On Lu, 09 iul 12, 22:30:03, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>
> Well, ext3 is already entering the bitrot phase of the bathtub curve.
> OTOH, since it doesn't do delayed allocations like xfs and ext4, it is
> supposed to be safer against sudden power loss.
Which is quite unlikely on a laptop ;
On Mon, 09 Jul 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 7/9/2012 12:38 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Sun, 08 Jul 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> >> EXT3 should be fine. Use data=journal if you want maximum filesystem
> >
> > I'd recommend staying away from ext3 in data=journal mode, unless yo
On 7/9/2012 12:38 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Jul 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> EXT3 should be fine. Use data=journal if you want maximum filesystem
>
> I'd recommend staying away from ext3 in data=journal mode, unless you hear
> the opposite from Ted T'so.
>
> AFAIK, nob
On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 11:43:00PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> Stan Hoeppener gave you good advice. Take it.
>
> Hobbyists waste a lot of time tweaking systems because that's their
> hobby. Any SSD is going to be faster than your old HD. And unless
> your life is measured in milliseconds, you won't
On Sun, 08 Jul 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> EXT3 should be fine. Use data=journal if you want maximum filesystem
I'd recommend staying away from ext3 in data=journal mode, unless you hear
the opposite from Ted T'so.
AFAIK, nobody upstream pays much (any?) attention to ext3 data=journal,
you'll b
On 7/8/2012 9:32 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 01:02:47AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> On 7/4/2012 4:15 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
>>
>>> Stan, you gave me rant because you assumed my computer case has lots of blue
>>> LEDs. You can try again or just don't bother.
>>
>> I gave yo
On 03/07/12 07:49 AM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an
SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and
SSD. This one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122
Then, I decided to Goog
On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 01:02:47AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 7/4/2012 4:15 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
>
> > Stan, you gave me rant because you assumed my computer case has lots of blue
> > LEDs. You can try again or just don't bother.
>
> I gave you all of the information you need. Do you fe
On 7/5/2012 5:17 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jul 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> Any "proper" sysadmin also knows that end users want and need the short
>> simple answer/solution, the one that is "good enough" to get the job
>> done, even if it's not the "optimal" solution. T
On Thu, 05 Jul 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Any "proper" sysadmin also knows that end users want and need the short
> simple answer/solution, the one that is "good enough" to get the job
> done, even if it's not the "optimal" solution. They don't want to be
> bogged down with the technical details
On 7/4/2012 10:14 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012, Nick Lidakis wrote:
>>> Once the OP asked about "alignment" I knew he needed a dose...
>>
>> I don't need a "dose", thank you. All my questions are valid and you did
>
> Indeed, you don't need any dose of reality, and
On 7/4/2012 5:42 PM, green wrote:
> Nick Lidakis wrote at 2012-07-04 16:15 -0500:
>> I'm not a tweaker; I need to get work done on my laptop. Also, I need the
>> drive to perform reliably for as long as possible. My data is important to me
>> and I try to use my computer hardware for as long as pos
On 7/4/2012 4:15 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
> Stan, you gave me rant because you assumed my computer case has lots of blue
> LEDs. You can try again or just don't bother.
I gave you all of the information you need. Do you feel you are missing
necessary information?
--
Stan
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, e
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012, Nick Lidakis wrote:
> > Once the OP asked about "alignment" I knew he needed a dose...
>
> I don't need a "dose", thank you. All my questions are valid and you did
Indeed, you don't need any dose of reality, and your questions are
valid. Any proper sysadmin knows of alignmen
Nick Lidakis wrote at 2012-07-04 16:15 -0500:
> I'm not a tweaker; I need to get work done on my laptop. Also, I need the
> drive to perform reliably for as long as possible. My data is important to me
> and I try to use my computer hardware for as long as possible --not
> subscribing to the idea o
On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 01:03:34AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> People often need to be presented with a healthy dose of realism--what
> you call "harsh".
>
> Once the OP asked about "alignment" I knew he needed a dose...
I don't need a "dose", thank you. All my questions are valid and you did
On 7/3/2012 10:22 PM, T o n g wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:32:45 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
>> If you fall into camp #2, well,
>> you'll continue wasting massive amounts of time trying to figure out how
>> to "perfectly" setup your SSD.
>
> That's kind of harsh.
Look around. The world isn
On 7/3/2012 6:49 AM, Nick Lidakis wrote:
> I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an
> SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and
> SSD. This one:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122
>
> Then, I decide
On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 09:49:17 PM Nick Lidakis wrote:
> I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an
> SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get
> and SSD. This one:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122
>
I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an
SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and
SSD. This one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122
Then, I decided to Google SSD in relation to formatting, partitions
Charles Lewis wrote:
> Speaking of laptops, I have a Compaq Presario 1920 that I have been dreaming
> for a long time of installing Debian on it, but I've been too chicken.
> Anyone else had a successfuly experience with one of these?
See http://members.xoom.com/joey/linux.htm Seems to have worke
Speaking of laptops, I have a Compaq Presario 1920 that I have been dreaming
for a long time of installing Debian on it, but I've been too chicken.
Anyone else had a successfuly experience with one of these?
===
Charles Lewis, Director of Administrative Comp
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 05 Nov 1999, Andrew Clark wrote:
> > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have
> > any recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid?
> >
> > Regards, Andrew Clark.
IBM ThinkPads are marvelous ... I by myself
On 05 Nov 1999, Andrew Clark wrote:
> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have
> any recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid?
>
> Regards, Andrew Clark.
>
I'm using a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT which is working very well; in
fact I use it in place of a
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