Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-03 Thread Dale E Martin
> I don't have a footnote, but I believe a recent linux journal article says > that the 2.6 kernel uses a posix threads library which are much nicer than > linux threads and that redhat has backported this support to RH9 and the > 2.4 kernel. > > It should be possible to DL the redhat 2.4 patches

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-03 Thread Sylvain Cauchon
Fred Whipple wrote: Hi Everyone, A while back I asked for some feedback and got a very rich set of info from folks about Debian used in a stable ISP environment as compared to other OS's and distributions. All the info was very helpful and helped us further solidify our desire (though not yet d

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-03 Thread Dale E Martin
> I don't have a footnote, but I believe a recent linux journal article says > that the 2.6 kernel uses a posix threads library which are much nicer than > linux threads and that redhat has backported this support to RH9 and the > 2.4 kernel. > > It should be possible to DL the redhat 2.4 patches

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-03 Thread Sylvain Cauchon
Fred Whipple wrote: Hi Everyone, A while back I asked for some feedback and got a very rich set of info from folks about Debian used in a stable ISP environment as compared to other OS's and distributions. All the info was very helpful and helped us further solidify our desire (though not yet

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Dan MacNeil
I don't have a footnote, but I believe a recent linux journal article says that the 2.6 kernel uses a posix threads library which are much nicer than linux threads and that redhat has backported this support to RH9 and the 2.4 kernel. It should be possible to DL the redhat 2.4 patches On Mon, 2

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Dr. G Wu
RH9 support NTPL, which might explain your problem. could you also have a look at this post. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=38138 It is a hot discussion about why Java is slower on Linux than on Windows, slower on Gentoo than on RH9, whether NTPL would help boost the performance. regar

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Dan MacNeil
I don't have a footnote, but I believe a recent linux journal article says that the 2.6 kernel uses a posix threads library which are much nicer than linux threads and that redhat has backported this support to RH9 and the 2.4 kernel. It should be possible to DL the redhat 2.4 patches On Mon, 2

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Dr. G Wu
RH9 support NTPL, which might explain your problem. could you also have a look at this post. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=38138 It is a hot discussion about why Java is slower on Linux than on Windows, slower on Gentoo than on RH9, whether NTPL would help boost the performance. regar

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Billson
Just to follow up: If you do want to install Debian with the 2.4 kernel just use the BF24 boot option when installing from CD. A complete list of boot options is available when installing from CD. You then will have 2.4 options (i.e. drivers, ext3, etc.) available during the install process.

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Rod Rodolico
This is not a problem. The 2.4 kernel is included in the current Debian release, it is just not the default. All of my Debian boxes are set up for 2.4 kernel (no need to compile unless you want it more efficient). Also, ext3 is standard, just not the default

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-02-02 13:24:24, schrieb Fred Whipple: >Hi Everyone, >I see that Debian 3.0r2 includes a nicely aged (like fine cheese) Linux >2.2 kernel. While I'm certain the aging process only makes its flavour Who install 2.2.22 ??? There is a 2.4.18-bf24 too. >stronger and more delectable, I'm af

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Billson
Just to follow up: If you do want to install Debian with the 2.4 kernel just use the BF24 boot option when installing from CD. A complete list of boot options is available when installing from CD. You then will have 2.4 options (i.e. drivers, ext3, etc.) available during the install process.

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Rod Rodolico
This is not a problem. The 2.4 kernel is included in the current Debian release, it is just not the default. All of my Debian boxes are set up for 2.4 kernel (no need to compile unless you want it more efficient). Also, ext3 is standard, just not the default. Probably better ways to do it, but I

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-02-02 13:24:24, schrieb Fred Whipple: >Hi Everyone, >I see that Debian 3.0r2 includes a nicely aged (like fine cheese) Linux >2.2 kernel. While I'm certain the aging process only makes its flavour Who install 2.2.22 ??? There is a 2.4.18-bf24 too. >stronger and more delectable, I'm af

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Fred Whipple
Robert Cates wrote: I would also like to mention that your issue with the Java PIDs I believe to be more of an issue with the Java SDK/JVM/JRE version you have installed. I'm not going to pretend to be an expert, but I seem to remember reading about the new Java version out now, and it's improvemen

RE: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread C. R. Oldham
> threads Note that RH 9 includes the new NPTL threading libraries. This is probably why your threaded Java stuff works so well in RH9 (unless you include the environment variables that force Java back to the old threading model). NPTL is not in Debian stable. Getting it there, I suspect, wo

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Robert Cates
Debian 3.0r2 with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 and Java SDK/JRE 1.4.2_02 and everything else you need, test for a reasonable amount of time, then convert the rest.? regards, Robert - Original Message - From: "Fred Whipple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 7:2

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Hans Spaans
On Monday 02 February 2004 19:38, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Fred Whipple said on Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:24:24PM -0500: > > Finally, while I'm messing around with the kernel, I'd have to > > include support for ext3fs. In our environment, journaling is not > > an option, it's a base requirement. Of

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Fred Whipple
Robert Cates wrote: I would also like to mention that your issue with the Java PIDs I believe to be more of an issue with the Java SDK/JVM/JRE version you have installed. I'm not going to pretend to be an expert, but I seem to remember reading about the new Java version out now, and it's improveme

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Jon
On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 10:24, Fred Whipple wrote: > I see that Debian 3.0r2 includes a nicely aged (like fine cheese) Linux > 2.2 kernel. While 2.2 is the default, Debian 3.0 includes the 2.4 kernel. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=kernel-image-2.4&searchon=name

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Fred Whipple said on Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:24:24PM -0500: > I see that Debian 3.0r2 includes a nicely aged (like fine cheese) Linux > 2.2 kernel. While I'm certain the aging process only makes its flavour > stronger and more delectable, I'm afraid it's going to choke at the > thought of 10,00

RE: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread C. R. Oldham
> threads Note that RH 9 includes the new NPTL threading libraries. This is probably why your threaded Java stuff works so well in RH9 (unless you include the environment variables that force Java back to the old threading model). NPTL is not in Debian stable. Getting it there, I suspect, wo

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Robert Cates
Debian 3.0r2 with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 and Java SDK/JRE 1.4.2_02 and everything else you need, test for a reasonable amount of time, then convert the rest.? regards, Robert - Original Message - From: "Fred Whipple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: M

Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Fred Whipple
Hi Everyone, A while back I asked for some feedback and got a very rich set of info from folks about Debian used in a stable ISP environment as compared to other OS's and distributions. All the info was very helpful and helped us further solidify our desire (though not yet decision) to make Deb

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Hans Spaans
On Monday 02 February 2004 19:38, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Fred Whipple said on Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:24:24PM -0500: > > Finally, while I'm messing around with the kernel, I'd have to > > include support for ext3fs. In our environment, journaling is not > > an option, it's a base requirement. Of

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Jon
On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 10:24, Fred Whipple wrote: > I see that Debian 3.0r2 includes a nicely aged (like fine cheese) Linux > 2.2 kernel. While 2.2 is the default, Debian 3.0 includes the 2.4 kernel. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=kernel-image-2.4&searchon=name

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Fred Whipple said on Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:24:24PM -0500: > I see that Debian 3.0r2 includes a nicely aged (like fine cheese) Linux > 2.2 kernel. While I'm certain the aging process only makes its flavour > stronger and more delectable, I'm afraid it's going to choke at the > thought of 10,00

Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Fred Whipple
Hi Everyone, A while back I asked for some feedback and got a very rich set of info from folks about Debian used in a stable ISP environment as compared to other OS's and distributions. All the info was very helpful and helped us further solidify our desire (though not yet decision) to make De