Hi there,
My vista install just failed again - well its the first time on this pc, but vista has failed on other PCs in the past.
I am running Ubuntu 7.10 64-bit off a live cd at the moment and it's allowing me to get on the internet and try to find solutions to my problems etc...and it runs fast enough to do what I want. I can watch videos whilst i find the solution which is always good.
Basically, I want to create a Linux install for when my PC breaks and I NEED to do something, or for when I fancy using Linux.
My machine is a decent enough laptop...4GB (which is why 64bit), T7520, 8600GT....its a DELL XPS M1530.
Since you can get a 4GB Class 4 SDHC card for under £8 now, I thought it would be nice to install it onto that and just insert/remove it when I need to use Linux. I assume 4GB would be enough for a Ubuntu linux install? Yes? No? I am thinking of going without a SWAP as I have 4GB? Bad idea?
Would the SDHC card be fast enough for a decent speed in linux? I mean, I know I am using a live cd at the moment and thats ok, but I was kinda hoping for a bit quicker speed (hence the decision to install, rather than creating my own livecd).
Was looking here: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/diskbenchmarks, and it has a read speed of 15.40MB/s, which I assume is a lot more than a CD read speed. Out of interest, does anyone know what the CD read speed is?
So....any thoughts?
Thanks.
EDIT:
How do you setup Wireless LAN on Ubuntu?
My vista install just failed again - well its the first time on this pc, but vista has failed on other PCs in the past.
I am running Ubuntu 7.10 64-bit off a live cd at the moment and it's allowing me to get on the internet and try to find solutions to my problems etc...and it runs fast enough to do what I want. I can watch videos whilst i find the solution which is always good.
Basically, I want to create a Linux install for when my PC breaks and I NEED to do something, or for when I fancy using Linux.
My machine is a decent enough laptop...4GB (which is why 64bit), T7520, 8600GT....its a DELL XPS M1530.
Since you can get a 4GB Class 4 SDHC card for under £8 now, I thought it would be nice to install it onto that and just insert/remove it when I need to use Linux. I assume 4GB would be enough for a Ubuntu linux install? Yes? No? I am thinking of going without a SWAP as I have 4GB? Bad idea?
Would the SDHC card be fast enough for a decent speed in linux? I mean, I know I am using a live cd at the moment and thats ok, but I was kinda hoping for a bit quicker speed (hence the decision to install, rather than creating my own livecd).
Was looking here: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/diskbenchmarks, and it has a read speed of 15.40MB/s, which I assume is a lot more than a CD read speed. Out of interest, does anyone know what the CD read speed is?
So....any thoughts?
Thanks.
EDIT:
How do you setup Wireless LAN on Ubuntu?
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