Linuxseekers

Enough of fiddling with the SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 64 bit livecd desktop,  it's time

to decide whether to install SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 64 bit beta 4 into my Athlon64's

80Gb hard-disk or install into my high speed 2Gb usb key.   I chose to install

to the 80Gb sata1 hard disk  by clicking  on the MEPIS INSTALL  icon located at

the left margin of the desktop.

 

As a result,  the graphical installer  popped up and  all  i  had to do was

selecting  the autopartitioning option. Choose custom partitioning if there is

pre-existing   windows os or  just run  the accompanying QTParted tool  if you need  

a different partitioning schemes.   It took less than  5 minutes to format the

root partition and also the swap partition and also copying all the necessary

file to my sata harddisk.

 


After  the installer  copied all the needed files,  i was requested to install

the Grub bootloader.  Then,   i was requested to enable common services e.g

guarddog, ppp, bluez, cupsys.  Lastly ,  i had to type in the computer name and

domain name,   followed by configuration of the time, locale, keyboard, default

user account, and root account.   Next, rebooot.    Voila !
 


Once I got into the freshly installed SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 64 bit beta 4,  I went

on to configure SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4  to use my HP all-in-one printer (officejet 4355).

To configure the printer i had to go to  SYSTEM icon(beside K-menu)  -> PERIPHERALS

option -> PRINTERS option.  My Officejet 4355 started printing wonderfully.

Unfortunately, the hplip driver that came with SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 64 bit beta 4

didn't support the scanning component.  However, all is not lost, as my latest

generic HP inkjet driver can be download from this website.

The information over that site showed that i needed a minimum of  HPLIP version

0.9.11  for  Officejet 4355.  However, SimplyMepis-6.0-4  64 bit beta4 has bundled

HPLIP version 0.9.7.  Whether this latest generic driver will make my HP's

scanning component work, will remain a mystery.  Anyway i hope that there's some

64 bit driver somewhere on the net.   Well,  i could  also  wait for mepis/ubuntu

to upgrade the hplip.