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Re: [ILUG-BOM] GRUB failure
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

On Thursday 21 April 2005 16:52, Vickram Crishna wrote: > At 7:53 PM +0530 4/20/05, sherlock wrote: > >grub-install /dev/hda > > I am booting up right now from the Live Ubuntu CD. To anyone who > wants to use this CD to learn or teach, I can only say I hope you > have a lot of patience, because commands work really slowly > (Celeron 500 with 128 MB RAM). your cdrom would mostly be the slowpoke non-dma-spin-for-1-hr-before -doing-anything type. And most likely 64mb of your ram is eaten up by your on board graphics which actually requires 4mb to work wasting 60mb.so there. > > I can open and use the root terminal application inside Ubuntu, and > I tried to execute the grub install from the command line, but it > failed. After a little thought (actually quite a lot of thought) I > tried this line > > grub-install /mnt/hda6/dev/hda sudo grub-install /dev/hda sudo nano /mnt/hda6/boot/grub/menu.lst then add the stuff listed in the previous mail and save. Also afaik rh9.0 uses an initrd image file so u need a line after the kernel line initrd=/??/initrd.img RH9.0 users will be able to tell u the /?? directory. afaik it is /boot > > since I am not actually running off an installed OS. This failed as > well, returning the grub help screen again, this time saying the > install_device is not recognised. > > >After that you only need to edit ../grub/menu.lst or cut and paste > >the lines below into a text file called menu.lst and save it to > > ../grub > > > >root (hd0,5) > >boot=/dev/hda > >default=0 > >timeout=10 > > > >...etc etc > > I did this exactly as described. I cannot use the gredit graphic > text editor application to write at all to the hard disks - they > either return no action and no error message or else I am told the > disk is read-only. I guess the graphic applications are not run > under root, and with a Live CD there must be no way to become root > except with the specific root terminal application. But that's not > a complete stopper, because vi works from the root terminal > application within Ubuntu. I have written menu.1st to /grub and ^^^^^^^^^^^ that should be menu. l as in list not 1 as in one. u can also use ubuntu as a rescue disc. when you get the boot screen type /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-386 intitrd=/initrd/initrd.img root=/dev/hda6 that should take you to the rh root partition. And if all this is too confusing just use debian sarge. rgds jtd

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Window less Office
by Richard Chang 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

Hi Everyone, In our endeavour to implement a Windoze less office, I would like to add something. I am planning to implement FLOSS in my office network of 7 computers. No accounting packages, no frills network. Just Peer-to-Peer and connected to the Net thru one of the PCs' using the ICS in Win XP. Predominantly use Word, Excel and Mailing. I just want to shift to FLOSS and know that all the above are possible using LINUX. I want to, in addition to the above, implement a messaging server thru which we can chat within our office. Is there any such application thru which we can chat, using "gaim" or something. Provided we are not connected to the Net always. I want to be able to chat with one-other. I know it is possible in M$ world using I believe Exchange Server or something like that and Netmeeting on the client side. Is this possible in our TUX world and if yes are there any free software available. rgds, rc

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] GRUB failure
by Vickram Crishna 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

At 7:53 PM +0530 4/20/05, sherlock wrote: >grub-install /dev/hda I am booting up right now from the Live Ubuntu CD. To anyone who wants to use this CD to learn or teach, I can only say I hope you have a lot of patience, because commands work really slowly (Celeron 500 with 128 MB RAM). I can open and use the root terminal application inside Ubuntu, and I tried to execute the grub install from the command line, but it failed. After a little thought (actually quite a lot of thought) I tried this line grub-install /mnt/hda6/dev/hda since I am not actually running off an installed OS. This failed as well, returning the grub help screen again, this time saying the install_device is not recognised. > >After that you only need to edit ../grub/menu.lst or cut and paste >the lines below into a text file called menu.lst and save it to ../grub > >root (hd0,5) >boot=/dev/hda >default=0 >timeout=10 > >...etc etc I did this exactly as described. I cannot use the gredit graphic text editor application to write at all to the hard disks - they either return no action and no error message or else I am told the disk is read-only. I guess the graphic applications are not run under root, and with a Live CD there must be no way to become root except with the specific root terminal application. But that's not a complete stopper, because vi works from the root terminal application within Ubuntu. I have written menu.1st to /grub and copied it as grub.conf to /etc, too, as advised by Derwyn. Please advise me how to get the grub installed on the boot directory (on hda), using this Ubuntu Live CD, or else I will wait till I can borrow the RH9 CDs again. -- Vickram

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FW: JFFS2 File System Problem for ST MICRO ELECTRONICS FLASH
by Vikrant_Basotra 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

Hello All, My board has one 16-bit flash: ST M29W640DB. M29W640DB (16 bit bus): 0x00000000-0x00700000 : "Root" 0x00700000-0x00720000 : "U-Boot Bootloader" 0x00720000-0x01000000 : "Linux Kernel" When power on, Linux kernel boots from flash and print out info such as: " .............................................. PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 .............................................. EP8248 flash map (size->0x800000 mem->0xFF800000) Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table v1.3 at 0x0040 number of CFI chips: 1 cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling fast programming due to code brokenness. Creating 3 MTD partitions on "EP8248 flash memory": 0x00000000-0x00700000 : "Root" 0x00700000-0x00720000 : "U-Boot Bootloader" 0x00720000-0x01000000 : "Linux Kernel" ...................................... jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00060000: 0x0020 instead jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00060004: 0x22df instead jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x0006000c: 0x0008 instead Further such events for this erase block will not be printed ................................................................ Further such events for this erase block will not be printed JFFS2: Erase block at 0x003a0000 is not formatted. It will be erased jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x003c0000: 0x0020 instead jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x003c0004: 0x22df instead jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x003c000c: 0x0008 instead Further such events for this erase block will not be printed JFFS2: Erase block at 0x003c0000 is not formatted. It will be erased .................................................................... .................................................................... " In u-boot, I entered commands to display memory: u-boot=> md 0xff000000 The magic number 0x1985 IS here!No 0x0020 exists at all!! It's quite strange!! Why Linux detects 0x0020 instead? Why U-boot can read the data on flash correctly while linux can't? Why linux always read all data as 0x0020? When I simply replace ST M29W640DB with AMD AM29DL640D (the two chips are pin-to-pin compatible,) JFFS2 works very fine! What's the problem? I don't want to use AMD FLASH, can u suggest me what necessary changes are to be made in the code so that the ST M29W640DB Flash work, Regards, VB DISCLAIMER: This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying or distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated.

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NS Query
by Mangesh V Rakhunde 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

Hi I configured primary DNS on my server with A record and MX record pointing to same machine ( IP ). Now I want only www.mydomain.com to point to another IP. Will changing A record will do ??? I am using FC3 with default Bind package. Regards Mangesh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] 64 bit kernel
by Abhishek Daga 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

> > we compiled kernel 2.6.9 with arch x86-64, the kernel compiled > > fine, but the bloddy kernel wont take the "NIC" , i have a asus k8n dl > > motherboard. > > bloddy kernel > --> you have no privilege to blame the kernel, use your words carefully. > -- Thats a new one. I thought it was all about freedom to use and abuse and liberal licensing or total lack of. Maybe you should change the privilege to 777 abuse to get the right to abuse. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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64 bit kernel
by santosh rao 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

hi all. we compiled kernel 2.6.9 with arch x86-64, the kernel compiled fine, but the bloddy kernel wont take the "NIC" , i have a asus k8n dl motherboard. when i compile 2.6.11 the kernel wont get the sata_nv controller which it does in the 2.6.9 kern.. Both havin the same .config file. i have a feelin tht thr is come irq sharing issue... during the fly i can c the it says irq sharing disabled. Can anybody assist in any way we have recompiled glibc , gcc , binutils with 64 bit arch. -- Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; out by the moments that take our breath away. Regards Santosh Rao

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Window less Office
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

On Wednesday 20 April 2005 10:05, Richard Chang wrote: > Hi Everyone, > In our endeavour to implement a Windoze less office, I would like > to add something. I am planning to implement FLOSS in my office > network of 7 computers. No accounting packages, no frills network. > Just Peer-to-Peer and connected to the Net thru one of the PCs' > using the ICS in Win XP. Predominantly use Word, Excel and Mailing. > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:14:23AM -0400, Satya wrote: > >>server thru which we can chat within our office. Is there any > >> such application thru which we can chat, using "gaim" or > >> something. Provided we are not connected to the Net always. I > >> want to be able to chat with > > > >Yes, Jabber. Install ejabberd or something on one of the Linux > > boxes. or gnugk and openmcu and gnomemeeting and elcheapo netcams and u can have internal videoconferencing and chatting. rgds jtd

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Acer Aspire 1362 with Amd sempron
by Binulal Narayanan 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

R. K. Rajeev wrote: > Dear Binulal, > > i've installed FC3 on an Aspire 1362, and in order to get the graphics > working, all i had to do was download the rpm's for VIA UniChrome support. But Aspire 3002 has got a Sis M760GX Chipset despite the K8M800 of 1362. I installed SUSE pro 9.2 (eval) with VESA driver. It works fine at 1024x768@70Hz. There's AmoroK for mp3s. Videos; i'ven't tried Kaffeine yet. BTW, Tried to install Win Xp and Solaris. Windows sucks big time. same with Solaris. > I googled it, and found it at ww.viaarena.con somewhere. Once i got > it installed, i got DRI, GLX and OpenGL 1.3 support. Even tried out > Unreal Tournament 2003, and it was quite playable at the low quality > settings even. And also, u get Mplayer with XvMC support, i.e. > hardware mpeg/mpeg2 decoding. Watching DVD's rock even... Cool! and Impressive. I'll also have a look at it.. BTW, did you manage to get ACPI working? Fedora seems okay, but SUSE kernel gets stuck in between. > do check it out. > > Regards > R. K. Rajeev Thanks Binulal Narayanan

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT]MTNL TriBand Connection
by Dinesh Joshi 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

>From: "Amol Hatwar" <amol(a)hatwar.org> > > But dont you think the data cap is too much? I mean 450MB @ > > 256Kbps is nothing... > >You mean too less... I meant highly capped. Too much restriction on use... >MTNL has another captcha... It doesn't give upload speeds over 128kbps. But thats expected since they are using ADSL. And basically, we downloaders, dont need excessive upstream bandwidth. Regards, Dinesh. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] GRUB failure
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

On Wednesday 20 April 2005 13:51, Vickram Crishna wrote: > At 11:44 AM +0530 4/13/05, sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote: > > his help would probably have worked). Many thanks to both of you, > but I am sorry to say I still need help. Always welcome as long as you are doing your bit which is trying. > > >title deb-2.6.10 > >root(hd0,0) > >kernel /vmlinuz boot=/dev/hda1 dma acpi append="whatever" > > > >here is my menu.lst > > I could boot up using the RH9 install disk and going to the command > line, but failed miserably to find the menu.lst file. Ok copy and paste my menu.lst in your grub partition then edit it to suit your installation. note grub is installed in my mbr. > > My question is, can I manually write an entirely new boot loader to > MBR without reinstalling Yes you can but that is avoided by even the linux grey beards. You have to use dd. In the case of floppies dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 count=1 bs=1024 dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 seek=1 bs=512 Ofcourse it is also a nice way to SCREW your harddisk. > (especially since even the install disk > didn't seem to be able to do that automatically, and the Ubuntu > installer wants to rewrite the partitions, which I guess will lose > me the RH9 installation)? My active partitions (ext3 fs) are hda6 > (/) and hda7 (/usr), and I have hda8 (swap) also. Other partitions > on the disk are Windows98 fs where I already have a Win98 > installation and data. You have to install grub only once: grub-install /dev/hda After that you only need to edit ../grub/menu.lst or cut and paste the lines below into a text file called menu.lst and save it to ../grub root (hd0,5) boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 title deb-2.6.10 root (hd0,5) kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda6 idebus=66 append="hdd=ide-scsi dma apm=power-off" #the above line is a single line dont wrap it. title win root (hd0,1) # hide (hd0,4) rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 rgds jtd

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Broadband service and LAN/home networking with Linux
by Abhishek Daga 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

--- Dinesh Joshi <dinesh_pro(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >From: Abhishek Daga <abhishekdaga(a)yahoo.com> > Cool. I too am waiting for reliance BB. Atleast they have a decent 10GB > limit and affordable connections(128Kbps for Rs.750). But I want unmetered > downloads! I think MTNL has the potential but someone has to take the lead I > hope someone does and we, customers, benefit from it! :) > > Regards, > I asked the phone lady at MTNL when booking my triband why they are not giving unlimited downloads. Her reply was , "kya sir, humko bhi to kamaney kaa hai". VErbatim!!. Ofcourse my area has still not seen triband infra so maybe it was a blessing in disguise. Also, Be Warned, my neighboring office got the Dishnet (now TATA) broadband at 1 GB limit for 2100/month (128 kbps) a year ago plus. The bill always came to 6000 or so. Now, it is possible that their systems are screwed up, but we figured that it was also because there were n viruses or whatever on pretty much every machine (around 10) on the network that were sending data packets out resulting in their meter being running 24x7. So before getting broadband, broaden your horizons and go linux. (even desktops I mean). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Broadband service and LAN/home networking with Linux
by Dinesh Joshi 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

>From: "R. K. Rajeev" <rajeevrk(a)myrealbox.com> >Dear dinesh, >have a look at Pacenet. they are not in all areas, but i know that they are >in many parts of mumbai. I pay rs 900 for a 64k line, with no download >limits at all. and the 128k like is about 1500, i think. and i have 2 >nic's, and share the link with both my parents laptops, no problemo. And >the fun part is, my average monthly download is 15GB+(i have to fill in my >total disk space of 360 GB na.), and i dont pay one pie extra. if u want >unlimited downloads, do check them out. When u work out the cost i'd pay >for the extra transfer, no other cable isp, not even reliance can compete. >hope it works out for you. > >Regards >Rajeev R. K. Hi Rajeev, Thanks for the info. I already checked out pacenet. It has good offers. Even seven star has great offers but the problem is everybody has port caps plus they dont provide 128Kbps UL plans. If they do then they are really costly. I am actually thinking of starting up a broadband company! I cant stand these pathetic plans anymore! Regards, Dinesh. _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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[OT] Acer Aspire 1362 with Amd sempron
by Binulal Narayanan 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Hello: I plan to buy an Acer Aspire 1362. Could anybody tell me about "Acer Aspire 1362" product rating and linux compatibilty? Do anybody already own this? How is the performace? Please give suggestions/advice in this regard. Thanks in advance Binulal Narayanan

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] GRUB failure
by Vickram Crishna 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

At 11:44 AM +0530 4/13/05, sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote: >On Tuesday 12 April 2005 18:44, Vickram Crishna wrote: >> Does anyone know how to get around this? I get persistent GRUB >> failure, Error 15. > >Afair error 15=file not found. means your root partition is not set >properly in grub. Note grub partition numbers begin with zero so if >root is on first ide drive first partition your grub menu.lst >would look like I had the borrowed RH9 disks for a few days, and spent many entertaining hours trying to figure out exactly what Sherlock meant by what seemed on the face of it to be perfectly simple instructions. In fact, Ryan also sent a very simple guide the next day, but possibly the difference there was about whether the bootloader was installed in MBR (yes, I hope) or not (in which case his help would probably have worked). Many thanks to both of you, but I am sorry to say I still need help. > >title deb-2.6.10 >root(hd0,0) >kernel /vmlinuz boot=/dev/hda1 dma acpi append="whatever" > >here is my menu.lst > I could boot up using the RH9 install disk and going to the command line, but failed miserably to find the menu.lst file. > >You dont need to reload grub once it is installed, just edit >/boot/grub/menu.lst >> Now unfortunately I do not have the RH9 disks anymore (though I may get another copy back in a day or two), but it didn't seem to be a major hassle, since I still have my Ubuntu Live CD, from which I can see my whole system graphically and execute line commands as well. As I mentioned before, I had an issue with the install CD of Ubuntu, which failed to install correctly (in fact, not at all), the Live CD works fine. RH9 installs correctly, except for the problem with Grub (at least, I hope that's the only problem, or like Arnie, I'll be back). Right now, I just can't find the menu.lst file, nor can I locate even the grub.conf file. Maybe neither one has properly installed at all? The /grub folder inside the /boot folder contains the following files: device.map e2fs_stage1_5 fat_stage1_5 ffs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 reiserfs_stage1_5 stage1 stage2 vstafs_stage1_5 xfs_stage1_5, and a folder: splash.xpm.gz My question is, can I manually write an entirely new boot loader to MBR without reinstalling (especially since even the install disk didn't seem to be able to do that automatically, and the Ubuntu installer wants to rewrite the partitions, which I guess will lose me the RH9 installation)? My active partitions (ext3 fs) are hda6 (/) and hda7 (/usr), and I have hda8 (swap) also. Other partitions on the disk are Windows98 fs where I already have a Win98 installation and data. I have looked up various Linux help sites after googling, but they advise on editing the existing grub and lilo bootloaders, not writing new ones. -- Vickram

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] delayed SSH passwd prompt when internet down
by vaibhav samant 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

>DNS. Or rather reverse lookup. Add a local (within LAN) DNS server >with forward and reverse entries for your local machines and make sure >this server is queried first. Your problem of "late prompt" will >disappear. ---------------------------- >Alternatively uou can add the entry in the local machines host file. Also add an entry for your machine on the remote host > Hi Chirag, Could you help me.... what entry do I need to add in my HOST file on Win2k PC as the client from where I SSH. Assuming the following: Client: Win2K with Putty. IP: 192.168.0.100 PC Name: Vai Server: Linux 19: 192.168.0.1 hostname: foo.mydom.com Thx in advance. regards, Vai

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Broadband service and LAN/home networking with Linux
by Mayuresh Rajwadkar 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

HI Does anyone use a broadband connection, and run a LAN behind a Linux Server ? I understand that most broadband providers talk on "single" connection/Single PC only for residential connections. Regards Mayuresh

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Help with Soft IP Phones
by John Marder 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Hi! I am planning to setup a Soft IP phone on 4 machines here in my company. I have been advised to use the Cisco one. As I don't understand much about soft ip phones, would someone be kind enough to tell me a little about it and/or post a few links etc. in order to point me in the right direction. thanx in adv. john

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Times reports on Mah Govt OpenOffice &GNU/Linux
by jitendras＠vsnl.com 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

see Times of India, 19 April , Page 6 CityNotes Mumbai Titled : "State logs on to Cost cutting..." jitendra

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] delayed SSH passwd prompt when internet down
by chirag radhakrishnan 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Vipul Mathur <vipul(a)linux-delhi.org> wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:19:54AM -0000, vaibhav samant wrote: > If internet is down, and if I try to ssh to the server from within the > LAN the passwd prompt come late. What could be the reason for this. DNS. Or rather reverse lookup. Add a local (within LAN) DNS server with forward and reverse entries for your local machines and make sure this server is queried first. Your problem of "late prompt" will disappear. -- Vipul Mathur vipul[at]linux-delhi.org http://www.vipulmathur.org/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Alternatively uou can add the entry in the local machines host file. Also add an entry for your machine on the remote host Regards, Chirag --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Broadband service and LAN/home networking with Linux
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

On Monday 18 April 2005 20:44, Abhishek Daga wrote: > > I am waiting for Reliance broadband to come out with their works. > My neighbor, being a fortunate reliance employee up in the pyramid > somewhere, has had an amazing broadband connection for free for a > year, 512 Kbps minimum, Video on demand, Phone etc etc. I attempted > sharing that connection via wireless 802.11b, but the signal did > not travel the distance we wanted, but it worked!. For almost 2 > days I could surf at 512 Kbps sitting on the Pot. (the closest > spot).. U need to put a RF cable RG213 or RG59 from the o/p of your card to an external antenna. If you add a Power Amp. you could easily get a radius range of 1 km with BW of 2mbps. Set up squid and share the price and goodies with neighbours. Ofcourse everone will need a 802.11 card. rgds jtd

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[OT]MTNL TriBand Connection
by Joel A Divekar 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Hi I wish to access a linux machine from internet. Please help me with the following queries a) Anybody using MTNL TriBand Connection with Linux. I have Debian Woody installed. Are there any configuration issues either Hardware / Software. Any link to refer ? b) Do they provide live IP ? c) Is bandwidth good ? Is the service reliable ? Uptime ? Regards Joel

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Broadband service and LAN/home networking with Linux
by Abhishek Daga 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

--- Dinesh Joshi <dinesh_pro(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > I think I know what he means. Incable, BSES, 7star mention in their ToS that > only 1 PC may connect to their service. They will "disconnect" the users who > are found to use NAT or any kind of bandwidth sharing techniques... which is > absurd. In the end all I get is only the pathetic narrowband speed. Doesnt > matter whether I have 1 computer or a internal network of 100 PCs. > > Regards, > Dinesh. I dont know why even in this internet day and age we are just Lagging behind the US in all this? One would think we are more upto speed now and dont have to make the same mistakes to learn from them? Around 5 yrs ago, AT&T broadband tried the same stunt on me when I told them that I wanted to share the connection via a router. Note please, the Input remains the same whether it's 1 or 100 PCs. So, they said, if you want extra PCs you will have to pay $4.5 per machine more.. I said why? they said, Because only then we would "support it". I said, but I dont need your support and if you do come by, I Will show u that it's working on 1 PC only. How difficult would that be to remove a ethernet cable from the router to the PC? I dont think they had a prepared response for it. I asked him/her categorically. "Is it Illegal to use it"??? I never got a straight response. It was DSLreports that cleared everything for me. That basically a NIC is a NIC, whether it comes into your computer or a router. Then what u do with it is your problem, yes they can say they will not support it, but I dont think they ever found enough number of bakras to fall for the $4.5/machine/month extra crap. In the end I believe they just gave up. If this matter were to be challenged legally, i dont think the cable companies stand a chance. But then again, they are not exactly your poster boys for law abiders (sic) so they'll just cut your line anyways. I am waiting for Reliance broadband to come out with their works. My neighbor, being a fortunate reliance employee up in the pyramid somewhere, has had an amazing broadband connection for free for a year, 512 Kbps minimum, Video on demand, Phone etc etc. I attempted sharing that connection via wireless 802.11b, but the signal did not travel the distance we wanted, but it worked!. For almost 2 days I could surf at 512 Kbps sitting on the Pot. (the closest spot).. -abhishek __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

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Running FoxPRo app on FC3 via DosEMU
by Abhishek Daga 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

At the risk of stating the obvious, I'd like to add my 2 dinars. A major roadblock to adoption of linux in small offices is that accounting applications currently dependent on DOS (yes still people use them, and they work great) and Win platforms need to be run. No way those people are going to adopt to any experimental software. So, the mission began. Taking 1 office at a time: (In my verbose narration I will mark the "points to ponder" within %% and %%) ================================ Office 1: Small office using FoxPro based accounting package with upto 5/6 users at a time. Simple people need simple apps and it's a mystery why FoxPro is not the sher khan in this app world. Simplicity also calls for leaving Wine aside for a while and going one level "below" to DosEMU which as the name suggests is a DOS Emulator. (yes, figured it all by myself!) Platform: FC3 Default install DOSEMU: 1.2.2.1 (www.dosemu.org) latest stable version. RPM had dependencies. So installed pretty much all the developer tools. Got it working. %% It asked me for CD 2/3/1/2/3/1/2/3 %% Got dosEMU running by typing xdosemu which starts DOS in its own window. (I daresay the Good Ol RHL FC Bible was far more useful than the ubiquitous google) The c: which you will see is actually existing in /$HOME/dosemu/freedos Now you know your mapping point. Fire the program and it comes up. Yeah.. just like that. DosBOX also works fine, However, The Screen cannot be Maximised. With DosEMU the screen can be maximized. Remaining Steps: **Making it run from multiple Linux Clients accessing this package on a Linux Server. ** Making sure that the printing works! Else the whole exercise would be a no go. So, Once this happens, the people to benefit? a) The company and employees. Currently atleast 1 person a day suffers for 3 hours of downtime due to viruses. b) The Tech Support engineer. Who comes does reinstall or reformat or Re-whatever each time things go wrong, thus spending X hours. It's like mopping the floor without shutting the tap. c)Anyone still running FoxPro apps pointlessly on Win Machines seeking redemption, here's your ray of light. c) Myself: I'll get my mug on the cover of Time Magazine or Jane's Defence Weekly. ============================================================ The following Case is really boring and without even a successful or potentially successful outcome. You might as well press your "NEXT" button. OK... If still interested, here goes. Office 2: Another small office running Tata EX Next Gen. Crossover office and wine failed to get my RH/FC boxes to talk to Tata EX Next Gen running on Win XP Pro (requiring SQL Server). The thick client installed fine. However on running, the symptoms it displayed were typical when it is unable to connect to the DB. The only thing different I had done while installing TataEX was to install MS SQL Server outside the EX directory. As thr EX directory was required to be shared, i thought keeping the DB unshared (Well in some way anyways) is a little more secure. So the Thick client talks to the Server which talks to the DB and accounting happens. %%I am not sure if variation in the installation of EX has caused my EX client to not find the DB.%% Since it is hardware lock based, and Installing EX on WinXP PRo is a pain, will be a while before I do a resintall with default settings and try running it. Trying to install SQL Server on RH9 using Wine failed. There is a thin line between ambition and foolhardiness they almighty Lord of Free Things wants to tell you through me. %%% Can anyone throw light on whether hardware locks are in any way OS dependent? Because I am gonna try installing EX Next Gen Single USer Version (which uses the MS Access Engine) on a FC3 Machine using Wine. Not sure how the hardware lock would be handled. %%% -Abhishek __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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Re:Hdd cable
by Sachin 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

> This problem was observed in machines having >independent cables too. When there is a cd rom >and a writer in the system, both have to be in >seperate ide channels for faster cd to cd writing. >The writer has to be master so sec. master. This >leaves primary slave for the cd rom. I have a Secondary master (cd Writer) and secondary slave as the cd-rom, Though it works fine and doesn't make a complain about it on linux, Windowsxp seems to hang often. Do you think this could be the reason? Raj __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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