Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a261dba.8040...@t-online.de>, Klaus Jantzen wrote: > > Please pay attention to the Code of Conduct for the list: http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct Particularly, "Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead." -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-.

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: [cut] I'm glad it works for you. I maintain that there are some sites and some plugins that won't work correctly on amd64, while they work fine on x86. Last time I tried virtualbox, would not start that proprietary OS on amd64, either. VirtualBox (from Sun) works j

[going OT] Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread thveillon.debian
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > thveillon.debian wrote: >> Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >>> Frank Lin PIAT wrote: But unless you have a specific need to use stick to 32bit kernel (driver, old application [in]compatibility), it is wise to move to 64bits. >>> Why? >>> >>> I know that 64bit

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread thveillon.debian
Klaus Jantzen wrote: > On 06/03/2009 09:05 AM, Rod James Bio wrote: >> Its a Seagate HD. I dont have the exact model number. Now I am >> checking if this is a hardware problem. One thing that bothers me is >> why does 32bit works? >> >> Klaus Jantzen wrote: >>> On 06/03/2009 07:46 AM, Rod James Bio

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
thveillon.debian wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Frank Lin PIAT wrote: >>> But unless you have a specific need to use stick to 32bit kernel >>> (driver, old application [in]compatibility), it is wise to move to >>> 64bits. >> Why? >> >> I know that 64bit is the future. I have the feeling, ho

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread thveillon.debian
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Frank Lin PIAT wrote: >> But unless you have a specific need to use stick to 32bit kernel >> (driver, old application [in]compatibility), it is wise to move to >> 64bits. > > Why? > > I know that 64bit is the future. I have the feeling, however, that many > applicatio

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > But unless you have a specific need to use stick to 32bit kernel > (driver, old application [in]compatibility), it is wise to move to > 64bits. Why? I know that 64bit is the future. I have the feeling, however, that many applications are still better supported on 32bit tha

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Daryl Styrk
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 01:46:50PM +0800, Rod James Bio wrote: > We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to > build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning > process is stock at 33%. Can anyone suggest if there are limitations or > problems or past experiences?

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Klaus Jantzen
On 06/03/2009 09:05 AM, Rod James Bio wrote: Its a Seagate HD. I dont have the exact model number. Now I am checking if this is a hardware problem. One thing that bothers me is why does 32bit works? Klaus Jantzen wrote: On 06/03/2009 07:46 AM, Rod James Bio wrote: We've been

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-03 Thread Rod James Bio
Its a Seagate HD. I dont have the exact model number. Now I am checking if this is a hardware problem. One thing that bothers me is why does 32bit works? Klaus Jantzen wrote: On 06/03/2009 07:46 AM, Rod James Bio wrote: We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to bui

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread 明覺
2009/6/3 Frank Lin PIAT : > On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 13:51 +0800, 明覺 wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Rod James Bio wrote: >> > We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to >> > build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning >> > process is stock at 33%. > >

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread Klaus Jantzen
On 06/03/2009 07:46 AM, Rod James Bio wrote: We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning process is stock at 33%. Can anyone suggest if there are limitations or problems or past experiences? Anyway j

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread Rod James Bio
Frank Lin PIAT wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 13:51 +0800, 明覺 wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Rod James Bio wrote: We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning process is stock at 33%. Yes,

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 13:51 +0800, 明覺 wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Rod James Bio wrote: > > We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to > > build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning > > process is stock at 33%. Yes, hardware failure (hard disk o

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread Rod James Bio
What I tried was to partition my HD using other linux installation at my workplace. Then I tag the partition so it wont be formatted but the installation still fails. Anyways thanks for the info. I just wanted to know if there are limitations or problem that could arise. Thanks! 明覺 wrote: > On Wed

Re: 64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread 明覺
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Rod James Bio wrote: > We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to > build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning > process is stock at 33%. Can anyone suggest if there are limitations or > problems or past experiences? > > Anyway

64Bit installation on a 500 GB Sata DRIVE

2009-06-02 Thread Rod James Bio
We've been doing an installation on this LTSP Server we are trying to build. While formatting the 500 GB HD the partitioning process is stock at 33%. Can anyone suggest if there are limitations or problems or past experiences? Anyway just for additional information: I tried using lenny 64bit inst