16.04 problems - install, inactive/suspend, hard disk

[Liam Proven]

On 13 September 2016 at 22:48, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:

> It is - I installed the latest AMD BIOS on the MB.

OK, good.

> All the H/W is new, so I don't really have a "known good" anything
> yet. :-) The PSU is a 750w high current gamer PSU - should be OK for
> this. I have a zero noise video card, no fan, and definitely a low end
> card. I'm not a gamer.

It should be OK, but it's a possibility.

>> Which kind of firmware does your motherboard have?
>
> AMD 970 chipset.

Er, no. Firmware means the software in the on-motherboard Flash
memory. What kind means BIOS, UEFI or what-have-you.

>> I don't know what you did but that is not right. If you pick
>> "something else" you can put whatever you want wherever you want.
>
> See my earlier email to Ralf for what happened.

It did not really explain it, AFAICS.

> Good to know... The setup is / and swap on the SSD, and /home on the
> HD.

No no no. Do not swap to Flash memory. It will wear it out. Swap
should be on the HD, not the SSD. With lots of RAM you'll never really
need it anyway so there should be no appreciable slowdown.

> The original 3Tb disk was replaced with a new 3Tb disk, which FINALLY
> made it through the "other" option, on the FIFTH try, and installed
> [but with some problems].

What problems?

> It seems that a GUID disk is causing a
> number of issues on this box. The 1.5Tb disk reinstall worked
> flawlessly - 2 big disks were definitely not flawless.

1.5TB is under the cutoff and could use MBR partitioning.

> Could it be that GUID or UEFI is causing the issues?

It is possible.

> Also, if I format
> a small disk with this box, will it end up as a GUID and perhaps not
> be readable on an older comp?

No. You can if you choose but you don't need to.

GUID disks are readable on any machine with a GUID-aware OS, 32-bit or
64-bit. The main issue is that you can't boot off them on a machine
with a BIOS rather than EUFI.

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