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in one day) I am now down to 15, 15 and 16 over the past 3 days. Whether my scripted complaints just coincided with an overall reduction of the worm on the Internet I don't know. I suspect that some Debian mailing list subscribers got this worm and that's how I'm receiving so many copies. I noticed that the Debian bug tracking system (works by email) is filled with this worm as well. -- Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> http://www.wehave.net/ Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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08 Jun '25

Some versions of MS-DOS create a first partition which does not begin on a cylinder boundary, but on sector 2 of the first cylinder. Parti- tions beginning in cylinder 1 cannot begin on a cylinder boundary, but this is unlikely to cause difficulty unless you have OS/2 on your machine. Which may seem to be your case (given your output), however I don't see anything looking like a remedy here :( > > Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique) wrote: > > Le 27 Octobre 2003 20:54, Madison Kelly a ?crit : > >>Hi all, > >> > >> I am trying to do something very simple but it is being anything > >>but... I have a laptop hard drive here that I am trying to image before > >>I erase. Simple enough; I connect it as Master on the secondary channel, > >>boot, '# mount -t vfat /dev/hdc1 /mnt/backup'... nothing. Try '#fdisk > >>-l', nothing. I know that hardware-wise it's fine because I tried (uggh) > >>booting my Win2k part and there it is seen fine. Also, on boot the BIOS > >>sees it (not that it matters to Linux) and on powerdown it reports to > >>flush HDC... > > > > you did fdisk /dev/hdc? > > > >> So, does anyone have any idea why a seemingly fine connected FAT32 > >>hard drive (10GB) would not be seen by Linux's FDISK but it WOULD be > >>found by Win2k? Isn't that pretty bass-ackwards? Any help is appreciated! > >> > >>Madison > >> > >>-- > >>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org > >>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns > >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml > > > > -- > > The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org > > TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml > > -- > The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org > TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns > How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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08 Jun '25

Have fun Merv -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!!
by kru_tch-FFYn/CNdgSA＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 04:59:16PM -0500 or thereabouts, Wil McGilvery wrote: > I do not like using CD's because the storage is too small. Even DVD's are not quite big enough to completely back up a system. They are also cheap and you can still experience unreliability. Even the "good" cd's are still too unreliable for me. > > When I first got started I used dat tapes and sold some to customers. That was a big mistake. I was replacing the tape drive every year and once I had a new tape drive it was a crap shoot as to whether I could perform a restore or not from an old tape. > > If you are backing up your own data on your own system at your house then do what ever works because obviously price is a consideration, but if you are responsible for mission critical data, don't go cheap. It is just not worth it. Spend the money and do it properly. > > Like I said before, you get what you pay for. I'm surprised to hear you say that DVD's aren't quite big enough... I'm in the digital asset business, and we gave tape up a long time ago. We use DVD with a jukebox, and the whole thing is automated in terms of doing the actual backup, we have no issue carrying over files that fill up one disk to another, the software is intelligent enough to know where all the parts are. Our backups each day aren't tiny... -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!!
by jason-gaRZxGPHtpBxZtjKW1aY+1aTQe2KTcn/＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

It will be interesting when the next-gen dvd format becomes more affordable. The blu-ray format will store 27gb on a songle dvd. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.asp?RelatedID=4429 http://www.blu-ray.com/ http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-990826.html Any prices I have found are in the 3500 USD range. Hmm... come to think of it, were'nt DVD writers about 600 buck last christmas? About 100 bucks now. Let's hope that the blu-ray devices drop just as fast. William Park wrote: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 05:12:08PM -0500, James Knott wrote: > >>I have 2 identical 60G hard drives. I simply clone the entire drive >>onto the other, which is mounted in a removable tray. >> >>Also, the best backup system is redunancy. Make lots of copies, with >>off site storage, to minimize the potential loss. Live mirrors also >>help protect against physical damage. > > > 1. My advice to those experiencing flaky harddisk... Spend the money on > - good power supply and case > - good harddisk > - good motherboard > Of the above, power supply is most often overlooked. It's the most > important thing, in my opinion; and, I don't mean wattage rating on > those. > > 2. Since I'm running Slackware, I don't do complete system backup. I > only backup users data (ie. things that were added or modified since > install). When doing total restore, I just run a script to do the > complete installation of Linux from distribution CD; then, restore the > users data. For other distro, it may be different, because this depends > on whether you can do unattended complete install. > -- " Eventually people tire of repairing broken Windows, And decide to replace them with something stronger" (o_ //\ Linux - The Choice Of A GNU Generation V_/_ Jason Shein Linux Registered User #281100 jason-gaRZxGPHtpBxZtjKW1aY+1aTQe2KTcn/(a)public.gmane.org -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!!
by opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 05:12:08PM -0500, James Knott wrote: > I have 2 identical 60G hard drives. I simply clone the entire drive > onto the other, which is mounted in a removable tray. > > Also, the best backup system is redunancy. Make lots of copies, with > off site storage, to minimize the potential loss. Live mirrors also > help protect against physical damage. 1. My advice to those experiencing flaky harddisk... Spend the money on - good power supply and case - good harddisk - good motherboard Of the above, power supply is most often overlooked. It's the most important thing, in my opinion; and, I don't mean wattage rating on those. 2. Since I'm running Slackware, I don't do complete system backup. I only backup users data (ie. things that were added or modified since install). When doing total restore, I just run a script to do the complete installation of Linux from distribution CD; then, restore the users data. For other distro, it may be different, because this depends on whether you can do unattended complete install. -- William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> Linux solution for data management and processing. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!!
by james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

I have 2 identical 60G hard drives. I simply clone the entire drive onto the other, which is mounted in a removable tray. Also, the best backup system is redunancy. Make lots of copies, with off site storage, to minimize the potential loss. Live mirrors also help protect against physical damage. Wil McGilvery wrote: > I do not like using CD's because the storage is too small. Even DVD's are not quite big enough to completely back up a system. They are also cheap and you can still experience unreliability. Even the "good" cd's are still too unreliable for me. > > When I first got started I used dat tapes and sold some to customers. That was a big mistake. I was replacing the tape drive every year and once I had a new tape drive it was a crap shoot as to whether I could perform a restore or not from an old tape. > > If you are backing up your own data on your own system at your house then do what ever works because obviously price is a consideration, but if you are responsible for mission critical data, don't go cheap. It is just not worth it. Spend the money and do it properly. > > Like I said before, you get what you pay for. > > Regards, > > Wil McGilvery > Manager > Lynch Digital Media Inc > > > > 416-744-7949 > 416-716-3964 (cell) > 1-866-314-4678 > 416-744-0406 FAX > www.LynchDigital.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Cozens [mailto:kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org] > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:36 PM > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org > Subject: RE: [TLUG]: Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!! > > At 12:55 PM 12/31/2003 -0500, Wil McGilvery wrote: > >>Backups in my opinion will never be a set it and forget it procedure. >>Periodic restores are necessary for peace of and the assurance that you >>can restore when necessary. > > > Tape and CD/DVD changers help but if the data is critical, someone still > has to physically move the backups off-site and put fresh tapes or CD/DVDs > in to the changer. > > >>I have not heard of anyone successfully using cd's for backup purposes, >>but I do know of people using removable hard drives as an alternate to >>tape backups. > > > No one has successfully used CD's or DVD's? What sort of stories have you > heard? Perhaps they were using el cheapo CD's? If one is serious about > having good backups, you don't go for the cheapest backup media you can get. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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qtpixmap
by ppieczora-Z6LL8UJvm6I＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

I'm having problems loading gnome apps. (gimp-1.3:1209): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtpixmap" (evolution:1311): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtpixmap" ...... and so on. All gtk2 apps behave the same, they start but there is no text displayed. removing geramik, and qtpixmap does the same, except there is different msg. Distribution I'm using is suse 9.0 downloaded from their ftp server. I'm wondering if ppl who installed boxed version of suse 9.0 experienced same problems. Peter -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!!
by wmcgilvery-6d3DWWOeJtE＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

I do not like using CD's because the storage is too small. Even DVD's are not quite big enough to completely back up a system. They are also cheap and you can still experience unreliability. Even the "good" cd's are still too unreliable for me. When I first got started I used dat tapes and sold some to customers. That was a big mistake. I was replacing the tape drive every year and once I had a new tape drive it was a crap shoot as to whether I could perform a restore or not from an old tape. If you are backing up your own data on your own system at your house then do what ever works because obviously price is a consideration, but if you are responsible for mission critical data, don't go cheap. It is just not worth it. Spend the money and do it properly. Like I said before, you get what you pay for. Regards, Wil McGilvery Manager Lynch Digital Media Inc 416-744-7949 416-716-3964 (cell) 1-866-314-4678 416-744-0406? FAX www.LynchDigital.com -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Cozens [mailto:kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:36 PM To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org Subject: RE: [TLUG]: Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!! At 12:55 PM 12/31/2003 -0500, Wil McGilvery wrote: >Backups in my opinion will never be a set it and forget it procedure. >Periodic restores are necessary for peace of and the assurance that you >can restore when necessary. Tape and CD/DVD changers help but if the data is critical, someone still has to physically move the backups off-site and put fresh tapes or CD/DVDs in to the changer. >I have not heard of anyone successfully using cd's for backup purposes, >but I do know of people using removable hard drives as an alternate to >tape backups. No one has successfully used CD's or DVD's? What sort of stories have you heard? Perhaps they were using el cheapo CD's? If one is serious about having good backups, you don't go for the cheapest backup media you can get. Cheers! Kevin. (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/) Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 |"What are we going to do today, Borg?" E-mail:kcozens at interlog dot com|"Same thing we always do, Pinkutus: Packet:ve3syb-XXPEJ3/fxIc at public.gmane.org#con.on.ca.na| Try to assimilate the world!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | -Pinkutus & the Borg -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Data recovery emergency on a downed server... Help please!!
by kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w＠public.gmane.org 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

At 12:55 PM 12/31/2003 -0500, Wil McGilvery wrote: >Backups in my opinion will never be a set it and forget it procedure. >Periodic restores are necessary for peace of and the assurance that you >can restore when necessary. Tape and CD/DVD changers help but if the data is critical, someone still has to physically move the backups off-site and put fresh tapes or CD/DVDs in to the changer. >I have not heard of anyone successfully using cd's for backup purposes, >but I do know of people using removable hard drives as an alternate to >tape backups. No one has successfully used CD's or DVD's? What sort of stories have you heard? Perhaps they were using el cheapo CD's? If one is serious about having good backups, you don't go for the cheapest backup media you can get. Cheers! Kevin. (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/) Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 |"What are we going to do today, Borg?" E-mail:kcozens at interlog dot com|"Same thing we always do, Pinkutus: Packet:ve3syb-XXPEJ3/fxIc at public.gmane.org#con.on.ca.na| Try to assimilate the world!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | -Pinkutus & the Borg -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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