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 would

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 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 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. That's about

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 own

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 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, add a page if you

RE: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread linux
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 a link should be put on Twiki

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 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 might be

Re: [newbie] Good Article on Linux Filesystems

2003-10-14 Thread John Wilson
On October 14, 2003 02:24 pm, Eric Huff wrote: snip! 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 mandrake.

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:

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=03/10/07/196222mode=threadtid =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 the page will

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 reads.

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=03/10/07/196222mode=threadtid=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