Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 01:19:51PM +0100, David Morley wrote: > Also if you wish to partition the Hard Drive the you will need 2 > things Smart Boot Manager and Gparted live cd available here > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=173828 > Not really. Gparted is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intro, newcomer

2006-09-28 Thread alan c
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > Welcome to the list alan, Thanks I realise just now that my recent presence on the gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british is mirrored anyway. >> I have just joined the list and hope to be helping at LinuxWorld. I am >> a recent user of Kubuntu, having started linux three year

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread David Morley
On 28/09/06, David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28/09/06, South Walney Information Management <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become > > tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the > > machine second han

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intro, newcomer

2006-09-28 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Welcome to the list alan, > I have just joined the list and hope to be helping at LinuxWorld. I am > a recent user of Kubuntu, having started linux three years ago with > suse. I really appreciate the Ubuntu approach and the energetic and > friendly efforts to spread the distro. What prompted the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread South Walney Information Management
Caroline Ford wrote: > Have you tried > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromWindows I think that might be a solution in the long term. Right now my client wants her pooter back! The problem seems to be that once the CD has booted it can no longer see itself. (it's a pretty ancien

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 28/09/06, South Walney Information Management <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become > tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the > machine second hand. Somewhere along the line she managed to format the > hard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.

2006-09-28 Thread Tony Arnold
Nik, On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 09:03 +0100, nik wrote: > Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the > .ORG village for us. > > -- > Promoting the Expo > Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org > Village is that you promote the Expo within y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian

2006-09-28 Thread Adam McMaster
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:37 +0100, Adam McMaster wrote: > On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:30 +0100, David Andrew wrote: > > Nice plug for ubuntu in the cartoon - Guardian p33 today > > > This is online for those who are interested: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/0,,337484,00.html > And more im

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian

2006-09-28 Thread Adam McMaster
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:30 +0100, David Andrew wrote: > Nice plug for ubuntu in the cartoon - Guardian p33 today > This is online for those who are interested: http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/0,,337484,00.html -- Adam McMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

[ubuntu-uk] Guardian

2006-09-28 Thread David Andrew
Nice plug for ubuntu in the cartoon - Guardian p33 today-- David AndrewMALTHE Course Leader & Blackboard Vista Implementation ProjectCAPD  London Metropolitan University www.londonmet.ac.uk/capd/www.critical-learning.co.uk/tiki020 7133 404607986709981 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread Caroline Ford
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 13:07 +0100, South Walney Information Management wrote: > A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become > tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the > machine second hand. Somewhere along the line she managed to format the > ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread David Morley
On 28/09/06, South Walney Information Management <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become > tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the > machine second hand. Somewhere along the line she managed to format the > hard

[ubuntu-uk] Problems installing Ubuntu server on an old computer

2006-09-28 Thread South Walney Information Management
A client has an old PC, which was running Windows 98 which had become tired and she lacks the original Windows 98 didks as she bought the machine second hand. Somewhere along the line she managed to format the hard disk so that Win 98 will no longer boot. I have suggested that this machine is a p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Conference Pack.

2006-09-28 Thread Gary Kearley
Nik, Can you chuck them on http://imageshack.us/ ? Gary On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 08:44 +0100, nik wrote: > It has arrived. If I can work out a sensible way to upload these images > ( I guess I should start a flickr account ) then I can show you what we > have. > > > NIk > -- ubuntu-uk@list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.

2006-09-28 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:03:11AM +0100, nik wrote: > Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the > .ORG village for us. > > -- > Promoting the Expo > Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org > Village is that you promote the Expo within

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-28 Thread Joseph Price
You guys may wanna check out a live cd of edgy atm... I think this is the same thing.If you go to system>admin>software sources, and click on the "Internet Updates" tab, then you get a few checkboxes of options... including whether or not to use "Proposed updates" Pricey -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.

2006-09-28 Thread nik
Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the .ORG village for us. -- Promoting the Expo Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org Village is that you promote the Expo within your community. This can be in the form of a newsletter, emailshot

[ubuntu-uk] Conference Pack.

2006-09-28 Thread nik
It has arrived. If I can work out a sensible way to upload these images ( I guess I should start a flickr account ) then I can show you what we have. NIk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/