I'm trying to install LinuxMint

[Michael Havens]

Okay.... it is loaded and hopefully all is well. I've been on battery for
only a little so let's see if it crashes!

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> well, it installed. I'm upgrading to the DVD version as I type (on a
> different computer).
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't know..... I fought with it for a little before hardwiring it in.
>> It seemed to hang again so now I'm not installing it as an upgrade.... I
>> hope this works way works! I seem to remember trying it this way already
>> though.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You didn't check to make sure you had a valid connection when running
>>> in LiveCD mode first, eh?
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > it seems to hang when it says 'installing previously installed
>>> packages'.
>>> > Hmmmm.... this is interesting. It won't accept my wifi password. I
>>> typed and
>>> > retyped it and let it show mw what I was typing. No go! So I had to
>>> hardwire
>>> > it in.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> desIt won't allow me to install while running off of the battery.
>>> Well,
>>> >> maybe it will but I didn't try to because I wanted all check
>>> marks....  you
>>> >> know where it says,they need so much space and an internet connection
>>> and it
>>> >> needs to be plugged in. Besides, the computer is panicing when
>>> running off
>>> >> of the battery and that is why I want to try LinuxMint.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The other point of note, do not install on battery, this is generally
>>> >>> a no no as it will do some CPU intensive things in addition to the
>>> >>> DC/HDD access and none of it with any power management to speak of.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
>>> from
>>> >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Stephen
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