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IdBuRnS
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Is the broadcast address necessary for eth0 (359x) to work? If so , how do I determine the broadcast address? I'm not familiar with the term. I have my gateway, IP address (static) and my DNS servers.
Also, I'm not familiar with the fdisk that is included on the stage 1 install. Can someone give me specific commands to properly partition my 30GB drive? I'm new to Gentoo (and linux in general) and the setup guide on this site didn't give much indication of how to properly partition a 30GB drive.
Also some recommendations for file systems would be handy. I'm expecting to either go with ext2 or ext3.
BTW - I'm installing on a Dell Optiplex GX1 with a 400MHz P2 and 192MB of ram. Sound and NIC are onboard.
Thanks.
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| Quote: | | Also, I'm not familiar with the fdisk that is included on the stage 1 install. Can someone give me specific commands to properly partition my 30GB drive? I'm new to Gentoo (and linux in general) and the setup guide on this site didn't give much indication of how to properly partition a 30GB drive. |
This post by roman helped me.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3089
| Quote: | | Also some recommendations for file systems would be handy. I'm expecting to either go with ext2 or ext3. |
If you're choosing between those two, go with ext3. It's basically ext2 with journaling. You can always mount it as ext2 if you don't want to use the journal.
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BonezTheGoon
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Generally your broadcast address should be calculated using your subnet mask. So if you are using a class A subnet like 10.x.x.x then your subnet mask is 255.0.0.0 and then your broadcast IP is 10.255.255.255 but if you are using 192.168.0.x then your subnet mask is usually 255.255.255.0 and your broadcast IP is 192.168.0.255. Likewise if you are using 192.168.1.x then subnet is still 255.255.255.0 and your broadcast then becomes 192.168.1.255. Alternatively you can also setup your network such that you are using 192.168.x.x and your subnet mask is then 255.255.0.0 and your broadcast IP is 192.168.255.255 then.
As for Fdisk you should be able to figure it out using the on screen help, but if you need further assistance you should read this link.
Hope that helps!
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IdBuRnS
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| Oyarsa wrote: | | Quote: | | Also, I'm not familiar with the fdisk that is included on the stage 1 install. Can someone give me specific commands to properly partition my 30GB drive? I'm new to Gentoo (and linux in general) and the setup guide on this site didn't give much indication of how to properly partition a 30GB drive. |
This post by roman helped me.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3089
| Quote: | | Also some recommendations for file systems would be handy. I'm expecting to either go with ext2 or ext3. |
If you're choosing between those two, go with ext3. It's basically ext2 with journaling. You can always mount it as ext2 if you don't want to use the journal. |
Thanks for the link for the fdisk info, that really helps a lot. I was banging my head against the wall last night. The DOS version if fdisk is so much easier to use (guess I'm just used to it).
What does journaling do?
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IdBuRnS
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| BonezTheGoon wrote: | Generally your broadcast address should be calculated using your subnet mask. So if you are using a class A subnet like 10.x.x.x then your subnet mask is 255.0.0.0 and then your broadcast IP is 10.255.255.255 but if you are using 192.168.0.x then your subnet mask is usually 255.255.255.0 and your broadcast IP is 192.168.0.255. Likewise if you are using 192.168.1.x then subnet is still 255.255.255.0 and your broadcast then becomes 192.168.1.255. Alternatively you can also setup your network such that you are using 192.168.x.x and your subnet mask is then 255.255.0.0 and your broadcast IP is 192.168.255.255 then.
As for Fdisk you should be able to figure it out using the on screen help, but if you need further assistance you should read this link.
Hope that helps!
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That fdisk link seems to be pretty popular. 
Well, I'm using 166.91.0.X so my subnet is 255.255.255.0. I guess my broadcast address is 166.91.0.255 then.
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BonezTheGoon
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Journaling is a neat feature that does a very good job of ensuring data integrity on your hard disk. There are a bunch of different journaling file systems now. Some popular journaling file systems are ext3, reiserfs, and xfs -- also ntfs is a journaling file system for Windows NT 4, 5 (2000), and 5.1 (XP). You can do a search on google to find out how journaling works, and what it guards you against.
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IdBuRnS
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Are there any disadvantages to using ext3. It didn't look like it when I read the install guide from this site. Anyone have a different opinion? If not then I guess that's what I'll use.
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