Posted Mon, 02/21/2005 - 00:30 by metarobert
I've played with
CoLinux
(Cooperative Linux) before, but never got networking to come up right.
That meant it was
pretty useless.
This time? Version .6.2 runs a Linux 2.6 kernel, and this time I
got networking up and running using both WinPCap and native XP Pro
network briges. I've stuck with the WinPCap setup since it can
apparently bridge wireless connections. I'm very happy with this setup.
I've gotten Cygwin/X running on the XP host, installed gdm and
Gnome on the Debian image. I was happy to get X and Gnome apps running
in rootless mode in XP.
Posted Sun, 12/12/2004 - 12:17 by metarobert
I have an old HP Vectra 233Mhz PC that I've kept around to experiment
on. I've had Fedora Core 2 on it for a while, and decided to upgrade it
to Fedora Core 3. I'd run 3 under a PC emulator for a while and decided
it appeared useable on my experimental box. I used the Up2Date GUI,
which automatically listed Fedora Core 3. Ouch. It won't boot. I get
past the Grub bootloader but stop at the line "RedHat Nash version
3.5.22 starting" and .. then .... nothing ....... I guess I'll do a
little research before giving in and doing a fresh install.
Posted Thu, 10/28/2004 - 15:25 by metarobert
I'm torn. Perl is so nice, but doesn't appear to be important to my career
as a systems engineer as far as employers would care. VBScript, on the
other hand, sucks, but is more suited as a "bragging" item in the Windows
world. Plus, some of the hooks into services/apps like Exchange, Outlook,
MS SQL, the Windows OS's seem to be better. Perl has a gazillion modules,
but the Windows oriented stuff is sometimes strong, sometimes very, very
weak. Any comments? Anyone? ...Bueller?
Posted Sun, 10/24/2004 - 08:49 by metarobert
I was turned on to
Drupal on Friday
evenening by a friend at work. We were working together on an MS Exchange
setting (I was just monitoring from my end) and he brought up Drupal while
we were waiting. I had, coincidentally just started testing out Geeklog
after finding there was no good solution for running
SlashCode (of
Slashdot fame)
on a Windows box. I've got Windows running on the only box I can run the
site on, although you are reading this hosted on a Linux box at 1&1.
Posted Wed, 10/06/2004 - 10:34 by metarobert
We've recently ("we" being where I work) finished getting an Exchange
2003 server added to our Exchange 5.5 infrastructure. Installing the
new version, at a glance, appears simple. We are a part of a larger
enterprise, and are a site in the Exchange org, so could not install
without using ADC's (Active directory connectors.) They are confusing
at the outset, but are acutally simple. Care must be taken, though, to
replicate the right LDAP entries, and to replicate them to an approprite
place. It also turns out the installation of Exchange may not be
simple.
Posted Mon, 09/13/2004 - 14:53 by metarobert
I'm at work, reinstalling Windows XP (after breaking it myself) The power
goes out during the patching/updating process. My box is
unstable, again. I run another install, as an upgrade, since I've already
gotten quite a bit of software setup again, and start having trouble
during the patching/update process. Patches download, but all fail during
install. I re-run the upgrade, which fails updating the catalog.
Pattern! I look up the error message on Google, which takes me to a MS KB
article.
Posted Sun, 09/12/2004 - 16:54 by metarobert
I'm posting this mostly as a test of the email posting method. Lately
I've been too busy "experiencing life" to bother with this blog.
I've recently started experimenting with Linux again. I'd spent so
much time with Windows and Active Directory that it's become boring.
It feels like time to move on or spread out my interests again. Good
timing since I need to renew my CCNA. Cisco knowledge slips away
easily when you don't use it.
Posted Mon, 09/15/2003 - 16:28 by metarobert
I couldn't resist writing this. This is too odd to pass over. Apparently it deosnt matetr if wrdos are srcamlebd, so long as the first and last letter are in place; we can still read them -
Slashdot | Can You Raed Tihs?
Posted Sun, 09/14/2003 - 10:57 by metarobert
SCO v. Linux Kernel Again!
Man! SCO has to be trying to make a mark. I've not seen news stories like this before. There are SCOs attacks against the Linux community, including end users, which created a tremendous backlash. Their denial of having made the documented attacks. Linus Torvalds responses, fun to read as he always seems to be ready to make grounded, but shockingly direct and often entertaining statements. It's been getting more obvious as the news piles up, but I think we're now teetering on the brink of their case publicly crumbling.
Posted Sat, 09/13/2003 - 20:39 by metarobert
Worms, Worms, Worms and Blogging for free
It's been a harsh time lately for many of us supporting microsoft platforms. Blaster and variants, then Nachi and variants, and a little bit of Sobig.F (which I personally was not effected by) We've been doing a lot of cleaning/rebuilding/patching systems that were affected or infected and damaged. We've started working on deploying SUS (the corporate version of the Windows Update Service) and a centralized virus scanner update service. I suppose we shouldn't be doing this as a response, but rather a preparation, but so goes life.
