[ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread norman silverstone
I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However, although my PC has two hard drives, only one appears in either operating system. Please, how do I get my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Colin Law
On 2 May 2013 07:31, norman silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However, although my PC has two hard drives,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Alan Jenkins
Run sudo parted -l in a terminal that will list the installed drives and partitions. It could be that the graphical tools are just not listing the ntfs partitions in xubuntu. Or it could be just what the other person replied, the disk has become unplugged or has failed. On 2 May 2013, at 07:32,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Liam Proven
On 2 May 2013 07:31, norman silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However, although my PC has two hard drives,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

2013-05-02 Thread Neil Greenwood
On May 1, 2013 5:49 PM, Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote: On May 1, 2013 5:27 PM, Alan Jenkins alan.james.jenk...@gmail.com wrote: Foxyproxy is a good plugin for firefox if you cannot get the PAC file working. That allows setting exceptions and redirecting to different

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread norman silverstone
On 02/05/13 09:19, Liam Proven wrote: On 2 May 2013 07:31, norman silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However,

[ubuntu-uk] More interesting things about wireless drivers

2013-05-02 Thread Rowan Berkeley
I've just been upgrading my oldest machine, a Lenovo N500, and here is another interesting feature of the wireless driver landscape. Whereas the Compaq machine seemed to find the wireless driver already on board, and installed it automatically, the Lenovo machine lost the necessary driver it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Avi Greenbury
Liam Proven wrote: On 2 May 2013 07:31, norman silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However, although my PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Avi Greenbury
norman silverstone wrote: I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However, although my PC has two hard drives, only one appears in either operating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread norman silverstone
On 02/05/13 13:05, Avi Greenbury wrote: norman silverstone wrote: I have just finished a completely fresh install, on my PC, of Xubuntu 13.04 64 bit and, for the first time, Windows 7 64 bit. There were no problems with the dual installation. However, although my PC has two hard drives, only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread norman silverstone
snip Are each missing the same HDD, or different ones? If you cannot distinguish them by size or similar, you can use smartctl to get the serial number; smartctl -a /dev/sda | head will print some data about /dev/sda, including its serial number. I presume you can get the same out of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response .....

2013-05-02 Thread alan c
On 01/05/13 13:55, Jones, Victor wrote: Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:06:56 +0100 From: Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com To: ubuntu-uk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response . After a lot of contact making, including two opposing e-mails from the support

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Avi Greenbury
norman silverstone wrote: The fog is beginning to clear. By the look of things Windows 7 is on the 500GB drive and Xubuntu is on the 250GB drive. Why did this happen? I always thought that when making a dual install the Ubuntu OS went on to the same drive as Windows and this is what I want -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread norman silverstone
On 02/05/13 16:27, Avi Greenbury wrote: norman silverstone wrote: The fog is beginning to clear. By the look of things Windows 7 is on the 500GB drive and Xubuntu is on the 250GB drive. Why did this happen? I always thought that when making a dual install the Ubuntu OS went on to the same drive

[ubuntu-uk] os-commerce

2013-05-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, anyone on here familiar with http://oscommerce.com/ I did look into it about 5 years ago. I've been tasked with actually making one now. And, yes, that does include being able to pay a reasonable rate to those who will assist on the graphics / layout / pay system. I'll do the grunt work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] os-commerce

2013-05-02 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 2 May 2013 23:54, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi folks, anyone on here familiar with http://oscommerce.com/ I did look into it about 5 years ago. I've been tasked with actually making one now. And, yes, that does include being able to pay a reasonable rate to those who will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] os-commerce

2013-05-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Simon, thanks for the reply Is Magento F/oss? Regards, Phill. On 3 May 2013 01:20, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 May 2013 23:54, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi folks, anyone on here familiar with http://oscommerce.com/ I did look into it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] os-commerce

2013-05-02 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 3 May 2013 01:34, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Simon, thanks for the reply Is Magento F/oss? Regards, Phill. Yes, all GPL if I remember correctly s/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] os-commerce

2013-05-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Nah, it is a 'how big are you', 'how many people are you' and 'what is the turn over' before you can even look at the demo. Thanks for the hint, but I prefer f/oss at http://oscommerce.com/ Any one got other suggestions? Regards, Phill. On 3 May 2013 01:46, Simon Greenwood