Re: Can't boot

2008-04-26 Thread Trent Shipley
So why did the factory installed Ubuntu 7.10 boot and initialize and the upgraded Ubuntu 8.0x fail to initialize? - Original Message From: Erich Newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Main PLUG discussion list Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:29:33 PM Subject: Re: Can't boot I've seen this e

Re: Can't boot

2008-04-26 Thread Trent Shipley
How do I check for what chip set is on the motherboard? - Original Message From: Erich Newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Main PLUG discussion list Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:29:33 PM Subject: Re: Can't boot I've seen this error before. Many many many many (add a lot of "many"s) ti

Re: fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Michael Havens
Thanks for the help dude! That isn't the right thing though. On Saturday 26 April 2008 9:57 pm, Craig White wrote: > > i3000s? > > http://assets.fluke.com/manuals/i3000s__iseng0300.pdf > > Craig > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@list

Re: Can't boot

2008-04-26 Thread Erich Newell
I've seen this error before. Many many many many (add a lot of "many"s) times. Shortly after each episode, I would lose sense of my PCI SATA card (SiL chipset) which would then crush my RAID. (loosing two drives simultaneously is not a happy time, even for RAID6!) I've spoken to Neil Brown about i

Re: Can't boot

2008-04-26 Thread Trent Shipley
I have booted using the Ubuntu 7.10 CD. - Original Message From: Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 7:10:38 PM Subject: Can't boot I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.03. Now, during the post-boot initialization process the s

Can't boot

2008-04-26 Thread Trent Shipley
I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.03. Now, during the post-boot initialization process the system goes into a fugue trying to mount the CD/DVD drive. It keeps trying: ata2.00: Exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 Action Frozen ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:24:00/ et cetera ata2.00: status {DRDY} So I try t

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-26 Thread Chris Gehlker
On Apr 26, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Kurt Granroth wrote: > Chris Gehlker wrote: >> On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Kurt Granroth wrote: >>> But it [the iLife suite] does so in a completely and totally >>> locked down fashion. All files are sucked in, converted to the >>> iLife formats, and good luc

Re: fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 21:16 +, Michael Havens wrote: > already looked for it. I even requested one from fluke. > > On Saturday 26 April 2008 4:40 pm, Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 16:17 +, Michael Havens wrote: > > > Does anybody know any secrets in the use of this? It will

Re: fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Michael Havens
already looked for it. I even requested one from fluke. On Saturday 26 April 2008 4:40 pm, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 16:17 +, Michael Havens wrote: > > Does anybody know any secrets in the use of this? It will produce > > different tones if it is shorted wile you are activatin

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-26 Thread Kurt Granroth
Chris Gehlker wrote: On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Kurt Granroth wrote: But it [the iLife suite] does so in a completely and totally locked down fashion. All files are sucked in, converted to the iLife formats, and good luck ever trying to get them out again. I don't understand what you m

Re: fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Michael Sammartano
Michael, If the wires are shorted/live it will generate a tone but it will only be detected VERY close to the generator. As for the people at Depot, I personally would have asked you if you had read the directions! It says specifically how to use the tool and what to do if no tone is heard. T

Re: fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Michael Sammartano
Michael, If the wires are shorted/live it will generate a tone but it will only be detected VERY close to the generator. As for the people at Depot, I personally would have asked you if you had read the directions! It says specifically how to use the tool and what to do if no tone is heard. T

Re: fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 16:17 +, Michael Havens wrote: > Does anybody know any secrets in the use of this? It will produce different > tones if it is shorted wile you are activating the wand. Googling it wasn't > any help so I went to home depot but they weren't any help . I suppose I'll > ask

Knuth Interview

2008-04-26 Thread Gerald Thurman
Donald Knuth (age 70) is considered one of the "fathers" of Open Source. Knuth's primary system is a laptop running Ubuntu that never connects to the Internet. Knuth has been working on the "Art of Computing Programming" since 1962. Volume 4, Fascicle 0 was released earlier this month.* *Inter

fluke pro 3000 toner

2008-04-26 Thread Michael Havens
Does anybody know any secrets in the use of this? It will produce different tones if it is shorted wile you are activating the wand. Googling it wasn't any help so I went to home depot but they weren't any help . I suppose I'll ask you-all. --- PL

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-26 Thread Michael Havens
On Saturday 26 April 2008 1:06 pm, Chris Gehlker wrote: > -- > No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back. >   -Turkish proverb Love your quote! --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, uns

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-26 Thread Chris Gehlker
On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Kurt Granroth wrote: > But it [the iLife suite] does so in a completely and totally locked > down fashion. All files are sucked in, converted to the iLife > formats, and good luck ever trying to get them out again. I don't understand what you mean here. I haven