On Thu 29 Jul 2021 at 04:16:39 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-07-29 12:58 a.m., David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 28 Jul 2021 at 17:25:09 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > > wrote: > >> On 2021-07-28 3:16 p.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > >>> It is a Toshiba 160 gb hd in a 14 years old Macbook i386 ❤️/x86 32 b > >>> booting from Bios not uefi. I'll give full report in 1-2 weeks, after > >>> put in VM in it, faster internet to it to handle VM. > >>> And built websites with it. > >>> Geg > >> > >> What's the link between installing a VM and the description of your laptop > >> ? > >> > >> Also, Macbook in x86 booting from BIOS ? > >> > >> Macbook use either UEFI for the Intel ones or OpenBoot for the older ones. > >> > >> No such thing as a BIOS on a MacBook. > >> > >> Sorry but your message is everything except easy to understand. > >> > >> If you are installing Linux in a VM on your laptop then you should also > >> describe what type of VM you are using and the specifications. Your > >> Friend Linu[s] should have taught you this. Also, he should teach you that > >> a faster internet won't make your VM faster. > >> > >> Maybe you could either answer a message or include in this one, what > >> reason are you writing this ? > >> > >> As it may sound obvious for yourself, it's not necessarily for others. > >> Plus it's not much of use for someone who'd like into to the archive > >> looking for answer. > >> > >> If I do get a idea of why you are writing this here, it's not the case > >> for other people around. > > > > One might assume from > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg01033.html > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg01167.html > > > > that these deal with the same machine, and that Gunnar hasn't quite > > mastered the technique of threading, but is keen to add to the > > list of tested hardware. > > > One doesn't always read all the messages and only uses the subject to > get a idea. > > Now is he saying his machine can WORK with Debian or is this related to > the message I had with him earlier about a problem with his system NOT > WORKING and CRASHING on update, requiring CLEAN REINSTALL. > > And this is the part that would be nice to know... > > Got it ?
Of course I haven't. I see scattered posts (only some) from Gunnar that don't seem to make a lot of sense, followed up by discussion and argument, much of which could be avoided by getting some facts into the posts. Hence my suggestion (snipped) to run $ ls /sys/firmware/ $ uname -a $ grep address /proc/cpuinfo and clarify what type of machine (machines?) is being discussed. Perhaps it's reckless not to have suggested a command proving it's a Debian system. In all of Gunnar's posts, I think I have only seen one report of actual output posted, and I have no idea what the origin of that was, viz: # UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM overlay / overlay rw 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 EXT2 nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0 /dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 EXT2 nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,noauto,x-udisks-auth 0 0 /dev/sda2 none swap sw,x-udisks-auth,noauto 0 0 Cheers, David.
