On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:09:15 -0600
David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 16 Feb 2023 at 08:59:58 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote:
> > pa...@quillandmouse.com (12023-02-15):
> > > Here's why you would partition a drive. Reinstalling (which I end
> > > up having to do every time Debian comes out with a new ve
On 16/02/2023 22:25, Joe wrote:
Stretch installed perfectly dual-boot with Win 10 on an EFI Acer
netbook, but upgrading to Buster broke booting to grub. It actually
broke EFI booting completely, but I've been able to restore booting at
least to Windows. And yes, I've tried everything the Net can
On Thu 16 Feb 2023 at 08:59:58 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote:
> pa...@quillandmouse.com (12023-02-15):
> > Here's why you would partition a drive. Reinstalling (which I end up
> > having to do every time Debian comes out with a new version
>
> Debian is not Ubuntu, major upgrade do not break the s
Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
...
have you tried refind?
i've been using it for several years now and while i do still
have grub installed and it gets updated i primarily use refind
instead.
songbird
On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:33:32 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> It's likely that LILO will go with Bookworm - I think it's more or
> less unmaintained if I recall correctly, so someone needs to help you
> getting this one to work. Is this your only machine?
It doesn't seem to be in Bookworm now.
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 02:11:02PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> > Upgrades are definitely a lot more trouble now, and yes, I do realise
> > that each release is bigger and more complicated than the last.
>
>
> Ditto. I can still remember saying (on Debian-User) that if someone
> wanted to des
On 2/16/23, Joe wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:59:58 +0100
> Nicolas George wrote:
>
>> pa...@quillandmouse.com (12023-02-15):
>> > Here's why you would partition a drive. Reinstalling (which I end up
>> > having to do every time Debian comes out with a new version
>>
>> Debian is not Ubuntu, ma
On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:59:58 +0100
Nicolas George wrote:
> pa...@quillandmouse.com (12023-02-15):
> > Here's why you would partition a drive. Reinstalling (which I end up
> > having to do every time Debian comes out with a new version
>
> Debian is not Ubuntu, major upgrade do not break the sy
> Therefore, except for the narrow case of writing into a block which has
> never before been written, every write on a SSD *is* an erase+write
> operation.
No, that would lead to terribly poor performance (both in terms of
speed and in terms of wear).
>> So: you read the whole block, blank it, t
The Wanderer (12023-02-16):
> That is exactly what I've always been told *does* happen, ever since
> first reading about how SSDs et cetera work, more than a decade ago.
> This is the first time I've seen a suggestion to the contrary.
This is surprising to me, since I have had the exact opposite
i
On 2023-02-16 at 08:10, Nicolas George wrote:
> The Wanderer (12023-02-16):
>
>> filesystems et cetera aligned to physical blocks, because physical block
>> size defines the minimum size that can be erased (and, therefore,
>> overwritten) in any given operation,
>
> This is true. Note: erased, no
The Wanderer (12023-02-16):
> filesystems et cetera aligned to physical blocks, because physical block
> size defines the minimum size that can be erased (and, therefore,
> overwritten) in any given operation,
This is true. Note: erased, not written.
> and th
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 02:22:56AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
What physical boundaries do SSDs have to report? All I know about that are
exposed
are sector size and sector count. I have yet to find one where logical/physical
were not 512B/512B.
Don't worry about it; modern partition tools align
Am 16.02.2023 um 13:30 schrieb DdB:
> Unfortunately, the
> data set related to this, i could gather personally is not large
> enough to be telling.
https://www.servethehome.com/ssd-alignment-quickly-benchmark-ssd/
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Am 16.02.2023 um 13:00 schrieb The Wanderer:
> This being the very first time I can remember having encountered
> even the suggestion that there's no need to be concerned about
> erase-block sizes when dealing with SSDs et cetera, I hope it's
> under
On 2023-02-16 at 05:45, Nicolas George wrote:
> DdB (12023-02-16):
>
>> Am 16.02.2023 um 09:31 schrieb Felix Miata:
>> > None of the 25 or so SSDs/NVMEs I have have 4k sectors. e.g.
>>
>> Wow, they must be rather old, then. ;-)
>>
>> I know, i am not the only one ...
>> https://serverfault.com/q
DdB (12023-02-16):
> Am 16.02.2023 um 09:31 schrieb Felix Miata:
> > None of the 25 or so SSDs/NVMEs I have have 4k sectors. e.g.
>
> Wow, they must be rather old, then. ;-)
>
> I know, i am not the only one ...
> https://serverfault.com/questions/1113068/how-to-find-page-size-of-my-ssd
Of cours
Am 16.02.2023 um 09:31 schrieb Felix Miata:
> None of the 25 or so SSDs/NVMEs I have have 4k sectors. e.g.
Wow, they must be rather old, then. ;-)
I know, i am not the only one ...
https://serverfault.com/questions/1113068/how-to-find-page-size-of-my-ssd
DdB composed on 2023-02-16 09:15 (UTC+0100):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> What physical boundaries do SSDs have to report? All I know about that are
>> exposed
>> are sector size and sector count. I have yet to find one where
>> logical/physical
>> were not 512B/512B.
> That is what i meant: nowad
Am 16.02.2023 um 08:22 schrieb Felix Miata:
> What physical boundaries do SSDs have to report? All I know about that are
> exposed
> are sector size and sector count. I have yet to find one where
> logical/physical
> were not 512B/512B.
That is what i meant: nowadays SSD's at least are AF Advanc
pa...@quillandmouse.com (12023-02-15):
> Here's why you would partition a drive. Reinstalling (which I end up
> having to do every time Debian comes out with a new version
Debian is not Ubuntu, major upgrade do not break the system.
--
Nicolas George
DdB composed on 2023-02-16 07:44 (UTC+0100):
> I do use (NVMe-) SSD, and i did partition it.
> I did it to make sure, pages/partitions start on PHYSICAL boundaries,
> not the logical ones reported to satisfy Windooze.
What physical boundaries do SSDs have to report? All I know about that are
ex
Am 16.02.2023 um 07:44 schrieb DdB:
> I do use (NVMe-) SSD, and i did partition it.
> I did it to make sure, pages/partitions start on PHYSICAL boundaries,
> not the logical ones reported to satisfy Windooze. Not every model
> reports correct hardware parameters to the OS.
>
> What i would recomme
Am 15.02.2023 um 23:58 schrieb PMA:
> Dear Debian,
>
> I'm preparing to install Debian 11.5.0 on a new computer.
> Its drives are SSDs, not the HDDs I've been accustomed
> to and have always fastidiously *partitioned*.
>
> With my file groupings already well differentiated c/o
> directory-tree la
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 11:23:52PM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
Here's why you would partition a drive. Reinstalling (which I end up
having to do every time Debian comes out with a new version) means
overwriting the storage.
I already acknowleged that people can do what they want based
On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:45:49 -0500
Michael Stone wrote:
>
> I don't personally think there's a point in partitioning any storage
> device on a user system these days beyond what's required to boot. If
> you want to do more, that's a personal preference. Being an SSD
> doesn't really change thi
On 2/15/23 14:58, PMA wrote:
Dear Debian,
I'm preparing to install Debian 11.5.0 on a new computer.
Please tell us about the computer, the environment it will be deployed
in (including Internet access or none), and the role of the computer.
Its drives are SSDs, not the HDDs I've been acc
On 15/02/2023 22:58, PMA wrote:
is there any further advantage
to be had in partitioning *these* drives?
Although some people still prefer to leave about 20% of a SSD as raw
unpartitioned space, so SSD can spare/level out sectors to that empty
space, this is IMO on longer necessary, as you ca
On 16/2/23 07:45, Michael Stone wrote:
I don't personally think there's a point in partitioning any storage
device on a user system these days beyond what's required to boot. If
you want to do more, that's a personal preference. Being an SSD
doesn't really change things.
I agree with th
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 05:58:47PM -0500, PMA wrote:
I'm preparing to install Debian 11.5.0 on a new computer.
Its drives are SSDs, not the HDDs I've been accustomed
to and have always fastidiously *partitioned*.
With my file groupings already well differentiated c/o
directory-tree layout, is th
On 11/25/2014 09:53 PM, Rusi Mody wrote:
Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop.
...
Clearly its the windows (C:) that needs to be shrunk for the linux.
I hate dual boot. Consider:
1. Virtualization, if you can put all of your hardware-intensive
applications on one O/S. The best part is
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 6:10:05 PM UTC+5:30, Rusi Mody wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 3:40:04 PM UTC+5:30, Darac Marjal wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 09:53:14PM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> > > Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop.
> > > I find that its gpt as expected and the
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 3:40:04 PM UTC+5:30, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 09:53:14PM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> > Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop.
> > I find that its gpt as expected and there are some 5 partitions
> > (as shown by compmgmt in windows)
> >
> > | reco
* On 2014 26 Nov 00:01 -0600, Rusi Mody wrote:
> Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop.
> I find that its gpt as expected and there are some 5 partitions
> (as shown by compmgmt in windows)
>
> | recovery | 1G |
> | EFI | 260M |
> | OEM | 1G |
> | Windows8 (C:) | 424G
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 09:53:14PM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> Trying to setup linux on lenovo laptop.
> I find that its gpt as expected and there are some 5 partitions
> (as shown by compmgmt in windows)
>
> | recovery | 1G |
> | EFI | 260M |
> | OEM | 1G |
> | Windows8
On 8/11/14, b-m...@gmx.ch wrote:
> On Saturday 09 August 2014 11.11:08 Gary Dale wrote:
>>
>> To preserve your archive, I'd advise PAR2 redundancy files to fix any
>> problems that may crop up. So long as your HD copies are good, you don't
>> need to go to the PAR2 files, but should one develop a
On Saturday 09 August 2014 11.11:08 Gary Dale wrote:
>
> To preserve your archive, I'd advise PAR2 redundancy files to fix any
> problems that may crop up. So long as your HD copies are good, you don't
> need to go to the PAR2 files, but should one develop a problem, you can
> fix it with the PAR2
AW wrote:
> "B. M." wrote:
> > optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
> > next 10 years :-)
>
> I've found that using lvm is a great idea. Resizing volumes is incredibly
> easy. You can even easily resize a volume to occupy a portion of a new HDD.
> So, my recommendation for new
On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, B. M. wrote:
> Le 9 août 2014 à 05:44, Patrick Bartek a écrit :
>
> > On Fri, 08 Aug 2014, B. M. wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> [snip]
> >>
> >> What do you think about the following:
> >>
> >> === SSD: ===
> >> /boot unencrypted, 300 MB
> >> / ex
Le 9 août 2014 à 05:44, Patrick Bartek a écrit :
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2014, B. M. wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
>> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
>> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
>
> 10 years migh
On 09/08/14 03:08 AM, B. M. wrote:
Le 9 août 2014 à 06:04, Gary Dale a écrit :
On 08/08/14 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
Hi all,
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
next 10 years :-)
Th
Le 9 août 2014 à 06:04, Gary Dale a écrit :
> On 08/08/14 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
>> I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
>> next 10 years :-)
>>
>> The system looks l
On 08/08/14 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
Hi all,
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
next 10 years :-)
The system looks like:
Haswell 3.4 GHz
8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
250 G
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
10 years might be an overly optimistic expectation unless you plan on
upgradi
On 08/08/2014 03:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
next 10 years :-)
The system looks like:
Haswell 3.4 GHz
8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
250 GB SSD
2
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 18:50:49 +0200
"B. M." wrote:
> Why should I keep /home off the SSD?
Every download, every user specific config change, goes in the /home
tree. That's a lot of writing, and some of the downloads can be quite
big.
SteveT
Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshoote
Le 8 août 2014 à 17:16, Steve Litt a écrit :
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200
> "B. M." wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
>> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
>> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
>>
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On 08/08/2014 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
> I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
> next 10 years :-)
>
> The system looks like:
>
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200
"B. M." wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine
> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme
> which should last for the next 10 years :-)
>
> The system looks like:
> Haswell 3.4 GHz
> 8 GB RAM (late
On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200
"B. M." wrote:
> optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the
> next 10 years :-)
I've found that using lvm is a great idea. Resizing volumes is incredibly
easy. You can even easily resize a volume to occupy a portion of a new HDD.
So, my recommenda
On 8/8/14, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie)
> I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for
> the
> next 10 years :-)
>
> The system looks like:
> Haswell 3.4 GHz
> 8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB)
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:52:57PM +0200, Alexandre De Muer wrote:
> Hi, When installing from "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0.7 "Squeeze" -
> Official kfreebsd-i386 DVD Binary-1 20130223-17:32"the following
> problem issued from "guided partition layout":"unable to set mount
> from file-system type swap
Am Mittwoch, 28. September 2011 schrieb Marc Shapiro:
> On 09/25/11 23:35, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > I would emphatically recommend to use a more advanced file system
> > like ext4 for this size of drive.
> > E.g., fsck runs much much faster with ext4.
>
> Other than fsck running faster, what a
Am Mittwoch, 28. September 2011 schrieb Marc Shapiro:
> On 09/26/11 12:24, Nicolas wrote:
> > I have a disk with the same space and i use lvm dividing it in
> > several partitions and a 300 gb free space block if any of the
> > partitions need more space. It's very practical and dependable. And
> >
Marc Shapiro wrote, on 09/28/11 03:27:
> Other than fsck running faster, what are the advantages of ext4 over ext3?
>
> Marc
>
See, e.g., http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4 and
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ext4 .
For me it was especially its support for the discard/TRIM command for
On 09/26/11 12:24, Nicolas wrote:
I have a disk with the same space and i use lvm dividing it in several
partitions and a 300 gb free space block if any of the partitions need
more space. It's very practical and dependable. And the filesystem is
ext4 for all of them.
Are you recommending a sin
On 09/26/11 00:43, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
I would emphatically recommend to use a more advanced file system like
ext4 for
this size of drive.
E.g., fsck runs much much faster with ext4.
Yes, but not if you are still on Lenny I have a Lenny box that was
quite happ
On 09/25/11 23:35, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
I would emphatically recommend to use a more advanced file system like ext4 for
this size of drive.
E.g., fsck runs much much faster with ext4.
Other than fsck running faster, what are the advantages of ext4 over ext3?
Marc
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On 09/25/11 22:07, David Christensen wrote:
On 09/25/2011 07:19 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
Now that I have my Seagate 1TB drive functional and recognized by Linux,
I need to format the thing. As I mentioned in my previous thread, my
current boot drive on this box is only 40 GB. I intend to keep it
On Tue 27 Sep 2011 at 18:09:56 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> I made two further attempts at installation, one with Ubuntu 10.10 and
> the other with Debian testing (wheezy 20110908-15:43). In each
> attempt, I allowed the system to utilize the entire disk, putting all
> files (including the b
* Russell L. Harris [110926 18:15]:
> I just installed on a Lenovo S205 (1) Ubuntu 10.10, (2) Debian testing
> (Wheezy), and (3) Debian stable (Squeeze). The Debian systems
> utilized netinst images, and the Ubuntu system downloaded updates
> during the installation. The single hard drive has a
El 25/09/11 23:19, Marc Shapiro escribió:
Now that I have my Seagate 1TB drive functional and recognized by
Linux, I need to format the thing. As I mentioned in my previous
thread, my current boot drive on this box is only 40 GB. I intend to
keep it as the boot drive and use the new drive pri
Hi Marc,
Am Montag, 26. September 2011 schrieb Marc Shapiro:
> Now that I have my Seagate 1TB drive functional and recognized by
> Linux, I need to format the thing. As I mentioned in my previous
> thread, my current boot drive on this box is only 40 GB. I intend to
> keep it as the boot drive a
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:19:45 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> Now that I have my Seagate 1TB drive functional and recognized by Linux,
> I need to format the thing. As I mentioned in my previous thread, my
> current boot drive on this box is only 40 GB. I intend to keep it as
> the boot drive and us
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 06:07, David Christensen
wrote:
> I'd recommend LVM:
+1, did that for a 1TB (931GiB) Seagte, you'll end up with a
/dev/mapper/volumeGrouName-partitionName1
/dev/mapper/volumeGrouName-partitionName2
If you RTFM around it's fairily straightforward. I'm almost using up
my fi
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
I would emphatically recommend to use a more advanced file system like ext4 for
this size of drive.
E.g., fsck runs much much faster with ext4.
Yes, but not if you are still on Lenny I have a Lenny box that was
quite happy to create an ext4 file system, but it wou
I would emphatically recommend to use a more advanced file system like ext4 for
this size of drive.
E.g., fsck runs much much faster with ext4.
--
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Jörg-Volker
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On 09/25/2011 07:19 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
Now that I have my Seagate 1TB drive functional and recognized by Linux,
I need to format the thing. As I mentioned in my previous thread, my
current boot drive on this box is only 40 GB. I intend to keep it as the
boot drive and use the new drive prima
On 9/25/2011 10:19 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
Now that I have my Seagate 1TB drive functional and recognized by Linux,
I need to format the thing. As I mentioned in my previous thread, my
current boot drive on this box is only 40 GB. I intend to keep it as the
boot drive and use the new drive primar
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:03 +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:35:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> AFAICT there is currently no way to tell update-grub that some (or even
>> all) of the partitions found by os-prober are not needed in the menu.
>
> Well, at least you could ed
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:03 +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:35:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> AFAICT there is currently no way to tell update-grub that some (or even
>> all) of the partitions found by os-prober are not needed in the menu.
>
> Well, at least you could ed
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:35:44 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote:
> AFAICT there is currently no way to tell update-grub that some (or
> even all) of the partitions found by os-prober are not needed in the
> menu.
Well, at least you could edit /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober.
Line 35 reads:
OSPROBED="`os-pr
On Ma, 26 oct 10, 00:57:45, Charles Kroeger wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
> David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
>
> > 3 Windows operating systems
> > (1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
> > update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
> > sho
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Charles Kroeger
wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
> David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
>
>> 3 Windows operating systems
>> (1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
>> update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
>> s
On 10/26/2010 12:57 AM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
3 Windows operating systems
(1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
showing 3 windows operatin
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:20:01 +0200
David Van Mosselbeen wrote:
> 3 Windows operating systems
> (1 win7 and 2 of Vista which i don't have). Had need to run
> update-grub to get this issue fixed. Well, i still have an issue with
> showing 3 windows operating systems in the bootloader, but that's
>
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:43:06 -0700, consul tores
wrote:
> 2010/10/23 consul tores :
>> 2010/10/23 David Van Mosselbeen :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Kinda late to reply on this, but yah...
>>>
>>> My wife own a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 preinstalled. A few days
ago
>>> i
>>> have installed Debian testing (
2010/10/23 consul tores :
> 2010/10/23 David Van Mosselbeen :
>
>> Hi,
>> Kinda late to reply on this, but yah...
>>
>> My wife own a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 preinstalled. A few days ago i
>> have installed Debian testing (the daily netinst cd) on it. I have resized
>> the windows NTFS partiti
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:54:57 +0200, Ogya Chief
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to
> partition and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian
installer's
> partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not to damage
the
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> A very good point. I was going to mention that the restore discs provided
> by some vendors (via this method of creating them using a utility provided
> by the vendor) will let you perform a clean OS installation which omits some
> or all
On 10/14/2010 09:35 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:
Mark wrote:
None of this matters if you use Clonezilla. So why even fiddle with it
when there's a great alternative?
I use Clonezilla a great deal, but most people don't think to make an
image of the machine before they start Windows for the f
Mark wrote:
None of this matters if you use Clonezilla. So why even fiddle with it
when there's a great alternative?
I use Clonezilla a great deal, but most people don't think to make an
image of the machine before they start Windows for the first time.
What I'm talking about is having t
On 14/10/2010 08:54 πμ, Tom H wrote:
> 2010/10/14 Γιώργος Πάλλας :
>
>> On 14/10/2010 04:43 πμ, Tom H wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You can mess with the registry to make another set of recovery disks
>>> if the first set is damaged or unduplicated
>>>
>> This is really unneeded. What I do on fr
2010/10/14 Γιώργος Πάλλας :
> On 14/10/2010 04:43 πμ, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>>> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
wrote:
> Ogya Chief wrote:
>
>> At this stage there is no dat
On 14/10/2010 04:43 πμ, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>
>> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
>>> wrote:
>>>
Ogya Chief wrote:
> At this stage there is no data to
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 8:45 PM, consul tores wrote:
>
>> And, yes, it is possible to create windows 7 recovery DVDs, many times
>> as you wanted.
>
> This isn't universally true. Maybe some manufacturers enforce it and some
> don't. HP does, or has, re
On 10/13/2010 8:45 PM, consul tores wrote:
And, yes, it is possible to create windows 7 recovery DVDs, many times
as you wanted.
This isn't universally true. Maybe some manufacturers enforce it and
some don't. HP does, or has, restricted it to one copy. I never
understood why making multi
On 10/13/2010 8:31 PM, Mark wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Mark Allums
Don't all boxes ship with a utility to create restore DVDs from the
restore partition?!
Often, they do, yes. Typically, it allows exactly one copy to be
created, so, ensure that good media
2010/10/12 Ogya Chief :
> Hi All,
>
> I have just bought a pc with Windows 7 pre-installed and I want to partition
> and install debian on the drive. If I use the debian installer's
> partitioner, what precautions do I have to take in order not to damage the
> Windows partition?
>
> Kind regards,
>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
>> wrote:
>>> Ogya Chief wrote:
At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
can backup, please let me know.
>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ogya Chief wrote:
>>>
At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
can backup, please let
On 10/13/2010 6:43 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
wrote:
Ogya Chief wrote:
At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
can backup, please let me know.
Since most newer computers don't come with a Restore disc, I would suggest
On 10/13/2010 9:25 AM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 00:24 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
I have Win 7 home premium. I will find out what tools for
partitioning/backup came with it and decide on my next course of
action.
Windows comes with a resizer: right click on "my computer">
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Preston Boyington
wrote:
> Ogya Chief wrote:
>>
>> At this stage there is no data to backup. If there is any other thing I
>> can backup, please let me know.
>
> Since most newer computers don't come with a Restore disc, I would suggest
> burning the Restore partit
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Joe wrote:
> On 13/10/10 16:52, Mark wrote:
>
>>
>> As a side note, if it came with a big hard drive, from my experience I
>> suggest a 30-40 GB Windows 7 partition (yes it needs that much these
>> days),
>>
>
> That might be conservative. My Win7 is seven months
On 13/10/10 16:52, Mark wrote:
As a side note, if it came with a big hard drive, from my experience I
suggest a 30-40 GB Windows 7 partition (yes it needs that much these days),
That might be conservative. My Win7 is seven months old, and occupies
24GB (no data in that). I didn't make a note
2010/10/12 Γιώργος Πάλλας
>
> For backing up the whole disk before starting with dangerous operations I
> suggest Clonezilla (the open-source equivalent of Ghost). It use it
> regularly and hasn't betrayed me.
> As for the rest procedures, I also suggest you resize the windows partition
> with g
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 00:24 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote:
>
SNIP
> >
> >
>
> I have Win 7 home premium. I will find out what tools for
> partitioning/backup came with it and decide on my next course of
> action.
Windows comes with a resizer: right click on "my computer" > manage
>diskmanager. The
Ogya Chief wrote:
At this stage there is no data to backup.
If there is any other thing I can backup, please let me know.
Since most newer computers don't come with a Restore disc, I would
suggest burning the Restore partition and any associated "utility"
partition to a DVD. Usually it fi
On 13/10/2010 02:07 μμ, steef wrote:
> Γιώργος Πάλλας schreef:
>> On 13/10/2010 01:24 πμ, Ogya Chief wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> > If you care about Windows 7 at all (e.g., for playing games) you
>>> should
>>> > back up the Win 7 installation completely before starting. How you go
>>> > about it depends on
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