Re: a small disk question

1999-06-07 Thread Henry Ficher
Sorry to contradict you, Ariel, but some bioses DO have an 8.4GB limitation (not 8.3GB as I stated before) . Here's a quote from Western Digital's website (http://www.westerndigital.com/service/FAQ/8-4.html#1): "In order to properly support an 8.4 GB or larger IDE drive, your system's BIOS must

problems with rpm

1999-06-07 Thread Mike Almogy
Hi all. I installed RH6.0 (that works great) and a RH5.1 MySQL. Now i have the 3.21.i386.rpm and i want to install it instead of the previuse one. (actually the versions are the same - 3.21 ,however the RH5.1 is alpha version - i think) Anyway when i'm trying rpm -e it just get stack. What should

Comparison of Linux and FreeBSD

1999-06-07 Thread Daniel Feiglin
At the risk of starting a religious war: Has anyone done a detailed comparison of Linux and FreeBSD? begin: vcard fn: Daniel Feiglin n: Feiglin;Daniel org:Dilog Computers Ltd. adr:POB 36;;;Shavei Shomron, Mobile Post;;44858;ISRAEL email;

~"Shared library can't be found" msg.

1999-06-07 Thread Kalaev, Maxim
Hi, Is anybody know what can be a problem: I am getting message like "ERROR: Shared library can't be loaded, file XX not found" (I am not remeber the exact form of the error) But, I have file XX present in my /lib directory, after I run ldconfig -v, the file still can't be found, and ldconfig

Re: RH6.0 cd

1999-06-07 Thread Udi Finkelstein
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 14:56:34 +0200, Eli Hadad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi, > >Does anyone (from tel-aviv area) have RH6.0 cd for cell or borrow, Well, I can make copies of my bootable RH6.0 CD in exchange for a blank media (you bring the blank media, and get a programmed media from me). J

Re: News server

1999-06-07 Thread Isaac Aaron
> On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Boris Kreitchman wrote: > > I'd be carefull about using Linux for news. Read the INN newsgroups, they > are the most valuable information source you can find. Could you elaborate more on what is wrong with what is wrong with Linux/INN as a news server? Stability? Configurabi

Re: News server

1999-06-07 Thread Ariel Biener
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Boris Kreitchman wrote: I'd be carefull about using Linux for news. Read the INN newsgroups, they are the most valuable information source you can find. Also, newest INN can use raw devices, for increased speed. I suggest you read the news groups carefull before deciding wha

Re: a small disk question

1999-06-07 Thread Ariel Biener
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Constantin Eizner wrote: The problem is of course unrelated to BIOS, and only related to reserved percentage for root (the default mke2fs is 5% AFAIK). I already sent a mail explaining what to do. --Ariel > the HOWTO about Linux IDE 8 GiB limit and *NOT* SCSI ! > Henry Fic

Re: a small disk question

1999-06-07 Thread Ariel Biener
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Hashibon Adham wrote: When you format the disk, change the "reserved % for root" parameter: mke2fs -m 1 /dev/whatever --Ariel > Hi, once i installed linux RH5.1 on a system with a 9.2 scsi disk, every > thing was allright (and the machine is still working great) except tha

Re: News server

1999-06-07 Thread Sasha Mikheev
It is not such a good idea considering that Linux NFS is in sorry state. I would stick with Solaris. On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Boris Kreitchman wrote: > > Hello, > > We are thinking about setting up a news server, probably INN on > Linux with NetApp Filer for storage. > Anyone can share personal

News server

1999-06-07 Thread Boris Kreitchman
Hello, We are thinking about setting up a news server, probably INN on Linux with NetApp Filer for storage. Anyone can share personal experience or URLs about requirements (cpu, memory, disk space, bandwidth) for more or less standard news feed ? Thx, Boris

RH6.0 cd

1999-06-07 Thread Eli Hadad
Hi, Does anyone (from tel-aviv area) have RH6.0 cd for cell or borrow, Thanks Eli.

Re: a small disk question

1999-06-07 Thread Gaal Yahas
On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 10:21:58AM +0300, Hashibon Adham wrote: > Hi, once i installed linux RH5.1 on a system with a 9.2 scsi disk, every > thing was allright (and the machine is still working great) except that > 'df' shows arround 8.5GB of disk space, though i used all of the disk for > linux (

Re: a small disk question

1999-06-07 Thread Constantin Eizner
the HOWTO about Linux IDE 8 GiB limit and *NOT* SCSI ! Henry Ficher wrote: > Older BIOSes will not detect hard disk space over 8.3 GB. See the webpage of > your hard disk manufacturer for a solution to this. See also: > > http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk-11.html > >

Off-Topic - CD Consumer Resistance [Fwd: FW: cdcr]

1999-06-07 Thread Amos Shapira
Hello, Sorry for sending such a message in this forum, but I suspect that many of its participants may be interested in taking part in this. Cheers, --Amos -- Amos Shapira, Market Development Engineer Tel: +972 (09) 954 1122 x238 Fax: +972 (09) 954 7666 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Mes

Re: a small disk question

1999-06-07 Thread Henry Ficher
Older BIOSes will not detect hard disk space over 8.3 GB. See the webpage of your hard disk manufacturer for a solution to this. See also: http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk-11.html ___ Henry Ficher [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 7130104 - Original Message - Fr