[SLUG] Re: ubuntu query

[Michael John Drawneek]

On Friday 23 December 2005 16:18, john baldwin wrote:
> thanks for the response john i run my old system on win.ME and for my new
> system didn't want to use windows at all, so bought Linspire cd and SUSE 10
> which is on 5 cd's

"Choose the Version You Want

    * SUSE Linux 10.0 (32-bit version) is available on 5 CD ISO images or on a 
single DVD ISO image.
    * SUSE Linux 10.0 (64-bit version) is available on 1 DVD ISO image only."

Quote from the Novell site!  Have you got the correct suse10 version?

See 
"http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/downloads/suse_linux/instructions_eval.html"

> and ubuntu is a live cd. after trying to install ubuntu 
> i tried to use linspire which just did nothing so tried to boot up again
> with ME floppy but the ubuntu stayed were it was and didn't allow a windows
> reboot from floppy or cd, it looks as though i may have to remove the
> battery from the motherboard to clear bios so i can start afresh.

Have you attempted to edit the bios the normal way at switch on??

> first 
> though i'll try the SUSE 10 -first disk, but suspect it will not act like a
> live cd for installation. if at first you don't succeed shout bollocks     
>     john baldwin
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> Message Received: Dec 23 2005, 08:14 AM
> From: john at johnallsopp.co.uk
> To: scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Cc: jonty at john99.wanadoo.co.uk
> Subject: [SLUG] Re: ubuntu query
>
> > hi john i live at eastfield and recently bought an athlon3800 dual
> > core 939 with X300 Radeon PCIExpress it has a 200 gig Maxtor 6720 hard
> > drive, i saw your campaign in the library recently and decided to give
> > ubuntu a try. in my handbook there are some worrying notes like-:-
> > plug and play only works with widows 2000 and xp -later says- ATI
> > RS480 chipset ditto.and so i did the boot up and seemed ok. but a
> > third of the way through loading the modules it got stuck on 'starting
> > hotplug system' is there anyone in users group who would care to ring
> > me on 01723 586445 with some advice or a talk through? i can call back
> > to save their phone bill, i'm a pensioner and wonder if i overreached
> > my capabilities this time anyway- seasons' greetings- john baldwin
>
> Hi John
>
> Thanks for getting in touch, I'll copy this to the mailing list and
> ask anyone else with advice to email you and copy to the list.
>
> I'm glad you wrote, too, because I've been having a discussion about
> what older people do with computers. You back up my argument, so
> thanks for that :-)
>
> The advice I've heard previously from group members when asked about
> distributions that don't install well is "try a different
> installation".
>
> It depends what you mean by 'give Ubuntu a try' too.
>
> You can run Linux as a live CD, which means it runs off the CD and
> doesn't write to your hard disc, so your Windows is left intact. The
> Ubuntu disc, afaik, can do this but Knoppix is the king and is likely
> to sense all of your hardware.
>
> If you want to install Linux, that's a wholly different thing. Then
> you need to decide whether you'll keep Windows as well and dual boot,
> or whether you'll use Linux entirely.
>
> It's probably good advice, since most distributions nowadays are
> available in a live CD version, to try the live-cd thing until you
> find one that senses all your hardware correctly and seems to work,
> then consider installing that. At the very least, you'll need to back
> up your Windows before you start with anything like that, but I'd also
> advise reading up on it a little first. Alternatively someone in the
> group might be willing to attempt an installation for you, assuming
> you waver any risk.
>
> I've been collecting information about different distributions here
> .
>
> If you wanted to pop along to the next meeting and ask questions,
> we'll be at the Valley Bar (up the stairs) on Tuesday January 3rd at
> 7:30pm when, possibly, we'll be having a presentation on Perl
> scripting and we'll be looking at some of the future technologies for
> 2006 including (and depending on the energy of the group members,
> possibly that'll be it) a look at the latest version of KDE, the most
> popular window manager that determines the look and feel of most
> Linuxes. I'm sure if you asked one of us would bring along some
> distribution CDs for you to try.
>
> Cheers
> J