Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-09 Thread Adam Carter
> > I had a working .config. Unfortunately, I left it at office. > > The main 'trap' usually would be the SCSI Driver. > > If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level > Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module. > Do you know which one workstation uses? AFAICT

Re: FEATURE: fixlafiles (was: [gentoo-user] Re: revdep-rebuild Not Fixing Broken Links)

2011-04-09 Thread Mick
On Saturday 09 April 2011 02:02:06 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08 2011, Mick wrote: > > On Friday 08 April 2011 19:51:10 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> I run that manually once in a while, but regularly clean a bunch of > >> other things with a script I call "cleanup", > >> -#!/bin/bash > >

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-04-09, Adam Carter wrote: >> >> I had a working .config. Unfortunately, I left it at office. >> >> The main 'trap' usually would be the SCSI Driver. >> >> If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level >> Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module. >> > > D

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:36:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > > A little time saver, if you have only one VG, set $LVM_VG_NAME to its > > name and you can leave the VG name out of any lv* commands. > I'll have more than one before long so may as well learn the long way. > Neat to know tho. I'm hoping for

Re: FEATURE: fixlafiles (was: [gentoo-user] Re: revdep-rebuild Not Fixing Broken Links)

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:02:06 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > The last one is now an option in /etc/make.conf under FEATURES: > > fixlafiles > > This sounds great! Outside of some extra time in emerging is there any > reason *not* to add fixlafiles to FEATURES? Yes, it's already in FEATURES b

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:02:14 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: > > If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level > > Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module. > > > > Do you know which one workstation uses? AFAICT there's no option to > choose which controller is pres

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 09 April 2011 09:52:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: > No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one > volume group. ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to contradict you though. -- Rgds Pe

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one > > volume group. > > ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, > temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to contradict you > though

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt $index_format syntax

2011-04-09 Thread Alexey Mishustin
4/8/2011, "Vincent Launchbury" вы писали: >On 2011/04/08 02:40PM, Alexey Mishustin wrote: >> For example, I don't understand what does -15.15 mean (in default value >> "%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s" ) > >The "-15.15" is the same as the printf(3) format. That's it. I had read man printf yest

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:36:28 -0500, Dale wrote: A little time saver, if you have only one VG, set $LVM_VG_NAME to its name and you can leave the VG name out of any lv* commands. I'll have more than one before long so may as well learn the long way. Neat to

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one volume group. ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to con

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:43:12 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: No matter how many drives you have, I doubt you'll need more than one volume group. ...although I did find not long ago that a second VG for another, temporary distro kept things tidy.. This is not to co

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > > the new drive ready for LVM. What command adds it to the VG? Is it > > vgcreate with some option? I was sort of looking for something like > > vgadd or something but no luck finding that. Maybe I am

[gentoo-user] Re: FEATURE: fixlafiles

2011-04-09 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Apr 09 2011, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:02:06 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> > The last one is now an option in /etc/make.conf under FEATURES: >> > fixlafiles >> >> This sounds great! Outside of some extra time in emerging is there any >> reason *not* to add fixla

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: Yes. PVs, VGs, LVs all have a concept of extend|resize|reduce. What that means depends on what you are working with, but they all make the thing bigger or smaller. For a PV it means the

[gentoo-user] Re: FEATURE: fixlafiles

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:02:06 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: The last one is now an option in /etc/make.conf under FEATURES: fixlafiles This sounds great! Outside of some extra time in emerging is there any reason *not* to add fixlafiles to FEATURES? Yes,

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Friday 08 April 2011 16:30:03 Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Fri, April 8, 2011 11:01 pm, Dale wrote: > >> root@fireball / # > >> > >> I'm still trying to figure out how the naming part works tho. Now to > >> mount it and put something on it. See if it works. > > > > Naming part, t

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Saturday 09 April 2011 00:28:20 Dale wrote: > OK. I learned something. Check this out: > > root@fireball / # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > << SNIP >> > /dev/mapper/sdb--vg-test >51606140 48910048 74652 100% /mnt/temp > r

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Saturday 09 April 2011 06:43:25 Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale > > did > > opine thusly: > > Yes. > > > > PVs, VGs, LVs all have a concept of extend|resize|reduce. What that > > means > > depends on what you are worki

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Friday 08 April 2011 16:30:03 Dale wrote: The naming I was talking about was sort of like a label. I wanted to use test, where I might use say data in real use, but ended up with this: root@fireball / # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% M

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: Nice :) Btw, instead of specifying "final" size after resizing, you can actually tell it to "add" 20GB by doing: lvrextend -L+20G /dev/sdb-vg/test -- Joost So that was what the howto meant. If I know the total I need then I can specify it but if I know the amou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: FEATURE: fixlafiles

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:14:52 -0500, Dale wrote: > Mine is set in features too. Thing is, I don't have lafilefixer > installed. I guess portage would say something about broken links if > it was needed. Right? You don't need lafilefixer with a recent portage, it does the job itself. -- Neil

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 13:43 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > So, when I get me a new drive, I use pvcreate to get it ready for LVM, > then use vgextend to add it to the VG, then it is available for whatever > LV I want to extend or to make a new LV? Yup, that's rea

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:00:49 -0500, Dale wrote: > I wish it was like file system labels but I guess any clues is better > than nothing. It is like filesystem labels in that you can give VGs and LVs meaningful names. You can use filesystem labels too, if you feel the need. A logical volume is jus

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Saturday 09 April 2011 06:43:25 Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 12:48 on Saturday 09 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: Yes. PVs, VGs, LVs all have a concept of extend|resize|reduce. What that means depends on what you are wo

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Thanasis
on 04/09/2011 04:33 PM Dale wrote the following: > > I'm just needing to find me a good LARGE drive to put in here. I'm > checking out the reviews but it just seems most have issues. > > Thoughts? > I think you should be safe with WD1002FAEX, WD1502FAEX and WD2002FAEX.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Dale wrote: > > I think I am too.  Since folks know I am disabled anyway, I went to the Dr > the other day.  The new meds aren't perfect but it is better.  When I go > back, he may change it to another med.  He just wanted to try this first. >  It does sort of help

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM for data drives but not the OS

2011-04-09 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Saturday 09 April 2011 08:04:19 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > Nice :) > > > > Btw, instead of specifying "final" size after resizing, you can actually > > tell it to "add" 20GB by doing: > > lvrextend -L+20G /dev/sdb-vg/test > > > > -- > > Joost > > So that was what the howto meant

[gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, I've seen some discussion of hard disks on this list recently, but I didn't notice any reference to Samsung Spinpoint F3 disks. I have two of these in my workstation; if I were thinking of adding 3 more to make a more robust system, what advice would I receive? -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I've seen some discussion of hard disks on this list recently, but I didn't > notice any reference to Samsung Spinpoint F3 disks. > > I have two of these in my workstation; if I were thinking of adding 3 more to > make a more

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-09 Thread James Wall
On Apr 8, 2011 11:13 PM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: > > I had a working .config. Unfortunately, I left it at office. > > The main 'trap' usually would be the SCSI Driver. > > If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level > Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module. >

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-04-10, James Wall wrote: > On Apr 8, 2011 11:13 PM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: >> >> I had a working .config. Unfortunately, I left it at office. >> >> The main 'trap' usually would be the SCSI Driver. >> >> If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level >> Driver, then selec