Re: [vox-tech] Mini Howto: resize NTFS with PQDisk (from v1.0 Xandros CDs)

2004-03-21 Thread Mike Simons
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 10:17:15PM -0800, Rod Roark wrote: > > v1.0 Xandros CDs come with a problem called PQDisk, which can be used to > > resize NTFS partitions among others types. > > There's a program called QTParted which also does this, and comes with > Knoppix and some other distributions.

Re: [vox-tech] Mini Howto: resize NTFS with PQDisk (from v1.0 Xandros CDs)

2004-03-21 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Rod Roark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > There's a program called QTParted which also does this, and comes with > Knoppix and some other distributions. It uses the ntfsresize utility, > which in turn is part of the ntfsprogs package. Excellent option, that. It and all other known ones are chron

Re: [vox-tech] Best/fastest graphics accellerator that is Lunux compatible

2004-03-21 Thread grosa
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 04:51:55PM -0800, Jim Lowman wrote: > > Main problem seems to be the graphics adapter. SInce the ATI Radeon XT > 9800 Pro isn't supported, I bought > a Mad Dog FX 5200, which claims to support Linux. > If this is your dream computer, why did you buy a low-end graphics c

Re: [vox-tech] Best/fastest graphics accellerator that is Lunux compatible

2004-03-21 Thread Mark Street
I just built a monster box PVR and I had the same concerns you have. ATI is probably better and faster but the support and performance with Linux is in question. I ended up with a nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600] with 256M RAM on the card. I works peachy with the proprietary drivers f

Re: [vox-tech] Mini Howto: resize NTFS with PQDisk (from v1.0 Xandros CDs)

2004-03-21 Thread Rod Roark
> v1.0 Xandros CDs come with a problem called PQDisk, which can be used to > resize NTFS partitions among others types. There's a program called QTParted which also does this, and comes with Knoppix and some other distributions. It uses the ntfsresize utility, which in turn is part of the ntfspro

[vox-tech] Mini Howto: resize NTFS with PQDisk (from v1.0 Xandros CDs)

2004-03-21 Thread Mike Simons
v1.0 Xandros CDs come with a problem called PQDisk, which can be used to resize NTFS partitions among others types. If you happen to have a Xandros CD then you can boot up your machine using the cd, switch to a command

Re: [vox-tech] Best/fastest graphics accellerator that is Lunux compatible

2004-03-21 Thread ME
Jim Lowman said: > I'm working on a parts list for building my dream computer. Since I > have other computers in the home that > will run Windoze, Linux compatibility is the prime constraint. If it > runs both, fine. > > I've perused the Linux HCL to ensure that the AMD FX-51 is supported; it > i

[vox-tech] Best/fastest graphics accellerator that is Lunux compatible

2004-03-21 Thread Jim Lowman
I'm working on a parts list for building my dream computer. Since I have other computers in the home that will run Windoze, Linux compatibility is the prime constraint. If it runs both, fine. I've perused the Linux HCL to ensure that the AMD FX-51 is supported; it is. That will be the CPU of

[vox-tech] Script to push changes to a directory tree...

2004-03-21 Thread Mike Simons
After the last lugod meeting, Tim asked about a way to "sync" a target directory with some source directory. While most everyone suggested rsync was the way to go, Tim didn't like rsync because it would take "too long". In Tim's case the primary way he modifies the source data set is to renam