[Tutorial] Creating StepMania Arcade on Linux (kernel 2.6.9)

[Karai]

4 months since last reply, but stickied so I guess it's fine...

Quick question, if I unplug the computer, or lose power etc, does that effect Linux the same way it effects Windows? If I use this guide to set up an arcade cabinet, which uses a fair amount of electricity (400-600W), would it be a bad thing to unplug it after I'm done playing, or should I find a way to boot it down?

[Sniper257]

AFAIK it doesn't affect windows either, as long as you're using NTFS. The only thing I've ever lost doing hard shutdown is my desktop icon positions or taskbar positions. I barely ever do soft shutdowns unless I'm rebooting. I'm pretty sure it's fine to hard down linux as well.

[shakesoda]

4 months since last reply, but stickied so I guess it's fine...

Quick question, if I unplug the computer, or lose power etc, does that effect Linux the same way it effects Windows? If I use this guide to set up an arcade cabinet, which uses a fair amount of electricity (400-600W), would it be a bad thing to unplug it after I'm done playing, or should I find a way to boot it down?

It checks the drive for major problems on boot, IIRC. I could be wrong though.

Anyways, I've done all this and it works great.

[vyhd]

I would highly recommend mounting everything read-only after boot through start-up scripts, except for the partition containing game stats. Furthermore, specify "sync" for the game data partition, so it always writes immediately when called.

Basically, Linux and Windows will respond more-or-less the same if you suddenly shut it off - you risk corrupting the file system data if anything is being written at the time - but Linux can be made sturdier.

[RichardCozODST]

Why do you need CentOS 4.5? What kernel is 4.4 Server CD anyways? Also, will it be possible to choose between CentOS and Windows XP during boot after installation?

[shakesoda]

If you know how to set up your partitions correctly, yes.

FTR, this is much easier to do with newer/better supported distros (Ubuntu, Fedora, or Debian namely... Gentoo if you have the guts), I couldn't for the life of me get SM4 to run on CentOS 4.

[RichardCozODST]

Do you understand how to boot between Linux and XP, Shakesoda? Actually, I'll give you a PM.

[RichardCozODST]

Sorry about the double-post, but I've got an issue with CentOS 4.4 server cd - it doesn't say setup is complete - it's like an auto-kill with the disc installation. Anyone knows why?

UPDATE: I found it out, it's just a bad sector from the CD-RW.