100 (OBO).
>
> Let me know off list if you are interested.
>
> julian
>
> On 2002.03.26 13:40 technomage wrote:
> > hmmm.
> > anyone happen to have any older model equipment laying arounf that has
> > VLbus
> > slots on it. I cam across some hardware this last week that I can use,
> > but I
> > need a faster MB to run it on (33 Mhz is way too slow for linux and X).
> >
> > Technomage
> >
> > On Tuesday 26 March 2002 08:22 am, you wrote:
> > > Some of the PLUGers at the Stammtisch expressed an interest in low cost
> > > refurbished PCs sans OSes.  Here's one TODAY for 278 USD.
> > >
> > > 667MHz Celeron system with a 4x4x32x CD-RW Drive
> > > 40GB IDE hard drive,
> > > 64MB of RAM (2 DIMM slots exp to 256),
> > > Speakers, Modem & More!
> > > mini-tower microATX / Intel 810 chipset
> > > 3 PCI slots (One used)
> > >
> > > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GENXE742
> > >
> > > Gontran
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:11:01 -0700
> From: "Kevin Brown" <kevin_brown@qwest.net>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Linux executive accuses Microsoft
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> > > Linux executive accuses Microsoft
> > >
> > > The Associated Press
> > > Posted March 25, 2002, 1:21 PM EST
> > >
> > > WASHINGTON -- A top executive of Linux
> > > operating system distributor Red Hat accused
> > > Microsoft Monday of taking ownership of open
> > > technology standards in an attempt to frustrate
> > > other companies.
> > >
> > Nothing new here, of course, just good olde M$ embrace and extend.
> >
> > "If someone thinks we're not after Lotus and after WordPerfect and after Borland, they are confused. My job is to get a fair share of the software applications market, and to me that's 100 percent."
> >
> >                 Mike Maples, Senior VP for Applications for Microsoft, Nov. 1991
> >
> > That statement still applies and not just to applications. To bring it up to date just add the words Open Source and Linux.
>
> You wouldn't happen to know the source where this quote can be found would you?
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:14:28 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kev@illusions.com>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: compiling on openbsd
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> On Mar 26,  5:22pm, J.Francois wrote:
>
> > I still run 2.8 because I have a similar problem.
> > I have an internal 2.8 system that I update and has all the tools on it I need.
> > Then I rsync the changes to the firewall.
> >
> > Short of a triple-boot system, I can't think of a safe way to do this without adding
> > tools to your firewall you don't want on there for obvious reasons.
>
> You could also create one or more chroot environments which have the
> necessary libraries and tools.
>
> Kevin
>
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> Message: 4
> From: "Eric" <swive@getnet.com>
> To: "Plug-Discuss" <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: resizing partition
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 01:07:52 -0800
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> I know this has been asked, but I'm not finding the answer in the archives;
> am missing correct search terms or sore eyes.
>
> Using RH7.1.  /home is its own partition; would like to resize it? WOuld
> like even more to make it span two disks; can I do this?  I would be willing
> to lose data on it if I could add the currently unused disk space (8 gigs)
> on another internal drive.  It currently uses 7 gigs on one drive only.
>
> Can I do this?
>
> Tanks,
>
> Eric
>
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> Message: 5
> From: "Eric" <swive@getnet.com>
> To: "Plug-Discuss" <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: parted
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 01:28:56 -0800
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> Just installed parted.  Ran it and received this message:
>
> ...
>
> Using /dev/hda
> Warning: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/hda is
> 29651/16/63.
> Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at 503.999M.  You should check that this
> matches
> the BIOS geometry before using this program.
> (parted)
>
> I have had trouble with this computer's BIOS and the message is consistent
> with problems I've had with this computer in the past.
>
> Based on the message, and based on the fact that I don't want to reinstall,
> should I refrain from using parted here?  FYI, I have hda and hdc
>
> Eric
>
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> Message: 6
> Subject: Re: resizing partition
> From: Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Date: 27 Mar 2002 04:54:29 -0700
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 02:07, Eric wrote:
> > I know this has been asked, but I'm not finding the answer in the archives;
> > am missing correct search terms or sore eyes.
> >
> > Using RH7.1.  /home is its own partition; would like to resize it? WOuld
> > like even more to make it span two disks; can I do this?  I would be willing
> > to lose data on it if I could add the currently unused disk space (8 gigs)
> > on another internal drive.  It currently uses 7 gigs on one drive only.
> >
> > Can I do this?
> >
> ----
> Q & D method - not recommended...
>  example you have these partitions (among others)
>  - drive 1   /home
>  - drive 2   /extra_drive
>  you would then
>  - cd /extra_drive
>  - mkdir new_folder
>  - cd /home
>  - ln -s /extra_drive/new_folder new_folder
>
> this means that if you cd to /home/new_folder, you would have then moved
> onto the other drive and of course, you can move files there. For
> example, you could move half the users onto the second drive by changing
> their home directory in /etc/passwd by adding /home/new_folder/USERNAME
> to their profile and them mv /home/USERNAME /home/new_folder/ for those
> particular users.
>
> The reasons that I wouldn't suggest this is that I would forget that I
> have done this sometime in the future. Quota's wouldn't work, copying
> partitions wouldn't get you all the users files (but a backup of say
> /home would work).
>
> The second method is much like the first but you would partition the
> second drive, name the partition with the mount point that you would
> want i.e. /home/new_folder which isn't a symbolic link. Quota's would
> work, getting a list of partitions would make it obvious what's on that
> partition so it would be easy to get user storage requirements, etc.
>
> Craig
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:18:48 -0500
> From: George Toft <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Linux executive accuses Microsoft
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> Google is your friend:
> http://www.eff.org/Intellectual_property/us_v_microsoft_amici.brief
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.11/microsoft_pr.html
>
> Pretty credible sources, if you ask me.
>
> George
>
> Kevin Brown wrote:
> >
> > > > Linux executive accuses Microsoft
> > > >
> > > > The Associated Press
> > > > Posted March 25, 2002, 1:21 PM EST
> > > >
> > > > WASHINGTON -- A top executive of Linux
> > > > operating system distributor Red Hat accused
> > > > Microsoft Monday of taking ownership of open
> > > > technology standards in an attempt to frustrate
> > > > other companies.
> > > >
> > > Nothing new here, of course, just good olde M$ embrace and extend.
> > >
> > > "If someone thinks we're not after Lotus and after WordPerfect and after Borland, they are confused. My job is to get a fair share of the software applications market, and to me that's 100 percent."
> > >
> > >                 Mike Maples, Senior VP for Applications for Microsoft, Nov. 1991
> > >
> > > That statement still applies and not just to applications. To bring it up to date just add the words Open Source and Linux.
> >
> > You wouldn't happen to know the source where this quote can be found would you?
> > ________________________________________________
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:26:20 -0500
> From: George Toft <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: resizing partition
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> Logical Volume Management works great.  I just added a 4GB drive
> (/dev/hdb1) partitioned reiserfs to my 15GB (/dev/hda3) to form
> an 18GB logical volume, which supports /opt /home and /share.
> LVM takes care of putting the data in the right place.  In this
> case, /opt and /share were spread out across /dev/hdb1 using
> whatever algorithm LVM uses - I don't care.
>
> After I added /dev/hdb1, I resized /share to be 11 GB from 5GB,
> and took 2GB away from /opt and 1 GB away from /home.  All on the
> fly, all without a reboot (except to add the drive initially).
>
> Just throwing out an alternative to monkeying with partitions. . .
>
> George
>
> Eric wrote:
> >
> > I know this has been asked, but I'm not finding the answer in the archives;
> > am missing correct search terms or sore eyes.
> >
> > Using RH7.1.  /home is its own partition; would like to resize it? WOuld
> > like even more to make it span two disks; can I do this?  I would be willing
> > to lose data on it if I could add the currently unused disk space (8 gigs)
> > on another internal drive.  It currently uses 7 gigs on one drive only.
> >
> > Can I do this?
> >
> > Tanks,
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > ________________________________________________
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> >
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:24:34 +0000
> From: dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Linux executive accuses Microsoft
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> Quoting Kevin Brown <kevin_brown@qwest.net>:
>
> > >
> > > "If someone thinks we're not after Lotus and after WordPerfect and after
> > Borland, they are confused. My job is to get a fair share of the software
> > applications market, and to me that's 100 percent."
> > >
> > >                 Mike Maples, Senior VP for Applications for Microsoft, Nov.
> > 1991
> > >
> > > That statement still applies and not just to applications. To bring it up
> > to date just add the words Open Source and Linux.
> >
> > You wouldn't happen to know the source where this quote can be found would
> > you?
>
> The quote came originaly from a PC Magazine article. I found it in Andrew
> Schulman's Unauthorized Windows.
>
> Popping the first sentance into Google turned up some sites as well.
> Includinging this one http://128.253.200.17/eric/ms.qt.html which has some
> juicy quotes such as:
>
> "There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant
> number of users want fixed. . . . If you really think there's a bug you should
> report a bug. Maybe you're not using it properly. Have you ever considered
> that?"
> -Bill Gates (quoted in an interview with the German magazine Focus)
>
> Dennis Kibbe
>
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> To: PLUG-announce@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> From: plug-announce-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: [PLUG-announce]Apr PLUG-devel mtg: Fx() Interception Techniques
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:17:00 -0700 (MST)
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> moin, moin,
>
> below is the synopsis for the talk Austin will be giving this coming Mon,
> 01Apr2002, for PLUG-devel.
>
> The meeting starts at 19:00 at Adtron, 3710 E University Dr., Phoenix.
>
> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/ for more details and a link to a map.
>
> Thanks to Austin for volunteering to present and to Alan for the continued
> arrangement to use the Adtron facilities.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
> +++
> Function Interception Techniques in Linux
>
> Often times, one finds it necessary to modify the behavior of a user
> application or set of user applications but for some reason would rather
> avoid modifying the application's source code.  Function interception at
> either the shared library level or kernel level may be an appropriate way to
> address this need.
>
> There are several different methods for intercepting shared library calls in
> Linux (and the other Unices), and at least two techniques for intercepting
> kernel system calls. These techniques will be discussed and examples will be
> shown.
> --
> #  http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/   http://www.<ThisSpaceAvailable>.com/
> #  "... the social skills of a cow on acid." - der.hans
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> Message: 11
> From: "Bruner, Andrew" <ABruner@mail.de.state.az.us>
> To: "Plug-Discuss (E-mail)" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: mounting windows file system
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:01:50 -0700
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> How can I mount the windows C$ share from linux?
> Thanks
> -Andrew
>
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> Message: 12
> From: "Bruner, Andrew" <ABruner@mail.de.state.az.us>
> To: "Plug-Discuss (E-mail)" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Nic setup
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:54:30 -0700
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> Can someone give me the steps to adding a 3c509 to a linux box? The 3c509
> card is an isa card.
> Also, are the steps different for a PCI card?
> thanks
> -Andrew
>

depends on your distro. Generally ifconfig or netconfig will get you what you want. And there should be native drivers for the 3c509 in your kernel. If you want the card to process data faster then load
the driver into the kernel as opposed to a module (not sure if network card drivers can be loaded as mods but they should be). If you install the driver as a module then you can shut down the nic when you
want (ie a security compromise).

Read your networking how-to for more help on setting up ethx.

Craig S.