Setup

triple boot windows 7, kubuntu 8.0.4, fedora 12
My computer has windows 7 and kubuntu 8.0.4 installed. I install fedora 12 in the /dev/sda8 ext4 partition. I did not install Fedora boot loader. Currently the computer can dual boot windows 7 and kubuntu 8.0.4 with the kubuntu boot loader. I want to make the computer triple boot. Executing the update-grub comman... 10 May 2010 12:04

High load mailserver setup (Postfix)
Hello, I am currently looking for a remote experienced system administrator for a high load mailserver setup (Postfix) for a Ruby on Rails application. If you are interested, you can apply at blanee dot jobs [at] gmail.com. ... 1 May 2010 05:28

encrypted root filesystem on hard drive with readonly bootmedia?
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:03:29 -0700, michael redman wrote: is there a way to do this? all the system encryption howtos i found leave /boot on the hard drive. if there is a way to do this, does it complicate the situation if the root device is unknown at the time we burn the readonly boot media? for... 30 Apr 2010 10:35

Ubuntu 10.4 network setup
Just trying out Ubuntu 10.4 Looks really pretty - shame that they still haven't got network manager to work! I really was hoping that they would fix it this time :-( Has any one managed to connect to a network with manual settings ? If I use Network Manager to set it to manual, and enter the details, th... 3 May 2010 03:21

encrypted root filesystem on hard drive with readonly boot media?
is there a way to do this? all the system encryption howtos i found leave /boot on the hard drive. if there is a way to do this, does it complicate the situation if the root device is unknown at the time we burn the readonly boot media? for example, i have an external usb hard drive that appears as /dev/ sda ... 3 May 2010 18:43

du showing more disk usage than df
Hi , Surprisingly , the du command in my desktop is showing more disk usage than df . I came across systems where df command shows more disk usage than du because df includes metadata information about partition and also considers disk space consumed by files which are removed but not yet released by some proce... 16 May 2010 05:57

Fancast compared to Hulu plus linux "fun'
This is a quick and dirty posting. Fancast is apparently vastly more stable the Hulu when playing video streams. Hulu stumbles the at the advert "blocks". I can play thru by restarting and sliding to a point around were it stumbled (not fun as I have to guess a bit were it crashed) but this is only works part of... 29 Apr 2010 16:55

Now, my Debian thinks I have SCSI for my old IDE/ATA drivesafter installing Kernel 2.6.32-4?
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Ant wrote: Yup, like me (newbie) back in 2005: $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 280003 226319 39228 86% / tmpfs 1297480 0 1297480 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10240 ... 26 Apr 2010 13:45

Now, my Debian thinks I have SCSI for my old IDE/ATA drives after installing Kernel 2.6.32-4?
In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Apr 25, 12:44?pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:54:33 -0400, Ant <a...(a)zimage.comant> wrote: Thanks. Do I assume SCSI will still the same values too? How does one tell apart if yo... 8 May 2010 07:55

Dovecot Cannot Connect to MySQL
When I try to download email my client returns the message: "Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server responded: Temporary authentication failure" The entry in /var/log/mail.log: Apr 25 19:16:12 debian postfix/trivial-rewrite[12002]: warning: do not list domain jail4judges.org in BOTH virtual_alias... 25 Apr 2010 21:12