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| Boulware5 2002-12-31, 3:17 pm |
| Anyone know of a dump/restore program that can work with ext3 partitions? The dump built into Linux can only work with ext2 (according to the info page). | |
| Boulware5 2002-12-31, 5:32 pm |
| Nevermind, I found a GNU program that is similar to dump and uses the mkisofs utility. If anyone wants to know what it is, I'll let you know. | |
| iggy4270 2003-01-01, 2:19 am |
| Just out of curiosity what version of red Hat are you running. I would just like to know so I don't ask a stupid question. Thanks  | |
| Boulware5 2003-01-01, 12:28 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by iggy4270
Just out of curiosity what version of red Hat are you running. I would just like to know so I don't ask a stupid question. Thanks
The new 8.0 with the 2.4.20 kernel that I customized for my system. 8.0 is awesome; I'm loving it so far. I think I will stick with Red Hat. | |
| iggy4270 2003-01-02, 12:17 am |
| I'm running 8.0 also and loving it. I even installed it on my I.B.M Thinkpad and it's also running great. Now I can take Linux to work with me at night and get even more practice | |
| mikop 2003-01-02, 12:25 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Boulware5
The new 8.0 with the 2.4.20 kernel that I customized for my system. 8.0 is awesome; I'm loving it so far. I think I will stick with Red Hat.
"I downloaded Slackware and love it. So much so that this distro might be THE one I stick with for a long time."
boulware 10-03-02
ok... any bets on how long he will stick with rh8? ;/ | |
| Boulware5 2003-01-02, 12:54 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by mikop
"I downloaded Slackware and love it. So much so that this distro might be THE one I stick with for a long time."
boulware 10-03-02
ok... any bets on how long he will stick with rh8? ;/
hahah...Slackware's still cool. Next distro I test out might be FreeBSD, but not anytime soon. I've heard nothing but great things about FreeBSD. | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-02, 7:16 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Boulware5
I've heard nothing but great things about FreeBSD.
It's basically Slackware on some heavy steroids.  | |
| Variable 2003-01-02, 10:26 am |
| FreeBSD isn't a Linux distro. Completely different kernel. it is BSD... Related to NetBSD and OpenBSD. The later of which is my favorite. Most secure OS there is in my opinion. | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-02, 1:20 pm |
| I know it isn't a Linux distro, but is similar to them in many ways, particularly to Slackware. Takes a bit longer to get used to. I use OpenBSD here at work. | |
| Variable 2003-01-04, 9:52 am |
| I know. Just thought I would point that out for those that aren't that familar with the difference. OpenBSD or any of the BSD's are a little bit more terse at first but from my experience very dependable. We have 4 OpenBSD machines at work performing various duties. They run flawlessly. I love playing around with all OS's really. We just got a coulple of HP DL 580's Quad 1.6Ghz. Shitload of RAM. Running Redhat 7.3 with VMware GSX server on it. I am amazed at how well it runs, 6 Virtual Win2k servers running on it. Anyhow, wasn't trying to flame or anything... | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-04, 11:11 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by Variable
I love playing around with all OS's really.
Tried Plan 9 yet? | |
| loopbacklady 2003-01-04, 7:45 pm |
| hells bells, ANOTHER whole new language:
slackware
distro
openBSD
freeBSD
oh, I'll catch on, eventually!  | |
| ccieToBe 2003-01-04, 9:07 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Linux Guy
It's basically Slackware on some heavy steroids.
Very heavy | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-05, 5:45 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by loopbacklady
hells bells, ANOTHER whole new language:
slackware
distro
openBSD
freeBSD
oh, I'll catch on, eventually!
A "distro" in Linux jargon is much the same as a "flavour" in UNIX lingo. It is bascially a version of the OS put out by a particular company, person, organisation, etitity, etc. that has their own customisations to it, and reflects their own design goals and computing philosophy. A UNIX "flavour" is actually slightly more different since they tend to have different code bases for their kernels as well, but all the same most of these UNIX-like OS's act and feel a great deal alike. The primo Linux distros are: Slackware, Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, Caldera, Mandrake, etc. (there are several hundred so I list only the main ones). The BSD UNIX project has forked several tiems, giving us three varieties of their OS: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD, each with its own strenghts and weaknesses. Closed source UNIX's main playefrs are Iris, AIX, DG-UX, HP-UX, Solaris, SCO, et. all. (same situation applies as for Linux . . . too many flavours to really list). Just pick one that interests you and start hacking. | |
| loopbacklady 2003-01-05, 9:12 am |
| I decided I needed more information on this subject and went to
http://linuxnewbieguide.com/ and found the basics. I intend to learn more about this! | |
| Variable 2003-01-06, 6:31 pm |
| Plan 9 looks awesome. Not enough time to dive into another OS. Wish I could, I think their onto something... Not a big enough app base yet though. Good thread... |
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