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Post by johnnybee on Feb 7, 2013 17:16:23 GMT
Hiya, folks; I seem to remember I posted quite a while ago when I installed Sabayon V.3 on my old A7V rig, which I found a lot better to use than Vista, and with better graphics. Sooo, after some thought I decided to ditch the x86 load of Mint and install the latest version of Sabayon x64; downloaded the ISO file and mounted it to DVD, then had a look round it to see if it was worth installing to use as a fulltime OS. So far so good; however when trying to install it, I get a dialog asking where I want to install the 'root folder' - which has gone right over my head, as I haven't come across this one before. I've played around with various settings but I always get the same error, "the specified volume does not have adequate capacity", even though we're talking about a volume of 20 gig or more! Any ideas - Mikky?
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Post by vikingken on Feb 8, 2013 11:55:15 GMT
I thought that during the setup there was a tick box to let Sabayon decide where to put the root John. If you make the partitions yourself, you have to allocate where it goes. I seem to remember having the same trouble, I got over it by deleting the all the Linux partitions and letting Sabayon start from scratch. I made the mistake of trying to install with Linux partitions already on the disk from a previous installation of another flavour.
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Post by johnnybee on Feb 8, 2013 22:18:42 GMT
I'll give that a go, Ken - have to say I didn't notice that particular option, but that may well be me, not the install programme. What I was hoping to do was to use one of the four free partitions already on the HDD for the install, but it seems that the load of W7 has buggered one of them up as far as that's concerned, with it's insistence on keeping 500Mb for itself. I'll see what happens - watch this space!
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Post by vikingken on Feb 9, 2013 0:25:50 GMT
The few times I haven't installed Linux on a separate computer John, I've always given it a complete hard drive of its own. I dont like having Linux anywhere near Windows. I also dont use dual boot, but use the BIOS to control what HDD the computer boots from. I even do this with two Windows installations, I find dual boots complicate things and have a habit of going wrong. Well they do for me anyway and it only takes a minute to change the BIOS. I have also found the boot is the weak spot in Windows 7 and it doesn't take a lot to upset it. OK it doesn't take a lot to fix it either, but its still a pain in the arse. I think having a dual boot with Windows 7, is more or less asking for trouble. I expect a lot of people will disagree with me; but why bother taking a chance, when the alternative is so easy. Its quite some time since I messed with Linux and my memory isn't as good as it was. The Wee Beastie still runs XP and it just about fries my brain when I go to my mates house to service it. I have only used Windows 7 at home since it came out and I have tried all 5 flavours of that, although I'm only running Ultimate and Pro now on 5 computers. I think Mick must have gone to the Antartic fishing for Whales. Its not like him to be away from a computer for very long. With 20 GB free space, he would probably have about 10 flavours running on that and my paging file is nearly 3 times that on this computer.
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Post by johnnybee on Feb 9, 2013 22:18:49 GMT
Take your points on that Ken, and yeah, I'd agree that Windows and Linux need to be kept apart - sooo, I've decided to install a second hard drive to this PC and install V.10 on that. Saves all the buggering about with partitions etc, and easier all round. Now I've only got to find some way of mounting a second drive in the case - it's one of those queer things where the DVDRW sits upright at the front, and the HDD sits on the other side of the front panel. I might just sit the thing in a cradle on the floor of the case, with a rubber mount and silicon glue; the front fan will then keep it fairly cool and it'll stay reasonably quiet. Cheers, mate!
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Post by vikingken on Feb 10, 2013 1:49:15 GMT
It can be tricky fitting drives and keeping them cool John, but I have used your idea myself. I dont have room to do that now, my two monster graphics cards take up most of the case. I have got 7 HDD on this machine, plus a 64 GB SSD Dataplex super charger on the C:/. There is no way I can get more than 3 HDD on the case, with the SSD mounted in a 5.5 slot. I have got 4 drives running in an Icy Dock with their own cooling, connected by eSATA through a port multiplier card and the computer thinks they are internal. Another advantage is I can connect the Icy Dock to my laptops via USB3, as long as this computer is shut down and share files without going through the network. I have got an eSATA and USB3 single docks. The eSATA is bootable; but as the drives stand on end and the cooling is nonexistant, long term use isn't advisable. I have got some good games that wont run on Windows 7, so I will install XP on a spare 120 GB SSD and the games will run quite happily on that in the single eSATA dock. That is the one beauty of Windows 7, it will allow you to install a previous version of Windows without using a virtual drive. Virtual drives are OK for trying stuff out, but I wouldn't want to use one for general use.
USB3 Docks are very good for fast transfer of files onto external drives, but they are not bootable and only kick in after the OS has booted. Some flavours of Linux will run on USB2, but its a slow way of working. To run a HDD in a dock through USB2, isnt advisable for reasons stated above.
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