Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread GeraldCC
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:14:35 AM gonzo01 wrote: > I'm using Linux Mint 10.0 64 bit with a Billion ADSL 2+ modem/router on > a gigabit network ( modem/router has Gigabit ports). > > Recently my ISP upgraded my plan from 1500/256 to 8000/354. > > My download speed has gone from around 150 KiBs

[SLUG] UbuntOS/ZorinOS4

2011-02-10 Thread GeraldCC
Hi to all, I tried the 64 bit version of the above OS's but have a problem in that they loose the USB keyboard/mouse. This is on 3 totally different machines. These machines have SATA2 drives or a mixture of IDE+sata1+sata2 drives. Yet, on one machine, a 6YO 64FX53 with only IDE drives,using the

Re: [SLUG] 1066MHz DDR2 Ram

2011-01-08 Thread GeraldCC
On Saturday, January 08, 2011 06:09:02 pm Jon and Hannah wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know where I can get some good quality 1066 DDR2 ram? > All I can find is the 800MHz stuff. It also needs to be a matched pair so I > can gang them. I currently have a 2G pair and want to upgrade it to a > 4G

Re: [SLUG] crontab

2010-09-30 Thread GeraldCC
On Thursday, September 30, 2010 01:52:51 pm Craig Ayliffe wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM, GeraldCC wrote: > > Hi To All, > > I think this may have been asked in the dim and distant past, but as I > > have many drive failures, at unexpected times, I now have star

Re: [SLUG] crontab

2010-09-30 Thread GeraldCC
On Thursday, September 30, 2010 01:52:51 pm Craig Ayliffe wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM, GeraldCC wrote: > > Hi To All, > > I think this may have been asked in the dim and distant past, but as I > > have many drive failures, at unexpected times, I now have star

Re: [SLUG] crontab

2010-09-30 Thread GeraldCC
On Thursday, September 30, 2010 01:52:51 pm you wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM, GeraldCC wrote: > > Hi To All, > > I think this may have been asked in the dim and distant past, but as I > > have many drive failures, at unexpected times, I now have started > >

[SLUG] crontab

2010-09-29 Thread GeraldCC
Hi To All, I think this may have been asked in the dim and distant past, but as I have many drive failures, at unexpected times, I now have started backing up my home folder regularly. My question is this.is it posible to do the backup on boot? I have tried--onboot do this, but crontab does