February 2000 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Greetings all
by Edgehill E-Mail Service 09 Feb '00

09 Feb '00

Hi! This is Paul Ellison, ICT Manager for Edgehill College in Bideford. We are a secondary school with a network of systems running various incarnations of Windows (ugh!) on an NT4 server. We (I)hope that we will be able to completely go over to Linux by the end of the next academic year. In the mean-time, one of my own systems is quietly running Linux in the corner - currently RedHat 6.0, but as soon as the new hard-drive goes in, so will SuSE 6.3. I am a relative new-comer to Linux, and my impressions so far have ranged from "hmm, interesting" to "Whoopee!!" - all I have to do now is spend a year getting to be competent with it, planning a network roll-out (without losing anyone's files) and convincing the Head that it will be a "good thing". Anyway, a resounding thank you to Roger and SuSE for their offer - it has gone a long way to making it easier to sell Linux over Windows to my Head of Department :) Regards, Paul Ellison Personal: SysAdm(a)edgecoll.clara.net Departmental: EdgehillIT(a)edgecoll.clara.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edgehill IT Department Email Service. Please check sender's address from body of Message for return address. Find us at: www.edgecoll.clara.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Thanks
by SCOTT 09 Feb '00

09 Feb '00

Thanks Roger for you help in setting up my samba server. I am now going through the final stages of configuration. Rgds James

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Re: linux installation
by Roger Whittaker 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Not really ... What is the spec of the machine? Do you mean hda1? Are you subscribed to the list? If so ask on the list then others can read the q & a. On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Dane Court Grammar School wrote: > is it usual for linux to be creating the file system in hsa1 for over one hour? > > regards > jaimie - technician > -- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd The Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood Herts WD6 4PJ ---------------------- 020 8387 1482 ---------------------- roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk ----------------------

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Hello
by Stone 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Hi all My name is Mark Stone. See sig below for details. I'm waiting for my package to be delivered and look forward to learning something completely new. Bye for now. Mark Stone IT Technician Mount Carmel School Islington N19 3EU stone(a)mountcarmel.islington.sch.uk

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Linux
by Mike Barras 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

I have just installed Linux to dual boot with Win98 on my home machine. The install was more starightforward than I was expecting. It boots OK. I have 1 error message (starting syslog service startproc: signal catched /usr/sbin/syslogd: segmentation fault) which doesn't tell me very much at present. However it works and I can start the window manager. I have yet to configure printer or modem. Mike Barras Head of ICT Ampleforth College This message comes to you via recycled electrons. CONFIDENTIAL: This message may not be disclosed to, or used by, anyone other than the addressee. If you receive it in error, please advise us immediately.

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] NT / Suse
by SCOTT 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Thanks.. Now where would I get that from ??? is it on the CD ??? the web ?? Sorry but I am a little new to all this. James ---------- > From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> > To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] NT / Suse > Date: 08 February 2000 09:51 > > What you need to use is smbclient > > Roger > > > On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, SCOTT wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I don't know how experience all of you are (I am not experienced, so keep > > it nice and easy) so I will ask a question that someone will know the > > answer to I hope. > > > > My Suse network and NT network can and do talk to each other. I would now > > like to know if it is possible to do drive mapping between the two systems. > > I have a dir of files on NT that I would like to have mapped so that suse > > could pick them up and edit them. > > > > Any Ideas. > > > > James > > > > -- > Roger Whittaker > SuSE Linux Ltd > The Kinetic Centre > Theobald Street > Borehamwood > Herts > WD6 4PJ > ---------------------- > 020 8387 1482 > ---------------------- > roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk > ----------------------

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NT / Suse
by SCOTT 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Hello everyone, I don't know how experience all of you are (I am not experienced, so keep it nice and easy) so I will ask a question that someone will know the answer to I hope. My Suse network and NT network can and do talk to each other. I would now like to know if it is possible to do drive mapping between the two systems. I have a dir of files on NT that I would like to have mapped so that suse could pick them up and edit them. Any Ideas. James

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message (fwd)
by Roger Whittaker 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

This came to me only: it was meant for the list. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:38:41 -0000 From: SCOTT <SCOTT(a)camborne-comm-coll.cornwall.sch.uk> To: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message For all of you with NT / RM. network I now have my suse box talking to my RM. Connects network it can pick up mail from NT and surf the web through an NT proxy. This has only taken a week to setup. The most of this time was spent looking for a network that nobody will miss. ;-) James ---------- > From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> > To: SCOTT <SCOTT(a)camborne-comm-coll.cornwall.sch.uk> > Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message > Date: 08 February 2000 09:31 > > On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, SCOTT wrote: > > > We have it up and running. It is not as hard as it looks. > > He's right you know: it's not ... > > Have fun. > > > -- > Roger Whittaker > SuSE Linux Ltd > The Kinetic Centre > Theobald Street > Borehamwood > Herts > WD6 4PJ > ---------------------- > 020 8387 1482 > ---------------------- > roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk > ----------------------

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message
by SCOTT 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

We have it up and running. It is not as hard as it looks. Rgds James ---------- > From: Dane Court Grammar School <Administrator(a)danecourt.schoolzone.co.uk> > To: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk>; suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message > Date: 08 February 2000 09:13 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> > To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> > Date: 08 February 2000 08:54 > Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message > > > >This is a second welcome message. > > > >I'll send a welcome message each day for the next few days so that everyone > >knows that the list is working and active. > > > >It would be really good if everyone could post a message introducing > >themselves and describing their experiences with Linux so far. > > > >The list will be useful if people feel free and uninhibited about using it > >to describe their problems, express their views and ask for help. > > > >Come on, people: just post a message to introduce yourselves. > > > >Good luck. > > > >-- > >Roger Whittaker > >SuSE Linux Ltd > >The Kinetic Centre > >Theobald Street > >Borehamwood Herts > >WD6 4PJ > >---------------------- > >020 8387 1482 > >---------------------- > >roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk > >---------------------- > >Hi > > This is John Lycett at Dane Court Grammar School. > We are so new to Linux that we are actually in the process of installing it > as I write this. > > Reagrds > John

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message
by Dane Court Grammar School 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

-----Original Message----- From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> Date: 08 February 2000 08:54 Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Welcome message >This is a second welcome message. > >I'll send a welcome message each day for the next few days so that everyone >knows that the list is working and active. > >It would be really good if everyone could post a message introducing >themselves and describing their experiences with Linux so far. > >The list will be useful if people feel free and uninhibited about using it >to describe their problems, express their views and ask for help. > >Come on, people: just post a message to introduce yourselves. > >Good luck. > >-- >Roger Whittaker >SuSE Linux Ltd >The Kinetic Centre >Theobald Street >Borehamwood Herts >WD6 4PJ >---------------------- >020 8387 1482 >---------------------- >roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk >---------------------- >Hi This is John Lycett at Dane Court Grammar School. We are so new to Linux that we are actually in the process of installing it as I write this. Reagrds John

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