EisBlade wrote:Baphomet, thanks for the reply. Ultimate Edition 1.8 is now installed (I don't know how or where Grub is living, but it works) with only one SATA drive attached. I had done it in the manner you described, by disconnecting the 2nd drive BEFORE doing a clean install. I'm not comfortable enough with linux yet to completely let go of a XP install yet, but if the linux gods look favorably upon my learnings - it's in my future.
My pleasure. The yearning to let go of XP will come in time, trust me. The awesomeness of Ultimate will, slowly, and in ways you can not currently fathom, crystalize in your consciousness. A shift so subtle you are unaware of it is already taking place.
EisBlade wrote:Would I use Qemulator for VM'ing XP?
I find Virtual Box (available via synaptic) to be easy-peasy to use and runs XP so seamlessly that I could put an XP user behind it and they would have no idea they were in a Virtual install. There's also this great
install tutorial for it.
EisBlade wrote:Another noob example: reading about Ultimate Edition, finding it interesting, seeing the images and really liking the tiled windows that are curved, yet not finding that they are part of the default install and no instructions as to how I get my Compiz there. Hmmmph.
Really... "Hmmmmph" you say?? Allow me to retort: Have you seen ANY OTHER DISTRO that so completely pushes the proverbial envelope and succeeds with such elegant and total, undeniable supremacy? What you are seeing are Compiz effects so bleeding edge that no other distro DARES even approach them! Installing them as part of the "default" install of Ultimate would be to potentially subject new users to an Ubuntu/Compiz experience beyond their ability to comprehend. ONE, just one user-head exploding would be enough to plunge TheeMahn into a fit of depression so deep, so compelling, that no ordinary human consciousness could completely identify with it. The skies would darken and fallow fields would fall barren for the duration!!!
However... If this is something you wish to try, these... ADVANCED effects, you may (MAY!) be found worthy and then maybe... Just maybe, will the veils that shroud this arcane knowledge be drawn aside for your benefit.
EisBlade wrote:What you do is create about 7 partitions and select what they are used for based on the frequency something is accessed...something like that. ... For example:
/dev/sda1 5Gb /
/dev/sda5 5Gb /usr
/dev/sda6 3Gb /opt
/dev/sda7 4Gb /srv
/dev/sda8 3Gb /var
/dev/sda9 xGb /home
/dev/sda10 3Gb /swap
Seen it. I've just never bothered with it. Not saying it's not a good idea, just a little... I dunno... "Anal" perhaps. I mean I can understand having a separate partiton for, say, / and home... but beyond that? <snicker> Sure, why not? <snicker>
EisBlade wrote:The only way I got Ultimate Edition to install happily with Grub working was to just let it handle the drive and do it automatically.
Good idea.
EisBlade wrote:I'm a big fan of LinuxMint but ...
Did...
Did you just say "Linux Mint"?? DID YOU???? No... I didnt' THINK so.