Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-15 Thread John Wilson
On October 15, 2003 08:17 am, Eric Huff wrote: > > One thing I just noticed: > > > > "This article is excerpted from the recently published book Linux > > Power Tools" > > > > So it's not Newsforge at all we should be concerned about. > > Yeah, Newsforge said to ask the publisher for permission. T

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-15 Thread Eric Huff
> One thing I just noticed: > > "This article is excerpted from the recently published book Linux > Power Tools" > > So it's not Newsforge at all we should be concerned about. Yeah, Newsforge said to ask the publisher for permission. That's about when i got lazy... -- Mandrake HowTo's & More:

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-15 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:06:35 -0700 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > If you thikn it's a good article, then sure, put it on the wiki! this one, even more depth, about optimizing performance. from a presentation at a local LUG meeting: http://robert.timetraveller.org/talks/optimisation/

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-15 Thread HaywireMac
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:55:04 -0700 John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Eric is right about potential legal issues with respect to this > article though one is left to wonder about the notion of "fair use". > > It would certainly not be my intention to change a dot of the article > as that

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread Eric Huff
> Eric: > Speaking of growth, the second article in the series has been > posted: > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/10/08/1416248.shtml?tid=23 > It covers file and filesystem recovery. Second? it turns out it's the fourth! Thanks for the heads up. I added all three. They do make for good rea

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Tuesday 14 October 2003 02:19 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > > http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/07/196222&mode=thread&tid > > > > >=23 > Right now it's just the link, but there's has been a lot of file > system info over the years on this list, (defraggind, fscking, etc) > that i'm sure

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 15 October 2003 00:46, John Wilson wrote: > What PDFs are useful for and needed for is the printing of a document in a > familiar format (book). It's this they excel in. Very well formulated commentcouldn't agree more! Good luck, HarM -- Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.m

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread John Wilson
On October 14, 2003 02:24 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > Also, PDF is > > proprietory and I'm not comfortable using a proprietory format on > > Twiki. > > Would that be a problem? People have pdf's on sites all the time. > It may be proprietary, but not so much so that it can't be shipped > with mandra

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread Eric Huff
> > I think that article would serve well to be in Twiki. Just > > be sure to get the author's permission before pushing it > > to a PDF. Here was the response from NewsForge.com: "I'm afraid I can't give you permission to copy it because we don't own the copyright. It's a book extract. You migh

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread John Wilson
On October 14, 2003 09:23 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think that article would serve well to be in Twiki. Just > be sure to get the author's permission before pushing it > to a PDF. I would recommend putting it up in it's original > form if the author will allow it. Rewritting it will surely

RE: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread linux
read. Just my thoughts. -A -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Huff Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems > > > Excellent article! Do you think

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread Eric Huff
> > > Excellent article! Do you think a link should be put on Twiki > > > for it? > > > > If you think it's a good article, then sure, put it on the wiki! > > > > I would suggest going to > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/InstallationAndSystemConfiguration > > and adding the link. Or,

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I checked out the article, and I can definitely add to the newbie perspective and say that it would have been a lot of help had I read it before installation. I've cleared up a lot of file system questions I had just by reading that article. -A On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 00:06, Eric Huff wrote: > > >

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:06:35 -0700 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > If you thikn it's a good article, then sure, put it on the wiki! The only problem with that is Newsforge could at some point move or *re*move the article, then you have a dead link mon. Better to do a rewrite, in your ow

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-13 Thread John Wilson
On October 13, 2003 12:27 am, HaywireMac wrote: > http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/07/196222&mode=thread&tid=23 Excellent article! Do you think a link should be put on Twiki for it? ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-13 Thread HaywireMac
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/07/196222&mode=thread&tid=23 -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Man's reac