Linux-Hardware Digest #358, Volume #10 Sat, 29 May 99 03:14:18 EDT
Contents:
Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems ("Al in Seattle")
Re: modems and linux help NEEDED! (Donovan Rebbechi)
LX vs BX (Peter)
Re: Name-brand boxes VS clones, what to buy (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: setting up monitor Impression 3 (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: SCSI help!! (Ken Rogers)
Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems (Leslie Mikesell)
Buz & LInux (Gavin McCord)
Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems (Christopher Browne)
Re: Configuration of Diamond Modems under X (Rob Clark)
Installing a second HD on Linux (Todd Graham)
FS: Sony Vaio C1 PictureBook $2100 (Charlie Brown)
Setup An Internal Modem.. ("Mr Kuay")
FS: SUN FE Handbooks On ebay Stating@$9.99 (Jay)
Re: /dev/sndstat file (Allin Cottrell)
/dev/eth0 ("Kelvin Barnes")
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Neil Cerutti)
Name-brand boxes VS clones, what to buy (Clayton Lenderbeck)
Re: DDS1 device driver?? (Chris Mauritz)
TNT2 320x200 Resolution ("Monkeyman")
/dev/sndstat file (Grant Lowe)
which of these network cars is better ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ASUS P2BD vs. SuperMicro P6DBE (David Fox)
Re: HP Colorado 2.5/5GB IDE Tape Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to list installed packages to a file? ("For Sale")
Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems (Greg White)
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From: "Al in Seattle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:30:42 -0700
I don't see where money is an issue in his original mail.
Other than the fact that you folks all use Unix based systems that are
recommending Unix based system, what technical reason are you siting for not
using an NT based system?
Some of the quotes:
"I feel that if your data is important and you want a file server that comes
up and stays up, you should discount NT immediately. I have heard some
horror stories about NT with very large directories " no basis in fact
here.
"PCs are just not
built to the same standard as most of the "real" Unix boxes from Sun, HP,
IBM, SGI, etc. The one exception that comes to mind would be the Sequent
range." pure bs. It simply depends on what you are willing to spend.
Compaq and others have totally capable boxes if you want to spend the same
kind of money that the Unix crowd delivers.
I would continue your quest to price out the system consistently on various
box types. Your expertise as either an NT or Unix admin will ultimately be
probably the main factor here.
al in seattle
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: modems and linux help NEEDED!
Date: 29 May 1999 01:13:21 GMT
On Fri, 28 May 1999 03:59:27 -0500, nospam wrote:
>I have a Diamond Multimedia 56External .... I know this one doesnt work.
>
>Can anyone PLEASE tell me of ones that do?? I'd like an extrnal if
>possible......this is my last hope......
Try and find one that doesn't list an operating system as a "system
requirement". For example, the US Robotics external modems work
( and they don't list the OS as a requirement )
http://www.3com.com/client/pcd/products/prod-faxmod5686-ext-spec.html
--
Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Buying computer parts ? How do you know which vendors to trust ?
http://www.resellerratings.com
Impartial and accurate. Straight from the buyers mouth.
( disclaimer: i'm not affiliated with resellerratings.com )
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LX vs BX
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 19:09:29 -0400
I have a dual board LX motherboard. Should I buy 333 PIIs or can I
overclock some celerons? You can't overclock on an LX chipset can you?
Since it is an LX chipset PC100 RAM wouldn't be better than PC66 RAM
right? Anyone else who has a dual LX MB what kinda config do you have?
I got this motherboard cheap should I buy a new dual BX MB or would the
LX be sufficient? I want to run kde smoothly. I will also have a dual
boot with NT and mabey 95(for games).
-peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: Name-brand boxes VS clones, what to buy
Date: 29 May 1999 01:07:14 GMT
On Fri, 28 May 1999 12:43:01 -0700, Clayton Lenderbeck wrote:
>Hello All,,
>
>Im wondering about anyones {pos,neg}ative experiences with the
>following list of machines that I could buy:
>
[ snip ] none of the above.
They're all
(a) built exclusively for use with windows. They don't want you loading
linux on them ( which is why they won't preload it )
(b) use cheap motherboards/parts and nonstandard windows only hardware.
(c) because of (b) they are not very upgradable.
Basically, they are not quality machines.
Your best bet is to do one of the following:
(a) buy from a place that will pre-install linux
(b) build it yourself
(c) get it custom built by a vendor who uses standard hardware ( 100% name
brand name components. )
Personally, I'd do (a) or (b). See http://www.tcu-inc.com or
http://www.penguincomputing.com if you want to do (a)
--
Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Buying computer parts ? How do you know which vendors to trust ?
http://www.resellerratings.com
Impartial and accurate. Straight from the buyers mouth.
( disclaimer: i'm not affiliated with resellerratings.com )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: setting up monitor Impression 3
Date: 29 May 1999 00:59:22 GMT
On Fri, 28 May 1999 15:29:54 -0700, Jasjit Khangura wrote:
>settings. but i can't get anything higher that 8 bit res. help!
if your problem is with colour depth, then you have a config problem
with your video card, not your monitor.
--
Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Buying computer parts ? How do you know which vendors to trust ?
http://www.resellerratings.com
Impartial and accurate. Straight from the buyers mouth.
( disclaimer: i'm not affiliated with resellerratings.com )
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From: Ken Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.scsi
Subject: Re: SCSI help!!
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 22:09:28 -0400
Matador wrote:
> Hello.. I have a 1542CP, I have the bios enable, but I would like to disable
> and still get it to work for my CDwriter, as I have it that way for windows,
> but to be able to get it to work on LinuxI had to change to enable the bios,
> do you have any information about this??
> Thanks
>
> >
> > (I don't know what those parameters might be. My 2940UW and 1542B
> > didn't require any.)
> >
> > -- David
For CD writing a 1542CP is a terrible controller to use. In fact ANY 15xx series
controller is not a good choice for any CD writing. Get yourself a decent scsi
controller that would allow you to do ALL the scsi functions, which include CD
writing, hard drive, and most anything else that you would do with scsi.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems
Date: 28 May 1999 21:36:27 -0500
In article <7in9f3$iac$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Al in Seattle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't see where money is an issue in his original mail.
>Other than the fact that you folks all use Unix based systems that are
>recommending Unix based system, what technical reason are you siting for not
>using an NT based system?
>
>Some of the quotes:
>"I feel that if your data is important and you want a file server that comes
>up and stays up, you should discount NT immediately. I have heard some
>horror stories about NT with very large directories " no basis in fact
>here.
I have a real horror story about NT with a very large directory.
It crashed occasionaly and kept taking longer and longer to finish
the chkdisk before coming back up as more files accumulated.
Eventually it never did finish the chkdisk - or at least I gave up
after 3 days and replaced the machine. I don't actually know how
many files had accumulated but the disk space was not full.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gavin McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Buz & LInux
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:20:06 GMT
As my VCR is on its last legs, I'd like to record onto CD. Iomega's Buz looks
interesting - does it work with Linux, or is there a better solution?
--
"I'm Keyser Soze. No, I'm Keyser Soze. I'm Keyser Soze and so's
my wife..."
-Monty Python plays The Usual Suspects
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:38:07 GMT
On Fri, 28 May 1999 11:58:43 -0700, Al in Seattle
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You might want to check out the Terraserver project by Microsoft. They seem
>to be doing what you are wanting to do with NT and existing hardware
>environments. This is all NT, NTFS, SQL Server 7.0, etc.
>
>Database Statistics
>The Terra-Server database has 999.3 GB of user data stored in 344.3 million
>records. About 75 GB of additional space is consumed by overhead (about
>25%). The remaining space is used for indices, catalogs, recovery logs, and
>temporary storage for queries and utilities. The database has a formatted
>capacity of 1.1 TB.
Unfortunately, the material substantially represents "big blobs" of data
that could probably be about as effectively handled by a series of
filesystems as by a SQL DBMS. (Note that the more modern journalled
filesystems share considerable features with journalled databases, so
there is considerable convergence in the ideas.)
At any rate, this sort of application tends to stress the "database"
part of RDBMS functionality as opposed to the "relational" side of it.
Other database systems involving on the order of terabytes of data tend
to involve *huge* TP analysis, which is a vastly different sort of
application involving much finer granularity of "objects."
If the application *is* similar enough, Terraserver is worth comparing
to, to be sure. Just be aware that care must be taken in comparisons,
as there are smaller DBs that may prove considerably *more* challenging
to manage...
--
The *Worst* Things to Say to a Police Officer: Hey, is that a 9 mm?
That's nothing compared to this .44 magnum.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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Subject: Re: Configuration of Diamond Modems under X
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:07:02 GMT
In article <shs33.183$m4.1220@nntp1>, Chronos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Currently, I am running a Diamond SupraMax 56i Voice PCI Modem under COM3,
>but, X will not initialize the modem. (Yes I do have the com configured
>correctly ttyS2)
This modem is a Windows-only software modem: it will not work at all
without the "modem emulation" software that comes with it.
Sorry :(
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Todd Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing a second HD on Linux
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 01:11:11 GMT
Currently I have a duel boot system RH5.1 and Win 95. I've also got a
second HD which is currently formatted with Win 95 but I would like to
use it as a linux disc. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: FS: Sony Vaio C1 PictureBook $2100
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 23:01:57 +0100
For Sale Sony Vaio C1 PictureBook (PCG-C1X)
Includes the following:
Sony Vaio C1 PictureBook
- 128Mb RAM
- 4.3Gb HD
- V.90 Modem (built-in)
- (1) Type II PC Card Slot
- Sony iLink (1394 FireWire) Port
- Built-In Video Camera (320x240/640x480)
Sony External 14X CD-ROM
Sony External USB Floppy Drive
Windows 98
All orignial manuals and packaging are included.
All this for only $2100 obo (this includes FedEx delivery)
If interested...please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Mr Kuay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setup An Internal Modem..
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 12:27:10 +0800
i am a freshie in Linux os.
i own an internal modem, i.e. Acer Magic.
is Acer Magic compatible with Linux?
can somebody kindly tell me the way to setup an internal modem?
i have tried setserial and dip but in vain.
thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay)
Crossposted-To:
alt.unix.wizards,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: FS: SUN FE Handbooks On ebay Stating@$9.99
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 02:22:57 GMT
I have SUN Microsystems Field Engineer Handbooks Volumes I & II
sixteenth edition, dated 4/16/97 for sale on EBay.
The starting bid is $9.99
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=89381663
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/sndstat file
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:45:48 -0400
Grant Lowe wrote:
> How can you create this file? I think the one I have right now is
> wrong. Thanks.
Create it with "mknod" (man page available). I think that
mknod /dev/sndstat c 14 6
Would do it.
--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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From: "Kelvin Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,linux.redhat.install
Subject: /dev/eth0
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:48:30 -0400
I have a Caldera Open Linux 2.2 installation that does not have /dev/eth0.
What do I have to do to create on so that I can install and configure my
ethernet card?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
From: Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 14:32:23 -0400
Daniele Bernardini wrote:
> But the story is not over: after some time having succesfully configured
> my harddrive with DMA access under Linux I tried to do the same with
> windows. result, windows did not boot anymore. Again I examined the
> problem and try to figure out, and the problem was the same of
> windows98.
Yeah. Windows 98 has crappy support for UDMA. It is incompatible with
ATAPI CD-ROM drives! It only works if you have an Intel processor! I'm
using UDMA in RedHat 6.0 with no problem. Yeah!
> I tried to change the configuration back but to no avail.
> I tried to remove the drive and the controller from the system
> configuration but still no result. The only thing I could do was
> format and reinstall!
Yup.
> Now tell me why somebody keeps on saying that windows is easy to
> install?
Well, it *is* easier. It isn't perfect though, especially if support for
you hardware isn't included on the version of Windows you are installing.
When Plug-n-Play is fully supported in Linux then Windows will start
falling behind.
> I say it is just bullshit. Who says this, has never installed windows
> on a non standard hardware.
It all depends on what you are good at installing.
I've gotten pretty far on my third attempt at installing Linux. Sound is
next on the agenda. Where can I find documentation for the kernel PnP
support that comes with the 2.2.5-15 kernel? I can't find it anywhere on
the RedHat CD.
Neil Cerutti
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:43:01 -0700
From: Clayton Lenderbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Name-brand boxes VS clones, what to buy
Hello All,,
Im wondering about anyones {pos,neg}ative experiences with the
following list of machines that I could buy:
packard bell synera model mu955, k62-333, (or mu850, cyrix mII-300)
acer aspire model 1878R k62-333 (or 3060R k62-350) (or 6070R pII-350)
ibm aptiva e5d (pII-400, 2xDVD)
(notes)
i want to triple-boot,linux/winnt/other. if win98 pre-exists, does
it "fight" about linux/winnt coming onto the disk?
Thanks, ahead of time, for any responses.
see ya!
clayton lenderbeck
computer scientist/sysadmin/etc
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DDS1 device driver??
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 18:21:32 GMT
"Frager, David (EXCHANGE:RICH2:2I33)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a DDS1/DDS2 drive, but I need to be able to force it to write
> DDS1 format.
> In HP-UX, I am able to create a DDS1 device driver under SAM. The
> device driver
> that is currently available to me linux (/dev/st0) is writing in DDS2
> format.
> Does anyone know how to create a DDS1 device driver in linux??
You can force DDS-1 by using the following command:
mt -f /dev/st0 setdensity 0x13
C
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Monkeyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TNT2 320x200 Resolution
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 20:48:04 -0600
Can someone send me XF98Config for a working TNT2? I have the Diamond Viper
card and I can't manually change the drivers to use TNT.
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From: Grant Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /dev/sndstat file
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 20:48:49 -0700
Hi.
How can you create this file? I think the one I have right now is
wrong. Thanks.
grant
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: which of these network cars is better
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:16:10 GMT
3Com� 3C905B TXM 10/100 WuOL NIC
3Com� 3C900B TPC 10Mbit Combo NIC
thanks
prasad
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Subject: Re: ASUS P2BD vs. SuperMicro P6DBE
Date: 28 May 1999 23:39:04 -0700
bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I always buy ram locally from a store I trust. there are just TOO
> many grade-outs of ram; and mailorder places - just to get the lowest
> price/rank in pricewatch - might not be selling the units that are
> good enough for the timing assumptions in the tyan.
Hey, I bought it at Fry's! So I paid extra to a store I *don't*
trust... Next time its www.thechipmerchant.com, which has a walk
in store near here.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 2.5/5GB IDE Tape Drive
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 03:55:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Khalid M. Baheyeldin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is to report that the HP Colorado 2.5/5GB Internal tape drive
> does indeed work with Linux.
>
> Thsi drive has an IDE interface, and was jumpered for being the
> Master on the Secondary IDE channel (the CD-ROM Drive is a slave
> on the same IDE channel.)
>
> Some details:
>
> Hardware:
>
> - Pentium II 333Mhz (66MHz bus/memory)
> - Taiwanese mother board with LX chipset
>
> Software:
> - Red Hat Linux 5.1
> - Upgraded kernel to 2.0.36 (you need the kernel-headers
> and kernel-source RPMs)
>
> Used tar, cpio and dd. They all work well. I wrote files
> to the drive and read them back and verified them by
> comparing to the original files.
>
> Speed:
> The drive is capable of 500 KB per second, as measured
> using "time" command and 'dd' command to write data to the
> drive and read it back (includes rewind of the tape, so
> could be faster if no rewind is done.)
>
> The tape is fairly inexpensive (200 US$ in local market
> in Saudi Arabia), and the media is 28 US$ each).
>
> The instructions that came with the tape are very
> good, and helps you installing the tape successfully
> on the first attempt. There is no guess work involved.
>
> Thanks to those who advised the kernel upgrade.
>
> Regards
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>
Khalid,
Thanks for reporting this. I'm looking for an IDE tape drive to buy for
home. It's nice to see some (detailed) answers rather than just
questions.
Cameron
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From: "For Sale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to list installed packages to a file?
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 14:50:54 +0800
Hi,
I am using SuSE 6.1. I can't print out the installed packages from
YaST (or save output to a file). Is there a command I can run that
would generate a file containing the following fields:
Category Package Version Description
Thanks.
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From: Greg White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 07:03:02 GMT
Al in Seattle wrote:
>
> I don't see where money is an issue in his original mail.
> Other than the fact that you folks all use Unix based systems that are
> recommending Unix based system, what technical reason are you siting for not
> using an NT based system?
>
> Some of the quotes:
> "I feel that if your data is important and you want a file server that comes
> up and stays up, you should discount NT immediately. I have heard some
> horror stories about NT with very large directories " no basis in fact
> here.
>
> "PCs are just not
> built to the same standard as most of the "real" Unix boxes from Sun, HP,
> IBM, SGI, etc. The one exception that comes to mind would be the Sequent
> range." pure bs. It simply depends on what you are willing to spend.
> Compaq and others have totally capable boxes if you want to spend the same
> kind of money that the Unix crowd delivers.
>
> I would continue your quest to price out the system consistently on various
> box types. Your expertise as either an NT or Unix admin will ultimately be
> probably the main factor here.
>
> al in seattle
Windows NT definitely has its place in the corporate enterprise, but,
IMHO, this is __not__ it. Low-end Linux boxes consistently out-pace
high-end Windows NT servers in my experience, and ( no offence to Linux
users I hope), most of the good 64-bit unices far outpace Linux in
performance. IMHO, Microsoft Windows NT has a long way to go before it
can replace any Unix at the enterprise level.
GW
Follow-ups set to comp.os.linux.development.system, just because that's
where I caught the thread, and I hate cross-posts.
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