[Sussex] sip

[Elio Crivello]

Thanks Desmond,
I am now in Italy (failed ski hols due to nasty cold), will be back to
Hastings UK towards end of Feb., and would like to take the issue up and
seek help on the matter then.
Thank  you
elio

On 5 February 2012 18:51, Desmond Armstrong <desmond.armstrong at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 05/02/12 17:15, Elio Crivello wrote:
>
>> At Last some earthly problems.
>> I have been trying to get the wife to "totally - impossible, still
>> lots of software only for Windows"   move to Linux.  I cannot install
>> Ubuntu on her Win7 lap (compaq presario).  Gparted does not read her
>> HDD. I am scared to foul up her machine.  I get her to use U 10.04
>> from a USB for net uses (Ancestry - co.uk.  I know  I should put some
>> effort into GRAMPS). But it would be much better if I could install
>> Ubuntu on her HDD and create a partition for personal data as I have
>> successfully done previously, but not on this one.
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> On 04/02/2012, Desmond Armstrong<desmond.armstrong@**gmail.com<desmond.armstrong at gmail.com>>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Today I have been helping somebody with their Apple devices.
>>> If I am not mistaken the Apple thing is locked and, in order to use
>>> their system you are required to have an Apple no ifs or buts nothing
>>> less than an Apple will do.
>>>
>>> I think we again need some list of the closed systems and then we need
>>> to do more to persuade people to use an open system. If we can make this
>>> work on the several platforms then we might make progress. The reason
>>> that Skype is popular is simple because it will work on, at least the 3
>>> common platforms.
>>>
>>
> Surely the Ubuntu can see the harddisk?
> The issue I do sometimes have is that there are a maximum of partitions.
> In such situation one has to create the extended partition, not too
> difficult.
>
> As far as I am concerned there no computer, including presario where one
> cant install Linux in dual-boot mode. In fact there is no such hing as
> 'can't'. Of course there are various difficulties along the way but for me
> they are no more than challenges.
>
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