Linux-Setup Digest #858, Volume #19 Thu, 19 Oct 00 02:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: hdparm assitance (Bill Pringlemeir)
Very very NEWBIE needs help?? (The Fullington's)
Re: hdparm assitance (David Efflandt)
USB Zip Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: S3 Savage4 video RH 7.0 XFree86 4 problems. (Ignacio Valdes)
S3 Savage4 video RH 7.0 XFree86 4 problems. (Ignacio Valdes)
Re: hdparm assitance (James Blanford)
Re: Sound & Exceed 6.2 (sturman)
Re: RedHat 6.1 Setup Help (David Efflandt)
wheel mouse help!!! IMPS/2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: red hat 7 man pages not there? (repo)
Re: Changing my system's name (E J)
Re: wheel mouse help!!! IMPS/2 (C. L. Lewis)
change keyboard on floppix distrib ("Marc BIEVELEZ")
Re: Netscape and DNS lookup (Hanspeter Schmid)
Re: Sound Card Suggestions ("Marius Petrescu, YO2LOJ")
Re: LILO for an old newbie ("Terry Janas")
Re: geforce 2 causes scrambled screen? (moonie;))
Re: RAID 1 Block Size 2k Setup (moonie;))
Re: RAID help (moonie;))
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Subject: Re: hdparm assitance
From: Bill Pringlemeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 03:23:46 GMT
I don't know if your kernel (and other tools) are compiled for your
processor. They might be `optimized' for a 386. However, I don't
think this would make a large difference. The hard drive speed
definitely does.
Try the command `hdparm -i /dev/hda' or whatever your hard drive is.
This should list the modes that the drive is capable of. However, it
maybe that your IDE controller isn't recognized. Do you have your
mother board documentation? It should have the chipset used to do
this stuff. For mine it is Aladdin Ali chipset, for an AMD-K6.
I needed this code in my kernel before I had my hard drive using the
faster setting. For your info, drives are about 3-6MBps with PIO. Using
the UDMA, they are 22 MBps and higher (using hdparm -Tt to test).
There is a UDMA Howto/Mini-Howto.
"Ultra-DMA"
The Linux Ultra-DMA Mini-Howto
Brion Vibber, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
v2.1, 27 May 1999
...
Your hardware is fairly new and will probably need some better
drivers.
hth,
Bill
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Everhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> So, the question is, is my hard drive not capable of using
Richard> this command and how would I know? It's you basic maxtor
Richard> drive, 15gig. Thanks!
--
I always have fun because I'm out of my mind!!!
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From: The Fullington's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Very very NEWBIE needs help??
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:26:40 +0600
Hi all,
I have successfully installed RH6.2 on a compaq 1200 laptop. I also am
using the built in linmodem. After numerous attempts of trying diferent
configs in /etc/rc.d/rc.local I found that if I put /sbin/insmod/ -f
lt.modem Then setserial /dev/ttys14 uart 16550 as the last two
lines the linmodem works. Now the questions.....
How do I see what the connection speed is through my isp?
I'm using the KDE X windows configuration. This is a windoz 98, RH 6.2
booting to linux by default with LILO. I also was able to mount the
cdrom and the hda1 windoz partition. I'm learning on a very slow curve.
Was also able to get an icon on the desktop to mount the hda1. Kewl!!
Loaded up a bunch of linux news groups for reading and feel fairly
comfortable, but not up for trouble shooting yet.
Another question is I get a pop up saying something about
"file:/Linux%20modem/" but I think it has to do with unresolved symbols
from the lt.modem file for an earlier version of RH.
Sorry for rambling but I'm having fun in here
thanks
dhf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: hdparm assitance
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 03:44:48 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Richard Everhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In another posting here, someone asked for assistance in speeding up
>their system under linux (SuSe 6.4 for me). I have the same problem:
>800mhz Athelon, 128mb memory, NVidia GeForce w/ 32mb memory, and in some
>respects my system crawls.
More RAM would help, especially if you run anything like StarOffice.
>So, I took the advice of one of the wise posters and tried hdparm. I
>read the man page and tried hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb and also hdparm -d1 -X34
>/dev/hdb. Both tries the same thing happened: about 30 seconds or less
>after issuing this command everything locked up forcing me to do a hard
>reboot. Also, the hd light stayed on when this happened and never went
>out, until I rebooted that is.
>
>So, the question is, is my hard drive not capable of using this command
>and how would I know? It's you basic maxtor drive, 15gig. Thanks!
The first things to play around with are -c1 and -m settings. Check the
results with -tT or is it -Tt. I never did figure out the dma setttings,
but Mandrake optimizes that for me anyway. I actually get better results
disabling dma for my hdc anyway, maybe because it is on the same ide
channel as my cdrom.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: USB Zip Drive
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 20:46:32 GMT
Has anyone here been able to get their USB Zip Drive to work? I am
just now reading the stuff on it, but I am confused whether I need to
upgrade to the 2.4 kernel or if I can make it work with kernel 2.2.15.
Either way, I would like to know a few people who might be able to
give me some tips once I jump in.
Thanks,
Dan Allen
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From: Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 Savage4 video RH 7.0 XFree86 4 problems.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:15:00 -0500
I figured part of it out, must use the no_accel option, and also the
sw_cursor to keep the cursor from being a big stupid block. Unfortunately,
the no_accel makes screen refreshing slow. Darn, I had this really crisp in
6.2. One step forward two steps back.
-- IV
Ignacio Valdes wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to get my upgrade from RedHat 6.2 to 7.0 to work. I install
> it and
> the screen looks great, but if I open an application the screen gets
> garbled. It looks like it repeats things over and over like the top bar
>
> of an application all over the screen. I'm running this on a S3 Savage
> 4 video driver with 32 Mb video RAM. Even the graphic install from CD
> had some garbling
> problems. Not a good sign. This previously worked with XFree86 3, but
> now something is wrong. Any suggestions? It seems like a parameter
> problem, but which one I haven't a clue.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- IV
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From: Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Savage4 video RH 7.0 XFree86 4 problems.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:43:56 -0500
Hello all,
I'm trying to get my upgrade from RedHat 6.2 to 7.0 to work. I install
it and
the screen looks great, but if I open an application the screen gets
garbled. It looks like it repeats things over and over like the top bar
of an application all over the screen. I'm running this on a S3 Savage
4 video driver with 32 Mb video RAM. Even the graphic install from CD
had some garbling
problems. Not a good sign. This previously worked with XFree86 3, but
now something is wrong. Any suggestions? It seems like a parameter
problem, but which one I haven't a clue.
Thanks,
-- IV
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Blanford)
Subject: Re: hdparm assitance
Date: 19 Oct 2000 04:18:03 GMT
> read the man page and tried hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb and also hdparm -d1 -X34
> /dev/hdb. Both tries the same thing happened: about 30 seconds or less
the most important is hdparm -c1 turning on 32 bit file transfers. SuSE is
very conservative and probably defaults to 16 bit, which is ssssslow.
I also remember people having trouble with more memory causing the puter to
run slower and 128 mb pops into my head. In the linux faq there's a section
"When I add more memory my system slows to a crawl?" Also you may have to set
mem: 128mb in lilo. Read the manual and do it right, I'm just drunk and
babbling.
- Jim
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From: sturman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Sound & Exceed 6.2
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 04:03:17 GMT
Owen wrote:
>
<snip>
> My other option is to use the soundcard that is already in the linux
> machine, hook some speakers up ...
<snip>
Another option is to get a switch box. The box has male/male inputs for
multiple mice, keyboards, and monitors (some have ethernet too). The
mouse, keyboard, and monitor you use will plug into the back of the
switch box instead of a computer. All you then have to do is turn the
dial to switch to another computer. Could be that time to get your boss
to spring for a bigger desk. :)
Exceed doesn't do sound.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 Setup Help
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 04:29:18 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Chris Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When installing RH6.1 I create some DOS partitions. It never ask me if I
>want them to be Primary or not.
>How do I create one of them to be Primary?
You should create DOS partitions from DOS or Windows. One problem is that
Disk Druid tends to consume your entire disk with an extended
partition. So you probably want to create a primary DOS (or
FAT32) partition first.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: wheel mouse help!!! IMPS/2
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:37:57 GMT
Okay guys, I want to get my wheel working. I have imwheel and I have
a great webpage on setting it up. However, I have run into a large
barrier that can probably be fixed in a matter of minutes. I say
large only because, my mouse become inoperable if I make the following
change...
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "dev/mouse"
Emulate3Buttons
EmultateDelay 50
EndSection
to the following:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "dev/mouse"
Resolution 100
Buttons 5
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection
...my mouse goes wacky. Just to let you know, I have the Intellimouse
Explorer by Microsoft. I have narrowed it down to the Protocol
line...if I choose "IMPS/2" my mouse drifts and I can use any of the
buttons. Now, to get the wheel working, I have tried to just use
"PS/2" with imwheel -k, but the wheel won't work with that selection.
I have XF86 3.3.6-14mdk, so it seems that it is "upgraded." I don't
see why I am getting wacky mouse and why my wheel won't work. It
would make me very happy if we could work through this one.
Thanks!
Dan
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From: repo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: red hat 7 man pages not there?
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:41:19 +0200
Patrick Farrell wrote:
>
> Type make whatis
>
> to build the man pages.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> > I recently upgraded RedHat 6.2 to 7. I'm pretty sure the man pages were
> > functioning before, but now if I type "man mount" or "man diff" or
> > whatever, it invariably tells me there is no man page for mount or diff
> > or whatever. I have double checked and reinstalled the man rpm package.
> > Is this not what's needed? Do I need to initiate something so they'll be
> > properly accessed?
> >
> > I also did almost all available bug fixes and security advisory updates
> > from the red hat site a couple of days ago, which included a new gnorpm,
> > which now doesn't fully work, of course. I used to use the gnorpm query
> > to see all the different files installed by each package (so I could
> > actually find what to type to start them when it wasn't obvious) but now
> > those don't display. Also, when I go to "Install" and then "Add" it's
> > fine until I actually click to select a .rpm file at which point it
> > crashes and quits. Anyone else seen this with the "new and improved"
> > gnorpm? I suppose I should go back to the older one to be sure it's this
> > package specifically and not something else in those updated files.
> >
> > If it ain't broke...
> > Seth
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
Seth
Also see if the path to the manfiles is set OK (env)
--
Good Luck
Repo
http://beginnerslinux.saxen.net/
http://beginnerslinux.org/
Linux Red Hat 6.0 Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i586
6:40am up 2 days, 5:02, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.24, 0.25
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing my system's name
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:41:12 -0700
Is it your hostname of your machine?
$ su -
password: <secret>
# hostname new_hostname
Richard Everhart wrote:
> I'd like to change the name of my system. SuSe 6.4 (using yast2)
> bestows the name 'linux' on your system. How do I go about changing
> this name to something I want. I'm pretty sure this can be done since
> something similar was done to my solaris machine at work. The thing is
> I just let the network guys do that stuff. Now I suppose it's my turn
> to learn. :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rich
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From: C. L. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wheel mouse help!!! IMPS/2
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 05:13:34 GMT
Try changing:
Buttons 5
to:
Buttons 3
add:
BaudRate 1200
Maybe disable gpm on services startup
and then run
imwheel -k from an xterm or command, or possibly just add it to
your .xinitrc or as:
imwheel -k &
Charles
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Okay guys, I want to get my wheel working. I have imwheel and I have
--
Laughter is the best laxative there is for a constipated mind. Humor is
an ideal spoon to dose it.
--Chronocidal Charlie, 1995-2000, RIP--
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Marc BIEVELEZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: change keyboard on floppix distrib
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 07:41:02 +0200
Floppix is a Linux distribution on 2 floppies witch stays in RAM.
I use Linux Floppix on a computer with a AZERTY keyboard but Floppix has a
QWERTY
I would like to install an AZERTY keyboard...
I've tried a loadkeys be-latin1.keymap.gz but it has not worked...
Could soneone tell me how to proceed?
Thanks in advance.
Marc.
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Subject: Re: Netscape and DNS lookup
From: Hanspeter Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Oct 2000 07:48:03 +0200
>>>>> Hanspeter Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (" HP>" ) says:
HP> Hi, I'm often using Netscape to read local documentation on a
HP> SuSE 7.0 system. Unfortunatly, Netscape hangs when there is no
HP> connection to a DNS server, i.e., I can only read local
HP> documentation when I start a PPP connection or have an Ethernet
HP> connection to the Internet. How can I prevent this from
HP> happening?
I still have no solution, but I have found out that Netscape is trying
to access the news server (Messenger is NOT started). Weird! Why is
it doing this, how can I prevent it?
Kind regards,
--
Hanspeter Schmid What every organisation needs is
Analogue-IC Designer (Research) one damn fool who doesn't know
Signal Processing Laboratory, ETHZ. what you can't do.
http://www.isi.ee.ethz.ch/~schmid/ ( Sir Robert Watson-Watt )
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From: "Marius Petrescu, YO2LOJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 08:39:22 +0200
Try a old ISA ESS688:
- 100% sbpro compatible
- works nice under Linux
- known by almost all DOS proggies
- works up to 44.1kHz stereo in Windoze
- isn't Plug'nPray - just abt. 20 jumpers
greetings,
Marius Petrescu, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"David N. Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am interested in purchasing a sound card that has the following
> features:
>
> 1. Not too expensive
> 2. Reasonable performance
> 3. EASY to get working with Linux
>
> Please suggest some options. Thank you.
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Reply-To: "Terry Janas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Terry Janas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO for an old newbie
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:55:05 -0500
Actually, LILO is even more powerful. I know the latest versions of LILO
have an option called "lba32" that can be entered in the /etc/lilo.conf file
in place of where "linear" may be. I did that on my 30GB HDD, where my
linux partition is WAY beyond the 1024 cylinder.
Terrence Bradley Janas
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~tjanas
==============================
"So, is the glass half empty, half full, or just twice as
large as it needs to be?"
"Monte Milanuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Jerry Avins wrote:
>
> >
> > Can someone tell me _exactly_ what to do so I can set up to boot from
> > hard disk and use either OS? What is Mandrake's "Boot Magic" and how do
> > I invoke it? I know so little that I don't even know how to find out.
>
> I've never been real clear on what exactly the 'current' limitations of
> LILO are, but in general the 'safe thing to do w/ LILO is to give it a
> small (5-10MB) partition below the 1024 cylinder point (i.e. completely
> inside the first 2GB), make it an ext2 type filesystem, and mount it as
> '/boot'. This will allow a few things:
> a) It should make LILO happy, & b) If you wish to use the ReiserFS, the
> boot image of the kernel currently still (AFAIK) has to be on an ext2
> filesystem, or it won't work.
>
> The other option, is to check out 'grub', the 'gr'and 'u'nified
> 'b'ootloader, which is the other option w/ LM 7.1 other than LILO. Last I
> checked, grub has no problem w/ the location of the kernel image. FWIW, I
> don't really think that LILO itself does either, rather LILO asks the
BIOS,
> some of which get indigestion about things above 1024 cylinder mark.
>
> For reference, on your linux box, try 'man lilo', and 'man grub'. Also,
if
> you installed the HOWTO's, check out /usr/doc/HOWTO, or /usr/doc/howto
> (can't remember which) and look for a LILO-HOWTO, or mini-HOWTO. Plus,
> check /usr/doc/ for a lilo* directory for even more documentation.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Jerry
> > --
> > Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As a tech, how I wish that was what engineers actually believed ;)
>
> Monte
>
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: geforce 2 causes scrambled screen?
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:03:53 -0400
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Kurt R. Rahlfs wrote:
>John Smith wrote:
>
>> I have a 866 Pentium III, with 256 RDRAM, and a GeForce 2 graphics card
>> with 64 MB DDR . .please help!
>
>> Ben Brinckerhoff
>
>I have the same problem with my SuSE 6.3 on a Dell 4100. It is a real
>pain. I don't have it resolved yet.
>
>My research so far from the Nvidia site ( http://www.nvidia.com/ ) suggest
>that I need to install XFree86 version 4.0 and get the new Nvidia drivers.
>Though XFree86 4.0.1 is available the drivers don't work with it yet
>according to them. I've only been able to find XFree86 4.0.1 on the SuSE
>site. Other issues have kept me from working on this chalenge so I am
>interested to see how it develops for you.
>
>Hope these tid-bits help some.
Actually the only drivers that nvidia has on their site are for 4.01. I
installed them, and 4.01 on my sons machine last weekend. They work fine.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID 1 Block Size 2k Setup
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:08:20 -0400
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have been trying for three days to get my RAID 1 setup correct. I
>have lots of little files on this server and need a 2048 k block size.
>
>I run mkraid... Here is my raidtab:
>raiddev /dev/md0
>raid-level 1
>nr-raid-disks 2
>nr-spare-disks 0
>chunk-size 4
>persistent-superblock 1
>device /dev/sdb1
>raid-disk 0
>device /dev/sdc1
>raid-disk 1
>
>
>
>And then I run the mke2fs command to set the block size... Why am I
>getting this error?
>
>[root@frog /sbin]# ./mke2fs -b 2048 /dev/md0
>mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
>/dev/md0: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
>superblock
>
>Could someone please reach out a helping hand here... I haven't a clue
>what's wrong with this thing. Instructions would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>
>I also wouldn't mind knowing how to format this drive with more inodes
>allocated, if anyone knows.
>
>Thanks
>C
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
Did you do a mkraid yet?
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID help
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:09:18 -0400
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Jerry Avins wrote:
>John Ferguson wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to find people who have successfully incorporated Linux software
>> RAID into their Enterprise environments. I am currently testing Linux RAID
>> software against Windows RAID software, and I am finding a huge difference
>> between the two stability wise. Any input would be very helpful. Thank
>> you.
>>
>> John
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
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>Would it be presumptious to ask which is more stable?
>
>Jerry
>--
>Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't know about windows software RAID, but my Linux software RAID has NEVER
had a problem, its as stable as it can be.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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