So… Just setting up a thumbdrive for the install required booting my Windblows laptop & waiting over an hour so far…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Start to finish with a blank thumbdrive & no ISO to work from takes less than half an hour for Mint… regardless of OS on the machine you use…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ok… so it says “media is ready”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then makes me wait further…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now we see if it’ll boot & install…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
aaannnddd… Now to manually enter a bunch of arbitrary digits…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
& Windblows says an unformatted 500GB drive doesn’t have sufficient space to install…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TheGuruOfNothing (Today at 21:36)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which is totally wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 21:37)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Starting over with the other 2 drives completely disconnected…<\/p>\n\n\n\n oh yah… Keyboard only is not acceptable while installing Windblows…<\/p>\n\n\n\n well… goes further if there’s only one drive in the machine…<\/p>\n\n\n\n (probably won’t boot with the other drives reconnected of course…<\/p>\n\n\n\n woo hoo… installing “features”<\/p>\n\n\n\n (fuck xbox integration & candy fucking crush…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n little twirly balls thing is annoying…<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far… Win10 install is a 2 beer process…<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Getting ready” my hairy ass…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh… Look… Rebooting AGAIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Just a moment…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Define a “moment” please…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Definition of moment from Dictionary.com, the world\u2019s leading online source for English definitions, pronunciations, word origins, idioms, Word of the Day, and more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yo… MS… Don’t think you’ve quite grasped the definition of the word…<\/p>\n\n\n\n OI… ain’t no microphone… speech recognition ain’t gonna work even if you did it right…<\/p>\n\n\n\n No… Fuck you… You don’t need my location…<\/p>\n\n\n\n My device weighs 30 kg… I know exactly where it is… I’ll find it myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even “Basic” diagnostic data is excessive… die in a fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fuck you. I have no interest in helping you to recognise my “Inking & Typing” style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fuck you with a white hot steel bar! I don’t want fucking personalized advertisements inside a fucking product I’ve been overcharged for in the first place. Fuck you & ALL of your ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again… Fuck you and your ads… If my “Apps” are sending telemetry to customise ades, it’s time to remove them from my computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I understand that the number of ads won’t change. I also understand that goddamned number should be ZERO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fuck you hard! No fucking way I’m giving you my mobile phone number. Just fucking NO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n WTF? Onedrive backups whether I want them or not???<\/p>\n\n\n\n TheGuruOfNothing (Today at 22:13)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:14)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Geezus H. Christ! Office 365 is a fucking Joke!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh Christ!!! Cortana??? NO! FUCKING NO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Hi” to you too… Gonna give me back my computer soon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nope<\/p>\n\n\n\n TheGuruOfNothing (Today at 22:15)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Every part of windows has become google. Overpriced, spying on you, software as a service, bloatware out the ass, stupidly large stuff that is ALWAYS vulnerable to viruses… did I mention costly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:15)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “This might take several minutes”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n TheGuruOfNothing (Today at 22:15)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think I am gonna change mom and dads laptop to Mint<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:16)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yah know… I started this install at 2030…<\/p>\n\n\n\n it’s 2216…<\/p>\n\n\n\n TheGuruOfNothing (Today at 22:16)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And it won’t be done until the year 2030<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:16)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m halfway through beer #3<\/p>\n\n\n\n Redmond is too far a drive & I’d probably not be allowed across the border with 3000 rounds of 7.62…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holy Shit…<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Welcome To Fucking Windows”!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n With an immediate advertisement for the App Store…<\/p>\n\n\n\n How in fuck is waiting for Windblows to find a compatible video driver (For one of the oldest GPUs still in common use…) gonna lower battery life on this AC powered machine???<\/p>\n\n\n\n “By activating Windows, you get the best experience, free from interruptions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now… Fresh install using their fucking media creation tool…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time to “Check for updates”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Place yer bets…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holy MotherFuck!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n they actually don’t have any updates for this brand-new install…<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m deeply confused…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just a red one short of 2 hours of dumb…<\/p>\n\n\n\n OTOH… about to reconnect the other 2 drives & see what happens…<\/p>\n\n\n\n pfSense can still boot on SATA-A<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where the hell did SATA-B go???<\/p>\n\n\n\n MotherFucker!!! Fucking Windblows installed killed SATA-B boot sector!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Damnit!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aaannnddd… Windblows won’t boot…<\/p>\n\n\n\n FUCK WINDOWS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:47)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n TheGuruOfNothingToday at 22:48<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No bullet hole?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:48)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There… Fixed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TheGuruOfNothing (Today at 22:48)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Poor drive didnt know what hit it. Got windows all over its face and then got hit by a train<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinker (Today at 22:49)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Might been a little annoyed…<\/p>\n\n\n\n That 10 lb hammer is quite satisfying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2020\/06\/10 (Some stream of conciousness discussion from Discord) (Slight background: Using a Dell T310 server as a testbed machine. 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