From: u1086aa@unx.ucc.okstate.edu (11086) Subject: Re: Coherent vs. Linux - a comparo Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 14:29:20 GMT
In article <1993Jun19.054106.7102@sol.UVic.CA> pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
>In article <1993Jun18.221734.13120@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu> u1086aa@unx.ucc.okstate.edu (11086) writes:
>....
>>create the file system. There is no mention whatsoever that you have to
>>change the ID to 83(?) to get the extended filesystem. I just happened
>
>There is no mention of it, because it is not true. The partition type/ID
>is irrelavant.
I kept getting errors something like "file system xxxx blocks larger
than currently supported by Linux" when I had an ID of 81. Also, it kept
saying "mounting invalid filesystem" at boot. Are you just supposed to
ignore those error messages? If so, that is "not good".
>
>>to stumble upon it after a great deal of screwing around. To make
>>matters worse, they then recommend using "fsck -av PART". Ever try that
>>on an extended file system? I reinstalled more than once because I
>>thought I had screwed up. If fsck says a file system is f***ed up, I
>>tend to believe it. After some more messing around and searching, I
>>stumbled on e2fsck. However, there was again no mention of it in the SLS
>>installation. And don't give me the "everybody knows that" crap. I have
>
>Funny, e2fsck has been in the SLS README for 3 months.
e2fsck is not mentioned in the SLS README, the SLS FAQ, nor the Linux
FAQ. I just downloaded them from tsx-11.mit.edu again to make sure. Run
a grep and see. (mke2fs is certainly in there).
>
>>found that every UNIX guru knows about the file system differences, but I
>>have no intention of becoming a UNIX guru, just someone who uses UNIX-like
>>OS's to get work done.
>>
>However, setting up SLS simple TCP/IP is
>
> edit /etc/hosts
> run hostcvt.build
>
>All these instructions were in the /etc/hosts file. It even sets up the name
>server for you. Again, setting up TCP/IP under Coherent is probably easier ;-)
Is that so? I thought I had to edit the files individually. I got that
idea from the networking FAQ (I don't have it in front of me now, so I
can't tell you how I got that idea.) But again, the situation is that
once you know exactly what you are doing, it is easy, but getting to
that point is a difficult process.
>
>
>Well, MWC is paid to support you. Linux users are not.
That has been my point all along. This whole thing started when someone
claimed that Linux is going to overwhelm COHERENT because has more
features, is simpler, and has better support via the net. Other than
more features, this simply isn't true.
>Both X and TCP are large, complex packages. I am not an expert in either.
>But I know enough about them to discount your above statements.
Discount my statements? That I had trouble getting things going because
I didn't know what I was doing and couldn't find the documentation to
figure it out on my own? I have trouble seeing how you can discount an
admission of ignorance.
Jim