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Windows Issues / Dual Boot Old Pc W/ W98se & Linux
« on: January 16, 2006, 09:50:58 pm »
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The bottom seven lines have the following in dark blue (which is cut off in the pic):
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hdc1
hdc5
hdc6
Cool. These felllas should be the hard drive you are looking for. You should be able to mount those partitions with

mount /mnt/hdc1
mount /mnt/hdc5
mount /mnt/hdc6

Then you can look around some to see what is there.

mount

without any arguments should reveal the sort of filesystem you have on each partition. Other than that you probably should peek at the size with

df

and snoop around with ls in the /mnt/hdcX directories to see what you have.

John

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Windows Issues / Dual Boot Old Pc W/ W98se & Linux
« on: January 16, 2006, 06:11:44 pm »
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qx773, I have no idea what a loop device is. And I cannot create any kind of file in DSL linux because when I'm booted in DSL linux from the CD, I have no access to the hard drive.
The hard drive is inaccessable when booted in DSL linux.
Start up DSL. Open a root shell xterm. What does "ls -l /mnt" return?

Anything of the form hdcX would suggest that DSL did in fact find your old hard drive.

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Jwhois 3.2.3
« on: January 13, 2006, 03:59:03 pm »
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On a 6000 with a stock sharp rom nothing does this by magic. Again your rom may deal with it differently. You can easily test by installing it to a different place to see what happens.

I think you're in the wrong forum   , this is for pdaXrom!
I got lost there for a minute. I'll be heading back to where I belong soon. Have fun guys.

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Jwhois 3.2.3
« on: January 12, 2006, 03:48:20 pm »
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Use of /usr/local: maybe I'm old school but when possible I think /usr/local should be left for the person running the machine to use. Things from package management systems should go somewhere else. Others will disagree with me about this I expect.

Heh, I think you'll be surprised at what you'll find in your /usr/local directory. In my case, so far, everything that's installed into /usr/local has been from 3rd party packages. So in keeping with "tradition" I will leave it as-is for now

Tradition is that /usr/local is for the system admin typing on the keyboard, not for packages managed by package management systems. There is *nothing* in /usr/local on my system except what I have put there. Perhaps your rom preference deals with this differently, I don't know.

I do know that /usr/local is where I am supposed to install things the old fashioned way. The ipkg system has no knowledge about what the local admin installs there and will eventually step on things.

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Location of jwhois.conf: If jwhois looks for its conf file in /usr/local/etc/ then there will be problems if someone installs this package in an unusual place.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought all the symlinking business takes care of this?

On a 6000 with a stock sharp rom nothing does this by magic. Again your rom may deal with it differently. You can easily test by installing it to a different place to see what happens.

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If this is GPL software I believe you are required to distribute the license file(s) along with the binary package. I think tossing them into the CONTROL directory is fine for this purpose.

Good idea, done. Although along with the license line in the control file, 99% of the people using IPKs will not know it's there and will not have a chance to read it before ipkg-install deletes it

ipkg shouldn't delete it until the package is removed, but it will be hidden away with the install scripts.

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Jwhois 3.2.3
« on: January 12, 2006, 02:43:47 pm »
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OK here's my first attempt at compiling and making an ipkg for pdaXrom

jwhois 3.2.3 (http://www.gnu.org/software/jwhois/jwhois.html)

I would be grateful if an "oldhand" would check it over to see whether I have made any mistakes (and let me know before I pick up some bad habits!)

-- cheers
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Here are a few thoughts in general.

control: I find it nice if you include a License line in here indicating the controlling license for the software.

Use of /usr/local: maybe I'm old school but when possible I think /usr/local should be left for the person running the machine to use. Things from package management systems should go somewhere else. Others will disagree with me about this I expect.

Location of jwhois.conf: If jwhois looks for its conf file in /usr/local/etc/ then there will be problems if someone installs this package in an unusual place. I would add a postinst script to check for the install root and create a link from /usr/local/etc/jwhois.conf to wherever it was really installed. Then a postrm script can remove that link if it was created at install.

If this is GPL software I believe you are required to distribute the license file(s) along with the binary package. I think tossing them into the CONTROL directory is fine for this purpose.

John

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Apple Ipod Mini Microdrives
« on: November 18, 2005, 04:05:15 pm »
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well, I just had a quick check on the price for an ipod mini on shopbot and they cost almost as much as a 4GB CF card. As I understand, they have 4GB microdrives internally and from various reviews the general consensus is that CF flash cards are faster and more durable than CF microdrives. So unless they had 8GB microdrives, I don't really see a point in scavenging their microdrives instead of getting a retail CF card.
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amazon has 4GB microdrives for $140 AR which still looks to be a whole lot cheaper than 4GB CF cards. I certainly wouldn't consider getting an ipod mini to get the microdrive out of it.

John

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General Discussion / Busybox
« on: November 17, 2005, 02:01:23 pm »
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Hello

So I think I can help, since I added GNU tar like options to busybox. I'll send you a copy of my busybox 1.01. Please tell me if you have any issues besies mount/ping

Guylhem
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Did you include rdate? That would need a patch too I expect.

John

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General Discussion / Busybox
« on: November 17, 2005, 01:42:13 am »
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Yes, busybox is already included in Sharp ROM (the stock one is v0.64, and there is a v1.00 package available to download) and pdaXrom (v1.01).  Dunno exactly about the differences among the old versions and the new ones, but at least the tar in the busybox in pdaXrom can create, while i can't get it done in Sharp rom even though v1.00 is installed with the same message:
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It depends on the options used when configuring busybox.
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# busybox tar --help
BusyBox v1.01 (2005.11.17-05:41+0000) multi-call binary

Usage: tar -[czjZxtvO] [-f TARFILE] [-C DIR] [FILE(s)] ...

Create, extract, or list files from a tar file.

Options:
        c               create
        x               extract
        t               list

Archive format selection:
        z               Filter the archive through gzip
        j               Filter the archive through bzip2
        Z               Filter the archive through compress

File selection:
        f               name of TARFILE or "-" for stdin
        O               extract to stdout
        C               change to directory DIR before operation
        v               verbosely list files processed
This version does what you want, although you could just install a good version of tar too.

This version of busybox was built with the stock sharp rom on my 6k. I don't plan to add this to my feed as I really don't have time to test all the stuff this includes but I will make it available if anyone wants to give it a try.

John

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Software / Hexadecimal editor
« on: November 02, 2005, 04:20:59 pm »
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link dead? bummer
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It has been upgraded. Just look for current in this [a href=\"http://rose.public.iastate.edu/zaurus/]feed[/url].

John

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Deals and Great Z Buys / 5500 From Jr.com For $100 Usd
« on: October 23, 2005, 08:05:35 am »
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J and R Music and Computer World is clearing open-box SL-5500s for $98 US.

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4064798

[Annoyingly, you will not find it if you search for "Zaurus".  If I hadn't found a link to it, I would never have seen it.]

I have never dealt with (or even heard of) them before.  They do appear to be a reputable retailer.
J & R's is a very reputable store. I've done quite a bit of business with them.

The bad news is that I called and these are gone now.

John

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5x00 General discussions / Micro Innovations Keyboard...help!
« on: October 21, 2005, 09:49:56 am »
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Well, wow. This is tragic. No one has experience with this keyboard?

How's IRK support under OZ? No time like the present to take it for a spin, I suppose... I do like that on the fly rotation... That'd be nice with wireless + Opera...
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I use the Micro Innovations model pictured [a href=\"http://www.mobiletechreview.com/tips/pocketop.htm]here[/url] but I think it is a different model than the one you are asking about? Do you have a picture of yours somewhere?

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Vpnc Help - Edit: Solved!
« on: October 17, 2005, 04:58:36 pm »
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I know it's hard to help, since I'm not familiar with alot of this.  Im learning as I go...

Im using this BU (boston university) config here. Im at BU med, which has a few different settings, but I know those are right.  The error Im getting is DNS related, I think, because it cant resolve the BU vpn server address (although sometimes I get a "port 500 in use" error, which looks generic, since when I run '-debug' I get errors more along the lines of the DNS stuff).  I have no idea how to set up the resolve.conf, if I need to do that.  Im under the impression that you can give the IP for the server name, but I have zero idea what the IP address is.  Its a bit frustrating, since I kind of think I understand what I need to do, but cant figure out (or find) how to do it. 

It'd be helpful if you think this even sounds like Im on the right track...

Thanks again!
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To find the IP#'s for the vpn gateways at BU

# host vpn-offcampus.bu.edu
vpn-offcampus.bu.edu has address 192.5.206.18

# host vpn-oncampus.bu.edu
vpn-oncampus.bu.edu has address 168.122.80.2

What should be in your /etc/resolv.conf likely depends on whether you are on campus or off. But it should have some nameservers in it to do the DNS magic.

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Vpnc Help - Edit: Solved!
« on: October 16, 2005, 04:08:36 pm »
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PdaxRom is really impressing me, but the last thing I NEED working on my Z is a cisco compatible vpn client so I can get my Z usable at school. 

I got vpnc installed from here,  but get all sorts of connection errors...They seem to vary.  I think there is a deeper networking issue.

Ive searched around and seen all sorts of stuff about iproute, DNS, and  tun.o modules (wtf is that!?). Im familiar with general networking stuff, but am no expert -- especially with linux.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Giving some details will help you get help. What exactly are the errors? What is your configuration? What are the requirements of your school's connection? Does it use shared secrets? Certificates?

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Test -f Behaves Oddly After Cd Command
« on: October 14, 2005, 02:21:40 pm »
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Write this script:

cd /bin
if (test -f joe);then echo yes1;fi
if (test -f joe);then echo yes2;fi

and run it. (You can use any dir, it doesn't have to be /bin)

There is NO file called "joe" in my /bin directory, but I always get "yes1" but not "yes2"

Is this some known bash or Linux issue where you always get a false possitive on a test -f after you do a cd command?
Just tested on my 6k and I don't see this bizarre behavior. Nothing is printed from either if statement as one would expect.

John

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Hitachi Microdrive
« on: October 12, 2005, 10:43:24 pm »
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ok, I decided I needed more space on my zaurus and I wanted to have swap, etc... so I broke down and bought a microdrive (6GB).
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Who else has hitachi microdrives and what are your experiences?
Ooh, a big one. I use both a 4GB and a 2GB Hitachi microdrive in my 6k. The 4GB is basically the permanent resident in the internal CF slot. The 2GB shares duties with other cards in the CF sled slot. Both are ext2 and neither has given me any trouble over the past 10 or 11 months.

John

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