I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas. But before I
go out there and buy something, I thought I would solicit some advice. I want
a 64-bit system (amd64) on which I plan to install Debian. I will use it
primarily for two things:
(1) As a host system for Hercules. Hercu
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:31:15 -0500 (EST)
Stephen Powell wrote:
> Does anyone wish to contribute any opinions? Anything from general
> advice to specific hardware recommendations is welcome. And feel
> free to ask follow-up questions.
>
Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM 27 inch monitor, it is nice to ha
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote:
> I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas. But
> [snip]
>
> (1) As a host system for Hercules. Hercules is an open source
> [snip]
>
> (2) This system will also double as a desktop system. I'm not a
> [snip]
>
> Does anyone wi
On 12/13/2013 05:31 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas. ...
I want a 64-bit system (amd64) on which I plan to install Debian. I will use it
primarily for two things:
(1) As a host system for Hercules. Hercules is an open source program (pack
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:21:22 -0500 (EST), Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote:
>>
>> I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas. But
>> [snip]
>>
>> (1) As a host system for Hercules. Hercules is an open source
>> [snip]
>>
>> (2) This syste
On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:39:04 -0500 (EST), David Christensen wrote:
>
> I did something similar ~1.5 years ago. I wanted virtualization,
> whole-drive encryption, on-board video, on-board sound, on-board
> Gigabit, and reduced energy consumption/ noise.
You have requirements that I don't have.
On Dec 14, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> I have a four-year college degree in Electrical Engineering. I graduated
> a long time ago, and my degree is probably not marketable for anything
> other than engineering management at this point, but at least I have the
> background. My "da
On 12/14/2013 09:05 AM, Glenn English wrote:
Over the past decade or so, I've had amazingly good luck with plain old low-end
Dell tower servers (small business area).
+1 on used Dell Optiplex, Precision, and PowerEdge products.
David
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:21:22 -0500 (EST), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote:
> >>
> >> I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas.
> >> But [snip]
> >>
> >> (1) As a host system for Hercules.
On 12/14/2013 10:48 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:21:22 -0500 (EST), Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Stephen Powell wrote:
I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas.
But [sni
Hi Stephen,
Have you been eagerly anticipating my reply to your hardware thread? I
hope I don't disappoint. :)
On 12/14/2013 7:23 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:39:04 -0500 (EST), David Christensen wrote:
...
>>> I'd like it to have a usable CSM, so I can continue to run my f
On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:30:43 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
> Have you been eagerly anticipating my reply to your hardware thread? I
> hope I don't disappoint. :)
I was hoping you would participate, yes. But I didn't want to presume.
>
> Here is a complete list of quality DIY parts that w
On 12/15/2013 10:56 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:30:43 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
...
> Wow, you even managed to get a monitor thrown in and still make the
> ~$500 target. I was expecting to pay around $500 for the system only,
> with the monitor costing extra.
Yeah
On 12/15/2013 03:07 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> You're welcome. If you decide to go this route and you run into any
> trouble getting it going, don't hesitate to email me off list. I may
> not respond quickly but I'll respond. You said it's been a while since
> you built a system, so add a static
On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:07:33 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
> I was figuring you'd probably do the install from a USB stick and I
> threw the DVD drive in as an afterthought. So yes, the ASUS burner
> above would be perfect. Over 4,000 sold and a 5 egg rating. Can't get
> any better than t
On 12/15/2013 5:44 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:07:33 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>
>> I was figuring you'd probably do the install from a USB stick and I
>> threw the DVD drive in as an afterthought. So yes, the ASUS burner
>> above would be perfect. Over 4,000 sold
Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Cool. Make sure you partition the SSD so that your first, and all,
> partitions start on a 4KB boundary. Many guides are available for your
> favorite partitioning tool. Linux does all IO in 4KB pages including
> filesystem and swap. If you don't align to 4KB you may get
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
>
> I have decided to buy a 64-bit system for myself for Christmas. But before I
> go out there and buy something, I thought I would solicit some advice. I want
> a 64-bit system (amd64) on which I plan to install Debian. I will use it
> prima
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:18:14 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
>>
>> I'd like it to have a usable CSM, so I can continue to run my favorite boot
>> loader,
>> LILO. And I plan to partition the disk using the traditional MS-DOS disk
>> partitioning s
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:18:14 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
>>>
>>> I'd like it to have a usable CSM, so I can continue to run my favorite boot
>>> loader,
>>> LILO. And I plan to partiti
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:13:16 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
> Cool. Make sure you partition the SSD so that your first, and all,
> partitions start on a 4KB boundary. Many guides are available for your
> favorite partitioning tool. Linux does all IO in 4KB pages including
> filesystem and swap.
On 12/16/2013 10:12 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:13:16 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>
>> Cool. Make sure you partition the SSD so that your first, and all,
>> partitions start on a 4KB boundary. Many guides are available for your
>> favorite partitioning tool. Linux does al
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:12:35 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote:
>
> ...
> my existing disk partitions, created by the Debian installer,
> look like this:
>
> # parted /dev/i2o/hda unit s print free
> Model: I2O Controller (i2o)
> Disk /dev/i2o/hda: 286748672s
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:13:16 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>
>> Cool. Make sure you partition the SSD so that your first, and all,
>> partitions start on a 4KB boundary. Many guides are available for your
>> favorite partitioning tool. Linux
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