Re: [GTALUG] Hints for upgrading

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 02:30:11AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: William Park via talk > > | 4. If you plan to move the harddisk to another machine (like I do), then > | use MBR. Problem with EFI is that it writes the boot entry in BIOS. > | Well, on a new

Re: [GTALUG] Hints for upgrading

| From: William Park via talk | 4. If you plan to move the harddisk to another machine (like I do), then | use MBR. Problem with EFI is that it writes the boot entry in BIOS. | Well, on a new motherboard, boot entry is not there, so you can't boot. | You have to dig into EFI

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On 07/27/16 09:31, Giles Orr via talk wrote: On 26 July 2016 at 21:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" | I donlt really have a few weeks to spare. I need to get the Linux PC up | and running, so I can get back to

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 09:27:09PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Don't retail Processors come with coolers? Generally, they are OK > (not outstanding) -- good enough. Certainly intel CPUs do, except if it is a K model or a socket 2011 chip. Apaprently intel figures if you buy an

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 27, 2016 3:26 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 08:32:51AM -0400, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > I believe as a general rule of thumb any Hayes compatible modem will work > > with Linux. I've not tested this tho. > > All Hayes is,

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 08:32:51AM -0400, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > I believe as a general rule of thumb any Hayes compatible modem will work > with Linux. I've not tested this tho. All Hayes is, is the AT commands. How you speak serial to the device is the actual problem. USB and

Re: [GTALUG] Hints for upgrading

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 01:55:13AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > I just upgraded from Slackware-14.1 to 14.2. That's almost 3 years in > between. :-) Here are what I did or have... > > 1. Single root filesystem /dev/sda1. For boot drive, you need MBR, but > you can lump everything into

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Wed 27 Jul 2016 12:08 -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > On 07/27/16 09:31, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > > On 26 July 2016 at 21:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > wrote: > > > I have no idea of the longevity or robustness of blu-ray disks. Consider > > > diversifying to

Re: [GTALUG] LinuxCon

The $1400.00 or so to register is a bit of an impediment. On 07/27/2016 06:11 PM, Marc Lijour via talk wrote: Who is coming to LinuxCon Toronto next month? Distance is not an excuse this time ;-) -- *Marc Lijour* Email:m...@lijour.net

[GTALUG] LinuxCon

Who is coming to LinuxCon Toronto next month? Distance is not an excuse this time ;-) -- *Marc Lijour* Email:m...@lijour.net Ring:3e447c5477143b7c881c0730c152f8f0678501e5Join the Ring! Skype:marclijour Phone: *+1 647 384 7746 * --- Talk Mailing List

Re: [GTALUG] LinuxCon

We'll have a booth there. On 27/07/16 06:11 PM, Marc Lijour via talk wrote: > Who is coming to LinuxCon Toronto next month? > > Distance is not an excuse this time ;-) > > > -- > *Marc Lijour* > Email:m...@lijour.net > Ring:3e447c5477143b7c881c0730c152f8f0678501e5

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

I'll give opposite advice from the rest. Stay with Windows. - Windows comes free with all retail computers, fully configured. If you're used to XP, then you'll have short (if at all) learning curve to 10. - Components you list below, all come with Windows driver. - Windows

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:08:56PM -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > PS: A few years ago I noticed an interesting behaviour in Linux. When > rsyncing hundreds of GB from the eSata to the USB mounted drive I found the > file system to become unreliable and unmountable. A workaround that I

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 09:31:13AM -0400, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > I nearly chimed in with this option earlier: my backup method is > multiple external (spinning) HD drives, some of which are "portable," > ie. 2.5". With rsync, full backups are very fast - after the initial > synchronization.

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On 26 July 2016 at 21:27, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" > > | I donlt really have a few weeks to spare. I need to get the Linux PC up > | and running, so I can get back to the rest of my life. > > If you are not

Re: [GTALUG] LinuxCon

On 27 July 2016 at 20:46, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > The $1400.00 or so to register is a bit of an impediment. Indeed! I know there are people that volunteered for talks on the basis that speakers have fees waived. I went to OSCON in Portland a couple times with that as

Re: [GTALUG] Hints for upgrading

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 03:32:55PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 01:55:13AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > > 4. If you plan to move the harddisk to another machine (like I do), then > > use MBR. Problem with EFI is that it writes the boot entry in BIOS.

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

On Jul 26, 2016 9:27 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > > | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" > > | I don't really have a few weeks to spare. I need to get the Linux PC up > | and running, so I can get back to the rest of my life. > > Just to