Re: [gentoo-user] 250GB H/D in old PC linux requirements on PC BIOS.

2005-03-05 Thread Jonathan Wright
ard drives, it shouldn't be a problem. I've had an 80Gb hard drive on both a P233MMX (old dell model) and currently on my Compaq SSF server (a PII-450). The trick is to just have small partition for hda1 for the boot partition, then run wild! :) The kernel will do the rest! :D -- Jonathan

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] "The Internet as a big subnet"

2005-02-28 Thread Jonathan Wright
at about setting up a general firewall rule on West, so that any connections which would go 'out' onto the internet be routed though the VPN? I'm not even sure any of this is workable - just thought I'd throw out some ideas? :) HTH, -- Jonathan Wright Life has no meaning unl

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel memory leak?

2004-01-26 Thread Jonathan Wright
ee sharedbufferscached Mem:125896 123300 2596 0 10880 43916 -/+ buffers/cache: 68504 57392 Swap: 250480 110864 139616 So, it's only using 68504kb of mem (although 110864 are in swap, 'cause it&#x

[gentoo-user] No Region DVD Drive

2003-02-12 Thread Jonathan Wright
er to get it to work (it simulated the region needed for the disk). Anyone got any idea how i can get around this. I've got both region 1 and region 2 dvds. btw, it's a pioneer 116 (i think again :). -- jonathan wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.djnauk.co.uk -- life has no meaning u

Re: [gentoo-user] USB Mouse

2003-02-09 Thread Jonathan Wright
e same problem, but after I compiled what was needed into the kernel, setup and x and ran it, the mouse was irratic (i was using /dev/usbmouse). It's a cordless Logitech MouseMan, so I used the MouseMan protocol, and that seamed to be casuing the problem. I changed it to Auto and it picked it up fi