Yum/HD issues

[Jason Warm]

Brian,
	Installing the hard drive in a Wall Street is a breeze.  If you =
take=20
out your battery and CD-ROM you will feel a latch on each side of the=20
top inside of those areas.  You pop those back and your keyboard will=20
pop up.  Underneath the keyboard on the right hand back side of the=20
laptop is the hard drive.  Simply unscrew the old one, pop it out and=20
put the new one in.

Jason

On Jun 18, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Brian Whitesides wrote:

> I=92ve never worked on a laptop before, only towers. =A0Buying a new =
hard=20
> drive wasn=92t my first choice because I do not know the steps or=20
> caveats involved in installing a new hard drive on my laptop. =A0Does=20=

> anyone know of any manuals or guides to help me through the process?=A0=20=

> Also, I have found different specs on laptop hard drives, what are the=20=

> specs I need to obey when buying a HD for a Wallstreet laptop?
>
> =A0
>
> -Brian
>
> =A0
>
>
> From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com=20
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On=20
> Behalf Of Julian Opificius
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:33 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: Yum/HD issues
>
> =A0
>
>
>  On Jun 18, 2004, at 13:33, Brian Whitesides wrote:
>
> I am running YDL 3.01 on a Wallstreet G3. =A0My computer works just =
fine=20
> for what I need of it, but the one persistent problem is the lack of=20=

> hard drive space. =A0A 2 GB HD is pretty pathetic, I know, but I can=92t=
=20
> help but think how much of what=92s installed is pure clutter. =A0
>
>  =A0
>
>  Doing a =93yum list installed=94 it comes up with tons of stuff I =
don=92t=20
> even recognize, and when I go through the painstaking process of =93yum=20=

> info [package]=94 I occasionally find something useless for my needs =
and=20
> erase it. =A0However this takes forever and most packages are only a =
few=20
> 100 kb anyway. =A0
>
>  =A0
>
>  Does anyone have any tips/tricks for a better way of removing=20
> packages that they don=92t have much use for? =A0Or a way to organize =
the=20
> yum installed list by size so I don=92t waste my time with the small=20=

> stuff?
>
>  =A0
>
>  -Brian
>
>
>  Brian,
>  Assuming you've already done just a minimal install, you are not=20
> going to be able to remove enough to give you a usable system. Every=20=

> day you have the system on it will accumulate log files, and the data=20=

> you create yourself. Trying to nitpick a few hundred k here and there=20=

> is wasting your time and will only delay the inevitable, never mind=20
> the possibility of breaking something. You will have wasted your time,=20=

> got nowhere, and still have to buy a new HD at the end of it. Go buy a=20=

> used drive for thirty bucks and save yourself the heartache.
>
>  Start thinking about the value of your time as if you were paying=20
> yourself, and you will quickly realize that buying another HD is the=20=

> cheapest solution.
>
>  Julian.