10-18-2002
Raid - pick a number
Hi again people,
I certainly appreciate the comments this thread has generated. I understand most of the Raid levels. Initially I was going to go with level 5 as it provides the best security (redundancy factor). But I have to multi-boot for compatability/work reasons and then I got interested in the Penguin (to go beyond the boundaries of Gotham City). So Raid 5 went out with plan A and I scored an 80GB for Linux learning. I only considered Raid 0 as it offeres significantly faster access times, and I had trouble with the card I fitted to control the third drive - I figured my motherboard's Raid capability may as well get used. As Auswipe pointed out, though, if one drive fails (under Raid 0) they all fail. Thus, with multibooting a necessity, the best option for me seems to be to give the Penguin its own drive and get another card (one that works!).
My down load limit is well over so I'm anxiousl;y waiting on the Penguin's CD arrival for blast off. I'm looking to Mandrake as a familiarising distribution and have read a number of Penguin articles to prepare, but can anyone suggest a book/article to help me decide which distribution I should build from kernel up? I'm not interested in an XP look-a-like.
Regards to all
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addbib
addbib(1) User Commands addbib(1)
NAME
addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database
SYNOPSIS
addbib [-a] [-p promptfile] database
DESCRIPTION
When addbib starts up, answering y to the initial Instructions? prompt yields directions. Typing n (or RETURN) skips the directions. addbib
then prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses from the terminal, and sends output records to database. A null response
(just RETURN) means to leave out that field. A `-' (minus sign) means to go back to the previous field. A trailing backslash allows a field
to be continued on the next line. The repeating Continue? prompt allows the user either to resume by typing y (or RETURN), to quit the cur-
rent session by typing n or q, or to edit database with any system editor (see vi(1), ex(1), ed(1)).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a Suppresses prompting for an abstract. Asking for an abstract is the default. Abstracts are ended with a Control-D.
-p promptfile Uses a new prompting skeleton, defined in promptfile. This file should contain prompt strings, a TAB, and the key-letters
to be written to the database.
USAGE
Bibliography Key Letters
The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below. addbib insulates you from these key-letters, since it gives you prompts in
English, but if you edit the bibliography file later on, you will need to know this information.
%A Author's name
%B Book containing article referenced
%C City (place of publication)
%D Date of publication
%E Editor of book containing article referenced
%F Footnote number or label (supplied by refer)
%G Government order number
%H Header commentary, printed before reference
%I Issuer (publisher)
%J Journal containing article
%K Keywords to use in locating reference
%L Label field used by -k option of refer
%M Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)
%N Number within volume
%O Other commentary, printed at end of reference
%P Page number(s)
%Q Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)
%R Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)
%S Series title
%T Title of article or book
%V Volume number
%X Abstract -- used by roffbib, not by refer
%Y,Z Ignored by refer
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Editing the bibliography file
Except for A, each field should be given just once. Only relevant fields should be supplied.
%A Mark Twain
%T Life on the Mississippi
%I Penguin Books
%C New York
%D 1978
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWdoc |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1), vi(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 addbib(1)