[GRLUG] linux move to Windows

Mon Mar 12 11:09:47 EDT 2007

Yeah, my assumption is that this person just got hired into the company 
and knows absolutely nothing about linux and so wants to make it 
windows, which they presumably have at least a passing knowledge of. It 
is, of course, never a good idea to mess with something that you have no 
knowledge of but therein lies the problem. If this person does not 
replace the OS then there are two outcomes:

1. Death and the apocalypse when the server dies, gets rooted, or 
otherwise becomes inoperative
2. They can learn linux before #1 happens.

So I suppose if they aren't smart enough to learn linux then the logical 
choice is to try to recreate what the linux machine does but in windows. 
Still, thats like recreating an atom bomb by just looking at one you 
found laying around.

Don Wood wrote:
>
> Wow,
>
> He isn't sure what the box does, yet he wants to replace it with a 
> Windows one?
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>  
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> Just
>
> Wow.
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> *From:* grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *phillip hebenstreit
> *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2007 8:24 AM
> *To:* grlug grlug usergroup
> *Subject:* [GRLUG] linux move to Windows
>
> Hi everyone,
>  
> This is painful, but a friend wants to replace this linux box with a 
> windows server.  He wonders if there will be any issues with the 
> migration?  He thinks this might be acting as the Domain Server 
> somehow because it is their only server and they have many windows 
> client PC's.  Can anyone tell based on his listing below?
>  
> How can he tell which version of linux is being used?  He tried to use 
> "ver" and "version", but got command not known.
>  
>  
> PID TTY          TIME CMD
>    1 ?        00:00:05 init
>    2 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
>    3 ?        00:00:00 events/0
>    4 ?        00:00:00 khelper
>    5 ?        00:00:00 kthread
>    7 ?        00:00:00 kacpid
>   80 ?        00:00:02 kblockd/0
>  108 ?        00:00:01 pdflush
>  109 ?        00:00:01 pdflush
>  111 ?        00:00:00 aio/0
>  110 ?        00:00:16 kswapd0
>  704 ?        00:00:00 kseriod
>  942 ?        00:00:00 ata/0
>  945 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
>  946 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
>  947 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
>  948 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
>  1895 ?        00:00:00 khubd
>  1973 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
>  1974 ?        00:00:00 usb-storage
>  3268 ?        00:00:10 kjournald
>  3398 ?        00:00:00 udevd
>  5240 ?        00:00:00 kjournald
>  5241 ?        00:00:01 kjournald
>  6754 ?        00:00:00 dd
>  6756 ?        00:00:00 klogd
>  6769 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
>  6782 ?        00:00:00 hald
>  6787 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
>  6798 ?        00:03:10 hald-addon-stor
>  7183 ?        00:00:00 gdm
>  7207 ?        00:00:00 gdm
>  7253 ?        00:59:31 Xorg
>  7308 ?        00:00:00 hpiod
>  7331 ?        00:02:02 python
>  7402 ?        00:01:55 ddclient
>  7541 ?        00:01:06 nmbd
>  7542 ?        00:00:00 nmbd
>  7544 ?        00:00:00 smbd
>  7560 ?        00:00:00 smbd
>  7561 ?        00:00:04 sshd
>  7582 ?        00:00:00 winbindd
>  7587 ?        00:00:00 winbindd
>  7594 ?        00:00:00 xinetd
>  7605 ?        00:00:00 hcid
>  7611 ?        00:00:00 sdpd
>  7621 ?        00:00:00 krfcommd
>  7653 ?        00:00:00 atd
>  7666 ?        00:00:00 cron
>  7709 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-bridge
>  7723 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-natd
>  7729 ?        00:33:24 vmware-serverd
>  7761 tty1     00:00:00 getty
>  7762 tty2     00:00:00 getty
>  7763 tty3     00:00:00 getty
>  7764 tty4     00:00:00 getty
>  7765 tty5     00:00:00 getty
>  7766 tty6     00:00:00 getty
>  7795 ?        1-03:11:58 vmware-vmx
>  7816 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-netifup
>  7840 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-netifup
>  7880 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-dhcpd
>  7881 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-dhcpd
>  9788 ?        00:00:10 smbd
>  9817 ?        00:00:00 x-session-manag
>  9855 ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
>  9858 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
>  9859 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
>  9861 ?        00:00:01 gconfd-2
>  9864 ?        00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
>  9868 ?        00:00:00 bonobo-activati
>  9870 ?        00:00:00 gnome-settings-
>  9873 ?        00:00:31 gam_server
>  9887 ?        00:00:00 xscreensaver
>  9911 ?        00:00:03 metacity
>  9916 ?        00:00:02 gnome-panel
>  9918 ?        00:00:13 nautilus
>  9920 ?        00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma
>  9926 ?        00:00:00 update-notifier
>  9930 ?        00:00:07 gnome-cups-icon
>  9932 ?        00:00:00 notification-da
>  9946 ?        00:00:01 wnck-applet
>  9949 ?        00:00:00 trashapplet
>  9953 ?        00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
>  9963 ?        00:00:00 mapping-daemon
>  9976 ?        00:00:15 clock-applet
>  9978 ?        00:00:00 notification-ar
>  9980 ?        00:00:00 mixer_applet2
> 32186 ?        00:00:00 evolution-excha
>  5942 ?        00:00:00 acpid
> 27560 ?        00:00:03 smbd
> 29710 ?        00:00:00 cupsd
> 29809 ?        00:00:00 syslogd
>  1520 ?        00:00:00 gnome-terminal
>  1522 ?        00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
>  1523 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
>  1549 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
>  1550 ?        00:00:00 usb-storage
>  1648 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
>  1690 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
>
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