[brlug-general] Home file server help

[Joe Fruchey]

Is there any reason I should need to use ext2/3 for /? The PC I'm on
now is configured exactly the same way I described, but with only two
drives (and a bigger swap partition). Just for the hell of it, I'm
gonna run the dummy LAMP installer with no LVM and see where that
leaves me.

Joe

On 4/26/07, willhill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote:
> It's hard to see what's wrong with if from here, but I'd look at ACPI and your
> partition scheme.  Have you tried turning off ACPI?  You might also use a
> normal partition for your root file system.  A 500 MHz machine should be more
> than adequate for file service.
>
> On Thursday 26 April 2007 11:03 am, Joe Fruchey wrote:
> > I have an old 500MHz Compaq POS  ...
> >
> > The problem (guess I should mention that, huh?) is that right after
> > GRUB, I get "Starting up..." at the top of the screen, then a reboot.
> >
> > At one point (I think with Dapper server) it was working okay. I never
> > got a login, but I could switch to a new console and log in just fine.
> >
> > I've installed an OS on this computer six times in the past two weeks,
> > and I'm sick of it. Anybody got any ideas?
> >
> > Joe
>
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