Received: from darkside. (darkside. [210.8.201.180]) by mail. (Weasel v1.20) for ; 04 Oct 2001 01:00:00 From: "Digest" To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 01:00:00 +1000 (EDT) Priority: Normal X-Mailer: CASMailer 1.0 for OS/2 Warp PPC 1.05 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 176 Message-ID: <200110040100.000029G6atmail.> Reply-To: Date:- 04 October 2001 Please reply to ianatos2site dot com to post to the list. The posting problem will be looked at, and corrected this weekend, this only affects people on the digest list. 1================================================ From: "John Angelico" Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:44:45 +1000 (EST) Subject: [os2genau] OS/2-eCS SIG report Melbourne PC SIG Meeting Report To: G Taig Features Editor PC Update CC: OS/2 SIG Members Report Date: 3 Oct 2001 (approx 330 words) Meeting Date: 25 Sept 2001 Report by: John Angelico (03) 9544 8792 Suddenly, we live in a different world, and Windows PCs were struck by a savage new virus. So our planned coverage of Norman Virus Control was somewhat prescient. 22 members and guests were gathered. Early News We began with a formal announcement of the eCS installation and tune-up day on the coming Saturday 29th. Whilst we weren't trying to cater for 90,000, we did encourage all members of the SIG to attend (separate report below). Discussion of eCS began with questions about the coverage afforded by the Upgrade Protection Plan (details to be emailed on the list). We had further questions regarding the Logical Volume Manager, and this clearly represents the major concern of existing OS/2ers, generating intense and useful discussion. OS/2 Basics Held over until next meeting Protection We welcomed special guest speaker Mark Karpinski of Capital Security Solutions, the Australian representatives of Norman Data Security, providers of Norman Virus Control. A "demo" version is included with all eCS distributions, and Norman's released an update for Nimda on their web site less than 48 hours after it was first recognised and analysed. Mark took us through the operation and basic features of Norman Virus Control which is available for all platforms including Warp 4, Warp Convenience Packs and eCS. He also explained the various types of viruses, worms and trojan horses, and skillfuly analysed the level of risk associated with the "payloads" of different threats to our systems. Whilst Mark demonstrated, questions came thick and fast, and it was clear that protecting our systems was a very high priority for members even though we enjoy natural immunity in a number of areas. As responsible computer users we don't want to be passing infected emails to our receivers without realising it. At the close, all members enthusiastically expressed their appreciation for Mark's presentation. Saturday 29th eCS install and tune-up day Mark Rogers of Orion Solutions scheduled a 3-hour drive each way to support his clients in person. Whilst turnout was not fantastic on Grand Final day, four complete installations were done, on complex systems, and subsequent feedback is most positive. ------- End report ------------- Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG talldadatmelbpc dot org dot au or talldadatkepl dot com dot au -------------------------------------------- PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... Definitions #740: Keyboard: Device used to enter errors into a computer. 2============================================== From: "Daryl Pilkington" Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:18:55 +1000 (EST) Subject: [os2genau] Copying on-the-fly: CD-ROM->CD-R Hi, I just want to make an exact copy of a CD-ROM on-the-fly: CD-ROM->CD-R Can AudioCDCreator do this? How? I looks like the only thing that will do this is RSJ? I've spent a good part of today reading the complicated, verbose documentation for CDRECORD & MKISOFS with no successful outcome. Regards, Daryl Pilkington //// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration O OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 IBM Certified Systems Expert email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au ICQ: 91914134 Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 Mob: +61-425-251-300 Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (160 characters max) 3============================================== From: "Dr Graham Norton FRACP Neurologist" Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:45:13 -0950 (CST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] Copying on-the-fly: CD-ROM->CD-R Daryl what do you mean you want to copy a CD "on the fly" how else does one copy a CD? On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:18:55 +1000 (EST), Daryl Pilkington wrote: >Hi, >I just want to make an exact copy of a CD-ROM on-the-fly: >CD-ROM->CD-R > >Can AudioCDCreator do this? How? > >I looks like the only thing that will do this is RSJ? > >I've spent a good part of today reading the complicated, verbose >documentation for CDRECORD & MKISOFS with no successful outcome. > >Regards, > >Daryl Pilkington > >//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration >O\_/ > OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 > IBM Certified Systems Expert > > email: darylpatpc-therapist dot com dot au > ICQ: 91914134 > Tel: +61-2-8902-1300 > Mob: +61-425-251-300 > Fax: +61-2-9411-3720 > Mob SMS: 0425251300.0000atorangenet dot com dot au (160 characters max) > > > Graham Norton President OS2 Users Group SA 4============================================== From: "Stephen Anderson" Subject: [os2genau] A newbie's simple guide for connecting OatH to OS/2? Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:38:43 +1000 Does such a guide exist? Last night I installed OS/2 version 4 (the version that was given away for free last year on the APC magazine disk) and I immediately updated the OS by installing OS/2 Fixpack 5 which appeared on an APC magazine disc from April 1998. I then added the following line to my \mptn\etc\dhcpcd.cfg file: Option 12 "COnnnnnnn-A" # Host Name (cable customer ID) (all the other options in this file were rem'ed by default) However at boot up, the computer initialises the AOpen Ethernet adaptor, and then waits for about 60 seconds while it attempts to make a connection to the DHCP server at OatH. After this time I get a message telling me it was unable to get the required information and that it would continue to try in the background. What am I doing wrong here. Does anyone else who reads this mail list have an OS/2 box running with OatH. Is there some other fixpack that I need to install in addition to Fixpack 5? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Regards Stephen Anderson 5============================================== From: "Ian Manners" Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 22:05:09 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [os2genau] A newbie's simple guide for connecting OatH to OS/2? Hi Stephen I dont know if you are going to get this, as you seem to have unsubscribed as soon as you sent this email ?? (I run the server) >Does such a guide exist? What is OatH ? <== Optusathome ? >Last night I installed OS/2 version 4 (the version that was given away >for free last year on the APC magazine disk) and I immediately updated >the OS by installing OS/2 Fixpack 5 which appeared on an APC magazine >disc from April 1998. I then added the following line to my >\mptn\etc\dhcpcd.cfg file: I must confess to never having used DHCP so I cant help you there. >Is there some other fixpack that I need to install in addition to Fixpack 5? I would upgrade to at least Fixpack 12 (FP12). If you are running a Pentium faster than 200Mhz, I would install FixPack 15 (FP15), and the device driver pack 2 (DD2). FP15 will basically upgrade your core system to OS/2 Warp v4.5, leaving TCP/IP, and the devices to be upgraded. Goto http://www.os2site dot com/ and click on the upgrade icon, this will take you to my upgrade page with links to IBM and other places. I would also upgrade your TCP/IP to v4.02w, lots of fixes since OS/2 v4.0 was released. Its time consuming but well worth it, as a lot of hardware and other changes have occured in the last 6 years. Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ Did you expect mere proof to sway my opinion?