Want to run openSUSE 11.2 and Windows XP Professional on the same computer and boot to an OS Selection menu.
I have a desktop computer that has a Pentium III processor and 1GB of RAM. Is this platform OK for openSUSE 11.2, or do I need more RAM and faster processor? :\
After considering alternatives I have decided to use GRUB. There are two internal hard drives. Windows XP Professional and all the application programs are installed on Disk 0; only Windows pagefile and the My Documents folder for each user are on disk 1. Should I let the openSUSE installation disk make room for openSUSE and then reconfigure the system?:\
I have Acronis, True Image Home 2010 installed. This program has a disk cleaner that seems to do a good job of removing obsolete files under Windows.
I use PCTools Registry Cleaner to remove gunk from the Registry. Then I run Windows Disk Defragmenter until I have 0 defragmentation on the hard drives.
I generally make an image file of the complete hard drive. The image file includes all disk partitions, but only those sectors that have data. I generally use normal compression; rule of thumb achieve 3/1 ration.
What software should I use these tasks under openSUSE? :\
I have a desktop computer that has a Pentium III processor and 1GB of RAM. Is this platform OK for openSUSE 11.2, or do I need more RAM and faster processor?
Should be okay.
What software should I use these tasks under openSUSE?
For creating images of partitions: →Clonezilla. You could use that for any system, not only Linux - it’s much faster than TrueImage ever could be…
For defragmentation: → not needed for unixoid filesystems, as they prevent fragmentation to a much better degree (and manage non-contiguous files better too).
For getting rid of junk → not needed either. Unecessary Data will not slow down a Linux system. There are tools which will do such jobs (BleachBit, Kleansweep), but one should have some knowledge of what is okay to delete and what not before using them (esp. since the effect of such operations tend to zero [except for some freed MBs]).
I will go ahead with openSUSE 11.2; use GRUB for OS menu; Clonezilla for making image files; will not wory about Registry cleaning or defragmentation of openSUSE files; sounds good.
After installing openSUSE should I adjust the partitions and reformat the drives?
Concidering installing eSATA card to improve DTR to Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive. Is this a good idea?
There is no registry in Linux. All programs use configuration files. The registry was one oh MS’s bad ideas
Why would you want to change partitions after you install??? Just supply the free space (non partitioned) that you wish to use for Linux before you install. The installer will create the partitions required. You can also override the recommendations and partitione as you like.
Don’t make thing more complicated then you need to. That’s when you get into trouble.
Before installing openSUSE defragment both Windows drives. The installer will make a suggestion for how it should partition the drives and install openSUSE - basically where to place /, /swap and /home. If you don’t like what it is suggesting, you can use expert mode to do it differently. But I find that openSUSE is normally very sensible about its suggestions.