Re: [SLUG] Answer Found - RE:Ubuntu drive designations (Re: update to Hardy)

2008-06-14 Thread bill
Hi James Thanks for the reply. While what you say is correct re UUIDs, there are boot problems with the Gigabyte GA7N500 Pro2 mobos with the new Ubuntu Hardy and Hardy-based distros. To try to sort out my problem I attached an empty formatted IDE HD and an empty formatted SATA hd to

Re: [SLUG] Answer Found - RE:Ubuntu drive designations (Re: update to Hardy)

2008-06-14 Thread Masood
Hi Bill Try replacing root=/dev/sdb1 with root=UUID=YOUR_ROOT_UUID It is the default in Ubuntu and I think it should solve the problem. Masood On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 5:04 PM, bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-genric root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash.

[SLUG] Advice on data transfer over shortwave

2008-06-14 Thread Mehmet Yousouf
Hi, I have a friend that will be going to the Solomon Islands for a year (work on a thesis). He will have some solar panels to give him some power but not much else. What I am hopeful is possible is to set him up so that he can use rf to connect and merge / update a git repository (he is also a

Re: [SLUG] Advice on data transfer over shortwave

2008-06-14 Thread Del
Mehmet Yousouf wrote: Hi, I have a friend that will be going to the Solomon Islands for a year (work on a thesis). He will have some solar panels to give him some power but not much else. What I am hopeful is possible is to set him up so that he can use rf to connect and merge / update a git

[SLUG] Advise on Short Wave data xfer

2008-06-14 Thread Grahame Kelly
On 15/06/2008, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Advice on data transfer over shortwave Well, I have been there - done that (as VK2ZGK in former life). If and I mean if, your got sufficient power (RF + PSU - not solar unless your got BIG batteries) you can use packet-radio (max 9600

Re: [SLUG] Intel Xeon 7350 and x86_64

2008-06-14 Thread Ben Donohue
Did you download an ISO and make a CD? Try again or do a checksum on the download. I had a similar problem in the past and it was a faulty CD. Ben Tony Sceats wrote: Has anyone here encountered a problem with the Intel Quad Core Xeon X7350 chips not booting from x86_64 media? I'm trying to

Re: [SLUG] Intel Xeon 7350 and x86_64

2008-06-14 Thread Ben Donohue
(I know you may have tried this...) Did you download an ISO and make a CD? Try again or do a checksum on the download. I had a similar problem in the past and it was a faulty CD. Ben Tony Sceats wrote: Has anyone here encountered a problem with the Intel Quad Core Xeon X7350 chips not

Re: [SLUG] Advice on data transfer over shortwave

2008-06-14 Thread Mehmet Yousouf
Hi all, just to let you all know, I am grateful for the advice from Grahame, Del and Terry. I have aimed a bit lower in our ambitions and will look at first making sure we have reliable power to keep his notebook running and aim at giving him email capability. With the programming, we will have