it is only a university computer that I am going to use for Linux from Scratch mike@debian:~$ sudo lshw debian description: Space-saving Computer product: OptiPlex 755 () vendor: Dell Inc. serial: 2NHK3H1 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall32 configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=normal chassis=space-saving power-on_password=enabled uuid=44454C4C-4E00-1048-804B-B2C04F334831 *-core description: Motherboard product: 0PU052 vendor: Dell Inc. physical id: 0 serial: ..CN7443186K1C05. *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Dell Inc. physical id: 0 version: A10 date: 04/30/2008 size: 64KiB capacity: 4032KiB capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 400 bus info: cpu@0 slot: CPU size: 3GHz width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 700 size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: internal write-back data *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 701 size: 6MiB capacity: 6MiB capabilities: internal varies unified *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1000 slot: System board or motherboard size: 4GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: EBE10UE8ACWA-8G-E vendor: 7F7FFE0000000000 physical id: 0 serial: 220B801D slot: DIMM_1 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: HYMP112U64CP8-S6 vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) physical id: 1 serial: 00001221 slot: DIMM_3 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:2 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: EBE10UE8ACWA-8G-E vendor: 7F7FFE0000000000 physical id: 2 serial: 220B801E slot: DIMM_2 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:3 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: HYMP112U64CP8-S6 vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) physical id: 3 serial: 00005083 slot: DIMM_4 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-pci description: Host bridge product: 82Q35 Express DRAM Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel resources: irq:0 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root Port vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:40 memory:fe800000-fe8fffff *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:44 memory:fea00000-fea7ffff ioport:ec90(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:feb00000-febfffff *-display:1 UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:fea80000-feafffff *-communication:0 UNCLAIMED description: Communication controller product: 82Q35 Express MEI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:f0000800-f000080f *-ide description: IDE interface product: 82Q35 Express PT IDER Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 3.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ata_generic latency=0 resources: irq:18 ioport:fe80(size=8) ioport:fe90(size=4) ioport:fea0(size=8) ioport:feb0(size=4) ioport:fef0(size=16) *-communication:1 description: Serial controller product: 82Q35 Express Serial KT Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 3.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.3 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi 16550 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=serial latency=0 resources: irq:17 ioport:ec98(size=8) memory:fe9da000-fe9dafff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 19 bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0 logical name: eth0 version: 02 serial: 00:21:70:1e:a1:47 size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k duplex=full firmware=1.4-0 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:43 memory:fe9e0000-fe9fffff memory:fe9db000-fe9dbfff ioport:ecc0(size=32) *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1a bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:16 ioport:ff20(size=32) *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1a.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:17 ioport:ff00(size=32) *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1a.7 bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:22 memory:fe9d9c00-fe9d9fff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:45 memory:fe9dc000-fe9dffff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:fe700000-fe7fffff ioport:f0100000(size=2097152) *-usb:3 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:23 ioport:ff80(size=32) *-usb:4 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:17 ioport:ff60(size=32) *-usb:5 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:18 ioport:ff40(size=32) *-usb:6 description: USB controller product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.7 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:23 memory:ff980800-ff980bff *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: 82801 PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: 92 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801IO (ICH9DO) LPC Interface Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-storage description: SATA controller product: 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 logical name: scsi0 logical name: scsi1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:42 ioport:fe00(size=8) ioport:fe10(size=4) ioport:fe20(size=8) ioport:fe30(size=4) ioport:fec0(size=32) memory:f0000000-f00007ff *-disk description: ATA Disk product: WDC WD3200AAKS-7 vendor: Western Digital physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 02.0 serial: WD-WMAV2S110171 size: 298GiB (320GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=0004c91f *-volume:0 description: Linux swap volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 version: 1 serial: 580d3142-e95d-4578-8486-688f871a3f8b size: 953MiB capacity: 953MiB capabilities: primary bootable nofs swap initialized configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096 *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 139GiB capacity: 139GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 logical name: / capacity: 139GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD+-RW GT10N vendor: HL-DT-ST physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/sr0 version: A108 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-serial description: SMBus product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:18 memory:fe9d9b00-fe9d9bff ioport:ece0(size=32) mike@debian:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express MEI Controller (rev 02) 00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PT IDER Controller (rev 02) 00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Serial KT Controller (rev 02) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IO (ICH9DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) mike@debian:~$ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3920600 206460 3714140 0 13768 123060 -/+ buffers/cache: 69632 3850968 Swap: 975868 0 975868 mike@debian:~$ On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Keith Smith wrote: > > > What are the specs on your $41 machine? > > > > On 2015-08-25 11:06, Michael Havens wrote: > >> I reinstalled and all is good now.... thanks! >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Todd Cole wrote: >> >> grub 2 error =file smaller that expected >>> >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/401105/elf-header-smaller-than-expected >> >>> [1] >>> to repair use grub repair or reinstall >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Stephen Partington >>> wrote: >>> >>> I would test the drive and make sure it is ok. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> >>> what does it mean when (after I installed debian on an optiplex 755 >>> I got from the university of Florida's surplus auction for 41 >>> dollars) it says 'grub error: ELF heading smaller than expected'? >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] >>> >>> -- >>> >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you >>> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >>> button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] >>> >> >> -- >> >> Todd Cole >> Ubuntu Arizona Team >> 4605 S PRIEST DR LOT 3 >> TEMPE AZ 85282-6507 >> toddc@azloco.com >> 602-677-9402 [3] >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/401105/elf-header-smaller-than-expected >> [2] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> [3] tel:602-677-9402 >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > -- > Keith Smith > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: