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Re: [opensuse-wiki] [FPR] Splash screen: 3rd stage of proposals
- From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:19:44 -0600
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608031404580.24556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 03:08:15PM +0200, jdd wrote:
> > >The hardware you keep talking about and what you are pushing is not able
> > >to do the installation, because of e.g. memory problems.
> >
> > it was able to install 10.0, but not 10.1 alpha (I was saif
> > final is better). We should not let people alone that used
> > our product. two years support don't mean two years
> > computers are too old for us.
>
> It also does not mean that a computer that you had two years ago was a
> recent one then. I would be very surprised if the PC you bought 2 years
> ago won't install 10.1 because of specifications.
>
> That is unless you bought an even for that time machine with way too low
> specifications. As you know the most limiting factor is the installation
> itself. If you have taken that hurdle, then you can run SUSE just fine
> with e.g. Windowmaker.
>
> The limiting factor is memory.
The limiting factor is memory and swap space. I run SUSE Linux 10.1 on 3
667 MHz 128 MB Memory computers. They key is having 1.0-1.5 GB swap
space. I have to run
/etc/init.d/novell-zmd stop
10 minutes after the machine is up or there are times when the machine is
un-useable. I run these computer's with 4-8 xterms 3-6 SeaMonkey windows
and on OpenOffice.org writer. I have found that the best way to updates
these is with smart. I have a 35 GB / and 25 GB home on two machines and
one with everything else in / (see below).
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda6 56G 50G 5.3G 91% /
udev 62M 236K 62M 1% /dev
/dev/hda1 60G 53G 6.8G 89% /windows/C
# swapon -s
Filename Type Size Used
Priority
/dev/hda5 partition 923696 106532 42
So the only real problem is the installation. I am unable to do a
partition on a new HD with 10.1. So I boot into recovery mode and do a
quick partition on the HD and then an installation. On all these systems
I have almost everything installed.
I found the installation is best done from a local inst-source and
non-oss-inst-source with update/10.1 added. Then all I have to do is take
the time to select everything and resolve the conflicts and then let it
run till it is installed with the updates. I have used this to install
over 15 SUSE 10.1 installations without problems.
So jdd is not the only one use sub-optimal new computers.
I am very happy with the results after the installation.
Thanks,
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Boyd Gerber <gerberb@xxxxxxxxx>
ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047
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> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 03:08:15PM +0200, jdd wrote:
> > >The hardware you keep talking about and what you are pushing is not able
> > >to do the installation, because of e.g. memory problems.
> >
> > it was able to install 10.0, but not 10.1 alpha (I was saif
> > final is better). We should not let people alone that used
> > our product. two years support don't mean two years
> > computers are too old for us.
>
> It also does not mean that a computer that you had two years ago was a
> recent one then. I would be very surprised if the PC you bought 2 years
> ago won't install 10.1 because of specifications.
>
> That is unless you bought an even for that time machine with way too low
> specifications. As you know the most limiting factor is the installation
> itself. If you have taken that hurdle, then you can run SUSE just fine
> with e.g. Windowmaker.
>
> The limiting factor is memory.
The limiting factor is memory and swap space. I run SUSE Linux 10.1 on 3
667 MHz 128 MB Memory computers. They key is having 1.0-1.5 GB swap
space. I have to run
/etc/init.d/novell-zmd stop
10 minutes after the machine is up or there are times when the machine is
un-useable. I run these computer's with 4-8 xterms 3-6 SeaMonkey windows
and on OpenOffice.org writer. I have found that the best way to updates
these is with smart. I have a 35 GB / and 25 GB home on two machines and
one with everything else in / (see below).
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda6 56G 50G 5.3G 91% /
udev 62M 236K 62M 1% /dev
/dev/hda1 60G 53G 6.8G 89% /windows/C
# swapon -s
Filename Type Size Used
Priority
/dev/hda5 partition 923696 106532 42
So the only real problem is the installation. I am unable to do a
partition on a new HD with 10.1. So I boot into recovery mode and do a
quick partition on the HD and then an installation. On all these systems
I have almost everything installed.
I found the installation is best done from a local inst-source and
non-oss-inst-source with update/10.1 added. Then all I have to do is take
the time to select everything and resolve the conflicts and then let it
run till it is installed with the updates. I have used this to install
over 15 SUSE 10.1 installations without problems.
So jdd is not the only one use sub-optimal new computers.
I am very happy with the results after the installation.
Thanks,
- --
Boyd Gerber <gerberb@xxxxxxxxx>
ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047
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