Linux-Misc Digest #718, Volume #26 Fri, 5 Jan 01 21:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: 2.4 finally made official (David Steinberg)
Re: Installing a CDRW Drive on a Linux System ("Peter T. Breuer")
Journalled Filesystem on a laptop (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Re: How to safe upgrade kernel? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Any way to specify which eth a service listens to? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing a CDRW Drive on a Linux System ("Gerard H. Pille")
Re: Trying to get sendmail working...(RH6.2) ("Steve Cox")
Re: Journalled Filesystem on a laptop (Tony Curtis)
Re: Palm OS / Windows CE communication software (Ray Seiffert)
Re: Linuxgruven ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel Panic since new mobo installation
Help ! I lost some characters in the char table (under console and KDE) (Emmanuel
Beranger)
Re: Linux 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: auto run ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing a CDRW Drive on a Linux System (Steve Jones)
Re: 2.4 finally made official ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cannot startkde ("blix")
output to /dev/nul ("blix")
Re: output to /dev/nul ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: who's rewriting /etc/fstab? (Roger Davis)
10mbit vs. 100mbit NIC ("blix")
Re: 10mbit vs. 100mbit NIC (Timothy J. Lee)
RH 6.2/7.0 rescue CD weirdness (Roger Davis)
Re: Journalled Filesystem on a laptop (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Re: Adding a module when I've only got the binary (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Steinberg)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: 2.4 finally made official
Date: 5 Jan 2001 23:11:32 GMT
Glitch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: http://www.msnbc.com/news/512189.asp
: It's about time.
No kidding! Talk about shoddy journalism, eh?
Linux 2.4.0 was released yesterday! Could imagine MSNBC being a day late
covering the release of a new version of Windows?
--
David Steinberg -o)
Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \
[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing a CDRW Drive on a Linux System
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:14:49 +0100
Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I install an IDE CDRW drive on a Linux system, is it likely to
> work? I wonder how much of the functionality of the drive is
> What is a good course of action?
Reading the CD-WRITING-howto, evidently.
Peter
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Journalled Filesystem on a laptop
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:56:47 GMT
Hi all,
I've got a laptop running Linux. As it often runs from battery
I get the occasional power down with out a proper shutdown
before hand. This sometimes results in a screwed up disk.
I'm not complaining about the time to fsck, but I would like
to prevent the loss of data on the drive.
Has anybody tried the various journaled filesystems to overcome
problems like this?
TIA,
Erik
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Linux : Think of it as 'free' as in 'free speech' not 'free beer'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to safe upgrade kernel?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:44:05 GMT
> > As title, I would like to upgrade my kernel to 2.2.18, but I afraid
that
> > there occur any problem while upgrading. Thus I would like to
backup the
> > original kernal first so that I can rollback, which file(s) so I
backup?
>
> Don't make a move before physically backing up your favorite files,
before
> getting a second and third opinion, before getting an opinion on a
newsgroup
> dedicated to your particular distribution, and before reading the
document
> "The Linux Kernel HOWTO" by Brian Ward.
>
> Follows is a nano-HOWTO that will take you thru the recommended
command lines
> of a modern kernel rebuild party. Please read silently while I read
aloud:
>
> A> install your _current_ kernel source from your distribution's RPM
files.
>
> B> Get the new source from ftp.kernel.org, and put it in a directory
under
> /home. _Don't_ put it in /usr/local; let the system take care of that
later
> on.
>
> C> tar fxvz linux.9.9.99.tar.gz
>
> D> cd linux
>
> E> cp your/current/kernel/source/.config .
>
> F> make menuconfig
>
> E> a character-mode UI pops up with a menu of options. Check that
advanced,
> experimental or exotic things are turned off, and that things you
expect to
> need are <M> or [*]. The former means a loadable module and the
latter means
> built-in. Prefer the former until you know what you are doing. Save
the
> settings & exit.
>
> G> make dep clean
>
> H> make all
>
> I> make modules
>
> J> make modules_install
>
> K> insert a blank formatted floppy disk into your A: drive
>
> K> make bzdisk
>
> L> leave the disk in (assuming your BIOS will boot from it first)
>
> M> reboot
>
> Line E attempts to get the same .config file as your current kernel's
> distributors used to build it. This implies new features will be Off,
and old
> features will be all the way you expected them. But be warned; the
resulting
> kernel might be too big for a single floppy, so you might have to
adapt these
> techniques beyond where I've ever gone. Or you might have to repeat F
and
> whack out legacy and bleeding edge stuff that swells kernels up.
>
> Inspect the output of each make to see if it succeeded before moving
on.
> Makes bubble errors up from their sub-makes, so the last line will say
> "Error" if something bad happened below decks.
>
> If the system succeeds, you'l boot up to a login prompt that now says
the new
> version of the kernel on it. If not, something will screw up, and
you'l
> e-search for whatever error message you got. But, to get the old OS
back,
> take the floppy disk out of the drive and reboot. It's that simple.
>
> If you are trying to rebuild the same version of kernel as you
already have,
> you'l need to e-search how to back up the current module set. Line J
installs
> the modules into a directory named after the kernel version, but if
this is
> the same version as you already have you'l write all over your
existing
> modules and might never regain control if you introduce a bug. I'd
just go
> out of my way to build another version rather than risk this mayhem
(and
> there are certainly enough to choose from), but there are HOWTOs out
there
> detailing how to do it.
>
> Line G compares the current set of options to what .c files include
which .h
> files in the source, and it upgrades all the Makefiles to reflect
these
> settings. This means that, for a given configuration, if you edit
a .h file
> only the exact set of .c files that use it will recompile.
>
> After you get a kernel you like, read the HOWTO to learn how to
overwrite
> your existing bzImage with it (the actual Real Kernel on your hard
drive) or
> how to let LILO switch between one and the other.
>
> As I'm trying to do these ominous things myself this week, I'd
appreciate any
> revisions to my nano-HOWTO...
Looks good. There's a kernel howto you can also reference here:
http://www.hardcorelinux.com/kernel-howto.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Any way to specify which eth a service listens to?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:48:05 GMT
Of bind interfaces only, man smb.conf says "IP Source
address spoofing does defeat this simple check, however so it must
not be used seriously as a security feature for nmbd."
Besides, trying to individually configure each service
is error-prone and exposes you to bugs in all of them.
I would think it simpler and safer to use firewalling.
But why doesn't ipchains -L show interface restrictions in
its rule descriptions?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post) wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 01:26:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester) wrote:
>
> >I have two cards in my Redhat 7 box. eth0 goes out to the Internet,
and
> >eth1 goes in to my home network. Services such as samba, and my
eggdrop
> >bot should only listen on the internal network, and not to everyone.
Is
> >there any way to tell a service to listen to only a specific ethernet
> >adapter?
>
> For Samba, you can specify 'bind interfaces only = yes' and specify
> 'interface = ipaddress.of.desired.interface.'
>
> Mark Post
>
> Postmodern Consulting
> Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
> To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
>
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From: "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing a CDRW Drive on a Linux System
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:09:42 +0100
Martin McCormick wrote:
>
> If I install an IDE CDRW drive on a Linux system, is it likely to
> work? I wonder how much of the functionality of the drive is
> hard-wired in to the device and how much requires special drivers. Of
> course the drive comes with a boat-load of software applications all
> designed for Windows systems, but all that will be just so many extra
> CDROM's in this situation.
>
> What is a good course of action?
>
> This drive will get a slot on an IDE cable plus the power
> connection and that's pretty much it.
>
> I don't have a specific drive bought or even picked out yet,
> so any suggestions are much appreciated.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
> OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Data Communications Group
I have a HP 9100 series.
Get cdrecord first and read what there is about supported HW.
Then, don't put it together on the same IDE-connector as you
hard-disk(s), you may hang during certain phases of the burning process,
but that is nothing - Windoze freezes!
Don't do anything naughty!
Gerard
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From: "Steve Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trying to get sendmail working...(RH6.2)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 00:26:32 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Is there a configuration tool somewhere for sendmail? I have looked into
> the sendmail.cf configuration file and I am completely stunned! The
> apache configuration was a piece of cake compared to this....
>
> I have sent a number of emails via sendmail, both from a script
> (formmail.pl) and from the command line, but the mail log tells me
> that all have been queued, so there must be something preventing it to
> be delivered, probably some configuration setting, but how do I fix it?
> I have visited www.sendmail.org and looked at the docs there, but it is
> all too complex. I just want to simply have sendmail deliver the mail to
> the recipients...
>
> My system is a RedHat 6.2 (server install) which sits behind a D-Link
> home firewall which is handling the NAT stuff towards my ADSL Internet
> connection. I don't want sendmail to receive anything, only to send
> email out when a form on my website is filled in. The Linux box knows
> the gateway and DNS IP:s and it is no problem pinging anywhere on the
> Internet from the command prompt, so I can't figure out why mail is not
> delivered.
>
> Any advice gratefully received.
>
>
> Bo Berglund [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendmail can be configured via linuxconf (simple configurations anyway) .
Alternatively you couyld try a simpler MTA like postfix but you'll have
to remove sendmail first.
As for sendmail, it sounds like you need to add you ISP smtp server as
the relay.
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From: Tony Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Journalled Filesystem on a laptop
Date: 05 Jan 2001 18:34:11 -0600
>> On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:56:47 GMT,
>> Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Hi all, I've got a laptop running Linux. As it often
> runs from battery I get the occasional power down with
> out a proper shutdown before hand. This sometimes
> results in a screwed up disk.
> Has anybody tried the various journaled filesystems to
> overcome problems like this?
I've been running reiser for ages with no problems:
http://www.namesys.com/
hth
t
--
Eih bennek, eih blavek.
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From: Ray Seiffert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Palm OS / Windows CE communication software
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 00:38:16 GMT
Radu Serban wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am thinking of getting a handheld device. I am trying to decide
> between Palm OS and Windows CE. Since I have Linux (RedHat 6.1)
> on both my desktop and laptop, my main concern is finding Linux software
> for communicating with the handheld PC. What is available out there?
> Any comments greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> --Radu
>
>
In KDE there is an application called KPilot for syncing Palm OS. Works
just fine.
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linuxgruven
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 00:28:15 GMT
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> and there is no one quite like linuxgruven
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic since new mobo installation
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:38:50 -0500
1 ) Have you ruled out heating/over-volt problems ? I hear these k6's have
interesting labeling with regards to the clock speed and voltage .
2 ) can you put that processor into another board and check it out ?
I don't know about the others, but what you snipped out might contain some
useful info .
My experience with linux : installed rh 6.0 on a p2 350 , 128M memory.
replaced it with TBird 700, Ga7ixe mainboard.
The only OS that would boot was linux .
You've got hardware problems, buddy.
> Yesterday, my new motherboard (FICA 503+) and processor (AMD K6-2 500MHz)
> arrived to compliment my new 20GB hard disk and 64MB DIMM. After fiddling
> with it for upwards of 10 hours, the machine finally booted and detected
> everything. HOWEVER. Linux will not load. After Lilo, I get:
>
> Loding linux............
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> [SNIP - 6 LINES OF NORMAL BOOT PROCEDURE]
>
> Dentry hash table entries: 262144 (order 9, 2048k)
> kmem_alloc: Bad slab magic (corrupt) (name=kmem_cache)
> Kernel panic: vma_init: Cannot alloc vm_area_struct cache.
> In swapper task - not synching
>
> -HANGS-
>
> Now, this looks like some sort of memory error. So I removed my new DIMM
> (and my new HD, just to be safe), and kept my old SIMMs (which this booted
> fine with on the old mobo), and restarted. Same thing.
>
> Even a tomsrtbt disk will not boot this machine! I get:
>
> Loading bzImage............
>
> [SNIP - LOTS AND LOTS OF NORMAL BOOT PROCEDURE]
>
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1
> hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 >
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 518
> Kernel panic: Free list corrupted
>
> -HANGS-
>
> Any ideas?
>
> System is Redhat 7 with kernel 2.2.16-22.
>
> --
> -- Fester
> ====================================================
>
>
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From: Emmanuel Beranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Help ! I lost some characters in the char table (under console and KDE)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:41:19 +0100
Here is the spot :
I have Mandrake 7.1, with 2.2.17.
I just compiled 2.2.18, because I needed USB support.
I had mentionned the french keytable within the compile process, but
when I launched the kernel, I had lost my french characters (you now,
those with the "accents").
When I type under a console, I get some weird character like a greek
letter or else, but not the proper one.
And under KDE, everything that had an accent in it is now cut before the
incriminated letter !
The problem is : when booting 2.2.17, I have now the same Pb.
What should I look for ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux 6.2
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:22:23 +0000
Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Heinz Rawe wrote:
>>
>> spawn schrieb:
>> >
>> > 1.How do i change user, and user password,and root password.
>> > on a linux 6.2 machine.
>>
>> What does it mean, linux 6.2?
>>
> Red Hat Linux users seem to think the Red Hat release numbers have
> meaning to the broader Linux community. "linux 6.2" almost certainly
> means the stuff you get with the Red Hat Linux 6.2 package.
But then, it could just as easily be SuSE 6.2 (like wot I'm using).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: auto run
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:44:41 +0000
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
>> First, lets split it in two...
>> Auto... Short for automatic. To do something without manual intrervention.
> "Auto" means "self" as far as I know! As in "automobile" = self-moving.
>> Run... To start a program...
> Look up "locofoco" in the dictionary. A good one.
True... But I was talking within the context of that...
:)
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| in |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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From: Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing a CDRW Drive on a Linux System
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 20:21:44 -0500
"Gerard H. Pille" wrote:
>
> Martin McCormick wrote:
>
> I have a HP 9100 series.
>
> Get cdrecord first and read what there is about supported HW.
>
I have an HP8100 series and a Smart and Friendly Speedwriter that both
work flawlessly under RH6.2 - though the HowTo is a must. Of the two
I've had better overall luck with the S & F - it started life on a RH5.2
486/66 with 24 Mb ram and a 1.2 Gb HDA. I had both drives on the primary
bus and never had any problems. If you can get the specs before you buy,
buy the drive with the largest buffer you can find, 2 Mb is okay, 4
would be divine.
--
SteveJ
Steve Jones, MIS Dept, Miami Systems Co.
Direct:513-985-6990 Fax:513-985-6919
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: 2.4 finally made official
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:28:51 GMT
No, it's still there running on IIS
Nigel Feltham wrote:
>
> Glitch wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >http://www.msnbc.com/news/512189.asp
> >It's about time.
>
> Surprising to find this on a MS sponsored site especially the
> mention of it being an alternative to windows - better read it
> quick before MS get the page removed ;-)
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From: "blix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot startkde
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:32:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> To start KDE with "startkde", you have to start x first.
> The easy way is, as user, do startx;then in Gnome, pull up a terminal
> and do "switchdesk", and choose KDE.
Thanks... that did work. I am very interested in learning how to
manipulate the system manually, by editing the config files. I think that
is the only why that I can really understand what is going on.
Do you know what files need to be edited to switch desktops?
I know there is a .xinitrc and .Xclients in my home directory that have
something to do with it. And of course the main files in
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients and /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. Are there other
files I would need to manuall reconfigure to change desktops? How about
window managers?
Is it possible to run the K window manager without running the K desktop?
Thanks in advance,
blix
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From: "blix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: output to /dev/nul
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:35:01 GMT
I tend to run a lot of my applications from an xterm (Eterm) window. Like
this:
pan&
But some of them write to stdout which causes my xterm to fill up with
text from various applications. I tried to do this:
pan& > /dev/nul
But it said permission denied. Does I need to chmod of the /dev/nul
device/file or whatever it is so that my blix user can redirect stdout to
it?
Thanks in advance,
blix
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: output to /dev/nul
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:39:07 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc blix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tend to run a lot of my applications from an xterm (Eterm) window. Like
> this:
> pan&
> But some of them write to stdout which causes my xterm to fill up with
> text from various applications. I tried to do this:
> pan& > /dev/nul
> But it said permission denied. Does I need to chmod of the /dev/nul
> device/file or whatever it is so that my blix user can redirect stdout to
> it?
That should be /dev/null not /dev/nul
When you redirect to /dev/nul, it's trying to create a file called nul in
/dev, which, obviously shouldn't be allowed.
Adam
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From: Roger Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: who's rewriting /etc/fstab?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:38:55 -1000
Thanks to all who responded to my question about fstab being
trashed at boot time. It turns out that my original suspicion
was correct contrary to the vehement denials of PowerQuest.
PQ's Drive Image restore program, when it restores a backup
image from CD to a hard disk partition, is definitely trashing
the /etc/fstab file located in a completely different disk
partition. This was verified by performing the restore and
then immediately booting from a Linux installation CD (rather
than the root filesystem on the disk) to examine the fstab file
in question.
This may just be one of the most perverse 'feature's I've ever
encountered. I am sorry to say that after wrestling with this
and several other serious bugs for the last three days, I am
giving up on Drive Image. It may work for Windows filesystems
but it's virtually useless at backing up Linux partitions. I've
heard that Norton's Ghost works well, so I'm trying that next.
It's too bad, as I've been using PQ's Partition Magic and Boot
Magic for some time and am generally satisfied. Maybe they'll
improve Drive Image in the future but the current 4.0 release
is worthless.
--
Roger Davis
University of Hawaii/SOEST
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "blix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 10mbit vs. 100mbit NIC
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:41:01 GMT
I have a W2K and Linux (RH7.0) machine networked together via 10/100mbit
NICs. I have a network monitor on my W2K machine that shows the speed of
incoming and outgoing data on that interface.
When I transfer large amounts of data to my W2K hard drive from my linux
machine (using cp), the W2K monitor shows the transfer speed of the W2K
incoming NIC at about 715KB/s. This seems to be only 10mbit. Any ideas?
Is there something special I need to do with the cards? There are no
jumpers on the cards, I checked.
When I copied from the W2K machine to the Linux machine (via samba) the
W2k NIC maxed out at 4.1MB/s for just an instant... but averaged 535.6KB/s.
blix
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 10mbit vs. 100mbit NIC
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this is a valid address for a limited time)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:45:37 GMT
In article <NIu56.121882$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
blix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I transfer large amounts of data to my W2K hard drive from my linux
>machine (using cp), the W2K monitor shows the transfer speed of the W2K
>incoming NIC at about 715KB/s. This seems to be only 10mbit. Any ideas?
>
>When I copied from the W2K machine to the Linux machine (via samba) the
>W2k NIC maxed out at 4.1MB/s for just an instant... but averaged 535.6KB/s.
Check to see if writing to the disks may be the limit. For example,
copy into /dev/null on Linux or NUL in Windows. You may also want to
try different methods of copying, such as ftp.
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No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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From: Roger Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.2/7.0 rescue CD weirdness
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:48:25 -1000
Does anyone know of an easy way to access your machine's hard disk
when booting up a RedHat 6.2 or 7.0 installation CD in rescue mode?
It seems to me that repairing your hard drive is just about the
only reason one would ever boot up a rescue CD, but believe it or
not, RedHat's 6.2 and 7.0 installation CDs' /dev directories do not
contain any hda* devices, so there's no way to access the disk!
I was able to get around this by mknod'ing my own hda* devices,
but this seems like a lot of work to get at something that ought
to be there to begin with. Am I missing something here? The Slackware
7.1 CD does not have this problem.
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Roger Davis
University of Hawaii/SOEST
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Journalled Filesystem on a laptop
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:59:36 GMT
Tony Curtis wrote:
>
> >> On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:56:47 GMT,
> >> Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Hi all, I've got a laptop running Linux. As it often
> > runs from battery I get the occasional power down with
> > out a proper shutdown before hand. This sometimes
> > results in a screwed up disk.
>
> > Has anybody tried the various journaled filesystems to
> > overcome problems like this?
>
> I've been running reiser for ages with no problems:
I am aware that ReiserFS is available. I was after comments on
how it performs when the machine it runs on loses power.
Is there any data loss?
Does it screw up any files that weren't being written at the
time of the crash?
Also, can I have Reiser as the root filesystem?
Comments on Ext3 are also welcome.
Erik
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Windows 95/98 - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit
patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit
microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit
of competition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Adding a module when I've only got the binary
Date: 6 Jan 2001 01:57:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:43:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into
the Black Sun and said:
> The situation is, I've got a Dell server which has a RAID controller.
>They only supply the driver in a binary format. Now I want to rebuild
The PERC-2/DC and PERC-2/SC are compatible with the AMI MegaRAID module
available in newer kernels. The PERC-2/SI and PERC-2/QC use the
aacraid.o module according to a message I received from some guy, but in
the 2.2.18 and 2.4.0 source, I couldn't find any mention of that module.
HMM. I think you have one of the cards that uses the binary-only
"percraid.o" module, right? Try Google would be my advice; this may be
an unofficial hack-type-thing....
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Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
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