Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My system startup

2005-04-05 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 01:33:33PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote > Too bad but on my server (news.gmane.org) it appears that your > post got caught up in some kind of mail loop and appears about 20 > times... each one a little longer (due to more headers no doubt). With the headers featuring our "g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer andgrub setup)

2005-04-05 Thread Richard Fish
Ow Mun Heng wrote: >On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 20:51 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: > > >>Long answer: >>Sager NP5680...3Ghz P4/w HT, 512k L2 cache, 800Mhz FSB, 1GB RAM, 2 >>Hitachi 60Gb 7200rpm drives, DVD+/-R/RW. It weighs around 11-12 lbs >> >> > >That's a Heavy laptop. Big A$$ too. Since it's a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer andgrub setup)

2005-04-05 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 20:51 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >[Big SNIP] > >your explanation seems logical but I won't know until I tried it out. > >Before I do that, I just need to ask. > > > >1. What laptop > >2. CPU/RAM/HD motor speed. > > > > > > Short answer: > I would sugg

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup

2005-03-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yep, If I had personal web pages up and running again, I would have > written it up there, and just posted a link. ;-> Richard, Thanks for posting all the details. Too bad but on my server (news.gmane.org) it appears that your post got caught up in som

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer andgrub setup)

2005-03-31 Thread Richard Fish
Ow Mun Heng wrote: >Wow.. This is a long post. :-D > > > Yep, If I had personal web pages up and running again, I would have written it up there, and just posted a link. ;-> >[Big SNIP] >your explanation seems logical but I won't know until I tried it out. >Before I do that, I just need to as

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Wow.. This is a long post. :-D On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 06:15 +0100, Richard Fish wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > > > > >This is where things get complex. On top of the RAID0 array, I use > >loop-AES for encryption. (/dev/loop/0). THAT in turn is my physical > >volume for the LVM setup. The proble

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc

[gentoo-user] Re: My system startup (was More on fbuffer and grub setup)

2005-03-30 Thread Richard Fish
Oh, I made a (or, at least one) mistake. The root= parameter *is* a standard kernel parameter that the kernel can interpret, but it is overridden by the initrd option from grub/lilo. So, if you don't use initrd, root= is the way to tell the kernel which device contains your root filesystem is loc