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H P Ladds | 1 Nov 2006 02:52
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Re: Cent OS

On 10/31/06, Warren Myers <volcimaster-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

In fact, if you have an RHEL license, you can use up2date with your RHEL license on a CentOS install.

Hey Warren,

Could CentOS be used in conjunction with Oracles' new support program?

Oracle says that they intend to prevent fragmentation/forking of the Linux Community, and CentOS takes pride in its ability to duplicate Red Hat distros. Therefore Oracle's new program should effectively support CentOS -- in theory anyway. 
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deritchie | 1 Nov 2006 03:10
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Re: Ale Digest, Vol 118, Issue 7


If you are a 'do-it-yourself'er, look at fixyourownprinter.com, where you can get a new
pickup roller for the printer along with walkthroughs on how to fix it..

-- Dave Ritchie

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 07:36:44AM -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> Can anyone here recommend a local (North Atlanta) place to "repair"
the 
> mechanical aspects of an HP Laserjet?  The printer is frequently pulling 
> multiple sheets from the bin, which causes it to jam.
> 
> Thanks
> David
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deritchie | 1 Nov 2006 03:10
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Re: printer repair question


If you are a 'do-it-yourself'er, look at fixyourownprinter.com, where you can get a new
pickup roller for the printer along with walkthroughs on how to fix it..

-- Dave Ritchie

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 07:36:44AM -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> Can anyone here recommend a local (North Atlanta) place to "repair"
the 
> mechanical aspects of an HP Laserjet?  The printer is frequently pulling 
> multiple sheets from the bin, which causes it to jam.
> 
> Thanks
> David
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Jerry Yu | 1 Nov 2006 13:02
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recommendations on external USB drive for Linux, pls

I need to stage backups at a co-lo. A daily full set totals 15G or so. Tape lib/magazine option is out for now, so an external USB drive sounds good. Anyone has recommendations based on experience?

  • $100 to $200  for for a known reliable external USB drive of decent size (250G or greater).
  • it needs to stay on 24x7x365 w/o overheating or burning into ashes
  • plug&play compatible with Linux (CentOS 4/i386) without tweaking usb or pci spec or db files here and there.
  • rack-friendly, but not required to be rack mountable.
  • name brand or your choice of  drive make/model & external enclosure
  • option to format the drive to my fs of choice (ext2/ext3/fat32), w/o voiding warranty



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Jim Seymour | 1 Nov 2006 14:07

Re: Debian/Clamav/Exim4 help

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 04:47:49PM -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> I have incorporated clam-Av into my commercial Virus and spam filter.
> If you are looking for a commercial solution it would be a good one.
> Alternatively, if this is for your company I could debug this
> arrangement on a per-hour basis if desired.
> 
> Btw, you might find Sendmail easier to use and secure if you keep up on
> the about once-a-year security patch.
> 

Hi Bob,

This is just a home setup that I wanted to make a change from f-prot 
back to the Debian default virus package. Not looking for any kind of 
commercial support or consulting right now. I do have your Linux 
Security book though and love the firewall scripts in it. I also have an 
idea on the problem with clamav and will be looking into it over the 
next couple of days (time permitting).

Thanks,

Jim

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Robert L. Harris | 1 Nov 2006 15:17

Re: recommendations on external USB drive for Linux, pls


  I got a $15 3.5" IDE drive container and put a 160Gig drive in it.
For the last 3 months it has been connected to one of my desktops sharing
out it's file systems via nfs and samba (backups to my xbox).  It's had 0
problems and works very well.

  At current prices you could do this for a pair of 250's and either raid
them or rotate backups from one to the other.

Thus spake Jerry Yu (jjj863@...):

>    I need to stage backups at a co-lo. A daily full set totals 15G or so.
>    Tape lib/magazine option is out for now, so an external USB drive sounds
>    good. Anyone has recommendations based on experience?
>      * $100 to $200  for for a known reliable external USB drive of decent
>        size (250G or greater).
>      * it needs to stay on 24x7x365 w/o overheating or burning into ashes
>      * plug&play compatible with Linux (CentOS 4/i386) without tweaking usb
>        or pci spec or db files here and there.
>      * rack-friendly, but not required to be rack mountable.
>      * name brand or your choice of  drive make/model & external enclosure
>      * option to format the drive to my fs of choice (ext2/ext3/fat32), w/o
>        voiding warranty

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Christopher Fowler | 1 Nov 2006 17:22
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Ubuntu install witout formating /

I'm trying to install Xubuntu on my laptop _without_ formatting /.  It
has FC5 on it and I created a /FC5 and copied all my old stuff into
there.  When I try to install Xubuntu it will not allow me to install
without formatting /.  This will remove all my old stuff.  Is there a
way around this?  I guess I can copy all 12G off and then back on but
that sucks and takes time.
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Warren Myers | 1 Nov 2006 16:35
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Re: Cent OS

I don't know - I only just saw the headline blurb from InfoWorld this weekend, and don't know anything about Oracle's offering beyond that.

WMM

On 10/31/06, H P Ladds <householdwords <at> gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/31/06, Warren Myers <volcimaster <at> gmail.com> wrote:
In fact, if you have an RHEL license, you can use up2date with your RHEL license on a CentOS install.

Hey Warren,

Could CentOS be used in conjunction with Oracles' new support program?

Oracle says that they intend to prevent fragmentation/forking of the Linux Community, and CentOS takes pride in its ability to duplicate Red Hat distros. Therefore Oracle's new program should effectively support CentOS -- in theory anyway.
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Brian Whigham | 1 Nov 2006 16:50

Re: Ubuntu install witout formating /

Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I'm trying to install Xubuntu on my laptop _without_ formatting /.  It
> has FC5 on it and I created a /FC5 and copied all my old stuff into
> there.  When I try to install Xubuntu it will not allow me to install
> without formatting /.  This will remove all my old stuff.  Is there a
> way around this?  I guess I can copy all 12G off and then back on but
> that sucks and takes time.

I've installed ubuntu twice in the past couple of days.  First time, I 
had trouble using the resize feature (???).  Second time (on my laptop), 
I used the manual partitioning to overwrite a Debian install.  I noticed 
that there is an option not to skip formatting of the specified partitions.

I imagine that this would result in some unkempt leftovers from the 
previous install.  You could probably mount the partition(s) in question 
and delete all but the home (and other important directories).  Then 
unmount and skip the formatting for a cleaner install.  If you were good 
about keeping /home on it's own partition, there should be few problems. 
  Just reformat all but the home partition.

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Greg Freemyer | 1 Nov 2006 17:04
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Re: recommendations on external USB drive for Linux, pls

We also tend to buy empty USB enclosures and then put the disk of our
choice inside.  All the modern enclosures I've tried will handle a
128+ GiB (LBA-48) drives.  We tend to spend $50 or so for a USB2
enclosure.  Ones that support Firewire are more.

We have bought and used various ones, but I don't remember any of them
giving us failures.

If you want to buy an integrated unit, the Maxtor ones appear very
nice, but I have not had one of those in service.

Greg

On 11/1/06, Robert L. Harris <Robert.L.Harris@...> wrote:
>
>
>   I got a $15 3.5" IDE drive container and put a 160Gig drive in it.
> For the last 3 months it has been connected to one of my desktops sharing
> out it's file systems via nfs and samba (backups to my xbox).  It's had 0
> problems and works very well.
>
>   At current prices you could do this for a pair of 250's and either raid
> them or rotate backups from one to the other.
>
>
> Thus spake Jerry Yu (jjj863@...):
>
> >    I need to stage backups at a co-lo. A daily full set totals 15G or so.
> >    Tape lib/magazine option is out for now, so an external USB drive sounds
> >    good. Anyone has recommendations based on experience?
> >      * $100 to $200  for for a known reliable external USB drive of decent
> >        size (250G or greater).
> >      * it needs to stay on 24x7x365 w/o overheating or burning into ashes
> >      * plug&play compatible with Linux (CentOS 4/i386) without tweaking usb
> >        or pci spec or db files here and there.
> >      * rack-friendly, but not required to be rack mountable.
> >      * name brand or your choice of  drive make/model & external enclosure
> >      * option to format the drive to my fs of choice (ext2/ext3/fat32), w/o
> >        voiding warranty
>
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