FC9 for a ASUS Eee 700

[Robert Moskowitz]

Bill Davidsen 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.
>>
>>
> Alternatively the price of 16GB thumb (USB) drives is way down, so you 
> could go that way. Just a thought. 

Bigger, sticks out, and probably draws more power (USB interface).

But yes....

However, I was thinking swap drive size. And I made a major goof....

I recall somewhere that if you are going to use suspend to swap then you 
make your swap 2xRAM. That would be 1Gb, or 1/4th my SSD drive. yuck. 
3Gb would be a tight FC9/10 install...

And I hope to get the unit this week, as monday I leave for IEEE 802.11 
meeting.


hmmmm..... If I have the SD card in at install time, and the install 
recognizes it, I can put the swap drive there????