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KDELockerGnome



Joined: Apr 02, 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:10 am    Post subject: install GENTOO, Compile MPLAYER, 3D acceleration ATI cards,.
After running across:

http://channels.lockergnome.com/linux/arch...made_easy.phtml

I decided to let you all know about an updated/complementary article:

HOWTO: INSTALL GENTOO 2005.1 and 2006.0,
with GNOME, KDE AND XFCE.

Click here for more:

http://m.domaindlx.com/LinuxHelp/

http://linux.coconia.net/ (this site seems to have been forced closed by whoever runs www.100webspace.com).

There are also HOWTOs on:

1) cloning your windows XP/2000 installations using Linux (back-ups).
2) installing windows XP/2000 on a spare partition with Linux.
3) accessing and writing to Windows XP (formatted with the NTFS) from Linux.
4) compile the worlds best DVD/Movie/Video/MP3 Player and Encoder (MPlayer and MEncoder).
5) remix those 14 Debian installation CDs as 2 DVDs.
6) the entire book "Linux Device Drivers 3" in HTML format.
7) 3D acceleration for ATI cards (simple procedure, works for SuSE and Mandriva and Debian).
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KDELockerGnome



Joined: Apr 02, 2006
Posts: 17
PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:25 pm    Post subject:
I would appreciate people pointing out any errors in the above posts.
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Joined: Jul 02, 2004
Posts: 55
PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:47 pm    Post subject:
This isn't an error, but maybe an addendum to the above. I've just tried ntfs-3g on my Gentoo boxes. I haven't done any speed tests, like those referenced in the link, but so far so good. Over the holidays, I copied 30G of files from my uncle onto my laptop. My laptop is dual boot, XP and Gentoo. I filled the XP partition and ended up moving (both directions) about 17G between ext3 and ntfs with no trouble. I've also, from Gentoo, moved files around, deleted files, and opened/edited OpenOffice files on the ntfs partition. Best of all, XP never complains about the file activity done from Gentoo! This was a recurring problem for me with ntfs-fuse.

Installation is simple enough. Make sure your kernel is compiled WITHOUT file system in user-space support (fuse) and WITH ntfs r/w support. Emerge -av ntfs3g should show both sys-fs/fuse and sys-fs/ntfs3g. Ntfs3g won't compile with the kernel version of fuse as of 2.6.19-gentoo-r2. After compilation is complete, modify your fstab by replacing ntfs with ntfs-3g like so:
Code:
/dev/sda4      /mnt/WinXP   ntfs-3g      defaults,noatime   0 0
/dev/sdb1      /mnt/Main02   ntfs-3g      defaults,noatime   0 0
/dev/hda1      /mnt/Home01   ntfs-3g      defaults,noatime   0 0
/dev/hdb1      /mnt/Home02   ntfs-3g      defaults,noatime   0 0
/dev/sdb2      /mnt/OSSwap   vfat      defaults,noatime   0 0
/dev/sdc1      /mnt/Home03   ntfs-3g      defaults,noatime   0 0
and you should be in business. My kernel is built to autoload modules, so I didn't have to add anything to /etc/modules.autoload.d. As you can see, I used to swap things around with the /mnt/OSSwap partition. This way works ever so much better!! Smile
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