Linux-Misc Digest #817, Volume #20 Sun, 27 Jun 99 23:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Linux loses in NT tests (Alex Lam)
Question in EXT2 file system data structure ("Tom")
Memory hogging, and dpms (Egg J. LeFume)
Re: Newbie kPPP (modem problem) (JFK)
Re: NetCom (Bob Lambert)
Xwindows Manger (Quoc Nguyen)
Re: How can I lower X:s footprint ? (John Girash)
Mounting a SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 Filesystem in Linux? ("Binesh Bannerjee")
Re: Linux loses in NT tests (Alex Lam)
Re: Recommendation needed for Tape Backup drive ("Brian D. Smith")
Re: NT the best web platform? (Donovan Rebbechi)
Opinions on linux cd-rom vendors? (Geoff Stanbury)
Re: NT the best web platform? ("Chad Mulligan")
Re: Printer broken with new kernel.. (jik-)
Re: Opinions on linux cd-rom vendors? (Bill Unruh)
Re: 2.2.5 vs. 2.2.7/2.2.10 with RAID 1 (Conway Yee)
Re: Opinions on linux cd-rom vendors? (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Alex Lam)
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux loses in NT tests
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:10:30 -0700
But would you choose a fast, but insecure and unstable server?
Alex Lam.
============FWD============
Posted 27/06/99 4:50pm by John Lettice
Linux loses in NT tests - Mindcraft numbers still
wrong?
PC Week Labs has unveiled the results of the latest round of the Linux
versus NT
benchmarks and, as generally expected, Linux lost. But the results of
the five day
rematch also tend to indicate that the initial Microsoft-funded
Mindcraft benchmarks weren't quite all they should be.
After the publication of the initial Mindcraft test results earlier
this year various Linux luminaries criticised the way they'd been set up
and the class of hardware they'd been run on. The Mindcraft tests, it
was argued, unfairly hobbled Linux and ought to be re-run on a level
playing field. That was the point of the PC Week Lab tests, which had
Microsoft, Red Hat, Penguin Computing and Mindcraft representatives
present to ensure fair play.
Mindcraft's tests had claimed NT outperformed Linux as a file server
by 2.5 times and as a Web server by 3.7 times. PC Week, bless 'em,
doesn't seem to draw attention to the point, but its Labs results come
up with NT being 2.3 times faster as a Web server (IIS 4.0 versus
Apache) and around about the same as a file server. They also found that
Linux performance didn't collapse when client load exceeded 16
computers, as Mindcraft's Apache benchmark had found, and the
performance difference was a lot
narrower on a single CPU box, although NT still won.
The performance difference here was 41 per cent for Web server and 52
per cent for
a file server. The PC Week Labs results also arguably understate their
divergence
from the Mindcraft ones in some areas. Earlier PC Week Labs tests
(still however
conducted after the Mindcraft test) had found Linux-Samba could
outperform NT when
NT Workstation clients were used. MS performance engineers turned
loose on NT
after that found performance improved if four NTFS partitions, each
with their own
transaction log, were used rather than one. So NT's performance in the
latest tests benefited from this discovery.
PC Week also reports that the lack of a multithreaded IP stack in the
Linux networking subsystem causes a performance plateau in the OS, and
the charts in the report are particularly interesting. They show fairly
conclusively that Linux was barely able to take advantage of
multiprocessor boxes at all, so this is a hill the OS needs to climb
soon.
PC Week Labs Report.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1015266,00.html �
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From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Question in EXT2 file system data structure
Date: 28 Jun 1999 01:07:18 GMT
Hello every body:
I know EXT2 File system cotains several "Block Groups",
and each "Block Group" is constitutes by Super Block,
Group Descriptors, Block Bitmap, Inode Bitmap, Inode Table
and Data Blocks.
But I can't figure out how big each part's size is and
what each byte's meaning(structure) is.
Where can I find information about them.
Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Egg J. LeFume)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Memory hogging, and dpms
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:26:30 GMT
Hi.
I have two small problems with my RedHat 6.0 system and I'm
wondering if anybody can help with them.
Occassionally, when I close a program (usually Netcrash), it won't
give back memory it had taken. Here's what free tells me after starting
Afterstep after a reboot, with two nxterms and pppd running:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 95764 36044 59720 30988 1856 20772
-/+ buffers/cache: 13416 82348
Swap: 104796 0 104796
And here's what it told me earlier today, after closing down Netscape and
various other prgrams, also with just two nxterms running:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 95764 63192 32572 7056 2656 25532
-/+ buffers/cache: 35004 60760
Swap: 104796 16044 88752
Is there a way I can reclaim my memory and swapspace? Any
utilities or anything? Neither top nor ps show any programs running that
would be using the memory...
Secondly, I use "xset dpms force suspend" to force my monitor into
suspend mode if I'll be away from it for a short while. Occassionally it
doesn't work; the screen flashes off for a second, then comes right back
on. Does anybody know what can cause this? (No, it's not a kbd or mouse
movement.)
I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance.
Jamie Kufrovich
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JFK)
Subject: Re: Newbie kPPP (modem problem)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:57:42 GMT
Make sure you are using the correct COM port. You can configure those
from a control-panel. Try them all if you have to.
On 4 Jun 1999 17:31:15 GMT, tpage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I went into kPPP and set up an account (for my ISP). When I go to query my
>modem I get a message "sorry, modem is busy" but my modem is not in use (to
>my knowledge). I've tried all the device settings (/dev/modem,
>/dev/tty...) and none of them seem to work. Any help greatly
>appreciated...
>
>thanks,
>
>TC
>
>------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Bob Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NetCom
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:54:33 -0400
There are two things to remember when trying to setup the connection to Netcom.
1. If you are in the US, your username is: us,ppp,username
You can't use the example for normal MS connections because the # sign is read
as a comment in the shell scripts.
2. Make sure you are using PAP.
I found the best way to get a connection was to follow the directions provided
by W.G Unruh. You should be able to find the directions at
axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
Search the Netcom support pages for Linux. The directions as given, don't work,
but combined with Mr. Unruh's information should provide a solution.
Good Luck.
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Gale L McMurray wrote:
>Dear Group:
>
>This newbie can't quite make all the right steps for connecting to my
>ISP, Netcom. They are not any help.
>
>Has anyone connected to Netcom. Am using RH 6.0 and the Netscape browser
>supplied with it. USR modem is working well.
>
>Thanks
>
>Gale McMurray
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Quoc Nguyen)
Subject: Xwindows Manger
Date: 28 Jun 1999 01:11:57 GMT
Hi everyone,
I've setup my Xwindows Manager and it took a default manager one which is
fvwm95-2. how can I switch to a different manager when I startup my
Xwindows. I wanted to try out all different Xwindows managers that come
with slackware 3.4. Also, would someone show me how to change a
background color of xterm? thanks in advance.
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Regard,
Quoc Nguyen
Computer Science
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From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I lower X:s footprint ?
Date: 28 Jun 1999 01:29:04 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On my 16MB system, X-window uses 30-35%, and that is too much.
> Is there anything I can do to make it smaller, besides lowering screen
> res or colour resolution, which is 1024x768x16 and the smallest I can
> live with.
Drastic answer: find the source to the old X11R3-based "tinyX" distribution.
It's way way smaller than R6 (i.e. runs great in 8MB, fine in 6MB, ok in 4MB).
> How about compiling X myself, will that make it smaller on a i586
> (compared to the i386 package from RH)?
This is a much better idea (-: Yeah, go ahead and recompile X (you'll need
a b*ttload of HD space) and *only* include the driver for your make/model
video card. That should reduce the server's size quite a bit I'd hope.
> Anything else to test ?
I'm not sure if this matters, but you could try getting rid of any extra
virtual desktop space. (Frankly, I'm not even sure that the 1024x768x16
matters; wouldn't that depend on your video-card memory, not system RAM?)
jg
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a useless old expression, it means / passing time until you die." : the West
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From: "Binesh Bannerjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting a SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 Filesystem in Linux?
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.sco,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.sco.programmer
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:39:21 GMT
Hi,
My question is regarding the System V filesystem support available in
Linux. I currently am running SCO Openserver 5.0.2, and I'd like to boot
Linux on an alternate drive, but be able to access the SCO drives from Linux,
I tried enabling CONFIG_SYSV_FS on the Linux box, but it still doesn't
recognize the drive... Is it perhaps that SCO Openserver doesn't use
"UFS"?
This is from the Linux FAQ
> 3.7 Can Linux access BSD, SysV, etc. UFS?
>
> Recent kernels can mount (read only) the UFS file system used by
> System V; Coherent; Xenix; BSD; and derivatives like SunOS,
> FreeBSD, NetBSD, and NeXTStep. UFS support is available as a
> kernel compile-time option and a module.
>
> See, `` How do I upgrade/recompile my kernel? ''
Any help appreciated
Thanks
Binesh Bannerjee
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux loses in NT tests
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:44:43 -0700
Alex Lam wrote:
>
> But would you choose a fast, but insecure and unstable server?
>
> Alex Lam.
>
> ------------FWD------------
> Posted 27/06/99 4:50pm by John Lettice
>
> Linux loses in NT tests - Mindcraft numbers still
> wrong?
>
> PC Week Labs has unveiled the results of the latest round of the Linux
> versus NT
> benchmarks and, as generally expected, Linux lost. But the results of
> the five day
> rematch also tend to indicate that the initial Microsoft-funded
> Mindcraft benchmarks weren't quite all they should be.
>
> After the publication of the initial Mindcraft test results earlier
> this year various Linux luminaries criticised the way they'd been set up
> and the class of hardware they'd been run on. The Mindcraft tests, it
> was argued, unfairly hobbled Linux and ought to be re-run on a level
> playing field. That was the point of the PC Week Lab tests, which had
> Microsoft, Red Hat, Penguin Computing and Mindcraft representatives
> present to ensure fair play.
>
> Mindcraft's tests had claimed NT outperformed Linux as a file server
> by 2.5 times and as a Web server by 3.7 times. PC Week, bless 'em,
> doesn't seem to draw attention to the point, but its Labs results come
> up with NT being 2.3 times faster as a Web server (IIS 4.0 versus
> Apache) and around about the same as a file server. They also found that
> Linux performance didn't collapse when client load exceeded 16
> computers, as Mindcraft's Apache benchmark had found, and the
> performance difference was a lot
> narrower on a single CPU box, although NT still won.
>
> The performance difference here was 41 per cent for Web server and 52
> per cent for
> a file server. The PC Week Labs results also arguably understate their
> divergence
> from the Mindcraft ones in some areas. Earlier PC Week Labs tests
> (still however
> conducted after the Mindcraft test) had found Linux-Samba could
> outperform NT when
> NT Workstation clients were used. MS performance engineers turned
> loose on NT
> after that found performance improved if four NTFS partitions, each
> with their own
> transaction log, were used rather than one. So NT's performance in the
> latest tests benefited from this discovery.
>
> PC Week also reports that the lack of a multithreaded IP stack in the
> Linux networking subsystem causes a performance plateau in the OS, and
> the charts in the report are particularly interesting. They show fairly
> conclusively that Linux was barely able to take advantage of
> multiprocessor boxes at all, so this is a hill the OS needs to climb
> soon.
> PC Week Labs Report.
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1015266,00.html �
> --------------------------------
If I remember correctly. ZDnet did a test comparing a few Linux distro
before, and OpenLinux was the fastest distro for server.
Why use Redhat instead of OpenLinux in the test?
Redhat SUX big time anyway....
*I'm not being sour grape here. I know Linux is not that fast, but I
still use Linux for mission critical stuff because of its stability.
No, I still won't go back to Mr. Gate$.
Alex Lam.
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From: "Brian D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.inux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Recommendation needed for Tape Backup drive
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:05:02 GMT
I wasn't aware of having done anything special. The SCSI board was recognized
when I originally installed, but the drive was added later. (Last week). There
were a number of jumper settings I changed before installing it, though. Among
other things, one of the jumpers issues the "ARCHIVE Python 04106-xxx" tape ID,
rather than "SEAGATE STD624000N". References to /dev/nst0 just worked. Sorry I
can't offer any special insite there.
Chris Mauritz wrote:
> Just curious to know what you did to make this drive work. I have
> exactly the same drive and could not get it to work with Redhat
> 5.2/6.0. The same machine works fine with a DDS-2 DAT on both
> versions of Redhat and the DDS-3 12/24 drive works on the same
> hardware if I boot up NT. The drive is properly recognized and
> I can convince it to do things like rewind and eject tapes, but
> reading or writing to the tape causes the drive to hang.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Brian D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have to agree on the DAT tape. I'm using a SEAGATE 12GB/24GB tape drive
> > with my Redhat Linux system without a problem. I've also had good luck with
> > Seagate's (SCSI) Travan-4 tape drive (4/8GB capacity), which is a lot more
> > economic that the DDS-3 drives. Those old archive drives just seem a bit
> > small to be practicle.
>
> > Juergen Heinzl wrote:
>
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Clarence Riddle wrote:
> >> >I use old SCSI archive 150 and 525 meg internal drives with tar. Works
> >> >great and is cheap at flea markets.
> >> [...]
> >> >> I'm using a Tecmar (Wangdat) 3400 and tar. Works for me.
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> Guess I'd not go for a frive from the flea market, a DAT drive here. In
> >> general ... DAT :: drives are more expensive, tapes are cheaper. QIC ::
> >> drives are cheaper, tapes are more expensive. QIC is considered to be
> >> more robust, at least if it is not some noname thingy, but at work I'd
> >> two DAT's (one Linux, one a HP) and until I left they never caused me
> >> trouble (5 - 7 backups a week).
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Juergen
> >>
> >> --
> >> \ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
> >> \ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
>
> --
> Christopher Mauritz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 28 Jun 1999 02:12:54 GMT
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:59:18 -0700, Alex Lam wrote:
>Also, Why Redhat? If I remember correctly. ZDNet or PC Week (can't
>remember who) did a Linux distro tests
>awhile ago, the result was OpenLinux was the fastest distro, Redhat is
There is no "fastest distro". SOme kernel versions are faster than others,
and some configurations will work better than others. It seems that
ZDNet did a preety good job, to their credit.
However, as I mentioned earlier, Apache is fast enough to saturate a T1.
So speed is only an issue for people who have a lot of bandwidth.
Oh, btw, you mentioned your monitor was out of warranty. My condolences.
Hope you like your new one anyway.
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Donovan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Stanbury)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Opinions on linux cd-rom vendors?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:21:35 GMT
I've decided to order Slackware 4.0 on cdrom from some internet
vendor, and I'm wondering which vendor I should go with? As in,
Walnut Creek, Linuxmall, Cheapbytes, etc. Does it make any
difference? I mean, things cost so much less at Cheapbytes, but are
their products somehow of worse quality? Thanks for any and all
opinions.
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From: "Chad Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:20:23 -0700
at 1925 27Jun99 PDT, that link went to http://www.microsoft.com/backstage/
No error.
Anthony Ord wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 07:58:09 +1200, "Stuart Fox"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Timothy Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, "John Hughes"
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> >There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the
>>Linux
>>> >ones?
>>>
>>> Faster? Speed is only one aspect of a webserver, and whether you like
>>> it or not, it is rarely the most important one.
>>>
>>> correctness - apache is better
>>
>>Pardon? I have yet to see IIS serve the wrong page.
>
>Go to www.microsoft.com and click "About our site" you get
>
>--- START INSERT ---
>Sorry, there is no microsoft.com Web page matching your
> request.
>
> It's possible you typed the address
>incorrectly, or that the
> page no longer exists.
>
> As an option, you may visit any of the
>pages below for
> information about Microsoft services
>and products.
>
> Microsoft Home Page
> Connect to Microsoft's latest
>information.
>
> Microsoft Search Page
> Search Microsoft web sites using words
>or categories.
>
> Microsoft Products Page
> View Microsoft products and download
>free offers!
>
> Microsoft Support Page
> Access technical support and frequently
>asked questions.
>
> Microsoft World Wide
> Find the Web site of any Microsoft
>office world wide.
>
>--- END INSERT ---
>
>If you click it again, you finally get there. Is that IIS's
>fault or Microsoft's? No real way of finding out as it is an
>.asp target.
>
>This happened at 12 noon Sun 27th June 1999.
>
>>> flexibility - apache and supporting tools better
>>Such as?
>
>Look at all the stuff contributed to Apache.
>
>>> features - apache blows IIS away here
>>Such as?
>
>Look at all the stuff contributed to Apache.
>
>>> speed - IIS is better only on 4 way SMP intel machines
>>Maybe I'll concede this one. It's probably better on 2-way SMP as well.
>>
>>> stability - toss up, probably
>>Yep.
>>
>>> security - apache better (still waiting for that fix from last weeks
>>> exploit?)
>>It's been released.
>
>Regards
>
>Anthony
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>| They fall apart |
>| When the walls come tumbling in |
>| Though we may deserve it |
>| It will be worth it - Depeche Mode |
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From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer broken with new kernel..
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:15:00 -0700
Did you remember to use a dev # one less then in 2.0.x? /dev/lp1 is now
/dev/lp0.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Opinions on linux cd-rom vendors?
Date: 28 Jun 1999 02:31:03 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Stanbury) writes:
>I've decided to order Slackware 4.0 on cdrom from some internet
>vendor, and I'm wondering which vendor I should go with? As in,
>Walnut Creek, Linuxmall, Cheapbytes, etc. Does it make any
>difference? I mean, things cost so much less at Cheapbytes, but are
>their products somehow of worse quality? Thanks for any and all
>opinions.
I have purchased twice from cheapbytes, and bothtimes got the CDs
quickly and they worked. I have not tried the others.
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From: Conway Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.2.5 vs. 2.2.7/2.2.10 with RAID 1
Date: 27 Jun 1999 22:01:13 -0400
>Maybe you should send along a copy of dmesg and /proc/mdstat?
The problem appears to be that 2.2.10 is not autodetecting the arrays.
No autodetect option appears in configuring the kernel.
In any case, here are the files.
Personalities : [3 raid1]
read_ahead not set
md0 : inactive
md1 : inactive
md2 : inactive
md3 : inactive
Linux version 2.2.10 (root@dora) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-
1.1.2 release)) #4 Sat Jun 26 16:54:25 EDT 1999
Detected 300685645 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 599.65 BogoMIPS
Memory: 63328k/65536k available (876k kernel code, 412k reserved, 864k data, 56k
init)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: AMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 00
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb3e0
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd v 1.5
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2,EPP]
parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
parport1: PC-style at 0x278 [SPP]
parport1: no IEEE-1284 device present.
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with SHARE_IRQ enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp1: using parport1 (polling).
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf400-0xf407, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf408-0xf40f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: WDC AC36400L, ATA DISK drive
hdb: FX320S, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdc: Maxtor 84004 A8 -, ATA DISK drive
hdd: 625A, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: WDC AC36400L, 6149MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=784/255/63
hdc: Maxtor 84004 A8 -, 3818MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=7758/16/63
hdb: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
hdd: ATAPI 2X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache
paride: epat registered as protocol 0
pd: pd version 1.05, major 45, cluster 64, nice 0
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
raid1 personality registered
ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)
ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit
ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bit
scsi0 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: J.03
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
Partition check:
sda: sda2
pda: Sharing parport0 at 0x378
pda: epat 1.01, Shuttle EPAT chip c3 at 0x378, mode 5 (EPP-32), delay 1
pda: SyQuest EZ135A, master, 262144 blocks [128M], (512/16/32), removable media
pda: pda2
hda: hda1 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 > hda2 hda3 hda4
hdc: hdc1 < hdc5 hdc6 > hdc2 hdc3
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 56k freed
Adding Swap: 160580k swap-space (priority -1)
Adding Swap: 56380k swap-space (priority -2)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: Opinions on linux cd-rom vendors?
Date: 28 Jun 1999 02:43:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Bill Unruh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Stanbury) writes:
>
>>I've decided to order Slackware 4.0 on cdrom from some internet
>>vendor, and I'm wondering which vendor I should go with? As in,
>>Walnut Creek, Linuxmall, Cheapbytes, etc. Does it make any
>>difference? I mean, things cost so much less at Cheapbytes, but are
>>their products somehow of worse quality? Thanks for any and all
>>opinions.
>
> I have purchased twice from cheapbytes, and bothtimes got the CDs
> quickly and they worked. I have not tried the others.
>
I have used linuxmall 3 times in the past year and have not had any
problems. Min shipping charges is $7 so I buy a lot of <$2 cds at a time to
make up for the high initial shipping charges..
- Justin
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:59:18 -0700
Darren Winsper wrote:
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, John Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the Linux
> > ones?
> >
> > Apart from mouthing off why doesnt the Linux community get some benchmarks
> > done?
>
> Er...PC Week did a benchmark which showed Linux/SAMBA beating NT at
> serving NT clients.
>
> As for getting benchmarks done, the results to the latest Mindcraft
> benchmark are due out very soon.
>
I just posted it a little while ago in this ng. Sorry , Linux lost
again. But the margins were much smaller this time around.
Also, Why Redhat? If I remember correctly. ZDNet or PC Week (can't
remember who) did a Linux distro tests
awhile ago, the result was OpenLinux was the fastest distro, Redhat is
way below OpenLinux.
But still. Speed is not everything for a server. I 'd choose stability
over speed anytime.
Alex Lam.
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> Darren Winsper - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/darren.winsper
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> '"Whaddar we gonna do today Bill?" "The same thing we do every day,
> Balmer...."' - Craig Kelly in comp.os.linux.advocacy
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