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09:55.56goibhniukeithlard .. re: wtf ebuyer .. I'm glad to hear it .. I'm gonna send them some hatemail soon too
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11:34.55zmey_gmorning all
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12:37.04dick_turpinibot: wake everyone up
12:37.05ibotACTION throws a barrel-full of ice water on everyone up and shouts "GOOD MORNING!!!!"
12:38.03zmey_ghi
12:38.05wethrinwhat?
12:38.27zmey_gwhere?
12:38.42wethrinon the stair?
12:38.46dick_turpinWhere was everyone last night?
12:39.14wethrinI was listening to Humph play jazz
12:39.28dick_turpinThere's me at Wolves-Lug meet saying everyone on #gllug was more friendly
12:39.59dick_turpinI go and login and its like the bloody Marie Celeste
12:41.04wethrinheh
12:41.10wethrin#gllug more friendly that what?
12:41.13zmey_gzmey_g: found this "Banco de Gaia" trance music and been lost ever since.
12:43.53dick_turpinzmey_g: Dear Sir, we have discovered a security hole in your Banco de gaia account please login and update your account details
12:44.50dick_turpinwethrin: Well I was gonna say them until I gave it some serious thought ;-)
12:45.05wethrin:-)
12:45.05zmey_gdick_turpin: :)
12:45.15wethrinibot insult dick_turpin
12:45.36blightibot insult jcookeman
12:45.49dick_turpinibot: hit wethrin
12:45.50ibotACTION kicks wethrin.
12:45.56jcookemanibot insult ibot
12:46.05zmey_gdick_turpin: take this http://sharefolder.co.uk/Banco%20de%20Gaia-Video/Last%20Train%20to%20Lhasa.mov
12:46.05jcookemanthat's right ho
12:46.59dick_turpinzmey_g: Thanks but I've no way of playing it at the moment
12:47.55zmey_gno rush you can hack my site instead and watch it later
12:48.54dick_turpinI saw an ipmi (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) demonstration last night, fecking awesome
12:59.01huw-lIPMI is nice when it works
13:03.00dick_turpinhuw-l: It was working when Adam could remember the passwords
13:04.41huw-lhah
13:04.51huw-lthis is adam-a presumably?
13:05.59dick_turpinhuw-l: No, Adam Sweet
13:06.49huw-ltoo many adams
13:08.02boudiccasan adam a day keeps the doctor away
13:13.36dick_turpinzmey_g: Just watched it, pretty cool some of the images are disturbing (I must be getting soft in my old age)
13:14.57zmey_gdick_turpin: indeed, i was shocked by the video and the trance tune.
13:16.00dick_turpinzmey_g: Hm I wonder if I can convert it and get it on my ipod?
13:16.12zmey_gyes
13:16.18zmey_gwhy not?
13:16.34dick_turpinzmey_g: Coz I don't know how :-D
13:16.51zmey_gthe quality should be ok
13:17.24zmey_gi never did it on linux, but i did it with Mac
13:18.11zmey_gi'm sure some soles out here know the answer
13:18.14dick_turpinzmey_g: Well I just watched it on XP Pro using Nero Show Time
13:19.08zmey_gcant you do it with nero?
13:20.08zmey_gi did it with apple Toast, they are similar.
13:20.11dick_turpinzmey_g: Possibly googleing now
13:20.34boudiccaszmey_g; hwy should shoes or feet know the answer???
13:20.39boudiccas*why
13:21.28zmey_gboudiccas: soles
13:22.32boudiccaszmey_g; souls
13:22.52boudiccassoles are part of the foot or footwear
13:23.02boudiccasor a type of fish
13:23.30zmey_gboudiccas: thanks. it all my illiteracy is to blame. Not me.
13:23.50boudiccasyou're welsome
13:24.03bilarhanyone read 'the art of war'?
13:24.09zmey_gboudiccas: i will check it in my dictionary
13:24.25dick_turpinbilarh: No
13:24.38bilarhdick_turpin: do i look bovvered, tho!?
13:25.13bilarhdick_turpin: BOVVERRRRED!?!?!??!
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13:26.25bilarhtesco's own brand
13:29.18boudiccascan somebody lob me a couple of cans/pints of shepherd neames master brew. i want to get legless
13:29.55wethrinGet some whisky
13:30.01bilarhboudiccas: you don't want to drink that rubbish... here's some white lightning
13:30.19boudiccasi wish it were true
13:30.22wethrinDon't trust what the Norwegian gives you!
13:30.55boudiccasdo i get the top half or the bottom half bilarh ???
13:31.21bilarhboudiccas: you can have the part i've had already.. it will taste the same once it comes back out
13:31.57boudiccaslol
13:33.04bilarhso, i note with some glee that i made some money yesterday betting against england in the qualifiers ;-)
13:33.42wethrinheh
13:37.40dick_turpinzmey_g: I think I've done it, wont know till I get home
13:38.07zmey_ghow did you do it?
13:39.15zmey_gdick_turpin: i don't use ipod but curious. which program did you use
13:39.23dick_turpinzmey_g: Nero.Don't ask me how, its all wizards to me
13:39.31zmey_gok
13:39.58dick_turpinzmey_g: Its now converted to mp4
13:40.11boudiccasdick_turpin; you into magical stuff now? working with wizards??
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13:40.45dick_turpinboudiccas: I'm into anything that gives you a bang ;-)
13:40.51zmey_gdick_turpin: cool, i have the other videos there. you can check if you wish
13:41.05dick_turpinzmey_g: where?
13:41.15boudiccasdick_turpin; that gives /me/ a bang???
13:41.36boudiccasdick_turpin; fireworks are recommended then
13:41.37dick_turpinboudiccas: Yeah yeah smarty pants
13:41.56boudiccasdick_turpin; you can see all that distance???
13:41.59zmey_gwww.sharefolder.co.uk/Banco de Gaia-Video/
13:42.42dick_turpinboudiccas: I cant I just cant, I'm dying to, but I cant, my lips are sealed
13:43.55zmey_gsorry http://sharefolder.co.uk/Banco%20de%20Gaia-Video/
13:44.53boudiccasdick_turpin; wish i could see you with your lips sealed :))))
13:45.16dick_turpinzmey_g: So have you tracked these down off the net or something?
13:45.38boudiccasdick_turpin; the expression on your face must be a picture
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13:45.54boudiccasneed mmore coffee
13:46.08zmey_gdick_turpin: this is from there official web site, but download there painfully slow
13:46.52dick_turpinzmey_g: Ah, downloading the Feregnistan one now
13:47.14zmey_gdick_turpin: good choice
13:47.41dick_turpinzmey_g: Dunno not seen any of them yet
13:48.15zmey_gdick_turpin: i've been listening to this album. nice
13:49.34dick_turpinzmey_g: I've been listening to The Skids here at work, we have a 17 year old girl here, she said "who are they?"
13:50.12dick_turpinzmey_g: I told her and said "You won't know them" she said "No seeing as you are 137 years old" fecking bitch
13:50.44wethrinHa!
13:50.57zmey_gyeah she's right
13:51.06zmey_gi feel the same
13:51.07dick_turpinwethrin: You think thats funny aye?
13:51.22wethrinYes.
13:51.27dick_turpinwethrin: its coming
13:51.47dick_turpingimme W
13:51.58dick_turpingimme an E
13:52.01wethrinLook what you've done!
13:52.02zmey_gi like to listen to Yello. which makes me 150 years old
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13:52.18dick_turpingimme B
13:52.31wethrin/ignore dick_turpin
13:52.43zmey_gor maybe even dead.
13:52.44dick_turpinwethrin: Had enough or do you want some more?
13:53.03zmey_gsure dead.
13:54.12bilarhdick_turpin: ooh a magicall stall... what can i have for 58p?
13:54.38dick_turpinbilarh: Nothing you tight bastard get the folding stuff out
13:55.01bilarhbut i only made 58p yesterday :(
13:55.13dick_turpinbilarh: You was robbed
13:55.22bilarhthat's it, i'm going for a pee and a coffee isntead
13:56.21dick_turpinbilarh: You could buy wethrin's seat he appears to have vacated it
14:01.55bilarhdick_turpin: i could have told you were 137 years old just by looking at your picture
14:05.18dick_turpinbilarh: Hm at least I can have plastic surgery feck knows what you can do ;-P
14:06.59bilarhdick_turpin: i use the brown paper bag method quite successfully
14:08.55dick_turpinbilarh: I know someone who got away with that one, told the girl he was kinky, god she must have been thick
14:09.27bilarhhehe :P
14:10.27dick_turpinzmey_g: I didn't like Feregnistan :(
14:12.00dick_turpinibot: tell wethrin I'm incredibly sorry and I wont sleep tonight if he continues to ignore me
14:13.01bilarhdick_turpin: a clever way of getting around ignores is like this
14:13.15bilarhdick_turpin: you are a muppet
14:13.24bilarhs/y/y/
14:13.40bilarhok, it would have been a clever way, had i not been stupid :)
14:13.44bilarhs/ok/not/
14:13.52bilarhibot: thank you
14:13.53ibotbilarh: sure thing
14:14.00bilarhibot: no really, thank you
14:14.15wethrinhi?
14:14.41bilarhman i am *so* tired
14:14.57bilarhdick_turpin: not in the xteddy way?
14:15.02bilarhxteddy: hug dick_turpin
14:15.03xteddybrb
14:15.13antiphasexteddy: rape dick_turpin
14:15.14xteddyhmm?
14:15.21bilarhlol
14:15.24wethrinhaving xteddy on ignore++
14:15.39wethrinSo, go on then....how many people like xteddy?
14:15.43bilarhwhy, it's a harmless bot
14:15.50antiphases/harm/use/
14:15.51bilarhi find it annoying but strangely funny at the same time
14:16.30dick_turpinI like it at least its friendly
14:16.36wethrinibot hug dick_turpin
14:16.37ibotACTION jumps into dick_turpin's lap and huggles and *hugs* dick_turpin
14:16.47wethrinwell, there we go
14:16.54wethrinibot kill dick_turpin
14:16.54ibotACTION shoots a excited pseudoproton gun at dick_turpin
14:17.01wethrinSee. Does so much more
14:17.04bilarhibot: it's *an*
14:17.05wethrin~wiki Dick Turpin
14:17.10antiphaseibot kill xteddy
14:17.11ibotACTION shoots a magneto-ionized pseudophoton gun at xteddy
14:17.17zmey_gdick_turpin: it's ok check the others.
14:18.08bilarhi went to a health and safety course yesterday
14:18.12dick_turpinOK so you made your point I am in fact 268 years old :-P
14:18.18wethrinyou poor fellow
14:18.21bilarhand oh my effin hell, what a load of bollox h&s is
14:18.22wethrin(to bilarh)
14:18.33wethrinYes, it's mostly common sense
14:18.39bilarhno, it's worse than that!
14:18.51wethrin"Do not climb onto office chairs while wearing ice skates"
14:18.52wethrinWell, DUH
14:18.56dick_turpinI was waiting for you to say you slipped and broke your leg
14:19.01bilarhit's like.. you take the good things from common sense, but then you take the points to the extreme and the whole system breaks down
14:19.40wethrinYup
14:19.44bilarhi wonder how the instructor is brave enough to get out of bed in the mornings, because like he was going on we're all going to be crippled by the time we're 50 (unless we die before then)
14:19.49wethrinindeed
14:20.21dick_turpinbilarh: Easy seeing as he is probably charging 600 a pop for the course
14:20.54bilarhexample: he was banging on about lifting stuff... and one of us dropped the pen on the floor and he said "ah, i saw you *bend* *down* and pick the pen up, without getting off the chair and bending your knees!!! DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS BAD FOR YOUR BACK!?!?!??!"
14:21.09bilarhseriously, he said we should all get up, and bend down properly to pick up a fecking pen!~
14:21.16bilarhor a pint glass on the side of the chair
14:21.17bilarhfsf
14:21.30bilarhthe worst part was this... he's an ambulance crew trainer
14:21.58wethrinsigh
14:21.59bilarhand he mentioned that nowadays they often get problems with people being too heavy, so they need to wait for a second ambulance crew to come to the scene if they need to carry the patient anywhere
14:22.04wethrinPicking up heavy objects....fair enough
14:22.12bilarhtoo heavy > 13 stones
14:22.51dick_turpinbilarh: Any idea what company he was from? two of our customers are H&S instructors and they go all over the UK
14:23.17bilarhso i was feeling a bit pissed off already about the sillyness and i asked "so, what do you do if you get to the scene and there's someone having a heart attack and he's a bit heavier than 13 stones... do you still wait even though the patient is almsot sure to die?"
14:23.25bilarhand you can obviously guess the answer "yes"
14:23.29bilarhme: "wtf?!"
14:23.41bilarhhim: it's better that the patient dies than you injure yourself
14:23.55bilarhlike what the hell has h&s come to if that's the case!?
14:24.14bilarhdick_turpin: st johns ambulance... it was only 75 quid a pop for half a day
14:24.28bilarhi felt like calling him a spineless git
14:25.13dick_turpinbilarh: I was in St John's when I was a kid, based at New Cross
14:25.26bilarhdick_turpin: this one was in marelybone
14:25.45bilarhdick_turpin: i'm sure st johns is not to blame, but this trainer was a complete tool...
14:26.08bilarhi don't often feel anger towards people i haven't really met before, but dear me, i would have wanted to smack him :)
14:26.12dick_turpinbilarh: You're very harsh, they do a good job for all the vomit they can get at public events
14:26.48antiphaseThey shouldn't do it if they're worried about being injured in the course of saving life
14:26.59bilarhdick_turpin: he trains nhs crews as well
14:27.02antiphaseGives a new meaning to "ambulance chaser"
14:27.15boudiccasi was in st john up till 6 years ago. they gave me a medal for long service, having been in for about 15 years
14:27.21dick_turpinantiphase: I only did it so I could get into concerts etc for free :)
14:28.05bilarhoh, and then he said that quite often, him and his chums stand outside the emergency units and laugh at new crews trying to lift a patient in a wheel chair out from the ambulance, as apparently the wheel chair collapses if you lift it in the wrong place (squashing the patient)
14:28.14bilarhh&s nazi
14:28.16boudiccasthat was a side effect of membership
14:28.58dick_turpinbilarh: Now thats funny where can I see that?
14:29.07bilarhlike i said, i'm sure most of st johns is good, but this individual certainly sounded like he'd got the idea of h&s the wrong way around
14:29.16bilarhdick_turpin: yeah but you're a cunt as well ;-)
14:29.25boudiccash&s means covering your arse!
14:29.34dick_turpinbilarh: And your point is?
14:29.47bilarhdick_turpin: none really, i just haven't said that for a while ;-)
14:29.59bilarhboudiccas: was it the same in the nhs?
14:30.50bilarhboudiccas: my grand mother in law was in hospital for a while, and she fell over in the bath room, and the two nurses that were with her would not lift her up (she's about 1m40cm tall and weighs probably less than 45kg)...
14:30.59boudiccasno, the patient came first and nurses were epected to protect the patient. consequently when a patiuent fell an di ended up underneath him on the ground, the consultant was more concerned about the patient than me
14:31.08bilarhthey stood around until the head nurse walked into the ward and lifted her up by herself
14:31.57bilarhboudiccas: were you alright in the end?
14:32.46dick_turpinboudiccas: Course he was how could that fat head get damaged?
14:36.25boudiccasbilarh; yes, i was just winded, the patient was surprised that he fell :))))
14:37.16bilarhboudiccas: cool :)
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15:09.32Provitogrrr, I've just had a client complain that I answer emails correctly, i.e respond to their questions in the email rather than typing it out all at the head
15:09.52Provitoand the fact that it is in plain text, how about they learn how to use email correctly
15:14.33cpufreakYou mean you don't use 4colours?
15:14.51cpufreakand annoying things to draw attentoin to various bits?
15:15.24bilarhoh you bugger, i now need to type 60 lines of text to get rid of that blink
15:16.11murbbilarh: /clear
15:16.18cpufreak:D
15:16.20cpufreak:D
15:18.06bilarhmurb: but that deletes everything else as well
15:18.16bilarhoh, it's possible to still scroll up :D
15:18.18bilarhignore me
15:18.25murb./ignore bilarh
15:20.11Provitocpufreak, I'm simply replying and stating that I'm right
15:20.50bilarhprovito: smooth ;-)
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16:17.26aguaithefreakcpufreak: how do you do that colour thing!!!
16:17.39aguaithefreakcpufreak: so cool
16:22.35antiphase13BUH
16:22.47aguaithefreakBUH?
16:22.51antiphaseBring on the angry fruit salad
16:24.38cpufreak12345678910
16:24.58cpufreak1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i1k0l
16:25.23murbthis channel is beginning to resemble a booting gentoo system.
16:25.32wethrinibot gentoo
16:25.32ibothmm... gentoo is foo
16:25.36wethrinibot foo
16:25.37ibotfoo is, like, bar
16:25.40wethrinibot bar
16:25.41ibotfrom memory, bar is baz or a friend of foo
16:25.49cpufreaksorry murb :)
16:26.16wethrinDoes gnetoo boot in colour?
16:31.21jcookemanIsn't Gentoo considered the penile extension lInux?
16:33.56wethrinyes
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16:34.35murbhttp://web.archive.org/web/20060513022941/http://www.funroll-loops.org
16:34.45wethrinMmm, funroll loops
16:35.00antiphase-O99 -pipe
16:35.05wethrin-crack
16:35.12antiphaseITYM -mcrack
16:36.19wethrinSo I do
16:37.46wethrincareless
16:43.19cpufreakwethrin: yeh I know.. I'd love to do a talk
16:43.31cpufreakI'll have some good subject matter to talk on about in the new year
16:44.23wethrinneat. How's late January suit you?
16:45.45cpufreakdepends on when I'm skiing
16:46.13wethrinnod
16:46.30wethrinWhen's that? :)
16:46.30cpufreakI'll prod my friends and see when I'm going
16:46.34wethrinnodnod
16:46.35cpufreakmurb: I've 3 weeks planned already
16:46.43murbcpufreak: make it a month
16:46.53cpufreakI only get 5 weeks holiday in a year
16:46.56wethrinCan't afford geekski :(
16:47.03murbwethrin: even geekski.at?
16:48.26wethrinyeah
16:48.42wethrinblarg
16:49.48murbwethrin: can't you get a job first?
16:49.53murband then sort of never finish?
16:50.09niv_one_threewethrin: I just "lost" my job
16:50.12wethrinnah, that'd be silly
16:50.18murbniv_one_three: behind the sofa!
16:50.44murb?
16:52.06niv_one_threenothing like being fired , getting the compinsation - and going back to uni
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16:52.20niv_one_threeI now must do this assigmnet
16:52.27niv_one_three~seen Leeds
16:52.29ibotleeds <n=rcohen@210.5.166.114> was last seen on IRC in channel #gllug, 1d 6h 55m 52s ago, saying: 'yeah... I didn't mean help with the assignment.  I meant help getting of IRC :-)'.
16:52.44niv_one_threeprobably getting laid...
16:53.08murbniv_one_three: fired? or made redudant for economic/business reasons?
16:53.25murbfired implies some fault on your part and this channel is publically/googleble loged.
16:53.30niv_one_threecall it what you will - as long as I get the $$
16:59.52wethrin:() { :|:& };:
17:07.44murbwethrin: bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
17:08.53wethrinyou can haz ulimit?
17:08.57niv_one_threeshort help: how to dump what I get from running pon to a file
17:09.08wethrinDoes it work without spaces, murb?
17:09.12niv_one_threeI see it all over the screen and the >> fil.log aint doing it
17:09.14wethrinpon > file
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17:10.14niv_one_threepon bgu debug dump logfd 2 nodetach >>bgu.pptp.err.log
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17:10.19niv_one_threedoesnt work :-(
17:10.46murbwethrin: i have sensible resource limits yes.
17:10.57wethrinpon 2>&1 > file
17:11.08wethrinmurb: Good plan
17:11.13wethrinSo, does it work without the spaces?
17:11.23niv_one_threethanks mate , never remember th syntax, I know I allready asked it three times...
17:11.39murbwethrin: it shouldn't.
17:11.52murbi think {} need spaces, although icbw
17:11.53wethrinmmm
17:30.23niv_one_threehow to undo in vim ?
17:30.29niv_one_three(I am SO lazy...)
17:32.15jcookemanu
17:32.50jcookemanfrom insert mode go to command mode with <esc> and then 'u'
17:35.16niv_one_threethanks
17:42.00antiphase:%d
17:42.01antiphaseZZ
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19:42.34highburyphew, I haven't collected email from one of my accounts since mid september, now there's 19,000 items of mail to retrieve!
19:42.48wethrinIt's probably mostly spam
19:43.28highburyyep + I belong to a few mauiling lists
19:43.42wethrinmauling lists? :)
19:43.51highburythat's discussion groups about hawaii :-)
19:43.57highburynot!
19:48.13wethrinheh
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21:13.16eeyore_Anyone have any suggestions about the best way to clone a linux install across multiple machines
21:13.35cpufreakdd
21:13.38wethrindd
21:13.47wethrindd and netcat, even
21:13.55DiscordianDepends what distro
21:14.04eeyore_the current install includes a windows partition I don't want cloned and the necessary grub config to dual boot.
21:14.14eeyore_fedora 8
21:14.18wethrindd the partition and partition table
21:14.33DiscordianThen I'd use the kickstart file
21:14.36Discordianand kickstart
21:14.57eeyore_is there anything that is likely to be relatively painless?
21:15.10eeyore_even maybe, point and click.
21:15.11eeyore_:)
21:15.19wethrinGhost
21:15.31halikickstart yes
21:15.43halior simply dump
21:15.50eeyore_any idea if ghost boot disk works okay with linux and grub?
21:15.51wethrinLinus doesn't like dump
21:16.10haliboot the slave nodes in single mode from a live cd, partition and do an ssh pipe dump
21:16.10eeyore_ie, whether grub would boot afterwards
21:16.20haliand install grub
21:16.44eeyore_my current set up is have 3 dual boot machines with an old copy of fedora on
21:16.46halibut using kickstart to deploy boxes is probably better, at least if we are talking 2+ machines
21:17.08eeyore_and 1 dual boot machine with a fedora 8 install that took me ages to set up.
21:17.21wethrinhali: Yes, however it does mean you have to run RedHat
21:17.24eeyore_that i want to blast onto the old partitions.
21:17.31wethrinand, frankly, I'd rather cut off my left leg
21:17.36DiscordianHmmm lots of post install config?
21:17.41eeyore_yes
21:17.45eeyore_and broken jpackage
21:18.03haliwethrin: debian supports kickstart
21:18.14haliwethrin: seed can read kickstart syntax
21:18.25cpufreakUbuntu has autoinstall too.
21:18.26halibut seed is better on debian systems yes
21:18.40Discordiandump then restore then might be best
21:20.15eeyore_ubuntu contains gparted, i wish fedora did that
21:20.26Discordian!
21:20.29halifdisk is all you need
21:20.33DiscordianFedora has gparted
21:21.17Discordianand kparted andf
21:21.21Discordianqtparted
21:21.28eeyore_not in the install disc
21:21.45DiscordianThe DVD?
21:21.47eeyore_install sequence
21:21.51eeyore_i suppose i should say
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21:22.07DiscordianWell no
21:23.01eeyore_even after trying gparted and then downloading a newer copy and repartitioning the systme
21:23.09eeyore_the fedora DVD crashed during install
21:23.25eeyore_Almost enough to make me want to use Ubuntu
21:23.37DiscordianHmmm F8 worked for me without problems
21:23.53eeyore_hardware differs.
21:23.55eeyore_:)
21:24.07DiscordianSurely
21:24.19DiscordianThis is a feb 2007 vintage laptop
21:26.17eeyore_maybe i try ghost, with a test install onto a less important machine
21:26.32eeyore_and if that doesn't work i try something harder
21:26.36eeyore_when you say use kickstart
21:26.50DiscordianThe HAL layer may prove problematic if they differ widely
21:27.15eeyore_do you mean actually write the entire script to set up the machine from scratch in a kickstart file, or does kickstart have some cloning feature?
21:27.41DiscordianThere will be a kickstart config file in /root
21:28.02eeyore_so i still have to do all the stuff post install to configure the machine
21:28.09eeyore_which actually is where all the time is :)
21:28.13eeyore_so that doesn't help much!
21:28.16Discordiananaconda-kscffg
21:28.51DiscordianAre the machines identical?
21:29.00eeyore_no.
21:29.12DiscordianYou've lucked out then
21:29.13eeyore_I was going to rely on kudzu and HAL
21:29.25eeyore_i've done it before but a long long time ago
21:29.29eeyore_and it worked okay
21:29.32DiscordianThen use kickstart
21:29.48eeyore_the thing I don't understand is what you mean exactly
21:29.50Discordianor possibly clone em
21:29.50haliyes, it works fine without identical machines, X may fuck up but everything else is usualy fine
21:30.00eeyore_ok will try ghost
21:32.22eeyore_the stuff i want to clone is fixing the broken jpackage dependancies and conf, installing and configuring an alternative java, installing the 32bit wrapper for firefox plugins to get flash working, modifying a bunch of configs, installing a bunch of custom files, tools etc,
21:32.50eeyore_using kickstart to that, basically just involves writing a massive script, but if I had a script to automate it all I wouldn't need to clone in the first place.
21:32.59eeyore_AFAIK
21:33.45DiscordianIf it all just worked TM you'd be out  of a job
21:34.53eeyore_I see what you are saying, but i'm actually a software developer so the more time I spend on this the less time i'm actually doing my job.
21:35.05wethrinMake it someone else's problem
21:35.12eeyore_:)
21:35.13wethrinIt's why you have a pet sysadmin....
21:35.16eeyore_i like your thinking ;)
21:35.46Discordiani'd hack up a post install script to run from kickstart
21:36.23eeyore_maybe you are right.
21:36.27eeyore_though kickstart buys me nothing
21:36.39eeyore_apart from less time to see that the script has maybe gone wrong :)
21:37.11eeyore_i can see it's useful for massive office deploys where you maintain a lot of custom stuff well.
21:37.14eeyore_and maybe have a sysadmin
21:37.36DiscordianWell I've always used it for servers
21:37.43eeyore_sounds sensible
21:37.45Discordianand I am a sysadmin by trade
21:38.02eeyore_I always used to ghost windows
21:38.13eeyore_but since switching to linux for development/desktops
21:38.20eeyore_i don't really have so much faith that it will work
21:38.35DiscordianI've never used ghost
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22:51.34Ch0HagIt'll work just fine but is unnecessary.
22:51.47Ch0HagNot only will you never need it, but a tarball and a grub boot disc is just better.
22:52.01wethrincpio, surely?
22:52.20Ch0Hags/tar/<whatever-takes-your-fancy>/
22:52.43wethrincpio will do device files and shit
22:53.06Discordianso does dump/restor
22:56.17antiphasedd is even more reliable if you can afford the wasted space of storing all of a half-empty disk
23:04.17wethrinThrow some quick compression on
23:04.43Ch0HagI've not had a problem with device files with tar.
23:04.50Ch0HagOr is that a GNU extension?
23:05.08wethrin--posix-me-harder
23:06.25DiscordianHistorically tar didn't do special files
23:06.32halitar has some "bug", it can't handle fifos or pipes or something like that... something that breaks system cloning
23:07.04Discordianor ACLs
23:07.36wethrinyes, but no-one uses those :)
23:08.23haliwhat about xattrs?
23:08.25Discordianor special devices like raw disk or cooked disk nodes
23:08.27halinot sure if they are supported
23:09.00halii guess xattrs are required for selinux use so they must be supported
23:09.20wethrinselinux can Fuck Right Off
23:09.26DiscordianI avoid SELinux
23:09.29wethrinhi keithlard
23:09.34keithlardsup holmes
23:09.48wethrinI'm watching some old Doctor Who
23:09.57keithlardwhich doctor
23:10.03wethrinBill H
23:10.15keithlardthat's hard core
23:10.28wethrinIt's a bit weird
23:11.36keithlardanyone filled out the linux desktop survey? https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/2007ClientSurvey
23:12.29wethrinDoes one have to be running Linux as a desktop system to fill it out?
23:12.31Ch0HagYeah I don't really see the advantage of selinux.
23:12.49wethrinit gives skript-weenies a hard-on
23:12.49haliselinux is really *really* good for web services
23:12.58DiscordianGive SELinux a few years
23:13.05Discordianand it might be usuablwe
23:13.07haliwe have it as a requirement on some internet facing port 80's
23:13.08Discordian-w
23:13.13Ch0HagHasn't it already had a few years?
23:13.20haliit is is quite stable and usable
23:13.31halibut quite annoying to configure for custom setups
23:13.41DiscordianExactly
23:13.44haliwe mostly use it for mod_proxy and mod_jk setups
23:13.48haliwhich works fine
23:13.49keithlardit's more about your company
23:14.04DiscordianDid gglug have a talk about SELinux?
23:14.31wethrinIf we did, not for a few years
23:14.40wethrinsomeone offering?
23:14.56DiscordianNot me, I'm  a sceptidc
23:14.58Discordian-d
23:15.02Ch0HagSo why/how is it good for web servers then?
23:15.04halii tried to get selinux working with weblogic once but didn't have enough time to finish it
23:15.35haliCh0Hag: you can nip exploits in the ass, even if there is an exploit you can't "do" anything outside the core scope of the application
23:15.54halii.e. you cant access files you shouldnt, you can't open sockets etc
23:16.47haliyou can run a 5 year old unpatched phpBB and the only thing they can break is the phpbb app itself, no change of getting any rootkits or wonky processes on the box
23:16.58halichance*

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