I tried, computer said it could not boot from it. Maybe it's a faulty floppy? I'll try another one
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The computer seems to boot into Arch live installer, but in the booting process, it reboots.
How do I change the monitor resolution in Arch (running in VM)?
[QUOTE=sim642;24592862]How do I change the monitor resolution in Arch (running in VM)?[/QUOTE]
Guest additions will automatically resize the resolution to your host's resolution, if that's what you want.
[QUOTE=Lego399;24584264]
1. Don't know.
2. Setup a SMTP server
3. BIND[/QUOTE]
Well does anyone know? All the "solutions" I've found through google don't work. And I know that. I was looking for a more detailed process. I've tried a few times but the config files are too confusing. And that goes for the mail and dns server.
Which distro?
It's got nothing to do with it... But debian.
I have plans to go out of state for the winter holidays, and I'm going to have to use someone else's computer. I was thinking about having a Linux install on a USB so that I can still do things my way without changing anything on the laptop. I can't really think of any distros to use outside of SLAX and Puppy, and I'm not savvy enough to do Arch so that's out of the question.
The laptop itself is pretty modern; It has a dual core intel (not sure what) and 2GB RAM. Oh, and the flash drive is 1GB.
Any ideas?
How do you safe kill a process? Tried kill -HUP but it didn't do anything.
Started it via
nohup ./app </dev/null\
so that it would not end when I close putty.
so would it be crazy for me to try to install arch as my first distro?
I'd say it's definitely worth a shot; If it doesn't work out for you, you could always try Ubuntu or Mandriva.
Just found out about "screen" which is great for running programs that don't support running in the background. But how do you quickly go between them? When I do "screen -ls" it shows like 10+ and I want a quick way to go through them and close the unused ones.
read the manpage, you should have an action button like alt+d or something
[QUOTE=KPLZDN;24603551]so would it be crazy for me to try to install arch as my first distro?[/QUOTE]
Nah, it's not crazy. Arch has tons of documentation and people who can help walk you through the difficult parts.
I only tried Fedora and SuSE very briefly before moving on to Gentoo. It's not as difficult as people make it out to be.
[QUOTE=high;24606212]Just found out about "screen" which is great for running programs that don't support running in the background. But how do you quickly go between them? When I do "screen -ls" it shows like 10+ and I want a quick way to go through them and close the unused ones.[/QUOTE]
Ctrl-A <number key>
You can do "Ctrl-A ?" to get a list of commands.
[QUOTE=KPLZDN;24603551]so would it be crazy for me to try to install arch as my first distro?[/QUOTE]
not realy, the wiki is -pretty detailed
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24607395]not realy, the wiki is -pretty detailed[/QUOTE]
I bought the Arch install book. Did my part and contributed $10+$3.99 shipping and handling.
[QUOTE=Lego399;24584264]Oh shit. Now I remember your thread about Sabayon :o[/QUOTE]
Yeah, back in the days when it was basically Gentoo-for-idiots and didn't have it's own home-grown package management system built in that's shit anyway (what the fuck, binary packages? In Gentoo?). I really don't get Sabayon now.
Alright guys, I'm sold... I'm dl'ing the Arch Linux ISO, I'll try it out as soon as it finishes :D
AND I've got the Gentoo ISO too, I'ma try it out at work, as a VM... that way I'll get to see both distros at the same time
Any recommendations/suggestions?
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24627993]Alright guys, I'm sold... I'm dl'ing the Arch Linux ISO, I'll try it out as soon as it finishes :D
AND I've got the Gentoo ISO too, I'ma try it out at work, as a VM... that way I'll get to see both distros at the same time
Any recommendations/suggestions?[/QUOTE]
Delete the Gentoo iso.
Use this: [url]http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide[/url]
[QUOTE=Ca5bah;24635431]Delete the Gentoo iso.[/QUOTE]
LMAO!! :v:
Oh c'mon I'd like to give it a chance... it can't be that bad, can it?
[QUOTE=eXeC64;24636207]Use this: [URL]http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide[/URL][/QUOTE]
Yup, I was going to print both Gentoo and Arch installation guides :D
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24636352]LMAO!! :v:
Oh c'mon I'd like to give it a chance... it can't be that bad, can it?
Yup, I was going to print both Gentoo and Arch installation guides :D[/QUOTE]
It just isn't worth it imo. You end up compiling literally everything with Gentoo when you could just use Arch and set everything up from scratch with the kernel already compiled.
[QUOTE=Ca5bah;24636386]It just isn't worth it imo. You end up compiling literally everything with Gentoo when you could just use Arch and set everything up from scratch with the kernel already compiled.[/QUOTE]
Oh I have to compile the kernel too? I didn't know that...
Ok I'll start with Arch and later on I'll set up a VM with Gentoo, let's see how it goes... the whole purpose of this is because I'd like to learn more about Linux and how it works...
Thanks, man, I appreciate it!
KNOPPIX (yes, I actually used a live CD as an OS for school at one point)>Slackware>Ubuntu>Fedora>Arch>Fedora. I'm dualbooting Fedora 13 and Win7, but I only use Windows for Steam, as soon as Valve ports it to Linux, my windows partitions are gone.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24636352]Oh c'mon I'd like to give it a chance... it can't be that bad, can it?[/QUOTE]
It's a great learning experience and it can be useful if you want to do some really, really weird installations (i.e. linux on diesel-powered toaster-oven, linux on dead badger, etc.), but it's just a massive time-sink if you're running it on an x86 desktop.
The fact that it's a meta-distribution rather than a full distro with an installer makes it easy to do junk that would be difficult with other distros. I once installed it on an XBox over an SFTP session. Something that would've been near-impossible with Ubuntu.
From-source allows it to work on tons of architectures, so you can run it on x86, PPC, SPARC, or even ARM.
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;24642800]It's a great learning experience and it can be useful if you want to do some really, really weird installations (i.e. linux on diesel-powered toaster-oven, linux on dead badger, etc.), but it's just a massive time-sink if you're running it on an x86 desktop.
The fact that it's a meta-distribution rather than a full distro with an installer makes it easy to do junk that would be difficult with other distros. I once installed it on an XBox over an SFTP session. Something that would've been near-impossible with Ubuntu.
From-source allows it to work on tons of architectures, so you can run it on x86, PPC, SPARC, or even ARM.[/QUOTE]
Well I was going to give it a try mainly because it'd be a learning experience for me, since I've never built a Linux system from the ground up, but I see your point.
Thx man! :D
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BTW... Gentoo on an XBOX? lmao! :v:
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24643722]BTW... Gentoo on an XBOX? lmao! :v:[/QUOTE]
Best part was it was my friend's XBox and he gave me ssh access. I used it for little pranks like running "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp" remotely. :v:
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;24645009]"cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp"[/QUOTE]
you are a terrible person
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24645086]you are a terrible person[/QUOTE]
I know :)
I just found "cat /usr/share/icons/*/* > /dev/dsp" on the interwebs. It sounds [b]awesome[/b].
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;24645303]cat /usr/share/icons/*/* > /dev/dsp[/QUOTE]
That sounds crazy as hell :v:
Ok, first I'm going to try and install Arch on an old-ass comp I have, let's see what happens...
If I feel up to the challenge, I'll dive into Gentoo, how does that sound? :D
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;24646761]That sounds crazy as hell :v:
Ok, first I'm going to try and install Arch on an old-ass comp I have, let's see what happens...
If I feel up to the challenge, I'll dive into Gentoo, how does that sound? :D[/QUOTE]
Sounds good.
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