[Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
Hi, It's the pub meet tonight at The Broadway, 8pm-ish. For those that haven't been before look out for a flip of laptops or Terry's stuffed penguin. Or perhaps a Pi Zero. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings%3Apub http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles As the first web page above says, we are often in the pub's "snug", a small room off the right end of the bar. But it isn't reserved for us so we're sometimes to be hunted down elsewhere; often, to the far left of the bar. We like corners. And mains sockets. See you there. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
Should be able to make it! :-) On 1 Dec 2015 10:11, "Ralph Corderoy" wrote: > Hi, > > It's the pub meet tonight at The Broadway, 8pm-ish. For those that > haven't been before look out for a flip of laptops or Terry's stuffed > penguin. Or perhaps a Pi Zero. > > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings%3Apub > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles > > As the first web page above says, we are often in the pub's "snug", a > small room off the right end of the bar. But it isn't reserved for us > so we're sometimes to be hunted down elsewhere; often, to the far left > of the bar. We like corners. And mains sockets. > > See you there. > > Cheers, Ralph. > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
Hi Clive, Replying to the list as you probably meant it to go there given I don't know about Windows! > Will be there with a small laptop/tablet which I'd like some help with > please. > It's an Acer Aspire Switch 10 with M%8.1 but the old couple cann't get > on with it. I have an external DVD drive which is 'seen' at boot time > but will not boot from. Tried looking at the 'bios' and managed to > get the DVD as first drive but no luck. > Will explain more tonight; see you at 8pm. Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_boot is getting in the way and you need to either disable it in the BIOS, returning to Legacy booting, or add the KEK of the media you're trying to boot to the BIOS's list? I've not done anything with UEFI so it's a complete guess on my part based on Google "Acer Aspire Switch 10 boot from usb dvd", i.e. http://superuser.com/questions/878637/how-to-boot-acer-aspire-switch-10-from-external-media and http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2538379/acer-aspire-sw5-012-refuses-boot-windows-recovery.html Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
On 01/12/15 11:21, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Clive, Replying to the list as you probably meant it to go there given I don't know about Windows! Will be there with a small laptop/tablet which I'd like some help with please. It's an Acer Aspire Switch 10 with M%8.1 but the old couple cann't get on with it. I have an external DVD drive which is 'seen' at boot time but will not boot from. Tried looking at the 'bios' and managed to get the DVD as first drive but no luck. Will explain more tonight; see you at 8pm. Sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_boot is getting in the way and you need to either disable it in the BIOS, returning to Legacy booting, or add the KEK of the media you're trying to boot to the BIOS's list? I've not done anything with UEFI so it's a complete guess on my part based on Google "Acer Aspire Switch 10 boot from usb dvd", i.e. http://superuser.com/questions/878637/how-to-boot-acer-aspire-switch-10-from-external-media and http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2538379/acer-aspire-sw5-012-refuses-boot-windows-recovery.html Cheers, Ralph. Will it boot from USB? I'll bring along a USB stick with Zorin on it if you want. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
On Tuesday 01 December 2015 10:10:49 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > It's the pub meet tonight at The Broadway, 8pm-ish. For those that > haven't been before look out for a flip of laptops or Terry's stuffed > penguin. Or perhaps a Pi Zero. I can bring my Pi Zero, but it'll be a static display I'm afraid; I'm still waiting for my keyboard/ USB hub combo from Amazon, so I haven't even been able to get it to run beyond the NOOBS startup menu, since I can have a keyboard OR a mouse. but not both (and definitely no USB WiFi dongle). Even if I had all that in place, I'd still need a monitor and that seems to be a bit too much hardware to lug around. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] 'Cloning' a Disk when the Partitions are not identical
On 12/08/15 13:57, Andrew wrote: > . > > So I would do it in two stages, first clone, then resize/move the > partitions. > > Clonezilla won't work where the target drive is smaller than the > source, which is a problem I've had with SSDs. > > http://www.clonezilla.org/ > http://gparted.org/ The all-in-one swiss army knife which has gparted etc. is System REscueCD which easily installs onto a small pen-drive. http://www.sysresccd.org Consider also using fsarchiver (also on that distro) to copy a partitions content without having to resize the destination ie. you fit the used size not the partition size. Si -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
On 01/12/15 13:23, Terry Coles wrote: On Tuesday 01 December 2015 10:10:49 Ralph Corderoy wrote: It's the pub meet tonight at The Broadway, 8pm-ish. For those that haven't been before look out for a flip of laptops or Terry's stuffed penguin. Or perhaps a Pi Zero. I can bring my Pi Zero, but it'll be a static display I'm afraid; I'm still waiting for my keyboard/ USB hub combo from Amazon, so I haven't even been able to get it to run beyond the NOOBS startup menu, since I can have a keyboard OR a mouse. but not both (and definitely no USB WiFi dongle). Even if I had all that in place, I'd still need a monitor and that seems to be a bit too much hardware to lug around. I was going to bring my Pi and stuff. I have a USB dongle, and USB keyboard. and HDMI cable. All we need to do is reprogram that big TV in 'our' room! PS, my HDMI cable is full size both ends. That might be a problem with Terry's zero. P. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2015-12-01.
On Tuesday 01 December 2015 15:52:44 Peter Merchant wrote: > > Even if I had all that in place, I'd still need a monitor and that seems > > to be a bit too much hardware to lug around. > > I was going to bring my Pi and stuff. I have a USB dongle, and USB > keyboard. and HDMI cable. All we need to do is reprogram that big TV in > 'our' room! PS, my HDMI cable is full size both ends. That might be a > problem with Terry's zero. I already have the cable kit that came with my copy of MagPi, so the HDMI cable is OK. I would still need a USB hub to connect more than one device to the Pi Zero though. Also, even if we get 'our' room, I'm not sure that the pub would be too pleased about us hi-jacking their Telly! -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-12-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
