Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:35:54AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: I thought etch now defaulted to tmpfs for /tmp meaning putting it in ram where it is faster, and backed by swap if needed. Isn't there a performance hit doing this? If a programme is putting stuff in /tmp to otherwise reduce

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 07:55:07AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't there a performance hit doing this? If a programme is putting stuff in /tmp to otherwise reduce its memory footprint, does it make sense to circumvent that and put /tmp back in memory? If a program is accessing both its

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 10:15:22PM +0200, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: Le 08.10.2006 18:05:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a ?crit?: Obviously, I don't know how LV works internally. If the root filesystem get corrupted, how do I fix it from a recovery shell (e.g. the install USB) if its on an

Re: i386 or amd64?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 09:54:13AM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've just about finished building my new computer and need to decide which Debian port to install (i386 vs AMD64). Hardware: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 10:35:03AM +0200, Manuele Rampazzo wrote: Ciao, Albert Dengg disse: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:01:24AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Part. mount size == 1 /boot 32 MB 5

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:01:24AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Also amd64 has /emul/ia32-linux/ taking up some space if you need 32bit support libs. If I find I need them later (when did /emul get in the FHS?), can I put them on a separate LV mounted on /emul? Doug. -- To

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 09:20:06AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps more to the point, make sure you have room for several kernels in /boot. You don't have to uninstall a kernel in order to install a new one. If you are careful with your lilo, or grub, you can get a choice of kernels

in-reply-to=[EMAIL PROTECTED]subject0re:%20re:installation on asus k8n4-e deluxe still fails

2006-10-11 Thread Kv237
The bios is the 1010.bin bios from the Asus website. Using eSupport.com BIOS agent it is reported as: Bios Type: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID: 10/21/2005-NF-CK804-K8N4E OEM Sign-On: AsusK8N4-E Deluxe ACPI BIOS Revision 1010 Chipset: AMD 1100 rev 0

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread Mike Reinehr
Doug, I'm certainly no expert on this, but I have been using LVM2 for a year or so, so ... On Wednesday 11 October 2006 07:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 10:15:22PM +0200, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: Le 08.10.2006 18:05:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a ?crit?: Obviously, I

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread Mike Reinehr
On Wednesday 11 October 2006 08:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 09:20:06AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps more to the point, make sure you have room for several kernels in /boot. You don't have to uninstall a kernel in order to install a new one. If you are

Re: in-reply-to=[EMAIL PROTECTED]subject0re:%20re:installation on asus k8n4-e deluxe still fails

2006-10-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:44:58AM +0200, Kv237 wrote: The bios is the 1010.bin bios from the Asus website. Using eSupport.com BIOS agent it is reported as: Bios Type: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID: 10/21/2005-NF-CK804-K8N4E OEM Sign-On: AsusK8N4-E Deluxe

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread Daniel Tryba
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:15:33AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right, but I'm trying to decide if I should put / on LVM. To summarize what I've heard so far: Advantage:Able to resize. Which is a negligible advantage. How often is the need for this? Disk space for / varies between

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 06:04:43PM +0200, Daniel Tryba wrote: Which is a negligible advantage. How often is the need for this? Disk space for / varies between 100Mb to 500Mb on my machines. Instal with a generous 2Gb for / only and you never need to worry about it filling up. Certainly if you

Re:Re: Installation on Asus K8N4-E Deluxe still fails

2006-10-11 Thread Kv237
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry for the prevous message. I'm using /bin/mail on the local server, and has to add all headers manually. The bios is the 1010.bin bios from the Asus website. Using eSupport.com BIOS agent it is reported as: Bios Type: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG BIOS ID:

Re: Re: Installation on Asus K8N4-E Deluxe still fails

2006-10-11 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:46:39PM +0200, Kv237 wrote: The report from ifconfig -a is as follows: [...] Look at the kernel messages when the forcedeth module is inserted. Google finds reports that on this motherboard forcedeth fails to find the IOMEM region of the NIC (you should look for a

Re: LVM root?

2006-10-11 Thread dtutty
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 12:27:12PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 06:04:43PM +0200, Daniel Tryba wrote: with a generous 2Gb for / only and you never need to worry about it filling up. / is to valuable to lose. IMHO a single disk setup is a no go. new machines

Re: em64t

2006-10-11 Thread Adam Skutt
Lennart Sorensen wrote: I thought IA-32e was something entirely different (I thought that was PAE and such). No, its the term used for the EM64T extensions in most of their technical documentation (e.g., the SDM for IA-32 processors). Why, I don't know. They just like to be difficult.

nvidia repository

2006-10-11 Thread Alexander Samad
Hi I remember in some earlier posts, there was an unoffical repository that has precompiled nvidia deb which match the linux-image debs. I can't seem to find it via google. Can somebody repost please Thanks signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: nvidia repository

2006-10-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 08:46:32AM +1000, Alexander Samad wrote: Hi I remember in some earlier posts, there was an unoffical repository that has precompiled nvidia deb which match the linux-image debs. I can't seem to find it via google. Can somebody repost please Maybe the non-free