new[to me ]box

[vinnywright]

OK so I just got my hands on this dell desktop ,,,,,, a virused up win 7 box given to me for retreving the pictures from

kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo lshw kubuntu                   
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: Inspiron 560 (0)
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    version: 00
    serial: 48N7WR1
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 smp-1.4 smp
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 family=0 sku=0 uuid=44454C4C-3800-104E-8037-B4C04F575231
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 018D1Y
       vendor: Dell Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: A00
       serial: ..CN7509316E028D.
       slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.                                                                                                                                                        
     *-firmware                                                                                                                                                                            
          description: BIOS                                                                                                                                                                
          vendor: Dell Inc.                                                                                                                                                                
          physical id: 0                                                                                                                                                                   
          version: A06                                                                                                                                                                     
          date: 12/01/2010                                                                                                                                                                 
          size: 64KiB                                                                                                                                                                      
          capacity: 960KiB                                                                                                                                                                 
          capabilities: pci apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb zipboot biosbootspecification
     *-cpu:0                                                                                                                                                                               
          description: CPU                                                                                                                                                                 
          product: Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E6700  @ 3.20GHz                                                                                                                         
          vendor: Intel Corp.                                                                                                                                                              
          physical id: 4                                                                                                                                                                   
          bus info: cpu@0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
          version: 6.7.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
          serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
          slot: CPU 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
          size: 3203MHz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
          capacity: 3203MHz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
          width: 64 bits                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
          clock: 266MHz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
          capabilities: x86-64 boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
          configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 id=1 threads=2
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 5
             slot: L1-Cache
             size: 64KiB
             capacity: 64KiB
             capabilities: internal write-back data
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 6
             slot: L2-Cache
             size: 2MiB
             capacity: 2MiB
             capabilities: internal write-back unified
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 21
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 6GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
             product: M378B5773DH0-CH9
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 0
             serial: 93593465
             slot: DIMM0
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
             product: M378B5773DH0-CH9
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 1
             serial: 9359346B
             slot: DIMM1
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
             product: M378B5773DH0-CH9
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 2
             serial: 93593463
             slot: DIMM2
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: ModulePartNumber03
             vendor: Manufacturer03
             physical id: 3
             serial: SerNum03
             slot: DIMM3
     *-cpu:1
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@1
          version: 6.7.10
          serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
          size: 1603MHz
          capacity: 1603MHz
          capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
          configuration: id=1
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             capabilities: logical
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 03
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-display:0
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:fe400000-fe7fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:dc00(size=8)
        *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Display controller
             product: 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:fe900000-fe9fffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 ioport:d880(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:21 ioport:d800(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 memory:feafa000-feafa3ff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:45 memory:feaf4000-feaf7fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:f0200000(size=2097152)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:feb00000-febfffff ioport:fdf00000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: eth4
                version: 03
                serial: 18:03:73:01:3c:0f
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw ip=192.168.2.5 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:43 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:fdfff000-fdffffff memory:fdff8000-fdffbfff memory:febe0000-febfffff
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 ioport:d400(size=32)
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:d080(size=32)
        *-usb:5
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=32)
        *-usb:6
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:feaf8000-feaf83ff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: 90
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:42 ioport:cc00(size=8) ioport:c880(size=4) ioport:c800(size=8) ioport:c480(size=4) ioport:c400(size=32) memory:feaf2000-feaf27ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:feaf0000-feaf00ff ioport:400(size=32)
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: ST31000524AS
             vendor: Seagate
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: JC47
             serial: 9VPDNFDE
             size: 931GiB (1TB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=7c73ef24
           *-volume:0
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                version: 3.1
                serial: b654-2c60
                size: 98MiB
                capacity: 100MiB
                capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2012-10-06 11:04:17 filesystem=ntfs label=System Reserved state=clean
           *-volume:1
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                logical name: /media/BC7263F37263B136
                version: 3.1
                serial: e45513ab-4eb7-8f4f-a8ac-3f0e092f7ebc
                size: 931GiB
                capacity: 931GiB
                capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2012-10-06 11:04:41 filesystem=ntfs mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 3
          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD-RAM writer
             product: DVD+-RW GH70N
             vendor: HL-DT-ST
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/cdrw
             logical name: /dev/dvd
             logical name: /dev/dvdrw
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: A101
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
     *-scsi:2
          physical id: 5
          bus info: usb@2:1
          logical name: scsi6
          capabilities: emulated scsi-host
          configuration: driver=usb-storage
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             size: 14GiB (16GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=000c1e7d
           *-volume
                description: Windows FAT volume
                vendor: SYSLINUX
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sdb1
                logical name: /cdrom
                version: FAT32
                serial: 5252-f959
                size: 14GiB
                capacity: 14GiB
                capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
                configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
     *-scsi:3
          physical id: 6
          bus info: usb@2:5
          logical name: scsi7
          capabilities: emulated scsi-host
          configuration: driver=usb-storage
        *-disk:0
             description: SCSI Disk
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdc
             configuration: sectorsize=512
        *-disk:1
             description: SCSI Disk
             physical id: 0.0.1
             bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
             logical name: /dev/sdd
             configuration: sectorsize=512
        *-disk:2
             description: SCSI Disk
             physical id: 0.0.2
             bus info: scsi@7:0.0.2
             logical name: /dev/sde
             configuration: sectorsize=512
        *-disk:3
             description: SCSI Disk
             physical id: 0.0.3
             bus info: scsi@7:0.0.3
             logical name: /dev/sdf
             configuration: sectorsize=512

with the nice big 1TB drive I think it will be the new medea box !

So Im thinking at the moment of just doing a simpell 2 kubuntu's swap and storage partition layout like this

1-primary OS kubuntu-14.04 with /home 30Gib ext4
2-secondary Kubuntu-? with /home 30Gib ext4
3-swap 6Gib
4-storage ext4 with the usual /home folders (Documents,pictures,ect,,,,)linked to the installes /homes ,,,,,size , rest of drive

any thoughts suggestons ?

VINNY

[MoonRise]

Would the secondary be some kind of "back up" of the primary OS install or actually another "test" section? Either way or not, That is close to how I have mine set other than I gave the OS 50 GB because of MS horrors I have had in the past so that now I always go over a certain % of what I think it should be.

[vinnywright]

Would the secondary be some kind of "back up" of the primary OS install or actually another "test" section? Either way or not, That is close to how I have mine set other than I gave the OS 50 GB because of MS horrors I have had in the past so that now I always go over a certain % of what I think it should be.

yes,,,,,,not a back up but a second install (I like to have a second choice if something goes wrong with the first ,,)

they (the installs) will have a second DE as well (fluxbox)

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

With that big hard drive, why not learn and use btrfs?

[vinnywright]

With that big hard drive, why not learn and use btrfs?

I was thinking of trying btrfs ,,,,,,,but the wife wanted it up and running ASAP ,,,,,so I wint with what I know .

all in all it was pane less and quick ,,,,,, I loaded up the 14.04-beta-1 .iso used the KDE-partition manager to delete the 2 NTFS partitions and made 4 primary partitions 1 30Gig for 14.04 , 1 30Gig for a secondary install , 1 for 6Gig of swap(in case I wish to suspend to ram) , and the rest of the drive for storage .
when that had finished I started the installer chose the manual method at the disk set-up stage and pointed it at /dev/sda1.
in the mane install the storage partition , /dev/sda4 is mounted @ /mnt/disk and all the ~/ directory’s (Music,Downloads,ect,ect) are links to their counterparts in /mnt/disk.

the hole thing took less than an hour ......... then added muon package manager (WTF did thay not include that on the .iso I do not know) SSH and opened dolphin to network>add nework folder>ssh and attached /home/vinny on the laptop , and am currently transferring files from the laptop to the desktop with sftp and drag and drop in a split pain dolphin ,,,,,,,,nice

I only get about 1.8-2Mib/sec transfer speed but I have time.

VINNY

[MoonRise]

[oshunluvr]

Not that it would have been any faster, but trying btrfs would have meant only 2 partitions - 6GB swap and the rest a single partition with the btrfs filesystem. The install would have left you with 2 subvolumes "@" and "@home". You could then - at your leisure - rename the subvolumes (I detailed how to do this in a thread here) and install Kubuntu (or another distro) to the same filesystem. It's pretty slick. Only downside is not all distros support direct-to-btrfs install, none but *buntus support the automatic subvolume creation for home, and none allow the user to name the subvolumes at install time.

Maybe next time...

[vinnywright]

Not that it would have been any faster, but trying btrfs would have meant only 2 partitions - 6GB swap and the rest a single partition with the btrfs filesystem. The install would have left you with 2 subvolumes "@" and "@home". You could then - at your leisure - rename the subvolumes (I detailed how to do this in a thread here) and install Kubuntu (or another distro) to the same filesystem. It's pretty slick. Only downside is not all distros support direct-to-btrfs install, none but *buntus support the automatic subvolume creation for home, and none allow the user to name the subvolumes at install time.

Maybe next time...

I know you did ,,,,,,I read all your threads and a vary nice explanation it was .

one of the things that held me back from trying it this time was not being sure how other distros may handle btrfs ,,,,,,,and I do like to play.

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

one of the things that held me back from trying it this time was not being sure how other distros may handle btrfs

yeah, that's definitely an issue. I asked the editorial staff of Linux Voice to add btrfs features to their reviews of distros. Hopefully, we will see more direct support in the future.

[vinnywright]

OMG ,,, this new Media box is just swimming in awesome berry awesome sauce awesomeness ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Kubuntu-14.04 + XBMC ,,,,,,, AWESOME

1 monitor (VGA cable) and 1 38" VIZIO TV (HDMI) both at 1920x1080








and Rocking out








these screen shots just dont do it justest ,,,, it DLs all it's own cover art and media info ,,, that 3D bar graff is spining in the middle and will use project-M and others ,,, weather info ,,,and on and on .


☢VINNY☢

[MoonRise]