FC9 for a ASUS Eee 700

[Robert Moskowitz]

Jim wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> I jsuyt purchased a mildly used ASUS Eee 700 (something, seller was 
>>>> not explicit) from ebay.
>>>>
>>>> Has a 4Gb SSD and 512Mb ram. Also an SD slot. It is coming with 
>>>> some Linux (assume Ubuntu?), but want something I am more used to. 
>>>> I would have gone with Centos, but could never get my SD slot on my 
>>>> HP nc4010 working.
>>>>
>>>> So I figured I want a little stablity so I would go with FC9 
>>>> (really 9.5) and I should get enough to fit on that 4Gb drive (2Mb 
>>>> swap for hibernation to swap). And I should be able to get virtual 
>>>> windowing to work so I have a large enough desktop for most things 
>>>> I will be doing.
>>>>
>>>> Is FC9 the way to go, or should I take the dive with FC10? What are 
>>>> others running on their Eee?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have a 700 with 8gb SSd and it's going to be tight to get anything 
>>> on it .
>>> I have FC10 and all hardware has drivers for it in FC10. Easy install.
>>> I would suggest you allocate 3gb to / and 1gb to /home , to get a 
>>> deceit install . 
>> With only 4Gb, I was considering putting it all in one partition, and 
>> not risk a miscalc. Then put most of my work on an SD card. Do larger 
>> SD cards use more power? 8Gb are out, so I could have almost nothing 
>> in /home, and put almost everything on the SD card.
>>
>>
> Using SD cards, for something like that is all fully awkward, I would 
> go ahead and try all on one partition first and see how you would like 
> it, you really need a /home directory to properly function. 
Of course a /home directory, just not in its own partition. Only 3 
partitions: /boot, swap, and /