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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Please HElp | 5/21/2010 |
| Q: Good day Sir,, i was hoping that you could help me with this please. We have a very small company ... A: Hazem, It would help a lot if I knew what software company this is. It sounds a bit irregular. ... | |
| viewing lines in a file | 4/23/2010 |
| Q: If a have a file with 1000 lines and I want to view lines 500 to 510 what command would I need to ... A: Brad, cd to the directory containing your file and try: $view <filename> Once the file is ... | |
| Ubuntu and Wireless | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I have a Toshiba Satellite P10-304 and want to install a mini-PCI wireless card. First, the laptop ... A: Simon, Good question, I wish they all were this well asked. Ok, first the antenna. If your laptop ... | |
| sun ultra 10 | 3/12/2010 |
| Q: I manage a sun microsystems ultra 10 system for my company.recently it started behaving weired i.e ... A: olwafemi, I agree that your boot image may be corrupt, but what corrupted it in the first place? ... | |
| Determining the Font & Spacing the 'lp' Command is Using | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: Our university is converting to Banner 8. The 'uname -aisr' revealed that our configuration is: ... A: Without knowing your printer names and etc, all I can do is shoot from the hip here, but you may ... | |
| Kernel panic when installing Trisquel in VirtualBox | 2/10/2010 |
| Q: I am running Windows Vista Home Basic on a Compaq 615. My processor is an AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core ... A: What is Utoto? Did you mean Ubuntu? I have no experience with running VirtualBox on Windows, ... | |
| linux | 2/9/2010 |
| Q: i have the linux os on disc. can i install it on my mac? safely, are there any instructions i should ... A: Yes. Yes. No. Well, not as simple as that, but close. What mac hardware? Make sure you choose ... | |
| bash script | 1/31/2010 |
| Q: sh its needs to have a script if today is someone's birthday, display " birthday alarm" followed by ... A: You're absolutely correct, it does need an "if" statement. I would also tighten up the definitions ... | |
| Linux or Solaris | 1/27/2010 |
| Q: Hey Bill, I am an expert just like you but on Microsoft platform. Now I want to learn ... A: My first instinct is to advise Windows administration, simply because the market share is so great. ... | |
| Unzip,extract,dump into Oracle | 1/21/2010 |
| Q: I am very new to this. I have the following problem: 1.I have files in .Z.pgp format which have to ... A: Ushnisha, Well you have a three step process here. First, you're dealing with a file which has pgp ... | |
| Ubunta problems | 1/7/2010 |
| Q: I have a Dell mini that has ubunta installed I needed the lab top for school and most of my school ... A: KC, If this is simply a browser issue (you mentioned safari), you might try a simpler solution ... | |
| multiple argements to script | 11/15/2009 |
| Q: How you feed multiple arguments to a script in bash? like ./script One Two Three Four ..so on (with ... A: TROUBLESHOOTING!!! Break down your script one element at a time. Start with the fundamental and ... | |
| Old Mac Laptop HD in Linux | 11/1/2009 |
| Q: I have an old G4 iBook that I have recently pulled the hard drive out of so I can retrieve the ... A: Let's begin at the beginning. This statement indicates that you may be jumping ahead: When I go to ... | |
| Partition or not? | 11/1/2009 |
| Q: I want to build a PC with several OS in it. At least Linux, and Windows (not sure which Windows ... A: A dual boot system is simply easier to deal with. Your options a) and b) are actually the same ... | |
| Which laptop should I buy for Linux Live? | 10/11/2009 |
| Q: I'm new to the world of Linux. I'm used to using Windows OSes but I would like to enter the Linux ... A: Green, Any laptop meets your linux compatibility requirements. However, I'm not sure where you ... | |
| YUM on SUSE | 9/17/2009 |
| Q: Hope you are doing well I am working as a Linux admin where we patch Redhat linux servers using ... A: Bharath, I found the following procedure which I hope will work for you: 1. Download yum and all ... | |
| Is linux right for me? | 9/14/2009 |
| Q: and how are you today? Hope all is well with you. I have a question regarding Linux. And would like ... A: I truly believe that you will be better off with dsl-n. Before we get into services, you might try ... | |
| Is linux right for me? | 9/13/2009 |
| Q: and how are you today? Hope all is well with you. I have a question regarding Linux. And would like ... A: Michael, Actually I have an old Compaq Armada with roughly the same hardware capabilities as yours. ... | |
| unix | 8/30/2009 |
| Q: i have been trying to write a shell script, (p1.bash) to ping a set of machines stored in a file ... A: priya, The key issue here is where you are telling the script to channel the output; "done < ... | |
| unix | 8/29/2009 |
| Q: i have been trying to write a shell script, (p1.bash) to ping a set of machines stored in a file ... A: priya, i copied and pasted this script into my vi editor, created a 'hostfile.rtf', and ran the ... | |
| troubleshooting | 8/14/2009 |
| Q: root cannot login others can ? ANSWER: At the GUI or the command line? Which GUI? For that ... A: vivek, Sorry this has taken so long. I've been rather busy lately, but here is your answer: ... | |
| HDD using Linux Format | 7/8/2009 |
| Q: I have a Samsung HR735 DVD player with a Hard drive on which I can record Videos, this DVD player ... A: Payam, Quick answer: Go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GettingUbuntu and download the live ... | |
| linux/window | 6/29/2009 |
| Q: Is it possible to use two operating system on one computer using two hard disc, on one hard disc ... A: Yes it is possible to do this, in fact it is quite simple to do. However, it is inconvenient. In ... | |
| O.S | 6/27/2009 |
| Q: Why Linux and Unix are known as the multiuser multiprocessing system ? A: Ashish, Unix (of which linux is simply an open-source variety) has long been capable of ... | |
| which os is stable for dns, web server?? | 6/26/2009 |
| Q: mr bill i am really confused to choose os to run my dns, email and web server. which os is more ... A: saroj, I have had very good luck in the enterprise environment running Solaris from Sun ... | |
| Automate GUI | 6/9/2009 |
| Q: In windows there exist 'autoit', 'autohotkey' to automate GUI. What about linux? I know expect/tk ... A: The sky really is the limit with automating gui scripts in linux. GTK, c, c++, and QT are all ... | |
| uninstalling fedora core 6 | 6/1/2009 |
| Q: i have hard disk of 40GB, it has 5 partitions (c:,d:,e:,f:,g:), c: disk contains windows xp which is ... A: Well, this is really more of a Windows question than a linux question, since it is the Windows ... | |
| Linux Internet Tablet OS -MemoX | 5/27/2009 |
| Q: Isaacs, Can you please explain this: "I received my n810 a few days ago and I am very happy I ... A: Well, not being the owner of a Nokia n810, I am not privvy to what the person did, but here is my ... | |
| Path to file | 5/20/2009 |
| Q: How to find true path to file(which located on web server in unknown directory) when I download ... A: Alex, You don't need the true path to a file to download/save it. If you're trying to find the ... | |
| Linux Dependency Pakages | 5/18/2009 |
| Q: Can you tell the website URL's Where i can download linux dependency packages which is needed for ... A: What version of Linux are you using? If it's Ubuntu (which is based on Debian) or Debian, start by ... | |
| About SecCheck and _pages | 5/12/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to investigate a log file, but there are something I am not sure about it as I am a ... A: ebtisam, The attacker is attempting to exploit known vulnerabilities using a script. In this ... | |
| send an email to external email id | 5/9/2009 |
| Q: i am using HP-UX OS on server, and i want to send a mail with attachment to my internet account(e.g. ... A: Wow that's a doozy! Yes, you can do it. No, it's not simple. It sounds like you have some ... | |
Unix/Linux OS
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Bill Isaacs
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Expertise
I can answer questions as to the nature of open source unix (linux), where it came from, how it works, how to find key information for troubleshooting your system, how to install dual-boot OS's, how to obtain and install linux applications which replace Microsoft applications, how to parse log files, how to write simple shell, awk and sed scripts to accomplish useful tasks, and a host of other linux questions. I can answer questions about Apache, DNS and SMTP. I can walk a layperson through the steps necessary to compile downloaded source code, and when this is actually necessary. Also, I can answer questions about wireless networking with linux, and basic concepts of TCP/IP. I cannot answer questions about C or C , or for that matter any compileable language.
Experience
20 years experience in telecommunications, system administration, and networking.
Education/Credentials
B.A. from UCSD.
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