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Re: [Wlug] Partition Question

by James P. Gray

Partition types are sometimes used by operating systems and utilities to determine the type of a file system. The Linux kernel likely uses another means of determining if a swap partition is really swap. But it may simply assume that it is swap. Info on partitions and partition types: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/ I found some good information on partitions and memory management here, but no details on why specific partition types are used: http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html Eric Martin wrote: > I know that partition types do something, as there are windows hidden > partition types which are different from the standard windows > partition types. Other than that I'm as curious as you. > > On 5/10/05, *Arturo* <sedoa(a)raytheon.com <mailto:sedoa@raytheon.com>> > wrote: > > Hi all, > I have a bunch of linux boxes that have the swap partitions that > are not > of type swap. They are type linux. The OS seems to be swapping > just fine > on this partition type. > > Some machines have swap partition that look like this from fdisk > > /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 82 Linux swap > > Other machines have swap partitions that look like this. > > /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 83 Linux > > Does anyone have experience with why it would or wouldn't cause > issues? > Does anyone know what it means to have a partition of type x or y? Is > there a difference or is having a partition type mostly there for > humans. > I would have thought that the partition just defined the limits. > Everything else depends on what you do with the partition as far as > formatting and defining inodes/FATs and labels... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Arturo > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

May 12, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Using SAMBA as a PDC

by Jared Greenwald

The official samba how-to is really good, you might want to take a look at it... http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ The HOWTO by Example goes through a number of scenarios and explains how to setup servers to fit specific needs (inculding CUPS and LDAP)... -Jared On 5/11/05, Chuck Noyes <vze284qe(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > At work, there are several workstations and servers (about 15) running > Win2k, Win2k Server, > and WinXP. I also have a server running SuSE 9.1 that has Samba 3.0.4 > installed. > I'm wondering if anyone out there has used Samba as a Primary Domain > Controller > in a Windows environment? Can Samba be used as a BDC (Backup Domain > Controller)? > > What are the pit-falls? ... Any "war" stories? ... Advice?? > > Thanks, > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 11, 2005

Using SAMBA as a PDC

by Chuck Noyes

Hi all, At work, there are several workstations and servers (about 15) running Win2k, Win2k Server, and WinXP. I also have a server running SuSE 9.1 that has Samba 3.0.4 installed. I'm wondering if anyone out there has used Samba as a Primary Domain Controller in a Windows environment? Can Samba be used as a BDC (Backup Domain Controller)? What are the pit-falls? ... Any "war" stories? ... Advice?? Thanks, -Chuck

May 11, 2005

Yet Another Perl Conference final details

by Gerard Lim

Hi everyone... This email could be of interest to people interested in the Perl programming language. I know that in Toronto there is a good-sized overlap between Linux people and Perl people (we occasionally hold "joint sessions" of our user group meetings) so we hoped to share this information with Linux folks more widely. There have been some recent developments on the YAPC::NA front, and it has been suggested to us that a reminder might be helpful to some people, so here's a quick summary of the event. Summary ------- YAPC::NA 2005 (Yet Another Perl Conference, North America) in Toronto, Canada, Monday - Wednesday 27 - 29 June, 2005 Home page: http://yapc.org/America/ Conference Location: http://89chestnut.com/ A facility of the University of Toronto Accommodations -------------- Normally registration information would come first, but accommodations are the bottleneck -- our main group reservation (at the conference hotel) expires at the end of the week, and as the conference approaches it will be extremely difficult to find a hotel anywhere in the city. Info on how to book at: http://yapc.org/America/accommodations-2005.shtml Registration ------------ Register now! :-) We are on track to break attendance records at YAPC::NA this year, and we could even sell out before the conference starts. The price for the full 3 days is USD$85. We keep it insanely low through many generous sponsorships and the all-volunteer organizational and speaking crews. Registration info: http://yapc.org/America/register-2005.shtml Direct registration link: http://donate.perlfoundation.org/index.pl?node=registrant%20info&conference… Conference Speaking Schedule ---------------------------- We've got an excellent selection of talks and speakers for Perl programmers of all levels, beginner through expert. We are fortunate enough to have presentations coming from some of the most recognizable names in Perl programming today, including Larry Wall, Chip Salzenberg, Dan Sugalski, Autrijus Tang and brian d foy. Summary -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/summary.html Day 1 -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/day1.html Day 2 -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/day2.html Day 3 -- http://yapc.org/America/schedule-2005/day3.html Lightning Talks --------------- These short (5 minutes each) talks, presented by the conference attendees, are a YAPC tradition. If you're interested please read more about them and sign up: http://www.justanotherperlhacker.org/lightning/ [ This message was sent by Gerard Lim <glim(a)mycybernet.net> on behalf of the YAPC::NA 2005 Conference organizing committee of the Toronto Perl Mongers. Thanks for your patience and support. ]

May 11, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Partition Question

by Eric Martin

I know that partition types do something, as there are windows hidden partition types which are different from the standard windows partition types. Other than that I'm as curious as you. On 5/10/05, Arturo <sedoa(a)raytheon.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > I have a bunch of linux boxes that have the swap partitions that are not > of type swap. They are type linux. The OS seems to be swapping just fine > on this partition type. > > Some machines have swap partition that look like this from fdisk > > /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 82 Linux swap > > Other machines have swap partitions that look like this. > > /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 83 Linux > > Does anyone have experience with why it would or wouldn't cause issues? > Does anyone know what it means to have a partition of type x or y? Is > there a difference or is having a partition type mostly there for > humans. > I would have thought that the partition just defined the limits. > Everything else depends on what you do with the partition as far as > formatting and defining inodes/FATs and labels... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Arturo > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 10, 2005

Partition Question

by Arturo

Hi all, I have a bunch of linux boxes that have the swap partitions that are not of type swap. They are type linux. The OS seems to be swapping just fine on this partition type. Some machines have swap partition that look like this from fdisk /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 82 Linux swap Other machines have swap partitions that look like this. /dev/hda6 50810 52890 1048792+ 83 Linux Does anyone have experience with why it would or wouldn't cause issues? Does anyone know what it means to have a partition of type x or y? Is there a difference or is having a partition type mostly there for humans. I would have thought that the partition just defined the limits. Everything else depends on what you do with the partition as far as formatting and defining inodes/FATs and labels... Any ideas? Thanks, Arturo

May 10, 2005

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by Andy Stewart

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May 9, 2005

Re: [Wlug] AMD64 and 32-bit apps

by Mike Frysinger

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 06:20 pm, Andy Stewart wrote: > I'm running SuSE 9.2 on my dual Opteron and haven't had too many sw > problems. I would encourage anybody doing this to run a 32-bit version > of their browser so that the 32-bit plugins will work (there are few > 64-bit plugins available). yeah, flash works great in the 32bit browsers using macromedia plugin > I'm running xine and it plays files fine. Is there a particular format > that works in 32-bit mode but not 64-bit mode? quicktime format comes to mind ... but ive never tried running a 32bit mplayer/xine, just native versions ... > Suse separates libraries into /lib, /lib64, /usr/lib, /usr/lib64. Very > few if any (in my experience - ymmv) source tarballs understand > /usr/local/lib{64}. Gentoo has /lib<ABI> while /lib is the 'native' path ... so on a multilib amd64 setup, /lib and /lib64 are the same dir while /lib32 is a different one -mike

May 3, 2005

Re: [Wlug] AMD64 and 32-bit apps

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tuesday 03 May 2005 04:30 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote: >>On Tuesday 03 May 2005 03:02 pm, James Baldassari wrote: >>>For example, Flash doesn't seem to work on AMD64 yet, and >>>I don't think you can play WMV files, even with the 32-bit libraries. >>sure it does, install the ... > > err i misread you ... > > yeah, xine & mplayer seem to be a bit flaky in amd64 atm compared to x86 in > terms of supporting a wide variety of formats > > on x86, i rarely found a media file that neither xine or mplayer would play > properly, but on amd64 it's harder to get those random formats to play nicely > (or at all) :( > -mike I'm running SuSE 9.2 on my dual Opteron and haven't had too many sw problems. I would encourage anybody doing this to run a 32-bit version of their browser so that the 32-bit plugins will work (there are few 64-bit plugins available). I'm running xine and it plays files fine. Is there a particular format that works in 32-bit mode but not 64-bit mode? Suse separates libraries into /lib, /lib64, /usr/lib, /usr/lib64. Very few if any (in my experience - ymmv) source tarballs understand /usr/local/lib{64}. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCd/k3Hl0iXDssISsRApcoAJ4+YxvlGnNTvOgskVXps48GZkElxQCfaDqF V/N+UusSVBcoGpd/S0tNYYA= =AH49 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

May 3, 2005

Re: [Wlug] AMD64 and 32-bit apps

by Mike Frysinger

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 04:30 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tuesday 03 May 2005 03:02 pm, James Baldassari wrote: > > For example, Flash doesn't seem to work on AMD64 yet, and > > I don't think you can play WMV files, even with the 32-bit libraries. > > sure it does, install the ... err i misread you ... yeah, xine & mplayer seem to be a bit flaky in amd64 atm compared to x86 in terms of supporting a wide variety of formats on x86, i rarely found a media file that neither xine or mplayer would play properly, but on amd64 it's harder to get those random formats to play nicely (or at all) :( -mike

May 3, 2005