Re: X,ppp,LinuxDisks - oh my!


Subject: Re: X,ppp,LinuxDisks - oh my!
From: Josh Hochman (josh@kokyu.com)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 15:08:04 MST


Tom,

> just run Xconfigurator as root...

Did that... it only successfully generated one mode - 640x480

> Also, depending on what kernel you're using and what patches you
> have installed, things will vary. So:
>
> a) what G4 (AGP or PCI) do you have?

PCI (G4 400, Yikes)

> b) which kernel are you using? (2.2.12 has ATI Rage 128 support)

Not sure... I'll have to look when I get home tonight.

> c) if (b) is older than 2.2.12, did you apply the patch for Rage 128
support
>
> There's another URL that someone sent to me on setting up keymaps,
> etc, but I don't have it at work with me...

I think I saw those before...

>
> 3) HFS support
>
> > - can I mount MacOS 8.6 extended partitions? 'mount -t hfs /dev/hda8
/mnt'
> > mounts something that looks unusable and contains a file
> > 'where_did_all_my_files_go?' (!)
> > - hmount will mount the disk in the same way
> >
>
> sounds like your disks are formatted as HFS+ which is not yet supported
> by hfsutils

Ahhhh. Makes sense... Thanks for the info!

-Josh



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