August 2006 - openSUSE IA64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Bug in parted command .
by MASTHAN DUDEKULA 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hi All, Here an intresting issue on parted command. I have a device of size 1074 MB and i tried to create partitions with parted command. The intresting issue is, the start position of first partition is not constant. The following snippet explain you more on this. lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc print Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0kB - 1074MB Disk label type: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc mklabel msdos lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc mkpart p 0 1065 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc print Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0kB - 1074MB Disk label type: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1kB 1065MB 1065MB primary type=83 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc rm 1 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc print Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0kB - 1074MB Disk label type: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc mklabel msdos lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc mkpart p 0 1069 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc print Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0kB - 1074MB Disk label type: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32kB 1069MB 1069MB primary ext3 type=83 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc rm 1 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc mklabel msdos lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc mkpart p 0 1071 lx88245:~ # parted -s /dev/sdc print Disk geometry for /dev/sdc: 0kB - 1074MB Disk label type: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1kB 1071MB 1071MB primary type=83 lx88245:~ # In the first ( parted -s /dev/sdc mkpart p 0 1065) and third ( parted -s /dev/sdc mkpart p 0 1071) case the start position of first partition is 1 KB ( first block ) but in second case ( parted -s /dev/sdc mkpart p 0 1069) it is ( 32 kB). Can anyone explain it why it is happening like this ? is it bug in parted command ? Your help is appreciated ? Regards Masthan

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Is qla2xxx driver supports SLES 10 ?
by MASTHAN DUDEKULA 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi , At the time of booting , SUSE 10 (ia64 m/c) chowing that, qla2xxx driver is not supportd by novell , tainted flag is enabled ( Not exactly this , iam saying in my own words ). Is qla2xxx driver supports SLES 10 ? Thanks in advance Regards Masthan

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[opensuse-ipf] Mailinglist migrated
by Henne Vogelsang 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi, this list is migrated to the new mailinglist server. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, Core Services "Rules change. The Game remains the same." - Omar (The Wire)

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variant behaviour of parted command.
by MASTHAN DUDEKULA 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi All, On SLES 10 , I am using parted command to partition a device but the behaviour of parted command is varying from one Archetecture to another archtecture. I am using the following command to partition a device from 0 to 100 MB *$ parted -d /dev/sda mkpart p 0 100* and with the help print option i am printing the partition table. The o/p of $*parted -s /dev/sda print* is varying from one arch to another arch. The o/p of *$parted -s /dev/sda print* on i386 machine Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0kB - 73GB Disk label type: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1kB 100MB 100MB primary reiserfs type=83 The o/p of *$parted -s /dev/sda print* on i386 machine Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0kB - 7516MB Disk label type: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 17kB 100MB 100MB *My question is, on ia 64 arch why parted command is leaving first 17 kB of the device?* Your help is appreciated Regards, Masthan

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YAST installation sources
by Marc Lanctot 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hello, I have SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 installed on an SGI Altix Itanium. Are there http or ftp installation sources or will I have to install everything by the ProPack CDs? Thanks, Marc

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Restricting CPU and memory usage
by Marc Lanctot 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hello, I'm a system admin for the department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences ant McGill University. I have recently become in charge of an SGI Altix Itanium machine running SUSE Enterprise Linux 9.0. I'm looking for a way to control/restrict memory and CPU usage on this server. I know about nice and ulimit, but I need something more flexible that can: - restrict the CPU usage time for a process (or user) - limit the percentage/amount of the CPU allocated to a given user, and not just for a single process - limit the percentage/amount of RAM allocated to a given use, and not just for a single process I suspect to do so would require turning on some flags in the kernel and maybe using a tool to set these limits for each user, but I don't know if this exists. Could someone recommend a tool or procedure to implement this? Thanks, Marc

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facing problem in SLES 10 installation on IA64 architecture
by MASTHAN DUDEKULA 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Hi Everyone, I am facing some problems with SLES 10 installation on Ia64 architecture. Problem: • This is the message we are getting while installing SUSE 10 on rx2600 (IA64) m/c. Uncompressing Linux...done Loading file initrd...done -- Machine is not coming up after loading the initrd file. Machine details. Machine Architecture is IA64 Machine model is rx2600 Have any one installed SLES 10 on ia64 architecture ? Have any one of you faced these kind of problem ? Thanks in advance. Your help is appreciated.

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