From: jgnewsid@outlook.com
On 14/05/2024 in message Jeff
Gaines wrote:
>>I hope the new (to me) machine will arrive tomorrow and will have the
>>replies next to me while I install. I will let you know how it went...
Update 2
Left the machine on overnight and all was well this morning so hopefully I
have struck lucky with the memory.
Added the DVD player this morning. Had to snap off a metal panel that has
been sleeping peacefully for 13 years but no problems. Power was adjacent
but needed to add a data cable, wangle it through the machine and find
"P6" to plug it into. Fortunately the design is such that I could see an
empty SATA socket but I had to slide the mobo out to reach it. Anyway did
that and re-booted and all was well.
Then the biggy. Cleaned the two SSDs off (in Windows, I'm a coward) then
put them in their converter and into slots 1 & 2.
Re-booted fine and chose "something else" as partitioning. Sadly way
beyond my pay grade, I wanted everything except /home (or is it /user) on
the first disk and /home on second. Problem is I do not have sufficient
knowledge to know how much space to give each partition/folder so I went
back and told it to take the whole 250 GB drive.
Once it had installed and I had managed to get a coloured background
instead of funereal black I installed gparted and have managed to add a
partition to disk 2 and format it.
I've left the machine to update itself then will look into how to ensure
the second drive automounts on boot - I did know how to do it once upon a
time but need a refresher.
Very pleased so far, no speed records but it's perky enough and keeping my
brain working!
--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
The fact that there's a highway to hell and only a stairway to heaven says
a lot about anticipated traffic numbers.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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