On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Alex <mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed FC13 on an AMD Phenom II 1090 six-core box using > the desktop system settings, and I have a few questions. I'm not sure > I like the configuration, and will probably reinstall. > > - Is it possible to pass arguments to mkfs during install, so I can > limit the size of the reserved blocks? I have a 1TB disk, and I > believe the default is 5% for ext4, meaning 500MB is wasted. tune2fs are your friend > - If I choose the option during install to use all the available disk > space, it splits it into two partitions, one for root and one for > /home. What is the sense of that for a desktop system? Why not just > create one large partition? because you can install a new version of fedora and your data will be at /home, you can format all other partitions and have a clean install without wiping your data > > - Power management doesn't work. Instead of the computer going to > sleep, the CPU fan spins very fast, faster than it did even during the > install. > > - What is the program that was used to generate the hardware profile > during install? There were quite a few "unknown" entries, and I'd like > to figure out which those were. lspci does not show all the > information that was shown during the install, and all those entries > were pretty well defined. It is running on an Asus Crossfire IV board. > > - I have an Sapphire HD5770 video board with 1GB. It's a dual-headed > card. Does the X server support two monitors with this card? > > - I have to install Windows 7 on this computer as well. Should I > install Windows 7 first, then install fedora, and use grub as the > bootloader? Will fedora automatically configure the dual-boot if it > detects Windows on the disk already? > > - Is USB3.0 supported in fedora? I know the kernel has had it for > quite some time. > > Thanks, > Alex > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- ------------ Itamar Reis Peixoto -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
