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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!mucs!mccuts!zlsiial
- From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: X11, extfs and MCC interim Linux (was Re: HD-timeout problems)
- Message-ID: <5763@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 09:31:13 GMT
- References: <1992Sep5.201920.3244@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
- Reply-To: LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
- Organization: Computing Centre, University of Manchester
- Lines: 36
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- In article <1992Sep5.201920.3244@afterlife.ncsc.mil> swaliff@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Steve Aliff) writes:
- >I'm still in the experimental stages with Linux; trying to decide on
- >a configuration, base level of software, disk partitioning, etc. So
- >it's no big deal for me to scrap my current setup to try some
- >experiments if anyone has any ideas. I'm thinking about setting up
- >the MCC dist again and adding extended fs to see how that goes. (With
- >an eye towards getting X11 up on that base.)
-
- Linus has already discussed the HD timeout problem, but there are a
- couple of other issues here:
-
- The extended file system is included in the MCC interim distrubution.
- The commands are on the comp2 disk (mkefs, efsck), and they are from
- efsprogs7 (unless you got a very early comp2 disk, in which case they
- are from efsprogs6). I decided not to make these commands accessible
- at boot time to discourage ordinary installers from using the extended
- file system as their default, and partially because of the size of the
- efsck program. This is still alpha test software, although very stable,
- and the efsprogs7 release, which appeared the day MCC interim 0.97p2
- was released, corrects serious bugs in the earlier version.
-
- In short, the extended file system is already part of MCC interim Linux
- at release 0.97p2, but you should use it with caution, especially if,
- as someone said recently, you don't enjoy having problems and fixing
- them. This is not a criticism of the extended file system, which is
- being written very well.
-
- With respect to X11, the version 1.1 which can be found at most Linux
- ftp sites requires libraries from the previous release of gcc, which are
- not included in the x11 files or in MCC interim Linux release 0.97p2.
- This is awkward unless (1) you already have X11 working, or (2) you
- don't mind waiting. The new version of X11 will be out soon and will
- not require you to have old libraries.
-
- -- Owen
- LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
-