@Thanatermesis I really like ELive E16 on my little HP Laptop (32 ssd / 2 gig ram).
Works really well ( speed ok). It's sure I can't use tons of apps at the same time for terminal, internet etc it does the job and Elive 3.7.0 e16 is giving a 2nd live to that laptop...
I Just need to make my volume and luminosity key working and I think I will start using it again 
You can't? yes you can! tons at the same time 
hotkeys for volume not works?
for brightness, if they worked on live will work for the next build
How fast is this boot? first test with reiser4 working 
wow ! Can't wait to try it on different PC here...
Yoda
You found it!
You are a slick fast and a little sweet bastard ... 
mhm obviously mount of 'home fails always after 1:30 waiting ... timeout;
UUID=6465b1c1-8232-4c28-ae29-0c15c9c0f2f7 / ext4 defaults,commit=60,noatime,nodiratime 0 1
UUID=ef1742c0-5e22-4fd9-9f8d-bf0f6161eb4b /home ext4 defaults,commit=120,relatime 0 2
UUID=79fa2500-cf5f-49ff-8cf7-9901f01fb73c none swap sw 0 0
anyway, will try it once again on this dam notebook
Well, the Aspire NoteBook (or the installer) has another point of the view as you.
Just made, ending up in exatly the same crab.
It's going back into the cupboard waiting for e17 _ 64 bit
next next next:
Bare metal install of Elive 3.7.0 Alpha on a pimped Desktop Computer:
Dell OptiPlex 780 MT
Intel® Q45 Express Chipset
Intel(R) QuadCore Q8300 CPU 4x @ 2,50GHz
8GB RAM
Intel GMA 4500
Nvidia GT218 (GeForce 210)
Intel 82801JD/DO High Definition Audio
Intel 82567LM Gigabit LAN
80GB ST380815AS blank HDD; restored to factory settings
let's see .... 
Report of installation made:
boot from USB
OK
sound out of the box
OK
Install options:
additional nvidia drivers
selection: NO
e16 as DE set
BUG:
Numeric Keypad is off, but indicator shows ON
need to turn it on manually again (!)
Dialog:
..want to be a part of it..
confirmed and email entered
Dialog:
-6g needs update; OK
confirmed
Dialog: Magic ! bla ; OK
confirmed
Dialog: ...not many people...
email entered ; OK
Dialog: Important bla - early Alpha;
OK
Dialog Elive Installer:
auto - Automatic - ;
erase all disk?
YES
(erasing)
Dialog: ext4 or btrfs |
ext4 > OK
Dialog: Encrytion?
NO
*(now you can see how clever Elive is):
Dialog: Da ya wanna a swap though ya aint need it if ya say yes 8349 MB will be taken...
AND NOW IT COMES:
"Do not select this option if you want to have a smoother and fast experience"
ohhhkay....
since I don't like the stupid MS feature called "Hypernation" anyway, so
NO (am curious ... without swap?)....
Dialog: Progress: Elive will be installed
Dialog: Question: asking for supporting Elive
(window closed)
Dialog: Explaining why donations needed...
OK
Dialog: Question: ... asking for any amount
THE TRANSLATION TO GER NEEDS AN OVERHAUL 
*
(window closed)
Dialog: Selection to make... Bluetooth ect
selected all and
OK
Dialog: Selection to make... Firmware - PCMCIA ect
selected none and
OK
Dialog: Selection to make... applications ect
Everything except Blender and Games selected * lets see if I will find a damned game later
OK
Dialog: Selection to make... browsers
Chromium Firefox and Opera selected
OK
Dialog: Selection to make... remove - several choices
default selection confirmed
OK
Dialog: Username
done > OK
Dialog: features SUDO ect
default selection confirmed
OK
Dialog: There is a list of packages....
OK
Dialog - progress + Terminal becomes active (? bug ? progress bar is jumping back and fore, looks a bit strange)
*(the "OK" button is obsolete, nothing to confirm possible)
....
Dialog: create new user (password is still visible, for me it's ok, but others...)
Dialog: choose computername
OK
Dialog - progress + Terminal becomes active: configure system, be patient pls
*(the "OK" button is obsolete, nothing to confirm possible)
.......
Dialog: Information: Congratulations .....
OK
logout / autologin -
*restart / shutdown button is missing
Solution:
§ sudo -i
$ init 0
or -
switch off the rookie way.
And now you are curious if it can boot, ya? 
Or Rebel was too blond again .... YA? 
The answer is:
= 
next next next ?
Tonight reporting about system installed, ok ?!
You just suckered yourself into " etrans". 
Or the Elive-alpha way: "apug" followed by "elive-skel uograde .e16" and restart e16. 
Sure will do, but information is neccessary, no ?
thx!
(but I was talking 'bout the installer, btw)
so you have no way to boot this install after you tried to install it again ? 
This is a "feature", in fact
more exactly: if the root password has been previously inserted (like for encryption), this field automatically fills with the same password, if you see "yourpass" its ok, but if you see "*******" you may think "wtf is that?", and then you change it to another (or same) thing, this could lead to users having 2 different passwords on the system, and I have noticed that novice users are very confused having a "root" and "user" different passwords, they reports "my password not works"
@jfbourdeau ^ explanation of why the password is shown
fixed on 3.7.1 too
yes, send me an username and password to use and i will enable you an eltrans account
I just created a new thread for those which starts using the new built: 3.7.1 betatesting experiences
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@triantares in one of your installs:
grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible.
grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
actually GPT type of partitions are not much tested, it needs to be better integrated in the installer (and should be default for auto partitioning too)
looking at this message, question is, did you added a boot partition ?
no, was even playing around with the fstab file for a while, but then I installed new again,
this dam machine don't want to ...
Yes, that was still there from previous installs and the Windows.
@triantares i don't know much about gpt -yet- (will need to read on that for the installer), but looks like a gpt structure needs a "bios partition" ? i dont know what is that... maybe a special partition for that gpt disks can boot?
yes, looks like, i need to read these things: DiskSpace - Community Help Wiki
seems like is needed when is not installing using EFI, so instead of this "bios partition", the correct should to be install (creating an) efi partition, which is not yet included in the installer (need to work on that)
note: but since you partitioned it yourself @triantares (if im not wrong), i assume that this partition should be created from you, so that grub will install correctly (see the previous link)
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Ehm that particular note-book (yoga ideapad) has seen a lot of linux installs but as I added a second SSD I never had the need to remove the windows there. The gpt partitions have always been there and I never touched them. .. as Ubuntu used (and needed) them too.
But if I recall correctly there's a thing about having a small empty partition ( a few Mb) at the beginning of the disk. I suspect it's that.
Alas I don't have access to that particular laptop ATM, I'm on my other ship now. I installed that laptop on sunday evening and used triade@zeelandnet.nl as mail address during the install, so maybe you recieved that.
I'll share " parted" output tomorrow.
yep, that link explains the correct extra partition you need, so the "bios partition" for mbr (actual elive installer behaviour) or the efi partition (more correct but not yet included in the installer) - well, this "installer" comments are not correct since you partitioned it yourself (so you should add this yourself the next time then)
