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Linux-Announce Digest #525
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Linux-Announce Digest #525, Volume #4 Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:13:03 EDT
Contents:
InterSystems Breaks Into Top Five RDBMS Vendor List For Windows Platform (Kate Jones)
DB2 ICE for Linux puts the freeze on Oracal 9i and MS SQL (idean)
[Announce]: RIP CD/floppy Linux rescue system! (robotti@godmail.com)
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From: Kate Jones <kjones@shoorpr.com>
Subject: InterSystems Breaks Into Top Five RDBMS Vendor List For Windows Platform
Date: 2 Sep 2003 14:25:01 GMT
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InterSystems Corporation today announced that a just-released report
from Gartner has placed them among the top five database software
vendors on the Windows platform. For more information, please contact
Sabrina Kidwai of Shoor & Company at 803-699-0710 or by email at
skidwai@shoorpr.com. Press release follows.
===========================================================================
Editorial Contacts
Sabrina Kidwai
Shoor & Company
(803) 699-0710
skidwai@shoorpr.com
Maureen Flaherty
InterSystems
(617) 621-0600
flaherty@intersystems.com
InterSystems Breaks Into Top Five RDBMS Vendor List For Windows Platform
Statistics Cite CACHÉ as Fastest Growing Database on Windows
Cambridge, Mass.—September 2, 2003—InterSystems Corporation today
announced that a just-released report from Gartner has placed them among
the top five database software vendors on the Windows platform.
The leading database technology provider in healthcare and a significant
player in other industry segments, InterSystems develops and markets the
high performance CACHÉ database. CACHÉ is optimized for rapidly building
highly scalable Web applications.
27 Percent Growth Reverses Industry Trend
The Gartner report, entitled “2002 Database Management Systems Market
Share” states that the worldwide DBMS software market declined 6 percent
in new license revenue and that the majority of vendors saw flat or
declining growth in 2002. The RDBMS market grew by only 2 percent in the
same time period, the report continues.
In sharp contrast, Gartner reported that InterSystems revenues went up
by 27 percent for new licenses on the Windows platform. “Based on those
figures, InterSystems is the fastest growing database provider for
Windows,” says Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems vice president of strategic
planning. “CACHÉ, which uniquely provides the capability to rapidly
build high performance applications with advanced object technology as
well as robust SQL, has been enthusiastically embraced by professional
developers. And CACHÉ’s combination of high performance and low
maintenance lowers the total cost of system ownership—a competitive
differentiator that is clearly leading to market growth.”
About InterSystems
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., InterSystems Corporation
(www.InterSystems.com) is a leading provider of low-maintenance, high
performance database systems for Web applications, with over four
million users worldwide. InterSystems' flagship product, CACHÉ, is a
post-relational database that uniquely offers three integrated data
access options: a robust object database, high performance SQL and rich
multidimensional access. CACHÉ enables rapid Web application
development, extraordinary transaction processing speed and real-time
queries against transactional data. InterSystems is the leading database
provider in healthcare, with CACHÉ in use at the majority of major
hospitals and labs around the world, including America’s 10 best
hospitals as rated by U.S. News and World Report.
A free, fully functional, no time-limit version of CACHÉ can be
downloaded or requested on CD from the InterSystems web site.
How To Write with an Accent: Press and hold ALT and enter 144 on the
numeric keypad to put the accent on CACHÉ.
###
Trademark Notes: CACHÉ is a trademark of InterSystems Corporation. Other
trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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InterSystems Corporation today announced that a just-released report from
Gartner has placed them among the top five database software vendors on
the Windows platform. For more information, please contact Sabrina Kidwai
of Shoor & Company at 803-699-0710 or by email at skidwai@shoorpr.com.
Press release follows.
<center>
<p>===========================================================================</center>
<p>Editorial Contacts
<br>Sabrina Kidwai
<br>Shoor & Company
<br>(803) 699-0710
<br>skidwai@shoorpr.com
<p>Maureen Flaherty
<br>InterSystems
<br>(617) 621-0600
<br>flaherty@intersystems.com
<br>
<p><br>
<center>
<p><b>InterSystems Breaks Into Top Five RDBMS Vendor List For Windows Platform</b>
<p><i> Statistics Cite CACHÉ as Fastest Growing Database on
Windows</i></center>
<p><br>
<p><b>Cambridge, Mass.—September 2, 2003—</b>InterSystems Corporation today
announced that a just-released report from Gartner has placed them among
the top five database software vendors on the Windows platform.
<p>The leading database technology provider in healthcare and a significant
player in other industry segments, InterSystems develops and markets the
high performance CACHÉ database. CACHÉ is optimized for rapidly
building highly scalable Web applications.
<p><b>27 Percent Growth Reverses Industry Trend</b>
<p>The Gartner report, entitled “2002 Database Management Systems Market
Share” states that the worldwide DBMS software market declined 6 percent
in new license revenue and that the majority of vendors saw flat or declining
growth in 2002. The RDBMS market grew by only 2 percent in the same time
period, the report continues.
<p>In sharp contrast, Gartner reported that InterSystems revenues went
up by 27 percent for new licenses on the Windows platform. “Based on those
figures, InterSystems is the fastest growing database provider for Windows,”
says Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems vice president of strategic planning.
“CACHÉ, which uniquely provides the capability to rapidly build
high performance applications with advanced object technology as well as
robust SQL, has been enthusiastically embraced by professional developers.
And CACHÉ’s combination of high performance and low maintenance
lowers the total cost of system ownership—a competitive differentiator
that is clearly leading to market growth.”
<p><b>About InterSystems</b>
<p>Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., InterSystems Corporation (<a href="http://www.intersystems.com">www.InterSystems.com</a>)
is a leading provider of low-maintenance, high performance database systems
for Web applications, with over four million users worldwide. InterSystems'
flagship product, CACHÉ, is a post-relational database that uniquely
offers three integrated data access options: a robust object database,
high performance SQL and rich multidimensional access. CACHÉ enables
rapid Web application development, extraordinary transaction processing
speed and real-time queries against transactional data. InterSystems is
the leading database provider in healthcare, with CACHÉ in use at
the majority of major hospitals and labs around the world, including America’s
10 best hospitals as rated by U.S. News and World Report.
<p>A free, fully functional, no time-limit version of CACHÉ can
be downloaded or requested on CD from the InterSystems web site.
<br>
<p><font size=-1><b>How To Write with an Accent:</b> Press and hold ALT
and enter 144 on the numeric keypad to put the accent on CACHÉ.</font>
<center>
<p>###</center>
<p><font size=-1>Trademark Notes: CACHÉ is a trademark of InterSystems
Corporation. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners.</font>
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From: idean@us.ibm.com (idean)
Subject: DB2 ICE for Linux puts the freeze on Oracal 9i and MS SQL
Date: 2 Sep 2003 15:15:05 GMT
The DB2 Integrated Cluster Environment( ICE ) for Linux recently won
the "Best Cluster Solution" at the San Francisco LinuxWorld 2003
conference. This integrated solution provides IT the ability to deploy
a highly scaleable Linux database cluster platform(up to 1,000 sever
nodes), at a pricepoint that won't break their budget. When combined
with IBM's new e325 Linux super-computer, an AMD 64-bit Opteron-based
processor, developers can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications with
DB2's native 64-bit support. Learn more about DB2 ICE software
components, the DB2 ICE solutions blueprint, and DB2 ICE world record
performance over the Oracal 9i and MS SQL.
Link:
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/db2/linux/ice/?ca=dgr-lnxn02DB2-ICE
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From: robotti@godmail.com
Subject: [Announce]: RIP CD/floppy Linux rescue system!
Date: 2 Sep 2003 17:40:01 GMT
Reply-To: robotti@godmail.com
This is a CD Linux rescue system!
There are also 1.44MB and 1.68MB floppy versions at the site.
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip
=========================================================================
(R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible!
(R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible!
The bootable cd image `RIP-6.1.iso.bin' can be written to a CD/DVD disk,
using cdrecord/dvdrecord etc.
The 2.4.22 kernel has IDE and SCSI support.
The kernel also has PCMCIA, LVM, RAID, and Ethernet/cable/dsl
networking support.
These are some of the programs it contains (partimage/partimaged, parted,
dump/restore, reiserfsck, fdisk, cfdisk, sfdisk, mke2fs, e2fsck, tune2fs,
debugfs, mkfs.xfs, jfs_mkfs, jfs_fsck, xfs_repair, cdrecord/dvdrecord,
mkisofs, dvd+rw-format, growisofs, ntfsresize, mkntfs, losetup + AES
encryption, lynx, mutt, fetchmail, ncftp, epic irc, tin, telnet, wget, zgv,
testdisk, smbclient, smbmount, ssh/sshd, rsync, udp-sender/receiver, lde,
blesstivo, chntpw, cmospwd, grub, grubconfig, smartctl).
It also includes the DVD udf filesystem packet writing tools
(cdrwtool, mkudffs, pktsetup).
The 'reiserfsck' program is used to check and repair
a Linux reiserfs filesystem.
The 'xfs_repair' program is used to repair a Linux
xfs filesystem.
The 'jfs_fsck' program is used to check and repair
a Linux jfs filesystem.
The 'e2fsck' program is used to check and repair
a Linux ext2 or ext3 filesystem.
The 'ntfsresize' program non-destructively resizes Windows XP/2000/NT4
or Windows Server 2003 NTFS filesystems. Read /usr/doc/RIP/ntfsresize.txt
on the rescue system.
The 'parted' program is used for creating, destroying, resizing (fat16/32,
ext2/3, reiserfs v3.6), checking and copying partitions, and the file
systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating
systems, reorganising disk usage, copying data between hard disks and
disk imaging.
The partition image program 'partimage' saves partitions in the ext2,
ext3, reiserfs, jfs, xfs, ufs, ntfs, fat16, and fat32 formats to an
image file. Only used blocks are copied to save space and increase
the speed. The image file can be compressed, in gzip or bzip2 formats.
==================== Encrypted file/partition! ===================
If you have an encrypted partition you want to mount.
For example if it's encrypted with AES128 on /dev/hda3.
# losetup-aes -e AES128 /dev/loop0 /dev/hda3
Password: ???
# mount -t ext2 /dev/loop0 /mnt/linux
Read /usr/man/RIP/losetup-aes on the rescue system.
=================================================================
============ WinNT/XP & BIOS password change programs! ==============
The chntpw program will enable you to view some information and
change user passwords in a Windows NT/XP SAM userdatabase file.
Read /usr/doc/RIP/chntpw.txt.
cmospwd is a cmos/bios password recovery tool.
Read /usr/doc/RIP/cmospwd.txt.
=====================================================================
========= Writing RIP-6.1.iso to a CD, using Linux or Windows! ==========
You can use 'cdrecord/dvdrecord' to write 'RIP-6.1.iso.bin' to a cd
or dvd disk under Linux.
The example below assumes an IDE cd writer on device 0,0,0 with a 4x speed.
# cdrecord -scanbus "To find the device your cd writer is on!"
Cdrecord 1.10 () Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jorg Schilling
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 9100c' 'H2,1' Removable CD-ROM
etc...
# cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 RIP-6.1.iso.bin "CD-R/RW drive"
# dvdrecord -v -dao speed=4 dev=0,0,0 RIP-6.1.iso.bin "DVD-R/RW drive"
# growisofs -Z /dev/scd0=RIP-6.1.iso.bin "DVD+R/RW drive"
If you need to erase the cd-rw first, do this.
# cdrecord -v blank=fast speed=4 dev=0,0,0 RIP-6.1.iso.bin
If you want to use Windows to write RIP-6.1.iso to a CD, follow the
instructions below! These instructions come from the Mandrake Linux
website.
With Easy CD Creator:
====================
Open Easy CD Creator
Go to "File" then to "Create CD from disc image"
make sure to change the bottom drop down menu ("Files of type:")
to say "ISO image files"
It will do the rest after you browse to the *.iso file
(Thanks for zacheyer)
With WinOnCD:
============
you can select a "track-image" project when you click the New button.
So long as you are in track mode, not file-system mode (how that looks
depends on whether you have 3.0 or 3.5) then dragging a track image file
onto the CD window should accept it as a raw track. WinOnCD uses .RAW as
its own extension.
(Thanks Rick Jones)
With Nero Burning Rom:
======================
Open Nero.
Close the wizard if it is started automatically. Go to "File"
then to "Burn Image...". In the next dialog, click on "Image Files
(*.nrg)" and select "All files (*.*)". Choose the .iso file and accept.
In the following dialog make sure:
- Type of Image is: Data Mode 1
- Block size: 2048
- Image header: 0
- Image trailer: 0
- All the checkboxes are unactive.
Click "OK".
In the next dialog check that the "write" and "finalize" option are active.
Click on "Write".
(Thanks Antonio Asensi)
You can then boot the cd disk if your bios supports it,
and is set to boot from the cdrom drive first.
========================= Booting from DOS/Win9x ==========================
It can also be booted from a DOS/Win9x system.
You must be in DOS mode, shutdown windows and restart in DOS mode.
For example if your cd drive is e.
C:\ e:
E:\ rip "For help!"
E:\ rip rescue
=============================== Q & A =================================
Q. Is it possible to change something or add some shell scripts etc.
to the system?
A. # mkdir /rip1 /rip2
# mount -o loop RIP-6.1.iso.bin /rip1
# cp -a /rip1/* /rip2
# umount /rip1 ; rmdir /rip1
# mkdir -p /rip2/boot/1
# tar xzvpf /rip2/boot/rootfs.tgz -C /rip2/boot/1
# rm /rip2/boot/rootfs.tgz
Add the scripts etc. to the /rip2/boot/1/usr/bin etc. directory.
Then tar gzip the system.
# cd /rip2/boot/1 ; tar cvzpf * ../rootfs.tgz
# rm -rf /rip2/boot/1
# cd /rip2 ; mkisofs -R -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 \
-boot-info-table -b boot/grub/iso9660_stage1_5 \
-o ../rip.iso .
^^^
Don't forget the `.'!
Don't forget the `.'!
Write /rip.iso to a CD!
NOTE: If you add programs to the system you need to add any libraries they
may require to /lib, unless they're statically linked.
NOTE: If the new rip.iso you created doesn't boot, use
`-b isolinux/isolinux.bin' above. Everything is the
same except it will use a different boot loader.
Q. Is it possible to replace the kernel?
The replacement kernel must have at least RAM disk, initrd, ext2, and
TMPFS support.
A. # mkdir /rip1 /rip2
# mount -o loop RIP-6.1.iso.bin /rip1
# cp -a /rip1/* /rip2
# umount /rip1 ; rmdir /rip1
Replace the kernel in the /rip2/boot directory.
Create and write /rip.iso to a cd like above!
====================================================================
Q. Can I put other bootable images (dos/win etc.) on the cd, and boot
them also?
A. # mkdir /rip1 /rip2
# mount -o loop RIP-6.1.iso.bin /rip1
# cp -a /rip1/* /rip2
# umount /rip1
Add the bootable image to: /rip2/boot/image_name.img
Add these three lines to: /rip2/boot/grub/menu.lst
title Boot WinXP image!
kernel memdisk
initrd=/boot/image_name.img
Create and write /rip.iso to a cd like above!
You can then boot the WinXP image by choosing it
from the GRUB menu.
NOTE: You can put the FreeBSD bootable image (freebsd.img)
from `fbsd-2.3.iso.bin' on the cd like above.
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip
# mount -o loop fbsd-2.3.iso.bin /rip1
# cp /rip1/boot/freebsd.img /rip2/boot
Add these three lines to: /rip2/boot/grub/menu.lst
title Boot FreeBSD image!
kernel memdisk
initrd=/boot/freebsd.img
You can then boot the freebsd image by choosing it
from the GRUB menu.
Q. Is it possible to install the system on the hard drive?
A. You need to create a Linux partition using 'fdisk' etc. Then
you need to put a ext3 etc. filesystem on it. Then you need
to mount the partition and extract 'rootfs.tgz' to it.
This example assumes you created a Linux partition on /dev/hda2,
with a ext3 filesystem.
Mount the RIP cd or iso image that has /boot/rootfs.tgz on it.
# mount -rt iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom "Mount cd!"
# mount -o loop RIP-6.1.iso.bin /mnt/cdrom "Mount iso image!"
# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda2 /mnt/linux
# tar xzvpf /mnt/cdrom/boot/rootfs.tgz -C /mnt/linux
# cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/kernel /mnt/linux/boot
Add this line to the /mnt/linux/etc/fstab file.
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1
You need to use Lilo/Grub etc. to boot it.
From the RIP cd GRUB menu you could do this to boot the Linux
partition on /dev/hda2.
Press the `c' key to get a command prompt.
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/hda2 ro
grub> boot
NOTE: If you want PCMCIA to start when the system boots, put
'pcmcia=yes' in /etc/rc.d/rc.conf.
NOTE: You can use the small initrd Linux system on the RIP cd, to
create the Linux partition etc. and extract rootfs.tgz to it.
When you boot the RIP cd choose "Boot small initrd Linux system"
from the menu.
NOTE: It's based on slackware, you can install packages from slackware
9.0 or later!
Only use /sbin/installpkg on RIP to install slackware packages!
# installpkg package_name.tgz
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