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Re: EXT2 ->EXT3
by tom potts 25 Apr '02

25 Apr '02

I believe (but then I'm gullible) that ext3 is a sort of add-on to ext2 and is backward compatible! http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/redhat/ext3/why.html Your disk behaves like ext2 but with added bits. If your system doesnt crash then the disk is a valid ext2 disk as well as ext3 so can be mounted and read by ext2 only systems. Of course if you modify the ext2 data and then run ext3 there may be problems as the journaling will be 'out of whack'. I have a 120Gig RH7.2 ext3 drive and take delight in the fact I can power off at random and get back to working in under a minute! Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Re: [Alug] Kernel 2.4.18
by Ricardo Campos 24 Apr '02

24 Apr '02

> the trouble is leaving the Symmetric multi-processing support in the kernel. Time for another Ricardo Simpson 'Doh!' moment... I was going to say at the last ALUG meet that I had exactly the same problem, until I realised I was booting an SMP kernel, instead of a uniprocessor one. When I switched over, I found that it would power down OK. Oops, could've saved you some time! Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Kernel 2.4.18
by John Seago 24 Apr '02

24 Apr '02

Thank you Mark, and all who offered advice, Mark's solution solved my problem first go, my box now shuts itself down, and I've made a boot disk for it. Thank you Mark! -- John Seago

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Administrivia: contrib and main list
by MJ Ray 24 Apr '02

24 Apr '02

In a fit of mental cruelty not seen for some time, I've connected the wiki templates up to the XML/XSL generation system that does the main site. The contrib pages now look more like the main site. Scary, eh? Also, in a fit of petty baby-eating, emails to the list with a subject line of "Re: main digest ..." etc will be bounced. It does ask you to edit the subject line on replies, after all, and it's hard to tell what its about before opening if the subject line is useless. Goodnight, cruel world.

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Re: [Alug] Converting from EXT2 to EXT3
by DanI 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

Thanks John it works good. Im learning new stuff everyday :-)... ...Daniel Simpleman --- John Freeman <root(a)layla-studios.co.uk> wrote: > 1) Make sure you have ext3 compilied into the kernel > (its easier this way > rather than a module, otherwise you have to set up > initial ram disks and > things) > > 2)type mount -v > this will show all partitions mounted as ext2 > > i.e > /dev/hdc3 on / type ext2 (rw) > /dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) > /dev/hda1 on /home type ext2 (rw) > > 3) for each partition type: > > tune2fs -j /dev/hdX > > where X is the partition letter > > 4) edit /etc/fstab and change ext2 to ext3 > > 5) reboot and voila, ext3 > > > On Tuesday 23 Apr 2002 1:55 pm, DanI wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to > convert > > from EXT2 to EXT3 without loosing (formatting) all > my > > stuff on my hard drive... > > > > ...Daniel Simpleman > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ > > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site > above! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Converting from EXT2 to EXT3
by DanI 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to convert from EXT2 to EXT3 without loosing (formatting) all my stuff on my hard drive... ...Daniel Simpleman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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mac quadra 950
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

>After dire warnings from CamLUG it's offical MJR has become a despot! :-) Perhaps it will happen to us all eventually. That mac quadra rescued from a skip I mentioned on IRC last night is a 950 by the way. A quick google search tells me to install linux on this machine you need patience, skill and patience.... Oh, and spare time. Jen

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Kernel 2.4.18 Power Off
by John Seago 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

I was using the 2.4.18 kernel and had managed to compile it so that it switched of the machine when the shutdown process reached its end. I re-insalled my Slackware 8 system and re-compiled the 2.4.18 Kernel, however I cannot seem to get the permutations back to the way they were during my previous use of the 2.4.18 kernel, and now I cannot get it to shut down my machine, despite some 32 attempts. I made enquiries at yesterday's meeting at Elmswell, (thank you Rob), and it appears that this problem affects others as well. Mark did give me some information as to how I could overcome this problem, unfortunately I did not write it down, and my latest attempts have yet to produce a kernel which will shut down the Computer at the end of the shutdown process. Any help anyone can offer on this subject will be gratefully received. -- John Seago

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Gnome stones
by Douglas Thompson 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

Hi again, Another prob with mandrake8.1: Gnome stones won't start when I click new game. Will this be better in 8.2? DougT

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RE: main digest, Vol 1 #260 - 5 msgs
by Andrew Wallis 22 Apr '02

22 Apr '02

I'd find that very interesting (& I might just attend my first ALUG meeting!). > -----Original Message----- > From: "Martyn Drake" <martyn(a)alug.org.uk> > To: <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:32:07 +0100 > Subject: [Alug] Possible talk > > Hi folks, > > I'm working for a company that heavily uses Linux in the workplace to > produce visual effects for major feature films and television > shows (as well > as television commercials). > > I was thinking if I can get clearance from my boss as well as the > PR people, > would anybody be interested in a talk at one of Alug's meetings about > Linux's use in post-production and visual effects (and in > particular how my > employer's make good use of it)? > > Regards, > > Martyn Regards Andrew Wallis Fox Cottage Fox Hill St Cross South Elmham HARLESTON IP20 0NX UK phone: +44 (0) 1986 782283 mobile: +44 (0) 7860 217025 email: mailto:andrew.wallis@vulpes.demon.co.uk SMS via email: mailto:+447860217025@mmail.co.uk ************************************************************** This email may contain information which is privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this email or any part of it, please telephone +44 (0)1986 782283 immediately on receipt. You should not disclose the contents to any other person or take copies. **************************************************************

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