Recent content by voltage2k

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    Newbie: Howto make the full Gentoo ISO into a bootable cc

    I have gotten pretty good with slackware so I want to try my luck with Gentoo. But I have not mastered how to create a bootable ISO. I've always just used a downloaded bootable ISO pre-made. how do i make the gentoo ISO bootable?> I will be using a winxp machine to do this and burn the disc...
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    Slackware 9.0 install: GCC 3.2.2 compiling problems

    I have an installation of Slackware 9.0 which has GCC 3.2.2. When I installed it I installed the Development package's default selections wrongly thinking it would let me ./configure everything. I keep getting a error when i type the ./configure command This is the output...
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    Newbie Samba and Useradd Questions

    I have been unsuccessfully trying to add two users who were simultaneously samba users and box users. the samba machine has 2 groups, admins and users. the user voltage2k needs to be a member of admins and users and be able to login from any machine as voltage2k. how do i do that? the other...
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    Newbie Question: SSH, NFS, Samba Howto on Slackware 9.0

    I have two boxen, one which has VectorLinux (slackware based) on it and the other Slackware 9.0. The box with vectorlinux nothing starts up automatically. On each of the boxes I want NFS and Samba running as servers and clients for each other. I know i have to edit the /etc/exports files on...
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    Mythtv or Freevo: Which is better for convergence?

    I have wanted a PVR for a long time but not one had everything: MP3/Ogg Vorbis playback, HD for TIVO, DVD, and ethernet. But I have found these two apparent holy grails. MythTv appears to be much more mature but Freevo seems to have features not present in Freevo. Who uses them? What do you...
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    LInux Web Cam software

    Hey I want to setup a webcam in my room, actually a robot cam. I have the driver for my camera, the LegoCam. Now all i need is a program to update an image in near realtime. I am using apache. Got any ideas. The idea of the page is to control a robot using a webpage and the camera will...
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    ATA133/Serial ATA PCI Cards and Linux

    Does anybody know if any of the of ATA133 cards on the market work under linux. I use Vectorlinux which is based on Slackware. I want to be able to use large drives. Also do the new Serial ATA cards on the market work under linux?
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    High End NAT Router Recommendation

    Check out www.gnatbox.com they have a network appliance prebuilt lakcing the modem option but you can buy their product and build your appliance the way you want it. I am using an older version of gnatbox and its wonderful www.gnatbox.com
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    Samba, PDC, WINS, DCHP, FIREWALL, NAT, and VPN

    I am about to move off campus to my first place of my own and have started to look into what my network will be. I will have a couple roomates and at least one DSL line into the house. I am thinking of getting a Linksys router to handle the DHCP, VPN, NAT, and the Firewall but I know those...
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    can php scripts authenticating to active directory

    Is it possible to build a web based portal that will authenticate to active directory or will i have to learn to script in ASP instead? thanks
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    Learn PHP of ASP: that is the question

    I am college senior who is a French major but works for the IT department which gives an unique niche. Anyway the french department wants me to write a webbased french placement exam for the department to replace the current exam. The questions in short is should I learn PHP or ASP? Is there...