<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8738"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">I expect to come, and hopefully finally get virtualization to work on the laptop. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8760"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8761"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">As previously discussed, <br></span></div><ul dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8842"><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8845"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">I ran the VMware program to make the vmdk file and copied it to a big USB SSD<br></span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8841"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">Next I installed a new hard drive in the laptop.</span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8841"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">And installed Debian Testing onto the laptop.</span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8841"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">There is a big partition with a copy of the vmdk file.</span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8841"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">I made some attempts to run VirtualBox, but have not successful.</span></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8841"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8740">Others have suggested KVM and possibly others. <br></span></li></ul><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9003"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9004">Details:</div><ul id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9436"><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9468">The boot ROM, under Legacy boot has from network before hard drive. I have not found a way to change this and have been needing to push f12 and select hard drive every time I start the computer.</li><li><br></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9493">This is a laptop with only 1 physical hard drive (1 TB). There is lots of room for a partition for vitualization. I mention this because at least one suggestion referred to working with the entire drive.<br></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9438"><br></li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9435">Linux is missing some file related to wireless, maybe Bluetooth. When all is running, I will have occasion to want the Windows to be able to access the outside world.</li></ul><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9151" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9175" dir="ltr">If we are altogether at CABAL, we can try different things and see what works (or doesn't) with a lot wider bandwidth than typing emails.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9033"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8794" class="qtdSeparateBR">Paul<br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8672" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8671" style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8670" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8669" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8676" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8795" size="1"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9551"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_9550" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 28, 2016 1:41 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [conspire] CABAL, water-table replenishment edition<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477674201569_8678" class="y_msg_container"><br>I get back from a rainy Central Europe, and what do you folks have<br>waiting for us? More rain. Bah. But good for the water supply.<br><br>This coming, rain-enabled Saturday will be a CABAL day. You are<br>invited. There will be food, conversation, Linux, and dry indoors in<br>which to congregate. Be warned that, as of Saturday, Deirdre and I will<br>be in day 5 of a head cold (hence, probably not contagious). On the<br>other hand, if you're collecting exotic rhinoviruses, welcome! (I think<br>this one is Serbian.)<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>