Use ext3 over ext2. As far as LVM, it's only really useful if you manage filesystems on a regular basis.
-- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author: "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" Download your free copies: http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm Joe Fruchey wrote: > Is there any reason I should need to use ext2/3 for /? The PC I'm on > now is configured exactly the same way I described, but with only two > drives (and a bigger swap partition). Just for the hell of it, I'm > gonna run the dummy LAMP installer with no LVM and see where that > leaves me. > > Joe > > On 4/26/07, willhill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote: >> It's hard to see what's wrong with if from here, but I'd look at ACPI and >> your >> partition scheme. Have you tried turning off ACPI? You might also use a >> normal partition for your root file system. A 500 MHz machine should be more >> than adequate for file service. >> >> On Thursday 26 April 2007 11:03 am, Joe Fruchey wrote: >>> I have an old 500MHz Compaq POS ... >>> >>> The problem (guess I should mention that, huh?) is that right after >>> GRUB, I get "Starting up..." at the top of the screen, then a reboot. >>> >>> At one point (I think with Dapper server) it was working okay. I never >>> got a login, but I could switch to a new console and log in just fine. >>> >>> I've installed an OS on this computer six times in the past two weeks, >>> and I'm sick of it. Anybody got any ideas? >>> >>> Joe >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
