From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Tue Dec 1 07:33:37 2009 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:33:37 -0800 Subject: [buug] Fwd: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- October 2009 Message-ID: <20091201073337.20325i8wb5y6pc00@webmail.rawbw.com> Forwarded (slightly redacted): ----- Forwarded message from usergroups at informit.com ----- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:40:29 -0700 From: InformIT Reply-To: InformIT Subject: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- October 2009 To: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter Issue 21 -- October 2009 Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly newsletter for official group members. 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Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches http://www.informit.com/title/0137142978 o By Kenneth Hess, Amy Newman o Published Oct 12, 2009 by Prentice Hall. o Copyright 2010 o Dimensions: 7x9-1/8 o Pages: 336 o Edition: 1st o Book: ISBN-10: 0-13-714297-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-714297-2 o eBook: ISBN-10: 0-13-714878-X ISBN-13: 978-0-13-714878-3 Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A http://www.informit.com/title/0131367366 o By Mark G. Sobell o Published Nov 19, 2009 by Prentice Hall. o Copyright 2010 o Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8 o Pages: 1080 o Edition: 2nd o Book: ISBN-10: 0-13-136736-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-136736-4 o eBook: ISBN-10: 0-13-705748-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-705748-1 From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Dec 2 12:56:57 2009 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:56:57 -0800 Subject: [buug] Fwd: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- December 2009 Message-ID: <20091202125657.10251vi4d1jxf534@webmail.rawbw.com> Forwarded (slightly redacted): ----- Forwarded message from usergroups at informit.com ----- Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:20:55 -0800 From: InformIT Reply-To: InformIT Subject: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- December 2009 To: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter Issue 23 -- December 2009 Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly newsletter for official group members. 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Here's a basic example of how I'd typically burn a CD (CD-RW in this case): # cdrecord -v -dao dev=0,0,0 speed=10 blank=fast driveropts=burnproof -data ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso The above example was for burning an Ubuntu ISO for someone. Some noteworthy points, in not necessarily any particular order: o That's using a somewhat older version of cdrecord o I've mostly been using pretty much the same set of options for about 6 years because, well, they worked fine then, and still work. There may be spiffier/newer/better options now, but I haven't particularly investigated. o I'm typically booting with kernel parameter option: hdc=scsi That causes the IDE/ATA/PATA hdc device (my DVD-ROM/CD-RW on that laptop) to be emulated as a SCSI device. o # cdrecord -scanbus Is highly useful for identifying the correct device and information to pass to cdrecord's dev= option (I even have one program that uses that to properly identify a particular device and passes that information on to cdrecord's dev= option) o speed= in this case I pick the fastest speed that I know will work with for all of drive, media, and media state (for the "high speed" media, and my "ultra speed" CD-RW drive, I could have picked anything between 4 and at least 10). o blank=fast - the blank= options would only be applicable to rewritable media, e.g. CD-RW. blank=fast does a minimal rewrite - it doesn't actually clobber all the old physical bits recorded on the media - and that's fine in the case where the earlier data was public data (e.g. some other Linux distribution's public ISO image). If I didn't know the earlier data was necessarily public, I'd use blank=all - which would wipe all the old bits (and that can take substantially longer). o driveropts=burnproof is applicable to some CD-R/CD-RW units, and is in my case, and helps reduce probability of tosterization of CDs Other random point: CD-RW - I've yet to burn or purchase CD-R media - I've always gotten CD-RW. Cost about twice as much as CD-R per unit media, but it's reusable - and I do reuse it a lot. Also cuts way down on tosterization (so far of the few hundred or so CD-RWs I have, I've thus far only got one that I can't successfully (re)write to). Of course, if you're giving them away - particularly in large quantities, and have already worked out all the burning details successfully, CD-R would be much more economical (or likely mastered CD-ROM for quantities probably at or over 1,000 of all the same image). From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Sun Dec 6 11:40:16 2009 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:40:16 -0800 Subject: [buug] x86 disk partitioning, and detailed structure, lilo, sfdisk, ... Message-ID: <20091206114016.99116sm73id4sz0o@webmail.rawbw.com> x86 disk partitioning, and detailed structure, lilo, sfdisk, ... (at least some of this was discussed at a BUUG meeting some month(s) ago) Probably the best documentation I've yet run across for explaining x86 disk partitioning (e.g. IBM PC, etc.) and its structure, is within the LILO documentation. E.g. for a typical Debian LILO installation, in the file: /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz It also coveres a fair amount some of the particular caveats of certain operating systems and their filesystems - e.g. DOS and its storage of disk and file system parameters (cluster size, number of sectors, number of heads, etc.). Another quite handy tool (but hazardous if mishandled) is sfdisk. With the -x option to sfdisk (along with some other suitable options and arguments) we can essentially see all the partition detail, including all the details of partition tables used in extended and logical partitions. With extended partition, the first sector of the partition is yet another partition table. These are typically recursively chained, to produce the desired logical partitions, with most all such partition tables containing one logical partition, and yet another extended partition (the extended partition generally being present in all but the last partition table). In the below example, with the -x option, we see the details of all these partition tables (without the -x option, we'd just see the partitions which would generally have an associated device). Also, using the -uS option and option argument, gives us the information at the 512 byte sector level (so we don't lose detail rounding off to larger units), and the -l gives us our information in a nice human-readable format (the -d option, particularly with -uS and without -x is handy for a format much more suitable for sfdisk input - handy for backing up, and recreating or duplicating a partition scheme). "hazardous if mishandled" - sfdisk is very powerful, but relatively unforgiving. If you don't include the -l or -d option, you're editing your partition table with the partition specification supplied via stdin, and if it gets EOF before otherwise being interrupted or terminated, you may have just overwritten (or trashed) your partition table. On the (quite) positive side, for those that are cautious and know what they're doing, sfdisk will let one write pretty much any possible parition configuration, and with quite low-level control on exactly how it is written out, precise boundaries (down to the 512 byte sector), etc. It's also very handy for backing up a partition scheme, and being able to restore or copy it. (e.g. part of my regular backups save and backup the partition information, using -uS and (separately) both -d and -l options, for use or consideration during restores). # 2>&1 sudo sfdisk -uS -l -x /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 4764 cylinders, 240 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System /dev/hda1 63 619919 619857 83 Linux /dev/hda2 * 619920 25477199 24857280 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda3 25477200 25749359 272160 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda4 25749360 72031679 46282320 85 Linux extended /dev/hda5 25764480 26369278 604799 83 Linux - 26369279 72031679 45662401 5 Extended - 25749360 25749359 0 0 Empty - 25749360 25749359 0 0 Empty /dev/hda6 26369280 30563567 4194288 82 Linux swap / Solaris - 30563568 72031679 41468112 5 Extended - 26369279 26369278 0 0 Empty - 26369279 26369278 0 0 Empty /dev/hda7 30572640 33521038 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 33521039 72031679 38510641 5 Extended - 30563568 30563567 0 0 Empty - 30563568 30563567 0 0 Empty /dev/hda8 33521040 36469438 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 36469439 72031679 35562241 5 Extended - 33521039 33521038 0 0 Empty - 33521039 33521038 0 0 Empty /dev/hda9 36469440 39417838 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 39417839 72031679 32613841 5 Extended - 36469439 36469438 0 0 Empty - 36469439 36469438 0 0 Empty /dev/hda10 39417840 42366238 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 42366239 72031679 29665441 5 Extended - 39417839 39417838 0 0 Empty - 39417839 39417838 0 0 Empty /dev/hda11 42366240 45314638 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 45314639 72031679 26717041 5 Extended - 42366239 42366238 0 0 Empty - 42366239 42366238 0 0 Empty /dev/hda12 45314640 48263038 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 48263039 72031679 23768641 5 Extended - 45314639 45314638 0 0 Empty - 45314639 45314638 0 0 Empty /dev/hda13 48263040 51211438 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 51211439 72031679 20820241 5 Extended - 48263039 48263038 0 0 Empty - 48263039 48263038 0 0 Empty /dev/hda14 51211440 54159838 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 54159839 72031679 17871841 5 Extended - 51211439 51211438 0 0 Empty - 51211439 51211438 0 0 Empty /dev/hda15 54159840 57108238 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 57108239 72031679 14923441 5 Extended - 54159839 54159838 0 0 Empty - 54159839 54159838 0 0 Empty /dev/hda16 57108240 60056638 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 60056639 72031679 11975041 5 Extended - 57108239 57108238 0 0 Empty - 57108239 57108238 0 0 Empty /dev/hda17 60056640 63005038 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 63005039 72031679 9026641 5 Extended - 60056639 60056638 0 0 Empty - 60056639 60056638 0 0 Empty /dev/hda18 63005040 65953438 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 65953439 72031679 6078241 5 Extended - 63005039 63005038 0 0 Empty - 63005039 63005038 0 0 Empty /dev/hda19 65953440 68901838 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 68901839 72031679 3129841 5 Extended - 65953439 65953438 0 0 Empty - 65953439 65953438 0 0 Empty /dev/hda20 68901840 71850238 2948399 8e Linux LVM - 68901839 68901838 0 0 Empty - 68901839 68901838 0 0 Empty - 68901839 68901838 0 0 Empty From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Sun Dec 6 11:40:18 2009 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:40:18 -0800 Subject: [buug] NT boot loader --> grub/lilo --> ... Message-ID: <20091206114018.897763mis4fu444c@webmail.rawbw.com> NT boot loader --> grub/lilo --> ... I might not have managed to post this to [L]UG list(s) earlier, but searching a bit, I did essentially post such to Usenet. My personal laptop's boot scheme is a bit complex, but pretty interesting. I have it set up using the NT boot loader, but that is set to, by default, chain load grub, which by default, boots Linux. Each of the boot loaders can also chainload the other boot loaders. Options/behavior go roughly like this, with default shown first, and not all options shown: NT boot loader --> grub lilo XP grub --> Linux lilo NT boot loader lilo --> Linux grub NT boot loader Note also that the NT boot loader is generally quite unforgiving when it comes to errors (e.g. misconfigurations) - I also have a rather atypical setup in many ways, e.g. note that the first partition isn't the NTFS partition. NTFS also isn't the easiest filesystem to deal with in many regards, notably shrinking or changing its start location. So, appropriate caution is advised. Probably just a matter of time before I blow away that NTFS partition (haven't booted XP in well over a year, and have probably run it less than 20 hours in the 6+ years I've had the laptop), ... thought I'd highlight some of the interesting (i.e. boot) bits of my setup before that gets quite substantially changed. Quite a bit more detail on the configuration of the hard drive and boot loaders can be found here: news:ac21e42d-eeb0-4e40-a9e4-0f8eb04499c9 at y22g2000prd.googlegroups.com (or via Google - not sure if the below URL is persistent, but should be findable by the above) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.setup/msg/fa1fba1894641dbb?dmode=source&output=gplain From grantbow at gmail.com Sat Dec 12 00:22:03 2009 From: grantbow at gmail.com (Grant Bowman) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:22:03 -0800 Subject: [buug] Fwd: Installfest Saturday at ZaReason In-Reply-To: <11eb8a5c0912102120y5323890fja3a7561799679540@mail.gmail.com> References: <11eb8a5c0912102105t6da567eajd058caf01411bdaf@mail.gmail.com> <11eb8a5c0912102110off3fd30ya657184a06c38502@mail.gmail.com> <11eb8a5c0912102120y5323890fja3a7561799679540@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <317e39f0912120022k34ca4c9amc404d10895272d59@mail.gmail.com> For those that are not on the berkeleylug.com mail list I thought you folks might also like to participate in the installfest on Saturday. Sorry for the last minute notice. Grant ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jack Deslippe Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:20 PM Subject: Installfest Saturday at ZaReason To: BerkeleyLUG Hey All, We have a special installfest event this week at the ZaReason shop Saturday.? Kory Malmrose is working on fixing up 15 linux boxes to ship out to schools in need in Mexico.? It is also a good opportunity to work on anyones desktops/laptops that want to try out Linux or get something new working.? Stop by between 10-4 at the shop at 1647 Hopkins St, Berkeley.?? Hope to see you guys there. Sorry for not advertising this more.? Its been a busy month for me and I bit off a bit more than I could chew.? However, as Grant likes to say - "Rumors of my demise are greatly exageratted".? That is to say, I've made it through the Qual and am ready to roll again.? We have ~200 discs (minus the 20 or so I gave out at our department table) from Bill and disc covers from Ernest that are ready to go.? So lets also use Saturday as a time to plan future activity. Jack -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BerkeleyLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to berkeleylug at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to berkeleylug+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/berkeleylug?hl=en. From john_re at fastmail.us Wed Dec 16 00:28:30 2009 From: john_re at fastmail.us (john_re) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:28:30 -0800 Subject: [buug] Dec 20 Global Unix & All Free SW HW Culture meeting - BerkeleyTIP Message-ID: <1260952110.10088.1350355141@webmail.messagingengine.com> A great December Solstice to you & yours. :) JOIN the Global All Free SW, HW, Culture meeting via VOIP Dec 20 Sunday, 12N-3PM (Pacific = UTC-8) = 3P-6P Eastern = 8P-11P UTC [Jan 2009 meetings: 2nd, 17th - mark your calendar] http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/schedule == WATCH some VIDEOS: Mark Shuttleworth Interview - 10.04 Lucid Larynx Learning from Code History , Andreas Zeller Why does my program fail? Your version history might have the answer. 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For VOIP SW, & connection info, see: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/remote-attendance Berkeley meeting LOCATION: Watch the website & mail list for latest details, perhaps at the Berkeley Public Library, or a cafe, due to Free Speech Cafe closed for winter break. http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/ == OPPORTUNITIES to VOLUNTEER or learn new JOB SKILLS for 2010: Help set up our: Mailing list, FreeSwitch VOIP server, website http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/opportunities Inquire & discuss at the meeting. == For Forwarding - You are invited to forward this announcement wherever it would be appreciated.