On Jul 2, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Taong Bahay wrote: >> > Isn't SATA disk 1 sda, and SATA disk 2 sdb under Linux (a, b, c, etc. > each actual hard drive and 1, 2, 3 for partition)? I'm talking about > the grub naming scheme which I now learn is hd0 for hard disk no. 1 > whether SATA or ATA (1, 2, 3 for actual hard drive). Ubuntu installer > didn't explain this. >
my bad. yes. grub is always hard drive number minus 1. hehehe. it's not ubuntu's fault. you'd find that no one actually explains grub's naming convention until you google for it. >>> > > Unlike with small programs like mplayer, I think it's difficult > compiling big programs under binary distro like Ubuntu. > well not really. people do it all the time on ubuntu, fedora... etc. etc. actually... the speed performance between a source-based distro and a binary one is debatable and highly religious, which is really beside the point. the thing is, you CAN compile small or huge programs on ubuntu or any other binary distro and people do it all the time... heck if you couldn't do that... what good is linux for anyway or any OS for that matter? >>> > This type of noise (I think it's now more of a chirp like a bird than > a click) I never heard before in my previous installation of Debian > testing. Actually I don't think of the sound as noise since it happens > at random. dunno really. ------------ Cocoy Dayao [EMAIL PROTECTED] big mango - http://arkangel1a.blogspot.com "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." --Alan Kay _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
