Windows 10, Yay or Nay?

[Father Guido]

Buy yourself a cheap hard drive and then have at it. If it goes kerflooey, then just pop the original drive back in the box and you're no worse for wear.

Yup. "Crash and burn" is how I learned (since DOS and RedHat non-gui). Disks are pretty cheap these days, so do not be afraid to experiment. Partitioning is easy once you get over the fear of FUBAR. (G)parted is the best...

 

[Dngrsone]

Better than Partition Magic... OMG, what a fluster cluck that turned out.

 

[Bg260]

Switched to legacy BIOS

Link plz

With 4GB RAM, you can only sign zips up to 840MB.. FYI that's a reason I'm running 16GB..

This is definitely something I need to know. So no ported Touch Wiz Roms

 

[Bg260]

Crash and burn was how I learned Android. With a $20 SII I rescued. This is slightly different.

 

[lunatic59]

Link plz


This is definitely something I need to know. So no ported Touch Wiz Roms

That depends on the Bios. It will most likely be under boot options

 

[Bg260]

Better than Partition Magic... OMG, what a fluster cluck that turned out.

I used mini tool partition wiz to achieve the configuration shown.

 

[bcrichster]

Link plz


This is definitely something I need to know. So no ported Touch Wiz Roms

My bad.. 850MB - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=67058077

Legacy BIOS is for 32 bit..

 

[Bg260]

Wise man once said "To achieve success in life....avoid messing with s**t you don't understand". This is my predicament.

 

[Father Guido]

Heh, "no ballz - no blue chips" grasshopper

Seriously, it's worth the effort. I learn something new everyday...

 

[Father Guido]

I used mini tool partition wiz to achieve the configuration shown.

No support for ext4 that I can see. I'll stick with gparted.

EDIT: The best live distro for disk ops IMO is PartedMagic. Not free anymore, but worth a few $ to support the effort. Note: These tools can be used in most any Linux distro if you take the time to install them.

 

[Bg260]

Thanks All.
I'm going to play mindless games for a while, let the brain cells regenerate. I'll hit it again tomorrow.

 

[Bg260]

Update: I successfully ........ saw the Lm boot logo. That's as far as I got. Forgot to format partition.

 

[lunatic59]

No support for ext4 that I can see. I'll stick with gparted.

EDIT: The best live distro for disk ops IMO is PartedMagic. Not free anymore, but worth a few $ to support the effort. Note: These tools can be used in most any Linux distro if you take the time to install them.

^^ This.

I always keep a live USB flashdrive with me. It has been indispensable on numerous occasions. Not only can you edit partitions but you can clone drives including windows installations.

 

[Bg260]

I'm not excited about it, but I'm going to try it with Ubuntu. Rumor has it, it's the most compatible, idk how, with win 10.

 

[Dngrsone]

I prefer Mint over Ubuntu, but yeah, it's a bit easier on people transitioning away from Win

 

[lunatic59]

Never been a big Ubuntu fan myself, but since Ubuntu and Mint are both Debian derivatives, whatever

 

[Dngrsone]

Yeah, don't you sometimes wish all those Linux people would just stop forking around?

 

[Bg260]

Maybe my image has been corrupted somehow. Last time I tried I got a stream of data. Similar to logcat. I was to frustrated to write it. something about dev/srb not found? About 100 times maybe. Then I saw something about busybox and my heart skipped....finally something I recognized.

Ok, rebooted:
1. Start linux mint 17.3
2. Start Linux Mint (Compatibility Mode)
3. Check the Integrity of the Medium.
?
went with 1 last time

 

[Dngrsone]

Start with 3... always check to make sure your download went good.

Then, if it passed, go with 1.

 

[Bg260]

[0.040323] Ignoring BGRT: Invalid status 0 (expected 1)
[20.5516979] ACPI PCC probe failed
BusyBox v1.21,1 (Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) built in shell (ash)
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

The last two are familiar...
Is my ASUS pre-conditioned for ubuntu? Or is my image bunged?

 

[lunatic59]

What brand of flash drive are you using to boot from? I've had some HP sticks in the past that would do this.

 

[Bg260]

Yeah

What brand of flash drive are you using to boot from? I've had some HP sticks in the past that would do this.

about that...walgreen's.

I'm ready to go now, what brand would you suggest?
Probably not the $0.25/Gb brand I would imagine.

 

[lunatic59]

Um ... [fighting the urge to make a comment about Wal-anything] ... okay. You might try something a little more mainstream.

 

[Bg260]

They were on sale. Could..not..resist...low........prices
The 16 year old check-out Girl said they were fine.

 

[Dngrsone]

LOL... Yeah, I think your image is bunged.

Can't testify as to the quality of your thumb-drive, though I do recommend a branded one.