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| Thread ID: 114793 | 2010-12-17 07:26:00 | Moving to Linux | ubergeek85 (131) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1162846 | 2010-12-18 09:03:00 | Yeah the proprietary nVidia ones should help | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162847 | 2010-12-18 09:04:00 | Righty-o, finally got some time to myself today. Time to nuke the current partition setup. Going to do a 4Gb swap, 10Gb / and the rest can go to /home. Does this sound like an OK setup? Also, while I'm at it, etx4 is a good file system, no? And GNOME is having a hard time utilizing my monitor correctly, so far it will only do 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 (the native res is 1280x800) - this will probably fix itself by enabling non-free drivers, but I could be wrong, sort of guessing a bit. It's not exactly a huge concern though, after all, I'm free of the shackles of MS! When I decided to go to linux, I knew it wasn't going to be a cakewalk, stuff needs changing, fixing, etc etc. Therein lies the power. I seem to remember that you can't use Ext4 for your /boot so use Ext3. Those partition sizes sound good to me. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1162848 | 2010-12-18 09:14:00 | I'm pretty sure the latest Ubuntu can use Ext4 just fine. If it is the default option then it will be OK. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162849 | 2010-12-18 09:14:00 | I need a separate partition for /boot too? Oh lord... how big should I make it? | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1162850 | 2010-12-18 09:20:00 | I need a separate partition for /boot too? Oh lord... how big should I make it? 100-odd-mb. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1162851 | 2010-12-18 09:22:00 | Right, I think I see. Any other partitions I need to make? Setup will be: /swap 4Gb /boot 100Mb / 10Gb /home whatever's left over |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1162852 | 2010-12-18 09:25:00 | Yep. No real need to make anymore. | Cato (6936) | ||
| 1162853 | 2010-12-18 09:30:00 | Right, BRB, reinstall. | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1162854 | 2010-12-18 09:58:00 | With my Ubuntu I don't think I have a boot partition, Just a boot folder in the root partition. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162855 | 2010-12-18 10:54:00 | I get the impression that it will work either way. No matter. Installing the closed-source nVidia drives fixed all graphical issues, and everything looks glorious now! Now my only issue is that, after a full automatic update (about 200Mb's worth), on bootup I get a couple of lines informing me of modprobe errors. They disappeared before I could remember the exact text, but it was something along the lines of not being able to locate a file, I think. I'll look it up later, it doesn't seem to affect the boot process. Starting to settle myself in now, setting up website logins, Firefox personas, etc etc. Starting to feel a bit more at home now. |
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