[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
Hi, > http://sagemath.org/SAGEbin/vmware/ > has been modified so that all files are < 2GB. So you might > want to try it out and see if it works on your system, and report > back either way. actually I followed Jason's suggestion, namely I installed NTFS-3G on my linux box and then converted the FAT32 partition to NTFS and everything worked out fine (well, at least after downloading the 2GB image from the sage web site since my zip file was prolly corrupted), so it's too late for me to test the FAT32 'compatibility'. I'll bother you in the future with new bugs then :-) Cheers, Roberto --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
On Nov 12, 2007 10:40 AM, rdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got extremely happy when I've found out about this cool project, > it was time that some powerful 'mathematica-like' open source package > would see the light :-) > > I've installed successfully SAGE on my linux machine in no time but > now I'm trying to install it on windows for my students and I'm in > deep trouble: > > 1. I can't unzip correctly sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip since when > Ubuntu.vmdk it reaches 2147483 Kb the unzipping stops claiming that > there's no more space on the HDD (yes, I checked and there's plenty > of space on it :-) > I tried with both unzip under linux and the m$ unzipper under winblow$ > getting the very same negative results :-( > > 2. if I nevertheless try to run sage via vmware with the slightly > shortened version of Ubuntu.vmdk then the vmware player complains > about the size of it, claiming that it's bigger than 2Gb and that it > does not like this at all. > > It is only me that found this odd behavior? Any hint would be very > welcome! Hi, sage-2.8.13 -- just released today -- which is available here as a vmware image http://sagemath.org/SAGEbin/vmware/ has been modified so that all files are < 2GB. So you might want to try it out and see if it works on your system, and report back either way. Thanks! William --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
rdl wrote: > Hi all, > BTW, I know NTFS is better than FAT32 but I like to be able to write > on my winblows partition from linux and AFAIK there's no way to do > that with NTFS :-( Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has write-access to NTFS partitions using NTFS-3G (http://www.ntfs-3g.org/ ). The driver is stable now and write-access is enabled by default. I've used it to write to a Windows 2000 NTFS partition and everything worked fine. Thanks, Jason --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
On Nov 16, 2007 6:07 AM, rdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > thanks a lot for you quick replies, unfortunately I myself have been > quite busy and could write back only today. > > > more likely possibility is that you have a FAT32 > > formatted drive which can limit file size to 2GB. > > I had thought about that indeed but then I tried to unzip the file > under linux (I use reiserfs) and got the very same problem, so I > suspect it is some odd problem of the zip file. It unzips fine for me under Linux, so I don't think the file is corrupted. Also, the fact that so many people have used it successfully is a further indication that it isn't corrupted. Now that I'm back I will hopefully be able to make a new sage-vmware with disks split at 2gb soon. > BTW, I know NTFS is better than FAT32 but I like to be able to write > on my winblows partition from linux and AFAIK there's no way to do > that with NTFS :-( I certainly understand! > Thanks a lot again for your great work, William --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
Hi all, thanks a lot for you quick replies, unfortunately I myself have been quite busy and could write back only today. > more likely possibility is that you have a FAT32 > formatted drive which can limit file size to 2GB. I had thought about that indeed but then I tried to unzip the file under linux (I use reiserfs) and got the very same problem, so I suspect it is some odd problem of the zip file. BTW, I know NTFS is better than FAT32 but I like to be able to write on my winblows partition from linux and AFAIK there's no way to do that with NTFS :-( Thanks a lot again for your great work, Roberto --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
On Nov 12, 9:54 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 12, 2007 8:48 PM, mabshoff > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should try 7zip (which is open source) or a trial edition of > > Winzip. Another, more likely possibility is that you have a FAT32 > > formatted drive which can limit file size to 2GB. > > That is the problem, as the file is 2.2GB. > > -rw--- 1 sage sage 2.2G 2007-11-07 09:52 Ubuntu.vmdk > > I think it's supposed to be easy (and sometimes very desirable) > to convert a filesystem in Windows from FAT32 to NTFS. This > will make the filesystem journaled, which means the person won't > see the "checking the file system" blue screen whenever Windows > crashes and reboots. > > That said -- vmware has an option to split virtual disks into files > that are all < 2GB. I will definitely fix the vmware machine when > i get back to Seattle to only include files that are < 2GB. However, > this will have to wait about a week. > > Anyway, many thanks for reporting this problem! This is ticket #1157 - see http://sagetrac.org/sage_trac/ticket/1157 William: you can convert the image using vdiskmanager. There is even a GUI for OSX to do that - see http://communities.vmware.com/message/674493 - that way I don't have to upload the images to sagemath. I am not sure why I got this ticket assigned, but now the ball is back in your court ;) Cheers, Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
On Nov 12, 2007 8:48 PM, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should try 7zip (which is open source) or a trial edition of > Winzip. Another, more likely possibility is that you have a FAT32 > formatted drive which can limit file size to 2GB. That is the problem, as the file is 2.2GB. -rw--- 1 sage sage 2.2G 2007-11-07 09:52 Ubuntu.vmdk I think it's supposed to be easy (and sometimes very desirable) to convert a filesystem in Windows from FAT32 to NTFS. This will make the filesystem journaled, which means the person won't see the "checking the file system" blue screen whenever Windows crashes and reboots. That said -- vmware has an option to split virtual disks into files that are all < 2GB. I will definitely fix the vmware machine when i get back to Seattle to only include files that are < 2GB. However, this will have to wait about a week. Anyway, many thanks for reporting this problem! > > > 2. if I nevertheless try to run sage via vmware with the slightly > > shortened version of Ubuntu.vmdk then the vmware player complains > > about the size of it, claiming that it's bigger than 2Gb and that it > > does not like this at all. > > > > That is no surprise, after all the are bits of the image missing. > > > It is only me that found this odd behavior? Any hint would be very > > welcome! > > I might be that you have a corrupted download, also. I would be great > if William could post some md5sum, sha sums of the images. > > Cheers, > > Michael > > > > Thanks, > > Roberto > > > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[sage-support] Re: problems with sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip
On Nov 12, 7:40 pm, rdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Hello Roberto, > I've got extremely happy when I've found out about this cool project, > it was time that some powerful 'mathematica-like' open source package > would see the light :-) > :) > I've installed successfully SAGE on my linux machine in no time but > now I'm trying to install it on windows for my students and I'm in > deep trouble: > > 1. I can't unzip correctly sage-vmware-2.8.12.zip since when > Ubuntu.vmdk it reaches 2147483 Kb the unzipping stops claiming that > there's no more space on the HDD (yes, I checked and there's plenty > of space on it :-) > I tried with both unzip under linux and the m$ unzipper under winblow$ > getting the very same negative results :-( > You should try 7zip (which is open source) or a trial edition of Winzip. Another, more likely possibility is that you have a FAT32 formatted drive which can limit file size to 2GB. > 2. if I nevertheless try to run sage via vmware with the slightly > shortened version of Ubuntu.vmdk then the vmware player complains > about the size of it, claiming that it's bigger than 2Gb and that it > does not like this at all. > That is no surprise, after all the are bits of the image missing. > It is only me that found this odd behavior? Any hint would be very > welcome! I might be that you have a corrupted download, also. I would be great if William could post some md5sum, sha sums of the images. Cheers, Michael > Thanks, > Roberto --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
