[Wylug-discuss] Laptop and wireless questions

[Anne Wilson]

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I'm new to the world of laptops.   I need to run some software that is 
dongle-protected, and it doesn't work under win4lin (tried it on my 
workstation), so I have to keep windows.  

I know I can repartition the drive to get a dual boot, but I wondered whether 
it is feasible to install linux on a removable drive?  This is an Acer 4601, 
and the bios boot sequence only offers Hard Drive, Floppy Devices, CD-ROM/DVD 
drive and Network Boot, so unless options get added when a removable drive is 
attached, I'm guessing that it is not capable of booting from it.  Is that 
right?

My home is very old, and has solid walls, up to 3 feet thick in places.  The 
wireless connection to the lan works well in some rooms, but gets no signal 
at all in my study.  Is there such a thing as a signal booster?  If so, where 
would it sit in the lan?

Anne
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