[vox-tech] Peters Kernal Update and a Few Questions

[Peter Jay Salzman]

begin: Roland Minden <rminden@Unilab.com> quote
> 
> Your not attempting to do Peter in are you? 
> 
> Seriously Peter I use it to monitor traffic and test lines, I know I can do
> the same on Linux. I have done some of it, but I was looking to see what
> kind on integrated network tools are available.

well, integrated, i don't know about.   i guess ifconfig, route, ping,
tracerroute and a few others do well.  guess it would be nice if someone
wrote something that integrated it all in a package that didn't require a
graphical interface, since we often configure a net connection before X.

> Thanks for the info on the
> Kernal. I will download the new Kernal tonight. I have not installed a
> Kernal in almost one year. This should be interesting.
 
if you:

	1. use "make oldconfig" [1]
	2. remember to use lilo

everything should be ok.

pete

[1] you may not have a .config supplied by suse.  if not, well, just be sure
	to read all the help for stuff you don't know about.   email vox-tech
	if you need advice on a particular kernel config parameter.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. Douglas Barbieri [mailto:doug@dooglio.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:48 PM
> To: vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Peters Kernal Update and a Few Questions
> 
> 
> Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 
> > begin: Roland Minden <rminden@Unilab.com> quote
> > 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >... Is there anything like it I can use with Linux?
> >>
> > 
> > troubleshoot exactly what?  what sorts of things do they give info on?
> i'd
> > eat my hat if you couldn't do the same thing on linux.
> 
> Would you eat your XP hat pete?
> 
> -- 
> R. Douglas Barbieri
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