fedora-test-list Digest, Vol 3, Issue 121
Dg B
dbretton at hotmail.com
Mon May 17 19:35:11 UTC 2004
>>Here are some new torrent files.
>>
>>from kuix.de :
>>
>>http://kuix.de/fedora/fedora-core-2-isos.torrent
>>http://kuix.de/fedora/fedora-core-2-DVD.torrent
>>
>>LEASE BE A NICE PERSON and do not quit your downloader after you have
>>finished downloading, at least for a while.
>Actually for best use of torrent join an existing one rather than setting
>up your own. Big torrents surely work much better than several little
>ones.
>Michael Young
I'm not setting up my own. BitTorrents were released on slashdot.org
yesterday, and the tracker blew up sometime around 20:00 EST.
These are replacements for those BitTorrents.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
- Marx, Groucho
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> 1. Re: Gigabit ethernet cards (Nico Kadel-Garcia)
> 2. Re: Gigabit ethernet cards (Mark Lane)
> 3. Re: Gigabit ethernet cards (Alan Cox)
> 4. Re: How to help? was Re: Serious reservations about FC2
> release on 5/18 (JR Boyens)
> 5. Re: Token Ring driver not compiled in FC2 (Alan Cox)
> 6. Re: interpret this BIOS (Alan Cox)
> 7. Re: Gigabit ethernet cards (Mark Lane)
> 8. Re: How to help? was Re: Serious reservations about FC2
> release on 5/18 (Steve Fink)
> 9. Re: interpret this BIOS (reg at dwf.com)
> 10. Re: interpret this BIOS (Mike Hogsett)
> 11. Re: interpret this BIOS (Alan Cox)
> 12. Re: Serious reservations about FC2 release on 5/18
> (Michael Stenner)
> 13. Re: Serious reservations about FC2 release on 5/18
> (Michael Stenner)
> 14. Re: Serious reservations about FC2 release on 5/18
> (James W. Bennett)
> 15. Re: Gigabit ethernet cards (James Ralston)
> 16. Re: Gigabit ethernet cards (William Lovaton)
> 17. VMware and Fedora Core 2 (Thorsten)
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 13:20:20 -0400
>From: "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel at merl.com>
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <018c01c43c33$3b3c4220$b28ccb89 at zeppo>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Lane" <mark at harddata.com>
>To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
><fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:08 PM
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>
>
> > On May 17, 2004 11:11 am, William Lovaton
><williama_lovaton at coomeva.com.co>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I'm going to use FC2 Final in my production server and I want to
>upgrade
> > > the network card to a Gigabit ethernet. What model is known to work
> > > well in FC2??
> > >
> > SysKonnect 9xxx, 3com 940, Broadcom, Intel
>
>"Broadcom" and "Intel" are not models, they are company names. Be specific,
>please.
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:18:12 -0600
>From: Mark Lane <mark at harddata.com>
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <200405171118.12541.mark at harddata.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>On May 17, 2004 11:20 am, "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel at merl.com> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Lane" <mark at harddata.com>
> > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> > <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
> >
> > > On May 17, 2004 11:11 am, William Lovaton
> >
> > <williama_lovaton at coomeva.com.co>
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > I'm going to use FC2 Final in my production server and I want to
> > > > upgrade the network card to a Gigabit ethernet. What model is known
>to
> > > > work well in FC2??
> > >
> > > SysKonnect 9xxx, 3com 940, Broadcom, Intel
> >
> > "Broadcom" and "Intel" are not models, they are company names. Be
>specific,
> > please.
>
>Pretty much any Broadcom or Intel GigE Nic. You can research the model
>numbers
>yourself. I don't have the time.
>--
>Mark Lane, CET mailto:mark at harddata.com
>Hard Data Ltd. http://www.harddata.com
>T: 01-780-456-9771 F: 01-780-456-9772
>11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3
>--> Ask me about our Excellent 1U Systems! <--
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 3
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 13:38:23 -0400
>From: Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <20040517173823.GM15849 at devserv.devel.redhat.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:11:23PM -0500, William Lovaton wrote:
> > the network card to a Gigabit ethernet. What model is known to work
> > well in FC2??
>
>Im using realtek 8169 - not the flashiest or fastest but works rather
>nicely and is incredibly cheap
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 4
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:46:05 -0500
>From: JR Boyens <jboyens at fooninja.org>
>Subject: Re: How to help? was Re: Serious reservations about FC2
> release on 5/18
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Message-ID: <1084815964.15870.1.camel at surly.fooninja.org>
>Content-Type: text/plain
>
>On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 13:59 -0400, Anthony DeStefano wrote:
> > >> Has no one simply tried this?
> > >>
> > >> For Windows XP, boot from the install CD and enter the Recovery
> > >> Console.
> > >> Then issue the command:
> > >> Code:
> > >> bootcfg /rebuild
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> This fixes the bootloader for windows xp. But I do not know if it
>will
> > >> work in this situation.
> > >> I cannot test this as I do not have this problem.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Law
> > >
> > > Let me know if it works or not. I hope it helps.
> > >
> >
> > This does not work. Something (fdisk or grub) is overwriting
>information
> > that it shouldn't be. I've looked at it a bit and you can see it in the
> > Partition Magic attachment in the bug report. What's happening is after
> > these changes are made on the primary disk (hda), the BIOS is thinking
> > that it should be using CHS mode instead of LBA. Things point more
> > towards grub then fdisk; since in my experience it happens even when I
> > don't repartition.
> >
> > Here's my system:
> >
> > Asus A7N8X Deluxe using onboard IDE controller
> > 80GB WD drive (hda)
> > 17GB Maxtor drive (hdc)
> >
> > Some people reported it only happens with large disks (> 120GB), but
> > that's not the case here.
> >
> > That's as far as I've gotten. I do want to help all I can, but haven't
> > had anytime to dig deep.
>
>I could swear that the cause of this problem was the use of parted in
>the install partitioning process... Has this been since declared wrong?
>
>--
>JR Boyens
>jboyens at fooninja.org
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 5
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 13:47:05 -0400
>From: Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Token Ring driver not compiled in FC2
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <20040517174705.GB22919 at devserv.devel.redhat.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 01:16:14PM -0400, Jeremy Savoy wrote:
> > I would like to compile the drivers as modules and just use them with
> > the current FC2 kernel - in the past I've always had symbol trouble
> > trying to do this - anyone out there have any pointers?
>
>If token ring is disabled entirely then you will inevitably get different
>symbols so may need to roll a new kernel anyway. Knowing if token ring
>builds and works on FC2 would be useful for errata stuff. Right now it
>seems
>the only large token ring network on the planet (and the one that breaks
>stuff reliabily and rapidly) belongs to a large blue company.
>
>Alan
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 6
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 13:54:14 -0400
>From: Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: interpret this BIOS
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <20040517175414.GB1667 at devserv.devel.redhat.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 11:51:16AM -0600, reg at dwf.com wrote:
> > BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009e800 (usable)
>
>Most of 640K RAM
> > BIOS-e820: 000000000009e800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
>
>A bit reserved (EBDA)
>
> > BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
>
>ROMs
>
> > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000002fffc000 (usable)
>Lots of memory
>
> > BIOS-e820: 000000002fffc000 - 000000002ffff000 (ACPI data)
> > BIOS-e820: 000000002ffff000 - 0000000030000000 (ACPI NVS)
>
>Two chunks used by ACPI
>
> > BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
>
>Ending a 4Gb
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 7
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:48:46 -0600
>From: Mark Lane <mark at harddata.com>
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <200405171148.46688.mark at harddata.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>On May 17, 2004 11:38 am, Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:11:23PM -0500, William Lovaton wrote:
> > > the network card to a Gigabit ethernet. What model is known to work
> > > well in FC2??
> >
> > Im using realtek 8169 - not the flashiest or fastest but works rather
> > nicely and is incredibly cheap
>
>Alan, it must like you. I have an onboard 8169 that worked fine when it
>worked. The device would disappear on every other boot.
>
>--
>Mark Lane, CET mailto:mark at harddata.com
>Hard Data Ltd. http://www.harddata.com
>T: 01-780-456-9771 F: 01-780-456-9772
>11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3
>--> Ask me about our Excellent 1U Systems! <--
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 8
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:19:29 -0600
>From: "Steve Fink" <stevef at netvantix.com>
>Subject: Re: How to help? was Re: Serious reservations about FC2
> release on 5/18
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Message-ID: <WorldClient-F200405171219.AA19290116 at netvantix.com>
>
>I'm sorry if this has been covered before but I haven't been following any
>of the threads discussing this problem with XP.
>
>Could someone with this problem try these steps to fix the issue?
>
>---------------------------------------------
>
>Preparation:
>
>Please get the following items before beginning:
>
>1. Fedora Core 2 boot disk - if you don't know how to make one refer to
>Appendix A
>2. MS Boot disk including fdisk - if you don't know how to make one refer
>to Appendix B
>3. Knoppix CD - If you don't have one get one at http://www.knoppix.org
>4. Bucket load of patience - If you don't have one get one.
>
>
>Execution:
>
>1. Boot into Fedora and verify your /boot/grub/menu.lst exists and should
>look like this:
>
># grub.conf generated by anaconda
>#
># Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
># NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
># all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
># root (hd0,2)
># kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
># initrd /initrd-version.img
>#boot=/dev/hda
>default=1
>timeout=10
>splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.327)
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.327 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb selinux=0 quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.327.img
>title WinXP
> rootnoverify (hd0,1)
> chainloader +1
>
>***NOTE***
>This menu.lst assumes that XP is on the 1st partition and Fedora /boot is
>on the second.
>
>2. Reboot using MS Boot disk
>3. Run fdisk /mbr - This will restore the MS bootloader to the Master Boot
>Record
>4. Reboot into XP and make sure it works
>5. Reboot using the Knoppix CD
>6. Open a shell
>7. su
>8. root at knoppix:/# grub
>Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
>
>GNU GRUB version 0.94 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
>[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
>lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
>completions of a device/filename. ]
>
>grub>
>
>Now run these three commands:
>
>grub> root (hd0,0)
>grub> setup (hd0)
>grub> quit
>
>9. Reboot, and you will be greeted by the GRUB command shell. Note that
>the root value is variable, depending on where GRUB is installed on your
>system. setup (hd0) installs GRUB to the MBR (master boot record), and
>quit exits GRUB
>
>If your /boot/grub/menu.lst is setup properly this should give you a
>working GRUB configuration.
>
>---------------
>
>Best of Luck,
>
>Steve
>
>
>---------------
>
>
>
>
>Appendix A:
>
>Making a Linux boot disk
>
>Most folks ignore that operating system installation procedure where it is
>asked if a boot disk (emergency disk) should be made.
>
>While this boot disk is important in Windows operating systems, it is even
>more important in Linux, especially in a dual-boot system, where Windows
>and Linux exist together. Even if you boot using a bootloader existing on
>a system hard-drive, you should keep an up to date boot disk handy. If the
>standard boot process goes awry, toss the boot disk in, reboot, and then
>you can get in to repair the problem.
>
>So during an installation/upgrade of an OS, when asked to make a boot
>disk....Definitely do so!
>
>But, what happens if you didn't make a boot disk during the Linux install?
>Don't fear, mkbootdisk is there for you...
>
>Typical command line....
>
>/sbin/mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.6.5-1.327
>
>This command instructs the mkbootdisk executable to use the floppy disk
>drive (/dev/fd0) to write the boot disk info to, and to send it all the
>appropriate information to load the kernel numbered 2.6.5-1.327
>
>A man page of mkbootdisk provides more on the command, but here are a few
>quickies:
>
>-mkbootdisk might reside in different places on different distros
>-if --device is not specified, it will by default use /dev/fd0....so you
>can shorten the length of the command line entry by not using it if your
>floppy exists at that default location.
>-remember that if you have multiple kernels installed, one boot disk may
>not properly boot the other kernels, so you would be best off making one
>for each kernel.
>
>
>
>Appendix B:
>
>Making a MS boot disk
>
>
>Double Click on My Computer
>Insert Floppy diskette into Floppy Drive
>Right Click on Floppy Drive choose Format
>Click on Checkbox next to Add System Files
>Allow disk to format and copy system files
>Search for fdisk and copy it to the floppy
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 9
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:22:01 -0600
>From: reg at dwf.com
>Subject: Re: interpret this BIOS
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>, alan at redhat.com
>Message-ID: <200405171822.i4HIM1PW016865 at orion.dwf.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> > On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 11:51:16AM -0600, reg at dwf.com wrote:
>
> > > BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> > > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009e800 (usable)
> >
> > Most of 640K RAM
> > > BIOS-e820: 000000000009e800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
> >
> > A bit reserved (EBDA)
> >
> > > BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
> >
> > ROMs
> >
> > > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000002fffc000 (usable)
> > Lots of memory
> >
> > > BIOS-e820: 000000002fffc000 - 000000002ffff000 (ACPI data)
> > > BIOS-e820: 000000002ffff000 - 0000000030000000 (ACPI NVS)
> >
> > Two chunks used by ACPI
> >
> > > BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
> >
> > Ending a 4Gb
> >
> >
> > --
>
>Perhaps you can be a bit more specific.
>The system in fact has a 512MB chip and a 256MB chip for a total of
>768/775Mb
>
>You seem to show that this is shown in BIOS as a single entry, rather
>than an entry for each stick, is that true?
>
>And of course, I dont understand how to interpret the numbers that I see.
>My first guess would be that they are starting point, size (is there any
>documentation?,- I didnt find it)
>
>But if I believe that, then 0x2fffc000 = 805289984 which is wrong for the
>size.
>
>So, back to my initial question: How do I interpret this stuff?
>
>--
> Reg.Clemens
> reg at dwf.com
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 10
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:34:34 -0700
>From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett at csl.sri.com>
>Subject: Re: interpret this BIOS
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <200405171834.i4HIYY9A004063 at beast.csl.sri.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
>
> > Perhaps you can be a bit more specific.
> > The system in fact has a 512MB chip and a 256MB chip for a total of
>768/775Mb
>
> > ...
>
> > But if I believe that, then 0x2fffc000 = 805289984 which is wrong for
>the siz
> > e.
>
>805,289,984 is 16Kbytes less than 768Mbytes.
>
> - Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 11
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:38:29 -0400
>From: Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: interpret this BIOS
>To: reg at dwf.com
>Cc: alan at redhat.com, For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <20040517183829.GA17773 at devserv.devel.redhat.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:22:01PM -0600, reg at dwf.com wrote:
> > Perhaps you can be a bit more specific.
> > The system in fact has a 512MB chip and a 256MB chip for a total of
>768/775Mb
> > You seem to show that this is shown in BIOS as a single entry, rather
> > than an entry for each stick, is that true?
>
>Yes. The memory is described in terms of start/end address of each block
>not of each chip
>
> > But if I believe that, then 0x2fffc000 = 805289984 which is wrong for
>the size.
>
>That looks about right. Remember its in 1024's and that comes out at
>just under 768Mb. A small amount has ben borrowed by the bios
>
> > So, back to my initial question: How do I interpret this stuff?
>
>[Start] [End] [Usage]
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 12
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:41:19 -0700
>From: Michael Stenner <mstenner at ece.arizona.edu>
>Subject: Re: Serious reservations about FC2 release on 5/18
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Message-ID: <20040517194118.GH15541 at ece.arizona.edu>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:25:00PM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote:
> > Nobody seems to think it makes Windows XP look bad. I'm sure they'll
> > be just as understanding about FC2. Funny how people expect more
> > from something they don't pay a dime for. Anyway, i'm sure it will all
> > work soon enough.
>
>A number of people have made comments to this effect, and that the
>windows install will hose your linux partition, too. There is an
>important difference:
>
> The windows installer offers to hose your linux partition and then
> does so when you click OK. It sounds like the current FC2 installer
> offers to set things up so they both work, and then proceeds to hose
> your windows partition. That's not cool at all.
>
>Properly informing the user about what's going to happen makes a big
>difference.
>
> -Michael
>--
> Michael D. Stenner mstenner at ece.arizona.edu
> ECE Department, the University of Arizona 520-626-1619
> 1230 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ECE 524G
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 13
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:44:18 -0700
>From: Michael Stenner <mstenner at ece.arizona.edu>
>Subject: Re: Serious reservations about FC2 release on 5/18
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Message-ID: <20040517194417.GI15541 at ece.arizona.edu>
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>On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:10:19AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote:
> > Go complain to Microsoft who charged you money for the privilege of
> > not supporting dual boot with Linux.
>
>But they do not CLAIM to support it. This would be a different issue
>if FC2 clearly said that your windows partition would be un-bootable.
>Instead, it offers to set it up for you.
>
> -Michael
>--
> Michael D. Stenner mstenner at ece.arizona.edu
> ECE Department, the University of Arizona 520-626-1619
> 1230 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ECE 524G
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>Message: 14
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:11:29 -0500
>From: "James W. Bennett" <silverhead at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: Serious reservations about FC2 release on 5/18
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
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>On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 10:20, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 May 2004 05:46:16 -0400, Phil Savoie <psavoie1783 at rogers.com>
>wrote:
> > > Sure Sean. This is a product. This is no different than a car
>company
> > > promoting a new state of the art car. Everything works except they
> > > don't tell you that the brakes that used to work in reverse last year
> > > don't this year. But according to you, if you need to back up, you
>are
> > > a loser.
> >
> > You need to be very careful about analogies to cars. Fedora is not a
> > product, its important to be clear about that, its a project.
> >
> > And lets also be clear about this issue and issue like it in general.
> > A lot of bugs are difficult for developers to reproduce locally on
> > their hardware. A lot of bugs can arise because of complicated
> > interactions between hardware and software. Whatever is happening with
> > fedora in this case might be a kernel 2.6 issue, it might be a
> > partitioning tool issue, it might be a grub issue, it might be a bios
> > issue, it might be a combination of all those or none. Whatever it
> > is, I'm very much NOT convinced this is as wide spread as people would
> > believe. I have heard fc2t3 install dual boot scenarios that have
> > worked without a hitch. Hell even one bug reporter in the comments
> > tried to reproduce the problem after a bios upgrade and could
> > not...that suggests something.
> >
> >
> > -jef
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>
>
>I for one have had FC2T3 installed on my main machine since it came out
>and I can't believe how solid it is. I have no problems with dual boot.
>I dual boot windows 2000 and have hadn't a single problem even though I
>seldom ever use windows. The Fedora software developers have done a
>magnificent job.
>
>James W. Bennett <silverhead at comcast.net>
>
>
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>Message: 15
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 15:10:50 -0400
>From: James Ralston <qralston+ml.redhat-fedora-test at andrew.cmu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <6D509C847DFA9481230EBE99 at shieldbreaker.l33tskillz.org>
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>On 2004-05-17 at 12:11:23-05 William Lovaton
><williama_lovaton at coomeva.com.co> wrote:
> > I'm going to use FC2 Final in my production server and I want to
> > upgrade the network card to a Gigabit ethernet. What model is known
> > to work well in FC2??
>
>We've had good success with Intel cards.
>
>If your server is PCI only (not PCI-X), try:
>
>
>http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-106-112&depa=0
>
>If you want PCI-X, try:
>
>
>http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-106-117&depa=0
>
>If you need PCI-X and two interfaces, try:
>
>
>http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-106-202&depa=0
>
>All of these cards use Intel's open-source "e1000" driver. (I believe
>that Intel is still maintaining it, and that the kernel developers go
>re-sync against Intel's latest version occasionally.)
>
>--
>James Ralston, Information Technology
>Software Engineering Institute
>Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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>Message: 16
>Date: 17 May 2004 14:19:41 -0500
>From: William Lovaton <williama_lovaton at coomeva.com.co>
>Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet cards
>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>Message-ID: <1084821581.4438.21.camel at localhost.localdomain>
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>Thank you guys for all the answers, fedora is really nice.
>
>I have a haevy enterprise web application (Apache/PHP) running with 600
>users (active sessions) on a 4x SMP Pentium III 550MHz each (RH9 -
>2.4.20smp). Right now the poor server is very stressed and I have
>detected bottlenecks in the network (100Mbps) due to the high traffic
>between the web server and the database. So, I am planning to make the
>leap from 100 to 1GB network.
>
>Is there any advice from all of you regarding this? I have a good
>experience with linux but this is the first time I am going to work in
>the gigabit arena.
>
>I am afraid that it is a bad assumption to think that 1Gb will improve
>transfer speeds just like that. Maybe there is some deeper
>configuration / tuning left to be done after installing the new card.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>-William
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 17
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:29:09 -0700
>From: Thorsten <info at thorko.de>
>Subject: VMware and Fedora Core 2
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Message-ID: <1084822101.2061.21.camel at localhost.localdomain>
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>Hello guys
>do anyone know how you can running the vmware 4.0.5 under fedora core 2?
>I have installed the vmware 4.0.5 under fedora core 2 and the
>installation worked without any problems. But if I start the
>vmware-config.pl script it can't find the kernel sources. I have
>installed the kernel sources which match with my running kernel. If I
>start the vmware-config.pl script again it told me that the kernel
>c-header files didn't matched with my running kernel. After that I
>copied the version.h from /lib/modules/.... to my /usr/src/.... I
>started the vmware-scripts again and it tolds me that the kernel address
>space size from my kernel sources didn't match with my running kernel.
>And so here we are. I have no clue what I can do know.
>Have some of you a solution or did some of you tried this to install the
>vmware under fedora core 2?
>Thanks for helping
>Ciao
>Thorsten
>
>
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