Linux-Misc Digest #988, Volume #24 Thu, 29 Jun 00 13:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need clarification: what really is 'MBR' and what is 'BOOT SECTOR'? (Rod Smith)
Re: Gnome vs KDE (Roberto Alsina)
Re: ASF on Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need clarification: what really is 'MBR' and what is 'BOOT SECTOR'? (Rod Smith)
Re: Linux Command. (Philip Chapman)
Need Reboot Script ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
good reference (sylvain hutchison)
Re: Images to mpeg... (Dances With Crows)
Re: Need Reboot Script (Hal Burgiss)
SCSI Zip drive stoped working (Robert Wiegand)
VGA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Full System Restore ("Russ")
Re: Can't view png images (Bill Piety)
Re: Any recommendations for distributions? (Rod Smith)
Humerous Anecdote (Philip Chapman)
Re: database benchmarks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on Tiny Computer PIII (Bill Piety)
Re: Gnome vs KDE
Re: "screen" problems while using a vt320 (Pete Zaitcev)
Re: OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux (Rod Smith)
Re: Images to mpeg... (Craig Jones)
Re: good reference (Rod Smith)
the REAL scoop on SMP? ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux (Vilmos Soti)
Chewtoy.com and echoes from the past (David Steuber)
Re: Linux Command. (Alex Chu)
Backing up LVS cluster with amanda (Albert Hopkins)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Need clarification: what really is 'MBR' and what is 'BOOT SECTOR'?
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:17:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Rod Smith wrote:
>>
> (snipped a lot of fine and consistent explanation...).
>> NT does, however, re-write the
>> MBR when you install it, so it'll wipe out MBR-based boot loaders. Other
>> boot loaders, such as Linux's LILO, can reside in the MBR (LILO can also
>> reside in a partition's boot sector).
>
> As opposed to most of your explanation, I disagree with the item above.
> NT (4.0, no experience with W2K), *does* replace a MBR if it's a
> "standard" DOS or Win95/98 one. BUT it leaves a LILO MBR alone if
> installed AFTER Linux
Hmmm.... I could have sworn that NT 4.0 wiped out LILO or System
Commander (whichever I was using at the time) when I last installed it.
I might be dis-remembering, though, or maybe it just disabled a boot
loader that wasn't in the MBR, but in the boot sector of another primary
partition. It's also possible that NT's "don't-touch-the-MBR" detection
code is imperfect, so it wipes out some versions of LILO but not others.
I do know that Win2K did not touch my System Commander installation when
I installed Win2K, which surprised me. That's much friendlier behavior
than I'm used to seeing from Microsoft OS installations.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome vs KDE
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:08:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: Matthew Matchura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Should I spend time getting used to KDE or Gnome? I tried both and
> I
> > can't say I developed definite preference. Which desktop most
> people
> > use? I've heard KDE is considered to be more promising (with KDE2
> to be
> > released soon). How come Gnome is RedHat's default desktop?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Wroot
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> Red Hat wanted to use entirely GNU based software. This includes teh
> underlying libs.
>
> KDE is QT based, proprietory/commercial.
You must have a very slow newsfeed, if you have not heard that Qt is
free software.
> GNOME is GTK based, entirely GNU.
--
Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ASF on Linux?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:08:21 +0100
Nicholas Murison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> What the fuck is this? Who the hell is chewtoy.com and why are they
> quoting us?
Much worse than that... They're just reposting all these old articles,
fiddling with the formatting and sticking a new message ID on. They look
like they were posted by us lot otherwise.
I didn't notice the message ID at first, (someone else pointed that out).
I thought some crapped up news server had barfed out a lot of old posts.
(But newsservers don't mess with the content)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Need clarification: what really is 'MBR' and what is 'BOOT SECTOR'?
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:21:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> The MBR is loaded into memory, but I thought previous poster wrote
> copying into memory -- like shadowing.
A previous poster did use the word "copy." Personally, I don't interpret
that as being necessarily permanent or to imply any sort of automatic
write-back operation. Of course, the poster who used the word "copy"
might have meant more by that....
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Philip Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Command.
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:28:10 GMT
In article <8jfogl$54h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joshua Baker-LePain
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Can someone tell me if there is any linux command
>> which is similar to MSDOS Command - DIR /P ???
>
>> I am using 'ls -al' to display complete
>> information for the files and dircetorys, but i
>> cannot pause it page by page.
>
> ls -al | more
>
> You're piping (the "|") the stdout of ls -al through more, which
> displays a screenful at a time.
>
You may also want to try
ls -al | less
less is like more, only ... um ... more. For instance, less will let
you page up and down through the file it is displaying rather
than just down.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need Reboot Script
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:37:38 -0000
Hello,
I would like a scipt or a way to tell my Linux box to reboot. It could be either
in so many hours or at a specific time and date.
Thanks for your time.
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From: sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: good reference
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:42:59 -0700
I'm looking for a good book to learn more about Red Hat 6.1, can anybody
suggest me a good reference, thank you,
Sly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Images to mpeg...
Date: 29 Jun 2000 11:36:29 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:25:52 GMT, Craig Jones
<<8jfioc$7e1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>All I want to do is create simple mpeg video loops (no audio) to put
>into a powerpoint presentation. I have a set of 10-50 images (jpeg,
>whatever) that change over time and I want to put them all into an MPEG
>and then put into a presentation. I was doing this into an animiated
>GIF, but wanted to try out an MPEG file instead.
>
>So... is there any simple way, or should I continue looking into the
>heroine linux solution?
Use the Berkeley mpeg_encode utility.
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/research/mpeg/mpeg_encode.html
It's fairly simple, just untar, ./configure, make, and have a look at the
sample encoder file as it has loads of comments on what you can change and
the options you can set.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Need Reboot Script
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:56:30 GMT
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:37:38 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
> I would like a scipt or a way to tell my Linux box to reboot. It could be either
>in so many hours or at a specific time and date.
'man at' and 'man reboot'.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Zip drive stoped working
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:37:45 -0500
I have an externale SCSI that has stopped working properly with my computer.
It is a Dell Optiplex GX1 running Mandrake 7.1. The drive used to work.
When I mount the drive at first it seems to be working, but when I try using
it,
it quickly locks up. Sometimes it even locks or crashed the entire machine.
I don't think the drive itself is bad because it works correctly when
connected
to another computer. This computer is also running Mandrake 7.1.
I also don't think that the SCSI card is bad because a tape drive on the
same bus work properly.
I get error messages like the following in my system logs:
Jun 29 10:25:42 pluto kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid
9850, scsi1, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Prevent/Allow Medium RemovaJun 29 10:25:42
pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Aborting scb 2, flags 0x6
Jun 29 10:25:42 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) SCB found on waiting list and
aborted.
Jun 29 10:25:42 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Aborting scb 2
Jun 29 10:25:42 pluto kernel: (scsi1:-1:-1:-1) 1 commands found and queued for
completion.
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: SCSI host 1 abort (pid 9008) timed out -
resetting
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0.
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Reset called, scb 0, flags 0x4
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Bus Device reset, scb flags 0x4,
Data-In phase
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) SCSISIGI 0x46, SEQADDR 0x11a,
SSTAT0 0x5, SSTAT1 0x3
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Device reset message in message
buffer
Jun 29 10:25:50 pluto kernel: (scsi1:-1:-1:-1) 0 commands found and queued for
completion.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: SCSI host 1 channel 0 reset (pid 9008) timed out
- trying harder
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Reset called, scb 0, flags 0x64
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Reset channel called, will
initiate reset.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Resetting currently active
channel.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Channel reset
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Reset device, active_scb 0
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:0:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:1:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:2:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:3:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:51 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:4:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:52 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:52 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:6:-1) Cleaning up status information
and delayed_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:52 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Cleaning QINFIFO.
Jun 29 10:25:53 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Cleaning waiting_scbs.
Jun 29 10:25:53 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Cleaning waiting for selection
list.
Jun 29 10:25:53 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:-1:-1) Cleaning disconnected scbs list.
Jun 29 10:25:53 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Aborting scb 0
Jun 29 10:25:54 pluto kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Aborting scb 2
Jun 29 10:25:54 pluto kernel: (scsi1:-1:-1:-1) 2 commands found and queued for
completion.
Jun 29 10:25:54 pluto kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:24, sector 638
Jun 29 10:26:00 pluto kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:24, sector 12
Jun 29 10:28:14 pluto kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:24, sector 2
I'm stuck and don't know what to try next. Any ideas?
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VGA
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:04:06 GMT
Hi,
I'm trying to run X on my linux machine.
All I get is a resolution of 320x204
My monitor ID is CTX 1551
I ran the following command : X > /tmp/x.out 2>&1
"I got Mode 640x480 needs hsynx freq of 53.01Khz deleted"
I need to run X in 640x480.
Any advise?
Thank you
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Before you buy.
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Reply-To: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Full System Restore
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:02:07 -0500
I use the Symantec Ghost program to periodically make an image of my root
drive and store it on CD. Should the drive ever head south it's just a
matter of booting from a dos floppy (or you could make the CD bootable),
running Ghost to stuff the image back on to the drive, boot from a Linux
floppy, re-run lilo, and I'm back up again in less than 20 min.
Russ
"Brian Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I performed a full system backup using 'tar' and backed up every thing
> from '/' on down. I went to perform a full system restore using the same
> tape and the system totally froze up when attempting to restore
> the /lib/ld-2.1.2.so and /lib/ld-linux.so.2 files.
>
> Is there a way to boot and run a kernal that will not utilize any
> libraries on the hard drive so that I can complete my full system restore?
>
> What happens if a hard drive totally crashes? Must you first install the
> OS from the CD-ROM and restore selected file systems?
>
> Doesn't make any sense. What is the point of backing up the full system
> then.
>
> Help!!!!!
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Bill Piety <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't view png images
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:32:48 +0000
Anthony wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Praedor Tempus
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I don't get it. I have libpng installed, and I have plugger installed
> > for use with my Netscape 4.72 yet whenever I try to open a png image on
> > a website, I get a message that it is an unknown or unsupported image
> > type.
> >
> > What does it take to be able to view png images? If I check my plugins,
> > I see that png mimetypes are extant and enabled by plugger 3.2.
>
>
I had the same scenario with plugger & Netscape. Per a ng tip
I deleted the png entry by plugger, restarted NS and all was OK.
Netscape seems to natively handle png. Never a problem since.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Any recommendations for distributions?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:33:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Also, can anyone point me to a good, comlete list of drivers for any
>> Linux distribution?
>>
> FreeBSD.
Just in case any newbies were wondering, FreeBSD is neither a list of
drivers nor a Linux distribution. It's an alternative UNIX-like OS.
Check http://www.freebsd.org. It may or may not be suitable for any
given person's needs. Similar comments apply to Linux, of course, as
well as to specific Linux distributions.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Philip Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Humerous Anecdote
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:39:42 GMT
Just now, I clicked on File -> New -> Navigator Window
My screen went blank
The Blue Screen of Death appeared
Deja Vue
How can this be? I'm running Linux.
My screensaver is set to random. It went into effect just as I was opening a
new window. It chose to enterntain me with Bsod. How appropriate!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: database benchmarks
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:34:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:47:50 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <akkhan@my-
deja.com> wrote:
> |
> |
> | Anyone know where I can find some tpc (www.tpc.org) benchmarks for
> | databases which run under linux, eg. oracle, sybase, mysql,...?
> | Speed and cost comparisons is what I'm looking for.
> |
> | I couldn't find any linux benchmarks at www.tcp.org
> | I'm very curious to see just how these dbms' stack up on linux
> | versus other operating systems, eg. windows, solaris, etc.
>
> Considering the fact that dbms's on Linux use regular files i.s.o.
raw disks,
> I think the outcome will be no surprise. Linux will get a (very) low
> ranking...
>
> Koos Pol
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
I read somewhere that raw disks don't make a dramatic difference in
speed, since "cooked" files are used instead.
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From: Bill Piety <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Tiny Computer PIII
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:46:50 +0000
Fabrice Colin wrote:
> Douglas Lithgow wrote:
> >
> > I've tried Mandrake 7.0 and SUSE 6.4, and can only get a text version of
> > Linux running on my PC (Tiny Pentium III 600Mhz, the Chipset and
> > graphics are Intel 810). It has a 17Gb HDD which is now back to being
> > Primary running Win 98 Sr2. Ideally I would like to split this into 2
> > (approx 8Gb each for Win98 & Linux). I can Partition magic this okay,
> > although Boot Magic v1 has a problem, when I select Linux, it just keeps
> > rebooting. When I did have it working, as I say it was Text only.
> > Even the install programs are Text based, YAST2 according to the manual
> > I have should be graphical, but it does not come up as shown. I use the
> > graphical version of YAST.
> > Mandrake does not have the monitor in the list, every option I try the
> > screen looks too big.
> OK so the install went fine but in both cases it was in text mode ?
> And with both SuSE and Mandrake, you can't run X ?
> I don't know these two distros but it sounds like the i810 is not
> supported by XFree86. It may be worth checking on their website.
> Maybe it's supported by AcceleratedX ?
>
> Fabrice
There's been a lot of discussion about the i810. Intel has
posted a support page for Linux X installs. X 3.3.6 is
supposed to include a module. Check the following:
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
for more info if you're installing X 3.3.5.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Gnome vs KDE
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:44:38 GMT
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:08:51 GMT, Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> From: Matthew Matchura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[deletia]
>>
>> Red Hat wanted to use entirely GNU based software. This includes teh
>> underlying libs.
>>
>> KDE is QT based, proprietory/commercial.
>
>You must have a very slow newsfeed, if you have not heard that Qt is
>free software.
No, you're just being willfully misleading.
>
>> GNOME is GTK based, entirely GNU.
[deletia]
The proof is in the ports (and the 3rd party contributions).
If QT is genuinely 'free' then there should be plenty of
developers that share this perception and have been adding
little things to QT like BeOS or MacOS support.
Until that starts happening, what Troll (or you) choose to
label the product is moot.
--
|||
/ | \
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Zaitcev)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: "screen" problems while using a vt320
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:46:02 GMT
I use screen on vt-320 and it is almost fully functional, however
rapid region scrolling can cause image corruption (noticeable with slrn).
My version is:
Screen version 3.07.04 (FAU) 23-Jun-97
Try to recompile screen yourself. This is what I have done.
Also, my screen segfaulted on libc5, the problem fixed itself
when I switched to glibc 2.0.7 (running glibc 2.1.3 now).
Also make sure that you have x-on/x-off set right in the terminal setup.
--Pete
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:16:09 GMT, Matthew Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Screen works just fine from an xterm or the console. But, when I run it from
> my vt320 it does nothing, just prints one blank line. It doesn't even start
> a new shell, which the man page says is one of the first things it does.
>[...]
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:46:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I tried 6, 7 distros of Linux, since the pre-ELF days.
>
> And FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Win 3.x, Win9.x Win
> NT.
>
> The *BEST* Linux distro, and the best OS is FreeBSD. :)
FreeBSD is not a Linux distribution. IMHO, claiming that *ANY* OS is
"the best OS" without qualification is misleading at best. Every OS has
its plusses and minuses, and making a blanket statement to the effect
that one is better than all others in all respects is -- well, there's
no other way to say it: ludicrous. FreeBSD may well be the best OS *FOR
YOUR PURPOSES.* For somebody else, the best OS may be Red Hat Linux;
for yet another person, Windows 98; and another may find that VMS is
the best.
> FreeBSD is a speeding rocket daemon, especially with a
> custom kernel.
This makes it sound as if installing FreeBSD on a 386 will turn it into
the speed equal of the latest Pentium III running Linux. (This is a
Linux newsgroup, after all, so the logical default comparison is to
Linux.) Not so. I don't have any benchmark data at hand, but I'd be
absolutely shocked if FreeBSD exceeded Linux by more than a few percent
on most measures. I also expect that FreeBSD wouldn't even win on all
the tests. There's also the issue of WHICH Linux distribution you're
discussing. For instance, Mandrake optimizes most of its packages for
Pentium-class CPUs, which provides a modest speed boost for Mandrake
compared to other Linuxes.
> Running both FreeBSD and Linux side by side, with identical
> hardware set up and custom built kernel for both, loading up
> the identical servers, compiling codes, and so on, the
> speed advantage of the FreeBSD over Linux is very noticable.
Please quantify this.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to say that FreeBSD is a poor OS. I'm
just trying to temper some of the unrestrained enthusiasm of this
particular FreeBSD advocate.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Craig Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Images to mpeg...
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:43:54 GMT
I'll give it a try... thanks.
Craig.
>
> Use the Berkeley mpeg_encode utility.
> http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/research/mpeg/mpeg_encode.html
> It's fairly simple, just untar, ./configure, make, and have a look at
the
> sample encoder file as it has loads of comments on what you can change
and
> the options you can set.
>
> --
> Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at
the face
> \----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children
and still
> \There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell
"So did
> But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or
Usenetters?" --/me
>
--
============================================
Craig Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Before you buy.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: good reference
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:53:45 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm looking for a good book to learn more about Red Hat 6.1, can anybody
> suggest me a good reference, thank you,
One of the most highly-recommended general Linux books is _Running
Linux_ (now in its 3rd edition). It's not Red Hat-specific, though. If
you need something that covers all the Red Hat peculiarities, you might
need something else, like _Red Hat Linux Unleashed_, but I've not read
any of the current crop of Red Hat books, so I can't say what's good and
what's not. I do have pointers to several introductory Linux and Red Hat
books at http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-linintro.html and
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/. If nothing else, you can check the
Amazon.com customer reviews for these titles.
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Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: the REAL scoop on SMP?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:53:32 -0600
The company I work for is considering an 8-processor Intel machine, and
we'd like to run Linux on it. But I've seen conflicting information - one
of my coworkers (that I wish I could get ahold of, but he's in the
hostpital) showed me some kernel notes that said that SMP above 4 processors
didn't work, but in the smp.txt in the docs directory, it says that up to 16
are supported.
So... I suppose that up to 16 *are* supported, it just doesn't work well
above 4 - is that correct?
If so, what sort of efficiency are we looking at - obviously, an 8-way
machine won't be twice as efficient as a 4-way, but is there a serious
performance hit above 4?
steve
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Subject: Re: OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:56:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman) writes:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:33:57 GMT, Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It depends a lot on tuning. Both systems are very capable and the
> > differences count only on high end use like heavily loaded servers.
>
> well, 'blowfish' says there is a noticably difference in speed. I'm not
> interested at the speed at a highly loaded server, but at my own home
> desktop system: which one of you is "lying"?
Wait a minute. You asked for info about something. You got two different
answers for something which is normal since you had a very generic
question. And you accuse one of us of lying? What a jerk you are.
Vilmos
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Subject: Chewtoy.com and echoes from the past
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:00:02 GMT
I posted in another news group about seeing repeated messages. Rod
Smith noted the same phenomenon. Now I am seeing a bunch of junk with
chewtoy.com in the From: header.
What is going on?
It looks like a supernews customer is being bad.
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David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: Alex Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Command.
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:03:22 -0400
> I am using 'ls -al' to display complete
> information for the files and dircetorys, but i
> cannot pause it page by page.
>
Try
ls -al | more
Alex.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Albert Hopkins)
Subject: Backing up LVS cluster with amanda
Date: 29 Jun 2000 13:06:14 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have set up a 5-node LVS (Linux Virtual Server) cluster and would like to
back up at least one of the real servers with our existing Amanda backup
configuration. The problem is that the real servers sit on a private,
masqed network and our amanda server sits on our regular network with the
LVS routers in between. Our LVS routers do not have tape drives (they're
also being backed up to the Amanda server).
Anyone have any experience with this?
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Albert Hopkins
Sr. Systems Specialist
Dynacare Inc.
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with the possible exception of handguns and tequila
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