Re: Bunch of questions
> thanks for the information, but I had thought this is what the debian sparc
> list was for.... Sorry if I was mislead somewhere. I think the debian user
> list sent me here.
Debian sparc is for questions / support / development that is directly
relevant to computers running SPARC processors. Your questions seemed
more general; setting up NFS on Debian/SPARC is no different to NFS on
Debian/x86 - and thus isn't really a question for here.
> Will my windows boxes be able to read these other
> partition types?
Your question is unclear. What do you mean by read? Also are you
interested in file systems or partition systems?
Linux can read both Sun and x86 disk labels / partition systems.
OpenBoot can only read Sun style disk lables and (AFAIK) windows can
only read x86 disk labels. If you mean read as in 'take the disks out
of the E250 and put them in a Windows machine' then this is a problem.
If you mean read as in 'via the network' then it is not.
There are drivers for windows to read/write ext2/3 filesystems AFAIK.
Again this is only an issue if you intend to remove the disks from one
machine and put them in another. Windows does not (again AFAIK, I am
not an expert) have any drivers for Linux style software RAID so you
would not be able to read them from a windows machine. Ofocurse if you
mean read via the network then this isn't an issue.
> I have four hard drives. I wanted two to raid the OS on
> and two to act normally. I am taking it that my E250 probably doesn't have
> a hardware raid.
Depends on what cards / hardware you have in it.
> I was just wanting to learn some basics as I am new to
> sparc and debian so thanks for the information and I will get to reading.
> If you have any suggestions, I am open to them also. Thanks again
Pick the most appropriate filesystem for each OS / hardware combination
and share them via the network, for most problems anything else is extra
hassel.
HTH
Cheers,
- Martin
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Martin
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"Seasons change, things come to pass"
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