In article <pz91Ht-g*8@atlantis.psu.edu>, bairstow@copland.psu.edu (Steven Bairstow) writes:
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> My Linux partition just bit the dust, so I'm going to ask for some 
> information before I re-partititon it. (I want usr and swap partitions 
> instead of one big one this time.) Anyway I want responses from anybody 
> who knows about any of this, even if it's just a "yep." Without further 
> ado here are the questions....
> 
>       - Has anyone noticed free inodes being left around? I think 
>         halt/shutdown is doing it. (This is what I was trying to figure 
>         out when it crashed.)
>       - What is the current status of long filenames? Is it a patch?
>         How reliable is it?
>       - Do any of the current disk sets handle SCSI disks well? How about 
>         the partitioning programs?
>       - How big are the X11 binaries plus whatever special stuff is needed 
>         to write X-programs? 
>       - Has anyone ever considered an X driver for plain VGA? Why or why 
>         not make one?
>       - Is anyone interested in a patch that would add a timeout default 
>         to the "Press <RETURN> to see SVGA modes or any other key to 
>         continue." message?

YES INDEED.  I haven't had the time to work on this stuff lately, but a timeout
would definately be useful.  (Especially one with a configurable default, but then
again I haven't looked at 0.97 or 0.97pl1, shame on me).

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