Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem

2008-01-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:55:53PM +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008, Alex Samad wrote: sounds like xfs it is then .. of course, you could benchmark how it performs, you could try a few things, like pull the power out whilst you're working on stuff and see how jfs, xfs and

Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem

2008-01-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on.

Re: [SLUG] Yum / RPM Update Problem

2008-01-02 Thread David P
Seems that the updated perl-5.8.8-12 comes with perl modules that were previously held in separate packages, such as perl-Math-BigInt, perl-Math-BigRat, perl-bignum and perl-Sys-Syslog. Since the contents of those packages are in perl-5.8.8-12 now, you could probably uninstall them as you

[SLUG] SyPy Meetup Thursday, 3 January 2008

2008-01-02 Thread Mark Rees
Happy New Year. I know this is short notice but any excuse to have a drink and interesting discussion. This Thursday, 3 January 2008 from 6:30PM, there will be a social gathering of Sydney Python Users Group and any individuals interested in discussing Python, Web, Ruby, Perl etc. Laptops, code

Re: [SLUG] File server

2008-01-02 Thread jam
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 09:42 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to set up a simple file server in office. The main requirements are: 1. windows share access (samba) 2. ftp access 3. scp access 4. http read only access

Re: [SLUG] Yum / RPM Update Problem

2008-01-02 Thread Nigel Allen
On 2/01/2008 9:20 PM, David P wrote: Seems that the updated perl-5.8.8-12 comes with perl modules that were previously held in separate packages, such as perl-Math-BigInt, perl-Math-BigRat, perl-bignum and perl-Sys-Syslog. Since the contents of those packages are in perl-5.8.8-12 now, you could

[SLUG] Upgrading Sony Ericsson K750 firmware via Linux

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Bogacki
Hi, has anyone had any success upgrading Sony Ericsson 750 firmware using Linux ? Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] File server

2008-01-02 Thread Kevin Shackleton
Andre Kolodochka wrote: Hi, I need to set up a simple file server in office. Changing the thrust of the question - I'm looking at the hardware side of the question at present at office and at home. There are some cases around that are neat enough to hide in the lounge (should I want to

Media cases and hardware [Was: [SLUG] File server]

2008-01-02 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Kevin Shackleton There are some cases around that are neat enough to hide in the lounge (should I want to do media) and will take 6 * 3.5 drives eg Silverstone LC17. Enough for a new RAID array and a legacy drive or two. I've got the LC16 (very similar) for the same purpose -- these