[Wolves] double checking before I install?

[David Morley]

no stand alone laptop.  Permission already given.  Can't get the
internal modem to work.

On 23/08/05, Adam Sweet <drinky76 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- David Morley <davmor2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm about to install ubuntu on my wifes works laptop
> > (that'll upset
> > the bleeders) but I just want to double check
> > everything before I wipe
> > the drive I have written down her smtp, pop3, dialup
> > number, account
> > details is there anything else? she has no doc on it
> > yet.
> 
> Is it used a a simple standalone dialup machine? No
> Windows networking? I mean you might need to know the
> machine name and Windows workgroup/domain details if
> it has to connect to the employers network when on
> site. Does it use a VPN to connect to the work network
> from outside? Does it use a static IP address when on
> the work network? Static DNS servers?
> 
> I admit I don't know what your wife does or what the
> laptop is used for so I can't be much more helpful,
> but...
> 
> Erm... Permission from her employer? They might not
> take very kindly to this at all having shelled out for
> the Windows license that is on it.
> 
> In this scenario you might want to be certain they
> won't sack your wife. Hope I'm not overdramatising
> here.
> 
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