[dundee] PackardHell

[Robert McWilliam]

On 06/12/07 17:20:33, Tim Spencer wrote:
> so now my only way to fix it, from my point of view is to find some one with
> another Packard bell easyNote put my hdd in there install X OS on it and
> then put it in the fucked Packard hell and hope it'll work. (X representing
> a random OS)
> so my question does anybody know anybody with a Packard bell easyNote which
> i could borrow for about Y minutes (Y amount of time to install X OS)
> or does anybody else know any other way to fix it?

It doesn't have to be a packard bell that you install from. If you're putting 
linux on then you wont have any problems installing on one machine and then 
moving to another, you can even use a USB enclosure for the drive so you don't 
even need to find a laptop with the same HD connectors (you do for windows, 
unless you're willing to play with a windows install CD to add install-to-usb 
functionality). Windows will complain about the hardware changing when you put 
it back in your own machine (but it can usually be sorted out), linux will 
just work so long as you have drivers for all the hardware (which pretty much 
means don't go with a stripped down kernel for the computer you're installing 
on before moving the drive back unless the laptop has some weird hardware). 

If the drive is a 2.5" PATA variety then I do have a couple of USB enclosures 
that could be used for the installation but I'm in Livingston ATM so you can 
probably find someone closer (or buy one - they're not expensive).  

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