Capture some input from a camcorder... that should avoid copyright issues and you could have interesting files like grassgrowing.mpg or paintdrying.mpg.
hmmmm.... I'm using a Netgear PCMCIA card with a Netgear access point from a laptop running Windows XP and it works fine. Where i normally use it in the house i get aprox. 70-80% signal strength and am able to access the network for many hours in this way.
I think its less of a case of staying clear of "cheapo client adapters" but more 'your mileage may vary'....
I don't use them but some of my friends do as a backup for their broadband connections, see
here for details on how to get onto them, (i.e. phone number, login/password and DNS details).
Somebody else replied about using BTClick... this I have used whilst off on DR tests and had no problems with them.
I would suggest you gather the details of the different 0845 based suggestions that are posted to this "Ask Slashdot". You can then work your way through them until you hit one that works for you... one definately will.
I've been using Knoppix since it was mentioned on Slashdot earlier in the year and have found it very useful as a tool explain what linux can do to people who have not see it before.
A couple of my friends are Windows Admins and I've managed to corrupt them enough to consider Knoppix as part of their tool kit, after all you can boot it, configure a network link and copy data off of the harddisk to a remote server if the normal OS will not boot.
One of them has also used it to demostrate linux using a sony laptop and a projector at our local computer club. This meant he could show Openoffice opening Word and Excel files, Gimp and Internet access thus showing that Linux does make a viable desktop replacement.
Wow, for once I'm ahead of the crowd. I finished downloading the latest iso about 2hrs before this was posted here... how long before the Knoppix site is Slashdotted ?
Ok, someone needs to calm down a bit... speaking as someone who has to look after a pile of AIX servers, (as well as HPUX, Solaris, SCO...),... I would address your points as follows:
The ODM... yes it would be nice sometimes to be able to see things in plain text and be able to make a quick hack to edit them... but the odm commands are not that difficult, (yes i've been there late at night using the odmdelete command!).
qconfig... yep agree with this point.
errpt... nothing wrong with errpt... and you can always turn on syslogd if you really want syslog output as well.
microcode... I disagree with this point... the only time IBM support have asked me to upgrade microcode was due to a microcode problem (mismatch between adaptor and disk microcode).
I agree they should have used PAM.
ummm... the cd (marked Base Documentation) does have the man pages in the normal format as well as in HTML format. Yes you do have to install the seperately... which means you do not have to install them on all your servers...
Lots of small commands for everything - no problem with this...
ummm... most 3rd party apps let you install them where you want, e.g. we install Domino in/lotus...
Sorry but if your admin doesn't know that a RS6000 outputs codes on boot up then maybe he/she shouldn't be doing stuff on the servers, (e.g. knowing that sitting on 518 for a very long time on boot up is not fatal).
You say in your last sentance you like Solaris... fair enough... I'm not particularly keen on it myself:)
... yeah we're going to a 3584 now from an unreliable STK L700. OF course you need to budget for the extra few hundred tapes for when the DBA's knacker RMAN and it stops expiring data!
Staff costs are simple.... you just get your existing staff to comment on it (at my^H^Htheir pitiful salary) instead of getting the consultants in:)
nah, a tape library for the above would be a bit cheaper than that (not including of course the necessary maintenance contracts).... 500 tapes a bit low to allow for on and offsite storage pools for the situations where you need quick restores and DR scenarios...
No it doesnt... some of did our degree (in my case Astrophysics) because it was something we were interested in... do i work in that field now? no... i work in IT because elements of my Astrophysics course taught me the necessary skills to do so.
When i was interviewing after leaving university i got more interviews because people were interested in what i had done and that i shown myself able and willing to learn as opposed to being one of the many people with computer science degrees.
yeah...we've had good experience with TSM... it can get complex though... if you do decide to go that way you really need to do the courses so you can get the most out of it and to really understand what its doing (and to be able to DR it properly)...
Marvin had "a" brain the size of a planet... but he could just as well have had a second brain the size of a walnut that kept him functioning after the Earth was destroyed... kinda like having a multiprocessor box running on only one processor (admittedly a 6mhz 286 with an AthlonXP 1900+) as after all he was a robot...
I did Astrophysics at university as it was something i was interested in.... when I left I decided that I would quite like to work in IT, so I did the normal graduate things of applying to graduate programs, going for interviews etc... but not have a degree in a computer related subject hindered me, (saying well I've been using Linux/Unix boxes for several years didnt realy cut it)... then one day I noticed a small ad in a local freebee newspaper for a junior sysadmin position at what turned out to be a large international IT services company... four years later I am still working for them (but now as a unix technical specialist)... dont just restrict your job searching to the normal computing press, the jobs in there tend to assume you have lots of experience, also look in your local papers to see if any companies around near you have positions vacant as they might very well advertise entry level positions in that sort of newspaper.
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hmmmm .... I'm using a Netgear PCMCIA card with a Netgear access point from a laptop running Windows XP and it works fine. Where i normally use it in the house i get aprox. 70-80% signal strength and am able to access the network for many hours in this way.
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I think its less of a case of staying clear of "cheapo client adapters" but more 'your mileage may vary'
Tim
nonono ... you correct the test so the code passes ...
Somebody else replied about using BTClick ... this I have used whilst off on DR tests and had no problems with them.
I would suggest you gather the details of the different 0845 based suggestions that are posted to this "Ask Slashdot". You can then work your way through them until you hit one that works for you ... one definately will.
Tim
A couple of my friends are Windows Admins and I've managed to corrupt them enough to consider Knoppix as part of their tool kit, after all you can boot it, configure a network link and copy data off of the harddisk to a remote server if the normal OS will not boot.
One of them has also used it to demostrate linux using a sony laptop and a projector at our local computer club. This meant he could show Openoffice opening Word and Excel files, Gimp and Internet access thus showing that Linux does make a viable desktop replacement.
t
Wow, for once I'm ahead of the crowd. I finished downloading the latest iso about 2hrs before this was posted here ... how long before the Knoppix site is Slashdotted ?
t
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If you are trying to learn AIX I would suggest you get The AIX Survival Guide by Andreas Siegert ... its available from Amazon et al.
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You say in your last sentance you like Solaris
Staff costs are simple
nah, a tape library for the above would be a bit cheaper than that (not including of course the necessary maintenance contracts) .... 500 tapes a bit low to allow for on and offsite storage pools for the situations where you need quick restores and DR scenarios ...
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Other than that I agree totally
1). Get mentioned on front page of /.
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3). $$$
No longer true ... some videos automatically sink their time via the broadcast signal .... so we're back to not trusting anyone!!!
No it doesnt ... some of did our degree (in my case Astrophysics) because it was something we were interested in ... do i work in that field now? no ... i work in IT because elements of my Astrophysics course taught me the necessary skills to do so.
When i was interviewing after leaving university i got more interviews because people were interested in what i had done and that i shown myself able and willing to learn as opposed to being one of the many people with computer science degrees.
yeah ...we've had good experience with TSM ... it can get complex though ... if you do decide to go that way you really need to do the courses so you can get the most out of it and to really understand what its doing (and to be able to DR it properly) ...
Marvin had "a" brain the size of a planet ... but he could just as well have had a second brain the size of a walnut that kept him functioning after the Earth was destroyed ... kinda like having a multiprocessor box running on only one processor (admittedly a 6mhz 286 with an AthlonXP 1900+) as after all he was a robot...
t
I did Astrophysics at university as it was something i was interested in .... when I left I decided that I would quite like to work in IT, so I did the normal graduate things of applying to graduate programs, going for interviews etc ... but not have a degree in a computer related subject hindered me, (saying well I've been using Linux/Unix boxes for several years didnt realy cut it) ... then one day I noticed a small ad in a local freebee newspaper for a junior sysadmin position at what turned out to be a large international IT services company ... four years later I am still working for them (but now as a unix technical specialist) ... dont just restrict your job searching to the normal computing press, the jobs in there tend to assume you have lots of experience, also look in your local papers to see if any companies around near you have positions vacant as they might very well advertise entry level positions in that sort of newspaper.
Tim
for completeness, ll is a command on HP-UX (and no its not just an alias to ls -l).
root@barney:/usr/bin -: file ll
ll: PA-RISC1.1 shared executable dynamically linked
root@barney:/usr/bin -: uname -a
HP-UX barney B.11.00 U 9000/800 675319372 unlimited-user license
its not on AIX 4.3 or Unixware 7.1 though....
(and no my server is not really called barney)