Unless it's FM, wear-leveling needs to know about which blocks are free in order to choose the least used blocks first. If FAT FS isn't used then there is likely no wear-leveling. Possibly not even under FAT32.
Are there any recommended Linux books for people who do not have the root password?
I support several users where I have given them normal user accounts, but all of the books I've seen spend a significant part of the book on features requiring root access. I'd much rather save money on a book that did not have these sections, then these books would be slightly less scarey and more relevant to these users' needs.
I went shopping yesterday for a Linux book that was written for users who don't have root access to their system. I'm the sysadmin for the system, but I don't want to confuse my user with sections on installing linux or the various sundry subsystems.
Why does a user need to know how to install software, when they can and should ask their sysadmin to do that?
The best book I could locate, only had about 40% of the material geared toward functions that did not require root access. That's a lot of pages to through away.:-) I'll even have to remove the CDs that are included with the book, just to prevent them from accidently reloading Linux.
The user in question, is still working on mouse-eye coordination. I definately do not want them to have root access.
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My Fedora 8 system locked up after the leap second update was logged at 00:00 UT. I was my DHCP server, so the network went down.
Unless it's FM, wear-leveling needs to know about which blocks are free in order to choose the least used blocks first. If FAT FS isn't used then there is likely no wear-leveling. Possibly not even under FAT32.
LWN.net has more comments on their link to the original report (http://lwn.net/Articles/160247/#Comments).
I found most of the review to be a waste of time because of this oversight.
You must work in Sun's marketing department.
Looks like cable and broadcast media should support a 4-day/32-hour work week. It would given everyone a extra day to watch TV.
Now it's back at 7 miles. (Must have been the tow truck. :-)
Are there any recommended Linux books for people who do not have the root password?
I support several users where I have given them normal user accounts, but all of the books I've seen spend a significant part of the book on features requiring root access. I'd much rather save money on a book that did not have these sections, then these books would be slightly less scarey and more relevant to these users' needs.
Why does a user need to know how to install software, when they can and should ask their sysadmin to do that?
The best book I could locate, only had about 40% of the material geared toward functions that did not require root access. That's a lot of pages to through away. :-) I'll even have to remove the CDs that are included with the book, just to prevent them from accidently reloading Linux.
The user in question, is still working on mouse-eye coordination. I definately do not want them to have root access.
Any suggestions of Linux books for this person?