On Monday 19 March 2018 21:37:42 Felix Miata wrote: > William Morder composed on 2018-03-19 21:18 (UTC-0700): > > Yes, running Debian Jessie 8.10 or whatever is the most recent update. I > > was wondering about how to format root. I am used to ext2 for root > > partition from older Ubuntu versions, but I see everybody using ext3 or > > ext4 now, so this might be part of the problem. > > Formatting / is usually a default option in any Linux installer, but they > tend to format the same type, which in your case is not desirable. Just be > sure to specify / get formatted and /home not. > > > It is 32-bit because I installed a new motherboard, and that is all that > > was available for cheap. I've always run 64-bit before. > > > > Any quick commands to find out CPU, chipset and gfxchip? And yes, some of > > it is old (I did say it's a Frankenstein), but my motherboard is pretty > > new. > > lspci # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet (rev b0) > or > > inxi -v4 # inxi -v4 System: Host: debian Kernel: 3.16.0-5-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.8.4) Desktop: N/A Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8 Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5GC-VM v: Rev x.xx serial: MS1C79B00G03073 Bios: American Megatrends v: 0407 date: 09/22/2008 CPU: Dual core Intel Pentium Dual E2200 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 8800 Clock Speeds: 1: 2200 MHz 2: 2200 MHz Graphics: Card: Intel 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 131x31 Advanced Data: N/A for root Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1 v: 2.1.3 bus-ID: 02:00.0 IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1d:60:7f:8e:50 Card-2: ZyDAS ZD1211B 802.11g driver: zd1211rw v: 1.0 usb-ID: 005-004 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:02:72:1b:a5:2d Drives: HDD Total Size: 7109.6GB (83.5% used) ID-1: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD15EADS size: 1500.3GB temp: 44C ID-2: /dev/sdd model: WDC_WD20EADS size: 2000.4GB temp: 44C ID-3: /dev/sda model: HTS541010G9SA00 size: 100.0GB temp: 32C ID-4: /dev/sdc model: ST31500341AS size: 1500.3GB temp: 32C ID-5: USB /dev/sde model: 10EAVS_External size: 1000.2GB temp: 0C ID-6: USB /dev/sdf model: 10EAVS_External size: 1000.2GB temp: 0C ID-7: USB /dev/sdg model: COBY_MP3_Player size: 8.1GB temp: 0C Partition: ID-1: / size: 17G used: 16G (100%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1 ID-2: /home size: 72G used: 27G (40%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda3 ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.00GB used: 3.40GB (85%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 Info: Processes: 374 Uptime: 14:57 Memory: 1390.6/2015.1MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.1.28 I only have 2 gb of RAM. I have extra memory sticks, but they are taken from my old 64-bit system. In another few months, I hope to upgrade the memory, when I can afford it, and to buy an external hard drive (at least 2-3 TB), so that I can transfer files to that, and gradually clean up excess, make everything more secure, etc. But for now, this is what I have to work with. > cat /proc/cpuinfo # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz stepping : 13 microcode : 0xa4 cpu MHz : 2200.000 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu 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 lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm bogomips : 4400.45 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz stepping : 13 microcode : 0xa1 cpu MHz : 2200.000 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu 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 lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm bogomips : 4400.45 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: > can be misleading to the uninitiated, but does report whether limited to > 32-bit or not. I don't see anything unusual here, but maybe others are better able to decipher the information. Bill