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Help with building SpiderMonkey JS engine
by Rohan Nogueira 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Hi all, I'm currently working on a project involving the integration of the SpiderMonkey JS engine with an Apache module I've made. I'm using Debian sarge currently. I have installed the package libsmjs-dev to get the JS API. Unfortunately, whenever I try to compile even the sample code, it gives me a whole lot of errors in the library files. The first error it gives is /usr/include/smjs/jstypes.h:224:6: #error "Must define one of XP_BEOS, XP_MAC, XP_OS2, XP_WIN or XP_UNIX" I figure this is due to the fact that I've not built the JS engine. Does anybody know how to build the JS engine given the packages in Debian, or even any other method? Thanks, Rohan Nogueira ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Red Hat Knowledgebase released under Open Publication License
by Venkatesh Hariharan 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

The Red Hat Knowledgebase (http://kbase.redhat.com) has been released under the Open Publication License, v1.0 which may be found at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/. The Knowledgebase features answers to frequently asked questions like: # How do I install or upgrade an RPM package? # I forgot my root password, how can I get into my system? # How do I create an installation boot disk? # Can I use Red Hat linux as a file server? # How do I join a Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory domain from Linux? # How do I install Windows NT and Linux onto the same machine? # How do I telnet as the root user? # How do I use RPM? What are some general commands that I will use with this application? Also, for whatever reason, I think files have changed on my system but I do not know which ones. Can RPM help? # My Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 system had a kernel panic, an oops message, or is freezing for no apparent reason. How can I find out what is causing this? # How do I create a new ext3 file system if a disk was added to the system? Regards, Venky

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USB drive: size mismatch
by Nikhil Marathe 26 Mar '06

26 Mar '06

I have an iball 256mb usb drive. I had previously installed slax on it and now want to install a later version. But when i formatted the drive with both fdisk and cfdisk they had both created 253mb partitions called sda1. But whenever i mount it df -ha shows that the partition is only 179mb. I have tried rebooting the computer since fdisk said the table would be read on next reboot but it fails. I am using suse 10, does the automounting as soon as a device is detected have anything to do with this problem Thanks, Nikhil -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Minutes: Mark Shuttleworth's talk at IIT-Bombay
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 26 Mar '06

26 Mar '06

Thanks a lot for the pictures and the audio. :D > The audio (encoded as 64kbps mp3 - size 28MB) is available at > http://rapidshare.de/files/16200014/Mark_Shuttleworth-Ubuntu-Ilug-Bom-22Jan… > Please use the above link to download the audio for saving bandwidth. Being behind a proxy I had to use the GLUG Bombay site, since Rapidshare does not allow more than one download from a single IP. :(

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by Kulpreet Singh 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

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Project idea survey
by Sameer Niphadkar 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hi guys, We are looking for developing a FOSS porject on the lines of 'klik' a single point recepie app installer for most linux distros. My dicussion of the idea at the klik forum can be found: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23256 I've prepared a review of the desired or customizable features required in that project. You can download the form here : http://www.fileupyours.com/files/21815/survey.txt For those who do not know about Klik : http://klik.atekon.de/ So I request you to plz take some time and do mail me your response Thanks Sameer 'You will be what you WILL to Be' -James Allen

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Help on CentOS
by Imtiyaz 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hi all, I want to customize CentOS to one single CD by removing all unnecessary RPMs. Do anybody know how to do it or anybody has any documentation. I want to create a bootable CD. -- Regards Imtiyaz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Website: http://www.netcore.co.in Spamtraps: http://cleanmail.netcore.co.in/directory.html Support FAQ : http://support.netcore.co.in/ This e-mail contains confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure, use or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Minutes: Mark Shuttleworth's talk at IIT-Bombay
by Anurag 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

*Minutes of Mark Shuttleworth's talk at IIT-Bombay* The GNU/Linux Users Group of Mumbai held an additional GLUG meet in january at KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth interacted with the GLUG members and shared his views and ideas regarding ``Free Software'' and how it made a perfect business sense. This talk was attended by about 60 people coming from all over the country. Falling short of time, Mark Shuttleworth quickly talked about the following points, apart from answering questions. * Community and its background: Before starting his talk, Mark was eager to know about the Mumbai's GLUG community, its background.. since every GLUG is unique in its own respect. He then talked about his own background and about his ventures. * Ubuntu Organisation Structure: Mark talked about how ubuntu project started and what its goals are, how Ubuntu project is different from Debian yet how both still manage to collaborate with each other, how latest packages are adopted from upstream to make Ubuntu's archives always fresh. * Business Sense: Quoting Mark's own words, ``... knowledge and software are copyable. Their value or quality does not decrease when it is shared..'' According to him, this makes a perfect business sense. Ubuntu project, and all the best things that they produce, will always remain freely accessible to the entire community, individuals or large companies alike. Canonical is in a self sustaining business since it provides software services to organisations which are willing to hire them. Canonical has tied up with LPI and plans to start certification programs for Ubuntu professionals. * Free CD distribution: Mark answered several questions related to free software distribution and the rationale behind it. There are several parts of world where internet access is extremely costly. Free CDs therefore have an important role to play. Some questions were asked about the free CDs that Canonical ships worldwide and how some people tend to misuse the resources. Mark then recalled an incident wherein a `gentoo' fanatic tried to drain out Canonical's money by ordering 500 CDs. * Dapper Drake Preview: Mark gave a brief idea about the upcoming ubuntu release codenamed `Dapper Drake' and why it is going to have a 3 year(desktop)/5 year(server) support cycle and security updates. Dapper is also a distribution which is going to be certified by third party application providers like IBM. Starting from Dapper release, users will have the luxury of a GUI installation program and a single CD which acts as both live and installable. * Freedom Toaster etc. Answering a question related to Freedom Toaster, Mark explained the entire concept behind it and how the whole idea came into a reality during a brainstorming session. We couldn't talk about his space travel however due to lack of time. - tea break Mark personally autographed on Ubuntu CDs and stickers and posed for group photos. Though he left on time since he had to catch a flight, but GLUG members continued to interact till tea lasted :) ---- *Details of next GLUG meet: Date: 12 February 2005 -> Agenda : to be decided -> Location: Some other garden probably. * Presentation slides: Presentation slides of Mark's talk will be available from the glug homepage. * Pictures: http://db.glug-bom.org/pics/ <Gallery2 Photo Album> http://www.glug-bom.org/pics/ <Classic Apache style> Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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[INFO] NTFS in Linux
by Rony Bill 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Hello All, Recently switched over to ntfs in windows just to explore its security level and was quite impressed by its similarity to linux. It gives only r-x access to the windows dir to unpreviledged users, so the chances of a virus writing itself to the c:\windows\ or c:\windows\system32\ folders is practically eliminated. One user cannot view the other's documents. The next issue was mounting the ntfs partition in linux. It got mounted easily without any hassles ( Kubuntu 5.10 ) but it was read only. No amount of tweaking the mount defaults changed it. Then I found this utility that I installed and now I am able to mount as well as write to the ntfs partition even as a user by simply replacing the file system type in fstab from 'ntfs' to 'captive-ntfs'. http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Webhosting in India
by Krushna Dagli 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

> Problem with hosting outside India is wire transfer. I have servers at > Rackspace and they are quite good but every month wire transfer and other > form fillups are becoming tedious. Is there any one decent who is doing > server hosting in India at reasonable price? Thats why you have Credit Cards. They aren't entirely evil. Yes for individual use. I think now there are other requirements by RBI and some banks which require you to fill forms for wire transfer, each months! Thanks Krushna.

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Web hosting in India
by Krushna Dagli 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

>In case you are looking for getting a server with full root access and >decent data limits (~100GB) then i'd suggest UnixShell's [1] XEN based >hosting. Though the servers arent based in india but the technology >utting edge. >[1] http://unixshell.com/plans.html >Indian servers will turn out to be pretty costly and quite unreliable. >Try hostgator, godaddy bluehost ;) Problem with hosting outside India is wire transfer. I have servers at Rackspace and they are quite good but every month wire transfer and other form fillups are becoming tedious. Is there any one decent who is doing server hosting in India at reasonable price? Thanks for your replys. Regards Krushna.

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Webhosting in India
by Krushna Dagli 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi, Can anyone please suggest what options do I have for hosting in India. I have checked Indiatimes and Znetindia with their Linux offerings. Am looking for around 30+GB of data and 20+GB of monthly transfer. I also tried talking to Reliance but they are still waiting for their "right" person to come around. Thanks Krushna.

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Jabber server
by Sanket Medhi 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

I am trying to set up a Jabber server on my local network. I am using Ubuntu, installed Jabber server off synaptic. Everything else seems to work fine. Just that there are no users created which can log in. How do I create a new user for my server? -- Regards, Sanket Medhi.

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Enter Kubuntu, Exit Hard Disk.
by Rony Bill 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello All, After months of singing praises of Linux, finally I got the customer to try it out. It was on an existing M$ system that had been running since its installation for 4 years. It had survived some power breaks in the past and was running smoothly. In order to avoid touching his data, I loaded Kubuntu 5.10 on the fourth partition of the hdd. During installation in progress it did show a couple of error messages that some files ( That looked like M$'s system restore files ) were reporting different block sizes and I chose the option ignore as I had already cleaned his last partition. The installation went smoothly and I was able to boot into Linux as well as M$ a couple of times and even backed up the last drop of his data after that. Then I went on to demonstrate the bootup screen and how to choose between the system and the system was booted into linux. It got stuck at kernel panic. After a forced reset, the bios gave an error for the hdd. Instead of the entire text of the hdd label like 'Samsung ......', it only showed a garbled 2 character text. After the next restart, it disappeared altogether and right now I am in a situation thats commonly known as 'la$@# lag gayey'. Since I am promoting linux free of cost, as a community propaganda, providing a free HDD along with linux is a bit expensive and I would like to know some things as mentioned below. 1) Can this HDD be reprogrammed or forced with a low level format? Right now the bios cannot even detect it. 2) Is there any software that detects the health of a HDD before it can be loaded with Linux? 3) What could have gone wrong in this case and what precautions do I need to take to avoid such mishaps in future? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Perl Book for Beginners
by Manish Kathuria 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi All, Which is the best book for someone beginning to learn Perl ? Any recommendations ? Thanks, Manish

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Linux/Programming in IIT
by Nikhil Marathe 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

In IIT computer science is there use of Linux or windows? And are we allowed to install our own distros and if not, atleast use a liveCD? This may be a bit offtopic but have you as a current student or someone who has passed out, gotten time and facilities to write your own programs, not related to the syllabus? How much of Linux is actually thought in IIT? Nikhil

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[Commercial] Job Openings at Red Hat, Pune for "Test Validation Technician"
by Satish Lele 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Job Openings for the following position exists at Red Hat, Pune. Position Title : Test Validation Technician Location : Pune, India Job Type : Full Time Positions : Multiple Those who have 2+ years Linux experience with skills set mentioned below, please post your CVs on naukri.com url given below: http://w3.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newminnernew.php?filename=270206002240&oth… --- Test Validation Technician Position Summary: A Test Validation Technician in Global Support Services is key to servicing the largest computer manufacturers world wide. This role directly defines the globally supported Red Hat hardware ecosystem through review of automated testing results; providing assistance to IHV's and internal staff on the use, operation and debugging the certification suite and process as well as expanding and furthering the overall experience for both IHV's and the Hardware Catalog users. Responsibilities Include: Review and validation of certification results to ensure they meet or exceed criteria. Posting valid certifications; creating knowledge base entries as required for certified hardware. Providing feedback, support and debugging of certification process and test runs to internal and external customers. Assisting with program development (may include process, procedures, and software improvements). Handling representative hardware; may include setup, installation, transfer, etc. Will involve lifting of heavy systems and other hardware. Qualifications: 2+ years PC hardware experience, assembly and/or maintenance. 2+ years Linux installation and configuration experience. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. In depth understanding of RPM and Anaconda, including package construction and complex installation scenarios. In depth understanding of shell programming and debugging. Well rounded understanding of the Linux kernel and XFree86/X.org drivers and configuration there of. Self-managing with excellent time management skills. Red Hat Certified Technician or equivalent experience. Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. Desirable Skills: Quality Assurance test experience. Additional programming languages (C, Python, Perl, and Web programing a plus). Additional hardware platform experience (IBM Power, IBM zSeries, or Intel IPF a plus). CompTIA A+, Red Hat Certified Technician or Red Hat Certified Engineer certifications (or similar). System integration in to data center environments. --- Regards, Red Hat Software Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. 6th Floor, East Wing, Marisoft-III Marigold premises, Kalyani Nagar Pune, 411014, Maharashtra (India)

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Help on shell scripting
by Vidyadutt S 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello Luggers The following function takes 2 arguments, "a filename" and "number of fields". It checks the number of field of each record against the second argument. If it doesn't match, it increase the value of the variable "NM_CNT" by 1. But, once the loop has finished execution, the value of this variable gets reset to "0". verify_record() { FILE=$1 FIELDS=$2 cat $FILE | while read RECORD do if [ `printf "$RECORD" | awk -F\| '{ print NF }'` -ne $FIELDS ]; then NM_CNT=`expr $NM_CNT + 1` printf "NM_CNT=$NM_CNT\n" fi done printf "NM_CNT=$NM_CNT\n" return $NM_CNT } Here is the output. The maximum value of NM_CNT in the loop is 2, but once it comes out of the loop, its value becomes "0". $ verify_record temp/a 2 (in loop)NM_CNT=1 (in loop)NM_CNT=2 NM_CNT=0 Can anybody help me to solve this problem? Currently, I redirect the value of this variable in a file for using it outside the function. I run this script under the "sh" environment on SUN Solaris 8. Regards SV --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.

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apt-get
by Puneet Lakhina 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

I installed a package using apt-get install package-name the package works perfectly fine.. Now is there anyway i can get all the packages dependencies and the package itself inside a single directory which i can write to install the package at a place where an internet connection is not available. thanks, -- Puneet

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Please write to MTNL in protest
by Harshal 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

"For best Download Speed of Triband , WINDOWS XP and LAN PORT Recommended....." not me, its the official MTNL statement on their website, check out that marque on this page, http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/triband/ after those laptop and desktop manufacturers is microsoft paying MTNL also print that? Windows XP recommended thing. nothing wrong in advertising, but i guess this is spreading of wrong information. writing to their costomer care, not expecting anything to change though. their address, helpdesk.mumbai(a)mtnl.net.in

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[OT] MTNL's New Modem
by Rony Bill 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hello All, Has anyone actually programmed the new white coloured modem that MTNL has started providing instead of the 502T? Its embarassing but I could not even find the 'logout' button or link in its interface. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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tool for nfs mailbox to Maildir conversion
by gurjit singh dhillon 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hi, Is there any tool to convert NSF( Lotus Domino) mailbox to Linux mailbox (Maildir). or by any other way can it be done, have any body tried earlier ??? Thanks And Regards Gurjit Dhillon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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GNU/Linux books... from O'ReilleysThis is a new list...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Great collection of international books, mostly reprinted in India. Some from O'Reilleys. International quality at Indian prices. This is available with Shroff Publishers spdorders(a)shroffpublishers.com at Navi Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata. www.shroffpublishers.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON GNU/Linux ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Linux Systems ... Rs 350.00 o Linux clusters ... Rs 350.00 o How Linux Worls ... Rs 300.00 o Linux Device Drivers ... Rs 450.00 o Linux Desktop ... Rs 150.00 o Linux For Non-Geeks ... Rs 300.00 o Linux In a Nutshell ... Rs 500.00 o Linux in a Windows World ... Rs 450.00 o Linux iptables ... Rs 100.00 o Linux Made Easy ... Rs 325.00 o Linux Network Admin's Guide . Rs 350.00 o Linux Network Security ... Rs 475.00 o Linux Pocket Guide ... Rs 150.00 o Linux Server Hacks ... Rs 400.00 o Linux Unwired ... Rs 300.00 o Linux Cookbook ... Rs 600.00 o Test Driving Linux ... Rs 350.00 o Linux TCP/IP Stack ... Rs 450.00 o Linux Network Internals ... Rs 600.00 o Understanding the Linux Kernel Rs 550.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON PHP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Oracle and PHP on Linux ... Rs 550.00 o Essential PHP Security ... Rs 125.00 o Learning PHP5 ... Rs 350.00 o PHP Cookbook ... Rs 550.00 o PHP Hacks ... Rs 400.00 o PHP in a Nutshell ... Rs 325.00 o PHPUnit Pocket Guide ... Rs 100.00 o PHP Pocket Reference ... Rs 25.00 o PHP ... Rs 350.00 o Upgrading to PHP5 ... Rs 350.00 o PHP5.1 For Beginners ... Rs 650.00 o PHP and MySQL ... Rs 600.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON APACHE/TOMCAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Applied Software Engineering with Apache Jakarta Commons Rs 400.00 o Apache Cookbook Rs 250.00 o Apache The Definitive Guide Rs 500.00 o Apache Security Rs 400.00 o How Tomcat Works Rs 375.00 o Tomcat Rs 300.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS ON MySQL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o High Performance MySQL Rs 300.00 o Introduction to MySQL Rs 50.00 o MySQL Rs 325.00 o MySQL Cookbook Rs 750.00 o MySQL 5 Rs 550.00 o MySQL in a Nutshell Rs 325.00 o MySQL Pocket Reference Rs 100.00 -- ------------------------------------------------------------- | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | ------------------------------------------------------------- , , / \ .-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"

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VPN Website Browsing issue
by jeetendra r poojari 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi, I have setup up a VPN using poptop`s PPTP in linux server and using windows client. i am able to connect and surf the internet But some websites do not open Like the pages which has a redirection to different site does not works ex. are bnmg.com cars.in black.in The Iptables rules i am using is iptables -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -o ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE Why cant i browse redirected sites ? Regards Jeetendra

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] IO Schedulers and drive performance
by santosh rao 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

On 3/15/06, Mrugesh Karnik <mrugeshkarnik(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Anyway, now I'm wondering how much effect an I/O Scheduler will have on the > drive performance, as compared to hdparm settings. > > 'hdparm -tT' gives me a read speed of ~55MB/s on my AMD Sempron64 2500+ > system. My hard disk isn't even SATA. I don't think it is possible to squeeze > out much more. I suppose switching I/O Schedulers on my system won't make > much of a difference. > > Does anyone have more information about this? > > Mrugesh u could do a dd if=/dev/zero of=<filename> and write large gb files... experiment with bs and count tht will give u files of larger sizes.. wht we found was deadline performed better when it came to io writes, we were doing it on sata , optereon 246 (dual) server. best way would be when entereing ur kernel after lilo or grub type in this.. "elevator=deadline" and then keep changind from deadline to cfqor anticipatory. and do io writes , u could do a #date && dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp bs=64K count=16 && date so the differnce in time would give u approx io time... also u could use sar or vmstat to get brief ideas on read write. -- "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become one." - Friedrich Nietzche

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