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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:26:35
Message-Id: CAA2qdGU3BGNDfS_AGEsi3NCbwy_UkoC_E_c+TpoiQdyMma1wZw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook by Pandu Poluan
1 Gah. I must be too tired; what I sent earlier was supposed to go another
2 list. Sorry for the mistake, folks.
3
4 Rgds,
5 On Mar 4, 2012 1:22 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
6
7 > Oh iya, satu lagi yang perlu dihindari: wifi AP nya HP ProCurve / HP
8 > Networking. Nggak stabil. (Tapi kalau switch Layer 2 dan Layer 3 nya, HP
9 > ProCurve highly recommended).
10 >
11 > ((Ini berdasarkan hasil pengalaman saya di kantor yang sekarang.))
12 >
13 > Rgds,
14 > On Mar 4, 2012 1:15 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
15 >
16 >>
17 >> On Mar 4, 2012 1:13 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
18 >> >
19 >> >
20 >> > On Mar 4, 2012 12:54 AM, "Grant" <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
21 >> > >
22 >>
23 >> > >
24 >> > > I enabled some more kernel options under USB Network Adapters and it's
25 >> > > working now. The install is about done but there were a few
26 >> > > peculiarities:
27 >> > >
28 >> > > 1. fdisk won't let me specify a start block before 2048 even though I
29 >> > > deleted all partitions.
30 >> > >
31 >> >
32 >> > That's normal. It's a long story, but Windows Vista and Windows 7
33 >> expects the first partition to start at sector 2048.
34 >> >
35 >> > You can force a lower number by toggling "DOS compatibility"; this
36 >> should let you start the first partition as low as sector 63.
37 >> >
38 >> > HOWEVER, make sure that all partitions begin at multiples of 8 (e.g.,
39 >> 64, 72, 80, and so on); this will save you a lot of grief if it happens
40 >> that the hard disk you're using has 4KiB-sectors. [1]
41 >> >
42 >>
43 >> [1] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-4kb-sector-disks/
44 >>
45 >> Rgds,
46 >>
47 >