Linux-Misc Digest #173, Volume #21 Mon, 26 Jul 99 16:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Bootable Cd for Linux (Bruno Quesnel)
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? (Tom Christensen)
Re: Memory usage of window managers-need info (Larry)
animating images without using all resources... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Download Manager (Larry)
Re: Newbie basic questions... many questions (Larry)
kppp "Could not connect to host"? (See sig for reply)
Re: 2 Nics on 1 PC ("Kerry J. Cox")
Re: CIA assassinations ("A.T.Z.")
Re: cp -r versus cp -R (Larry)
Re: Listing Problem? (Larry)
Re: CIA assassinations ("A.T.Z.")
Re: Overwritten LILO (Bob Tennent)
Setting environment in bash shell? (Gordon Anderson)
Filesystem performance: ext2 vs. vfat? ("Steve Snyder")
Powering down, RH6.0 with new kernel (Steven E Bourland)
Third hard drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gdm/xdm Problem (Nathan Lundblad)
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From: Bruno Quesnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Bootable Cd for Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:03:51 GMT
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I'm interested in doing bootable images of custom distribution for the
companies site for install and recovery plan.
Can someone tel me of a piece of software or methode to make this
possible.
Thanks in advance
--
Unix is user-friendly; it's just a little particular about which
users it is friendly to.
Bruno Quesnel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Genie Electrique [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electrical engineering VA2 BMG
Ecole de technologie Superieure
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I'm interested in doing bootable images of custom distribution for the
companies site for install and recovery plan.
<p>Can someone tel me of a piece of software or methode to make this possible.
<p>Thanks in advance
<pre>--
Unix is user-friendly; it's just a little particular about which
users it is friendly to.
Bruno
Quesnel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Genie
Electrique
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electrical
engineering
VA2 BMG
Ecole de technologie Superieure</pre>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Christensen)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:39:53 +0200
In article <7ng94f$f5m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >"CL" == "Chris Lee" writes:
> >
> >CL> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >CL> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >CL> >
> >CL> >"CL" == "Chris Lee" writes:
> >CL> >
> >CL> >CL> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >CL> >CL> says...
> >CL> >CL> >
> >CL> >CL> >
> >CL> >CL> >
> >CL> >CL> >Chris Lee wrote:
> >CL> >CL> >>
> >CL> >CL> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >CL> >CL> >> says...
> >CL> >CL> >> >
> >CL> >CL
> >CL> >CL> Who says it's the best? Amiga users? Give me a break....
> >CL> >CL>
> >CL> >No I say it is and I've used many platforms. You know nothing
> >CL> >about miami or its ease of use and connection, nor any of it
> >CL> >power. So you are again speaking out of ignorance, and making a
> >CL> >complete fool out of yourself..
> >CL>
> >CL> Miami is better and more powerful than PPPD? Sure it is dude.
> >CL> Suuure it is....NOT.
> >Give it up DUDE! You know NOTHING about Miami, and I've seen from
> >your previous post that you are completely CLUELESS, and you continue
> >to make an ass out of yourself.
> >
> >Just stop....you're embarassing yourself.
>
> I tried Miami out on my A3000. I wasn't impressed by it. Have you tried
> using PPPD on a linux machine? Didn't think so....
Not impressed..... :D you must be kidding!. ?
Miami is THE UTIL for the Amiga that have made all amiga users get on the
net. I wish I had something like this for my win... setup.
In my mind Holger.K should be given a award for the best util ever for
the Amiga.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Subject: Re: Memory usage of window managers-need info
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:42:01 -0600
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 09:15:27 -04-59, Tom Shannon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 02:15:13 -0400, ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Ronald Haynes wrote:
>>>
>>> What other "nice" window managers
>>> exist with the same functionality but less in terms of
>>> system drain. Any references to memory usage for the
>>> common window managers?
>>
>One of the most efficient non-fvwm window managers that I've used is
>WindowMaker. According to their web site, one of the objectives of
>the WindowMaker project was to keep memory usage to a minimum. It
>only uses 3.5 meg with no open windows and 4 virtual desktops. The
>clip is very functional and works well in place of the Gnome/KDE
>"start" bars.
I agree whole-heartedly. I have tried all the windowmanagers and found the
best to be WindowMaker. And you'll love the little dockapps that you can get
for WindowMaker. It's a hoot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: animating images without using all resources...
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:06:17 GMT
I need to animate some images from the command line and then have a
viewer open up to display the image.
I was using Image Magick's animate but have found it takes way too
much resources. I could have 4 to 10 different animations running at
one time, this isn't possible with Image Magick. Is there a
combination of a animation creator and viewer that would not create
such an overload on the system.
I was also thinking of creating mpegs, because they are relatively kind
to the system resources. I have not been able to find a program that
can be used at the command line to simply create an animation. The
programs that I have seen require files specifying details about the
files I will be using.
I would prefer to just have something like mpeg_encoder *.jpg and have
a few switches to customize it a bit. Is there a program out there
like this which takes care of the other details.
Thanks.
Danny
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Download Manager
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:41:59 -0600
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:23:26 +0000, Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>John Napier wrote:
>> Is there a Download Manager for Linux like "GoZilla" or "Getright"
>> which can auto-resume (or even manually resume) broken downloads.
>
>wget.
Or just use reget in your regular ftp.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Subject: Re: Newbie basic questions... many questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:42:03 -0600
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 10:38:49 -0400, Frank Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Here is a challenge:
>
>I need to start using Linux for several reasons (too many to enumerate...).
>I have never used Linux or Unix for that matter. Even the "language" used by
>everyone describing steps or recommendations is foreign to me. I have
>extensive knowledge of (cough, cough) Windows 9X and NT but no Unix
>experience of any kind.
>
>So here are some of my questions:
>
>1- Is there a good FAQ list that I could start with instead of pestering
>everyone with my questions?
>
>2- At the same time that I start with the FAQ, I would like to take a crack
>at installing Linux. I've done some research and apparently all my hardware
>is compatible (at least with RedHat). What is the best use of my dollars?
>RedHat? Slackware? Or are there any others that I may want to look at? At
>this stage I don't need the most powerful or the fastest implementation just
>the easiest to install. Is there a site that compares the different
>implementations?
>
>3- Are there specialized FAQs for some of the more "arcane" subjects: for
>example network or performance issues?
>
>At this time I would rather be pointed to where these issues are addressed
>instead of being told what to do ( not that I wouldn't welcome the answers
>:-)
>
>Thank You
>
>ps: if I committed a "faux pass" by asking these questions in the wrong
>newsgroup, please just point me to the correct one. Thanks
Do a search on the web for "linux documentation project" and you will get
more FAQS, HOWTO's, and DOCS than you'll be able to read in a year.
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From: See sig for reply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kppp "Could not connect to host"?
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 21:09:40 GMT
Hello *,
as a first time user of kppp i ran into a problem for which I could find
no solution in the kppp documentation.
The modem manages the connection to the provider but when I type a known
URL like "http://www.somewhere.com" in the kpm window, the URL lookup
fails:
There is a repeated exchange of short messages on the line (LED flicker)
an then a dialog box complains that the host could not be connected.
Here's a section of the ppp-log:
--- CUT start ---
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: Remote message:
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15>
<deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr
151.189.6.146>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 11 06 00 01 01 03>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 11 06 00 01 01 03>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 192.168.75.231>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 192.168.75.231>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 <deflate 15>
<deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x2]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 151.189.6.146>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 151.189.6.146>]
May 9 11:10:04 flatbox pppd[682]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 192.168.75.231>]
--- CUT end ---
(Date wasn't set properly during the tests)
Can anyone give me a hint?
Thanks!
Detlef.
PS: KDE 1.1.1
+++
no archive: yes
--
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Due to bad spam experience, my header is faked. To send email to me
remove the ".no" from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry for the inconvenience.
May the bugs and computer-viruses eat the spammers alive!
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2 Nics on 1 PC
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:00:06 -0600
Kalle,
If you could be more specific about what types of NICs you have in place,
what version of Linux you are running, and any other options, I could perhaps
help. I, too, am in the process of setting up several firewalls and could
perhaps be of assistance and would be willing to exchange info.
You might want to check out some of the HowTo pages and/or FAQ.
KJ
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Kalle Wisch wrote:
> Help.
>
> We are trying to configure a Firewall and we have 2 Network Cards running.
> Each in a different segment of the Net and different domains.
> They are both working, but the ping answering times are very bad.
> The routing seems to be wrong...
> How to configure?
>
> Greets
>
> Kalle Wisch
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From: "A.T.Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:24:16 +0200
Michael Powe schreef:
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> >>>>> "ATZ" == A T Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> >> In some societies, where resources are scarce, people are
> >> >> abandoned to die when they no longer can provide service to
> >> the >> community. In a society with a surfeit of wealth,
> >> there's no >> excuse for adopting that attitude.
>
> ATZ> In The Netherlands (here) nobody has to die because he or she
> ATZ> doesn't have a job. To many people without jobs are
> ATZ> complaining about their situation and they don't do a single
> ATZ> thing to get a real job. I don't think I have an attitude
> ATZ> problem. If a person has good health and he or she can work,
> >> Go back and look at your own text. What is a "real job"?
> >> Flipping hamburgers?
>
> ATZ> ANY job.
>
> >> Truth is, most people who have "real jobs" are treated like
> >> dirt by the bourgeois.
>
> ATZ> Some people can't respect others. This is not a matter of
> ATZ> income but how people think about others.
>
> No, it is a matter of income.
No, it's a matter of how people think about others. I know a few people
who are rich, at least, they don't need to work and should live 100 years
to spend all their money. Those are very very nice. A few others I know,
who have an average income, are not half as good. So income (or wealth)
has nothing to do with it.
> >> Basically, you give people the choice of working and being
> >> sneered at, or sitting at home and being sneered at. Gee,
> >> tough choice.
>
> ATZ> Is it a tough choice? I've been there. Just after graduation
> ATZ> I couldn't find a job. Therefore I accepted a job in a
> ATZ> factory, yes some people sneered at me but only until I
> ATZ> explained to them why I was working. I think that if someone
> ATZ> can provide a income for his or herself, he or she should.
>
> Ah gee, isn't that touching. You worked in a factory for a few
> months. So, that makes you some kind of expert on what it's like.
NO. On both questions, and it was more than a few months. And I'm not
complaining it was my own choice. I strongly believe that if you can
provide a income for yourself (and family) you should do so.
> Get back to me after you've worked in one for 20 years. And who were
> all those people who sneered at you until you made excuses for why you
> were working there? Clearly, you and they both felt that being a
> factory worker was demeaning, something you only did temporarily until
> you could get a "real" job.
Wrong. Totaly taken out of perspective. The people who sneered were just
one or two steps above me. And it was a real job, but not for someone with
my education.
> ATZ> he or she has to do everything to get a real job. For people
> ATZ> who do not succeed in getting a job social security should
> ATZ> provide an income. Our government has the policy that those
> ATZ> people who don't want to find a job get less money from
> ATZ> social security. You can't compare the situation in countries
> ATZ> the way you do, some people would call it their culture and
> ATZ> you could really insult them with what you're saying.
>
> >> I'm sure I don't know to what this refers.
>
> ATZ> You wrote "In some societies, where resources are scarce,
> ATZ> people are abandoned todie when they no longer can provide
> ATZ> service to the community."
>
> That's right and it's true. And you advocate some such process.
Nope. Again taken out of perspective. see above.
> >> >> The answer to your question is: you're the "loser," a "man"
> >> >> whose morals are still those of that first creature to drop
> >> >> from the tree and walk upright on the ground.
> >>
> ATZ> Do you really want to insult me for my opinion?? And yes I
> ATZ> would be a loser if I was paying to much tax.
>
> >> There's more to life than money.
>
> ATZ> Yes. Stocks, bonds, options, falcons, car, big house, love
> ATZ> and last but most certainly not least sex.
>
> You seem to have muddled up the good and the irrelevant -- it seems
> you can't tell the difference.
Perhaps from your point of view. But when a country would act the way you
want it to it's soon going to be bankrupt.
>
>
> mp
>
> - ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Michael Powe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Portland, Oregon USA http://www.trollope.org
> - --
> Amount of all stock owned by the least wealthy 90% of America: 18%
> Amount of all stock owned by the most wealthy 1% of America: 41%
> [Economic Policy Institute]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Subject: Re: cp -r versus cp -R
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:41:56 -0600
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 19:13:41 +0200, R.K.Aa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>William Burrow wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:41:12 +0000,
>> RKAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Any idea how -R copies /proc/kcore ? just curious.
>>
>> kcore is a regular file, so if you had permission to access it, cp would
>> copy the entire thing. Which is one good reason to umount /proc if you
>> want to cp -R /.
>
>Hmm. Isn't kcore just a "visualisation" of what's stored in memory and
>not a real file occupying space?
That's right. Man proc to see that man says it is a pseudo-file.
Pseudo; meaning not real, sham..etc. It takes up no drive space.
>The bugger actually chomps up space too?
Nope.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Listing Problem?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:42:00 -0600
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:43:19 +0530, Alok R Saboo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
> Is there any command in Linux similar to "dir/s" option in DOS?
>Suppose we want to list all files with extension .EXE we could give "dir
>*.exe/s" in DOS, what is the substitute command for Linux?
Read the ls man page.
ls -la would be what you are most likely looking for.
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From: "A.T.Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:41:23 +0200
Larry schreef:
> On 26 Jul 1999 02:10:22 -0700, Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Michel> For the record I am not born in a rich family. My father
> > Michel> had 14 children and we were very very poor. I worked hard
> > Michel> to pay for my college and university education, I had no
> > Michel> one to help me. I worked on tobacco farms in the summer,
> > Michel> worked night shift cleaning up floors and doing other
> > Michel> creasy jobs during the winter and still managed to get
> > Michel> good grades and am now a successfull electronic engineer.
> >
> > Michel> So all that bullshit about the poors not being able to get
> > Michel> out of the shit I'm sure you know where I think you should
> > Michel> stick up to.
> >
> > >> This does not prove that you were anything but a lucky
> > >> exception. Hard work does NOT guarantee success -- if you're
> > >> an honest man, you admit that. Most people work hard ALL THEIR
> > >> LIVES and never get anywhere. That's the cold hard reality.
>
> Hard work does guarantee success, to those who view success as being
> something other than money. But it is easy to see that your view of success
> is dependant upon how much money you have.
>
> You sir are a loser in life. That is easily seen from your writing, and the
> way you constantly complain about other people's success.
>
> Loser, loser, loser.
This comes close to NA NA NA NANA.
Not sure if he is a loser, it can be he is a socialist or, worse, a communist. You
know everyone is equal. Like a Sovjet president owning 30 Rolls Royces, and the
"man on the street" can bearly buy a Scoda. You see, communism works, at least,
for the president.
The worst thing is, he believes what he is writing.
> >
> > Michel> Everyone in my family who chose to complete their college
> > Michel> education did very well. Even the ones who did not pursue
> > Michel> high education did fairly well for themselves and no one
> > Michel> ever had to live on public assistance. When you want to
> > Michel> work there is a job somewhere.
> >
> >"Wanting to work" and getting a job do not guarantee success. You
> >completely ignored what I wrote.
> >
> > Michel> After one of my young brothers got killed by a drunk
> > Michel> driver I dropped out of college and went to work as a
> > Michel> transient worker and always had something to eat. Life was
> > Michel> hard for that period of my life but I saved my pennies and
> > Michel> went back to college some 5 years later and I graduated in
> > Michel> engineering.
> >
> > Michel> No it was not luck, at least not for me. It was hard work
> > Michel> all the way. And my wife comes for an even poorer
> > Michel> background, as the natives are the poorest people in this
> > Michel> country.
> >
> >You're confused. Hard work + luck == success. To say that no one
> >ever gave you a break along the way is just foolish pride.
> >
> > Michel> One thing about the USA is that anyone who put his mind to
> > Michel> it can succeed. Sometime it can be very very hard but it
> >
> >This is not true and it's just arrogant for you to think so. By
> >claiming all the credit for your success, you show ingratitude toward
> >all the people who helped you along the way.
> >
> > Michel> This country is the land of opportunities where everyone
> > Michel> has a chance to make it good. The catch is that you must
> > Michel> do it on your own and you can't expect the society or the
> > Michel> government to do it for you.
> >
> >Right. So, you went to a private university -- one with no public
> >funding. And that was after you graduated from a private school --
> >one with no public funding. And you used no gov't-sponsored loans to
> >help you along the way. Well, that's a tough row to hoe.
> >
> >mp
> >
> >- ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Michael Powe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Portland, Oregon USA http://www.trollope.org
> >- --
> >Amount of all stock owned by the least wealthy 90% of America: 18%
> >Amount of all stock owned by the most wealthy 1% of America: 41%
> > [Economic Policy Institute]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Overwritten LILO
Date: 21 Jul 1999 02:17:42 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:41:36 -0400, Fred W. Snyder wrote:
>
>Is there any way I can recreate LILO and access the intact file systems
>of my Linux installation?
>
Borrow boot/rescue disks from a friend and mount the drive
as follows:
mount /dev/hd?? /mnt
If necessary also mount to /mnt/boot if that's on another partition.
Then cd /mnt/etc and do
ROOT=/mnt /mnt/sbin/lilo
You should be back in business.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gordon Anderson)
Subject: Setting environment in bash shell?
Date: 26 Jul 1999 19:42:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gordon Anderson)
The setenv command is not available in bash. Is there some other
way to accomplish the same thing.? After installing Netscape, the
instructions said to aa addt to profile a setenv MOZILLA_HOME
/usr/locaal /netscape. Netscape doesn't work so I wanted to try
this. Thanks
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From: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Filesystem performance: ext2 vs. vfat?
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:25:24 GMT
Any views on the relative performance under Linux (kernel v2.2.10) of
the ext2 vs. vfat filesystems?
My /tmp directory is currently located on my main physical drive along
with the rest of RedHat v6.0. I'm considering moving it to a
different physical drive, on a partition which I must keep
vfat-formatted. The idea here is to improve overall system
performance by spreading the disk activity between 2 disks.
Note that the 2 physical drives are roughly equal in performance
(access times, buffer size, etc.). Any performance differential would
be in the filesystem used, not in the hardware itself.
So... would I be enhancing or reducing performance by moving the /tmp
directory on a ext2-formatted drive to a vfat-formatted drive?
Thank you.
***** Steve Snyder *****
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From: Steven E Bourland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Powering down, RH6.0 with new kernel
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:52:27 -0500
When I first installed RH6.0 and 'shutdown -h now', the machine would
actually
power down on its own (I didn't have to hit the power switch). Being
the lazy boy
that I am, when I compiled a new kernel (2.2.10) and it quit powering
down on its
own, I was quite miffed. I saw earlier posted re: Suse and this problem
which said
to add '-p' to the final line in rc.halt. Well, I checked my rc.halt
and it seems to
already have the '-p' in there (along with three other switches, which I
don't recall
right now as I am at work). The line looked something like:
$eval -i -v -p
(Not super sure I am remember things correctly).
Is anyone else having this occur? Anyone know how to get it back to the
lazy man's
situation where I don't have to put all that effort into crawling under
my table to find
the silly power button?
TIA,
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Third hard drive
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:30:29 GMT
I have slackware running on a celeron 333. I already have two IDE hard
disks and one CDROM on /dev/hda1, /dev/hdb1 and /dev/hdc respectively.
I have no other OS on this machine and lilo uses the MBR to boot
straight into linux. Now I wish to add a third HDD (/dev/hdd1) with
win95 just to play games that are not available to run on linux. I
already have win95 installed (using a different PC) on the new HDD. I
already connected the new HDD to my bus to see if it was seen at boot,
which it was.
How to I make lilo offer me a choice of either booting into linux or
into windows95?
I do not wish to mount the third drive when I boot into linux. I just
want to toggle between a "solitary" slackware box or a "solitary" Win95
PC.
Thanks,
S K Ghori.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathan Lundblad)
Subject: gdm/xdm Problem
Date: 26 Jul 1999 19:39:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I recently installed RH6 and decided I wanted a graphical login.
(typing startx was getting on my nerves.)
I changed the runlevel in /etc/inittab to 5, and observed that the
final line in that file invoked prefdm, linked to gdm.
I rebooted.
It all came up fine, and I can log in as root (it puts me into gnome,
despite the directions of the ~root/.xinitrc) but I cannot log in
as user; I get a flash of grey X screen, and then back to the gdm login
screen. This is Peevesome, as I like being user.
I have the same .xinitrc in ~user as in ~root, and have linked a .xsession
to .xinitrc in both. What is going on here?
Ironically, if I replace 'prefdm' with 'xdm' in /etc/inittab I can log in
fine as user, but I'd much rather use gdm. It's prettier, and allows
several options for user environments.
Anyway, comments appreciated.
--
Nathan Lundblad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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