Re: LUG: Call 822858: trying to install linux - Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:09:04 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Call 822858: trying to install linux

From : Ed Anderson <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:09:04 -0500

Yeah, I recommend Ubuntu. It has a great reputation for making things just
work. You should also subscribe to the LUG list if you haven't, since that's
where we'll reply - http://lug.ncsu.edu/mailinglists.php You should have no
problem getting your NTFS partitions mounted, at least for read access, if it
doesn't do it automatically.

There's user-land drivers for writing to NTFS filesystems called Captive.
website: http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
deb package for ubuntu: http://www.kruyt.org/?sub_item=46

I also hear that the 2.6.15 kernel will have full read-write support for NTFS,
which is something to look forward to.

Ed

On 15/11/05 10:25 -0500, Jack Neely wrote:
> Dale,
>
> I'm going to send this email over to NCSU's Linux User Group. There's
> some folks on that mailing list with quite a lot of experience that will
> be glad to help. You can find about about the group and its mailing
> lists by visiting http://lug.ncsu.edu
>
> These folks will probably recommend either Fedora Core or Ubuntu. Both
> of which are fine distributions. The problems we will face are dealing
> with NTFS and your SATA RAID. NTFS is Microsoft IP which keeps a lot
> of support for it out of Linux. We should be able to at least read the
> partitions however. If you are reinstalling Windows anyway you might
> want to consider using FAT32 which works well under Linux.
>
> A lot of the hardware SATA RAID is problematic...because is proprietary
> and cheap. The folks on the LUG list will know better than I which ones
> work and which don't. Although, the 3Ware SATA RAID cards work very
> will with Linux.
>
> LUG'ers, have at it. Also, you don't need to copy Remedy.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jack Neely
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:40:35AM -0500, dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted] wrote:
> > Jack,
> >
> > Thank you for the explanation. Right now I am kind of frustrated with
> > Linux distros. I tried College Linux and it did install without a hitch.
> > But it wouldn't recognize my SATA hard drives and after 15 minutes of
> > searching, I couln't figure out how to access my IDE hard drive (it's
> > formatted with NTFS for windows).
> >
> > I then tried a 1.7GB download of Mandrake Linux, as it came highly
> > recommended, but even after I burned the ISO onto 5 different DVDs using 2
> > different programs (Nero and Alcohol 120%), I was unable to get a DVD that
> > would install (each one gave me an error message 30 seconds into the
> > install and quit).
> >
> > College Linux also screwed up my computer royally. I couldn't boot
> > anything after it was done and had to reinstall Windows XP, which really
> > sucked. While it had a boot loader, the boot loader program couldn't see my
> > Windows installation because it was on my SATA Raid 0 hard drives.
> >
> > So, do you know of a Linux distro I could use that a.)will produce a
> > error-free install CD/DVD and b.) can recognize not only a SATA hard drive,
> > but two that are in a Striped Raid 0 array? I suppose I would have to
> > download Linux SATA drivers from Silicon Image...
> >
> > I intend to create a Beowulf cluster, but how can I do that if I can't even
> > install Linux by itself??
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help!
> > Dale
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "The Help Desk" <help@ncsu.[redacted]>
> > To: <dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:24 PM
> > Subject: Call 822858: trying to install linux
> >
> >
> > >
> > >Hello Dale,
> > >
> > >I appologize for the confusion. While older versions of Realm Linux are
> > >available on ftp.linux.ncsu.edu (a version based on Fedora Core 2 being
> > >the latest) we have migrated to using Red Hat Enterprise Linux as our
> > >basis for Realm Linux. This is a licensed product that I cannot make
> > >freely availible. I've been working with Red Hat to develop a way to be
> > >able to distribute and track licenses for students at this time that is
> > >not possible.
> > >
> > >I am on the lookout for a student that would be willing to help maintain a
> > >Fedora Core based Realm Linux distribution. If you or some one you know
> > >would be willing to help please let me know. There's some limited
> > >developer documentation on the CLS web site and the Wiki.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >--
> > >Jack Neely
> > >Realm Linux Administration and Development
> > >PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University
> > >Campus Linux Services
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Original Headers --
> > >From dwbroadb@ncsu.[redacted] Tue Nov 15 09:40:34 2005
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> Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
> Campus Linux Services Project Lead
> PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University
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