GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams
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Atom Install Log

17 Dec 2005

Standard install with no issues: lang=English, location=Australia, kb=American English, no network, hostname=atom, erase disk, multi-user workstation, write partition changes, install grub, reboot.

Root passwd, user account, apt install.

Install sudo for wajig.

Package installs. StartX (choosing defaults for setup) has no problems.

Install kernel-image-2.6.8-1-282-smp, with acpi=off.

12 Apr 2005

The internal disk failed. System started freezing up and the disk drive was “clicking.” A temporary install to the removable hard drive followed the above steps, installing kernel-image-2.6.11.

Default partition was:

/	250M	hdd1
/usr	4.6G	hdd5
/var	2.8G	hdd6
/tmp	361M	hdd8
/home	27G	hdd9

4 May 2005

Installation repeated that of 17 Dec 2004 except that the disk was repartitioned to retain MS/Windows XP installation. During the partition step of the install: manually edit partition table, go with the current 40GB NTFS and 80GB partitioned for GNU/Linux using auto partition for a Desktop machine:

/	7G	hdd2
swap	2.8G	hdd5
/home	70G	hdd6

Choose to dual boot.