> El sept 7, 2016, a las 4:17 AM, Simos Xenitellis <[email protected]> > escribió: > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Ryan Cunningham > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have heard recently that Ubuntu has plans to cancel support for processors >> in the Intel 80386 family (and clones of the same). This is impacting me >> because I have a 32-bit Ubuntu machine (powered by an Intel 80586) which >> runs Ubuntu 16.10. This machine, a home laptop converted into a server, is >> only in the testing phase right now and probably will remain there for 6 >> years at most. That is, until I obtain my bachelor's degree in >> elementary/high school education and my teaching certificate (I am going to >> use this machine for a school I will thereafter create). > > Hi! > First of all, regardless of all other decisions that be taken, you are > fine with 16.04 at least until the year 2021. > > I am not addressing your request, I am focusing on the practicalities > of maintaining an old laptop as a server. > I assume your laptop was made around the year 2000-2003 because the > CPU is Intel 80586.
Sorry, I made a mistake: My computer’s CPU is actually an Intel 80686. > [. . .] > > You should get health metrics from this laptop in order to assess > whether it can work reliably until 2021. > Specifically, > > A. Hard disk health status. > > Install "smartnontools" (extract health data from inside the hard disk) with > > sudo apt install smartmontools > > Then, obtain the hard disk health status report by running > > sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda > > This command will read the internal attributes that are stored on the hard > disk. > Among those attributes, the important ones are > 1. Power_On_Hours (how many hours the hard disk was on, which > coincides with the laptop being on). > The "Raw Value" is the number of hours. The maximum I ever saw on a > working disk was 10000. > I am really interested in seeing your value for this one. “Smartctl open device: /dev/hda failed: No such device” I’ve tried /dev/sda: By doing so, I get 6016 Power_On_Hours . . . > 2. Reallocated_Sector_Ct (how many bad sectors have been reallocated > to the buffer space). > Here the Raw value should be 0. . . . and a Reallocated_Sector_Ct of “0 (2000 0).” > B. CPU Temperature > > Install "lm-sensors" (read motherboard sensor values) > > sudo apt install lm-sensors > > Configure "lm-sensors" > > sudo sensors-detect > > (answer Yes to the autodetection). > > Finally, read the current sensor values with > > sensors > > The temperatures when your laptop is idle, should be below 50C. If > they are over 60C when idle, you have heating issues. Mine is 38 deg. C right now. > > Nowdays, instead of having an old laptop as a server, the common thing > to do is get a Small Board Computer (SBC), > like the Raspberry Pi. There are cheaper versions, and they start at > around $15. You can get them to run Ubuntu just fine. > > Hope this helps, > Simos Sincerely, Ryan Cunningham -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
