Javad Ayaz wrote:
[in the context of creating a dedicated torrent machine from an NSLU2]
> so i can install this "debian" via a ubuntu pc?
Yes.
> obv il be using the screen for my buntu pc to install this...or am i
> doing it blindly?
Correct, using the screen on your Ubuntu/Kubuntu PC.
You'll
On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 03:51:34PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> so i can install this "debian" via a ubuntu pc?
Before I go any further I should try and explain what Debian is.
Debian is the OS Ubuntu is built from. Without Debian there would be no Ubuntu
as we know it.
Debian is a hugely importa
so i can install this "debian" via a ubuntu pc?
obv il be using the screen for my buntu pc to install this...or am i doing
it blindly?
The NSLU2 dont really have much mem on board do they so i need a very small
OS right?
On 01/05/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Javad Ayaz wrot
Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> Just a side note, it's great to have such lengthy detailed posts in
> reply to questions that are brought up. I'm sure many more people than
> just the original poster benefit from them
I'd like to concur wholeheartedly with what Tom says - and thank Andrew
for troubl
Andrew Oakley wrote:
> Next, install GNU Screen, so that programs you run on the command line
> can continue to work even when you close the terminal window:
>
> sudo apt-get install screen
>
> Learn how to use GNU Screen here:
>
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935
>
>
I often
cool these are great starting points !!!
I will start reading...
To be continued.:)
On 01/05/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > Sorry to be a pain...i know its been explained to me already...but im
> > not really a techie and im only startin
Javad Ayaz wrote:
> Sorry to be a pain...i know its been explained to me already...but im
> not really a techie and im only starting out with buntu. :)
It's great to have new people who are enthusiastic about Ubuntu. You
might want to hold back from replying to each and every post, though,
unt
ok...i will reread your mail then!
thank you
On 30/04/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 08:04 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > im a little confusedIs this similiar to what i proposed?
>
> You talked about having a USB disk attached to a PC, switching the PC
> _o
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 08:04 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> im a little confusedIs this similiar to what i proposed?
You talked about having a USB disk attached to a PC, switching the PC
_off_ and the torrents still downloading. This _can_ _not_ _be_ _done_.
However, if you have a second (low powe
im a little confusedIs this similiar to what i proposed?
On 29/04/2008, Iain Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Alan Pope wrote:
> >
> > Then on my desktop PC I go and find a torrent I want to download, ah,
> > here is one:-
> >
> > http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.
Alan Pope wrote:
>
> Then on my desktop PC I go and find a torrent I want to download, ah,
> here is one:-
>
> http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
>
> I then open a terminal on my desktop and ssh from my desktop to the
> server:-
>
> $ ssh 192.168.129.5
>
>
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 14:55 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
> Presumably all the stuff that Alan has suggested could be done on one
> of these?
>
> http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html
Yeah, that would rock!
Cheers,
Al.
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Presumably all the stuff that Alan has suggested could be done on one of
these?
http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html
Sean
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On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 14:44 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> didnt someone just say its not possible? lol
>
Maybe you didn't read or understand it properly.
I have a _separate_ _pc_ which _isn't_ my desktop. The torrents run on
that.
Cheers,
Al.
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Excellent writing style you have Alan!
I'm going to print that out and have a play with the "screen" utility - I
think Andrew Walrond (of Heretix fame, and our local LUG) demonstrated it at
a meeting last year...
Sean
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didnt someone just say its not possible? lol
On 29/04/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 14:03 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > or ill just say its part of my going green aim!!! lol
>
> An admirable goal. Certainly a little nslu2 and a usb drive will take
> much less
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 14:03 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> or ill just say its part of my going green aim!!! lol
An admirable goal. Certainly a little nslu2 and a usb drive will take
much less power than a multi-core CPU machine with a monster video card,
driving a flat panel.
What I do is have an ol
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