Send email from Ubuntu

Let’s say you have a home Ubuntu server behind router and you want to be able to send emails via a cron job or Nagios or something like that. Here is how to configure Exim4 to do that.

Loading Ubuntu Server on G4 Powerbook

Slightly tricky as Ubuntu 8.10 server doesn’t recognize the cd-rom drive.

First, the Ubuntu server download is available here.

Second, the fix so the install will recognize the cd-rom is here. The important part is this:

“The cd issue could be solved in my imac G3 slot-loading typing in the command prompt (switch to another virtual screen with Ctrl-Alt-F2):

modprobe ide-scsi

then when asked for a cd device answer /dev/scd0″

That worked on my 667 mhz G4 titanium DVI Powerbook also.