Q on initial partitions for 30 Gig HD
I'm getting a new computer and going to be putting Debian Woody 3.0r1 on it -- I've used Mandrake prior to this. This new laptop will have a 30 Gig HD, and my reading indicates that ext2 file systems can run into performance problems on partitions over 6 Gig. Brute-force math would suggest I divide into 5 6 Gig partitions, but of course 6 Gig is too much for something like /boot, /var, etc. My current computer has 6 Gig and I don't even use all of _that_. Can anyone advise on a good partitioning choice for a personal workstation for word processing and scientific programming? Thanks in advance. -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification.
keymap install on Thinkpad?
Just installing my Cheapbytes Woody disks on my Thinkpad R32. This is supposed to be relative cake. Well, first it kept saying "loading /etc/console/boottime/kmap" so often I thought it was stuck. Now it keeps telling me "gzip: stdout: no space left on device." The device is a 27 Gig HD, partitioned into 200 MB bootable, 100 MB swap, and the rest user space. Oh, now I get "open: no space left on device." If this has cleared up by the time I hear from anyone, apologies for wasting bandwidth. On the other hand, if anyone can advise me regarding this or other hassles, please do so. Thanks! -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification.
Unidentified subject!
I just installed Debian Woody 3.0r1 from CDs from Cheapbytes. It's on an IBM Thinkpad R32 with bells-and-whistles (30 Gig HD, Ethernet & Wireless connectivity, and DVD/CD-R combo drive). And I just hit a stone wall. I can't seem to get the ethernet to accept my Comcast cable modem. This is crucial if I want to update to 'testing' and get the other drivers I need, such as the radeon for my video card. Can anyone advise? Thanks in advance. -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification.
Re: Unidentified subject!
> > Not sure what this means. Are you able to bring the interface up at > all? If not, you need to configure the card. Are you not getting an ip I probably do, but since I've been using Mandrake up 'til now I'm not sure what tools are available to configure the card. (I looked for 'linuxconf' first thing...!) > address? That could be a configuration problem, or you might not have a > dhcp client installed. If you could post the error message, and perhaps > the relevant line(s) from /etc/network/interfaces that would help. > No error message, it just isn't able to contact any IP. I don't see any dhcp line in /etc/network/interfaces, so that may be something I need to do. Also, if this is relevant, I couldn't seem to use the cable modem when I did the Woody install -- although it did say 'you need a dhcp server to configure the network' and I just have a Linux box and a cable modem. Does that mean I had a problem from the start? I'm using the eepro100 module. I selected it during install. Thanks in advance for any advice. -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification.
Re: Laptop Losing Time
I know a problem like this exists on Thinkpads -- including mine! As a 'fix' I just installed the ntpdate package, and arranged for it to be called everytime I went into root mode. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Jeff wrote: > My laptop, a Dell Latitude C610 running Sarge, has been losing time to > the tune of about 15-20 minutes every 12 hours. > > I found a thread that suggested the Motherboard battery, and I may > change that later. > > Also in that thread was a suggestion by Rob Weir to check the > interupts on the system, and that this may cause this problem. I > checked using procinfo -n1 and can see that irq 0 "timer" has the > highest interupt count and it's incrementing at a rate of 100 per > second. > > Does anyone have any insite into this? Rob had indicated that if an > irq was getting a lot of interupts, that could effect the time. > > thanks, > jc > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' DebianAdmin and User > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Q on initial partitions for 30 Gig HD
I'm getting a new computer and going to be putting Debian Woody 3.0r1 on it -- I've used Mandrake prior to this. This new laptop will have a 30 Gig HD, and my reading indicates that ext2 file systems can run into performance problems on partitions over 6 Gig. Brute-force math would suggest I divide into 5 6 Gig partitions, but of course 6 Gig is too much for something like /boot, /var, etc. My current computer has 6 Gig and I don't even use all of _that_. Can anyone advise on a good partitioning choice for a personal workstation for word processing and scientific programming? Thanks in advance. -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
keymap install on Thinkpad?
Just installing my Cheapbytes Woody disks on my Thinkpad R32. This is supposed to be relative cake. Well, first it kept saying "loading /etc/console/boottime/kmap" so often I thought it was stuck. Now it keeps telling me "gzip: stdout: no space left on device." The device is a 27 Gig HD, partitioned into 200 MB bootable, 100 MB swap, and the rest user space. Oh, now I get "open: no space left on device." If this has cleared up by the time I hear from anyone, apologies for wasting bandwidth. On the other hand, if anyone can advise me regarding this or other hassles, please do so. Thanks! -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unidentified subject!
I just installed Debian Woody 3.0r1 from CDs from Cheapbytes. It's on an IBM Thinkpad R32 with bells-and-whistles (30 Gig HD, Ethernet & Wireless connectivity, and DVD/CD-R combo drive). And I just hit a stone wall. I can't seem to get the ethernet to accept my Comcast cable modem. This is crucial if I want to update to 'testing' and get the other drivers I need, such as the radeon for my video card. Can anyone advise? Thanks in advance. -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unidentified subject!
> > Not sure what this means. Are you able to bring the interface up at > all? If not, you need to configure the card. Are you not getting an ip I probably do, but since I've been using Mandrake up 'til now I'm not sure what tools are available to configure the card. (I looked for 'linuxconf' first thing...!) > address? That could be a configuration problem, or you might not have a > dhcp client installed. If you could post the error message, and perhaps > the relevant line(s) from /etc/network/interfaces that would help. > No error message, it just isn't able to contact any IP. I don't see any dhcp line in /etc/network/interfaces, so that may be something I need to do. Also, if this is relevant, I couldn't seem to use the cable modem when I did the Woody install -- although it did say 'you need a dhcp server to configure the network' and I just have a Linux box and a cable modem. Does that mean I had a problem from the start? I'm using the eepro100 module. I selected it during install. Thanks in advance for any advice. -- Known oxymorons: entertainment news, youth culture, focus group. Probationary: intellectual courage, organized religion, deferred gratification. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laptop Losing Time
I know a problem like this exists on Thinkpads -- including mine! As a 'fix' I just installed the ntpdate package, and arranged for it to be called everytime I went into root mode. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Jeff wrote: > My laptop, a Dell Latitude C610 running Sarge, has been losing time to > the tune of about 15-20 minutes every 12 hours. > > I found a thread that suggested the Motherboard battery, and I may > change that later. > > Also in that thread was a suggestion by Rob Weir to check the > interupts on the system, and that this may cause this problem. I > checked using procinfo -n1 and can see that irq 0 "timer" has the > highest interupt count and it's incrementing at a rate of 100 per > second. > > Does anyone have any insite into this? Rob had indicated that if an > irq was getting a lot of interupts, that could effect the time. > > thanks, > jc > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' DebianAdmin and User > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good printer for R32 Thinkpad running Debian 'testing'?
I was planning to take advantage of expected pre- or post-Xmas sales and
get a printer.
My needs are modest. Text and some line art.
Can anyone recommend a printer which is known to work well with IBM
Thinkpads (R32 specifically) and Debian ('testing') distro?
Thanks in advance!
Mitch
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Good printer for R32 Thinkpad running Debian 'testing'?
I was planning to take advantage of expected pre- or post-Xmas sales and
get a printer.
My needs are modest. Text and some line art.
Can anyone recommend a printer which is known to work well with IBM
Thinkpads (R32 specifically) and Debian ('testing') distro?
Thanks in advance!
Mitch
