Linux-Setup Digest #476, Volume #20 Mon, 22 Jan 01 16:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: RH7 routing problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sound Problem on T20 (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade ("Martin Eriksson")
Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX (Per Wedin)
Re: "unable to mount root fs" seems common prob.... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (Steve Ackman)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Install from hard drive (Alex Yung)
Re: how to duplicate a linux installation? (Van DeWald)
RH7 on an Asus A7V (Athlon CPU) (Carlos Moreno)
Re: Wierd display problem with Mandrake 7.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner (Bill Unruh)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (ekk)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (ekk)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (ekk)
Re: Any good officesuite like Microsoft Office for Linux ("amafelovis")
Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: how to duplicate a linux installation? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: HELP!!Only the L appears in LILO (Chris Mills)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH7 routing problem
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:15:10 GMT
I just setup TurboLinux 6.0 on a PC 164SX 533Mhz
Alpha with a 3c509 ISA nic. I'm having the exact
problem you are. I can ping localhost and the
card's routable IP address from localhost, but
cannot ping the gateway. I cannot also ping the
Alpha from other machines on the same network.
Both distros are very similar and it happens that
the same model nic is being used. Unfortulately,
I don't have an answer yet, but am working on it.
-Mike
In article <945e59$vaq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I'm having a nightmare of a time geting
routing to work right on my
> RH7 box. Here's the story: I have a single
3c509-TP0 PnP cart (eth0)
> that, after some careful config'ing, seems to
load up fine. I added
> routes for the eth0 interface, as well as the
default gateway (see
> below). I can ping my card, but when i try to
ping outside, I get
> the "network unreachable" error. The funny
thing is, I can see my LAN
> light on my DSL modem blinks (it lit solid in
windows) with each
> packet. Please note, this is not the DATA
light, so it seems that the
> packet make it to the modem but can't find
anywhere to go after
> that?!? Below is some of my data config, any
help would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> dmesg | tail:
> Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
> agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp
memory: 28M
> agpgart: Detected Intel 440BX chipset
> agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
> eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port,
address 00 20 af cf 86 2e,
> IRQ 10.
> 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
> hdb: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10
> hdc: ATAPI 6X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 768kB Cache
>
> ifconfig:
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:20:AF:CF:86:2E
> inet addr:XXX.YY.91.212
Bcast:XXX.YY.95.255
> Mask:255.255.248.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924
Metric:1
> RX packets:248 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:248 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> route:
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask
Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> XXX.YY.88.0 * 255.255.248.0
U 0 0 0
> eth0
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0
U 0 0 0
> lo
> default XXX.YY.88.1 0.0.0.0
UG 1 0 0
> eth0
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Subject: Re: Sound Problem on T20
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:20:40 GMT
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:51:55 +0800, Maize Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
:
: I've installed RH6.2 on my ThinkPad T20. Sound card driver's from ALSA.
: My problem is when my T20 awake from hibernation, it screams......
: It seems that apm can't handle the sound modules when the system
: resumes.
: Could somebody teach me how can I unload and reload the sound modules
: for hibernation by doing something inside apm-scripts directory?
To unload the modules: /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop
To load the modules: /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start
--
Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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From: "Martin Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:21:30 +0100
Linux will not put data on the swap disk until main memory get full. Why
people recommend as much swap as memory is uncomprehendable to me. Maybe in
some critical servers where you just CANT let processes die because of
memory shortage.
But for example, if ONE instantiation of a program uses 1GB RAM... you
should count on the event that accidentally TWO such processes start, and
thus will use 2GB RAM. Then you would want to have 1.5GB swap "just in
case".
Well, you get it... The actual point is: Linux does not use more swap only
because you give it more swap space.
"ekk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
>
> I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
> I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
> machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
>
> In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
> Do I need to lower the swap space?
>
> In both situations disk space is not a concern.
>
> I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
> I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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From: Per Wedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:28:05 GMT
In article <Pine.LNX.4.31.0101212252100.10346-100000@7812-
grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Jerry Segers, Jr. wrote:
>
> > alias eth0 rtl8139 # note rtL _not_ rt1
>
> Hmm... A lot of DFE530TX's use the via-rhine driver.
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
The DFE-530TX uses the via-rhine.o driver but the DFE-530TX+ uses the
rtl8139.o driver. According to the Red Hat hardware compatibility list
anyway, but I think that list is pretty linux generic.
http://hardware.redhat.com/redhatready/cgi-bin/us/db-hcl.cgi
/P�r.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: "unable to mount root fs" seems common prob....
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:18:33 GMT
I appreciate your time in responding to my post.
You say 07:07 is not a HD partition. I believe this edition of
Mandrakesoft Linux for Windows 7.2, which I installed from a commercial
CD distribution, is supposed to allow me to run linux without creating
a partition o my HD. Instead, when I boot the machine I choose to run
linux or windows. Choosing linux is supposed to create a virtual drive
("RAM drive?" "swap file?), and that is where the root fs is supposed
to reside (I think...). If I boot to windows, there is a folder with
my linux for windows files.
I removed linux and reinstalled too, just to see if it would fix the
problem. One of the options is to choose how many MB I want for
my "root" and for my "swap". I chose more space for my root and my
swap. But the problem still remains...
I did figure out what a root fs is and what mounting is from supplied
Mandrakesoft documentation.
I do have an email in to Mandrakesoft install support, and am awaiting
response.
Any more clues as to what might fix this? I don't think I ever get
a "LILO prompt" ..........
I design web sites and I teach MS Office, but this is soooo different
and I am sick of windows crashes. I hope I can get this to work!
Thanks again,
Gene
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I am a total newbie to linux.
> >
> > Installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 for windows (from CD) - setting up a
dual
> > boot machine.
> >
> > Install seemed to go well. On reboot to start linux for the first
time,
> > i got the "kernel panic:vfs:Unable to mount root fs on 07:07" death
> > message.
> >
>
> I can't tell what you did wrong (perhaps just bad LILO options?)
> but 07:07 is NOT a HDD partition.
> You can force a boot by supplying the correct parameters.
> At the lilo prompt:
>
> linux root=/dev/hdXXXX
>
> where /dev/hdXXXX should be the partition where your root FS resides.
>
> After you booted, check /etc/lilo.conf first.
> Pay special attention to the root= option.
> If there's nothing wrong there, maybe you need rdev??
> try `man rdev`
>
> Eric
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Ackman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:06:26 -0500
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:03:55 -0500, ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
>
>I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
>I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
>machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
>
>In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
>Do I need to lower the swap space?
>
>In both situations disk space is not a concern.
>
>I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
>I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
>
>Ken
Swap space is "virtual RAM." It's there for when your machine
requires more memory than it has physically installed.
If you never touch swap space, then you certainly don't need to
enlarge it. As a matter of fact, it's just going to waste. On
machine one, I daresay you could probably do without any swap at
all.
On machine 2, you need to *increase* your swap if the kernel is
killing off processes due to insufficient memory. Otherwise,
just leave it alone.
--
Steve Ackman
http://twovoyagers.com
Registered Linux User #79430
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: 22 Jan 2001 09:58:47 -0900
ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks, Jamess for your advice. The person whose job I inherited told me
>that the swap space should be double the amount of RAM for up to 512 MB,
>1.5x for 512 - 1024, and 1x for above 1024 MB.
That is not valid for Linux, though it may have been good advice
for certain UNIX systems about ten-fiften years ago... ;-)
>I'm not terribly sure why he
>thought so much swap was required, but I think he arrived at those ratios
>through experience dealing with many different machines and RAM amounts.
>The machines he set up are stable and rarely get bogged down, as long as the
>users don't push them over the RAM!
Which might have been purely an accident, given the above advice.
To determine the size of RAM and the size of swap necessary for
a given machine you need to know something about the memory
requirements for the processes that will be running.
There should be enough RAM that swap is not normally used. (One
way to look at that is just buy as much RAM as the budget will
allow.)
Then, swap should be sized to bring the total virtual memory
(RAM-size + swap-size) to a large enough number that it will
_never_ be exceeded by the requirements of running processes.
Hence if your processes commonly use 600Mb of memory day in and
day out, you certainly want more RAM than that. Likewise if
your processes only use 128Mb, something more than that would
be enough.
If the machine using 600Mb normally will on rare occassions use
up to as much a 800Mb, then 786Mb of RAM and 210Mb of swap would
be just fine. If the machine that normally uses about 128Mb can
also hit a high of 800Mb, the perhaps something like 196Mb of
RAM and 800Mb of swap would be right. In both cases the total
virtual memory is 996Mb, which is a comfortable margin more than
the 800Mb known to be necessary.
As you can see, if the absolute maximum requirement for virtual
memory is the same (in this case 800Mb), then the more RAM that
is installed the less swap is needed. For that reason ratios
such as 2:1 swap to RAM are just not a useful method to determine
RAM and swap space on a Linux box.
And that is why it was suggested that on the machine where you
have reduced the RAM from 1G to 512Mb it might be more appropriate
to _increase_ the amount of swap space. (That assumed you were
running the same processes before and after the memory change.)
A couple of other points need to be mentioned. One is to use
the "free" command, but be aware that it also reports how much
RAM is being used to buffer/cache disk i/o. Having more RAM
than is required for processes will allow Linux to use it to
speed up disk i/o. Hence, once again... buy all the RAM that
your budget allows.
The other point is that disk space is cheap now. Being very
conservative about swap space made sense in years past, but
it is false economy today. My rule of thumb right now is that
whatever your wildest dream about swap space requirements might
be? double it. Or better yet, triple it. It's cheap and you
can't lose.
Floyd
>Thank you kindly,
>Ken
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> ekk wrote:
>> >
>> > Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
>> >
>> > I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
>> > I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
>> > machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
>> >
>> > In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
>> > Do I need to lower the swap space?
>> >
>> > In both situations disk space is not a concern.
>> >
>> > I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
>> > I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
>> >
>> > Ken
>>
>> I have 256 MB RAM and 128 MB swap on my box. It hardly ever uses any of
>> the swap at all except for programs like Netscape, and then it uses very
>> little swap. I don't think that you need more than 128 MB of swap when
>> you have a lot of ram.
>>
>> jamess
>> --
>> "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
>> it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
>>
>> -Anonymous
>
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Subject: Re: Install from hard drive
Date: 22 Jan 2001 19:47:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Kerr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I downloaded Corel Linux and can get to the files from the ISO image (via a
: CD Rom emulator). I have a linux native hard drive ready to go. So....Is it
: possible to install Corel Linux WITHOUT burning a CD and do it from the hard
: drive? (I have no CD burner).
This is how you read the iso image file under Linux:
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 /somewhere/yourFile.iso /yourMountPoint
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From: Van DeWald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: how to duplicate a linux installation?
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:03:58 -0500
A simply rsync command should work. We use that in our web farm, with three
machines. Changes are posted on the submit.xxx.xxx.xxx domain, which are then
rsynched to www1, www2 and www3.
Van
Alois Treindl wrote:
> For a web server farm, I need identical Linux (Redhat 6.2) installations
> on a whole set of servers, which differ only by their IP addresses.
>
> I would like to be able to maintain the linux system only on one of the
> servers, and
> push a copy of it to each of the identical machines.
>
> Is there a how-to description somewhere how to do this in a convenient way?
>
> Alois
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From: Carlos Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 on an Asus A7V (Athlon CPU)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:02:47 -0500
I'm just wondering if the trouble that I am having with RH7
not recognizing the NIC is due to some sort of incompatibility
with the (Athlon) motherboard? (Asus A7V with a 1GHz Athlon)
Has anyone installed RH7 on this hardware with no extra
modifications or effort? (i.e., recognizing the NIC and all
the network related stuff right on the first reboot after
installation?)
If not, is there any info that you could give me that might
help me with this setup?
Thanks!
Carlos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Wierd display problem with Mandrake 7.2
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:03:30 GMT
Installed XFree86 4.0.2 today.
Fixed the problem & the resolution is now great!!!
- D.
In article <94adfd$7p6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm running into the same screen problem. It's an LG LCD monitor on a
> Sager 6650 Laptop. Even using xvidtune was no help. IT COULDN'T
> ADJUST FAR ENOUGH to fix the problem. Does anybody know where to get
> freq. setting for the LG LCD monitors? I have no idea which model LCD
> monitor it is. This is VERY frustrating!!
>
> - D.
>
> In article <fJH26.1759$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Hinds) wrote:
> > There is a new released Linux kernel this month with a lot of fixes,
> I saw
> > quite a few graphics ones in the list.
> >
> > Don
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems
> with the
> > >X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for
> my
> > >monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the
> width of
> > >the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
> setting
> > >those sync rates myself, the problem went away.
> > >
> > >I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am
> having the
> > >same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the
> section
> > >where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm
> currently using
> > >an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card
> with
> > 4Mb
> > >memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
> MonitorDB
> > >config file for the monitor:
> > >LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> > >and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have
the
> > >strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to
> be
> > >actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable
of
> sizes
> > >up to 1024x768.
> > >
> > >I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" -
> can
> > >anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it
> uses
> > >the screen properly?
> > >
> > >Thankyou!
> > >Dawnmist
> > >--
> > >remove nospam. to reply
> >
> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner
Date: 22 Jan 2001 20:11:13 GMT
In <XHPa6.65677$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
]I try to download and install Linux on my computer, but I haven't got a CD
]burner.
]The only download methods I can find on the net is iso-images or all the
]individual files from FTP, which would take me days to download.
Actually, the iso is just equal to the size of all of the files summed
together.
]So I'm wondering if there's any way to unpack or convert the ISO-images to
]individual files without having to burn a CD.
Do you have linux already? If so then yes it is easy. Just mount the iso
as a loopback and copy everything to another directory. IF you do not
have linux already, then things are harder.
]Or if anyone know of a site to download SuSE Linux 7 as a ZIP or similar
]archive file.
]All help appreciated, and please no answers like "buy a CD burner".
Buy it on a CD from one of the buring sites (eg www.cheapbytes.com,
www.linuxmall.com) for about $4+ SH.
]Audun
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:57:51 -0500
I appreciate your thorough response.
Ken
>
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:58:56 -0500
I like your analogy! That helps alot-
Ken
Steve Wolfe wrote:
> > Thanks, Jamess for your advice. The person whose job I inherited told me
> > that the swap space should be double the amount of RAM for up to 512 MB,
> > 1.5x for 512 - 1024, and 1x for above 1024 MB.
>
> Ideally, you should have more RAM than you'll use, and some swap for a
> backup. If you don't have that much RAM, then your RAM + swap should be
> more than you'll use, and then some for safety. If you regularly use a half
> gig of swap, then having a gig total (perhaps more) would be a good idea -
> but I hate to think of the performance at that point. With RAM getting
> cheaper and cheaper, I'm of the opinion that swap is simply there for
> extremely abnormal situations.
>
> > I'm not terribly sure why he
> > thought so much swap was required, but I think he arrived at those ratios
> > through experience dealing with many different machines and RAM amounts.
>
> No, he just read them. "rules of thumb" on swap are about as useful as
> saying "Oh, a size 12 ought to fit any woman that's between 50 and 150
> pounds." Like women, each machine (and it's uses/needs) are different, and
> need individual consideration.
>
> > The machines he set up are stable and rarely get bogged down, as long as
> the
> > users don't push them over the RAM!
>
> There you go, his magic numbers for swap haven't helped. You're still
> stuch in the fact that swap is a few hundred (or thousand) times slower than
> RAM. If your machine is swapping, you're hamstrung. If not, you're OK.
>
> steve
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:07:17 -0500
I appreciate everyone's helpfulness. My faith in newsgroups has been restored
(after being squashed by the first response to my posting)
Thanks-
Ken
Martin Eriksson wrote:
> Linux will not put data on the swap disk until main memory get full. Why
> people recommend as much swap as memory is uncomprehendable to me. Maybe in
> some critical servers where you just CANT let processes die because of
> memory shortage.
>
> But for example, if ONE instantiation of a program uses 1GB RAM... you
> should count on the event that accidentally TWO such processes start, and
> thus will use 2GB RAM. Then you would want to have 1.5GB swap "just in
> case".
>
> Well, you get it... The actual point is: Linux does not use more swap only
> because you give it more swap space.
>
> "ekk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
> >
> > I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
> > I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
> > machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
> >
> > In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
> > Do I need to lower the swap space?
> >
> > In both situations disk space is not a concern.
> >
> > I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
> > I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> >
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From: "amafelovis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any good officesuite like Microsoft Office for Linux
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:30:53 -0000
Try StarOffice from Sun Microsystems.
"futurewei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu na mensagem
news:_nxa6.11706$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> Any suggestion for good application like Microsoft Office for Linux?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
>
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:36:53 +0100
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Per Wedin wrote:
> The DFE-530TX uses the via-rhine.o driver but the DFE-530TX+ uses the
> rtl8139.o driver. According to the Red Hat hardware compatibility list
> anyway, but I think that list is pretty linux generic.
Well, the list is, of cource, Linux specific. But the fact, that
DFE-530TX uses a the VIA-Rhine chip and the DFE-530TX+ uses an RTL8139
chip is generally correct.
One cane wonder, why they call two different products the same name
(nearly) :-)
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: how to duplicate a linux installation?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:37:59 GMT
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:02:26 GMT, Alois Treindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>For a web server farm, I need identical Linux (Redhat 6.2) installations
>on a whole set of servers, which differ only by their IP addresses.
>
>I would like to be able to maintain the linux system only on one of the
>servers, and
>push a copy of it to each of the identical machines.
>
>Is there a how-to description somewhere how to do this in a convenient way?
Sounds like you need a full DHCP solution, perhaps with NFS mounts of
all the relevant filesystems.
Take a look at the "Diskless-HOWTO". If it's not included in RH6.2,
you can get it from the Linux Documentation Project at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Chris Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: HELP!!Only the L appears in LILO
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:06:08 -0700
I too am having the same problem. I'm trying to dual boot on a Win98 box.
Upon boot, only the letter "L" appears on the screen. If I booted with the boot
disk, I could get into Linux, but not windows. So I booted with a win disk and
did a "fdisk /mbr", fixed the master boot record to boot dos. Right now I'm
stuck on having a direct boot to dos, but have the ability to use a boot disk to
get to the linux partition. A real pain in the arse.
I'm still trying to read up and research the problem. I WILL get this thing to
work!
bindou wrote:
> Help!.
> I have installed linux redhat 7.0 on a computer running windows me an i get
> the following problem when i restart the computer:
> only L appears when booting and the screen freeze.
> i have installed it on a primary slave disk.
> Note that the computer does not have a primary master disk
> Also i have tried to modify the lilo.conf found in by removing linear and
> putting lba32,but when i type lilo it gives the following warning:
> /dev/hdb is not the first disk.
> I have also tried to copy the boot.b and map file from the linux boot floppy
> but without results.
>
> Any help please as i cannot even boot on the Windows System
>
> Rgds
>
> Jbk
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