On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:25, you wrote: > I am begining to see the benfits of a seperate partition for /var & > /home or both. > twice now my system has ground to a halt when /var has filled up ! > > Oh and this will make you all laugh or cry (both happened in this > household I assure you ) - my latest jetstream bill - wait for it: > $60,0000 last month! - 291GB! (about 1G of which I can account for) > So if anyone thinnks they can help me get to the bottom of the > 'situation' or if anyone has a better bill than that I would be most > anxious to speak with then on monday night!
Ask to see their accounting procedures. Ask about the software they used to keep tally. Ask about the likeliehood that they messed up but good. Don't let the Fsckwits get away with it. Or they'll do it again. Wesley Parish > > Cheers all, > Chris > (the soon to be bankrupt) > > Brad Beveridge wrote: > >Safety - generally (under gentoo) /boot is not mounted, or only mounted > > RO. So you will always be able to boot. However, since I have > > (repeatedly) dumped bzImage files into /boot _without_ it being mounted, > > I now mount my /boot partition in fstab. So much for safety. So I spose > > you can get away with a single partition, as long as your boot loader > > functions. What I mean, if you are using GRUB as a bootloader, your boot > > partition must be a filesystem it understands. > > > >Brad > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:57 p.m. > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Test run for Gentoo install fest > >> > >> > >>What is the advantage of having a small boot partition. I > >>boot my Debian > >>system from a 5.4 GB partitions without any problems. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Conrad. > >> > >>Brad Beveridge wrote: > >>>I began installing gentoo on a laptop last night, my partitions are > >>>/dev/hda1 - ntfs (gah) /dev/hda2 - ext3, boot region, 30Mb > >> > >>(only needs > >> > >>>to be large enough to fit 1 bzImage really) /dev/hda3 - > >> > >>500Mb swap (you > >> > >>>can use your Debian swap) /dev/hda4 - reiserfs for the rest. > >> > >> - reiser > >> > >>>or ext3 is reccommended > >>> > >>>Brad > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:49 p.m. > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Subject: Test run for Gentoo install fest > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Sorry, but I won't make it to the meeting on Monday. This is > >>>>particularly bad, because I won't be there for the test run of our > >>>>Gentoo install fest next Saturday. My laptop is booting > >>>>Nick's CD and I > >>>>can get my NIC working. Is there anything else that could > >> > >>go wrong or > >> > >>>>that I should check? > >>>> > >>>>Chris mentioned in one of his posts that 3 partitions are > >>>>needed for the > >>>>Gentoo install. What do they have to look like (size, type) > >>>>and what're > >>>>they used for. On my current Debian system I've 1 swap and > >> > >>1 ext2 (/) > >> > >>>>partition. For data I've got a FAT32 partition that I access > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>from Linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>and Windows. > >>>> > >>>>Cheers, > >>>>Conrad. > >>>> > >>>>Nick Rout wrote: > >>>>>/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start > >>>>> > >>>>>please don't post html to the list if you can help it. > >>>>> > >>>>>Its odd that the /etc/init.d/local script does not load the 3c59x > >>>>>module. > >>>>> > >>>>>the script cycles through all the available net modules > >> > >>and tries to > >> > >>>>>insmod them. If one (perhaps the de4x5) hangs then it may give the > >>>>>symptoms you observe. > >>>>> > >>>>>can you give me the output of lsmod before and after you > >>>> > >>>>load the 3c59x > >>>> > >>>>>module? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:55:19 +0200 > >>>>> > >>>>>Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>Sorry, this was supposed to go to the list, not only to > >>>> > >>>>Chris. Conrad. > >>>> > >>>>>>-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Gentoo > >>>> > >>>>installfest ISO files > >>>> > >>>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:43:52 +0200 > >>>>>>From: Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>>To: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>>References: > >>>> > >>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><200306232109.39787.csawt > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><2 > >>> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>>>>>I've tried it again and waited at least 20 min this time, > >>>> > >>>>but there is > >>>> > >>>>>>neither network nor CD activity. With the boot option 'nonet' this > >>>>>>doesn't occur. I then get to the CL and can load 3c59x, but > >>>> > >>>>I've no idea > >>>> > >>>>>>how to start the network skript. Is there an equivalent to > >>>> > >>>>the Debian > >>>> > >>>>>>'/etc/init.d/networking start'? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Cheers, > >>>>>>Conrad. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:09, Conrad Wolf wrote: > >>>>>>>>Thanks Chris! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>I've downloaded the iso (checksum was ok) and burned it. When > >>>>>>>>booting with the CD I get a boot promt, but then during > >> > >>the boot > >> > >>>>>>>>process the box freezes. The last output is something like > >>>>>>>>'Searching for de4x5'. I googled for it and found that > >>>> > >>>>de4x5 must be > >>>> > >>>>>>>>a nic module. That's somewhat obscure, because I've got a > >>>> > >>>>3Com card > >>>> > >>>>>>>>which normally uses 3c59x.o. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>So does my machine and it works ok. > >>>>>>>How long did you wait? > >>>>>>>That phase takes quite a long time. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Cheers, > >>>>>>>>Conrad. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >>>>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:01, Conrad Wolf wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>Sorry to ask, but how can I download from a http url in binary > >>>>>>>>>>mode? When I downloaded the iso with Mozilla, the > >> > >>checksum and > >> > >>>>>>>>>>even the file size didn't match. For ftp I normally use > >>>> > >>>>the gftp > >>>> > >>>>>>>>>>package, but I couldn't connect to the http url with it. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>I've found the command line utility wget to be pretty well > >>>>>>>>>bombproof > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>wget http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/dl/gentoo-distcc-clug-0.2.iso > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>-- > >>>>>>>>>C. S. > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Nick Rout > >>>>>Barrister & Solicitor > >>>>>Christchurch, NZ > >>>>>Ph +64 3 3798966 > >>>>>Fax + 64 3 3798853 > >>>>>http://www.rout.co.nz > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
