On 08.09.2014 03:20, poma wrote:
> On 08.09.2014 00:29, Bat Phil wrote:
>> After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would share
>> what I have found:
>>
>> Hardware setup:
>>
>> AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
>
> This router is stronger than AMD Semp :)
> # grep -i cpu /proc/cpuinfo
From:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_.html
Low memory installations
Fedora 20 can be installed and used on systems with limited resources for
some applications. Text, vnc, or kickstart installations are advised over
graphical
On Sep 7, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
> I did consider that possibility Eddie and it may well limit my ultimate
> choice of desktop. I am hoping that the main limiting factor is the lack of
> system memory rather than video memory. However, I will have to wait for a
> couple of days to
On 08.09.2014 00:29, Bat Phil wrote:
> After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would share
> what I have found:
>
> Hardware setup:
>
> AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
This router is stronger than AMD Semp :)
# grep -i cpu /proc/cpuinfo
cpu model : MIPS 24KEc V4.12
CP
On Sep 7, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
> After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would share what
> I have found:
>
> Hardware setup:
>
> AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
> 64MB AGP graphics card
> 1GB DDR400 RAM
> 160GB HD configured as follows.
>500MB boot partition
I did consider that possibility Eddie and it may well limit my ultimate
choice of desktop. I am hoping that the main limiting factor is the lack of
system memory rather than video memory. However, I will have to wait for a
couple of days to find out.
Thanks for your input.
Phil
On 7 Sep 2014 23:36
On 09/07/2014 06:29 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would
share what I have found:
Hardware setup:
AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
64MB AGP graphics card
1GB DDR400 RAM
160GB HD configured as follows.
500MB boot partition
10GB swap partition
After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would share
what I have found:
Hardware setup:
AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
64MB AGP graphics card
1GB DDR400 RAM
160GB HD configured as follows.
500MB boot partition
10GB swap partition
142GB root partition
250GB HD configured
On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 11:47 -0700, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
> How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? I googled and
> just
> found references to grease monkey and that didn't get me anywhere.
There's no setting for that, but you can get the effect by selecting the
text to be quoted befo
Under normal circumstances yes of course, but at the moment it's just a
case of playing with a system that will only have dummy data on it so it
doesn't matter if I screw things up.
Phil
On 5 September 2014 21:22, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>> Best thing then
More of clarification than a retraction Paul ;-) but point noted. Sounds
like it won't be a problem once I've upgraded the RAM though.
Cheers
Phil
On 5 September 2014 21:20, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > 1. I am using older hardwa
On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:
Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical
data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although
presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then
it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
> > understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently
> > with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?
> 64 bit. This is mostly because the swit
Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical data
files in the home directories and try it out then. Although presumably, if
I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then it's just a case
of logging in as root and sorting out permissions??
Cheers
Phil
On 5 Sep
On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
Alternately, you can configure /etc/fstab to mount your home directory based
on something else, including possibly drive letter (iffy, because that can
move around based on the order things are detected) or filesystem label
(which could be set to some
On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use the
same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on the
numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the
name matches but the n
So it's turning out much as I thought then, some of it will be fairly
transparent, but It'll still need a bit of tinkering / tweaking. Looking
like I'll have to learn about numeric user IDs, group IDs and
partition-specific UUIDs though. But learning is a big part of why I'm
doing this.
Cheers Mat
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 07:10:58PM +0100, Bat Phil wrote:
> 1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
> understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently
> with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?
64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enabl
HI
I am not on a fedora box right now but, if memory serves me right. All
users are kept in /etc/shadow/ and the other file would be /etc/passwd.
If you copies those two files over I believe you would be OK..
Someone can second this. I haven't done this in a LONG time.
HTH
Marvin
On Fri,
Got it Marvin, cheers
Phil
On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
> No ..
>
> You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.
>
> HTH
>
> Marvin
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply Joe.
>>
>> I figured (but didn't m
Well that's easy then, I can cope with that.
Thanks again Joe
Phil
On 5 September 2014 19:51, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>> I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda
>> about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wond
No ..
You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.
HTH
Marvin
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Joe.
>
> I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about
> the existing home partition on the second drive. I
On 09/05/2014 11:47 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
Slightly to the left.
How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post?
Mostly I use Thunderbird. I do have a gmail account, and when I'm
replying to somebody there I simply move the cursor down to the bottom
where it belongs. There may be
On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda
about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering
more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing
user accounts and whether all previous e-mails
Hi
Slightly to the left.
How do I configure google mail to let me bottom post? I googled and just
found references to grease monkey and that didn't get me anywhere.
Thanks
Marvin
PS
Great group
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
>
>
Thanks for your reply Joe.
I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about
the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about
whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts
and whether all previous e-mails and settings w
On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
within the home directory?
~/.thunderbird to be exact.
4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that
Hello all
Please forgive my ignorance, but I've decided to upgrade to Linux. I've had
a play with both Ubuntu and Fedora 20 (both with the LXDE desktop) and done
a few installs, updates, application installs, etc. and am getting more
confident / knowledgeable as I go.
I have decided to go for Fed
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