Gustin Johnson wrote: > On 10-04-14 09:50 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > <snip> > >> I'll become a tester regarding to NVIDIA issues for 3.3 alpha1, so I >> enabled receiving mails from the developers list again. >> >> Is there a way to get the install media from >> http://lists.64studio.com/pipermail/64studio-devel/2010-March/006789.html >> bootable on an USB stick or is there a way to install it online by PPPoE? >> >> What's the minimal disk space I need for the final install? I've got no >> time and no empty media to clean my hard disks at the moment, so gparted >> will be my friend. >> >> > Disk space requirements are not all that different from before. I would > actually caution against testing the alpha on the same hard drive as > existing distros unless you actually know what you are doing. The main > difference is that GRUB2 is now the default in recent versions of > Ubuntu, and when 10.04 is released that is what it will use (and thus > 64Studio 3.3). > > This is not a big deal but it can trip you up. I like to think that I > know what I am doing when it comes to GRUB, and I honestly do not dual+ > boot anymore just because there are things I would rather do with my time. >
I don't know if I know what I do ;). I need to use a hard disk where I have other distros installed too. Isn't it possible not to install GRUB? I won't install GRUB, but use the existing one by another distro. Btw. I won't test the 3.3 alpha, resp. I only will test the NVIDIA driver. >> I was able to build the proprietary nvidia driver for a self build >> kernel 2.6.31.6-rt19 on Suse for my GeForce 7200 GS, but for 64 Studio >> 3.0-beta3, my everyday and studio Linux, I nor couldn't build the driver >> for a self build kernel 2.6.31.12-rt20, neither the Ubuntu packages for >> the Ubuntu kernel-rt and the restricted stuff did work. FWIW even >> setting up X when using the FLOSS nv driver isn't fun. >> >> > Did you download the driver from nVidia or are you still trying to use > the restricted module package? > For 3.0-beta3 I also tried to build the current proprietary driver from NVIDIA for a self-build kernel, but it failed, while it is ok for Suse. _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel
