On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:27:39 -0400 (EDT), Eben King
<eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> I can be there if you come and get me (Riverview, can't drive). I did a
> similar thing (installed Linux from the Novell DVD onto a formerly XP-only
> machine). Just know that there will be a LILO/GRUB prompt before XP
> begins loading. Maybe you can get this not to appear, and have the
> machine only load Linux if you're holding down a magic key, but I don't
> know how.
The computer is a Toshiba Laptop. I have no problem with LILO/GRUB prompt.
Indeed the GRUB splash screen on a RedHat machine I work with always impresses
people, not sure why.
>
> What I did:
>
> Use a disk optimizer in XP that'll move the data to the left/top/low end.
> Reboot from the "System Recovery CD". Back up /dev/hda1 over the LAN in
> case you screw up. Use qtparted to shrink the partition from the other
> end. Reboot from the Novell DVD. During installation, add / (reiserfs),
> swap, /usr (reiserfs). / and /usr will be approximately equally used, at
> least with my installation. If you're squeezed for space, make it / and
> swap. Swap isn't really vital for lightly-loaded machines with lots of
> RAM; see
The laptop is a Satellite something or other, it is a 1.2 Ghz machine it has
a 38G Hd and 512M of ram. I think it will work. I have run Knoppix and some
of the other bootable CD's on it.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=slrnci4q5i.2pp.ylee%40pobox.com
>
> [eben@pc eben]$ free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 775172 734988 40184 0 65212 458472
> -/+ buffers/cache: 211304 563868
> Swap: 401616 94880 306736
> [eben@pc eben]$ uptime
> 5:20pm up 1 day, 1:00, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.07
>
> So with a bit over a day of uptime (afternoon thunderstorms, crappy UPS,
> pre-emptive shutdown), it's used <95M swap, and that's with VMware using
> >500M.
>
> Choose LILO as the bootloader (because I know LILO; GRUB would also work).
> Install "minimal graphical". Reboot. Enjoy SuSE 9.1.
>
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
>
> Hi! I'm a .sig virus! Copy me to your .sig!
>
Perhaps we can meet in Riverview, I can bring the laptop with me and we can go
through it. I need to see exactly how this week is going to pan out.
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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