Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:44:07 + Richard Urwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: partition will the 2.4 FS and the 2.6 FS be compatible, and will I have the capability bits when running in 2.6? I'm not noticing any problems. I'm running 2.6.2 tmb something from cooker contrib. Richard Urwin -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
Not tried it I don't think but I would double check the reiserFS web site. I am still having problems with my Sata controller so after 3 atempts to install beta 3 I gave up last night will give it another couple of goes tonight. Tony. -Original Message- From: Richard Urwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon On Wednesday 04 Feb 2004 1:40 pm, JoeHill wrote: For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm Can anyone help with a question on 2.6? I have ReiserFS on all my partitions. Half the reason for wanting 2.6 is the capability bits in the filesystems. If I install 2.6 on my spare partition will the 2.4 FS and the 2.6 FS be compatible, and will I have the capability bits when running in 2.6? -- Richard Urwin -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
From: Richard Urwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon On Wednesday 04 Feb 2004 1:40 pm, JoeHill wrote: For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm Can anyone help with a question on 2.6? I have ReiserFS on all my partitions. Half the reason for wanting 2.6 is the capability bits in the filesystems. If I install 2.6 on my spare partition will the 2.4 FS and the 2.6 FS be compatible, and will I have the capability bits when running in 2.6? I can tell you that the partitions that I keep (/var+ /var/www on different drives) are both reiser, and I have no trouble accessing them... not really sure about the bits. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 08:36:52 up 20:22, 5 users, load average: 0.22, 0.09, 0.10 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival-- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
I have to agree, when my system was running with the 2.6 kernel, it was significantly faster than the 2.4, that was just using the desktop. Tony. -Original Message- From: JoeHill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 08:36:52 up 20:22, 5 users, load average: 0.22, 0.09, 0.10 +++ Linux 2.4.22-21mdk i686 +++ In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival-- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
JoeHill wrote: For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm Interesting, though it seems to be saying that the main advantages are for high-end servers. Any comments on the desktop end? I've heard from many places that 2.6 won't support 3D acceleration, but nVidia's latest Linux drivers claim to be 2.6-compatible. Anyone got them working? Incidentally, don't try using the latest nVidia drivers with the 2.4 kernel that comes with Mdk 9.2 - you'll get a black screen. Sir Robin -- Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. - Winston Churchill Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
I never used the Nvidia drivers as they did not have the drivers at the time. I am going to put beta2 on tonight and I will let you know tomorrow. Tony. -Original Message- From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon JoeHill wrote: For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm Interesting, though it seems to be saying that the main advantages are for high-end servers. Any comments on the desktop end? I've heard from many places that 2.6 won't support 3D acceleration, but nVidia's latest Linux drivers claim to be 2.6-compatible. Anyone got them working? Incidentally, don't try using the latest nVidia drivers with the 2.4 kernel that comes with Mdk 9.2 - you'll get a black screen. Sir Robin -- Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. - Winston Churchill Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 08:13 am, robin wrote: http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.h tm Interesting, though it seems to be saying that the main advantages are for high-end servers. Any comments on the desktop end? I see very little speed difference, and I'm using the sup'd up tmb versions, 2.6.2-0.rc2.1.tmb.2mdk MOF, my hdparm -t numbers are lower under 2.6.x, 47 down to 40mb/s. Biggest changes for desktops are increased hardware support. ide-scsi is no longer used, all CD drives are now scsci driven. On my board (Asus A7V600), ACPI and APIC now want to be enabled, but I do have better IRQ routing. Sound is sometimes a little tinny an ragged, but I believe thats due to newer Alsa versions in 2.6.x kernels. 2.4.x kernels didn't really start to jell till 2.4.13. I suspect 2.6.x wont need that many versions to mature. Linus has said so! ;)I agree with JoeHill tho, those that can run 2.6.x now, should. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2.6: The Speed Demon
On Wednesday 04 Feb 2004 1:40 pm, JoeHill wrote: For those of you struggling to get 2.6 up and running, and those who are lukewarm on the subject, check out what you're missing (as am I): http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040203023723.htm Can anyone help with a question on 2.6? I have ReiserFS on all my partitions. Half the reason for wanting 2.6 is the capability bits in the filesystems. If I install 2.6 on my spare partition will the 2.4 FS and the 2.6 FS be compatible, and will I have the capability bits when running in 2.6? -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
