Been busy preparing,studying for my incoming External Exam.No time to blog.Nuthin much i can say. Just last week, i went to Helix house to take 166 Box from Helix.The 166 box is from His GF's uncle.He bought a lot of pentium and pentium mmx machines from an auction.So he did sell us for bout RM70.Kinda cheap dont you think.
the spec :

pentium 166mhz mmx
motherboard (intel chipset)
seagate scsi hard disk
LSI scsi card (pci)
3Com Etherlink NIC (isa)
S3Trio Vga Card
Creative Soundcard ( I guess)

Not sure yet.. what im goin to do with this baby.Probably use it as a test machine for Linux and BSD.

Pray for me, Wish me luck for coming exam.

Got to go .. Choww.

Links

CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit
http://glish.com/css/home.asp

Building Nano98( a small version of Win98)
http://www.etek.chalmers.se/~e8gus/nano98/

MenuetOS

http://www.menuetos.org/

MenuetOS has been written with 32 bit x86 assembly language from the ground up to support 32 bit assembly programming as a platform for faster and smaller system footprint.

Menuet has no unix roots and the basic system is meant to be clean asm based structure. Menuet isn’t based in any particular operating system, since the idea has been to remove the extra layers between different parts of software, which complicate programming and create bugs.

Menuet's application structure is not specifically reserved for asm programming, the header can be produced with practically any other language. However, the overall application programming design is intended for easy 32 bit asm programming. The GUI is extremely easy to handle with assembly language.

Features

- pre-emptive multitasking, multithreading, ring-3 protection
- graphical UI with 16 M colours up to 1280x1024
- faster programming language than in Win, Linux, ..
- ide: editor/compiler for assembly kernel and applications
- kernel and application sources included (GPL)
- TCP/IP stack with PPP & Ethernet drivers
- http/mp3/email servers, 3D maze
- free-form, skinnable application windows
- hard real-time data fetch
- fits in a single floppy !

Screenshots
TCP/IP http://www.menuetos.org/075d.png
Https, Mp3s and Tftpc http://www.menuetos.org/075e.png
Tiny email server http://www.menuetos.org/074c.png

Whoaa found someone who still used this laptop. Yeahh like me <:=).Yeah.. i emailed him.. requesting for his config.Got his tutorial on how to install Slackware on this laptop thru NFS.I luv you laa member indon ku.

Halo,

ini informasi linux di Notebook saya :
- Toshiba 430CDT : Pentium 120, 32 M, 1.2 G, TFT - PCMCIA : 3Com 3c562 (LAN + Modem 33.6)
- Linux Slackware 3.5 - Kernel 2.0.35
- Card service : pcmcia-cs-3.0.5
instalasi di harddisk : - partisi windows saya ubah (fips) dari 1.2 menjadi 800 M (/dev/hda1) - bootdisk : net.i, rootdisk : pcmcia.gz (karena saya install menggunakan nfs) - partisi untuk linux : 32 M swap (/dev/hda2) dan 331+ M ext2fs (/dev/hda3) - install slackware developer + kernel source + xwindows - copy ke lokal patch kernel patch-2.0.35.gz (saya mau upgrade kernel ke 2.0.35) - copy ke lokal pcmcia-cs-3.0.5.gz (pcmcia support terbaru) - compile kernel <- sound support - lilo Sekarang sudah jalan, oh ya untuk file XF86Config-nya ada di ftp server

(seharusnya ini bisa juga untuk 425cds): ftp://ftp.wasantara.net.id/pub/linux/xf86Config.430cdt dan juga ada file ftp://ftp.wasantara.net.id/pub/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.5.gz ftp://ftp.wasantara.net.id/pub/linux/patch-2.0.35.gz

Saya sebelum ini juga sudah install tapi dengan slackware 3.4 tidak ada masalah, berikut KDE (ada di posting saya terdahulu). Hasilnya, SANGAT bagus, terutama untuk interface ke user si KDE baik sekali (di hp dia gambar Toshiba tuh :-) Sekarang belum di-install KDE (rencana sih sudah ada, KDE 1.0). Software yang sudah jalan : iptraf (lan monitoring, sangat baik untuk freeware saya rasa), siag (jauhlebih ringan daripada so, kemampuan maupun resource ;-), x11amp (bisa baca cd mp3 sekarang -> joliet format ;-), mtv
(sama, untuk baca vcd sudah langsung).


Yang pasti sih Notebook + Linux = kompak.



Oh ya,
PCMCIA diatur card service, jadi nggak langsung oleh kernel, dan untuk
pcmcia-cs-3.0.5 support sebagian Xircom card maupun Megahertz; ini dari
SUPPORTED.CARDS :

"...
[xirc2ps_cs driver]
Compaq Ethernet Adapter
Xircom CreditCard CE2 <- Ethernet
...
Xircom CreditCard CE3 <- Ethernet/FastEthernet
...
[netwave_cs driver]
Xircom CreditCard Netwave <- Wireless
...
[Virtually all modem cards,
simple serial port cards,
and digital cellular modems should work. ...
exceptions (KECUALI!) ...Megahertz XJ/EM2560... <- mudah-mudahan bukan
ini card Anda
...
[smc91c92_cs driver]
Megahertz/U.S. Robotics EM1144, EM3288, EM3336 <- multifunction card
...
[xirc2ps_cs driver]
Xircom CreditCard CEM28, CEM33, CEM56 <- multifunction card
..."

Rencananya di homepage mau ditambahi isinya dengan keterangan cara singkat
koneksi dengan Linux, belum sempat oey :-), sibuk nyari freeware atau "low
cost ware" untuk analyzer di Lan (seperti lanstat di FreeBSD), ada yang
bisa kasih informasi ? Di freshmeat ketemunya ya iptraf itu. Soalnya kalau
Sniffer dari NG bisa sampai 20 K (= 200 jut rp ) lebih ...


Sekian dulu ah, kepanjangan lagi nih ....


Terimakasih,

Pringles Cantenna Howto



http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/antennas/mypringles.html

Linux DIY Projects

Funny stuff I got while I was reading at Mypengguin99 mailing list

Subject: System upgrading

Read this! It's funny...

Title: System Upgrading - from Boyfriends to Husband)

Description:

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed slow
down in the overall performance, particularly in the flower and
jewellery applications that had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend
5.0.


In addition, Husband 1.0 un-installed many other valuable programs,
such
as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, but installed undesirable
programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0 and ESPN 2.0.

And now Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and House Cleaning 2.6 simply
crashes the system.

I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?


Signed,
Desperate


-------------------------------------------

Reply: Dear Desperate,
First keep in mind; Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package, while
Husband 1.0 is an operating system.
Try entering the command C:\ I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME and download Tears
6.2 to install Guilt 3.0. If all works as designed, Husband 1.0 should
then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy
Silence
2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that
will create SnoringLoudly.wav files.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-Law 1.0 or reinstall another
Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash
Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have a limited
memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider
additional software to improve memory and performance. I personally
recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 6.9.

Good Luck,

Its been a while...

'sigh' It been a while I haven't update my blog.Finally tonight I have the time I need to blog about what Ive done for the past few days..or probably weeks :). Can't blog for a while since im struggling with my C programming assignment which the due date is on 30th Sept. Luckily I managed to finish the assignment one day before the due date.Fuhhh what a relief.Ive sleep for a couple of hours that day just to finish the damn assignment.Got drag until one day before due date because I was too lazy to do the Tracing question.Hate that Tracing the code part.since it involves in tracing the pointer where the pointer is pointing to,pointer right now refering to the next value,increasing pointer by one, Update array bla bla bla.But at last boleh buat gak hehe.which reminds me to what old people used to say " Kalau hendak seribu daya, Kalau tak nak seribu dalih".Yeap thats right.I believed in those quote. If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. At last Ive submitted my assignment.So for now, rite now I have no other assignment to do. Just a C programming test which I have to sit this 5th Nov.Well it just an Internal test.The external exam is in Dec.Boy a month from now.

Just got back from my Tok(grandma)'s House this evening. Yesterday went to Tok's house in Parit Buntar to attend Kenduri Berbuka Puasa at surau.Acctually its was Tok's kenduri Tahlil.Arrives there around 4. While waiting for the people who in charge in lauk kenduri and stuff come,As a good cucu(grandson) hahah, me and my Uncle Pak SU(normally we called him "Acu") helped grandma to arrange all the table at surau, putting kuih and kurma(dates) on every table. Quite a lot a people berbuka puasa(break fast) that night. Huh.. I even need to go back to buka puasa at grandma's house since there is no room for me to buka puasa there. Hmm but acctually is good to buka posa at house that day. You can eat two plates(did I mention It was me..? I mean someone else) hahah.

Hmm last week on Thursday before entering Ramadan and fasting, me and family went to KL.Acctually It was last minute plan.Somehow my dad had a meeting again(crazy) in KL. Which means me my mom and both my bro have the chance to do some shopping.Well, acctually to meet my second brother who currently studying in MMU.Mom wanted to buy him Baju Melayu and also other clothes.So again I had to be the driver... bummer. We leave home around 6 I think .. then stop by at grandma's house, resting..After performing our Maghrib Prayer, we continue our journey to KL. In KL, we stayed at my Mak Long's House( My mom's big sister) in Serdang. Finally I have the chance to meet my cousin and also my small new cousin Sparrow lol. Hmm dunno why I preferred to stay with my Mak Long compare to my other Father's relative(Father's sister). I guess I feel so close with my Mak Long and also with 2 of her daughters.Feel comfortable being with them and easy to talk to.

First day in KL, went to Jalan Masjid India to buy Baju Melayu.At first I wasn't planning to buy Baju Melayu since I still have another Baju Melayu which I got it from my Pak Endak which is his old Baju Melayu(we had a same size)But the Baju still in a perfecto condition.Hmm but then.. Dad insist to buy another one the first hand Baju Melayu and not the second hand one.Goshh I make it sounds like a bundle shop lol . This time, choose Light but not very light green. Same with my gurl. Hmm she's the one who force me and insist me to pick green for the baju melayu for this Raya. Thank god its not pink.Dunno why lately she started to like pink and been asking me to buy a pink baju melayu(crazy).. errkk..Yikes!! If I got one also.. definitely,muktamad,seratus percen .. I don't wear it lol. Can't imagine How I look like wearing something in pink.

Next day(Saturday Morning), Mom, dad, both of my Bro, My Maklong and my couz when to Nilai 3 . Yeah as ussual shopping thingy.Me..? Acctually i've got plans of my own. Went out with my gurl to KLCC after planning with her the night before lol.Its been a long time I haven't see her.Been planning it for a long time.That morning consult with Maklong and my Couz on how to get to KLCC by LRT,STAR,PUTRA( goshh!! to many train im confused).,Boyy you can ask my couz Jasmine anything bout shopping complex, the road, and how to get there. She can answer it for you.Too experienced with the road and shopping complex.She also one hell of a driver too i mean for a gurl laa:).She even had been to the new Mall Time Square Mall.My gurl work that day.So while waiting for her to finish her work,I went to the hotspot of IT bargains hunters in KL which is Lowyatt Plaza.Bought Lite on CDROM drive for my couz since her CDROM when crazy (Likes to follow according to its mood to read the cd).Also bought me a second hand Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet card for my laptop which cost me around 98 ringgit.I wasn't planning to buy it in the first place.My main priority was the Thumbdrive.But then since all the thumbdrive price were up. I've change my mind and bought this PCMCIA card.

Huarghh its already 4.02 am. Soon its goin to be the time for sahur. should sleep for a while. Feel very sleep rite now.Tomorrow had to sent my mom to School.You know....market thingy again.. arghhh suckss. Anyway since its already in Fasting month,I take this oppoturnity to wish to all Muslimin and Muslimat, Selamat menunaikan Ibabah puasa.Semoga amalan kita di dalam bulan puasa ini diberkati oleh Allah S.W.T insyallah. HAPPY FASTING GUYS.. Au revoir. Currently listening to >>>> David Gray - January Rain SERENDIPITY OST

Got links that I've found which maybe interests me.

Actually is a graphical Installation project for OpenBSD.Wow this is kewl.Normally OpenBSD installation would be in text based.But now we can setup OpenBSD installation thru graphical interface.Making it easy for user to install OpenBSD.Hmm I haven't try it tho.I've heard it is complicated when comes to partitioning.Must know the concept.



G.O.B.I.E Project
Http://gobie.net

The main goal of the GOBIE is to add a graphical installation of the famous OS OpenBSD. This project has been developed in the spirit of OpenBSD which means that the installation is as close as possible as the text one.

GOBIE wishes to add some value to the product by developping installation modules to known servers such as Bind, Sendmail, Inn, Apache...

The team is composed of 2 students from the French science computer school known as {Epitech}.
The GOBIE projects is develloped using C and GTK. It uses the XFree86 Server version 4.2.0. We are recoding most of the tools, like xinit, disklable and fdisk.

The XServer is loaded into a RamDisk and uses a generic configuration file offering a screen area of 800x600 8bits.

The first release will be available for downloading in the meantime of July and should be a bootable ISO.

Ouchhh!! My C's


Ouch!,Ouch!, I've missed my C programming class today.I didn't ponteng my C class on purpose okay.but I accidently oversleept duhhhhh.Somehow I forgot to set the Alarm on my Handphone.No wonder laa I didn't hear any sound from my phone, I've set it to /etc/voice.conf(silent mode).

I woke up around 11.30 but the class were already started at 10.30.Hmm but then,I still won't able to rush my way to College since I don't have my Satria 1.3GLI(Maroon Babe) with me because mom had already took the car to school.However,I still have another evening class to attend today..yup Discrete Math.Hmm so I had my shower,wear my plain black tee shirt and jeans and went off to College without having my breakfast.Took yellow bus today.Yellow Bus stops in front of Makro.Huh Yellow bus..? Did I say Yellow Bus..?boyy it was like that advert for Bumiputra Commerce which always shows up before TV3 News " Why, You don't believe ahh!".Hmm you know its hard to take that $#%$#% Yellow bus.I know, because that area which I was waiting the for bus, Is not meant for that Yellow Bus to take passenger.Normally the bus would stop a few blocks from where I was waiting.Sometimes I had to run to the bus. but when I nearly got to the bus.. the bus already started to jalan again. @#$@%$#*.

Arrived at Komtar bus station. First thing that was on my mind is FOOD.Had my breakfast+lunch=fastlunch since so lapar haha.When my tank is full then.. baru laa senang jalan jalan.I didn't go to college yet.Instead, I went to Prangin Mall to pay Popular Bookstore a visit.Hmm on 23rd Popular Bookstore will be having a Book Fair.Goshh can't miss it.Set my memo on my 7110 to remind me of that date.As usual went to Computer section to find out any new arrivals.But it seems like certain shelves with books are missing.Probably they shifted to the Book Fair.Saw one book from Sybex title Networking( COMPLETE) kewl book.I even asked the cute looking amoi at the counter to open the wrapper for the book :).I sat at the back of that Computer section and start to flip thru that book.The book explains the details of the networking enviroment,network OS, the hardware and software use to assist in building a network.The books covers until 802.11b which is implementing a wireless network.Unfortunately this book were only focusing on Microsoft OS(Operating System) which is Win95,Win98Se,Windows NT,XP,2000 and not the mention Novell Netware 6.However..this book is a must for any levels of user who planning to understand and learning to implement networks.The price also is quite cheap.Just 72.50 i think(forgot the actual price :) ). Hmm perhaps i should put into my wish list.

Im at lab right now.. blogging,surfing while waiting for my class to start.This term I better study hard and smart.Since this is my last term.Have to manage my time correctly.

Finally, Drake Ver 1.2 has been released

Yeah i've finished creating the layout. Just add another bar or column on the left side for listing my friends blog, links. Probably in future I will add other stuff on that particular column. So minor changes have been made for each table. I called It Drake Ver 1.2 :P . Any comments would be apprieciated. Au revoir

My shirts smells like fish



Morning!, woke up early this morning.It still raining heavily outside..After Subuh prayer,I didn't continue my sleep.Instead I had to send my mom to School "yikes". Reason i was asked by my mom to send her to School was because,she asked me to buy some Pasar(market) stuff ..you know, fish,prawns,crab,taukua,taugeh bla bla bla.Eventhough I hate to go to Pasar eerkk I still have to go mann since I don't have any sister in my family,only brother 'Sigh'.Mom handed over the shopping list to me while we were in the car after we've arrived at school. "Haa Rezal, ni mama dah listkan what you have to buy at pasar". At first I thought It was going to be only 1 item which is a big fish for making Curry Fish.Read the list, Ouchh! lots of item to buy:( .Took me half an hour to complete my shopping.Yeahh wet market shopping sucks.The worst part is I SMELL LIKE NEMO arghh even my Windbreaker pun kena :(.Bought 10 sardines for my gurls at home. gurls? yeap, they were my cats. Nana and Nija.

After shopping,went straight home.Put all the stuff in the fridge and also feed both of my cats with sardines. Special treat for both of them this morning.Told them "haa Hari ni aku ingin memberi zakat" :). Gave them 2 sardines for each of them.Haha when they got it,I can't believe there were playing around with it. They even flip, toss around and drag the fish. Eat laa!! why are you playing with the food.Rezeki laa.Went upstairs for a while changing the Online Radio Station from Smooth Jazz 102.1 to Zed FM which was located in Canada,Red Deer, Alberta, the station was superb.Right now.. im prefer listening to Online radio than downloading songs. Lots of new songs they have broadcasted which I also haven't heard of It yet.Went downstairs to check both of my cats. Alamak..! what happen to all the sardines. All disappeared :). Saw my cats already sleep at the kitchen.




Listening to >>>> Zed FM

Tecras and other notebooks : problems with bzImage kernels

Tip provided by Manoj Srivastava
(Many thanks to Philip Hands

and
Avery Pennarun (a p e n w a r r @ w o r l d v i s i o n s . c a) for this explanation)


Tecras and other notebooks, and some PCs have a problem where they
fail to flush the cache when switching on the a20 gate (IIRC), which
is provoked by bzImage kernels, but not by zimage kernels.

bzImage files are actually "big zImage" not "bzipped Image". bzImage
kernels can be as large as you like, but because they need to decompress
into extended memory, they aggravate this problem. zImage kernels just
compress into conventional memory, so they never need to touch the a20 gate,
but they hit the 640k limit.

This problem is *not* present in late 2.1.* and later (2.2 when
available) kernels, bzImage kernel work just fine (the necessary code
has been added, see the .S files in the kernel sources).


For older kernels there are two solutions that I know of:

1) apply a patch, which flushes the cache. Unfortunately this
causes other machines to crash so is not universally applicable
(hence the tecra disks being segragated from the mainstream)

2) build a zimage, rather than bzimage kernel. This seems to get
round the problem. use the --zimage option to make-kpkg, or even
set this as the default in /etc/kernel-pkg.conf.

Aku tak pergi mana pun hari nie. aik! kenapa aku tak speaking london hari nie?. Because aku tukar angin jap. Probably lama tak memblogkan diri dalam BM. Yeah, macam aku cakap tadi, aku tak pergi mana pun hari nie. Just sits at home.Terasa malas pulak aku nak keluar. Supposely aku plan nak gi Popular bookstore saja gi tengok buku yang aku really realy plan nak beli but then, terasa malas pulak nak keluar. So lepak dalam bilik aku yang macam kucing nak beranak. Pergh tak kemas lagi bilik aku nie.Atas meja ni still penuh dgn reference books yang aku still dok baca. Hmm bila aku perhati balik buku-buku yang ada atas meja PC aku ni, baru aku perasan, Buku Grokking the GIMP and Solaris Administration : A beginner's guide belum aku pulangkan lagi pada member aku Altaf(Helix). Hmm nanti aku kena inform dia pasal dua buku nie. Buku "Grokking The GIMP" tu aku dah baca, quite interesting gak, dia ajar teknik-teknik menggunakan GIMP with digital images and mostly all the steps are easy to follow.Solaris plak aku baca-baca camtu jer since aku tak start lagi nak install Solaris on my Scarletdiva.


Hmm malam ni hujan lebat pulak. Petang tadi pun hujan, sampai aku kena kensel jog.Dengan tracksuit aku yang koyak kat lutut and Baju nokia 610 Analog yang dah lusuh yang aku pakai tu, aku pun tuju laa ke pintu.Sampai saja aku kat depan pintu rumah nak keluar. Skali ujan lebat trus. perghh datang mengejut tetiba. So terkensel laa hajat aku nak gi jog. Malam ni sambil memblog, aku start kemas bilik aku yang bersepah nie. 3 Box PC masih tersadai blakang aku nie. 1 Box kosong tu aku punya. Planning nak build 166 System since aku still ada processor 166mhz from Intel tu but unfortunately it don't have any Socket 7 mobo to go with it.Susah gak nak cari Socket 7 ni skang.The only place i know yang probably ada is at Lowyatt.Hmm bila laa agaknya aku boleh gi sana isk.Another 2 box pulak customer punya. 1 box customer tu aku dah repair tapi sampai skang ampeh mamat tu tak amik lagi PC dia. Rasa aku dah masuk 4 bulan ko kalau tak silap aku. Dia taknak ke PC dia.. isk. probably nanti aku kena kontek one of his friend yang hantar PC tu kat aku.Kalau tak ada laa duit sikit dalam tangan.Boleh aku beli buku.PC customer satu lagi tu..one of my ex schoolmate from SMHK(Sek.Men.Hamid Khan) aku blum start troubleshoot lagi. Im sure probably because of his OS yang buat problem. Aku kena settle kan cepat. Before I start doin my C assignment. Isk syok pulak ujan lebat malam ni. Tido pun best. Gotta go.. me signing off sleep sleep sleep.


Listening to >>>>> No doubt - Underneath it all

Nothing happening today. Just stayed at home sits in front of my Scartletdiva(thats my AMD K62 400MHZ PC) surfing the net.Oh yaa currently im designing a new layout for my blog.well I think I need another column in my table to put my daily links,important dates,or probably wish list heh. Last night I went home with a smile on my face. I had my 1st Discrete Math test last night. Alhamdulillah i've managed to answer all the question.The paper was ok.Certain question in the test were similiar to what Ms Yap(my subject lec) have taught in class.I've heard from my classmates after we had finish our exam that they found out the paper was exactly the same with the internal paper they found on the net. Felt so rugi i didn't ask them bout it. But anyway its ok, I think I can pass this 1st paper.

Still have 2nd paper for Discrete Math and C programming assignment to go.Too lazy to start doing my C programming assignment.The due date for the assignment was actually on 23rd OCT. Yesterday Morning in C programming class, me and my classmates got a good news guess what..? our due date for the assignment have been extended to 29th OCT yehaa this means I have time to do my R&D stuff haha.Talking about R&D, i still haven't touch the Slackware CD which i have recently burned. Probably i should start doing this. But before doing that, i must backup all the data, MP3 (indonesian,love songs hehe),ISO. Yeahh just in case..scared that all my data just disappear like that.Installing Slackware Linux involves in creating a partition.In Slackware there are 2 types or partitioning tools that we can use, either the FDISK itself or CFdisk. truthfully speaking, im not very familiar with FDISK. FDISK doesn't have any User Interface.Just a nice black console for typing the command ;).An experience user such as my friend Helix would normally use this.As for me, for now im satisfied using CFDISK since it is easy to setup.Later my Scarletdiva will be having 2 OS :)

Lots of things i haven't tried yet. Squid Proxy, Apache Webserver(Had tried but haven't explore other functions yet), SAMBA,DHCP. Hmm another stuff i have try is, setting up DSL connection in Linux.That is the most important one.If there is no connection how am i going to surf using Linux heh.

Yeahh today in the evening i've start doing exercise to burn my fat.(goshh!! scared to watch my belly hehe). Went for a swimming in Gambir Heights.Had 25 laps backstroke.just few people swimming today which mean I can swim freely :). Due to the exercise i've done, im feeling energetic tonight which makes my mind thinks straightly.

Thats all for now.Got a movie called "The Four Feathers" to watch. Hopes this movie won't make me sleep on the couch :)

Got this picture from my friend. A homeless Guy, a street code who will code for food. Goshh thats kewl. I wonder if i he had his own weblog hmm..



Listening to >>>> Jangan ada dusta di antara kita - Broery Marantika

Read the newsforge today.Found new reports on 7 Opensource OS distribution which supports 64-bit Processor.So i posted here.

Seven open source OS distributions for 64-bit processors

Debian GNU/Linux -- All of Debian's free 3.0 and 3.0r1 distributions support IA 64 and SPARC architectures. Two more versions are currently in the testing stage.

FreeBSD -- The newest version, FreeBSD 5, supports the SPARC 64 and IA 64 architectures.

Mandrake -- Mandrake Linux 9.0 for AMD 64 was released last March. It includes a high-performance Web server, FTP server, extended security services, and databases. Pricing: Sold under a subscription basis, which includes the product, support and direct access to software updates. Two support options are available: "Standard" ($749 USD) is valid for five incidents within a one-year period, and the "Unlimited" ($1499 USD) is valid for unlimited incidents during a one-year period.

NetBSD -- NetBSD/alpha is a true 64-bit system that fully implements the LP64 architecture, using 64-bit pointers and 64-bit long integers (standard integers are still 32 bits) in a linear, 4 TB address space. NetBSD/alpha was the first free OS to run on Alpha and supports the largest number of Alpha system types of any free OS. Version 1.6.1 was released last April.

Red Hat -- Enterprise Linux AS ($2499 Premium Edition, x86, $1499 Standard Edition, x86) and Enterprise Linux WS ($299 Premium Edition, x86, $179 Standard Edition, x86). AS is designed for industrial-strength departmental and datacenter server deployments. WS is Red Hat's desktop/client partner for Enterprise Linux AS and Enterprise Linux ES. Red Hat's 64-bit MIPS Core Processor Toolkit has been available since August 2001. Red Hat for the new AMD 64 chips is due out in a few weeks.

SuSE -- SLES 7 for IBM zSeries is now available; beta and evaluation downloads are also available now. A boxed version of SuSE Enterprise Server for IBM for AMD 64 is also available, but only in Germany at the moment. Pricing: $598 (minimum 5 workstations). Here is a NewsForge review of SLES 8.0 for AMD 64 and a DevChannel review of SLES 8.0 for Itanium, both by Russell Pavlicek.

Turbolinux -- TurboLinux 8 for AMD 64 allows the use of existing x86 software infrastructure, enabling migration from 32-bit to 64-bit. Pricing: $99 with support (boxed); $69 without support (boxed).

So weak, so tired, so Sleepy

Felt sleepy today I don't know why.Somehow I felt very tired so I slept for couple of hours.I Woke up check the phone.Arghh check the time back, "6.15",With my face still like a blur sotong and my hair like SON GOKU in DragonBall, I took my "Wuduk" and had my Asar Prayer.Got headache.. so i went down and ate something to fill up my stomach. Hmm i should start jogging/hiking i guess .. its been quite sometime i haven't go for a jog, hiking or even swimming. Need to burn this fat.. felt like i gained berkilo kilo already.The reason i stop jog or hiking was because of the rainy season which affect all the Nothern area.So what to do, just eat sleep eat sleep.

Hmm its going to be a month of ramadan soon..yea.. its a fasting month for all the Muslim yay i miss fasting,terawih,qiamulail.Still remember when I used to climb/hike/jungle trekking/joggging alone in Bukit Jambul after Solat Terawih(at night).Actually i like to walk in the jungle and climb up the hill(Can't go during daylight since fasting :) ). Wow believe me.. its so quiet,peaceful and dark.The best part is when you reached the top of the Hill. The view was damn superb especially at night.can see the sea and Penang Bridge covering with lights at night.Next time when i go climbing/hiking i'll make sure that snap some

This morning i woke up early. Had to bring my mom and my small brother to National Registration Department (JPN) at town as my mom need to renew her IC and my small broter need to make IC since he already turns 12.Dad went to KL to attend meeting..so took dad's car.Actually,we're planning to go to another JPN branch which was stated at Balik Pulau. Unfortunately,heard on the radio this morning,certain road heading to Balik Pulau were closed due to flood.So we had no choice but to go to town branch.The traffic this morning was ok.Not in bumper to bumper situation as the traffic flow smoothly.Reached there around 9.00, pass by the JPN building since i was going to parked
the car nearby.gosh.. lots of people today. there were queueing until outside the office just to take the Number.

Had a nice chat with a new friend i've met tonight, Azya whom currently studying in Japan.She is quite friendly you know.Nice,funny,from Utara too:).Huh I even learned fews japanese word from her today.We have something similar anway, both of us likes cat :) .To bad she can't keep pets in her apartment. Anyway check out her cool blog
Kiranya kau tahu

Later will put the links to my friend blogs.

This 15th got 1st Discrete math test. Have to study now .. sayonara :)

Something to cheer me up.

Slackware 9.1 Download Completed, Burn Baby Burn!

Yeah, finally all the Slackware 9.1 ISO had been downloaded. It took me a week to completely download all the 4 CDs 'sigh'. Why..? because my mom always switch off the main switch when im not at home or went to college.She thought i forgot to switch off the PC.Huh!! i don't know what to say :(. Felt sad when im came home, all i saw was a quiet PC with no Green Light and Red Blinking Hardisk which indicates the PC were turned off and :(. Sometimes i would turn off the Monitor so that she will think that i already switched off the PC.Yet,all my mom knows is, if the main swith is still on,then she will turn it off straight away. Arghhhh what to do what to do.. perhaps i should lock this room when im going out lol.

So last night after having a drink in town with Helix, i went back and burned Slackware 9.1 ISO onto CD. I only burned the first 2 CDs (CD1 and CD2) since the other 2 CDs only contain the Source. So for those who don't know how to burn an ISO files onto the CD, here i wrote a simple step or guide or instructions or whatever you want to call it on how to burn an ISO file.

So since im using a Nero CD Burning Software therefore this guide will only be focusing on how to Burn an ISO file using the software. So without futher adoo, Lets start

BURNING ISO USING NERO - HOWTO

- Firstly make sure the Nero burning Software had been installed.

- I assume the you already installed the software. So start the Nero software.

- Normally, once you start Nero, Nero should display a wizard.We will not be using Wizard. So choose cancel

- Then, from the menu command, Choose "FILE"--->"BURN IMAGE"

- An "Open" file dialog box appears with the following image types supported (*.nrg, *.iso, *.cue)

- From here, you can browse the ISO file which you are planning to burn. Choose the file and click open.

- By now the "Write CD" dialog box should appear with several tabs (Info, Foreign image, Misc, Burn).

- Click the 'BURN' tab and make sure that 'Write' and 'Finalize' are selected

- Then click 'Write' and watch it burn. Yeahh Baby :)

Reference :

Burn an ISO with Nero
http://linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/neroburning.html

Thats all for now. Need to watch Survivor :) . au revoir

Rainy night
Tonight had my Discrete Maths class. The class was ok.Ms Yap went through all the revision excercise for chapter 1 until chapter 3 and also started few topics for chapter 4. So far the class was ok.I was able to coupe what she's have been teaching.Class finish as usual..at 9.00. Gosh.. tonight was raining heavily.Unfortunately i didn't drive car to college today.But hey.. im used to it. Acctually i preferred going to class by BUS rather than driving.Unless if i was in hurry then i will drive :).So tonight i walked in the rain, luckily i brought with me my Windbreaker eventhough this morning was not raining.i don't know why, but i felt like bringing it today.

I had to walk to Komtar first since the bus station is beneath the shopping complex.It took me bout 20 minutes from my College.I like to walk in the shopping complex at this time.Its because,at this time the shopping complex was not crowded with people anymore.Liked to watch people closing their shop,mop the floor, cleaning the KFC windows.They even know me when i pass by their shop or restaurant, sometimes they would say "hi",smile at me<-- specially McD gurl haha, and sometimes they would even make joke like "Haa tak boleh lalu sini,nak lalu kena bayar tol" :)with their hand spread wide.Gosh i can't believe suddenly ive made friends with them.I even don't know their name. So kewl! Couple days ago ive mentioned about InfraRed USB adapter from ST LAB that i have bought.Unfortunately i haven't got time to elaborate about it. So without further adoo :) here's the review. Details of the ST LAB USB-IRDA - Supports SIR and FIR - FIR 4Mbps of data transfer range - SIR supports up to 115K bps of transfer rate - Backward compatible to MIR, SIR and 56Kbps - Full compatible with IRDA 1.1 and USB 1.1 - Supports platform such as WIN98,WINME,WIN2000,WINXP and also Linux. Basically its small .. like a thumbdrive.How i wish they can combine IR with thumbdrive perghh thats kewl :)

Because it was small, im having little bit trouble with the reception. The Handphone must be place quite near to the IR adapter since it has problem connecting to the phone.

So thats all from me now i guess.. chioooww.

Morning Class..Morning Class not enough sleep arghh

Morning!.Got up around 10.30 thank God my sayang woke me up this morning.If not,definitely i'll be kelam kabut and also wearing 2 different socks to class hahah.Im at lab again..since i've arrived early today.Class starts at 12.30.So i guess i'll be able to blog a thing or two and also put up several links that i found for today while waiting for my class to start. As usual my daily routine starts with Slashdot.org do we Mr Helix? :).Freshmeat was also my favourite place to find an Opensource software Since it has tons of Opensource software waiting to be plugged 'Grin'

*Currently im downloading Slackware 9.1 at home. Can't wait to godek 9.1.Helix dah try.. tensen aku!! :)

Oh yaa..got links i want to put here.

Bytehoard
http://bytehoard.sourceforge.net

ByteHoard is an online file management system written in PHP. Ever needed to upload files to the internet, but didn't want to install an FTP server? Have you got a community crying out for personal storage space?

ByteHoard provides personal, password-protected storage space, space limiters, automatic compression of uploaded files to save space, different file views, automatic decompression of downloading files, file deletion, secure sessions, it has half-decent graphics and, best of all, it's free.



Herbix
http://herbix.cuodan.net

What is Herbix
Herbix is my solution to the problem of being able to serve content temporarily or for long periods from any computer without intefering without the contents of its hard disk.

This is useful for occasions where you need to set up a temporary (example) webserver in the office lan but do not have the permission/budget to purchase a new computer for the task. On such occasion, an unused computer with a floppy drive and a network card is all you need to set up a multipurpose content server for http, ftp, smtp, dhcp and even irc if need be! The usefulness of such is obvious and need not be elaborated any more.


DAMN SMALL LINUX
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org

What is Damn Small Linux?
Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop.

Why?
Because having a working Linux desktop on a 50 mb bootable business card CD is just too cool not to do.

Screenshots anyone..?[1][1]




memtest86
http://www.memtest86.com/

Memtest-86 is a very thorough stand-alone memory test for x86 and Pentium systems (and compatibles). It currently does 11 tests to fully determine whether you have faulty RAM or not.


Screenshot of memtest86

Still at lab today.Surfing the net as usual and also doing my C programming assignment.Finished my first class in the morning.Can't go back since im having my second class in the evening around 6.45pm so every Tuesday and Wednesday i have to stayback.Went to TNB to have lunch with Helix.Unfortunately im fasting(puasa)today..so just can langutt(watched) whatever he was eating.Damnn that Nasi ayam look so delicious..and some more the smells isk dont't know what to say :).Fasting today because i've passed my exam.So i just want celebrate by fasting for one day.

Yesterday went to CMS.. bought me a USB IRDA Adapter.Haven't try yet since i just formatted my PC and installed Win2k for the first time.I bought the IR because, i need to transfer all the pictures that i have taken using SAGEM Myx-6 Mobile Phone.The only way to transfer the pictures is to use IR under Win2k.I've seen one German's Forum specifically focused on Myx-6 phone that explained on how to do it.The Toshiba Laptop on the otherhand, can't support Win98Se,Win2k and above since this laptop only had 16MB memory and the processor was at 120MHZ.

Ohyaa i bought "Italian Job" DVD yesterday after going to CMS.Lazy to go to Cinema lagipun got no one else to ajak hehe.So just bought the Movie.. stay at home and create my own Panggung Wayang at my house while having my sahur:).The movie was nice.I like the way they plan to steal the gold.It was superb and don't forget those damn CUTIES Mini coopers.

Ceramah+Kenduri=Tired


Tonight went to a Ceramah Agama at Surau in front of my house.The best part is, Ustaz Roslan Che Ros was the penceramah.The topic he brought tonight was about "ISRAK MIKRAJ". Dunno why tergerak hati to go today :).Probably Allah Taala still love His umat and wants his umat to remember Him and obey his suruhan.Its been quite sometime i haven go for any Ceramah or what do we call as Majlis Ilmu.So now kira i already renewed my license to hear Ceramah eh? :) "Err encik, that will be 30 ringgit.Would you like to renew it for 2 years. Sounds like renewing your license at JPJ ehh? :)

Got back from surau around 12.30 just now.Fuhh damn tired tonite.You know why..? coz i have to cuci talam, periuk, mangkuk, pinggan and also do the preparation for the Kenduri after Ceramah :). At first i went there just to listen to the ceramah so as usual bersila at the back getting ready to watch and listen to what Ustaz have to present for his ceramah from the back.Then i saw few of the AJK surau like Uncle Syed,Azmir(Uncle syed's son that was still in standard 2), Uncle Rahim,Shahril(Uncle Rahim's son),another Uncle(goshh can't remember his name) was busy preparing the food for the Kenduri.Realizing that im also one of the AJK last time(used to be Bilal and Tok Siak Mude :)) ), so apa lagi sinting my Baju Melayu sleeves and join them.

I went back home just now with my Green Baju Melayu that already basah kuyup(well not exactly basah kuyuplaa)..coz playing with soap washing talam,periuk,mangkuk,pinggan :( .To bad can't fully listened to the ceramah.Only can grab the last part of the ceramah. Then i met Ustaz Hashim, our chairman for the Surau..ask him regarding to the ceramah and part that i missed.Told him that i rugi, missed certain part from the ceramah.Then Ustaz said "Takpa Rezal.. sediakan orang jamuan makan/kenduri pun dapat pahala dapat berkat juga". Once i heard that, i felt relief..but still rugi coz i wanna hear bout "Israk Mikraj" eventhough i already heard many times from other Ustaz before.But different Ustaz have different way to explain and send their message to people.That’s what makes their ceramah more interesting to listen.

Hmm its already 3.01 in da morning. Still can't sleep eventough im in "Tired Mode". Surfed to my lovely sweet cousin Jasmine's weblog this afternoon.Nice Weblog she got there.Lotsa blog she wrote. Isk how come i didn't know bout my cousin's blog :(.Now that i know her blog, easyla for me to keep track or read bout my cousin's latest development.Nak Send SMS too segan.Nanti kena kejar with her Abang.. man definitely.. im dead :) .Confirm being sent to a small deserted Island like Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean. Alamak! looks like i have to wait 3 days 3 night in the ocean to be one with the ocean and also all kaum kerabat ikan including Nemo.So that i can tie all the sardine in the ocean to make a raft.Ohya did i mention with what im going to tie those sardines with..? with my short hair laa hahaha. Dun marah ek Namin :))

Happy for her coz she had a new member in her family.Want to know who..? Who else other than Kapten Jack Sparrow "kecik" yang slalu bite people's jari(can't believe she gave that name to that cat :) ).She's cute and adorable cat.Her face also look so innocent you know..Now you got her, takder laa sunyi sangat.Can play with her day and nite.As long as you don't hug her very tight like you did to all your teddy bear victim, she'll be fine :). Anway thanx for your weblog link.Take care Namin.

Huarghh feel very sleepy right now. Almost 3.40 am. Rezdrake signing off. au revoir!

What..? no link for today..? Nape Tak percayee ye.

Got C programming class this morning.Allhamdulillah there were only one class for today as the evening class with Ms Yap had already postponed to next week.So today i went back early.But still have to fetch my mom and Naim at school since im using her car for today.

Start to download Redhat 9 codename Shrike tonite. There are 3 cds that needs to be download.You can download Redhat 9 from its FTP site at Redhat. Slackware 9.1 beta also have been released.Not yet download.In addition to that, the current slackware is not in ISO format yet.Heard Helix said to me last time we chat, We need to create our own ISO for it.There is a tutorial on the Slack FTP site on how to create the ISO file.Maybe later i'll put the tutorial how to create the ISO image.

Huarghhh feel sleepy and tired already. Gonna stop here.Yearghh tommorow i have no class. Can bangun lewat har har.
sweet dreams sayang.

Me,My Old Toshiba Notebook and Nokia 7110

Just finish my C programming class today.'sigh' Class start early in the morning around 10.30.Alhamdulillah, is good that i slept early last night.So today i didnt feel sleepy at all in Ms Rosmah class.Lepak at lab rite now surfing the net for a while before go back.

Today i start to gather all the info,docs and links regarding to Linux IRDA and stuff related to my mobile phone Nokia 7110.Need to start experimenting with IRDA on Linux and also Linux Apps for Nokia mobile phone.I got an Old Toshiba Notebook Satellite Pro 430CDT(GreyB0x) which had a builtin IR that i could experiment with my phone.Currently My greyB0x is running Redhat 6.2.Check out the screenshots


So i Put up the links which i managed to find for today.



Gnokii
http://www.gnokii.org
gnokii provides tools and a user space driver for use with mobile phones under Linux, various unices and Win32.With gnokii you can do such things as make data calls, update your address book, change calendar entires, send and receive SMS messages and load ring tones depending on the phone you have.

Here's the screenshot

Cool ehh? :)

There is also a Nokia Logo Editor for Linux.
Nokia Logo Editor

http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~lczajka/nle/
Its a small program that allows you draw logo for your Nokia phone. Logo is a small picture that can be shown in your Nokia phone where it can replace by operator name.

Screenshot of Nokia Logo Editor

The latest version of the Logo Editor can be downloaded here

Gammu(formerly Mygnokii2)
http://www.mwiacek.com/gsm/gammu/gammu.html
well Gammu stands for GNU All Mobile Management Utilities.Gammu which is also known as MyGnokii2 is a project based on Gnokii 0.3.3 source.The author of the Gammu wanted to remove all problems available in the previous project and makes it more faster,smaller and better.
Download Gammu

gsmlib
http://www.pxh.de/fs/gsmlib/index.html
This distribution contains a library to access GSM mobile phones through GSM modems. Features include:

-modification of phonebooks stored in the mobile phone or on the SIM card
-reading and writing of SMS messages stored in the mobile phone
-sending and reception of SMS messages

IRDA Docs/HOWTO/Mobile Phone/
Linuxnow.com IR-HOWTO
Tuxmobile Infrared-HOWTO
GSM Mobile Phones and Linux
IrDA (FIR) driver for Toshiba laptops
IRDA on the Toshiba 5100
Mobile phone internet under unix with Nokia 7110
Nokia® 7110 - IrDA mini HOWTO

p/s
Welcome back Maelzx.Duron Morgan ehh? Kewll.Me planning to buy one also.But for now still have to use K62.But hey.. we're still in one Big happy AMD family rite :). Take care bro.

Huh... what a day sigh. its been raining all day since last night. Dunno what to do today.. just surfing the net searching for interesting stuff to do. Called my Noriko last night, she just got back from her Kampung in Kuala Pilah. And as usual she gave her "detail laporan" to me :) Miss her alot. Hmm dunno what to blog today. Just wanna put a link that i found while surfing the net today.

Go this link from Helix just now.. when we chat in YM
LINE Is Not an Emulator
http://line.sourceforge.net/
LINE executes unmodified Linux applications on Windows by intercepting Linux system calls. The Linux applications themselves are not emulated. They run directly on the CPU just like all other Windows applications.

FREESCO
http://www.freesco.org/
FREESCO (stands for FREE ciSCO) is a free replacement for commercial routers supporting up to 3 ethernet/arcnet/token_ring/arlan network cards and up to 2 modems.
Why should you use Freesco?

* Ease of use - it's insanely easy to set up
* Thoroughly documented - it's more or less self contained, read one doc and you're off and running
* Like most players in this field, it runs off one floppy
* FreeSco runs in as little as 6 Mb RAM.
* Unique Web Control Panel

Assalamualaikum,
Allo allo anybody there..? erkk just me again. Class already started. Only twice a week.. but 2 subject in one day.. fuhhh damn tired. first class 10.30 to 12.30 and the second class is 6.45 to 9.. means i have to stay back.. boriiing. But probably this is the time i make use of time i have to do revision while waiting for the next class.

Last night after class, at home, Helix came.. brought with him the cd that he had burn which he mentioned to me the day ealier .Its a video THE DOCUMENTARY - THE LINUX CODE. Watched it last night.. damn kewl it talks about the Opensource movement. How Linus Tovarlds start to write his own OS which Linux.Inside the video also features John"Maddog" Hall, Dave Miller, Richard Stallman and lots more. You guys should see this. The other CD is " Pirates of Silicon Valley" is a movie about how the two geeks Bill Gates and Steve jobs in their early days compete with each others. Thanx Helix for the CDs. Oh yaa i''ve burned for him Knoopix Live CD in exchange for the CDs :)

Tonight surf the web as usual. Surf Helix blogpage which he have created and found a link for a Slackware Live CD that he posted. Well i think i need to put it here also for my reference hehe. Check out Helix Blogpage http://morbidempire.blogspot.com


Slackware Live CD
the LiveCD iso is 186 MB
Slackware LiveCD:http://www.slackware-live.org
iso - Main: http://www.slackware-live.org/dl/livecd-2.9.0.21.iso.php
iso - Mirror 1: http://kmlinux.fjfi.cvut.cz/~danken/slacklive/dl/livecd-2.9.0.21.iso
iso - Mirror 2: http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/slackware-live/livecd-2.9.0.21.iso

Assalamualaikum,
Its been a while i didn't update my blog. Well just finished my last exam on 23rd. Now im free as a bird hahaha.. well actually not exactly 100% free as bird, Still have to send and fetch my little bro from tuition *sigh :). Surf the net today, Stumble upon a linux distro called KNOPPIX that runs directly from the CD without the need to install or partition to use it. Just finished download the iso file. Can't wait to burn and try that distro. Burn Baby burn :)



What exactly is Knoppix?

KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.

http://www.knoppix.net/
Knoppix Docs
Knoppix Download page
Knoppix Links Links to pages of interest
Knoppix Projects Addons, mods, changes, utilities

Linux on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430 CDT
Freakazoid's Toshiba Satellite useful links http://www.freakazoid.org/reference/tosh/
Linux on 430 CDT Config http://www.geocities.com/Silico...
Linux on Laptops http://www.linux-laptop.net/
Configuring Pikachu http://www.tux.org/~tbr/pc-config...
Configuring Gizmo 430CDT http://infonomade.linuxfr.org/portables...gizmo

**Note**

To Backup Boot Sector

use "infile" (if) to backup the boot sector

To Hardisk
# dd if=/dev/hda of=bootsector.img bs=512 count=1

To Floppy :
# dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1

To Restore these images, use "outfile" (of) destinations.
For example:

Restore from Hardisk:
# dd if=bootsector.img of=/dev/hda

If it's stored on a floppy, use :
# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/hda

Window Manager - WindowMaker Stuff
Window Maker Page :http://windowmaker.org/
Window Maker Themes :http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/918/?topic_id=918
Largo's Window Maker page :http://largo.windowmaker.org/
Window Maker DockApp Warehouse :http://www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/
Gürkan Sengün's Dockapp listing :http://www.linuks.mine.nu/cgi-bin/da.sh
Login app for WindowMaker :http://largo.windowmaker.org/Login.app/
Window Maker Projects :http://windowmaker.org/projects.html

Toshiba 430CDT owners in Contact :)

Decided to send email to the user once i saw the user on linux laptop groups.. he also owned the same laptop model like mine and sucessfully install linux :)


On Tuesday 08 April 2003 08:48, you wrote:
> Hi, My name is Rezal. Im from Malaysia. The reason i
> mailed you this mail.. is to ask you regarding to your
> article Configuring Pikachu dated Friday, November
> 12, 1999.
> For your information.. ive also owned this model.. and
> ive been thinking of installing Linux on this machine.
> But im having trouble installing it because my floppy
> drive had problem reading the disk. So now i can't
> boot the linux boot disk in order for me to run linux
> installation. And also .. as you know this model
> cannot be boot thru CD.. just Floppy--> HD or
> HD-->Floppy.
> So i would to ask you.., if there is a way to install
> it. and is it possible to run Redhat 6.2 as i only
> have 16meg on that machine. I havent upgrade anything
> on that machine.


This is his reply :)

Hello Rezal,

Looking over the dates of the four documents, I gather you're talking
about Configuring a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT, using Mandrake 6.0.
I'll try to help, but it's been a long time since I owned that
machine; I traded it for the Toshiba Portégé 320CT.

Also, I haven't run Mandrake or Red Hat in years; I use Debian almost
exclusively these days. But some things are universal.

> But im having trouble installing it because my floppy
> drive had problem reading the disk. So now i can't
> boot the linux boot disk in order for me to run linux
> installation. And also .. as you know this model
> cannot be boot thru CD.. just Floppy--> HD or
> HD-->Floppy.

Boot floppies are very sensitive to flaws in the media or formatting.
It's rare that a floppy drive actually goes bad itself; it's almost
always the diskette. Try making another boot floppy on a fresh
diskette.

> So i would to ask you.., if there is a way to install
> it. and is it possible to run Redhat 6.2 as i only
> have 16meg on that machine. I havent upgrade anything
> on that machine.

If you get a good boot floppy, I'd say you're in business. I don't
know about Red Hat (I think the latest REd Hat is version 9) or
Mandrake, but Debian you can install directly from the net. I do it
all the time, even with a modem.

16 Meg isn't a lot of RAM these days. A console based GNU/Linux
should work fine, but if you want to run stuff like X or KDE, it will
swap like mad and run very slowly. My notes indicate that the
Satellite Pro 430CDT can hold 48M RAM; I'd find some more RAM.

Also the Processor is a Pentium 120MHz. The newer KDE will seem
sluggish. However, your older Red Hat 6.2 might be just the thing!
Use a lighter window manager, not KDE or GNOME.

Certainly worth a try.

Make a fresh floppy (you may need to try several times) and let me
know if you get it working!

Good luck,
Ted Ruegsegger

Arghhhhh presentation on 26-03-2003 still got bug warghhh
Assalamualaikum warahmatullah,
Project still in progress... huh.. still got bug in the system.. that needs to be debug debuk debik.. arghh tension.. stress stress. System nak kena present on 26th nie..and hari tu pulak test Math lagi.. fuhhh not sure macam mana nak buat. Math pun tak go through lagi chapter-chapter like Combinatorics, Probability and etc. Last night group member aku Harvinder datang rumah lepak ..sambil mendebug coding untuk system nie. Alhamdulillah dapat laa settle problem dgn Voucher.. after mendebug from 10.30pm tu 1.00am we all lepak dekat subaidah pekena teh tarik .

Pagi tu lepas Harvin balik.. aku masuk bilik aku and then sit in front of the Monitor which is still on.. malas nak tutup PC.. normally biar jer.. then set screesaver Matrix ahakss. Aku continue debug on DO module ( Delivery order) remark tu remark nie... and after so many trial and error alhamdulillah .. aku dah get rid satu lagi bug .. pergh aku senyum sensorang dengan konfiden dan bangganya . Aku tak tido sampai pagi.. lepas debug tu aku start touch up GUI for this system. Insert Icon on every form. edit Msgbox and include icon in it.

Im at lab now.. the clock on the systray shows its already 12.22PM. Lepak for a while at lab.. writing this blog and also read some new posts at Ittutor.net. My scarletdiva at home.. still sick, not sure whats the problem.One thing for sure .. is that after sometime , she will "Hang" or "restart" .Ive tried lots of method to troubleshoot this PC. At first i suspect it was the RAM that made the problem.
but when i replaced it with another RAM the same problem still occurs. Wat laa weh... confirm definitely Mobo yang problem nie.

Hari tu aku try install Red Hat 8.0 on my scarletdiva, installation perghh senang straight foward.. tak banyak songeh. Aku install Gnome.. saja nak test and experience gnome punya enviroment. Hmm not bad.. tambah-tambah lagi Red Hat 8.0 pakai blue curve memang cun. But when it comes to Sound card, dia tak dapat detect sound card aku.. maybe because sound card Yamaha aku ni ISA . Nasib baik waktu installation tu aku install sndconfig package utk ISA PNP legacy card. As root aku run /sbin/sndconfig .aku choose Yamaha punya settings .. and kena set IRQ setting apa bala semua tuh.. aku bantai jer.. test semua sampai bila test keluar sound. Hmm.. aku ingat lepas ni nak try blaja guna Mobprobe utk load sound driver . Helix duk rasuk aku.. suruh pakai Slackware hehe.. hari tu aku tengok installation Slackware.. text based oo.. rasa macam best plak simple. Helix bagitau aku.. dlm Slackware tarak Sndconfig.. pergh.. camner nie..? hmm itu laa pasal aku nak kena blajar Mobprobe stuff nie.

Haiiii hopefully lepas abih presentation.. aku nak upgrade Scarletdiva aku.. then baru nak experiment dgn Slackware.. yeah yeah..


Slackware Rulezzz hehe

hmm stop here for now.. chow dulu.. adioss
wassalam.
Rezdrake.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah,
Lama jugak aku tak update blog nie.. well.. apa leh buat dah bz dgn project and study. Teruk jugak term nie... aku ambil 4 papers including project yang still in process.

Today aku takder class... so lepak kat rumah doing coding for the project. Aku duk try figure out how to insert sound file into the credit part which i made sebelum nie. Syukur alhamdulillah .. aku jumpa brader Rizal ( Bro Gunx) on the net tadi. Dia guide aku on how to insert sound file . I have to add Microsoft Multimedia Component 6.0 before i can use it. Cool gak .. coz sebelum nie takder plak aku terbaca dlm VB books yang aku pinjam from mahathir "Beginning Visual Basic 6.0" from Wrox. Buku tu just cover Graphics jaa .. sound tak plak. Hmm MMC component tu aku dah add dah.. and aku dah insert WAV file from Marilyn Manson"Resident Evil soundtrack" just to test. But still takder sound bila aku run credits. Structured chart for project.. aku tak buat lagi.. maybe malam nie kot aku start buat.

Smalam Bro Helix datang bawak Floppy drive for Laptop .. coz Laptop aku takder floppy drive. Aku plan nak install slackware on that Laptop. Unfortunately Floppy driver yang Helix bagi .. tak bleh guna plak. So terbantut laa hasrat aku nak install Slack dlm Machine tuh.. beria-ria lagi aku join Linuxonlaptop groups kat yahoogroups tanya soalan specific utk Laptop Toshiba aku tu.

Scarletdiva aku plak lama dah tersadai tepi printer dlm bilik aku coz Mobo dia dah out.. probably mobo laa aku rasa coz bila aku test RAM on my membernyer PC ok plak.. siap 3 hours straight main Medal Of Honour. Aku try pasang RAM tu on every RAM slot yang ada on that mobo.. still kuar fatal exception errors.. bengang gak hari tuh.. pasal time tu duk bz dgn project nie.. dah laa kena buat coding. Nasib baik ada PC customer hari tu.. bantai install MS Visual Studio jap.. layan coding kat situ.. sambil tu layan Medal of Honour sampai part yang banyak sniper tu ahakss.

Aku rasa kena trus upgrade nie.. maybe Sambar Soltek Mobo yang kaler Purple tu.. perghh cun plak.. then Duron Morgan.

chowzz

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah,

Aku tengok banyak layout ada missing graphics yang mael buat.. bila aku check it out.. rupanya ko punya account kena suspended.. so aku changed balik to template asal.

Wassalam.

Cross Cable

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah,

Cross cable which i got from my dad's office confirm tak boleh guna.. aku pun tak sure pasal apa.. maybe because ader certain part kat cable tu ada problem.. payah gak nak cari puncanya. Cable tester pun takdak. Then i decided to borrow Helix's cross cable and his crimping tool ..so terpaksa laa aku bawa second PC tu masuk bilik aku .. coz cable Helix tak panjang sgt.

Aku setup add IPX/SPX protocol for network games, Install ICS client for sharing internet connection and also File sharing and Printer.

Looks like terpaksa laa beli brand new nyer cable then buat crimping sendiri.

This term .. for project YMS System, dah masuk second term dah.. which is second phase .. that is do coding for the system. Still duk menelaah VB book "Beginning Visual Basic 6" from Wrox.com yang aku borrow my friend Mahathir. Insyallah mudah-mudahan dapat laa aku complete system nie.. by this term.

Mungkin dlm this term nak try Install Solaris dlm Scarletdiva aku..

Chow...

Assalam.

Masuk ariknih dua arik aku tak pergi kelas. Boring siot. Tapi yg slacknya ariknih dah start blajar. Kelmain lum lagik. Tersilap perkiraan linear la nampaknya.

Kat hostel aku skang nih dah ada 3 bijik pc.

PC first :

Intel Pentium II 233 @ 300 Mhz
PC 100 mobo (unknown type)
144 mb PC-100 SDRAM
Seagate 10 gb HDD
52x cd-drive
nvidia riva tnt2 (pci)

takder modem, takder nic ...

PC 2nd :

AMD Athlon XP 1800+
DFI AD75 mobo
128 mb ddr-sdram (266 mhz)
20 gb maxtor hdd
52 x cd-drive
nvidia riva tnt2 (agp)

built in modem .. takder nic gak

pc 3rd tatau lagik spec dia .... lom on ... tapi ada nic

nanti aku nak bawak pc aku yg power gila babeng tuh ... hehehe (bila dapat rumah sewa)

so possibly lepas nih aku nak beli nic dalam 3 - 5 camtuh kot ... incase kitorang nak buat lan party ... ada backup nic sikit kan ...

okeh tuh jerk. aku tak dating la .. main game jerk :P

Netwerking project

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah,
Today.. aku tak pegi mana-mana pun.. just lepak kat rumah doing Network project which is Networking between two PC. Pening gak nak buat wiring nie.. banyak RJ45 yang dah aku korbankan semata-mata nak buat Crosscable. Crimping memang senang, but to make it work.. memang senak. Mostly wiring yang aku buat sebelum nie tak menjadi.. sekejap LED NIC menyala kat bilik adik aku.. kejap lagi hilang plak.. pastu bila aku pegi troubleshoot NIC at my PC.. LED light kat PC bilik aku down plak.. aduh fenin..fenin.



Skang alhamdulillah both of the NIC dah ada light skang.. but yang duk memeningkan aku lagi.. skang bila aku ping jaa BOX sebelah bilik aku.. dia kata Request timed out.

Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.

C:\WINDOWS>ping 192.168.0.10

Pinging 192.168.0.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

aku still tak dapat nak pinpoint the problem ... whether NIC yang buat leceh or maybe pasal aku tak certified lagi nak buat cabling..? or maybe PC satu lagi tu memang dah sedia bengong skit. Hmmm still kena troubleshoot lagi nie.. hopefully aku dapat settle this problem secepat mungkin insyallah.



Mula-mula aku banyak buat wiring yang macam cable kat bawah tuh.. bersrabut.. then aku pratice and practice and practice nganyam dan menganyam.. alhamdulillah dapat gak aku achieve susunan wiring yang mengancam tu . Argghhh yang tensionnya.. tak bleh lagiiiiiiiiii .. Crosscable Helix bleh plak.. aduhh. Aku ingat .. aku stop jap pasal network nie.. daripada lagi memeningkan kepala aku nie.. baik aku gi Hiking,treking jap kat Bukit Jambul relakkan otak aku yang dah srabut nie.. mungkin jap lagi aku dapat idea nak troubleshoot bila hiking nanti.
Chow dulu..

Cross cable Howto
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00009.asp

Mael mana ko pegi hari nie.. dating kaa :)

Wassalam

Happy New Year

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah..
Lama aku tak update blog nie... aku tengok skang Mael jaa duk jadi penunggu kat sini.. well thanks for the improvement that you did for our blog. I'm still at lab, baru jaa abis my first class for today.. class JAVA plak tuh.. not much i can say for today's lesson.. just some basic stuff and introduction to JAVA. Bengang aku dgn PC kat lab nie.. lembab cam penyu.. sabor aja laa. Yesterday.. Bro Helix and his friend Daniel datang lepak kat rumah aku bawak Cat 5 cable dgn Crimping tool. cable Cat 5 aku macam ada problem skit.. dia tak dapat detect on both PC.. maybe because wiring cable tu tak set as cross cable. Chow dulu.. nak stop jap kat Popular bookstore.. nengok buku baru. Continue my blog later.. tension skit with this PC. Wish Happy New year to my friend Mael and Sharul.. semoga panjang umur dah dimurahkan rezeki insyallah.



p/s Mael.. aku dah beli dah Y cable utk ko.. kalau bleh nanti ko antar email kat aku. Address ko.yang ko bagi hari tu hilang plak..