Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 109, Issue 21

2013-12-31 Thread TekBudda
I think you hot on something important here. Security isn't just a one-trick pony solution. It is layered & appropriate for the usage of the devices. Realistically though IMHO the most important thing to be concerned about is the data. If my house is on fire I am not going to try to disconnect

[clug-talk] Home Drive on SD Card

2013-12-31 Thread TekBudda
Hi All, In the interest of trying to breathing some new life into old tech I have installed Xubuntu (With LXDE as well) on my wife's old 8 GB EEEPC which was also upgraded to 1 GB of RAM. I picked up an inexpensive 32GB SD-Card in the hopes of moving the home drive to their & allowing the 8 GB to

Re: [clug-talk] clug-talk Digest, Vol 109, Issue 22

2013-12-31 Thread Geekus Villagius
I did get TAILS running from USB on an Aspire One. I've since installed Linux Mint 15 with full disk encryption on it. Works good so far. :) On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:00 PM, wrote: > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > clug-talk@clug.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Wo

Re: [clug-talk] Home Drive on SD Card

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Brake
Are you getting any error messages? Or just not sure where to start? On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM, TekBudda wrote: > Hi All, > > In the interest of trying to breathing some new life into old tech I > have installed Xubuntu (With LXDE as well) on my wife's old 8 GB EEEPC > which was also upgr

[clug-talk] Home Drive on SD Card

2013-12-31 Thread Bill Rayment
I suggest you install your Linux on the 32 gig card and boot from it. I have done this a number of times and it works well. Actually you may need to use a much less version of Linux as there is some problems with the CPU ageing. I currently have 2 EEEPC using EasyPeasy. I can't quite remembe

Re: [clug-talk] Home Drive on SD Card

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Brake
I don't see why you would just ignore the capacity built into the machine, and use only the SD card. I tested this out in a VM because I don't like pulling numbers out of the air. Downloaded the 32bit minimal PC install here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD#A32-bit_PC_.28

Re: [clug-talk] Home Drive on SD Card

2013-12-31 Thread TekBudda
To answer a few questions: * No error messages...just can't find the right option to switch it to the usb drive. I did try to format it in a couple different ways to see if that would help & no dice. Correctionone error message on boot...a non-specific system error message. But I can click o

Re: [clug-talk] Home Drive on SD Card

2013-12-31 Thread Chris Brake
For the sake of keeping it simple I would suggest a re-install. When it asks you about the installation type pick "Something Else" http://i.imgur.com/RQO2mjE.png And then set up the partitions the way you like. http://i.imgur.com/n1Ta7jg.png If you've already taken the time to set things up just