Yum/HD issues

Fri Jun 18 15:01:02 2004

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I've never worked on a laptop before, only towers.  Buying a new hard drive
wasn't my first choice because I do not know the steps or caveats involved
in installing a new hard drive on my laptop.  Does anyone know of any
manuals or guides to help me through the process?  Also, I have found
different specs on laptop hard drives, what are the specs I need to obey
when buying a HD for a Wallstreet laptop?

-Brian

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From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
[mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf Of
Julian Opificius
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:33 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: Yum/HD issues

On Jun 18, 2004, at 13:33, Brian Whitesides wrote:

I am running YDL 3.01 on a Wallstreet G3.  My computer works just fine for
what I need of it, but the one persistent problem is the lack of hard drive
space.  A 2 GB HD is pretty pathetic, I know, but I can't help but think how
much of what's installed is pure clutter.  

Doing a "yum list installed" it comes up with tons of stuff I don't even
recognize, and when I go through the painstaking process of "yum info
[package]" I occasionally find something useless for my needs and erase it.
However this takes forever and most packages are only a few 100 kb anyway.  

Does anyone have any tips/tricks for a better way of removing packages that
they don't have much use for?  Or a way to organize the yum installed list
by size so I don't waste my time with the small stuff?

-Brian

Brian,
Assuming you've already done just a minimal install, you are not going to be
able to remove enough to give you a usable system. Every day you have the
system on it will accumulate log files, and the data you create yourself.
Trying to nitpick a few hundred k here and there is wasting your time and
will only delay the inevitable, never mind the possibility of breaking
something. You will have wasted your time, got nowhere, and still have to
buy a new HD at the end of it. Go buy a used drive for thirty bucks and save
yourself the heartache.

Start thinking about the value of your time as if you were paying yourself,
and you will quickly realize that buying another HD is the cheapest
solution.

Julian.

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caveats
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know of any
manuals or guides to help me through the process?&nbsp; Also, I have =
found different
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On Jun 18, 2004, at 13:33, Brian Whitesides =
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<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>I
am running YDL 3.01 on a Wallstreet G3. &nbsp;My computer works just =
fine for
what I need of it, but the one persistent problem is the lack of hard =
drive
space. &nbsp;A 2 GB HD is pretty pathetic, I know, but I can&#8217;t =
help but think
how much of what&#8217;s installed is pure clutter. &nbsp; 
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<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>&nbsp; 
<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily> 
<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Doing a &#8220;yum list =
installed&#8221; it comes
up with tons of stuff I don&#8217;t even recognize, and when I go =
through the
painstaking process of &#8220;yum info [package]&#8221; I occasionally =
find something
useless for my needs and erase it. &nbsp;However this takes forever and =
most
packages are only a few 100 kb anyway. &nbsp; 
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<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>&nbsp; 
<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily> 
<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Does anyone have any =
tips/tricks for
a better way of removing packages that they don&#8217;t have much use =
for? &nbsp;Or a
way to organize the yum installed list by size so I don&#8217;t waste my =
time with the
small stuff? 
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<?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>&nbsp; 
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Brian, 
Assuming you've already done just a minimal install, you are not going =
to be
able to remove enough to give you a usable system. Every day you have =
the
system on it will accumulate log files, and the data you create =
yourself.
Trying to nitpick a few hundred k here and there is wasting your time =
and will
only delay the inevitable, never mind the possibility of breaking =
something.
You will have wasted your time, got nowhere, and still have to buy a new =
HD at
the end of it. Go buy a used drive for thirty bucks and save yourself =
the
heartache. 
 
Start thinking about the value of your time as if you were paying =
yourself, and
you will quickly realize that buying another HD is the cheapest =
solution. 
 
Julian.<o:p></o:p>

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