ebrke Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I again had a kernel panic on my o-l-d Dell GX260 with openSuSE 13.1, and this time I couldn't boot into previous kernel either. Finally investigated and realized that my /boot partition was probably now too small (2MG remaining!). Many years ago (probably 10 by now), I spent a lot of time determining how I was going to set up my very first linux install and decided for reasons now forgotten to have a separate /boot partition. I've had the same experience with running out of space in /boot at least once before. This machine has 2 hdd, so this time I completely wiped sda which still had a win2k install, got rid of a 3rd party boot mgr I'd had for donkey's years and installed openSuSE 13.1 with just /root and /home. Fast install as usual--55 min for the network install and another hour for all the updates. My /home from the crashed 13.1 install on sdb was available to be copied to the new install on sda. I'm determined to keep this old hardware running until it fails--I bought it in late 2003, almost 11 years ago. It still chugs along pretty well with an Xfce desktop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I have driven a 1982 Chevy pickup truck for 28 years now. I understand completely. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 We still have some very old computers around here running Linux. Just got a P4 with 256MB RAM that still functions. LOL! At least your P4 has 512MB RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 We still have some very old computers around here running Linux. Just got a P4 with 256MB RAM that still functions. LOL! At least your P4 has 512MB RAM. In linux, this is known as a "Brute"! ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I have never heard that and couldn't find anything on Google. Do you have a link that talks about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) We still have some very old computers around here running Linux. Just got a P4 with 256MB RAM that still functions. LOL! At least your P4 has 512MB RAM. Actually has 1GB--this was paid for from my now-defunct business bank account, and I pulled out all the stops and took just about every upgrade. Edited August 1, 2014 by ebrke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 In linux, this is known as a "Brute"! ;-) brute adjective \ˈbrüt\ : very strong or forceful Sorry about that. I was being "tongue in cheek": Definition of TONGUE-IN-CHEEK : characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I did 5 updates today, including firefox and everything went well.But there were no kernel upgrade. Until not that long ago I had a /boot partition that was only 512 MB or so but I used to keep it fairly clean i.e. deleting the entries for old kernels ( after I had saved the whole "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" or "/boot/grub/menu.lst" file somewhere else.). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Actually has 1GB--this was paid for from my now-defunct business bank account, and I pulled out all the stops and took just about every upgrade. Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 After a recent cleanup my oldest machine now dates from 2005 - a Dell Optiplex 620. It was a beast back in its early days - Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz, 3GB of DDR2 RAM. I got it as an off lease machine in 2008 and it ran Windows XP Pro for many years. I installed a low profile Nvidia 8400GS card in it because its only weak point is cruddy Intel integrated graphics. A machine like this can run a 64 bit Linux O/S with no problem at all. I have just put Debian Wheezy on it, and the Nouveau FOSS driver works just fine to give me a good 3D display. I don't think I'll be bothered with the proprietary driver. To be honest most of the recent developments in desktop technology have been in APUs, or CPU die shrinks rather than performance. The old stuff uses more juice, but it works pretty well. One of my other desktops has an AMD Athlon 64 X2 and it is also a good performer with 64 bit Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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