Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] re: LTSP
I've been trying to get some old RM 486SX machines (diskless) to justify their continuing existence.........
How much memory present ? With a 486sx, I would think that X would be slowish ... but with a decent amount of memory (16 Mb +) may be ok ... Without this, I wonder if it would be worth the effort (of course if you have no alternative, but have the time to experiment (!) you can't really lose ... as the experience gained may be valuable for the future) Kevin.
complete newbie. What tools are there available for formatting and spanning partitions across disks (scsi) if it makes any difference. (6.4 hsve only played with Kde desktop so far) Roy Morden Network Manager Baines School Poulton-le-fylde roymorden@mail.com mailto:roymorden@mail.com
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Roy Morden wrote:
complete newbie. What tools are there available for formatting and spanning partitions across disks (scsi) if it makes any difference. (6.4 hsve only played with Kde desktop so far)
I think LVM might do what you want. I haven't played with it, but I'm sure it's configurable from YaST. I have, however, used software-RAID which could also do what you want - you'll essentially be combining (spanning) partitions from various disks into one virtual device (/dev/md*). If you've got raidtools installed, type "man 5 raidtab" - this will tell you how to set up a config file (/etc/raidtab). You'll also need to initialise the RAID device before use. Note, though, that you'll most likely have to recompile your kernel. If you're going to use a 2.2 series kernel, you'll need Mingo's RAID patches, available from http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches/ . 2.4 kernels have the updates drivers installed. Hopefully that's what you wanted :) Dan -- dankolb@ox.compsoc.net Oxford University Computer Society Secretary --I reserve the right to be completely wrong about any comments or opinions expressed; don't trust everything you read above--
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