Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-03-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Mar 12 2005, Mauro wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-02 at 14:08 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > > I am under the impression that journalling in HFS+ was implemented the > > same way ext3 was implemented over ext2, because if I mount the HFS+ > > Journalled filesystem on a Linux system, Linux shows two hid

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-03-12 Thread Mauro
On Sat, 2005-12-02 at 14:08 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > I am under the impression that journalling in HFS+ was implemented the > same > way ext3 was implemented over ext2, because if I mount the HFS+ > Journalled > filesystem on a Linux system, Linux shows two hidden files that I can > delete. I

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 01:53:18PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Feb 11 2005, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > I strongly disagree. Debian's kernels are good one-size-fits-all > > kernels, but they definitely lack in efficiency and perfomance speed. > > I would like to know in which aspects the s

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-12 Thread Brad Boyer
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 02:08:48PM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > I am under the impression that journalling in HFS+ was implemented the same > way ext3 was implemented over ext2, because if I mount the HFS+ Journalled > filesystem on a Linux system, Linux shows two hidden files that I can > delete.

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 11 2005, William R Sowerbutts wrote: > That's clever. I'll have to give it a go one day. Does it support > journalled HFS+? The Mac Mini ships with a single journalled HFS+ > partition spanning the entire disk. I'm not sure how journalling was > implemented in HFS+, presumably it's backward

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 11 2005, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > I strongly disagree. Debian's kernels are good one-size-fits-all > kernels, but they definitely lack in efficiency and perfomance speed. I would like to know in which aspects the speed of the system would be *appreciatively* different. I've been using

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:09:04PM +0100, Djoume SALVETTI wrote: > Le vendredi 02/11/05 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing > > debian > > ker

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:42:59PM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing > > debian > > kernel should be eno

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:08:47PM +0100, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > Ciao Sven Luther, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > The existing debian > > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > > further optimize it. > > I guess the fastest way is to try it by myself, anyw

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Djoume SALVETTI
Le vendredi 02/11/05 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing debian > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > furthe

Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-11 Thread Luis Sanjuan
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:42:59PM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing > > debian > > kernel should be eno

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread ViCToRy
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:26:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Please make sure to fill a bug report against parted about this. done :) -- Victor Sanahuja (ViCToRy) - Registered Linux User #198934 - http://piscue.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 04:31:25PM +0100, ViCToRy wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:10:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner > > > > should be > > > > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally played > > >

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread ViCToRy
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:10:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner should > > > be > > > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally played > > > much > > > with it, but it should work. Feedback is welcome. > >

Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)

2005-02-11 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing debian > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > further optimize it. I stro

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Sven Luther, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > The existing debian > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can > further optimize it. I guess the fastest way is to try it by myself, anyway: now debian kernels support iBooks? I mean, there is no need to recompile it

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:43:46AM +, William R Sowerbutts wrote: > Hi Sven, > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:18:08PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner should be > > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally play

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread William R Sowerbutts
Hi Sven, On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:18:08PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > 1) debian-installer provided libparted based partman partitioner should be > able to resize HFS and HFS+ partititons, i have not personally played much > with it, but it should work. Feedback is welcome. That's clever. I'l

Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 11:12:15AM +, William R Sowerbutts wrote: > Hi all, > > I've updated my "Linux on the Mac Mini" article. > > http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ > > Most of the updates are towards the end. > > The article now contains a guide which will help you to convert a tim

Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated

2005-02-11 Thread William R Sowerbutts
Hi all, I've updated my "Linux on the Mac Mini" article. http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ Most of the updates are towards the end. The article now contains a guide which will help you to convert a timid, fresh out of the box Mac Mini system into a raging, dual boot Debian/Mac OS X system