Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 21 December 2018 13:08:20 GMT Dale wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:28:25 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only use mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 21 December 2018 13:08:20 GMT Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:28:25 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only > >> use mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:28:25 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only >> use mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling. > Modern SSDs should outlive a hard drive, and have done so here. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:28:25 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only > use mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling. Modern SSDs should outlive a hard drive, and have done so here. -- Neil Bothwick Pound

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:22:23 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I want to fit a couple of ordinary SSDs as well, but I'm snookered by - > countersunk mounting screws! The ones I have stand about 1mm proud, > which is enough to stop the housing sliding home. I know - I should > make the effort to

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On December 21, 2018 12:27:28 AM UTC, Dale wrote: > > Dale wrote: >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> On December 20, 2018 11:45:29 AM UTC, Dale >>> wrote: >>> >>> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Next upgrade idea: >>> - mainboard with NVME slot

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 21 December 2018 08:28:25 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only use > mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling. This box has a Samsung SM951 256GB NVMe drive, and it's 21 months old. It runs BOINC

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 21, 2018 12:27:28 AM UTC, Dale wrote: >Dale wrote: >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> On December 20, 2018 11:45:29 AM UTC, Dale >wrote: >>> >>> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Next upgrade idea: >>> - mainboard with NVME slot >>> - NVME drive for your OS. >>> >>> Your CPU and

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On December 20, 2018 11:45:29 AM UTC, Dale wrote: >> >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >> >> >> >> Next upgrade idea: >> - mainboard with NVME slot >> - NVME drive for your OS. >> >> Your CPU and memory will be the next bottleneck :) >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On December 20, 2018 11:45:29 AM UTC, Dale wrote: > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 20 December 2018 08:12:43 GMT Dale wrote: > > Thanks for the help. When I boot next time, maybe it will > log the error and I can see what is

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 20, 2018 11:45:29 AM UTC, Dale wrote: >Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Thursday, 20 December 2018 08:12:43 GMT Dale wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the help. When I boot next time, maybe it will log the >error >>> and I can see what is going on. >> You could also try CTRL-S to pause the screen

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 20 December 2018 08:12:43 GMT Dale wrote: > >> Thanks for the help. When I boot next time, maybe it will log the error >> and I can see what is going on. > You could also try CTRL-S to pause the screen update and CTRL-Q to let it > continue. > I did try

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 20, 2018 9:12:43 AM CET Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On December 20, 2018 4:41:26 AM UTC, Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I just installed a new video card. After a couple weeks of USPS > > dragging it around, it finally came in. Anyway, I got it

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 20, 2018 11:04:55 AM CET Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 20 December 2018 08:12:43 GMT Dale wrote: > > Thanks for the help. When I boot next time, maybe it will log the error > > and I can see what is going on. > > You could also try CTRL-S to pause the screen update

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 20 December 2018 08:12:43 GMT Dale wrote: > Thanks for the help. When I boot next time, maybe it will log the error > and I can see what is going on. You could also try CTRL-S to pause the screen update and CTRL-Q to let it continue. -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-20 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On December 20, 2018 4:41:26 AM UTC, Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > I just installed a new video card.  After a couple weeks of USPS > dragging it around, it finally came in.  Anyway, I got it installed and > was booting up.  I noticed somewhere between the

Re: [gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-19 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 20, 2018 4:41:26 AM UTC, Dale wrote: >Howdy, > >I just installed a new video card.  After a couple weeks of USPS >dragging it around, it finally came in.  Anyway, I got it installed and >was booting up.  I noticed somewhere between the kernel part and it >going through the runlevel

[gentoo-user] Error during boot up.

2018-12-19 Thread Dale
Howdy, I just installed a new video card.  After a couple weeks of USPS dragging it around, it finally came in.  Anyway, I got it installed and was booting up.  I noticed somewhere between the kernel part and it going through the runlevel part, there was something that failed.  I saw a little red