I am sure that there will be a way to not use the whole hard drive, up to you. I recall an option there somewhere.
we could do a suse install here over the network, I have a suse 9.1 mirror on my webserver. Alternatively Rob Fisher's office is in Moorhouse Ave, kind of almost between your place and my office, again up to you. Anxious to get you back on track so you can enjoy linux. On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:21:56 +1300 eBhakta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm... > > But the "problem" extends further than here... Seems that to get > Ubuntu going again requires to reformat the whole hard-drive, and saying > goodbye to the "other o/s"... (especially as an ISP connection can now be > established in Ubuntu). Still haven't resolved the GUI dial-up in Ubuntu > though... > > Unfortunately, at present, the "apic nolapic" command won't work for > installing Ubuntu. So it seems necessary to start completely from "scratch". > Actually, tried to install Mandrake 9.1... (have the CD's, and it worked > with the "apic nolapic" command, but wouldn't, for some reason, finish the > install). Returned the Mandrake 10 CD's (Knoppix and Morphix also)... > Shouldn't have really... but... Seems there are issues even among various > Linux distros... with people preferring various distros... etc. Personally, > just trying to get a distro that operates/installs okay, utilizing all the > functions of the computer(s) here, for the work load at hand... is a major > mission! So, now the "apic nolapic" command won't work when trying to > install Ubuntu... So, okay to go with trying SuSE... and see how that goes. > Basically, just want to get a distro of Linux that goes okay, without any > conflicts. Seems reasonable...? So, having tried Ubuntu, seems okay to also > try SuSE, and see which one works best on this setup here... Got so many > other things going on also here... and at the same time trying to resolve > all these full-on conflicts with the computers... Very intense. Thanks for > the offer Nick, but am waiting for confirmation about SuSE... At this stage > (from this end) it's okay to get the SuSE CD's... and give that a go. Can > always reinstall Ubuntu... We'll see if SuSE does better with the hardware > here... It may do better. Hope all goes well at the function... Be nice if > there wasn't all these full-on conflicts going on... Wishing well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "clug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:23 AM > Subject: Re: Ubuntu problem... > > > > Vatsala, I have a function tonight at 7.00 pm and fininsh work at 5.00. > > If you want to bring your laptop into the office again I will try and > > sort your difficulty. Please let me know. > > > > Also, several people have asked exactly what steps you took to install > > kde. Please let us know the answer! > > > > And bring a couple of blank cd's > > > > Regards (and good-night), > > > Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala) > > > > > > @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna! > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
