Re: [gentoo-user] What can I use for a compressed file system?
since you are not looking at writing to this fs, then you can use cloop or squashfs for example, gentoo uses squashfs for its live cd/dvd squashfs is considered better, but both are in use on live cd/dvd, cloop was (At least partially) written by the knoppix dude. typically you get 2.5:1 compression with these over a general linux distro file average. either one will put all files starting at a root path into the compressed structure. The only real difference between doing it cloop/squashfs and tar.*z is that cloop/squashfs can be directly accessed (once mounted), which might be of some use. big negative (unless fixed in recent releases) is you need enough ram/VM to hold the entire fs (to be compressed) in memory. So if you have 512MB ram and a 1GB VM allocation, the biggest fs you can archive using cloop/squashfs would be 2.5GB (approx), that compresses down to the 1GB to fit into your VM. pretty recent cloop souce is at knoppix web site, squashfs, IIRC is at kernel.org squashfs would also be available in gentoo, as gentoo uses it in their live cd. -tl On Fri, 12 May 2006 02:47:56 -0500 Zac Slade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 11 May 2006 19:51, W.Kenworthy wrote: > > What can I use for a compressed file system? I am looking at setting up > > a loopback mounted filesystem that I want to use to store backups into. > > Compression is needed as space will become a limitation in the future (I > > want to do a whole system backup that so far is 2:1 compressed via > > tar.bzip2. I am thinking of using dirvish into a compressed loopback > > mount - but how do I set up a compressed fs? > Have you tried reiserfs? As long as it is NOT mounted with the "notail" > option it can sometimes save 50% on space compared to ext3/jfs/xfs depending > on your usage. > > There is also a possiblility of using LVM2 snapshots also if you have LVM2 > devices already set up. I'm not sure how dirvish is for backup and I'm not > sure how good a loopback backup to a file really is anyway. That depends on > the consistency of at least a partition anyway. Maybe you are trying to > solve the wrong problem? > > -- > Zac Slade > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ:1415282 YM:krakrjak AIM:ttyp99 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] livecd 2006 problems
just did this today, i didnt seem to see the REgenerating notice when i did just the gentoo kernel, but when i need to get my video card working better, and booted with the gentoo-nofb it did pause at Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache but only for maybe 15 seconds, and this is on an old 1.2Ghz Duron, and generally in my experiences on other live cd/dvd ldconfig's usually dont take more then 10-15 seconds, so it would seem as if something is wrong with the environment you are using. try gentoo boot, instead of gentoo-nofb, if in fact that is what your doing. you checked you md5sum of your ISO image, but did you check the MD5SUM of the cd/dvd itself, maybe you got a bad burn? I'd just burn it again, and try it again, to be sure. -tl On Thu, 11 May 2006 10:24:03 +0200 Arnau Bria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I recentlly downloaded livecd 2006 from one of Gentoo's mirrors (UV). > I checked it with its md5sum, and, as it was correct, I burned it. > > But, when I try to boot with the livecd, it starts fine untill when it > tries to regenerate ld.so.cache, where it hangs... it stops at: > >>Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache > > I waited for few minuts (5 - 10) but it did not continue... > > is there a way of skiping this step? is this a known bug? I looked for > some information in google and found nothig... > > Many thanks in advance, > -- > Arnau Bria > http://blog.emergetux.net > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro Advice Needed!
i used to, not with gentoo, but i think regardless of what distro you use, you need to check out the gatos project it also depends on what AIW you use, there are three, the old rage, the radeon, and the newest one, which might be a variation of the radeon, but perhaps different. With gatos i had no problem using AIW rage, and radeon vintage cards to watch tv. If you have a pci-express based card, i'd love to know if you get it working, I was thinking about getting one. If you just have an old AGP type card, i am pretty sure it will work fine with gatos. -tl On Wed, 10 May 2006 21:42:46 -0400 "Christopher E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello every one! > > Is there any one out there that has a All-in-Wonder that is able to > watch TV on a Gentoo system? IF so could you be so kind and inform me > of how you got it to work. > > I have on my sys: > > > stable is what every is from portage > Gentoo (latest stable) > Gnome (latest stable) > X11 7 (latest testing) > MySQL (latest stable) > > I think that covers the ones that I would think or my have connection > wth a tv program. > > Sincerely, > Christopher > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] try gentoo again?....LIVE version device support?
Feed up with a few other distros, i am giving GENTOO another look. I tried it when it first came out and had .. hmmm. a bit of trouble. I assume things are alot more refined now. I am looking for a distro to base a LIVE DVD (or CD) from, Can anyone comment on how good GENTOO LIVE CD is on device detection, in particular Network cards, USB, and to a lesser extent graphics/monitors. If someone, in the know, could compare GENTOO against say SUSE or Knoppix in that area, that would be very helpfull. I produce a LIVE DVD for a company, and SUSE has made a pretty good bases, but their release cycle is not to quick, and of course GENTOO, a good thing in this case, has almost a perpetual release cycle. In particular, DELL has started selling PC's with no PS2 ports for keyboards/mice, and thats taking its toll on distros that were released last year. So I am contemplating moving to GENTOO, but I can't test the device recognition on other then a few machines I have, but when I release it to my target audience, it has to work 99.99% across 400+ employees computers, which can be just about any computer of recent vintage, including of course brand new Dells with no ps2 ports. -tl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
