How fast is fast? :-)

glenn@GamesBox ~ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=32768
32768+0 records in
32768+0 records out
34359738368 bytes (34 GB, 32 GiB) copied, 1.45917 s, 23.5 GB/s

I like the idea

Hi, Your quest may take a little more time than you think right now.

But, if you stick with it you just might get it happening.

If you want to play windows games and/or use programs from windows you will need windows,
But you may set it (win7) up to run in a Virtual Machine like VirtualBox (you'll still need a win cd and reg).

you might need more hdd space, or a different ratio of space partitioned on your harddrives.

Although I haven't done so for quite a few years, I used to run winxp games (DiD F22) on vBox very well and reliably (40 hrs of non-stop mission plus, paused while at tafe, etc) quake, counterstrike... .

Play on linux and wine may be useful but I haven't used them.

I hope this gives you some idea of the amount of learning required to get your old games to work on linux, but also give you some confidence that it has worked before and you may get it to work, but there's a lot of setup and understanding to cover first.

Debian installs/tutorials probably work better than others, just be careful where you get your software packages from.

As far as I know you will still need the win7 dvd and the reg number, just like setting up windows by it's self... maybe some one knows otherwise...

all the best, and keep coming back. :-)

regards Glenn

I agree,

I have cinnamon setup on a spare 500Gb Hdd, just the defaults but out of the box operational with wifi.

Nice work.

Hi, I wonder if when you are at the non-login point, what happens if you "ctrl-alt-F(1 to 7)? Do you get a login prompt?

I'm using UFW/GUFW, but it was a bit of a bitch to get working on start.

Somehow the program and install directory permissions were owned by the user (me), and

the program need root to start.

I eventually fixed it, i think... while looking into the "su -" and path changes.

I'm always thankful for the suggestions on firewall apps, for researching next ...

ComputerBob, speaking for myself, your most welcome. And I love this Devuan community for the same reasons.

I have never received a harsh reaction (haven't been hacked once) after an out-of-place comment, unlike some other distros I've used.

My appologies, I posted a reply, but I was wrong, so I deleted it... just rubish.

I had intended to creat the file /etc/default/su with the content ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes, but all I did was paste in the file address instead of the command. :'-(

Sorry for the bumb steer.

Whenever I get stuck like this I create the directories... and re-run the command.

use

locate debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus

work your way back from there...

create directory...

mkdir debian/slstatus/usr/local/bin/slstatus

See if that helps. Sometimes it's a permission to write by the program.

see how you go.

That is probably a leftover from mandriva or mageia, systemd.

How can I test if it's being used or not, and , like frequency and size? Do you know?

I can't remember why I did that...

edit... it was probably part of setting up a proxied firewalled self server written by Ashton Mills, using Mandrake, but I got there a bit late and had to use Mandriva.

I get a little bit carried away, gradually...

Separate GPT partitions for

bios grub (1Mb)
/
swap
/tmp
/usr
/var
/usr/src
/home

Then I have all the archive partitionss attached to /home/.../local/

And 2 other linux distro hdd's (both beowulf atm).

List, list so nothings missed.

oh, i use mlocate.

thank you for making me aware there is more to locate, i had used(?) installed slocate on another distro (Mandriva) long ago.

mlocate (locate command) finds things on my other harddrives as well.

mount | grep /home/
/dev/sde2 on /home/glenn/local/archive type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb3 on /home/glenn/local/data type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb6 on /home/glenn/local/free type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdd1 on /home/glenn/local/media type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sde1 on /home/glenn/local/mt-93gb type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb2 on /home/glenn/local/other type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb4 on /home/glenn/local/spare type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sde5 on /home/glenn/local/stuff type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sde4 on /home/glenn/local/videos type ext4 (rw,relatime)

there is a movie with "TedBundy" in the name...

locate TedBundy
/home/glenn/local/data/Videos/Extremely.Wicked,.Shockingly.Evil,.And.Vile.TedBundy.mp4

thanks for the headsup!