Cwtf Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) Hi everyone, Recently my cousin gave me her old computer after my iMac died. The computer has the following specs Operating System: Ubuntu 18.10 CPU- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz RAM: 32951888 KiB Motherboard: X79-UD5 Graphics: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 560 1920x1080 GEForce 8600 GT Audio:HDA-intel-HDA ATI HDMI device: /dev/sda size:80GB model: Intel SSDSA2M080 UUID :0e2e84f4-654d-4f20-8ee2-bb2aacfd8d78 Partition type:ext4v1.0 Label: System device: /dev/sdb size:6TB model: HUS726060ALA640 UUID :1cd62e3c-5215-47d5-8527-dc541c4839ef Partition type:ext4v1.0 Label: Movies device: /dev/sdc size:6TB model: HUS726060ALA640 :e38b5238-a8ac-4d02-9eac-d72984257041 Partition type:ext4v1.0 Label: TV device: /dev/sdd size:size:6TB model: HUS726060ALA640 UUID :c47b6498-58a1-d706-949e-683e68ca5613 Partition type:ext4v1.0 Label: Porn device: /dev/sde size:6TB model: HUS726060ALA640 UUID :e38b5238-a8ac-4d02-9eac-d72984257041 Partition type:ext4v1.0 Label: Snap-Parity I've never used anything but OS X (currently mavericks) on a regular basis, and I don't really understand technical stuff very much. Most of the stuff on this forum goes right over my head. My cousin said I would be better off keeping the main system Ubuntu: since the drives are set up as a snap-raid using a file system that isn't mac compatible, and that I should make a kvm to use as a mac. Would that be better/easier than converting the drives to apple file system, and installing directly as the main OS? And what OS X version would be best to use given my hardware? Also is there a step by step guide, that is written for newbies like me? Extracting the relevant information from multiple sources, and piecing together what I need, is beyond my skill level. Thanks Edited April 7, 2019 by Cwtf Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338222-what-osconfiguration-would-be-best-for-me/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwtf Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 Thanks Hervé 19 hours ago, Hervé said: You have a pretty powerful 6-core 3rd gen Ivy Bridge desktop computer. The specs you posted are compatible with the latest version of macOS, i.e. Mojave. Note that only the RX 560 graphics card will be compatible though, the old nVidia 8600 is not. Cool, but I never used Mojave. Is Mojave better than any of the earlier OS's given my hardware? I want to have the most stable system I can, and my old iMac ( running Mavericks) used to crash/ freeze several times a month. 19 hours ago, Hervé said: I'm not entirely clear on your data disks/partitions arrangement. Is it 4 x partitions on a single HGST Ultrastar He6 6TB HDD No it has 4 hard drives and an SSD. The drives each have between 2TB and 4TB on them. Is there a driver for them that would't take up too much RAM/CPU and be fairly fast; Or do I need to convert them to Mac format? 19 hours ago, Hervé said: Running OS X/macOS on a virtual machine is possible but it's probably meant for the occasional experience. If you want to run OS X/macOS on a daily basis as your sole OS, you really ought to have it as your full native OS. Could you elaborate on why? I get that KVM is hard to set up, Are there anything specific that makes it problematic? I know that the drives would look like network shares, but does that mean they would be a lot slower? From what I've read I could assign the Radeon card to the mac, and use the geForce for the main Linux system. Are there any limitations to this? Will it give me 4K? My cousin told me she never had a crash or freeze with Linux, if I installed could I keep the main system up and runing when the Mac crashes. The system is also being used as a media server for the whole house. 19 hours ago, Hervé said: There are plenty of guides flying around this forum (and others) so search for X79 guides and you should find what you need. You may even search for guides/threads related to Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 systems. Ive seen a lot of guides, but most of them assume the reader knows way more than I currently do, and are geared toward multiple configurations. For every line I read I have to do hours of googling to try to understand it , and still can't tell what applies to me and what doesn't. Do you have a URL of a guide written for a newbie like me, who not long ago would enter commands in my web browser, because I never knew about the terminal. Sorry I'm such a lamer, but I really could use all the help I can get. Thanks again, Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338222-what-osconfiguration-would-be-best-for-me/#findComment-2669435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemanOSX Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 18 hours ago, Cwtf said: Do you have a URL of a guide written for a newbie like me https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=73683#p73683 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338222-what-osconfiguration-would-be-best-for-me/#findComment-2669504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cwtf Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 5:55 PM, onemanOSX said: https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=73683#p73683 Thanks onemanOSX. That looks like a great source, I tried to use his guides, most of what he says is so over my head I'm getting a {censored} headache just from trying to figure it out. It's probably going to take a while just to be abler to know enough to follow the steps he laid out. If a make any progress I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338222-what-osconfiguration-would-be-best-for-me/#findComment-2669650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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