Re: Wife's computer

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.
>
>
>
>
> *****/////*****/////*****
>
> Ed Culbertson/ke7feg

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

--
-Eric 'shubes'
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