Recent content by vbgunz

@mv2devnull I wouldn't say I solved it *but* this morning, just waking up I checked the manual and threw on the 'c' option (Switch off DOS-compatible mode. (Recommended)). Luck would have it using the -luc option, those errors aren't there *but* my heads/sectors is still switched from 32/32 to...

This is what my partition table looked like in fdisk -lu before messing with Windows. Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3815458 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512...

@alaricljs I just gotta say thank you! Again! Really, I appreciate your time, insight and demystifying wisdom. It's all been very much appreciated. I'd be unaligned without you :)

Personally I will not in any way really listen to this. I didn't get a pickup truck so not to pick stuff up or an off-road vehicle to stay on the road. I got a fast drive so everything that goes on a drive is fast. Period. If OCZ didn't want me to use the drive for hibernation (which is blazing)...

@alaricljs I think I did it all thanks to you and that formula. I hope I got it right this time. Check it out, what do you think? sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda* /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 7740 MB in 2.00 seconds = 3870.92 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 638 MB in 3.00 seconds =...

Brother, I did this for so long it ain't funny. If I follow your steps exactly *but* call fdisk like so fdisk -cu /dev/sda I get all these notices. **but** if I simply call fdisk -like this fdisk -u /dev/sda and follow your directions again to the letter, I size everything up exactly as before...

@alaricljs I followed your guide as best I could in a virtual machine *before* I attempt to do this on the disk and some issues are popping up. I am not certain what in the world is happening. When using fdisk -lu, there is no overlapping but fdisk -l says different. Disk /dev/sdb: 64.4...

@alaricljs Something about your guide is absolutely amazing. Here is what I mean. Following your formula for the first partition works out exactly the way you describe. But I got some questions. I hope their basic but if I got this correct you are a god. I mean this, cause you've really cleared...

@dmoney1980 I only got this disk to try and improve my hibernation/resume experience. Putting / on there was a side effect of getting a 60GB disk to be honest. As for wear and tear there is just so much floating around about it, the only way I can really find out is to just use it exactly as...

@sub.mesa sda is the SSD and sdb is the HDD. This is what fdisk -l shows Disk /dev/sdb: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size...

I got the OCZ Vertex 2 just 2 days ago and today all seems well. I'll do a comparison in the sense of my user experience so far. I have no benchmarks to prove any of this *but* I don't personally even care too much for real numbers. I only care about perception. So it doesn't matter if I can...

I went ahead and ordered the Vertex 2 from OCZ. I just want to put my / and /swap on there and be done with it. I honestly expect for 50% of this disk to go unused but decided on getting the 60GB because you never know. I forgot what article it was on this site but an article none-the-less...

@alaricljs I mostly play MP games e.g., L4D2. By the way, I never hibernate/suspend/resume Windows and don't expect for it to ever see the disk. This disk is targeted for use only in Kubuntu.

@alaricljs I hibernate up to twice a day as I dual boot into Windows 7 and I love returning to my previous state every time. I suspend to ram at night automatically and in between uses when my intent is to power down but start back up in Kubuntu and do it fast. Hibernation/Resuming is probably...

To address the 16GB of swap, well, maybe I am old school *but* I have 8GB of memory in my machine. The adage safe bet when it comes to swap is to simply double what you have in RAM. My aim at getting an SSD definitely involves 16GB being dedicated to it. My usage is for the...