Thanks for your answers.
> > 3. Is there somewhere I can download the distribution or can I
only
> > get it by ordering the CD?
>
> I will happilly upload it anywhere, don't know where.
>
I usually download Slackware releases from a Sunsite mirror.
ftp: //sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/linux/distributions/
is such a location and already carries several distributions. I've no
idea who you'd contact to find out about putting the Q40 one up, or
whether they make a charge for the space. I don't know how the Q40
distrib is packaged or how the installer works, but the Slackware model
is handy for downloading because you can take just the bits you need to
make a minimal system and then add more later. As long as you take
complete modules, the installer won't complain about the bits that are
missing.
> Only kernels 2.2.17 and later will handle more than 8GB Harddisks.
> > 2. My QWA partitions are 2 x 4Gb.
> never had any problems with it?
It's been working fine, but is the maximum chunk of my 40Gb disk I can
partition at present. Actually I'm thinking of swapping it for a more
modest 8Gb freeing the 40 for space-hungry PC apps like digital images,
so that should keep the 2.2.6 kernel happy.
regards,
Ian.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard.Zidlicky
> Sent: 03 July 2001 15:09
> To: ql-developers
> Cc: Richard.Zidlicky
> Subject: Re: [ql-developers] [Q40-Linux] Disk partitioning & stuff
>
>
>
> > Hello,
> > Some questions about Linux on the Q40:
> >
> > 1. My disk already has QWA partitions created by SMSQ
> mkpart_exe. Will
> > the Linux fdisk recognize them and be able to partition the
> remainder
> > of the disk, or must I start again and do the whole disk with Linux
> > fdisk?
>
> it will recongise all partitions and do the right thing. Only kernels
> 2.2.17 and later will handle more than 8GB Harddisks.
>
> > 2. My QWA partitions are 2 x 4Gb.
>
> never had any problems with it?
>
> > I seem to recall a feature of x86
> > Linuxes that required the root partition to start within
> the first 1024
> > cylinders.(Might have been a mainboard BIOS limitation I guess.) I
> > don't know if that was ever resolved. Is it an issue with Q40 Linux?
>
> no, absolutely no problem here.
>
> > 3. Is there somewhere I can download the distribution or
> can I only
> > get it by ordering the CD?
>
> I will happilly upload it anywhere, don't know where.
>
> > 4. Aspect ratio. Has the issue of mapping the Xfree86 4:3 desktop
> > aspect ratio onto the Q40 2:1 ratio been addressed yet?
>
> no. Can someone look if XFree86 4.x offers the -dpix/-dpiy switches?
>
> Bye
> Richard
>
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