From les.pritchard at gmail.com Wed Jan 22 15:17:15 2014 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:17:15 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] LUG meet Message-ID: Hi all, Our first LUG meet of the year is next week. I've spoken to Steve about using his offices and unfortunately it's not available on the Thursday, but is on the Wednesday. Does anyone have a particular issue with us meeting next Wednesday instead? Les -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BenArnold at fsfe.org Thu Jan 23 09:04:20 2014 From: BenArnold at fsfe.org (Ben Arnold) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:04:20 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] LUG meet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, I'll be working on Wednesday evening putting a new site live, but don't let that influence a decision as I could just as easily spend the Thursday evening deploying a fix ! 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On 23 January 2014 09:03, Ben Arnold wrote: > Hello, > > > I'll be working on Wednesday evening putting a new site live, but don't > let that influence a decision as I could just as easily spend the Thursday > evening deploying a fix ! > > > Ben > > -- > Ben Arnold > Liverpool, UK > > Free Software Foundation (Europe) > e: benarnold at fsfe.org | ben at seawolfsanctuary.com > w: seawolfsanctuary.com | chat: benarnold at jabber.fsfe.org > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -- Stuart Burns E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com M: [redacted] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Thu Jan 23 11:37:22 2014 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:37:22 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] LUG meet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ok, well nobody has screamed so far - Steve can we book in with you then please? Les On 23 January 2014 09:28, Stuart Burns wrote: > I am flexible, no issues. > > > On 23 January 2014 09:03, Ben Arnold wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> >> I'll be working on Wednesday evening putting a new site live, but don't >> let that influence a decision as I could just as easily spend the Thursday >> evening deploying a fix ! >> >> >> Ben >> >> -- >> Ben Arnold >> Liverpool, UK >> >> Free Software Foundation (Europe) >> e: benarnold at fsfe.org | ben at seawolfsanctuary.com >> w: seawolfsanctuary.com | chat: benarnold at jabber.fsfe.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> >> > > > -- > Stuart Burns > E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com > M: [redacted] > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dh at iucr.org Thu Jan 23 12:13:38 2014 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:13:38 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Virtual meets In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <52E10769.9010507@iucr.org> Can you do hangouts where you don't use google plus? I'm boycotting! Dave. On 23/01/14 11:41, Les Pritchard wrote: > Hi all, > > Thought I'd put this in a separate email. I realise that face-to-face > meetings can't be beaten, but sometimes I get feedback that it's an > issue for people to attend. So I wondered if we could try out a Google > hangout sometime, especially so some of our more distant members could > join in. If they worked well it could be a good way of attracting new > people from other areas to join in and contribute. > > Perhaps we could have a couple of short talks / demos and some > discussion around it. > > Les > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) From les.pritchard at gmail.com Thu Jan 23 12:15:16 2014 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:15:16 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Virtual meets In-Reply-To: <52E10769.9010507@iucr.org> References: <52E10769.9010507@iucr.org> Message-ID: He he, I'm not too sure what else is good out there. There's a few systems but they normally require a server and / or don't do the whole auto-focus on speakers etc. Any suggestions from anyone else here? On 23 January 2014 12:13, David Holden wrote: > Can you do hangouts where you don't use google plus? I'm boycotting! > > Dave. > > > > On 23/01/14 11:41, Les Pritchard wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Thought I'd put this in a separate email. I realise that face-to-face >> meetings can't be beaten, but sometimes I get feedback that it's an >> issue for people to attend. So I wondered if we could try out a Google >> hangout sometime, especially so some of our more distant members could >> join in. If they worked well it could be a good way of attracting new >> people from other areas to join in and contribute. >> >> Perhaps we could have a couple of short talks / demos and some >> discussion around it. >> >> Les >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> >> > -- > Dr David Holden. 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It i > > (I know it is a docx, but that's what all the publishers work on!) > > Regards > > Stuart > > > > -- > Stuart Burns > E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com > M: [redacted] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) From dh at iucr.org Thu Jan 30 16:24:56 2014 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:24:56 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] National Grid Message-ID: <52EA7CCE.8080005@iucr.org> Thought this was kind of cool http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ Dave. -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 18:33:18 2014 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:33:18 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Help required with a bootable linux ISO Message-ID: Hi Everyone, Hoping someone can help here, save a lot of googling. I have a major bios bugfix I need to apply on an ESXi box. I just want to create a bootable linux, with the linux executable version of the BIOS update in a tiny compact ISO. (And I am never, ever buying DELL again, although this wasn't my choice!) Anyone got any real quick links ? -- Stuart Burns E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com M: [redacted] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BenArnold at fsfe.org Thu Jan 30 19:01:11 2014 From: BenArnold at fsfe.org (Ben Arnold) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:01:11 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Help required with a bootable linux ISO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7d982de9-81d0-4d30-a61e-2a3e11cee5cf@email.android.com> I'd imagine the micro ones like Puppy or Slax if you can add to the root filesystem as you build the ISO, rather than having to create a package and add it to a build list to get included. The first one that jumps to my mind is SliTaz, which you can just unpack the root filesystem, add arbitary files then re-pack it, before making the ISO. http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:hacklivecd Be warned though that a few years ago when I used it, I found that some binaries/scripts needed altering because it's so barebones that uses BusyBox and not the full Gnu tools (things like cp had some ever-so slightly different flags!) but that may not be a problem of the update thing if it's an executable? Hope the first para helps if the rest doesn't! -- Ben Arnold Liverpool, UK Free Software Foundation (Europe) e: benarnold at fsfe.org | ben at seawolfsanctuary.com w: seawolfsanctuary.com | chat: benarnold at jabber.fsfe.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 19:07:45 2014 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:07:45 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Help required with a bootable linux ISO In-Reply-To: <7d982de9-81d0-4d30-a61e-2a3e11cee5cf@email.android.com> References: <7d982de9-81d0-4d30-a61e-2a3e11cee5cf@email.android.com> Message-ID: Yes one of those should work. If not, what about a real basic option. Boot up from a USB / CD live system then just insert a second USB stick with the files on it and run the binary from there. Or have I missed something? Les On 30 Jan 2014 19:01, "Ben Arnold" wrote: > > I'd imagine the micro ones like Puppy or Slax if you can add to the root > filesystem as you build the ISO, rather than having to create a package and > add it to a build list to get included. > > The first one that jumps to my mind is SliTaz, which you can just unpack > the root filesystem, add arbitary files then re-pack it, before making the > ISO. > http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:hacklivecd > Be warned though that a few years ago when I used it, I found that some > binaries/scripts needed altering because it's so barebones that uses > BusyBox and not the full Gnu tools (things like cp had some ever-so > slightly different flags!) but that may not be a problem of the update > thing if it's an executable? > > > Hope the first para helps if the rest doesn't! > > -- > Ben Arnold > Liverpool, UK > > Free Software Foundation (Europe) > e: benarnold at fsfe.org | ben at seawolfsanctuary.com > w: seawolfsanctuary.com | chat: benarnold at jabber.fsfe.org > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From thomas at thomasprophett.co.uk Thu Jan 30 20:15:16 2014 From: thomas at thomasprophett.co.uk (Thomas Prophett) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:15:16 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Help required with a bootable linux ISO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Stu, Install the dell repository manager, search/download system bundle and/or select the updates you want for your dell model, then export this as a bootable ISO. The utility will create a CentOS environment with all the updates you have selected. Then just boot ISO using DRAC. I use this method for all my dells. Works without fault. ~ Thomas. On 30 January 2014 18:32, Stuart Burns wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Hoping someone can help here, save a lot of googling. I have a major bios > bugfix I need to apply on an ESXi box. I just want to create a bootable > linux, with the linux executable version of the BIOS update in a tiny > compact ISO. > > (And I am never, ever buying DELL again, although this wasn't my choice!) > > Anyone got any real quick links ? > > > > -- > Stuart Burns > E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com > M: [redacted] > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 20:17:57 2014 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:17:57 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Help required with a bootable linux ISO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Yeah I tried this but it doesn't pick up all the items :( It refuses to find the 10 GB Equalogic nics. Hence why I am having to fart around . On 30 January 2014 20:14, Thomas Prophett wrote: > Hi Stu, > > Install the dell repository manager, search/download system bundle and/or > select the updates you want for your dell model, then export this as a > bootable ISO. > > The utility will create a CentOS environment with all the updates you > have selected. Then just boot ISO using DRAC. > > I use this method for all my dells. Works without fault. > > ~ Thomas. > > > On 30 January 2014 18:32, Stuart Burns wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Hoping someone can help here, save a lot of googling. I have a major bios >> bugfix I need to apply on an ESXi box. I just want to create a bootable >> linux, with the linux executable version of the BIOS update in a tiny >> compact ISO. >> >> (And I am never, ever buying DELL again, although this wasn't my choice!) >> >> Anyone got any real quick links ? >> >> >> >> -- >> Stuart Burns >> E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com >> M: [redacted] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -- Stuart Burns E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com M: [redacted] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Thu Jan 30 21:46:04 2014 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:46:04 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Help required with a bootable linux ISO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Can you not replace the network card for a NE2000 card? :-P On 30 January 2014 20:17, Stuart Burns wrote: > Hi, > > Yeah I tried this but it doesn't pick up all the items :( > > It refuses to find the 10 GB Equalogic nics. Hence why I am having to fart > around . > > > On 30 January 2014 20:14, Thomas Prophett wrote: > >> Hi Stu, >> >> Install the dell repository manager, search/download system bundle and/or >> select the updates you want for your dell model, then export this as a >> bootable ISO. >> >> The utility will create a CentOS environment with all the updates you >> have selected. Then just boot ISO using DRAC. >> >> I use this method for all my dells. Works without fault. >> >> ~ Thomas. >> >> >> On 30 January 2014 18:32, Stuart Burns wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> Hoping someone can help here, save a lot of googling. I have a major >>> bios bugfix I need to apply on an ESXi box. I just want to create a >>> bootable linux, with the linux executable version of the BIOS update in a >>> tiny compact ISO. >>> >>> (And I am never, ever buying DELL again, although this wasn't my >>> choice!) >>> >>> Anyone got any real quick links ? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stuart Burns >>> E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com >>> M: [redacted] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chester mailing list >>> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> >> > > > -- > Stuart Burns > E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com > M: [redacted] > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(dh at iucr.org ) > > _________________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/__mailman/listinfo/chester > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org)