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Skriven 2007-06-12 19:02:54 av Jeff Guerdat
     Kommentar till en text av MARTIN ATKINS
Ärende: Re: eMachine stuck.
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MARTIN ATKINS wrote:

>  > Your right i don't understand what a RAID array is however i don't think
you
>  > need kernel support from individule distros. Wouldn't you just need to
>  > compile and install a properly configured Kernel?
> 
>  JG> Yeah, I could but why should I?  If it's a module, it's only loaded
>  JG> when needed so, to me, it should be built-in...
> 
> Hmm. Jeff modules can be loaded but they don't have to be used. :)
> It can also be build into the Kernel and not used. :)

True enough but there's the extra RAM it takes for each compiled in 
driver.  Is it worth worrying about?  Probably not.

> Let me read between the lines without being condescending.

Don't worry 'bout me - I'm fairly new to Linux (~1.5 years) but an old 
hand at Unix (started with SunOS 3.5 in the late '80s).  I've compiled 
kernels way before Linux.

> Building and installing a Kernel is a time consuming task and
> if your not sure what your doing one mistake can send you back
> too another few hours of working out what went wrong. This is
> more true since many distros use Grub. With that in mind
> i suggest you find a distro that works the way you want it and
> run with it. Upgrade rather than install a new distro because
> most upgrades will take into account your previous settings.

Agreed *except* that most major updates (not dot (.) releases but the 
first digit changes) require fresh installs according to most 
knowledgeable folks (just read this in eWeek, as a matter of fact).  I 
don't upgrade Windows and I don't upgrade Linux.  I do save /etc and any 
other customizations so I don't have to reinvent the wheel (although 
it's amazing to me how much can change from from one release to another 
that causes old configs to not work properly - suspend and sound are 
ones I've been battling recently).

> Live CD's are a whole new kettle of fish and if you get one
> that works it will give you a good feel of what Linux can
> do.

To me, that's a problem - there should also be live DVDs, not just CDs. 
  Too much is left out due to space restrictions with a CD.  I'd 
download the CD first to see what works and then download the DVD if 
needed.  I suspect an awful lot of folks would do the same, if it were 
available.

> When i moved from Windows to Linux i thought the dang thing
> was invented by the devil. However i was cursed by the kind
> of mindset that i must fiddle and tweak things. Most Windows
> users or at least most knowledgeable Win users are happy with
> the concept of partitioning and using boot loaders.

I started with Unix early enough that I was able to view it as "DOS on 
steroids" - lots of commands with options to dazzle the mind.  I enjoyed 
the learning curve.  I view Windows' use of binary configuration files 
as "invented by the devil".  I'm also comfortable at the commandline as 
well as the GUI - one shouldn't let the presence or absence of an 
environment be an obstacle.  It's just different.

> You have the best of both worlds. Most hard disks are huge
> compared with what i had when i started Linux and it is
> not difficult to reserve plenty of room for Linux play.

Until relatively recently (new computer), I was running on 9GB drives 
and having no real reason to need larger ones.  Even with the "new" 
(it's 2.5 years old now) computer, I got 80GB drives to populate my RAID 
array.  240GB is plenty, even with XP and Linux loaded as well as doing 
a lot more digital imaging than before.  I did run out of room on a 
small (75GB) partition when I was scanning in my slides and negatives 
spanning 15 years but that was easily resolved by moving files to other 
places.  (Side note - I now don't need the extra partitioning due to 
drivers in the Windows and Linux spaces for ext2/3 and NTFS, 
respectively.)

> Kick it around...toss it in the air...and if you want destroy it.
> You can always use your Microsoft installation to get back to
> the real world and get on with what was on your mind in the first
> place. We are in respect to computing, living in the best of times.

I'm willing to do it either way.  Other than data lost, it's no problem. 
  Since I now have the file system drivers, it's less of an issue than 
ever.  I can boot either OS and work on the other - now THAT'S the best 
of both worlds...  ;)

-- 
Jeff Guerdat

The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
                                                          Harlan Ellison
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