jtkhouston
February 26th, 2011, 08:48 PM
preliminaries: Xubuntu Hardy 8.04 LTS on a Compaq Evo pentiumIII 1.2 Ghz, 256MB ram
20 Gb HD, ATI radeon graphics. cisco airo pcmcia wireless card.
When I originally installed the OS I didn't have internet access so I installed the whole thing from the alternate disc and it's very slow, so I'm going to re-install it as minimal-I can access wired internet now.
2 basic concerns:
1- on a computer this old, is it worth upgrading to 10.04LTS or even possible? i.e
install the basic cli then immediately upgrade using the instructions for a server upgrade,
before adding any extra software. I'm being kind of cheap, I just don't want to burn another disc.
2-partitioning, is it worth making a seperate home partition on a HD this small? and is it even possible using the alternate disc, I didn't see that option during a practice run with the cd. Xubu now shows a bit over 17.5 Gb for root with Hardy using about 3 point something and about 730 Kb swap, maybe make it 750 Kb swap, 4 Gb root and the rest as /home? anyway, thanks for any thoughts, suggestions and/or help.
20 Gb HD, ATI radeon graphics. cisco airo pcmcia wireless card.
When I originally installed the OS I didn't have internet access so I installed the whole thing from the alternate disc and it's very slow, so I'm going to re-install it as minimal-I can access wired internet now.
2 basic concerns:
1- on a computer this old, is it worth upgrading to 10.04LTS or even possible? i.e
install the basic cli then immediately upgrade using the instructions for a server upgrade,
before adding any extra software. I'm being kind of cheap, I just don't want to burn another disc.
2-partitioning, is it worth making a seperate home partition on a HD this small? and is it even possible using the alternate disc, I didn't see that option during a practice run with the cd. Xubu now shows a bit over 17.5 Gb for root with Hardy using about 3 point something and about 730 Kb swap, maybe make it 750 Kb swap, 4 Gb root and the rest as /home? anyway, thanks for any thoughts, suggestions and/or help.