Wife's computer

[Eric "Shubes"]

KE7FEG wrote:
> The ubuntu on her computer seems to be limping, not sure, cannot 'get 
> ahold of it'. I was wondering IF I put a distro (different one, she 
> never quite liked ubuntu) of say PCLinuxOS on a second hd and hooked put 
> it in the box, what kinda mess am I going to have to get it to:
> 
> 1. Working and bootable
> 
> 2. Able to copy files from Ubuntu to it.
> 
> 3. Able to write new files to the ubuntu hard drive(orginal hd).
> 
> I am not one of the 'serious types' OS wise.
> 
> I went in the other day with a cdrom and it didn't recognize the cd, so 
> cdrom is probably toast, but again, getting my hands on the system is 
> probablimatic for that. I tried a usb and neither of us could find it 
> even tho the blinky light blinked and looked like it was recognized by 
> ubuntu, but nothing found in terminal w/df command..just showed the hd 
> and ram.
> 
> No icon showed up for the usb stick either.
> 
> Oh, well.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Ed Culbertson/ke7feg

Shouldn't be a problem. Ubuntu shouldn't be 'limping' though. What's it 
doing, I presume slowly?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'