Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

2007-03-31 Thread Karl Goetz
in > >> or just slash-bin?" i say 'root' to describe the top of the file system, but slash-dir for paths. > > slash-bin > > Thus have I spoken, thus shall it be. lol kk > -- > Karl Goetz > User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnew

Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

2007-03-31 Thread Karl Goetz
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/31/07 19:33, Karl Goetz wrote: > >> Dusty Wilson wrote: > [snip] > >>> gnu = new, guh-new, or ? > >> guh-new (GNU ... is pronounced /guh-noo/, approximately like /canoe/." > >> from gnu.org) > >>> gnome =

Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

2007-03-31 Thread Karl Goetz
vee-aye or vye vye > passwd = password or pass-w-dee i say 'password', without the o or r. passw'd. > irc = i-r-c, irk, or ? > > Thanks for your help! (...and I hope I don't inadvertently start a > battle. :-) you might :) hope it helps. kk > Dusty > --

Re: any recomendedations of documentation for half a dozen services.

2007-02-23 Thread Karl Goetz
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:46:34PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: >> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> The Samba documentation is adequate. There is also a Samba HOWTO at >>> TLDP.org. >>> >> Do you mean the documentation in teh samba p

Re: any recomendedations of documentation for half a dozen services.

2007-02-21 Thread Karl Goetz
Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: >> hi all >> i'm about to deploy a network which will be using debian servers on its >> backend (etch, hopefully) and about a hundred gnu/linux desktops. >> >> I'll

Re: any recomendedations of documentation for half a dozen services.

2007-02-21 Thread Karl Goetz
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: >> hi all >> i'm about to deploy a network which will be using debian servers on its >> backend (etch, hopefully) and about a hundred gnu/linux desktops. >> >> >&

Re: any recomendedations of documentation for half a dozen services.

2007-02-21 Thread Karl Goetz
Clive Menzies wrote: > On (20/02/07 01:09), Karl Goetz wrote: >> hi all >> i'm about to deploy a network which will be using debian servers on its >> backend (etch, hopefully) and about a hundred gnu/linux desktops. > > I put up some notes with reference

any recomendedations of documentation for half a dozen services.

2007-02-19 Thread Karl Goetz
ness-knows-what-quality doco on the internet. cifs/smb nfs dhcp dns cups avahi exim4 apache " ssl Hope you can give me some advice! -- Karl Goetz User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam User

Re: why wasn't gNewSense based on Debian?

2006-11-26 Thread Karl Goetz
ro that is based on Ubuntu instead of Debian? Doesn't Ubuntu kernel contain non-free firmware? Yes the ubuntu kernel does, but so does debians. [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-users/2006-11/msg00378.html kk -- Karl Goetz User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://ww

Re: Why I left Debian

2006-10-29 Thread Karl Goetz
Nvidia and ATI binary drivers (infact all of linux-restricted-modules-*) on the install cds, its installed by default. kk -- Karl Goetz The buck stops there -> $ Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: new installation not finding large memory

2006-07-21 Thread Karl Goetz
initrd with the new one - is it just an apt-get install, or is it more complicated? apt-get install $newkernel reboot apt-get --purge remove $oldkernel kk Thanks again, Miles -- Karl Goetz The buck stops there -> $ Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam -

Re: Easy to manage debian mirror

2006-07-19 Thread Karl Goetz
-cache search', when doing 'apt-get update', it reported Could not resolve 'debian-mirror' So, is there any way to make the above plan works? PS, I also have my cache-only DNS server installed. thank -- Karl Goetz The buck stops there -> $ Australian Ub

Re: help with Bug in etch installer (grub)

2006-05-19 Thread Karl Goetz
ub/menu.lst It wasnt installed in the first place - thats the primary cause of the problem. I also cant seem to get 'grub-install /dev/sda' to work from rescue mode on the net install cd. I have probably tried 'grub-install' so many different ways i'v stuffed over somet

help with Bug in etch installer (grub)

2006-05-19 Thread Karl Goetz
is a cdrom only. The hard drive is on a scsi card, but was partitioned fine by the installer. The card is a Digital card using an Adaptec AHA2940U/UW/D AIC-7881U chipset (as given by lspci). The system is a Digital Personal Workstation 266i2 (with a few changes) i have been given. kk -- Karl Goet