Re: Block Device Size

2002-06-04 Thread Steven Smith
> I created a block device on an ext2 partition. I ran mkreiserfs on that > device. What is the size of this device that I have created? That depends on how you created it. If you used mknod and created a block special, the data for the device will be stored on a physical partition, and the size

Re: About LInux internals

2002-06-04 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon
--- Kuttalaraj Ramalingam Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi >I am a software engineer working in INDIA. >I am interested to learn Unix or LInux internals. >I would like to know the chapters or the syllabus covering Internals. >And i would like to know which book to be studied or any soft copie

1024x768 SVGA Shell - won't work

2002-06-04 Thread Adam Luchjenbroers
I recently downloaded and built kernel 2.4.18 and I am no longer able to boot up with my shell running at 1024x768 (or I think thats what it was at, parameter was vga=791). I included the SVGA console drivers and my video-card drivers when I compiled it. My old kernel was 2.4.8-26mdk (Mandrake 8.