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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again,

I noticed that there is a swap partition, but no fstab. I did not check
if the installer created the root partition and swap partition, or if
they survived from the previous installed system, but I could activate
swap with

sudo swapon /dev/sda2

Best regards
Nio

Den 2014-10-11 15:47, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> Hi Israel,
> 
> I downloaded ToriOS some minutes ago from
> 
> http://torios.org/ISO/ToriOS-alpha-rc2.iso
> 
> It matches the md5sum and the live session works - the overall
> impression is that it works well. I tested in two computers:
> 
> 1. My IBM Thinkpad T41 with Pentium M
> 
> 2. My Toshiba with Intel i5
> 
> Problems
> 
> 1. Clicking on MANUAL failed: Unable to open document (small problem)
> 
> 2. Installing at the advanced OBI level did not work. The old bootloader
> survived the installation (bigger problem)
> 
> But installing at the basic level works (so it should be rather
> straight-forward to debug the advanced OBI level).
> 
> 86 MB RAM at the first boot
> 
> 3. No swap. I suggest that you give it some swap in the default
> installation, particularly since RAM is often the bottleneck in old
> computers. You can use the method in 'my' OBI version until you make
> something better.
> 
> Best regards
> Nio
> 
> 
> 
> Den 2014-10-11 13:12, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> *** :-) ***
>>
>> Den 2014-10-11 06:55, Israel skrev:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am uploading RC2 currently :)
>>> It should be ready for the meeting tomorrow.
>>> I have tested it in a VM multiple times, as well as on a real computer. 
>>> I have not burned it to CD and tested it on the oldest computer.
>>>
>>> So...
>>> It works, though I need a temporary hack to work around an issue... but
>>> it has worked on virtual and real machines of different
>>> configurations... so it *should* work.
>>> It is running a bit higher in memory though :(
>>> It is now close to 78MB .... but we have auto mounting of drives (which
>>> can be disabled through the Autostart)  and power management (same)
>>> So, for a desktop you don't need power management.... really.
>>> And if you don't want automounting you don't *have* to have it.
>>>
>>> But... in all reality it is lean and runs quickly.
>>> We will all need to test this heavily and work out any issues we have
>>> found...  but if this does work (mostly) for everyone then we can bump
>>> this to Beta and fix the minor issues and add the other programs in
>>> before the final release.
>>>
>>> There are so many improvements over the last version... I don't know
>>> what to list :)
>>> Though a lot of those things are 'invisible'  there are some very
>>> visible things
>>>
>>> Wireless should 'just work'.  Shutdown should 'just work'.  Inserting
>>> media should 'just work'.  Sound should 'just work'
>>> If any of those fail, please let me know, so I can look into it.  I will
>>> also be testing this.  I will be installing things and trying to use it
>>> like normal....  I will also install it on the "Tori" Machine... it
>>> currently has a lot of memory [ 128+256 ]  but I will also test it with
>>> less.
>>> I have tested it in a VM with 128 and it works fine (so far anyhow)
>>> I am actually surprised.... it runs a modern OS on those computers, much
>>> like the outdated OS ran... but with modern apps, and security :)
>>> I will let you all know more about my testing later
>>>
>>> On 10/10/2014 11:12 PM, Ali Linx wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 10/08/2014 01:42 PM, Ali Linx wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi again,
>>>>
>>>>> I have asked the team to do so long time back but none has done it so
>>>>> I have done it myself :)
>>>>>
>>>>> We suppose to have a marketing group but this is super inactive and I
>>>>> am not happy about this at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> This action - unlike what you may think of it - is going to be very
>>>>> helpful. We do need more attention. I am not sure how many people are
>>>>> visiting our website per day/week but let's hope if ToriOS will be
>>>>> added to DistroWatch.com ... let's hope this will bring more attention.
>>>>>
>>>>> I shall carry on with doing whatever I could whenever I can to spread
>>>>> the word ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> As per the below forwarded email:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>> Subject: 	ToriOS
>>>>> Date: 	Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:39:19 +1100
>>>>> From: 	Ali Linx <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: 	distro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear DistroWatch Administrators,
>>>>>
>>>>> Greetings :)
>>>>>
>>>>> I am the founder of ToriOS Project:
>>>>> http://torios.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> A side from ToriOS, I am involved with many other projects as well:
>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad
>>>>>
>>>>> We would like to add ToriOS to DistroWatch and yes, I have read:
>>>>> http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=submit
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Ali/amjjawad
>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=links#new
>>>>
>>>> ToriOS now on DistroWatch.com Database and by Monday, let's hope they
>>>> will mention it on the Weekly Updates :D
>>>>
>>>> Being on No.1 GNU/Linux online database is a huge achievement if you
>>>> ask me. If you read the requirements to be listed, I think we have
>>>> completed many if not all so most likely, it will be listed and not
>>>> just sit in the waiting list ... let's hope :)
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Ali/amjjawad
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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