Re: blind-arch findings

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run lsblk and check its output before running ./install if you want to
know about your drives.


On Tue, 31 Aug 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> NVMe will have something like NVM in the /dev tree.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:17:06 -0400
> Subject: Re: blind-arch findings
>
> > How can you tell, for a given drive, whether it is sata or nvme? I just
> listened to the youtube walk-through, and may want to try this on bare
> metal.
>
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>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dave  H.
>
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>
> Sent from Slint GNU/Linux.  https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html for info
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> On 8/31/21 5:32 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Also, by default it uses the lts kirnel and not the latest kernel.  I
> > don't think there is a way to fix this.  I think there should be a way
> > to chuse which kernel you want, but either way iIt I think it is great
> > for soomeone whoo is getting started, but you can get around this
> > drive size problem by manually creatting your partitions if you know
> > what you are doing, but I think you should bwe able to just use the
> > remaining space by default.
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >
> >> It can't do an install for a command line so it is necessary to choose a
> >> desktop.
> >> Several warnings get thrown by the script but the script continues to
> >> work.
> >> I think if I do this again and pick a desktop the install will work
> >> completely.
> >> Partitions are made small sizes and this is on a disk with 240G of
> >> space.
> >> Maybe that could be improved so more of the disk gets used by
> >> partitions.
> >> No option to create and use a swap file rather than a swap partition is
> >> available yet.
> >> The script could probably install budgie as a desktop choice if worked.
> >> When I installed stuff I put xorg on the system along with fonts and
> >> maybe
> >> if I had left desktop and xorg off this might have come up in command
> >> line
> >> mode.  I'll check that out time permitting.
> >>
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