[02:55] <skinnymg1> hello everyone
[03:00] <skinnymg1> so, once this is done installing I should be able to reboot into the install?
[03:57] <docadams> I have a system with 4TB drive.  If I install xubuntu 18.10, I can take the whole drive in remaining after swap space allocated.  If I clean the drive, install win10 (need it for one thing) and then run live cd and using gparted 0.32.0 I can only get partition of less than 2GB.  Installed with dual boot and still can not resize the /ext4 partition.  Can I get the whole 3TB+ in one partition?
[04:03] <docadams> Sorry.  That should be 2TB instead of 2GB for each of the two partitions I make up after the win10 partition.
[04:05] <well_laid_lawn> docadams:  is it an older computer, 32bit ?
[04:06] <docadams> No.  It is a 64bit Intel i5 with quad core.  Have 8GB of main memory.
[04:07] <docadams> I can give you lshw listing (long!!).
[04:07] <well_laid_lawn> a bios setting is the only other thing I can think of for a file size limit
[04:10] <docadams> I would think the bios setting would come into play with the installation of xubuntu taking the whole drive.  It does not as I can get one partition over 3.5TB.
[04:10] <well_laid_lawn> k
[04:12] <docadams> Here is message I get if I install gparted and try to resize with the system installed.
[04:12] <well_laid_lawn> docadams:  a quick web search says you need to use gpt
[04:12] <docadams> [04:12] <docadams> libparted : 3.2
[04:12] <docadams> [04:12] <docadams> partition length of 4480573440 sectors exceeds the msdos-partition-table-imposed maximum of 4294967295
[04:16] <well_laid_lawn> !partition
[04:17] <docadams> Thanks.  I'll log out and use the steps in the URL.  ciao.
[04:19] <well_laid_lawn> luck
[04:59] <Orioa> evening
[08:28] <mnan> hi
[08:37] <mnan> Hi. I have a quick question. While installing xubuntu from the usb installer onto a usb 3.1 stick, I can't select the stick a main installation directory pointer so that I could encrypt the USB 3.1 drive. Is there any other possibility to change the main installation onto the usb stick so that I can make use of the encryption other than taking the harddisk out of my laptop ? :) thanks
[18:44] <faithinstrangers> ok dumb question - i have 16gb of ram, do I need swap?
[18:44] <faithinstrangers> if so, how much? a guide on redhat is suggesting i use 8gb, but i'm not sure
[18:46] <brainwash> you would need it for what?
[18:47] <faithinstrangers> i'm not sure what you're asking
[18:48] <faithinstrangers> i thought it was common practice to have a swap partition, no?
[18:49] <brainwash> if you run out of memory, or if you want to use suspend-to-disk
[18:49] <brainwash> is this the case?
[18:49] <faithinstrangers> i'm intending of having the computer run 24/7 without suspending or sleeping
[18:50] <faithinstrangers> it's a desktop if that helps
[18:51] <brainwash> there you have it then
[18:51] <faithinstrangers> ok cool
[18:51] <faithinstrangers> thanks :)
[18:51] <brainwash> np
[21:41] <xubuntu09w> hello
[21:42] <xubuntu09w> need help
[21:43] <xubuntu09w> I have installed xubuntu on virtualbox, how to make the screen right size?