I'd like to thank everyone for the smb info.  i was having major problems
browsing from my winsnooze boxes.  after getting my hostname situated, even
that backward os can share on a consistant basis.  now i can move all my
data from MS to Linux and complete my happy home.

another happy customer!

anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "slr" <zen2now@qwest.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: SuSE 7.3 sparc64


> > slr wrote:
> > >
> > > > /etc/hosts has nothing to do with what the real hostname. It's
better
> if it
> > > > does list the name, but that's not required.
> > >
> > > if /etc/hosts has nothing to do with what the real hostname is. then
why
> in
> > > the /etc/rc.config file right above the statement:
> > >
> > > FQHOSTNAME=blah.hostname.com
> > >
> > > does it state:
> > >
> > > Hostname of the system (full name)
> > > Don't forget to edit your /etc/hosts appropriately
> > >
> > > and BTW, thx George for the clue to /etc/rc.config.
> >
> > No problem.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > /etc/HOSTNAME is probably either read or written at boot time, but
> should
> > > > otherwise be ignored.
> > >
> > > sl in SuSE is YaST the preferred way of making system changes?
> >
> > Yes, and this drove me batty.  I cut my teeth learning config files and
> > making symlinks in the start up scripts, so YaST was a major annoyance.
> > Now, I live with YaST because  SuSE supports the Linux Standards Base,
> > and some other distros do not.  Today's YaST really rocks, so I am
> > getting used to doing the point and click administration.
> >
> > I wanted to install my WinTV card.  Point-click, YaST set it up - easy.
> > I wanted to monitor my CPU temperature.  I installed the sensors
> > package, and YaST installed the proper entries in /etc/modules.conf for
> > me.
> >
> > The "gotcha" with YaST is when you install a new service, like LDAP, you
> > must enable the new service in YaST, because every init script asks YaST
> > if that service is supposed to start up.  The other "gotcha" is that
> > YaST2 does not manage Logical Volumes correctly - use YaST1 for that.
> >
> > George
>
> ok, i will use YaST like a good lizard. :~D
>
> looking at the choices i had, SuSE was the only Distro i could find that
had
> a newer kernel written for the sparc64. all the others lagged behind! so
> after spending time with it at work, i am thinking about nuking RH7.1 and
> installing the new SuSE on my workstation @home.
>
> Should i X RH?
>
> slr
>
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